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    ze i | = CANDIDATE NAME _ 7 LT)" GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL Mid-Year Examination 2016 INDEX [ | NUMBER CLASS | MATHEMATICS copes 6 May 2016 1 hour Sec 2 Express Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your class, index number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. ‘You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluidtape. 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. Calculators are NOT allowed. 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 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of = ‘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, ‘This paper consists of 14 pages including the cover page 2 Answer all the questions, 4 eer “— + asa single fraction in its simplest form. Bx Sx 1 Express Ans: Ql Factorise the following completely. @ ower ty-x (b) x? +4xy44y? +5x410y Ans: (a) 2) (b) GB] GESS 2D? EM PINE 16 PHL Examiners Use For 3 (a) Factorise 2p? = p-3 evans gy 2B (b) Hence simplify Ee ‘Ans: (a) 2 (b) @ express p in terms of g and Ans: 3] ESTP EN PVE TOP 3 Solve the equation (x+1)(x—5)=16 Ans: 6 pis the largest prime number between 80 and 100, 7s the smallest prime number between 50 and 70. Calculate the value of p-q Ans: B) 2 GESS 2EXP EMPT MVE 16 PHL Examiners Use 7 ‘The diagram below shows a plot of land in the shape of a hexagon. eae The dimensions are given below. Use 300m zon 120m Diagram is not dravwn 10 scale | 150m 150m 300m ‘The owner of the land wants to erect a fence along its perimeter. To minimise cost, the support poles are + positioned as far apart as possible, = equally spaced. (@) Find the distance between any two adjacent poles. (b) Find the total number of poles needed if'a pole must be erected at each corner. Ans: (a) m [I] (b) 2] GESSTEP EN PAVE TOP 8 The cost of an orange is 60 cents and the cost of an apple is 40 cents. If : of the total number of oranges is : times the total number of apples. find the ratio of the total cost of oranges to the total cost of apples. 9 Bus tickets cost $3 for an adult and $2 for a child. ‘There are x adults and y children on a bus. ‘The total number of people on the bus is 52. * The total cost of the 52 tickets is $139. Find the number of adults and the number of children on the bus. ‘Ans: No. of adults No. of children = B) CESS EXP EPL MNE 16 PHL For Examiners Use 10 The dimensions of a rectangle are x em and y em. [tis given that x and y are in inverse proportion, and y = 20 when x = 28. (a) Find the equation connecting x and y. (b) Find the value of y when x = 14. (©) Find the value of x when y = 8. (2) What can you say about the area of the rectangle? Ans: (a) wo (b) © @ CESS ZEXP EW PT MVE T6PHL For Examner® Use 11 On map A. 2 cm represents 3 km. The area of a park on map 4 is 4 cm”, (a) (b) (c) Express the scale of map 4 in the form 1 : Calculate the actual area of the park in km’, Calculate the area, in cm”, of the park on map B which has a scale of 1:50 000. Ans : (a) Ans : (b) Ans: (c) GESS 2EXP EMP I MVE 15 PHL Examiners Use 9 12 Inthe diagram below, ABCD is a parallelogram and L is a point on DB. are The line AL produced meets BC at M and DC produced at N. “~~ DA = 2 MB and DL = 10 cm. (a) Name two triangles that are congruent. (b) tis given that ADLA is similar to ABLM . Find the length of LB. Ans: (a) ia Ans: (b) om [2] CESS EXP EMP YE TPL 10 13. The first three positive integers 1, 2 and 3 have a sum of 6. (2) The formula for the sum of the first m integers is ™"*) show. that the formula is correct when n = (>) Find the sum of the even numbers 2+4+6+ + 800. (©) Find the sum of the integers 121+ 122+ 123+ 124+. + 199+ 200. Ans: (a) eee (b) _ (2) (©) 2) (SESS 2EXP EM PT MVE 16 PHL Fer Examners Use "1 LSem 1.5m 9em In the diagram above, all angles are right angles. (a) Show that the area of the shape is 13.5 em’. (b) The shape is the cross-section ofa metal prism of length 2 metre: Calculate the volume of the prism in cubic centimetres. (©) A cuboid of volume 8.1 cubic metres is melted down so that the prisms in part (b) can be made. Calculate the number of solid prisms that can be made from the cuboid. [1 cubic metre = 1 000 000 cm’} Ans: (a) (b) (©) END OF PAPER s. SESS ERP ENP VE TS PHL For Examiner's Use 12 Answers T 2(a) | (v—x(x+2) @)_ [esayer ayes) 3a) | 2p-3(p+l) (b) | p+ a 3 6 [a Ha) | 30m o) [38 e [o:a 9 | No.ofadults = 35 No. of children = 17 1O(—) | 500 gy oF wy 560 y x (b) © | *=70 Tay | 12150000 © | okw @ | 36cm T3(@) | ADAB and ABCD ® [sem SESS TEP EM PTE 6 PHL 13 '3@ | when m=3, sum of 1. 2and3 = 28+) =6 (Shown) (b) [160.400 © [2840 14a [13.5 em’ (6) | 2700 cm* (© [3000 CESS EP EM PINE TE PHL GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL Mid-Year Examination 2016 CANDIDATE. [ NAME woex [| | CLASS NUMBER | MATHEMATICS Paper 2 10 May 2016 ‘hour 15 min Sec 2 Express Additional Materials: 5 pieces of writing paper Graph paper (1 sheet) READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST ‘Write your class, index number and name on all the work you hand in. ‘Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluiditape. 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. Ifthe 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 7. 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. For Examiner ‘s Use Total ‘This paper consists of 4 pages including the cover page. 1. Itis given that L is directly proportional to VA, and L = 0.5 when A = 0.252. a) Find the equation connecting L and 4. Leave your answer in terms of 7: 2 b) If 4 = 9, find the value of Z. 2) 2. a) Make x the subject of the formula x= 224.3, BI 2y b) Hence, or otherwise, find the value of x when am 3. Simplify each of the following. 1-4p 2+ a ay 2 3p C 2] 4, The surface area ofa cube is (6x? ~ 24x +24)em* a) Find the length of one side of the cube in terms of , 2 b) i) Using your result from a), find the length of one side of the cube if x=15) mW ii) Hence, or otherwise, find the volume of the cube a 1 > 5. Watb=Scand a +8? = at, find the value of ab. (Hint: use special product) [3] 6. Inan animal enclosure in the zoo, there are some chickens and rabbits. Bryan counted 22 heads while Cherilynn counted 58 legs. Form two equations and hence find the number of chickens and rabbits. (4) GESS 2EXP EM P2 MYE 2016 KTY 7. a) Factorise each of the following completely. showing your working clearly i) a? -6ab+9b? I ii) 2a? -a-15 Q] iii) 14ax + 6ay~15by—35bx Ql b)_ i) Expand and simplify the expression . 2 (2x +12 -2)+ Bx-NOr+4) ii) Find the value of the expression when x =-2 a 8. The figure below shows 3 quadrilaterals. PORS is similar to UTSV, while UTSV is congruent to WXRV. The area of PORS is 11 cm’ while the area of UTSV is 2.75 em’. OR = 2 em, LSPO=76°, POR = 90° and ZORS = 124° Q +<— 2em—> Find a) ZRVW (State your reasons clearly), RI b)_ the ratio of the area PORS to the area WXRV, i) c) QX, showing your working clearly. 22] (GESS 2EXP EM P2MYE 2016 KTY 9. The solid ornament below is made up of @ regular hexagonal prism for the base and a regular cylinder centred on top of the prism. The cross sectional area of the prism is 41.52 cm? and it has a height of 2 cm. The cylinder has a radius of 2 em and a height of 9 cm. (Take x= 3.142) 4) Find the volume of the object. (2) b) The ornament is to be made completely from one type of wood and must not have a mass greater than 138 g. The table below shows the types of wood available and their densities. Wood Elm Ash Teak Maple (gem) | 069 0.67 0.63 075 Den: Which wood(s) could be used to make the ornament? Show your working clearly. [2] 10. Answer the whole of this question on a single sheet of graph paper a) Copy and complete the table for the function -x42 for -3

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