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Year 12 Baseline Assessment GREEN
Question 1
Simplify
3 y 2 × 4 y 5 ×2 y
Correct answer:
24 y 8
Their answer:
24 y 8
Question 2
5
Simplify ( 2 x 4 )
Correct answer:
32 x20
Their answer:
32 x20
Question 3
1
2
9x
Simplify 2. Give your power as a fraction.
−2 3
( 27 x )
Correct answer:
11
x6
Their answer:
11
6
x
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Question 5
[Edexcel GCSE June2006-5H Q20c Edited]
8 √ ❑ can be expressed in the form m √ ❑ where m is a positive integer.
Express 8 √ ❑ in the form m √ ❑
Correct answer:
16 √ ❑
Their answer:
16 √ ❑
Question 7
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) Jan 2019(R) 1H Q18]
Show that
√❑
❑
can be written in the form n+ √❑, where n is an integer.
Correct answer:
2+ √❑
Their answer:
2+ √❑
Question 8
[Edexcel GCSE June2013-1H Q4b]
Expand
3 x ()
Correct answer:
6 x 2+ 15 x
Their answer:
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3
6 x 2+ 15 x
Question 9
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018(R) 1H Q14b]
Expand and simplify
( )()
Correct answer:
3 x 2+5 x y−12 y 2
Their answer:
3 x 2+5 x y−12 y 2
Question 10
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018 1H Q11a]
Expand and simplify ( )()( )
Correct answer:
2 x3 −5 x 2−28 x +15
Their answer:
2 x3 −5 x 2−28 x +15
Question 11
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) Jan 2019 1F Q8c, Jan 2019 1H Q1a]
Factorise fully
Correct answer:
2 p ()
Their answer:
2 p ()
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Question 14
[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2012-4H Q15]
Solve the inequality
x 2< 16
Correct answer:
and
Their answer:
and
Question 16
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) June 2018 1H Q12 Edited]
Prove that the square of an odd number is always 1 more than a multiple of 4.
Input note: use as your odd number, and leave your answer in the form 4 ( … ) +1
Correct answer:
4 ( n2 +n ) + 1
Their answer:
4 ( n2 +n ) + 1
Question 17
[AQA IGCSE FM June 2018 P1 Q20]
In triangle , A B=6 √❑ cm, angle A BC=45° and angle A C B=60 °
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Work out the value of x.
Give your answer in the form a √ ❑, where a and b are integers.
Correct answer:
x=4 √❑
Their answer:
4 √❑
Question 4
Find the value of x :
−4
1
x3=
256
Correct answer:
or
Their answer:
or
Question 6
[Edexcel IGCSE Jan2017-4H Q16c Edited]
Find the value of ( 7−2 √ ❑)
Correct answer:
29
Their answer:
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6
29
Question 13
[Edexcel GCSE(9-1) Mock Set 4 Autumn 2018 1F Q30]
Solve
3()<21
Correct answer:
Their answer:
Question 12
[Edexcel IGCSE(9-1) June 2018 1F Q16di, June 2018 1H Q3di]
Factorise
x 2+ 2 x−24
Correct answer:
( )()
Their answer:
( )()
Question 18
[AQA IGCSE FM Practice paper set 2 P1 Q8b]
The equation of line L is
Line N is perpendicular to line L and passes through ( )
Work out the point of intersection of line N and the x -axis.
Correct answer:
()
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Their answer:
()
Question 20
[OCR GCSE(9-1) June 2017 4H Q19a]
Here are the first four terms of a sequence.
1 4 9 16
2 3 4 5
Find the nth term of this sequence.
Correct answer:
2
n th term = n
❑
Their answer:
n2
❑
Question 15
[Edexcel C1 May 2005 Q3b Edited]
2 2
x −8 x−29 ≡() −45
Hence, or otherwise, show that the roots of x 2−8 x−29=0 are c ± d √ ❑, where c and d are
integers to be found.
Correct answer:
Their answer:
Question 19
[Edexcel GCSE Nov2014-2H Q22b]
Make m the subject of
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m t ❑
− =
v b R
Correct answer:
t v ()
m=
b( )
Their answer:
t v ()
b ()
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