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NSW Department of Education Mathematics Stage 5 Diagnostic Task Answers 1 Mathematics Stage 5 Diagnostic Tasks Answers with Common Errors Answers 5.1 Common Errors 5.1 Financial Mathematics QUESTION 1 a) $540 b) $13.05 (2 decimal places) c) $847.60 d) i) $2942.31 (2 decimal places) ii) $6375 e) i) $908.65 (2 decimal places) (using 52 weeks in a year) ii) $6100.96 (2 decimal places) d)Incorrect identifying the factor to divide by (i.e., 12 or 26 or 52) (ii) Students may multiply answer (i) by 2 thinking that there is 2 fortnights in a month rather than going back to the original salary. e) Not distinguishing the difference between holiday loading and holiday pay. QUESTION 2 a) $1250 b) $61 Finding the value to calculate commission on (i.e. Determining commission calculated on $30000). QUESTION 3 a) $25466.33 b) i) $6672.50 ii) Refund. $1077.50 iii) Taxable income = $39867.50 Medicare levy = $698.10 (2 decimal places) a) Adding the deductions instead of subtracting b) ii) Not specifying the refund amount. iii) may work out the levy using the tax amount in questions part (ii) QUESTION 4 a) $1560 b) $3805.50 c) $65.63 (2 decimal places) d) i) $3900 ii) $998.40 iii) $4898.40 iv) $6398.40 b) Working out the interest and forgetting to add on the principal c) Incorrectly converting rate or time period. d) i) Not excluding the deposit. ii) Using the wrong Principal iii) Not adding the principal amount iv) Not adding the initial deposit to the total price paid

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MathematicsStage5DiagnosticTasksAnswerswithCommonErrorsAnswers5.1 CommonErrors5.1FinancialMathematics QUESTION1 a) $540b) $13.05(2decimalplaces)c) $847.60d)

i) $2942.31(2decimalplaces)ii) $6375

e) i) $908.65(2decimalplaces)

(using52weeksinayear)ii) $6100.96(2decimalplaces)

d) Incorrectidentifyingthefactortodivideby(i.e.,12or26or52)

(ii)Studentsmaymultiplyanswer(i)by2thinkingthatthereis2fortnightsinamonthratherthangoingbacktotheoriginalsalary.

e) Notdistinguishingthedifferencebetweenholidayloadingandholidaypay.

QUESTION2 a) $1250b) $61

Findingthevaluetocalculatecommissionon(i.e.Determiningcommissioncalculatedon$30000).

QUESTION3 a) $25466.33b)

i) $6672.50ii) Refund.$1077.50iii) Taxableincome=$39867.50

Medicarelevy=$698.10(2decimalplaces)

a) Addingthedeductionsinsteadofsubtractingb) ii)Notspecifyingtherefundamount.iii)mayworkoutthelevyusingthetaxamountinquestionspart(ii)

QUESTION4 a) $1560b) $3805.50c) $65.63(2decimalplaces)d)

i) $3900ii) $998.40iii) $4898.40iv) $6398.40

b)Workingouttheinterestandforgettingtoaddontheprincipalc)Incorrectlyconvertingrateortimeperiod.d)i) Notexcludingthedeposit.ii) UsingthewrongPrincipaliii) Notaddingtheprincipalamountiv) Notaddingtheinitialdeposittothetotal

pricepaid

NSWDepartmentofEducationMathematicsStage5DiagnosticTaskAnswers2

5.1FinancialMathematics CommonErrorsQUESTION5 a)

i) $3675.13(2decimalplaces)ii) $675.13

b) $6486.25(2decimalplaces)

c)

i) $5728.86ii) $5373.45InvestmentA I=5000×0.03×6 =$900 A=$5900InvestmentBA=5000×1.1941 =$5970.50Therefore,InvestmentBisthebetterinvestmentby$70.50

a) andb)incorrectlydistinguishingbetweeninterestearnedandfinalvalue.

c)Notrecognisingthetableisonlyfor$1andyouneedtomultiplybytheprincipalamount.

NSWDepartmentofEducationMathematicsStage5DiagnosticTaskAnswers3

5.1Indices CommonErrorsQUESTION1 a)

i) a4ii) 25

b) i) 25ii) m9iii) 6x6iv) 5p4v) 32x3y5

a) Addingratherthanmultiplyingespeciallywith

(i)andgetting4aasananswerb) Multiplyingtheindicesinsteadofadding

iii) Multiplyingthebasenumberstoget4"thisisonlyacommonerrormadewhenthebasesandnumerical.

QUESTION2 a) y3b) 2xc) -6kd) 4xy2

Dividetheindicesratherthansubtract

QUESTION3 a) 56b) 23q9=8q9

c) #$%

&= ()$*

%*

a) Squaringthe5toget25-thisisonlyacommonerrormadewhenthebasesandnumerical.

b) andc)notraisingeverythinginsidethebrackettothepoweri.e.getting2𝑞/and#$

*

%*or#$

*

%

QUESTION4 a) 1b) 2c) 1

b)Thinkingthattheentireexpressionistothepowerofzeroandgivingtheanswer1

QUESTION5 a)

i) 0&*

ii) 0

"1

b) i) 2-4ii) -4-3

c) i)

0)

ii) − 0"1= − 0

0&"

iii) − 00-+ 0

(= /

0-

NSWDepartmentofEducationMathematicsStage5DiagnosticTaskAnswers4

5.1LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION1 a) positiveb) (1.5,1)c) (

"

d) 41 ≈ 6.4(1decimalplace)

QUESTION2 a)

x 2 2 2 2 2 2y -2 -1 0 1 2 3

b)

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3y -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2

Gettingtheorderofthecoordinatesmixedup,doingthey-ordinateacrossandthex-ordinateup/downNotextendingthelinebeyondtheplottedpoints.Notusingarrowsonbothendsoftheline.

NSWDepartmentofEducationMathematicsStage5DiagnosticTaskAnswers5

5.1LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION3 a) x-intercept:

𝑦 = 0𝑥 + 3 = 0𝑥 = −3

y-intercept:𝑥 = 0𝑦 = 0 + 3𝑦 = 3

b)

a)Incorrectlysolvingtheequationswhenx=0andy=0

b)Notextendingthelinesufficientlytoshowthex-andy-intercepts.

Notusingarrowsonbothendsoftheline.

QUESTION4 3 = 3 2 − 23 = 6 − 23 ≠ 4No,(2,3)doesnotlieontheliney=3x–2

Substitutingthexandyvaluesintothewrongvariable.

QUESTION5 y=3xandy=3x+1

Includingy=-3xinthesolutionasitalsohasa3

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5.1Non-LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION1 i)

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y 4 1 0 1 4 9

ii)

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y14

12

1 2 4 8

i) Caremustbetakenbystudentswhenputting(-2)2and(-1)2intothecalculatorasiftheydon’tusethebracketsitwillcomeoutwithanegativenumber

i)andii)pointsmustbejoinedusingasmoothcurvenotastraightline

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5.1Non-LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION2 i) Aii) Ciii) B

QUESTION3 i) y=x2+1

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y 5 2 1 2 5 10

y=x2−1

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y 3 0 -1 0 3 8

y=x2+1crossestheyaxisaty=1y=x2–1crossestheyaxisaty=-1

ii) Thevalueoftheconstantisequaltowhere

thegraphcrossestheyaxis.

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5.1AreaandSurfaceArea CommonErrorsQUESTION1

a) 𝐴 = 𝑠& + 0&𝜋𝑟&

= 8×8 +12×𝜋×4

&= 89.13𝑐𝑚&(correctto2decimalplaces)

b) 𝐴 = G&𝑎 + 𝑏

=6.32 10 + 18.4

= 89.46𝑐𝑚&c) 𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ= 12×8= 96𝑐𝑚&

d) 𝐴 = 0/K/-K

𝜋𝑟&

=130360×𝜋×10

&= 133.45𝑐𝑚&(correctto2decimalplaces)

e) 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑅& − 𝜋𝑟&= 𝜋×9& − 𝜋×4&= 204.20𝑐𝑚&(correctto2decimalplaces)

f) 𝐴 = 0&𝑏ℎ − 𝑙𝑤

=12×25×14 − 4×3

= 163𝑐𝑚&

Acrossallquestionsinvolvingareaandsurfacearea

Ø MixingupareaandperimeterØ Mixingupsurfaceareaandvolume

a) Confusingtheuseofthecircumference

formulaandtheareaofacircleformulaorevenacombinationofboth(2𝜋𝑟&isacommonerrorfortheareaformula)orforgettingtohalvethecircle.

e) using18cmastheradiusofthelargercircle

insteadof9cm.

QUESTION2 a) 𝑇𝑜𝑝 = 22×6.5= 143𝑐𝑚&𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 = 22×10= 220𝑐𝑚&𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒 = 6.5×10= 65𝑐𝑚&𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 2× 143 + 220 + 65 = 856𝑐𝑚&

b) Findingtheperpendicularheightofthetriangle:ℎ& = 13& − 5&ℎ = 12𝑐𝑚

𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 =12×10×12

= 60𝑐𝑚&𝑆𝑙𝑜𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 = 13×18= 234𝑐𝑚&𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 = 10×18= 180𝑐𝑚&𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 2×60 + 2×234 + 180= 768𝑐𝑚&

b)using13cmastheheightofthetriangle

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5.1AreaandSurfaceArea CommonErrorsQUESTION3 a) 5b) 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 = 36×42= 1512𝑐𝑚&𝑆𝑖𝑑𝑒 = 25×42= 1050𝑐𝑚&𝐵𝑎𝑠𝑒 = 36×25= 900𝑐𝑚&𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 2×1512 + 2×1050 + 900= 6024𝑐𝑚&

Notrecognisingthattheboxisopenandhasnottopandincludingitinthecalculation.

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5.1NumbersofAnyMagnitude CommonErrorsQUESTION1 a) 2430b) 0.238c) 1.29

a) Getting243,becausetheydon’tputthezerointoholdplacevalue.

b) Justcuttingthedecimaloffat3decimalplacesandnotroundingupi.e.getting0.237.

c) Roundingto3decimalplacesinsteadof3sigfigsi.e.1.288/1.287

QUESTION2 a)

i) 0.78cmii) 2.34miii) 1.86×10-6miv) 60μm

b) i) 7850Lii) 78.26mL

c) i) 7MB=7×1024KB=7168KBii) 5200GB=5200÷1024=5.078TB(correctto3decimalplaces)iii) 2.1TB=2.1×1024×1024×1024=2254858000KB(tothenearestthousand)

d) i) 7.8×60×1000=468000msii) 170000μs=170000÷1000000s

=0.17÷60min=0.0028min(correctto2significantfigures)

iii) 1fortnight=1×14days=14×24hours=336×60minutes=20160×60seconds=1209600s

iv) 897÷10=89.7decades

a),b)andd)mixingupthemultiplicationanddivisionbypowersof10i.e.multiplyingwhenitshouldbedivisionandviceversa.Orusingthewrongpowerof10c)Note:210=1024usingmultiplesof10forconvertingratherthanthepowersof2requiredfordigitalconversions.

Prefix Decimal/Analogvalue

Binary/Digitalvalue

k(kilo) 103

(1000)210

(1024)

M(mega) 106

(1000000)220

(1048576)G(Giga) 10

9

(1000000000)

230

(1073741824)

T(Tera) 1012

(1000000000000)

240

(1099511627776)

QUESTION3 a)

i) 2800=2.8×103ii) 1240000=1.24×106iii) 0.03456=3.456×10-2iv) 0.0000541=5.41×10-5

b) i) 2.6×102=260ii) 4.56×10-4=0.000456

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5.1NumbersofAnyMagnitude CommonErrorsQUESTION4 a) 6.3x108,1.2x109,3.5x109b) 4.8x10-3,4.1x10-2,3.8x10-1

Comparingonlythedecimalpartofthenumberandnottakingthepowerof10intoconsideration

QUESTION5

a) 𝑡 = %^= 0."&×0K_

/×0K`= 507𝑠(correcttothe

nearestwhole)b) 28000×365=10220000words

=1.022×107words

QUESTION6 a) ±0.5kgb) 15.5kgto16.5kg

QUESTION7 a) 25+15=40b) 140+20=160(Answersmayvaryslightly)

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5.1Trigonometry–RightAngledTriangles CommonErrorsQUESTION1 a)

i) ABii) BCiii) AC

b)

i) ("

ii) /"

iii) (/

c) i) 0.29ii) 0.21iii) 1.17

d) i) 82°ii) 57°iii) 37°

AcrossallquestionsinvolvingtrigonometryØ UsingthewrongratiosØ Gettingconfusedwhentheunknownisinthe

denominatorforexampleif:tan 30° = 0&e

rearrangingincorrectlytoget𝑦 = 12𝑡𝑎𝑛30°

Ø Notusingtheinversefunctionwhencalculatinganunknownangle(i.e.onthecalculatorstudentsneedtopressSHIFTbeforethetrigratio)

Ø Mixinguptheoppositeandadjacentsidesiscommon

c)incorrectrounding

QUESTION2 a) i) tan 52 = e

f

𝑦 = 8× tan 52𝑦 = 10.2cm(roundedto1decimalplace)

ii) cos 46 = #."j

𝑥 = 7.5 ÷ cos 46𝑦 = 10.8cm(roundedto1decimalplace)

b) i) tan 𝜃 = (

/

𝜃 = 53°ii) cos 𝜃 = -

0K

𝜃 = 53°c) tan 54 = G

"&K

ℎ = 520× tan 54ℎ = 716mtheheightofthecliffis716m.

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5.1PropertiesofGeometricFigures CommonErrorsQUESTION1 Twoshapesaresimilariftheirshapeisthesamebuttheirsizeisdifferent.

QUESTION2 AandCMatchinganglesareequal

QUESTION3 a) AC-PR,CD-RS,DB-SQ,BA-QPb) Ð A-Ð P,Ð C-Ð R,ÐD-Ð S,Ð B-ÐQ

QUESTION4 a)

i) scalefactor = imageoriginal

= 0K(= 2.5

ii) scalefactor = imageoriginal

= 00((= 0.25

b)

i) scalefactor = imageoriginal

= /-= 0.5

ii) 5× 0&= 2.5cm

Notrecognisingthattheobjectisonthelefthandsideandtheimageisontherighthandsidei.e.gettingthescalefactorbackwards.Oralwaysthinkingthatascalefactorhastobelargerthan1andhavingSF=4for(ii)

QUESTION5 i) scale= /(

f= 4.25

ii) 6.7×scale=6.7×4.25=28.5cm(correctto1decimalplace)

QUESTION6a)

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5.1PropertiesofGeometricFigures CommonErrorsb)

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5.1SingleVariableDataAnalysis CommonErrorsQUESTION1 Positivelyskewed,negativelyskewed,bi-modal,symmetric

QUESTION2 i)

GIRLS LEAF BOYS

9 0 56 1 2

542 2 56763 3 345

0 4 ii) boys

iii) Girls:mean=28.25,median=29,range=31

Boys:mean=22,median=25.5,range=30

Thegirlsachievedthebetterresultswithahighermedianandmeanalthoughtheirrangeislargeritisonlybyonemarkandisnegligiblewhenothermeasuresaretakenintoconsideration.

iv) Negativelyskewed

Somestudentsmaynotorderthestem-and-leafplotwhichwillaffecttheanswerstothequestionsthatfollow.

QUESTION3 a)

i) Datesourceandsizeofsamplenotmentioned.

ii) Fromacensus,thisdataismeaningful.

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5.1Probability CommonErrorsQUESTION1 i) (

"K

ii) &K"K+ "

"K= &"

"K= 0

&

Mixinguprelativefrequencywithfrequencyi.e.answering4for(i)

QUESTION2 54150×500 = 180

QUESTION3 a)

i) 89

ii) 5

iii) 0ff)

iv) --f)

b)

i) 54

ii) )Kf(K

iii) (/Kf(K

a) Notseeingthe5outsideoftheellipses

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5.2Answers CommonErrors5.2FinancialMathematics

QUESTION1a)

iii) = $5624.32

iv) A=624.32

b)TypeA:𝐴 = 10000 1 + 0.05 "= 12762.815625≈ $12762.82

TypeB:

𝐴 = 10000 1 +0.0512

-K

= 12833.586785…≈ $12833.59

TypeBisthebetterinvestment.c)≈ 18.6%𝑑)𝐴 = 7500 1 + 0.07 qTryn=5,𝐴 = 7500 1.07 " = $10519.14Tryn=4,𝐴 = 7500 1.07 ( = $9830.97Therefore,itwilltake5years.

a) v) Mixingupsimpleandcompoundinterestand

usingtheincorrectformulavi) Notsubtractingtheprincipal

b) Incorrectlyconvertingrateortimeperiodc) Notconvertingtheratebacktoapercentaged) Tryingtosolvewithoutusingtrialanderror

QUESTION2a) $1412.49b)

i) $11339.90ii) 23000 − 11339.90= $11660.10Thecardepreciatedinvalueby$11660.10

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5.2RatesandRatio CommonErrorsQUESTION1

a) $"."K0h

= $"."K-Kmin

= $0.09/min

b) &"KL

0h= &"KKKKmL

0h

= 250000mL/hc) -"km

0h= -"KKKm

-Kmin

=65000m3600s

= 18.1m/s

Usingincorrectconversionfactor,especiallywhenitcomestotime

QUESTION2

a) speed= &"Kkm"h

= 50km/h

b) rateofleak= &."L

-h

= 0.417L/h= 417mL/h

c) fuelconsumption= ("L

/KKkm

=15L

100km

= 15L/100km

c)calculatingperkmratherthanper100km

QUESTION3a) directb) inversec) direct

QUESTION4 a) 70°Fb) 35°Cc) positived) Yes,asonevariableincreasessodoesthe

other.

a) andb)readingfromthewrongaxis

QUESTION5 a) 𝐹 = 𝑘×𝑑b) 0

f𝑜𝑟(0.125)

c) 320km

Studentswillneedtoeitherusethetwopairsofinformationfrompartb)andc)orrecognisethat𝐹 = 0

f𝑑astheequationoftheline.

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5.2RatesandRatio CommonErrorsd)Sue’sfuelconsumption

NSWDepartmentofEducationMathematicsStage5DiagnosticTaskAnswers20

5.2AlgebraicTechniques CommonErrorsQUESTION1a)

i) "j-

ii) &e

0"

iii) u

*

(

iv) 3𝑥

v) 00

&q

b) i) 2𝑦& + 12ii) 40𝑎& − 32𝑎 + 4iii) 𝑥& + 6𝑥 + 8iv) 2𝑘& − 𝑘 − 15

i) andii)NotcreatingacommondenominatorAdd/subtractingdenominatorsiii)andiv)notsimplifyingfullyiv)dividingthenumeratorsanddenominators

QUESTION2

i) 4𝑑/ − 4𝑑 = 4𝑑 𝑑& − 1 ii) 21𝑥𝑦 − 3𝑥 + 9𝑥& = 3𝑥 7𝑦 − 1 + 3𝑥 iii) ℎ& + 8ℎ + 12 = ℎ + 2 ℎ + 6

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5.2Indices CommonErrorsQUESTION1a)

i) 0j*= 𝑥v&

ii) &w1 = 2𝑚v/

iii) 0(u*

= 0(𝑎v&

=𝑎v&

4 b)

i) 𝑥v/ = 0j1

ii) 4𝑚v" = (w`

c) 1v/ = 0

01= 1

−3×1 = −3𝑥v/isnotequivalentto−3𝑥

a) iii)raisingthe4tothenegativepowertoget4𝑎v&𝑜𝑟(4𝑎)v&

b) ii)puttingthe4inthedenominator,not

recognisingthatonlythemistoanegativepower,i.e.getting 0

(w`

QUESTION2a) i) 6𝑚v0Kii) 𝑥v0Kiii) 3𝑦/iv) 3𝑘0Kv) 64𝑚v-

b) i) 4𝑥K = 4,∴false

ii) 𝑎- ÷ 𝑎f = 𝑎v&,∴false

iii) 6𝑚 K = 1,∴true

iv) 3𝑥- ÷ 3𝑥- = 1,∴false

v) 4𝑐v/ = ($1,∴false

vi) 12𝑚0K×2𝑚v& = 24𝑚f,∴true

a) i)andiii)multiplyingtheindicesinsteadof

addingiv)dividingtheindicesinsteadofsubtractingv)notraisingeverythinginsidethebracketstothepowerof3i.e.getting4𝑚v-b) similarissuestoparta)

QUESTION3a) −3𝑚& 5𝑚& + 2𝑚(𝑛 = −15𝑚( − 6𝑚-𝑛

b) 0-j*

(j= 4𝑥

c) &Ku

1y*

0"uy1= (u*

/y

d) /je

&× &j

-= j*e

&

b)notsimplifyingfullye.g.getting0-j

(or(j

*

j

c)–f)notsimplifyingfully

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5.2Indices CommonErrorse)

𝑏&𝑐/

4 ×12𝑏𝑐& = 3𝑏𝑐

f)(q1

/w* ÷0&q/w`

=4𝑛/

3𝑚& ×3𝑚"

12𝑛

=𝑚/𝑛&

3

f)dividingthenumeratorsandthedenominatorstogete.g./q

*

w1 𝑜𝑟/q*

wz1

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5.2Equations CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) 𝑦 = f

"

b) 𝑦 = −12c) 𝑘 = 0"

0(

AcrossallquestionsinvolvingequationØ ErrorsinalgebraØ Notperformingtheinverseoperationto

bothsidesØ Tryingtosolveequationsbeforecollection

liketermsafterexpansionsØ Whendividingbothsidesbythesame

number,subtractingratherthandividinge.g.5𝑦 = 8"e

"= f

"

𝑦 = 3Ø Whenfacedwithadivisionquestione.g.

j"= 20,studentsmaysolveas

𝑥5 = 20𝑥 = 20 ÷ 5𝑥 = 4

QUESTION2a) 𝑦 = 00

/

b) 𝑦 = 10c) 𝑥 = 0K

/

d) 𝑚 = 3e) 𝑦 = f

/

c)multiplyingby5firstwillstillgivethesameanswer,butmakestheequationmoredifficulttosolve.

QUESTION3a)i) 𝑦 = ±2ii) 𝑚 = ±4iii) 𝑥 = ± 8

𝑥 = ±2.6b)i)𝑘 = ± 20

ii)𝑘 = ± &/

a)–b)notincludingthe±intheanswerb)squarerootingbeforedividingby6

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5.2Equations CommonErrorsQUESTION4i) 𝑥 = −1ii) 𝑦 = 3𝑜𝑟𝑦 = 2iii) 𝑧 = 10𝑜𝑟𝑧 = −1

QUESTION5a) i) B = 7.5ii) L = 16

b) 𝐶 = 27℃

QUESTION6 a) 13,14and15b) 9cm

a)studentsmayonlysolvetheequationandnotgivetheanswertothequestion

QUESTION7a) 𝑥 > 5

b)𝑏 > 15

c)𝑏 ≥ 8

d)𝑦 < −1e)𝑚 ≥ − (

"

b)Leavingansweras15 < 𝑏orincorrectlyinterpretingthisas𝑏 < 15.e)notreversingtheinequalitysignwiththedivisionof-5

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5.2Equations CommonErrorsQUESTION8a)

(212 , 4)

b) x=3andy=7c) x=4andy=1

a)notaccuratelygraphingandthereforthepointofintersectioncannotbeaccuratelyreadoffthegraphb)andc)errorsinsolvingequations

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5.2LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) Gradient Y-intercept

i) 3 -4

ii) -4 -5

iii) 12

1

iv) 1 32

b) 𝑦 = −2𝑥 + 6c) m=-4andy-int=2d)

i) 2ii) -1iii) 𝑦 = −𝑥 + 2

d)i)2ii)-1iii)𝑦 = −𝑥 + 2

ii)Maymixupanswersasthetermsintheequationarewritteninadifferentorder.iii)andiv)studentsmaystruggleastheequationsarenotwritteniny=mx+bform.Errorsmaybemadeintherearrangingoftheequation.d)ii)notrecognisingthegradientasnegative

QUESTION2

a) 𝐲 = −𝟐𝐱 + 𝟐𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 = 𝟏𝟐𝐱 + 𝟒

b)i)𝑦 = −4𝑥 − 2ii)𝑦 = − /

&𝑥 − 2

c)𝑦 = − /&𝑥 + 3

𝑦 = &/𝑥+2

𝑚0×𝑚& = −32×

23

= −1∴line1andline2areperpendicular

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5.2Non-LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION1a)i)ii)

iii)Theco-efficientofthex2affectstheconcavity

andthewidthoftheparabola.Theconstanttermshiftstheparabolaupanddowntheyaxis(i.e.changingthey-intercept)

b) 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥& − 1(anyvalueof‘a’isacceptablee.g.𝑦 = 2𝑥& − 1)

c) 𝑥 = ± 6(𝑥 = ±2.4)d) 𝑦 = −𝑥& + 1

Acrossallquestionsinvolvinggraphingnon-linearrelationships

Ø NosmoothcurveØ Coefficientinfrontofthebasicfunction

widensthecurveasitsvalueincreasesØ Mixingupthedirectionthattheconstant

shiftsthecurve

c)incorrectsolvingofequationsandforgettingthe±

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5.2Non-LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION2a)

𝑦 = −2jisareflectionof𝑦 = 2jinthex-axis.𝑦 =2vjIsareflectionof𝑦 = 2jinthey-axisb)

Theconstantshiftstheexponentialfunctionup/downtheyaxiswhichalsochangeswheretheasymptoteis.

Acrossallquestionsinvolvinggraphingnon-linearrelationships

Ø NosmoothcurveØ Coefficientinfrontofthebasicfunction

widensthecurveasitsvalueincreasesØ Mixingupthedirectionthattheconstant

shiftsthecurvea)incorrectreflection,mixingup𝑦 = −2jand𝑦 =2vjb)noshiftingtheasymptotewiththechangeinthey-intercept

QUESTION3a) Centre(0,0)

Radius3unitsb) 𝑥& + 𝑦& = 4

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5.2Non-LinearRelationships CommonErrorsQUESTION4a) i)Bii)Ciii)Eiv)Av)Dvi)F

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5.2AreaandSurfaceArea CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) 915.4cm2b) 932.6cm2c) 143.1cm2

Acrossallquestionsinvolvingareaandsurfacearea

Ø MixingupareaandperimeterØ Mixingupsurfaceareaandvolume

a)usingtheincorrectformulafortheareaofacircle(𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟&isacommonerrorstudentsusefortheareaofacircle)b)nothalvingtheareasforthecylinderorforgettingtoaddtherectangleonthebottom

QUESTION2a)

i) 691.2cm2ii) 789.2cm2

b) S/A=1078.8m2Cost=$48546c)

i) 75.4m2ii) 96m

a)ii)notrecognisingthatitisatintoputstationaryinandthereforhasnotop(i.e.onlyonecircularface)b)difficultywiththetrapeziumface,orincludingthetopinthecalculation(i.e.tilingthetopofthepool)c)i)calculatingthesurfaceareaoftheentiregreenhouseratherthanjusttheroof

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5.2Volume CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) 1680m3b) 900cm3c) 424.1cm3d) 220cm3

AcrossallquestionsinvolvingvolumeØ Mixingupvolumeandsurfacearea

c)notconvertingallmeasurementstothesameunits

QUESTION2384KL

QUESTION3a) 249505.29mm3b) 317680mm3c) 21.5%

a)notconvertingallmeasurementstothesameunitsc)calculatingthepercentageofspacethatthecrackerstakesupinsteadoftheemptyspace(i.e.78.5%)

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5.2RIGHT-ANGLEDTRIANGLES(TRIGONOMETRY)

CommonErrors

QUESTION1a) 13.67cmb) 32.04cm

AcrossallquestionsinvolvingtrigonometryØ UsingthewrongratiosØ Gettingconfusedwhentheunknownisin

thedenominatorforexampleif:tan 30° = 0&

e

rearrangingincorrectlytoget𝑦 =12𝑡𝑎𝑛30°

Ø Notusingtheinversefunctionwhencalculatinganunknownangle(i.e.onthecalculatorstudentsneedtopressSHIFTbeforethetrigratio)

QUESTION2a) 4701’b) 33024’

QUESTION3a) 13.2mb) 200mc) 2340d) i)

ii)419miii) 326041’

a)incorrectlyplacingthe15mastheheightitreachesupthewallratherthanthelengthoftheladderd)iii)stoppingatcalculatingtheangleandnotrecognisingthatthisisnotthebearing.

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5.2PropertiesofGeometricFigures CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) SSS,SAS,AAS,RHSb) i)Yes(SSS)ii)YES(RHS)c) i)RHS

ii)correspondinganglesincongruenttriangles

a)mixingupthecongruenttriangletestwiththetestforsimilartriangles,especiallytheequiangulartestforsimilarityc)notgivingreasonsorstatingreasonsthatarenotonthediagram

QUESTION2i) AASii) needtoproveoppositeanglesareequal

Noreasonsstatedornotstatingtheparallellinesthatformthealternateangles

QUESTION31. Equiangular2. Threesidesofonetriangleareproportionalto

thethreesidesoftheothertriangle3. Anangleofonetriangleiscongruenttoan

angleofasecondtriangleandthelengthsofthesidesincludingtheseanglesareproportional

4. Thelengthofthehypotenuseandasecondsideofarightangledtriangleareproportionaltohypotenuseandasecondsideoftheothertriangle

mixingupthetestforsimilartriangleswithcongruenttriangletestwith

QUESTION4a) Equiangularb) Threesidesofonetriangleareproportionalto

thethreesidesoftheothertriangle

QUESTION5y=4x=15

ErrorsinsolvingequationsIncorrectlysettingupequalitystatemente.g. e

0K=

"&

QUESTION6i) 32400ii) 1620iii) 180

i)using20×180°toget3600°insteadof18×180°

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5.2SingleVariableDataAnalysis CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) Lower=2,Upper=12,Median=5.5

Q1=4,Q3=7b) 3c) 50%d) e) 25%

a)statingthemedianas5ad6ratherthanfindingthemeanof5and6d)notincludingascale

QUESTION2a) ii)b) i)

QUESTION3a) Year9=7Year12=8b) Year9=2Year12=3c) Year9=3Year12=7d) Year12spentthelongest,theyhaveahigher

medianand75%ofstudentsspentmorethan6hourscomparedwithYear9whohadonly25%ofstudentsspendmorethan4hours.

e)50%

Incorrectlyreadingthescale

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5.2BivariateDataAnalysis CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) Dependent:Rainfall

Independent:monthb) Dependent:handspan

Independent:height

QUESTION2Linegraph,asyoucantracksmallchangesovertimemoreaccurately

QUESTION3a)

b) Septemberc) Januaryd) TherainfallisthehighestinJanuaryandthen

slowlyfallsthroughouttheyeartillSeptemberandthenslowlyincreasesagainthroughtoDecember

QUESTION4Strongpositive,nocorrelation,weakpositive,strongnegative

QUESTION5a) Linearandapositivecorrelationb) Approx.52c) Astheresultsinthetopictestsincrease,so

doestheresultinthefinalexam.

b)tryingtoestimatetheresultwithoutconstructingalineofbestfit.

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5.2BivariateDataAnalysis CommonErrorsQUESTION6a)

b) Therelationshipislinearandindirect,the

furtheryoutravelthelessfuelyouhaveinthetank

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5.2Probability CommonErrorsQUESTION1a) {H1,H2,H3,H4,H5,H6,T1,T2,T3,T4,T5,T6}b) 0

0&

b)calculatingtheprobabilityofaheadora6andgetting #

0&

QUESTION2

a) (#

b) 0-()

c) 0&()

QUESTION3a)

b) 0

f

c) #f

QUESTION4

a) &)

b) /f

c)

(#

b)andc)notdecreasingthesamplespaceforeachsuccessiveevent.(whenyoueatthejellybeanitisnolongerinthebag)

QUESTION5a) Independentb) Independentc) Dependent

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5.2Probability CommonErrorsQUESTION6a) {3,4,5,6}b) 0

(

c) 0

a)listingthesamplespaceofthedieas{1,2,3,4,5,6}b)andc)usingtheincorrectsamplespace

QUESTION7a) Thesecondtossisindependentofthefirsttoss

thereforeverytimeyourolladiethereisa0-

chanceofobtainingaoneb) Eachtooisanindependentevent,everytime

youtossacointhereisanevenchanceofobtainingahead.