EDU MATHEMATICS TEST SET 18

Question 1. AU$1 is equivalent to US$0.86. If I have $1978US, what would I receive if I convert it to
AUS dollars?
A: $2700 B: $3200 C: $1800 D: $2600 E: $2300

Question 2. Find the perimeter of one block in the following diagram, if the diagram has the area of
216cm2.
A: 35cm2 B: 28cm2

C: 25cm2 D: 30cm2

E: None of these

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Question 3. If the sphere’s volume formula is 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 2 and a sphere has a radius of 18cm, what is
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its volume?
A: 512𝜋 cm3 B: 401𝜋 cm3 C: 498𝜋 cm3 D: 467𝜋 cm3 E: 432𝜋 cm3

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Question 4. If I received 8 of an inheritance, which was $54300, what was the total inheritance?

A: $162700 B: $168300 C: $144800 D: $127800 E: $153700

Question 5. 30% of students at school has the starfruit phone, after 6 months 10% of those
students change their phone brand, while 30% of the students who didn’t have the starfruit phone, 6
months ago, has it now. What is the new percentage of students who has that brand phone?
A: 30% B: 60% C: 32% D: 48% E: 56%

Question 6. What is the height of an equilateral triangle, if all the side is equal to 2cm?

A: √7 cm B:√3 cm C: 2√5 cm D: √6 cm E: None of these

Question 7. Evaluate:
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(36𝑚8 𝑛2 )2

A: 6𝑚4 𝑛12 B: 60𝑚16 𝑛6 C: 12𝑚10 𝑛6 D: 18𝑚12 𝑛3 E: 216𝑚12 𝑛3

Question 8. Van needs to feed her rabbits, 5.2 cans per day. If one can is 1.65kg of food pallets,
how much rabbit food does she need for a week?
A: 63.17kg B: 71.28kg C: 68.91kg D: 60.06kg E: None of these

Question 9. What is the surface area of the following solid?

A: 2128cm2 B: 2547cm2

C: 2753cm2 D: 2718cm2

E: 2532cm2

Question 10. Expand and collect the like terms:

(𝑚 − 3)(𝑚2 + 2𝑚 + 4)

A: 2𝑚3 + 𝑚2 + 2𝑚 − 12 B: 𝑚3 + 𝑚2 − 2𝑚 + 12 C: 4𝑚3 + 2𝑚2 − 3𝑚 + 12

D: 𝑚3 + 2𝑚2 − 𝑚 + 12 E: None of these

Question 11. Expand:

(4√2 − 3)(2√2 + 5)

A: 2 + 12√2 B: 1 + 14√2 C: 4 − 16√3 D: 4 + 16√2 E: None of these

Question 12. Find the value of 𝑚.

A: 75° B: 51°

C: 63˚ D: 59°

E: None of these

3𝑥
Question 13. If (𝑛, 12) pass through 𝑦 = 3 − 4
, what is the value of 𝑛?

A: 2 B: 6 C: - 3 D: 5.3 E: - 12
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Question 14. Find the gradient passing through (3, -2.5) and (-5, 26).
3 −3 2 −2 4
A: 𝑚 = B: 𝑚 = C: 𝑚 = D: m= E: 𝑚 =
2 2 3 3 6

Question 15. The perimeter of this triangle is:

A: 12 + 4√3 m B: 6 + 2√6 m

C: 9 + 7√5 m D: 10 + 5√2 m

E: None of these

Question 16. Simplify:

5 𝑏+2
−
3𝑎 2𝑎𝑏
5(𝑏+2) 5𝑏+10 7𝑏+6 8𝑏+5
A: 12𝑎𝑏
B: 6𝑏
C: 6𝑎𝑏
D: 𝑎𝑏
E: None of these

Question 17. Factorise:

16𝑥 4 − 1

A: (4𝑥 2 + 1)(4𝑥 2 − 2) B: (4𝑥 2 + 1)(2𝑥 − 1)(2𝑥 + 1) C: (2𝑥 2 + 1)(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 1)

D: (4𝑥 2 − 1)(𝑥 + 1)(𝑥 − 1) E: None of these

Question 18. How many seconds would a 550m train pass a man, if it was travelling at 150km/h?
A: 13.2sec B: 16.5sec C: 14.8sec D: 18.1sec E: 17.3sec

Question 19. Which value match this number line?

A:−6 ≤ 𝑥 > 10 B: −6 ≥ 𝑥 < 10 C: −6 ≥ 𝑥 > 10

D: −6 ≤ 𝑥 < 10 E: 𝑥 ≤ −6 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 > 10
Question 20. What is the area of this wedge?
A: 7𝜋 B: 9𝜋

C: 3𝜋 D: 5𝜋

E: 6𝜋

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Question 21. What type of graph is 𝑦 = ?
𝑥−7

A: Hyperbola B: Quadratic C: Parabola D: Cubic E: None of these

Question 22. Find the value for x?

A: 6 B: 5

C: 10 D: 7

E: 4

Question 23. Over the six years, Mary borrowed an amount of money from the bank at a rate of 9.4%
p.a. simple interest. The total interest paid was $4794. Find the total amount to repay a loan.
A: $17293 B: $11927 C: $13294 D: $13091 E: $12893

−𝑠
Question 24. If 𝑖 = 1 + √ 𝑒 then 𝑠 is equal to:

−𝑒 (𝑖−1)2
A: B:−𝑒(𝑖 − 1)2 C: D: (𝑒𝑖 − 1)2 E: None of these
(𝑖−1)2 −𝑒

Question 25. Which shape does not have a pair of equal length diagonals line?
A: Rectangle B: Isosceles trapezium C: Kite D: Square E: None of these
Use the following information to answer questions 30 and 31.
Jess was selecting a pen from a pencil case and recording the colour then replacing it back. She did
this a total of 50 times. The result are shown in the following table:

Colour Blue Black Red Green

Frequency 17 14 12 6

Question 26. Estimate the probability of drawing a black by using the table?
7 6 17 12 14
A: 25 B: 25 C: 50 D: 15 E: 25

Question 27. Which statement can’t be true for this experiment?

A: The pencil case contains a similar number of black pens as red pens
B: The bag contains 3 pens
C: There are at least four colours of pens in the experiment
D: The pencil case contains more blue pens then green
E: None of these

Question 28. Convert 20m/s to km/h.

A: 72km/h B: 27km/h C: 33km/h D: 48km/h E: 42km/h

Question 29. Simplify:

4.2: 9.8
A: 6 ∶ 13 B: 1 ∶ 4 C: 3 ∶ 7 D: 2 ∶ 5 E:5 ∶ 11

Question 30. Find the distance of the interval of the two end-points, if one is (3, 2) and their
midpoint is (4, 6).

A: 𝑑 = 10√2 B: 𝑑 = 3√15 C: 𝑑 = 2√17 D: 𝑑 = 5√19 E: 𝑑 = √13

Question 31. The discriminant in 𝑥(2𝑥 + 1) = 6 is:

A: 42 B: 35 C: 28 D: 37 E: 49

Question 32. If a regular polygon’s exterior angle is 72°, what is the sum of its interior angle?
A: 540° B: 655° C: 485° D: 490° E: 595°
Question 33. Which is a possible solution for the following equation?
(8𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 2) = (𝑥 − 2)(6𝑥 − 5)

A: -2 B: 8 C: 4 D: -4 E: -8

Question 34. What value is the same as the hypotenuse of the following diagram?

A: 6√2 B: 5√3

C: 4√2 D: 4√3
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E: None of these
45°

Question 35. After a discount of 32%, the TV is now $1190. What was the original price?
A: $1285 B: $2003 C: $1310 D: $1725 E: $1750

Question 36. What is the greatest 𝑥 −value in (𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 56) = 0?

A: 8 B: 4 C: 5 D: 7 E: 12

Question 37. Find the mean of the following data.

𝑥 Frequency
1 16
2 10
3 12
4 7
5 5

A: 4.8 B: 2.5 C: 3.2 D: 4.4 E: 5.6

Question 38. A 600 L water tank is full to the top. One day, it started leaking at a rate of 15 Litres
per hour, when it was half way, water is added at a rate of 20 Litres per hour, how long will it take
for the tank to be full again?
A: 2 days 20 hours B: 3 days 10 hours C: 4 days 17 hours
D: 2 days 22 hours E: 3 days 8 hours
Question 39. How long has it been since this account was open, if $5400 was place at the
beginning at a rate 2.7% per annum and now it has $6031.80?
A: 3 years 10 months B: 5 years 2 months C: 4 years 9 months
D: 4 years 4 months E: 3 years 6 months

Question 40. A line cuts through 𝑥 −axis at 3 and 𝑦 −axis at -5. What is the equation?
A: 𝑦 = 3𝑥 − 5 B: 3𝑦 = −5 C: 3𝑦 = 5(𝑥 − 3) D: 3𝑦 + 5 = 0 E: 𝑦 = 5 − 15

Question 41. What does this symbol mean?

∪
A: Union B: Element of C: Subset D: Intersection E: None of these

Question 42. The symbol for “null set” is:

A: ∉ B: ∅ C:⊄ D:≠ E: None of these

Question 43. 1500 tickets were sold at $8 per adult and $5 per child. If a total of $8324 was
collected, the equations to solve this question is:
A: 𝐴 × 𝐶 = 1500, 40(𝐴 + 𝐶) = 8324 B: 10(𝐴 + 𝐶) = 15, 𝐴 + 𝐶 = 8324
C: 𝐴 + 𝐶 = 1500, 8𝐴 + 5𝐶 = 8324 D: 8𝐴 + 5𝐶 = 1500, 𝐴 + 𝐶 = 8324
E: 𝐴 + 𝐶 = 1500, 5𝐴 + 8𝐶 = 8324

Question 44. The angle of p° is:

A: 13° B: 9°

C: 22° D: 15°
75°
p° E: None of these

Question 45. What is the value of g°?

A: 55° B: 165°
55
C: 180° D: 124

E: None of these
g°
Use the following paragraph to answer questions 46 to 48.
Rob is paid $500 per week plus gets a commission of 7% on all sales. On average one car cost
$28000.

Question 46. If he sold three cars, what is his commission?

A: $6150 B: $5928 C: $6185 D: $5880 E: $5575

Question 47. What is his total earning for this week if he only sold those three cars?
A: $6380 B: $7621 C: $6279 D: $6172 E: $7235

Question 48. If he wants his week’s earning for next week to be over $10,000, how many cars does
need to sell?
A: 4 B: 13 C: 5 D: 7 E: 11

Question 49. If the original price for the following five books was $31.50, $29.99, $40.27, $31.97
and $21.27 and my bill was 117.80, what was the percentage discount?
A: 28% B: 32% C: 16% D: 20% E: 24%

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Question 50. Fahrenheit (℉) = [(Kelvin (°𝐾) - 273) × 5] + 32

If at the moment it is 95℉, what is it in Kelvin?

A: 178°K B: 356°K C: 308°K D: 298°K E: 389°K

Question 51. The diameter of earth is 12747000m, if written is scientific notation it will be:

A: 12.747 × 107 m B: 1.2747 × 10−7m C: 12.747 × 10−3km

D: 1.2747 × 104 km E: None of these

Using the following diagram to answer question 52 and 53.
In the following scatter plot, it shows the relationship of amount of studying time vs. results on test.
Question 52. What is the trend in this plot?

A: Weak positive B: Weak negative

C: Strong positive D: Strong negative

E: No relationship

Question 53. Using this data if I study for 3.5 hours, what mark could I achieve?
A: 0 B: 8 C: 14 D: 19 E: None of these

Question 54. Divide and simplify the following expression to its simplest form.
7𝑝𝑣
÷ 21𝑣 2
4𝑝2
𝑣 1 3𝑣 3
A: 12𝑝𝑣 B: 3𝑝 C: 12𝑝 D: 4𝑝
E: None of these

Use the following paragraph to answer question 55 and 56.

On four pieces of paper, the number 2, 5, 6 and 8 are written one on each. Three pieces of paper
are selected to form a three-digit number.

Question 55. How many three-digit numbers can be form with these paper?
A: 24 B: 32 C: 18 D: 15 E: 6

Question 56. What is the probability that the number form is less than 655?
2 4 7 5
A: 3 B: 7 C: 12 D: 8 E: None of these

Question 57. Which fraction is the largest?

3 8 5 11 9
A: 7 B: 15 C: 11 D: 23 E: 19
Question 58. A polygon has two angles of 110° each. Each of the other angles measure to 136°.
This polygon is a:
A: Triangle B: Quadrilateral C: Pentagon D: Hexagon E: Heptagon

Question 59. A dress cost increased by 𝑥% and is now selling at $125. What is the calculation to
find the original price for the dress, prior to the increase?
𝑥 100 𝑥+100
A: 125 − (100 × 125) B: 100+𝑥 × 125 C: 100
× 125
125 𝑥
D: 𝑥
× 100 E: 100 × 125

Question 60. Signs are placed 115m apart on a highway. If we pass 12 signs, how far did we
travelled from the first sign?
A: 1265m B: 1.5km C: 2.615km D: 1155m E: 1455m

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