SYDNEY BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

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

Year 9
Half Yearly Examination 2009

Advanced

Mathematics

General Instructions

Examiner: A. M. Gainford

Working time 75 minutes

Write using black or blue pen.
Approved calculators may be used.
All necessary working MUST be
shown in every question if full marks are to be
awarded.
Clearly indicate your class by placing an X,
next to your class
Marks may not be awarded for untidy or badly
arranged work.
Answer in simplest exact form unless
otherwise stated.

If more space is required, clearly write

the number of the QUESTION on one of
the back pages and answer it there.
Indicate that you have done so.

NAME:
Class

9A
9B
9C
9D
9E
9F
9G

Teacher
Mr Kourtesis
Ms Nesbitt
Ms Ward
Ms Roessler
Mr McQuillan
Mr Boros
Mr Hespe

Question

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Total

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Mark
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Question 1 (12 marks)

Answers

(a)
Find

66 7
1 4 + 5 64

correct to 2 decimal places.

(b)

Find 7% of $290 to the nearest cent.

(c)

Arrange this set of numbers in order, smallest to largest:

{ 10, ,
(d)

Express

9 869, (0 3184)

7
as an exact decimal.
12

(e)

Divide $32.00 in proportion 5:2:1.

(f)

Simplify (2x 0 )(2x ) .

(g)

What percentage is 17c of $2.72?

(h)

Expand and simplify (2 x + 3) 3( x + 1) .

(i)

If 3% of a number is 12, what is the number?

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Question 2 (12 Marks)

Answers
(a)

(b)

(c)

Solve for x:

3(x + 1) 2(x 1)= 7

If a = -3, b = 4, c = 3 evaluate

ab c
.
2c

Simplify the following expression:

4(a 2b)

(2ab )

3 2

(d)

If x 2 6x + B is a perfect square, state the value of B.

(e)

Evaluate 2 3 .

(f)

Find the value of x:

50 

x

(g)

If x + 2y = 3, express y in terms of x.

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Question 3 (12 Marks)

Answers
(a)

(b)

(c)

Given that 4a 3b = 2a + 5b , find the ratio a:b.

Simplify

2x
.
x+x+x

The conversion formula for Celsius to Fahrenheit temperature is:

9
F = C + 32
5
If F = 40 , what is the value of C?

(d)

List all possible outcomes of arranging three students (A, B, and C)

in a row.

(e)

2
Expand and simplify (a + b )(a b ) (a + b ) 2ab .

(f)

8 .3
37

108

b
53

35
8 .3

(i)

(i) State which test you would use to show that these two
triangles are congruent.
(ii)
(ii) Find the values of the pronumerals.

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Question 4 (12 Marks)

Answers
(a)

Find the value of the pronumeral in this figure:

h=
129

h
10

(b)

(c)

(d)

If Joe completes a job of work in six days, and Bob completes the
same job in four days, how long would it take both working together
to complete the same job?

Simplify

x + 2 x 1

.
3
4

There are 60 people in the Zenith Sporting Club, of

whom 34 play Tennis, 47 play Volleyball, and 4 play
neither sport.
(a)

Display this information in a Venn Diagram.

(b)
If a member is chosen at random, determine
the probability that the member plays:

(a)

(b)
()

()

both sports

()

exactly one sport

()

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Question 5 (12 marks)

Answers

(a)

Without using a calculator, evaluate (131) (31) by the method of

difference of squares. Show working.

(b)

Anita is four times as old as Frank. In five years time Anita will
only be three times as old as Frank. Find their present ages.

(c)

What is the angle sum of the acute angles A, B, C, D. E?

B
C

D
(d)

Evaluate

(e)

Make x the subject of the formula

.
a = 2 + 1 x

(f)

How many minutes are there in a fortnight (2 weeks)?

(g)

In the figure below, find the angle EFD, giving reasons.

81x16

86 

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Question 6 (12 Marks)

(a)

The equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 has two solutions:

x1 =

b + b 2 4ac
b b 2 4ac
and x2 =
.
2a
2a

If a = 3, b = -7, and c = 2 evaluate:

(a) x1

(a)

(b) x2

(b)

(b)

What is the measure of the interior angle of a regular decagon?

(c)

Make x the subject of 2t =

(d)

How long will it take a car traveling at 90 km/hr to overtake another

car, which left the starting point 30 minutes earlier traveling in the
same direction at 80 km/hr?

(e)

A hat contains 2 red, 3 white, and 4 blue tickets. A ticket is drawn at

random from the hat. Determine the probability that it is:

x 1
.
x +1

(a)

red

(a)

(b)

blue

(b)

(c)

red or blue

(c)

(d)

not white

(d)

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Question 7 (12 Marks)

(a)

(i)
Use a tree diagram to determine the
(i)
possible order of three children in a family by
sex. (eg GGB means the first and second children
are girls, and the third is a boy).
(ii)
Assuming each outcome is equally likely,
determine the probability that a randomly selected
3 child family consists of:
()

all boys

(ii) ()

()

two boys and a girl

()

()

at least one girl

()

(b)
a

The figure above is a rectangle. Prove that

a 2 + d 2 = c2 + b2

(c)

Using the diagram below prove that the diagonals

of a parallelogram bisect each other.
(Hint: Consider AEB and CED .)
A

B
E

Give clear reasons for each step.

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