Year 10 Common Test - Term 1 2019

TIME : 60 minutes

Name:
Teacher:
Topics Tested: Measurements, Bivariate Data, Polynomials and Probability

Directions
 Full working should be shown in every question.
Marks may be deducted for careless or badly arranged work.
 Use black or blue pen only (not pencils) to write your solutions.
 No liquid paper/correction tape is to be used.
If a correction is to be made, one line is to be ruled through the incorrect answer.
 No erasable pens are allowed
 The diagrams are not to scale.
 Calculators are allowed

(For Teacher use only)

Marking Grid
Surface Area
Page Bivariate Data Polynomials Probability
and Volume
Q3, 4, 6 Q1, 2, 5 Q7
2
/7 /10 /3
Q12 Q8-11
3
/3 /10
Q15 Q13, 14 Q16
4
/2 /8 /1
Q19 Q17, 18, 20
5
/4 /10
Q21
6
/5
Q2, 3, 4 Q1 Q5, 6
MC (page 6)
/3 /1 /2

Sub-Total
/9 /7 /22 /31

Total /69
 Short Answer Section 5. a) Divide the polynomial 2
1. For the polynomial 𝑃(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 5𝑥 − 22𝑥 + 6 by
𝑃(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 4)(2𝑥 + 3) − 4 𝐴(𝑥) = 𝑥 + 2.
State the:
i. degree 1

ii. leading coefficient 1

iii. constant term 1

2. For the functions 𝐺(𝑥) = 10 − 𝑥 and

𝑃(𝑥) = 4 + 𝑥 − 𝑥,
Find:
a) 𝐺(𝑥) − 𝑃(2𝑥) 2

b) 𝐺(−2) − 𝑃(−3) + 5 2 b) Hence use the division transformation to 1

express 𝑃(𝑥) in the form
𝑃(𝑥) = 𝐴(𝑥) × 𝑄(𝑥) + 𝑅

3. Find the volume of this square based 3 6. Find the total surface area of a hemisphere 2
pyramid. with radius 4m.

7. In how many ways can all the letters of the

word RAINBOW be arranged in a line if:
a) there are no restrictions? 1

4. Find the volume of the shaded space. 2 b) the letter O must not be the first letter? 1

c) the letter A cannot be the first or last 1

letter?
8. In a certain population, 30% of people have b) Find the probability that the two selected 1
brown eyes, 13% have purple hair, and 8% candies are white milk bottles (W).
have brown eyes and purple hair.

a) Show this information on a Venn 2

diagram.
c) Find the probability that at least one of 1
the selected candies is red (R).

b) Find the probability that a randomly 1

selected person has purple hair, given 11. Two independent events, A and B, are such
that they have brown eyes. that 𝑃(𝐴) = 0.2 and 𝑃(𝐵) = 0.45. Find:
a) 𝑃(𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) 1

9. In how many ways can 8 boys and 2 girls 1

line up, if the first position in the line is a
girl?

b) 𝑃(𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) 1

10. A bag of candy contains four red frogs (R),

two black liquorice (B) sticks and five white
milk bottles (W). Andrew selects one candy
from the bag and eats it. He then picks 12. Find the values of the p and q if 3
another candy and eats that also. (𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 1) is a factor of
a) Draw a probability tree diagram to show 2 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 + 𝑝𝑥 + 𝑞.
all possible outcomes.
13. Sketch the following polynomials showing 14. Form the equation for this polynomial. 3
all intercepts.

a) 𝑦 = 𝑥(𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 2) 2

15. A one-litre carton of milk has a square base 2

of size 7𝑐𝑚 by 7𝑐𝑚 and vertical sides.
What is the depth of this carton, in
centimetres? (Correct to 3 significant
figures)
b) 𝑦 = −(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 2) 3

16. If Laura has 5 shirts, 3 skirts and 2 pairs of 1

shoes in her closet. How many ways can
Laura select an outfit, consisting of 1 shirt, 1
skirt and 1 pair of shoes?
17. From a pack of cards numbered 1 to 10, one 19. Margaret wrote down the number of pages
card is drawn at random. What is the printed on her laser printer at work each day
probability that the number on the card is: for two weeks, so that she could work out
a) less than 5 or divisible by 7? 1 how much toner she needed to purchase for
the printer. The number of pages printed
each day is below:

738, 698, 764, 698, 650,

725, 904, 690, 810, 742

b) less than 5 and divisible by 2? 1 a) From this data, calculate the: 1

i. mean

ii. standard deviation to 4 significant 1

18. Researchers surveyed one hundred students figures
on which superpower they would like to
have. The Venn diagram below displays
data for the sample of students who b) What is the z-score for the day when 725 1
responded to the survey. pages are printed?

c) On a particular day, the z-score for the 1

number of pages printed was 0.8. How
many pages were printed that day?

a) Display this information in a two-way 2

table.

Total 20. A standard deck of cards is used in a game.

i) If one card is chosen at random, what is 1
the probability that it is red or an ace?

Total

ii) If two cards are selected at random 2

b) Find: (without replacement), what is the
i. 𝑃(𝐹 ∩ 𝑆̅) 1 probability that at least one of these
cards is red or an ace?

ii. 𝑃(𝐹 ∪ 𝑆) 1

iii. 𝑃(𝑆|𝐹) 1
21. In a game of Monopoly a player rolls a pair Multiple Choice (1 mark each)
of dice and adds the two numbers to Circle one answer
determine how many spaces they move 1. Find the remainder of 𝑃(𝑥) = 3𝑥 − 5𝑥 − 7𝑥
around the board. Maria is six spaces from when divided by 𝑥 + 2.
an opponent’s hotel and she is very keen not
to land on it. A) -10 B) -30 C) 10 D) -51

a) Complete the array table to represent the 1 2. ‘A softball must weigh between 177.2g and
above information. 198.4g’. This mass can be written as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 A) 198.4 ± 21.1𝑔
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B) 187.8 ± 10.6𝑔
2 7 C) 177.2 ± 21.2𝑔
3 4 6 9 D) 187.8 ± 10.4𝑔
4 5 6 8
5 6 8 10 3. A machine produces bolts with a mean length
6 7 9 11 12 of 75mm and a standard deviation of 2mm. The
lengths are normally distributed. If lengths more
than 3 standard deviations from the mean are
rejected, which of these bolts would be
rejected?

b) What is the probability that Maria rolls a A) 70𝑚𝑚 B) 79𝑚𝑚 C) 81𝑚𝑚 D) 88𝑚𝑚
total of 6? 1
4. Which statement is true about these 2 data sets?

c) What is her chance of avoiding the hotel 1

on this throw?

A) The mean of Y is 6
B) The mean of X is less than the mean of Y
C) Y is positively skewed
D) X and Y are both symmetrical
d) What sum is the most likely with a pair 1
of dice? 5. In how many different ways can 8 people be
arranged in a circle?

A) 40320 B) 5040 C) 5760 D) 720

6. A motel cleaner has 8 master keys at home to

1 open all the rooms in a large motel. Each room
e) Which sums have a probability of ?
can be opened by just one of these keys. If 40%
of the rooms are left unlocked, what is the
probability that the cleaner can get into a
specific room if he selected three keys at
random before leaving home to go to work?

A) B) C) D)

End of test