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DAY 2
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Level 1 Mathematics and Statistics CAT, 2016
91027 Apply algebraic procedures in solving problems
Thursday 15 September 2016
Credits: Four
You should attempt ALL the questions in this booklet.
Calculators may NOT be used.
Show ALL working.
If you need more space for any answer, use the page(s) provided at the back of this booklet and clearly
number the question.
You are required to show algebraic working in this paper. Guess and check and correct answer
only methods do not demonstrate relational thinking and will limit the grade for that part of the
question to a maximum of an Achievement grade. Guess and check and correct answer only may
only be used a maximum of one time in the paper and will not be used as evidence of solving a
problem.
A candidate cannot gain Achievement in this standard without solving at least one problem.
Answers must be given in their simplest algebraic form.
Where a question is given in words you will be expected to write an equation.
Check that this booklet has pages 212 in the correct order and that none of these pages is blank.
YOU MUST HAND THIS BOOKLET TO THE SUPERVISOR AT THE END OF THE EXAMINATION.
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Achievement
Apply algebraic procedures in solving
problems.
Achievement Criteria
Achievement with Merit
Apply algebraic procedures, using
relational thinking, in solving problems.
Achievement with Excellence
Apply algebraic procedures, using
extended abstract thinking, in solving
problems.
Overall level of performance
New Zealand Qualifications Authority, 2016. All rights reserved.
No part of this publication may be reproduced by any means without the prior permission of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.
QUESTION ONE
(a)
(i)
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A rectangle has an area of x2 + 5x 36.
What are the lengths of the sides of the rectangle in terms of x?
(ii) If the area of the rectangle is 114 cm2, what is the value(s) of x?
(b) Jake and Mele deliver newspapers.
Jake has more newspapers to deliver than Mele.
If Jake gave Mele 23 newspapers, they would have the same number of newspapers.
If, instead, Mele gave Jake 7 newspapers, Jake would then have twice as many as Mele.
How many newspapers does each person actually have?
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(c)
Show that
3 x+4
2x 2 + 8x + 12
.
+
is the same as
2x
4
8x
(d) For what value of x will 9 3x = 35x + 4?
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QUESTION TWO
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(a)
A parabola has the equation y = 3x2 5x + 7
What is the value of y when x = 2?
(b) For what values of x is (x 3)(x + 3) < (x 4)(x + 2)?
(c) If p is a whole number, for what values of p is 10 2p 1 < 165?
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(d) M = 5(a2 3a + 4) + a2
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N = (3a 5 )(2a 4) + 7a
Give an expression for M in terms of N.
(e)
Janine writes down 4 numbers: 2, 4, 6, and 8.
She adds the pairs of numbers to form a triangle as shown below.
She stops when she gets to a single number at the top of the triangle.
Line 4
Line 3
Line 2
Line 1
(i)
16 + 24 = 40
6 + 10 = 16
2 + 4 = 6
10 + 14 = 24
4 + 6 = 10
6 + 8 = 14
2 4 6
Investigate what happens when Janine changes the order of the numbers in Line 1.
Does she get the same answer as in Line 4?
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(ii) Find, using algebra, the relationship of the numbers in the first line to the numbers in the
fourth line when she changes the order of the numbers in Line 1.
Explain your answer.
(iii) If Janine writes 4 consecutive numbers in order, what do you know about the numbers if
the number at the top of the triangle is divisible by 3?
Explain your answer.
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QUESTION THREE
(a)
(i)
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The area of a rectangle is n2 4n 5, where n is a positive number.
If one side is has length n + 1, give the second side in terms of n.
(ii)
What do you know about the value of n for this rectangle?
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(b) The area of a piece of a circular pizza is given by the formula A =
3 2
r .
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Write the formula that could be used to find the radius of the piece of this circular pizza.
(c) Solve x2 3x 10 = 0.
x 2 3x 10 x
= .
(d) Solve
(x + 5)(x 5) 2
Question Three continues
on the following page.
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(e)
A game has a groove that a small ball is rolled along.
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maximum width of groove
groove
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The groove can be modelled by
y = x2 4x, where 0 x 4, and x and y are measured in centimetres.
What does y measure?
(i)
(ii) What percentage of the maximum horizontal width of the groove is the width of the
groove when its at a vertical depth of 3 cm?
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