SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

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

2008
Year 9
Half Yearly Examination

Time allowed: 75 Minutes

Mathematics
General Instructions
Write using black or blue pen

Calculators may be used.

All necessary working should be
shown in all questions if full marks are
to be awarded.
MARKS MAY NOT BE AWARDED
FOR MESSY OR BADLY
ARRANGED WORK.
Attempt all questions.

NAME_________________________

Class
9MaA
9MaB
9MaC
9MaD
9MaE
9MaF
9MaG

Teacher
Mr McQuillan
Ms Roessler
Ms Nesbitt
Mr Fuller
Mr Hespe
Mr Gainford
Ms Evans

Tick

Examiner:

C Kourtesis

Section

Mark

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7
Total

/15
/100

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Question 1 (16 Marks)

Answer

Number Question
(a.)
Simplify 15:40
(b.)

Find 18% of $415

(c.)

How many significant figures in each of

the following:
(i)
0.1040
(ii)

(d.)

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7004

Convert to fractions in simplest form:

(i)
0.75
(ii)

135%

(iii)

1
2
3

(e.)

Which of the following numbers are

rational?

1
0.01 , 7 %, 51 , 3 8 , 0.1
2

(f.)

If a = 4 and b = 3 find the value of:

ab3
(i)

(ii)

(a b)(a + b)

(iii)

1 1
+
a b

(g.)
50o

Not to scale
Find the value of x.

xo
30o

60o

(h.)

Factorise:
4x + 8
(i)
(ii)

a 3b 2 + a 2 b 4

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Question 2 (16 Marks)

Number Question
Answer
4
(a.)
Write 8.2 4.9 to three significant
figures.
(b.)
Write algebraic expressions for:
(i)
The number of dollars in D
cents.

(ii)

(c.)

(d.)

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The cube of the sum of x and

y.

A mine produces 5500 tonnes of bauxite

in a 40 hour week. What would be the
production in a 35 hour week?

Express

1
as a recurring decimal.
81

(e.)

The average of six numbers is 4.5 . A

further ten numbers are added and the
average is still 4.5 . What is the sum of
the ten numbers?

(f.)

Express as rational numbers:

(i)
0.35

(ii)

0.413

(g.)

Convert 60km/h to metres per second.

(h.)

If 40% of my weight is 38kg, how much

do I weigh?

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Question 3 (14 Marks)

Number Question
Answer
(a.)
Find the rational number which is
midway between 0.604 and 0.64 .

(b.)

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Find the next three terms of the

sequences:
(i)
6, 7, 9, 11, 15, 17, 21

(ii)

6, 15, 35, 77

(c.)

Suppose you have $1000,000,000 to

give away and you give away a $50
note each minute of the day. How many
days would it take to give it all away?
(Answer to the nearest day)

(d.)

Simplify:
5ab + 2ba 3ab
(i)

(ii)

a 10a 5

(iii)

4 x3 + x 2 + 10 x 3 5 x 2

(iv)

16 3a a

a 7 14

(e.)

xo

135 o

110 o

Find the value of x.

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Question 4 (13 Marks)

Number Question
Answer
(a.)
A child takes a packet containing N
chocolates to school. If he eats three
chocolates and gives k chocolates to his
friends, how many chocolates does he
have left?
(b.)
Simplify:
(i)
15k 5(4 7 k )

(c.)

(ii)

3x 2 x

7
5

(iii)

2a 1 3 + 2a

4
5

Staff

Staff

In a class of 34 students25 study

Mathematics, 26 study Geography and 3
students study neither of these subjects:
(i)
Draw a Venn Diagram to
represent the above
information.

(ii)

If one student is selected at

random, find the probability
that he (or she) studies:
(I.) At least one of the
subjects.

(II.) Exactly one of the two

subjects

(d.)
6 xo
2 xo

8 xo

What are the possible values that x may take?

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Question 5 (13 Marks)

Number Question
Answer
(a.)
In an electrical store the manager buys a
TV for x dollars from the distributor. He
then marks up the set by 60%. When it
did not sell he put it into a 37 % off
sale, then sold it. How much did he sell
it for?

(b.)

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Staff

Expand and simplify:

(i)
( 2a + 3b )( b 4a )

1
12

2
x
x
+

(ii)

(c.)

An employer has a sum of money,

which will pay Johns wages for 10
days, or Sams wages for 15 days. If
they were both employed at the same
time, for how many days can they be
paid for the same amount of money.

(d.)

A die with six faces numbered 1 to 6 is

cast. Determine the probability that the
number on the face uppermost will be
an even number or a number greater
than 2.

(e.)

Simplify:
a
b
+
a +b ab

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Question 6 (13 Marks)

Answer

Number
umber Question
(a.)

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ABC is a semi-circle centre O. # ABC is right

angled at C. If AC = 8cm and BC = 6cm, find
the shaded area. [Answer in terms of ]

(b.)

If a o b =

1
find a o ( b o c ) in simplest
ab

form.

(c.)

Expand and simplify:

2
( 3 n )( 3 + n ) ( 3m 2n )

(d.)

Four people A, B, C and D enter a

room and randomly sit on 4 chairs in a
row. How many seating arrangements
are possible?

(e.)

Explain, carefully, why every number of the form xxyy is divisible by 11.

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Question 7 (15 Marks)

Number Question
Answer
(a.)
If x, y and z are different integers in
1 1 1
which + + = 1 , find any solution
x y z
for x, y and z, given that x > y > z .

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(b.)

In the first round of a tennis tournament

there are 2n players. How many matches
must be played in order to decide a
winner assuming that no-one forfeits a
match?

(c.)

PQRS is a quadrilateral with side PQ produced to T. If SPQ and QRS are

supplementary, prove that TQR = PSR .

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S

Question 7 Continued Overleaf

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(d.)

Question 7 Continued
Triangle ABC, has a right angle at C. Given that a + b = 18 and c = 4, find the
area of the triangle ABC.
A

(e.)

If x + y = a and
( x y)2 =

1 1
+ = b , where x and y are both positive, show that
x y

ba 2 4a
b

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