DEPARTMENT FOR CURRICULUM,

LIFELONG LEARNING AND EMPLOYABILITY

Directorate for Learning and Assessment Programmes Track 3
Educational Assessment Unit
Annual Examinations for Secondary Schools 2023

YEAR 10 MATHEMATICS TIME: 1h 40min

MAIN PAPER

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Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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Mark

DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE

Name: _____________________________________ Class: _______________

Calculators are allowed but all necessary working must be shown.

Answer ALL questions.

Table of Formulae

Curved Surface Area of Right Circular Cone 𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋𝜋

Surface Area of a Sphere 4 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 2

1
Volume of a Pyramid/Right Circular Cone 3
base area × perpendicular height

4
Volume of a Sphere 𝜋𝜋𝑟𝑟 3
3

−𝑏𝑏 ± √𝑏𝑏2 − 4𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎

Solutions of 𝑎𝑎𝑥𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑏𝑏𝑏 + 𝑐𝑐 = 0 𝑥𝑥 = 2𝑎𝑎

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1. The diagrams below show a sequence of patterns made up of unit squares.

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 4

a) Fill in the table below:

Pattern Number 1 2 3 4 5

Number of Unit Squares 1 4 7

b) Find an expression for the 𝑛𝑛th term.

Ans: ___________________

c) Find the number of unit squares used in the 75th pattern.

Ans: ___________________

d) Can there be a pattern made up of 33 unit squares?

Show working to explain your answer.

(6 marks)

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2. At a particular point during a flight, a pilot of a hot air balloon notices that the balloon
is flying at a vertical height of 914 m above point A. The balloon is at an angle of
elevation of 52° from its fly-off point, F.

914 m Y

52°

F A B
Diagram not drawn to scale

a) Work out distance AF.

Ans: __________

Wind currents lower the balloon to a point Y, such that FY is 2540 m. AB is 1730 m.

b) i) Work out the angle of elevation of point Y from F.

Ans: __________
ii) Calculate the vertical height YB.

Ans: __________
(7 marks)

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3. a) Michelle has 2 tins of biscuits.

In the first tin, there are 20 biscuits, of which 11 are plain (P) biscuits and the
rest are chocolate (C) biscuits. In the second tin, there are 15 biscuits, of which
5 are plain (P) biscuits, 4 are chocolate (C) biscuits and the rest are lemon (L)
biscuits.
Michelle takes two biscuits at random, one from each tin.

i) Complete the tree diagram below, by filling in the missing probabilities.

Biscuit from 1st tin Biscuit from 2nd tin

ii) What is the probability that Michelle picks a plain and a lemon biscuit?

Ans: __________

iii) What is the probability that Michelle picks two biscuits of the same type?

Ans: __________

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b) Students in Year 9 and Year 10 were asked to state which foreign language they
learn at school.

The bar charts below show the students’ language choice by year group.

Year 9 Students - Language Year 10 Students - Language

80 50

60 40
30
40
20
20 10
0 0
Italian French German Spanish Italian French German Spanish

Total: 200 Year 9 students Total: 120 Year 10 students

Based on this data, the head of the school states:

“It is more likely that a student picked at random from Year 9

has chosen to learn Spanish than a student from Year 10.”

Is the head of school correct?

Explain, including numerical values to support your answer.

Working: Tick () the

correct answer.

The head of
school is:

Correct

Incorrect

(8 marks)

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4. Solids A and B are both 14 cm high.

Solid A is made up of a hemisphere attached to a cone, both of which have a radius

of 5 cm.

Solid B is made up of two identical square-based pyramids, attached to each other.

The length of one side of the base is 4.5 cm.

Show that the volume of Solid A is about five times larger than the volume of the
Solid B.

14 cm

Solid A Solid B

Diagrams not drawn to scale

(6 marks)

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5. a) Factorise: 3𝑥𝑥 2 + 13𝑥𝑥 − 10

Ans: ____________

b) Solve 2𝑥𝑥 2 + 3𝑥𝑥 − 9 = 15, showing all your working.

Give your answers correct to 1 decimal place.

Ans: ____________

𝑝𝑝 + 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚
c) i) Make 𝑚𝑚 the subject of the formula in the equation 𝑞𝑞 =
𝑚𝑚

Ans: ____________

ii) Hence or otherwise, find 𝑚𝑚 when 𝑞𝑞 = 10.5, 𝑝𝑝 = 2 and 𝑁𝑁 = −16.5.

Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

Ans: ____________
(12 marks)

6. a) A smartwatch sells at €295, including VAT at 18%. What is the price of the
smartwatch before VAT?

Ans: __________

b) The price of Capricorn shares increased in value by 2.7% by the end of January
2023 and decreased in value by 3.5% by the end of February 2023.

Charlene bought €15 000 worth of Capricorn shares on 31st December 2022.
What is the value of Charlene’s shares at the end of February 2023?

Ans: ____________
(5 marks)

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7.a) Complete the table for 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 − 8 for the given values of 𝑥𝑥 .

𝑥𝑥 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
𝑥𝑥 2 9 4 9
2𝑥𝑥 −6 4 6
−8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8 −8
𝑦𝑦 −5 0 7

b) Plot the coordinates and join them to draw the graph of 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 − 8.
Some coordinates are already plotted for you.

𝑦𝑦
7

−2 −1 0 1
𝑥𝑥
−3 2 3

−1

−2

−3

−4

−5

−6

−7

−8

−9

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 c) Use your graph to find the minimum value of 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 − 8. Ans: _________

d) i) On the same graph plot the straight line 𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 − 4.

ii) Use your graph to solve the simultaneous equations 𝑦𝑦 = 𝑥𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑥 − 8 and
𝑦𝑦 = 3𝑥𝑥 − 4.
Ans: _____________, _____________
(10 marks)

8. On the grid below:

a) reflect shape A in the line y = x. Label the image X.

b) rotate shape A by 180° about the origin. Label the image Y.
c) enlarge shape B by a scale factor of −2 about the origin. Label the image Z.

(6 marks)

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9. A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O. EF is a tangent
to the circle at A. BC is produced to G. Angle EAB is 49°, angle ABD is 63° and angle
BDC is 44°.

Diagram not drawn to scale

Work out the size of the following angles. Give reasons for your answers:

a) angle ADB

Ans: _________ Reason: ____________________________________________

b) angle DBC

Ans: _________ Reason: ____________________________________________

c) angle DCG

Ans: _________ Reason: ____________________________________________

(8 marks)

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10. Here is a scale drawing of Alan’s garden.

A B

Fish
pond

D C

Scale: 1 cm represents 1 m

Alan wants to plant a fig tree which is:

• at least 7 m away from point D

• more than 5 m away from BC
• nearer to AB than to AD

Using ruler and compasses only, construct the necessary locus of points to show
the region where Alan can plant the fig tree. Shade this region.

(6 marks)

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11. The frequency table below shows the ages of 1441 people living in a small village.

Age, a (years) Frequency (f) Halfway value (x) fx

0≤ a < 20 219

20 ≤ a < 40 325

40 ≤ a < 60 297

60 ≤ a < 80 453

80 ≤ a < 100 144

100 ≤ a < 120 3

a) In which age group does the median lie?

Ans: _____________

b) Complete the table to calculate an estimate of the mean age of the people living
in this small village.

Ans: _____________

(6 marks)

END OF MAIN PAPER

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