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ADMIRALTY SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2013

SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS
CODE/PAPER : 4016/02
LEVEL/STREAM : 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL ACADEMIC
DATE : 29 August 2013
TIME : 0750 – 1020
DURATION : 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write in dark blue or black pen.

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.
You are expected to use a scientific 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  .

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 number of marks for this paper is 100.
For Examiner’s Use

100

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.
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1. uv
(a) Given that w  , express v in terms of u and w.
v 1 [3]
p  3q 3 5q
(b) Given that p  2q  4 , find the value of 6 p .
[3]
(c) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form
6y 3
 .
y 1 1 y
2
[3]
z  4z 3
(d) Simplify .
(1  z )(5  10 z ) [3]

2. W, X, Y and Z are four checkpoints located at ground level in a forest.  Given that X is on a
bearing of 153o from W, WYZ  51 , WZY  85 , Y is due south of Z, WZ = 8.7 km and
WX = 6.5 km.

Z N
8.7 km

85°

6.5 km

51°

 Calculate
(a) (i)         the bearing of Y from W, [2]
(ii) the length of WY. [2]
(b)      A forest guard F (not shown in diagram) was walking along the line between W and Y.
[2]
Find the shortest possible distance between the forest guard F and checkpoint X.
(c)      A helicopter was flying at a point 200 m above Z.  Find the angle of elevation of the
helicopter from Y, when it was directly above Z. [3]

3. (a) Susan invested $50,000 over a period of 4 years into two different investment plans.
Plan A offers 6.25% per annum compound interest compounded annually.
Plan B offers 6% per annum compound interest compounded monthly.
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Which plan is a better choice? Show your working clearly. [4]

(b) Mrs. Judy bought an LCD TV set under a hire purchase scheme with a monthly
instalment of $146.70 for 24 months and a down payment of 12% of the cash price.
If she paid a total of $3952.15 under the hire-purchase scheme.  Find
(i)      the cash price of the LCD TV, correct to 2 significant figures. [2]
(ii)     the rate of interest per annum charged by the hire purchase scheme, correct to
2 significant figures. [4]

(c) Mr Chen changed S$3500 into Australian currency for his trip to Perth. Upon returning,
he changed the remaining A$80 into Singapore currency.  Given that the exchange rate is
A$1 to S$1.25, calculate the amount he spent for this trip in Singapore dollar. [2]

4.
3x – 4

A rectangular piece of paper ABCD is folded along the line EC such that D is moved to F.
The length of AB is (3x – 4) cm, BC is (2x + 1) cm and ED is 3 cm.
(a)      Write down, in terms of x, an expression for the area of rectangle ABCD. [1]
(b)      Write down, in terms of x, an expression for the area of the triangle CDE. [1]
(c)      Given that the area of the shaded region ABCFE is 84 cm2, form an equation in terms of x
[3]
and show that it reduces to 3 x 2  7 x  38  0 .
(d) Solve the equation 3 x 2  7 x  38  0 , and, giving your answers correct to 2 decimal
places. [2]
(e) Find the length BC. [1]
5. Bubble Tea, Fruit Juice and Bandung are drinks sold by 4 drink stalls. The number of cups for
each type of drink sold during a local drink promotion week is shown in the table below.
 Name of Drink Stall Number of cups sold
Mani’s Tabi’s Wong’s Peter’s
Types of Bubble Tea 60 240 40 200
Drink Fruit Juice 120 110 180 0
Bandung 50 40 0 140
 
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(a)      Represent the above information as a 3 × 4 matrix P. [1]

(b)      During the local drink promotion week, the four drink stalls charged a standard price for
any type of drink. Mani sold his drinks at  $1.40 per cup, Tabi’s at $1.80 per cup while
Wong’s and Peter’s charged $1.50 per cup.
(i)       Evaluate (1   1   1) P and explain what the elements of the matrix product represent. [2]
(ii)     Using the above matrix product and another matrix, find the total amount of money
that will be collected from the four drink stalls from the sale of all the three drinks. [2]

6. A conical container with a diameter of 8 cm and a depth of 12 cm is filled with water

to a depth of 9 cm as shown in Figure 1.

3 cm
8 cm

12 cm
9 cm

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3


(a)      Show that the volume of water in the container, in terms of , is 27 cm3. [2]
(b)      Find the surface area of the container in contact with the water as shown in Figure 1. [2]
(c)      The container is inverted as shown in Figure 2 so that the water is now at the base of the
[4]
cone with height h cm.  Calculate the value of h.
(d) The water in the cone is poured into a test tube with a diameter of 3 cm shown in
Figure 3. The test tube consists of a cylinder with a hemispherical base.  Calculate the
[3]
height of the water in the test tube.
7. The points A, B, C, D and E lie on a circle, centre O.  AD is a diameter of the circle.  BQ is
a tangent to the circle, AEB  24 and QAD is a straight line.
 
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24°

Calculate, stating your reasons clearly,

[2]
(a)  (i)     BAD ,
(ii)    BED , [1]
(iii)  BQA , [2]
(iv) reflex BOD  , [2]
(v)    ABQ . [1]
(b)  If DAE  x , show that QBE  (114  x) . [2]
(c)  Given that ABE  43 , determine whether the lines BO and AE are parallel.  Give a
[2]
reason for your answer.

8. Given that OA  a, OB  b, O is the midpoint of AC , AB = 2BD and M is the midpoint of OB.

AM is produced to meet CD at N.
 
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O b
D

 
(a)      Find, in terms of a and/or b,
(i)        AB , [1]
(ii)      AC , [1]
(iii)    AM , [1]
(iv)      CD . [2]
(b)      Given that 3CN = 4ND,

(i)        find MN . [2]

(ii)       Prove that points A, M and N are collinear and state the ratio of AM : AN. [2]
9.

 
The graph above shows the number of hours spent by a group of students in School X surfing
the internet in the last 2 weeks.  From the graph, find
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(a)      the median number of hours spent on surfing the internet, [1]
(b)      the interquartile range, [2]
(c)      the fraction of the total number of student who spent 50 hours or more accessing the [2]
internet.
(d) (i) Use the graph above to find the values of a and b in the frequency table below.
No. of hours Frequency
0  x  10 2
10  x  20 3
20  x  30 a
30  x  40 15
40  x  50 17
50  x  60 b [2]
(ii) Calculate the mean and standard deviation of the number of hours spent surfing the
internet using the frequency table above. [3]
(iii) The mean and standard deviation of the time spent surfing internet by a group of
students in another school Y is 38.5 and 13.1 respectively. Explain if you agree with
the following statement: “ Students in School X spent more time surfing the internet.” [2]
10. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.
 
The table shows some values of x and the corresponding values of y for the relation
1
y  x 2  3x  .
x
 
x 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5
y 0.75 a 0.33 2.04

(a)      Find the value of a. [1]

(b)     Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 0.5 unit on both axes, draw the graph of
[3]
1
y  x  3 x   for the values of x in the range 0.5  x  3.5 .
2

x
(c)      By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve at x = 2.5. [2]
(d)      (i) On the same axes, draw the graph of y  2  x and state the x–coordinate of the point
where this line intersects the curve. [2]
      (ii) This value of x is a solution of the equation x 3  Ax 2  Bx  1  0 .
Find the values of A and B. [2]

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