Formative Grade 10 Unit 1 (Quadratics) 2021-22 Answer Key

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Grade 10 Standard Mathematics 2021-2022


Formative Criterion A

Name:_____________________________ Awarded Level:__________


Instructions and Information:
• You will have 5 minutes of reading time and 60 minutes to complete this test.
• You should show all the working and mathematical representations you have used in
order to answer the questions.
• Answers only will not necessarily be accredited with full understanding.
• Where appropriate answers can be given as exact or rounded to three significant figures.

Level 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

Simple More Complex and Challenging and Challenging and


Descriptor
Problems Familiar Problems Familiar Problems Unfamiliar Problems

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Level 1-2 3-4 5-6 7-8

Not Yet Understood

Strategy

Working

Answer

Approaches to Learning 1 2 3 4
Note Page
Knowledge in Unfamiliar Situations
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Level 1-2

1. Write down the solutions to (𝑥 − 4)(𝑥 + 1) = 0.

2. Consider the number 𝑥 = 0.124755. Write this number to three significant figures.

3. Write down the degree of the expression 6𝑥 ! − 8𝑥 " + 2 + 9𝑥 # − 4𝑥

4. Write down the coordinate of the vertex of 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 1)# − 3

Level 3-4

5. Determine the gradient of a line that passes through the points (−1, −3) and (0, −1).
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6. Factorize 𝑥 # − 14𝑥 − 32.

7. The Venn diagram below shows the universal set of real numbers and some
important subsets:

: the rational numbers,


: the integers,
: the natural numbers.

Write the following numbers in the correct position in the diagram.


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0; 6; −5.1 ; ; 𝜋 ; 3. 3̇ ; 7.8 × 10$% ; √3 ; −4
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8. Factorize 8𝑥 # + 14𝑥 − 15
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Level 5-6

9. Solve the equation 𝑥 # − 4𝑥 − 1 = 0, giving your answer in exact (surd) form.

10. Write the equation 𝑦 = 2𝑥 # − 12𝑥 + 14 in the form 𝑦 = 2(𝑥 − ℎ)# + 𝑘.

11. Sketch the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 2𝑥 # + 8𝑥 + 4 on the grid below. Label all key features.
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Level 7-8

12. Use what you know about factoring and expansions to determine the values of a, b and c
! #!
if the equation 𝑎𝑥 # + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 has a 𝑦-intercept at 𝑦 = −7 and a vertex at (# ; # ).

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