KhoahocTunhien.

VN MOCK TEST: A-LEVEL ENTRANCE EXAM

2022

MATHEMATICS 60 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.
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Pencils, red pens and correction pens are not permitted.
Answer all questions.
Dictionaries are not permitted.

Paper Format
If working is needed any question it must be shown below that question.
Electronic calculators should be used.

If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the
answer to three decimal place.

For  , use either your calculator value or 3.142

You must show all the relevant working to gain full marks and you will be given marks for
correct
methods even if your answer is incorrect.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

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1.
A is the point (2, 6) and C is the point (5, 4).

The equation of the line AB is y+4x=14.

The equation of the line BC is y=x-1.

(a) B is the point where the lines AB and BC intersect.

Find the co-ordinates of the point B.

Answer(a) ( ............................. , .............................. ) [3]

(b) M is the midpoint of AC.

Find the co-ordinates of M.

Answer(b) ( ............................. , .............................. ) [2]

(c) Find the equation of the line BM.

Answer(c) ................................................................. [3]

(d) The point D lies on the line BM.

The co-ordinates of D are (k, k + 9).
Find the value of k.

Answer(d) k = .................................................................. [2]

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2.
(a) A farmer has 45 horses and 20 cows.
(i) Write this as a ratio horses : cows.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

........................ : ........................ [1]

(ii) The farmer wants the ratio horses : cows to equal 5 : 3.

He keeps his 45 horses but buys some more cows.
Work out the number of cows he must buy.

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

(b) Three years ago the farmer invested $3750 at a rate of 4% per year compound interest.
(i) Calculate the total value of his investment after the 3 years.

$.................................................. [3]

(ii) The farmer wants to spend his investment on buying goats.

Goats cost $126 each.
Work out the maximum number of goats he can buy and how much money is left over.

Number of goats ....................................................

Amount of money left over $.................................................. [4]

(c) The farmer grows carrots.

In 2014 the selling price for carrots was $96 per tonne.
In 2015 this selling price increased by 18%.
Work out the increase in the selling price from 2014 to 2015.

$.................................................. [1]

(d) The farmer has 20 female sheep.

Each sheep has 0, 1, 2 or 3 lambs.
The table shows this information.

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 (i) Calculate the mean number of lambs per sheep.

.................................................. [3]

(ii) The farmer takes 1 lamb away from each of the sheep with 3 lambs.
These lambs are given to 3 of the 4 sheep that have 1 lamb.
Complete the table after the farmer has done this.

[2]
(iii) Explain why the mean number of lambs per sheep does not change.

............................................................................................................................................... [1]

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3.

The Venn diagram shows the following information.

U = {students in a music group} P = {students who play the piano} G = {students who play the
guitar}

n( P  G)  2 n( P  G)  7 n(G  P)  3 .

(a) n(U) = 23
Find n( P  G) .

................................................................. [1]

(b) A student is chosen at random from the music group.

Find the probability that this student plays the piano but does not play the guitar.

................................................................. [1]

(c) Two students who play the guitar are chosen at random.
Find the probability that they both also play the piano.

................................................................. [3]

(d) On the Venn diagram, shade the region P  G .

[1]

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4.
A line AB joins the points A(3, 4) and B(5, 8).

(a) Write down the co-ordinates of the midpoint of the line AB.

Answer(a) ( .................. , .................. ) [2]

(b) Calculate the distance AB.

Answer(b) AB = ............................................... [3]

(c) Find the equation of the line AB.

Answer(c) ............................................... [3]

(d) A line perpendicular to AB passes through the origin and through the point (6, r).
Find the value of r.

Answer(d) r = ............................................... [3]

5.
Solve these equations to find the value of x, the value of y and the value of z.
x + x + x = 42
x + y + y = 32
x + y + z = 22

x = .........................................................
y = .........................................................
z = .................................................... [4]

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6.

The diagram shows a tent ABCD.

The front of the tent is an isosceles triangle ABC, with AB = AC.
The sides of the tent are congruent triangles ABD and ACD.

(a) BC = 1.2 m and angle ABC = 68°.

Find AC.

Answer(a) AC = ............................................ m [3]

(b) CD = 2.3 m and AD = 1.9m.

Find angle ADC.

Answer(b) Angle ADC = ............................................... [4]

(c) The floor of the tent, triangle BCD, is also an isosceles triangle with BD = CD.
Calculate the area of the floor of the tent.

Answer(c) ...........................................m2 [4]

(d) When the tent is on horizontal ground, A is a vertical distance 1.25 m above the ground.
Calculate the angle between AD and the ground.

Answer(d) ............................................... [3]

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7.

The diagram shows a design for a logo made from a sector and two triangles.
The sector, centre O, has radius 8 cm and sector angle 210°.
AC = 8cm and angle ACB = 72°.

(a) Show that angle OAB = 15°.

[2]
(b) Calculate the length of the straight line AB.

AB = ............................................ cm [4]
(c) Calculate angle ABC.

Angle ABC = ................................................. [3]

(d) Calculate the total area of the logo design.

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 ............................................cm2 [6]
(e) The logo design is an enlargement with scale factor 4 of the actual logo.
Calculate the area of the actual logo.

............................................cm2 [2]

8.
Given a quadratic equation x 2  2(m  1) x  m2  2  0 .
(a) Solve the equation when m=1.

x=………………….or x=……………………[3]

(b) Find m such that the equation has two distinguish solutions x1 and x2 satisfying that
x12  x22  10 .

9.
Romina opens 10 packets of biscuits and counts the number of biscuits in each packet.
The number of biscuits in each packet is shown below.

23 24 23 22 25 23 24 25 26 21

Find
(i) the range,
Answer (i) ................................................................ [1]
(ii) the mode,
Answer (ii) ................................................................ [1]
(iii) the median,
Answer (iii) ................................................................ [1]
(iv) the mean.
Answer (iv) ................................................................ [1]

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10.

The diagrams show layers of white and grey cubes.

Khadega places these layers on top of each other to make a tower.

(a) Complete the table for towers with 5 and 6 layers.

[4]

(b) (i) Find, in terms of n, the total number of grey cubes in a tower with n layers.

Answer(b)(i) ................................................ [2]

(ii) Find the total number of grey cubes in a tower with 60 layers.

Answer(b)(ii) ................................................ [1]

(iii) Khadega has plenty of white cubes but only 200 grey cubes.
How many layers are there in the highest tower that she can build?

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 Answer(b)(iii) ................................................ [2]

(c) The expression for the total number of white cubes in a tower with n layers is pn2 + qn + 3.
Find the value of p and the value of q.
Show all your working.

Answer(c) p = ................................................
q = ................................................ [5]

(d) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the total number of cubes in a tower with n layers.
Give your answer in its simplest form.

Answer(d) ................................................ [2]

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