Western Australian Certificate of Education

Examination, 2013
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:
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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 2013. 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 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(s) that you are continuing to answer at the top of the page.
Working time: 50 minutes.
Question 1
(a)

(b)

(12 marks)

Evaluate:
(i)

3
of $160

8

(1 mark)

(ii)

12 0.2

(1 mark)

(iii)

90% of 35 kg.

(2 marks)

Factorise 15 5a.

(1 mark)

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Question 1 (continued)
(c)

Simplify 8 2a + 5b 3 + 6a.

(2 marks)

(d)

Expand and simplify (3x 2)(2x + 5).

(2 marks)

(e)

Given Tn+1 = 2Tn 3 and T1 = 4, determine T3.

(2 marks)

(f)

Write 0.000 000 541 in scientific notation.

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Question 2
(a)

(b)

(6 marks)

Xavier buys shares worth $1200. He sells them for $1500.

(i)

What is his profit?

(ii)

Express the profit as a percentage of the cost of the shares.

Monique buys

(1 mark)

(2 marks)

1
3
kg of bananas at her local shop for $3.60. Her grandfather buys kg of
2
4

bananas from a different shop for $5.50.

Use calculations to show who has the better buy.

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Question 3

(6 marks)

Students from around Australia took part in the annual CensusAtSchool Australia survey in 2012.
They were asked to rate the importance of various issues, giving a value of importance from
0 to 1000. A rating of 0 indicates not very important, and 1000 indicates very important. The
table below shows a summary of their responses, where the median result was calculated and
recorded.
Table 1: Level of importance of social and environmental issues by State/Territory (median)
Issue

ACT

NSW

NT

QLD

SA

Tas

Vic

WA

Reducing pollution

755.0

722.0

568.0

632.5

634.0

563.0

687.0

716.0

Recycling our rubbish

769.0

701.0

604.0

598.0

622.0

545.0

671.0

657.0

Conserving water

783.0

722.0

568.0

657.0

687.0

554.0

722.0

769.0

Reducing energy usage (electricity,

gas, oil, for heating, lighting, car travel)

657.0

651.0

557.0

580.0

568.0

527.0

616.0

622.0

Conserving old growth forests

635.0

551.0

503.5

539.0

521.0

515.0

539.0

551.0

Protecting coastal/marine
environments

755.0

699.0

642.0

683.0

616.0

598.0

669.0

699.0

Having healthy eating habits

843.0

811.0

769.0

764.0

722.0

685.0

785.0

767.0

Reducing bullying in schools

916.0

965.0

793.0

844.0

846.0

823.0

917.0

833.0

Owning a computer

651.0

604.0

554.0

640.0

622.0

598.0

557.0

545.0

Access to the Internet

761.0

767.0

726.5

775.0

722.0

764.0

704.0

685.0

Based on the information in the table above, answer the following questions.
(a)

Write true or false below each statement.

(i)

Reducing pollution was rated more important to students in South Australia (SA)
than those in Tasmania (Tas).
(1 mark)

(ii)

Conserving water was rated the most important social issue for Western Australian
(WA) students.
(1 mark)

(b)

For which State/Territory was Conserving old growth forests not rated the least important
social issue?
(1 mark)

(c)

In which State/Territory was Conserving water rated higher than in Western Australia?

(1 mark)

(d)

Which issue was rated as the most important by the students surveyed?

(e)

Why would the median have been used in displaying these data instead of the mean?

(1 mark)

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Question 4

(3 marks)

Three of the relationships below represent exponential functions.

Circle the letters that represent the three exponential functions.

x
y

1
8

0
3

1
2

2
7

2x + 3y = 12

D
y

y = 24 1.5x
5
4
3
2
1
3

1
1

2
8

3
16

x
y

4
3
2
1
3 2 1
1

2
3
4

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2

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Question 5

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(10 marks)

(a)

State the y-intercept of line A.

(1 mark)

(b)

Determine the gradient of line A.

(1 mark)

(c)

Line B passes through the points (2, 5) and (8, 0). What is the equation of line B?

(2 marks)

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(d)

Sketch the line: y = 3x 1 on the graph opposite. Label it line C.

(2 marks)

(e)

Does the point (15, 34) lie on line C? Justify your answer.

(2 marks)

(f)

Show use of the graph in part (d) to solve 3x 1 = 7 and state your solution. (2 marks)

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Question 6
(a)

(b)

(7 marks)

Solve algebraically:
(i)

x2 1 = 48

(2 marks)

(ii)

2x 1 5.

(2 marks)

Solve algebraically the simultaneous equations 2x + y = 11 and y = 3x 9.

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Question 7

(6 marks)

In a game of soccer the match could result in a win (W), a loss (L), or a draw (D). A win is worth
three points, a draw one point and a loss no points. Each team aims to achieve as many points
as possible by the end of the soccer season.
(a)

For the Ashton soccer team, the probability of winning a match is

losing is

(b)

1
and the probability of
3

1
. What is the probability of a draw?
6

(1 mark)

The Cardup soccer team has played its first three games. A list of all sets of possible
results for each of these three games is shown below.
WWW
DWW
LWW

WWL
DWL
LWD

WWD
DWD
LWL

WDW
DDW
LDW

WWD
DDD
LDD

WDL
DDL
LDL

WLW
DLW
LLW

WLD
DLD
LLD

WLL
DLL
LLL

(i)

Determine the probability that the Cardup soccer team won all three games.

(1 mark)

(ii)

Determine the probability that the Cardup soccer team lost only one of the three
games.
(1 mark)

(iii)

Determine the probability that the Cardup soccer team is on eight points after
three games.
(1 mark)

(iv)

Determine the probability that the Cardup soccer team is on three points after
three games.
(2 marks)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Section One
Question 3

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2012). Level of importance of social

and environmental issues [Table]. Retrieved January 27, 2013, from
www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/CaSHome.nsf/Home/2012+CensusAtSch
ool+Summary+Data. Used under the Creative Commons Attribution
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