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You have 1 hour and 10 minutes for the exam.  \n2. Answer all questions.  \n3. No calculators are allowed.  \n4. Write your answers in the spaces below the questions. Answers with no evidence of calculations will not score any marks. Workings and answers written on any other page will not be marked.  \nPlease note additional requirements:  \na) You are not allowed to leave during the first 30 minutes or the last 15 minutes of the examination.  \nb) If you are left handed or ambidextrous with left hand preference you should inform the invigilator before the start of the exam so that seating arrangements can fit your requirements.  \nc) You are not allowed to talk, to whisper, to turn around or to look at another candidate’s examination, all of which are offences and you will be penalized. If you commit this offence you will be given a single written warning; after which if you commit a further offence, you will be reported to an assessment board without a right of appeal or refund of the exam administration fee.  \nd) No scrap paper may be used. All work must be written in the exam booklet.  \ne) You can use non-erasable blue or black pen only. Any answers written in pencil may not be marked.  \nf) You cannot use whiteout/correction fluid. If you use this material to correct any of your answers they may not be marked. If you make a mistake, you should simply draw a line through the mistake with pen and continue.  \ng) You cannot borrow another student’s stationery or materials.  \nh) If your pen runs out ofink, you may request a replacement from the invigilator. No other stationery or materials maybe provided for you by the invigilator.  \ni) If you are found to have any unauthorized exam related materials during the examination this will constitute an offence and you will be disqualified from the exam.  \nj) If you are caught cheating in the examination, you will be disqualified from the exam.  \nk) Failure to show contents of your pockets or any other containers to the invigilators will be considered as an offence and you will be disqualified from the exam.  \nl) All mobile phones and other electronic devices must be switched off and left at a place indicated by the invigilators. If you are found to have a mobile phone or other electronic device (switched on or off) on you during the exam, this will be considered as unauthorized examination materials and you will be disqualified from the exam without a right of appeal.  \nm) Please note that marks cannot be appealed, candidates may only appeal procedural matters.  \nApplicant ID:  \nAll questions on this paper must be answered.  \nFor Multiple choice questions (1-17) select single answer choice.  \nFor Questions 18-20 write the answers in the space below each question.  \nWorking must be shown for all stages ofthe questions.  \n1. Find the nth term for the following sequence  \n1 7 17 31 49  \n(2 marks)  \n\n| A) 􀜽􀯡 = 2􀝊3 − 1 | B) 􀜽􀯡 = 2􀝊2 − 1 | C) 􀜽􀯡 = 1 − 2􀝊2 | D) 􀜽􀯡 = 2􀝊2 + 1 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n2. Seven machines produce 14 000 boxes in 5 hours.  \nHow many boxes would 9 machines produce in 4 hours?  \n(2 marks)  \n\n| A) 14000 | B) 13600 | C) 9600 | D) 14400 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n3. Write down one inequality to show the values of x which satisfy all three of the following inequalities:  \nx \u003C 7 , -2 \u003C x \u003C 9, 0 ≤ x \u003C 13  \n(2 marks)  \n\n| A) 0 \u003C 􀝔 \u003C 9 | B) 0 ≤ 􀝔 \u003C 7 | C) −2 \u003C 􀝔 \u003C 13 | D) −2 \u003C 􀝔 \u003C 7 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n4. Simplify  \n1~~ ~~􀯫 − 11􀯫􀯫22 ((􀯫1)2 − 1~~ ~~2~~ ~~ )  \n(2 marks)  \n\n| A) 􀯫11􀯫 | B) 2􀝔1􀝔1 | C) 􀯫~~ ~~1 | D) −1 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n5. Find the size of angle x  \n(2 marks)  \n\n| A) 360 | B) 480 | C) 400 | D) 440 |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n\n6. A patient in hospital is very ill. Between 09.00 and 13.00 one day the number of viruses in his body goes up from 3.7 x 1010 to 7.3 x 1013. 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