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SACE General Mathematics Practice Exams with Worked Solutions

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The 20 practice exams inside the SACE General Mathematics Mastery Pack, each set out like the real paper with a separate worked-solution guide. Open any paper to see what it covers.

  1. Practice Exam 190 marks · 9 questions
    • Critical path from a precedence table: critical path and minimum completion time
    • Savings annuity: regular deposit and total interest earned
    • Linear regression: interpreting slope and using r² to justify strength
    • Reducing-balance home loan: repayment, balance owing and interest saved by extra payments
    • Hungarian algorithm on a 4×4 cost array
  2. Practice Exam 290 marks · 9 questions
    • Drawing a directed network with a dummy link from a precedence table
    • Compound interest: nominal to effective rate comparison of two investments
    • Normal distribution: 68:95:99.7% rule and inverse normal in a manufacturing context
    • Superannuation: present value annuity providing a monthly income
    • Slack time and the effect of delaying a non-critical task
  3. Practice Exam 390 marks · 8 questions
    • Exponential regression: interpreting a and b and extrapolating with a reliability comment
    • Loan comparison rates including set-up and ongoing fees
    • Forward and backward scans on a given network
    • Investment eroded by tax and inflation
    • Hungarian algorithm with a dummy column (non-square array)
  4. Practice Exam 490 marks · 9 questions
    • Scatter plot description and Pearson's r with an outlier removed
    • Interest-only loan with a sinking fund
    • Precedence table from a network and minimum completion time
    • Savings plan: number of periods to reach a target future value
    • Maximum-profit assignment via the Hungarian algorithm
  5. Practice Exam 590 marks · 9 questions
    • Residual plot: deciding a linear model is inappropriate
    • Reducing-balance loan: interest in a specified interval and balance after n payments
    • Critical path: crashing a task and identifying a new critical path
    • Retirement income: how long a lump sum lasts at a given withdrawal
    • Assignment problem interpreted in context: one-to-one assumption
  6. Practice Exam 690 marks · 8 questions
    • Normal distribution: non-standard proportions and a quality-control cut-off
    • Effective annual rate of a flat-interest offer
    • Directed network with two dummy links and multiple critical paths
    • Offset account versus lump-sum payment on a mortgage
    • Hungarian algorithm: recognising two optimal assignments
  7. Practice Exam 790 marks · 9 questions
    • Linear regression prediction by interpolation with r² justification
    • Annuity: comparing fortnightly and monthly deposits
    • Critical path analysis: EST, LST and slack for every task
    • Inflation-adjusted value of a long-term deposit
    • Hungarian algorithm on a 5×5 minimisation array
  8. Practice Exam 890 marks · 9 questions
    • Exponential model: percentage change per unit and an extrapolated prediction
    • Personal loan: total interest and the effect of halving the term
    • Precedence table with a dummy link and minimum completion time
    • Present value annuity: reversing the savings model for income
    • Assignment problem: squaring up a 5×4 array
  9. Practice Exam 990 marks · 8 questions
    • Causality versus correlation with a third variable
    • Superannuation accumulation then drawdown in two phases
    • Slack time calculation and interpretation of a delayed task
    • Comparison of two loans by comparison rate and fees
    • Hungarian algorithm: maximisation of total rating
  10. Practice Exam 1090 marks · 9 questions
    • Normal distribution: values between two non-integer z-bounds and an inverse normal warranty
    • Compound interest: doubling time and interest rate to reach a target
    • Critical path from a network with dummy links
    • Extra repayments: interest saved and time saved on a home loan
    • Assignment problem with a forbidden allocation treated as a large cost
  11. Practice Exam 1190 marks · 9 questions
    • Scatter plot form and strength; r vs r²
    • Savings annuity with a change of interest rate part-way through
    • Minimum completion time vs last EST on a directed network
    • Interest-only loan versus reducing-balance loan over the same term
    • Hungarian algorithm minimisation with a dummy row
  12. Practice Exam 1290 marks · 8 questions
    • Residuals calculated by hand and plotted; exponential model fitted instead
    • Comparison of two savings accounts via effective rates
    • Backward scan and LST from a given forward scan
    • Loan balance after a lump-sum payment and the new payoff time
    • Assignment problem: reading the optimal assignment from the reduced array
  13. Practice Exam 1390 marks · 9 questions
    • Linear regression: intercept interpretation and an extrapolation warning
    • Income annuity: payment size to last exactly 25 years
    • Precedence table built from a written task description
    • Effect of an interest-rate rise on a variable-rate mortgage
    • Hungarian algorithm: the covering-lines test and further reduction
  14. Practice Exam 1490 marks · 9 questions
    • Normal distribution: proportion outside ±2σ and expected count in a batch
    • Compound interest with tax on interest each year
    • Critical path: identifying critical tasks and explaining why a delay matters
    • Comparison rate for a loan with a monthly fee
    • Assignment of six contenders to four positions (dummy columns)
  15. Practice Exam 1590 marks · 8 questions
    • Exponential regression: initial value and growth factor in a population context
    • Regular savings with an inflation-adjusted target
    • Directed network drawing with a bipartite ordering aid
    • Reducing the term of a loan by increasing payment frequency
    • Hungarian algorithm applied to a distance array and interpreted in context
  16. Practice Exam 1690 marks · 9 questions
    • Pearson's r, scatter plot and a prediction by interpolation with a reliability comment
    • Present value of a series of future payments
    • Slack time and float for parallel tasks
    • Interest-only loan cost versus paying principal and interest
    • Maximisation assignment converted to minimisation
  17. Practice Exam 1790 marks · 9 questions
    • Normal distribution: inverse normal for the top 10% and a quality tolerance
    • Effective annual rate to compare a daily-compounded account with a monthly one
    • Critical path after shortening two tasks (new path)
    • Loan repayment and total interest, then an offset-account comparison
    • Hungarian algorithm with two zeros in a row: multiple solutions
  18. Practice Exam 1890 marks · 8 questions
    • Residual plot interpretation and choice of exponential model
    • Superannuation: contributions then a monthly pension
    • Precedence table with dummy link justification
    • Comparison of fixed and variable rate loans by total interest
    • Assignment problem with unequal numbers of workers and jobs
  19. Practice Exam 1990 marks · 9 questions
    • Scatter plot with an influential outlier: r before and after removal, justification
    • Savings annuity: total deposits vs total interest
    • Minimum completion time and critical path from a precedence table
    • Sinking fund to repay an interest-only loan
    • Hungarian algorithm on a 4×4 maximisation array
  20. Practice Exam 2090 marks · 9 questions
    • Linear vs exponential model choice with r² and residuals
    • Present value annuity: how much to invest for a given fortnightly income
    • Critical path analysis with three dummy links
    • Home loan: balance owing after 10 years and interest paid so far
    • Assignment problem interpreted for reasonableness in context
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