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SECTION A [40 Marks]

1 Solve the inequality 4(x – 3)  6 – 2x.

Illustrate the solution on a number line.

___________________________ [2]

2 (a) Solve cos x = –cos 20, where 0  x  180.

x = ________________________ [1]
(b) Write down the exact value of sin 30.

___________________________[1]

3 Write down a quadratic equation in the form ax2 + bx + c = 0 with integer coefficients,
2
given that the roots are –3 and .
3

___________________________ [2]

4 Simplify the following by giving your answer with positive indices.

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(a) (m8 p 3 ) 2  (m2 p0 )2 ,

___________________________ [2]
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(3ab 2 )3 5b
(b) ÷ 2 2 .
3a ( a b)

___________________________ [3]

5 (a) Express x2 – 12x + 7 in the form (x + h)2 + q.

___________________________[2]

(b) Hence, using your answer in (a), solve x2 – 12x + 10 = 0, giving both answers correct to two decimal
places.

x = _________ or x = ________ [3]

6 In QRS, QR = 15 cm, QS = 10 cm and RS = 12 cm.

Find the measure of the largest angle of the triangle.

_________________________ [3]
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1 1
7 Given that   x  14 . Find the value of
2 2

(a) the smallest integer of x,

__________________________ [1]
(b) the largest perfect cube of x.

__________________________ [1]

2x  4 1
8 Solve the equation  3 .
x x2

x = _________ or x = ________ [4]

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9 The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a particle moving for the first 40 seconds.

NOT TO
9 SCALE
speed (m/s)

12 28 40
(a) Find
time (seconds)
(i) the acceleration of the particle in the first 12 seconds,

______________________ m/s2 [2]

(ii) the speed of the particle in the first 4 seconds.

_______________________ m/s [1]

(b) Given that the distance covered by the particle for the last 12 seconds is 78 m, find the value of p.

p = ____________________ m/s [2]

(c) Calculate the average speed, in m/s, of the particle for the first 40 seconds.

_______________________ m/s [3]

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10 The coordinates of points A and B are (w , –5) and (6 , 9) respectively.

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(a) The gradient of the line AB is .
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Find the value of w.

w = _______________________ [2]

(b) Find the equation of the line AB.

__________________________ [2]

(c) A point C (p , –11) lies on the line AB.

Find the value of p.

p = _______________________ [2]

(d) Write down the gradient of the line perpendicular to the line AB.

__________________________ [1]
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SECTION B [60 Marks]

1 Solve for the following equations:

(a) 82 x3  2

x = ________________________ [2]
2 x 1
1
1
x 5
(b)    27 2

 81 

x = ________________________ [3]

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2 (a) The Pacific Ocean covers approximately 165 250 000 km2.
Express this area in standard form.

_______________________ km2 [1]

(b) The ten largest oceans and seas in the world cover a total area of about 3.52 x 108 km2.
Roughly what percentage of this total is made up by the Pacific Ocean?

_________________________ % [1]

(c) The area of the Earth’s surface is given as 5.10 x 1010 km2.
Land covers about 30% of the Earth’s surface.

Compute the difference between the land area and the area of the ten largest oceans and seas.
Write your answer in standard form, correct to 3 significant figure.

_______________________ km2 [2]

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3 A retail shop owner plans to sell shirts at x dollars each in order to have an income of $2560 from the sales.

(a) Write down an expression, in x, for the number of shirts the owner plans to sell.

___________________________ [1]

He then changed his plan to increase the sale of the shirts.

He reduced the price of each shirt by $4 and finally received an income of $2408.

(b) Write down an expression, in x, for the number of shirts sold by the owner.

___________________________ [1]

After reducing the price of each shirt, the owner sold 6 more shirts.

(c) Write down an equation in x and show that it reduces to 3x2 + 64x – 5120 = 0.

[3]
(d) Solve the equation 3x2 + 64x – 5120 = 0 by using the general formula.

x = _________ or x = ________ [2]

(e) Find the number of shirts that the owner finally sold after reducing the price.

___________________________ [1]
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4 In the diagram, O is the origin, MT is straight line parallel to the x-axis.

A is the point (0 , 8) and T is the point (–2 , 2).

NOT TO
SCALE

Find
(a) the gradient of AT,

___________________________ [2]
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(b) the equation of the line AH if the gradient is ,
2

___________________________ [1]
(c) the coordinates of the point M,

( __________ , __________ ) [1]

(d) the length of AM, correct to 2 decimal places,

______________________ units [2]

(e) the area of the MAT.

___________________ sq. units[2]

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5 Jane makes strawberry cakes and chocolate cakes to sell.

A strawberry cake requires 250 g of flour and a chocolate cake requires 375 g of flour.

Jane has 6 kg of flour.

Jane makes x strawberry cakes and y chocolate cakes.

(a) Show that 2x + 3y  48.

[2]
The maximum number of cakes that she can make is 20.
She must make at least 3 chocolate cakes.
(b) Write down two further inequalities involving x and y.

___________________________

___________________________ [2]
(c) Represent the three inequalities on this grid.
Shade the unwanted region.

[4]
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(d) Each strawberry cake sells for a profit of $6 and each chocolate cake sells for a profit of $8.50.
What is the greatest profit that Jane can make?

$ __________________________ [2]

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6 The diagram shows the three points A, B and the port C.

The distance AC = 56.3 km, angle ABC = 43 and angle BAC = 64.

NOT TO
SCALE

A boat sails directly from point A to point B at an average speed of 18 km/h.

Calculate

(a) the shortest distance to the port C,

________________________ km [2]
(b) the distance AB,

________________________ km [3]
(c) the time taken for it to reach point B.

_______________________ hours [2]

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7 On the way to the bank, Andrew received two flyers:

Deposit your money with us and

Bank A
receive simple interest rate offer of 2.35% per annum.
Deposit your money with us and
Bank B
receive compound interest rate offer of 2.05% per annum compounded half yearly.

Andrew plans to deposit his $4500 in the bank.

(a) Calculate Andrew’s money in his account after 10 years if he chooses the offer of

(i) Bank A,

$ _________________________ [2]
(ii) Bank B.

$ _________________________ [3]

(b) Which of the two banks has a better offer to Andrew in terms of interest?
Justify your answer by stating a valid reason.

Bank …….. because …………………………………………………..………………….…………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. [2]

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1 2
8 The table below shows some corresponding values of x and y for y  x 3  x 1.
2
x –2 –1 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
y –7 –1.5 –1 –0.75 p 3.5 9

(a) Calculate the value of p.

p = ________________________ [1]
1 2
(b) Draw the graph of y  x 3  x  1 on the grid below for the range –2  x  2.
2

[3]
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(c) Using your graph, find the value of x when y = 5.

x = ________________________ [1]

(d) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve where x = 1.

___________________________ [3]

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(e) By drawing a suitable straight line, solve the equation x 3  x 2  0.
2

x = ________________________ [3]

End of Exam

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