Western Australian Certificate of Education

Examination, 2014
Question/Answer Booklet

MATHEMATICS
2A/2B
Section One:
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Structure of this paper

Number of
questions
available

Number of
questions to
be answered

Working
time
(minutes)

Marks
available

Percentage
of exam

Section One:
Calculator-free

50

50

331 3

Section Two:
Calculator-assumed

13

13

100

100

662 3

Total

100

Section

Instructions to candidates
1.

The rules for the conduct of Western Australian external examinations are detailed in the
Year 12 Information Handbook 2014. Sitting this examination implies that you agree to
abide by these rules.

2.

Write your answers in the Question/Answer Booklet.

3.

You must be careful to confine your response to the specific question asked and to follow
any instructions that are specified to a particular question.

4.

Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your
responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of
the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate in
the original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number.
Fill in the number of the question that you are continuing to answer at the top of the
page.

5.

Show all your working clearly. Your working should be in sufficient detail to allow your
answers to be checked readily and for marks to be awarded for reasoning. Incorrect
answers given without supporting reasoning cannot be allocated any marks. For any
question or part question worth more than two marks, valid working or justification is
required to receive full marks. If you repeat any question, ensure that you cancel the
answer you do not wish to have marked.

6.

It is recommended that you do not use pencil, except in diagrams.

7.

The Formula Sheet is not to be handed in with your Question/Answer Booklet.

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Section One: Calculator-free

MATHEMATICS 2A/2B
(50 Marks)

This section has seven (7) questions. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces
provided.
Spare pages are included at the end of this booklet. They can be used for planning your
responses and/or as additional space if required to continue an answer.
Planning: If you use the spare pages for planning, indicate this clearly at the top of the page.
Continuing an answer: If you need to use the space to continue an answer, indicate in the
original answer space where the answer is continued, i.e. give the page number. Fill in the
number of the question that you are continuing to answer at the top of the page.
Working time: 50 minutes.
Question 1
(a)

(6 marks)

Evaluate:
(i)

0.6 0.23

(ii)

36 32 4.

(1 mark)

(2 marks)

(b)

Write 12 350.65 in scientific notation.

(c)

Simplify the ratio 12 cm : 2.4 m.

(1 mark)

(2 marks)

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Question 2

(5 marks)

Isabella downloads data onto her smart phone and has kept a record of her daily data usage
over the month of January.
Data usage in megabytes (MB)
Monday
January
17
January
814
January
1521
January
2228
January
2931

Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

10

38

42

40

45

50

50

39

43

42

46

51

54

11

29

40

35

46

55

60

12

38

42

50

47

60

65

13

41

47

The graph below shows her daily data usage.

(a)

How much data did Isabella use on Thursday, 18th January?

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(b)

Describe the overall trend in Isabellas data usage over the month of January.

(1 mark)

(c)

Isabella wants to predict the amount of data she will use on the last Monday of February,
which is her birthday. She notices that on Mondays she always seems to use less data.

Even if she takes this into account, explain the problem with predicting for the end of the
following month.
(1 mark)

Kate also downloads data on her phone. During February, she uses a lot of data in the first half
of the month and then cuts back on her usage.
(d)

Sketch Kates total data usage over February on the graph below. Exact points are not
required.
(2 marks)

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Question 3
(a)

(b)

(6 marks)

Consider the pattern of shapes below.

(i)

Draw the next shape of the pattern in the space above.

(1 mark)

(ii)

Describe how to obtain each shape from the previous one in the pattern.

(3 marks)

Consider the line y = x and the object drawn on the coordinate plane below.

Draw the image of the object reflected in the line y = x.

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(2 marks)

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Question 4
(a)

(5 marks)

The following shows two exponential graphs, A and B.

The graphs have equations y = 2 and y = 3 .

Complete the table below by matching the correct graph from above with each equation.

(1 mark)
Equation

Graph

y=2

y = 3x
x

(b)

Use the graph(s) to determine the solution to the equation 3 = 15 correct to one decimal
place.
(1 mark)

(c)

On the same set of axes above, sketch the graph of y = 4 .

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(3 marks)

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Question 5
(a)

(8 marks)

The table below, produced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, shows results compiled
from surveys of childrens participation in cultural and leisure activities.
Children participating in selected activities, by sex (20032012)

Males
Watching TV, videos or DVDs
Reading
Bike riding
Playing a musical instrument
Singing
Drama
Accessing the internet
Females
Watching TV, videos or DVDs
Reading
Bike riding
Playing a musical instrument
Singing
Drama
Accessing the internet

2003
98.6
67.7
70.5
13.2
2.3
2.3
62.4
2003
97.9
82.3
53.3
20.7
7.0
6.3
65.6

Participation rate (%)

2006
2009
97.6
97.0
68.8
64.6
73.4
66.1
17.6
18.7
2.9
3.1
2.8
2.8
65.3
80.0
2006
2009
97.3
97.7
80.4
80.2
61.9
54.4
21.6
20.7
8.3
9.2
6.2
6.6
64.6
78.9

2012
96.0
65.1
69.9
16.0
2.5
3.5
89.4
2012
95.6
77.4
56.8
19.3
7.9
5.9
90.0

Use the information in the table to answer the following questions.

(i)

Write true or false next to each statement.

(2 marks)

A greater percentage of females participate in Singing and Drama than males.

There is an increasing trend in Reading participation rates over time among

females.

(ii)

For which activity did males consistently have a higher participation rate than
females?
(1 mark)

(iii)

Which activity had the greatest increase in participation rates from 2003 to 2012?

(1 mark)

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A number of people were surveyed about their favourite sport. The results are shown in
the pie chart below.
Favourite sport

Use the information in the pie chart to answer the following questions.
(i)

What percentage of people chose basketball as their favourite sport?

(ii)

Which two sports combined were preferred by half of the people surveyed?

(1 mark)

(iii)

If 300 people were surveyed, determine the number of people who chose tennis
as their favourite sport.
(2 marks)

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Question 6
(a)

(11 marks)

Simplify:

3p 5 + 10p.

(b)

(1 mark)

Expand and simplify:

(2y + 7)(1 + 3y).

(c)

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(2 marks)

Solve algebraically:
(i)

x
= 2
4

(ii)

3x + 2 23

(2 marks)

(iii)

2m3 16 = 0.

(2 marks)

(1 mark)

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Solve algebraically the simultaneous equations 3x y = 5 and 2x + y = 10.

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(3 marks)

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Question 7

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(9 marks)

A shop introduced a rewards program to encourage customers to come back again. Customers
were given the opportunity to win a prize each time they made a purchase by spinning a wheel
as shown below.

(a)

Jemima purchased an item in the store for $24 and spun the wheel. Which of the four
prizes would save her the most money? Show your workings.
(2 marks)

(b)

Lloyd purchased an item for $120. Which of the four prizes would save him the most
money?

(1 mark)

(c)

What is the probability that a customer spun Bad luck try again? Express your answer
as a simplified fraction.
(1 mark)

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(e)

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Simon purchased items at the store each day for five days. Every time he spun Bad luck
try again.
(i)

Comment on the validity of the following statement.

For his next spin Simon will definitely spin a Bad luck try again.

(ii)

For the next 12 spins, how many times would you expect Simon to spin Bad luck
try again?
(1 mark)

(1 mark)

Jaye decided to analyse the spins for a number of customers at this store. He obtained
the following results.
Prize

Frequency

$5 off your purchase

19

Save 8c for each dollar spent

18

5% off your purchase

22

Save

1
of your purchase
8

15

Bad luck try again

Which of the following would Jaye most reasonably expect for the frequency of Bad luck
try again? Circle the expected frequency from the list below.
(1 mark)
20,

(f)

40,

60,

80

The spins could also be randomly generated by a computer. Describe clearly one other
method you could use to simulate the spins of the wheel in this situation.
(2 marks)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Section One
Question 5 (a)

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2012, December 21).

Childrens participation in sport and leisure time activities 20032012.
Retrieved January 24, 2014 from
www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/ABA491F2AC014
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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Section One
Question 5 (a)

Data source: Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2012, December 21).

Childrens participation in sport and leisure time activities 20032012.
Retrieved January 24, 2014 from
www.ausstats.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/subscriber.nsf/0/ABA491F2AC014
15FCA257ADA000E3EAA/$File/4901055001_2003%20-%202012.pdf

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