MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

FIJI YEAR 11 FINAL EXAMINATION 2018

MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 3 hours

(An extra 10 minutes is allowed for reading this paper.)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write all your answers in the Answer Booklet provided.

2. Write your Name and Year Level on the front page of the Answer Booklet.
3. If you use extra sheets of paper, be sure to show clearly the question number(s) being
answered and secure each sheet in your Answer Booklet at the appropriate places.
Ensure that your Name and Year Level are written on the extra sheets.
4. Answer all the questions with a blue or black ballpoint pen or ink pen. Do not use red
ink. You may use a pencil only for drawing.

5. You may use a calculator, provided it is silent, battery-operated and non-programmable.

6. Round off answers to 2 decimal places where applicable. Rounding off decimal answer
should be done only at the final step.
7. All the questions are compulsory.
Note: Formulae are given on page 16.
SUMMARY OF QUESTIONS

STRANDS MARKS SUGGESTED TIME

1 Basic Maths 12 22 minutes
2 Algebra 25 45 minutes
3 Relations 6 10 minutes
4 Graphs 11 20 minutes
5 Coordinate Geometry 9 16 minutes
6 Trigonometry 12 22 minutes
7 Statistics 12 22 minutes
8 Probability 6 10 minutes
9 Calculus 7 13 minutes
TOTAL 100 180 minutes

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STRAND 1 BASIC MATHEMATICS [12 marks]

 This strand has 6 Questions.
 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Questions 3  6.

1. 20 1 is equal to

A. 1

B. 0

C. 1

D. 2 (1 mark)

2. Which property is illustrated by the equation m ( a  b )  ma  mb ?

A. closure

B. commutative

C. associative

D. distributive (1 mark)

mv 2
3. Make v the subject of the formula F  (2 marks)
r

4. Shaun buys a television set valued at $1000. He pays $200 deposit and
agrees to pay the rest in equal monthly instalments over a period of 1 year.
The store charges 11% interest on the balance.

Calculate the

(i) interest on the balance. (1 mark)

(ii) monthly instalment. (2 marks)

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5. A triangular prism is shown below.

10 cm

Calculate the volume of this prism in cm 3 . (2 marks)

6. The table given below shows the set {a, b, c, d} under the operation  .

 a b c d

a d a b c

b a b c d

c b c d a

d c d a b

(i) What is the identity element? (1 mark)

(ii) Give the inverse of c. (1 mark)

(iii) Find x so that d * x = b. (1 mark)

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STRAND 2 ALGEBRA [25 marks]

 This strand has 12 Questions.

 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  3.
 Show all working for Questions 4  12.

1. The solution set of x( x  4)  0 is

A  0, 4
B.  0, 2
C.   2, 0
D.   4, 0 (1 mark)

2. 5x  (2 x  6) is equal to

A. 3x
B. 9x
C. 3x  6
D. 3x  6 (1 mark)

a 1
3.  =
2b 2b

a 1
A.
2b
a 1
B.
4b
a
C.
2b
a
D. (1 mark)
4b

5
1
4. Calculate the value of    (2 marks)
n 3  
n

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5. Solve 2 x  3 = 9 (2 marks)

x  2 2x  4
6. Solve  (2 marks)
3 2

7. Solve the inequality  4 x  12  8 (2 marks)

1 2
8. Factorize completely x 4 (2 marks)
4

 2  3  1  5
9. Evaluate      (2 marks)
 4 2   3  2

 2 3
10. Matrix P =  
 6  8

(i) What is the order of P? (1 mark)

(ii) Calculate its determinant. (1 mark)

(iii) Find its multiplicative inverse. (2 marks)

1
(iv) Evaluate P (1 mark)
2

11. An arithmetic sequence is given as < 5, 8, 11, 14, …>

(i) Find the 8th term. (1 mark)

(ii) What is the sum of the first 10 terms? (1 mark)

12. A geometric sequence is given as 6, 12, 24, ….

(i) Determine the common ratio. (1 mark)

(ii) Find the 7th term. (1 mark)

(iii) What is the sum of the first 7 terms? (1 mark)

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STRAND 3 RELATIONS [6 marks]

 This strand has 4 Questions.
 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Questions 3  4.

1. Which of the following relations is not a function?

y
A.

y
B.

y
C.

y
D.

(1 mark)

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2. If f (x) =  2 x  1 , the value of f (  1) is

A. 1

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3 (1 mark)

3. A quadratic graph is shown below.

y

x
-1 0 1

-1

(i) Give the domain of this quadratic graph. (1 mark)

(ii) By reflecting the graph in the line y = x , sketch the graph of the
inverse relation in your Answer Booklet. (1 mark)

1
4. Find the equation of the inverse of the function y  x2 (2 marks)
4

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STRAND 4 GRAPHS [11 marks]

 This strand has 5 Questions.

 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  3.
 Show all working for Questions 4  5.

1. The axis of symmetry of the graph represented by the equation

y  x  12  2 is given by

A. x 1
B. x2
C x  1
D. x  2
(1 mark)
2. The graph of a circle centred at the origin is given below.
y

x
-2 0 2

-2

The equation which best describes the above graph is

A. 2  x2  y2

B. 4  x2  y2

C. 2  x2  y2

D. 4  x2  y2
(1 mark)

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3. A parabola is shown below.

y

x
2 0

The equation of this parabola is

A. y  x  x  2
B. y  x  x  2
C. y  x 2  x 
D. y   x  x  2 (1 mark)

4. Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations.

2 x  5 y  25
 3x 10 y  40
(3 marks)

5. A cubic function is given as y  ( x  2 ) ( x 1) ( x 1)

(i) Find the coordinates of the x  intercepts of the function. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the coordinates of the y  intercept of the function. (1 mark)

(iii) Hence, sketch the graph of this function clearly showing the intercepts. (2 marks)

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STRAND 5 COORDINATE GEOMETRY [9 marks]

 This strand has 5 Questions.

 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Questions 3  5.

1. The gradient of lines parallel to y   3x  2 is

A. 3
B. 2
C. 2
D. 3 (1 mark)

2. A line makes an angle of 45° with the positive x-axis. The gradient of this line
is

1
A. 
2
1
B.
2
C. 1
D. 1 (1 mark)

3. The vertices of a triangle have coordinates A = (– 8, –5), B = (–4, 7) and

C = (4, 1).

(i) Find the coordinates of the midpoint of AB. (1 mark)

(ii) Calculate the length of BC. (1 mark)

(iii) Find the gradient of AC. (1 mark)

1
4. Find the equation of the line which is perpendicular to y   x  2 and
2
passes through the point (–1, 1). (2 marks)

5. Find the equation of the line joining the points (0, 3) and (4, –9). (2 marks)

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STRAND 6 TRIGONOMETRY [12 marks]

 This strand has 5 Questions.
 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Questions 3  5.

1. The value of cos θ in the triangle below is

5
A.
12
13
5
B. 12
13
12
C.
13
5
12
D. (1 mark)
5

2. The period of the function y = sin 3θ is

A. 90
B. 120
C. 180
D. 360 (1 mark)

3. Solve the trigonometric equation 2 sin θ  1 for 0  θ  360 (2½ marks)

4. In the diagram below AB = 14, AC = 12 and CD = 7. A

(i) Calculate the length of AD. (1½ marks)

(ii) Hence, determine the value of θ . B θ (2 marks)

D

C
5. A trigonometric graph has the equation y =  2 cos 2θ

(i) State the amplitude of this graph. (1 mark)

(ii) What is the y-intercept of this graph? (1 mark)
(iii) Sketch the graph for 0  θ  360 (2 marks)

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STRAND 7 STATISTICS [12 marks]

 This strand has 5 Questions.

 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Question 3  5.

1. Shown below is a pie chart which represents the different sports played
by 240 students in a school.

Netball
Rugby

Tennis

Soccer

The number of students who played netball was

A. 40
B. 60
C. 80
D. 90 (1 mark)

2. The graph shows number of students earning “A’s” in Mathematics in Year 11.

11A

11B

11C

Key: = 2 students

The graph shown above is an example of

A. line graph
B. bar graph
C. histogram
D. pictograph (1 mark)

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3. The table given below shows the result of a Mathematics test that is marked out
of 10.

Mark, x 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency, f 2 1 3 6 2 5 4 2 0
fx 4 3 12 30 12 35 32 18 0

(i) What was the most common mark? (1 mark)

(ii) Calculate the range. (1 mark)

(iii) Calculate the mean score. (2 marks)

4. The results of 11 students in a test are: 4, 19, 7, 18, 15, 9, 17, 14, 10, 13, 11

Find

(i) median. (1 mark)

(ii) upper quartile. (1 mark)

(iii) lower quartile. (1 mark)

(iv) interquartile range. (1 mark)

5. A group of students measured their weights in kg and recorded their results

in the frequency table given below.

Weight interval Frequency

60  w  65 3
65  w  70 4
70  w  75 6
75  w  80 8
80  w  85 5

(i) What type of graph would best represent the above data? (1 mark)

(ii) How many students have weight of less than 75 kg? (1 mark)

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STRAND 8 PROBABILITY [6 marks]

 This strand has 4 Questions.

 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Questions 3  4.

1. Two coins are tossed at the same time. The probability of getting the same
outcome on both coins is

1
A.
4
1
B.
2
3
C.
4
D. 1 (1 mark)

2. Which of the following cannot be the probability of an event?

3.

A. 0

B. 0.5

C. 1

D. 1.2 (1 mark)

3. A coin and a die are tossed at the same time.

(i) How many possible outcomes are there in the sample space? (1 mark)

(ii) Find the probability of getting a head on the coin and an even number
on the die? (1 mark)

4. A box contains 10 identical marbles of which some are blue, some green and
1
the rest yellow. The probability of picking a blue marble is
2
(i) How many blue marbles are in the box? (1 mark)

(ii) If there are 4 green marbles in the box, what is the probability of picking
a green marble? (1 mark)

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STRAND 9 CALCULUS [7 marks]

 This strand has 4 Questions.

 Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice for Questions 1  2.
 Show all working for Questions 3  4.

1. The derivative of  3 , where  is a constant, is

A. 0

B. 3

C. 3 2

4
D. (1 mark)
4

2.  3x 2 dx is equal to

A. 3x 3

B. x3

C. x3  C

D. 3 x3  C (1 mark)

3. The equation of a parabola is given by y = x 2  6 x

dy
(i) Find (1 mark)
dx

(ii) Calculate the gradient of the tangent at x = 2 (1 mark)

(iii) Find the x coordinate of the point on y = x 2  6 x where the

gradient of the tangent = 0 (1 mark)

x2
4. Find  (4 x 
3  x) dx (2 marks)
3
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Formulae
Algebra
Arithmetic Sequence Geometric Sequence

1. T  a  (n  1)d 1. T  ar n  1
n n

n
2. S  [2a  (n  1)d ] a(1  r n )
n 2 2. S 
n 1 r

Coordinate Geometry
y 2  y1
1. m
x 2  x1

2. y  y 1  m( x  x1 )

3. d  ( x 2  x1 ) 2  ( y 2  y1 ) 2

Statistics

x
fx
f

Calculus

( x )  nx n  1
d n
1.
dx

xn 1
 x dx 
2. n
n 1