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IB Math Studies Practise Paper
IB Math Studies Practise Paper
IB Math Studies Practise Paper
The table below shows the frequency distribution of the number of dental fillings for a group of
25 children.
(a)
Number of fillings
Frequency
(b)
(ii)
(iii)
2.
75 metal spherical cannon balls, each of diameter 10 cm, were excavated from a Napoleonic
War battlefield.
(a)
The cannon balls are to be melted down to form a sculpture in the shape of a cone.
The base radius of the cone is 20 cm.
(b)
3.
10 000 people attended a sports match. Let x be the number of adults attending the sports match
and y be the number of children attending the sports match.
(a)
The cost of an adult ticket was 12 AUD. The cost of a child ticket was 5 AUD.
(b)
The total cost of tickets sold for the sports match was 108 800 AUD.
(c)
(d)
4.
The diagram shows the straight lines L1 and L2. The equation of L2 is y = x.
(a)
Find
(i)
(ii)
(b)
5.
The probability that it rains today is 0.4. If it rains today, the probability that it will rain
tomorrow is 0.8. If it does not rain today, the probability that it will rain tomorrow is 0.7.
(a)
(3)
(b)
6.
Find
(i)
the value of k;
(ii)
7.
(a)
a negative integer;
(2)
(c)
(d)
8.
A satellite travels around the Earth in a circular orbit 500 kilometres above the Earths
surface.
The radius of the Earth is taken as 6400 kilometres.
(a)
(b)
Calculate the distance travelled by the satellite in one orbit of the Earth.
Give your answer correct to the nearest km.
(3)
(c)
k
Write down your answer to (b) in the form a 10 , where 1 a < 10, k
.
(2)
(Total 6 marks)
9.
The seventh term, u7, of a geometric sequence is 108. The eighth term, u8, of the
sequence is 36.
(a)
(b)
Find u1.
(2)
10.
A teacher earns an annual salary of 45 000 USD for the first year of her employment
Her annual salary increases by 1750 USD each year.
(a)
Calculate the annual salary for the fifth year of her employment.
(3)
Calculate the total salary she earns in this employment during these 10 years.
(3)
(Total 6 marks)
11.
The graph of the quadratic function f(x) = 3 + 4x x intersects the y-axis at point A and
has its vertex at point B.
(a)
Another point, C, which lies on the graph of y = f(x) has the same y-coordinate as A.
(b)
(i)
(ii)