VCE Specialist Mathematics Unit 1 – Term 1 PRACTICE SAC – 2018

Topics: Number Sets, Complex Numbers, Sequences and Series

Name:__________________________ Marks: ______/45

1. Express the following in the form a + b.

a.

(2 marks)
2. Solve the following equations for x:
a. | x – 1 | =1 b. | 5x + 4 | = 8

(2 marks)
3. sketch the graph and state the range: f(x) = | x – 4 | + 1

(3 marks)

4. Solve the following inequality, giving your answer using set notation:
{x : | x | ≤ 9}
(2 marks)

5. If z = 2 + i, find:
a (z – z )2
b (z + i)(z – 1)
1
c z
(3 marks)

2  3i
6. Simplify 1  i .
(2 marks)

7. Solve each of the following equations over C.

a. z2 + 9 = 0
b. (z – 3)2 = –9
c. 2(z – 4)2 + 17 = 0
(3 marks)

8. If A and B are sets with n(x) = 12, n(A È B) = 8, n(A) = 5 and n(B) = 5, find:
a n(A Ç B)
b n(A¢)
c n(A¢ Ç B)
(3 marks)
9. Draw a Venn diagram to show three sets A, B and C in a universal set x. Enter numbers in the correct
parts of the diagram using the following information.
n(A Ç B Ç C) = 3, n(A Ç B) = 6, n(B Ç C) = 5, n(A Ç C) = 4, n(A) = 25, n(B) = 10, n(C) = 16 and n(x) = 40.

(3 marks)

10. If the first term of a geometric sequence is -2 and the 5th term is -32, find the value of r.

(1 mark)
11. If, for an arithmetic sequence, t4 = -5 and t8 = 11, find a, d, t10 and S10.
 (3 marks)

12. A ball is dropped from a height of 1.2 m. If each time it bounces, it rebounds to of the height of the preceding
bounce, what is the total distance travelled by the ball up to the 8th bounce?

(2 marks)

13. Find the LCM and the HCF of 999999 and 123456
(2 marks)

14. Phoebe buys large shirts for $18 each and small shirts for $11 each. The shirts cost a total of $1188. She works
out that it is possible to buy 66 large shirts and no small shirts for this price. What is the total number of possible
combinations and what is the largest total number of shirts she could have bought?
(4 marks)

15. Fifty students were asked if they used the Internet regularly (I), sent emails (E) or sent text messages (T).
 Twenty-five students said they used the Internet.
 Twenty-six students sent emails.
 Twenty students sent text messages.
 Fourteen students said they used the internet and sent emails (and some of these also sent text
messages).
 Three said that they only sent text messages.
 Four said that they only used the Internet and three students said they did all three activities.
a How many only used the Internet?
b How many use none of these?
(5 marks)

16. Ashley trains for 12 hours in the first week. She decides to increase the amount of time she spends training by 2
hours per week.
a. Find the total number of hours she spends training during the first 15 weeks.
b. Billie also trains for 12 hours in the first week. She decides to train for 10% longer each week than the
previous week.
i. Show that in the third week she trained for 14×52 hours.
ii. Find the total number of hours she spends training during the first 15 weeks, correct to two
decimal places.
c. In which week will the time Billie spends training first exceed 50 hours?

(5 marks)

ANSWERS
1
2 12 4
x ,
a x  0, 2 b 5 5
3

4 {x : 9  x  9}
5 a –4
b 4i
2 1
c 5 - 5 i
6 1 5
2 - 2 i
7 a) ± 3i
b) 3 ± 3i
c) 4 ± i
8 a 2
b 7
c 3
9
n(x) =40

A B

18 3 2
3
1 2

10 1

C
10 ±2
11 a = -17, d = 4, t10 =19, S10 = 10
12 8.79 m
13 LCM = 41151958848, HCF = 3
14 7 solutions. Greatest number of shirts = 108
15 a 4
b 10
16 a 390
b)ii 381.27
c 16th