NAME MASTER

SYDNEY GRAMMAR SCHOOL

2018 Half-Yearly Examination

FORM IV

MATHEMATICS
Wednesday 30th May 2018

General Instructions Collection

• Writing time — 2 hours. • Write your name, class and Master on
• Write using black pen. each page of your answers.
• Board-approved calculators and • Staple your answers in a single bundle.
templates may be used. • Write your name, class and Master on
this question paper and hand it in with
Total — 108 Marks
your answers.
• All questions may be attempted.
• All necessary working should be shown.
• Start each question on a new page.

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QUESTION ONE (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

√
8
(a) Simplify √ . 1
2

(b) Expand −7(9 − x) . 1

(c) What is the gradient of the line y − 5x + 6 = 0 ? 1

(d) Expand and simplify (x − 4)(x + 5) . 1

(e) Solve:
(i) x(x − 5) = 0 1
(ii) x2 = 49 1

4
(f) Rationalise the denominator of √ . 1
3

(g) Solve 3x + 8 > 23 . 1

(h) What is the equation of the vertical line through (8, 2) ? 1

(i) A cube has side length 3 cm.

(i) What is its volume? 1
(ii) What is its surface area? 1
√ √ 
(j) Expand and simplify 5 5−2 . 1

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QUESTION TWO (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Find the exact volume of a sphere of radius 4 cm. 1

2 1
(b) Expand and simplify the expression (x − 9) + x . 1
3 3

(c) Consider points A(1, 3) and B(5, 5) in the Cartesian plane.

(i) Find the midpoint of AB. 1
(ii) Find the length of the interval AB. Leave your answer as a simplified surd. 1

(d) Factorise 4a(b − 2) − 3(b − 2) . 1

(e) 1

5 cm

2 cm

The diagram above shows a cone with base radius 2 cm and perpendicular height 5 cm.
Find its exact volume.

(f) Consider the line given by the equation 6x − 5y − 30 = 0 .

(i) Find the x- and y-intercepts of the line. 2
(ii) Hence sketch the line, clearly labelling the intercepts with the axes. 2

(g) Solve x2 + 6x + 4 = 0 by completing the square. Leave your answers in exact form. 2

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QUESTION THREE (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Solve 11(x − 4) ≤ 16 − 4x . 1

(b)

10 cm

5 cm

12 cm

The diagram above shows a solid right triangular prism.

(i) Find the volume of the prism. 1
(ii) Find the surface area of the prism. 2
√ √  √ √ 
(c) Expand and simplify 2+5 3 2−3 3 . 2

(d) Consider the parabola given by the equation y = x2 − 2x − 15 .

(i) State its concavity. 1
(ii) Find the y-intercept. 1
(iii) Find any x-intercepts. 1
(iv) Find the coordinates of the vertex. 1
(v) Hence sketch the parabola showing the information in parts (i) to (iv) clearly. 2

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QUESTION FOUR (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Solve each of the following quadratic equations by factorising:

(i) x2 + x − 30 = 0 1
(ii) x2 − 1 = 0 1
(iii) 2x2 − 7x + 6 = 0 2

(b) Use the quadratic formula to solve 3x2 − 2x − 7 = 0 . Give your answers correct to 2
two decimal places.

(c) A parabola has equation y = x2 + 2x − 1 .

(i) Find the equation of the axis of symmetry. 1
(ii) Find the coordinates of the vertex. 1

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(d) Rationalise the denominator of √ . 2
3− 2

(e) Consider the parabola y = 2x2 + 3x + 2.

(i) Calculate the value of b2 − 4ac. 1
(ii) Hence determine the number of x-intercepts of this parabola. 1

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QUESTION FIVE (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Solve the following simultaneous equations: 2

x = 3y − 7
5x − 3y = 25

(b) A rectangular prism has volume of 132 cm3 and surface area of 178 cm2 . All the side
lengths of the prism are enlarged by a factor of 3.
(i) What is the volume of the larger prism? 1
(ii) What is the surface area of the larger prism? 1

(c) Rearrange and solve x2 − 10 = 5x by completing the square. Simplify fully and leave 3
your answer as a single fraction.

(d)
9 cm

21 cm

The diagram above shows an egg cup, which is a solid cylinder with a hemisphere
removed from the top. Find:
(i) the exact volume. 2
(ii) the exact surface area. 3

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QUESTION SIX (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Solve the following simultaneous equations: 2

x + 2y = 1
2x + y = 5

(b) Find the equation of the line which passes through the points A(1, 3) and B(4, −3). 2
Leave your answer in gradient–intercept form.

5x + 5 5x + 15
(c) Simplify ÷ 2 . 2
x2 −x−6 x −9

(d) 2
y

-2 6 x

(4, -4)

Determine the equation of the parabola graphed above. Give your answer in expanded
form.

(e)
O

OM = 4 cm
4 cm AB = 6 cm
BC = 4 cm

D C

M Y
4 cm
A X B
6 cm

The diagram above shows a rectangular pyramid with height OM, with OX ⊥ AB
and OY ⊥ BC.
(i) Find OX and OY , leaving your answers in exact form. 2
(ii) Hence find the total surface area of the pyramid. Give your answer correct to 2
two decimal places.

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QUESTION SEVEN (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Find the minimum value of the expression 2x2 + 3x − 1. 2

(b) If Brian’s age is multiplied by 5, it exceeds Nigel’s age by 21 years. One-quarter of 3

Nigel’s age is less than Brian’s age by 4 years.
Let Brian’s age be b years and Nigel’s age be n years. By forming simultaneous
equations, find their ages.

(c) ym

xm Total area = 720 m2

A rectangular piece of land of area 720 m2 is to be enclosed by a wall, and then divided
into three equal regions by partition walls, as shown above. The total length of all the
walls is 196 m. Let the width of the land be y m and the length of the land be x m.
(i) Show that y = 98 − 2x . 1
(ii) Find all possible answers for the dimensions of the land. 2

(d) The volume and surface area of a steel drum are 8 m3 and 12 m2 respectively. 2
A scale model of the drum is made. If the model has volume of 343 cm3 , find its
surface area in square centimetres.

(e) Factorise (2x + 5y)2 − 9(x − 2y)2 . 2

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QUESTION EIGHT (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) y

A(0, a)

B(-b, 0) O C(c, 0) x

In the diagram above, the lines AC and AB are perpendicular.

b
(i) Show that the equation of line AC can be written y = − x + a. 1
a
(ii) Hence show that the lengths AO, BO and CO satisfy AO2 = BO × CO. 2

Q P
4 cm
R

9 cm

(iii) Find the area of triangle P QS above. 1

(b) Sam runs a surfboard rental business. He currently charges $12 per surfboard per day. 3
On average, he rents out 36 surfboards a day. A business expert says that for every
50 cent decrease in rental price the business will gain two rentals a day. Sam wants
to maximise his income. How much should he charge to rent a surfboard? Let x be
the number of times Sam decreases the price by 50 cents.

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QUESTION EIGHT (Continued)

(c) 2

x cm
2

6 cm

x cm
2

x cm

The diagram above shows a cylinder with a cone on top, and a sphere. The cylinder
has radius of x2 cm and height of x2 cm. The cone also has height of x2 cm. The sphere
has radius 6 cm. Both solids have the same volume.
Find the value of x.

 2  
(d) Solve x2 − 4x + 8 x2 − 4x = 48 . 3

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QUESTION NINE (12 marks) Start a new page. Marks

(a) Two aeroplanes have the same size fuel tanks, but one will travel for 21 hours on a 3
full tank and the other for 35 hours on a full tank. They set off at the same time with
full tanks and both planes burn fuel at a constant rate. After how long will one have
three times as much fuel left as the other?

(b) Solve the following equations simultaneously to find x and y in terms of p and q: 3
x qy
+ 2 = 2q
p p
qy − px = 0

(c) David had a piece of wire of length 200 cm and cut it into two pieces. He then formed 3
the first piece into an equilateral triangle and the second piece into a square, such
that the combined area enclosed by the separate pieces was a minimum.
Find the exact perimeter of each of the shapes and find the combined area to two
decimal places.

(d) Find all solutions to the following equation: 3

 x2 −11x+30
x2 − 5x + 5 = 1.

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