AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS

PROGRESS EXAMINATION

FORM 3A – 3O TERM ONE: 2008

TEACHER: …………………… NAME: ………………………………….………………

FORM: 3
Time Allowed: 1.5 Hours
Total Marks: 180

INSTRUCTIONS:
Note:
 Write your full Name, teacher’s name and form class on this page.

 Calculators are NOT allowed in this examination.

 There are Eleven pages in this exam
 Answer ALL questions in the space provided.
 Show ALL necessary working.
 Marks are shown in brackets [ ]
 There are 29 questions in this exam

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Question 1. [ 6 marks ] Question 4. [ 4 marks]

Evaluate the following: a. Write 3017.4 in expanded form,. [ 1 ]

a. 6 + 2 4 = ……………………..… [ 1 ]

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b. 18  ( 3 + 4 ) = …….………..… [ 1 ]

b. What is the value of the 2 in 328170 ? [ 1 ]

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c. = ……………………… [ 1 ]
c. Write 210 as a product of prime numbers [ 2 ]

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d 2  [ 3 + ( 4  2 ) ] =…………...…… [ 3 ] …………………………………………..

Question 5. [ 5 marks]

Roster the elements of the following sets:

Question 2. [ 3 marks]
a. { first three multiples of 6 } [1]
Round the following numbers to the given number of
significant figures or decimal places …………………………….…….……….

a. 7584 (1 s.f.) …………..………………….. b. { square numbers between 8 and 37 } [2]

b. 205.07 (1 d.p.) ………………………………. ……………...…………………………….

c. 444999 (3 s.f.) ………….………………….. c. { prime numbers between 10 and 21 } [2]

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Question 3. [ 4 marks]
Question 6. [ 3 marks ]
a. Find the lowest common multiple of 15 and 6.
Give a name for the following sets of numbers:
[ 2 ]
a. { 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, … } …………………… [ 1 ]
b. Find the highest common factor of 24, 40 and 60

[ 2 ] b. { 1 , 2, 3, 6 } ………………………. [ 1 ]

c. { 1, 8, 27, 64 … } ………………….. [ 1 ]

PAGE TOTAL: 25
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Question 7. [ 3 marks]
page numbers
Pages 4 and 29 are on the same ( double ) sheet of a Newspaper
newspaper as shown in the diagram on the right.
4 29
a. What are the page numbers on the opposite side of the sheet?

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b. Altogether, how many pages are there in the newspaper ? middle of newspaper

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Question 8. [ 4 marks] Question 10. [ 8 marks]

Complete the following statements with one of the If = 2, y = 3 and z = 1, find the value of:
following symbols: .
a. 3y + 2z = [ 1 ]
a. 6 . ………. { even numbers }

b. {1,3} ….……. { prime numbers }

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c. 51 .………. { prime numbers }
b. 7( y  z ) = [ 1 ]
d. { 125 } ….…… { cubed numbers }

Question 9. [ 9 marks]
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a. Evaluate by cancelling factors: [ 3 ]
c. = [ 2 ]
=

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d. = [ 2 ]
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b. First, round each number to one significant
figure, and then approximate the answer. ………………………………………………..
( do not calculate the exact answer )

i. = ……………………………… [ 3 ] e. = [ 2 ]

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ii. = [ 3 ]
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PAGE TOTAL: 24

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Question 11. [ 6 marks ] Question 13. [ 2 marks ]

Evaluate the following: Solve for x

a. = ……………………………..

b. 10000 = …………………………….
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c. = ……………………………….
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d. = ………………………….
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e. = …………………………….

f. = ……………………………. Question 14. [ 7 marks]

Simplify:the following
Question 12. [ 6 marks]
Solve:for a. 3a  a + 2a = [ 1 ]
a. 5 = 60 [ 1 ] ……………………………..

………………………………… b. [ 2 ]

b. [ 1 ] ……………………………..

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c. c. [ 1 ]

[ 2 ] …………………………………..

……………..…………………………… d. = [ 3 ]
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d. [ 2 ]
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PAGE TOTAL: 21

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Question 15 [ 11 marks ] Question 16. [11 marks ]

Evaluate:
Simplify the following
a. [ 1 ]

a. x = [ 2 ] ………………………………………

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b. [ 1 ]

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b. = [ 2 ]
c. [ 2 ]
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c. d. [ 3 ]
[ 2 ]
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d. [ 2 ] e. [ 2 ]

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f. [ 2 ]
e. ………….... [ 3 ]
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PAGE TOTAL: 22

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Question 17. [ 3 Marks ] Question 19. [ 4 marks ]

Consider this angle: P Calculate the size of the marked angles. Give a reason
for each of your answers. ( diagrams are not accurate )
a. [ 2 ]

M N
40  65

a. Name the angle: … …….

………. = ………… reason: ………………….

b. What type of angle is it? …………………

b. [ 2 ]
c. Use your protractor to measure the size of this
angle. Angle = ……………………………
4t° 2t°
Question 18. [ 6 Marks ] 3t

Study the word list given below.

t = …….. reason: ………………………..
“ complement, supplement, corresponding angles,
co-interior angles, complementary angles, obtuse, Question 20. [ 10 marks ]
reflex.
a. [ 6 ]

Choose from the list above to fill in the blank spaces.

64° b° b
a. 134° is an ……………………….. angle
c a

b. 27° is the ……………….………… of 63°

a = ………… reason: ……………………………

c. A …….… angle is between 180° and 360° b = ………….. reason: ………………………….

d. 156° is the …………………………. of 24° c = ……….… reason ……………………………

b. [ 4 ]
e. ………………………… add up to 180° x°

on parallel lines. 165 y° 112

f. ………………………… are equal = …….… reason ………………………..

on parallel lines.
y = ……… reason …………………………

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Question 21 [ 8 marks ] Question 22. [ 4 marks]

a. Calculate and y.
y
x 86 a.


7 5
8
70
= ……………………………………. [ 2 ]

= …………… reason …………………… [ 2 ]

b.

y  5

y + 15°
y = …………… reason …………………… [ 2 ]

y = ………………………………….. [ 2 ]

b.

70 Question 23. [ 2 marks]

y
x° a. The angles of a triangle are 60, 70 and 50.
Which angle is opposite the shortest side
of the triangle?

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= …………… reason …………………… [ 2 ]

b. The largest side of an acute angled triangle is
always opposite which angle of the triangle?

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y = …………… reason ………………………[ 2 ]

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Question 24. [ 5 marks]

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A bag contains red, blue, black and white marbles. Find the number of red, blue, black, and white marbles, if
the total number of marbles is a prime number less than 20. There is a different prime number for each marble
colour. Black is the most common marble colour and blue is the least common marble colour. The number of
red marbles is the same as the sum of the white and blue marbles. The number of black marbles is the same as
the sum of the red and blue marbles.

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Question 25. [ 4 marks]

Jim is four times the age of his son, Bill, while Jim’s daughter Milly, is 6 years younger than her brother Bill.
The total sum of their ages is 66 years. Find the ages of each person. [Hint: Let = Bill’s age].

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Question 26. [ 3 marks ]

Write down the equation and solve it
“I think of a number, add five, multiply by two, take away three , and the result is fifteen”.
What is the number I first thought of?

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PAGE TOTAL: 12
Question 27. [ 9 marks]
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A local, major, clothing store employs 12 shop assistants, 3 cashiers and 2 shop managers. The company pays
each shop assistant, $ per hour. Each cashier is paid $6 per hour more than a shop assistant and each shop
manager is paid $9 per hour more than a cashier. Each employee works for a total of 40 hours per week.

a. Write down an expression in terms of “ x” for the hourly rate of: [ 3 ]

i. one shop assistant = .……………………………………………………………………………….

ii. one cashier = ……………………………………………………………………………………..…

iii. one shop Manager = ………………………………………………………………………………..

b. Write an expression in terms of “ x “ for the total weekly wages for. [ 3 ]

i. one shop assistant = .……………………………………………………………………………….

ii. one cashier = ……………………………………………………………………………………..…

iii. one shop Manager = ………………………………………………………………………………..

c. Write an expression in terms of “ x “ for the total weekly wages for all employees of the
clothing store. [ 3 ]

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Question 28 [ 10 marks ]
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 The lengths of the sides of a cube are 2x metres, as shown in the diagram.

A frame of the cube is to be 2x

made by soldering pieces of wire together.
2x

i) Find the total length of wire needed to make the frame [ 2 ]

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ii) Find in terms of x the total area of gold cloth needed to completely cover the cube. [ 3 ]

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iii) If gold cloth costs $1 per square metre and the total cost for the gold cloth was $96,
find the length of the sides of the cube. [ 3 ]

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iv) Calculate the volume of the cube. [ 2 ]

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Question 29 ( Each question is worth one mark ) [ 20]
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a) Find the opposite of -2 ……………………………

b) Find the opposite of 8 …………………………….

c) Complete the statements below by inserting one of the following inequalities. < , > or =

i)

ii)

iii)

d) Find the sums and differences.

i) ………………………………………………………………………………

ii) ………………………………………………………………………………

iii) ………………………………………………………………………………

iv) ………………………………………………………………………………

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vii) ………………………………………………………………………………

viii) ………………………………………………………………………..

ix) 3 – 9 = ………………………………………………………………………………

x) ………………………………………………………………………………

e) Find the products.

i) ………………………………………………………………………………

ii) ………………………………………………………………………………

iii) ………………………………………………………………………………

iv) ………………………………………………………………………..

v) ……………………………………………………………………..…

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