ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1 Round off 0.0479 correct to two significant figures.

A 0.04 C 0.047

B 0.05 D 0.048

2 0.639 �400
Express in standard form.
3 �104

A 8.52 �10-3 C 8.52 �101

B 8.52 �10-2 D 8.52 �102

3 8.4 �106 - 4.7 �105 =

A 3.20 �106 C 1.31�103

B 7.93 �106 D 3.70 �101

4 4.21 x 10-7 - 2.6 x 10-8 =

A 1.61 x 10-8 C 3.95 x 10-8

B 1.61 x 10-7 D 3.95 x 10-7

5 What is the value of digit 3, in base ten in the number 53108 .

A 24 C 300

B 192 D 240

6 11001112 + 11112 =

A 1101102 C 100110102

B 11101102 D 11001102

7 Express 23415 as a number in base 8.

A 3468 C 532 8

B 436 8 D 623 8
8 Evaluate 110102 - 11012.

A 10112 C 100012

B 11012 D 100112

9 Express 4315 as a number in base eight

A 176 8 C 164 8

B 174 8 D 116 8

10 Given 34 5 < p 5 < 415 , state p 5 in base two

A 10010 2 C 10110 2

B 10100 2 D 10111 2

11. (a) Complete the following table for the equation y = -2 x 2 + 3 x + 8

X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Y - 19 -6 8 9 6 -1 - 27
( 2 marks )

b) For this part of the question, use the graph paper provided on next page. You may use a
flexible curve rule.
By using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 5 units on the y-axis, draw
the graph of y = -2 x 2 + 3 x + 8 for - 3  x  5 .
(3 marks)
c) From your graph, find
(i) the value of y when x = - 2.4
(ii) the values of x that satisfy the equation 2 x 2 - 3x = 8 ( 3 marks)

d)
Draw a suitable straight line on your graph to find all the values of x which satisfy the
equation - 2 x 2 + 5 x = -16 for - 3  x  5. State these values of x .
( 4 marks)
Answers :
c) i ) y = ……………
ii) x = ……………

d) x = ……….. , ………….
12. On the graph provided, shade the region which satisfies the three inequalities
x - y  4 , x  4 and y  -6 .
[3 marks]
Answer :

y x- y=4

0 x
-2 2 4 6 8
-2

-4

-6

-8

13. On the graph in the answer space, shade the region which satisfies the three
inequalities 3 y �x + 12, y �-2 x + 4 and x  2 .
y [3 marks]
Answer :
3 y = x + 12

x
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y = -2 x + 4