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Problem Solving Paper 3
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1) Daisy drops a ball from 800m.
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The ball reaches of its height after every bounce.
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How many bounces until the ball no longer reaches 50m for the first time?
(3 Marks)
2) Vicky buys 5 shirts and 3 jumpers.
The total cost was £82.25.
Each shirt costs £11.50.
Work out the cost of one jumper.
(3 Marks)
3) A shop sells boxes of pens for £3.
Laura wants to buy 18 boxes.
(a)How much will it cost?
One week there is a special offer ‘3 boxes for the price of 2’
(b)How much money will she save in the sale?
(4 Marks)
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4) The exchange rate is £1:$1.20
A coat costs £86 in London.
The same coat costs $102 in New York.
Which city is the coat the cheapest?
(3 Marks)
5) Samantha is paid £12 per hour.
She works 35 hours per week.
She save 15% of her weekly wage.
How many weeks will it take for her to save £440?
(4 Marks)
6) The probability of winning a game of Tennis is (𝑥 + 2).
The probability of winning a game of Tennis and winning a game of Badminton is
𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 6.
Work out the probability of winning a game of badminton.
(3 Marks)
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7) Three coordinates are plotted to create a triangle.
Point A (5,7) Point B (5, -1) Point C (-1,-1)
(a) Find the length of the side AC
(b) Find the size of angle BCA. Give your answer to 2 decimal places.
(5 Marks)
8) The area of the shape below is 24cm2
Show that 4𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 − 19 = 0
(4 Marks)
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9) The area of a trapezium is 90cm2.
Find the height of the trapezium.
(3 Marks)
10) The image below shows two parallel lines
Find the size of angle BDF. Give reasons for your answer
(5 Marks)
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11) The price of 4 adults and 3 children tickets is £18. The price of 2 adults and 1
child tickets is £8. How much is the cost of 1 adult ticket? How much is the cost of 1
child ticket?
(4 Marks)
12) Charlotte says that 0.053 rounded to 2 significant figures is 0.1.
Show that she is wrong.
(1 Marks)
13) Write down the only number that is one more than a square number and one less
than a cube number.
(2 Marks)
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14) A car travels at 64mph for 15 minutes.
It then travels at 48mph for 45 minutes.
It then travels for 2 hours at 45mph.
Work out the average speed for the total journey.
(4 Marks)
15) The area of shape A is 30cm2.
The area of shape B is 300mm2.
Which shape has the greater area?
(2 Marks)