_2017 Year 10 Maths Exam.docx (1)
_2017 Year 10 Maths Exam.docx (1)
_2017 Year 10 Maths Exam.docx (1)
Name:________________________
Whanau: Forest
Instructions:
You should attempt all the required questions in this examination. You are allowed to use a
calculator.
Start writing when you are instructed to do so. You have 5 minutes of reading time before you start
writing.
Use the space provided after each question to write all your answers. If you need extra writing
sheets then ask your teacher.
YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE TEACHER AT THE END OF THE TEST.
Student ability/understanding…..
Alegbra You have You have Carried You have carried You have solved
attempted to Carry out simple out more complex algebra problems
out simple algebraic algebra involving
algebraic manipulations and manipulations and manipulation.
solve solve linear
manipulations and
simple equations. equations.
solve
simple equations
Food Carnival
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QUESTION ONE
3 2
(a) 7
+ 9
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1
(b) 9
of 300 =
(c) -6 + 20 ÷ -4 =
QUESTION TWO
One of the stalls at the show ran competitions to win a jar of lollies. The entry fee was $1.50 and people had
to guess the number of lollies in the jar.
(a) 2150 people paid to guess the number of lollies in the jar. How much entry fee money was paid?
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(b) The 800 lollies in the jar were coloured blue, green, yellow, orange and red. 5
of the lollies were red. How
many lollies were red?
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(c) 244 of the lollies were blue. What percentage of the lollies were blue?
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(d) 17% of the lollies were green. How many lollies were green?
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QUESTION THREE
(a) The number of people entering the house in 2016 was 20% more than the 3450 people who entered the house in
2015. How many people entered the house in 2016?
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(b) The ticket price for the Haunted House was $4. 50 including GST. Calculate the GST exclusive price.
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QUESTION FOUR
(b) Add the weights together and round your answer to:
(a) The total amount of money spent at the carnival in 2016 was $ 1, 754, 000. Write this amount in standard form.
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(b) 5 of the money raised was donated to different charities.
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(c) $20 000 of the charity money was donated to the Salvation Army. What percentage of the charity money was given
to the Salvation Army?
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(d) In 2014 the amount of money spent at the carnival was $1.27 x 105 and in 2015 amount of money spent at the
carnival was $ 9.09 x 104. Calculate the total amount of money spent at the carnival in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
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Letisha works at the ticket office at the Carnival. She is paid $15.75 an hour.
For every 5 hours worked an unpaid half an hour meal break must be taken.
The Carnival is open seven days a week, from 10am until 10pm.
The Carnival runs for 6 weeks starting 1 st December until the 12th January.
Letisha is working to save money for University. She needs to save $6 500.
You must show all calculations and state what you are calculating at each step.
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QUESTION ONE
(a) 5w + 3y + 2y + 6w = ______________________________
(c) m × m × m × m = ________________________________
36x7
(f) = _______________________________________
9x5
6y 9 5y 6
(g) 3y 7
= ___________________________
QUESTION TWO
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(b) 6y – 36 = ______________________________________
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QUESTION FOUR
(a) w – 3 = 10
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(b) 3p + 5 = 11
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x
(c) 10 + 5 = 12
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(g) x2 – 36 = 0
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QUESTION FIVE
(a) Calculate the volume of a cone with a radius of 5cm and height 7cm
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QUESTION SIX
An insurance salesman is paid $500 a week plus $50 commission for every insurance policy sold.
(a) Write an equation to represent the salesman’s weekly pay. Use P = pay and C = commission.
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(c) The salesman was paid $1 050 last week. How many policies did he sell?
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(d) Last month the salesman sold two more policies that the previous month. The product of the two months sales was
440. This information is represented by the equation below:
x(x + 2) = 440
Solve the equation and determine the amount of policies sold for each of last two months.
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QUESTION SEVEN
Plot the following straight lines on the axes below. Remember to label each line.
(a) y = 3x + 1
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(b) y = - 3 x +1
(c) y = x2- 3
(a)
(b) Write an equation linking the number of blacks squares needed to the number of diamonds.
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(c) If 20 diamonds were made, how many black squares were cross stitched?
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(d) If the points in the table above were plotted and joined to make a straight line on a co-ordinate axes.
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Pam was 30 years old when her daughter was 4 years old.
You must show at least one equation that is used in solving this problem.
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QUESTION TEN:
You must show at least one equation that is used in solving this problem.
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QUESTION ONE
(a)
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ym
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(c) x = 10sin 40
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(d) cos 40 = 9
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(e) Sin 30 = x
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QUESTION THREE
(a)
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QUESTION FOUR
The city council is installing coloured spotlights lights to light up an old building at night.
The building is 15m high and the lights will be placed 10m away from the base of the building.
Calculate the angle of elevation the lights need to be set at to shine at the top of the building.
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QUESTION SIX
The rescue helicopter is travelling from its base near Tekapo to a farm near Twizel then on to Timaru Hospital
The distance from Twizel to Tekapo is 57 km. the distance from Tekapo to timaru is 106 km.
(a) Calculate the distance the helicopter will fly from Twizel to timaru.
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QUESTION ONE
Calculate the size of each marked angle. Give a geometric reason for each answer.
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Calculate the size of each marked angle. Give a geometric reason for each answer.
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QUESTION THREE
a = ______
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P = ______
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Q = ______
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