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Pre-Junior Cycle Final Examination, 2023

Mathematics
(Option A)
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Instructions

There are 13 questions on this examination paper. Answer all questions.

Questions do not necessarily carry equal marks. To help you manage your time during this
examination, a maximum time for each question is suggested. If you remain within these times
you should have about 10 minutes left to review your work.

Write your answers in blue or black pen. You may use pencil in graphs and diagrams only.

Write your answers in the spaces provided in this booklet. You may lose marks if you do not do so.
Label any extra work clearly with the question number and part.

The superintendent will give you a copy of the Formulae and Tables booklet. You must return it at
the end of the examination. You are not allowed to bring your own copy into the examination.

You may lose marks if your solutions do not include supporting work.

You may lose marks if you do not include the appropriate units of measurement, where relevant.

You may lose marks if you do not give your answers in simplest form, where relevant.

Write the make and model of your calculator(s) here:

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Question 1 (Suggested maximum time: 5 minutes)

A 1-litre carton is full of milk. The milk is poured into two cups, as follows:

of the litre is poured into cup A and of the litre is poured into cup B.

(a) Which cup contains more milk? Tick (9) the correct answer below.

Cup A Cup B

(b) What fraction of the milk remains in the carton?

(c) Calculate the ratio of the volume of milk in cup A to the volume of milk in cup B.
Give your answer in the form ∶ , where , ∈ ℕ.

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Question 2 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

(a) Ms. Owens gave her Economics class an exam. In addition to their individual exam results,
she gave them the averages for the whole class, which were as follows:

Mode = 36% Median = 68% Mean = 72%

(i) Which average would tell a student whether they were in the top half or the
bottom half of the class? Give a reason for your answer.

(ii) These averages were calculated based on the 20 students who sat the exam.
One student, David, was absent on the day of the exam and he sat it upon his
return to school. David scored 48% in the exam. Calculate the new class mean
when David’s result is included. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

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(b) Ms. Owens asked her class to investigate how the price of diesel has changed over the first
two decades of this century. The students do some research and gather the data in the
table below:

Year 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020

Price of a litre of diesel 0·95 0·99 1·09 1·31

(source: www.theaa.ie)

(i) Given that the percentage increase between 2010 and 2015 is 28·44%, calculate
the price of a litre of petrol in 2015 and fill it into the table above.
Give your answer to the nearest cent.

(ii) One student suggests that if they calculate the percentage increase between 2000
and 2010 and add it to the percentage increase from 2010 to 2020, they will get the
overall percentage increase from 2000 to 2020.
Ms. Owens tells them that this method is not correct.
Do you agree with Ms. Owens? Use calculations to justify your answer.

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Question 3 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

(a) A pharmaceutical company make hollow capsules for holding

medicine. Each capsule consists of two hemispherical ends and
a central cylinder, with dimensions shown in the diagram.

(i) Explain why the cylindrical part of the capsule has a height
of 21 mm.

(ii) Calculate the total volume of the capsule.

Give your answer to the nearest whole number.

(iii) Each capsule is filled to 80% capacity and the company fills 20 000 of these
capsules every hour. Calculate the volume of medicine required by the company
each hour. Give your answer in the form × 10 , where 1 ≤ < 10, ∈ ℕ.

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(b) The pharmaceutical company are doing research on the effectiveness of this drug.
They measure the level of pain relief experienced over a period of time, after a person
takes the drug. The values recorded are graphed on the coordinate grid below.

(i) Using the graph, estimate during what time period

the pain relief level is above 7.

(ii) The values graphed above are shown in the table below. Using these values,
investigate if the graph represents a quadratic function. Give a reason for your
answer.

Time (min) 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240

Pain relief 1 5·5 8·5 9·4 9·6 9·5 8·3 6 3

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Question 4 (Suggested maximum time: 5 minutes)

Three cards are lettered , and and three discs are numbered 2, 3 and 4.

One card and one disc are chosen at random.

x If the card shows , 1 is deducted from the score on the disc.

x If the card shows , the score on the disc stays the same.
x If the card shows , 1 is added to the score on the disc.

(a) Complete the table to show all possible scores. The first entry has been completed for you.

Number on disc

2 3 4

1
Letter on card

(b) What is the probability of getting a score that is an even number?

Probability =

(c) In a different game, the probability of getting an even score is .

What is the probability of getting an odd score?

Probability =

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Question 5 (Suggested maximum time: 5 minutes)

(a) The diagram shows three parallel lines with a transversal line cutting across them.

Calculate the values of and .

(b) Using a straight edge and compass, divide the line segment below into three equal parts.
Show all construction lines.

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Question 6 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

(a) A jeweller is clearing stock and has a sale on a batch of identical gold rings and chains. On
Friday, she sold three rings and eight chains for a total of €350. On Saturday, she sold five
rings and eleven chains for a total of €518.

(i) If the price of a ring is € and the price of a chain is € , write two equations in
terms of and to represent this information.

(ii) Explain why the values for and must be positive.

(iii) Solve these equations to find the price of a ring and price of a chain.

Price of ring =

Price of chain =

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(b) Depending on many factors, the value of gold increases
and decreases on a daily basis. However, on average,
over the past 5 years the value of gold has increased by
approximately 9% per annum.

If an investor bought €2 000 worth of gold 5 years ago,

what would its value be now, based on an average
annual growth of 9%?

Give your answer to the nearest cent.

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Question 7 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

The diagram shows a rectangle with a square of side cm removed.

| | = 6 cm and | | = 4 cm.

(a) Find, in terms of , an expression for the area of rectangle .

(b) Find, in terms of , an expression for the area of the rectangle .

(c) The area of rectangle is twice the area of the rectangle .

Use this information to form an equation in terms of and hence solve it.

(d) Hence, find the area of the rectangle .

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Question 8 (Suggested maximum time: 5 minutes)

In the diagram, and are parallel. and are both 6 cm long.

(a) In the diagram above, the triangles and are congruent. Below is the proof to
show that this is the case. Fill in the four blanks.

Statement Reason

| |= Both given as 6 cm

|∠ | = |∠ |

|∠ |= Alternate angles

Therefore, triangles and

are congruent.

(b) What mathematical word is used to describe two objects which have the same shape but
are not the same size (i.e., one can be bigger than the other)?

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Question 9 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

(a) The diagram shows the points and on the

coordinate plane.

(i) Write down the coordinates of the points and .

= ( , )

= ( , )

(ii) Tick (9) the correct word which completes the sentence below and give a reason
for your answer.

The slope of [ ] is _______________

Positive Negative Zero

Reason:

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(b) The diagram shows the line and the points and .

(i) Given the equation of line is 2 − + 5 = 0,

find its slope.

(ii) = (−1, −3) and = ( , 3).

If the line segment [ ] is parallel to line , calculate the value of .

(iii) Write down the coordinates of the point ’, the image

’ =
of point under axial symmetry in the -axis.

(iv) Investigate if the point ’ is on the line .

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Question 10 (Suggested maximum time: 5 minutes)

= { , , , , , , , ℎ} = { , , , }, = { , , , ℎ} and ={ , , , }

(a) Represent these sets in the Venn diagram below:

(b) Identify any null set in this Venn diagram.

(c) Complete the table below by stating whether each statement is true or false.
Write correct statements to replace those that are false.

Statement True False Correction

∪ =

∩ ={ , , , }

C =B

#(B\A) = 2

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Question 11 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

An ellipse can be drawn on a piece of paper using

a piece of string and two drawing pins.
The area of an ellipse is given by the formula

ℎ
Area of an ellipse, =
4

where is the length of the ellipse and ℎ is its height.

(a) Find the area of the ellipse when = 12 cm and ℎ = 7 cm. Give your answer in terms of π.

(b) Rearrange the formula for the area of an ellipse to make the subject of the formula.

(c) An ellipse of area 15 cm2 has a height of 6 cm. Using your answer from part (b), or
otherwise, calculate the length of this ellipse.

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Question 12 (Suggested maximum time: 15 minutes)

(a) An electrical company has a solar farm, with

hundreds of solar panels placed in a field.

(i) Each solar panel in the field is rectangular

in shape, 1·2 metres long and 0·6 metres
wide.
Calculate the surface area, in m2, of the
front of one panel.

(ii) The panels are arranged in 30 rows of 50 panels.

Calculate the total surface area of the panels in this field.

(iii) In bright daylight, every 1 m2 of panel will produce approximately 200 W of

electrical power, per hour. Calculate the total power produced by the panels in this
field during one hour of bright daylight.
Give your answer in kilowatts (1 kilowatt = 1000 Watts)

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(b) The diagram (not to scale) shows the side view of a solar panel in the field.

The straight line ABCD represents the panel.

PB and QC are vertical supports

and PQ is horizontal.

| |=| | = 10 cm

| | = 60 cm

| | = 35 cm

| | = 33 cm

(i) Write down | |.

(ii) Use the Theorem of Pythagoras to help calculate the height of the vertical
upright QC. Give your answer to 1 decimal place.

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(iii) In order for the solar panel to maximise its production, it must be at an angle
between 34˚ and 35˚ to the horizontal.
Calculate the measure of angle θ in the diagram and hence determine if the panel
is tilted to the correct position.

Conclusion:

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Question 13 (Suggested maximum time: 10 minutes)

(a) Factorise the following algebraic expressions:

(i) 4 − 12

(ii) 9 − 25

(b) Solve the following inequality and list the possible values for

3 − 5 ≤ 4, where ∈ ℕ.

(c) Write the following as a single fraction, in its simplest form.

3
−
5 2 +7

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