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Work out the value 125^(-2/3) (A* Exam Q)

Whenever you have a negative power always take the reciprocal or flip the base value i.e 125. So now it is 1/125 raised to the power of 2/3. By flipping it over the fractional index is no longer negative....

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There are 10 boys and 20 girls in a class. The class has a test. The mean mark for all the class is 60. The mean mark for the girls is 54. Work out the mean mark for the boys.

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Express 56 as the product of its prime factors

2³x 7

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Here is a right-angled triangle (base = 8cm and height = 9cm) and a rectangle (length = 16cm). The area of the rectangle is 6 times the area of the triangle. Work out the width of the rectangle.

Area of triangle is 0.5 x base x height.
0.5 x 8 x 9 = 36
Area of rectangle is 6 x 36 = 216
Area of rectangle is also 16 x width
16 x width = 216
(Divide both sides by 16)
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Locate the position and the nature of any turning points in the function: 2x^3 - 9x^2 +12x

I would first ask the student to draw a cubic graph(preferably the function in asking depending on the student's capability). I would then ask the student to show me where the stationary points in the gra...

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