2006 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

General Mathematics

General Instructions Section lPages2 - 7

o Reading time - 5 minutes Total marks (22)
o Working time - 2Yzhours o Attempt Questions I -22
o Write using blue or black pen o Allow about 30 minutes for this section
o Calculators may be used
o Write your Centre Number and Student Number at Section II pages 8 - 16
the top ofrelevant pages as indicated Total marks (78)
o A Formulae Sheet is provided at the back of this o Attempt Questions 23 -28
paper
o Allow about 2 hours for this section

Care has been taken to ensure that this paper is free of errors and that it mirrors the format and style of past HSC papers. The
guestions have been adapted from various sources in an attempt to provide students with exposure to a broad range of possible
guesfions. However, theie is no guarantee whatsoever that the 2006 HSC examination will have similar content, style or format. This
is intended only as a trial for the HSC examination or as revision leading up to the examination.

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Total marks (22)
Attempt Questions 1-22
Allow about 30 minutes for this section

Use the Multiple-Choice Answer sheet provided

a
Which of the following is equal to 3.864x 10

(A) 0.0003864

(B) 0.00864

(c) 3864

(D) 38640

Evaluate to two decimal places: f2qI:

x lo6
^l+.9

(A) 0.05

(B) 0.06

(c) 0.18

(D) 1.83

Describe the type of distribution of the following

(A) Negative

(B) Normal

(c) Symmetrical

(D) Positive

The area of an ellipse with a major axis of 12 cm and a minor axis of 6 cm, is given by
the formula:

(A) 6x3xo ,*2

(B) 6x32x o ,*2

(C) 12x8x , r*2

(D) l2x32x o ,*2
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5 Given IACB = 480. Which of the following statements below would be used to correctly find
length AC?
3.8
(A) ",r-_ sin 480

(B)
_
uL-
3.8
-
"ota3o
(C) b =3.8sin420
C
(D) b=3.8cos420 NOT TO SCALE

Two hundred tickets are sold in a raffle. There are two prizes. Brad buys four tickets. Which
expression, gives the probability that Brad wins both prizes?

(A) 44
_x_
' 200 t99

(B) 43+-
200 t99

(C) 43x-
200 t99

(D) 43+
200 199

Convert 4 m/s to lon/h. conect to one decimal place.

(A) t.4 km/h

(B) r4.4 km/h

(C) 16.6 km/h

(D) 24.3 km/h

8 When the equatio n y :ry is transposed to make w the subject, the result is:
6

(A)
6v -3
2

(B)
6 -2v
2

(c)
3-6v

(D) w=3-6y
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9 The bearing of B fromAis

(A) o2oo

(B) 110o

(c) 2ooo NOT TO SCALE

(D) 25Oo

10 During the last month in the town of Sector Hill, houses were sold for the following prices:

$200 000 $135 000 $1 150 000 $170 000

$190 000 $165 000 $135 000 $150 000

Which of the following has the highest value:

(A) Median

(B) Mode

(C) Mean

(D) Range

11 At a netball match the ratio of adult men to adult females is 4:9. whilst the ratio of adult females
to children is 12:5. Find the ratio of adult men to children.

(A) 4:5

(B) 4:15

(C) l6:l 5

(D) 15:6

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12 Which graph shows a low positive correlation

(A)

(c)

13 A car with an original value of $8800 depreciates by $960 every year. Use the straight line
depreciation formula (S = 4 - Dn) to calculate when the computer is half its original value (to
the nearest 0.1 year)

(A) 2.7

(B) 3.8

(c) 4.s

(D) 4.6

14 Simplifu 8x3 - 3x(x2 - 4)

(A) 5x3 -12x

(B) 5x3 +l2x

(C) 5x3

(D) l2x * 5x3

15 Find the equation of this line

(A) m=*4r+16
NOT TO SCALE
(B) m=4t+16

(C) t=-4m+16
(D) m=4r+4
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16 The table of monthly loan repayments for a loan of $ 1 000 is shown below

Interest rate
Term
(in years) 6"/" 7'h 8. 9"/"

6 $7.63 $8.40 $8.s0 $9.05

9 $6.40 $7.30 $7.60 $8.1 0
12 $s.90 $6.80 $6.90 $7.10

Kate has a $70 000 mortgage atToh p.a. over 6 years. After interest rates rise to 9Yop.a,Kate
extends the term of the loan to 12 years. What is the change in Kate's monthly repayments?

(A) Increase by $91 per month

(B) Decrease by $91 per month

(C) Decrease by $1.30 per month

(D) Increase by $1.30 per month

t7 From a forest, 50 birds were captured tagged and then released. One week later, 60 birds
were caught and 15 were found to be tagged. Estimate the total number of birds in the forest.

(A) 100

(B) 200

(c) 350

(D) 400

18 The mean of a set of data is 40 and the standard deviation is 7. A score of 7 is then added to the
data set. Which of the following is correct?

(A) The mean will decrease and the standard deviation will increase

(B) The mean w-ill increase and the standard deviation will decrease

(C) The mean will increase and the standard deviation will increase

(D) The mean will decrease and the standard deviation will decrease

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19 Find the volume of the following prism

(A) 400 cm3 24cm

(B) 600 cm3

10cm
(C) l2O0 cm3

(D) 3120 cm3

5cm

20 Five boys try out for two places on a doubles rowing team. The number of teams that can be
chosen is:

(A) s

(B) 10

(c) 20

(D) 2s

2t Solve the following equation:

a,2a+l .
52
(A) ,: ri

(B) o: 2+4
(c) a:3

(D) a:5

22 The height of a cone is inversely proportional to the square of the radius. If

the height of the cone is 1.5m when r :2m, what is the height when r lm? :

(A) 1

4*
(B) 4m

(C) 6m

(D) lZnt

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Section II
Total marks (78)
Attempt Questions 23-28
Allow about 2 hours for this section

Start each question on a SEPARAIE pagel booklet.

All necessary working should be shown in every question

Question 23 (13 marks) Use a separate pagel booklet Marks

(a) Fifteen fans were randomly chosen at two football matches. The first game was at the
Century stadium whilst the second game was at the Pele stadium.
The number of whole minutes each fan waited, in order to purchase a ticket at each
game, was recorded in this sulvey. The ordered stem-and-leaf plot displays the results.

Century stadium Pele stadium

762 0 7
55 1 4 47
9621 2 8 99
9884 1
J
a
J 4 555
IJ 4 4 E6
(i) One entry (represented by E
) is missing for the Pele Stadium.
Give a possible number of minutes that this fan waited.

(ii) Write down the range, in minutes, of the waiting times for the Century Stadium.

(iii) Calculate the mean and the sample standard deviation of the waiting times for the
Century Stadium. Give answers correct to one decimal place.

(b) A radial suruey of a paddock is drawn below. All measurements are in metres

(i) What is the size of I TOQ. I

(ii) Calculate the length of TQ to 1 decimal place. 2

(iiD Calculate the area of triangle TOQ to the nearest rz2.

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 NOT TO SCALE

(i) Calculate the area of sector ABC to the nearest one decimal place.

(ii) Hence calculate the area of the windscreen cleaned. ie area BCDE to the
nearest cm'.

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Question 24 (I3 marks) Use a separate pagel booklet Marks

(a) Atraverse survey of an industrial park was conducted. The notebook entry and a sketch
are drawn below. Both are incomplete. (Measurements are in metres)
A
A
220 80
D
D40
30B 30
0 72
C C
NOT TO SCALE

(D Copy the above diagrams into your writing booklet and write the correct
measurements in the boxes provided. )

(ii) Calculate the area of figure ADCB. 3

(iii) Calculate the length of DC, to one decimal place. )

(b) Paula decides to survey her class-mates on their methods of exercise. One of the questions
in her survey is 'How often do you exercise?'

(D Give a reason why this is not a good way to ask a question in a suryey.

(ii) Paula used a sector graph to display the responses she received to her question
'How many minutes per day have you exercised in the past week'.

30 NOT TO SCALE

Greater than 60
45 mins
mins

60 mins

What percentage of the people surveyed, exercised 45 minutes or more per day?
Write your answer to one decimal place.

(iii) If 25 students participated in the survey, find how many students exercised less
than 45 minutes per day. I
(c) Solve the equatio n 4J x I :20 ",

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Question 25 (i3 marks) Use a separate page/ booklet Marks

(a) The diagram represents the earth with two points P and Q on the surface of the Earth.

22oE
NOT TO SCALE

tl
tl
tl
tl

(i) What great circle runs through the points P and Q?

(ii) Calculate the angular distance between P and Q and hence find the sho(est
distance between P and Q in nautical miles, given that 1 degree of latitude
equals 60 M.

(iii) Calculate the shortest distance between P and Q to the nearest kilometre

(a ) using the arc length formula with r: 6400 km I

( 0 ) bV applying the conversion 1 nautical mile : 1.852 km. 1

(iv) Explain why your answers to (iii) ( a ) and (iii) ( P ) are different. 1

(b) Three cans of paint sit on a stand at the local paint shop. The cans are labelled red,
green and yellow.

Red Green Yellow

(i) In how many ways can the cans be arranged in a row?

(ii) Jo buys two different coloured cans of paint. What is the probabiliq, the
cans she selects are yellow first, followed by the green paint.
Show working to justifi your answer. )

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(c) The graph compares the progress of a $200 000 loan when repayments are made monthly
and fortnightly.

$200 000

$1s0 000

$100 000

Fortnightly
$s0 000 payments

10 15
Years

(i) Estimate the amount owing on the loan after 15 years if repayments are made
monthly.

(ii) Estimate the number of years it takes to reduce the balance to $50 000 if the
repayments are made fortnightly. I
(iii) What is the benefit of paying fortnightly instead of monthly? I

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Question 26 (13 marks) Use a separate page/ booklet Marks

(a) The heights of a group of year 5 girls and their mothers were collected and the results
tabulated below.

Hei tincm
Year 5 sirls 105 109 t12 115 lt7 12t t23 125 130
Mothers of 158 161 165 164 112 175 t72 17t 175
year 5 girls

(il On the graph provided on Page 19. draw a scatter plot and construct the median
regression line.Let the horizontal axis be year 5 girls.

(ii) Write the type of relationship shown in the scatter graph with respect to
correlation.

(b) A machine is set to produce spherical ball bearings with a mean diameter of
10.00 cm and a standard deviation of 0.03 cm.The diameters are notmally distributed.
An operator selects a ball bearing at random and notes its diameter tobe l0.l cm.
Briefly state what conclusions he can make.

(c) Anew blood test for breast cancer has been developed. The following table shows the
results of tests taken over a two week period.

Positive Negative Total

(Indications (1r{o
ofbreast indications
cancer) ofbreast
cancer)
Patients who 30 15 45
developed
breast cancer
Patients who 25 2A
did not develop
breast cancer
Total 55

(i) How many samples were corectly diagnosed?

(ii) How many blood sample tests were taken during the two week period? I
(ii| How many false-positive results did this test produce? I
(iv) How many false-negative results occurred in the two week testing period. 1

(v) What is the probability that a person diagnosed as negative, developed

breast cancer.

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Question 27 (13 marks) Use a separate pagel booklet Marks

(a) Ted and Freda Herd have worked out a budget and believe they can afford to pay
$300 per week on a housing loan. They take the loan over a20 year term at an
interest rate of 5.2%o p.a. interest, compounded weekly.

(i) Using 52 weeks per year, find the amount that Ted and Freda can afford
to borrow.

(ii) If they decide to pay $350 per week offtheir loan, how many whole years will
it take them to pay out the loan?

(b) A local rugby league club is conducting a fund raising raffle. The profit ($P) made
on the raffle can be calculated using the formula P =+-700,
2
where n is the number

of tickets sold.

Calculate the number of tickets sold if a profit of $1100 was made.

(c) A flag pole stands on Simpson's tower as shown below.

NOT TO SCALE

Simpson's
Tower

56016!

45m

(i) Find the height of Simpson's tower to 2 decimal places. 2

(ii) Find the height of the flag pole above ground level to 2 decimal places. ",

(iii) Find the height of the flag pole (h) to one decimal place. 1

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Question 28 (13 marks) Use a separate pagelbooklet Marks

(a) Fifty balls are arranged five by fir,e in a double layer, in a rectangular cardboard box,
as shown in the following diagram.
NOT TO SCALE

2,,
/i ';-<
-/'-,\
/t
,
t

-i. -,1'
tr--tt--/ "/
,
'ir'/
,l
-,. \

Each ball touches at least two other balls. If each ball has a radius of 1.2 cm. find

(i) the dimensions of the box, neglecting the thickness of the cardboard. I
(ii) the total surface area of the outside of the box, if the box has no lid. )

(iii) the percentage of the volume of the box occupied by the balls. )

(b) The following is a plan for a lake.

NOT TO SCALE

At equal intervals along the 80m pathway TQ, offset measurements were taken in
metres to various points on the lake's boundary.

(i) Use two applications of Simpson's rule to find an approximation to the area
of the lake. Give answer to the nearest m).

(ii) The lake is to have a consistent depth of 185 cm. Calculate the volume of
water in the lake in cubic metres. 1

(iii) Calculate the capacity of the lake to the nearest litre. I

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(c) The results of a sample of 10 students taken from a class of 40, who sat for English and
Chemistry examinations were as follows.

English Chemistry

73 94 93 64 76 92 94 63 77 84
68 s2 66 6s 88 76 74 73 79 79

(i) Calculate the mean and sample deviation for each set of results, correct to
1 decimal place.

(ii) Nina's mark for English was 86 and for chemistry 91. By converting these
marks to Z-scores, determine in which subject Nina performed better. 2

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 Trial Examination Paper
GENERAL MATHEMATICS

FORMULAE SHEET

Area of an annulus Surface area

A=r(R2 -12) Sphere A=4m2

R = radius of outer circle Closed cylinder A = 2mh+2m
r = radius of inner circle r: radius
h = perpendicular height

Area of an ellipse Volume

A=nab 1

Cone V =Lm'h
a
J
a = length of semi-major axis
b = length of semi-minor axis
Cylinder V =m2h
I
Pvramid
,3 V =-Ah
Area of a sector
4
e Sphere I,'=)*''
A--nr' 3
360 r: radius
d = number of degrees in central angle ft = perpendicular height
A =&tea of base
Arc length of a circle
0
- LIL
l-
I
1*- I
-
360
d = number of degrees in central angle

Simpson's rule for area approximation Sine rule

abc
=
Ax
t^
ltd,+4c1.".+d,\ *rl = rinB rirrC
1./
J
h= distance between successive Area of a triangle
measurements
A= l
1

absinC
df = first measurement 2

d,, = middle measurement

Cosine rule
last measurement
c' = a' +b2 -2abcosC
or
a2 +b' -c2
cosC=
2ab

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 FORMULAE SHEET

Simple interest Declining balance formula for depreciation

I =Ptn S =Vo(l*r)'
P = initial quantity S = salvage value of asset after n periods
r - percentage interest rate per period, 7" = p€rcentage interest rate per period,

expressed as a decimal expressed as a decimal

n : number of periods

Compound interest Mean of a sample

A=P(l+r)' _F,
A =frnal balance n
P = initial quantity Y*
,LJ"
7" = percentage interest rate per compounding L \-r
period, expressed as a decimal LJ
i
=mean
: individual score
n : number of scores
/: frequency
Future value (A) of an annuity Formulafora z -score

x-x
o_ *ltt*rl' -tf .t
lrl s = standard deviation
M =cortrrbution per period,
paid at the end of the period

Present value (1/) of an annuity Gradient of a straight line

vertical change in position

')" -t1
,l0r(1+
+ m=
Y= hor iz ontal change in p iti on
I r )' _]
os

Gradient-intercept form of a straight line

or
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A
N= ry = gradient
(l+ r)' b=!-intercept

Straight-line formula for depreciation Probability of an event

The probability of an event where outcomes
S=Vo*Dn
are equally likely is given by:
S : salvage value of asset after n periods
Vo =purchese price of the asset P(event): number of favourable outcomes
D =?rlount of depreciation apportioned total number of outcomes
per period
n = number of periods

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 Centre Number Str.rdent Number

Use for Question 26 (a) (i)

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 Centre Number Student Number

YEAR 12 TRIAL HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION 2006

GENERAL MATHEMATICS-MULTTPLE CHOICE ANSWER SHEET

Sample aLA-q
L I a-: ()2 (B) 6 (c) 8 (D) e

(A) o (B) O (C) O (D) O

If you think you have made a mistake, put a cross through the incorrect answer and fill in the new answer.

(A) O (B) (C) (D o

x (D)

If you change your mind and have crossed out what you consider to be the correct answer, then indicate this by
writing the word coruect and drawing an arrow as follows correct
^/
(A) O (B) x (c) x (D) O

ATTEMPT ALL QUESTIONS

1 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 12 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
2 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 13 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
3 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o t4 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
4 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o ls (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
s (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 16 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
6 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o t7 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
7 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 18 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
8 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 19 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
9 (A)o (B)o (C)o (D)o 20 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
10 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 2t (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o
11 (A)o (B)o (c)o (D)o 22 (A) o (B)o (c)o (D)o

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