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Celine has £5 to buy pens and rubbers. Pens are 18p each. Rubbers are 30p each. She says “I will buy 15 pens. Then I will buy as many rubbers as possible. With my change I will buy more pens.” How many pens and how many rubbers does she buy? [5 marks]

Answer: 16 pens and 7 rubbers

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x^2 = 4(x – 3)^2

This is a quadratic equation, which contains terms up to x2. All quadratic equations can be written in the form ax2 + bx + c = 0 where a, b

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Solve 10(x + 2) – (2x – 9) = 30

10(x+2) -(2x-9)=30; 10x+20-2x+9=30 paying attention to the sign change when solving the brackets; 8x+29=30; 8x=1 separating in order to find out x; x=1/8

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Factorise and simplify (6x-42)/((x^2)-49)

When we factorise, we are trying to put a long expression into a couple of brackets to make it neater and easier to work with. It is the opposite to multiplying out brackets. To start off with, we will fa...

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If s=ut + 1/2 at^2 , a) make a the subject of the expression b) make u the subject of the expression c) if s=10, t=2 and u=4 find the value of a

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