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For the following multiple – choice questions circle the correct answer:

1. In which of the following has the number on the left been correctly rounded to three
significant figures?

(a) 6788 6790


(b) 5437 544
(c) 7893.000 7893
(d) 2010 2000

2. Which of the following represents the number 13,420,000?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

3. The value of is

(a) 4.5 (b) 1.9 (c) 3.2 (d) none of these

4. The value of 5-2 is

(a) -10 (b) (c) (d) -25

5. The number 7.465 × 10-2 can also be written as

(a) 0.007465 (b) -159.7 (c) 746.5 (d) 0.07465

6. The fraction can be simplified to

(a) 1.5 × 106 (b) 1.5 × 102 (c) 1.5 × 107 (d) none of these

7. The value of is

(a) 20.25 (b) 9 (c) 7.5 (d) 4.5


8. The number is equal to

(a) (b) (c) (d)

9. The area of a circle with radius = 10 cm is nearest to

(a) 60 cm2 (b) 300 cm2 (c) 120 cm2 (d) 1200 cm2

10. Find the perimeter of the figure shown. All arcs are semicircles.
The three smaller semicircles each have radius 4 cm.

(a) cm
(b) 0 cm
(c) cm
(d) cm

11. The mean of a set of scores is x. Each score is multiplied by 3. Which of the
following is the mean of the new set of scores?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

12. is equal to

(a) (b) (c) (d)

13. Simplify

(a) (b) (c) (d)

14. If the value of is

(a) -21 (b) 21 (c) 27 (d) 9

15. When expanded and simplified is equal to:

(a) (b) (c) (d)


16. The expression (x – 4)(x – 7) is the same as

(a) x2 – 14x – 28 (b) x2 + 11x – 28 (c) x2 – 11x + 28 (d) x2 – 11x – 28

17. The solution to the equation 7x – 7 = 3x – 4 is

(a) x = 1.1 (b) x = –3.75 (c) x = 0.75 (d) x = 0.3

18. The solution to the equation 3(2x – 8) = 2(5 – x) is

(a) x = 2.75 (b) x = 4.25 (c) x = 3.25 (d) none of these

19. Solve the simultaneous equations for x and y.


The numerical value of is

(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 6 (d) 4

20. The solutions to the equation 2x2 + 11x + 15 = 0 are p and q. The value of p + q is

(a) 11 (b) –11 (c) 5.5 (d) –5.5

21. If then f (x) is equal to

(a) 10x + 4 (b) 13x2 + 8x – 1 (c) 10x2 + 14x – 1 (d) none of these

22. When factorised, the expression x2 – 7x + 6 is the same as (x – p)(x – q).


The values of p and q are

(a) 2 and 3 (b) and –3 (c) 6 and 1 (d) and -1

23. The expression x2 + 4x + 9 is the same as (x + a)2 + b. The value of a + 2b is

(a) 9 (b) 10 (c) 11 (d) 12

24. The formula for the area of a circle is .


After rearranging this formula to make d the subject, the answer is

(a) (b) (c) (d)


For the questions below show your work, not just the answer:

A) Simplify

B) Simplify

C) Simplify

D) Simplify (rewrite as a single fraction) the algebraic expression

E) Solve for in the equation

F) Solve for in the formula

G) Simplify the algebraic expression

H) P and S are two rectangles.

The shaded area of P is of the


rectangle.

The shaded area of S is of the


rectangle.

Find the ratio of the area of rectangle P to the area of rectangle S.


ANSWERS

1 A 7 D 13 C 19 D

2 D 8 C 14 B 20 C

3 B 9 B 15 C 21 B

4 B 10 A 16 C 22 C

5 D 11 D 17 C 23 D

6 C 12 B 18 B 24 D

A 5 7

B 10 3

C 42
3
𝑥 + 5𝑥 + 5
D 2
𝑥 +𝑥

E 1
2 2
𝑐 𝑑 −𝑏
F 𝑥 = 𝑎

9 11
𝑏𝑐
G 16 8
𝑑 𝑎

12
H 5

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