Mathematics 10

Final Exam

Name:_____________________________

Instructions: Circle the correct answer both

on the test and on the bubble sheet. Please
hand in both the test and the bubble sheet
to the instructor at the end of the exam.

1. Which is a good referent for a foot?

a) Width of the top of a water bottle b) A floor tile

c) Width of a finger d) The height of a door knob above the floor

2. Which of the following measuring devices

can take the most accurate measurements?

a) Ruler b) Measuring tape

c) Trundle wheel d) Caliper

3. What is 0.47 mi when converted to

centimetres?

a) 90,463 cm b) 75,639 cm

c) 905 cm d) 756 cm

4. Which measurement is the same as 87

yards?

a) 29 feet b) 9514 centimetres

c) 0.08 kilometres d) 261 inches

5. What measurement is shown on the
Vernier caliper below?

a) 3.47 cm b) 3.67 cm

c) 4.37 cm d) 4.57 cm

6. In the triangle below, which side is

adjacent to angle A?
C

A B

a) AB b) BC

c) AC d) No side is adjacent to angle A

7. In a right triangle, what do we call the

longest side? It is also the side opposite of
the right angle.

a) Opposite b) Hypotenuse

c) Adjacent d) Tangent
8. What are the tangent ratios for angle P
and angle Q?

a) b)

c) d)

9. Consider the triangle below:

P
13.0 cm
Q

R
What is the length of side PR?

a) 35.7 cm b) 4.7 cm

c) 13.8 cm d) 12.2 cm
10. What is the measure of x, to the nearest
tenth of a degree, in the triangle below:

34.0 cm

23.5 cm

a) 34.7° b) 43.7°

c) 46.3° d) 55.3°

11. Determine the measure of side RS in the

triangle below:

R S

1.9 m
5.7 m

a) 6 m b) 3.8 m
c) 28.9 m d) 5.4 m

12. Find the value of w and x.

13. In the expression , what does

represent?

a) Root b) Radicand

c) Index d) Power

14. Which of the following expressions is a

mixed radical?

a) b)

c) d)

15. Which of the following expressions will

simplify to a rational number?

a) b)

c) d)

16. What is the prime factorization of 168?

a) b)

c) d)

17. What is the LCM of 34 and 88?

a) 1496 b) 2992
c) 2 d) 748

18. What is the GCF of 28 and 92?

a) 1288 b) 2576

c) 2 d) 4

19. Which of the following represents the

numbers in order from least to greatest?

a) b)

c) d)

20. What is when written as an entire

radical?

a) b)

c) d)

21. What is when written as a fully

simplified mixed radical?

a) b)

c) d)

22. Which answer is the exponential

expression when written in fully simplified
radical form?

a) b)

c) d)
23. Simplify:

a) b)

c) d)

24. Simplify:

a) b)

c) d)

25. Which of the following expressions is a

trinomial?

a) b)

c) d)

26. Expand:

a) b)

c) d)

27. Factor:

a) b)

c) d)

28. Factor:

a) b)

c) d)

29. Factor completely:

a) b)

c) d)

30. What do we call a piece of data which is

part of a set?

a) Domain b) Range

c) Element d) Discrete

31. Which table of values represents a linear relation?

a.) b.) c.) d.)

x y x x y x y

-2 -1 -2 -2 6 -2 1

-1 -4 -1 -1 8 -1 2

0 -5 0 0 11 0 4

1 -4 1 1 15 1 8

2 -1 2 2 20 2 16

32. Which set of ordered pairs represents a function?

a.) {(1,1) (1,– 1) ( 4, 2) (4, –2) (9, 3)} b.) {(3, 4) (3, 5) (3, 6) (3, 7) (3, 8)}

c.) {(2, 4) (3, 4) (4, 4,) (5, 4) (6,4)} d.) {(1, 2) (2, 3) (3,4) (4,5) (4, 6)}

33. Lizzy Lizard bought a surfboard for $450 and paid $25 per lesson. Write a linear equation in slope-
intercept form to descibe the situation.

a. x = 450 b. y = 450x + 25
c. x = 25 +45 d. y = 25x + 450
e. None of these

34. A line has slope = 5 and goes through the point (1, 3). What is the equation of this line in point-
slope form?

a. y - 3 = 5(x-1) b. y - 3 = 5 (x + 1)
c. y + 3 = 5(x-1) d. y + 3= 5(x+1)

35. Which of the following is not linear?

a. The height of a football thrown over time b. The total weight of a jar of pennies as more
pennies are added to the jar
c. The distance travelled by a car moving at a d. A truck drivers salary of $2500 a month plus
constant speed over time. $0.50 for every kilometer driven.

36. What is the slope of a line perpendicular to 5x + 3y = 8?

a. 5/3 b. 3/5
c. -3/5 d. -5/3

37. A line with the points (-7, 3) and (1, -3) is perpendicular to a line with points (-1, -3) and (a, 5). The
value of a is:

a. 2 b. 3
c. 4 d. 5

38. The slope intercept equation of a line that is:

- parallel to 6x - 2y + 10 = 0 and
- passes through the point (-2, -7) is

a. y = 1/6x - 1 b. y = 1/3x + 2
c. y = 3x - 1 d. y = 6x + 2

39. What value of w gives a linear system with infinite solutions?

x( w - 2) – y = -5
3x + y = 5
a. -3 b. 0
c. -2 d. -1

40. The graph below shows the relationship between the amount of gasoline remaining in a 50 L tank
and the distance driven.
In the graph above, what does the x-intercept represent?
a. How much fuel the gas tank had before b. Total distance travelled during a long trip
driving.
c. Total distance driven until the car is out of gas d. Number of kilometres driven per liter of gas

41. At which of the following coordinates would you place a point D so that the line CD is

perpendicular to the line AB?

a. (-1, 3) b. (-2, 6)
c. (0, 0) d. None of these coordinates are correct

42.Which of the points on the graph would a line with the equation 2x + 3y -5 = 0 pass through?
a. Point A b. Point B
c. Point C d. Point D

43. Which graph matches the equation y + 2 = - (x – 4)? (80 test B)

44. The Mathville water tower has is in the shape of a giant sphere sitting on top of a hill. It is 18 feet
in diameter. How much water does it hold if it is half full?
a. 1527 cubic feet b. 432 cubic feet
c. 7776 cubic feet d. 339 cubic feet

45. Each shape is a rectangle. Write a polynomial, in simplified form, to represent the area of the
shaded region.

a. 5x2 + 31x + 66 b. 5x2 + 37x + 30

c. 5x2 + 31x + 30 d. 5x2 + 37x + 66

46. Find the volume of the composite figure below. (Note: d= 6m)
a. 261.61m3 b. 753.6m3
c. 47.12m3 d. 612.61m3

47. Find the surface area of the pyramid below.

a. 85 ft2 b. 145 ft2

c. 60 ft2 d. 25 ft2

48. A Cylinder has a surface area of 402cm2 and a height that is 3 times as big as the radius. What is
the height of the cylinder?
a. 8 cm b. 12 cm
c. 10.48 cm d. 16.97 cm

49. Find the total surface area of the polyhedron below.

a. 1246 m2 b. 1174 m2
c. 1102 m2 d. 1138 m2
SOLUTION
Instructions: Please solve the following problems showing ALL steps (labels, units, calculations). No
work = no credit. Please write neatly and box / circle your final answer.
50. A square pyramid has a volume of 50 m3. If each side of its base is increased by a factor of 5, and
its height decreased by a factor of 3, determine the new volume. Answer accurately to 2 decimal
places.

51. A right angle cone has a height of 12m and a radius of 5m. The slant height is equivalent to (2x –
7)m.
a.) Solve for x
b.) Find the surface area (mm2) (Write in decimal form to the nearest hundrendths place)
c.) Determine the volume of the cone (dkm3) (Write in decimal form for the nearest tenths place)

Vocabulary -
Instructions: Define the following words. Remember, a definition CANNOT contain the word you
are defining. Your definitions must make sense and be grammatically correct to receive any credit.
Be as specific/detailed as possible.

1. radical -

2. domain -

3. range -

4. independent vs dependent -

5. slope -

6. intercept -

7. metric (SI) units vs imperial units -

8. surface area -
9. volume -

10. radius -

11. binomial -

12. LCM (least common multiple) -

13. perpendicular -

14. parallel -

15. relation -

16. vertical -

17. horizontal -

18. discrete -

19. continuous -