Year 12 · VCE / Foundation Mathematics
Assessment and exam practice.
Plan a practice session around the assessment you are preparing for.
Try this with Foundation Mathematics
- Check the task format, time limit and permitted materials with your school.
- Start with one timed section or task and record where you spent the most time.
- Review errors before attempting another section. Separate missing knowledge from timing problems.
Practice paper focus areas
- Exam 1 — Percentage error with floor and ceiling values; Reading a time-series graph for the largest change; GST added to and extracted from a price
- Exam 2 — Unit conversion between metric and derived measures; Income tax scales and take-home pay; Similar triangles in a construction diagram
- Exam 3 — Ratio in simplest whole-number form; Comparing two mobile or internet plans; Surface area of a compound object
- Exam 4 — Transposition of a formula to find an unknown; Depreciation of a business asset; Perimeter and area of a compound floor plan
- Exam 5 — Leading-digit estimation of a bulk cost; Superannuation contributions over time; Scale drawing and enlargement factor
- Exam 6 — Percentage increase over a long time span; Mortgage repayments and total interest paid; Density as a derived measure
- Exam 7 — Simultaneous equations solved graphically; Invoicing and a Business Activity Statement; Volume of a cylinder or prism in litres
- Exam 8 — Ratio and proportion in a recipe or mixture; Insurance premiums and excess; Tolerance, accuracy and precision in a measurement
- Exam 9 — Rounding at the final step only; Leave entitlements and payroll calculations; Angle properties in a plan or diagram
- Exam 10 — Formula transposition with a two-step rearrangement; Debt consolidation and comparing credit options; Area of a triangular or circular section
- Exam 11 — Percentage discount and mark-up; Currency fluctuation and exchange rates; Net of a solid and its surface area
- Exam 12 — Break-even analysis for a small business; Renting versus buying a home; Capacity in litres from cubic centimetres
- Exam 13 — Direct variation with a constant of proportionality; Hire purchase and total cost of credit; Symmetry and transformations of a design
- Exam 14 — Simplifying and comparing ratios; Inflation and its effect on prices; Perimeter of a path or border of fixed width
- Exam 15 — Order of operations in a multi-step cost calculation; Marginal tax rate on additional income; Scale factor between plan and reality
- Exam 16 — Substitution into a measurement formula; Comparing insurance and warranty products; Volume of a compound object made of two solids
- Exam 17 — Rates and unit pricing to find the better buy; Investment growth over several years; Similar figures and missing side lengths
- Exam 18 — Solving a practical linear equation; Business income and expenditure summary; Area and cost of covering a surface
- Exam 19 — Proportional reasoning across three quantities; Loan interest across the life of a loan; Converting between area and volume units
- Exam 20 — Percentage change in both directions; Economic indicators and the gender pay gap; Surface area to be painted or tiled
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