GIMNASIO DEL NORTE

MYP YEAR 4

STUDY GUIDE SECOND MIDTERM EVALUATION

NAME: __________________________________

COURSE: ___________
TOPICS
1. Slopes and intersection points with axes
2. Slope of parallel lines
3. Slopes of perpendicular lines
4. Change of dependent variable in an equation
5. Linear functions
6. Parallel and perpendicular lines
7. Systems of equations/ simultaneous equations
8. Representation and resolution of inequalities, including compound and double inequalities.
9. Quadratic functions
10. Factoring quadratic expressions
11. Solving Quadratic Equations
12. Probability calculations
13. Graphical representations, including two-dimensional, scatter plot, box plot, and cumulative frequency
histogram
14. Relative frequency
15. Quartiles
16. Histograms
17. Interquartile range

COMMAND TERMS

Term Definition

Apply Use knowledge and understanding in response to a given situation or real

circumstances.
Use an idea, equation, principle, theory, or law in relation to a given problem or issue.

Describe Give a detailed account or picture of a situation, event, pattern, or process.

Estimate Obtain an approximate value for an unknown quantity.

Explain Give a detailed account including reasons or causes.

Identify Provide an answer from a number of possibilities.

Recognize and state briefly a distinguishing fact or feature.

Justify Give valid reasons or evidence to support an answer or conclusion.

Sketch Represent by means of a diagram or graph (labeled as appropriate). The sketch

should give a general idea of the required shape or relationship and should include
relevant features.

Solve Obtain the answer(s) using algebraic and/or numerical and/or graphical methods.

State Give a specific name, value or other brief answer without explanation or calculation.

Use Apply knowledge or rules to put theory into practice.

Write down Obtain the answer(s), usually by extracting information. Little or no calculation is
required. Working does not need to be shown.
Criterion A (Knowing and Understanding)
1. For exercises A to J, answer True or False (T or F)
a. If two distinct lines have the same slope, then the lines are parallel. ( )
b. If the slopes of two lines are negative reciprocals, then the lines are perpendicular. ( )
c. In the standard form of the equation of a line, A can be a rational number in fractional form.
( )
d. In the slope-intercept form of an equation of a line, m is the slope. ( )
e. The lines determined by the equations 𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 4 and 2𝑥 − 6𝑦 = 11 are parallel lines. ( )
f. The lines determined by the equations 𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 4 and 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 4 are perpendicular lines.()
g. Every parabola has an axis of symmetry that passes through the vertex. ( )
h. A dashed line on the graph indicates that the points on the line do not satisfy the inequality.( )
i. The graph of −15𝑦 ≥ 0 is the half-plane below the x axis. ( )
j. Any point can be used as a test point to determine the half-plane that is the solution of the inequality.
( )

2. Find the equation of the line that contains the points

(3,7); (5,8)
Write it in standard form (Ax+By=C) and slope – y – intercept form (y=mx+b)

Standard Form: ________________ Slope - Y intercept: ________________

3. Solve the following system of equations using the substitution method.

3x - y = 5
- x + 3y = 9 Solution: ____________

4. Solve the following word problem: A salesman sells a mean of 4.6 conservatories per day for 5 days.
How many must he sell on the sixth day to increase his mean to 5 sales per day?

5. Find the y-intercept and the x-intercept for the equation.

3x + 2y = 24

x _ intercept: __________ y - intercept: ___________

6. Solve the following word problem: The mean of 6 numbers is 12.3. When an extra number is added,
the mean changes to 11.9. Which is the extra number?

7. Solve the systems of linear equations by any method, if there is a solution write it down.
a) y = 2x + 4
y = -x + 6 Solution: ______________

b) 2x + 18y = -9
4x + 18y = -27 Solution: ______________
8. Sketch the following inequality and complete the chart
−2𝑥 + 4𝑦 ≤ 8
x - intercept

y - intercept

Test Point

9. Sketch a box plot from this data and state each 5 number summary:

20, 12, 8, 24, 15, 17, 11

What is the median? _______

What is the smallest number? ________

What is the Range? _______

What is the 3rd Quartile Value? _______

What is the interquartile range? _______

10. Solve the following word problem:

11. Use the information given for answering the question.

The times in minutes for each of Curt’s phone calls this week are shown in this list.
9, 15, 5, 7, 9, 12, 11, 4
Which statement is true regarding the duration of his calls?
A The mode is greater than 7.
B The mean is less than 8.
C The range is less than 10.
D The median is greater than 10.
 12. The weights of a number of students were recorded in kg.
Weight (kg) Mid-point Frequency 𝑀𝑖𝑑 − 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 × 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

30 ≤ 𝑤 < 35 10

35 ≤ 𝑤 < 40 11

40 ≤ 𝑤 < 45 15

45 ≤ 𝑤 < 50 7

50 ≤ 𝑤 < 55 4

Totals

(a) Find the mean weight.

(b) Find the median.

(c) Find the modal class

Criterion B (Investigating Patterns)

1. Use the intercepts to graph the equation 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 = 20
x – Intercept: ______ y – Intercept: ______
2. Sketch the line on the Cartesian plane 𝑥 = −2𝑥 + 3

X Y

3. Find the equation of the line that contains the point (1,3) and it is parallel to the line 5𝑥 + 𝑥 = 9.
Write it in standard form (Ax+By=C). Sketch the graph of the line on the Cartesian plane.

Equation: ___________
4. From the equation 5y - 2x = 10, identify the y - intercept y - intercept: __________

2
5. From the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 2, identify the y - intercept y - intercept: __________
3

6. Use the intercepts to graph the equation: 2x + 3y = 18

x - intercept: __________ y - intercept: __________

7. Solve by using quadratic equations and graphs in a millimeter piece of paper. (find the vertex and the
line of symmetry)
a. 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 8
 b. 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 5
8. Solve the following word problem:

For question 8, refer to the box & whisker graphs below that show the average monthly high temperatures for
Milwaukee, Wisconsin & Honolulu, Hawaii.
Average Monthly High Temperatures

9. Explain using a short paragraph for comparing the temperatures in both cities.

10. Solve the following word problem:

11. Graph the quadratic equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 6 and Show your work.

12. Which line best represents the graph of y = ⅖(x) + 2 ? Justify your answer.

13. Solve the following word problem:

14. The graph shows the number of hours a sample of people spent viewing television one week during the summer.
 (a) Complete the frequency table for this sample.
Viewing Time Mid-point Frequency 𝑀𝑖𝑑 − 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 × 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦
(h hours)

0 ≤ ℎ < 10

10 ≤ ℎ < 20

20 ≤ ℎ < 30

30 ≤ ℎ < 40

40 ≤ ℎ < 50

50 ≤ ℎ < 60

Totals

(b) Use the mid-points of the class intervals to find the mean viewing time for these people.

(c) Find the median.

15. Find the equation of the inequality drawn below. (Put it in the line below the graph)
 Inequality: __________________________________________

Criterion D (Applying Math in Real-Life Contexts)

1. For the next problem the situation can be described by the use of linear equations in two variables. If two
pairs of values are known, then we can determine the equation.
A diabetic patient was told by her doctor that her hemoglobin A1C reading of 6.5 corresponds to an
average blood glucose level of 135. At her next checkup, three months later, the patient was told that her
hemoglobin A1C reading of 6.0 corresponds to an average blood glucose level of 120.
Let y represent the average blood glucose level, and x represent the hemoglobin A1C reading. Find the
equation and State the equation in slope-intercept form.

Equation: ______________________________

2. Research and development expenditures are given in the graph. Use the given ordered pairs from the
graph to find the average rate of change in these expenditures per year.

Rate of change: ____________________________

 3. Two angles are supplementary. The larger angle is 48 degrees more than 10 times the smaller angle.
Find the measure of each angle.

Smaller angle: _______________

Larger angle: ________________

4. The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 62 feet. The length is 1 foot more than twice the width. Find
the dimension of the garden.

Length: ______________

Width: _______________

5. mixture of grass seeds. Grass seed A is worth $ 1.40 per pound and seed B is worth $1.75 per pound.
How much of each should be mixed in order to make 50lb of a mixture worth $1.54 per pound?
Complete the following table to aid in the familiarization.
Seed A Seed B MIXTURE

Cost of $1.40 $1.54

seed
Amount in x Y
pound
Mixture 1.75y

X+ Y= ( ) 1.40x + 1.75y=( )

6. Staircase. A mason builds a staircase in such a way that the portion underneath the stairs forms a right
triangle. The hypotenuse is 6m long. The leg across the ground is 1m longer than the leg next to the wall at
the back. Find the lengths of the legs. Round to the nearest tenth.

7. In the table below, the average monthly temperatures for Pullman and Seattle are shown. Sketch a box
plot (using the same scale) for each city from the data. Then describe in a short paragraph summarizing
what your graphs tell you.
 Month Pullman Seattle
Averages Averages

January 34.5 44.7

February 40.5 50.1

March 47.0 53.4

April 55.9 59.4

May 64.4 66.7

June 71.2 71.2

July 81.6 76.9

August 81.9 76.3

September 72.8 71.0

October 59.8 61.3

November 43.7 52.0

December 35.9 47.1

8. The following list shows the maximum daily temperature, in °F, throughout the month of April.

(a) Copy and complete the grouped frequency table below.

Temperature, T Mid-point Frequency 𝑀𝑖𝑑
− 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 × 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

40 ≤ 𝑇 < 50
 50 ≤ 𝑇 < 54

54 ≤ 𝑇 < 58

58 ≤ 𝑇 < 62

62 ≤ 𝑇 < 72

Totals

(b) Use the table of values in part (a) to find the mean of this distribution. You must show your work
clearly.

(c) Sketch a histogram to represent your distribution in part (a).

9. There are 6 pillows in a bed, 3 are red, 2 are yellow and 1 is blue. What is the probability of
picking a yellow pillow?

10. There is a container full of coloured bottles, red, blue, green, and orange. Some of the
bottles are picked out and displaced. Mariana did this 1000 times and got the following results:

· Number of blue bottles picked out: 300

· Number of red bottles: 200

· Number of green bottles: 450

· Number of orange bottles: 50

a. What is the probability that Mariana will pick a green bottle?

b. If there are 100 bottles in the container, how many of them are likely to be green?

11. A vessel contains 4 blue balls, 5 red balls and 11 white balls. If three balls are drawn from the
vessel at random, what is the probability that the first ball is red, the second ball is blue, and the
third ball is white?