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WITHINGTON GIRLS’ SCHOOL

ENTRANCE EXAMINATION 2016

MATHEMATICS

PAPER 2
TIME: 40 MINUTES

 Some questions in this paper involve new ideas, but there are examples to guide you
and help you understand these new ideas.

 Look at the examples carefully and try to answer all the questions.

 If you cannot answer a question, leave it and go on to the next one.

 Use any time you have left to check your answers and go back to any questions you
have left out.

CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED

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1 Can you crack the code and translate the message?

1 2 3

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2. 1
A ball of string contains 7 metres. It is cut into 20 cm lengths.
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(a) How many pieces can be made? 1

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(b) How much string is left?
1
__________cm

3. Here are two sequences of numbers

1 4 7 10 13 16 ……………………….

2 6 10 14 18 22 ……………………....
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The number 10 is in both sequences.
What are the next two numbers that are in both sequences? 1
________ ________

4. Place the numbers Answer grid

1 2 3 4 6 9 18 1

in the grid so that the product (multiplication) of the numbers in each 1

vertical and horizontal line equal to 36.
Below are some grids to try out your ideas. 1
Put your final answer on the big grid on the right.

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5. Alice buys 6 packets of pasta. Each packet of pasta costs 95 pence. She also buys 5 packets of rice.
In total she spends £11.70. How much does a packet of rice cost?

£__________

6. Jamie-Anne and Natasha both collect stamps. The ratio of the number of stamps is 5:3.
If Jamie-Anne has 18 more stamps than Natasha, how many stamps do they have in total?
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__________stamps

7. (a) Ellie has 240 sweets. Each week she buys 45 new sweets and eats 60 old ones.
After how many weeks will she have 150 sweets left?

__________weeks

(b) Sophie has 320 sweets. Each week she buys 30 new sweets and eats some old ones.
After 7 weeks she has 348 sweets. How many sweets does she eat each week?

__________sweets

8. What is the size of angle 𝑎?

Diagram
not to scale
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o
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__________

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9. Look at the number line AB.

A B

C and D are points on the line AB.

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(a) AC= 3AB. What number is C?
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1
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(b) AD= 3DB. What number is D?
1

1
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10. There are 20 questions in a quiz. Points are awarded in the following way

 4 points for a correct answer

 0 points for questions unanswered
 −3 points for questions answered incorrectly

(a) Leah answers 10 questions correctly, 3 incorrectly and left 7 blank.

What was her total score? 1

____________

(b) Tammy’s total score was 37 and answered 13 questions correctly.

How many questions did she answer incorrectly?
1

____________

(c) Nicole got a score of 15 and answered 7 questions incorrectly.

How many questions did she answer correctly?

____________

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11. A quick way to subtract two square numbers is to use the rule
𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)(𝑎 − 𝑏)
For example
262 − 162 = (26 + 16)(26 − 16) = 42 × 10 = 420

Use this rule to work out 312 − 292 . (No marks will be award if you do not use the rule.)

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12. In the Debenham’s sale everything is reduced by 25%.

25%
(a) What is the sale price of a Segway which originally cost £300? OFF 1
£24

1
£____________

(b) The sale price of a jumper was £24.

How much did it cost originally?
1
NOW
£24 1

£____________

13. These are powers of 𝑥

𝑥2 = 𝑥 × 𝑥
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𝑥 =𝑥×𝑥×𝑥
4
𝑥 =𝑥×𝑥×𝑥×𝑥
For example
23 = 2 × 2 × 2 = 8

(a) What is 22 × 33 ? (b) 𝑥 4 = 81, what is 𝑥? 1

1
__________ __________

(c) What numbers are  and  if

2 × 3 = 72
1
=__________
1
=__________

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14. Fill in the missing gaps

(a) 25% of 32 = % of 40 1

(b) 40% of 35 = 50% of

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3 2
(c) 8
of 16 = 9 of
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15. The diagram shows 3 identical triangles A, B and C.

80% of triangle A is shaded.
60% of triangle C is shaded.
What percentage of triangle B is shaded? 1

__________%

16. In 7W there are 28 girls.

20 like One Direction. 1
17 like The Vamps.
15 like both One Direction and The Vamps. 1
How many girls like neither One Direction nor The Vamps?

___________

17. Ana is 116 cm taller than Olaf.

Kristoff is five and a half time the height of Olaf. 1
Ana is 150 cm. How much taller is Kristoff than Ana?
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__________ cm

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18. An estimate for the area of a circle, radius 𝑟, is

Area = 3 × 𝑟 2 = 3 × 𝑟 × 𝑟

For example
Area = 3 × 42 4 cm
=3×4×4
= 3 × 16
= 48 cm2

(a) Find an estimate for the area of the circle.

6 cm
1

1
__________cm2

(b) Find an estimate for the area of this shape.

8 cm 1

8 cm 1
2
__________cm

(c) An estimate for the area of the circle is 147 cm2.

Find the radius of the circle.
𝑟 cm
1

__________cm2

(d) The area of this shape is 25 cm2.

Find the size of the angle marked 𝑥.

𝑥° 1
5 cm

5 cm 1
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19. A decimal which goes on forever (infinite) and has a pattern which repeats is called recurring.
Dots are often used to show the digits which recur.

For example
0 444444 … … … = 0 4̇

0 545454 … … … = 0 5̇4̇

The following method can be used to change (a) Use this method to change 0 777 … = 0 7̇
recurring decimals into fractions. into a fraction.

𝑥 = 0 4444444 … …
10𝑥 = 4 4444444 … …

Subtracting 9𝑥 = 4
4
𝑥= 1
9

1
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In order to change decimals with two recurring (b) Use this method to change
digits into a fraction you use the following 0 2424 … = 0 2̇4̇ into a fraction in its lowest
method. form.

𝑥 = 0 545454 … …
100𝑥 = 54 545454 … …

Subtracting 99𝑥 = 54
54
𝑥=
99
6
𝑥= 1
11
1
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(c) Now use a similar method to change 0 152152 … … = 0 1̇5̇2̇ into a fraction.

1
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END OF TEST – NOW CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

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