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End of Year Preparation II

6  71 9  3   2  8M.28.1
(a) Calculate .
5
Write down the first five digits on your calculator display. [1]

(b) Write your answer to part (a) correct to two decimal places. [1]

Given that 1 < x < 5 and –3 ≤ y ≤ 2, and x and y are integers, find 8M.28.2

(a) the greatest possible value of x – y, [1]

(b) the least possible value of xy2. [1]

A park has an area of 6.4 km2. It is represented by an area of 0.4 cm2 on map A. 8M.28.3

(a) Find the scale of the map in the form 1 : n. [2]

(b) The length of a road on map A is 11 cm. Find its actual length in km. [1]

(c) Find the area, in cm2, of the park drawn on map B whose scale is 1 : 50 000. [2]

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(a) It is given that A is directly proportional to the cube of r. 8M.28.4

Describe the change in the value of A when the value of r is doubled.
Show working to support your answer. [2]

(b) d is inversely proportional to xn where n is an integer. The table below shows some
values of x and the corresponding values of d. Find the value of n and of a. [3]

x 1 2 5
d 40 10 a

(a) Given that (x + y)2 = 10 and x2 + y2 = 6, find the value of xy. [1] 8M.28.5

(b) Evaluate the following using special products of algebraic expressions.

(i) 992, [2]

(ii) 103 × 97. [2]

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(a) Expand and simplify 3  x  5   2  x  2  . [3]
2  3 

(b) Simplify

5a 3b 10a
(i)  , [2]
9b 2c 3b

2 pq  3q 2 p 2  p  3
(ii)  . [3]
q2 4 p2  9

(c) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form.

6x 3
 [3]
4x  1 4 x  2
2

p q
(d) Given that   p 2 , express p in terms of q and r. [3]
r 3

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Solve the following equations. 8M.28.7

x  3 4x  5
(a)  x [2]
7 6

y 1 y
(b)  [3]
y  2 3y  2

Solve the following simultaneous linear equations. 8M.28.8

3x  2 y  8
4x  3 y  5 [3]

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The diagram below shows part of a regular polygon ABCD… and 2 squares PQCB and
RSDC. Given that polygon ABCD… has an exterior angle of 45o,
8M.28.9

(a) find the number of sides of polygon ABCD… [2]

P Q R

S
B C
A D
(b) find
(i) angle QCR, [2]

(ii) angle SDA, [2]

(iii) angle AQD. [2]

Car A travels at a speed of (4u2 + 3u) km/h for 2.5 hours. 8M.28.10
2
Car B travels at a speed of (u + 6u – 1) km/h for 2 hours.
Given that car A travels 179.5 km more than that of car B, find the speed of car A. [3]

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A factory packages thumb drives into paper boxes or plastic boxes. 8M.28.11

(a) It takes m minutes to package a thumb drive into a paper box.

Write down, in terms of m, an expression for the number of thumb drives that can
be packaged into paper boxes in an hour. [1]

(b) The process will take 1 minute longer if the thumb drive is packaged into a plastic
box.
Write down an expression, in terms of m, for the number of thumb drives that can
be packaged into plastic boxes in an hour. [1]

(c) Thumb drives are packaged into paper and plastic boxes at the same time.
A total of 50 thumb drives can be packaged in an hour.
Form an equation in terms of m and show that it reduces to 5m2 – 7m – 6 = 0. [3]

(d) Solve the equation to find the value of m. [2]

(e) Hence, find the number of thumb drives that can be packaged into plastic boxes in
an hour. [1]

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A crane arm 20 metres long lowers a parcel from A to B. 8M.28.12

When the parcel is at A, the crane arm makes an angle of 55o with the horizontal.
When the parcel is at B, the crane arm makes an angle of 20o with the horizontal.
Find the vertical distance moved by the parcel. [2]

20 m

20o 55o

In the diagram shown below, ABC is a triangle. The points M and P are on AB and BC
respectively, such that PM is parallel to CA. The points N and Q are on AB and AC
respectively, such that QN is parallel to CB. NQ and MP meet at point X, such that QXPC
is a rhombus. 8M.28.13
(a) Name a triangle which is similar to triangle A
MNX. [1]
M

(b) What type of triangle should triangle NXM be,

for it to be similar to triangle QXP. [1] X
Q N

C B
P

(c) Given that XN : QN : CB = 3 : 4 : 5,

(i) prove that triangles ANQ and MBP are congruent. State the geometrical
reasons and the case of congruence clearly. [2]

(ii) state the ratio QP : MN. [1]

(iii) find the ratio of the area of triangle ANQ : area of QNBC. [3]

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The diagram shows a hollow cone partially filled with water to a height of 24 cm. 8M.28.14
The cone has a height of 30 cm and a radius of 5 cm.

30
24

(a) Find the radius of the water surface. [2]

(b) Find
(i) the volume of the water in the cone, [1]

(ii) the area of the inner surface of the cone in contact with the water.
Assume negligible thickness for the cone. [2]

The water is poured into hemispherical bowls of radius 2.8 cm.

(c) Find the number of bowls that is completely filled with water. [2]

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Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. 8M.28.15

A solid cuboid has dimensions (9 – x) m by x m by 2 m.
(a) Express the total volume, y m3, of the cuboid in terms of x. [1]

(b) The following table shows some values of x. Copy and complete the table. [2]

xm 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
y m3

(c) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit for the x-axis and 2 cm to represent
5 units for the y-axis, draw the graph of y m3 against x m. [3]

(d) Using your graph, find the value of m given that the points (2, n) and (m, n) lie on
the curve. [1]

(e) Using the graph, find the maximum volume of the solid cuboid. [1]

(f) Find the equation of the straight line that must be drawn on the above graph to
solve x2 – 10.5x + 15 = 0. [2]

(g) Another cuboid with x m as one of its sides has a total volume of y = (30 – 3x) m3.
By inserting the straight line y = 30 – 3x onto your graph, find the value of x, where
x < 5, when the two cuboids have the same volume. [2]

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