1. (a) the cooking time per kilogram for a piece of beef is 50 minutes.

what is the cooking time for a piece of beef that weighs 2.3 kilograms?

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answer .................................................... minutes

(2)

(b) the cooking time for a piece of pork is 160 minutes.

the time for cooking pork is 55 minutes per kilogram.
what is the weight of this piece of pork?

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answer .................................................... kg
(2)
(total 4 marks)

2. dots are used to make a sequence of patterns.

the first three patterns are shown.

P a tte rn 1 P a tte rn 2 P a tte rn 3 P a tte rn 4

(a) draw pattern 4.

(1)

(b) complete the table showing the number of dots in each pattern.

pattern number 1 2 3 4 5
number of dots 3 6 10
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(c) describe in words the rule for continuing the sequence of the number of dots.

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(1)
(total 3 marks)

3. solve the equations

(a) 3x = 12

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answer x = .............................................................
(1)

(b) y + 7 = 13

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answer y = ..........................................................
(1)

(c) 8z – 5 = 11

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answer z = ...........................................................
(2)

(d) 3(w – 2) = 9

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answer w = ............................................................
(3)
(total 7 marks)

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4. wayne cycles from newcastle to ashington, a distance of 20 miles.
the diagram shows the distance-time graph of his journey.

20

16
D is ta n c e
fro m
N e w c a stle 1 2
(m ile s )
8

0
1 0 .0 0 1 1 .0 0 1 2 .0 0 1 3 .0 0 1 4 .0 0 T im e

(a) how far from newcastle is wayne at 11.00?

answer .......................................... miles

(1)

(b) describe what is happening between 12.00 and 13.00

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(1)

(c) how far does wayne travel in the first 2 hours of his journey?

answer .......................................... miles

(1)

(d) what is wayne’s average speed over the first 2 hours of his journey?

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answer ........................................... mph

(2)

(e) darren travels from ashington to newcastle by bus.

he leaves ashington at 10.00 and arrives in newcastle at 11.00
on the diagram draw a possible distance-time graph of darren’s journey.
(1)
(total 6 marks)

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5. an approximate rule for converting degrees fahrenheit into degrees centigrade is

F – 30
C=
2

use this rule to convert 22°f into °c.

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answer ...................... degrees centigrade

(total 2 marks)

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6. (a) on the grid below draw and label the lines y = –4 and y = 2x + 1

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O x
–4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

–6

–7

(4)

(b) write down the coordinates of the point where the lines y = –4 and y = 2x + 1 cross.

answer ( ...................., ......................)

(1)
(total 5 marks)

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