Student Name _____________________________________

Year 10 Stage 5.3

MATHEMATICS
Yearly Examination
November 2021

General Instructions

 Time allowed: Note: The sections are NOT necessarily of

o Reading: 5 minutes equivalent time allocation.
o Writing: 90 minutes
 Write using black or blue pen
 Board approved calculators may be Section Mark
used
 Use a pencil to draw or complete Trigonometry /22
diagrams Quadratic Expressions and
 Attempt ALL questions in the spaces /22
Equations
provided Functions and their Graphs
 Give answers in simplest form where /22
possible
Statistics /11
 There are 5 sections.
Logs /11

TOTAL

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Trigonometry (22 Marks)

(a) A small aircraft took off due north, then turned and flew 65 km due west. The aircraft was
then N58°W of its starting point. How many kilometres did it fly due north? Give your
answer correct to 2 decimal places.

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(b) The bearing of M from P is 150 degrees. Find the bearing of P from M.
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(c) Evaluate exactly,

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(i) tan60 ° . (ii) cos 150 ° .

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(d) If sin θ= and θ is between 0 and 180 ° , find the possible value(s) of θ.
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(e) Use the sine rule to find two possible values for the size of angle A in the following, to the
nearest degree.

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(f) A triangle has sides 26 m, 19 m and 12 m. Use the cosine rule to find the largest angle
correct to the nearest minute.

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(g) Find the area of the following triangle, to 2 decimal places.

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(h) From two points A and B, the angles of elevation of the top of a tower (T) are 38° and 69°12’
respectively. The distance from A to B is 65 m.

(i) Find the length BT, correct to 1 decimal place.

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(ii) Find the height of the tower correct to 2 decimal places.

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(i) Town A is 12·5 km S46°E of town B; town C is 19·6 km from town A and C bears N59°E
from B. Find the 3 figure bearing of A from C, to the nearest degree.

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Quadratic Expressions and Equations (22 Marks)

(a) Expand and simplify:

(i) (x +2)(x−4 )
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(ii) (3 y−1)
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(b) Factorise fully:

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(c) Solve:

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(d) Show that x = 2 is a solution to
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(e) Use the quadratic formula to solve , to 2 decimal places.

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(f) A right-angled triangle is drawn so that the hypotenuse is twice the shortest side plus 1 cm,
and the other side is twice the shortest side less 1 cm.

(i) Given this triangle, explain why

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(ii) Use this equation to find the find the length of the hypotenuse.

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(g) Complete the following by placing numbers in the spaces below.
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(h) Solve the following quadratic equations using the most appropriate method.

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Functions and their graphs (22 Marks)

(a) Given y=x 2 + x−12:

(i) Is this function concave up or down?

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(ii) Find the co-ordinates of the y-intercept.
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(iii) Find the co-ordinates of the x-intercepts.
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(iv) Find the equation of the axis of symmetry.
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(v) Find the co-ordinates of the vertex.
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(vi) In the space below sketch the parabola showing the important features.
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(b) Match the following graphs with the equations in the middle.
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x=2

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y=x −2 x +4

x
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y=− √ 9−x 2

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(c) Given f ( x )= √ x−4 :

(i) find f ( 8 ).
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(ii) state the domain and range of this function.

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(iii) find the inverse function of f(x).

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(d) Sketch y= +4 in the space below, clearly showing any asymptotes and intercepts.
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(e) In the space below draw a sketch of y=cos x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 360 °.

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Statistics (11 Marks)

(a) The results for a Year 10 maths test are given in the frequency table below.

For the set of scores shown above, find the:

(i) mode.
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(ii) range.
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(iii) mean.
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(iv) standard deviation.

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(b) The lengths of 16 fish caught were measured and released for a scientific study. The
results are shown on this dot plot.

Find the upper quartile, lower quartile and the inter-quartile range.
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(c) Describe the strength and direction of the relationship shown below.
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(d) The following scatter diagram is mapping daily exercise versus resting pule rate.

(i) Calculate the gradient of the line of best fit drawn.

You could use or

( m=
run )
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(ii) Find the equation of the line of best fit drawn.

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(iii) A person spends 50 min on daily exercise. From your equation, what resting pulse
rate would this person expect to have. Make sure you show your working.
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Logs (11 Marks)

(a) Write 3 4=81 in log form.

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(b) Write as an exponential function and hence find the value of x.

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(c) Simplify:
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(i) log29 – log23 (ii) log53 + log54

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(d) Solve 5 x =150 to 2 decimal places, by first expressing as a log.

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(e) Evaluate log37 to 2 decimal places.

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End of Examination

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