Student Name: ___________________ 2018 Year 10 Half Yearly Non- Calculator Examination

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Questions
HURLSTONE 1. ABC is an equilateral triangle.
AGRICULTURAL

2018 HIGH SCHOOL

YEAR 10 What is the value of x?
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION

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Year 10 Mathematics
2. A basketball team has an average height of 192 cm.
The range of heights in the team is 17 cm.
When Fernando joins the team, the average height
NON - CALCULATOR decreases but the range of heights increases.
Which of the following must be true?

Fernando is the tallest player in the team.

Fernando is the shortest player in the team.

Examiner Mrs. M. Sabah Fernando is above average height.

General Instructions • Working time – 30 minutes
• Write using black/blue pen
• All answers to be written in the space
provided
• Calculators are NOT to be used
Fernando is 1 cm below the average height.
3. Exactly 36% of the cards in William's collection are of Tigers players.
What is the smallest possible number of cards in William's collection?

Outcome/s assessed • Ability to solve mathematical problems

cards
without the use of a calculator

4. 3
What is as a decimal?
8
Marks
Obtained:
25 0.325 0.375 0.38 0.425

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 5. Zahra is playing a Guess My Number game. 8. Which equation describes the relationship between x and y in the table?
She gives these clues about her number.

What is Zahra's number?

=
y 3x − 1 =
y x2 −1 y= x + 1 y = x2

9. Melinda multiplies a number by 2.

6. Students in a Year 10 class were asked to choose if they preferred strawberry or chocolate
She then adds 7 and divides the result by 5.
milkshakes.
The results are shown in the table. Which expression shows what Melinda did?

2n + 7 7 2n 2 (n + 7)
2n + +7
5 5 5 5

10. Some Year 10 students recorded the number of squats they could perform in one minute.
The results are shown in the following stem and leaf plot.
If a student is selected at random, what is the chance that the student is a girl who prefers
strawberry milkshakes?

3 1 3 3
10 2 5 7

7. Derrick built this model using wooden blocks.

Which of these shows the model after it has been

rotated 90° anti-clockwise? What is the median number of squats?

2 22 20 27

D
11. The two triangles in the diagram are similar.
The distance from C to E is 12 metres.
B

What is the distance from A to E?

B D
mm

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 12. This is a plan of Akul’s backyard. 16.

How much will Akul pay to turf the whole backyard if it costs $7 per square metre?

$60 $108 $588 $1 176

What is the size of angle ABC?
13. 2 2
In a class, of the students were absent, and of those remaining went on an excursion. This
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left 5 students in the class. How many students are in the class when they are all present?
17. A teacher recorded the results of five students in a quiz. The diagram shows their results.
students

14. Pranav builds a model car with a length of 14 cm.

The real life car has a length of 4.2 m.
What scale did Pranav use for the model?

1 cm represents 70 cm
Who scored the highest results?
2 cm represents 30 cm

1 cm represents 30 cm

1 cm represents 50 cm
18. Which expression is equivalent to 24 ×162 ?

15. During certain times, vehicles are allowed to park for up to 2 hours.
When could Francesca park for longer than 2 hours?

25 28 212 216

19. The distance from Earth to the planet Jupiter is 588 000 000 km.
In scientific notation, this number is

Mon 6:15 am Tue 12:15pm Sat 7:00 pm Sun 2:00 pm

5.88 ×109 5.88 ×108 5.88 ×107 5.88 ×106

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 20. One Australian dollar equals 0.6 British pounds. 25.
Ethan wants to buy an EPL jersey, which costs 150 British pounds.
What does the jersey cost in Australian dollars? The distance from A to B is one-fifth of the distance from A to D.
The distance from C to D is one-quarter of the distance A to D.
$84 $90 $250 $150.60 The distance from B to C is 110 millimetres.

21. David completed a 20 kilometre cross-country race.

Find the distance from A to D.
The first 10 km took 40 minutes 5 seconds.
The next 10 km took 39 minutes 35 seconds. mm

What was David’s average time per kilometre?

minutes seconds

22. It takes 4 hours for 3 bricklayers to lay 600 bricks.

At the same rate, how many hours should it take 4 bricklayers to lay 800 bricks?

3.5 4 4.5 5
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23. A cylindrical backyard pond has radius 2 metres
One cubic metre can hold 1000 litres of water.
The pond has 6000 litres of water added to it.

The height that the water rose is closest to

5 cm 50 cm 1m 5m

24. Nitika is 80% the height of Rafin.

Visal is 60% the height of Rafin.
Nitika is 36 cm taller than Visal.

How tall is Rafin in centimetres?

cm

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