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Fort Street High School

2011 Assessment task 1

Mathematics
Time allowed: 1 HOUR
PLUS 5 minutes reading time

Outcomes Assessed Questions Marks

Demonstrates the ability to manipulate and simplify numeric and algebraic
1,2
expressions and solves problems involving equations

Solves problems involving absolute values, inequalities, indices and logs 3,4

Question 1 2 3 4 Total %

Marks /14 /16 /10 /16 /56

Directions to candidates:
 Attempt all questions
 The marks allocated for each question are indicated
 All necessary working should be shown in every question.
Marks may be deducted for careless or badly arranged work.
 Board – approved calculators may be used
 Each Question is to be started in a new booklet.
Question 1. (14 marks) Marks

a) A customer is given a 7  5% discount on the price of a new car. If they paid $32 000, 2

what was the price of the car before the discount? Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

b) Simplify 2 8  18 2

 
2
2 a 3b 2  16a 7 b
c) Simplify 2
 2a 2 b 
5

l
d) Find the value of 2 correct to two decimal places if l  32  8 and g  9  8 . 2
g

e) Express 0  62 as a fraction in its simplest form. 3

1
f) Find rational numbers a and b such that  ab 5 3
3 5

2
Question 2. (16 marks) Start a new booklet Marks

a) i) Factorise m 2  7 m  10 1

ii) Factorise 125m 3  8 1

125m3  8 m5
iii) Hence, simplify 2 
m  7m  10 25m 2  4 2

b) Use the completing the square method to find the exact value for x in x2 - 8x + 1 = 0 2

c) i) Factorise fully 6 x2  9 x  6 2

ii) Hence or otherwise solve 4  8 x   3 x  2  2 x  1 2

d) Factorise fully x6  7 x3  8 3

e) Solve for u, v and w.

3u  v  4w  23
u  v  2w  9
3
4u  v  3w  6

3
Question 3. (10 marks) Start a new booklet Marks

a) Evaluate 5  2 1

b) Solve 2  3x  5 2

c) Solve 5x2+2x-7=0 3

d) Solve 5 x  9  21 2

1
e) i) Express as a number with a negative index 1
32

1
ii) Hence solve 24 3 x  1
32

4
Question 4. (16 marks) Start a new booklet Marks

a) Evaluate log 5 4 correct to 3 significant figures. 2

1
8 x 1  24 64 3
b) Simplify  3x 3
42 x 2

c) Simplify log 2 96  log 2 6 2

d) Given log 7 2  0  36 and log 7 5  0  83 , find log 7 350 2

e) How many positive integer powers of 6 are less than 2  5  109 ? 2

f) Solve 25 x1  3  6 , correct to 2 decimal places. 2

1 1 1
g) If log10  log10 2
 log10 3  12 , find the value of x. 3
x x x

5
 Fort Street High School

2011 Assessment task 1

Mathematics

Solutions
Question 1. (14 marks)

a) A customer is given a 7  5% discount on the

 
2
2 a 3b 2  16a 7 b
price of a new car. If they paid $32 000, what was the c) Simplify
 2a b 
5
price of the car before the discount? 2

Give your answer correct to the nearest dollar.

Solution
Solution
 
2
2 a 3b 2  16a 7 b 2a 6 b 4  16a 7 b
92  5%  32000 
 2a b 
5
2 32a10 b5
32000
1% 
92  5
32a13b5

 345.94559... 32a10b5

100%  34594  59...  a3

 The price of the car before the discount is

$34595 correct to nearest dollar. Marking Criteria

2 For correct response or

Marking Criteria
1 For answer with one error made in the
2 For correct response or solution.

1 For answer with incorrect rounding or an

arithmetic error.
l
d) Find the value of 2 correct to two
g
b) Simplify 2 8  18 decimal places if l  32  8 and g  9  8 .

Solution Solution

2 8  18  2 4  2  9  2 l 32  8
2  2
g 9 8
 4 2 3 2
 11  49

 2
Marking Criteria
Marking Criteria
2 For correct response or
2 For correct response or
1 For answer not corrected to 2 d.p.
1 For answer with one error made in the
solution.

2
e) Express 0  62 as a fraction in its simplest Question 2. (16 marks)
form.

Solution

x  0  622222... a) i) Factorise m 2  7 m  10
10 x  6  22222...
Solution
100 x  62  2222...

m 2  7 m  10   m  5  m  2 
90 x  56
56 Marking Criteria
x
90
28 1 For correct response

45

Marking Criteria ii) Factorise 125m3  8

3 For correct response or Solution

125m3  8   5m  2   25m 2  10m  4 

2 For not simplifying answer or

1 For some evidence of correct procedure.

Marking Criteria
f) Find rational numbers a and b such that
1 For correct response
1
 ab 5
3 5

Solution 125m3  8 m5

iii) Hence, simplify 
m  7m  10 25m2  4
2

1 1 3 5
 
3 5 3 5 3 5 Solution

3 5 125m3  8 m5
  
4 m  7m  10 25m2  4
2


3

5  5m  2   25m2  10m  4  m5
4 4  
 m  5 m  2   5m  2  5m  2 
3 1
a  and b 
4 4 25m2  10m  4

 m  2  5m  2 
Marking Criteria

3 For correct response or Marking Criteria

3 5 2 For correct response or

2 For writing  but not stating a and b
4 4
1 Not cancelling all factors correctly
3 5
1 For rationalising to
4
3
b) Use the completing the square method to find ii) Hence or otherwise solve
the exact value for x in x2 - 8x + 1 = 0 4  8 x   3x  2  2 x  1
Solution
Solution
4  8 x   3 x  2  2 x  1
x2  8x  1  0

4  8x  6 x2  x  2
x 2  8 x  1

6 x2  9 x  6  0
x 2  8 x  16  15

3  2 x  1 x  2   0 from part i

 x  4  15
2

2x 1  0 or x20
x  4   15
1
x x  2
x  4  15 2

Marking Criteria
Marking Criteria
2 For correct response or
2 For correct response or
1 One mark for attaining the line
1 One arithmetic error 6 x2  9 x  6  0

d) Factorise fully x 6  7 x3  8
c) i) Factorise fully 6x2  9x  6 Solution

x6  7 x3  8   x3   7  x3   8
Solution 2

6 x 2  9 x  6  3  2 x 2  3x  2  Let x  m
3

 m2  7m  8
 3 2 x  4 x  x  2
2

  m  8  m  1
 3  2 x  x  2   1 x  2  
but x  m
3

 3  2 x  1 x  2    x 3  8  x 3  1

  x  2   x 2  2 x  4   x  1  x 2  x  1

Marking Criteria
Marking Criteria
2 For correct response
3 For correct response
1 One for factored for without the HCF
2 For finding x 3
 8 x3  1

1 For recognising it could be reduced to a

4 quadratic.
e) Solve for u, v and w. Question 3. (10 marks)

3u  v  4w  23    1.
u  v  2w  9    2.
4u  v  3w  6    3. a) Evaluate 5  2

Solution
Solution Marking Criteria
5  2  5  2
Eqn. 1. + Eqn 2. 1 For correct response
3
4u  2 w  14   4.

Eqn. 1. + Eqn 3. b) Solve 2  3x  5

7u  w  17   5. Solution
Eqn. 5.× 2
2  3 x  5 2  3 x  5
14u  2 w  34   5 A. 3 x  3 or 3 x  7
x  1 7
x
3
Eqn. 5A. - Eqn 4.
Marking Criteria
10u  20
2 For correct response.
u2
1 One correct solution.

Sub. u = 2 into Eqn. 4.

c) Solve 5x2+2x-7=0
4  2   2 w  14
w  3
Solution

Using the quadratic formula

Sub. u = 2 and w = -3 into eqn. 2
2  4  4.5.(7)
x
 2   v  2  3   9 2.5
v5
2  144

10
Marking Criteria

3 For correct response 7

 1 or
5
2 For one arithmetic error
Marking Criteria
1 For evidence of correct procedure with
errors. 3 For correct response

2 For one correct solution

1 For evidence of correct procedure with

errors.
5
d) Solve 5 x  9  21 Question 4. (16 marks)

Solution

5 x  9  21 5 x  9  21
a) Evaluate log 5 4 correct to 3 significant
figures.
5 x  30 or 5 x  12
Solution
x6 12
x log 4
5 log 5 4 
log 5
 0  861 correct to 3 sig. figs.
Marking Criteria

2 For correct response. Marking Criteria

1 One correct solution. 2 For correct response.

1 For finding the change of base.

1
e) i) Express as a number with a negative
32 1
index. 8 x 1  24 64 3
b) Simplify  3x
42 x 2
Solution Solution
1 1
 5
32 2
8 x 1  24 64 3  2   2
3 x 1
1
3 4
64
  
 25 2 
2x 3x 2 x
4 2 2 23 x

Marking Criteria 23 x 3  24 23 x
 
24 x 4
1 For correct response
23 x 1 23 x
  2
24 x 2

1
ii) Hence solve 24 3 x  26 x 1
32 
24 x  2
1
243 x 
32  22 x 1

2 4  3 x  2 5 Marking Criteria
Marking Criteria
3 For correct response
4  3 x  5 1 For correct response
2 For one arithmetic error
x3
1 For evidence of correct procedure with
errors.

6
c) Simplify log 2 96  log 2 6 e) How many positive integer powers of 6 are
less than 2  5  109 ?
Solution
Solution
96
log 2 96  log 2 6  log 2
6 6n  2  5  109

 log 2 16
log 6n  log  2  5  109 

 log 2 2 4
n log 6  log  2  5  109 

 4log 2 2
log  2  5  109 
n
4 log 6

Marking Criteria n  12  07... from calculator

2 For correct response.

 n  12
1 For finding log 2 16 .
Marking Criteria

2 For correct response.

d) Given log 7 2  0  36 and log 7 5  0  83 , 1 For finding n<12·07…

find log 7 350

Solution f) Solve 25 x1  3  6 , correct to 2 d.p.

log 7 350  log 7  7  5  5  2 
Solution
 log 7 7  log 7 52  log 7 2
25 x 1  3  6
 1  2 log 7 5  log 7 2
log  25 x 1   log 3  6
 1  2  0  83   0  36
 5 x  1 log 2  log 3  6
 3  02
log 3  6
5x  1 
log 2

Marking Criteria log 3  6

1
log 2
2 For correct response. x
5
1 For partial solution.
 0  1695...

 0  17

7
 1 1 1
g) If log10  log10 2
 log10 3  12 , find
x x x
the value of x.

Solution

1 1 1
log10  log10 2  log10 3  12
x x x

1 1 1 
log10   2  3   12
x x x 

1
log10  12
x6

log10 x 6  12

10 12  x 6

x 6  10 26

x 6  10 2 
6

 x  10 2  100

Marking Criteria

3 For correct response

2 For finding 1012  x 6

1
1 For simplifying log10  12
x6