MYP G2 Mathematics – Algebra III & Trigonometry II – Practice Questions

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MYP G2 Mathematics (Extended)

Algebra III & Trigonometry II – Practice Questions
Note: These practice questions should take approximately 2 hours.

Note: Complete all problems and show working in the spaces provided. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in
the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the answer to three significant figures. Angles should be given to one
decimal place. Calculators may be used.

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1. Write as a single fraction in its simplest form + + [2]
x 2x 2

2
( x+3)
2. Make x the subject of y= [3]
5

3. Find the value of n in the following equations.

(a) 2n = 1024 [1]

2n−3
(b) 4 =16 [2]

4. Simplify this fraction. [4]

2
x −5 x+6
2
x −4

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5. Solve the equation x2 – 8x + 6 = 0 [4]

Show all your working and give your answers correct to 2 decimal places.

6. y varies inversely as the square of x. Also, y = 1.5 when x = 8. [3]

Find y when x = 5.

7. Simplify

( )
4 3
p
(a) 4
[2]
16

2 −3 3 −2
(b) 3 q ÷2 q [2]

8. The braking distance, d, of a car is directly proportional to the square of its speed, v. [3]
When d = 5, v = 10. Find d when v = 70.

9. Simplify 16 – 4(3x – 2)2 [3]

10. Write as a single fraction in its simplest form [3]

4 2
−
2 x+3 x−3

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11. The diagram shows the plan of a garden.

The garden is a trapezium with AB = 26 metres, DC = 18 metres and angle DAB = 80°.
A straight path from B to D has a length of 30 metres.

Use trigonometry, showing all your working, to calculate

(a) angle ADB, [3]

(b) the length of BC, [4]

(c) the area of the garden. [3]

12. In triangle ABC, AB = 2x cm, AC = x cm, BC = 21cm and angle BAC = 120°. [3]
Calculate the value of x.

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13.

In the right-angled triangle ABC, AB = x cm, BC = (x + 7) cm and AC = 17 cm.

(a) Show that x2 + 7x – 120 = 0. [3]

(b) Factorise x2 + 7x – 120. [2]

(c) Write down the solutions of x2 + 7x – 120 = 0 [1]

(d) Write down the length of BC. [1]

14. (a) (i) Give an angle which has a sine value of 0.5 [1]

(ii) Give all angles, between 0° and 360°, which have sine values of 0.5 [2]

(b) Give all angles between 0° and 360° which are solutions to the equation sin(x) = 0.766 [2]

(c) If cos(a) = 0.756 then give an angle (in terms of a) which has a cosine value of -0.756 [1]

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(d) Solve 2(cos(x))2 = 1.8 for 0° < x < 360° [3]

(e) A triangle ABC has AB = 82cm, BC = 65cm and angle BAC = 50° . [4]
Calculate one acute and one obtuse angle that BCA could be.

15.

The diagram above shows the net of a pyramid.

The base ABCD is a rectangle 8 cm by 6 cm.
All the sloping edges of the pyramid are of length 7 cm.
M is the mid-point of AB and N is the mid-point of BC.
(a) Calculate the length of
(i) QM, [2]

(ii) RN. [1]

(b) Calculate the surface area of the pyramid. [2]

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16.

(a) During a soccer match a player runs from A to B and then from B to C as shown in the diagram.
AB = 40 m, BC = 45 m and AC = 70 m.
(i) Show by calculation that angle BAC = 37°, correct to the nearest degree. [3]

(ii) The bearing of C from A is 051°. Find the bearing of B from A. [1]

(iii) Calculate the area of triangle ABC. [3]

(b) Another player is standing at D. BC = 45 m, angle BCD = 54° and angle DBC = 32°.
Calculate the length of BD. [4]

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17. (a) Write x2 + 16x + 64 in the form (x + a)2 , where a is an integer. [1]

(b) Write x2 + 16x – 90 = 0 in the form (x + a)2 + b = 0, where a and b are integers. [2]

(c) Hence, or otherwise, solve x2 + 16x – 90 = 0 [3]

18.

The quadrilateral PQRS shows the boundary of a forest.

A straight 15 kilometre road goes due East from P to R.
(a) The bearing of S from P is 030° and PS = 7 km.

(i) Write down the size of angle SPR. [1]

(ii) Calculate the length of RS. [4]

(b) Angle RPQ = 55o and QR = 14 km.

(i) Write down the bearing of Q from P. [1]

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(ii) Calculate the acute angle PQR. [3]

(iii) Calculate the length of PQ. [3]

(c) Calculate the area of the forest, correct to the nearest square kilometre. [4]

19. Find the values of k, m and n in each of the following equations, where a > 0.
0
(a) a =k [1]

m 1
(b) a = [1]
a

a =√ a
n 3
(c) [1]

20. The length, y, of a solid is inversely proportional to the square of its height, x.
(a) Write down a general equation for x and y.
Show that when x = 5 and y = 4.8 the equation becomes x2 y = 120 [2]

(b) Find y when x = 2. [1]

(c) Find x when y = 10. [2]

(d) Find x when y = x. [2]

(e) Describe exactly what happens to y when x is doubled. [2]

(f) Describe exactly what happens to x when y is decreased by 36%. [2]

(g) Make x the subject of the formula x2 y = 120. [2]

Mark your solutions, correct any mistakes and note any gaps in your learning that need further study.
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