2020 MAV Exam 1

The Mathematical Association of Victoria
Trial Examination 2020
FURTHER MATHEMATICS
Written Examination 1
STUDENT NAME: ________________________________

Reading time: 15 minutes
Writing time: 1 hour 30 minutes
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION BOOK
Structure of Book
Section Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of
questions to be modules to be marks
questions Modules
answered answered
A – Core 30 30 30
B - Modules 40 10 4 1 10
Total 40
• Students are permitted to bring into the examination room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners,
rulers, one bound reference, one approved technology (calculator or software) and, if desired, one
scientific calculator. Calculator memory DOES NOT need to be cleared. For approved computer-based
CAS, full functionality may be used.
• Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper and/or correction
fluid/tape.
Materials supplied
• Question book of 44 pages
• Formula sheet
• Answer sheet for multiple-choice questions
• Working space is provided throughout the book.
Instructions
• Write your name in the space provided above on this page.
• Write your name on the multiple-choice answer sheet.
• Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale.
At the end of the examination
• Place the answer sheet for multiple-choice questions inside the front cover of this book.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices
into the examination room.
Note: This examination was written for the Adjusted 2020 VCE Mathematics Study Design. Hence
the number of questions per section have been written in accordance with VCAA Exam specifications
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SECTION A – Core
Instructions for Section A
Answer all questions in pencil on the answer sheet provided for multiple – choice questions.
Choose the response that is correct for the question.
A correct answer scores 1; an incorrect answer scores 0.
Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers.
No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale
Data analysis
Use the following information to answer Questions 1, 2 and 3.
The dot plot below shows the rating given to plant-based burgers by 99 people, where a rating of
1 = “Terrible” and a rating of 10 = “Delicious”
Question 1
The shape of the distribution of ratings given by these people is best described as
A. Symmetric
B. Positively skewed
C. Negatively skewed
D. Bimodal
E. Normally distributed
SECTION A – continued
TURN OVER

Question 2
Which two statistics would be the same for this dot plot?
A. Mode and minimum

B. Median and Q 1
C. Median and Q 3
D. Mean and median
E. Maximum and Q 3
Question 3
The type of data represented by the rating given to plant-based burgers, where a rating of 1 =
“Terrible” and a rating of 10 = “Delicious” is an example of
A. Discrete numerical data

B. Continuous numerical data
C. Ordinal categorical data
D. Nominal categorical data
E. Discrete categorical data
Question 4
The histogram below shows the log( sales in $millions ) for the plant-based meats in 20 different
countries during 2018:
The percentage of countries with sales above $1000 million is
A. 10%
B. 15%
C. 65%
D. 85%
E. 90% SECTION A – continued

Use the following information and diagram to answer questions 5 and 6:
The parallel box plots below show the distributions of numbers of meat burgers and plant-based
burgers sold at a fast food outlet during one month:
Question 5
The interquartile range of sales of plant-based burgers during this month is closest to
A. 20
B. 30
C. 35
D. 50
E. 85
Question 6
Which of the following statements is not true about these boxplots?
A. Generally, more meat burgers were sold than plant-based burgers

B. The distribution of meat burgers was negatively skewed
C. 100% of the meat burger sales were in the top 25% of the plant-based burger sales
D. More than 75% of the meat burger sales were more than any of the plant-burger sales
E. 75% of the plant-based sales were less than the meat burger sales
TURN OVER

Question 7
Packets of plant-based burgers from Vegan Delight have a mean weight of 500 g. The weights of the
packets are normally distributed with a standard deviation of weight of 7 g.
The percentage of packets produced each day that would weigh between 500 g and 514 g is closest to
A. 34%
B. 68%
C. 47.5%
D. 95%
E. 13.5%
Question 8
A machine packs nails into boxes. The machine can pack 20 000 boxes every week.
The number of nails packed in the boxes is normally distributed.
Every week 30 boxes of nails are rejected as they have more than 368 nails and 30 boxes of nails are
rejected as they have less than 332 nails.
Which of the following statements is not true?
A. 3200 boxes of nails will have more than 356 nails

B. 500 boxes of nails will have fewer than 344 nails
C. 13600 boxes of nails will have between 344 and 356 nails
D. 16300 boxes of nails will have between 344 and 362 nails
E. 470 boxes of nails will have between 362 and 368 nails

Use the information given below in Questions 9 and 10:
The S & P index gives a measure of the performance of 500 large companies on the stock exchanges
in the United States. During the first two weeks of March, 2020, the mean value of the S & P index
was 2777 and the standard deviation of the S & P Index was 264. The distribution of S & P indices
was normally distributed during this period.
Question 9
The highest value of the S & P Index during this period was 3130 and the lowest value was 2386. The
biggest difference in standard scores for S & P Index values during this period was closest to
A. 0.14
B. 1.34
C. 1.48
D. 2.82
E. 7.70
Question 10
During the first two weeks of March, 2020, the S & P Index was affected by the number of reported
cases of COVID-19 in the United States.
The least squares equation that predicts the S & P Index from the number of cases is
S & P Index
= 2934 − b × no of cases .
For this relationship, 64% of the variation in the S & P Index can be explained by the variation in the
number of cases. There was a mean of 2089 cases during this same period.
The standard deviation of the number of cases during this time was closest to
A. 2810
B. −2810
C. 2248
D. 2112
E. 2640
TURN OVER

Question 11
Students in a number of year levels at a secondary school were asked whether they had ever tried a
vegan diet. They were then classified as “never tried vegan diet”, “tried in past but no longer vegan”
or “currently vegan”.
The results are in the table below:
Year level
Year Year Year Year Year Year Total
7 8 9 10 11 12
Never tried vegan diet 54 43 55 64 35 51 302
Tried in past but no longer vegan 12 23 25 18 10 5 93
Currently vegan diet 15 11 23 9 8 9 75
Total 81 77 103 91 53 65 470
The percentage of students in Year 9 or below who are not currently vegan is closest to
A. 28%
B. 43%
C. 57%
D. 78%
E. 81%
Use the information given below in Questions 12, 13 and 14:
The scatterplot below shows the number of fatal shark attacks plotted against the total number of
shark attacks worldwide from 2000 to 2012 inclusive. The least squares regression line has also been
added to the data:
Question 12
The value of the correlation coefficient for this data would be closest to
A. 0.9
B. 0.6
C. 0.2
D. −0.6
E. −0.8

Question 13
The residual plot for this data would be
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
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Question 14
In 2013, there were 77 shark attacks, with 10 of these attacks being fatal. If the data point for 2013
was added to the scatterplot, which of the following would not increase?
A. The correlation coefficient

B. The coefficient of determination
C. The slope of the least squares line
D. The vertical intercept of the least squares line
E. The residual of the point (59, 4)
Question 15
At a particular beach where shark attacks are common, it was found that there was a strong positive
relationship between the number of shark attacks and the amount of sunscreen used by beachgoers.
Which is the most likely reason for this observed association?
A. Sharks are attracted to sunscreen.

B. There is a common response to a third variable associated to both variables.
C. The association is likely to be coincidental.
D. The association is likely to be an example of confounding variables.
E. Sharks are repelled by the smell of sunscreen.

Question 16
The percentage of people aged twelve years or more who have ever listened to a podcast from 2006 to
2019 is given below:
Percentage of population Year

who have ever listened to a podcast
(Aged 12 or more)
11 2006
13 2007
18 2008
22 2009
23 2010
25 2011
29 2012
27 2013
30 2014
33 2015
36 2016
40 2017
44 2018
51 2019
The percentage of population can be predicted from the year.
A. The response variable is the percentage of population

B. The equation of the least squares regression line for this association, correct to four significant
figures is percentage of population = −5367 + 2.681× year
C. 3.84% of the variation in percentage of population is not explained by the variation in year
D. For every increase of one year, the percentage of population is predicted to increase by 2.681%
E. The percentage of population is predicted to reach 100% in the year 2036
TURN OVER

Question 17
The amount (in $millions) lost by Americans due to internet crime over each year from 2012 to 2019
is given in the table below:
year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

amount (in $millions) 525 782 801 1100 1500 1400 2700 3500
Source: FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center
The association between amount (in $millions) and year is not linear.
A logarithmic transformation is applied to the response variable amount (in $millions) to linearise the
data.
The equation of the least squares line fitted to the linearised data is closest to
A. log10 (amount (in $millions )) = 0.11 − 221× year

B. log10 (amount (in $millions )) = −790955 + 388 × year
C. log10 (amount (in $millions )) =
−9656 + 3603 × year
D. log10 (amount (in $millions )) =
−221 + 0.11× year
E. log10 (amount (in $millions )) = 1999 + 8.57 × year
Question 18
The time series graph below shows the number of pedestrian fatalities each year in the United States
from 1988 to 2019 inclusive:
Data Source: Governor’s Highway Safety Association
The time series data is best described as having
A. A decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend showing structural change

B. A decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend including an outlier
C. Random fluctuations with an outlier
D. Random fluctuations with no clear overall trend
E. A cyclic pattern with some random fluctuations

Question 19
The following data shows the number of Airbus 380 aircraft delivered between 2007 (`07) and 2019
(`19):
Year `07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18 `19
Number of Airbus 1 12 10 18 26 30 25 30 27 28 15 12 8
380 delivered
If four-mean smoothing with centring is used to smooth the data, the smoothed value at 2012 would
be
A. 24.75
B. 26.25
C. 27.75
D. 27.875
E. 28
Question 20
The times series graph below shows the average rainfall in one state of Australia over the years 2009
to 2019:
If both three-median and five-median smoothing is completed on this graph, the number of years
where the two smoothed values are the same would be
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4
TURN OVER

Core - Recursion and Financial Modelling

Question 21
A0 48, A=
Consider the recurrence relation = n +1 2 An − 3 .
The value of A4 in the sequence generated by this recurrence relation is given by
A. 5
B. 93
C. 363
D. 723
E. 1443
Question 22
The simple interest rate for a term deposit, where interest is added at maturity, is 1.8% pa.
If $15000 is invested for a fixed period of 36 months, the value of the investment at maturity is:
A. $15798.90
B. $15810.00
C. $15831.63
D. $23100.00
E. $112000.00
Question 23
Maggie purchased a coffee machine for $4800. She will depreciate the value of the coffee machine by
a flat rate of 8% of the purchase price per annum.
A recurrence relation that can be used to determine the value of the coffee machine after n years is
A. V=
0 4800, Vn+=
1 Vn − 8
B. V=
0 4800, Vn+=
1 Vn − 384
C. V=
0 4800, Vn+=
1 Vn + 384
D. V0 4800,
= = Vn+1 1.08Vn
E. V0 4800,
= = Vn+1 0.92Vn

Use the following information to answer Questions 24 and 25.
The value of an annuity investment, in dollars, after n months, Vn , can be modelled by the recurrence
relation shown below.
= V0 32 000, = Vn+1 1.003Vn + 250
Question 24
The annual interest rate for the investment is
A. 0.08%
B. 0.03%
C. 3.00%
D. 3.60%.
E. 7.71%
Question 25
The value of this investment will first exceed $50 000 after
A. 48 months.
B. 49 months.
C. 50 months
D. 51 months.
E. 52 months.
Question 26
The value of a delivery van was depreciated using unit cost method of depreciation.
The initial cost of the delivery van is $52 000. After four years, the vehicle has a value of $19 360.
The depreciation in the value of the van, is 68 cents per kilometre.
The average number of kilometres travelled by the van per year is
A. 480km
B. 8160km
C. 12000km
D. 32640km
E. 48000km
TURN OVER

Question 27
Consider the graph below.
80000
70000
60000
value of the machine
50000
40000
(5, 31946.78)
30000
(9, 16676.42)
20000
10000
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14
number of years
This graph could show the value of
A. a 3D printing machine depreciating with a reducing balance rate of 15% per annum.
B. a 3D printing machine depreciating with a reducing balance rate of 5.3% per annum.
C. a 3D printing machine depreciating using a unit cost method of depreciation of $5250 per print.
D. a 3D printing machine depreciating at a flat rate of 15% per annum.
E. a 3D printing machine depreciating at a flat rate of 5.3% per annum.
Question 28
Benjamin has an agreement to purchase a computer with a selling price of $2500.
In his agreement, interest of $880 is added to the price when he takes possession of the computer and
then he will repay the entire cost with 52 equal weekly payments.
The effective annual interest rate for this agreement is closest to
A. 26.0%
B. 29.6%
C. 41.5%
D. 42.0%
E. 69.1%

Question 29
The first three lines of an amortisation table for a reducing balance home loan are shown below.
The interest rate is compounding monthly and the loan is to be repaid with monthly payments of
$1200.
Payment number Payment Interest Principal reduction Balance of loan

0 - - $180 000.00
1 $1200.00 $660.00 $540.00 $179 460.00
2 $1200.00 $658.02 $541.98 $178 918.02
The principal reduction of payment number 4 would be closest to
A. $543.96
B. $543.97
C. $545.94
D. $545.96
E. $545.97
Question 30
Adib borrowed $47 000 to buy a car and was charged interest at the rate of 9.5% per annum,
compounding monthly. He expects to pay off the loan in 6 years with a monthly payment of
$860. His final payment is expected to be less than $860 to reduce the balance to zero.
If, after three years, he increases his payment to $1160, the difference in the total interest paid is
closest to
A. $228
B. $1178
C. $4917
D. $5080
E. $10 800
TURN OVER

SECTION B – Modules
Instructions for Section B

Select one module and answer all questions within the selected module in pencil on the answer sheet
provided for multiple – choice questions.
Show the module you are answering by shading the matching box on your multiple - choice answer
sheet and writing the name of the module in the box provided.
Choose the response that is correct for the question.
A correct answer scores 1; an incorrect answer scores 0.
Marks will not be deducted for incorrect answers.
No marks will be given if more than one answer is completed for any question.
Unless otherwise indicated, the diagrams in this book are not drawn to scale
Contents Page
Module 1 – Matrices …………………………………………………………………………………19

Module 2 – Networks and decision mathematics………………….…………………………………26
Module 3 – Geometry and measurement……….………………….…………………………………31
Module 4 – Graphs and relations……………….………………….…………………………………37
SECTION B – continued

Module 1 – Matrices
Before answering these questions, you must shade the ‘Matrices’ box on the answer sheet for
multiple-choice questions and write the name of the module in the box provided.
Question 1
 1 3
The transpose of   is
 2 5
 2 5
A.  
 3 1
3 1 
B.  
5 2 
 −5 3 
C.  
 2 −1
 5 −3
D.  
 −2 1 
1 2 
E.  
3 5 
SECTION B – Module 1 continued

TURN OVER

Question 2
Consider the matrix equation below:
1 0  1 −1
M + 2×  = 
0 2  0 2 
Which of the following is matrix M?
 −1 −1
A.  
 0 −2 
1 1 
B.  
0 2 
 1 1 
− 2 
C.  2 
 0 1
−
 2 
 −2 −1
D.  
 0 −2 
 −2 0 
E.  
 0 −4 

Question 3
Five teams, A, B, C, D and E played a round robin competition where each team played every team
once.
The results are displayed in the graph below, where the arrows represent that one team beats another
team. For example, E beat team A. There were no draws in this competition and a dash (–) in the
matrix shows that no game was played.
This can be represented in the dominance matrix:

loser
A B C D E
A − 1 0 0 0
B 0 − 0 1 0 

winner C 1 w − 0 1
 
D 1 0 1 − z
E  1 1 0 v − 
The values of v, w and z are
A. v = 0, w = 0, z = 0
B. v = 1, w = 1, z = 0
C. v = 0, w = 1, z = 1
D. v = 1, w = 0, z = 0
E. v = 0, w = 0, z = 1
Question 4
 0.1 0.6   p 
The transition matrix T =   and at the steady state, the state matrix is S =  
0.9 0.4  1 − p 
The value of p is
A. 0.1
B. 0.25
C. 0.4
D. 0.5
E. cannot be found
TURN OVER

Question 5
Consider the following simultaneous equations:
𝑥𝑥 + 𝑦𝑦 + 𝑧𝑧 = 1
𝑥𝑥 + 2𝑦𝑦 = 3
𝑧𝑧 − 𝑥𝑥 = 2
A matrix multiplication that can be used to solve these equations is
1 1 1  1 
A. 1 2 0   3 
1 −1 0   2 
 1 1 1  1 
B.  1 2 0   3 
 −1 1 0   2 
 1 1 1  1 
C.  1 2 0   3 
 −1 0 1   2 
 2 −1 −2  1 
1
D.  −1 2 1   3 
3
 2 −1 1   2 
0 1 2  1 
1
E. 0 1 −1  3 
3
 3 −2 −1  2 

Question 6
There are 24 people enrolled in a boot camp. Each week every participant chooses one of three
activities: weights (W), running (R) or cycling (C).
The activities the participants select change according to the transition matrix below:
this week
W R C
 0.1 0.3 0.2  W
T = 0.6 0.5 0.6  R next week
 0.3 0.2 0.2  C
Which of the following statements must be correct?
A. 50% of the people who chose running in one week, chose weights the next week.
B. 50% of the participants chose running in the first week.
C. 50% of the participants will stay with the same option for two consecutive weeks.
D. In the long term more than 50% of the participants choose running each morning.
E. Of the participants who chose cycling in one week, 50% chose weights in the previous week.
Question 7
Matrix M is a 2 × 3 matrix where the elements are determined by the rule M ij= 2i − j .
M is equal to
1 3 5 
A.  
0 2 4 
1 0 −1
B. 
3 2 1 
1 2
C. 3 2 
5 4 
 1 3
D.  0 2 
 −1 1 
1 0 −1
E. 3 2 1 
5 4 3 

TURN OVER

Question 8
 A E
B B
   
C   A
The permutation matrix P can be used to change matrix Q =   to   .
D D
E C 
   
 F   F 
n
The lowest value of n such that P × Q =
Q is
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
E. 6
Question 9
In a pond, there is egg spawn (E), tadpoles (T) and frogs (F).
A transition matrix shows the expected change from day to day where D represents the number that
die or disappear.
today
E T F D
0.4 0 0 0 E
0.4 0.7 0 0  T
T=   tomorrow
 0 0.1 0.3 0  F
 
0.2 0.2 0.7 1  D
In the pond, on Monday, there are 2000 eggs, 250 tadpole and four frogs.
The day with the highest number of frogs was
A. Tuesday
B. Wednesday
C. Thursday
D. Friday
E. Saturday

Question 10
2
A, B and C are three matrices such that AB C is defined
Which of the following statements is not correct?
A. AB could be the inverse of BC, but only if A, B and C have the same order.
B. B must be a square matrix
C. If A is a column matrix, then C must be a row matrix
D. If A is a row matrix, then C must be a column matrix
E. A + C is defined if and only if A and C are square matrices.
TURN OVER

Module 2 – Networks and decision mathematics
Before answering these questions, you must shade the ‘Networks and decision mathematics’ box on
the answer sheet for multiple-choice questions and write the name of the module in the box provided.
Question 1
Consider the graph.
The sum of the degree of the vertices is
A. 3
B. 6
C. 10
D. 11
E. 12
Question 2
A planar graph has 6 faces and 12 edges. The number of vertices is
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 14

Question 3
The following directed graph shows the flow of oil in litres per minute through a network of pipes
connecting the source to the sink.
The maximum flow, in litres per minute, from the source to the sink is
A. 7
B. 8
C. 9
D. 11
E. 13
Question 4
Consider the graph below.
The graph has
A. an Eulerian circuit and a Hamiltonian cycle

B. an Eulerian circuit but not a Hamiltonian cycle
C. a Hamiltonian cycle but not an Eulerian circuit
D. an Eulerian trail and a Hamiltonian path
E. an Eulerian trail but not a Hamiltonian path
TURN OVER

Question 5
The edges of the network below represent the roads between towns.
The numbers on the edges give the distance, in kilometres along each road.
The shortest distance between Cork and Londonderry is
A. 540 kilometres
B. 550 kilometres
C. 560 kilometres
D. 570 kilometres
E. 590 kilometres
Question 6
Consider the graphs below
Which of the following statements is correct?
A. Two of the graphs are both planar and isomorphic

B. All of the graphs are isomorphic
C. One of the graphs is isomorphic
D. None of the graphs are isomorphic
E. None of the graphs is planar

Question 7
The directed graph below shows the sequence of activities required to complete a project.
All times are in hours.
The maximum float time for activity B is
A. 0 hours
B. 3 hours
C. 4 hours
D. 5 hours
E. 8 hours
Question 8
A system of water pipes are laid between towns in a remote area. This is displayed in the network
below. The numbers on the edges give the distance, in kilometres, along between towns.
The minimum spanning tree for this network has a length of 120 kilometres.
The edge labelled with an x represents a distance of
A. 12 kilometres
B. 13 kilometres
C. 14 kilometres
D. 15 kilometres
E. 16 kilometres
TURN OVER

Use the following information to answer Questions 9 and 10
An engineering project has eight activities. The duration, in days, and the immediate predecessors for
these activities are shown in the table below.
Activity Time (days) Immediate Predecessors

A 10 -
B 6 -
C 3 B
D 7 A, C
E 4 A, C
F 4 E
G 9 E
H 6 D, F
I 7 D, F
J 4 G, H
Question 9
The earliest starting time for activity G is
A. 4 days
B. 9 days
C. 11 days
D. 13 days
E. 14 days
Question 10
The critical path for this project is
A. ADI
B. AEFHJ
C. AEFJ
D. BCDHJ
E. BDGI

Module 3 – Geometry and Measurement
Before answering these questions, you must shade the ‘Geometry and measurement’ box on the
answer sheet for multiple-choice questions and write the name of the module in the box provided.
Question 1
ABCDEFGHIJ is a regular decagon. The size of the exterior angle AJK is
A. 36⁰
B. 72⁰
C. 144⁰
D. 24⁰
E. 10⁰

TURN OVER

Question 2
The length of the side marked b in the triangle above is closest to
A. 113 cm
B. 140 cm
C. 141 cm
D. 155 cm
E. 166 cm
Question 3
ABCDEF is a triangular prism where angles ABC and DEF are both right angles. The total surface
area, TSA, of this solid can be calculated using
A. TSA = 3 × 4 × 2.8
B. TSA =×3 2.8 + 2 × 4 × 2.8 + 3 × 4
1
3 2.8 + 4 × 2.8 + 5 × 2.8 + × 3 × 4
C. TSA =×
2
D. TSA =×
3 2.8 + 4 × 2.8 + 5 × 2.8 + 3 × 4
3 2.8 + 4 × 2.8 + 7 × 2.8 + 3 × 4
E. TSA =×

Question 4
A photocopier enlarges the area of a document by 39.24%.
The height of the document would be increased by
A. 6.3%
B. 11.7%
C. 15.4%
D. 18.0%
E. 93.9%
Question 5
On one particular day the sun sets in Coolangatta, Queensland (28⁰S, 154⁰E) at 7.58 pm.
Assuming 15⁰ of longitude equates to one hour of time difference, the sun will set in Broome, WA
(18⁰S, 122⁰E) on the same day
A. 40 minutes later
B. 40 minutes earlier
C. 2 hours and 8 minutes later
D. 2 hours and 8 minutes earlier
E. 1 hour and 52 minutes later
Question 6
During the Summer months a charter company conducts scenic flights over Antarctica and the South
Pole. They fly from Punta Arenas, Chile (53⁰S, 71⁰W) to the South Pole and then return.
Assuming that the radius of the Earth is 6400 km, the shortest distance from Punta Arenas to the
South Pole is closest to
A. 2011 km
B. 2122 km
C. 4133 km
D. 5920 km
E. 7931 km
Question 7
A Royal Flying Doctor plane must stop in five locations during one run. The locations are A (20⁰S,
144⁰E), B (20⁰S, 140⁰E), C (24⁰S, 136⁰E), D (24⁰S, 140⁰E) and E (24⁰S, 144⁰E). The plane flies from
A to B to C to D to E and then back to A, each time travelling in the shortest direct route.
A. The distances from C to D and from D to E would be the same

B. The distance from A to B was greater than the distance from D to E
C. The distance from B to C was longer than the distance from E to A
D. The distance from B to C was longer than the distance from C to D
E. The distance from E to A was the shortest
TURN OVER

Question 8
A shade sail is purchased to cover an outdoor area. The sail is formed from an isosceles triangle as
shown below, with a cut out curved section on one side formed from the circumference of a circle of
radius 5 m.
The area of the shade sail is closest to
A. 2.6 m2
B. 8.5 m2
C. 11.1 m2
D. 12.6 m2
E. 13.7 m2

Question 9
In the triangle above, the size of angle ADC must be determined.

Which of the following will not calculate the size of the obtuse angle ADC?
17 2 + 102 − 212
A. cos −1 ( )
2 × 17 × 10
15 6
B. tan −1 ( ) + tan −1 ( )
8 8
8 8
C. cos −1 ( ) + cos −1 ( )
17 10
8 21
D. 180° − sin −1 ( × )
10 17
15 6
E. sin −1 ( ) + sin −1 ( )
17 8

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Question 10
A decorative glass house is shaped as a regular hexagonal based pyramid.
The pyramid is 10 m high from the centre of the base to the top and the area of the hexagonal base is
10.392 m2.
The total surface area of the pyramid would be closest to
A. 71.28 m2
B. 71.58 m2
C. 60.89 m2
D. 280.59 m2
E. 70.39 m2

Module 4 – Graphs and relations
Before answering these questions, you must shade the ‘Graphs and relations’ box on the answer sheet
for multiple-choice questions and write the name of the module in the box provided.
Question 1
The gradient of the line shown above is
2
A.
3
B. −1
3
C. −
2
2
D. −
3
3
E.
2

TURN OVER

Question 2
At the football, John buys his family five pies and four cans of soft drink. This costs him a total of
$50.50. Pies cost two dollars more than cans of soft drink. A set of simultaneous equations that could
be used to determine the cost of each pie, p, and each can of soft drink, c, is
5 p + 4c =
50.5
A.
p = 2c
5 p + 4c =
50.5
B.
c= p + 2
4 p + 5c =
50.5
C.
p= c + 2
5 p + 4c =
50.5
D.
p= c + 2
4 p + 5c =
50.5
E.
p = 2c
Question 3
A line parallel to y= 7 − 2 x that passes through the point (1, -5) would have the equation
A. y =−3 − 2 x
B. y= 3 − 2 x
C. y =−7 − 2 x
D. y =−3 + 2 x
E. y =−9 − 2 x

Question 4
According to the Humane Society, a small dog’s age in human years can be determined by the
following rule:
A small dog’s age increases during the first year to reach the equivalent of 15 human years of age.
During the second year the dog’s age increases another 9 years, so that its age is now 24 human years
of age at the end of two years. For every year of a dog’s life after that, the dog ages by 4 human years.
The relationship between the age in human years, H, and the dog’s actual age in years, D, can be
described using a line segment graph with equation
 15 D, 0 ≤ D ≤ 1

A.=
H  9 D, 1 < D ≤ 2
 4 D, D>2

 15 D, 0 ≤ D ≤1

B. H=  9 D + 15, 1 < D ≤ 2
4 D + 24, D>2

15 D, 0 ≤ D ≤ 1

C. H= 9 D + 6, 1 < D ≤ 2
4 D + 16, D>2

15 D, 0 ≤ D ≤ 1

D. H= 9 D + 6, 1 < D ≤ 2
 4 D + 24, D > 2

15 D, 0 ≤ D ≤ 1

E. H= 9 D + 6, 1 < D ≤ 2
 4 D + 20, D > 2


TURN OVER

Question 5
A new restaurant has been open for business for six weeks. The profits from the business have
increased each week as shown in the table below:
Week (w) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Profit (P) $125 $500 $1125 $2000 $3125 $4500
The relationship between P and w for this business is best described as
A. P = 125w
125
B. P =
w
2
C. P = 125w
3
D. P = 125w
125
E. P =
w2
SECTION B – Module 4 continue

Question 6
The relationship between b and a is shown on the graph below.
The curve passes through the point (2, 250).
Another graph showing the same relationship is
A. B.
C. D.
E.

TURN OVER

Question 7
The graph below shows the profit, $P, made by a stall holder at a market when she sells n necklaces
each being sold for the same amount. The stall holder’s costs include both fixed costs and variable
costs associated with the number of items made and sold.
A. After the stall holder sells 20 necklaces, the profit per necklace increases.
B. The stall holder breaks even when she sells 26 necklaces.
C. The profit made on the 30th necklace sold is more than the profit made on the 10th necklace sold.
D. C 20n − 520 .
If each necklace sells for $30, the cost, C, for more than 20 necklaces is given by=
E. The fixed costs for the stall holder are $520.

Question 8
A feasible region for a linear programming problem is shown shaded on the graph below:
The set of inequalities that define this feasible region is
A. 10 ≤ y ≤ 35, 20 ≤ x ≤ 50, 2 x + y ≤ 100, 2 x + 3 y ≤ 180
B. 10 ≤ x ≤ 35, 20 ≤ y ≤ 50, x + 2 y ≤ 100, 3 x + 2 y ≤ 180
C. 10 ≤ x ≤ 35, 20 ≤ y ≤ 50, 2 x + y ≤ 100, 2 x + 3 y ≤ 180
D. 10 ≤ x ≤ 35, 20 ≤ y ≤ 50, 2 x + y ≥ 100, 2 x + 3 y ≥ 180
E. 10 ≤ x ≤ 35, 20 ≤ y ≤ 50, x + 2 y ≥ 100, 3 x + 2 y ≥ 180
Question 9
A feasible region is formed by the following inequalities: x + y ≤ 32, 3 x − 2 y ≤ 29, 5 x + y ≥ 100 .
A point that is within the feasible region is
A. (19, 12)
B. (19, 13)
C. (18, 12)
D. (18, 13)
E. (17, 13)

TURN OVER

Question 10
Each of the feasible regions shown below has an objective function, M, represented by a dotted line
and a point P marked. The coefficients of M may be positive or negative. For each graph this
information is given by the form of M.
The graph where the objective function would maximise at the point labelled P is
A. B.
C. D.
E.
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MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTION BOOK

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Instructions for Section A

Use the following information to answer Questions 1, 2 and 3.

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A. Mode and minimum

A. Discrete numerical data

The percentage of countries with sales above $1000 million is

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Use the following information and diagram to answer questions 5 and 6:

A. Generally, more meat burgers were sold than plant-based burgers

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Which of the following statements is not true?

A. 3200 boxes of nails will have more than 356 nails

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Use the information given below in Questions 9 and 10:

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The results are in the table below:

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A. The correlation coefficient

Which is the most likely reason for this observed association?

A. Sharks are attracted to sunscreen.

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Percentage of population Year

The percentage of population can be predicted from the year.

Which of the following statements is not true?

A. The response variable is the percentage of population

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year 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019

A. log10 (amount (in $millions )) = 0.11 − 221× year

Data Source: Governor’s Highway Safety Association

The time series data is best described as having

A. A decreasing trend followed by an increasing trend showing structural change

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Core - Recursion and Financial Modelling

The value of A4 in the sequence generated by this recurrence relation is given by

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Use the following information to answer Questions 24 and 25.

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This graph could show the value of

The effective annual interest rate for this agreement is closest to

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Payment number Payment Interest Principal reduction Balance of loan

The principal reduction of payment number 4 would be closest to

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Instructions for Section B

Module 1 – Matrices …………………………………………………………………………………19

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SECTION B – Module 1 continued

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Which of the following is matrix M?

SECTION B – Module 1 continued

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This can be represented in the dominance matrix:

The values of v, w and z are

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A matrix multiplication that can be used to solve these equations is