1. Numbers & the Number SystemEdexcel IGCSE Maths: Topic test
20 questions, 52 marks
Edexcel IGCSE Maths
1. Numbers & the Number System topic test
Total 52 marks
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Class
Date
- 1A gym surveys its 90 members about which of two classes, yoga and spin, they attend. In a Venn diagram, set Y represents yoga and set S represents spin, within a universal set of 90 members. Region Y only contains 34 members, region S only contains 21 members, and the region where the two sets overlap contains 15 members.(a)How many members attend neither class?[1 mark]
- A20
- B70
- C35
- D15
(b)What is the probability, as a fraction in its simplest form, that a randomly selected member attends spin only (not yoga)?[1 mark]- A
- B
- C
- D
(c)What is , the number of members who attend yoga or spin (or both)?[1 mark]- A90
- B49
- C56
- D70
Total for question 1: 3 marks
- 2A school allocates a grant of $960 between three clubs, chess, debate and robotics, in the ratio 5:3:4.(a)Calculate the amount of money received by the robotics club.[2 marks](b)The debate club is then given an extra $45 on top of its original share. Express the debate club's new total as a percentage of the original $960 grant, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.[2 marks]
Total for question 2: 4 marks
- 3Deepa invests $2500 in a savings account paying compound interest at 3.5% per year. Separately, she buys office equipment for $4000 that depreciates in value by 12% per year.(a)Calculate the value of Deepa's savings account after 4 years, giving your answer to the nearest cent.[3 marks](b)Calculate the value of the office equipment after 3 years, and hence find the total depreciation, in dollars, over the 3 years.[3 marks]
Total for question 3: 6 marks
- 4A laboratory technician records the mass of a chemical sample as 8.4 grams, correct to 2 significant figures, and its volume as 3.5 cm, correct to 2 significant figures. The number of molecules in a similar sample of the same substance is separately estimated as , correct to 2 significant figures.(a)Find the upper bound and the lower bound of the sample's density, in g/cm, given that density = mass ÷ volume. Give each bound to 3 significant figures.[4 marks](b)Using the mass 8.4 g and the estimated molecules, calculate the average mass of one molecule, giving your answer in standard form to 2 significant figures.[4 marks](c)By rounding each value to 1 significant figure, estimate the value of , showing your rounded values. State, with a reason, whether your estimate is an overestimate or an underestimate of the exact value.[5 marks]
Total for question 4: 13 marks
- 5The time, hours, taken to build a wall varies inversely with the number of bricklayers, , working at the same rate. When 4 bricklayers work, the wall takes 15 hours to build, so .(a)How long would the wall take if 6 bricklayers work at the same rate?[1 mark]
- A22.5 hours
- B10 hours
- C9 hours
- D60 hours
(b)How many bricklayers, working at the same rate, are needed to complete the wall in 5 hours?[1 mark]- A12
- B3
- C75
- D16
(c)If the number of bricklayers working is doubled, what happens to the time taken to build the wall, at the same rate?[1 mark]- AIt doubles
- BIt stays the same
- CIt increases by 50%
- DIt halves
Total for question 5: 3 marks
- 6A warehouse packs two types of box onto pallets. Type P boxes are packed in groups of 84, and Type Q boxes are packed in groups of 90.(a)Express 84 and 90 as products of their prime factors.[2 marks](b)Hence find the highest common factor (HCF) of 84 and 90.[2 marks]
Total for question 6: 4 marks
- 7A chemistry teacher is preparing a revision handout that simplifies surd expressions arising from a titration calculation.(a)Simplify fully , giving your answer in the form .[3 marks](b)Rationalise the denominator of and simplify fully.[3 marks]
Total for question 7: 6 marks
- 8A bookshop runs a spring sale. Hardback books are reduced by 15%. Paperback books are sold in a bundle deal, and the shop also reviews its overall sale revenue by category.(a)A hardback book has its original price reduced by 15% in the sale, giving a sale price of $29.75. Find the original price of the book.[4 marks](b)A paperback bundle of 3 books costs less than buying the 3 books separately at $8 each. Calculate the bundle price.[4 marks](c)The bookshop's total spring-sale revenue was . Hardback sales made up of this revenue. This year's hardback revenue was 8% more than last year's spring-sale hardback revenue. Calculate last year's hardback revenue, giving your answer to the nearest dollar.[5 marks]
Total for question 8: 13 marks
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