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S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No.

1. A T.V. repair shop carried out a survey on the 400 sets they had in for repair during the last 3
months.
Screen size (inches)
(i) What is the probability
that a T.V. set, chosen Under 14 14-20 21-28 0ver 28
at random is at least Less than 5 years 10 35 60 45
5 years old? Age
5 years or more 25 80 105 40

(ii) In a sample of 750


T.V. sets, how many would be expected to have a screen size greater than 28″ and be
5 or more years old?

2. In the following formulae, make the letter underlined the subject:

(i) V = IR (ii) m = y (iii) m = y x


x
1
(iv) V = 3 Ah (v) f = v – u (vi) y = mx + C

mv mv
(vii) F = (viii) F = [i.e make ‘r’ the subject]
r2 r2

3. Calculate the gradients of the lines joining the points

(i) A (-1,-3) to B (2,3) (ii) C (-2,1) to D (4,-3)

4. (i) What is the gradient of the line with equation y = -3x?


(ii) On squared paper, draw the graph of the line with equation y = - 3x.
(iii) On the same grid, draw the graph of the line with equation y = -3x + 2.

5. The distance between two points on a map is 16 mm but the true distance is 0.64 km. Find
the scale of the map expressed as a representative fraction [i.e. in the form 1 : n]

6. A house increases in value over a year from £98,500 to £102,250. Calculate the appreciation
as a percentage correct to 3 significant figures.

7. Calculate the volume of this shape which


consists of a pyramid on a cuboid base.
[Volume of pyramid = 13 Ah]

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S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 2

1. Solve the inequations

7d − 4
(i) 4 (1-c) > c - 1 (ii) ≥ 2–d
3

y
2. Write down the equations of
the lines labelled a, b, c, d (e)
and e in the diagram opposite.
[Lines a and b are lying 2 (2,2)
parallel to the y and x axes (d)
respectively.] 0 x
-6 -4 -2 2 4 6
(c ) (a)
(b)
-2

-4

3. Find the equations of the lines joining the points

(i) A (-2,3) to B (0,2) (ii) C (3,9) to D (-2,-11)

4. Express as vulgar fractions in their simplest form

11 3 8 6
(i) - (ii) ÷
12 8 15 5

5. The area of a circular pond is 450 m 2 . Calculate the radius of the pond correct to 4
significant figures.

6. From the summit of a mountain at an elevation 1000 metres above a rocket-launching site,
the angle of depression of the site is 16 o . Find the direct distance (as the crow flies) from
summit to launching site.

7. Two slates are similar in shape. Their corresponding sides are


Empress related by a scale factor 0.5.
If an Empress slate has area 416 inches 2 , find the area of a Header
slate.
Header

8. Factorise fully:

(i) 6t + 8 (ii) y 2 + 7y + 6 (iii) 3x 3 - 15x 2 + 12x

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S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 3

1. A function f is given by the rule “Think of a number, add 2, multiply by 5 and subtract
1”.

Find (i) f (3) (ii) f (-4) (iii) a formula for f(x)

2. A function g is defined by the formula g(x) = x 2 + 7, x ∈R.

Find (i) the image of –3 under g


(ii) the number a, given that g(a) = 8.

3.
B In ∆ ABC, AB = 7cm, BC = 8cm and
AC = 10cm.
Length CD x cm and BD = h cm.
7cm 8cm
h
(i) Use Pythagoras’ Theorem in ∆ ABD
and then in ∆BCD to obtain two
r x
A C equations involving h 2 . [Make h 2
D the subject in both!]
10cm

(ii) Use the two equations to obtain an equation in x (i.e. not involving h) and solve it
to find x.

4. State which of the following are equations of straight lines:

3 y x
y=- 5 x; x =2; y= x -3 ; y= 3 +2

4
y= x ; y = 7x 2 + 3 ; 2x + y = 5 ; y=4

5. On squared paper, draw the graphs of the following equations:


1
(i) y = 3 x (ii) y = 3 (iii) y = 2x + 1 (iv) y + 2x + 3 = 0

[Same grid may be used for all four, but label carefully, and mark scales on both axes.]

8b 4 ( cd 2 ) 3
6. Simplify: (i) a −7 x a 3 (ii) (iii)
2b −1 c2 d

7. A cyclist travels a distance of 18 kilometres in 52 minutes. How far would she travel in
30 minutes at the same speed?
[Answer correctly to 3 significant figures.]

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S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 4

1. A O is the centre of the circle.


DC is a tangent touching the circle at B.
x 170 o

O Find angle x. [Show full working.]

35 o C

B
D

2. (i) On the same diagram on squared paper, draw the graphs of the functions f and g for
which f (x) = -x 2 and g (x) = 4x + 3, the domain of each being
{x : -4 ≤ x ≤ 4, x ∈R}.

(ii) Write down two elements of the domain for which f (x) = g (x).

3. The range of the function h for which h (x) = 5 – 2x is the set {-5, -1, 3, 7}. Find the
domain of the function h.

4. A golf club tournament produced the 64 65 65 66 66 67 68


following scores (in order) from 42 68 68 68 69 70 72 72
entries. 73 74 74 74 75 75 76
77 77 79 79 79 80 80
(i) Find the median and upper and lower 81 82 82 83 83 84 85
quartiles. 85 87 87 88 90 93 95
(ii) Draw a boxplot of the data.

5. (i) Solve the equations 2g – w = 2 )


) simultaneously
4g + 3w = 19 )

(ii) The price of a window depends on the area of glass in the window and the length
of wood in the frame. The prices of two windows are shown below:

6 feet
Find the price per square foot
2 feet of glass, and the price per
4 feet £53 foot of wood.
£106.80

5 feet

6. From the top of a cliff 125m high, the angles of depression of two boats, both due east of
the observer, are 18 o and 23 o . Calculate the distance between the boats. [Diagram
essential!]

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S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 5

1. A sample of 12 pupils from Noxious Academy scored the following percentage marks in
a National Examination.

53 81 64 35 56 72
48 57 53 38 67 60

(i) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of these marks.


(ii) In a sample from nearby Morose High, the mean was 52 and the standard
deviation 10.8. Compare the performances of the pupils in the two schools.

2. In each diagram the centre (ii) A (ii)


of the circle is labelled O.
The points A, B, C, D, E, F, G 35 o F
lie on the circumference. O D O
Calculate the sizes of all angles
in each diagram (eleven in all),
showing working and explaining E G
each step carefully. B C

3. A function f is defined by f (x) = 8 + 2x - x 2 on the domain {x : -4 ≤ x ≤ 6, x ∈IR}.

(i) On squared paper, draw the graph of f after constructing a table of values.
(ii) Write down the zeros of f [i.e. the values of x where f (x) = 0].
(iii) Write down the coordinates of the turning point, and state whether it is a
minimum or a maximum turning point.
(iv) What is the equation of the axis of symmetry of the curve?
(v) State the range of f.

4. A cylindrical oil tank is built to hold 1500 litres and to have a height of 3 metres.
Calculate the radius of the base.

5. (i) Write 4.89 x 10 7 as an ordinary number.


(iii) Write 0.000 0403 in scientific notation.

6. Solve these inequations:

(i) 6 (2 – y) ≤ 1
2 (ii) x (x – 9) + (x – 2) 2 ≥ 2x (x – 6)

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S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 6

1. Express the following in terms of the sin, cos or tan of an acute angle:
[For example, tan 110o = - tan 70o]

(i) sin 165 o (ii) tan 310 o (iii) sin 240 o (iv) cos 295 o
(v) tan 190 o (vi) cos 92 o

2. Sketch the graphs of (i) y = sin 4x o (ii) y = 12 cos x o for 0 ≤ x ≤ 360.


State the maximum value, minimum value and period of each function.

3. The following table shows the charges a plumber makes for repair jobs which need
different lengths of time.

Time for job in hours (t) 0.2 1 2 3.8 4.4 5.4 6


Charge in £5 (c) 34 40 48 54 62 64 70

(i) On 2mm graph paper using a scale of 1cm to 1 hour on the horizontal axis and
1cm to £10 on the vertical axis, plot a scatter graph.
(ii) Draw the line of best fit.
(iii) Find the equation of this line in the form C = mt + c.
(iv) Use your equation to estimate the cost of a 7½ hour job.

4. A wealthy businessman decides to have two similar


ellipse-shaped swimming pools built in his garden.
The two pools are designed to cover areas of 765m 2
and 85m 2 . 765m
If the length of the large pool is 36 metres, what will
be the length of the smaller pool?
36m

5. Factorise fully:

(i) x 2 + 2x – 63 (ii) 4y 2 - 25 (iii) Z 4 - 2Z 3 + Z 2

6. A satellite completes an orbit of length 2.6 x 10 4 miles in 9.2 x 10 −1 hours.


Calculate its average speed, giving your answer correct to 2 significant figures in the
form a x 10 n , where 1 ≤ a 〈 10 and n is an integer.

7. The following data was obtained in an experiment. x 2 3 4 5


It is believed that the equation linking x and y is y 18 40.5 72 112.5
one of the following: y = kx, y = kx 2 or y = kx .

(i) On graph paper, draw the graph obtained using the above data.
(ii) Which type of equation is likely to produce this shape of graph?
(iii) Calculate k and hence give the equation linking x and y.

S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 7

S4 Credit Homework
1. Find the solutions to these equations, where 0 ≤ x ≤ 360.

(i) cos x° = 0.574 (ii) sin x° = 0.375

[Give solutions correctly to 1 decimal place.]

2. Find the equations of the following trigonometric graphs.

3. Change the subject of the formula

(i) P = 2l + π d to d (ii) A = 4 π r² to r.

4. 10cm A manufacturer requires thousands of


components, like the one shown, to be cut
from circular plates of aluminium.
40 cm

(i) Calculate the radius that the circular plates should have.
[Let radius be x cm and use Pythagoras’ Theorem.]

(ii) How many such components could be cut from each circular plate, if the
Machine can only make “straight” cuts? Explain, showing working.

5. The length of time patients have to wait at a health centre is being studied. Patients are
selected at random and their waiting time, in minutes, is recorded. The dot plot below
illustrates one morning’s data. ●
● ●
● ● ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Waiting time (minutes)

(i) Find the median and upper and lower quartiles.


(ii) Calculate the interquartile range.
(iii) Draw a box plot to illustrate the data.

6. The value of a particular car depreciates by 22% during the first year. If the car is worth
£7410 when it is one year old, how much was it worth when new?

S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 8

S4 Credit Homework
1. Solve the following quadratic equations, where x is a real number:

(i) (x – 10) (x - 12 ) = 0 (ii) x 2 - 7x + 10 = 0


(iii) 40x – 5x 2 = 0 (iv) (x – 1) (x – 5) = 12

2. A bin to hold grit is shown in the diagram.


The shaded cross-section of the bin consists
of a square and two triangles. Calculate the
volume of the bin. Give your answer in
cubic metres.

3. Solve these equations for 0 ≤ x ≤ 360 :

(i) tan xº = -0.713 (ii) 2 cos xº - 3 =0

4. The diagram shows a right pyramid with a square


base of side 8 cm.
OA = OB = OC = OD = 12cm.
M is the mid point of OM.
(i) Find the length of OM.
(ii) Find the size of angle OMP.

5. Jennifer checks out the price of a loaf of bread in several shops. The prices in pence are:

62 57 68 72 55 64

(i) Calculate the standard deviation of the prices.


(ii) Jennifer also checks out the price of a litre of milk in the same shops and finds
that the standard deviation of the prices is 3.58. Make on valid comparison
between the two sets of prices.

6. An employee is paid £t per hour for a 40 hour week and time-and-a-half for overtime.
Find his total earnings £E when he works

(i) d hours (where d < 40)


(ii) f hours (where f > 40)

S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 9

S4 Credit Homework
1. If s ∝ t² and s = 28 when t = 7,
(i) find a formula connecting s and t.
(ii) find s when t = 2.

2. The values of x and y in the table have been obtained from an experiment.

x 0 2 4 6 8 10

y 0 2.8 4.0 4.9 5.7 6.3

(i) Draw an appropriate graph to show that y ∝ x , giving an explanation as to why


your graph illustrates this.

(ii) Find a formula connecting y and x.

3. Use the quadratic formula to find the roots correct to 1 decimal place:

(i) x² + 3x + 1 = 0 (ii) 2x² - 3x – 1 = 0

4. Without calculator, showing working, and leaving answers as vulgar fractions, calculate

2 1 2 1
(i) + (ii) of
3 4 3 4

5. Solve the equations - 2x + 3y = 5 )


- 3x + 4y = 8 ) simultaneously

6. A council decided to plant maple and rowan trees on an area covering 0.25 hectares.
They used a recommended spacing of 720 trees per hectare.

(i) Let m be the number of maple trees and r the number of rowan trees planted.
Write down an equation in m and r which satisfies the above condition.

(ii) The council spent £1500 on the trees. Each maple tree cost £9 and each rowan
tree cost £7.50. Write down an equation in m and r which satisfies this condition.

(iii) How many trees of each kind did the council plan? [Show working!]

7. By accident, 5 tonnes of a chemical are released into a sea loch.


If the tides remove 40% of the chemical in the loch each week, how many tonnes of
chemical will be expected to remain after 3 weeks?
Give your answer correct to one decimal place.

8. Two perfume bottles are similar in shape. The smaller one is 3cm high and holds 22ml
of perfume. If the other one is 6cm high, how much perfume does it hold?
S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 10

S4 Credit Homework
1. P varies inversely as the square of Q and P = 11 when Q =2.

(i) Find a formula connecting P and Q.


(ii) Find P when Q = 6.
(iii) Find Q when P = 0.11 (assuming Q > 0).

2. L varies jointly as b and the square of a and L = 36 when a = 3 and b = 12.

Find L when a = 6 and b = 1.

3. What is the effect on f when g is halved if f ∝ g²?


[Show full working.]

4. A triangular metal plate has each of its sides x cm long.

(i) Find an expression for its area.


(ii) Find an expression for the area of a metal plate
of similar shape with the length of each side x x
doubled.

x
5. Aircraft
Two spotlights, 120 metres apart on either
side of a runway, pick up an aircraft coming
in to land.

How far is the aircraft from A?

A 120m B
Spotlight Spotlight

6. Solve for x, 3x² + 5x – 2 = 0. [Do not use the Quadratic Formula.]


y
7. P is the point (3, 0) and Q (1,6).
R
(i) Find the equation of the straight line shown. Q (1,6)
(ii) Calculate the coordinates of R (the y-axis intercept).
P(3,0)
0 x

8. For a prize raffle, four books of raffle tickets have been sold. Each book had a different
colour (blue, pink, green and red) and contained 200 raffle tickets. One winning ticket
was selected.

(i)What is the probability that the winning raffle ticket had a single digit number?
(ii)
What is the probability that the winning raffle ticket had three digits and was
coloured green?
S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 11

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1. An oil company has pipelines from platform Alpha and platform Gamma to the same
shore station Zebra. Platform Alpha is 200km from Zebra on a bearing of 052º and
platform Gamma 310km from Zebra on a bearing of 126º. Calculate the distance
between the platforms correct to the nearest 10km.

2. Simplify (without calculator):

(i) 6 x 12 (ii) 27 - 3

3. Evaluate p² - 2p when (i) p = 2 2 (ii) p = 5 + 1


simplifying as far as possible. [Do not use calculator.]

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4. Rationalise the denominator and simplify
3

5. A model aeroplane flies in a circular path at the end of a control wire. The tension in the
wire varies directly as the square of the speed of the plane, and inversely as the radius of
the circular path. When the radius is 4m and the speed is 5ms −1 , the tension in the wire
is 3.6 Newtons
Find the tension in the wire when the radius is increased by 2m and the speed is increased
by 1 ms −1 . [Give answer correct to 3 significant figures.]

6. f(x) The diagram shows the graph of the function


f(x) = x² - 3x – 10. Find the values of x for
f(x) = x²-3x-10 which f(x) < 0.

7. Mrs Banks, Head of College, keeps a record of the absentee figures for one week. Note
that 21 students were absent for
only one day, 24 were absent for No. of days Cumulative
two days, etc. absent Frequency Frequency
1 21
(i) Copy and complete the table. 2 24
3 13
(ii) How many students were absent 4 12
in the week? 5 7
(iii) Work out the median number of
days absent and the quartiles.
8. Jane is trapped on a 4 foot radius islet in the centre of a 26 foot radius circular crocodile-
infested pond. Tarzan has only two 21 foot plants. Prove by calculation, that if he was to
place one of the planks in the position AB as shown, he could then use the other plank to
reach Jane and rescue her. A

S4 CREDIT HOMEWORK EXERCISE No. 12

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1. (i) Simplify c 1 / 2 (c −3 / 2 + c −1 / 2 ).
(ii) Find the exact value of this expression when c = 9.

5a 3 b −2 / 3
2. (i) Simplify
3ab 1 / 3

(ii) If a = -1 and b = 8, find the value of the expression leaving your answer as a
vulgar fraction!

5 2
3. Express - as a single fraction.
x x −3

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4. Express 27 + in the form a b where a and b are integers.
3
5. ∆ABC is right angled at B and BD is
perpendicular to AC. BD is of length
2cm and CD = x cm.

(i) Using the fact that ∆ABD is similar to B


∆ACD, or otherwise, show that the length
4 2cm
of AD is cm and hence that the area,
x
4
in cm², of ∆ABC is x + . A D
x
C

(ii) Find, correct to 3 significant figures, the value of x when the area of ∆ABC is
7cm².

6. Solve the equation 2 sin x° + 1 = 0 for 0 ≤ x ≤360.

7. In ∆PQR, p = 9cm, q = 6cm and QPR = 72º.


Calculate the size of PQR.

8. B The vertices of equilateral triangle ABC lie on the


circumference of a circle with radius 1 unit. What
percentage of the area of the circle lies inside the
triangle? Give your answer correct to one decimal
place.
A C

9. The total time taken by a motorist to drive 92km was 2 hours. He


averaged 54kmh −1 on open road and 22kmh −1 in town. Let ‘t’ hours be the time taken
in town. By considering the distance travelled on open road and the distance travelling in
town, form an equation and use it to find the time taken to pass through (i) the town (ii)
open road.
10. The volume of water, V millions of gallons, stored in a reservoir during
any month is to be predicted by using the formula:

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V = 1 + 0.5 cos (30t)°

where t is the number of the month. [For January t = 1, February t = 2, ….]

(i) Find the volume of water in the reservoir in October.


(ii) The local council would need to consider water rationing during any month in
which the volume of water stored is likely to be less than 0.55 million gallons.
Will the local council need to consider water rationing? Justify your answer.

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