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REVIEW MATHEMATICS

1. A newly married couple purchased a two-bedroom unit for $126,000. They spent another $14,300
putting in a new kitchen and bathroom. Two years later they had twins and were forced to sell
the unit so they could buy a bigger house. Unfortunately, due to a down-turn in the market they
received only $107,500 for the sale. What was the loss as a percentage of their total costs? [1]
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2. A bakery has 300 chocolate chip cookies and 264 peanut butter cookies. The bakers wish to
divide the chocolate chip cookies into piles and the peanut butter cookies into piles so that each
pile has only one type of cookie, there is the same number of cookies in each pile, and each pile
has the largest possible number of cookies.
(a) How many cookies will there be in each pile? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]
(b) How many piles of chocolate chip cookies will there be? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]
3. A horse eats 12 bales of hay in 5 days. At this rate, how many bales of hay does the horse eat
in 5 + x days? [2]
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4. What number can you add to the numerator and denominator of 5/8 to get 1/2? [1]
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5. A shoe store charges $39 for a certain type of sneaker. This price is 30% more than the amount it
costs the shoe store to buy one pair of these sneakers. At an end-of-theyear sale, sales associates
can purchase any remaining sneakers at 20% off the shoe store’s cost. How much would it cost
an employee to purchase a pair of sneakers of this type during the sale (excluding sales tax)? [1]
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6. Solve the following for x:
(a) 3(x − 4) = 5 − x [1]
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2(x+1) 4x
(b) 3
= 4
−2 [2]
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7. Simplify the following expressions:
(a) xy 3 × (x2 y)2 [1]
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4a2 ×27ab2
(b) 3b×8a5
[1]
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(c) x2 y ÷ (xy 3 )2 [1]

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√
(d) log3 ( 9) × 2 log2 (4) [2]
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√
(e) log5 ( 8) ÷ log5 (8) [2]
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8. Factorise the following:
(a) x2 + 2x − 15 [1]
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(b) 6a2 b − 8ab + 10ab2 [1]

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(c) 4x2 − 5x − 6 [1]

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(d) x2 + 3x − 2 [1]
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9. For the expression:
x3 − 2x2 − 5x + 6
(a) Show that (x − 2) is not a factor of the expression. [1]
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(b) If x − 3 is a factor, fully factorise the expression. [2]

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(c) State the values for x where x3 − 2x2 − 5x + 6 = 0 [1]

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10. The graph of a function is shown below

• x
( 32 , 0)

(0, −2) •

Determine the equation of this function in the form y = mx + k. [1]

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11. The point (2, −1) lies on the graph of the function y = −3x + 5. Determine the equation of a
line that is perpendicular to the graph of the function at the point (2, −1).
Express your answer in the form ax + by + c = 0. [2]
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12. The graph below shows the equations 3y + 2y − 6 = 0 and y − 2x + 2 = 0.

y
y − 2x + 2 = 0

x
3y + 2x − 6 = 0

Algebraically determine the point of intersection. [3]

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13. A quadratic function is graphed below

(0, 3/2)

(−1, 0) (3, 0)
x

Determine the equation of this function in the form y = ax2 + bx + c [3]

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14. Use the quadratic formula to solve the following equation 7x2 + 12x − 10 = 0.
Give the answer to three decimal places. [2]
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15. The profit (P in hundred dollar) of a cabinet making company is determined by the number of
items (x) that are made each week. The equation below models the company’s profit:
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P = − x3 + 5x2 − 16x + 2500 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 10
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where x is the number of items made per week.
(a) Use calculus techniques to determine the number of items (x) that will give the maximum
profit. [2]
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(b) What is the rate of profit when 5 items are made per week? [1]
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