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SBHS 2018 Y8 HY SOL - past paper
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SYDNEY
BOYS
HIGH
SCHOOL
YEAR 8 HALF YEARLY
2018 MATHEMATICS
Sample Solutions
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Year 8 HYE 2018 – Section A
Answers and Comments
Q1 (a) 23
[Mostly well answered. Some had -23, some -13]
(b) 113
[Mostly well answered. Some had a bet each way – half a mark.]
(c) 400
[Generally well done – some offered 40, for no mark.]
(d)
[Most were correct, but many had 9/8, by some mysterious means.]
(e) –6
[Almost 100% correct.]
Q2 12.220
[A surprising number made fatal errors, for 0 marks. Some rounded
wrongly, for 1 mark.]
Q3 0.445 or 44.5%
[Almost 100% correct.]
Q4 D
[Some candidates are unaware of the meaning of “exact”.]
Q5 (–6,0)
[A few confused the axes.]
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Q6 4
[One candidate misunderstood the rule.]
Q7 C
[Most realized this was about absolute value.]
Q8 D
[Most assumed the lines were parallel – not necessarily.]
Q9 B
[Almost all realized this was a modular problem.]
Q10 12 noon Tuesday
[Full marks were awarded for 12pm Tuesday, half a mark off for 12 am, if it
was clear the meaning was noon.]
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Na me : C la ss: 8Ma Ma rk
Se c tio n F (12 Ma rks)
1 Circle the correct response below 1
Nahc gives you the following problem, but deliberately smudges your paper as she
knows that you can still answer the question correctly
For all positive integers n, the expression above is always divisible by all of the following positive
integers except one. Which one?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 6 (D) 10 (E) 20
(2, 3, 6, 10, 20) = 2 × 3 × 5 = 60
A number divisible by 6 is divisible by 2 and 3 A number divisible by 20 is divisible by 2 and 10
(2, 3, 6, 10) = 2 × 3 × 5 = 30 (2, 3, 10, 20) = 2 × 3 × 5 = 60
(2, 3, 6, 20) = 2 × 3 × 5 = 60 (2, 6, 10, 20) = 2 × 3 × 5 = 60
(3, 6, 10, 20) was not considered, as a number not divisible by 2 cannot be divisible by 6, 10 or 20.
Thus, E is correct answer, as all other number combinations give the LCM of all five numbers.
2 Indicate whether each statement is correct or incorrect for all values of a and b.
(a) If a2 = b2, then a = b CORRECT/INCORRECT 1
(b) If a < b, then a2 < b2 CORRECT/INCORRECT 1
(c) If a > b and c > d then a + c > b + d CORRECT/INCORRECT 1
Counterexample to (a): Counterexample to (b):
a =b Let = 2 and =1
a b =0 =4
(a + b)(a b) = 0 =1
a = b or b >
3 Solve the equation . 3
See Extra Working Page
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4 Raggaj divided a rectangle into 16 smaller rectangles, the areas of seven of which 2
are known to you by the numbers he wrote in the figure (which is not drawn to scale).
a b c d
What is the area of the rectangle represented by the “?”
= , ?= (1) 3 ?=
= (8) 21 3
12 = (1) (2) 2 = ×
8= (2) (3) 21 25 2
21 = (3) = (9) 21 10 3 15
(4) 25 = × × ×
25 = (4) (5) 7 25 7 2
14 = (5) = (10) 21 × 10 × 3 × 15
(6) 10 =
20 = (6) 25 × 7 × 2
15 = (7) = 27
x mark for correctly working out the area equations for each small rectangle.
x mark for correctly eliminating pronumerals by manipulating above equations.
x 1 mark for correctly evaluating the unknown area.
Alternatively, many students assumed the dimensions for one small rectangle given its area, then work
backwards towards the dimensions of the unknown rectangle.
x mark each for correctly evaluating the dimensions of the unknown rectangle based on the
dimensions of the small rectangle with assumed dimensions.
x 1 mark for correctly evaluating the unknown area.
However, many students who used this method assumed the dimensions of two small rectangles, thus
ignoring the relationship between each small rectangle, leading to an incorrect answer.
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5 One day Gnaw and Rajrug were doing some dividing. 3
They noticed that when 20 000 is divided by 14, the remainder is 8.
Gnaw further noted that when 20 000 is divided by 21, the remainder is also 8.
Rajrug noted that when 20 000 is divided by 34, the remainder is once again 8.
There are in fact many positive five-digit integers that have the same remainder
(not necessarily 8) when divided 14, 21, and 34.
How many positive five-digit integers have the same remainder when divided by
14, 21, and 34?
No te : Include the cases where the remainder is zero.
A correct answer with no relevant working will only score a maximum of 1 mark.
(14, 21, 34) = 2 × 3 × 7 × 17 = 714
If a number is divisible by 714 (i.e. Gives a remainder of 0), then it is divisible by 14, 21 and 34.
Therefore, we want numbers n that fulfil the condition:
714 = 14 = 21 = 34 = , 0 13
Five-digit numbers range from 10000 to 99999, so = 14 4.
Thus, the multiple of 714 closest to 10000 is 714 × 14 = 9996. Let this be called the 14th cycle
14th cycle of 714 15th cycle of 714 16th cycle of 714
9996 714 = 0 10710 714 = 0 11424 714 = 0
9997 714 = 1 10711 714 = 1 11425 714 = 1
9998 714 = 2 10712 714 = 2 11426 714 = 2
9999 714 = 3 10713 714 = 3 11427 714 = 3
10000 714 = 4 10714 714 = 4 11428 714 = 4
10009 714 = 13 10723 714 = 13 11437 714 = 13
= 140 39, so the last five-digit multiple of 714 is 714 × 140 = 99960.
39 > 13, so the last cycle of numbers is complete, i.e. 714 × 140 + 13 = 99973, a five-digit number.
Thus, there are 140 15 + 1 complete cycles of 14 numbers and an incomplete 14th cycle containing 10 numbers.
(140 15 + 1) × 14 + 10 = 1774
See Extra Working Page for marking scheme
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Extra Wo rking Pa g e fo r Se c tio n F o nly
Question 3
2 3 1
+ ( + 4) = 6
3 4 2
2 3( + 4) 12
+ =
3 4 2
4( 2) 9( + 4) 6(12 )
+ =
12 12 12
4( 2) + 9( + 4) = 6(12 )
4 8+9 + 36 = 72 6
4 +9 + 6 = 72 + 8 36
11 = 49
49
=
11
x 1 mark for correctly converting all terms to have a common denominator.
x 1 mark for correctly expanding all parentheses.
x mark for correctly collecting like terms.
x mark for correctly evaluating .
Question 6
x 1 mark for correctly identifying 714 or 9996 as a multiple of 14, 21 and 34.
x 1 mark for correctly generating a cycle of 14 unique remainders using modular arithmetic.
x 1 mark for correctly determining the amount of numbers.
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