Term 4 Maths Activities 1

a d e
Two buses leave the bus station at 7am Draw the graph of 2x for the values The diagram shows a circle, centre O.
Bus A returns to the station every 27 -4 ≤ x ≤ 4. The points A, B, C and D all lie on the
minutes, whereas bus B returns every 45 circumference of the circle and angle BOD is
y 230˚.
minutes. At what time will they next return
at the same time? Find the size of angle BCD, giving reasons for
every stage of your working.

In 2015, the population of a town b C

was 357 000. By the end of 2016, the B

population had increased by 12%. Find the
population at the end of 2016.
A
C 230o O

x
2
a5 × a4
3
c
Simplify 7 The list shows the ages of 11 children. f
a 20
Find the interquartile range of the ages.

9, 7, 11, 13, 10, 15, 13, 17, 12, 10, 8

Term 4 Maths Activities
Work out (3.1 × 106) – (2.4 × 105),
leaving your answer in standard form.
Write 0.725 as a fraction. Show all your
working.
a c
The functions f(x) and g(x) are given by
the following:
f(x) = 3x + 2
g(x) = 2x + 1
Find the value of gf(2).
Prove that the sum of three consecutive d
integers is always a multiple of 3.
b f
2
e
The diagram shows a sector of a circle
with radius 5cm. Find the area of the
sector, giving your answer correct to 3
significant figures.
75o
5cm
A biased coin is flipped twice.
The probability of the coin landing on tails
is 0.4. Find the probability the coin lands
on tails twice.
Term 4 Maths Activities 3
a c e
Write the following numbers in order of Solve the simultaneous equations: The table shows the ages of 30 staff
size, starting with the smallest. members.
3x + 4y = 2
7 Age, x, years Frequency
0.23, 25 , 2.03 × 10 , 2
-1 -2
4x + 3y = 5
16 ≤ x < 20 5

20 ≤ x < 24 7

24 ≤ x < 40 12

40 ≤ x < 60 6

i) Write down the modal class.

d ii) Find an estimate for the mean age of the

ABC is a triangle. M is the midpoint staff members.
of AC.

b AB = b
Solve C

3(2a – 5) BC = c
=4
4a
The table shows the probabilities of f
M
c picking a chocolate at random from a bag.

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A B
b
x 2x 6x x

Express BM in terms of b and c. Form and solve an

equation to find the
probabilities of picking
each of the chocolate bars.
Term 4 Maths Activities 4
a c e
Work out, without using a calculator: Look at the Venn diagram. Write down A piece of iron has a density of 8g/cm3
the numbers that are in set: and mass of 1.7kg.
i) -7.5 ÷ 1.5
i) A∩B Find the volume of the piece of iron in cm3.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant
figures.
ii) -0.3 × -0.47
ii) A’

1
iii) (- 4 )2
iii) One of the numbers is chosen at random.
Find the probability the number is in set
A∪B.
A B 4
6
8

3
Eleanor thinks of a number, x, multiplies b 2 5
1
Factorise 2x2 + 9x + 10 f
it by 3 and then adds 4. 7 9

Given that her answer is 6, form and solve

an equation to find the value of x.

For the given triangle, work out the d

length of BC, giving your answer correct
to 3 significant figures. C

6cm

107o
B
25 o
A
Term 4 Maths Activities
By drawing two triangles and a
rectangle, estimate the area between the
curve y = x2 – 4 and the x-axis.
-5
-5
Using the iterative formula
xn+1 = √28 - xn
with x0 = 4, find the values of
5
a
Expand (3x + 2)(x + 4)(x – 1) c There are 450 students in a school, 210 e
of whom are girls. Find the percentage of
students in the school who are girls. Give
your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
5
b Find the nth term of the sequence: d A piece of string measures 72.3cm f
correct to 3 significant figures. Find the
3, 6, 11, 18, 27 lower bound of the length of the piece of
string.
x1, x2 and x3.
Term 4 Maths Activities 6

Solve the simultaneous equations: a i) Write the expression x2 + 8x – 5 in c The table shows the ages of 40 f
x2 + y2 = 10 the form (x + a)2 + b where a and b are employees. Draw a histogram to
integers. represent the data.
y=x+4
Age, x, years Frequency

ii) Hence write down the turning point of 16 ≤ x < 20 6

the graph y = x2 + 8x – 5. 20 ≤ x < 26 12

26 ≤ x < 30 7
30 ≤ x < 40 10

40 ≤ x < 60 5

The diagram shows a sector of a circle. b

Find the perimeter of the sector, giving Ben and Georgie share some sweets in d
your answer correct to 3 significant figures. the ratio 7:5. If Georgie gets 10 fewer
sweets than Ben, work out how many
sweets both children get.

40o 1 2
Simplify (3x 8 y 7 )3 e
3cm
Term 4 Maths Activities Answers
a d
Two buses leave the bus station at 7am
Bus A returns to the station every 27
minutes, whereas bus B returns every 45
minutes. At what time will they next return
at the same time?
9:15am
1
e
Draw the graph of 2x for the values The diagram shows a circle, centre O.
-4 ≤ x ≤ 4. The points A, B, C and D all lie on the
circumference of the circle and angle BOD is
Correctly drawn exponential graph passing 230˚.
through (0,1)
y Find the size of angle BCD, giving reasons for
every stage of your working.
EITHER:

The other side of BOD is 130 because angles

around a point add up to 360˚. Then BCD is
In 2015, the population of a town b 65o because the angle at the centre is double
the angle at the circumference.
was 357 000. By the end of 2016, the
population had increased by 12%. Find the OR:
population at the end of 2016. Angle BAD is 115˚ because the angle
at the centre is double the angle at the
399 840 circumference. Then BCD is 65˚ because
opposite angles in a cyclic quadrilateral add
to 180˚.

2
a5 × a4
3
c
Simplify 7 The list shows the ages of 11 children. f
a 20 x
Find the interquartile range of the ages.
a 45
9, 7, 11, 13, 10, 15, 13, 17, 12, 10, 8

13 – 9 = 4
Term 4 Maths Activities Answers
a c
Work out (3.1 × 106) – (2.4 × 105), The functions f(x) and g(x) are given by
leaving your answer in standard form. the following:
2.86 × 106 f(x) = 3x + 2
g(x) = 2x + 1
2
e
The diagram shows a sector of a circle
with radius 5cm. Find the area of the
sector, giving your answer correct to 3
significant figures.

Find the value of gf(2).

17
75o
5cm

16.4cm2
Prove that the sum of three consecutive d
integers is always a multiple of 3.

Write 0.725 as a fraction. Show all your b f

Let n be any integer. Then the next two A biased coin is flipped twice.
working. consecutive integers are n + 1 and n + 2.
The probability of the coin landing on tails
n = 0.725 ̇ The sum is n + n + 1 + n + 2 = 3n + 3. is 0.4. Find the probability the coin lands
on tails twice.
1000n = 725.25 ̇ This can be written as 3(n + 3) which is
10n = 7.25 ̇ a multiple of 3. 0.16

990n = 718
718 359
990 = 495
Term 4 Maths Activities Answers 3
a c e
Write the following numbers in order of Solve the simultaneous equations: The table shows the ages of 30 staff
size, starting with the smallest. members.
3x + 4y = 2
7 Age, x, years Frequency
0.23, 25 , 2.03 × 10 , 2
-1 -2
4x + 3y = 5
16 ≤ x < 20 5
7
2.03 × 10 , 0.23, 2 ,
-1 -2
25 x = 2, y = -1 20 ≤ x < 24 7

24 ≤ x < 40 12

40 ≤ x < 60 6

i) Write down the modal class.

24 ≤ x < 40

d ii) Find an estimate for the mean age of the

ABC is a triangle. M is the midpoint staff members.
of AC.
30.9 (3sf)
b AB = b
Solve C

3(2a – 5) BC = c
=4
4a
The table shows the probabilities of f
M
a = -1.5 c picking a chocolate at random from a bag.

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A B
b
0.1 0.2 0.6 0.1

Express BM in terms of b and c. Form and solve an

equation to find the 10x = 1
BM = 0.5(c – b) probabilities of picking So x = 0.1
each of the chocolate bars.
Term 4 Maths Activities Answers 4
a c e
Work out, without using a calculator: Look at the Venn diagram. Write down A piece of iron has a density of 8g/cm3
the numbers that are in set: and mass of 1.7kg.
i) -7.5 ÷ 1.5
i) A∩B Find the volume of the piece of iron in cm3.
-5 Give your answer correct to 3 significant
3, 5, 7 figures.
ii) -0.3 × -0.47
ii) A’ 213cm3
0.141
1, 4, 6, 8, 9
1
iii) (- )2
4
iii) One of the numbers is chosen at random.
1
16
Find the probability the number is in set
A∪B.
A B 4
6
8
6 2
= 3
Eleanor thinks of a number, x, multiplies b 9 3
2 5
1
Factorise 2x2 + 9x + 10 f
it by 3 and then adds 4. 7 9
(2x + 5)(x + 2)
Given that her answer is 6, form and solve
an equation to find the value of x.

3x + 4 = 6 d
For the given triangle, work out the
2
x= 3 length of BC, giving your answer correct
to 3 significant figures. C

2.65cm
6cm

107o
B
25 o
A
Term 4 Maths Activities Answers 5
a
By drawing two triangles and a Expand (3x + 2)(x + 4)(x – 1) c There are 450 students in a school, 210 e
rectangle, estimate the area between the of whom are girls. Find the percentage of
3x3 + 11x2 – 6x – 8 students in the school who are girls. Give
curve y = x2 – 4 and the x-axis.
your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
10 units2 for lines drawn at -1 and 1
46.7%
Other rectangles will need to be
considered on a case-by-case basis.

Using the iterative formula b Find the nth term of the sequence: d A piece of string measures 72.3cm f
correct to 3 significant figures. Find the
3, 6, 11, 18, 27 lower bound of the length of the piece of
xn+1 = √28 - xn
string.
n2 + 2
with x0 = 4, find the values of x1, x2 and x3. 72.25cm
x1 = 4.89…,
x2 = 4.80…,
x3 = 4.81…
Term 4 Maths Activities Answers 6

Solve the simultaneous equations: a i) Write the expression x2 + 8x – 5 in c The table shows the ages of 40 f
x2 + y2 = 10 the form (x + a)2 + b where a and b are employees. Draw a histogram to
integers. represent the data.
y=x+4
(x + 4)2 – 21 Histogram with following frequency
x = -1, y=3
densities:
ii) Hence write down the turning point of
x = -3, y=1
the graph y = x2 + 8x – 5.
Age, x, years Frequency Density

(-4, -21) 16 ≤ x < 20 1.5

20 ≤ x < 26 2
26 ≤ x < 30 1.75
30 ≤ x < 40 1

The diagram shows a sector of a circle. b 40 ≤ x < 60 0.25

Find the perimeter of the sector, giving Ben and Georgie share some sweets in d
your answer correct to 3 significant figures. the ratio 7:5. If Georgie gets 10 fewer
sweets than Ben, work out how many
sweets both children get.

Ben gets 35 Georgie gets 25

40o 1
Simplify (3x 8 y 7 )3
2
e
3cm
3
27x 8 y 67

8.09cm