GCSE GCSE Mathematics 6

Question 1

What is direct proportion?

Accepted Answer

As one quantity increases, the other increases at the same rate, so y = kx

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As one quantity increases, the other decreases

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Two quantities that are completely unrelated

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Quantities that increase then decrease

Question 2

What is the area of a trapezium with parallel sides of 6 cm and 10 cm, and a height of 4 cm?

Accepted Answer

32 cm²

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40 cm²

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48 cm²

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24 cm²

Question 3

Express 180 as a product of its prime factors.

Accepted Answer

2² × 3² × 5

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2 × 90

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2³ × 3 × 5

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2 × 3 × 5 × 6

Question 4

What is the range of the data set: 3, 7, 2, 14, 9, 5?

Accepted Answer

12

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9

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11

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14

Question 5

Rearrange y = 3x + 6 to make x the subject.

Accepted Answer

x = (y − 6)/3

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x = y/3 + 6

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x = 3y − 6

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x = (y + 6)/3

Question 6

What does it mean for a function to be quadratic?

Accepted Answer

Its highest power of x is 2 (e.g., y = ax² + bx + c)

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It has a straight-line graph

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It has three variables

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Its graph is always a straight line