Name:…………………………………..

Teacher: Mrs Squires

Year 10 Mathematics Accelerated

5.3 Pathway
ASSESSMENT TASK 1
Term 1
2022

General Instructions

• Time allowed – 60 minutes

• Circle your answer in the Multiple Choice section.
• Approved calculators may be used.
• All necessary working should be shown in every question.
• Write using black or blue pen.
• Marks may be deducted for careless or untidy work.
• You may use a single sided A4 page of handwritten notes.

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PART A
Multiple Choice: Circle your answers on this sheet.

1 Which graph represents the function y = sin x ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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2 What is the value of log 2 ?
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What is the equation of the asymptote of the graph=

(A) y = −1
(B) y =1
(C) x = −1
(D) x =1

a +1 a -1
4 Which expression is equivalent to 2
− 2 as a simplified single fraction?
a -a a +a

2
(A) 2
a −1
2a
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a3 − 1
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(C) 3
a −a
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(D) 2
a −1

5 Which pair of given graphs could be used to solve the equation 2 x= 2 − x ?

(A) (B)

(C) (D)

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PART B
Short Answer (16 marks)
Answer in the spaces provided. Marks

6 If t = tan θ , what is tan (180° − θ ) in terms of t? 1

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Simplify log 5 625 . 1

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8 If log a 2 = x and log a 3 = y , express log a 12 in terms of x and y . 1

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9 Use the change of base rule to evaluate log 3 7 correct to two decimal places. 1

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10 Simplify   × ( mn ) , writing your answer as a fraction with positive indices. 2
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 n 

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11 If 81x =1× 99 + 3 × 99 + 5 × 99 , what is the value of x ? 2

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12 Solve sin θ = − , for 0 ≤ θ ≤ 360° 2
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13 Find the exact value of cos 510° . Show all necessary working. 2

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14 Given sec θ = − and tan θ > 0 , find the exact value of sin θ . 2
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3x −2 × 9 x
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27 x −1

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PART C
Long Response (17 marks)
Answer in the spaces provided. Marks

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16 Show that 3 − ( x − 1) ÷   can be written as a single fraction in the 3
 3x + 2 
a
form where a and b are integers.
x+b
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Solve log 3 ( t ) − log 3 t 2 − 4 =
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18 The number of bacteria in a petri dish is doubling every hour according to the rule
B 1500 × 2t , where B is the number of bacteria after t hours from the start of the
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(a) How many bacteria were initially recorded? 1

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(b) How many hours of observation will it take for the bacteria 2
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19 In the diagram, the shop S is 20 kilometres across the bay from the Post Office at P.
The distance from the shop to the lighthouse at L is 22 kilometres and ∠SPL is 60°.
Let the distance PL be x kilometres.

(a) Use the cosine rule to show that x 2 − 20 x − 84 =

0. 1

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(b) Hence, find the distance from the Post Office to the lighthouse. 2
Give your answer correct to the nearest kilometre.

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20

A surveyor stands at a point A, which is due south of a tower OT of height h metres.

The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from A is 45°. The surveyor then walks
100 m due east to point B, from where she measures the angle of elevation of the top
of the tower to be 30°.

(a) Show that OB = 3h . 1

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(b) Show that h = 50 2 . 2

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Question 20 continued

(c) Calculate the bearing of B from the base of the tower. 2

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