2004 Higher School Certificate PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

General Mathernatics

General Instructions SectionlPagesl-8

. Reading time _. 5 minutes Total marks (20)
. Working time - 2 hours r Attempt Questions 1 - 20
o \fu'rite using blue or black pen o Allow about 30 minutes for this section
. Calculators may be used
. Write your Centre Number and Student T{umber at Section II pages 9 - 14
'Iotal marks (65)
the top of'relevant pages as indicated
o A Formulae Sheet is provided at the back of this . Attempt Questions 21 - 25
paper o Allow about r l- hours for this section
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Care has been taken to ensure thal this paper is free oferors and that it mirrors the format and sgle ofpast Preliminary papers. lt{oreover,
some cluestions ha,-e been adapled.fi'om previous I{SC examinations as v,ell as front examinations fr"om a variety of schools and other
sources, in an attempt to prwide students with exposure to a broad range of possible questions.
Section I
Total marks (22)
Atternpt Questions | -22
Allow about 30 minutes for this section

[Jse the Multiple-Choice Answer shqetlgrovided

The value ,t "{Tfr

+ 4.4
, correct to tu,o decimal places is:
1.73

(A) 5.30

(B) 3.93

(c) 0.25

(D) 0.63

Write 47 5 x 320 in scientific notation

(A) 1.52 x I 0-'

(B) 1.52 x 105

(c) 1.52 x 104

(D) 1 .52 x 106

. 8x-3 7x

(A) -3
(B) -2.
J

a
(c) J

2
(D) a
J
Solve: 3(x - 3) - Z\Z,Y + 4) = lZ
(A) -13

(B) -2e
(c) -11

(D) 13

Aretailer increases the price of a dishwasher by l5Yoto a new selling price of $1550.
What was the selling price of the dishwasher before the increase?

(A) $t 317.s0

(B) $t 317.83

(ct $t 535.00

(D) $t 782,50

T.he vatrue of x is given by

-fO
(A) 20sin 38" T\[OT SCALf,

2A
(B)
r-r 3 8- 2A

20
(c)
sin 3 80

(n) 20 cos 3 80

Find the difference between the median and the mean for the following scores:

2r7r4,6.5

(A) 4,2

(B) e.8

(c) 0.8

(D) I
8 It takes 10 seconds to fill a20litre bucket with water, what is the rate of flow in
litres per hour?

(A) 180

(B) 100

(c) 3600

(D) 7200

9 Ruth made two errors in her solution to the following equation:

s(2-3x)-2(2+x) -*20
10-15r-1+2x:-20 linel
6-13x:-20 lineT
- 13x : -26 lineS
*' -
-? line 4

Which two lines do not follow'correctly from the previous line?

(A) Line I crnd Line 2

(B) Line 2 and Line 3

(C) Line 2 and Line 1

(D) Line I and Line 1

10 Calculate the compound interest on $23 890 invested at 6Yo p.a. for 4 years,
if the interest is compounded half yearly.

(A) $6 3 73.r4

(B) $30 263.\1

(c) $30 160.57

(D) s6 27A.57
11 7,3,5,x, 4 and 8 are a set of scores with a mean of 2+ x. Find the value ofx.

(A) 2

(B) 3

(c) 4

(D) s

12 The area of a square rs 64cm' . Find the area of the largest triangle which can be placed inside
the square.

(A) 4cm2

(B) 8cm2

(C) l6cm2

(D) 32cm2

13 Astraightlinehasthe equation 3x+ 4y-12 = 0. The gradientandthey - interceptofthis

line are

(A) gradient - , -v intercept l

+
(B) gradienr*1 ,yintercept--J

(C) gradient= +. y intercept -l

J

(D) gradient: -:4 , y intercept = J

t1 Atriangular pryamid and a rectangular pyramid both have a base area of 75m2 and a height of
30cm. Which statement is correct.

(A) The triangular based pyramid has a greater volume than the rectangular based
pyramid.

(B) The rectangular based pyramid has a greater volume than the triangular based
pyramid

(c) Both have the same volume.

(n) The volumes of each pyramid cannot be calculated.

t5 John wishes to purchase 425 IAG shares. The costs are:

Market price of a share is $7.40

Brokerage is 2 .5oh
Stamp dufv is 15 cents per $ 1 00 or part thereof

Find the total cost of purchasing the shares.

(A) s3 228.13

(B) $3 228.43

(c) $: 718.63

(D) $4 000

l6 Calculate the volume of the foltrowirg triangular prism.

(A) l4cm3 hIOT TO SCALE

(B) 12cnf
3crn
(c) 84cnf

(n) 96cm3
4cm
t7 Which of the following rates would give the best retum on $1500 invested for 3 years

(A) 12% compounded annually.

(B) 1% compoundcd monthly.

(c) 6% compounded half yearly.

(D) 3% oompounded quaffierly.

z(* _i) _ 9_-"t

I8 Solve lor n :
s3
54
(A)
13

(B) s8

(c) 11

58

58
(D)
1l

19 Late in the afternoon, a building of height 42.3m casts a shadow of length 18.6 m. Calculate the
angle of elevation of the sun to the nearest degree.
tf--f Nor ro scAlr
(A) 26r) ,rvr
(B) 61{) 12.3 nt

(c) 650

(D) 750
<p 18.6m-F
20 Maria needs to earn $990 in one week to buy a television. She works 20 hours normal time
at$22.50 per hour, but will need to work overtime at time and a half rates in order to
purchase the television. How many hotus of overtime must she work?

(A) e

(B) t2

(c) 16

(D) 18
Section II
Total marks (65)
Attempt Questions 21 -25
AIIow about lY, hours for this section
Start each question on a SEPARATE page/ booklet.
All necessary w'orking should be shown in every question

Question 2l (13 marks) Use a separate pagel booklet Marks

(a) A real estate agent charges the following commission for the sale of property:
4o/o commission on the first $300 000 and3o/o on the rest.

(i) What commission would the real estate agent receive if a property sold
for $450 000

(ii) If the real estate agent received a commission of $21 600, find the selling
price of the property.

(b) Solve fbr x. 113 * Zx) : 1

4' ' 2

(c) Huong earns $55 000 as a hairdresser. She also earns $5 400 from selling
handbags. Her allowable tax deductions total $7 200.

(i) What is l{uong's taxable income?

(ii)
Taxable income Tax payable
$0-$6 000 rvil
$6 00 r -$20 000 17 c for each $ 1 ovetr $6 000
$20 001-$s0 000 $2 380 plus 30c for each $1 over $20 000
$s0 00r -$60 000 $11 380 plus 12c fur each $1 over $50 000
Over $60 000 $15 580 plus 47c for every $1 over $60 000

Using the scale in the table, find her tax payable.

(iii) Ifher employer is deducting $175.00 per week for tax, will she receive
a refund at the endof the financial year. or will she have to pay extra tax?
Give reasons for your answer. (Assume a 52 week year)

(iv) Huong, at the end of the financial year. receives a pay rise of $20 per week.
How much of this will she pay in tax?

(d) Calculate the amount of dividend on 2 000 shares with a face value of 40 cents, if
the dividendis 12o/o.
Question 22{ 13 rnarks) lJse a separate page/ booklet Marlc;s

(a) Roger's income is $1 800 per week and his weekly budget is:

Irood $350
Rent $450
Entertainment $150
Car expenses $300
Savings $550

(i) Copy and complete the table in order to draw a sector graph.

Sector angle
Food
Rent
Entertainment
Car expenses
Savings

(ii) Draw a sector graph of Roger's weekly budget.

(b) Conrad is to take a stratified random sample based on the enrolments in his school

Year 7 8 I 10 11 12
Number of students 120 130 110 140 100 50

(i) What proportion of students should be taken from year 8?

(ii) How many students should be taken from year 8, if Conrad takes a sample
of60 students?

(iii) If the sample of 78 students had 6 students from a particular year, state
which year was chosen.

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(c) Ifn=1000(2)',findnwhen.r=j.Writeyouranswercorrectto2significantfigures.

(d) Jena Fitman runs 200m in22.05 seconds. Convert this to kilometres per hour.

(e) If 7 cups cost $3.15, find the cost of 6 cups.

(0 A saleswoman sells 50 garments at $27.50 each. Determine the percentage rate of

commission, if she earns $i65 commission.
Question 23 (1 3 marks) [,Jse a separate page/ booklet iVtrarks

(a) The following graph shows the cost of parking a car ata parking station

Cost ($)

20.00

15.00

10.00

5.00

Time (hours)

Lisa parks the car at 9:00 am and leaves it there till 1:00 pm. She then removes
the car from the parking station for an hour. She brings the car back and leaves
it there until4:00 pm.
If Lisa does this for 5 days, lind the total cost of parking the car at the station.

(b) Find the equation of the following line.

tv NOT TO SCALE
2A
t
\ 15 l
10 I

-10 -5
-s

-10
(c) Two standard dice have faces numbered 1-6.

TWo dice are rolled and only the highest number on the uppermost face of the two
dice shown is recorded.

(i) I
List all the possible outcomes that can occur? k

(ii) Find the probability that the score recorded is 3. I

(iii) Find the probability that the score recorded is a multiple of 2. I

(d) Christine decided to purchase milk, bread, coffee and a newspaper at Mike's supermarket.
Find the amount of GST included in the total?

Mike's Supermarket
26 t0i04

Milk 2L $3.40
Bread 52.45
sCofflee $4.60
*Newspaper $1.50

Total $11.95

rc% GSTINICLT]DED
I}{ COST OF'TAXABLE ITEMS
* - TAXABLE ITE,MS

(e) Sid measured the breadth and length of a field to the nearest metre. His answ'ers
were 80 m and 100 m.
Between what lower and upper values nllrst the actual area of the rectangle lie?

(f, Solve for x:

2x--3(3x +4):22
Question 24 (.13 marts) lJse a separate pagel booklet Marks

(a) Five people share a motor car to drive 480 km. The trip takes 4 hours and
20 minutes and the car uses 36 litres of petrol.

(i) What rvas the car's average speed for the trip. 1

(ii) What was the average petrol consumption in litres per 100 km for the trip? 1
,u

(iii) If the driver was excluded lrom paying the cost of the petrol and the other
passengers equally shared the cost, what amount did each pay, if the price
of petrol was 92.9 cents per litre?

(h) The table belor,v show's Mr Evan's class marks for 5 students

Student A B C D r F
Maths 6 7 I t1 14 15
Science I I 11 16
1")
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(i) Display the data as a scatterplot on the graph paper provided. Label all axes. )
E

(ii) Draw a line of best fit on your scatterplot on the graph provided. 2

(c) A block of wood is sho\,vn below: All dirnensions are in cm.

8.6
'tn
J.J

5"1

(i) Find the volurne of the block. to 1 decimal place. )

.H

(ii) Find the surface area of the block" to 1 decimal place. J^t
Question 25 (1 3 marks) [Jse a Sep aratel booklet Marks

(a) Draw a box-and-whisker plot for the following scores.

12. 11, 1 1, 15,20, 10, 74. 17

(b) f'he following triangles are similar. Find the value of x.

,A NIOT TO SCALT

(c) Solve for x.

3x-4 1

(d) If the surface area of a closed cylinder of radius 12.2 cm is 1 300 cm 2 , find the height
of the cylinder. coffect to the nearest 0.1 cm.

(e) Three students, John, Eva and Phil, form a line. What is the probability that Eva will
be in front of John.
 Preliminary Trial Exarnination Faper
GE I\E RAL MAT'HEMAT" I C S

FORMULAtr SHEE'T

Area of an annulus Surface flreix

A* *r')
7rl1.*2
Sphere 7l * 47T1"2
ft * radius of outer circle
Closed cy'linden A- Zm'h+) 7u'2
r- radius of inner circle :
t' radius
h - perpenclicutrar height

Area of an ellipse }'olume

A- nah
Cone [r' =
1, li
*'n"
1
{t = length of semi-*qior axis J

$ * length of semi-minor axis Cylinder V * tw'lT

4

Pyrarnid [,' :: I

1
Ah
Area of a sector J
,1

,0) Sphere l,' * -1 TTrt

,4 - 360 m"- J
r' : radius
e - number of degrees in central angle h - perpendicular height
I * area of base
Arc length of a circle
0
-
tI -- }n
*rTl"
360
) - number of degrees in central angle

Simpson's rule for area approximation Sine rule

ah
A= +c{,) sin ;{ sin B sinC
4ru,+4d,,,
J
lt: distance hetweerl successive Area of a triampile
measurements 1

./ * 1 tth sin ('

d, = firstmeasurement 2
d,,, -* middle measurernent
Cosine nule
dt -- lastrneasurement
c' -{!t +h2 *Zabcosc

or
a'+h2 -c'
cos fl
2uh
 FORMULAE SHEE,T

Sirnple interest Declining balance formula for depreciation

I _ Ptn g = Vr,(L*r)"
P - initial quantity S * salrrage value of asset aller n penods
r - percentage interest rate per period, r - percentage interest rate per periocl,
expressed as a decimal expressed as a decimal
n : number of periods

Compound interest Mean of a sample

A: P(l + r)"
/ -final balance
x- L l'l
P * initial quantity
r - percentage interest rate per compounding X
Zn
period. expressed as a decimal Zr
.r --:-
mean
n: individual score
n : number of scores
:
.f fiequency

Future value (A) of an annuity Formulafora z-score

x*x
A:"[(t t'')"
/t-'"L -tl
r" l ,'r
s
- standard deviation
l,{ * contribution per period,
paid at the end of the period

Present value (10 of an annuity Gradient of a straight line

r '1
*
vertical cltcrnge in Positiort
+/,)" -1-l
1/Ml r(l+ r)" r
t71
horizontal change in ltositirsn
L l
Gradient-intercept form of a straight line
or
y*mx+b
A
N_(1 nl a? gradient
+ r)" h* t-*intercept

Straight-line formula for depreciation Prohahitity of an event

The probability of an event where outcomes
$ -Vo-Dn are equally likely is given bY'
$ salvage value of asset after n periods
k'n - purchase price of the asset P(event) : number of favourable outcorngs
fi -amount of depreciation apportioned total number of outcolnes
per period
n - nurnber of periods
 Centre }rtrumber Student N urnber

[Jse for Question 21 (b) parts (i) and (ii)

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 Centre Number Student Nurnber

YEAR 11 PRELIMARY TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2OO4

GENERAL MATHEMATICS-MULTIPLE CHOICE ANSWER SHEET

Sample 2+4:? (A) 2 (B) 6 (c) 8 (D) e

(A) o (B) o (c) o (D) O

If you think you have made a mistake. put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new answer.
(A) o (B)
X
(c) (D (D) O
lf you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then indicate this by
writing the word correct and drawing an arrow as follows coffect
(
(A) O (B) x (c) x (D) O

ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS

I (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
2 (A)(> (B)o (C)o (D)o
3 (A)o (B)o (C)o (D)o
4 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
s (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
6 (A)o (B)(} (C)o (D)o
7 (A)o (B)o (c)o (n)o
8 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
e (A)o (B)o (c)o
10 (A)o (B)(} (c)o (D)o
1l (A)(} (B)o (c)o (D)o
t2 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
13 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
t4 (A)(} (B)o (c)c> (D)o
ls (A)o (B)o (C)o (D)o
16 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o
L7 (A)(} (B)o (C)o (D)o
18 (A)o (B)o (C)() (D)o
le (A)o (B)(} (c)o (D)o
(D)c> 20 (A)o (B)o (C)o (D)o
2t (A)o (B)() (C)o (D)o
22 (A)o (ts)o (c)o (D)o