REVISION SHEET 3

CALCULATOR ALLOWED

1. a) Simplify 5a 7 4a 6.
b) Find the value of 5x + 4y when x = 4 and y = 3.

2. a) Calculate 37% of 46.

b) The total cost of 8 loaves and 6 cakes is 14.74.
One loaf costs 92 pence. Find the cost of one cake.

3. The diagram below represents a number machine.

INPUT add 5 divide OUTPUT

by 4

If the input is x, write down the output in terms of x.

4. The diagram below represents a number machine.

INPUT subtract divide add 10 OUTPUT

5 by 7

If the input is x, write down the output in terms of x.

5. a) A solid cuboid measures 6.2 cm by 4.6 cm by 2.5 cm, as shown in the diagram.
Calculate its volume, clearly stating the units of your answer.

2.5 cm

4.6 cm
6.2 cm

b) Calculate the total surface area of the cuboid.

6. Eighty pupils were asked what their favourite soft drinks were. Of these pupils, 32
said coke, 24 said orange, 14 said lemonade and 10 chose other drinks.

a) What is the probability that a randomly chosen pupil

i) said that orange was their favourite soft drink,

ii) did not choose coke as their favourite drink.

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 b) Draw a pie chart to illustrate the different drinks that the pupils had chosen as
their favourite soft drinks. You should show how you calculate the angles of
your pie chart.

7. Mr. and Mrs. Willis have just received their gas bill. The details were as follows.

Previous meter reading 71 201

Present meter reading 72 715

Cost per unit 6.43 pence per unit

Fixed standing charge 11 03.

VAT 5%

Find the total cost of the gas bill, including VAT.

8. ABCD is a parallelogram. Angle BCD = 65o.

D A

65o
C B

i) Find angle ADC. ii) Find angle DAB.

9. Write down, in terms of n, the nth term of each of the following sequences.

a) 4 10 16 22
b) 1 4 7 10
c) 12 23 34 45
d) 14 25 36 47
e) 13 25 37 49
f) 24 47 610 813

12 6 x
10. Solve the following equations. a) =3
7
5x 7 x
b) =3.
2 3

11. A solution of the equation x3 2x 12 = 0 lies between x = 2 and x = 3.

Use the method of trial and improvement to find this solution correct to one decimal
place.

12. Make d the subject of the following formulas: i) h= t+d

ii) g+h= t d.
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ANSWERS.
1. a) a 13 b) 8.

2. a) 17.02 b) 1.23.

x+5
3. .
4

x 5
4. + 10 .
7

5. a) 71.3 cm3 b) 111.04 cm2.

3 3
6. a) i) ii) .
10 5

7. 113.80.

8. i) 115o ii) 65o.

9. a) 6n 2 b) 3n 2 c) n (n + 1) d) n (n + 3)
e) n (2n + 1) f) (2n) (3n + 1).

10. a) x = 1.5 b) x = 3.

11. x = 2.6. to 1 decimal place.

12. i) d = h2 t ii) d=t (g + h)2.

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