VERE TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

Graded Work – December 2020

Mathematics - Paper 2 
Grade 11 Time: 1 hrs 
 
All working must be clearly shown

Question 1

(a) Using a calculator, or otherwise. Calculator the exact value of

(i)

giving your answer as a common fraction ( 3 mks)

(ii) 23.4​2​ + 14.53​2​ ( 2 mks)

(iii) Write your answer in part (ii) correct to:

a. 2 significant figures
b. 1 decimal place
c. in standard form
( 3 mks)

(b) The basic wage earned by a truck driver for a 40 hour week is $5,600

(i) Calculate his hourly rate (1 mk)

For overtime work, the driver is paid one and a half times the basic hourly rate.

(ii) Calculate his overtime wage for 10 hours of overtime. ( 2 mks)

(iii) Calculate the TOTAL wages earned by the truck driver for a 55-hour week
( 3 mks)
Question 2

(a) Find the value of each of the following when a = 2, b = -1, c = 3

(i) a( b + c ) ( 1mk)

(ii)
( 2 mks)

(b) Change the following English statements into algebraic expressions

(i) Four times the sum of x and 5 ( 1mk)

(ii) 16 larger than the product of a and b ( 2 mks)

(c) Factorise completely

(i) 6a​2​b​3​ + 12a​4​b (2mks)

(ii) 2m​2​ + 9m - 5 ( 2mks)

(d) Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations

2x + 3y = 8
x + 2y = 5 ( 3 mks)