NOTE: 2025 exam will

have a multiple-choice
answer sheet separately
and only 4 options ABCD.

YEAR 10A MATHEMATICS

Semester 1, 2023 Examination
(Modified for 2025)
Technology Active
Reading Time: 10 minutes
Writing Time: 60 minutes

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOKLET

Structure of examination
Section Number of Number
Questions of marks
A – Multiple Choice 12 12
B – Extended Response 5 25
Total marks 37

STUDENT’S NAME:

 Mr Kertes  Mrs Manning

TEACHER’S NAME:  Mrs Moore  Mrs Mottram  Ms Xia

INSTRUCTIONS:
● Students are permitted to use in this examination: pens, pencils, highlighters, erasers,
sharpeners, rulers, CAS calculator, summary book.
● Students are NOT permitted to bring into the examination room: blank sheets of paper
and/or white out liquid/tape.
● Answers are to be completed in the spaces provided for each question.
● Attempt all questions

Materials supplied:
● Question and answer book of 14 pages.
● Working space is provided throughout the book..

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic
devices into the examination room.
 Section A Multiple Choice 12 marks

Please answer all questions in this section by circling one option that best answers each question.

Question 1
Which of these is the equation of the line with the intercepts of (−2, 0) and (0, −6) ?

A. y= 6 − 3 x
B. y 3x − 6
=
C. y= −3 x − 3
D. y= −3 x − 6
E. y 3x + 6
=

Question 2
y 3 x − 2 . The value of a is
The point (a, 4) lies on the line =

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. 4

Question 3
Consider the equations 2= a − b 3 . The solution to the equations, when solved
a + b 7 and 3=
simultaneously, are

A. a = −2 and b = 3
B. a = 2 and b = −3
C. a 2=
= and b 3
D. a = −2 and b = −3
E. No solution

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Question 4
The logarithmic form of the statement 729 = 93 is:
A log 9 (729) = 3
B log 3 (729) = 9
C log 3 (9) = 729
D log 729 (3) = 9
E log 729 (9) = 3

Question 5
Which of the lines is parallel to the line AB, if A is the point (−3, −2) and B is the point (1, −5) ?

−3
A.=y x+6
4
−4
B. =y x+6
3
3
y
C. = x+6
4
4
y
D. = x+6
3
y
E. = 3x + 4

Question 6
A bag contains 20 apples, of which 5 are bruised. Lottie picks an apple and realises that it is bruised.
Without replacing the bruised apple, she picks another one. The probability that Lottie has now
picked two bruised apples is

1
A.
4
1
B.
16
1
C.
19
1
D.
20
E. 1

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Question 7
2 +5
expressed with a rationalised denominator is
3

6 +5 3
A.
9
6 +5
B.
3
2 +5 3
C.
3
6+5 3
D.
9
6 +5 3
E.
3

Question 8
The value of n in the equation 42 n−1 = 1 is

1
A. n = −
2
B. n = −1
1
C. n=
8
1
D. n=
2
E. n = −2

Question 9
A box contains 25 marbles numbered from 1 to 25. One marble is drawn from the box. What is the
probability that the drawn marble is a number divisible by 10, given that it is divisible by 5?

2
A.
25
1
B.
5
1
C.
25
2
D.
5
E. 1

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Question 10
Two events, A and B, are such that Pr
= ( A) 0.7, =
Pr ( B ) 0.4 and Pr( A
= ∪ B ) 0.85 . The Pr( A ∩ B )
is equal to
A. 0
B. 0.15
C. 0.25
D. 0.45
E. 1

Question 11
5 3
, expressed with a rationalised denominator, is
2 2

10 3
A.
2
10 6
B.
2
5 6
C.
8
5 5
D.
2
5 6
E.
4

Question 12
1
The value of n in the equation 27 n = is
3

1
A. n = −
3
1
B. n =
3
C. n = 3
D. n = −3
1
E. n =
9

END OF SECTION A

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 Section B Extended Response 25 marks

Please answer all questions in this section in the space provided. Full working must be shown in
order to receive full marks.

Question 1 (5 marks)
At Broadland College, Year 10 students are asked about their breakfast (B) and exercise (E) habits.
110 students exercise, 99 students eat breakfast, 72 students eat breakfast and exercise, and 63 do not
eat breakfast nor exercise.
a. Show all the information on a Two-Way table.

B B′
E
E′

1 mark

b. Find:
i. n (Year 10 students) ii. n (E only)

1 mark 1 mark

c. If a student is selected at random, find

i. Pr ( B ∩ E )′ ii. Pr( B | E )

1 mark 1 mark

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Question 2 (5 marks)
A model for the decay of a radioactive substance is m= a × 3− kt , where m kg is the amount of the
substance that remains after t years, and a and k are positive constants.

a. Initially there were 50 kilograms of the radioactive substance. Calculate the value of a. 1 mark

b. If the half-life of the substance (the time needed for one half of the substance to decay) is
120 years, calculate k to 4 decimal places. 2 marks

c. Over the first 10 years, how much of the substance had decayed? Express the answer correct
to 2 decimal places. 2 marks

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Question 3 (5 marks)
The equation of line k in the graph shown is 3 x + 4 y − 12 =
0.

Find the:
a. coordinates of A.

1 mark
b. coordinates of B.

1 mark
c. coordinates of C.

1 mark
d. equation of the line joining OC.

2 marks

PLEASE TURN OVER THE PAGE

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Question 4 (5 marks)
a. State the transformation that maps y= log 2 ( x) onto y= 3 + log 2 ( x) and state the equation of
the asymptote of y= 3 + log 2 ( x) . 2 marks

b. Sketch the graph of y= 3 + log 2 ( x) . 3 marks

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Question 5 (5 marks)

A scanning device detects the presence of metal objects in luggage. The device is tested on 800
pieces of luggage and the following results were obtained.
• Of 150 bags containing metal, the device detected 148.
• Of 650 bags that did not contain metal, the device indicated metal might have been in 38 of them.

a. Display this information in a two-way table. 2 marks

b. Based on these results, what is the probability of a passenger carrying a metal object not
being detected? 1 mark

c. If a passenger is chosen at random from the sample, what is the probability that the device
indicated that the passenger may have been carrying a metal object? 1 mark

d. If a passenger is chosen at random, what is the probability that the device incorrectly scanned
them? 1 mark

END OF SECTION B
END OF EXAMINATION

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