FINAL TEST PRACTICES

1. 3𝑥 × 94 = 3𝑛 . Find n in term of x

2. Simplify
2
𝑥 27 3
a. ( 27 )
1
−
𝑥 −2 2
b. ( )
4

3. Solve the equation 5(𝑥 + 3 × 106 ) = 4 × 107 . Give your answer in

standard form

4. Solve the equation (4𝑥 + 6 × 103 ) = 3 × 108

5. Amalie makes a profit of 20% when she sells a shirt for $21.60. Calculate
how much Amalie paid for the shirt.

6. Hazel invests $1800 for 7 years at a rate of 1.5% per year compound
interest. Calculate how much interest she will receive after the 7 years.
Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

7. Abdul invested $240 when the rate of simple interest was r% per year.
After m months the interest was $I. Write down and simplify an
expression for I, in terms of m and r

8. Marcel invests $2500 for 3 years at a rate of 1.6% per year simple
interest. Jacques invests $2000 for 3 years at a rate of x% per year
compound interest. At the end of the 3 years Marcel and Jacques
receive the same amount of interest. Calculate the value of x correct
to 3 significant figures.
9. Zainab borrows $198 from a bank to pay for a new bed. The bank
charges compound interest at 1.9 % per month. Calculate how much
interest she owes at the end of 3 months. Give your answer correct to 2
decimal places.

10. Rudi cycles at a speed of 24km/h. It takes him 30 minutes to cycle

between two villages. Calculate the distance between the two
villages.

11. A car of length 4.3m is travelling at 105km/h. It passes over a bridge of

length 36m. Calculate the time, in seconds, it takes to pass over the
bridge completely

12. A car travels at 56km/h. Find the time it takes to travel 300 metres. Give
your answer in seconds correct to the nearest second.

13. The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a car. The car travels at 45
km/h for 20seconds. The car then decelerates for 10 seconds until it
stops.

a. Change 45 km/h into m/s.

b. Find the deceleration of the car, giving your answer in m/s2.
c. Find the distance travelled by the car during the 30 seconds,
giving your answer in metres.
14. The diagram shows a solid hemisphere.

The total surface area of this hemisphere is 243. The volume of the
hemisphere is k. Find the value of k

15. The sphere of radius r fits exactly inside the cylinder of radius r and
height 2r. Calculate the percentage of the cylinder occupied by the
sphere.

16. A container ship travelled at 14 km/h for 8 hours and then slowed down
to 9 km/h over a period of 30 minutes. It travelled at this speed for
another 4 hours and then slowed to a stop over 30 minutes. The speed-
time graph shows this voyage
 a. Calculate the total distance travelled by the ship.

b. Calculate the average speed of the ship for the whole voyage.

17. The area of triangle APQ is 99 cm and the area of triangle ABC is 11 cm
BC is parallel t o PQ and the length of PQ is 12 cm. Calculate the

length of BC
18. Shade the region required in each Venn Diagram.
19. Which of the following numbers are irrational?

20. A rectangular photograph measures 23.3 cm by 19.7 cm, each correct

to 1 decimal place. Calculate the lower bound for
a. The perimeter
b. The area