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Number Skills

Question 1

[Maximum mark: 6]



The answer found to a given problem is \(w=0.3862901\).



a) State value \(w\) correct to 2 significant figures.


b) Write down the exact value of \(w\) in the form \(a * 10^k\), where \(1 < a < 10\) and state the value of k.


c) Provided the correct answer to the value of \(w\) is 0.427, what is the percentage error (to 2 decimal places) in the answer found?

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Question 2

[Maximum mark: 8]



Given that \(p = \frac{8cos(θ)}{3x + 2y} + z\), where \(θ=45°, \ x=6, \ y=9, \ and \ z=4\). Calculate the value of \(p\) in formats given below.


a) Calculate the exact value of \(p\).


b) Write down your answer from part (a) rounded to 3 decimal points.


c) Write down your answer from part (a) in the form \(a * 10^k\), where \(k=2\)

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Question 3Register

[Maximum mark: 12]



A cuboid has the following dimensions: length = 4.8 cm, height = 9.1 cm, width = 5.8 cm.




a) Calculate the exact volume of the cuboid in cm3.


b) Give the value obtained in part (a) to dm3.


c) Write the answer for part (a) correct to 2 significant figures.


Mark is instructed to paint the cuboid using black and white paint. Black paint is used for the top and bottom (4.8cm x 5.8cm), and white paint is used for the sides. The cost of covering 1cm2 with black paint is 0.15$, and with white paint it is 0.12$.


d) How much will mark have to spend to paint the entire cuboid? Round your answer to 2 decimal points.

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Question 4Register

[Maximum mark: 9]



Given that \(q = \frac{12x^2sin(α)}{5x^2 + 2y}\) where \(α=60°, \ x=3, \ y=9\).


a) Calculate the value of \(q\) in the simplest form of \(\frac{v\sqrt{3}}{w}\), where \(v\) and \(w\) are positive integers.


b) Find the value of \(q\) rounded to 3 significant figures.


c) Write down your answer to part (b) in the form \(a * 10^k\), where \(k=4\)


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Question 5Premium

[Maximum mark: 7]



Consider a cylinder, as shown on the figure below:




a) Find the volume of the cylinder (to 3 significant figures).


Blue paint is being used to paint the entire cylinder, apart from its top.

b) Calculate the area of the cylinder painted in blue to 2 decimal places.


The cost of 1cm2 of the paint is $0.05. Sara would estimate the cost of having painted the cylinder blue to be $20.


c) Using your answer to part (b), what is the percentage error in Sara’s estimate? Round your answer to two decimal places.

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Question 6Premium

[Maximum mark: 9]



The volume of a trapezoidal is given by:

\[ V = \frac{1}{2}(a + b) * h * l\]

Where a = short base, b = long base, h = height, l = length.




Consider a trapezoidal prism in which a = 2.4cm, b = 3.6cm, h = 3.1cm, and l = 8cm.


a) Calculate its volume.


b) Round your answer to the neareast integer.


c) Write down the exact value for the volume in the form \(a * 10^k\), where \(1000 < a < 10000\) and state the value of \( k \).

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Question 7Premium

[Maximum mark: 6]



The formula for the distance between two points is given by:

\[ \sqrt{(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2}\]

Consider point A with coordinates (3,5), and points B with coordinates (6,1).


a) Find the distance between points A and B.


Now, consider point C with coordinates (2,4), and points D with coordinates (8,9). Alex believes that the distance between points C and D is twice the distance between points A and B.


b) Find out whether Alex was correct.

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Question 8Premium

[Maximum mark: 6]



Using feet as a unit of measurement is still the go-to practice in various countries around the world. This unit of measurement can be easily used to express the sizes of various buildings, with the tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa, being 2717 feet tall.





One foot is the equivalent of 30.5cm, measured to one decimal point.


a) Find the upper and lower bound of 1 foot in meters.


A new museum is to be built in Dubai in a shape of a pyramid with a square base, with side lengths of 620 feet and with its height being half of the height of Burj Khalifa.


b) Find the minimum possible volume of this pyramid. Round your answer to the nearest cubic meter.


c) Write down the value from part (b) in the form \(a * 10^k\), where \(1 < a < 10\).

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