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1 Violet and Wilfred recorded their times to run 200 m, correct to the nearest second.
Violet took 36 seconds and Wilfred took 39 seconds.

Work out the upper bound of the difference between their times.

...................................................... s [2]

[Total: 2]

2 Carlos invests $4540 at a rate of r% per year compound interest.

At the end of 10 years he has earned $1328.54 in interest.

Calculate the value of r.

r = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

3 Find the highest common factor (HCF) of and .

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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4 The Venn diagram shows the number of students in a class of 40 who study physics (P), mathematics (M)
and geography (G).

(a) Use set notation to describe the shaded region.

................................................... [1]

(b) Find .

................................................... [1]

(c) A student is chosen at random from those studying geography.

Find the probability that this student also studies physics or mathematics but not both.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]
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5 Neha has a piece of ribbon of length 23 cm, correct to the nearest cm.
From this ribbon she cuts off a piece with length 87 mm, correct to the nearest mm.

Work out the lower bound and the upper bound for the length of the remaining ribbon.
Give your answer in centimetres.

Lower bound = ................................................... cm

Upper bound = ................................................... cm [3]

[Total: 3]

6 Shade the correct region in each Venn diagram.

K L

P Q

Q ∪ P' M
(K ∪ L) ∩ M '

[2]

[Total: 2]

7 In a sale, a shop reduces all prices by 12%.

(a) Dina buys a book which has an original price of $6.50 .

Calculate how much Dina pays for the book.

$ ................................................... [2]
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(b) Elu pays $11 for a toy.

Calculate the original price of the toy.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 4]

8 Feri invests some money.

The rate of interest for the first year is 2.5%.
At the end of the second year the overall percentage increase of Feri’s investment is 6.6%.

Find the rate of interest for the second year.

................................................... % [2]

[Total: 2]

9 A radioactive substance decays at an exponential rate of 2% per day.

The initial mass is 80 g.

(a) Find the mass at the end of 5 days.

................................................... g [2]
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(b) Find how many more whole days, after day 5, it takes for the mass to reduce to less than 67 g.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 5]

10 At a football match, there are 29 800 people, correct to the nearest 100.

(a) At the end of the football match, the people leave at a rate of 400 people per minute, correct to the
nearest 50 people.

Calculate the lower bound for the number of minutes it takes for all the people to leave.

................................................... min [3]

(b) At a cricket match there are 27 500 people, correct to the nearest 100.

Calculate the upper bound for the difference between the number of people at the football match and
at the cricket match.

................................................... [2]
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[Total: 5]

11 At the start of June, a hive has a population of 2000 bees.

Three months after the start of June the hive has a population of 2662 bees.

The population of this hive can be calculated using the formula

where P is the population of the hive x months after the start of June.

By finding the value of a and the value of b, calculate the population of the hive 7 months after the start of
June.
Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]
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12 Arno buys a student ticket for $43.68 .

This is a saving of 16% on the full price of a ticket.

Calculate the full price of a ticket.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

13 The table shows the numbers of tigers reported to be living in the wild in the year 2014 in some countries.

Country Number

India 2226

Indonesia 371

Nepal 198

Bangladesh 106

(a) Using the table,

(i) find the number of tigers in Nepal as a percentage of the number of tigers in Bangladesh,

................................................... % [1]

(ii) find the ratio tigers in Bangladesh : tigers in Indonesia : tigers in India, giving your answer in
its simplest form.

.................... : .................... : .................... [2]

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(b) Five years later, the number of tigers reported in India was 2967.

Find the percentage increase in the population of tigers in India.

................................................... % [2]

(c) The number of tigers in India in the year 2014 is approximately 30.48% greater than in the year 2010.

Find the number of tigers in India in the year 2010.

Give your answer correct to the nearest integer.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 8]

14 Meera invests $700 in an account paying compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 17 years the value of her investment is $1030.35 .

Find the value of r.

r = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]
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15 One year, a company’s sales increased by 15%.

The following year the company’s sales increased by 18%.

Calculate the overall percentage increase in sales.

................................................... % [3]

[Total: 3]

16 A rectangular picture has length 15 cm and width 10.5 cm, both correct to the nearest 5 mm.

Calculate the upper bound for the area of this picture.

................................................... cm2 [2]

[Total: 2]

17 The Venn diagram shows the number of students in a group of 50 students who wear glasses (G), who wear
trainers (T) and who have a mobile phone (M).

G
T
0 2 3
2
19 14

1
M 9

(a) Use set notation to describe the region that contains only one student.

................................................... [1]
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(b) Find .

................................................... [1]

(c) One student is picked at random from the 50 students.

Find the probability that this student wears trainers but does not wear glasses.

................................................... [1]

(d) Two students are picked at random from those wearing trainers.

Find the probability that both students have mobile phones.

................................................... [3]

[Total: 6]

18 In a sale, the price of a frame is reduced by 18%.

Parthi pays $166.05 for 5 frames in the sale.

Calculate the original price of one frame.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

19 The sides of a regular hexagon are 80 mm, correct to the nearest millimetre.

Calculate the lower bound of the perimeter of the hexagon.

................................................... mm [2]
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[Total: 2]

20 The profit a company makes decreases exponentially at a rate of 0.9% per year.
In 2014, the profit was $9500.

Calculate the profit in 2019.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

21 Simplify .
Give your answer in standard form.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

22 The distance between two towns is 600 km, correct to the nearest 10 km.
A car takes 8 hours 40 minutes, correct to the nearest 10 minutes, to travel this distance.

Calculate the lower bound for the average speed of the car in km/h.

................................................... km/h [3]

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[Total: 3]

23
= {integers greater than 2}
A = {prime numbers}
B = {odd numbers}
C = {square numbers}

(a) Describe the type of numbers in the set .

.................................................................................. [1]

(b) Complete the set labels on the Venn diagram.

.......... ..........

..........

[1]

[Total: 2]

24 Shade the region .

D E

[1]

[Total: 1]
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25 The population of one variety of butterfly is decreasing exponentially at a rate of 34% per year.
At the end of 2014, the population was 125.9 million.

Calculate the population at the end of 2019.

................................................... million [2]

[Total: 2]

26 Virat has 200 metres of wire, correct to the nearest metre.

He cuts the wire into n pieces of length 3 metres, correct to the nearest 20 centimetres.

Calculate the largest possible value of n.

n = ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

27 A bag of rice has a mass of 25 kg, correct to the nearest kilogram.

Calculate the lower bound of the total mass of 10 of these bags.

................................................... kg [1]

[Total: 1]
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28 Sand costs $98.90 per tonne.

This cost includes a tax of 15%.

Calculate the amount of tax paid per tonne of sand.

$ ................................................... [3]

[Total: 3]

29

w = 12 correct to the nearest whole number.

h = 4 correct to the nearest whole number.

Work out the upper bound for the value of P.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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30 Paddy and Anna each invest $2000 for 5 years.

Paddy earns simple interest at a rate of 1.25% per year.
Anna earns compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 5 years, Paddy’s investment is worth the same as Anna’s investment.

Calculate the value of r.

r = ................................................... [5]

[Total: 5]

31 Shade the region .

[1]

[Total: 1]
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32 In a class of 40 students:

• 28 wear glasses (G)

• 13 have driving lessons (D)
• 4 do not wear glasses and do not have driving lessons.

(a) Complete the Venn diagram. [2]

(b) Use set notation to describe the region that contains a total of 32 students.

................................................... [1]

[Total: 3]

33 This Venn diagram shows information about the number of students who play basketball (B), football (F)
and hockey (H).

Find .

................................................... [1]

[Total: 1]
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34 Arjun earned $36 515 in 2019.

This was an increase of 9% on his earnings in 2018.

Work out his earnings in 2018.

$ ................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]

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The diagram shows the positions of three points A, B and C in a field.

(a) Show that BC is 118.1 m, correct to 1 decimal place.

[3]
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(b) Calculate angle ABC.

Angle ABC = ................................................... [3]

(c) The bearing of C from A is 147°.

Find the bearing of

(i) A from B,

................................................... [3]

(ii) B from C.

................................................... [2]
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(d) Mitchell takes 35 seconds to run from A to C.

Calculate his average running speed in kilometres per hour.

................................................... km/h [3]

(e) Calculate the shortest distance from point B to AC.

................................................... m [3]

[Total: 17]

36 Write the recurring decimal as a fraction.

Show all your working.

................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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37 In this Venn diagram, shade the region .

[1]

[Total: 1]