Freeman Catholic College

Year 10 Mathematics
Task 4
Pathway 3
November 2020

Name : __________________________________

Teacher:____________________Class:_______

Instructions
 Write using a blue or black non erasable pen.
 Cross out incorrect working with a single line.
 Calculators are allowed for the entire exam.
 Show all necessary working. Marks may not be awarded where clear and logical
working has not been shown.
 Do not take too much time for any question. Leave questions that you have trouble with
and return to them when you have completed the rest of the exam.
 Should you finish early, check all responses carefully. This will ensure that you have
responded to all questions and corrected any mistakes.

This is an 80 minute paper

5 min reading time

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Section A : Multiple Choice (1 mark each )

Circle the most correct answer for each of the following.

1. Which of the following graphs shows a direct variation between x and y?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

2. Which of the following would be most likely to have a positive correlation?

(a) The population of a town and the number of schools in that town

(b) The price of petrol per litre and the number of litres of petrol sold

(c) The hours training for a marathon and the time taken to complete the marathon

(d) The number of dogs per household and the number of televisions per household

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3. Which of the following shows a strong negative correlation?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

4. What is the x-intercept of the line x + 3y + 6 = 0?

(a) (−6, 0) (b) (6, 0)

(c) (0, 2) (d) (0, −2)

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5. What is the equation of circle A?

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

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6. Which of the following correctly gives the equation/s of the asymptote/s for the graph ?

(a) y=4 (b) x = 0

(c) x=0,y=4 (d) x = 4 , y = 0

7. A car travels 350 km on 40 L of petrol.

What is its fuel consumption, in litres per 100 km?

(a) 7.8 L/100 km (b) 8.4 L/100 km

(c) 8.8 L/100 km (d) 11.4 L/100 km

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Section B : Free Response (Show all working)

8. Joan is creating a graph which compares the cost of a pizza to the number of toppings. 1

Identify the dependent variable.

9. The cost of a jewellery box varies directly with its height. 2

A jewellery box with a height of 15 cm costs $75.

Calculate the cost of a jewellery box with a height of 8.5 cm.

10. Draw the line of best fit. 1

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11. The school canteen records the number of soups sold and the daily maximum temperature. 1
Describe the relationship between temperature and soups sold in the data presented in the
scatterplot.

12. Describe the following graphs. 2

a) b)

13. The area a circle is u2. Find the equation of the circle given its centre is at ( - 4 , 5 ). 2

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14. Usain Bolt took 19.3 seconds to run 200 m at the 2008 Olympic games. 2

Calculate his speed in km/h.

15. Find the equation of a line in general form, which passes through the point (2 , 3) and has a 3
gradient of 0.3 .

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16. Josh is driving on a road at 50 km/h. He sees an obstacle on the road, it takes Josh 4.5 seconds to 2
press the brake. How far did the car travel in the 4.5 seconds?

17. Jason knows the following information: 2

 one Australian dollar is worth 0.62 euros

 one Star dollar is worth 1.44 euros.

Jason changes 25 Australian dollars to Star dollars.

How many Star dollars will he get correct to the nearest cent?

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18. The arm spans (in cm) and heights (in cm) for a group of 13 boys have been measured.
The results are displayed in the table below.

a) Identify the independent variable in the equation? 1

____________________

b) Draw a scatterplot for the data in the grid space below. 3

c) Draw the line of best fit. 1

d) Using your line of best fit, find the height of a boy who has an arm span of 1
160 cm.

____________________

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19. For the following parabola , find:

a) the y- intercept 1

b) the x-intercepts 2

1
c) the equation of the axis of symmetry

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Question 19 Continued

19. Find:

d) the coordinates of the vertex 1

e) hence, or otherwise, sketch the graph showing all features 2

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20. Isabella collected data of the mass (m) and height (h) of a child over a 2-year period.

She created a scatterplot of

the data and draw the line of
best fit to model the
relationship between mass
and height.
1

a) Determine the
gradient of the line
of best fit.

2
b) Determine the equation of the line of best fit.

c) Why would this model not be useful for predicting the height of a child with a mass of 1
17 kg?

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21. In the diagram below, Point M is the midpoint of the interval AB.

Point B has coordinates (4, 8) and Point M has coordinates (−1, 5).

2
a) Find the coordinates of Point A.

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Question 21 Continued

21. b) Line l is perpendicular to AB. Find the equation of line l. 3

Give answer in general form.

c) Find the equation of the circle with diameter AB. 2

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22. The time-series graph gives some information about the number of pairs of shoes sold in a shoe 2
shop in the first six months of 1998

The sales target for the first six months of 1998 was to sell a mean of 96 pairs of shoes per month.
Did the shoe shop meet this sales target? Show mathematical calculations to support your answer.

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23. Water is poured into this tank at a steady rate, and the water level is measured each minute. 2
Sketch a graph showing how the water level will change over time.

24. A hospital patient is fed a food solution via a drip that runs at 1 drop per second. 2

If each drop contains 0.2 g of food, how many kilograms of food will the patient
receive in a 4-hour period?

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25. Sketch the graph of . Label the axis intercepts with their coordinates and label any 4
asymptote/s with the appropriate equation.

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26.
Find the radius and centre of the following circle . 3

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27. If the points (-3k, 1), (k - 1, k - 3) and (k - 4, k - 5) are collinear, find the value of k. 3

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