SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

M O O R E PA R K , S U R RY H I L L S

Year 9
Half-Yearly Examination 2012

Advanced Mathematics
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General Instructions

Examiner: B. Kilmore

Working time 75 minutes

Write using black or blue pen.
Approved calculators may be used.
All necessary working MUST be shown in
every question if full marks are to be
awarded.
Marks may not be awarded for untidy or
badly arranged work.
If more space is required, clearly write the
number of the QUESTION on one of the
back pages and answer it there. Indicate
that you have done so.
All answers must be given in exact
simplified form unless otherwise
indicated.
Clearly indicate your class by placing an
X, next to your class

NAME:
Class

9A
9B
9C
9D
9E
9F
9G

Teacher
Mr Boros
Ms Ward
Mr Elliott
Ms Nesbitt
Mr Hespe
Mr Chen
Mr Gainford

Question

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total

Mark
/16
/16
/15
/15
/14
/15
/16
/107

Section 1- 16 Marks
1. What is the average of 8.1 and 8.39?

(1m)

5
to a decimal.
6

(1m)

1
as a percentage.
8

(1m)

2. Convert

3. Write

4. A die is rolled. If B is the event that either a 2 or a 5 results, find P ( B ) .

(1m)

5. Arrange

3
19
in ascending order.
, 43%, 0.48,
7
50

(1m)

6. Find the value of x. Give reasons.

(2m)

7. If a 3 and b 2, evaluate:

(2m)

a) a 2 b 2

b) a b

8. Factorise:
a) 4mn 10n 2

b) 3ab 21b

c) 8(b 7) a (b 7)

(3m)

9. Simplify:
a) 3km 4mn

b)

2k k

5 8

c)

5m 4 m

2
3

d) 4n 5n 7d 2n

(4m)

Section 2 16 Marks
1. Simplify the following:
a) 3 x 2( x 3)

(3m)

b) (3 x 4) ( x 2)

2. Simplify:
a) x

(6m)
x
3

b)

3x 1 2 x

4
2

c)

x 2 3x 1

3
2

3. The ratio of the population of town A to town B is 5:3. There are 60 000 people in
town B. How many people live in town A?
(2m)

4. If x

2
1
, find the value of 2 .
x
5

(1m)

5. A card is drawn from a normal deck of 52 cards. What is the probability that the card
is
a) A Jack?
b) The 5 of clubs or the 6 of hearts?
c) A King or a diamond?
(4m)

Section 3 15 Marks
1. Find the value of x in the following diagrams, giving reasons:
(6m)
a)

b)

c)

2. Calculate the angle sum of a decagon.

(1m)

3. The table below shows the number of male and female students in the year 9 maths
classes in a school.
(4m)

Male

Female

TOTAL

11

21

32

20

12

32

13

17

30

15

12

27

14

15

29

73

77

150

9M1
9M2
9M3
9M4
9M5
TOTAL

a) What is the probability that a student selected at random will be:

i.

In 9M3?

ii.

A female?

iii.

A male in 9M1?

b) What is the probability that a student who is in 9M4 is male?

4. I am thinking of a fraction. If it is multiplied by 2

1
1
7
and then
is added, it is equal to
4
12
2

more than twice the original fraction. Find this fraction.

(2m)

5. The ratio of the test marks for Ian, Robert and Chris was 5 : 7 : 4. If Ian scored 65 marks,
how many more marks than Chris did Robert score?
(2m)

Section 4 15 Marks
1. K-Mart has a 15% off sale. A pair of skates has a sale price of $115.60. What was
the original price?
(2m)

2. Calculate:
3 2

4 3
3 2
1
4 3

(1m)

3. In numbering the pages of a book 264 digits are used. For example, in numbering
page 106, three digits are used. How many pages are in the book?
(3m)

4. Expand and simplify the following

(5m)
a) ( x 7)

b) (3 x 4 y ) 2

c) ( x 2 x ) 2

d) ( x 4)( x 4)

1
1
e) ( x )( x )
x
x

5. Expand and simplify :

( x 1) 2 ( x 1) 2

(2m)

6. Lotto winnings of $3 000 000 are divided between 2 winning groups in the ratio 8:7.
How much will each group receive to the nearest cent?
(2m)

Section 5 14 Marks
1. Expand
a) 5(2 x 1) 2

(6m)

b) ( x 2)( x 2) 2

c) (2 x 3)( x 2)( x 5)

2. Simplify
a)

3 x( a b)
6 y ( a b)

b)

x 2 3x 1

3
2

(3m)

3. Factorise

(2m)

(2 y 1)( y 7) ( y 1)( y 7)

4.
a) Increase $150 by 12% and then decrease the result by 12%.

(2m)

b) Hence calculate the percentage gain or loss of the original amount.

(1m)

Section 6 15 Marks
1. Find 50 2 49 2 without squaring the numbers and without a calculator. Show
working.
(2m)

2. Janet swims 4 km in 5 hours. She covers 1 metre with each stroke. How many
strokes does she take per minute?
(2m)

3. Some passionfruit are given out to a group of students. If each receives 5

passionfruit, there are 10 left over, but if each were to receive 6 passionfruit there
would be 2 passionfruit too few. Find the number of passionfruit.
(3m)

5. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon that has equal interior angles of 162.
(2m)

4. If a and b are two consecutive positive integers such that b > a,

show that
a) b 2 a 2 a b

b) (b a ) 2 4a 2 4a 1

c) ab is always divisible by 2.

(6m)

Section 7 16 Marks
1. How many numbers between 10 and 1000 have a digit sum of 8?

(3m)

2. The average of 37 numbers is 39. The average of the first 18 numbers is 35 and the
average of the second 18 numbers is 41. Find the last number.
(2m)

3. The given rectangle can be cut into 3 smaller congruent rectangles as shown. Find the width,
W, of the larger rectangle.
(3m)

4. A train travelling at 45km/h leaves Sydney for Newcastle at 1pm. Another train
going 75km/h leaves Newcastle for Sydney at the same time. If the distance between
Sydney and Newcastle is 160km, when and where will they pass each other?
(4m)

5. A bullseye target has circles drawn on it. The target is a square of length 90cm and
the two circles have radii of 10cm and 40cm. A novice archer can just manage to hit
the target.
In one practice session he fires 50 arrows. One point is scored for hitting the large
circle and the inner circle scores 20 points.
(4m)
a) What are the probabilities of hitting each circle?

b) What would you expect his score to be?