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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #630 on: September 25, 2018, 07:39:03 am »
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #631 on: October 11, 2018, 01:45:45 am »
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Hi,
In typical questions such as “Calculate the area of the annulus” where the question doesn’t specify “correct to the nearest metre” or something like that, what are we expected to round up to? Is it alright to round to 2 decimal points and add “(2 d.p.)” at the end?
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #632 on: October 11, 2018, 01:52:33 am »
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Hi,
In typical questions such as “Calculate the area of the annulus” where the question doesn’t specify “correct to the nearest metre” or something like that, what are we expected to round up to? Is it alright to round to 2 decimal points and add “(2 d.p.)” at the end?

Yes certainly! I've been doing that all the time and haven't lost a single mark for that. 2 dp should be the most appropriate.
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #633 on: October 11, 2018, 03:57:31 am »
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Yes certainly! I've been doing that all the time and haven't lost a single mark for that. 2 dp should be the most appropriate.

Ahh thank you! I too have been rounding up to 2dp, however I noticed the HSC answers seem to round to nearest unit instead so needed clarification, but yeah should be all goods!
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #634 on: October 20, 2018, 09:50:20 pm »
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need help with this math question ;)


A motor bike is moving at a steady speed. When the speed is 90km/h the bike consumes 5 litres of petrol for every 100 kilometres travelled.

a) the petrol tank holds 30 litres. how many kilometres can the bike travel on a full tank of petrol when its speed is 90km/h?

b) when the speed is 110km/h the bike consumes 30% more petrol per km travelled. calculate the number of litres per 100 kilometres consumed when the bike travels at 110 km/h.

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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #635 on: October 20, 2018, 09:57:37 pm »
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need help with this math question ;)


A motor bike is moving at a steady speed. When the speed is 90km/h the bike consumes 5 litres of petrol for every 100 kilometres travelled.

a) the petrol tank holds 30 litres. how many kilometres can the bike travel on a full tank of petrol when its speed is 90km/h?

b) when the speed is 110km/h the bike consumes 30% more petrol per km travelled. calculate the number of litres per 100 kilometres consumed when the bike travels at 110 km/h.

Hence 600km.
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #636 on: October 21, 2018, 07:34:44 pm »
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Hey guys - just a couple of questions from the 2011 paper; i tried looking over the answers but just still a bit confuzzled tbh.

Thankyou so much in advance!!
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #637 on: October 21, 2018, 08:03:40 pm »
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So Q18 is A.

i) Figure four is four rooves, two sticks down either side, then four across the bottom, using 14 sticks in all.
ii) You need 3n+2 sticks for the nth figure (just by finding a pattern) so sub in n=100 and you get 302 sticks.
iii) solve 3n+2=543 as per the rule. The answer is no since you have to have an integer number for n, as you can't have a non-integer number for the figure number. I'd suggest starting with 3n+2=543, then working down from there, reasoning why n has to be an integer :)

So the circumference of the earth at the equator is

and there are 360 degrees around there earth. Technically yes you can add 109 and 160 to get the distance, but it asks for the shortest distance, so you take the short side, which is 91 (from 360-(109+160)).
So you get that the shortest distance is

which is equal to whatever, punch it into the calculator

for the next one, realise that 48 degrees west of 160 will cut past 180, so it's actually something degrees east. you'll eventually get to 152 degrees east and 4 degrees south.

Last question :)
If the median score of 9 is 7, that means there are four scores below it, four above, with the 5th score being seven. Adding two to both sides (two numbers bigger, two numbers smaller) doesnt actually change the median since it's still in the middle positionally in terms of magnitude. Therefore, the answer is B, 7.

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« Reply #638 on: October 22, 2018, 08:47:03 am »
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Well if we're both getting the same "wrong" answer I think we should assume that the question is wrong. :D

Hey Guys,

So I thought I should have a go at the question seeing that no one was getting the "correct answer - B." However, I think the answer is also -1.41.

Working Out:

(2/34) x $10 = $0.5882....

$2 - $0.5882.... = -1.41

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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #639 on: October 22, 2018, 07:42:51 pm »
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help with this question  8)

The three sides of a triangle are in the ration 1:3:5. The longest side of the triangle is 16.2 mm. What is the perimeter of the triangle?

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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #640 on: October 22, 2018, 08:06:15 pm »
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help with this question  8)

The three sides of a triangle are in the ration 1:3:5. The longest side of the triangle is 16.2 mm. What is the perimeter of the triangle?


Note that \(9.72\) was obtained from doing \(3.24 \times 3\).

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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #641 on: October 22, 2018, 08:06:28 pm »
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Hey there!

Looking at the ratios, there are 9 parts that are split evenly. All you've really got to do is see that the 16.2 is five-ninths of the whole perimeter, so just multiply 16.2 by 9/5 to get your answer. You should get 29.16 :)
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« Reply #642 on: October 24, 2018, 07:14:30 am »
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Help with attached question pleeasse :)
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Re: General Math Q+A Thread
« Reply #644 on: October 24, 2018, 07:00:31 pm »
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hey,

can someone please explain these questions to me?

thanks alot!!