Exercise 4.

1 Pre-test
1. Sammy has $35 credit from an App Store. She only buys apps that cost $2.50 each.
Calculate the number of apps Sammy can buy and still have $27.50 credit.

2. Determine the equation of the line in the form y = mx + c.

y
5
4
3
2
1
x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5

3. State the number of solutions to the pair of simultaneous equations 2x − y = 1 and −6x + 3y = −3.

4. Use substitution to solve the simultaneous equations y = 0.2x and y = −0.3x + 0.5.
Give your answer as a coordinate pair.

Solve the inequality 2x + 3 > 5x − 6 for x.

A. x < −1 B. x < 1 C. x > 1 D. x < 3 E. x > 3
5. MC

5 − 2m
6. MC Solve the inequality ≤ 2 for m.
3
A. m ≤ − B. m ≥ − C. m ≥ − D. m ≤ − E. m ≤ −2
1 1 11 11
2 2 2 2

7. Dylan received a better result for his Maths test than for his English test. If the sum of his two test
results is 159 and the difference is 25, determine Dylan’s maths test result.

8. MC Solve the pair of simultaneous equations mx + ny = m and x = y + n for x and y in terms of m and n.

m + n2 m(1 − n)
A. x = and y =
m+n m+n
m(1 − n)
B. x = 1 and y =
m+n
m(1 − n)
C. x = and y =
m+n
1
n
m + n2 1−n
D. x = and y =
m+n
E. x = m − mn and y = m + n
n

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x y 1 x y 1
9. MC Solve the pair of simultaneous equations
3 2 6 4 3 2

A. x = and y = B. x = and y = C. x = and y =

221 9 13 1 81 17
6 2 102 34 17 9

D. x = and y = E. x = and y =
17 9 22 9
22 22 17 17

10. MC If the perimeter of the rectangle shown is 22 cm and the area is 24 cm2 , select all possible values of
x and y.
(y + 3) cm

2x cm

A. x = 4, y = 0 B. x = 6.5, y = −5 C. x = 1 , y = 5
1

D. x = − , y = −5 E. x = ,y=5 F. x = −4, y = 0
2
3 3

G. x = 1.5, y = 5
2 2

Identify the points of intersection between the line y = x + 4 and the hyperbola y = .
5
11. MC

B. (−1, −5) and (5, 1) C. (−5, −1) and (1, 5)

x
A. (−4, 4) and (1, 5)
D. (5, 9) and (−1, 3) E. (0, 9) and (−1, 5)

Select all the point(s) of intersection between the circle x2 + y2 = 8 and the line y = x.
C. (−4, −4)
12. MC

D. (−2, −2)
A. (4, 4) B. (2, 2)

G. (2, −2)
E. (0, 0) F. (−2, 2)

13. State at how many points the line y = 2 intersects with parabola y = x2 − 4.

14. MC Identify the three inequalities that define the shaded region in y

A. x > 5, y < 1, y < x + 2

the diagram. 5

B. x > 5, y < 1, y > −x + 2

4
3

C. x > 5, y < 1, y < −x + 2

2

D. x > 1, y < 5, y < x + 2

1

E. x > 1, y < 5, y > x + 2

x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5

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15. MC Identify the region satisfying the systems of inequalities 2y − 3x > 1 and y + x < −2.
A. y B. y
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
x x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1 –1
–2 –2
–3 –3
–4 –4
–5 –5

C. y D. y
5 5
4 4
3 3
2 2
1 1
x x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1 –1
–2 –2
–3 –3
–4 –4
–5 –5

E. y
5
4
3
2
1
x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5
–1
–2
–3
–4
–5

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