NAME: NO: CLASS:

ADMIRALTY SECONDARY SCHOOL

END-OF-YEAR EXAMINATION 2013

SUBJECT : Mathematics
PAPER :2
LEVEL/STREAM : Sec 2 Express
DATE : 4th October 2013
TIME : 0750 – 0920 hrs
DURATION : 1 hour 30 minutes

Instructions to candidates:

1. Write your name, class and index number.

2. Answer ALL questions.

3. Use an electronic 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 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  .

4. Essential workings must be shown. Omission of essential workings and

illegible handwriting will lead to loss of marks.

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Mathematical Formulae

Mensuration

Curved Surface Area of a Cone = π rl

Surface Area of a Sphere = 4 πr 2

1 2
πr h
Volume of a Cone = 3

4 3
πr
Volume of a Sphere = 3

Statistics

∑ fx
Mean = f
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1. On a map, 50cm2 represents an actual area of 2km2.

(a) Express the map scale in terms of 1 : r.
(b) A rectangular field has length of 2.5cm on the map. Find the actual length of the field, in m.

Answer: (a) …………………… [2]

(b) ………………… m [2]

2. The radius, r, of a cone is inversely proportional to √ h , where h is the height of the cone.
It is known that r is 9cm when h is 0.64cm.
(a) Write the equation connecting r and h.
(b) Find the value of h when r is 1.8cm.
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Answer: (a) …………………… [2]

(b) ……………….. cm [2]

3. Simplify the following:

3x 2
−
(x +3) x +3
2

Answer: …………………… [3]

4. In the diagram below, triangle ABC has base AC = 14cm, height BH = 12cm and AB = 15cm.
Find the length of BC.
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Answer: ……………………cm [3]

5. In the diagram below, quadrilateral ABCD is congruent to quadrilateral PQRS.
All lengths are in cm.

(a) Using the information above, write down two simultaneous equations in terms of x and y.
(b) Solve the simultaneous equations in (a).

Answer: (a) Equation 1: ……………………… [1]

Equation 2: ……………………… [1]

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(b) x = …………… y = …………… [3]

6. In the diagram below, triangle DEF is a right-angled triangle.

(a) Using Pythagoras’ Theorem, form an equation in terms of x and show that it can be
reduced to 10 + x – 2x2 = 0 [3]

(b) Hence, find the value of x.

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Answer: (b) ……………………… [2]

7. A clay bowl has been made by removing a cylinder from the middle of a hemisphere.
The cylinder has a radius of 8cm and a height of 4cm. The rim of the bowl is 2cm.
Find the volume of clay that is used to make the bowl.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.

Answer: ………………… cm3 [3]

8. In a certain school, students are grouped into Red house, Blue house and Green house.
There is a group of students from different houses gathered in the school hall.
A student is selected at random from the group.
1
The probability of selecting a student from the Red house is .
3
3
The probability of selecting a student from the Blue house is .
8
(a) Find the probability of selecting a student from Green house.
(b) If there are 24 students from Blue house, how many students are there in the group?

Answer: (a) ……………… [1]

(b) ……………… [1]

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9. Jake owns a tool shed that has the shape of a cuboid with a square pyramid as the roof.
The diagram below shows the dimensions of the tool shed. The vertical height of the roof is 4m.
Jake wants to paint the exterior walls of the tool shed and the roof.
The cost of painting the walls is $4 per m2. The cost of painting the roof is $5 per m2.
(a) Find the total surface area to be painted.
(b) Find the total cost of painting the tool shed.

Answer: (a) ………………… m2 [3]

(b) $ ………………… [2]

10. A fair and unbiased coin is flipped 19 times.

Out of the 19 times, the results of ‘heads’ obtained is 10 times while the result of ‘tails’
obtained is 9 times.
What is the probability of obtaining a result of ‘tails’ on the 20th time the coin is flipped?

Answer: ……………… [1]

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11. Let ℰ = { students in class 4E2 }

A = { students taking Accounting as a subject }
B = { students taking Biology as a subject }
and C = { students taking Chemistry as a subject }
In class 4E2, all students taking Accounting also take Chemistry.
There are some students that take Chemistry only.
There are no students taking both Accounting and Biology.
(a) Using the information above, draw a circle to represent set A in the Venn diagram below. [1]
(b) In the Venn diagram below, shade the area of C’ ∩ B. [1]
(c) State the relationship between A and C using set notation.
(d) A student is in position x of the Venn diagram. Describe the subjects that he is taking.
Answer (a) and (b):

Answer: (c) ……………………………………………… [1]

(d) ……………………………………………… [1]

12. The table below shows the quiz scores of 14 students in a class.
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18 16 18 19 16 20 18
17 19 15 16 18 17 19
(a) Represent the data above using a dot diagram. [1]
(b) Find the median score of the 14 students.
(c) Find the mean score of the 14 students. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
(d) If a score of 17 and above is a “Distinction” grade, find the percentage of students in this
class that achieved distinction. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
Answer (a):

Answer: (b) ………………………. [1]

(c) ………………………. [2]

(d) ………………………% [1]

13. Answer this whole question on a piece of graph paper.

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Write the answers to part (a) and (c) on the back of the graph paper.
The following table gives the corresponding values of x and y which are connected by the
equation y = x2 − 2x − 8.
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y 7 p −5 −8 q −8 −5 0 7
(a) Calculate the value of p and q. [2]
(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the
y-axis, draw the graph of y = x2 − 2x − 8 for −3 ≤ x ≤ 5. [3]
(c) State the equation of the line of symmetry. [1]

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