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NAME. NO CLASS ADMIRALTY SECONDARY SCHOOL 4 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2016 SUBJECT Mathematics PAPER 1 LEVELISTREAM : Secondary 2 Express DATE 6 May 2016 TIME 0800h — 0900h' DURATION 1 hour Instructions to candidates B Write your name, class and index number. Answer ALL questions. 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 x, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of Essential workings must be shown. Omission of essential workings and illegible handwriting will result in loss of marks. 50 DO NOT TURN OVER THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. This question paper consists of 9 printed pages including this cover page. 2 Answer all the questions, 1. (a) Expand and simplify (3¢~4)(—a +6) (b) Simplify (~22*)(-2z)" Answer” (a) - Ql (b) [2] 2. Solve each of the following equations. Show your working clearly (a) (x+3)(2x-4)=0 (b) (x+8)° =25 Answer (a) x 2] BI (b) x 3. Simplify the following. 20s, 9pg* (a) SS 2PT 3g" sr (20,5 xy Answer (a) 2) (b) BI 4, A map is drawn to a scale of 1: 75000 (a) This scale can be expressed as | em represents m7 km. Find 1 (b) The distance between two towns on the map is 25 om. Find the actual distance, in kilometres, between the two towns. (6) A lake has an actual area of 3.5 km? Find the area, in square centimetres, of the lake on the map. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures, Answer (a) a (b) km (1) © soem? [2] 5. Inthe diagram below, it is given that AB = DC = 8 cm, CBD = ZADB = 65°. Given that ACBD and AADB are congruent, find reflex ZADC. }0° and ZBAD = Answer reflex ZADC = gee) 5 6. The volume of a ball, cm, is directly proportional to the cube of its radius, When r=7.5. V =362.5x em’. (a) Find the equation connecting V and r. Give the value of k. the constant, in terms of (b) Calculate the value of ¥ when r=9, giving your answer in terms of = Answer (a) (b) 1, 6 In the figure below, the two vases A and Bare geometrically similar. The heights of vases A and B are 10 em and 40 cm respectively. (a) If the diameter of the base of vase B is 12.5 cm, calculate the diameter of the base of vase 4 (b) Another vase C has a base of 20 cm and height of 75 em. Is vase C similar to vase B? ‘Show your working clearly in the space below eo 40cm Answer (a) em (b) Vase C is / is not (circle the right answer) similar to Vase B 2 23 8, The volume of a hemisphere is given as V = ar’ (a) Express r as the subject of the formula (b) Hence, find the value of r when V =1152 em’, Answer (a) r= . ) r= 9, Factorise the following expressions, showing all your working clearly (a) 2lax~35ab—9x +156 (b) 2x? = 7-15 Answer (a) by) 2] (2) 10. (a) Expand (2x-4z)" (b) Hence, given that x2 +42? =12 and xz 7, find the value of (2x—42) Answer (a) (b) 10 11. (a) Factorise the expression -x° +3x+10 (b) Find the value of y when x=0 forthe equation y= —x? +3x-+10 (6) State the roots of the graph y=—x7 +3x+10 (d) State the y- intercept of the graph y= -x" +3x +10 Answer (a) (b) (©) The root(s) is/are .... @ » intercept = " a) a) 22] a ADMIRALTY SECONDARY SCHOOL 4 ‘a se MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2016 SUBJECT Mathematics PAPER 2 LEVEL/STREAM — : Secondary 2 Express DATE 12 May 2016 TIME 0800h - 0930h DURATION 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions to candidates: 4. Write your name, class and index number. 2. Answer ALL questions. 3. 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 z, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of x 4, Essential workings must be shown. Omission of essential workings and illegible handwriting will result in loss of marks. 50 DO NOT TURN OVER THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. This question paper consists of 8 printed pages including this cover page. 13 2 Answer all the questions. 1. (a) (i Simplify (a +2)(a—2) (Gi) Hence, evaluate 38x42 (b) (i) Simplify (x-2)° (ii) Hence, evaluate 78° Show your working clearly. Answer (a) (i) a) i) e) ) wu Gi) a 2 2. ais directly proportional to 5 and inversely proportional to the square of ¢ such that a where A is @ constant (a) When @=3, =| and ¢=2. Find k (b) Find b when a=4 and c=-2 Answer (2) B= sees wee 2 b) 6 2) 14 3. Expand and simplify the following. (a) (x-2)-3x(5x+3) (by (7x42) +5(-x +5) Answer @ ®) Q) 2) 4. ABCD isa trapezium with height of 6 em AB=* em and DC =(2x+5) em 2 Find the area of trapezium ABCD in terms of x (2x45) em Answer eonom? (2) 16 3 5. Aman is standing at a distance of 2.5 m away from a lamp post with a height of 6 m. The length of the man’s shadow is 1.07 m. Using the concept of similar triangles. find the man’s height, correct to I decimal place Answer "7 6 6. Three quantities a, b and c are related by the formulae (a) Express a in terms of b (b) Express ai in terms of ¢ (©) Express b in terms of ¢ (a) Hence, find the value of b when c=2 Answer (a) (b) © @ 18 7, A wine barrel contains 240 litres of wine. A large tap and a small tap are attached to the wine barrel. (a) The small tap pours out x litres of wine per minute. Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of minutes it takes to empty the barrel using the small tap. (b) The large tap pours out (x + 2) litres of wine per minute. Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the number of minutes it takes to empty the barrel using the large tap. (0) It takes 10 minutes longer to empty the barrel using the small tap than using the large tap. Write an equation in x, and show that it simplifies to x? + 2x — 48 = 0. (3) (a) Solve the equation x? + 2x ~ 48 = 0. (6) From (d), which answer is rejected? Why? (0) Find the time taken, in minutes, to empty the barrel using the small tap. Answer (a) 01 (b) 0) @ 2) () ey 0 min (1) 19 8 8. Answer the whole of this question on a piece of graph paper. x 2 ye2essee7? | -l [7 (a) Find the value of p and q from the table above (b) Using a scale of 2 em to represent | unit on the horizontal x-axis and I cm to represent | unit on the vertical y-axis, draw the graph of y=—-2x" +5x+7 for -2<"<4 (©) Use your graph in (b) to estimate the value of x for which the value of y is maximum. (d) Using the graph in (b), state the two roots of the equation -2x7 +5x+7=0 (©) Without the use of (b), give an alternative method to solve the equation ~2x* +5x+7=0 Show all working clearly End of Paper 20 BI m4 (2) (2) ADSS 2E MYE 2016 P1 Marking Scheme Tay Ga-4)(-a+-6) BI BI » | |e BI | 2 Yay | BI each (Final answer a each ( rs) b) (x48) =25 x48= 225 x48=45 B 'B2 (1 mark for each answer) BI BI =4a(x+y) MI (Multiply by reciprocal) MI (using algebraic rule) Al A lot of students did not simplify answers. wz Ta 5 Bi b) Map : Actual Jem :0.75 km Actual distance between 2 towns | 25%0.75 km 8.75 km BI ©) Map: Actual Lem : 0.75 km Vem? : 0.5625 km? 3.5 km? + 0.5625 km Mi = 6.22 cm? Lat 3 | ZBDC = ZABD = 180° -90" — 65" [Bi 25° (Zs of congruent figures) Reflex ZADC = 360° - 90° - 25” MI Al © Tay a - - : When r= 7.5. ¥ = 562.52 562.50 = (7.5) BI (Substitution) 2.53 k BI (Correct value of k ) ar BI b) When r=9, ~ (9) MI (ecF from (a); correct : substitution) =1(129) 37 (729) = 9727 cm? el 7 10 __ diameter of base of vase A yO OO BI 40 125 Diameter of base of vase 4 =(10%12.5) =40 = 3.125 em BI ») BI (accept inverse) "Vase C is not similar to vase B. BI BI 23 a) MI | Al by When V =1152 j = BUS BI 2a =ins =120 BI a) Qlax—35ab—9 [a = Ta(3x— 5h) +3(-3x+5h) =7a(3x~5b)-3(3x-5b) © =(7a~3)(3x~56) oR 2lax —35ab—9v +15 2lax—9x—35ax +15 =3x(7a-3) +5h(-7a+3) =3x(7a~3)~5b(7a-3) = (3x-5b)(7a-3) M1 (Taking out common factor) Al MI (Taking out common factor) AL b) 2x? 7x15 | BI (Working) BI 24 [Bi BI BI BI 2 The root(s) is/are 5 and —2 Bleach 4 y= intercept = 10 BI 25 ADSS 2E MYE 2016 P2 Marking Scheme T [a 1 (a+2)(a-2) =a? ln \ (40-2)(40+2) | | an | jal aT) | 0 dyed Bi ii) j | | | = 80° —2(80)(2)+2° OR 80° ~4(80) +4 Mt = 6400-320+4 | = 6084 0 | 2 [a) When a=3, b=1 and e — 5H) a BI » MI Al 3” [ay (x-2)-15x° 9x =x-2-15x° -9x 15x? -9x 42-2 BI ("and 3 step) =*15x° -8i BI 7 by x(7x +2) +5(-x4+5) BI (expansion) x? 42x 5x425 BI 26 Area of trapezium =fxofEeer-9] [ar | jer i t : 3 | Cetthe height of the man be 2 6x ie eG | BI (Correct ratio) 6(2.5) = (6-)(3.57) 21.42-3.57x=15 B1 (Correct manipulation to linear form) -3.57x=-6.42 : x=18(1 dp.) BI (Final answer) The man’s height is 1.8 m oR | ae BI (Correct ratio) 25+107 6 ce ~ (1.07) B1 (Correct numerical manipulation to get CE) 3.57 CE=18(1dp) ‘The man's height is 1.8 m. BI (Final answer) oR B1 (Correct ratio) 201680672 6— 4.401 680672 = 1798319328 =1.8 | B; (Subtracting from 6) ‘The man's height is 1.8 m. BI Ea a) 2a+3 ana b(4-a)=2a+3 4a-ab=2a+3 b= M1 (Multiplying) | -ab-2a =3~4b | a(-b-2)=3-4b | MI isolating ae [at | t MI (cube) to @ to one side) Al MI (e.¢-£ Substitution) M1 (Correct BIDMAS) AL MI (cc.f, Substitution) AL MI (Moving terms unrelated 28 Al for question 7 means that answer is not totally correct. x x42 240(x+2)—2408 iar 7 240 T a) lps 20s.x and 40x | Accepied is tine od bu vill be wron from nest | 240 | Bl e _ Briel) (combine fraction) =10 | 240x 240x +480-240% _ 1g | 42s | | 480=10(x* +2x) BI lee J. - x74 2r=48 | +2x-48=0 a) 42454820 BI (x+8)(x-6)=0 x=-Sorr=6 BI a 8 is rejected BI Amount of water cannot be negative Bi 4) Time taken (min) to empty barret = Br 8 Ja) BI BI © Value of x when y is maximum 125201 BI @ Roots =3.540.1 Bi and -120.1 BI @) 2x +5x+7=0 x -2x =2x ix BI =e (v+1)(-2x47)=0 X=-lorx=35 BI 29 8b) Correct f arrowhead only | on right side and top of axes, labelling of axes, cor a) intervals and scale) ~ 81 Correct plotting of point rectly) ~ 81 (mark Line (straight curve 30

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