Pathways School, Gurgaon

MYP-5 Standard Mock-1 Mathematics

Subject Grade Points Start time

Standard mathematics Grade 10 A 27 B 25 C 23 D 25 Nov 30, 09:00 am

Section 1

Knowing and understanding:

In this task (questions 1 to ), you will interact with different aspects of form using a variety of related concepts. This task focuses on criterion
A (Knowing and understanding) and criterion C (Communication).

Use properties of algebra to find the password of an application

Third-party app-locking apps can be obtained in the Google Play Store or Apple Store that are used to generate passcodes you must enter before you
can access a particular app. The password to one particular app is given in the following table.

x y a z

Here, x, y, z, and a are all single digit numbers from 0 to 9.

You are expected to find value of x,y,a and z using prompts given below:

Q 1.1 The value of y can be obtained by comparing both sides of equality. A2

Determine the value of y.

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Q 1.2 k 2 −k +1 A2
Consider the function, f(k) defined by defined by f(k) = and x= f(2) + f(4) .
2 C1
Find the value of x.

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Q 1.3 Let z2+6z-10 =30 denotes a quadratic equation used to find the value of “z” for given password. Find the value of z that will A2

be part of the password by solving the equation.

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Q 1.4 The value of "a" is the unit's digit in the LCM of x, y, and z. Determine the final password. A2

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Question 2

Use tree diagram to predict weather.

The image below represents the weather forecast for a week. A seven-day forecast can accurately predict the weather 80% of the time and a five-day
forecast can accurately predict the weather 90% of the time.

Note: The drops of water represent rain, sun represents sunny weather and clouds with sun represent sunny weather with some clouds. The numbers
at the bottom represent temperature for that day. All the temperature are in Fahrenheit.

Q 2.1 From the weather forecast, estimate the chances/probability of rain on Thursday? A1

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Q 2.2 On a certain day you either carry an umbrella or forget it at home. It is equally likely to carry an umbrella or to forget it at A3
home. Find the value of P1, P2,P3,P4,P5 and P6 C1

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Q 2.3 Determine how probable it is that you will get drenched/wet in rain on Wednesday. A1

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Question 3

Isha wants to determine the height of the building without actually measuring it. She is standing some distance away from a building. She measures
the angle of elevation to the top of the building to be 𝟐𝟎° . She then moves 10m closer to the building and finds the new angle of elevation to be 𝟑𝟓°
as shown in the following image.

Q 3.1 Find the value of x . Estimate your answer correct to two decimal places. A2
C2

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Q 3.2 Determine the height (h) of the building A2

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Question 4

Find the change in the intensity of light with the change in the distance from light source.
The Inverse Square Law states that the amount of light falling on a subject is inversely proportional to the square of the distance from the light
source. It is known that when the screen is 2 meters from the light source, the intensity of light is 20 units.

Q 4.1 Write down an expression for light intensity (l) in terms of the distance (d2) from the source of light. A3
C1

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The diagram below shows a source of light and three screens S1, S2 and S3 kept at the coordinate axes. Each grid on the coordinate axes measures 1
meter by 1 meter. The distance between the source of light and the screens are measured as the closest distance between the screens and the
circumference of the source of light.
Assuming that the source object is point object and the rays of light are starting i.e. at
(-4,0)

Q 4.2 Let l1 , l2 and l3 are the intensities of light at S1, S2 and S3 respectively. Find the values of l1 , l2 and l3 . A2
C1

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Q 4.3 Determine the value of the following expression A2

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Q 4.4 A photographer is capturing a photo from a distance of 5 m from the object. If the distance is increased by 50%, A3
then, calculate the percentage change in the intensity of the light captured by camera. C3

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Question 5

Explore the timings of Olympic medalists.

The scatterplot below shows the finishing time for the Olympic gold medalist in the men’s 100-meter dash for many previous Olympic games. The line
of best fit is also shown.

Q 5.1 Comment on the strength and type of the corelation between two variables. C1
D1

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Q 5.2 The line of best fit is given by the following equation, C1
D1
F(t)= 10.878-0.0106t
Where F(t) is the finishing time and (t) is year after 1900.

Every Olympics games take place after 4 years.

Determine the change in finishing time of the Gold medalist from one Olympic games to next.

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Q 5.3 Write down the y- intercept of the function’s graph. Describe the answer in the context of the 100-meter dash. D1

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Q 5.4 The gold medalist finishing time for the 1940 Olympic games is missing in the scatter plot. Estimate the gold medalist’s D2
finishing time for that year using the equation.

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The table given below shows the timings of silver medal winners in 100-meter dash from the year 1 onwards.

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Q 5.5 The line of best fit for the data: C3
D6
G(m) = -0.01m+29.11
Where G(m) is finishing time for silver medalist and (m) is the year mentioned above

Analyse the timings of silver medal winners and the relation between the timings and the years. In your answer, you should:

Draw the lie of best fit in scatter plot given for the data given above.
Using the line of best fit, estimate the timing of the silver medal Olympic winner for the year 2000. Justify your answer
as well.
Determine the error in calculation of timing of finishing time of silver medalist in 1992 using line of best fit. Use values
given in the table above.
Compare the change in finishing time of Gold medalist and Silver medalist from one Olympics to the next.
Determine the realistic domain for this linear function. Comment on how your answer pertains to making predictions
about future Olympic dash-race times.

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Question 6

Make statistical calculations for the roadside flares.

Roadside flares are often used by motorists to warn oncoming drivers of obstacles in the roadway and to draw attention to hazardous road conditions.
The light from the flare is formed by a chemical reaction that takes place between the elements inside the flare.

Fred’s flare company made flares that burned for 100 minutes on average. However, Fred has developed a new chemical process that should allow
the flares to burn slightly over 120 minutes on average.

The claim “now burns for over 2 hours on average” will be stated on the new packages. The visibility of this claim on the packaging made the
company to periodically sample a group of flares to check the validity of claim.

Q 6.1 The burning of each and every flare will be called census, and the population average burn time can be calculated C1
directly. State at least one reason why a census would not be feasible in this case.

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If random sampling is used, the most reasonable plan for Fred is to use the mean burning time of the sample used, to estimate the mean burning time
of the population. Fred wants to be sure that the population mean burning time is over 120 minutes.

For the prior sampling of flares that burn for 100 minutes, the company used to carry sampling of 20 flares each hour from the production line and
compute a mean burning time for each sample of 20 flares. The company decided to use the same technique for the new flares.

The results of one full day of this hourly testing is shown in the figure below.

Q 6.2 Find the percentage of samples that are at or below 120 minutes. D2

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Q 6.3 Write down the percentage of samples that are strictly below 120 minutes. D2

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Q 6.4 Determine the following values for the dot plot shown in the figure above. D2
Median measurement.
Range of 24 sample average measurements.

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Q 6.5 Justify the claim “Now burns over 2 hours on average” company is making with any information you can find. C1
D2

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Fred is concerned by the results and decided to sample 100 flares per hour instead of 20. A dot plot showing the averages from the 24 samples of size
100 from this second day of sampling is as follows:

The manufacturing process did not change, only the sample size per hour was changed.

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Q 6.6 Explore the new sampling for a large sample size. In your answer, you should: C3
D6

Identify one relevant factor that can be responsible for inaccurate interpretations.
Write down how many of the 24 sample averages are at or below 120 minutes.
determine the general information about these 24 sample averages that seems to support the claim that the population
mean burning time is more than 120 minutes. (Include median, range and percentage of sample averages above 120
minutes in your answer)
state which distribution of the 24-hourly averages had the smaller range.
Assuming that the cost to sample 100 flares per hour is slightly more than the cost to sample 20 flares per hour,
describe which sample size is to be recommended to estimate population mean and why?
Comment on degree of accuracy.
ensure that you communicate information properly.

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Question 7

You will be assessed using criterion B (Investigating patterns) and criterion C (Communication).

Describe patterns and general rules in shapes created from tangents of a parabola.

Consider the parabola y = x2. The tangents are drawn to this parabola such that slopes of the tangents follow the pattern shown below.

Line Slope
L1 1
L2 2
L3 3
L4 4
L5 5

This pattern continues till the line Ln.

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Q 7.1 Let x1, x2, x3, .... be the x-coordinates of the lines L1, L2, L3, .... respectively and y1, y2, y3, be the y-coordinates of the lines B4
L1, L2, L3, respectively. Write down the missing values in the table.

Line x-coordintaes y-coordinates

0.5 0.25
L1
1 1
L2
1.5 2.25
L3
2 4
L4

L5
L6

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Marking Scheme:

Line x-coordintaes y-coordinates

0.5 0.25
L1
1 1
L2
1.5 2.25
L3
2 4
L4
2.5 6.25
L5
L6

Q 7.2 Describe in words a pattern for xn B2

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The x-coordinate xn is an arithmetic progression with 1st term, a = 0.50 and common difference, d = 0.50.

OR

The x-coordinate xn increases by 0.50 with every line.

Q 7.3 Write down a general rule for xn in terms of n . B1

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xn = 0.50 + (n - 1) × 0.50
xn = 0.50 + 0.50n - 0.50
xn = 0.50 × n

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Q 7.4 Write down a general rule for yn in terms of n B2

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yn = (xn)2
yn = (0. 50×n)2
yn = 0. 25×n2

Q 7.5 Verify your general rule for yn. (B2 C1) B2

C1

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We have, yn = 0.25 × n2

For n = 5, y5 = 0.25 × 52 = 6.25

The values match with the predicted values. Hence, verified.

(Accept any one complete working for n= 5 or 6)

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Question 8

Some more tangents are drawn to the parabola y = x2 such that the slopes of the tangents follow the following pattern.

Line Slope
P1 -1
P2 -2
P3 -3
P4 -4
P5 -5

The tangents L1 and P1 meet at a point B1 on the y-axis. This pattern continues till n.

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Q 8.1 Investigate the pattern followed by the sum of x-coordinates and y coordinates (Sn) of the point of contact of tangent (Pn) B 14

and parabola y = x2 in terms of n . C3

Complete the table.

Describe in words the pattern for Sn.
Write down the general rule for Sn .
Test your rule for Sn .
Verify and Justify your rule for Sn .
Ensure you communicate all information clearly.

Tangent Line x-coordinate(xn) y-coordinate(y n) (Sn)

P1 -0.5 0.25 -0.25
P2 -1 1 0
P3 -1.5 2.25 0.75
P4 -2 4 2
P5
P6

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Marking scheme:
Tangent Line x-coordinate(xn) y-coordinate(y n) (Sn)
P1 -0.5 0.25 -0.25
P2 -1 1 0
P3 -1.5 2.25 0.75
P4 -2 4 2
P5 -2.5 6.25 3.75
P6 -3 9 6

Describing the pattern:

Sn follows a quadratic sequence in which the first term is -0.25 and second common difference is 0.5.

Sn = 0. 25×n2−0. 50×n

Testing the rule:

For n = 1, S1 = 0.25 - 0.50 = - 0.25

For n = 2, S2 = 1 - 1 = 0
For n = 3, S3 = 2.25 - 1.50 = 0.75
The values match with the table. Hence, tested.

Justifying the rule:

The x-coordinate = - 0.50 × n The y-coordinate = 0.25 × n2 Sum = 0.25 n2 - 0.50 n

Hence, justified.

Verifying the rule:

For n = 4, S4 = 4 - 2 = 2
For n = 5, S5 = 6.25 - 2.50 = 3.75
The values match with the table. Hence, verified.

Award 1 marks for two correct value in the table. (B4)

Award 2 marks for the pattern in words. (B2)

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Award 2 marks for the general rule. (B2)
Award 2 marks for testing the rule. (B1) + (C1)
Award 3 marks for verifying the rule. (B2) + (C1)
Award 4 marks of justifying the rule. (B4)
Award 2 marks for communicating the information clearly. (C2)
Award 2 marks for ensuring correct notation throughout. (C2)

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