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Concerning test material in general, the Swedish Board of Education refers to the Official Secrets Act ,the regulation about secrecy, 4th chapter 3rd paragraph. For this material, the secrecy is valid until the expiration of January 1999.

Instructions
Test period Resources Working methods Weeks 39-51 1998. According to local decision at the school. The responsible teacher will inform you about the working methods concerning the Open-Solutions part of the test. The test material should be handed in together with your solutions or notes. The Open-Solutions part consists of two different variants, one written and one oral. The responsible teacher will inform you of which variant you should do. The questions in the problems may be of such kind that you have to decide on the possible interpretations. You should present the assumptions which form the basis for your computations and conclusions. Even a partial solution may be a basis for the teachers evaluation of your work. A description of what the teacher may consider when evaluating your work is attached to the problems. If anything is unclear, ask your teacher. Written variant: The written variant consists of one problem. The test time is decided locally at your school, but is at least 60 minutes. Write your name, the name of your education programme / adult education, and your date of birth on all the sheets you hand in. Oral variant: The oral variant consists of nine problems. You either choose one problem, or the responsible teacher tells you which problem you should do. At the end of the test time you should present your solution orally. The test time is decided locally at your school, but is at least one lesson.

Test material:

The test

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1. PAIR OF CIRCLES
On the opposite side, two circles of different sizes are drawn. Examine and calculate the relationships between a) the lengths of the circles (radius, diameter and circumference). b) the areas of the circles. c) the volumes when you fold the circles into cones as shown in the figures below. You are allowed to cut out the circles and measure them. Present your investigation and your conclusions.

Fold the circle in the middle to form a semicircle.

Fold the circle once again Pull the layers of paper in the middle to form a apart, so that you have quarter of a circle. one layer on one side and three layers on the other side. A cone has now been formed.

Show that your results are true for all pairs of circles if the radius of the first circle is twice as long as the radius of the second circle. (Hint: call the radius of the small circle r.) Examine, as in a, b and c other pairs of circles, where the radius of the first circle is three times as long as the radius of the second circle, where the radius of the first circle is four times as long as the radius of the second circle and so on. What conclusions can you draw from your investigation?

When evaluating your work, the techer will consider the following: how systematic you are in your investigations how well you present your work and justify your conclusions how well you show that your conclusions are correct what mathematical knowledge you present

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2:1 CARPETS
In a shop they sell custom-made carpets. The price of the carpet is 295 SEK/m2 and to add edging to the carpet costs120 SEK/m. a) What is the price of a rectangular carpet with dimensions 2.50 m x 3.20 m with edging on all sides? At the carpet shop they want to use their computer to print bills. To do so, they need a formula to calculate the price of rectangular carpets of different length and width, and with edging on all sides. Write down such a formula. What would the formula look like if the carpet was round?

b)

c)

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:2 THE CHOCOLATE BALL

The chocolate ball was enough for 17000 The worlds probably largest chocolate ball was made by hlns Bakery in Ume. It was shown at Rdhustorget in June 1988. The unparalleled ball was produced to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the city of Ume. It consisted of 135 kg butter, 18 kg sugar, 162 kg oatmeal, 22,5 kg cocoa, 2,7 kg vanilla and 2,7 kg mocha. During the day, 17 000 people who loved sweets each had a piece to taste. The worlds largest Swiss roll, 2053 metres long, was made by Konsumbagarn at Folkforum in Ume in 1989. The Swiss roll, which was decorated with butter cream, was sold in pieces of 25 cm in aid of a forest project in Kenya. It took 400 hours for 10 persons to make the Swiss roll.

The above text could be read on the milk cartons from Norrmejerier. Use it to answer the following questions. With these ingredients, the weight of each dm3 of the chocolate ball was 1.0 kg. How large was the volume of the ball?

a)

b)

Swiss rolls are cylinder-shaped. A cross-section of the Swiss roll was circular with a diameter of 7 cm. Which one had the largest volume, the Swiss roll or the chocolate ball?

c)

We assume that the chocolate ball was spherical What was the length of the diameter?

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:3 STINAS ROOM

Stinas family are going to build a summer house. Stina has been promised a room of her own, according to the drawing below.
Window

Scale 1:100

a) b)

What is the area of her room? Stina wants to put up a skirting-board on all four walls. How much skirting-board does she at least have to buy? Stina wants to paper her room. A roll of wallpaper is 53 cm wide and 10.5 m long. How can she find out how many rolls of wallpaper she has to buy?

c)

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:4 FLOWER-BED
Elin has been instructed by her dad to prepare a beautiful flower-bed along the wall. She chooses to make it semicircular and she is going to place kerbstones around it. She has 20 stones and each one is 1.5 dm long. a) How much of the wall will the flower-bed cover? How many flowers are needed along the edge of the flower-bed if the plants are to be placed with a space of 12 cm between them? Elin buys 150 litres of earth. How thick layer of earth will cover the flower-bed?

b)

c)

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:5 LANDING
When an air-plane is ordered to land, it flies at a height of 500 metres above the ground. At that time, the horizontal distance along the ground to the runway is 10 km. The speed of the descent must be constant. a) b) What is the remaining distance the air-plane has to fly? Calculate the angle v of the approach that the air-plane must have at the descent.

10 km

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:6 HOT WATER

In a community, the price of one cubic metre of cold water is 19.75 SEK. The price is twice as high if the water is heated to bath- and shower temperature. a) b) Draw a sketch of a bath-tub, put down the measures and estimate the volume. During a shower, around 40 litres of water are used. How much does it cost to take a hot shower respectively a hot bath? Assume that you use x cubic metres of hot water during one year. Write down an expression for the cost, K(x), if a fixed cost of 1000 SEK/year is added.

c)

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:7 AQUARIUM
You are going to build an aquarium of glass of about 160 litres. a) Suggest suitable measures. Describe how you arrived at these measures and draw a sketch of the aquarium with the measures noted. How much glass do you need? Can you change the measures of your aquarium so that the volume is the same but less glass is needed?

b) c)

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:8 TRIANGLES
In the triangles below, lines have been drawn from a point P on the base to the midpoints on the two other sides.

a)

In each of these triangles, examine the relationship between the area of the whole triangle and the sum of the grey-shaded areas. You can use a ruler if you like. What can you conclude from this? Show that your conclusion is valid for all shapes and sizes of triangles, and for all positions of P.

b)

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use

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2:9 POOL
Markus wants to know how long time it takes to fill his pool with water from the garden hose. He measures the time it takes to fill a bucket with 10 litres of water. It takes ca 30 s.

How long time does it take to fill the pool to three quarters with water?

POOL

Diameter: 3.5 m. Height: 0.90 m

When evaluating your presentation, the teacher will consider the following: how well you present and explain the line of thought in your solution what mathematical language and mode of expression you use