St George Girls High School Year 11 Common Test - 1 2011 General Mathematics Instructions 1. Working time ~ 75 minutes. 2. Write using blue or black pen. 3. Caleulators may be used. 4. A formulae sheet is provided at the ‘back of this paper. 5. An answer sheet for part of ‘question 13 is provided at the back of this paper. Section I- 11 marks Attempt Questions 1 - 11. Allow about 15 minutes for this section, Section Il - 39 marks Attempt Questions 12 - 14. Show all working in the spaces provided. Allow about 60 minutes for this section,Steorge cit Year 11 ~ General Mathematics -Common Test 1-201 Section! Multiple Choice Questions 1-11 All questions are of equal value (1 mark each) ~ (11 Marks) Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval on the Answer Sheet. faasvae Leav74 1. Thevalue of correct to two decimal places is (A) 0.40 (B) 1.20 © 4 ©) 961, 2. Write 345 x 780 in scientific notation, (A) 2.691 x 10-8 (® 2.691 x 10" © 2691 x 108 (D) 2.691 x 108 3, Jodie weighs 77 kg and has a body mass index (BMI) of 25.6, Calculate her height to the nearest centimetre if the BMI formula is given by B =“ where B = BMI, w = weight in kg and h = height in metres, (@) 173m @) 197m © 199m (0) 201mSe Gcorge its ighSehoot Year 11- General Mathemates Common Test -2011 Page Section I (cont'd) 4 Des made two errors in his solution to the following equation; 6(18 ~ 2x) - 34 +x) 108 = 12x -12- line 1 96- 13x = 21 line 2 13: line 3 x line 4 ‘The two lines which do not follow correctly from the previous line are: (A) line 1 and line 2 (®) line 2and line 3 (© linet and ine 3 (D) line 1 and tine 4 ‘When $450 is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10% the result is: (@) $4050 (®) $400.00 (©) $445.50 (D) $450.00 ‘A straight line has the equation Sx+4y~20 = xy ~Intercept of this line ae: |. The gradient and y intercept = 5 (© gradient = 1 y~ intercept = 5 (D) gradient =3, y intercept = 5e-ceorge Gt tgh choot ‘Year 11 - General Mathematics Common Test 12011 Panes Section I (cont'd) Solve for x: x42 @ @ -Z (B) -10 © w @) 33 8, Which of the following formulae could be used to generate the number pattern below? (@) T=6n-4 @ T=2n © () T=10-8n 4, the value of 2y — y? is: (®) -24 @ 8 © 16 (@) 144St George Git High School Year 11 ~ General Mathematis Common Test 12011 Pages Section I (cont’d) 10. The number of significant figures in the number 0.00104 is: @ 2 @®3 @4 os 11, The table shows the percentages of people playing 10 different sports in a particular region. Sport | %WhoPlay This Sport| Sport __| 9% Who Play This Sport Basketball 50% ‘Aussie Rules 27% Cricket 38% Swimming 27% Rugby League 35% [Soccer 26% Tennis 32% | Surfing 25% Motor Racing 28% Baseball 19% 1f 620 518 people play rugby league, the approximate number of people who play basketball is: (@) 41368 (@) 186155 (© 620533 (D) 886454 End of Section 1Seong Gis High School nem Questions 12-14 rks Showa ering ne sees provid Gans) weston 12.13 mars) 2 simp O-tery-wyare eo s-oery jay Ean | Te nunber (N) of bres in each ow (9) Is ven by the formu 6) Fndnow many more beste sed inthe 06row than theSSrow? 1 (ii) The feature wall finishes with a row of 46 bricks. Find the number of rowsin te Shape 2Seorge Gis igh Schoot ‘Year 11 General Mathematics: ommon Test =-2011, Page ‘Question 12 (cont'd) Marks ©) Solve the equation 2 4) A pattern is made of matches on a flat surface but the shapes look a bit like hexagonal prisms! 0 OD \Y Figure te gure. Figure 3 (@®__ Draw this table on your examination paper and complete it. 2 Number ofFigure | w| 1 | 2 | 3 10 Number of Matches | M (@)_ Writea rule connecting W and 1 Gi) Which of the variables, W or isthe independent variable. 1St George Girls High sehoo! ‘Year 11 General Mathematics Common Test 2011 Pages Section If (cont'd) Marks ‘Question 13 (13 marks) Answer this question on the answer sheet provided. 3 a) (Graph the straight line with gradient 3nd y interceptof1. 2 (@ Graph a straight line with slope of zero and writeits equation. 2 (ii), Write the equation ofline, | 1 B 2 4 6 8 10 2 ‘Sum ofGoluma B= it 16 18 20 (@ On your answer sheet fill in what will appear in Az to yy when Ay is filled down to Aso. 1 Gi) Write a formula needed in B1 to generate the numbers in column B. 1 (Gi) Ifyou saw the formula for cell BB what would it be? 1 (Gv)_ Write a formula to go in D6 which find the “Sum of Column B=" 1George Gis High Schoo! Year I= General Mathematics -Common Test = 2011 ope? Question 13 (contd) Marks Evaluate, writing your answer in Scientific Notation, correct to 3 significant figures. 1 7.235 x 10¢ 037 x10 Simplify: Gx®y)® 1 ©) The compound interest formula A= P(1+r)* shows the amount, A, to which a Principal, P, will grow if invested at a rate of per annum for years, where r is written as a decimal, Find the Principal, P, which needs to be invested at 796 paa. for 6 years for it to grow to $15 000. Express your answer to the nearest cent, 2[Link] Girls High sthoot ‘Year 11 General Mathematics Common Test 1-201 Page 10 Section I (cont'd) Marks ‘Question 14 (13 marks) Show all working in the spaces provided. a) A container is partly filled with water and is being filled with oil (the oil remains on top of the water) over a period of 1 hour. A graph of the amount of liquid in the container at different times is shown. 200 mL 100 0 5 10 15 2025 30 35 40 45 50 Time (inte) (© What quantity of water was intially in the container? 1 (What quantity of owas added tothe container ater 45 minutes? 1 (Gi) How long dit take for 90 mL of oilto be added tothe container? 1 (jv) Determine the gradient ofthe straight line graph 2 (2) What does the gradientof the line represent? 1 (WD Using 7 (for the volume ofliquid) and ¢ (for the time in minutes), write down an equation which would represent the volume of liquid in this container over time. 2 (vil) What is the volume of liquid in the container after 1 hour? 1Se Gcorge Girls Hah choo! ‘Year 11 General Mathematics Common Test 1-201 Page 11 Question 14 (cont'd) Marks b) Jenny and Ben have sat for the same examinations in English and Mathematics. (Jenny is pleased with her result of 87% in English but Ben says his result 1 fs better because he got Discuss their opinions using mathematical calculations. 2 (i In the mathematics exam Jenny gained 42 marks which was 56% of the total marks available. What was the total of the marks of this maths paper? 2 End of PaperStudent Name: Section Multiple-choice Answer Sheet - Questions 1 - 11. Select the alternative A, B, C or D that best answers the question. Fill in the response oval completely. Sample 2+4 = (A)2 Be (8 oe AO 8@ co. DO Ifyou think you have madea mistake put a ross trough the incorrect answer and fin the se) 9M CO DO If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to he the correct answer, then Indicate this by writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows: ‘orvect Am BM CO DO 00000000000 ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° fo ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° ° D> >>> > ede dD B B B B B B B B B B B eaaananeneoa vosvvuys eevee o0000000000Student Name: Section Answer Sheet for Question 13 © (onnumber plane) w ay, b) B 2 zaivil 4 6 a 1 2 3 4 5 6 2 ‘Sum of Column B= 7 8 9 ‘+ For Parts (©), (4) and (e) return to working on your own paper. ‘+ Insert this sheet with all your work.General Mathematics FORMULAE SHEET Aves of an sonatas Surtce area x=?) Sphere 4 ark + 2m? dius of outer circle a 1 = radius fh = perpendicular height Volume length of semi-major axis Cone length of seai-minor axis Cylinger Area of a sector yramis An gm Sphere 0 = numberof degrees in central angle + = miss ‘Are length of a circle A perpendicular height @ A = soa of base 1 = Som 360 0 = number of depres incenal angle ‘Sine rule ob Gnd” Hind” Hin ‘Simpson's rule for area approximation " 4 = FG +445 +e) Area of (langle 1 = dane ene neve 4 = feos suis 4 = first measurement 4.,= middle measurement Cosine rule B= 4b 2abeosCFORMULAE SHEET Simple interest 1 = Pm P= inital quantity 1 = percentage interest rate per period, expressed as a decimal n= numberof periods Compound interest = Pier} = final balance initial quantity umber of compounding periods = pereentage interest rate per compounding Period, expressed as a decimal » ature value (A) of an annuity ao afte} -M = contsbution per period, pid at the end of the period Presa va (ofan nmi (erat va Gr] *n Straight-line formula for depreciation S = %-Dn 5 = salvage value of asset after m periods Vp = purchase price of the asset 1D = amount of depreciation apportioned per period n= numberof periods Declining balance formula for depreciation Ss = vl '§ = salvage value of asset after n periods 1 = percentage interest rate per pevid, expressed as decimal Mean ofa sample xe Ze x favo soe number of scores feequency Formula for a z-score = standard deviation Gradient of straight line ves . change in position _ iorizontal change in position Gradient intercept form of a straight line y= mtd m= gradient b = yimtercept Probability of an event “The probebily ofan event where outcomes are equally likely is given by