Centre Candidate

02 Number Number

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES

DEVELOPMENT

SOLOMON ISLANDS FORM THREE EXAMINATION

2011

MATHEMATICS

WEDNESDAY 12TH OCTOBER 8:00 AM TIME: 2 HOURS plus

10 MINUTES

SECTION CONTENT MARKS

A Multiple Choice Questions 20

B Short Answer Questions 60
C Long Answer Questions 60

TOTAL 140

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Do not open this Booklet until you are told to do so.

2. Write both your Centre Number and Candidate Number in the box
provided at the top right hand corner of this page.
3. Before you answer the questions, read through the instructions
carefully.
4. Write all your answers in the spaces provided in this Booklet.
4. Calculators should not be used.
5. Three figure tables should be provided.
6. Show all your working on Sections B and C. You may lose some
marks if you do not show your working.

THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS 23 NUMBERED PAGES.

SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (20 MARKS)

CIRCLE THE LETTER OF THE MOST CORRECT ANSWER

1. Number 217.654 when rounded off to 1 decimal place is,

A. 217
B. 217.6
C. 217.7
D. 218

2. Square root of 37 ( ) is,

A. 6.08
B. 6.10
C. 37.00
D. 1369

3. When is converted to , the answer will be,

A.
B.
C.
D.

4. Multiplying 100 by 1000 will be equal to,

A. 1000
B. 1000000
C. 100000
D. 100

5. The equivalent ratio of 1 : 2 : 6 is,

A. 4:5:6
B. 30 : 60 : 180
C. 6:2:1
D. 2:3:7

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6. If , then is,

A. 5
B. 45
C. 29
D. 1

7. If 10 calculators cost $120, how much will 8 calculators cost?

A. $112
B. $110
C. $96
D. $24

8. The volume of this box is,

A.
B.
C.
D.

9. The cost of 1kg of brown sugar is $5.00. What will be the cost of 5kg of
brown sugar?

A. $25.00
B. $20.00
C. $30.00
D. $5.00

10. Given , is equal to,

A. 15
B. 6
C. 54
D. 21

11. The of the linear equation, is,

A. 4
B. ½
C. 2
D. -2

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12. Expanding , the answer will be,

A.
B.
C.
D. 3

13. Simplifying , will be equal to,

A.
B.
C.
D. 1

14. The radius of the given circle is,

A. 12cm
B. 6cm
C. 36cm
D. 24cm

15. The formula to calculate the area of a circle is

A.
B.
C.
D.

16. Shown below is what type of triangle

A. Right-angle triangle
B. Isosceles triangle
C. Scalene triangle
D. Equilateral triangle

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17. The angle marked x on the diagram below is

A. 2400
B. 300
C. 1200
D. 1500

18. The perimeter of the circle shown is (use ).

A. 22cm
B. 44cm
C. 3.14cm
D. 154cm

19. The mean of the following set of data is

2, 3, 4, 1, 6, 8

A. 6
B. 8
C. 4
D. 24

20. What is the mode of the following set of data

3, 4, 6, 7, 7, 3, 2, 8, 5, 7

A. 7
B. 5.2
C. 5
D. 8

Total mark for MC Q1-Q20

20

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SECTION B: SHORT ANSWERS QUESTIONS (60 MARKS)

THIS SECTION IS WORTH 60 MARKS. SHOW YOUR WORKING AND WRITE THE
ANSWER ON THE SPACES PROVIDED.
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1. Find the square root of 80000.

Answer = _____________________
(3 marks)
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2. Write 0.00056 in standard form

Answer = _____________________
(2 marks)
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3. How much flour will a bakery need to make 50 cakes if 400g is used for
each cake? (Answer in kilograms)

Answer = _____________________
(3 marks)
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4. Calculate the area of the trapezium shown below

Area = _______________________
(3 marks)
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5. Eighty tomato seeds are planted. The ratio of the number that germinate
to the number that do not germinate is 7:13. How many seeds did
germinate?

How many seeds = ________

(2 marks)
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6. Split up $50.00 in the ratio 2:3

Answer = ________________
(2 marks)
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7. There were 5 boys for every 3 girls in the class. Out of the 56 students in
the class, how many were girls.

Girls = __________________
(2 marks)
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8. Jillian had a salary of $7150.00 last year. This year her salary was
increased by 4%. Calculate her salary this year.

Salary this year = _$____________

(4 marks)
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9. Calculate the simple interest charged on a loan of $25,000.00 at 9% per

annum for 5 years.

Simple interest = $ _____________

(3 marks)
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10. Write as a single number in index form: 85 x 84 x 8 =

Answer = _____________________
(2 marks)
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11. Solve the equation

Answer = _____________________
(2 marks)
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12. Write down the coordinates of the points identified by the letter A – E

A = ____________ C = ____________

B = ____________ D = ____________ (4 marks)

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13. Plot the graph of

(3 marks)

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14. By reading off the gradient and the y-intercept, find the equation of the
following Line 1 and Line 2 in the graph.

Line 1

Line 2

(4 marks)
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15. Reduce or draw the following solid shades into their nets

i)

ii)

(4 marks)
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16. Enlarge the shape below with a scale factor of 2. Use P as the centre of
enlargement.

(3 marks)
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17. Find the lettered angles in the following figure.

x= ____________________

y = ____________________

(4 marks)
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18. Use Pythagoras rule or trigonometry to calculate the size of the unknown
side shown on the figure below. (Answer correct to 3 significant figures)

d = ____________________
(3 marks)
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19. In a triangle ABC, angle BAC is a right angle and angle ACB is 850. The
length of AC is 200 meters. Calculate AB.

Angle AB = ___________________
(3 marks)
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20. The following table represents scores from a group of students that sat a
Math’s Test.
SCORE FREQEUNCY
1 2
2 8
3 21
4 14
5 12
6 20
7 10
8 9
9 0
10 5

Draw a Bar Graph to show the data in the table.

(4 marks)
Frequency

Score
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Total mark for Section B:

60

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SECTION C: LONG ANSWERS QUESTIONS (60 MARKS)

THIS SECTION IS WORTH 60 MARKS. SHOW YOUR WORKING AND WRITE THE
ANSWER ON THE SPACES PROVIDED.

Question One (14 marks)

A. A farmer owns a farm of 200 hectares and buys another property with an
area of 2.68km2. (Note: 1 hectare = 10 000m2)

i) Calculate the total area of the properties in hectares

Total area = ______________

(3 marks)

ii) Express your answer in part (i) in km2

Answer = ________________
(2 marks)

B. A fish tank is in the shape of a rectangular solid, 120cm long, 30cm wide
and 50cm high.

i) What is its volume in cm3?

Volume = ____________cm3
(3 marks)

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 ii) What is its capacity in millilitre (ml)?

Answer = _______________ ml
(1 mark)

iii) If it is filled with water up to 47cm, how many litres does it hold?

Answer = _______________ litres

(5 marks)

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Question Two (6 marks)

A. Round off these numbers to the number of significant figures (s.f.)

indicated

i) 10.524 (3 s.f.) (1 mark)

Answer = ________________
(1 mark)

ii) 0.0248 (2 s.f.) (1 mark)

Answer = ________________
(1 mark)

B. A 6m ladder rests against a wall and its foot is 2m from the base of the
wall. How far up the wall does it reach? (4 marks)

Answer = ________________
(4 marks)
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Question Three (18 marks)

A. If and find the value of

i)

Answer = ________________
(2 marks)

ii)

Answer = _______________
(2 marks)

B. Solve the following

i)

Answer = ________________
(2 marks)

ii)

Answer = ________________
(3 marks)

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C. The diagram shows a box. It has a square base and its height is 5cm
longer than its width.

If the total length of all 12 edges is 56cm, find

i)

= ________________
(3 marks)

ii) The 3 dimensions of the box

Length:_____________

Width:______________

Height:______________

(3 marks)

iii) The volume of the box

Volume = ________________
(3 marks)
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Question Four (7 marks)

Points A, B and C on the map shown below are 3 villages on the shore of an
island. Village B is due east of village A and the bearing of village A from village
C is 340o and the bearing of village B from C is 070o.

i) What is the bearing of C from A?

Bearing of C from A = __________

(2 marks)

ii) What is the bearing of C from B?

Bearing of C from B = ___________

(2 marks)

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 iii) Find the distance from C to A (3 marks)

Distance from C to A = __________

(3 marks)

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Question Five (15 marks)

Three blocks are stacked together as shown. A and B are prisms with right-
angled triangular ends.

i) Find the height of Block A

Height of Block A = _____________

(3 marks)

ii) Find the height of Block B

Height of Block B = _____________

(3 marks)

iii) Find the height of Block C

Height of Block C = _____________

(2 marks)

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 iv) Find the base length of Block B

Length of Block B = _____________

(3 marks)

v) Find the base length of Block C

Length of Block C = _____________

(3 marks)

vi) Find the base length of Block A

Base length of Block A __________

(1 mark)
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Total mark for Section C:

60

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 FOR MARKER USE ONLY

SECTION EXAM ACTUAL

MARK SCORE

A 20

B 60

C 60

Total 140

Marker’s initial

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