STUDENT NUMBER ___________________________

TEACHER ___________________________

2017
HALF-YEARLY
EXAMINATION

Year 11
MATHEMATICS
Instructions:

Total working time: 1.5 hours + 5 mins reading time

NESA approved calculators may be used throughout.

Questions 1 - 5: (5marks) Allow about 10 minutes for this section

Multiple choice: Colour the best answer for each question on the separate answer sheet provided.

Questions 6 - 8: (45 marks) Allow about 1 hour 20 minutes for this section
 Write in blue or (preferably) black pen
 Draw diagrams in pencil or erasable pen, using geometric equipment and template where
relevant.
 Answer each question in the correct booklet. Marks may be deducted if this is not done. Extra
booklets are available on request.
 All necessary working must be shown to gain full marks.
 Show relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations.

Algebra Equations
Plane Total
and and
Geometry Mark
Arithmetic Inequalities

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MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION

Colour the oval next to the best answer for each question, on the separate answer sheet provided.
Each question is worth one mark.

1. What are the solutions to 5𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 4 = 0 ?

−3 ± √71 −3 ± √89 3 ± √71 3 ± √89

(A) (B) (C) (D)
10 10 10 10

2. Which number line shows the solutions to |4 − 𝑥| ≤ 2 ?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

5 − √2
3. What is written with a rational denominator?
5 + √2

23 −10 √2 23 −10 √2
(A) (B)
23 27

27 −10 √2 27 −10 √2
(C) (D)
23 27

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4. Sydney Harbour has a capacity of approximately 5.62 × 1011 litres. On average, raindrops have
a volume of approximately 7.8 × 10−4 litres. How many raindrops would it take to fill Sydney
Harbour, correct to 3 significant figures?

(A) 7.205 × 106 (B) 7.21 × 106

(C) 7.205 × 1014 (D) 7.21 × 1014

1
−
𝑝 3 𝑝6 2
( 𝑚 ) × ( 4)
𝑚
5. What is the correct simplification of ?
( 𝑝 𝑚 ) −2
2 3

(A) 𝑚−7 𝑝 (B) 𝑚4 𝑝4 (C) 𝑚5 𝑝4 (D) 𝑚11 𝑝2

END OF MULTIPLE CHOICE SECTION

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LONG RESPONSE SECTION

Answer each question in a separate booklet.
Your responses should include relevant mathematical reasoning and/or calculations.

Question 6 (15 Marks) Start a new booklet

Marks

a) Solve:

i) |𝑥 − 1| = 2𝑥 + 3 3

ii) (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 − 1) = 15 3

b) Solve by completing the square: 3𝑥 2 − 8𝑥 + 3 = 0 3

c) At a school canteen, five apples and two bags of chips costs $9 while nine apples and three 4
bags of chips costs $15. Write equations to describe this situation and solve them to find
the cost of each single item.

d) In the diagram, AD and BE are straight lines that intersect at F. AB produced and ED 2
produced intersect at point C. ∠ BAF = α˚, ∠ BCD = β˚ and ∠ FED = 𝛾˚, as shown.

Show that 𝜃 = 𝛼 + 𝛽 + 𝛾, giving reasons.

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Question 7 (15 Marks) Start a new booklet

Marks

3 2 3
a) Simplify −
2𝑥 2 −5𝑥 4𝑥 2 −25

b) In △ACD, point B lies on AC and point E lies on AD.

AB = 24 cm, AE = 21 cm, ED = 11 cm, BC = 4 cm and DC = 40 cm, as shown.

i) Prove that △ACD ||| △AEB. 3

ii) Hence, find the length of BE. 2

c) Fully factorise (𝑚 + 𝑝)3 − (𝑚 − 𝑝)3 3

2𝑥−5
d) Consider the expression .
| 2𝑥−5|

i) For what value of x is this expression undefined? 1

ii) Simplify the expression, writing your answers without absolute value signs and stating 3
clearly the values of x for which your answers apply.

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Question 8 (15 Marks) Start a new booklet

Marks

a) Solve 3( 9𝑥 ) − 4( 3𝑥 ) + 1 = 0. 3

b) In the diagram below, △ABC and △DCB have a common side, BC.
AB = DC and ∠ BAC = ∠ CDB.

Copy or trace the diagram into your answer booklet.

i) Explain why the SAS rule CANNOT be used to prove that △ABC ≡ △DCB. 1

ii) Prove, instead, that △ABE ≡ △DCE. 3

iii) Deduce that EB = EC. 1

iv) Deduce that ∠ ABC = ∠ DCB 2

v) What rule can now be used to prove that △ABC ≡ △DCB ? 1

Question 8 is continued on the next page.

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Marks

c) ABDE is a trapezium with AB || ED. 4

Point C lies 10 cm from D on DB and point F lies 8 cm from A on AE, as shown.
The interval FC is parallel to AB and ED.
BC = EF = x.

Calculate the value of x, giving reasons, leaving your answer as a simplified surd.

END OF EXAMINATION

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Student Number ______________________________

Teacher ____________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER SHEET

Colour the oval next to the best answer for each question.

1 (A) (B) (C) (D)

2 (A) (B) (C) (D)

3 (A) (B) (C) (D)

4 (A) (B) (C) (D)

5 (A) (B) (C) (D)