3- Achievement Standard CAT 910: Apply algebraic procedures in solving proble Achievement Achievement with Merit | Achievement with Excell + Apply algebraic procedures + Apply algebraic procedures,» Apply algebraic procedures, in solving problems. using relational thinking, using extended abstract in solving problems. thinking, in solving problems. . Apply algebraic procedures involves: % selecting and using procedures in solving problems demonstrating knowledge of algebraic concepts and terms communicating solutions using appropriate mathematical symbols. . Relational thinking involves one or more of: © selecting and carrying out a logical sequence of steps connecting different concepts and representations % demonstrating understanding of concepts, forming and using a model; and relating findings to a context, or communicating thinking using appropriate mathematical statements. ° Extended abstract thinking involves one or more of: © devising a strategy to investigate or solve a problem identifying relevant concepts in context % developing a chain of logical reasoning, or proof % forming a generalisation; and also using correct mathematical statements, or communicating mathematical insight. + Problems are situations that provide opportunities to apply knowledge or understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures and methods. The situation will be set in a real-life or mathematical context. « Students need to be familiar with procedures related to: factoring * expanding, ® simplifying algebraic expressions involving exponents, such as (12a) or = substituting values into formulae manipulating and simplitying expressions suchas ® —°2 oy 2=12 © searranging formule such as = mvtorde 1-3 solving linear equations or inequations such as 5x + 12 = 3 - 2x or 3(x—2) <7 @ solving quadratic equations such as (8x + 3)(x — 6) = 0, x? + 5x -6 = 0, 3x? = 10x-8 (completing the square and the quadratic formula are not required) solving simple equations involving exponents such as x° = 8, 5*= 125 % solving pairs of simultaneous linear equations with two unknowns, Electronic technology is not permitted in the assessment of this achievement standard. ~© D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1-91027|CAT 91027 PEA1 You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering this assessment. You should NOT use electronic technology (ie. calculators) for this assessment, Show ALL working, QUESTION ONE (a) 3x°+ (x23 can be written in the form (ax +b)’, What are the values of a and b? (0) Write as a single fraction 3x (©) Lila finds a diagram in a textbook showing equilateral triangles within equilateral triangles. ‘The perimeter of any triangle is twice that of the triangle within it. The smallest triangle has a perimeter of 5 om. ‘The perimeter of any equilateral triangle in the diagram can be modelled by the equation P=5 x2" where n is the number of the triangle in order from smallest to largest. Which triangle will have a perimeter of 640 em? _© D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1-91027@ Jin'=p= mand "

A B p Shed E Grass D c Distance AB is twice as long as distance DE. Find the dimensions of the land if the area to be grassed is 60m’. (¢). The numbers in the sequence 1, 6, 15, 28...... are called hexagonal numbers. Any term of the ‘sequence can be found using the formula T= 2n'—n. Prove that the sum of two consecutive numbers in this sequence will always be odd. ©D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1— 91027ne. |CAT 91027 PEA3 - You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering this assessment. ‘You should NOT use electronic technology (i.e. calculators) for this assessment. Show ALL working. QUESTION ONE @ it sre ® find the value of n. (©) The perimeter of the square is half the perimeter of the equilateral triangle. What is the value of x? 4x42 2x-1 (©) Lucy is going to buy vegetable and flower seedlings for her garden. The vegetable seedlings cost $2 a punnet and the flower scedlings $2.50 a punnet, She has $50 to spend but wants to buy twice as many flower seedlings as vegetable seedlings. How many flower seedlings punnets can she buy? ~© D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1- 91027-17- (d) Abox in the shape of a cuboid and its dimensions in em are shown, 2w-3 (Ifthe volume of the cuboid is 126 emi, find! the dimensions of the box, (ii) The surface area of the box is the sum of the area of each of the six faces. Find an expression for the surface area of the box, S, in terms of A if A = (w + 2), ©D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1~ 91027-18- QUESTION TWO. 2. (a) The shaded area in the diagram can be combined to produce another rectangle State the length and width of this rectangle. (b) Simplify ae (©) Aaron and Ben are filing planter boxes with potting mix. They have 42 boxes to ill. Each boy starts with a different number. Aaron is slower than Ben soe gives Ben four of his planter boxes to fill. At the end of the job, Aaron has filled half of what Ben has filled. How many planter boxes did Aaron start with? D&D Resou Practice External Assessments NCEA 1= 91027-19- (a) Jed has a part time job at the supermarket. His job is to display cylindrical cans of a new variety of winter soup. Bottom row A formula can be used to find the number of cans, C, in the stack, ifthe number of cans in the bottom row, b, and the number of cans in the top row, ¢, are known. The formutais C= @*0—t+0, (How many cans are in the stack if there are three cans on top and 4 times as many on the bottom? (ii) After assembling the stack, Jed knows that there are three times as many cans on the bottom row ‘as there are on the top. He also knows that he has stacked 156 cans. ‘How many cans are on the bottom row? ~© D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1- 91027-20- QUESTION THREE (a) Find the value of x if 3%! =27. -8x X= SX _ 9 and clearly justify your answer. Ayn Zand clearly justify y (©) The height in metres of a toy rocket fired vertically from the ground after t seconds can be modelled 15-1) by the equation h= 3 For what percentage of time is the rocket 18 m or more above the ground? © D&D Resources = Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 — 91027-21- (@) (Newton is famous for his three equations of motion. His second equation is given as s=ut +a where the displacement, 5, of an object can be found if you know the initial velocity, u, time, t and acceleration, a. Find an expression for the acceleration in terms of the displacement, initial velocity and time, (i) The third equation of motion is v? = u? + 2as, Show how you can use the second and third equations of motion to produce Newton's first equation of motion, v = u + at. D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 - 91027—n- CAT 91027 _PEA 4} ‘You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering this assessment. You should NOT use electronic technology (i.e. calculators) for this assessment. Show ALL working, QUESTION ONE (@) Simplify “= 8-12 (b) As preparation for a beach fundraiser, Maia is doing a daily 40 minute workout involving, running and swimming She knows that she can burn 15 calories per minute running and 10 calories per minute swimming. If she used 525 calories at the end of her 40 minute workout, how long did she spend swimming? D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1- 91027-23- (©) The length of a rectangle is 5 cm more than twice its width, What is the perimeter of the rectangle ifthe area is 12 cm? (@) @ The formula for the volume of a cylinder is V =ru*h, where ris the radius and his the height. ‘The volume of a cylinder is 80n and the height is 5 cm. Find the radius of the cylinder, (i) Acylinder has volume V = nh and surface area S = 2nr? + 2nth. If the volume and. surface area are equal in value, give a simplified expression for the height, -©D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 - 91027~~ QUESTION TWO (a) Find the value of x if 2*-* = 16. (b) An archway can be modelled by the equation h ~-2x(x—3), where his the height in metres and x is the horizontal distance in metres from the left hand side of the arch, What is the maximum height of the arch? (6) If 8a? xb? x2ab = 64b, give an expression for a in terms of b nents NCEA 1=91027 D & D Resources ~ Practice Exti-25- (d)_Avais looking at a puzzle in a book called the Magic Wheel. She has to place the numbers from 1 t07 in the circles such that the sum of all three numbers in a row is constant. Her first attempt is shown below. (2) (6) 7) (i) Investigate what happens when Ava tries different arrangements of numbers. ‘When will the totals ofall three rows be the same? i) The sum of all the numbers from 1 to 7is 28. Find, using algebra, the relationship between the number of numbers around the outside of the wheel and the number at the centre of the wheel if the sum of the numbers in a row is constant. Explain your answer. -© D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1- 91027Gii) Ava wants to know if she can use a rule to find the possible centre numbers in the magic wheel ‘when there are n rows in the wheel. Investigate this.~27- QUESTION THREE (a) Piais given a quote to hite a bike at the holiday park she is staying at. ‘There is a $9 rental charge plus an hourly cost of $4.50. ‘Aservice station down the road charges $6 an hout to hite a bike. For what number of hours will both options cost the same? (0) The area of a rectangle can be represented by 3(x~1)°~2(x-1)—1. State the length and width of this rectangle in terms of x. (©) For what values of x is fas 16? -© D & D Resources~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1- 91027| (@) Solve (©) Tarais looking at rectangular photos of different sizes from a portrait pack. ‘The smaller photo is 2 cm longer than its width. ‘The larger photo is 1.5 times the width of the smaller photo and its length is the suum of the width and length of the smaller photo. ‘The difference in areas between the two photos is 55 cmv. What are the dimensions of the larger photo? D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 - 91027-29- |CAT 91027 PEA5 You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering this assessment. You should NOT use electronic technology (ie. calculators) for this assessment. ‘Show ALL working. QUESTION ONE 2ab? Gab (a) Simplify full 6) Simpy tay 228 (b)_ The time, t, taken in seconds for an object to fall a distance d metres, is given by the formula t where g is a measure of the acceleration of geavity in ms, (i) Find the time for an object to fall when the distance fallen is 180 m and the acceleration of gravity is 10 ms? Gi) The instantaneous velocity, v, of an object thathas travelled a distance d metres can be given by the formula v= J2gd. Find vin terms of g and tin its simplest form. -©D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 - 91027=30- *, what is the value of n? (d) Arectangle ABCD measures 15 cm by 10cm as shown in the diagram below. ‘Triangle DEF touches the sides of the rectangle such that BE = BF =x. 15em— "5 > Find the value of x ifthe area of the triangle is 42 em? D & D Resources — Practice External Assessments NCEA 1- 91027=31- QUESTION TWO (2) Between which two values of x is the graph of y = 3x? 12x negative? (b) Write 2 a ction, Spr asasingle fa (©) Lennox is investigating what happens when you subtract and multiply two fractions of the form Gand 2, whereb < Hee notices that, in some cases, 2 < bre Investigate when this would happen. D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 ~ 91027<3 (a) Jack and Tipene are taking part in a eycle race. Jack will cycle 8 km less than twice the distance Tipene will cycle. The total distance cycled will be 64 km. How far does Jack cycle? (©) For what values of x will 32 i Dé D Resources — Practice External Assessments NCEA 1~91027QUESTION THREE (@) If @x—3) + 1 =ax? + bx +6, find the values of a, b and c. (b) cylinder has its height equal to twice its radius. Give an expression for the radius; , in terms of the volume V. Volume of a cylinder =n-h, — > (©) Clare thinks of a positive number, multiplies it by itself times and subtracts 1 She then divides the result by 4. The answer is 20. What is the number? -©D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1=91027are (a) ‘Tom has been monitoring the rate at which duckweed has been growing on his farm pond. When he started monitoring in the first week, there were seven plants. ‘The number of duckweed plants, D, in week w, can be modelled by the equation D = 4-7. In which week will the number of duckweed plants exceed 500? (©) Acycle race is to be held as a fundraiser. ‘Altogether, 30 primary and secondary students will be competing in the race. The cost for a primary student is $8 and the cost for a secondary student is $12. The total cost for the 30 students competing is $316. Students can compete in one of two events, a 10 km race or a 20 km race. ‘Three-fifths of the entries in the 10 km race and one quarter of the entries in the 20 km race are primary students. How many primary students will be competing in the 20 km race? D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 191027-35~ CAT 91027 PEA6 You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering this assessment. You should NOT use electronic technology (i.e. calculators) for this assessment. Show ALL working. QUESTION ONE (@) The rule for the number of blocks for a given pattern number is B = (2p +3)(p-1) + (p + 3)(p + D, where B is the number of blocks and p is the pattern number. Give a simplified expression for this rule. (b) A trailer carrying a full load of wood chips has a combined weight of 370 kg. When i of the ‘wood chips has been delivered, the combined weight is 315 kg. What is the weight of the trailer? -© D & D Resources — Practice External Assessments NCEA 1~91027-36- (c) Solve 3x’=x~10=0 (a) The equation 3x! ~ px +48 =0 has only one solution for x. Find the value of p and the solution, (e) Find the value(s) of x if a” x b*-" = c®; given that b = a? and ¢= a".-37- QUESTION TWO fa) y= 1. Give the equation for xin terms of y in terms of b? (©) An outline of a logo is shown in the diagram. Length AE = length CD. If the perimeter of the logo is 21x —5, what isthe length of AE? D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessinents NCEA 1- 91027=38- (a) Ina class quiz, Paora decides to solve this equation: 3x12 2 His solution is given below. 3x8- 10x = 2x8 -2x- 24 wea Mx +2 (<-12\x-2)=0 x=12,2 When he checks his answer by substitution, he realises he has made an error. Explain Paora’s mistake and provide a correct solution. (©) Ona class trip to Wellington, a school van travelled at an average speed of 75 km/hr. On the return 1 trip the average speed was 90 km/hr and the journey time took an hour less What was the distance travelled by the van on the trip to Wellington? (Hint: distance = speed x time) -© D.& D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 ~ 91027QUESTION THREE (a) Grace has found a formula for calculating the maximum number of pieces that can be cut when multiple lines are drawn from one part of the circumference of a citcle to another. ‘The rule for the pattern is T=U!=(=D) tore T js the number of pieces and n is the number of cuts. a Ow SE (i) Whats the maximum number of pieces when there are 6 cuts? (ii) The circle, when cut, has a maximum of 46 pieces. How many cuts ate there? (b)_ Thenumber of online orders fora new product, P, can be modelled by the equation P=3"" x2, where dis the day number since the product was released. On which day were 162 products ordered? © D&D Resources — Practice External Assessments NCEA 1-91027(©) The area of right-angled triangle ABC = 75 cm*, What is the length of the square that fits exactly inside the triangle? A Note: Area ofa triangle = + x base x height. +4 — sp]? a B 7p+l c (d) The volume of a cylinder is given by V =nRh and the volume of a sphere is given by V = fer. ‘The radius, R, of the cylinder is twice the radius, r, of the sphere. Ifthe volume of the sphere is the same as the volume of the cylinder, give an expression for the height of the cylinder in terms of its radius, ~© D & D Resources - Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 - 91027sits You are advised to spend 60 minutes answering this assessment. ‘You should NOT use electronic technology (i.e. calculators) for this assessment, Show ALL working. QUESTION ONE (a) ‘The equation fora cubic graph is given as y = 2x1. Find the value of y when x ="2. (b) The expression ab’ Sab? ~ ab(b ~ 3) can be written in the form ab(b + x)(b+y). Find the values of x and y. (9) Solve 8x2°**>66 when x isa whole number.-42- (d) Adeck fora house is to be made with the measurements shown. B 3x c Sa Set A F Diagram NOT to axe1 scale BE x+2 D {@) Show that the clistance AE, in terms of x, can be given by the expression a+) (i) The area of the deck is 58 m?. What is the value of x? D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1~91027-43- QUESTION TWO (a) circle, with centre (0, 0) and radius 4 has the equation x + y* Give the equation for y in terms of x. (b) Where does the graph of y = 3x?~ 17x + 10 cross the x axis? (0) A rectangular jigsaw puzzle has three more pieces in each row compared to each column. When the four comers and all the edge pieces are removed, there are 130 pieces remaining. What is the total number of pieces in the puzzle when it is complete? - © D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1 ~ 91027—44- (d)_ ‘The diagram shows a sketch of part of the graph of y=9 + 2x - 4x. Phoebe draws another line on the graph with equation y =3x + 4. y y=axe4 Find the coordinates of the two points where the two graphs intersect each other. yr94 2nd? (©) If w= Juve and 2v =3w, find an expression for u in terms of w. © D & D Resources ~ Practice External Assessments NCEA 1~91027QUESTION THREE (2) Asquare has an area of 9x? ~24x +16, What is its length in terms of x? (©) If4p~2q=8 and 2p + 4q =°6, what isthe value of p+ q?nade (a) For what values of x is (3x ~1)(x +3) < 4(s?-3)? (© a,b, cand d are consecutive numbers in order from smallest to largest Investigate the relationship between the numbers when °—* is calculated. Explain why the answer will always produce a fraction wil a denominator which is an even number. ‘a numerator that is an odd number and. =D & D Resources — Practice Bx cnal Assessments NCEA 1 ~91027