ST ALOYSIUS COLLEGE

Year 12: General Mathematics

Assessment Task: February 2012
Time allowed: 40 minutes Maximum marks: 42

Instructions:
• Start each question on a new page.
• All necessary working is to be shown.
• Approved calculators may be used.
• Scripts without a name will NOT be marked.
• Marks may be deducted for careless or poorly arranged work.

Question 1 (marks)

(a) Solve the following equations:

(i) 10p + 7 = 7p + 19 2

2−t
(ii) =4 2
3

x − 2 x +1
(iii) − =
2 3
3 4

(iv) (m – 1)2 = 16 2

(b) Make a the subject of the formula: v=

2
u 2 + 2as 2

(c) Simplify:

2a a
(i) + 2
5 3
(ii) 5 − 2(a − 3) 2
a a
(iii) + 1
3 3
9a 5 b 3
(iv) 1
6a 4 b
(v) (4 p 3 q 5 ) 2 1

(d) Rewrite 0.093 in scientific notation 1

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Question 2

(a) The weights of a random sample of 30 Year 2 children were recorded at a

particular primary school in 1995. Ten years later the weights of another
random sample of 30 Year 2 children at the same school were recorded.
The data for the two samples is displayed in the box-and-whisker plots below:

(i) What was the weight of the heaviest child? 1

(ii) What was the median weight of the sample taken in 1995? 1

(iii) What was the interquartile range of the sample taken in 2005? 1

(iv) What percentage of children in the sample taken in 1995 weighed 1

less than 25 kg?

(v) Compare and contrast the data for 1995 and 2005 by observing the 3
shape and skewness, the measures of location and spread of the two
sets of data.

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(b) The local residents who live near the Bowly River complained about the noise of
the boats early in the morning. The boats either were local fisherman going out
to catch fish to send to the Sydney Fish Market or tourists in pleasure craft. This
morning one of the local residents surveyed traffic between 2 am and 7 am.

(i) How many fishing boats were out on the river at 2 am? 2

(ii) How many more fishing boats than pleasure craft were using the 2
river at 3 am?

(iii) From 2 am to 7 am, how many pleasure craft used the river? 2

(iv) Bowly council said that if more than 50% of the pleasure craft 2
use the river at or before 6 am, restrictions might have to be placed
on early morning usage of the river.
What percentage of the pleasure craft used the river at the time?

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Question 3 Marks

(a) A radial survey of a tract of land PQRS is shown in the following diagram.

341 NOT TO
P SCALE
051
N Q
54 m

48 m

O
31 m
84 m
S
167
R

(i) Show that the size of ∠POQ is 70 degrees. 2

(ii) Find the area of  POQ correct to the nearest square metre. 2

(iii) If the distance from R to S is 92 m, calculate ∠ ROS, correct to 2

the nearest degree.

(iv) Hence, or otherwise, find the bearing of S from O. 2

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FORMULAE SHEET

Area of an annulus Surface area

A = π( R 2 − r 2 ) Sphere A = 4πr 2
Closed cylinder A = 2πrh + 2πr2
R = radius of outer circle
r = radius of inner circle r = radius
h = perpendicular height

Area of an ellipse Volume

A = πab 1
Cone V = πr2 h
a = length of semi − major axis 3
b = length of semi − minor axis Cylinder V = πr 2 h
1
Pyramid V = Ah
3
Area of a sector
4 3
Sphere V= πr
θ 3
A= πr 2
360
r = radius
θ = number of degrees in central angle
A = area of base
h = perpendicular height

Arc length of a circle

Sine rule
θ
l= 2πr a b c
360 = =
θ = number of degrees in central angle sin A sin B sin C

Simpson's rule for area approximation Area of a triangle

A≈
h
(d f + 4d m + dl ) A=
1
ab sin C
3 2
h = distance between successive measurements
d f = first measurement Cosine rule
c = a + b − 2abcos C
2 2 2
d m = middle measurement
d l = last measurement or

a 2 + b2 − c2
cos C =
2ab

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Simple interest Declining balance formula for
depreciation
I=Prn S = V 0 (1 - r)n

P = initial quantity S = salvage value of asset after n periods

r = percentage interest rate per period, r = percentage interest rate per period,
expressed as a decimal expressed as a decimal
n = number of periods

Mean of a sample
Compound interest
x=
∑x
A = P (1+ r )
n
n

x=
∑ fx
∑f
A = final balance
P = initial quantity
n = number of compounding periods x = mean
r = percentage interest rate per compounding x = individual score
period, expressed as a decimal
n = number of scores
f = frequency
Future value (A) of an annuity

 (1+r)n - 1
A=M Formula for a z-score
 r 

x−x
M = contribution per period, z=
paid at the end of the period s
s = standard deviation

Present value (N) of an annuity Gradient of a straight line

 (1+r)n - 1 
N = M  m=
vertical change in position
 r(1 + r)n  horizontal change in position
or
Gradient-intercept form of a straight line
A
N = y = mx + b
(1 + r)n
m = gradient
b = y-intercept
Straight-line formula for depreciation
S = V 0 – Dn Probability of an event
S = salvage value of asset after n periods The probability of an event where
V 0 = purchase price of the asset outcomes are equally likely is given by:
D = amount of depreciation apportioned
number of favourable outcomes
per period P (event ) =
n = number of periods total number of outcomes