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YEAR 11
PAPER 1 YEARLY
EXAMINATION

Mathematics Standard

General – Working time - 120 minutes

Instructions – Write using black pen
– NESA approved calculators may be used
– A reference sheet is provided at the back of this paper
– For questions in Section II, show relevant mathematical reasoning and/or
calculations

Total marks: Section I – 10 marks

80 – Attempt Questions 1-10
– Allow about 15 minutes for this section

Section II – 70 marks
– Attempt all questions
– Allow about 1 hour and 45 minutes for this section

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Section I

10 marks
Attempt questions 1 - 10
Allow about 15 minutes for this section

Use the multiple-choice answer sheet for questions 1-10


A cone has a diameter of 5 cm and a height of 13 cm. What is its volume?
(A) 85 cm3
(B) 255 cm3
(C) 340 cm3
(D) 1021 cm3

Which expression is equivalent to 2𝑦 # (𝑦 + 4) − 𝑦 # ?
(A) 2𝑦 ) − 𝑦 # + 4
(B) 2𝑦 ) + 7𝑦 #
(C) 𝑦 ) + 4𝑦 #
(D) 8𝑦 ) − 𝑦 #

Indiana works part-time and earns $16.50 per hour. If she works from 6.00 pm to
midnight she is paid time-and-a-half. Last week Indiana worked 15 hours normal pay and
4 hours at time-and-a-half. What is her gross pay for last week?
(A) $245.50
(B) $313.50
(C) $346.50
(D) $470.25

A set of nine scores has a median of 8. The scores 7, 7, 13 and 18 are added to the data set.
What is the median of the data set now?
(A) 7
(B) 8
(C) 9
(D) 10

What is the gradient of a line given the equation y = 3x – 5?
(A) –5
(B) –3
(C) 3
(D) 5

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Sydney has a latitude of 34˚S and a longitude of 151˚E. Glenelg is 12˚ west of Sydney and
1˚ south of Sydney. What are the coordinates of Glenelg?
(A) 33˚S, 163˚E
(B) 33˚S, 139˚E
(C) 35˚S, 163˚E
(D) 35˚S, 139˚E



Meeting A Meeting B
6 0 9
6 5 2 1 1 3 3 7
9 8 7 5 2 1 2 0 2 6 6 8 9 9
2 1 0 0 3 2 3 3 5

The ages of residents attending two community meetings is displayed in the double
stem-and-leaf plot shown above. What is the difference in the medians between the age of
the residents in meeting A and meeting B?
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 2
(D) 3

Patrick borrows $45 000 and agrees to repay the loan and the interest in monthly
instalments over 7 years. The interest charged is at a flat rate of 11.25% p.a.
What is the total amount to be repaid on the loan?
(A) $9562.50
(B) $32 200.00
(C) $35 437.50
(D) $80 437.50

Darcy uses a 2.1-kilowatt per hour clothes dryer for a total of 3.5 hours. He is charged at a
rate of 25.1 cents per kilowatt. What is the cost of using the clothes dryer?
(A) $1.84
(B) $7.35
(C) $29.28
(D) $184.49

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Ava and Zoe are competing in two different cycling races. The probability that Ava wins

her race is 0.8 and the probability that Zoe wins her race is 0.7. The probability tree
diagram shows this information.

What is the probability that only one of Ava and Zoe will be successful?
(A) 0.14
(B) 0.24
(C) 0.38
(D) 0.62

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Section II

70 marks
Attempt all questions
Allow about 1 hour and 45 minutes for this section

Answer each question in the appropriate writing booklet.
Your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations.


Question 11 (3 marks) Marks

A box contains 15 yellow discs, 13 red discs, 7 white discs and 5 blue discs.
(a) One disc is selected from the box at random. What is the probability that it is 1
red or white?

(b) One disc is selected from the box at random. What is the probability that it is 1
not white?

(c) List the sample space when two discs are selected at random. 1




Question 12 (2 marks)
Blood alcohol can be estimated using the BAC formula shown below. 2

(10𝑁 − 7.5𝐻)
𝐵𝐴𝐶/01230 =
5.5𝑀

Sophia is 65 kg and has consumed 7 standard drinks in the past five hours.

Calculate Sophia’s blood alcohol content. (Answer correct to 4 decimal places)

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Question 13 (3 marks) Marks

A parallel box-and-whisker plot shows the amount of data uploaded and

downloaded by Zara each day for the past month.

(a) Find the interquartile range for uploading. 1

(b) What percentage of downloading is the amount of data less than 16? 1

(c) Nathan said that the graph shows Zara downloads more data than she 1
uploads. Do you agree with Nathan’s statement? Give a reason for your
answer.







Question 14 (2 marks)
Chelsea uses an iron with a rating of 450 W for an average of 7 hours per week. Find 2
the cost of electricity used to do the weekly ironing if it is charged at a rate of
24.62 cents per kWh.

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Question 15 (4 marks) Marks

Solve these equations.

(a) 5𝑒 + 6 = 19 1

(b) 2𝑥 − 5 = 8𝑥 − 3 1

3𝑦 + 2 𝑦 5 2
(c) − =
5 4 2







Question 16 (2 marks)
The type of vehicles passing through an intersection is recorded below. 2

Type of vehicle Relative frequency
Buses 192
Cars 5330
Large trucks 539
Small trucks 424
Utes 1610

Total vehicles

Find the relative frequency of cars passing through this intersection. Answer
correct to two decimal places.

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Question 17 (5 marks) Marks

Emily is an optometrist who is works at the local shopping centre. She is paid
$78 000 per annum.
(a) How much is her gross fortnightly pay? 1

(b) Emily has 9% of her gross income paid into a superannuation fund. How 1
much each fortnight is paid into superannuation?

(c) Emily pays PAYG tax of $585 per fortnight and has tax deductions of $8 per 1
week for dry cleaning, $90 for work-related travel and $410 per year for
union fees. What is Emily’s total allowable tax deduction?

(d) Calculate Emily’s taxable income. 1

(e) Medicare is calculated at 2% of the taxable income. How much is Emily’s 1

Medicare levy?





Question 18 (2 marks)
Jordan has been quoted $972 for comprehensive car insurance. He has a no claim 2
bonus of 40%. How much is Jordan required to pay?

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Question 19 (4 marks) Marks

The diagram below shows an in-ground swimming pool that is 12 metres long and
5 metres wide. The depth at the shallow end is 1 metre and at the deep end the
depth is 2.5 metres. The depth begins to increase halfway along the pool.

(a) What is the area of the shaded wall? 2

(b) Find the volume of water (in cubic metres) that the pool can hold when full to 1
the top.

(c) The inside walls of the pool were painted with a sealing paint. The cost of the 1
sealing paint is $48 per square metre. What is the cost to paint the walls?
(Floor is not painted)






Question 20 (2 marks)
Hayden borrows $12 000 from a finance company for eighteen months. The flat rate 2
of interest on this loan is 13.75% per annum. How much interest does Hayden pay
on this loan?

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Question 21 (3 marks) Marks

Olivia earns a gross wage of $153 920 per annum as a chemist.

(a) Calculate her gross weekly wage. 1

(b) Olivia receives 17.5% of 4 weeks normal pay as holiday loading. What is 2
Olivia’s pay for the holidays?






Question 22 (3 marks)
Data was collected from 16 students on the number of text messages they sent in
the past day. The set of data is displayed in the stem-and-leaf plot.



Stem Leaf
0 7 8
1 1 1 2 3 5 5 8
2 0 3 5 9
3 0 4
4
5 2

(a) What is the interquartile range of the data? 1

(b) Is 52 an outlier for this set of data? Justify your answer using suitable 2
calculations.





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Question 23 (3 marks) Marks

Using the equation 𝑠 = 𝑎𝑡 # .

(a) Find the value of s if a = 12 and t = 16. 1

(b) Rearrange the equation 𝑠 = 𝑎𝑡 # to make t the subject. 1

(c) Find the value of t if s = 27 and a = 3. 1

Question 24 (3 marks)
A discus was thrown at the world championships a distance of 74.08 metres.
(a) What is the precision or limit of reading? 1

(b) What is the absolute error? 1

(c) Find the percentage error. Answer correct to three decimal places. 1

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Question 25 (6 marks) Marks

The number of staff employed in eight stores for business A and business B is listed
below.

Business A 75 95 45 252 20 145 36 30

Business B 74 82 64 115 56 73 63 90

(a) Find the range for each set of data. 1

(b) Find the interquartile range for each set of data. 1

(c) Find the mean for each set of data. 1

(d) Find the median for each set of data. 1

(e) Which is the better measure for the centre of this data? Explain your answer. 1

(f) Compare and contrast the two sets of data. 1

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Question 26 (2 marks) Marks

A new piece of equipment is purchased by a business for $80 000. Its value is
depreciated each month using the graph below.

What is the equation of the straight line in terms of v and t? 2

Question 27 (1 mark)
What is the total repayment on a car purchased for $47 850 if the weekly 1
repayments are $429 for 3 years.






Question 28 (2 marks)
Classify the data from these situations as categorical (nominal or ordinal) or
numerical (discrete or continuous).
(a) The length of a cricket pitch. 1

(b) The number of people on your contact list. 1

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Question 29 (2 marks) Marks

The table below is used to calculate the stamp duty payable on a property.

Value of property Stamp duty payable
$30 001 - $80 000 $415 plus $1.75 for every $100 (or part $100) over $30 000
$80 001 - $300 000 $1290 plus $3.50 for every $100 (or part $100) over $80 000
$300 001 - $1 000 000 $8990 plus $4.50 for every $100 (or part $100) over $300 000
$1 000 001 - $3 000 000 $40 490 plus $5.50 for every $100 (or part $100) over 1 million
Over $3 000 000 $150 490 plus $7.00 per $100 or part $100 over 3 million

(a) What is the stamp duty on a property sold for $80 000? 1

(b) What is the stamp duty on a property sold for $400 000? 1





Question 30 (2 marks)
Blake bought a new car for $45 000. The table below shows the depreciated value of 2
the car for the first 2 years using the straight-line method.

Year Value
1 $40 000
2 $35 000
3

What is the salvage value of the car after 4 years?

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Question 31 (4 marks) Marks

There is a garden inside the rectangular block of land as shown in the diagram.

Not to scale

(a) What is the area of the rectangular block of land? 1

(b) Use trapezoidal rule to find the approximate area of the garden. Answer 2
correct to one decimal place.

(c) How much soil would be required to raise the garden 30 cm above the 1
remainder of the land?




Question 32 (2 marks)
Find the time difference between the following places.
(a) Brisbane (EST +10) and Uluru (CST +9.5) 1

(b) Hanoi (UTC +7) and Montreal (UTC –5) 1

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Question 33 (3 marks) Marks

D
(a) Complete the table of values for the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 1. 2
#

x –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3

D
(b) Draw the graph of 𝑦 = # 𝑥 − 1 on the number plane below. 1

Question 34 (2 marks)
A flight from Melbourne (GMT +10) to Suva (GMT +12) takes three hours, flying
time.
(a) A plane leaves Melbourne at 7.30 am, when will it arrive in Suva? 1

(b) A plane leaves Suva at 10.45 pm, when will it arrive in Melbourne? 1

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Question 35 (3 marks) Marks

Ali walked each day around the park and recorded the following times (in minutes)
to complete the journey.

43 43 47 42 47 44 42 47 43 46 47 43 43 43 43 46 44
45 44 46 43 46 42 42 44 47 46 46 44 45 46 45 43 42

(a) Complete the frequency table for this data. 2

Score Tally Frequency Cumulative Frequency

(b) Draw a frequency histogram for this data. 1

End of paper

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