Hexagon Mathematics Paper

Mathematics Examination Paper # 19

This exam contains 30 questions, 7 pages (including the cover) for the total of 98 marks.
1. The speed of car A and car B are 80 km/h and 70 km/h respectively. Car B takes half an hour
longer than car A to travel x km. Find the value of x.

2. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows two similar polygons ABCDEF GHIJKL,
M N P QRST ZU V W X. Given that BC = 32 CD, P Q = 30 cm, AK = 43 M W and the area of
the larger polygon is 592 cm2 , find
M N

A B X P
L C
W Q
K D
V R
J E
I F U S

H G Z T

(a) the length of P N ,

(b) the area of ABCDEF GHIJKL.
B

3. (3 points) If 4ABC is an isosceles triangle and ∠ABC = 30◦ ,

∠BAC = ∠BCA = (4x + 10)◦ , what is the value of A C
x?
4. Express 5832 as a product of prime factors and hence, find the cube root of 5832.

5. A ream of paper has 300 sheets and cost $ 4.50. If a bookshop owner wants to sell the sheets
separately, he repacks the paper into 25 sheets per packet. What is the minimum amount he
needs to price the repacked paper if he does not want to make any losses? Round off your
amount to the nearest cent.
A

6. (3 points) ABC is an isosceles triangle with AB = AC = 10 cm, BH

is the altitude of the triangle and BH = 6. The length of
√
BC can be written in the form p q, where p, q are positive
H
integers. Find the value of p, q.
B C

7. Make an estimate of the following, correct to two significant figures

r r
8.05 × 24.78 3 79.97 × 24.999
+ .
1.984 2.007

8. Julian worked out the map area of a plot of vacant land as 2 cm2 . The actual area of this piece
of land is 162 km2 . What is the scale of the map he used?

9. 50 builders can build a house in 8 weeks. How many more builders are needed if the house has
to be completed in 5 weeks?
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y
10. (3 points) The diagram shows the parabola y = −x2 + ax + b P

that has vertex P (1, 3). The line of symmetry passes

R
through this vertex of the parabola. Find Q
(a) the values of a, b.
(b) the coordinates of the x−intercepts. x

11. The distance between two towns is 600 km. Eugene was driving at 90 km/h for the first x km
of the journey and 100 km/h for the remaining y km. If he took 6 hours and 30 minutes to
complete the entire 600-km journey, find the value of x and y.

12. (3 points) Jack stands at a point F which is 60 metre away

from point D of the building. He looks at point B
E
E and at the end of a pole BA on the building so
that his line of sight forms three triangles as shown
below, and AEF is his line of sight. The pole is 30
metre long, extending from point B. Given the ratio
area of triangle ABE 9
area of triangle ACF = 64 , find the height and width
CD of the building, and the length AF .
D
C F

13. An encyclopedia salesperson earns a flat rate of $200 per week plus $10 for every set of
encyclopedias sold.
(a) Construct a rule for the wages earned.
(b) Draw a graph of the wages earned ($ W ) versus the number of sets of encyclopedias sold
(n).
(c) How much will the person earn for selling 80 encyclopedias?

14. Three persons Albert, Bella, and Carol shares a sum of $7200 in the ration 1 : 3 : 5. Find the
amount of money that Carol has more than Albert.
√
15. If m varies inversely to 5n + 3 and that m = 9 when n = 1, find the value of
(a) m if n = 3, and
(b) n if m = 4.

16. Correct to three significant figures, the approximation of a number p gives 3.35. What is the
sum of the largest and smallest possible values of p correct to three significant figures?

17. Given that x = 3 × 10−5 , express 1 2

12 x in standard form.

18. Solve the equation 163x+1 = 321−x .

19. 512 marbles are arranged to form a square. There is an equal number of marbles on each side
of the square. How many marbles are there on each side of the square?

20. If a = 0.05378, b = 5.238, express each number correct to 3 significant figures and evaluate
a + b and leave your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

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21. (3 points) A regular hexagon is circumscribed about a circle of radius 6 cm.
Calculate
(a) the perimeter of the hexagon,
(b) the area of the hexagon.
p q
22. If p ⊕ q = p+q +√ , find the value of 3 ⊕ 4.
p2 +q 2

1
23. The tens digit of a number exceeds the units digit by 2. The sum of the digits is 7 of the
number. What is the number?

P
y
24. (3 points) In the Cartesian coordinate system, P QRS is a
rhombus with P (1, 7), Q(−1, 3), R(3, 5). Find R
(a) the coordinates of S.
(b) the area of the rhombus. Q
x
m
25. The number 2.5081081081081 . . . can be written as n where m and n are natural numbers with
no common factors. Find m + n.
y
x 3 2
26. (3 points) The line y = − 1 intersects the parabola y = 2x − 2 at two
2 x
points A, B. Find
B
(a) the coordinates of A, B. A

(b) the area of 4OAB, where O is the origin.

27. (3 points) A line has slope −3 through the point A(3, −7). Find the equation of the line.
28. (5 points) A sequence of whole numbers has the beginning terms as follows. Find
3, 12, 29, 54, 87, . . .
(a) the next two terms of the sequence.
(b) the general terms of the sequence.
29. (3 points) A litre of orange fruit drink contains 22% orange juice. How many mililitres of
orange juice must be added to produce a mixture containing 50% orange juice?

30. (10 points) The diagram shows a piece of tin, which is part of an annulus,
is formed by cutting of two concentric sectors of angle 216◦
and radii 68 cm and 28 cm respectively. The piece is bent
to form the curved surface of a bucket, such that AC meets
BD. A circular piece is to be attached to the smaller base of
the bucket. Find
(a) the area of the piece of tin, leaving your answers in terms
of π.
(b) the height h of the bucket.
h
(c) the capacity to contain water of the bucket.

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