There are men and women at a meeting. There are 28 women. 30% of the people at the meeting are men. Work out the total number of people at the meeting.
40
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle and a parallelogram. The area of the parallelogram is 5 times the area of the triangle. The perpendicular height of the parallelogram is h cm. Find the value of h.
12 cm
Here are the first five terms of a number sequence. 45 40 35 30 25. A term of this sequence is −5 . Which term?
11
Make t the subject of the formula w = 3t + 11
t = w - 11 / 3
Ben is n years old. Chloe is twice as old as Ben. Dan is five years younger than Ben. The total of Ben's age, Chloe's age and Dan's age is T years. Find a formula for T in terms of n.
t = 4n - 5
The table shows information about the heights of 80 plants. Find the class interval that contains the median.
40 < h < 50
Write the ratio 4.5 : 2.25 in the form n : 1
2:1
Here are the first four terms of an arithmetic sequence. 5 11 17 23. Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term of the sequence.
6n - 1
The size of the largest angle in a triangle is 4 times the size of the smallest angle. The other angle is 27° less than the largest angle. Work out, in degrees, the size of each angle in the triangle. You must show your working.
92, 65, 23
Cups are sold in packs and in boxes. There are 12 cups in each pack. There are 18 cups in each box. Alison buys p packs of cups and b boxes of cups. Write down an expression, in terms of p and b, for the total number of cups Alison buys.
12p + 18b
In the Northern hemisphere the ratio of the area of land to the area of water is 2 : 3 Work out what percentage of the area of the Northern hemisphere is land.
40%
The diagram shows a pentagon. The pentagon has one line of symmetry. AE = 4x AB = 2x + 1 BC = x + 2 All these measurements are given in centimetres. The perimeter of the pentagon is 18 cm. Find the value of x
x = 1.2
The diagram shows a right-angled triangle and a quarter circle. The right-angled triangle ABC has angle ABC = 90° The quarter circle has centre C and radius CB. Work out the area of the quarter circle. Give your answer correct to 3 sf
35.3 cm
In a sale, the normal price of a boat is reduced by 15%. The sale price of the boat is £272 000. Work out the normal price of the boat.
£320 000
Mary needs to work out the size of angle x in this diagram. She writes x = 63° because base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal. Mary is wrong. Explain why.
x is not one of the base angles.
The table shows information about the heights of 80 plants. Work out an estimate of the mean.
Jim thinks of a number. 2/3 of Jim's number is 48. Work out 5/6 of Jim's number.
60
A stadium cost £600 million. 13/15 of this cost was for the building. The rest of the cost was for the land. Work out the cost of the land.
£80 million
Find the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 40 and 56
280
A square has an area of 81 cm2 Find the perimeter of the square.
36 cm
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