WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Practice Questions

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WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics practice questions

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28 practice skills

WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics includes 28 practice skills across Number and financial maths, Measurement and practical geometry, Algebra and graphs, and Data and probability.

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Sample WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics questions

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WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Depreciation hard finance graph

1. A laptop worth $4200 depreciates by 18% p.a. on a reducing-balance basis. What is its value after 3 years, to the nearest cent?

Choices

$2,315.75
$3,444.00
$2,268.00
$2,904.77

Explanation:

Reducing-balance depreciation gives V = 4200(0.82)³ = 2315.7456, so the value is $2315.75 to the nearest cent.

WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Loans and recurrence hard finance graph

2. A loan balance follows Bₙ₊₁ = 1.006Bₙ - 420 with B₀ = 12000. What is B₂, to the nearest cent?

Choices

$11,301.91
$11,652.00
$12,072.00
$10,812.00

Explanation:

B₁ = 1.006 x 12000 - 420 = 11652. Then B₂ = 1.006 x 11652 - 420 = 11301.912, so B₂ is $11,301.91.

WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Scale and cost hard scale plan

3. A car park is 6.8 cm by 4.5 cm on a 1:500 plan. Resurfacing costs $18 per square metre. What is the resurfacing cost?

Choices

$13,770
$1,377
$7650
$18,360

Explanation:

The actual dimensions are 34 m by 22.5 m, so the area is 765 m². At $18 per square metre, the cost is 765 x 18 = $13,770.

WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Conditional probability hard probability tree

4. Machine A makes 55% of items with defect probability 0.04. Machine B makes 45% of items with defect probability 0.07. What is the probability a randomly selected item is defective?

Choices

0.0535
0.1100
0.0315
0.0550

Explanation:

Add the defective branches: 0.55 x 0.04 + 0.45 x 0.07 = 0.022 + 0.0315 = 0.0535.

WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Networks hard network diagram

5. A minimum cable network uses selected edges with lengths 6 m, 8 m, 5 m, 9 m, and 7 m. What total cable length is needed?

Choices

35 m
30 m
40 m
45 m

Explanation:

A minimum spanning network connects all required points without a loop. Add the selected edge lengths: 6 + 8 + 5 + 9 + 7 = 35 m.

WACE Year 12 Essential Mathematics Utility modelling hard break-even graph

6. A water bill charges a fixed $83 plus $2.18 per kilolitre. A household uses 1.4 kL per day for 92 days. What is the total bill, to the nearest cent?

Choices

$363.78
$280.78
$211.84
$446.78

Explanation:

The usage is 1.4 x 92 = 128.8 kL. The usage charge is 128.8 x $2.18 = $280.78 to the nearest cent. The total bill is $83 + $280.78 = $363.78.

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Essential Mathematics practice sits inside WACE Mathematics Year 12 coverage for number, algebra, calculus, statistics, probability, networks, finance, trigonometry, and modelling, with Skill Align keeping the route focused on the selected maths pathway.

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Number and financial maths: Students practise number and financial maths through short targeted questions, explanations, and mode-specific feedback.
Measurement and practical geometry: Students practise measurement and practical geometry through short targeted questions, explanations, and mode-specific feedback.
Algebra and graphs: Students practise algebra and graphs through short targeted questions, explanations, and mode-specific feedback.

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Number and financial maths
Measurement and practical geometry
Algebra and graphs
Data and probability

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