Stage 9 Maths Paper 2

When substituting a value for $x$ in the expression $\frac{3(x-2)^2}{5}$, which operation is performed first?

A book is measured to be 25 cm to the nearest centimeter. Which of the following represents the range of possible lengths for the book?

In the diagram with two straight lines crossing a pair of parallel lines, which of the following statements are both correct regarding angle a?

What is the measure of each interior angle in a regular pentagon?

A prism has a regular pentagon as its cross-section. How many planes of symmetry does this prism have?

A cylinder has a radius of 7 cm and a height of 15 cm. What is the volume of the cylinder?

Given the equation $y = x^2 - 4$, what are the y-values when $x = -2$ and $x = 2$?

In a set of temperature data from 20 cities, the median temperature falls within a certain range. Which statement correctly describes the median temperature?

What is the greatest possible range of temperatures, given the intervals, $6 \le t < 8$, $8 \le t < 10$, $10 \le t < 12$, $12 \le t < 14$, and $14 \le t < 16$?

Two lines have equations $y = 2x + 1$ and $y = 6x + 1$. Besides both being straight lines and having a positive gradient, what other property do they share?

Shape Q is an enlargement of shape P. What transformation fully describes this?

What information do you need to describe an enlargement fully?

A semi-circle has a radius of 12.3 cm. Which calculation gives the perimeter of the semi-circle?

It takes 5 workers 300 minutes to decorate some cakes. How long would it take 12 workers to decorate the same number of cakes, assuming they work at the same rate?

Laptop A costs $650 and its price increases by 12%. Laptop B costs $760 and its price decreases by 5%. After these changes, which laptop is more expensive?

The (n)th term of a sequence is (n^2 + a). If the 6th term of the sequence is 29, what is the sum of the first 4 terms?

Make $t$ the subject of the formula: $w = \frac{2t}{5} - 1$.

Rajiv sells balloons that are colored red, green, blue, or yellow. 25% are red. The probability of getting green is 0.05. The probability of blue is twice the probability of green. What is the probability of getting a yellow balloon?

Bag A contains 56 counters shared between Angelique and Hassan in the ratio 3:5. Bag B contains counters shared between Angelique and Hassan in the ratio 4:3. If Angelique receives 45 counters in total, how many counters are in Bag B?

A music teacher, Gabriella, wants to know if children in her school like music. She surveys students in the school orchestra. Why is this data likely to be biased?