NORTH SYDNEY GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL

Preliminary Mathematics Assessment Task 1

Term 1 2013

Name: Mathematics Class:

Time Allowed: 30 minutes

Available Marks: 38

Instructions:
 Start each question on a new page.
 Attempt all four questions.
 Show all necessary working.
 Marks may be deducted for incomplete or poorly arranged work.
 Write on one side of the page only. Do not work in columns.
 Questions are of approximately equal value.

Question 1 2 3 4 Total

P3
/7 /5 /8 /20

P4
/2 /4 /3 /9 /18

/38
Question 1 (9 marks) Start a NEW page.

5 102  
(a) Evaluate correct to 3 significant figures. 2
2

(b) Evaluate 2  3x  7 when x   5 . 1

5
(c) Simplify and express it in the form a  b 5 . 2
3 2 5

Expand  2 x  1
3
(d) 2

(e) If one drop is assumed to be 1 millilitre, find how many drops there are in a water trough
with dimensions 12 m by 25 m by 38 m. Express your answer in scientific notation. 2

Question 2 (9 marks) Start a NEW page.

(a) Factorise fully:

(i) 2x2  5x  3 . 1

(ii) 8 p3  1 . 1

3c  6 4  c2
(b) Simplify  2 . 3
c  1 c  2c  3

(c) Solve 2 x  1  5 . 2

(d) Solve 3  10  3x  7 . 2
Question 3 (11 marks) Start a NEW page.

7 1
(a) Factorise x  x .
3 3
2

2x x
(b) Simplify  2 . 3
x 1
2
x  4x  3

x 2 x
(c) Solve  . 3
x 1 x

(d) Solve 1  3x  4 and graph the solution on a number line. 3

Question 4 (9 marks) Start a NEW page.

(a) Alice has more money than Betty. If Alice gave Betty $20, they would both have the
same amount. If Betty gave Alice $22, then Alice would have twice as much as Betty.

Form a pair of simultaneous equations to represent this information.

Hence, find how much money Alice and Betty have? 3

(b) Solve simultaneously

y  x2  2 x  5

y  x 1 3

1 2 x
5
(c) If a  2 , b  3 and c  5 , express  
x x x
in terms of a, b and c. 3
 18 

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