Index Number Class Marks / 40

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(Barker Road)
MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2013

SECONDARY TWO
EXPRESS

MATHEMATICS 4016
PAPER ONE

1 HOUR

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MATHEMATICS FORMULAE

Compound Interest
n
r
Total Amount = P 1+ ( 100 )
Mensuration
Curved surface area of a cone = π rl
Surface area of a sphere = 4 πr 2
1
Volume of a cone = πr 2 h
3
4
Volume of a sphere = πr 3
3
1
Area of triangle ABC = absinC
2
Arc length = rθ, where θ is in radians
1
Sector area = r2 θ, where θ is in radians
2

Trigonometry
a b c
= =
sin A sin B sin C
a2 =b 2 +c 2 −2 bc cos A

Statistics

Mean=
∑ fx
∑f
2

Standard deviation=
√
∑ fx 2 − ∑ fx
∑f ∑f ( )

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PAPER ONE [40 marks]

Candidates answer on the Question paper.
Answer all questions.

1. The temperature in Alaska is −¿12 oC. The temperature in Singapore is 36 oC.

Write down the difference in the temperature between Singapore and Alaska.

Answers: °C [2]

2. A rope is cut into 3 parts in the ratio 3 : 5 : 11.

(a) If the difference between the longest and shortest rope is 40 cm, find the length
of the original rope.
(b) The rope is used to form the circumference of a complete circle.
Find the radius of the circle formed.

Answers: (a) cm [1]

(b) cm [1]

3. The base of an equilateral triangle shown below is 12 cm.

If the area of the triangle is 30 cm2, find the perpendicular height of the triangle.

Answer: cm [2]

12 cm
4. (a) Express 420 as the product of its prime factors.
(b) Find the smallest positive integer k such that 420k is a square number.

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Answers: (a) [1]

(b) k= [2]

5. (a) Solve the combined inequality

6−x≤7 x−2<16−2 x

(b) Represent your answer on the number line provided below.

Answers: (a) [2]

(b) [1]

−5 −6
6. (a) Evaluate 2. 75×10 − 8 . 92×10 . Give your answer in standard form.
(b) 6
There are 5 .0×10 Singaporeans in 2012. According to World Instant
8
Noodles Association, Singaporeans consume 1. 30×10 packets of instant
noodles in 2012. Find the average number of packets of instant noodles each
Singaporean consumes.

Answers: (a) [1]

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(b) packets [2]

7. A map is drawn to a scale of 1 : 5000.

(a) The distance between 2 road junctions is 5 cm represented on the map. Find
the actual distance between the 2 road junctions in km.
(b) Use the actual distance found in part (a) to answer this part.
In Singapore, the typical width of a lane on our roads is 4.5 m. There is a
straight road between the 2 road junctions. Given that the surface area of the
road represented on the map is 3.6 cm2, find the number of lanes on the road.

Answers: (a) km [1]

(b) Lanes [3]

8. y is inversely proportional to the cube of x.

(a) Given that when y = 5, x = 2, express y in an equation in terms of x.
(b) Using your equation in part (a), find the value of x when y = 100.

Answer: (a) [2]

(b) x= [2]

9. Read the excerpt below published in channelnewsasia.com on the 20 th February

2013.
According to the Department of Statistics' latest report "Key Household Income
Trends", household median income rose from S$7,040 in 2011 to S$7,570 in 2012.
(a) Calculate the percentage increase in the median monthly income.
(b) Household A has 9 members and their household income is the same as the
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median household income of Singaporeans.

Household B has 4 members but their household income is half the median
household income of Singaporeans.
Which household has a greater need for financial assistance?
Use numbers to justify your claims.

Answer: (a) $ [2]

(b) [2]

3 1 3
10. (a) (√ a) × −2
÷ ( a5 )
Simplify the expression a .
3 x−2 3x
(b) Given that 25 =√ 5 , evaluate x.

Answers: (a) [2]

(b) [3]

11. Expand and simplify the expressions

(a) 3 x(2−5x )−2 [ 5−3(3−2x ) ]
(b) ( 3 x−2 )( 5−2x )

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Answers: (a) [2]

(b) [2]

12. (a) A heptagon has interior angles 165o, 105o, 35o, 55o, 65o, 3x and 5x+51.
Find the value of x.
(b) The interior angle of a regular polygon is 162o.
Find n, the number of sides of the polygon.

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Answers: (a) x= [2]

(b) n= [2]

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