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2. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
Two yachts leave from harbour H.
Yacht A sails on a bearing of 072°
for 30 kilometres and stops.
Yacht B sails on a bearing of 140°
for 50 kilometres and stops.
Bearing 072°
72° h
68°
Bearing
140°
How far apart are the two yachts when
they have both stopped?
Do not use a scale drawing.
140°
SAS
Cosine Rule

3. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
A mug is in the shape of a cylinder with
diameter 10 cms and height 14 cms.
a) Calculate the volume of the mug.
b) mls of coffee are poured in.
Calculate the depth of the coffee in the cup.
Let height be h cms

4. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
The number of diagonals, d, in a polygon
with n sides is given by the formula:
A polygon has 20 diagonals. How many sides does it have?
What are we trying to find ? n
Polygon has 8 sides

5. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
In the diagram
Angle STV = 34°
Angle VSW = 25°
Angle SVT = Angle SWV = 90°
ST = 13.1 centimetres
Calculate the length of SW

6. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
The area of triangle ABC
is 38 square centimeters.
AB is 9 centimetres and
BC is 14 centimetres.
Calculate the size of the acute angle ABC
SAS
Use Area = ½ a b sin C
need to transpose letters !!!

7. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
Find points where curve cuts the axes
and co-ordinates of minimum turning point. -4 -1 2
(-1, -9)
Axis of symmetry is between the roots
x = -1
when x = -1
min t.p. = (-1, -9)
when x = 0
y-intercept = (0, -8)

8. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
The diagram shows part of the graph of a
quadratic function, with equation of the form 1
The graph cuts the y-axis at (0, -6) and
the x-axis at (-1, 0) and (3, 0)
a) Write down the values of a and b.
b) Calculate the value of k.
c) Find the coordinates of the minimum
turning point of the function
a = -1 and b = 3
Choose a point on the curve (0, -6)

9. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
Two perfume bottles are mathematically similar in shape.
The smaller one is 6 centimetres high
and holds 30 millilitres of perfume.
The larger one is 9 centimetres high.
What volume of perfume will the larger one hold.
Find the linear scale factor
Since we are finding volume – scale factor is cubed
Volume = mls

10. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
A sheep shelter is part of a cylinder as shown figure 1. It is 6 metres wide and 2 metres high. The cross-section of the shelter is a segment of a circle with centre O, as shown in Figure 2.
OB is the radius of the circle.
Calculate the length of OB. 3
Pythagoras M B
r - 2 r r O r

11. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
A driver travels from A to B, a distance of x miles at a constant speed of 75 kilometres per hour. Find the time taken for the journey in terms of x.
b) The time for the journey from B to A is hours. Calculate the driver’s average speed for the whole journey. D S T
hours
Distance = 2 x
Total time =
Speed = Distance  Time
Speed =

12. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
Fiona checks out the price of a litre of milk in several shops.
The prices in pence are:
a) Find the mean price of a litre of milk.
b) Find the standard deviation of the prices.
c) Fiona also checks out the price of
a kilogram of sugar in the same shops
and finds that the standard deviation
of the prices is 2.6.
Make one valid comparison between
the two sets of prices. x 49 44 41 52 47 43 3 -2 -5 6 1 -3 9 4 25 36 1
276 84
Mean =
Price of milk varies more than price of sugar

13. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
A microwave oven is sold for £150.
This price includes VAT at 17.5%
Calculate the price of the microwave oven without VAT.
Price without VAT  = £ 150
Price without VAT =
= £

14. Paper 1 Questions Credit Level
Solve the equation
Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.
Use the quadratic formula
a = 2, b = -3, c = -7