Name ERIK KAHR

MAY/JUNE 2006 EXAMINATIONS

SUBJECT: Mathematics YEAR LEVEL: 10

Time: 2 hours

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Answer all questions

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.

 This is a question and answer booklet. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.
 You may use a calculator.
 SHOW ALL WORKING AT ALL TIMES.
 Attempt all questions.

Section Topic Marks

A Number 16
B Pythagoras’ Theorem 12
C Standard form and Indices 30
D Probability 35
E Algebra 36
F Percentage 21
TOTAL MARKS 150

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SECTION A (16 Marks)

1) Calculate the following to one decimal place:

(a) 2.12 = __4.41_______________ (b) 1.92 =____3.61____________

(c) √35.18 = 5.931273051______ (d) 3√503.71 = 67.33045373_____

[4 marks]

2) Round these numbers to the accuracy given:

(a) 14.74 to 1 decimal place ___15.7__________________

(b) 0.1215 to 3 decimal places ____0.121__________________

(c) 32.772 to 3 significant figures ______________________

(d) 4735 to 2 significant figures ______________________

[4 marks]

3) Use one figure working to estimate the following:

(a) 21.3 × 39.24 _______________________________________________

(b) 353.9 ÷ 148.7 _______________________________________________

(c) (53.8 + 68.772) × 7.5 __________________________________________

[6 marks]

4) A tourist travels the North Island of New Zealand on a round trip,

starting and finishing in Auckland. His journey is as follows:

Auckland to Hamilton: 124 km

Hamilton to Taupo: 158 km
Taupo to Wanganui: 220 km
Wanganui to Masterton: 179 km
Materton to Napier: 231 km
Napier to Auckland: 434 km

Using one figure working, approximately how far did the tourist
travel in total?

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[2 marks]

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 SECTION B (12 Marks)

1) Find the missing sides, correct to two decimal places where

necessary.

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10 ________________________________________

d d = __________________ [2 marks]

____________________________________________

____________________________________________
b
9.8 ____________________________________________

____________________________________________
a
1.6 a = ___________

b = ___________ [4 marks]
7.3

2) A tent, like the one in the

diagram, has a canopy pole canopy
measuring 340cm from one
side to the other. The tent
poles are 120cm high. When
the canopy of the tent is
stretched over the poles and
pegged into the ground, what
is the width (w) of the tent at
the ground to the nearest cm?
w

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[3 marks]

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3) Two cyclists travel at the same speed. One travels due west while the
other one travels due south. After two hours, they are 62km apart.
What is their speed in kilometres per hour? Round your answer
sensibly.

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[3 marks]

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SECTION C (30 Marks)

1) Rewrite the following numbers in standard form:

(a) 8200 __________________ (b) 670000 _____________________

(c) 0.0073 __________________ (d) 0.00003 _____________________

(e) 5 __________________ (f) nine million ____________________

[6 marks]
2) Rewrite these as ordinary numbers:

(a) 2.5 × 103 __________________ (b) 8.81 × 107 ____________________

(c) 1.9 × 10-3 __________________ (d) 5 × 10-4 _____________________

(e) 8 × 100 __________________ (f) 9.3 × 10-1 _____________________

[6 marks]
3) Rewrite these quantities in standard form:

(a) The mass of the earth is estimated to be about

5 970 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 kg

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(b) The size of a hydrogen atom is 0.000 000 000 12 m

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[2 marks]

4) Calculate these values and give your answers in standard form:

(a) (2.1 × 103) × (4 × 104) ______________________________________

(b) (2.25 × 10-3) ÷ (2.5 × 10-2) ______________________________________

(c) (6 × 10-4) × (8 × 107) ______________________________________

[6 marks]

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5) Light travels at a speed of 3 × 108 metres per second. If light
takes 8½ minutes to travel from the sun to the earth, what is the
distance in metres between sun and earth? Give your answer in
standard form, with the decimal part to two places.

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[2 marks]

6) Jupiter is 7.78 × 108 km from the sun. Calculate the number of

minutes it takes for sunlight to reach Jupiter. Give your answer to
the nearest minute.

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[3 marks]

7) Calculate these values. Show the answers either as whole

numbers or fractions. Do not give any of the answers as
decimals.

(a) 642/3 ________________________________________

(b) 3-2 ________________________________________

(c) 125-1/3 ________________________________________

(d) 3-2 × 36 ________________________________________

(e) 62 ÷ 6-3 ________________________________________

[5 marks]

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SECTION D (35 Marks)

1) Answer the following questions. Please show your working:

(a) What is the probability that the next person to enter the room will
have their birthday on Saturday or Sunday?

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(b) The next person to walk into the room will be female.

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[2 marks]

(c) Look at the arrow spinner. If the arrow spinner is spun 60 times,
how many times would you expect to get ‘A’?

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(d) Out of 360 spins, how many times would you expect to get ‘C’ on
the same spinner?

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[4 marks]

2) When a fair dice numbered 1 to 6 is thrown, calculate the probability

of:

(a) scoring a 6 _____________ (b) getting an odd number _____________

[2 marks]
3) In a standard pack of 52 cards (no jokers) one card is chosen at
random. Calculate the probability the card is:

(a) A red card _____________ (b) A jack, queen or king ________________

(c) The 7 of diamonds _______________ (d) A spade __________________

[4 marks]

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4) Look at these two spinners below.

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Each spinner is to be spun once.

(a) Show, using a probability grid, all the possible outcomes from
spinning each spinner once.

[2 marks]

(b) Using your grid, or another method, calculate the following

probabilities:

(i) Scoring 3 on both spins __________________________

(ii) Getting a one on either spin __________________________

(iii) Getting a sum of 5 or more __________________________

(iv) Getting a 1 and a 2 in any order _________________________

[4 marks]

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5) A jar contains 7 green, 5 red and 9 yellow marbles.

(a) Draw a tree diagram to show the probabilities when

two marbles are drawn, without being replaced.

[4 marks]

(b) Calculate the following probabilities:

(i) A green marble is followed by a red marble

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[1 mark]
(ii) Two yellow marbles are drawn

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[1 mark]
(iii) A green marble and a yellow marble are drawn in any order

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[2 marks]
(c) If three marbles are drawn from the jar without being replaced, what is
the probability that they are all green?

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[1 mark]
(d) When calculating your probabilities, give one assumption that you are
making.

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[1 mark]
6) Stan is late for school, on average, once every two weeks (Note: a
school week is 5 days). When he is late he has a one in three chance
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 of getting a detention for lateness.

(a) What is the probability that Stan will get a detention for lateness on
his next school day?

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[2 marks]

(b) How many detentions for lateness can Stan expect to get in a 12
week term?

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[1 mark]

7) The probability of Lucy drawing a marble of one of the following

colours from a jar is:

Blue 0.25, Red 0.2, Yellow 0.15, Green 0.35, White 0.05

If there are 140 green marbles, how many of each other colour does she
have in the jar?

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[4 marks]

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SECTION E (36 Marks)

8) Simplify the following:

(a) 7a + 2 – 2a – 5 _____________________________________
[1 mark]
(b) 3x2 – 9 + 2x2 – 4 _____________________________________
[1 mark]
(c) a × a × a + a × b + a × b ________________________________
[1 mark]
4 3
(d) (a ) ________________________________________________
[1 mark]
2
12ab
(e) =
6b3
[2 marks]
6 p3q
1
(f) =
24pq
[2 marks]
5x 7x
(g) + =
6 4
[2 marks]
6p 5p
(h) − =
15 6
[2 marks]
7a 7ab
(i) ÷ =
3b2 10
[2 marks]
(j) (a3)5 + (a5)3 =
[2 marks]
5a2 b2
(k) × =
b 15a
[2 marks]
2x2y3 18xb
(l) 2
× =
3b 4x
y
[2 marks]

9) If a = 5, b = - 3 and c = 8, calculate the following:

(a) 7a __________________________________________[1 mark]

(b) 8b __________________________________________[1 mark]

(c) a2 + c __________________________________________[1 mark]

(d) 3b2 – 4c ____________________________________[1 mark]

(e) ab - bc ____________________________________[1 mark]

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 (f) 2(a + b + c) ____________________________________[1 mark]

10)Find formulae for the following sequences:

(a) x y (b) x y
1 8 1 7
2 12 2 16
3 16 3 31
4 20 4 52
5 24 5 79

(a) Formula: _____________________ (b) Formula: _____________________

[4 marks]
11) A painter pours 4 litres of paint out of a full bucket. This leaves 6
litres in the bucket. When full the bucket holds y litres.

(a) Which of these equations could be used to work out the amount of
paint in a full bucket?

(i) 4y = 6 (ii) y + 4 = 6 (iii) y – 4 = 6 (iv) y + 6 = 4

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(b) Solve the equation and work out y.

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[2 marks]

12) Neil needs 6 lengths of fencing (d + 4) metres long to make a fence x

metres long.

(a) Give an equation for the length x in terms of the length d.

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[1 mark]

(b) Now express d in terms of x.

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[2 marks]

(c) If the fence is 162 metres long, calculate d.

____________________________________________________[1 mark]

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SECTION F (21 marks)

1) Convert the following to percentages:

(a) 3 = ______________ (b) 3 = ________________

4 5
(c) 3 = ______________ (d) 0.34 = _______________
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(e) 0.8 = _______________ (f) 0.07 = ________________
[6 marks]

2) Convert the following to fractions in their simplest forms:

(a) 10% = ______________ (b) 60% = ________________

(c) 35% = ______________ (d) 4% = _______________

(e) 0.8 = _______________ (f) 0.07 = ________________

[6 marks]

3) Convert the following to decimals:

(a) 58% = ______________ (b) 72% = ________________

(c) 352% = ______________ (d) 7.8% = _______________

[4 marks]

4) What is the GST charged on the following items? Give your

answer to the nearest cent.

(a) A taxi journey, which costs $25.50 before GST

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[1 mark]

(b) A set of encyclopaedias, which costs $275 before GST

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[1 mark]

5) The cost of a car, originally priced at $25000 is reduced by 5%

(a) By how much is the cost reduced?

[2 marks]
(b) What is the new price for the car?
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