SPECTRUM TUITION YEAR 7-8 SELECTIVE MATHEMATICS

8.1. MATHEMATICS PRACTICE EXAM

Aim to complete the following exam in 30 minutes. In the actual exam you will be given
30 minutes.

Start time:
End time:
Total time:

Fill in the space by the correct answer.

1. Use the null factor law t solve x2 – 8x 2. William has one-third as many toys as
+ 15 = 0 for x. Tammy who has four times more toys
than Edgar, who has 6. How many toys
does Jane have if she has 5 more than
William?
a. x = -7 and -8
b. x = 3 and -5 a. 4 toys
c. x = 8 and 15 b. 13 toys
d. x = -5 and -3 c. 8 toys
e. None of these d. 9 toys
e. None of these
E B

3. To wash the windows on the second 4. If

2x 12
, what is x?
16 48
ladder against the house, creating a
54-degree acute angle with the a. 2
ground. What is the measure of the b. 3
angle the ladder made with the c. 4
house? d. 5
e. None of these
a. 36 degrees
b. 126 degrees
c. 81 degrees
d. 306 degrees
e. None of these
A A

5. What is the value of 5-2? 6. At the city park, 32% of the trees are
oaks. If there are 400 trees in the park,
a. –10 how many trees are NOT oaks?
b. –25
c.
1 a. 128
10 b. 272
1 c. 278
d.
25 d. 312
e. None of these e. None of these

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7. If s= 2x – r, what is the value of x? 8. Two ships leave from a port. Ship A
sails west for 300 kilometres, and Ship
B sails north for 400 kilometres. How
far apart are the ships after their trips?
a. x s r 2
b. x 2s r a. 300 kilometres
s r b. 400 kilometres
c. x
2 c. 500 kilometres
2 d. 900 kilometres
d. x e. None of these
x r
e. None of these
C C

9. Rudy forgot to replace his cap the last 10.

mixed together in a ratio of 5 parts
The gas is leaking out of his 14-L
1
tank at a constant rate of L per
3 in 48 kilograms of this mixture?
day. How much petrol does Rudy
lose in 1 week?

a. 2 L
21 a. 8 kilograms
b.
3L b. 9.6 kilograms
42 c. 40 kilograms
c. d. 42 kilograms
3L
d. 6 L e. None of these
e. None of these
E C

11. What is the equation of a line passing 12.

through the points (0,5) and (1,3)?
¼
a. y + 5x = 3
b. 17y + 34x = 85 ¼
c. y = 2x + 85
d. 15y – 30x = 40 e. None of these
e. None of these
B C

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13. Which point falls inside the shaded area?

a. (0, 1)
b. (1, 0)
c. (-2, 2)
d. (3, 1)
e. None of these

14.
travel only 2/3 as far. But on the third day they are able to travel ¾ as many

altogether?

a. 375 kilometres
b. 875 kilometres
c. 525 kilometres
d. 500 kilometres
e. None of these
B

15. What is the value of x? 16.

2 20 5 24 54 5 45 is equal to
4x – 5y = 5
5y = 20 – x a. 19 5 +7 6
21. 3
b. 4 b. 9 5 – 7 6
c. 5 c. –11 5 + 7 6
d. 6
e. None of these d. –11 5 – 7 6
e. 12 35

C A

17. Which of the following linear 18. 81x 2

equations has a negative slope? Simplify the surd
y2
a. 6 = y – x a. 9x
b. y= 4x – 5 y
c. –5x+ y= 1 b. 9x
d. 6y+ x= 7 c. 9xy
e. None of these 9x 2
d.
y
e. None of these
D A

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19. What is the measure of angle B in the 20. Solve for all values of x in the
diagram below? equation: x2 – 25 = 0.

a. 45 degrees a. 5
b. 60 degrees b. 0,5
c. 75 degrees c. –5
d. 130 degrees d. 5,–5
e. None of these e. None of these
C D
21. Lee can

would catch in two hours?

a. 2 hours
b. 4 hours
c. 6 hours
d. 8 hours
e. None of these
D

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22. The diagram indicates a general 23. Which of the following most
assumption that as automatic accurately summarises the research
operation increases findings illustrated by the diagram?

a. Operators require fewer skills. a. Operators gradually increase their

b. Operators require increased skills.
c. Operators do not learn from
experience.
d. The number of operators needed
increases.
e. None of the above
skills and are constantly learning while
‘on the job’.
b. Operators find new skills easy to
learn at first, but then a high proportion
become disillusioned and give up.
c. After an initial period of high skill
development, operators master the
machine and do not need to learn
further skills.
d. After a slow introductory period of
learning, operators become familiar
with the machine and learn additional
new skills more quickly
e. None of the above

B C

24. Expand and simplify: 25. When the product of three and a
( 5 3)(2 2 3) number is taken away from the sum of
that number and six, the result is zero.
What is the number?
a. 16 2 15 3
a. 3
b. 2 10 15 2 6 3 b. 7
c. 10 2 15 2 6 9 c. 9
d. 14
d. 2 10 3 5 2 5 4 e. None of these
e. None of these
B A

26. Louise wants to wallpaper a room. It has one window that measures 3 metres by 4
metres, and one door that measures 3 metres by 7 metres. The room is 12 metres by
12 metres and is 10 metres tall. If only the walls are to be covered, and rolls of
wallpaper are 100 square metres, what is the minimum number of rolls that she will
need?
a. 4 rolls
b. 5 rolls
c. 6 rolls
d. 7 rolls
e. None of these
B

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27. 3 xy 2 y3 28. Solve for x:
3x
Multiply 6
4y 9x 4

a. 3 x -8
4y
-8
3x2
b.
4y
2 e. None of these
c. xy
4
2
d. xy
12
e. None of these
E B

29. Simplify: (4a2)3 + (2a3)2 6

30. Simplify
5
2x 2 y 5
a. 19a
b. -5a6
x5 y3
c. 57a6
d. -5a a. 2x-3y2
e. None of these b. 2x3y2
c. 2x7y8
d. 2y-2/x3
e. None of these

C A

31. A boy is 24 years younger than his 32. Six stools and four chairs cost $58,
father. In 2 years time the sum of while five stools and two chairs cost
their ages will be 40. Find the present $35. How much do 2 stools cost?
ages of father and son.
a. 30, 6 a. $8.00
b. 26, 2 b. $6.00
c. 35, 11 c. $2.50
d. 27, 3 d. $4.00
e. None of these e. None of these
A B

33. Which equation best represents the graph below?

a. y = 3x + 1
b. y = -3x + 1
c. y = 3x – 1
d. y = -3x – 1
e. None of these

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34. 8 6+6 10
is equal to:
2 2
a. 6 3 4 5 b. 4 3 c. 4 3 6 10 d. 4 3 3 5 e. 28
3 5 2
D

35. Express the surd following surd with 36. Simplify: 4(5y3)3
a rational denominator:
a. 9y6
b. 20y6
c. 20y9
(3 2) d. 500y9
a. e. None of these
7
(3 2)
b.
7
(4 2)
c.
3
(3 2)
d.
3
e. None of these
B D

37. Divide: 38. What are the possible values of n if 2n2

2
6a b ab 2
+ 20n + 42 = 0
2c 4c 4
a. 3, 7
24ac b. 4, 5
a.
b c. -3, -7
3 d. -3, 6
b. 12ac e. None of these
b
3
c. 24ac
b
d. 12abc 3
e. None of these
B C

39. Amber done 20200430 40. Simplify

150
a. 1
b. 7 3
c. 11
d. -7 a. 50
e. None of these
b. 5 2
c. 3 3
d. 2 25
e. None of these
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41. Find the largest of four consecutive 42. Solve for x
odd numbers with a sum of 80. 7x 3 9x 8
2 4
a. 17 a.x = -5
b. 25 7
b.x =
c. 23 5
d. 19 8
e. None of these c. x =
5
14
d. x =
5
e. None of these

C D

43. A 1.5 metre pole casts a shadow 3 metres long, as shown. Find the height of a
building that casts a 15 metres long shadow at the same time of the day.

a. 8 m
b. 7.5 m
c. 20 m
d. 14 m
e. None of these

44. A line passes through the points (0,– 45.

1) and (2,3). What is the equation for A.M. and arrives at a heliport 20
the line? kilometres away at 6:17 A.M. How
many kilometres per hour was the
a. y=
1
x–1 helicopter traveling?
2
1 a. 120 kmph
b. y= x+1
2 b. 300 kmph
c. y= 2x – 1 c. 30 kmph
d. y= 2x + 1 d. 80 kmph
e. None of these e. None of these

C D

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46. Two dice are rolled. Find the 47. A ladder rests against a wall. If the
probability of rolling a total of seven angle between the ladder and the
or less. ground is 35° and the foot of the ladder
is 1.5 m from the wall, how high up the
a.
7 wall does the ladder reach?
12
1 1.5
b. a.
4 tan 35°
c. 0 b. 1.5 tan 35°
11 1.5
d. c.
18 cos 35°
e. None of these d. 1.5 cos35°
e. None of these
A B

48. What is the point of intersection of 49. In a right-angled triangle the opposite
the following lines? side length is 118 m and the angle is
y = –x+ 10 76°. Which of the following can be
y=x–2 used to find the length of the adjacent
side?

a. (2,10) a. 118 tan 76°

b. (2,0) b.
118
c. (3,6) tan 76°
d. (6,4) tan 76°
c.
e. None of these 118
tan14°
d.
118
118
e.
tan14°

D B

50. What is the equivalent of 3(a+2b) 51. The equivalent of (2p + 1)(p 5) is:
+2(2a-b)?
a.2p2 5
a. 5a 6b b. 2p2 11p 5
b. 7a 4b c. 2p2 9p 5
c. (3a b) d. 2p2 6p 5
d. 7a 8b e. 2p2 9p 5
e. 12a 12b
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52. A bag has 7 red marbles, 5 blue 53. What is the equivalent of
marbles and 4 yellow marbles. All 9 3
marbles are of the same size. What is 3b 5 4b 1
the probability of drawing a blue
marble? a. 6
(3b-5)(4b+1)
2 b. 27b + 24
a.
3 (3b-5)(4b+1)
b.
5 c. 27b – 24
16 12b2 – 17b - 5
4 d. 17
c.
5 e. None of these
1
d.
3
e. None of these
B B

54. The equivalent of

5m 1 m 2
is:
2 3
13m 7 4m 1 13m 1 13m 1 4m 1
a. b. c. d. e.
6 5 6 6 6
C

55. What is the perimeter of this shape?

a. 24 5 cm
b. 26 cm
c. 3 5 + 22 cm
d. (2 5 + 22) cm
e. None of these

56. Factorise the expression completely: x2 – 2x – 35.

a. (x – 5)(x – 7)
b. (x – 5)(x+ 7)
c. (x+ 5)(x – 7)
d. (x – 2)(x – 35)
e. None of these
C

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57. What is the length of the longest rod that could fit into this box?

a. 10 cm
b. 5 5 cm
c. 161 cm
d. 61 cm
e. None of these
C

58. 384 59. Calculate the length of y

Simplify the surd completely:

a. 24 3
b. 2 96
c. 8 6
a.y = 189
d. 4 8
e. None of these b. y = 193
c. y = 5 33
d. y = 4 41
e. None of these
C B

60. What is the only possible equation that could be represented by this graph?

a. y = -4x - 8
b. y = -3x - 3
c. y = -4x + 8
d. y = 3x - 3
e. None of these

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