Mathematics

First Practice Test 2

Levels 6-8
Calculator allowed
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Remember
The test is 1 hour long.
You may use a calculator for any question in this test.
You will need: pen, pencil, rubber, ruler and a scientific or graphic calculator.
Some formulae you might need are on page 2.
This test starts with easier questions.
Try to answer all the questions.
Write all your answers and working on the test paper – do not use
any rough paper. Marks may be awarded for working.
Check your work carefully.
Ask your teacher if you are not sure what to do.

For marker’s use only

TOTAL MARKS
 Instructions

Answers
This means write down your
answer or show your working
and write down your answer.

Calculators
You may use a calculator to
answer any question in this test.

Formulae
You might need to use these formulae

Trapezium
b
1
Area = (a + b)h height (h)
2

Prism

length

area of cross-section

Volume = area of cross-section × length

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 Value of x

1. (a) Look at the equation.

5x + 1 = 2x – 8

Complete the sentence below by ticking ( ) the correct box.

The value of x is …

… one particular number.

… any number less than zero.

… any number greater than zero.

… any whole number.

… any number at all.

1 mark

(b) Now look at this equation.

y = 3x – 2

Complete the sentence below by ticking ( ) the correct box.

The value of x is …

… one particular number.

… any number less than zero.

… any number greater than zero.

… any whole number.

… any number at all.

1 mark

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 Darts, Conversions

2. Gita threw three darts.

Use the information in the box to work out what numbers she threw.

The lowest number was 10

The range was 10

The mean was 15

Gita’s numbers were , and

1 mark

3. A cookery book shows this conversion table.

Mass in ounces Mass in grams

1 25
2 50
3 75
4 110
5 150
10 275

Use the table to explain how you can tell the conversions cannot all be exact.

1 mark

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 Concorde, Counters in a bag

4. Concorde could travel 1 mile every 3 seconds.

How many miles per hour (mph) is that?

mph
2 marks

5. In a bag, there are only red, white and yellow counters.

I am going to take a counter out of the bag at random.

1
The probability that it will be red is more than
4
It is twice as likely to be white as red.

Give an example of how many counters of each colour there could be.

Write numbers in the sentence below.

There could be red, white and yellow counters.

2 marks

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 Perimeters

6. (a) The perimeter of a regular hexagon is 42 a + 18

Write an expression for the length of one of its sides.

1 mark

(b) The perimeter of a different regular polygon is 75 b – 20

The length of one of its sides is 15 b – 4

How many sides does this regular polygon have?

1 mark

(c) The perimeter of a square is 4 ( c – 9 )

Find the perimeter of the square when c = 15

1 mark

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 Yoghurt, Lawn

7. A dessert has both fruit and yoghurt inside.

Altogether, the mass of the fruit and yoghurt is 175 g.

The ratio of the mass of fruit to the mass of yoghurt is 2 : 5

What is the mass of the yoghurt?

g
2 marks

8. The diagram shows a plan of Luke’s new lawn.

The lawn is a circle with radius 3m.

Work out the area of the lawn.

3m

m2
2 marks

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 Triangular numbers

9. To find the n th triangular number, you can use this rule.

n th triangular number = n ( n + 1 )
2

3
Example: 3rd triangular number = ( 3 + 1)
2

= 6

(a) Work out the 10 th triangular number.

1 mark

(b) Now work out the 100 th triangular number.

1 mark

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 Isosceles triangle

10. Look at triangle ABC.

ABD is an isosceles triangle where AB = AD.

y z Not drawn
accurately

x 74° 28°
B C
D

Work out the sizes of angles x, y and z

Give reasons for your answers.

°
x= because

°
y= because

°
z= because

2 marks

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 Journeys

11. (a) The graphs show information about the different journeys of four people.

Ann Ben

Distance from Distance from

starting point starting point

0 Time 0 Time

Chris Dee

Distance from Distance from

starting point starting point

0 Time 0 Time

Write the correct names next to the journey descriptions in the table below.

Name Journey description

This person walked slowly and then ran

at a constant speed.

This person walked at a constant speed but

turned back for a while before continuing.

This person walked at a constant speed

without stopping or turning back.

This person walked at a constant speed but

stopped for a while in the middle. 1 mark

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 (b) Ella made a different journey of 4km.

She walked to a place 4 km away from her starting point.

Here is the description of her journey.

For the first 15 minutes she walked at 4 km per hour.

For the next 15 minutes she walked at 2 km per hour.

For the last 30 minutes she walked at a constant speed.

Show Ella’s journey accurately on the graph below.

Ella

Distance from
starting point 2
( km )

0 2 marks
0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Time ( minutes )

(c) For the last 30 minutes of her journey, what was Ella’s speed?

km per hour
1 mark

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 Special offer

12. A shop has this special offer.

Reduction of 10% when your bill is between £50 and £100

Reduction of 20% when your bill is more than £100

Before the reductions, Marie’s bill is £96 and Richard’s bill is £108

After the reductions, who paid more?

You must show working to explain your answer.

Tick ( ) the correct answer.

Marie Richard Both paid the same

2 marks

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 Planes

13. The scatter graph shows the maximum number of passengers plotted against
the wingspans of some passenger planes.

600

500

400

Number of
300
passengers

200

100

0
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Wingspan (m)

(a) What type of correlation does the scatter graph show?

1 mark

(b) Draw a line of best fit on the scatter graph.

1 mark

(c) Another passenger plane has a wingspan of 40 m. The plane is full of passengers.

If each passenger takes 20 kg of bags onto the plane, estimate how much their
bags would weigh altogether.

kg
2 marks

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 Cubes

14. Kaylee has some 1cm cubes.

She makes a solid cube with side length 6cm out of the cubes.

Not drawn
accurately

Then she uses all these cubes to make some cubes with side length 2cm.

How many of these 2cm cubes can Kaylee make?

2 marks

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 Best buy

15. You can buy jars of the same jam in two sizes.

A B

454g for £ 1.59 340g for £ 1.25

Which jar is better value for money?

You must show working to explain your answer.

Tick ( ) your answer.

A B
2 marks

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 Shadows

16. Tom’s height is 1.8 m.

He stands near a tree.

Height
of tree

1.8 m

2.7 m
Not drawn
6.3 m accurately

At 4 pm, the length of Tom’s shadow is 2.7 m.

At 4 pm, the length of the tree’s shadow is 6.3 m.

What is the height of the tree?

m
2 marks

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 1, 2, 4

17. Here are the n th term expressions for three different sequences.

( n – 1) n2 – n + 2 n ( n2 – 3n + 8 )
2
2 6

Sequence A Sequence B Sequence C

The first three terms of each sequence are 1, 2 and 4

What is the 4th term of each sequence?

You must show your working.

Sequence A

Sequence B

Sequence C
3 marks

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 Triangles

18. (a) Look at this triangle. A C

Work out length AC.

9cm
17 cm
Not drawn
B accurately

AC = cm
2 marks

(b) Look at this triangle. D F

Work out length DF.

12 cm

33°

Not drawn
E accurately

DF = cm
2 marks

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 Box plots

19. The box plots show the marks in a test for pupils in Year 10 and Year 11.

Year 10

Year 11

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Marks

(a) The lowest mark in Year 11 was greater than the lowest mark in Year 10.

How much greater?

marks
1 mark

(b) Show that the median mark in Year 11 is 9 marks greater than
the median mark in Year 10.

1 mark

(c) The teacher says:

The marks were more consistent in Year 11 than in Year 10.

Do you agree?

Yes No

Explain your answer.

1 mark

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 Circle graph

20. The graph shows a circle with centre ( 0, 0 ) y

The circle has the equation:

0 x
x 2 + y 2 = 25

x 2 + y 2 = 25

(a) There are two points on the circumference of the circle with an x-coordinate of 3

Complete the coordinates of these two points.

( 3, ) and ( 3 , )
2 marks

(b) What is the radius of the circle?

1 mark

(c) Point P is on the circumference of the circle.

Its x-coordinate is equal to its y-coordinate.

What are the coordinates of point P, correct to 1 decimal place?

P is ( , )
2 marks

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 Giant pandas

21. In 1988 there was a survey of giant pandas seen in the wild in China.

In 2004 the survey was repeated. There was a 40% increase.

The table shows some of the results.

Approximate number of
Year
giant pandas seen

1988 x
40%
increase
2004 1600

About x giant pandas were seen in 1988.

Work out the value of x and give your answer to the nearest 100

x=
2 marks

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 Prism

22. A cube is cut through four of its vertices, A, B, C and D, into two identical pieces.

The diagram below shows one of the pieces.

D
Not drawn
C accurately

4cm
A

4cm
4cm
B

Find the length of the line AC.

cm
3 marks

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 Number cards

23. A teacher has number cards, numbered from 1 to n

1 2 3 4
… the numbers continue …

The teacher says:

I have n number cards, numbered from 1 to n

1
of the cards show square numbers.
5

What could the value of n be?

There are three possible answers. Give them all.

n=

or n =

or n =
2 marks

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PLEASE TURN OVER
 Window

24. A window is made with two pieces of glass.

One piece is a square, the other is a semicircle.

Not drawn
accurately

The area of the square is 1m2

What is the area of the semicircle?

Give your answer in cm2 to the nearest whole number.

cm2
3 marks

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