SEKOLAH BUKIT SION

Middle School Term 2 Examination

STUDENT
NAME

EXAM CLASS
NUMBER

MATHEMATICS (PAPER 1)
Year 9

12 December 2018

60 minutes
Students answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: No Additional Materials are required

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, exam number and grade on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use paper clips, glue or correction fluid/tape.

Answer all questions.

Write your complete working for each question and part question.
Fractions should always be in simplest form.
Calculator is not allowed.

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 50.

Score :

This document consists of 10 printed pages

 1. (a) Factorise 4# $ + 13# + 3 = 0.

Answer: ________________________ [2]

(b) What must be added to # $ + 7# to obtain a perfect square?

Answer: ________________________ [1]

(c) Form a quadratic equation in the form +# $ + ,# + - = 0, where a, b and c are

integers, given the following solutions # = 7, # = −2.

Answer: ________________________ [2]

(d) Solve the equation 2# $ + 3# + 1 = 0 using the quadratic formula

Answer: ________________________ [3]

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 2. On a map, a piece of land is in the shape of a right – angled triangle with sides of length
# cm, # + 6 cm and 2# + 5 cm.

(2x+
5 )cm
x
(x+6) cm

From the information given, formulate an equation and show that it simplifies to
2# $ + 8# − 11 = 0.

Answer: ________________________ [3]

3. The cones shown in the diagram are mathematically similar.

If the smaller cone has a volume of 50 cm3,
find the volume of the larger cone.

12 cm
3 cm

Answer: ________________________ [3]

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4. (a) Simplify 4 $ × 4 7 ÷ 4 $

Answer: ________________________ [2]

:
(b) Simplify 59 ÷ 89 ;< , leaving your answer in positive index form.

Answer: ________________________ [1]

5. (a) Express the number 0.000 067 245 in standard form.

Answer: ________________________ [1]

(b) Express 8.34 ×10;> as a decimal.

Answer: ________________________ [1]

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 6. (a) Find the length of the line segment joining the points (3,-7) and (–2,5).

Answer: ________________________ [2]

(b) If the distance between the points ? 3,5 and @ 0, A is 5 units,

find the possible values of k.

Answer: ________________________ [3]

(c) Find the co-ordinates of the midpoint of the line segment joining the points
−2, −4 and −3,7

Answer: ________________________ [2]

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 (d) The coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment DE is (-4,3).
If point D has the co-ordinates (-2,8), what are the co-ordinates of E?

Answer: ________________________ [2]

(e) In the following diagram, find the equation of the line.

-1

Answer: ________________________ [1]

(f) Find the equation of the straight line, given that its gradient is 4 and a point with
coordinates 0,3 lies on it.

Answer: ________________________ [1]

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 7. Y

O
X
r
s

The diagram shows 4 straight lines, labelled p, q, r and s.

The equations of the straight lines are:

A: B = CD B: B = E − CD C: B = CD + E D: B = E

Match each straight line, p, q, r and s to its equation.

Complete the table below. [3]

Equation A B C D

Straight
Line

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 8. The graph below can be used for converting between length in metres (m) and length in
feet (ft).

(a) Use the conversion graph to change

(i) 7.5 metres to feet

Answer: ________________________ [1]

(ii) 20 feet to metres.

Answer: ________________________ [1]

(b) Juan ran a distance of 4.6 metres.

Ishak covered a distance of 15 feet
Who covered more distance?
Show your conversions to support your answer.

Answer: ________________________ [2]

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 9. The graph below shows the speed-time graph of a car.

Speed (m/s)

12

0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Time (s)

(a) Find the acceleration of the car in the last 2 seconds.

Answer: ________________________ [2]

(b) Find the average speed of the car for the whole journey.

Answer: ________________________ [3]

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 10. The graph of the equation F = 5# − # $ is shown in the diagram below.

Find the gradient of the graph:

(a) at the point 1,4

Answer: ________________________ [2]

(b) at the point 3,6

Answer: ________________________ [2]

11. The table below shows some values for the function F = # 7 − 4# $

# −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5

F −24 ℎ 0 −3 −9 −9 A 25

(a) Find the value of ℎ and of A.

Answer: ________________________ [1]

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x – axis and 1 cm to represent 5 units
on the y – axis, draw the graph of F = # 7 − 4# $ for −2 ≤ # ≤ 5.

(Work on the graph paper provided on the next page.) [3]

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