45.

(a) Rearrange m = 4n – 3 to make n the subject.

n = ................................................ [2]
(b) Solve these simultaneous equations.
Show your working.
10x + 7y = - 3
5x – y = 3

x = ................................................

y = ......................................... [3]
(c) Solve the equation 5x2 + 3x – 1 = 0
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ...................... or x = ...................... [3]

[June/2020/P21/Q3]
46.
(a) The length of a rectangle is 6 cm more than its width, w cm.
The perimeter of the rectangle is 37 cm.
Form an equation in w and solve it to find the width of the rectangle.

w = ........................................... cm [3]
[June/2020/P22/Q2a]
47.
(a) Solve these simultaneous equations.
Show your working.
2x – 4y = 11
3x + 3y = - 6

x = ................................................

y = .......................................... [4]
(b) Solve the equation 2x = 3(8 – x).
2

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ................... or x = .................. [4]

(c) h is inversely proportional to the cube of g.
h = 4.5 when g = 2.
(i) Find the formula for h in terms of g.

h = ................................................ [2]
32
(ii) Find the value of g when h = 3 .

g = ................................................ [2]
[June/2020/P22/Q5]
48.
(a) Solve the inequality 6x – 7 > 5 – 2x.

................................................. [2]
(b) Chen buys 4 notebooks and 3 pens for $17.50.
Liu buys 2 notebooks and 5 pens for $14.
Form a pair of simultaneous equations and solve them to find the cost of a notebook and the cost of a pen.
Show your working.

Notebook $ .................................................

Pen $ .......................................... [4]

(c)
x 3
(i) Show that - = 4 can be rearranged to 3x2 – 4x – 34 = 0.
x+2 x-5

[3]
(ii) Solve the equation 3x2 – 4x – 34 = 0.
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = ......................... or x = ......................... [3]

[Nov/2020/P21/Q6]
49.
(a) Gita has n stamps.
Ravi has twice as many stamps as Gita.
Sanjay has 7 fewer stamps than Ravi.
Altogether, the three children have 108 stamps.
Form an equation in n and solve it to find the number of stamps Sanjay has.

................................................. [3]
[Nov/2020/P22/Q5a]
50. Amira drives 40 km to work.
(a) Amira takes x minutes to drive the first 30 km of the journey.
1800
Show that her average speed in km/h for the first 30 km of the journey is x .

[1]
600
(b) Amira’s average speed in km/h for the final 10 km of the journey is x - 25.
Her average speed for the first 30 km of the journey is 8 km/h slower than her average speed for the final 10 km.
Form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to x2 + 125x – 5625 = 0.

[3]
(c) Solve the equation x + 125x – 5625 = 0
2

Show your working and give each answer correct to 1 decimal place.

x = .................. or x = .................. [3]

(d) It takes Amira 25 minutes less to drive the final 10 km than it takes for the first 30 km.
Calculate Amira’s average speed, in km/h, for the whole journey.

......................................... km/h [3]

[Nov/2020/P22/Q10]
51.
3q + 5
(a) p =
x2
Calculate p when q = 15 and r = - 4.

p = ................................................ [2]
(b) Expand and simplify 3(2x + 1)+ 4(x – 5)

................................................. [2]
3-k
(c) Solve 4 = 1.

k = ................................................ [2]
x6
(d) xm = x – 3
Find m.

m = ................................................ [1]
(e)

A rectangular piece of card measures 30 cm by 24 cm.

The net of an open box is made by removing a square from each corner of this piece of card.
Each square that is removed has side x cm.
The area of the net is 576 cm2.
(i) Form an equation in x and solve it to find the value of x.

x = ................................................ [3]
(ii) The net is made into an open box.
1000 cm3 of sand is placed inside the box.
Find the fraction of the box that is filled with sand.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

................................................. [3]
[June/2021/P21/Q3]
52.
(a) The diagram shows a right-angled triangle, with dimensions given in centimetres.
(i) Show that 5x2 + 30x – 39 = 0

[3]
(ii) Solve the equation 5x2 + 30x – 39 = 0
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

(iii) Calculate the area of the triangle.

.......................................... cm2 [2]

[Nov/2021/P21/Q6a]
53.
(a) The mass of 4 cards and 3 envelopes is 85 g.
The mass of 2 cards and 5 envelopes is 67 g.
Form a pair of simultaneous equations and solve them to find the mass of one card and the mass of one envelope.

Card = ............................................... g

Envelope = ......................................... g [4]

2t
(c) Rearrange the formula r = t - 5 to make t the subject.

t = ................................................. [3]
[Nov/2021/P22/Q5(a, c)]
54. The diagram shows an open box in the shape of a cuboid.
The height of the box is x cm.
The width of the box is 5 cm more than its height.
The length of the box is two times its width.
(a) Write down expressions, in terms of x, for the width and the length of the box.

Width = ........................................... cm

Length = ..................................... cm [2]

(b) The external surface area of the open box is 210 cm .2

Form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to 4x2 + 25x – 80 = 0

[4]
(c) Solve the equation 4x2 + 25x – 80 = 0.
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

(d) Calculate the volume of the box.

.......................................... cm3 [2]

(e) The box is filled with chocolates.
The mass of the chocolates is 250 g, correct to the nearest 10 grams.
The total mass of the box and chocolates is 262 g, correct to the nearest gram.
Calculate the lower bound of the mass of the box.

............................................... g [3]
[Nov/2021/P22/Q9]
55.
(a) Apples cost $x per kilogram and oranges cost $y per kilogram.
The total cost of 5 kg of apples and 10 kg of oranges is $40.
(i) Show that x + 2y = 8.

[1]
(ii) The total cost of 4 kg of apples and 3 kg of oranges is $19.
Use simultaneous equations to find the cost of 1 kilogram of apples and of 1 kilogram of oranges.
Show your working.

Apples $ .................................................

Oranges $ .......................................... [4]

(b) Solve – 8 < 4(x – 3) < 7.

................................................. [3]
4 2
(c) Solve x - 1 + 2x + 3 = 1
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = .................... [6]

[June/2022/P21/Q8]
56.
Lara and Marco each cycle 50 km on a cycle trail.
Lara cycles at an average speed of x km/h.
Marco cycles at an average speed of (x - 3) km/h.
(a) Write down an expression for the time, in hours, Lara takes to complete the trail.

........................................ hours [1]

(b) Marco takes 15 minutes longer than Lara to complete the trail.
Hence form an equation and show that it simplifies to x2 – 3x – 600 = 0.

[4]
(c) Solve the equation x – 3x – 600 = 0.
2

Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

(d) Find the time Marco takes to complete the trail.
Give your answer in hours and minutes, correct to the nearest minute.

.............. hours ........... minutes [2]

[Nov/2022/P21/Q8]
57. Kate thinks of a number, n.
She subtracts 8 from the number and multiplies the result by 3.
The answer is 11 less than the number she thought of.
Form an equation in n and solve it to find Kate’s number.

n = ................................................ [4]
[Nov/2022/P21/Q9a]
58.
(a) A bag contains x five-cent coins and y ten-cent coins.
(i) There is a total of 130 coins in the bag.
Write down an equation, in terms of x and y, for the total number of coins in the bag.

................................................. [1]
(ii) The total value of the coins in the bag is $8.15 .
Write down an equation, in terms of x and y, for the total value of the coins in the bag.

................................................. [1]
(iii) Solve the two simultaneous equations to find the number of each type of coin in the bag.
Show your working.

Five-cent coins = ................................................

Ten-cent coins = ......................................... [3]

[Nov/2022/P22/Q5(a)]
59.
(d) r = 4p – 3t
(i) Find the value of r when p = 7 and t = - 5.

r = ................................................. [1]
(ii) Rearrange the formula to make p the subject.

p = ................................................ [2]
(e) Solve 5x + 3x – 6 = 0
2

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

[Nov/2022/P22/Q8(d,e)]
60. Bags of sweets are packed into boxes.
A box is opened and the number of sweets in each bag is counted.
The results are shown in the table.
Number of Sweets 11 12 13 14 15
Frequency 12 28 39 r 9
A bag of sweets is chosen at random from this box and not replaced.
A second bag of sweets is then chosen at random from the same box.
4
The probability that both bags contain 15 sweets is 539
(i) Show that r2 + 175r – 2046 = 0

[3]
(ii) Solve r + 175r – 2046 = 0 to find the value of r.
2

Show your working.

r = ................................................ [3]
[June/2023/P21/Q10(b)]
61. Solve 6x2 – 2x – 9 = 0.
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

[Nov/2023/P21/Q7(c)]
62.
(a) Solve 5x + 6 = 3x.

x = ................................................ [2]
(b) The mass of a plum is n grams.
The mass of an apple is twice the mass of the plum.
The mass of a banana is 50 grams more than the mass of the apple.
The total mass of the plum, the apple and the banana is 450 grams.
Form an equation in n and solve it to find the mass of the plum.

.............................................. g [3]
(c) Solve by factorization x2 – 4x – 21 = 0.

x = .................... or x = .................... [3]

[Nov/2023/P22/Q4]
63.
4p + 3t
(a) r = 2
Find the value of p when r = 10 and t = - 2.

p = ................................................ [3]
(b)

The diagram shows a quadrilateral.

Form an equation in w and solve it to find the size of the largest angle in the quadrilateral.

Largest angle = ................................................ [4]

 2 5
(d) Solve x + 3 + x - 2 = 1
Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .................... or x = .................... [6]

[June/2024/P21/Q10(a, b, d)]
64.
x
(a) Solve 3 = 7.

x = ................................................. [1]
(b) Solve 6x – 5 = 2(x + 3).

x = ................................................. [2]
(d) (ax + b) = 4x – 12x + c
2 2

Given that a > 2 , find the value of each of a, b and c.

a = .................................................

b = .................................................

c = .......................................... [3]
[June/2024/P22/Q7]
65. Shanti travels 12 km from home to school.
She travels at an average speed of x km/h.
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the time taken in minutes for Shanti to travel from home to school.

.................................. minutes [1]

(b) Felix travels 12 km from home to school.
He travels at an average speed that is 20 km/h slower than Shanti’s average speed.
Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the time taken in minutes for Felix to travel from home to school.

.................................. minutes [1]

(c) Felix takes 15 minutes longer to travel from home to school than Shanti.
Use your answers from part (a) and part (b) to form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to
x2 – 20x – 960 = 0

[4]
(d) Solve the equation x2 – 20x – 960 = 0
Show your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

x = .............................. or x = .............................. [3]

(e) Calculate the time Felix takes to travel from home to school.
Give your answer in minutes and seconds.

.............................. minutes .............................. seconds [3]

[SP/2025/P2/Q20]