Alternative Education

Equivalency Scheme (AEES)

YEAR 12
GENERAL
MATHEMATICS

Practice Test
Version 01
Practice Test Instructions
1. There are 25 questions in this Practice test (and 25 questions in the final test).

2. There are five alternative answers marked A, B, C, D and E for every question.
3. Every question has only ONE correct answer.

4. Enter your answer selection on the answer sheet provided next to the question number.
Example:
Question 1. 4+3 =
A. 8
B. 6
C. 9
D. 7
E. 5
The correct answer is 7 which is printed next to D.
Enter D on the Answer Sheet next to Question 1 as follows:

Question 1. D

Question 2.

5. Make sure you mark your answer against the corresponding question on the answer sheet
provided, especially if you skip between questions.
6. Give yourself 30 minutes to complete the Practice Test (as there are 30 minutes in the final
test). We suggest setting up a test environment and timing yourself so its similar to the final
test.
7. Do not waste time if you do not know the answer. Move on to the next question and if you
have time at the end of the test, go back to the questions you skipped.

8. Work as quickly and accurately as you can.

9. We strongly recommend using a silent, battery-operated, non-programmable scientific
calculator. To obtain an accurate result, no other resource or device should be used for
this Practice test.

10. Formulae are provided at the start of the Practice test (and in the final test booklet).

11. Diagrams are not necessarily drawn to scale.

12. After you finish the test, use the Answer Key provided to check your answers.
13. The score you achieve on the Practice test is an indication only of how you may perform on
the final test.

14. The Practice test score cannot be used in place of sitting the final test.

15. The topics listed on the Answer Key can give you an indication of the areas you can improve.

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FORMULAE SHEET
The following formulae may be used in your calculations:
Area and volume

Area of rectangle = length x width

Area of triangle = base x height
Volume of any regular prism = area of base x height
Theorem of Pythagoras

In any right-angled triangle: c2 a2 b2

c b

Temperature conversion formula

Degrees Celsius to degrees Fahrenheit: F = (C x 1.8) + 32

Trigonometry
In any right-angled triangle:

Hypotenuse
Opposite side

Adjacent side

opposite
sin =
hypotenuse

adjacent
cos =
hypotenuse

opposite
tan =
adjacent

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Growth and decay formulae

Simple growth or decay: A P(1 ni)

Compound growth or decay: A P(1 i)n

Where:
A = amount at the end of n years
P principal
n number of years
r
i interest rate per year, r %
100
Compound interest, where the interest is compounded t times per year:
i
A P(1 )nt
t
Where:
t number of interest periods per year
x[(1 i)n 1]
Future value of an annuity: F Contributions at end of each period
i
x[(1 i)n 1] (1 i)
OR F Contributions at beginning of each period
i
Where:
F = future value of annuity
i = interest rate per compounding period, as a decimal fraction
n = number of compounding periods

Other

1
For constant acceleration, distance covered: d at 2
2
Where:

d = distance

a = acceleration

t = time

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Loudness of sound: D log 10
I0
Where:

D = the loudness of sound in dB (decibels)

I = the intensity of a sound expressed as a power of 10, watts per cm 2

I0 = 10-16 is the lowest sound intensity audible by the human ear.

Richter Magnitude of an earthquake: M log10 A 3 log10 8t 2.92

Where:
M = magnitude of earthquake
A = the amplitude, in millimetres, measured from the paper record of the seismometer

t = the distance of the seismometer from the earthquake, estimated by the time
difference in seconds

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Question 1. 7 3
7 3
42
A. 7
1
4
B. 2
2
4
C. 5
12
4
D. 21
2
4
E. 21

Question 2. The value of Sonias motorbike depreciated (decreased) at 12% p.a. compounded
quarterly. If the bike was bought for $18,500 calculate its depreciated value after
4 years.
A. $11,363.70
B. $29,687.10
C. $11,094.40
D. $9,620.00
E. $4,625.00

4
Question 3. The volume of a sphere is V= r. Calculate the radius of the sphere if the volume
3
is 9650.97 cm.
A. 13.2 cm
B. 18 cm
C. 6 cm
D. 12 cm
E. 24 cm

Question 4. A mine shaft 420 m long is to be drilled at an angle of 24 to the vertical. How far
below the ground will the end of the shaft be (to the nearest metre)?
A. 355 m
B. 171 m
C. 384 m
D. 187 m
E. 420 m

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Question 5. An engineer places a stick of height 2.2 m in the ground and lines up the top of the
stick and the top of a nearby tower. After making some measurements on the
ground the engineer calculates the height of the tower.

Tower

2.2 m

10 m 25 m

Given the distances in the diagram the height of the tower is

A. 4.4 m
B. 5.5 m
C. 6.6 m
D. 7.7 m
E. 8.8 m

Test continued on next page

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Question 6. How many lines of symmetry does the octagon have?

A. 4
B. 6
C. 12
D. 10
E. 8

Question 7. A six sided dice is rolled twice. The probability of rolling a total of 7 is
1
A. 12
1
B. 6
7
C. 36
D. 7
1
E. 9

Question 8. 7x 2 x 2 =
A. 0
B. 7x 4
C. 6x 2
D. 6
E. 7

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Question 9. If an object is thrown downwards, the formula s 5t 2 vt can be used to determine
the distance ( s in metres) that the object has fallen after t seconds with an initial
velocity of v m/s. Calculate the time taken for an object to fall 40 m if the initial
velocity was 10 m/s.
A. 10 sec
B. 8 sec
C. 6 sec
D. 4 sec
E. 2 sec

Question 10. Agnes invested $5,000 at an interest rate of 9% p.a. monthly compounded. How
long will it take for the investment to double its value? Give your answer in years
and nearest months.
A. 92 years 7 months
B. 9 years 7 months
C. 5 years 9 months
D. 7 years 9 months
E. 9 years 5 months

Question 11. 3x 3 5x 2 6 =

A. 18 10

B. 3 60

C. 9 90

D. 5 14

E. 6 30

Question 12. The distance from the planet Venus to the Sun is about 1.08 x 10 8 and the distance
from the planet Mercury to the Sun is about 5.8 x 10 7 . The closest distance
between Venus and Mercury is
7
A. 1.66 x 10
8
B. 4.72 x 10
7
C. 5.0 x 10
8
D. 1.66 x 10
8
E. 5.0 x 10

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Question 13. Scale drawings are to be completed for:
a) cargo ship
b) transport truck
c) car
Each drawing should fit onto a piece of paper the size of this A4 sheet. Appropriate
scales for the drawings would be:
A. a) 500:1 b) 100:1 c) 20:1
B. a) 1:500 b) 1:100 c) 1:20
C. a) 1:50 b) 1:10 c) 1:2
D. a) 1:5000 b) 1:1000 c) 1:200
E. a) 1:1000 b) 1:500 c) 1:20

Question 14. Jane and her friends took a boat trip on the river. They travelled at constant speed
a distance of 12 km upstream. If the river flows at 4 km/h and their total travelling
1
time was 2 hours, determine the average speed relative to the water.
4
A. 4 km/h
1
B. 1 km/h
3
1
C. 5 km/h
3
1
D. 9 km/h
3
E. 7 km/h

Question 15. The volume v of a cone where r is the radius and h is the height is calculated using
1 2
the formula v r h . The correct rearrangement of this formula is:
3
v
A. r
3 h

3v
B. r
h
v h
C. r2
3
3v
D. h
r
1 2
E. h r v
3

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Question 16. A hiker walks 3 km in the direction S15E and a further 2 km in the direction S75W.
The distance and bearing of the hiker from her starting point is:
A. 5 km S60W
B. 1 km S75W
C. 3.6 km S18.7W
D. 3.6 km S33.7W
E. 3.6 km S41.3W

Question 17. The equation of the locus of all points equidistant from the points ( 4,1) and (1,5) is

A. x2 y 2 4

3
B. ( x )2 ( y 3)2 25
2

C. 5y 4 x 21

D. y 4x 9

E. 8y 10 x 9

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Question 18. To consider a job offer, Peter has decided that his basic salary should be at least
$2,000 per month. He is offered a package of $28,800 p.a. that includes the
following allowances calculated on his basic salary:
10% for superannuation
7% for medical insurance
25% for car allowance
8% for housing
Calculate the basic salary per month that they actually offer him.
A. $1,500
B. $1,800
C. $1,200
D. $1,600
E. $2,500

Question 19. Peter wants to build an A-frame house (isosceles triangle). If BD = x m and
AD = 10 x m, determine the dimensions of the house to maximise the triangular
size of the house.

B 90 C
D

A. BC = 5 m; AD = 5 m
B. BC = 5 m; AD = 7.5 m
C. BC = 10 m; AD = 5 m
D. BC = 7 m; AD = 3 m
E. BC = 14 m; AD = 4 m

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Question 20. A road cyclist normally travels at an average speed of 45 km/h. How far will she
travel in 1 hour 45 minutes if she has to travel into a head wind of 10 km/h?
A. 61.25 km
B. 78.75 km
C. 17.5 km
D. 60 km
E. 75 km

Question 21. The equation of the function shown below is:

1
y x2 x 3
A. 2
B. y 3x 2 x 6
C. y 2x 2 5 x 3
D. y (2x 1)( x 3)
E. y x2 6

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Question 22. The quadratic function with equation y 3( x 2)2 3 has
A. Turning point at ( 2, 3)
B. X-intercepts at (3,0) and (1,0)
C. Y-intercept at (0, 3)
D. Y-intercept at (0, 9)
E. X-intercepts at ( 3,0) and ( 1,0)

Read the information below and answer questions 23 - 25.

To understand better how people learn, a psychologist had a person perform a complex task in the
shortest possible time. Figure 1 below shows how the persons performance time changed as she
performed the task repeatedly. In Figure 1, each of the 140 performances of the task is called a
trial, and the performance time indicates the extent of learning - the shorter the performance time
the better the task has been learned.

Question 23. Of the following, which is closest to the persons average (mean) performance time
between the 50th and 70th trials?
A. 0.9 sec
B. 0.7 sec
C. 0.5 sec
D. 1.0 sec
E. 1.1 sec

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Question 24. Between which of the following trials were the persons reaction times the most
consistent?
A. 1 20
B. 30 50
C. 50 70
D. 80 100
E. 110 140

Question 25. At one point during the trials the person thought to herself I seem to be getting
worse instead of better. The person is most likely to have made this comment
shortly after trial number:
A. 25
B. 45
C. 70
D. 90
E. 130

END OF TEST

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YEAR 12 GENERAL MATHEMATICS PRACTICE TEST ANSWER KEY

Question # Answer Topic Area

1 E working with numbers (fractions, decimals, percentages)

2 A working with numbers (rates)

3 A measure (radius)

4 C trigonometry

5 D geometric reasoning (enlargement)

6 E space (symmetry)

7 B chance

8 C algebra

9 E algebra

10 D money (compounding interest)

11 A working with numbers (basic ops/surds)

12 C apply index laws

13 B measure (scale)

14 D algebra

15 B algebra

16 C working with numbers (location & direction)

17 E linear & non-linear relationships

18 D working with numbers (fractions, decimals, percentages)

19 C working with numbers (rates)

20 A working with numbers (rates)

21 C algebra

22 B algebra

23 A chance

24 E chance

25 B chance

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Notes

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