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Solution
Stage Test 2 6. 11.
Level 1 Total amount on buying the snacks The amount remaining in each month
1.  $[(3r  5)  (9  r)] 1M  $15 000  (1  28%) 1M
a2 6  $(3r  5  9  r) 1M  $15 000  72% 1M
  a3   $(3r  r  5  9)  $10 800
2 a4
 $[(3  1)r  (5  9)] 1M 1A
 6   a2  a3   $( 2r  4)
     1M
 2   a4  1A 12.
3a 234
1M Let the original number of staff be x. 1M
7. 74  x  (1  7.5%) 1M
 3a
(3s  8)(4s  3) 74  x  92.5% 1M
1A
= 3s(4s  3)  8(4s  3) x  74  92.5%
= 3s(4s)  3s(3)  8(4s)  8(3) x  80
2.
(a) Degree  5
= 12s2  9s  32s  24 2M  The original number of staff is 80. 1M
= 12s2  (9  32)s  24 1M
1A
= 12 s
2
 23s  24
 Decrease in the number of staff
Number of terms  4 1A  80  74
1A 6
(b) x5  2x3  3x2  5 1A
8. 1A
3. Total amount that Kenneth should pay
13.
(a) Constant term  9 1A  $[(x  5)  (2x  3)] 1M
Percentage decrease in weight
Coefficient of the k term  5
3
1A  $[x(2x  3)  5(2x  3)]
(50  45) kg
 $[x(2x)  x(3)  5(2x)  5(3)]   100% 1M
(b)  9 + 4k  2k2  5k3 1A  $(2x2  3x  10x  15) 2M 50 kg
 $[2x2  (3  10)x  15] 1M 5 kg
4. 2   100%
 $( 2 x  7 x  15) 50 kg
(a) 7a  5  6a  7a  6a  5
 (7  6)a  5 1M 1A 1A
 13a  5 1A  10%
9.
1A
(b) 5m  3n  4n  7m 3h(2h  5)  6h
 5m  7m  3n  4n =3h(2h)  (3h)(5)  6h 14.
 (5  7)m  (3  4)n 1M =6h2  15h  6h 1M The time of flight
 2m  n =6h2  (15  6)h 1M  16 hours  (1  10%) 1M
2
1A = 6h  9 h  16 hours  90% 1M
1A  14.4 hours
5.
1A
(3x2  4)  (2x2  5x)  (12  7x) 10.
 3x2  4  2x2  5x  12  7x 2M The change 15.
 3x2  2x2  5x  7x  4  12  $[100  8  (2x  3)] 1M Let $x be the monthly salary last year. 1M
 (3  2)x2  (5  7)x  (4  12) 1M  $[100  8(2x)  8(3)] 9400  x  (1  17.5%) 1M
 x  2x  8
2
 $(100  16x  24) 1M 9400  x  1.175 1M
1A  $(100  24  16x) 1M x  9400  1.175
 $(124  16 x ) x  8000
1A  The monthly salary last year was
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Stage Test 2

16. 21. Level 2

Profit percentage District Tally Frequency 26.
$(1680  800) H.K. Island //// // 7 (a) m  4  m  4  4  m  4
  100% 1M
$800 Kln. East /// 3  (4  4  4  4)  (m  m  m) 1M
4 3
Kln. West //// 5 4 m
$880
  100% N.T. East //// 4 2A
$800
N.T. West //// 5 5A
1M (b) k  5  5k  k  5
 110 %  (5  5  5)  (k  k  k) 1M
22. 3 3
1A  5 k
(a) The month with the least number of
traffic accidents in city A is August. 1A 2A
17.
Let $x be the cost of the chair. 1M (b) Required percentage 27.
140  x  (1  12.5%) 1M 42 (a) 5a4b3  (8b5a2)
  100% 1M  1A
140  x  87.5% 1M 60  (5  8)  (a4  a2)  (b3  b5) 1M
x  140  87.5%  70%  40  a4  2  b3  5 1M
x  160 1A
6 8
 40 a b
 The cost of the chair is $160. 1M
1A
 Loss  $(160  140) 23.
(a) Angle of the sector 22 x 6 y 8
 $20 (b)  
30 2 y4 x2
1A   360 1M
200
 22   x 6   y 8 
18.  54     2    4  1M
Let $x be the marked price of the oven. 1M 1A
 2  x  y 
495  x  (1  34%) 1M (b) Angle of the sector  11  x6  2  y8  4 1M
495  x  66% 1M  360  1% 1M  11x y
4 4
1A
x  495  66%  3.6
x  750 28.
1A
 The marked price of the oven is $750. (a) 10h2  4  7k2h  2k3
1A 24.  10(3)2  4  7(2)2(3)  2(2)3 1M
(a) The lengths of some pens 1A  90  4  84  16 1M
19. 6
The marked price of the souvenir (b) Total number of pens  4  8  8  5
1A
 $40  3  25 1A
Required percentage (b) 10h2  4  7k2h  2k3
 $120 1M
2
12  1
Selling price  $120  (1  25%) 1M 
25
 100% 1M 
 10   4
5 
 $120  75% 1M 
 $90  48%
 1
1A 7(3) 2     2(3)3
1A  5
25.
20. (a) Bar chart and pie chart can be used 2 63
 4  54 1M
Let $x be the marked price of the watch. 1M to present the data. 2A 5 5
1056 = x  (1 – 12%) 1M  13  4  54 1M
(b) Back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram
 x  88%  71
can be used to present the data. 1A
x  1056  88% 1A
x  1200
 The marked price of the watch is
$1200. 1M
 Discount  $(1200  1056)
 $144
1A

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29. 34. 37.

(6s3  8s  4s2  11)  (8  9s3  5s2) Original perimeter  [2  (26  10)] cm Time (s) Tally Frequency
 6s3  8s  4s2  11  8  9s3  5s2 1M  72 cm 1M
10.0  11.9 // 2
 6s3  9s3  4s2  5s2  8s  11  8 New length  26 cm  (1  25%) 12.0  13.9 //// / 6
 (6  9)s3  (4  5)s2  8s  (11  8) 1M  26 cm  1.25
14.0  15.9 //// //// // 12
3 2  32.5 cm 1M
 3s  s  8s  19 16.0  17.9 //// // 7
New width  10 cm  (1  20%)
2A 18.0  19.9 /// 3 6A
 10 cm  80%
 8 cm 1M (or other reasonable answers)
30.
New perimeter  [2  (32.5  8)] cm
(7  3u)(4u  5u2  8) 38.
 81 cm 1M
 7(4u  5u2  8)  3u(4u  5u2  8)
 Percentage change in perimeter (a)
 28u  35u2  56  12u2  15u3  24u 2M Private Mini-
 15u3  35u2  12u2  28u  24u  56
(81  72) cm Transport MTR Car Bus bus Others
  100% 1M
 15u3  (35  12)u2  (28  24)u  56 1M 72 cm Number of
students 16 6 14 10 4
3 2
 15u  47u  52u  56 2A 9 cm Percentage 32% 12% 28% 20% 8%
  100%
72 cm 5A
31. 1M
(5c  7)(c  4)  2c(c  6) (b)
 12.5%
=5c(c  4)  7(c  4)  2c(c  6)
1A
= 5c2  20c  7c  28  2c2  12c 3M
= 5c2  2c2  20c  7c  12c  28 35.
= (5  2)c2  (20  7  12)c  28 1M Selling price  $960  75% 1M
= 3c  c  28
2
 $720 1M
2A Let $x be the cost of the mobile phone. 1M
960  x  320% 1M
32. x  960  3.2
Remaining area x  300
=[a2  (a  3)  (a  8)] cm2 2M  The cost of the mobile phone is $300.
={a2  [a(a  8)  3(a  8)]} cm2 1M 4A
=[a2  (a2  8a  3a  24)] cm2 1M  The profit of selling the phone
(c) A bar chart can be used to present
=[(8 + 3)a  24] cm2 1M  $(720  300) the data. 1A
= (11a  24) cm
2
 $420 1A
1A
36.
33. Let $x be the cost of the fan. 1M
(a) Let x be the total number of marbles x  (1  20%)  90%  x  64
that Peter has. 1M
2M
70  x  (1  30%  42%) 1M
1.08x  x  64 1M
70  x  28% 1M
0.08x  64
x  70  28%
x  800
x  250
 Total number of marbles is 250.
 The cost of the fan is $800. 1M

1A
 Discount

 800  (1  20%)  10%

(b) Number of black marbles
 250  42% 1M 1M
 105  $800  1.2  0.1

1A 1M
 $96
1A

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Stage Test 2

Multiple-choice Questions 7.
39. Level 1 D
(a) Numbers of newspapers sold by 1. Let x be the number.
2 hawkers in the past 15 days B 1980  x  45%
Hawker A Hawker B 16a16  (4a4)  [16  (4)](a16  a4) x  1980  45%
Leaf (1) Stem Leaf (1)  4(a16  4) x  4400

8 3 3
(10)
49 0 7 8
 4a12  The number is 4400.
7 50 1 5 6 8 2.
9 5 51 C 8.
9 8 7 6 1 52 5 7 5r  3s2  7  5(3)  3(5)2  7 D
5 5 2 53 7 7 8
 15  75  7 5 kg
1 54 0 4 6 Percentage increase  
 53 ( 45  5) kg
5A

3. 100%
(b) There were 3 days with less than 500
D 5 kg
newspapers sold by each hawker.   100%
3 (2x  3x )  (4x  2x )
3 2 2 4 40 kg
Required percentage   100%  2x3  3x2  4x2  2x4
15  12.5%
 2x4  2x3  3x2  4x2
1M
 2x4  2x3  (3  4)x2 9.
 20% 1A
 2x4  2x3  7x2 C
(c) Hawker B has more days with not Let $x be the income yesterday.
less than 530 newspaper sold. 1A 4. 12 950  x  (1  7.5%)
B 12 950  x  92.5%
40. Remaining pocket money x  12 950  92.5%
(a)  $[(8x  7)  (9  3x)] x  14 000
 $(8x  7  9  3x)  The income yesterday was $14 000.
 $(8x  3x  7  9)
 $[(8  3)x  (7  9)] 10.
 $(5x  2) B
Let x m3 be the volume of water last month.
5.
6 800 000  x  [1  (6.25%)]
B
6 800 000  x  1.0625
(5x2  3)(9  4x)
x  6 800 000  1.0625
 5x2(9  4x)  3(9  4x)
x  6 400 000
 5x2(9)  5x2(4x)  3(9)  3(4x)
 45x2  20x3  27  12x
 The volume of water last month was

 20x3  45x2  12x  27 6 400 000 m3.

6. 11.
A C
Number of passengers in each compartment Let $x be the cost.
4A  (4n  4)  185 99  x  16.5%
 4n  4  185 x  99  16.5%
(b) There is a positive relation between x  600
 4n  189
the maximum and the minimum
Number of passengers a train can carry  The cost is $600.
temperatures. 1A
 (4n  189)  n
(c) There were 4 days with maximum  4n(n)  189(n)
temperature below 28C while the  4n2  189n
minimum temperature above 17C
. 1A

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12. Level 2 25.

C 21. B
Let $x be the cost. B Let $x be the marked price.
52 650  x  (1  22%) 3u2 v  (4u5v)  6u7  8v9 182  x  (1  35%)
52 650  x  78%  [3  (4)  6  8](u2  u5  u7)(v  v  v9) 182  x  65%
x  52 650  22%  36(u2  5  7)(v1  1  9) x  182  65%
x  67 500  36u4 v9 x  280
 The cost is $67 500.  The marked price is $280.
22.
 Loss  $(67 500  52 650)
D
Let the cost be $y.
 $14 850 280  y  (1  124%)
(4a2  7b  3b2)(6b  5)
280  y  2.24
 4a2(6b  5)  7b(6b  5)  3b2(6b  5)
13. y  280  2.24
 24a2b  20a2  42b2  35b  18b3  15b2
D y  125
 24a2b  20a2  18b3  42b2  15b2  35b
Marked price  $56  (1  25%)
 24a2b  20a2  18b3  27b2  35b  The cost is $125.
 $56  1.25
 $70 23. 26.
Selling price  $56  (1  5%) C D
 $56  1.05 Selling price  $(8x  4)  (1  25%) Let $x be the marked price.
 $58.8  $(8x  4)  75% 180  x  (1  28%)
 Discount  $(70  58.8) 3  x  72%
 $(8x  4) 
 $11.2 4 x  180  72%
 $(6x  3)  250
14.
B
Profit  $[(6x  3)  (5x  7)]
 Cost  $(250  100)
 $(6x  3  5x  7)
 $150
15.  $(6x  5x  3  7)
Since $180 is greater than $150,
C  $(x  10)
$(180  150)
profit percentage  
16. 24. $150
C C 100%
Let $x be the cost of the radio. $30
690  x  (1  8%)   100%
17. $150
D 690  x  92%  20%
Required percentage x  690  92% 27.
8  750
  100% D
20
 Marked price  $750  112% Not counting the data ‘p’, then the numbers
 40%  $840 of students in cycling beyond 25 km in

 Discount  $(840  690)

groups A and B are 5 and 5 respectively.
18.
 $150
 The value of p in stem ‘2’ must be
C
greater than 25 such that the total
Angle of the sector  360  30%
number of students is 11.
 108
6
 Required percentage   100%
19. 16
A  37.5%

20. 28.
A C
The marks of the 9th class is 1301  1350.

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29.
D
The percentage representing 5 students
5
  100%
250
 2%
x %  1  14.8%  27.6%  35.2%  2%
 20.4%
Angle of the sector representing ‘D’
 360  20.4%
 73.44

30.
C
3a3  a2  2a  3a3  2a2  1
 3a3  2a3
 (3  2)a3
 a3
 35.2% of the students chose the
correct
answer.
 Number of students  250  35.2%
 88

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