MATH40237 Fundamental Mathematics for University
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Assessment Test B
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Central Queensland
U N I V E R S I T Y
Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS)
Fundamental Mathematics for University – Distance (MATH40237)
Assessment Test B (Version 1)
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Write your answers on the pages of the Test Booklet.
2. Attempt all questions.
3. All working must be shown.
4. Additional paper is at the back of this Test Booklet
5. Marks allocated for each question, or part of question, are shown on this Test
Booklet.
6. Calculators may be used but remember all working must be shown.
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Metric Conversions Imperial Conversions
Length Length
10mm = 1cm 12in = 1ft in: inches
100cm = 1m 1000mm = 1m 3ft = 1yd ft: feet
1000m = 1km 36in = 1yd yd: yard
5280ft = 1mi mi: mile
Area Mass
(10mm)2 = 100mm2 = 1cm2 16oz = 1lb oz: ounce
(100cm)2 = 10000cm2 = 1m2 lb: pound
(1000m)2 = 1000000m2 = 1km2 2000lb = 1T T: ton
10000m2 = 1ha
Volume Capacity
(10mm)3 = 1000mm3 = 1cm3 8floz = 1c floz: fluid ounces
(100cm)3 = 1000000cm3 =1m3 2c = 1pt c: cup
(1000m)3 =109m3 =1km3 2pt = 1qt pt: pint
4qt = 1gal qt: quart
Mass gal: gallon
1000mg =1g
1000g =1kg
1000kg =1Mg =1tonne
Capacity Metric – Imperial Conversion
1000ml =1l Length
1000l =1kl 2.54cm = 1in
1m ˜ 3.28ft
Volume – Capacity Conversion 1m ˜ 1.09yd
1cm3 = 1ml 1.61km ˜ 1mi
1000cm3 = 1l
1m3 = 1000l Mass
28.35g ˜ 1oz
454g ˜ 1lb
1kg ˜ 2.2lb
Capacity
1l ˜ 1.06qt
3.79l ˜ 1gal
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Question 1
The number of telephone enquires per week during the 13-week term were recorded. The
results are shown below.
Week Number of Enquires
1 30
2 35
3 24
4 38
5 48
6 46
7 40
8 45
9 43
10 53
11 64
12 62
13 46
(a) Using the data above determine:
(i) the mean (1 mark)
(ii) the mode (1 mark)
(a) continued Using the data above determine:
(iii) the median (1 mark)
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(iv) the range (1 mark)
(b) Construct a box and whisker plot for the number of enquires as listed
above.
(2 marks)
(c) Using the intervals 20-29, 30-39, etc. draw:
(i) a frequency distribution table (1 mark)
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(c) continued Using the intervals 20-29, 30-39, etc. draw:
(ii) a histogram (2 marks)
Question 2
(a) Are the following data sets continuous or discrete?
(i) Births in a country. (1 mark)
(ii) Amount of coal mined in a year (1 mark)
(b) The approximate occurrence of the vowels, a, e, i, o and u, in English
documents is shown in the bar chart below.
(i) which of the vowel occurs most frequently, (1 mark)
(ii) which vowels occur at approximately the same frequency. (1 mark)
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Question 3
Simplify the following expressions using the rules for operations involving
exponents.
(4 marks)
(i) (62 )m
(iii) 25
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Simplify (-2)3 t 2
64z
÷ t ( 2 )4 giving the answer with positive exponents
(assume all variables ? 0 ).
(3 marks)
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Question 5 Solve each equation for m.
(a) 2m3 = 54 (2 marks)
(b) -3 4 m +12 = 4 m + 4 (3 marks)
Question 6 (4 marks)
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(a) the x-axis
(b) the y-axis
(c) the four quadrants
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(f) C(0,-3)
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Question 7
(a) What is the slope and y-intercept of the line represented by the equation,
2y - 3x = 12 .
(2 marks)
(b) Sketch the graph of y = 1
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(2 marks)
(c) On the same set of axes sketch the graph of the line represented by the
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Question 8
The time, in minutes, taken to cook a chicken, C, is linearly related
to the weight, in kilograms, of the chicken, k. It takes 40 minutes to
cook a 1.4kg chicken and 50 minutes to cook a 1.8kg chicken.
(a) Find the linear equation relating cooking time, C, with the weight of the
chicken, k.
(3 marks)
(b) How long would it take to cook a 1.7kg chicken? (1 mark)
Question 9
(a) Rewrite 24000 in scientific notation. (1 mark)
(b) Write 0.04587 correct to 2 significant figures. (1 mark)
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Question 10
(a) Write 80cm: 2.4m in simplest form. (1 mark)
(b) A piece of gold chain is cut into three pieces to make a necklace, a bracelet
and an anklet, in the ratio of 10:4:5. if there is 76cm of gold chain, what is
the length of the bracelet?
(2 marks)
(c) Which is a better deal:
Sudsy’s Soap: 3 cakes for $2.19
Bubble Bars (soap): $1.58 for 2 cakes?
(2 marks)
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Question 11 Make the following conversions
(a) 0.246l?ml (1 mark)
(b) 76oz?lb (2 marks)
(c) 238km2 ?m2 (2 marks)
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Additional Pages
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Additional Pages