NORTH SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

Year 9 Yearly Examination

November 18, 2008

MATHEMATICS
(Stage 5.1-5.3)

General instructions Class (please )

Working time 90 minutes. 9M1

Write on one side of lined A4 paper supplied by 9M2

yourself.
9M3
Commence each new question on a new
sheet. 9M4

Write using blue or black pen. Where diagrams 9M5

are to be sketched, these may be done in pencil.

Unless otherwise specified, diagrams are not to

scale.

Board approved calculators may be used.

All necessary working should be shown in every

question.

Attempt all questions.

At the conclusion of the examination, bundle

the sheets used in the correct order within this
paper and hand to examination supervisors.

NAME: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAGES USED: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Markers use only.

QUESTION 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total %

MARKS
10 13 10 7 14 10 8 9 8 8 97 100
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Question 1 (10 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Evaluate, correct to 2 decimal places: 2

5.76 + 7.96 3.2
2.73

(b) After a discount of 13% was given, I paid $2 784 for a painting. What was the 2
original price?

(c) Factorise fully:

i. x2 4x. 1

ii. 16a2 9. 1

(d) Evaluate 50 + (5m)0 . 1

(e) Expand and simplify (2x 3y)2 . 2

(f) Write down the value of tan in the diagram below. 1

17
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Question 2 (13 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Lawn fertiliser is sold in three sizes: 2

20 kg for $11.60

50 kg for $24.80

110 kg for $56.00

Which size is the best buy? (Show your calculations)

(b) Simplify:
3x 7 x + 6
i. . 2
5 4
y 2 5y + 6 y
ii. 2
2 . 2
(y 3) y 2y

(c) Simplify 2 75 fully. 2

10
(d) Express with a rational denominator, giving your answer in simplest form. 2
5

(e) Given cos = 0.8 where 0 180 , find the value of correct to the nearest 1
degree.

(f) A jogger runs at an average rate of 5 km in 20 minutes. If he was to run 100 2

metres at this rate, how long would he take in seconds?

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Question 3 (10 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Solve for x:

x2
i. = 5. 2
x+2
ii. 4(x + 6) 3(3x 10). 2

(b) Calculate the volume of the following figure: 3

15 cm

8 cm

(c) Calculate the surface area of the following figure: 3

14
cm
12 cm

15 cm

14
cm
22 cm

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Question 4 (7 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Find the value of x, giving reasons. 2

A
B
74
x C
138
F
D
96

(b) Prove that x = y. 2

y
A B

x
C D

(c) O is the centre of the circle. Show that x + y = 90 . 3

x
y
A

O
B

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Question 5 (14 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Find the gradient and the y intercept of the line 2

2x 3y + 12 = 0

(b) A is the point (1, 3) and B is the point (3, 2).

i. Find the equation of AB, giving your answer in general form. 3

ii. What is the gradient of any line perpendicular to AB? 1

iii. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to AB which passes through B. 2

(c) I borrow $14 000 from a loan company. Simple interest is charged at 12% p.a. The 3
loan is repaid with interest in equal monthly instalments over 5 years. Calculate
the amount of each instalment.

(d) Stevens normal hourly rate of pay is $25.50. Last week he was paid $969. The 3
first 16 hours were at normal rate, the last 5 hours were at double time with the
remainder at time-and-a-half.
How many hours were paid at time-and-a-half?

Question 6 (10 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the following scores: 2

58, 70, 54, 60, 63, 74, 59, 72, 61, 58

(b) George scores 71% in a Maths test when the mean was 50% and the standard 3
deviation was 14%. His friend Graham scores 74% in a Science test where the
mean was 58% and standard deviaion 12%. State which is the better performance,
giving reasons.

(c) A set of scores have been arranged in a stem-and-leaf plot as follows:

3 8
4 256
5 34778
6 559
7 5

Find:
i. the range 1

ii. the mode 1

iii. the median 1

(d) A letter is chosen at random from the word MATHEMATICS. Find the probability
that the letter is
i. a T. 1

ii. not A nor M. 1

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Question 7 (8 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Identify the similar triangles in each of the following:

i. 1

A C
B
80 50 80 48 80 52

ii. 1

8 8 6 6 12 12
D E F

6 4 9

iii. 1

27 24 46 32 28
G H I
46 46
36 21

(b) Find the value of x in the diagram below. You may assume P QR 9 P ST . 2
P

12
Q R
4
S T
18

(c) Prove that ADB 9 ABC. 3

B

A D C

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Question 8 (9 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Solve the following pairs of simultaneous equation using an appropriate method: 6
 
x 4y = 10 2x 3y = 8
i. ii.
y = 9 3x 5x + 4y = 3

(b) An equilateral triangle has sides of length (3x y) cm, (x + 5) cm and (y + 3) cm. 3

Form a pair of simultaneous equations and solve them to find the length of each
side.

Question 9 (8 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) Find the exact value of cos 30 . 1

5
(b) Given tan = and is acute, find the exact value of sin . 2
2

(c) Sketch the graph for y = cos x for 0 x 360 . 2

(d) A steeple is 2.6 km east of a marker and a town is 1.7 km due south of the same
marker.
i. Draw a diagram to represent this information. 1

ii. Find the bearing of the town from the steeple. 2

Question 10 (8 Marks) Commence on a NEW sheet. Marks

(a) A large flagpole AB stands on top of a building. From D, located 50 m from C, 3

the angle of elevation to the top of the building is 45 . The angle of elevation
from D to the top of the flagpole is 48 .

Find the height of the flagpole to the nearest metre.

A
flagpole
B

building

D C

3 2
(b) Simplify the expression 2 . 3
x2 4 x 3x + 2

1
(c) Given x = 3 + 1, find the value of x + . 2
x

End of paper.

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