MATHEMATICAL METHODS UNIT 1 EXAM REVISION

Linear functions Name: ___________________________

1 Solve the linear equation

3x 8
4.
5

2 Solve the linear equation

5 x 3 41 x .

3 Solve the linear inequality

4 2x 5 .

4 L
Use the formula T 2 g
to find an exact
value for T when L = 160 and g = 10.
5 L
Use the formula T 2 g
to find a value for
L when T 4 and g = 10.

6 Find the gradient of the straight line passing

through the points (3, 8) and (5, 2).

7 Find the gradient of the straight line having an

x-intercept of 2 and a y-intercept of 4.

8 What are the gradient and y-intercept of the

graph with equation y = 2x 8?

9 What are the gradient and y-intercept of the

graph with equation 5x 3y 6 = 0?
10 Which of these graphs are parallel (have the
same gradient)?
(a) 3x 4y 4 = 0

(b) 4y 3x 6 = 0

(c) 6x 8y 6 = 0

(d) 2y 6x 12 = 0
11 Sketch the graph with equation
2y 6x 12 = 0 .

12 Solve the following equations simultaneously.

y = 2x 1
y = 5x + 2

13 What is the point of intersection of the

following two lines?
3x + 2y = 10
x + 4y = 5
14 Sixty students on The Great Victorian Bike
Ride consume either three meals a day or four
meals a day. If 213 meals are consumed on one
particular day, how many students ate four
meals?

15 What is the gradient of the line that is

perpendicular to the line connecting the two
points (3, 5) and (2, 7)?

16 What is the equation of the line that passes

through the points (1, 0) and (3, 2)?
17 What is the equation of the line that passes
through the point of intersection of the lines
with equations 2x + y 1 = 0 and
3x y + 6 = 0 and is perpendicular to the line
with equation
7x 4y 1 = 0?

18 Find the distance between the points (10, 3)

and (2, 6).

19 Find the equation of the line that has a gradient

of 3 and passes through the midpoint of the
segment joining (5, 4) and (1, 0).
20 David delivers pamphlets and is paid $25 to
make the deliveries and 20 cents per pamphlet
delivered.
(a) How much will David be paid if he
delivers 1750 pamphlets?

(b) How many pamphlets would David need

to deliver if he is paid $500?
Quadratic functions Name: ___________________________

21 Expand the brackets:

4(5 x 3) 2

22 Expand the brackets:

( x 2 y )(3 x 5 y )

23 Factorise 8 x 2 18 y 2 .

24 Factorise 2 x 7 2 3 2 x 7 2 .

25 Factorise 5( x 3) 2 45 .

26 Factorise, using the method of completing the

square, x 2 3x 5 .

27 Factorise x 2 7 x 2 .

28 Solve for x:
3x 1 2 x 7 0

29 Factorise and solve for x:

8x2 10x = 3
30 A ball is dropped from a height of 48 metres.
The relationship between the height of the ball
(h) in metres and the length of time it has been
falling (t) in seconds is given by h = 48 3t2.
How long does it take for the ball to hit the
ground?

31 Factorise and solve for x:

x2 2x 6 0

32 Factorise and solve for x:

3x x2 = 1

33 Use the quadratic formula to find exact

values for x in the equation 3x 2 x 1 0 .
34 Use the quadratic formula to find exact
values for x given 3 2 x 2 7 x .

35 Find the value for the discriminant in

5x 2 x 3 0 .

36 Use the value for the discriminant to

determine the number and type of solutions
for 7 x 2 3x 5 0 .

37 For what values of k does the following

equation have just one solution?
4k 1 x 2 3kx 1 0
38 Sketch the parabola with equation
y 2( x 3) 2 4 , showing clearly the
turning point and y-intercept.

39 Convert the following quadratic into turning

point form to determine the coordinates of
the turning point:
y x 2 6 x 11
Sketch the parabola, showing all intercepts
and the turning point.
40 The graphs with equations y = x2 + 5x 9
and y = cx 10 intersect once only. Find the
possible values of c.
Cubic and quartic functions
Name: ____________________________

41 Consider the polynomial

P ( x ) 3 x 5 2 x 3 x 2 .
(a) What is the degree of the polynomial?
(b) What is the coefficient of x?

42 Which of the following are polynomial

expressions?
(a) x 3
(b) x 2 3 x 1 2 x 0
(c) x 5 3 x 2 2 x 1
1
(d) x 3x 2 x
5 2 2

(e) 5 x5 3x 2 2 x

43 Expand ( x 2) x 4 x 5 .

44 Expand 2(3 x) 2 4 x 1 .

45 Expand 5 x 2 3 .

46 Divide x 3 x 2 3x 5 by x 2 and state the

quotient and remainder.
47 Divide 6 x 3 3x 2 x 1 by 2 x 7 and state
the quotient and remainder.

48 For P(x) = x3 + 4x2 6x + 9, find P (1) and

P(2a).

49 For P( x) x 3 4 x 2 6 x 9 , find P ( x h).

50 What is the remainder when

5 x 3 4 x 2 3 x 8 is divided by x 4 ?
51 What is the remainder when
x 3 4 x 2 2 x 3 is divided by 2 x 5 ?

52 Find the value for k, if the remainder is 12

when 2x3 + kx2 18x + 20 divided by x 2 .

53 Factorise x 3 12 x 2 44 x 48 , then sketch the

graph of y x 3 12 x 2 44 x 48 .

54 Factorise 6 x 3 7 x 2 63x 20 , then sketch the

graph of y 6 x 3 7 x 2 63x 20

55 Factorise 64 x 3 y 3 .
56 Factorise x 4 3 x 2 3 .

57 Sketch the graph of

y = (x 2)(x 1)(x + 1)(x + 2), showing all
intercepts.

58 Sketch the graph of y = (x + 1)3 + 8.

59 Sketch f: (4, 1] R, where f(x) = x(x + 2)2,
showing intercepts and end points, and state the
range.

60 Find the equation for y in terms of x for the data

given below.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 2 1 11 28 52 83

Matrices

61 Write the order of these matrices.

2 3 5
(a)
6 7 1
8

(b) 4
2
62 4 10
Given matrix A = ,
6 2
find:
(a) 2A

(b) 3A

1
(c) A
2

(d) 0.3A.
63 1
2 5
1
Given A = and B = ,
3 4 6 3
find:
(a) A + B

(b) 2A + B

(c) A + 2B.
64 2 3 1
4
Given P = and Q = ,
5 4 3 2
find:

(a) P Q

(b) 2P Q

(c) P 2Q.

65 9 4 a b 6
4
If + = , find
8 6 10 2 2 c
the values of a, b and c.

66 Calculate the following products.

3 0 2
(a)
0 3 4

1 0 2
(b) 0
1 3

0 1 3
(c) 1 0 4

67 1 0
4 2
(a) Calculate the product .
0 1 3 5
3 6 1 0
(b) Calculate the product 0 1 .
2 4

(c) Write the special name of the matrix

1 0
0 1 .

68 3 1 6 4
Given A = and B = :
2 4 7 3
(a) calculate the product A B

(b) calculate the product B A.

(c) Is A B = B A? Write your conclusion.

69 5 3 2 6
Given P = ,Q= and
4 2 1 3
7 3
R= :
2 4
(a) calculate the product PQ

(b) calculate the product QR

(c) calculate the product (PQ)R

(d) calculate the product P(QR).

(e) Is (PQ)R = P(QR)? Write your

conclusion.

70 a 3 1 2 3 1
If
, find the values
b 2 3 4 0
5
of a and b.
71
9 3

If M =
, find:
12 6
(a) 2M

1
(b) 3 M

(c) 2M.

72 8
12 6
1
Given A = and B = ,
14 10 11 13
find:
(a) A + B

(b) 2A + B.
73 5
12 2
8
Given P = and Q = ,
9 10 1 4
find:

(a) P Q

(b) Q P.

(c) Is P Q = Q P? Write your conclusion.

74 Calculate the following products.

10 3 6
(a)
4 5 2

5
7 4
(b)
3 1 3

3 0 3
(c)
0 3 2

75 1
3 4
2
Given A = and B = :
2 2 3 5

(a) calculate the product AB

(b) calculate the product BA

(c) write your conclusion.

76 a 3 4 1 1
5
If = , find the
2 b 5 3 3 1
values of a and b.

77 2 1 3

1
(a) Calculate the product .
5 3 5 2

2 1
(b) Write the inverse of .
5 3

78 (a) Find the determinants of the following

matrices.
5 3
(i) A=
3 2

5 7
(ii) B=
2 3

5 3
(iii) C=
6

4

4 2
(iv) D=
10 5

(b) Which special name is given to matrices

such as matrix D?
79 3 1
For the matrix P = find:
10 4
(a) det(P)

(b) P 1 , the inverse of P.

80 Find the inverses of the following matrices.

3 5
(a) A =
1 2

3 6
(b) B =
2 5

3 4
(c) C =
8 7
Introductory Probability

81 A die is rolled 150 times. How many times

would the following be expected to appear?
(a) An even number

(b) The number 6

(c) A multiple of 3

82 A carpenter buys a bag containing 500 nails.

The nails are either 10 cm long or 8 cm long.
Of the first 50 nails she randomly draws and
uses, 20 are 10 cm long. Of all the 500 nails,
estimate how many are 8 cm long.

83 A card game called Patience can be

completed 3 times in 20 attempts. While in
hospital, Tolga plays 85 games of Patience.
How many games would Tolga expect to
complete?
84 There are 16 teams in the AFL competition.
If each team starts a season with equal ability,
what is the estimated probability that at the
end of the season:
(a) Geelong finishes on the bottom of the
ladder

(b) St Kilda finishes in the top eight

(c) Collingwood finishes in the top two?

85 A card is drawn from a pack of 52 playing

cards. What is the probability that it is a:
(a) red card

(b) spade

(c) queen

(d) black ace?

86 In a class of 30 students, 5 have blond hair, 10
have black hair, 3 have red hair and the rest
have brown hair. What is the probability of a
randomly selected student:
(a) having red hair

(b) not having blond hair?

(c) having brown hair?

(d) having green hair?

87 A bag contains 15 buttons numbered 1, 2, 3,

15. One button is randomly drawn. Find the
probability that:
(a) an odd number is drawn

(b) a multiple of 5 is drawn

(c) an even number or a multiple of 5 is

drawn.
88 A letter is randomly drawn from the letters of
the words MATHEMATICAL METHODS.
A is the event of drawing a letter A,
B is the event of drawing a vowel,
C is the event of drawing a consonant.
Find the probability of the following.
(a) Pr(A)

(b) Pr(A B)

(c) Pr(A C)

89 A three-digit number is to be formed by using

the digits 1, 2, 3 and 4. (Assume that digits are
not repeated.)
(a) Draw a tree diagram showing all
possible outcomes.

(b) Calculate the probability of choosing:

(i) an even number

(ii) a number ending in 3

(iii) a number greater than 300.

90 A die is thrown and a coin is tossed.
(a) Draw a lattice diagram to show all the
possible outcomes.

(b) Find the probability of obtaining a Head

and an even number.

(c) Find the probability of obtaining a Tail

and a number greater than 3.