Mathematics for the International Student MYP 4
Chapter Review Test 1
1. (5 points) When five is subtracted from three times a certain number, the result is 28.
Write an equation to represent this situation and find the number.
2. (5 points) Solve for x:
( )4x−1
x−1 1
9 =
3
.
3. (5 points) Expand and simplify
(3x − 4)2 − (2x + 1)(2x − 1)
4. (5 points) Simplify the expression
√
3
√ √
3 2− 3
by rationalizing the denominator. Express your answer in simplest radical form.
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5. (5 points) In a group of 35 students, 18 play basketball, 15 play soccer, and 8 play
neither sport. Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information and find the number
of students who play both sports.
6. (5 points) The vertices of a quadrilateral are A(-1, 3), B(3, 1), C(1, -3), and D(-3, -1).
Show that the diagonals bisect each other. What type of quadrilateral is ABCD?
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7. (5 points) A solid is composed of a cylinder of height 10 cm and radius 4 cm, with a
hemisphere of radius 4 cm on top. Find the total surface area of the solid.
8. (5 points) Fully factorise the expression
6x2 − 15x − 9
.
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9. (5 points) For the following data set of test scores: 75, 82, 91, 68, 77, 85, 93, 72, 79, 88,
75. Find the five-number summary and draw a box-and-whisker plot.
10. (5 points) A bag contains 4 red marbles and 6 blue marbles. Two marbles are drawn
without replacement. What is the probability that they are both of the same color?
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11. (5 points) A car is purchased for $25,000 and depreciates at a rate of 15% per annum.
What is its value after 4 years?
12. (5 points) From the top of a 100m cliff, the angle of depression to a boat at sea is 15°.
How far is the boat from the base of the cliff?
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13. (5 points) Make r the subject of the formula V = 13 πr2 h.
14. (5 points) The following parallel boxplot shows the scores of two classes on a recent test.
Write a brief report comparing the performance of the two classes, commenting on the
median and interquartile range.
Class B
Class A
40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100
Test Score
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15. (5 points) Triangle ABC has vertices A(1, 1), B(4, 1), and C(1, 3). Find the coordinates
( )
−5
of the vertices of the image triangle A’B’C’ after a translation by the vector
2
followed by a rotation of 90° clockwise about the origin.
16. (5 points) Solve the equation 3x2 −7x−5 = 0. Give your answers correct to two decimal
places.
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17. (5 points) Find the points of intersection of the line y = 2x − 1 and the parabola
y = x2 − 4x + 4.
18. (5 points) A store sells two types of cakes, chocolate (C) and vanilla (V). The number
of cakes sold over a weekend is given by matrix S. The price of each cake is given by
matrix P . Calculate the total revenue for each day using matrix multiplication.
( ) ( )
12 15 20
S= , P =
10 18 18
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19. (5 points) For the function y = −x2 + 4x + 5, find the coordinates of the vertex, the
y-intercept, and any x-intercepts. Sketch the graph of the function.
20. (5 points) A biased coin has a probability of 0.6 of landing on heads. If the coin is tossed
4 times, what is the probability of getting exactly 3 heads?
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21. (5 points) Simplify the expression:
3 2
−
x2 − 4 x + 2
.
22. (5 points) The population of a town is modelled by the function P (t) = 5000 × (1.02)t ,
where t is the number of years after 2020. What is the predicted population in the year
2030?
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⃗ = p and AD
23. (5 points) ABCD is a parallelogram. Let AB ⃗ = q. Express the vectors
⃗ and BD
AC ⃗ in terms of p and q.
24. (5 points) In the given figure, O is the center of the circle, and A, B, and C are points
on the circumference. If ∠ABC = 110◦ , find the size of the reflex angle ∠AOC. Give
reasons for your answer.
B
O
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25. (5 points) In triangle ABC, AB = 10 cm, AC = 12 cm, and angle BAC = 48°. Find the
length of BC.
26. (5 points) The variable y varies inversely as the square of x. If y = 3 when x = 4, find
the value of y when x = 2.
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27. (5 points) Describe the correlation you would expect to see between the variables ’hours
spent studying’ and ’test score’. Sketch a scatter plot to illustrate this relationship.
28. (5 points) Let p be the proposition ”It is raining” and q be the proposition ”I will take
an umbrella”. Write the compound statement ”If it is not raining, then I will not take
an umbrella” in symbolic form and construct its truth table.
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