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.

Calculators are not permitted
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Question 1
Find x
x2 + 100 = 20x
A: 20 B: 10 C: −10 D: −20 E: None of these

Question 2
If 7 31 : 5 13 then 22 : x what is x?
A: 14 B: 16 C: 17 D: 13 E: 15

Question 3
x2 − 36 x + 6
÷ =
4x − 24 2
2 1 4 1
A: 4 B: 8 C: 2 D: 8 E: 4

Question 4
−11 + −4 − −2 + 4 =
A: −9 B: −21 C: −17 D: −13 E: −5

Question 5
Factorise x2 − 9
A: x(x − 3) B: (x − 3)2 C: (x − 3)(x + 3) D: x(x − 9) E:
2
(x + 3)

Question 6
Factorise x2 + 9x + 18
A: (x − 3)(x − 6) B: (x − 3)(x + 6) C: (x + 9)2 D: (x + 3)(x + 6)
E: (x + 3)(x − 6)

Question 7
x
+ 44x + 74y =
y

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 x+44xy+74y 2 x+44x+74y x+118 x+44y 2 +74xy
A: y B: y C: y D: y E:
x+44x2 +74xy
y

Question 8
What is r if the shaded part has 8 times the area of the unshaded part?

√ q
8
q
A: 6 8 B: 6 9 C: 6 89 D: 6 8
7 E: 6 87

Question 9
What is r if the shaded part has 7 times the area of the unshaded part?

12

q q √
A: 12 76 B: 12 7
8 C: 12 78 D: 12 7
6 E: 12 7

Question 10
y
2x = 24
What is the relationship between x and y

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A: y = 2x B: x = 4y C: x = 4 + y D: 4 + x = y E: 4x = y

Question 11
The simple interest on $261 at 9% after 12 years is.
A: 28188 B: 2349
100 C: 28188
100 + 261 D: 28188
100 E: 341388
100

Question 12
Expand and simplify
11(5x + 2) + 4(12x + 8)
A: 17x + 54 B: 103x + 54 C: 55x + 54 D: 103x + 10 E:
103x + 32

Question 13
(7a + 4b)(7a − 4b) =
A: 49a2 + 16b2 B: 49a2 − 16b2 C: 49a − 16b D: 49a2 − 56ab + 16b2
E: 49a + 16b

Question 14
Which point satisfies the equation y < 5x2 + 5
A: (1, 9) B: (0, 5) C: (−1, 10) D: (−2, 26) E: (2, 26)

Question 15
The GST on goods purchased amounted to $156. At 10% GST the cost of the
goods purchase is
A: 156000 B: 1560 C: 1560
100 D: 156
10 E: 15600
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Question 16
Which of the following equations give the same line as y = 9x + 4?
A: y − 94 = x B: y9 − 4 = x C: y − 10 = 9x − 6 D: y + 4 = 9x
E: None of these

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Question 17
What is y?

y
x

12x + 6
2
√
A: √
145x + 144x + 36 B: 145x2 + 36 C: 145x2 + 36 D: 13x + 6
E: 145x2 + 144x + 36

Question 18
The simple interest on $298 at 4% after 11 years is.
A: 13112
100 + 298 B: 1192
100 C: 13112
100 D: 13112 E: 340912
100

Question 19 √ √
9 x = 11 y
x
=
y
√
11 9 81 121 √11
A: 9 B: 11 C: 121 D: 81 E: 9

Question 20
Solve the inequation (10x+7)
6 +7≤3
53 31 17 31
A: x ≤ 10 B: x ≥ −10 C: x ≤ −10 D: x ≤ −10 E:
None of these

Question 21
y = 4x + 10
x−6
=
x−6

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 y+4 y−6 y−14 y−34 y−16
A: y+4 B: y−6 C: y−14 D: y−34 E: y−16

Question 22
Factorise 56x2 + 138x + 72
A: (x + 12)(56x + 6) B: (56x + 12)(x + 6) C: (x + 12)(x + 6) D:
(7x + 12)(8x + 6) E: (7x + 6)(8x + 12)

Question 23
The sum of 2 numbers is 28 and the difference is 12. What is the larger number?
A: 40
2 B: 403 C: 40 D: 162 E: 16

Question 24
What is the perimeter of a square with an area of 121cm2 ?
A: 44cm B: 55cm C: 33cm D: 11cm E: 22cm

Question 25
9
x=
y+6
y=
9 9 9 9
A: x−6 B: 9x − 6 C: x+6 D: x +6 E: x −6

Question 26
Solve for x
−108
12x =
x+6
A: −6 B: −3 C: 0 D: 3 E: 6

Question 27
What is surface area of the following rectangular prism?

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2
10
A: 20 B: 116 C: 232 D: 40 E: 160

Question 28
6
x=
y + 12
y=
6 6 6 6
A: x − 12 B: x+12 C: 6x − 12 D: x + 12 E: x−12

Question 29
The mean of a group of 8 numbers is 10. If 2 is added into the group what is
the new mean?
A: 82
2 B: 82
9 C: 122 D: 828 E: Not enough information

Question 30
For the line with the equation y = 11x + 8, which point lies above the line?
A: (0, −11) B: (0, 7) C: (3, 33) D: (2, 30) E: (1, 20)

Question 31
(x2 + 6)(x3 + 5) =
A: x5 +6x2 +30 B: x5 +30 C: x5 +6x3 +30 D: x5 +6x3 +5x2 +30
6 3 2
E: x + 6x + 5x + 30

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Question 32
What is the length of the longest line between any two corners in the following
rectangular prism?
7

10

6
√ √ √ √
A: 149 B: 85 C: 185 D: 23 E: 136

Question 33
What is x?

12 15

α β α β
4 15

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 180 225
A: 180 B: 4 C: 4 D: 4 E: 225

Question 34
−9 + −10 − −3 + 9 =
A: −25 B: −13 C: 7 D: −31 E: −7

Question 35 Timothy won

2
7 of all marbles in a game. If Timothy won 4 marbles, what is the total number
of marbles in the game?
A: 27 B: 28
2 C: 27 D: 82 E: 24

Question 36
y
6x = 69
What is the relationship between x and y
A: x = 9 + y B: 9 + x = y C: y = 6x D: 9x = y E: x = 9y

Question 37
16(x + 10) + 6 = 2
y = 8(x + 10)
y=
4 8 −4
A: 2 B: 2 C: 2 D: 16 E: 8

Question 38
253 hybrid cars were sold in Melbourne last week. If this comprised 7% of all
cars sold, how many cars were sold that week?
A: 25300
7 B: 177100 C: 253
7 D: 1771
100 E: 1771

Question 39
A random number generator can generate the numbers 1, 2 and 3. 2 is 5 times
as likely to appear as 1 and 3 is 7 times as likely to appear as 2. What is the
probability of 1 appearing?

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 1 1 1 1 1
A: 13 B: 40 C: 12 D: 6 E: 41

Question 40
The tallest player in a basketball team stood at 213 cm. The average team-player
was 12% shorter than this. What is the height of the average team-player?
A: 2556 B: 1874400 C: 255600 D: 21300
88 E: 23856
100

Question 41
A tele-marketer raised $138 for a charity in 1 day. This was 12% more than the
minimum required by his supervisor. How much was the minimum required?
A: 12144
100 B: 138 − 1656
100 C: 1656
100 D: 1+13812 E: 138 − 12144
100
100

Question 42
What is the height of the following trapezium given its area is 12?
3

12
12 12 24 30
A: 30 B: 15 C: 15 D: 360 E: 12

Question 43
A tester found that 18 of widgets manufactured were defective. If the defect rate
stayed constant, and the tester picked a random sample of 4 widgets, what is
the probability of him picking at least 1 defective widget?

4
4
4
A: 18 B: 18 C: 1 − 81 D: 48 E: 1 − 87

Question 44
9 5 7
+ + =
x y z
9x+5y+7z 315xyz 9yz+5xz+7xy 315 21
A: xyz B: x+y+z C: xyz D: x+y+z E: xyz

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Question 45
What is sin α?

12
√
A: 148 B: √2 C: 2
D: √12 E: 12
148 12 148 2

Question 46
What is the turning point of the parabola with the equation y = 31(x − 23)2 +
69? A: (23, −69) B: (−23, 69) C: (−23, −69) D: (23, 69) E:
(713, 69)

Question 47
A number x is subtracted from 11 times its square and the result is 4. An
equation to find the value of x is
A: 11x2 −x = 4 B: 11x−x2 = 4 C: 11(x2 −x) = 4 D: x2 −11x = 4
2
E: x − 11x = 4

Question 48
Factorise
3xz + 12xy
A: 3x(z +4xy) B: 3xy(z +4) C: 3xz(1+4y) D: 3x(z +4y) E:
3x(z + 12y)

Question 49
An retailer sells microwave ovens for $269 at 3% profit. How much did the
retailer pay for each oven?
A: 26093
100 B: 807
100 C: 1+2693 807
D: 269 − 100 E: 269 − 26093
100
100

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Question 50
At the end of summer a swimming pool had 144 cubic metres of water, 5% less
than at the start of summer. How much water did the pool have at the start of
summer?
A: 14400
95 B: 720 C: 1368000 D: 72000 E: 15120
100

Question 51
Find x
7x + 8 = 7
−1 −49 15 63
A: 7 B: 7 C: 7 D: 7 E: None of these

Question 52
What is y if tan α = 7?

11
7
√ √ √
A: 11 B: 6050 C: 5978 D: 170 E: 77

Question 53
Point W lies above the line with the equation y = 6x + 9. What is W?
A: (0, 8) B: (0, −6) C: (1, 16) D: (3, 18) E: (2, 21)

Question 54
The mean of a group of 10 numbers is 2. A number x is added to this group
and the new mean of these 11 numbers is 8. What is x?
A: 108 B: 8 C: 68 D: 62 E: Not enough information

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Question 55
Expand and simplify
3(10x + 7) + 12(7x + 12)
A: 114x + 144 B: 114x + 165 C: 114x + 19 D: 30x + 165 E:
17x + 165

Question 56
1
In a game of chance the probability of winning a prize is 13 . If you played the
game 5 times what is the probability of you winning at least 1 prize?
1 5 1 5
5 1

5
E: 1 − 12



A: 13 B: 13 C: 1 − 13 D: 13 13

Question 57
1 1
9 + 3
1 =
7
12 66 30 84
A: 189 B: 27 C: 27 D: 27 E: None of these

Question 58
What number is halfway between 21 and 1
4
7 5
A: 16 B: 16 C: 31 D: 38 E: None of these

Question 59
Factorise
12xz + 144xy
A: 12xy(z + 12) B: 12x(z + 12xy) C: 12x(z + 144y) D: 12xz(1 +
12y) E: 12x(z + 12y)

Question 60
What the area of this triangle?

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 35

11
11 sin 35 121 sin 35 121 tan 35 11 cos 35 121 cos 35
A: 2 B: 2 C: 2 D: 2 E: 2

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