COMMONWEALTH SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2009

SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS/FIVE NORMAL

MATHEMATICS 4016/02
Paper 2 27 August 2009
10 45 – 13 15 2 hours 30 minutes
Additional Materials: Writing Paper
Graph Paper (1 sheet)

NAME: _____________________________ ( ) CLASS: ________

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
Calculators should be used where appropriate.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the
answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For  , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in
terms of  .

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total of the marks for this paper is 100.

This question paper consists of 11 printed pages including the cover page.
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Mathematical Formulae

Compound Interest
n
 r 
Total amount = P 1  
 100 

Mensuration
Curved surface area of a cone =  rl
Surface area of a sphere = 4 r 2
1 2
Volume of a cone = r h
3
4 3
Volume of a sphere = r
3
1
Area of triangle ABC = ab sin C
2
Arc length = r , where  is in radians
1 2
Sector area = r  , where  is in radians
2

Trigonometry
a b c
 
sin A sin B sin C
a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A

Statistics

Mean =  fx
f
2
2

Standard deviation =
 fx   fx 

f   f 
 

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Answer all the questions.

1 (a) National Petroleum Company (NPC) provides 3 different grades

of petrol. The price per litre of each grade of petrol is as follows:
Petrol Grade Price per Litre ($)
Grade 92 1.687
Grade 95 1.767
Grade 98 1.870
(i) Mr Soh pumped 42 litres of Grade 98 petrol for his car.
Calculate the amount of money he paid for the petrol. [1]
(ii) Mr Soh’s car has a petrol consumption rate of 12.5 km
per litre. Calculate the distance his car can travel with
$50 worth of Grade 98 petrol. [2]
(iii) During a promotion month, the cost per litre of Grade 95
petrol was reduced by 15% but an instant rebate of $5
was given to car owners who pumped Grade 92 petrol.
What is the maximum volume of Grade 92 petrol to be
pumped before the total cost becomes more than the
cost of pumping Grade 95 petrol? Give your answer in
litres correct to 1 decimal place. [3]
(b) A shopkeeper sells two types of luxury handbags, Elegant and
Convenient. Elegant handbags cost $7500 a piece and
Convenient handbags cost $240 less.
(i) Write down, in its simplest form, the ratio of the cost of
Elegant handbags to Convenient handbags. [1]
(ii) Given that the shopkeeper sold an Elegant handbag at a
discount of 15% and a Convenient handbag at a
discount of $50, calculate the total percentage discount
given on the sale of the handbags. [2]

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2 Each diagram in the sequence below is made up of a number of dots.

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Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4

(a) Draw the next diagram in the sequence. [1]

(b) The table shows the number of dots in each diagram.
Diagram 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of dots 1 6 13 22 p q
Write down the values of p and of q . [2]
(c) The formula for finding the number of dots in the n th diagram is
An 2  Bn  C , where A , B and C are constants. Find the
values of A , B and of C . [3]
(d) Find the number of dots in Diagram 10. [1]
(e) Which diagram has 253 dots? [2]
a2  6ab  9b 2 5a2  45b 2
3 (a) (i) Simplify  .
6ac  3ad 2ac  ad  6bc  3bd [3]
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(ii) Solve 4 .
2  x  1 3  x  1 [2]
(b) A box contains several red discs and green discs. A disc is
randomly chosen and then placed back into the box and the
process is repeated several times. The probability of choosing a
red disc is p .
(i) Write down, in terms of p , the probability of choosing a
green disc. [1]
(ii) The process was repeated 8 times. Find the probability
that
(a) a red disc was chosen every time, [1]
(b) at least one green disc was chosen. [1]

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4 In the diagram, ACB  90 , ABC  51 , BEC  35 ,

ACD  103 , CD  4 cm, BC  4.6 cm and CE  7.3 cm.

Calculate
(a) CBE , [2]
(b) the length of CA , [1]
(c) the length of AD , [3]
(d) the area of triangle BCE , [2]
(e) the shortest distance from E to CB produced. [2]

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5 An airplane is scheduled to fly to its destination 3500 km away. The

speed of the airplane in still air is 600 km/h and the speed of wind,
which is constant throughout, is x km/h. Due to a haze, the speed of
the airplane in still air is reduced by 10%.
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x , for the time taken by
the airplane, in hours, if it is flying in the direction of the wind. [1]
(b) Write down an expression, in terms of x , for the time taken by
the airplane, in hours, if it is flying against the wind. [1]
(c) The difference in arrival time is 1 hour and 10 minutes. Write
down an equation in terms of x , and show that it reduces to
x 2  6000 x  291600  0 . [3]
(d) Solve the equation x 2  6000 x  291600  0 . [3]
(e) Hence, find the time taken by the airplane, in hours and
minutes, if it is flying in the direction of the wind when there is
no haze. [2]

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6 In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle and points P , S , T and

R lie on the circumference of the circle. The tangent at P meets RT
produced at Q . TS  PS , TQ  SQ and TRP  36 .
(a) Find

(i) reflex angle POT , [2]

(ii) PTS , [2]
(iii) PQS . [3]
(b) Show that PS bisects QPT . [3]

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7 (a) The diagram shows the cross-section of a swing in a children’s

playground. The seat is suspended on a 1.8 m long rope. To
oscillate the swing, the seat is pulled back to point A and
released to swing an angle of 62° to point A ‘. The seat makes
one complete oscillation when it moves from point A to point A’
and back to point A again.

62° 1.8 m

A’ A

(i) Calculate the distance moved by the swing seat from

point A to point A’. [2]
(ii) Assuming that the swing oscillates regularly from point A
to point A’, find the speed of the swing, in metres per
minute, if it makes 5 complete oscillations in 2 minutes. [2]
(b) The diagram shows the swing and a bench, 4 m away, in the
children’s playground. Both the bench seat and swing seat are
at the same height above the ground.

1.8 m

4m

(i) Calculate the angle of depression of the edge of the

bench seat from the top of the swing. [2]
(ii) A bird flies from the edge of the bench seat to the top of
the swing. Calculate the distance the bird flies. [2]

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8 (a) A factory manufactures small decorative ornaments. Each

decorative ornament is made up of two parts: a solid
hemisphere with radius 7 cm and a solid cone with a height 10
cm, as shown in Diagram I.

7 cm
10 cm

Diagram I

(i) Calculate the volume of the hemisphere. [2]

(ii) The volume of the hemisphere is 3 times the volume of
the cone. Find the base radius of the cone. [2]
(iii) Given that the solid cone is made with a light plastic
material with a density of 0.9 g/cm3, find the mass of the
material used for the cone. [2]
The two pieces are joined together to form the
decorative ornament as shown in Diagram II.
(iv) Calculate the total external surface area of
the ornament.

Diagram II [4]
(b) Given that the area of the major sector is
98 cm2, find the value of  and hence
calculate the perimeter of the major
sector. 6 cm
 rad.

[2]

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9 The cumulative frequency curve below represents the daily wages of

80 male employees in a company.

80

70
Cumulative Frequency

60

50

40

30

20

10

0 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65
Daily Wages ($)

Use the graph to estimate

(a) the median daily wage, [1]
(b) the interquartile range, [2]
(c) the value of z such that 77.5% of the male employees have a
daily wage more than $ z . [2]
The box-and-whisker diagram
represents the daily wages of
60 female employees in the
same company.
10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Daily Wages ($)

(d) Find the median daily wage of the female employees and the
interquartile range. [3]
(e) Compare and comment briefly on the daily wages of the male
and female employees in the company. [2]
(f) Find the probability that an employee chosen at random from all
the employees has a daily wage less than or equal to $38. [2]

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10 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The following table gives the corresponding values of x and y , which

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are connected by the equation y   2x  9 , correct to 1 decimal
x
place.
x 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
y 12 7.5 4.7 2.3 0 -2.2 p -6.4
(a) Calculate the value of p correct to 1 decimal place. [1]
(b) Using a scale of 2 cm for 1 unit on the x -axis and 1 cm for 1
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unit on the y -axis, draw the graph of y   2x  9 for the
x
values of x in the range 1  x  8 . [3]
(c) Use your graph to find the value of y when x  2.5 . [1]
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(d) Use your graph to solve the equation  2 x  1.
x [2]
(e) Find the coordinates of the point on the graph for which the
gradient of the curve is -4. [2]
(f) By drawing a suitable straight line, solve the equation
4 x 2  6 x  5  0 for 1  x  8 . [3]

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