Mathematics Practice Test

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2019

Practice Questions
Here are some practice examples to show you what the questions on the real
test are like
Question P1
10 + 3 =
A: 10 B: 11 C: 12 D: 13 E: None of these

Question P2
Which is the largest number?
A: 100 B: 1060 C: 1600 D: 600 E: 580

Question P3
32 =
A: 9 B: 6 C: 3 D: 15 E: None of these

You will have 30 minutes to do as many questions as you can.

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Question 1
What is r if the shaded part has 10 times the area of the unshaded part?

√ q q
A: 6 10 B: 6 10
9 C: 6 10
11 D: 6 10
11 E: 6 10
9

Question 2
Richard bought a laptop at Harvey Norman for $237 The laptop cost Richard
6% more than if he had bought the same item online. what did the laptop cost
online?
A: 237 − 1422
100 B: 237 − 22278
100 C: 1422
100 D: 22278
100 E: 1+2376
100

Question 3
1 1
4 + 3
1 =
8
7 35 28 56
A: 96 B: 12 C: 12 D: 12 E: None of these

Question 4
What is r if the shaded part has 6 times the area of the unshaded part?

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 r

q q √
A: 4 67 B: 4 65 C: 4 6
7 D: 4 6 E: 4 65

Question 5
What is y?

y
x

4x + 3
√
A:
√ 17x2
+9 B: 5x + 3 C: 17x2 + 9 D: 17x2 + 24x + 9 E:
17x2 + 24x + 9

Question 6
A farmer had 207 cubic metres of hay. This was 7% less after one feed by his
cattle. How much hay did he have at the start?
A: 1925100 B: 144900 C: 1449 D: 20700
93 E: 22149
100

Question 7
Solve for x
−128
2x =
x + 16

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A: 0 B: −16 C: 16 D: 8 E: −8

Question 8
Factorise 24x2 + 54x + 30
A: (x + 5)(24x + 6) B: (4x + 6)(6x + 5) C: (x + 5)(x + 6) D:
(24x + 5)(x + 6) E: (4x + 5)(6x + 6)

Question 9
The simple interest on $136 at 11% after 7 years is.
A: 10472
100 B: 105672
100 C: 10472 D: 1496
100 E: 10472
100 + 136

Question 10
What is the turning point of the parabola with the equation y = 61(x−17)2 +83?
A: (−17, −83) B: (17, 83) C: (17, −83) D: (1037, 83) E:
(−17, 83)

Question 11
What number is halfway between 18 and 1
10
9 17
A: 80 B: 160 C: 91 19
D: 160 E: None of these

Question 12
Consider the line with the equation y = 7x + 12. Which point lies above the
line?
A: (1, 20) B: (2, 26) C: (0, 11) D: (0, −7) E: (3, 21)

Question 13
(x2 + 10)(x3 + 11) =
A: x5 + 10x2 + 110 B: x5 + 10x3 + 11x2 + 110 C: x5 + 110 D:
5 3
x + 10x + 110 E: x6 + 10x3 + 11x2 + 110

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Question 14
y
4x = 45
What is the relationship between x and y
A: 5 + x = y B: 5x = y C: y = 4x D: x = 5y E: x = 5 + y

Question 15
What is surface area of the following rectangular prism?
3

8
A: 18 B: 36 C: 168 D: 101 E: 202

Question 16
Expand and simplify
8(11x + 2) + 10(3x + 3)
A: 118x + 30 B: 14x + 46 C: 118x + 46 D: 88x + 46 E:
118x + 5

Question 17
1 6
7 of students in a New Zealand school are of Maori descent while 7 are of non-
Maori descent. If 4 students are selected, what is the probability of at least 1
Maori student being selected?

4
4
4
A: 17 B: 17 C: 74 D: 1 − 71 E: 1 − 67

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Question 18
6
7 of gold fish in a pond are completely golden in colour while the rest have black
stripes. If you caught 6 fish at random what is the probability of catching at
least 1 fish with black stripes?

6
6
6
A: 67 B: 1 − 67 C: 71 D: 17 E: 1 − 17

Question 19
−3 + −12 − −11 + 3 =
A: 1 B: −23 C: −1 D: −29 E: −7

Question 20
4 11 10
+ + =
x y z
440xyz 4yz+11xz+10xy 4x+11y+10z 25 440
A: x+y+z B: xyz C: xyz D: xyz E: x+y+z

Question 21
What is the length of the longest line between any two corners in the following
rectangular prism?
5

4
√ √ √ √
A: 34 B: 12 C: 41 D: 25 E: 50

Question 22
Factorise x2 − 144

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A: x(x−144) B: (x−12)(x+12) C: (x+12)2 D: (x−12)2 E:
x(x − 12)

Question 23
What is x?

8 9

α β α β
2 9
72 81
A: 2 B: 2 C: 72 D: 81 E: 2

Question 24
x2 − 25 x + 5
÷ =
9x − 45 11
1 9 11 1
A: 99 B: 99 C: 11 D: 9 E: 9

Question 25
40(x + 7) + 3 = 2
y = 5(x + 7)
y=
5 1 −1
A: 40 B: 8 C: 8 D: 8 E: 8

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Question 26
Find x
x2 + 16 = 8x
A: −4 B: 8 C: 4 D: −8 E: None of these

Question 27
(6a + 9b)(6a − 9b) =
A: 36a + 81b B: 36a2 + 81b2 C: 36a2 − 81b2 D: 36a − 81b E:
36a − 108ab + 81b2
2

Question 28
Which of the following equations give the same line as y = 4x + 9?
A: y4 − 9 = x B: y − 94 = x C: y − 10 = 4x − 1 D: y + 9 = 4x
E: None of these

Question 29
x
+ 63x + 72y =
y
x+63x+72y x+63y 2 +72xy x+63x2 +72xy x+135
A: y B: y C: y D: y E:
x+63xy+72y 2
y

Question 30
Factorise
2xz + 24xy
A: 2x(z + 12xy) B: 2x(z + 24y) C: 2xz(1 + 12y) D: 2x(z + 12y)
E: 2xy(z + 12)

Question 31
Zhang had $240 at the end of the week. He had spent 12% of his money on
food during the week. How much money did he have at the start?
A: 2112000 B: 2880 C: 288000 D: 24000
88 E: 26880
100

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Question 32 √ √
8 x = 12 y
x
=
y
√
144 √12 8 64 12
A: 64 B: 8
C: 12 D: 144 E: 8

Question 33
What is the height of the following trapezium given its area is 5?
6

10
10 32 5 5
A: 16 B: 5 C: 16 D: 160 E: 32

Question 34
y
4x = 46
What is the relationship between x and y
A: 6x = y B: 6 + x = y C: y = 4x D: x = 6 + y E: x = 6y

Question 35
The mean of a group of 6 numbers is 12. A number x is added to this group
and the new mean of these 7 numbers is 14. What is x?
A: 26 B: 14 C: 24 D: 170 E: Not enough information

Question 36
9
x=
y+8
y=
9 9 9 9
A: x +8 B: x−8 C: x+8 D: 9x − 8 E: x −8

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Question 37
Which point lies above the line with the equation y = 5x + 5
A: (3, 15) B: (2, 15) C: (0, 4) D: (1, 11) E: (0, −5)

Question 38
What is sin α?

9
√
A: 90 B: √9 C: 9
D: 3
E: √3
90 3 9 90

Question 39
The mean of a group of 10 numbers is 7. If 4 is added into the group what is
the new mean?
A: 74
10 B: 74
11 C: 742 D: 112 E: Not enough information

Question 40
Factorise x2 + 11x + 30
A: (x − 6)(x + 5) B: (x + 11)2 C: (x − 6)(x − 5) D: (x + 6)(x − 5)
E: (x + 6)(x + 5)

Question 41
Expand and simplify
4(12x + 3) + 6(3x + 8)
A: 66x + 11 B: 66x + 60 C: 15x + 60 D: 48x + 60 E: 66x + 48

Question 42

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If 12 15 : 8 15 then 61 : x what is x?
A: 42 B: 41 C: 40 D: 39 E: 38

Question 43
188 people in Mannum, South Australia speak a language other than English. If
this comprises 8% of Mannum’s population, how many people live in Mannum?
A: 18800
8 B: 1504 C: 150400 D: 188
8 E: 1504
100

Question 44
Factorise
11xz + 132xy
A: 11xz(1+12y) B: 11x(z+12y) C: 11xy(z+12) D: 11x(z+12xy)
E: 11x(z + 132y)

Question 45
The simple interest on $152 at 10% after 5 years is.
A: 7600
100 B: 7600
100 + 152 C: 83600
100 D: 7600 E: 1520
100

Question 46
12
10 of a number is equal to 5. What is the number?
A: 50
12
5
B: 12 60
C: 12 D: 1012 E: 12
10

Question 47
The sum of 2 numbers is 18 and the difference is 7. What is the larger number?
A: 25
2 B: 25 C: 112 D: 11 E: 253

Question 48
A vacuum cleaner salesperson earned $292 commission in a week. If she were
paid 6% commission what is the value of vacuum cleaners she sold?
A: 175200 B: 29200
6 C: 1752 D: 1752
100 E: 292
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Question 49
A number x is subtracted from 8 times its square and the result is 5. An equa-
tion to find the value of x is
A: x − 8x2 = 5 B: 8x − x2 = 5 C: x2 − 8x = 5 D: 8(x2 − x) = 5
2
E: 8x − x = 5

Question 50
What is y if tan α = 5?

6
√ √ 5
√
A: 925 B: 61 C: 30 D: 6 E: 936

Question 51
11
x=
y+4
y=
11 11 11 11
A: x +4 B: x −4 C: x+4 D: 11x − 4 E: x−4

Question 52
A random number generator can generate the numbers 1, 2 and 3. 2 is 7 times
as likely to appear as 1 and 3 is 12 times as likely to appear as 2. What is the
probability of 1 appearing?
A: 81 1
B: 92 1
C: 19 D: 201
E: 911

Question 53
y = 3x + 6
x − 12
=
x−6

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 y−12 y−30 y−42 y−18 y−6
A: y−6 B: y−12 C: y−24 D: y−12 E: y

Question 54
What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 4cm2 ?
A: 2cm B: 10cm C: 4cm D: 6cm E: 8cm

Question 55
Find x
9x + 11 = 8
−3 −91 107 19
A: 9 B: 9 C: 9 D: 9 E: None of these

Question 56
What the area of this triangle?

71

7
7 cos 71 49 cos 71 49 tan 71 7 sin 71 49 sin 71
A: 2 B: 2 C: 2 D: 2 E: 2

Question 57
−10 + −9 − −11 + 3 =
A: −27 B: −9 C: −11 D: −5 E: −33

Question 58
Which point satisfies the equation y < 6x2 + 4
A: (2, 29) B: (0, 4) C: (−2, 29) D: (1, 9) E: (−1, 10)

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Question 59
Solve the inequation (11x+4)
6 +2≤9
38
A: x ≤ 11 B: x ≥ 3811 C: x ≤ 62
11 D: x ≤ 46
11 E: None of these

Question 60
Susan paid her credit card bill of $274 . This included a 2% charge by the card
company. What was her bill before the charge?
548
A: 274 − 100 B: 274 − 26852
100 C: 1+2742 D: 26852
100
548
E: 100
100

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