Warm-up questions

18d 2 e
1. Simplify:
6d
2. The first page of the HSC paper has five multiple choice questions each with
four answers (A, B, C, D). How many different ways are there of answering
these five questions?

3. What is the length of the arc in the following sector correct to one decimal
place?

4. Find 𝑎 to 3 significant figures.

HSC Trivia
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Spherical Area and Credit and Linear
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Spherical Geometry

1. A and B are points on the circumference of a circle with A

centre O and radius 3 cm. What is the length of the arc 120° B
AB, in centimetres, correct to three significant figures?
O
A 3.14 B 6.28

C 9.42 D 37.7
 Spherical Geometry
2. Libreville and Quito are two towns on the equator. The longitude of
Libreville is 9°E and the longitude of Quito is 79°W. How far apart are these
two towns if the radius of Earth is approximately 6400 km?

A 1005 km B 7819 km C 8824 km D 9830 km

 Spherical Geometry
3. A flight from Sydney (GMT +10) to Auckland (GMT +12) takes three hours,
flying time.

What is the time difference in minutes between Sydney and Auckland?

Area and Volume

1. What is the area of the sector?

A 11 m2 B 38 m2
C 39 m2 D 45 m2 4 m 80°
Area and Volume
2. A solid consists of a cylinder and a
hemisphere.
What is the volume of the cylinder
correct to one decimal place?
Area and Volume
3. Use Simpson’s rule twice to estimate the area of FGHI. Answer
correct to nearest square unit.
Credit and Borrowing
Bethany wants to earn $12 000 a year in interest. What must
she invest if the simple interest rate is 15% p.a.? Answer to
the nearest dollar.

A $1800 B $18 000 C $80 000 D $800 000.

𝐼 = 𝑃𝑟𝑛
 Credit and Borrowing
Ivy invests $12 000 over 6 years at a compound interest rate of 5% p.a.
What is the future value after 6 years?

A $16 058 B $16 081 C $28 058 D $28 081

𝐹𝑉 = 𝑃𝑉(1 + 𝑟)𝑛
Credit and Borrowing

Tyson has taken out an investment loan for $310 000 from the bank
and plans to repay it with fortnightly repayments over 18 years.
The bank charges a flat rate of interest on the principal of 6.7% p.a.

a. Calculate the total amount a. What is Tyson’s fortnightly

repaid on the loan. repayment?
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2x 1
y   x x 
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Linear Relationships
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1 What is the correct equation of the line shown opposite?

A y = 2x -1 B y  2 x  1
1 1
C y  x 1 D y   x 1
2 2
Linear Relationships

What is the gradient of the line that passes through the

points (−4, 0) and (0, 8)?

A ‒2 B ‒0.5 C +0.5 D +2
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1) Find the equation of the straight line.

2) Using this equation how much would she weigh now?
 Random
Natalie has completed three Mathematics tests. Her mean mark is
69%. What percentage mark does she have to get in her next test to
increase the mean to 70%?

A 70% B 71% C 72% D 73%

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æ Weight (kg) ´ Adult dose ö
Clark’s rule ç Dosage = ÷ø
è 70
is used to calculate dosages of medicine for
children. What is the medication dose for
Henry, if he weighs 25 kg and the adult dose
is 20 mL?
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A salmon farmer catches 60 fish and tags
them. A couple of months later he catches
360 fish and found 12 of them were tagged.
Use the capture-recapture method to estimate
the number of fish on the farm.
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List all of the Star Wars

movies by name.