Stage Test 2

Multiple-choice Questions

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 30.

Level 1 5. (5x2  3)(9  4x) 

A. 20x3  45x2  12x  27
1. 16a16  (4a4)  B. 20x3  45x2  12x  27
A. 12a12 C. 20x3  45x2  12x  27
B. 4a12 D. 20x3  45x2  12x  27
C. 12a4
D. 4a4 6. A train consists of n compartments. There
are (4n  4) seats in each compartment.
2. Consider the polynomial 5r  3s2  7. Given that 185 passengers are allowed to
Find the value of the polynomial when stand in each compartment. Find the
r  3 and s  5. number of passengers a train can carry.
A. 97 A. 4n2  189n
B. 7 B. 5n  189
C. 53 C. 4n2  189
D. 203 D. 4n2  4n  185

3. (2x3  3x2)  (4x2  2x4)  7. 45% of a number is 1980. Find the number.
A. x  6x6 A. 891
B. 7x2  2x3  2x4 B. 1089
C. 6x5  8x6 C. 3600
D. 2x4  2x3  7x2 D. 4400

4. Tracy has $(8x  7) of pocket money. 8. This year, Sharon’s weight is 45 kg,
Given that she spent $(9  3x) to buy a which is an increase of 5 kg when
puzzle. Find her remaining pocket compared to the last year. Find the
money. percentage increase of her weight.
A. $(5x  2) A. 5%
B. $(5x  2) B. 10%
C. $(11x  2) 1
C. 11 %
9
D. $(11x  16)
D. 12.5%

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9. The income of a shop is $12 950 today, 13. The cost of a book is $56. If the marked
which is a 7.5% decrease when compared price is 25% higher than the cost, while
to yesterday. Find the income of the shop the selling price is 5% higher than the
yesterday. cost, find the discount.
A. $51800 A. $3.5
B. $22662.5 B. $5.6
C. $14 000 C. $7
D. $13 921.25 D. $11.2

10. The volume of water stored in a reservoir 14. Jack collected the numbers of newspapers
is 6 800 000 m3 this month. The percentage bought by 80 people yesterday. Suggest a
change of volume of water is 6.25% suitable way to collect the data.
when compared to the last month. Find A. Observation
the volume of water stored last month. B. Questionnaire / interview
A. 7 225 000 m3 C. Experiment
B. 6 400 000 m3 D. Data from known publications
C. 6 375 000 m3
15. Which of the following is nominal data?
D. 2 550 000 m3
A. Results of 35 students in a test
B. Tunnel fees of different types of
11. Mr. Chan sold a watch with a profit of
vehicles
$99. If the profit percentage is16.5%, find
C. Nationality of 40 students
the cost of the watch.
D. Number of deaths of each country in
A. $85
the last year
B. $118.5
C. $600 16. The following table shows the numbers
D. $900 of times of 25 staff using washroom
yesterday. What should be put in (a)?
12. Mrs. Cheung sold a piece of jewellery at
Number Tally Frequency
$52 650. If the loss percentage is 22%,
3 //// 5
find the loss. //// / 6
A. $67 500 (a) //// //// 9
B. $64 233 6 //// 5
C. $14 850 A. 3
D. $11 583 B. 4
C. 5
D. 6
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17. The following stem-and-leaf diagram 19. The following scatter diagram shows the
shows the amount spent by 20 students average rainfalls and the sales of a brand
for lunch yesterday. of micro oven in the past 10 weeks.
Stem ($10) Leaf ($1)
0 8 9
1 0 2 2 3 5 6 6 8
2 0 2 3 3 5 5 8
3 1 2 4

Find the percentage of students spending

$10 to $19.
A. 8%
B. 16%
C. 20%
D. 40%
Find the sales of micro ovens when the
18. The following pie chart shows the average rainfall was 24 mm.
favourite weather of 40 students. A. 80
B. 150
C. 200
D. 225

20. Sally collected the favourite sports of 50

teachers. Which of the following is
suitable statistical diagram / graph to
present the data?
Find the angle of the sector representing A. Pie chart / Bar chart
‘Sunny’. B. Broken line graph
A. 30 C. Stem-and-leaf diagram /
B. 90 back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram
C. 108 D. Scatter diagram
D. 120
Level 2

21. 3u2v  (4u5v)  6u7  8v9 

A. 36u70v9
B. 36u4v9
C. 13u70v9
D. 13u4v9
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22. (4a2  7b  3b2)(6b  5) 
A. 24a2b  20a2  18b3  27b2  35b 26. Given that a box of apples is sold at 28%
B. 24a2b  20a2  18b3  57b2  35b off such that the selling price is $180. If
C. 24a2b  20a2  18b3  27b2  35b the marked price is $100 higher than the
D. 24a2b  20a2  18b3  27b2  35b cost, find the profit / loss percentage.
A. 10% loss
23. In a shop, the cost and the marked price B. No profit or loss
of a shirt are $(5x  7) and $(8x  4). C. 10% profit
Given that the discount percentage of the D. 20% profit
shirt is 25%. Find the profit of selling a
shirt. 27. The following back-to-back stem-and-leaf
A. $(3x  11) diagram shows the cycling distances of 2
B. $(3x  3) groups of students.
C. $(x  10) Cycling distances of some students
Group A Group B
D. $(x  4) Stem
Leaf (1 km) Leaf (1 km)
(10 km)
9 7 6 0 6 8 8 9
24. Fred sold a radio at $690. Given that the 8 7 4 3 0 1 0 2 2 5 7
loss percentage of selling the radio is 8%. 9 6 p 3 2 2 1 4 7 9
3 0 0 3 0 2 4
If the marked price is 112% of the cost,
find the discount. If 11 students cycled beyond 25 km, find
A. $90 the percentage of students in group A
B. $120 cycled beyond 25 km.
C. $150 A. 15.625%
D. $180 B. 18.75%
C. 31.25%
25. In a shop, the selling price of a calculator D. 37.5%
is $182. Given that the marked price is
124% higher than the cost, while the 28. Sandy groups the marks of 200 students
discount percentage is 35%. Find the cost in an examination with 901  950 as the
of the calculator. first class, 951  1000 as the second
A. $109.7 class, and so on. If her marks are 1345,
B. $125.0 then she belongs to the
C. $198.1 A. 7th class.
D. $225.8 B. 8th class.
C. 9th class.
D. 10th class.

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 29. Given that 5 out of 250 students did not
For questions 29  30, refer to the following fill in the choice in this question. If a pie
situation. chart is constructed to present the data,
find the angle of the sector representing
Cindy collected the choices of 250 students in the option ‘D’.
the following multiple-choice question and A. 20.4
present the data using percentages as shown in B. 51
the brackets on the right. C. 61.2
Simplify 3a3  a2  2a. D. 73.44
A. 3a3  2a2 (14.8%)
B. 0 (27.6%) 30. Find the number of students choosing the
C. a3 (35.2%)
correct answer.
D. 6a6 (x%)
A. 37
B. 74
C. 88
D. 51

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