SECTION 1

Q1 (9 Marks)

a) Using a calculator or otherwise, find the value of EACH of the following. Give your answers

to three significant figures.

i. 23.6 + 5 ÷ 1.2 (1)

95
ii. 3.1
− 3.62 (1)

b) A sum of money is shared between Avinash, Peter and Bernie in the ratio 2: 5: 1. Avinash

received $60. How much money was shared altogether? (2)

c) The table below represents the incomplete electricity bill for a home during the start of the

year.

Month Meter Reading (kWh)

January 1st 2020 00002345

February 1st 2020 00003400

March 1st 2020

1 kWh = $ 0.40

Meter Rental= $30 per month

i. What is an example of a FIXED COST on the bill? (1)

ii. What is the total electricity bill for the month of January? (2)

iii. If the total bill for the month of February was $350 what would be the new meter
reading on March 1st? (2)
Q2 (9 Marks)

a) If 𝑎 = 5, 𝑏 = 4 and 𝑐 = −3, evaluate

i. 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑏𝑐 (1)

ii. 𝑏(𝑎 − 𝑐)2 (2)

b) 14 − 2𝑥 < 8

i. Solve the above inequality. (2)

ii. If 𝑥 ∈ 𝒁, what is the smallest possible value of x? (1)

c) 𝑣 2 = 𝑢2 + 2𝑎𝑠

i. Make 𝑢 the subject of the formula (1)

ii. Hence or otherwise, find the value of 𝑢 when 𝑣 = −7, 𝑎 = 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠 = 4 (2)
Q3 (9 Marks)

a) Using a ruler, a pencil and a pair of compasses construct the isosceles triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 where

𝐴𝐵 = 7𝑐𝑚 and 𝐵𝐶 = 𝐴𝐶 = 8𝑐𝑚. (3)

b) Construct the line 𝐶𝑀, where 𝑀 lies on 𝐴𝐵 such that ∠𝐶𝑀𝐵 = 90°. (1)

c) The Diagram below shows the triangle LMN

M N

i. What are the coordinates of L? (1)

ii. The triangle 𝐿𝑀𝑁 undergoes a reflection in the line 𝑦 = 6 to produce the image 𝐿’𝑀’𝑁’.

On the diagram above draw △ 𝐿’𝑀’𝑁’. (2)

iii. Triangle 𝐿’𝑀’𝑁’ is then translated horizontally by 6 units and vertically by −2 units to a

new image 𝐿"𝑀"𝑁". On the diagram above draw △ 𝐿"𝑀"𝑁". (2)

Q4 (9 Marks)

a) P varies inversely to Q as represented in the incomplete table below.

P 10 7 b

Q 42 𝑎 84

i. Find the value of 𝑘, the constant of proportionality between P and Q. (1)

ii. Hence or otherwise determine the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏 (2)

b) The equation of a straight line is given as 3𝑦 = 𝑥 − 9

i. Determine the gradient of the line (1)

ii. Determine the coordinates where the line 3𝑦 = 𝑥 − 9 intercepts the both axis

(3)

iii. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to 3𝑦 = 𝑥 − 9 that passes through the

origin. (2)
Q5 (9 Marks)

a) Peter measured the height (in centimetres) of students in class 5.1. There were 32 students

in the class and the heights are recorded below.

142 155 180 171 192 150 160 148

135 147 177 157 153 162 171 161
153 164 183 170 158 165 148 164
161 163 157 160 159 165 165 168

i. Complete the frequency table below to represent this data. (2)

Heights Frequency
130 − 139 1
140 − 149 4
150 − 159
160 − 169
170 − 179
180 − 189
190 − 199

ii. Peter plans to measure the heights of students in another class. How can calculating the

standard deviation of both classes help in analysing the data? (1)

iii. Determine the range of heights of class 5.1 from the raw data. (1)

iv. What is the probability of a student in the class 5.1 being taller than 170cm? (2)

v. Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 5 marks on the ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 and 1 cm to represent

1 student on the 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠, draw a frequency polygon to represent the data in the

table. (3)
Q6 (9 Marks)

a) Two style of tanks can be built to contain wastewater for an industrial company. Tank A is
in the shape of a cylinder of diameter 4.2 metres and height of 7.2 metres. Tank B is a
rectangular prism with dimensions of 4 × 5 × 6.8 metres.
The diagram below shows models of the tanks not drawn to scale.

5m

7.2 m

6.8 m
𝜋 = 3.14

By assuming material thickness to be negligible:

i. Determine which one of tanks can hold more liquid when filled. (4)
ii. The external surface area of the cylindrical tank. (2)

b) The scale on a map is 1:500 000. Determine the actual area in 𝑘𝑚2 represented by an area
of 2.25 𝑐𝑚2 on the map (3)
Q7 (9 Marks)

Fig 1 Fig 2 Fig 3

a) Draw the fourth figure in the sequence. (2)

b) Examine and complete where needed, the pattern of numbers in each row of the table

below. Each row relates to one of the figures in the sequence of figures on page 23. Some

rows have not been included in the table. (8)

Number of
Figure Perimeter
Blocks
1 2 6
2 4 10
3 6 14
4
⫶ ⫶ ⫶
10
⫶ ⫶ ⫶
50
⫶ ⫶ ⫶
m
Q8 (12 marks)

Given 𝑓(𝑥) = 3 − 8𝑥 − 2𝑥 2

a) For the equation above

i. Identify 𝑐 the coefficient of 𝑥 0 . (1)
ii. Write 𝑓(𝑥) in the form 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎(𝑥 + ℎ)2 + 𝑘 where 𝑎, ℎ and 𝑘 are real numbers
(3)
iii. State the coordinates of the turning point in the form ( 𝑥, 𝑦 ) (2)
iv. Solve the equation in part a) ii) (2)
v. Sketch the graph of 𝑓(𝑥) clearly showing the turning point, the axis of symmetry and
the y intercept (2)

b) The graph below represents the speed of a car from one streetlight to another.

Determine the total distance the car travelled in the 25 seconds. (2)
Q9 (12 marks)

The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a circle. The points P, Q, R, and S are on the

circumference of the Circle. RST is a straight line. The point O (Not drawn) is the center of the circle.

Angle RVS = 115° and angle RSV = 28°. QS is the diameter of the circle.

Q
V T
115°
28°
S

a) Determine the value of EACH of the following angles. Show detailed working where

necessary and give a reason to support your answer

i. ∠RQS (2)

ii. ∠RPS (2)

iii. ∠PST (2)

 b) Evelyn conducted an experiment to determine the height of a vertical flagpole (FT) by

measuring the length of the FS and FP which is the distance of the base of the flagpole to the

spot on the ground where support wires are connected. She then measured the angles FSV

and FPT.

Acute angle FST 65° Length of FS 6.2 𝑚

Acute angle FPT 59° Length of FP 𝑥𝑚

The diagram below (NOT drawn to scale) is a representation of the arrangement of the

Flagpole and supporting wires. PFS meet at a right angle. The ground is perfectly horizontal.

65°
F S
6.2 𝑚

59°

i. Find the height pole using the data from the tables above. (2)

ii. Hence, determine the value of 𝑥, the distance Evelyn measure from F to P. (2)

iii. What is the distance of P from S? (2)

Express all answers to 2 decimal places.

Q 10 (12 marks)

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 𝑝 and 𝐴𝐷
a) 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is a parallelogram where M is the midpoint of DC. 𝐴𝐵 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = 3𝑞.

B C

A D

i. Complete the diagram using the information above. (2)

ii. Find the value of ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

𝐴𝑀 in terms of 𝑝 and 𝑞. (3)

𝑝 𝑞 5 −4 5 −2
b) 𝐴 = ( ) 𝐵=( ) 𝐶=( )
𝑟 𝑠 −3 2 4 3

Find the value of

a. 2A (1)

b. 𝐵−1 (2)

c. 2𝐴 + 𝐵−1 (2)

d. The value of 𝑝, 𝑞, 𝑟 and 𝑠 if 2𝐴 + 𝐵−1 = 𝐶 (2)