MATH 1 – SEMESTER 2 EXAM OVERVIEW

 The instructions from the cover sheet:

Instructions to candidates
Do not open this paper until instructed to do so.

You will have 2 hours to complete the exam.

Use pencil.

Show all of your work in the space provided – unsupported answers will not receive full credit.

Scratch paper is provided and will be collected, but only the work on the exam paper will be graded. If necessary, raise your hand
and ask an exam supervisor for more scratch paper.

You will be able to take in one A4 double sided summary sheet written and prepared by yourself.

 Topics included: Parallels, Basic Geometry, Triangles and Quadrilaterals, Exponents, Area and
Perimeter, Surface Area and Volume.
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Topic
Angles with Parallel Lines
Exponent rules
Basic Geometry
Triangles and Quadrilaterals
Pythagoras Theorem
Area and Perimeter
Surface Area and Volume

REVIEW: GEOMETRY BASICS

Tex Objective & Examples
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Measuring Length & Measuring Angles
• Solve questions involving lengths of segments
• Measure angles using a protractor
1-2 • Know angle vocabulary (e.g. adjacent, complimentary, vertical) and use
& these relationships to solve problems
1-3
2.

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3-5 Triangle Sum Theorem & Pythagorean Theorem
& • Apply the Triangle Sum Theorem to solve problems
5-4 • Apply the Pythagorean Theorem
 • Classify triangles s right, acute or obtuse using the Pythagorean Inequality

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5.
Properties of Quadrilaterals
• Know definitions of trapezoid, parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus, square
• Apply properties of quadrilaterals to solve problems

3-2
6.

7.

Answers – Geometry Basics

1. 16
2. 91°
3. R A = 32o,R B = 64o,R C = 84o
4. b = 8
5. Right triangle
6. C – rectangle
R EHG = 120o,GH = 8,R FHG = 62o ,
HO = 5,FH = 10,R GFH = 58o

REVIEW: PARALLELS
Tex Objectives & Examples
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3-3 Parallel Lines and Transversals
• Apply vocabulary to the angles formed when parallel lines are cut by a
transversal
• Use angle relationships to solve for unknowns
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10.
Proportional Segments
• Use proportional segments to solve for unknowns

8-4

11.

REVIEW: EXPONENTS
Tex Objectives & Examples
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8-1 Multiplying Monomials & Dividing Monomials
 • Apply the Product-of-Powers rule
• Apply the Quotient of Powers rule
& 12.
8-3
14.
13.
Powers of Products & Quotients
• Raise a power to a power
8-2 • Raise a product to a power
& • Raise a quotient to a power
8-3 16.
15.

Negative and Zero Exponents

• Apply a zero exponent
• Apply negative exponents
8-4 17.

18.

Scientific Notation
• Change numbers from standard notation to scientific notation and vice versa
• Combine numbers in scientific notation

8-5 19.

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REVIEW: AREA AND PERIMETER

Solutions

REVIEW: SURFACE AREA AND VOLUME

REVIEW: AREA AND PERIMETER
 REVIEW: TRIANGLES AND QUADRILATERALS

SOLUTIONS
Solutions