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Year 9 NAPLAN Numeracy (No Calculator) Worksheet

This practice test is a great refresher to remind students of the kinds of


questions that they might facing during NAPLAN Numeracy assessment. This
test does not allow the use of a calculator.

40 Questions

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Questions

1. The table shows the Bell Times for morning school lessons.

George was 1 hour and 15 minutes late for school.

Which lesson was in progress when George arrived?

a) History

b) Science

c) English

d) Maths

Answer: ____________________

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2. Phil is drawing a circle.

What is the diameter?

a) 9 π cm2

b) 6 cm

c) 3 cm

d) 6 π cm

Answer: ____________________

3. The timeline gives the years for some inventions in the 20th Century.

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Which of these first came into use in the 7th decade of the 20th Century?

a) Helicopter

b) Penicillin

c) Hand held calculator

d) DVD

Answer: ____________________

4. What is the sum of 1/3 and 3/4?


a) 12/7
b) 1/4
c) 1/12
d) 1 1/3
Answer: ____________________

5. A 20c coin and a 10c coin are tossed at the same time.

What is the probability of getting two tails?

a) 0.3

b) 0.75

c) 0.5

d) 0.25

Answer: ____________________

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6. The Jones family went caravanning for their holiday.
The car’s odometer (trip meter) read:

when they left home

and

when they returned home.

How many kilometres, (to the nearest 10 km), did they travel on t heir
holiday?

a) 69 500

b) 149 290

c) 10 290

d) 79 791

Answer: ____________________

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7. Which digit is incorrect in this subtraction?

a) 0

b) 2

c) 8

d) 4

Answer: ____________________

8. The average age of one hundred Year 9 students is 14 y 10 m.

The average age of one hundred Year 8 students is 13 y 6 m.

What is the average age, (in years and months), for the 200 combined Years 8
and 9 students?

a) 14 years and 0 months

b) 14 years and 8 months

c) 14 years and 2 months

d) 13 years and 11 months

Answer: ____________________

9. Which number is missing from this true number sentence?


59 × 32 + 59 × ? = 5900

Answer: ____________________

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10. What is the smallest square number that has 0 in the units place and the sum
of its digits divisible by 9?

a) 180

b) 8100

c) 360

d) 900

Answer: ____________________

11. Which is the largest?

a) a quarter of a half

b) an eighth of 4

c) a twelfth of 3

d) a half of a quarter

Answer: ____________________

12. Two bushwalkers set out, without a map, from Woollawa Hut.
At the cross roads they choose their next track at random.

What is the probability that their chosen path goes to Boola Lake?

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a) 1/4
b) 2/3
c) 1/2
d) 1/3
Answer: ____________________

13. The Table shows the percentage change in house prices from December 2008
to December 2009.

Which city was furthest from the Australian average?

a) Adelaide

b) Darwin

c) Canberra

d) Melbourne

Answer: ____________________

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14. May Li has five cubes.
Which solid shape did May Li not make by gluing faces of the 5 cubes
together?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Answer: ____________________

15. The heights of 100 school students were grouped and recorded in a table.

Which could be the median height for this survey?

a) 79 cm

b) 155 cm

c) 145 cm

d) 139 cm

Answer: ____________________

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16. A pixel is a very small square.

This computer graphic contains 500 pixels.

How many pixels high is the graphic?

Answer: ____________________

17. Which expression is equal to 123 ÷ 62?


a) 22 x 3
b) 121
c) 23 x 3
d) 24x 3

Answer: ____________________

18. If x ♣ y = y ♣ x is true for all numbers x and y,

which one or more operation, +, –, x or ÷ could ♣ possibly be?

a) + (add) or – (subtract)

b) + (add) or x (multiply)

c) x (multiply) or ÷ (divide)

d) ÷ (divide) +(add) or –(subtract)

Answer: ____________________

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19. Megan counts the boxes in the L-shaped regions and puts them together to
make a larger square.

What conclusion should Megan come to?

a) 1 + 3 + 5 + … + 39 = 382
b) 1 + 3 + 5 + … + 20 = 102
c) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 = 72
d) 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 13 = 62

Answer: ____________________

20. Ellie worked out the temperature of the day by counting 31 cricket chirps in
15 seconds.

Ellie used a formula for the Temperature:

What was the temperature?

a) 20°C

b) 15°C

c) 11°C

d) 30°C

Answer: ____________________

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21. These drawings are approximate, not accurate, meaning that the information
is accurate but the shapes are not.
Using only the information marked on the figures, identify the rhombus.

a)

b)

c)

d)

Answer: ____________________

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22. The product of three consecutive numbers is 120.
What is the smallest of these numbers?

Answer: ____________________

23. The graph is based on the hire charge $C for a Taxi, which is $3.20 Flag Fall
and $1.93 per kilometre.

Write an equation for C in terms of d.

Calculate the coordinates of the point A.

a) (15, 32.15)

b) (15, 28.95)

c) (28.95, 15)

d) (32.15, 15)

Answer: ____________________

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24. An A0 sheet of paper is halved and halved again to make smaller standard
sized sheets.

Approximately what percentage of the whole A0 sheet is the area of an A4


sheet?

a) 12.5%

b) 6.25%

c) 25%

d) 3.125%

Answer: ____________________

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25. Complete the following sum:

How is the answer written in words?

a) one hundred and eleven million, one hundred and eleven thousand, one
hundred and ten

b) one hundred and eleven million, one hundred and eleven thousand, one
hundred and eleven

c) one billion, one hundred and eleven million, one hundred and
eleven thousand, one hundred and eleven

d) one billion, one hundred and eleven million, one hundred and eleven
thousand, one hundred and ten

Answer: ____________________

26.

What is the bearing of Lorelei Rocks from Port Haven?

a) N35°W

b) S55°E

c) N55°W

d) S35°E

Answer: ____________________

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27. Jeff correctly solved an equation.

He wrote:
3k + 9 = 4
3k = -5

What was his next step?

a) 3k + 5 = 0
b) k = -5 ÷ 3
c) k = -5 + 3
d) k = -15

Answer: ____________________

28. Which number is the smallest?


a) √83
b) 24
c) 3√8
d) 42

Answer: ____________________

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29.

The volume of the cylinder is greater than the volume of the cube.

What is true about h?


a) h < 0.9
b) 4h = 3
c) h > 3/π
d) h > 27/π

Answer: ____________________

30. O is the centre of the circle.

Is ∠ABC acute, obtuse or a right-angle?

Answer: ____________________

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31. Which expression is equivalent to 6p + 24 + 3p - 9 ?

a) 3p + 5
b) 3(2p - 3)
c) 3(3p + 5)

d) 9(p + 5)

Answer: ____________________

32. A solid is made from a cone on top of a cylinder. The cone and cylinder each
have the same height, h units, and the same radius, r units.

The volume of the cone is one-third of the volume of the cylinder.

Which expression gives the volume of the composite solid?

a) 4πr2h ÷ 3
b) 12πrh2
c) 4πr2h2 ÷ 3
d) πr2h ÷ 3

Answer: ____________________

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33. Which of these points is halfway between the points (1, 4) and (5, 6)?

a) (1, 2)

b) (2, 1)

c) (5, 3)

d) (3, 5)

Answer: ____________________

34. The sum of the coordinates of points on the straight line is 5.

The product of the coordinates of points on the curved lines is 4.

What are the coordinates of the point A?

a) (4, 1)

b) (5, -1)

c) (-4, -1)

d) (1, 4)

Answer: ____________________

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35. Mrs Spuck from Mars writes:

for zero

for one

for two

for three.

means

How would Mrs Spuck write the number seven?

a)

b)

c)

d)

Answer: ____________________

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36. Three concentric circles have radii in the proportion
r1 : r2 : r3 = 1 : 2 : 3.

(Diagram not drawn to scale)

In what proportion, A1 : A2 : A3, are the areas of the shaded regions?

a) 1 : 4 : 9

b) 1 : 1 : 1

c) 1 : 3 : 5

d) 1 : 2 : 3

Answer: ____________________

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37. A triangular pyramid is thrown like a die, and the three numbers showing are
added.

What is the probability that sum of the three numbers will be a prime
number?

a) 100%

b) 25%

c) 75%

d) 50%

Answer: ____________________

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38. Gillian starts with $40 and at the end of every month (every four weeks) banks
$20.

Write a rule for D, Gillian's bank balance in dollars, and n, the whole number
of months after she starts saving.
a) D = 20(n + 40)
b) D = 20(n + 2)
c) D = 20n – 20
d) D = 40n + 20

Answer: ____________________

39. Fred plots points for the graph of the equation x2 + y2 = 25.

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Which points did Fred plot that do not make this equation true?

a) (-5, 5), (-2, -3)

b) (4, -3)

c) (3, 4), (4, -3)

d) Only (-5, 5)

Answer: ____________________

40. An irregular pentagon has been broken up into four triangles and a trapezium.

The area of the pentagon, A sq. units, is the sum of these five areas.

The length of the diagonal is L units.

Which is the correct expression for A?


a) A = L(h1 + h2 + h3)
b) A = (1 + 2 + 3)Lh/2
c) A = L(h1 + h2 + h3)/2
d) A = ½{ah1 + (b + c)(h1 + h2) + dh2 + (a + b + c + d)h3}

Answer: ____________________

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The Answers.
Hey! No peeking until you’ve finished…

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Question 1

Answer: d

George needed to be at assembly at 8.55 am. We add 1 hr 15 min to this time. We


could either add on 1 hr (to 9.55 am) and and then another 15 minutes, bringing the
time to 10.10am, or we could do an addition like this:

Hours:

8+1=9

Minutes:

55 + 15 = 70

70 min = 1 hr 10 min

Adding these back together we get:

9 + 1 hr 10 min = 10:10 am

We then check on the timetable to see what subject is scheduled at that time, and
we find that Maths started at 9.50am and would continue until 10.20am.

Question 2

Answer: b

The distance from the centre of the circle to the edge is the radius. In this question,
that is the 3cm from the point of the compass (which sits at the centre of the circle)
and the pencil, as shown on the ruler.

The diameter of a circle is a straight line from any point on the edge, through the
centre, to a point on the edge opposite. This distance is therefore twice the radius.

Hence, the diameter of Phil's circle is 2 × 3cm, which is 6 cm.

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Question 3

Answer: c

The seventh decade of the 20th century was the "sixties": starting on 1 January 1961
and running through to 31 December 1970, so it was the hand-held calculator that
came into use in that decade.

(Note: Some people consider that a decade starts with the "0" year; for example, 1
January 1960 to 31 December 1969; however, this would mean that there was a year
zero at some point in the past, and of course, we start counting from 1.)

Question 4

Answer: c

We can only add fractions that have the same sized "pieces"; ie the same
denominator. To change the fractions to equivalent fractions with the same
denominator, find the lowest common multiple of the two denominators: 3 and 4.
This is 12.

Now, change both fractions into 12ths:

1/3 = 4/12

3/4 = 9/12

We can now add the fractions:

4+9

12 12

= 13

12

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=11

12

Question 5

Answer: d

A tree diagram can be used to show all the possible outcomes of tossing the two
coins.

Starting with the 20c coin, consider the possible outcomes: head or tail.

Now consider the 10c coin. Once again, there are two possible outcomes (head or
tail).

When we consider tossing the two coins, we could get the following combined
outcomes:

20c 10c Outcomes

HH

HT

TH

TT

We can see that TT would be expected to occur one in four times, giving a probability
of 0.25.

Half (or 0.5) of the times the 20c coin is tossed we would expect a Tail, and when the
10c coin is tossed as well, half of these would be expected to be Tails. Of these, half
the Tails occur with the 20c tails so the chance of getting TT is one half of one half:
0.5 × 0.5 which is 0.25.

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Question 6

Answer: c

To find the distance travelled, we need to find the difference between the two
odometer readings. To do this, we need to subtract:

79 791.2 - 69 500.8

= 10 290.4 km

We are asked to give the answer to the nearest 10km, so we round this answer to 10
290 km.

Question 7

Answer: c

Working through this subtraction, we start with

7 - 5 in the ones (units) column, which leaves 2.

Moving to the tens column, we have:

0 - 6, which we cannot do.

So, we re-group the 9 in the hundreds column, making it 8 hundreds and 10 tens.

These 10 tens are moved to the tens column so we now have:

10 - 6, leaving 4 in the tens column.

In the hundreds column, having regrouped, we now have:

8 - 1, which leaves 7 in the hundreds.

Hence, the 8 shown in the answer in the hundreds column is incorrect.

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Question 8

Answer: c
Formula
The average of a set of scores is given by the formula

We can also rearrange this to make the sum of scores the subject:
Sum of scores = average x number of scores

Method
Step 1: Find the sum of scores for the Year 9 students
Step 2: Find the sum of scores for the Year 8 students
Step 3: Add the sums to find the total sum for 200 students
Step 4: Calculate the new average
Working Out
Step 1: 14 years, 10 months = (14*12) + 10 months = 178 months
Then sum of scores = 178*100 = 17,800 student.months
Step 2: 13 years, 6 months = (13*12) + 6 = 162 months
Then sum of scores = 162*100 = 16, 200 student.months
Step 3: Total sum of scores for 200 students = 17, 800 + 16, 200 = 34,000
Step 4: Average = 34, 000 / 200 = 170 months
Convert to years: 170 / 12 = 14.16 years, or 14 years and 2 months.

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Question 9

Answer: 68
You may begin by factorising the left hand side. This gives us a number we can divide
by easily in our heads.
59 × 32 + 59 × ? = 5900
59(32 + ?) = 5900
32 + ? = 5900/59
32 + ? = 100
? = 100 – 32
? = 68

If you didn’t do it this way, don’t worry! There are often several ways of solving a
problem. Here is another method:

59 × 32 + 59 × ? = 5900
59 × ? = 5900 – 59 × 32 (59 × 32 are multiplied together, so we must move them
together)
59 × ? = 5900 – 1888
59 × ? = 4012
? = 4012/59
? = 68

This method is a bit harder to work out mentally, but not impossible!

Question 10

Answer: d

Start by working out which of the choices are square numbers.

If you can't spot these straightaway, you can work them out by looking for factors of
the numbers that are themselves square numbers:

8100 = 81 x 100

= 9 x 9 x 10 x 10

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= 902

900 = 9 x 100

= 3 x 3 x 10 x 10

= 302

360 = 36 x 10

= 6 x 6 x 10, so 360 is NOT a square number

180 = 9 x 2 x 10, so 180 is NOT a square number.

Therefore, from the choices given, 900 is the smallest square number with a 0 in the
ones (units) column and whose digits add up to 9 (meaning it is also divisible by 9).

Question 11

Answer: b

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Question 12

Answer: b

Three tracks leave the intersection (not counting the one they came from).
Two of those tracks lead to Boola Lake.

Probability is given by the formula

P = number of desired events / number of possible events.

Thus the probability is 2/3.

Question 13

Answer: a

To find the city that was furthest from the Australian average, we need to find the
one with the greatest difference.

The Australian average was a percentage change of 13.6%. The greatest percentage
change was 19.7% in Melbourne, and the smallest was 5.1% in Adelaide.

To find which of these is furthest from 13.6, we just need to do the subtractions:

19.7 - 13.6 = 6.1

13.6 - 5.1 = 8.5

So, Adelaide's change in house prices was the furthest from the Australian average.

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Question 14

Answer: b

May Li has 5 cubes, which may be joined in any configuration. The solid shape she
could NOT have made is:

because this one uses 6 cubes.

Question 15

Answer: c

The "median" is the middle score. We can find the median group in this data by
adding a cumulative frequency column to the table, as shown below:

We calculate the cumulative frequency be adding the frequency of a row to the


combined frequencies of the previous rows. Hence, in the first row the cumulative
frequency is the same as the frequency of that row (1); then in the second row, it is 1
+ 9, which is 10, then in the third row, it is 10 +16, which is 26 and so on.

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We can see that we had a total of 100 pieces of data; ie n = 100

The rank of the median score is given by:

Median = (n + 1) ÷ 2

= (100 + 1) ÷ 2

= 101 ÷ 2

= 50.5

That is, the median score lies between the 50th score and the 51st score.

When we have a even number of pieces of data as we do here, we calculate the


median as the average (mean) of these 2 middle scores.

Looking at our cumulative frequency column, we can see that we have accounted for
the first 49 scores in the first 4 rows.

In the next row (140 - 149 cm), we have from the 50th score up to and including the
65th score, so that means that both the 50th and 51st scores occur in this row.

So, the median of the data (before it was grouped) would be between 140 and
149cm, making 145cm the correct choice.

Question 16

Answer: 20

Identify the information you are given and what you need to find:
Area = 500 pixels
Length = 25 pixels
Height = ?

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Find an equation that relates the above variables:
The equation for the area of a rectangle is Area = length x height
Substitute in the known values and solve:
500 = 25 x height

Height = 500/25

Height = 20

The graphic is 20 pixels high.

Question 17

Answer: d

There are a few methods you can use to solve questions like this. No particular
method is wrong, so choose the one that suits you best!

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Question 18

Answer: b

♣ could be + (addition) or x (multiplication). This is because the order does not


matter for these two operations, while for subtraction and division, order does
matter.

For example, let x = 2, y = 4.

Then x+y = 2 + 4 = 6 = 4 + 2 = y + x.

x*y = 2*4 = 8 = 4*2 = y*x.

x - y = 2 - 4 = -2, but y - x = 4 - 2 = 2.

x/y = 2/4 = 0.5, but y/x = 4/2 = 2.

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Question 19

Answer: c

Notice that we start with a square that is 1 x 1 (or 1 squared), using just the first odd
number.

1 = 1 x 1 = 12

When we slide that into the next shape, it combines the first two odd numbers (1
and 3), making 4, which is 2 x 2 or 2 squared.

1 + 3 = 4 = 2 x 2 = 22

Then, with the first 3 odd numbers (1, 3 and 5) we have a total of 9 squares (1 + 3 +
5), which is 3 x 3 or 3 squared.

1 + 3 + 5 = 9 = 3 x 3 = 32

The fourth term in the pattern uses the first 4 odd numbers (1, 3, 5 and 7), which add
to 16, which is 4 x 4 or 4 squared.

1 + 3 + 5 + 7 = 16 = 4 x 4 = 42

So, we can deduce that the total number of small squares that make up the large
square is the number of consecutive odd numbers that we had added, squared.

Hence, 1 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 9 + 11 + 13 (which are the first 7 odd numbers) will be equal to


72 .

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Question 20

Answer: a
Substitute the number of cricket chirps into the equation:
(5 x 31 + 25)/9
Using the BOMDAS order of operations, we must do the multiplication first.

(155 + 25)/9

Because everything is divided by 9, we must simplify the numerator before


dividing:

180/9

Temperature = 20°C

Question 21

Answer: a

A rhombus is an equilateral parallelogram. In other words, it is a four-sided shape


that has four sides of equal length (also by definition, opposite sides are parallel). A
square is a special case.

The correct shape is:

The angle of 93 degrees doesn't really matter - a rhombus can have any angle,
provided the opposite angle (upper right angle in this case) is identical. The double
lines on each side length tell us that each side is the same length - this is how we
know it is a rhombus.

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Question 22

Answer: 4
Trial and error:

Choose the lowest number to be 2.


Check: 2*3*4 = 6*4 = 26
This is too low.

Choose the lowest number to be 5.


Check: 5*6*7 = 30*7 = 210.
This is too high.

Choose a number between 2 and 5 --> choose 4.


4*5*6 = 20*6 = 120.

Alternative method:

Let's call the lowest number x. The next two consecutive numbers are x + 1 and x + 2.

We can then write the expression for the product of these numbers:

x(x+1)(x+2) = 120.

Now, we can expand and simplify this:

(x2 + x)(x+2) = 120


x3 +x2 + 2x2 + 2x = 120
x3 + 3x2 + 2x = 120

This is easiest solved graphically:

x = 4.

If you are not familiar with this method, you could try creating a factor tree for 120.
You will find that the prime factors of 120 are: 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 x 5. Try combining these
factors in various ways so that you get 3 consecutive numbers. You'll find that they

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can be combined as: 4 x 5 x 6, so once again we find that 4 will be the smallest of the
three consecutive numbers that we need.

To check: 4 x 5 x 6 = 20 x 6 = 120

Question 23

Answer: a

The general form of a linear equation (straight line) is y = mx + c.

Here, y is the cost, c is the Flag Fall and x is the distance: C = md + F

We can immediately substitute in the Flag Fall of $3.20:

C = md + 3.20.

We need to find the gradient, m. To do this, we can use the fact that for each km
travelled, the cost increases by $1.93. Therefore, m = 1.93.

The general equation is: C = 1.93d + 3.20.

Now, we need to calculate the coordinates of point A. We can see visually that the
horizontal coordinate is d = 15 (by reading off the x-axis).

Substitute d = 15 into the equation to find the corresponding cost (y-coordinate):

C = 1.93*15 + 3.20
C = 28.95 + 3.20
C = 32.15

The coordinates are (x,y) = (d,C) = (15, 32.15).

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Question 24

Answer: b

When we halve an A0 sheet, we get an A1 sheet. This is half the size of the A0 sheet.
Fold it again, and we have an A2 sheet, which is half the size of the A1 sheet. Fold it
twice more, and we get an A4 sheet. This takes a total of 4 folds.

So we need to find 50% of 50% of 50% of 50%. We can write this as a multiplication:

50% × 50% × 50% × 50%

Writing this in decimal form we get:

0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 × 0.5 = 0.0625

To convert this back to a percentage, we multiply by 100%:

0.0625 × 100

= 6.25%.

Therefore, an A4 sheet is 6.25% of an A0 sheet.

Question 25

Answer: d

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In words, this is:

One billion, one hundred and eleven million, one hundred and eleven thousand,
one hundred and ten.

Question 26

Answer: d

Lorelei Rocks is to the South and to the East of Port Haven. When using compass
directions, always put either North or South first, and then adjust the direction with a
number of degrees in the Easterly or Westerly direction:

Here, we begin with South and then work out how many degrees to the East Lorelei
Rocks is from Port Haven. The bearing of 55 degrees given in the diagram is how
many degrees SOUTH of EAST Lorelei Rocks is. We need to know how many degrees
EAST of SOUTH. To do this, simply subtract 55 from 90 dgerees: 90 - 55 = 35 degrees.

The bearing of Lorelei Rocks from Port Haven is S35°E (read as: South and 35 degrees
East).

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Question 27

Answer: b

Jeff has:

3k = -5

To get the k by itself, he nees to "un-do" the multiply by 3. The opposite of


multiplying by 3 is dividing by 3.

To keep the equation balanced, he needs to do the same operation to both sides.

Dividing by 3 on both sides, his next line would read:

k = -5 ÷ 3

(We would normally write that as:

k = - 5/3)

Question 28

Answer: c

To find which expression has the smallest value, we will work each of them out and
compare.

3
√8 means the "cube root of 8"; that is, the number that, raised to the power of 3, =
8.
23 = 8 so 3√8 = 2
√8 3 means the square root of (8 to the power of 3).
8 3 = 8 x 8 x 8 = 512. The square root of 512 is approximately 22.63.
24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 2 = 16
42 = 4 x 4 = 16.
So, the smallest number is given by 3√8 .

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Question 29

Answer: c

We know that V (cylinder) > V (cube).

The volume of a cube is:

V (cube) = S × S × S

= 3m × 3m × 3m

= 27 m3

The volume of a cylinder is gven by the area of its (circular) base, multiplied by its
height (h).

The base of our cylinder in this question has a diameter of 6m so its radius is 3m.

Using the formula for the volume of a cylinder, the radius of 3m and the fact that the
volume of the cylinder is greater than 27 m3, we have:
V (cylinder) = πr2 × h
V (cylinder) = π32 × h

We know that V is greater than 27 cubic metres, so:

πr2 × h > 27

9π ×h > 27

h > 27/9π
h > 3/π

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Question 30

Answer: right angle

Consider triangle AOB. Because OA and OB are radii of the circle they are equal (as
indicated on the diagram). So, triangle AOB is isoceles and angle ABO = 41 degrees.

Now consider triangle COB. This is also an isoceles triangle as OB = OC. This means
that angle OBC = angle OCB. Together, these 2 angles equal 180 - 82, which is 98
degrees, so each one is 49 degrees.

Hence angle ABC = 41 + 49 degrees

= 90 degrees (or a right angle).

Question 31

Answer: c
6p + 24 + 3p - 9
Collecting like terms (the terms in p, and the constants), we have:
= 6p + 3p + 24 - 9
= 9p + 15

We can then factorise that expression by taking out the common factor of 3 from
both terms:

= 3(3p + 5)

Question 32

Answer: a

The volume of a cylinder is given by the area of its (circular) base, multiplied by its
height, so:

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Question 33

Answer: d

The mid-point is given by the average of the x values and the y values, so the formula
is:

MP = ( (x1 + x2)/2 , (y1 + y2)/2)


= ( (1 + 5)/2 , (4 + 6)/2)

=(3,5)

Question 34

Answer: a

We could solve this graphically, by considering the scale on the x axis to work out the
value of the x co-ordinate of A. Alternatively, we could solve the equations
algebraically by substitution.

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To find the co-ordinates of A graphically, we can conclude that the value of x at point
A is 4, and as the co-ordinates add to 5 on the straight line, the y co-ordinate must be
1.

This solution also satisfies the requirement that the product of the co-ordinates
equals 4 on the curved line.

So, A is the point (4, 1).

To solve the problem algebraically, we write the equations and then solve them
simultaneously:

x+y=5

therefore y = 5 - x

xy = 4

therefore y = 4/x (Equation 2)

We can now equate Equation 1 and Equation 2 and solve for x:

-x + 5 = 4/x

x(-x +5) = 4

-x2 + 5x - 4 = 0
x2 - 5x + 4 = 0

(x – 4)(x – 1) = 0

x=4

or x = 1

When x = 4, y = 1

and when x = 1, y = 4. So, point A is the point (4, 1).

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Question 35

Answer: d

Our Martian, Mrs Spuck is using a base 2 number system, in which there are only 2
symbols needed: they represent our digits 0 and 1.

To write 7 in base 2, we break it up into powers of two, as shown on the table below,
because 7 = 4 + 2 + 1:

So, in Mrs Spuck's symbols, this would be:

Question 36

Answer: c
The area of a circle is given by the formula A = πr2.
From the ratio, we can say that r1 = r1, r2 = 2r1 = r3 = 3r1.

Therefore,

A1 = πr2
A2 = π(2r)2 - πr2 = 4πr2 - πr2 = 3πr2
A3 = π(3r)2 = 9πr2 - 4πr2 = 5πr2
The ratio of areas is πr2 : 3πr2 : 5πr2
Since each term shares a common factor of πr2 we can cancel that factor from each
term in the ratio. The simplest form of the ratio is 1 : 3 : 5.

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Question 37

Answer: c

A good place to start for probability questions is to write out all of the possible
events and determine how many of those are desired events. In this case, a possible
event is any sum of three numbers on the die. A desired event is when that sum is a
prime number.

1) 2 + 4 + 1 = 7 → PRIME
2) 2 + 4 + 8 = 14
3) 4 + 8 + 1 = 13 → PRIME
4) 8 + 1 + 2 = 11 → PRIME

There are four possible outcomes, three of which are the desired outcome. Using the
formula for probability:

P = number of desired outcomes / number of possible outcomes

P=¾

¾ is the same as 75%. It is good to memorise this fraction-percentage relationship,


but there is also a way of working it out. The idea when converting fractions to
percentages is to get a 100 in the denominator.

¾ x (25/25)
= (3 x 25)/(4 x 25)
= 75/100

Because this is 75 out of 100, it is 75%.

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Question 38

Answer: b

We know that Gillian starts with $40 and adds $20 at the end of each month. This
means that at the end of the first month she has:

$40 + $20 = $60

The next two months would be:

$40 + $20 + $20 = $80

$40 + $20 + $20 + $20 = $100

$20 + $20 + $20 is the same as $20 × 3, so we can re-write the last month as:

$40 + $20 × 3 = $100

This can be re-written using n, which is the number of months, and D, which is the
bank balance:
$40 + $20n = D
We can factorise this by noticing that 20n and 40 have a common factor of 20. This
gives us:
D = 20(n + 2).

Question 39

Answer: a
We can see visually which points do not lie on the circle described by the equation
x2 + y2 = 25. Any dots not lying on the line do not satisfy the equation. Thus, the
points (-5, 5) and (-2, -3) do not make the equation true.

We can also work this out by substituting the coordinates into the equation. For
example, consider the point (-5, 5).

This means that x = -5 and y = 5. So:

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(-5)2 + 52 = 25.

25 + 25 = 25

50 = 25.

This is clearly not true and so again we see that (-5, 5) does not satisfy the equation.

Compare this to the point (3, 4), which does lie on the curve.

Here, x = 3 and y = 4.

32 + 42 = 25

9 + 16 = 25

25 = 25.

This is accurate, so we know that (3, 4) does lie on the line.

Checking (-2, -3):

(-2)2 + (-3)2 = 25

4 + 9 = 25

13 = 25

Therefore, (-2, -3) does not lie on the line.

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Question 40

Answer: d

The area of the pentagon, A sq. units, is the sum of the five shapes that make up the
composite. The area of a triangle is ½bh.

For triangle 1, the area is ½ah1. For triangle 2, the area is ½dh2. For triangle 3, the
area is ½(a+b)h3. For triangle 4, the area is ½(c+d)h3.
For a trapezium, the formula for area is ½(a+b)h. In the case of our trapezium, this
becomes ½(b+c)(h1+h2).
We can now add each of these areas. ½ah1 + ½dh2 + ½(a+b)h3+ ½(c+d)h3 +
½(b+c)(h1+h2).

The answer we have here is correct, but to simplify, we can factor out the common
term, ½:

½{ah1 + dh2 + (a+b)h3 + (c+d)h3 + (b+c)(h1+h2)}


We can also factor the two bolded terms, because they both include h3:
½{ah1 + (b + c)(h1 + h2) + dh2 + (a + b + c + d)h3}

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