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  • 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