SPM 2012 (Paper 2)

Penang
In an auditorium, there are 30 rows of seats. There are 15 seats in the first row, 17
seats in the second row and the number of seats in each subsequent row increases by
2. Calculate
(a) The number of seats in the 12
th
row. [2 marks]
(b) The total number of seats in the auditorium, [2 marks]
(c) The number of rows of seats that are required to accommodate 1000 spectators if
they have to fill up the seats from the first row onwards. [3 marks]

Perak

An arithmetic progression has 25 terms. The common difference is 3 and the second
term is -5. Given that the 22
nd
term of the progression is equal to the sum of the first
terms, find
(a) The first term, [1 mark]
(b) The value of , [4 marks]
(c) The middle term. [2 marks]

SBP

Diagram above shows the first three of an infinite series of circles. The first circle has a
diameter of 16cm, the second circle has a diameter of 8cm, the third circle has a
diameter of 4cm and so on. Find,
(a) The value of , if the total length of the circumferences of the first circles is
more than 30.5 cm, [4 marks]
(b) The total area, in
2
, of this infinite series of circles. [3 marks]


Kedah

(a) The sum of the first terms of an arithmetic progression is given by

=

2
(9 +3). Find
(i) The first term,
(ii) The common difference. [4 marks]

(b) Three consecutive terms in a geometric progression are + 1, 4 and 11 + 3
respectively. It is given that is a positive integer. Find
(i) The value of ,
(ii) The common ratio. [4 marks]

Sarawak

A strip of metal is cut and bent to form some semicircles. The diagram above shows
the first four semicircles formed. The radius of the smallest semicircle is 5cm. The
radius of each subsequent semicircle is increased by 8cm. [ Use =
22
7
]
(a) If the radius of the largest semicircle is 77cm, find the number of semi circles
formed. [3 marks]
(b) Calculate the total cost needed to form all the semicircles in (a) if the cost of the
metal strip is RM7 per meter. [4 marks]

WP

Diagram above shows part of the arrangement of the circular discs, of the same size,
used to decorate a wall. Each subsequent layer is three discs less than the previous
ones. Calculate
(a) The number of discs on the first layer if the number of discs on the eight layer is
125. [3 marks]
(b) The number of layers that can be formed. [2 marks]
(c) The number of discs from the fifth layer until the tenth layer. [3 marks]
Selangor

Kamal and Mugilan start working on the same day. Kamal earns RM4.00 for the first
days. His earning increases by RM for every subsequent day. He earns RM40.00 on
his 19
th
day of working. Mugilan earns a fixed salary of RM30.00 per day. Find
(a) The value of , [2 marks]
(b) The minimum number of working days when Kamals total earnings exceed
Mugilans total earnings. [4 marks]

MRSM

Diagram above shows a series of sectors of concentric circles with centre . The
radius of the first sector is cm. the radius of each of the succeeding sector increases
by 3cm from the radius of the sector before it and = 1.25 radians.
(a) Show that the length of arc of the sectors forms an arithmetic progression.
[2 marks]
(b) Hence, if the radius of the 5
th
sector is 16cm, find
(i) The length of arc of the 12
th
sector,
(ii) The sum of the length of arcs for the first 20 sectors. [5 marks]

Pahang

Diagram above shows a part of semicircles. The semicircle with the diameter
and center . The second semicircle with a diameter and center . This
patent is continuously for the next semicircle.
The length of is 4cm. Find
(a) The length of the 8
th
circumference of the semicircles, in term of cm
(b) If the arc of the semicircles are build using wires and the cost for the wire is
RM0.01 for 1cm, calculate the total cost needed to built 10 semicircles.
[6 marks]

Terengganu

A roll of rope is to be cut into several pieces. The first piece of the rope is 25cm in
length and the length of each subsequent piece is 2cm longer than the preceding piece.
(a) Find the length of the 9
th
piece of the rope. [2 marks]
(b) If the length of a roll of rope is 13m,
(i) The number of pieces of rope that can be cut from the roll of the rope.
(ii) The length of the longest part of the rope. [4 marks]

Melaka

Company Supper made a profit of RM60 000 in the year 2008. The companys profit
grew by 10.5% from year to year. Calculate
(a) The profit, to the nearest RM, for the year 2012. [2 marks]
(b) The minimum value of such that the profit in the

year will exceed

RM300,000 [3 marks]
(c) The total profit, to the nearest RM, made by the company from year 2008 to 2012.
[2 marks]