VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION 2017
STUDENT NAME:
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YEAR 10 CORE MATHEMATICS
TEST: Linear Graphs (CAS free)
Reading Time: 5 minutes
Writing time: 50 minutes
QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK
Section Number of Number of questions Number of
Questions to be answered marks
1 13 42
Total 42
● Students are permitted to bring into the room: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers, sharpeners, rulers, a protractor,
set-squares, aids for curve sketching, one A4 sheet of notes (double sided).
Students are NOT permitted to bring into the test: blank sheets of paper or white out liquid/tape.
* Calculators and CAS are NOT PERMITTED in this test
Materials supplied
● Question and answer book.
● Working space is provided throughout the book.
Instructions
● Write your name in the space provided above on this page.
● All written responses must be in English.
Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices
into the test room.
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Instructions
Answer all questions in the spaces provided.
Unless otherwise specified an exact answer is required to a question.
In questions where more than one mark is available, appropriate working must be shown.
Question 1
For the equation 𝑔 = 5ℎ − 1, complete the following table of values. 2 marks
𝑔 -1 29
ℎ -3 -1 3
Question 2 1 mark
Factorise the expression 21𝑚 − 35𝑚!
Question 3 (3 marks)
For the graph shown, write down
a) The y-intercept 1 mark
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b) The gradient 1 mark
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c) The rule 1 mark
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Question 4
! !"
A straight line has gradient ! and passes through the coordinate (8, !
). Find the 2 marks
coordinate of the x-intercept.
Question 5
Find the point of intersection between the two lines 𝑦 = 3𝑥 + 1 and 2𝑥 − 5𝑦 = 3. 2 marks
Question 6 (2 marks)
a) State the value(s) of m such that the lines 𝑦 = 5𝑥 + 2 and 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 6 have no points of intersection.
1 mark
b) Explain why there is no value for m such that the same two lines will have infinite solutions.
1 mark
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Question 7 (2 marks)
For the line segment joining A(-8,1) and B(6,-9) calculate
a) The length of AB 1 mark
b) The midpoint of AB 1 mark
Question 8
The coordinate of the midpoint between (a, 2) and (6, b) is (5, 3). Find the 2 marks
values of a and b.
Question 9 (3 marks)
The distance between the coordinates (3, 4) and (a, b) is 5.
a) Express 𝑎 in terms of 𝑏.
2 marks
b) What shape graph would you expect your equation from part a) to make? Explain why.
1 mark
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Question 10 (9 marks)
Simplify each of these algebraic expressions, expressing all fractions with a single denominator
a) 5𝑎 + 2𝑏 − 𝑎 − 7𝑏 1 mark !!"×!!
b) !"!"×!
1 mark
!!!! d) 5 2𝑞 − 3 − 3(1 − 2𝑞) 2 marks
c) 5𝑝 − !
1 mark
!!! ! !! !!! !!!!
e) !"
× !"!!! × !
2 marks f) ÷ 2 marks
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Question 11 (6 marks)
Solve these equations
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a) 5 = !
2 marks
b) 8 2𝑝 − 1 = 3𝑝 2 marks
!(!!!!!) !!!!
c) !
= !
2 marks
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Question 12
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On the axis below, sketch the graph of ! 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 4 labelling the x and y intercepts. 2 marks
Question 13) (6 marks)
Consider the parallel lines 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 4 and 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 2.
a) Find the distance between the two y-intercepts of the parallel lines. 1 mark
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b) Find the equation of a line that forms a right angle with both given lines, and intersects 2 marks
through the y-intercept of 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 2. This y-intercept will form one vertex of the square.
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To find a fourth line that forms a square, consider that the distance between the y-intercepts of the given
parallel lines must be the same as the distance between the x-intercepts of the two perpendicular lines.
c) Find the x-intercept of the perpendicular line found in part b). 1 mark
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d) State the x-intercept required for the second perpendicular line in order to form a 1 mark
square. There are two possible answers. Find the x-intercept with positive value.
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e) Find the equation of the fourth line needed to form a square. 1 mark
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