EDU MATHEMATICS TEST SET 17

Question 1. Calculate:

6.55 × 10−3 × 3.4 × 10−2

A: 2.227 × 10−4 B: 22.27 × 10−4 C: 2.227 × 10−5 D: 22.7 × 10−5 E: 2.27 × 10−5

Question 2. What is the perimeter of one block if a student builds the first tower (diagram 1)
reaching 23 cm tall and the second tower (diagram 2) reaching 19cm tall?
Diagram 1 Diagram 2

A: 18 cm B: 14 cm C: 10 cm D: 25 cm E: 16 cm

Question 3. Which inequation matches the following information? A number is multiplied by 3 then
subtracted by 7 to have a result less than 11.
A: 7𝑥 − 3 > 11 B: 3𝑥 − 7 > 11 C: 7𝑥 + 3 < 11 D: 3𝑥 − 7 < 11 E: None of these

Question 4. Factorise and simplify:

2𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 − 3𝑥
𝑥 3 − 9𝑥
𝑥 2 −2 𝑥+2 3𝑥−1 𝑥−3 2𝑥+1
A: 𝑥−3
B: 𝑥+3 C: 𝑥+2
D: 𝑥+2 E: 𝑥+3

Question 5. For the first 90 minutes, John travelled at 90km/h and for the next 60 minutes, he
travelled 52.5 km/h. What was his average speed for the total journey?
A: 75km/h B: 62km/h C: 80km/h D: 85km/h E: 88km/h
Question 6. Find the value of 𝑥.
A: 28˚ B: 32˚

C: 45˚ D: 26˚

E: 38˚

Question 7. What is the area of a circle to the nearest integer, which has a diameter of 0.084m?
A: 55cm2 B: 24cm2 C: 62cm2 D: 87cm2 E: 76cm2

Question 8. The missing coefficient in:

(∎𝑥 − 1)(2𝑥 − 5) = 6𝑥 2 − ∎𝑥 + ∎

A: 2, -11, 6 B: 3, 11, 5 C: -2, 17, 6 D: -3, 11, 5 E: 3, -17, 5

Question 9. Two cities on a map are 27mm apart. If the legend in the map indicates 1 cm on the
map is 15 Km in real life, what is the real distance between the two cities?
A: 37.2 km B: 46.5 km C: 49.6 km D: 40.5 km E: 51.6 km

Question 10. While mixing a light green paint, Luke mixes 35% blue paint and the rest is yellow.
The green paint fills up two fifths of a litre container. Still thinking it needs to be a lighter green, how
much more yellow paint must be added to make the yellow paint 75% of the green paint?
A: 420mL B: 160mL C: 560mL D: 140mL E: 480mL
Use the following diagram to answer questions 11 and 12.
Question 11. What is the Volume of this solid?

A: 15200 cm3 B: 12400 cm3

C: 11200 cm3 D: 13200 cm3

E: 12300 cm3

Question 12. What is the surface area for this

solid?
A: 4630 cm2 B: 3920 cm2

C: 2460 cm2 D: 3140 cm2

E: 4610 cm2

Question 13. What gradient can be read from this graph?

3 −1
A: 5 B: 2

−3 5
C: 5
D: 3

−5
E: 3

11
Question 14. There was 16 of the cake left when the party ended. If I take a quarter of what’s left
home, what fraction is that piece that I take home compared to the original cake?
1 2.75 11 1 4
A: 4 B: 4
C: 64 D: 3 E: 11

Question 15. Find the value 𝑘, if (3, 𝑘) pass through 𝑥 = −6(𝑦 − 4).
A: 4 B: 3.8 C: 4.9 D: 3.5 E: 4.2

3𝑚𝑛 2 1
Question 16. Solve for , if 𝑚 = and 𝑛 = .
𝑚−𝑛 5 6
6 8 2 11 8
A: 7 B: 11 C: 5 D: 13 E: 3
Question 17. Evaluate:
1 1
32 × 274
2 5 5
4
A:95 B: √33 C: 34 D:√25 E: 23

Question 18. What is the length of 𝑙?

A: 6 cm B: 8 cm

C: 12 cm D:16cm

E: 20 cm

Question 19. Simplify:

7√45 − 3√80 + 5√20

A: 24√8 B: 9√270 C: 21√5 D: 19√5 E: None of these

̅̅̅̅ , if line 𝐴𝐵
Question 20. Find the line 𝐶𝐸 ̅̅̅̅ = 5, 𝐵𝐹 ̅̅̅̅ = 35.
̅̅̅̅ = 2 and 𝐶𝐵

A: 26 B: 40

C: 32 D: 20

E: 16

Question 21. Solve:

2 2𝑥 + 3
=
𝑥 + 1 𝑥(𝑥 + 2)
A:𝑥 = −3 B: 𝑥 = 3 C: 𝑥 = −5 D: 𝑥 = 5 E: None of these
Question 22. Which graph represent 𝑦 = 7 − 5𝑥?
A: B:

C: D:

E: None of these

Question 23. 40 months ago, I placed $7200 in a saving bank account, now I have $7968. What
was the interest rate per annum?
A: 3.2% B: 5.1% C: 1.7% D: 8.4% E: 7.6%

Question 24. If the distance between two points is 26 and one of the endpoints is (-12, 15), what is
the other end-point?
A: (-11, 25) B: (12, 5) C: (10, 24) D: (-12, 10) E: None of these
Question 25. Which equation has no solution?
A: 3𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 2 = 0 B: 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥 + 5 = 0 C: 2𝑥 2 − 7𝑥 + 3 = 0

D: 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 2 = 0 E: 5𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 − 1 = 0

Question 26. Find the value of the pronumeral in the following diagram. (All values are in cm)
3 1
A: 2 5 B:3 6

1 7
C: 3 4 D: 3 8

1
E: 4 3

Question 27. Find a single percentage change that is equivalent to a 5% increase followed by a 14%
increase.
A: 17.4% increase B: 19.7% increase C: 11% increase
D: 19% increase E: 22.5% increase

Question 28. A line cuts the y-axis at -3 and has a gradient of 5. What is its equation?
A: 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 5 B: 𝑦 = 5 − 3𝑥 C: 𝑦 = 5𝑥 + 3 D: 𝑦 = 5𝑥 − 3 E: None of these

Use the following diagram to answer questions 29 and 30.

Four coins were tossed.

Question 29. Find the probability of getting at least 2 heads.

1 15 3 3 11
A: B: C: D: E:
2 16 8 4 16

Question 30. Find the probability of obtaining 2 tails.

1 3 1 5 3
A: B: C: D: E:
4 8 2 16 4

Question 31. Fine the exact value of cos(30°).

1 1 1 √3
A: 2 B: C: D:√2 E:
√3 √2 2
Question 32. Convert 90km/h to m/s.
2 2
A: 263m/s B: 30m/s C: 333m/s D: 25m/s E: None of these

Question 33. A CD is 7 × 10−2cm thick. Mark wants to stack them on a tower which is 0.45m tall. If
Mark has 600 CD, how many more CD does he need to fill the tower?
A: 38 CD B: 50 CD C: 48 CD D: 31 E: None of these

Question 34. Express a rise of 26˚C in 8 hours as a rate?

A: 5.1˚C/h B: 3.25˚C/h C: 6.8˚C/h D: 2.55˚C/h E: 4.7˚C/h

Question 35. Rewrite the formula so “𝑎” is the subject.

1
𝑣 = (𝑢2 + 2𝑎𝑠)2
𝑣 2 −𝑢2 √𝑣 2 𝑢2 𝑣−√2𝑠
A: √𝑣𝑢 + 2𝑠 B: C: D: E: None of these
2𝑠 2𝑠 𝑢2

Question 36. Find the value of 𝑥.

4𝑥 2 = 25
A: -2 and 5 B: ±6.25 C: -5 and 2 D: ±2.5 E: None of these

Question 37. What is the average ages of a family that has two parents, 3 children and 3 dogs, if
the average of the parents’ age is 35.5 years, the children’s age average is 8 and the dog’s age
average is 3 years?
A: 12 B: 16 C: 13 D: 18 E: 9

Use the following information to answer questions 38 and 39.

If Set M = {-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, Set N = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12} and Set H = {-2, 2, 4, 8, 16,
32}

Question 38. Find M ∩ N ∩ H.

A: {2, 4} B: {-5, -4, -3, -2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 32} C: {-2, 2, 4, 8}
D: {-5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 3, 5} E: None of these

Question 39. Find M ∩ (N ∪ H)

A: {2, 4} B: {-2, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32} C: {-2, 2, 4}
D: {-5, -4, -3, -2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 32} E: {-2, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16, 32}

Question 40. I received a simple interest each year. What is my starting amount, if I ended with
$570.70 at a rate of 3.25% for 3 years?
A: 555 B: 480 C: 495 D: 520 E: 525

Question 41. An grandfather clock strikes according to the hour, e.g. 3o’clock the clock strikes
three times. How many times will the clock strike in 2 days?
A: 296 B: 264 C: 312 D: 281 E: 301

Question 42. On a five day holiday, I rented a hotel room for three days and realised I can’t
continue using the hotel. So I started renting a motel room for the rest of the holiday. If the cost of
the accommodation is $473 and the hotel room cost triple as much as a motel room. What is the
cost of the hotel room?
A: $129 per night B: $220 per night C: $191 per night D: $172 per night E: $164 per night

Use the following information to answer questions 43, 44 and 45.

There is a 64 cm long wire.

Question 43. What would be the area of a square, if the whole wire was bent to make the perimeter
of that square?
A: 225 cm2 B: 280 cm2 C: 264 cm2 D: 232 cm2 E: 256 cm2

Question 44. Using the same length of wire, I want a rectangle with the length of 21cm long, what
would its width be?
A: 11cm B: 16cm C: 19cm D: 24cm E: 27cm

Question 45. The shape that produces the biggest area using the same wire as its perimeter is:
A: a rectangle length 21cm B: a rectangle length 15cm C: a square
D: a rectangle length 18cm E: None of these

Question 46. The two following figures, shared the same area. What the value of k?
 A: 80cm B: 860mm

C: 230mm D: 75cm

E: 60cm

Question 47. Divide:

(20𝑥 7 − 42𝑥 5 − 52𝑥 12 ) ÷ 4𝑥 5

5𝑥 2 −10+21𝑥 7 10𝑥 2 −21+26𝑥 7 10𝑥 2 −6+13𝑥 7
A: 10𝑥 2 − 21 + 23𝑥 7 B: 2
C: 2
D: 5𝑥 2 − 10 + 21𝑥 7 E: 2

Question 48. One exterior angle of a regular polygon is 40˚. What is the polygon?
A: Quadrilateral B: Decagon C: Heptagon D: Nonagon E: Septagon

Question 49. Evaluate:

(3.4 × 10−6 )3

A: 3.9304 × 10−17 B: 39.304 × 10−19 C: 3.9304 × 10−19

D: 39.304 × 10−16 E: None of these

Use the following information and table to answer questions 50 and 51.
A survey was taken of the numbers of student skipping school.

Students skipped Students at school Total of students

Males 63
Females 100
Total 105 250

Question 50. A female student is drawn from a hat to do a presentation, what is the probability that
that it was a female student who skipped school?
3 21 29 29 21
A: 5 B: 125 C: 50 D: 125 E: 50

Question 51. What is the probability of a male student who did not skip?
3 21 87 87
A: 5 B: 50 C: 250 D: 150 E: None of these
Question 52. What relationship does m and n have in the follow diagram?
A: Vertically opposite angles B: Alternate exterior angles

C: Corresponding angles D: Alternate interior angles

E: Consecutive interior angles

Question 53. There was a store wide sale at 20% discount on all items. Matthew bought the
following items, with their original tags: jumpers $62.15, jean $ 70.99, T-shirt $43.61, pants $17.50
and shoes $35.75, what was his bill?
A: $164 B: $184 C: $262 D: $120 E: $226

Question 54. A rectangular prism has the volume of 288cm3, with the height of 3 cm and the length
of 12 cm. Another rectangular prism was formed at double the height of the original but half the
length and width. What is its volume?
A: 144 cm3 B: 225 cm3 C: 121 cm3 D: 235 cm3 E: None of these

Use the following stem-and-leaf plot to answer questions 55 and 56.

The results on the last test are displayed on the following stem-and-left plot.
2 3 5 5 6 8
3 1 2 4 4 5 6 7 9
4 0 1 5 6 7 9
5 0
Where 2| 5 means 25 points out of 50

Question 55. Find the range of this data.

A: 31 B: 27 C: 30 D: 24 E: None of these

Question 56. Find the mean to this data.

A: 36.15 B: 35 C: 38.5 D: 32.25 E: 37.6

Question 57. A boat sail North West from island A to island B for 9km then South West island C for
40km. If another boat sail from island A to Island C, what would be its distance?
A: 52km B: 37km C: 46km D: 41km E: 58km
Question 58. Find the value of 𝑓(−4), if 𝑓(𝑥) = |(𝑥 2 − 32)|
A: -16 B: 4 C: 32 D: -4 E: 16

𝑟 𝑛
Question 59. The given formula is 𝐴 = 𝑃 (1 + 100) . Find P to the nearest whole number, if A =
3355, r = 60 and n = 3.
A: $372 B: $981 C: $732 D: $819 E: $615

Question 60. Find the length of point A to point B which is the tangent to a circle where point A is
resting on the circumference. If the radius of the circle is 13cm and the length from the centre to
point B is 85cm, the Length of AB is:
A: 92cm B: 78cm C: 84cm D: 72cm E: 89cm

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