St Ives where choices High School create infinite possibilities STUDENT NUMBER TEACHER 2014 HALF-YEARLY EXAMINATION Year Il MATHEMATICS Instructions: Total working time: 1.5 hours Board of Studies approved calculators may be used throughout Questions 1 - 5: (marks) Allow about 10 minutes for this section Multiple choice: Colour the best answer for each question on the separate answer sheet provided. Questions 6 - 8: (45 marks) Allow about 1 hour 20 minutes for this section + Write in blue or black pen Draw diagrams in pencil, using geometric equipment and template where relevant Start each question in a new booklet. Marks may be deducted if this is not done. All necessary working must be shown to gain full marks. Show relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations. Equations Total Number | Algebra | Equation | Geometry | [piel T an 18 116 | 118 150St ives High Schoo! Year 11 Mathematics Half-Yearly Examination 2014 MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION Colour the oval next to the best answer for each question, on the separate answer sheet provided, Each question is worth one mark. 1. A bacteria culture contains 3450 bacteria, each one covering an area of 1.47x10-* mm. Find the total area covered by the bacteria (A) 4.261x10-8 (B) 6.207«10-5 (C) 5.0715x10-+ @) = 1611x104 2. Which of the following is the factorized form of Sm? — 320? (A) 5(m* - 8)(n + 8) (B) 5(m? + 8)Gn—8) (©) S(m—4)(m? + 4m + 16) () — 5(m+ 4)(m? — 4m + 16) Find the exact solutions of x? +3 = Sx a 228 o 28 © = o z 2 2 2 eta 4. The simplestindex formof "255°" is (ay 321210 @ pre © Fer gers Page 1 of 6St hes High School Year 11 Mathematies Half: Yearly Examination 2014 Which answer below correctly finishes 4 this proof for the two triangles shown? Pp In AABC and APQR 7 24 4 ; AB = PQ (from diagram) a 26 AC = PR. (from diagram) ZABC = ZPQR (both right angles) cia ar e R (A) AABC ||| APQR (hypotenuse and a side in a right-angled triangle are in the same ratio) (B) ABC ||| APQR (RHS) (©) AABC = APQR (SAS) @) AaBe POR (RHS) END OF MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION Page 2 of 6