Sample Mid-year Examination Paper 2

1. Simplify

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3m 2 4 11m
.
8 6m 2 26m

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2. Expand the following.

(a) (7x 3)2

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(b) (ab + 8)2

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3. Simplify the following.

(a)

5
2

x3 x

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(b) 2 y 2 y 1

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4. In the following table, F is inversely proportional to c.

c
F

5
4

24
x

y
56

(a) Find an equation connecting F and c.

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(b) Find the value of x.

[1]

(c) Find the value of y.

[1]

5. (a) Steven takes 24 minutes to complete a task. How long will he take to complete 8 such
tasks? Leave your answer in hours and minutes.
[2]
(b) 24 men take 3 days to cover a pavement with tiles. How many days will 30 men take
to complete the same job?
[2]
6. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
(a) Copy and complete the following table of values for the equation y = 2 x.
x
y

[2]

(b) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on both axes, draw the graph of y = 2 x for
2 x 3.
[2]
(c) From the graph, find the value of y when x = 1.5.

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7. Factorise the following.

(a) 162x2 2

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(b) 49x2 + 14x 3

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8. Solve the following equations.

(a) 3p + 7 = 7p 5

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(b) 2(2y + 5) = 4(3 2y)

[2]

(c) 8x 2(1 3x) = 6(3 + 2x) (5x + 9)

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9. Rachel spent $(4x + 20) during a particular weekend. Mindy spent $3x more than Rachel
and $(x 15) less than Yvonne.
(a) Find, in terms of x, the amount Mindy spent.

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(b) Find, in terms of x, the amount Yvonne spent.

[1]

(c) Find the total amount, in terms of x, the three girls spent altogether.

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(d) If the three girls spent $387 altogether, find the value of x.

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10. The scale of a map is 1 : 200 000. Find

(a) the distance, in centimetres, represented on the map, if the actual distance between
two petrol kiosks is 40 km,
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(b) the actual area of a reservoir, in square kilometres, if the area represented on the map
is 12 cm2.
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11. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
The monthly salary, $S, of a salesman of an electronics shop is calculated based on his
basic salary and the commission he earns. It is given by the equation
S = 850 + 65x
where x represents the number of computers sold by the salesman in a month.
(a) Copy and complete the following table shown below.
x
S

10

20

30

40

50

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60

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 computers on the x-axis and 1 cm to represent

$500 on the y-axis, draw the graph of S = 850 + 65x for 0 x 60.
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(c) From the graph, find

(i)

his basic salary,

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(ii)

his salary for the month if he sold 45 computers,

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(iii)

the number of computers sold by the salesman if his commission was $1550.
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End of Sample Mid-year Examination Paper 2

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