4th Form Mock Examination 2025
1. (a) Calculate the EXACT value of
5 2
(i) (3) − 2 + 9
[2 marks]
5 1
(ii) (3.2 × 8) + 18 ÷ 2 4
[3 marks]
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(b) Sophia earns $9,450 per month. She spends 5 of her earnings on rent, groceries, and
entertainment, and saves the remainder.
(i) What percentage of her monthly salary does she save?
[2 marks]
(ii) The portion spent on rent, groceries, and entertainment is divided in the ratio
6:2:1 respectively. Calculate the amount spent on groceries.
[3 marks]
(iii) Sophia saves the same amount of money each month. Show that she saves
$45360 annually.
[2 marks]
(iv) Sophia invests her annual savings at 4% compound interest per annum.
Calculate the total interest earned after 3 years.
[3 marks]
2. (a) Factorize, completely, EACH of the following expressions.
(i) 2𝑎𝑏 2 − 8𝑎2 𝑏
[2 marks]
(ii) 4𝑥 2 − 11𝑥 − 3
[4 marks]
(iii) 5𝑥 2 − 80
[3 marks]
(b) Solve for 𝑥.
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7𝑥 ÷ 73 =
49
[4 marks]
(c) The lengths of three sides of a trapezium are shown on the diagram below. The area
of the trapezium is 720 square units.
(i) Write down an expression in terms of x and y for the area of the trapezium.
[3 marks]
(ii) Given that 𝑥 = 3𝑦, determine the value of 𝑦.
[4 marks]
3. (a) On the graph paper below, plot Quadrilateral Q, (−3, −2), (−4, 1), (0, 0) and (−2, 1)
using a scale of 1 cm: 1 unit.
[5 marks]
(b) On the same graph paper, draw the image of Quadrilateral 𝑄 when it is translates by the
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vector 𝑇 = ( ). Name the image 𝑄 ′ .
−1
[5 marks]
4. (a) The graph below shows the line segment 𝐴𝐵.
(i) Find the gradient of the line which points 𝐴𝐵 lie on.
[3 marks]
(ii) Write down the equation of the line 𝐴𝐵 in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐.
[2 marks]
(iii) Draw the line 𝑥 = −1 and determine the point of intersection.
[3 marks]
5. 50 Students took an English test. The marks they scored are shown in the table below.
Mark Tally Frequency Cumulative Frequency
1 |||| 5 5
3 |||| || 7 12
4 |||| 4
5 |||| |||| 9 25
7 |||| | 6
8 |||| |||| | 11 42
9 || 2
10 |||| | 6 50
(a) Complete the Cumulative Frequency Column in the table above.
[1 mark]
(b) Using the information in the table above, determine the:
(i) Range
[1 mark]
(ii) Modal mark
[1 mark]
(iii) Median mark
[2 marks]
(iv) Mean mark
[3 marks]
(c) The following two-way table shows the gender distribution of the students’ performance
on the English test.
Male Female Total
Pass 13 15 28
Fail 10 12 22
Total 23 27 50
(i) A student is chosen at random. Find the probability that the student is a male who
passed the test.
[1 mark]
(ii) A female student is chosen at random. What is the probability that she failed the
test?
[1 mark]
6. 𝑃𝑀𝑄𝑅𝑂𝑆 is a cross-section of a baseball field. 𝑃𝑄𝑅𝑆 is a rectangle and 𝑃𝑀𝑄 is a semi-
circle. 𝑂 is the mid-point of 𝑅𝑆. 𝑂𝑃 = 𝑂𝑄 = 21 𝑚 and Angle 𝑃𝑂𝑄 = 54°.
𝟐𝟐
Use 𝝅 = 𝟕
(a) Determine the value of Angle 𝑂𝑃𝑄.
[2 marks]
(b) Calculate the length of 𝑂𝑅.
[4 marks]
(c) Calculate the area of the semi-circle.
[2 marks]
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8. The following diagram shows that graph of the function 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3.
(a) From the graph, state:
(i) The roots of the function
[2 marks]
(ii) Coordinates of the y-intercept of the function
[1 mark]
(iii) Minimum value of the function
[1 mark]
(iv) Equation of the axis of symmetry of the function
[2 marks]
(b) (i) On the same graph, draw and label the line 𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3
[2 marks]
(ii) Using your graph, determine the solutions of the pair of simultaneous equations.
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 3
𝑦 = 2𝑥 − 3
[2 marks]
9. Three matrices, 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶, are such that
1 5 −4 0 6 1 −7 2
𝐴=( ) 𝐵=( ) 𝐶=( )
3 7 2 5 −1 3 0 9
(a) Find the matrix 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐵
[3 marks]
(b) Find 𝐴−1, the inverse of 𝐴.
[2 marks]
(c) Solve the equations below in the form 𝐴𝑋 = 𝐵, where 𝐴, 𝑋 and 𝐵 are matrices.
3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 8
2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = −2
[5 marks]
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