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Anglo-Chinese School
(Barker Road)
MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2008
SECONDARY 4
NORMAL ACADEMIC
4E1
MATHEMATICS 4042
PAPER 1

2 HOURS
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Answer all questions.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question.
The use of calculators IS allowed.
The total of the marks for this paper is 80.
You are expected to use a scientific calculator to evaluate explicit numerical expressions.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the
answers to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For , use either your calculator value or 3.142.
This question paper consists of 17 printed pages

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1.

Express
(a) 0.09554 correct to 2 decimal places,
(b) 2345 correct to 2 significant figures.

Answer

2.

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

The temperature in a meat packing room is 16C .

The temperature outside the packing room is 25C .
(a) Find the difference between these two temperatures.
(b) When a poultry is immediately taken out of the meat packing room,
its temperature will rise steadily by 1.2C every 10 minutes.
Find the temperature of the poultry after half an hour.

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(a)

C [1]

(b)

C [1]

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3.

(a) Factorise 14a 21b.

(b) Evaluate 3 x 2 y when x = 2 and y = 1.

Answer

4.

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

The number of students in ACS (Barker Road) in 2007 was 5% higher

than in 2006. The number in 2008 is 20% higher than in 2007.
Find the total percentage increase in the number of students from 2006 to
2008.

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% [2]

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5.

A bank pays 6% compound interest per year.

David puts in $700 in the bank.
Calculate the amount of money David has in the bank at the end of 4 years.
Leave your answer to 2 decimal places.

Answer

6.

[2]

In the diagram below, BDF is a straight line and BD = DE = EF. The line
ABC is parallel to EF, BDE = 110.
Calculate (a) DEF,
(b)

ABE.
A

110

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(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

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7.

If 4 x 8 and 10 y 12 , find
(a) the smallest value of x y,
(b)

the largest value of

x
.
y

Answer

8.

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

Given that the interior angles of a pentagon are 4q , q , (5 q ) , 2q

and ( 4 q ) , calculate the value of q.

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q=

[2]

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Given that the line y = 6x + c passes through the point ( 1 , 8) , find c.

Answer

10.

c=

[2]

Cassidy either takes his breakfast or skips his breakfast before he goes to
school each morning.
2
The probability that he takes his breakfast is .
3
1
When he takes his breakfast, the probability that he is late is .
9
4
When he skips his breakfast, the probability that he is late is .
9
Answer

(a) Complete the probability tree diagram.

(
(

(b)

2
)
3

[1]

NOT late

takes breakfast
(

1
)
9

late
NOT late

skips breakfast
late

Find the probability that, on a particular morning, he is late.

Answer (b)

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11.

On a map, 1 cm represents 5 km.

(a) What is the actual distance represented by 4.2 cm on the map?
(b) What is the area on the map that represents a farm of area 85 km2 ?

Answer

12.

(a)

km [1]

(b)

cm2 [2]

Evaluate
(a) 7 41
, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
7.68
(b)

2.13 10 5
, giving your answer in standard form.
3 10 1

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(a)

[1]

(b)

[2]

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13.

Solve the simultaneous equations.

2x y 3
x 2 y 10

Answer

x=
y=

14.

[3]

Find the length of BC and AD from the following diagram.

A

3 cm
E

5 cm

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15 cm

(a)

BC =

cm [1]

(b)

AD =

cm [2]

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15.

(a)

Write down the next two terms in the following sequence.

60, 55, 54, 49, 48, 43, ________, ________.

(b)

Given that the nth term of a sequence of numbers is

n 2
(n 1) , find
2

the sum of the first three terms.

Answer (a)

[1]

(b)

16.

[2]

A man leaves work at 17 40 and takes 100 minutes to travel 50 km to his

home. Calculate
(a) the time at which he arrives home,
(b) his average speed in kilometres per hour.

Answer

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(a)

[1]

(b)

km/h [2]

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17.

Find the area of the following diagram, which consists of a trapezium, a

rectangle and a quadrant.
22
(Use
)
35 cm
7

9 cm
14 cm

14.8 cm

cm2 [4]

Answer

18.

4
x , express h in terms of y and x.
3

(a)

Given the equation y 2h 2

(b)

Solve the equation x 2 5 x 14 = 0 by factorization.

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(a)

[2]

(b)

[3]

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19.

Two containers, B and C, both of height 21 cm, stand on a horizontal

table. B is a cuboid with a square base of side 3 cm. C is an inverted cone
with base radius of 2 cm.
(a) Calculate the volume of each container.
(b)

C is initially full of water and B is empty. All the water in C is

poured into B. Calculate the depth of water in B.
22
1
, Volume of cone = base area height]
[Take to be
7
3

C
B

Answer

(a)
(b)

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B=

cm3, C =

cm3 [2]
cm [2]

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20.

(a)

Express each of the numbers 10,15 and 25 as a product of prime

factors.

(b)

Buses on each of three separate routes start at 0800.

On one route the buses leave every 10 minutes.
On the second route buses leave every 15 minutes.
On the third route buses leave every 25 minutes.
At what time will the buses on all three routes next leave together?

Answer

(a)

10 =
15 =
25 =

(b)

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y

21.

5
B
4
3
2
1
-2

A
-1

-1
-2

(a) In the diagram above, a line passes through A (1, 0) and B (1, 4).
(i) Calculate the gradient of the line AB.
(ii)

Write down the equation of the line AB.

(b) Draw the line y = x in the diagram above.

(c)

[1]

Write down the coordinates of the point of intersection of the lines

y = x and AB.

Answer

(a)(i)

[1]

(a)(ii)

[1]

(c)

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22.

The exchange rate between the Singapore dollar and the Malaysian ringgit
is S $ 1.00 to RM 2.28 . Find
(a) the cost in Singapore dollars if a hotel in Malaysia charges
RM 90 per room for a day .
the cost in Malaysian ringgit if an air ticket to Kuala Lumpur
costs S$ 192.00 .
Leave your answers to two decimal places.
(b)

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(a)

S$

[2]

(b)

RM

[2]

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23.

(a)

(b)

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Using protractor, ruler and compasses, construct a triangle ABC

below such that AB = 5 cm, AC = 8.1 cm and ABC = 123.

[3]

On the same diagram, draw a perpendicular bisector XY for the line

BC. XY intersect AC at the point P. Label the point P on your
diagram.

[2]

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24.

A fishmonger sells fishes, squids, king prawns and crabs. The pie chart
represents each of these items he sold on a certain day.
(a) Express the number of crabs sold as a fraction of the total number of
items sold.
(b)

Calculate the number of squids sold, given that he sold 80 crabs.

(c)

Given that the number of fishes sold is twice as many as the number
of prawns sold, calculate the number of fishes sold.
Squids
130o

Crabs

Large
Prawns

20o
Fishes

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[1]

(b)

[1]

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25.

The figures show the number of pets owned by each household for 20
families.
0
3
1
4

2
4
2
2

1
3
3
1

1
0
2
0

0
1
2
1

(a)

Draw a histogram in the answer space to display this information.

(b)

Find the mode.

(c)

Find the median.

(d)

Find the mean.

[2]

Answer (a)

Frequency
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

No. of pets per household

Answer (b)

[1]

(c)

[1]

(d)

[2]

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