Q1 Consider triangle ABC.

Calculate, giving your answer with the correct units:

a) The perimeter
b) The area
A1 Student Answer
B = √132×52 = 12 The answer is OK but “×” should be minus.
A) perimeter =13+12+5=30 Good
B) Area = ½ ( 12×5) = 30 Good

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Q2 a) A pyramid has a height of 10 cm and a square base with sides of 5 cm. Calculate
the volume in litres. (Give you answer correct to 2 decimal places)
b) The 4 corners of a rectangular cover plate, 500 mm by 300 mm, are rounded to
form sectors each with a radius of 25 mm. Determine the final area of the plate.
c)
A2 Student Answer
a) Volume of a pyramid
V = 1/3 BH
B = 5×5
H = 10
V= 1/3 (25)(10)
V= 83.33 Good

b) Area of a plate is 500×300mm2 = 150000mm2

Sectors each with a radius = 25mm2
Area of the circle π(25)2 = 196.349541mm2
Final area of the plate = 150000-196.34954mm 2 149803.65mm2
Area to be rounded = ( (25)2 -π(25)2/4 ) x 4 corners = (4 – π) x 625
Answer = 150000 – 625(4-π)
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Q3 a) Convert 0.000 000 035 to Scientific Notation

b) Calculate (3.4  10-9)  (4.9  1011), giving your answer in Engineering Notation
A3 Student Answer
a) 0.000 000 035
= 3.5 × 10-8 Good
b) (3.4×10-9) = 0000000003.4 × (4.9×10 11 )= 4.900000000000
3.4 x 10-9 x 4.9 x 1011 = 16.66 x 102 = 1.666 x 103 (103,109,1012.. are allowed in Engineering
Notation)

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Q4 2
Calculate ( 1.243+ 1.024 ) correct to 2 decimal places.
15
3

4.24−1.05
A4 Student Answer
∛ (1.243+1.02415)2 / 4.24-1.05
∛ 7.130223/3.19
√3 2.23518
=1.31

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Q5 a) 600 m of wire is allocated for 5 houses. Only 450 m is delivered. How many
houses can be wired completely?
Ω
b) Two thirds of a project is wired using wire with resistance of 0.2 . The remaining
m
Ω
third uses wire of 0.3 . What is the average resistance of the project?
m
c) What would the resistance be if the project in b) used 50 m of wire?
d) What would the length of each wire type be in b)?

Answers should be to three significant figures (3 s.f.)

A5 Student Answer
 a) 450 × 5 = 2250 600/5 = 120
2250/ 600 = 3.75 450/120 = 3.75
3 house can wire completely

b) Average resistance = 0.2 + 0.3 = 0.5 Resistance of 3m = 0.2 + 0.2 + 0.3 = 0.7
0.5/2 = 0.25Ω/m 0.7/3 = 7/30 Ω/m

c) 2/3 × 50 = 33.33
1/3 × 50 = 16.67
33.33+16.67 = 50 7/30 x 50 = 35/3 Ω

d) Length of the wire type be in b = 100/3 m with 0.2 Ω/m and 50/3 m with 0.3
Ω/m

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Q6 A couple decide that they would like to renovate their newly purchased house. They
decide that they would like to paint the kitchen and dining area with two colours:
white and a very pale green. A painter charges $6 and $8 per square meter for the
white and green paint respectively. The feature wall will be green which is 2.5 m high
and 6 m long.
The kitchen area will be painted white, and consists of two walls with the following
dimensions:
 2.5 m × 3m
 2.5 m × 4 m
a) How much will it cost to complete the paint job?
b) There is a cylindrical tank whose radius and height are 2 m and 4 m respectively.
How much water can the tank hold? Express your final answer to the nearest litre.
A6 Student Answer
a) Cost of feature wall = 2.5x6x8=$120
Cost of kitchen wall = 6x(2.5x3+2.5x4) = 6x17.5
Total cost = $ 225

b) Volume of the tank = π r 2 x h

π x 22 x4
= 50.26548 cubic meters
 = 50.265 liters

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Q7 Determine the value of x in each of the following diagrams:

X = 180 – 112 = 68

a)

X = 134/2 = 67

b)
c) The lower angle is 20° and the upper angle is 64°

X = 64 + 20 = 84

A7 Student Answer

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Q8 a) Measure the obtuse angle to the nearest 5 degrees:

b) Add 1912’ 23” and 45 54’ 59”.

A8 Student Answer

a) 108023’11”

b) 19012’23”

45054’59”

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Q9 Give the name which best describes the given information.

a) A triangle with all three sides equal in length.
b) A polygon with eight sides.
c) A quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallel.
d) A triangle with one angle more than 90.
A9 Student Answer
a) A triangle with all three sides equal in length is called Equilateral triangle
b) A polygon with eight sides is called Octagon
c) A quadrilateral with one pair of sides parallel is called Trapezoid.
d) A triangle with one angle more than 90o is called Obtuse-angled triangle
All answers are OK

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Q10 A chord of length 12.1 cm is drawn in a circle. The distance between the centre of the
circle and the midpoint of the chord is 5.2 cm.
Calculate, correct to the nearest mm, the length of the radius of the circle.

A10 Student Answer

√(5.22+6.052) = 80mm

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Q11 Calculate each of the following:

a) (−5)+(−27)
b) 2+3−5−7−9+10
c) (−4)(−3)(−8)
d) −4(6−11)(−2+7)
A11 Student Answer
a) (-5) + (-27)
= (27) + (-5) 27 should by -27
= -32 Good

b) 2+3-5-7-9+10
2+3+10-5-7-9
15-5-7-9
-6 Good

c) (-4) (-3) (-8)

-4×-3×-8
12×-8
-96 Good
 d) -4(6-11)/(-2+7)
-4(-5)/ (5)
20/5
4 Good

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Q12 Simplify:
a) 3 x+ 4 y +9 x y+ 7 x 3 x 7 y
b) 6 x 2 5 x 7 x 3 8 x+1
c) −2(x− y )−3 (2 x + y )+ 3( x−2 y)
x−5 2 x−1
d) +
5 2

A12 Student Answer

a) 3x+4y+9x-y+7x-3x-7y
3x+9x+7x-3x+4y-y-7y
16x+3y-7y
16x - 4y

B)

C) -2x + 2y – 6x – 3y + 3x – 6y = -5x -7y

D) ( 2x – 10 + 10x – 5 )/10 = (12x – 15 )/10 = 3/10 (4x – 5)

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Q13 Using Mesh Analysis for the circuit shown, the following two equations are obtained
for the currents. Solve them simultaneously, showing your chosen method. Values to
3 s.f.

I1 I2

I1-I2

−9 I 1+ 4 I 2=−28 (1)
4 I 1−5 I 2=7 (2)
A13 Student Answer
 +28 – 5I1 – 4 (I1-I2)= 0
28 – 5I1 – 4I1 + 4I2 = 0
28 – 9 I1+4I2 = 0
-9I1 + 4I2 = - 28

 4 (I2+I1)- 1I2+7 =0
-4I2 + 4I1 - 1I2 + 7=0
-4I2 + 4I1 = 7
4I1- 5I2 = 7

1) -9I1 + 4I2 = -28

2) 4i2 - 5i2 = 7

I1 = 5.6
I2 = 3.08

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Q14 Solve the following word problems by first writing (an) equation(s) and then solving
the equation(s).
a) John is twice as old as Mary. Five years ago he was three times as old. What is
Mary’s age now?
b) What is the voltage drop over two 12 AWG conductors (resistance of 0.20 ohms
per 100 m) supplying a 16 A load located 50 m from the power supply?
c) When opening her piggy bank, Mary noticed that she had 104 coins made up
 entirely of 20c and 5c coins that totalled exactly $10. How many of each type of
coins did she have?
A14 Student Answer
a) Marys age = x
Johns age = y
Y = 2x
Y – 5 = 3(x-5)
2x - 5 = 3x-15
X=10 Good

b) VD = I×R
V = 16×10Ω V=16 x 0.1 (0.1 ohm per 50m)
V = 160v V=1.6V

c) Number of 20c coins

Number of 5c coins
0.2x + 0.05y = 10
20x + 5y = 100
20(104-y) + 5y=100
2080-20y + 5y=100
15y =1980
Y =132
X = 104 – 132 = -28

X + y = 104
0.2x + 0.05y = 10
Then
X = 32, y = 72

32 of 20c coins and 72 of 5c coins

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Q15 Evaluate, correct to 2 decimal places

ab−cd
2 2
c −d
When
 a = 3.43
 b = 1.55
  c = 5.78
 d = -0. 26
A15 Student Answer
ab – cd = 6.8193, c2-d2 = 33.3408
ANS = 0.20

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Q16 The current through a resistive component is measured at a few different voltages:
Voltage (V) 2 5 15
Current (I) 1.7 4.2 12.5
a) Plot this information on the graph paper below. Put the voltage values on the y
axis.
b) Draw the line of best fit through the data points.

c) Determine the equation of this line.

 d) What is the resistance of the component?

A16 Student Answer

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Q17 Sketch the following linear function:

a) f ( x )=2 x−3
b) f ( x )=−x +5
c) f ( x )=3 x +3

A17 Student Answer

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Q18 Factorise the following:
a) −2 x−6 x 2
2
b) x −x−12
c) 2 x2 + x−21
2 2
d) 16 x −9 y
5 4 3
4 x 12 x 8 x
e) 3
+ 3
+ 3
4x 4x 4x
A18 Student Answer
a) - 2x - 6x2
- 6x2 – 2x
- 2(3x2 + x)
- 2x(3x+1) Good

b) X2 – x – 12
X2 +3x – 4x – 12
X(x + 3) – 4 ( x+3)
(x – 4 ) (x + 3) Good

c) 2x2 + x – 21
2x2 + 7x - 6x – 21
X( 2x+7)-3 ( 2x+7)
(x-3) (2x+7) Good

d) 16x2 - 9y2
4x2 = 3y2
(4x+3y)(4x-3y) Good

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Q19 An electrical systems output is described as I ( t )=t 2−2 t+1 , what is the time(s) in
seconds when the current I is zero. Sketch the equation showing all intercepts
A19 Student Answer

t2 - 2t + 1 = 0
(t-1)2 = 0
t=1
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Q20 Solve the following system of simultaneous equations algebraically and draw a sketch
of the system below showing the solutions.

{y=3 x 2+ 6 x−4
y=2 x+ 3

A20 Student Answer

3x2 + 6x – 4 = 2x + 3
3x2 + 4x – 7 = 0
(x - 1 )(3x + 7) = 0
x, y = 1, 5 and -7/3, -5/3

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Q21 Draw a sketch of y=x 2−x −3 for values of x in the domain −3 ≤ ×≤ 3. Write down
the coordinates of the turning point in your solution. Hence, from your sketch, find
approximate solutions to: x 2−x−3=0.
A21 Student Answer

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Q22 Simplify the following algebraic fractions:

2
x +5 x +6
a)
3 x+ 9
x 2 +6 x+ 8
b)
2 x 2 +10 x+8

A22 Student Answer

2
x +5 x +6
3 x+ 9
3 x+ 9=3 ( x+3)
X2 +2x +3x +6
 x2 +5 x +6
3 x+ 9

2x2 +10x+8 = 2 (x2+5x+4)

X2 + 6x+8
X2+ 2x +4x+8
X2 +5x+4
X2+1x+4x+4
X+2/2(x+1)

X2+5x+6 = (x+2)(x+3)
3x+9 = 3(x+3)
ANS = (x+2)/3

X2+6x+8 = (x2+5x+4)+x+4 = (x+1)(x+4) + (x+4)

2x2+10x+8 = 2(x2+5x+4) = 2(x+1)(x+4)
x+2
ANS=
2(x+1)

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Q23 a) Use your calculator to obtain following ratios correct to 4 decimal places:
i. sin 53
ii. cos 66 04’ 54’’
b) Calculate the value of x correct to the nearest degree given that x is an acute
angle:
iii. sin x = 0.2765
iv. 3tan x = 2.4568
A23 Student Answer
a) i Sine 530 = 0.7986
ii cos 660 04’54” = 0.4054

b) iii Sin x = 0.2765

X = arcsin 0.2765 = 160
 iv 3 tan x = 2.4568
Tan x = 2.4568/3 = 0.8189
X aretan = 0.8189 =390

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Q24 Find, correct to 2 decimal places, the length of the side marked by x:

A24 Student Answer

R x sin62 = 22
X = R x cos62 = cos62 x 22 / sin62 (please calculate)

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Q25 Two ships sail of the port at the same time. After 4 hours of sailing, one ship has
travelled 42km north and the other 56 km east. How far apart are they?
A25 Student Answer
B

42KM
 A 56KM C
2 2 2
BC = AB + AC
BC2 = 422+562 = 4900
BC =√ 4900 = 70KM
Distance = 70km Good

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Q26 The secondary of a transformer outputs 1.1 kV when the input is 25 V.

a) What would the constant of proportionality be?
b) If the output is 800 V, what would the input be? (3 s.f.)
A26 Student Answer
a) 25/ 1.1 = 22.72v 1.1 x 1000 / 25 = 44.
b) 800/25 = 32v 800 / 44 = 18.18

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