NEW HORIZON SCHOOLS

IGCSE A* COURSE FOR GRADES 10 & 11

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Mathematics Assessment Test

No Calculators allowed
Student may use pen and paper

Q1:
5+7×4−3=

Q2:
3 − (4 − 2) × (25÷5) + 2 =

Q3:
2/3 + 2/6 =

Q4:
3/5 × 10/21 =

Q4:
1437.245 + 31.156 =

Q6:
If x = 4, then 4x + 7 =

Q7:
If x = 2 and y = 3, then −3x + 4y =

Q8:
2x + 5x − 3x =

Q9:
(5x + 3)2 − 2(3x − 5) =

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Q10
Joe purchases melons at a cost of $1.25 per melon and oranges at a cost of $0.85 per orange. If Joe buys
$9.25 worth of produce, including four melons, then how many oranges did Joe purchase?

Q11
Sally has half a chocolate cake. She cuts it in half, and each half in half again. Sally then takes three of
the cake pieces and leaves the rest for her brother. How much of the cake does Sally get to keep?

Q12:
Which angle (s) is/ are acute?

Q13:
Given the following list of properties, a rectangle is a shape such that:

i. All sides are the same length.

ii. All angles are right angles.
iii. Opposite sides are parallel.
iv. Only two sides are parallel.

Q14:
If 2x + 3 = −7, then x equals:

Q15:
If 4x + (x − 3) = 18, then x equals:

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Q16:

A car travels northward at 100 kph for three-quarters of an hour, then travels at 90 kph for half of an
hour. How far has the car travelled?

a. 120 km

b. 100 km

c. 190 km

d. 87.5 km

e. none of the above

Q17:

Examine the graph to the left. The equation of

the line is given by:

a. y = 2x + 1

b. y=x+2

c. y + 2x + 1 = 0

d. y + 2x − 1 = 0

e. y+x−2=0

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Q 18:
Examine the graph to the left. What is the slope of
this line?

a. 0

b. −3

c. 3

d. 1

e. none of the above

Q 19:

When simplified, the expression 3x + 5y − 15 − 6(3x + 2y − 3) equals:

a. −60x + 7y − 18

b. −60 x+ 12y − 33

c. −15x − 7y + 3

d. 15x + 7y − 12

e. 15x − 7y + 3

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Q20:

When simplified, the expression 2x3y2 × 3x2y3 equals:

a. 5x5y5

b. 5x6y6

c. 6x5y5

d. 60x2y2

e. none of the above

Q21:

a. −3

b. −2

c. −1/2

d. 1

e. −5/3

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 a. x < 2/3

b. −3/2 < x < 2/3

c. x < −3/2 or x > 2/3

d. x < −3/2

e. none of the above

Question 7.
If |2x − 3| ≤ 5, then:

Correct Answer: −1 ≤ x ≤ 4

Question 12.
Suppose ƒ(x) = x2 − 4x + 4 and g(x) = 2x − 3.

Then g(ƒ(2)) − ƒ(g(2)) equals:

Correct Answer: −4

Question 19.
log2 3 + log2 6 equals:

Correct Answer: log2 18

Question 29.

Correct Answer: