Answer all the questions.

1 A map is drawn to a scale of 1 : 25 000.

(a) A highway is represented by a line of length 6.3 cm on the map. Calculate the
actual length of the highway, giving your answer in kilometres.
(b) The actual area of a zoo is 5.2 km 2 . Calculate the area on the map which
represents the zoo, giving your answer in square centimetres.

Answer (a) …………….…………..…..[1]

(b)……………………………..[1]

−3 2
5 5
2 (a) Simplify   ×   .
 x  x

(b) Given that 3 42 × 3 4 ÷ 9 3 = 81t , find the value of t.

Answer (a) …….………………………..[1]

(b)….………….………..… …..[1]

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3 A school event is attended by 60 men, 96 women and 120 children. They are divided into
small groups. What is the greatest number of groups that can be formed so that the men,
women and children are distributed equally among the groups?

Answer …..…….………………………..[2]

4 (a) x is directly proportional to y 2 . It is known that x = 36 for a particular value of y.

Find the value of x when this value of y is doubled.
(b) Given that p 2 is inversely proportional to q and p = 2 when q = 3, find the value
of q when p = 6.

Answer (a) ……………………….…….[1]

(b)……………………......……..[2]

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5 John invested $12 000 over a period of 3 years into each of two different plans, Plan A
and Plan B. Plan A offered an interest of 5.25% per annum compounded annually.
Plan B offered an interest of 5% per annum compounded monthly. Determine which plan
offers a better return. Show your workings clearly.

Answer ………………….……..……..[3]

6 Solve the simultaneous equations

2
− x + y = 10 ;
5
3y + x = 8

Answer x = …….……,y = ……..…….[3]

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7 Mr David marked the price of a dining table set at $805 so that he could make a profit of
15% on the cost price. During a sale, he gave a 5% discount to his customers on the
marked price.

(a) Find the cost price of the dining set.

(b) Find his percentage profit on the dining set if he sold it during the sale.

Answer (a) ……………….….…..……..[1]

(b)……………..…………….…..[2]

8 20 women, 12 men, 8 girls and 4 boys attended a party. Two of them were chosen, one
after the other, for a game.
Find the probability that
(a) the first person chosen is a female,
(b) both were adults,
(c) one adult and one child were chosen.

Answer (a) …….………………………..[1]

(b)….………….….….…… .…..[1]

(c)………….…..……...…….…..[1]

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 3+ x
9 (a) Given that x is a prime number such that 4 < ≤ 15 , find the smallest value
2
of x .
(b) Factorize ab + 2bx − 4ax − 8 x 2 completely.

Answer (a) ……………………..…..…..[1]

(b) ……………………….……...[2]

10 (a) Given that ξ={ x : x is an integer , 2 ≤ x < 17 }, A={ x : x is a prime number}

and B={ x : 3 x ≤ 16 }.
(i) List the elements of the set A.
(ii) Find A ∩ B .

Answer (a) (i) …………..…………………………..[1]

(ii)………………………………...……..[1]

(b) On the Venn Diagram shown in the answer space, shade the set
(A' ∩ B)'.

Answer (b)

A B

[1]

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11 A shop sells three types of rice, White rice, Brown rice and Mixed rice.
Each variety of rice is sold in packets of two different sizes, small and large. The sales in
two successive months are given in the table below.

July August
Small Large Small Large
White Rice 15 20 17 22
Brown Rice 13 21 11 9
Mixed Rice 18 12 10 6

 15 20 
 
The information for July’s sales can be represented by the matrix A =  13 21  .
 18 12 
 
 17 22 
 
The information for August is represented by the matrix B =  11 9  .
 10 6 
 
1
(a) Find C, where C = ( A + B) .
2

 1
(b) Given that P =   , find D = CP .
 1
(c) Hence, interpret the elements in matrix D.

Answer (a) …….……………...........…..[1]

(b) …….……………...........…..[1]

(c)….………….……..…… ……………………………………….………………………….…….…….[1]

…………………………………………………………………….……………………………………

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12 The side AB = 6 cm of triangle ABC is drawn in the answer space.

(a) Complete the triangle with BC = 8 cm and CA = 5 cm. [1]

(b) Plot a point P, which is equidistant from the points A and B and equidistant from
the lines AB and AC. [2]
(c) Measure the length of PC.

Answer (c) ……………………….…..[1]

2x + 3 4−x
13 Solve = .
2−x x+2

Answer …………………,………………[4]

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  − 3  7   − 4  − 2
14 If a =   , b =   , c =   and d =   ,
 2  − 12   x   5 
(a) find | a + b |,
(b) find the value of x if d is parallel to c.

Answer (a) …..….……………………..[1]

(b)….………….….……… …..[2]
1
(c) Using the value of x found in (b), draw the vector u = 2a + c, with O as its
2
initial point on the grid provided below.

[1]

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15 ABC is a triangle with vertices A(4,0), B(0,10) and C(x,y).

y C

O A x

(a) Find the coordinates of C, if the x coordinate of the midpoint of AC is 8 and the
13
gradient of the line AC is .
8
(b) Find the equation of the line passing through C and parallel to AB.

Answer (a) …….………………….…....[2]

(b)….……….….……….… …..[2]

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16 OPQ and PRS are triangles. PQR and RST are straight lines. OQ = 8 cm, QR = 6 cm
1
and RS = 5 cm. ∠PQO = ∠PRS = 90 o and sin θ = .
2

5 cm

Q
P R
6cm
θ

8 cm

(a) Find PR.

(b) Find tan ∠PST .

Answer (a) ……..…………………..…..[2]

(b)….…………...………… …..[2]

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17 A, B, C and D are points on a circle with centre O. BC = 15 units, ∠COD = 56 o ,
∠BAP = 47 o and AC is the diameter. PT is a tangent to the circle at A.

C
o o
5656
15 3
T
O
O

B
A 9
47 o

(a) Find the radius of the circle.

(b) Find ∠DCB .
(c) By showing your workings clearly, prove that the triangle DCB is not an
isosceles triangle.

Answer (a) …….……………………..[1]

(b)….………….………… …..[2]

(c)……………………………………………………………………………..………..………..[2]

……………………………………………………………………………………….

………………………………………………………………………………………..

.……………………………………………………………………………………….

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18 A class of 12 boys and 8 girls took a mathematics test. The boys’ scores were 4, 8, 6, 7, 8,
11, 7, 8, 11, 7, x - 4, 11.
(a) Find the value of x if the modal score for the boys is 8.
(b) Given that the mean score of the boys is 7.5,
(i) find the value of x,
(ii) find the mean score of the whole class if x = 6 and the mean score of the
girls is 8.

Answer (a) ……………………….……..[1]

(b) (i)……….……………….....[2]

(ii)…………….……………..[2]

19 Peter has 2 similar conical flasks. The ratio of the heights of the flasks is 5:1.
(a) If the volume of the bigger conical flask is 6250 cm 3 , find the volume of the
smaller conical flask.
(b) If the base area of the bigger conical flask is 187.5 cm 2 , find the height of the
smaller conical flask.

Answer (a) …….….…...………..….…..[2]

(b)….……………………… …..[3]

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20 George drives home from Town A to
Town B at a constantly increasing speed
for 2 h and then travels at a constant
speed of 50 km/h for an hour. He
increases his speed uniformly for
another hour until he reaches a speed of
70 km/h and then decelerates for an hour
before he comes to rest. The speed-time
graph of his journey is as shown.

(a) Calculate George’s speed at

t = 3.5 hr.
(b) What was George’s acceleration
during the last one hour?

Answer (a) …….………..………….…..[2]

(b)….……………………… …..[1]

(c) Draw the corresponding distance-time graph in the space provided.

Answer(c)

[2]

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21 (a) Express x 2 + 2 x − 15 in the form ( x − a ) 2 + b .
(b) Hence, solve the equation x 2 + 2 x − 15 = 0 .

Answer (a) ………………………….…..[1]

(b) …………………….………..[2]

(c) Sketch the graph of y = x 2 + 2 x − 15 , showing the axes intercepts and the
turning point clearly on the graph.

Answer (c)

O x

[2]

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22 (a) Find the value of x for the hexagon given below.

135 o

125 o

4x o + 20o

3 x o + 35 o 2 x o + 30 o

3 x o − 15o

Answer (a) …….…………………...…..[2]

(b) The diagram shows an incomplete figure made up of a square, a regular

hexagon and another regular polygon of n sides. Find the value of n.

Answer (b)….………….………..… …..[3]

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Answers:
1. a) 1.58 km 12. PC = 3.7 or 3.8

b) 83.2 cm 2 13. x = 0.152 or -13.2

x 14. a) 10.8
2. a)
5 b) x = 10
b) t = 10  − 8
c) u =  
 9 
3. a) 12 groups 15. a) C ( 12 , 13)
4. a) 144 b) 5x + 2y = 86
1 16. a) 19.9 cm
b)
3
5. Plan A : $ 13990.96, Plan B : b) -3.97
$13937.67 . Ans : Plan A
6. x = -10 ; y = 6 17. a) 11 cm
7. a) $700 b) 109 o
b) 9.25% c)
7 18. a) x = 12
8. a)
11 b) (i) x = 6
248 b) (ii) 7.7
b)
473
192 19. a) volume = 50 cm 3
c) b) h = 20 cm
473
9. a) 7
b) (a + 2x) (b - 4x) 20. a) v = 60 km/hr
10. a) (i) A = {2,3,5,7,11,13} b) acc = -70 km/hr 2
(ii) A ∩ B = {2,3,5} c) Distance
b) 1
At t=2 --------- t = × 2 × 50 = 50
ε 2
At t=3 ---------- t = 50 + 1× 50 = 100
At t=4 ---------- t =
B 1
A 100 + ( × (50 + 70) × 1 = 160
2
1
16 21 At t=5 -----------t = 160+ × 1× 70 = 195
  2
1. a) C = 12 15 
14 9  21 a) (x – (-1)) 2 +(-16)
  b) x = -5 or 3
c) y intercept is -15
 37  turning point : (-1 -16)
 
b) D =  27  x intercepts are -5 and 3.
 23  22 a) x = 30 o
 
c) The three elements represent the b) 12
average of the total of small and big
packets of the three kind of rice sold per
month.

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