Secondary School Exam Papers Powered by Testpaper.biz 2012 Secondary School Examination Papers Secondary One Express Mathematics Paper 1&2 1 | Ang Mo Kio Secondary School SAL 2 | Bukit Merah Secondary School SAL 3 | Chung Cheng High School (High) SAT 4 | Clementi Town Secondary School SAL 5 | Commonwealth Secondary School SAL 6 | Gan Eng Seng School SAI 7 | Holy Innocents’ High School ‘SAI 8 | Shuqun Secondary School SAL 9 | St. Margaret's Secondary School SAl 10| Tanjong Katong Secondary School SAL 11 | Yuan Ching Secondary School SAL 12 | Zhonghua Secondary School SALGass [index Number [ Name | - ANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS Mathematics Part One Setter: Ms Rachael Wu Thursday ‘9 May 2012 1 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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 of the marks for this paper is 80. For Examiners Use This document consists of 9 printed pages. [Turn Over3 2 Answer all the questions. 1 Express (a) 0.085 as a fraction in its simplest form, (b) 4% asa decimal. Answer (a) ... () (@) Express @ 365.11, (i) 0.02581 to two significant figures. (b) Hence estimate the value of 365.11 0.02581, correct to one significant figure. Answer 0. 0 fii)... ® Arrange the following numbers in ascending order -037, - 0373, -037, ~ 48, - 0.373. 42 Answer OoBuniver's Bios Ge"" | (@) Express 1500 asthe product ofits prime factors. te | (b) Given that 1500x is a perfect square, write down the smallest possible value of x. (© Find the highest cotumon factor of 1500 and 2 x 3x 5?* 7, leaving your answer in index form. (2) Answer (A) 2... Ox=.. © 5 Consider the numbers stated below. 81, v2, ~6, 0, 2, 9, m7, | @)_ List the perfect square(s). (>) State the natural number(s). (© List the irrational number(s). Answer (a) veel] @).... oi © - - UI) trum Overih In acclass election, i of those entitled to vote did so. There were 3 candidates and the ‘votes for these candidates were divided in the ratio of4:2:1. Given that 40 people were entitled to vote, calculate @)__ the number of voters who did not vote at all, (®) the number of voters who voted for the candidate with the most votes. Answer (a)... @) Given that a =~2,b=3and ¢=5, evaluate (a—b)* x(c+ab). Answer...(b) @ ) WA:B=2:1andB:C= 32 :04, find the ratio A: BC. In what ratio must 142 kg be decreased to become 118 kg? Answer (a)... Expand 3(x+4)—2(x-6). Factorise 3ax + 9ay —12az. Answer (a) 2 [2] {Turn Over) one () 10 Simplify the following (@) 3a+6b+5a—3b+4, 2p x3qx(-4q)," () — 9x-4{2(1~3x) -2(3 -3x)] 1) . [1] (©)... [2] iW (a) Convert @ 0.8 km? to m’, Gi) 88 m/s to km/h. (b) Express 32.196 cm to the nearest z mm. Answer @i)... a [1]oe 2 13 In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram, AB = 30 cm, AD and CN=27 cm. Find the area of the parallelogram ABCD, the height of the trapezium ABCE the area of the trapezium ABCE. ® © o Answer (a) D) vee om [2] ©. +. em? [2] By selling a particular set of books for $408, a bookseller suffers a loss of 4%, @ ® Find the original price of the books paid by the bookseller. Calculate the percentage gain or loss if the books are sold for $510. ~Trurn OverIt4 follows. @ — Complete th Answer (a % [2] ex} ro] ropa] eles = |—|urjor ¢ frequency table below, (b) Construct a histogram in the space provided. Answer (a) ‘No. of goals, Tally Frequency | 0 V7 2 7 No. of goals ® ‘The number of goals scored by a football team in each of the 20 matches was as 2) 215 A survey was conducted on a class of 40 pupils to find out their favourite food. The | results are represented on the given pie chart Chicken Rice (@) How many pupils chose porridge as their favourite food? () Express the ratio of the number of pupils who chose porridge to the number who chose chicken rice, as simply as possible. (©) Later in the year, 5 pupils joined the class and said their favourite food is, noodles. Calculate the percentage increase in the number of pupils who chose noodles as their favourite food. Answer (a) .. pupils [2] [Turn Over10 Ce (CD vesreersererenseee on [2] End of PaperANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 .. SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS MATHEMATICS PART TWO Setter: Mr Tan Wee Hong ‘Tuesday 8 May 2012 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES Additional materials: ‘Answer Paper Electronic Calculator READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number in the spaces provided on the answer paper. ‘Write your answers and working on the separate answer paper provided. ‘Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or comection fluid. Answer all questions. Show all your working on the same page as the rest of 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. 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. ‘This question paper consists of 8 printed pages.2 Section A (22 marks) Answer ALL the questions 1 (a) _—_Usea calculator to evaluate (sift \5= 2 C2) * @ ve giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places, i GJ @) — Yi23-42+0.29, giving your answer correct to 4 significant figures. 0] (b) The table below shows the temperature in a number of cities at noon ona particular day. Singapore Taipei Paris 25°C 11°c s°c (@ Find the temperature in London if the temperature in Taipei was exactly midway between the temperatures in Singapore and London? i) (i) The temperature in Paris at 6 pm on the same day was ~7°C. Given that the temperature increased at a constant rate, what time was the temperature at 0 °C? (2) 2 Abby weighs 4 kg and Betty weighs 8 kg more than Abby. Cassandra's weight is half the total weight of Abby and Betty. Write an expression, in terms of x, for @ Betty's weight, ie] (ii) average weight of the 3 girls. 2) AMKSS_2012_MY_1B MATHS P2 43 @ () 3 Factorize 3ac ~9e+6ab~18b completely. Simplify 2-22 , giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest terms. [2] 15 Alaric and Damon each purchased the latest tablet computer, ePad, during its launch day. The poster below shows the deals offered by the shop they went to. @) b) © ePad Launch Day Specials Price: $1016.50 (by cash) $1070.00 (by credit card) VIP members enjoy special percentage discount! All prices inclusive of 7% GST. Calculate the amount of GST paid by Alaric if he bought an ePad using cash. Alaric decides to sell away the ePad for $1280.79. Find the percentage profit made. Damon bought the ePad using his credit card. However, as he is a VIP ‘member, he ends up paying the price as Alaric, What is the percentage discount offered to VIP members? [Tum Over AMKSS_2012_ MY_1B MATHS_P24 5 A laundry company provides cleaning of clothing such as shirts, jackets, skirts and trousers. In one particular week, 2 of the clothing sent in for washing are shirts, 2 of the clothing are jackets and the remaining of the clothing are skirts and trousers in the ratio of 2 : 1. (@)__ If there are 108 skirts, find the total number of pieces of clothing, 2) () Given that it takes & kg of washing powder to wash each piece of clothing, how many pieces of clothing will be left unwashed if the shop only has 20 kg of washing powder? 2] ‘AMKSS_2012_MY_1B_ MATHS F2 165 Section B (28 marks) Answer ALL the questions 6 The line graph below shows the number of tickets sold for the movie The Starvation Games froti Monday to Thursday on a certain week. N ay A (@) Calculate total amount of money collected from ticket sales from Monday to Thursday if each ticket is priced at $7.50. 21 ‘The pictogram below shows the number of tickets sold on Thursday and Friday from the same week. | ‘Thursday Ale Lecce ae XK [Pedy WER ek wk wk ek (b) Calculate the number of tickets sold on Friday. 2 [Tum Over _AMKSS_2012, MY_1E. MATHS P2© @ @) ‘AMMKSS,2012_ MY, 6 Find the number of tickets sold on Friday as a percentage of the total number of tickets sold from Monday to Friday. 2) Find the total number of tickets sold on both Saturday and Sunday if they formed = of all tickets sold for the whole week. 21 During AMKSS Alumni Homecoming Day, 540 fish balls and 432 chicken wings are catered for the guests, Given that the food is to be shared equally among the guests, find @ the largest possible number of guests that can be invited 2 (i) thenumber of chicken wings each guest will receive. m4 The diagram below shows a concrete block measuring 45 om by 18 cm by 20 cm. An engineer wants to build cubes using these concrete blocks, lp cm Liven ——— 45cm Find @ the smallest possible length of side of a cube that can be built, (1 i) the umber of blocks needed to build 5 such cubes. o1‘The above diagram shows the design (not drawn to scale) for a new water reservoir, Lagoon Barrage. It is made up of trapezium ABDE of height 80 m, semicircles BCD and AFE with semicircle GHZ cut out of it. It is given that AB= ED, AE=84 m, GH=21 mand BD = 56m, (Take «= (@) Given that the outer perimeter of Lagoon Barrage is 420 m, find the length of AB. BI (6) @ The shaded region shows the area of Lagoon Barrage. Calculate the area of Lagoon Barrage. G3) ‘A contractor is employed to plant grass on the shaded region indicated on the diagram. Given that he charges $0.50 for each 0.25 m? of grass, calculate the total cost of grass needed. (2) [Tum Over ‘ANKSS_2012_MY_1E_MATHS_P29 A plane travelling from Singapore to Sydney was supposed to leave Singapore at 2250 h Monday and travel at a constant speed of 825 km/h to reach Sydney at 0610 h Tuesday. (@) Find the distance between Singapore and Sydney. 2) (®) On the actual day, the plane stopped over at Jakarta along the joumey to repair a technical problem after travelling for 770 km. At what time did the plane reach Jakarta? Q] (© The stop-over at Jakarta took 1 hour and 24 minutes. The plane then continued the rest of the journey to Sydney at a faster speed. At what speed did the plane travel from Jakarta to Sydney ifit still reached Sydney at the schedule time? 2] END OF PAPER ‘AMKSS_2012_M¥_1B MATHS_P2 2Pee ce ‘Answers ‘Marking ‘Marker’s Remarks Scheme aa) 17/200 Bt ie) [0.04 Bt 2a) [365.42 2aqi) | 0.02587 ~ 2(bya{i) | 370 B1 albitadtid | 0.026 Bi 2b) | 365.41 «0.02581 : ai =10 z Tee Bi 16/42, 0.37, -0.373, -0.373, 037 ala) Dae ale) | X15 FG) exe 5a) 98t Bi a) «| 9.8L Bi 5(c) van 81 6a) 1/8 x40 or 5 eb) af x35 Ma =20 aL 7 (237212) =25x(-1)* M1. 25 al Bia) T/5x2= 1x (17/5)35 204 17/5 = 2/5 AL = ABC =34:172 [ sib) 58:71 Bi 9a) 3(xr4} - 2(x-6) ~ I = 3x42 -2x412 Ma i =xt24 aL Se) | Bax* 9ay— 12a = Ba (x+3y—4z) Bl [a0(@) | Batebesa -3be4 =batabe Ba 10(b)}, ~2&pa? B1 Toe) | 9x=412-6x-6F6x) Mt ~] 9x-4[-4] 29K 416 Al Tite) | OBkm™= 0.8 x 1000 | 00000m” 81 Tile) | &8m/is +2 887-1000/1-+3600 oe = 316.3kmyfh AL AG 32,196 8 322.0mm_ 1 12a} ‘Area of ABCD 10 x 27 +=540cm” BL 12{b) 30n = 540 = 18m BL 12{c) | Area of trapeziumx BORO} IB [wi =450em? }om Tata) | 9686-408 wa 100% - $425, AL 13) | Segain= 85/405 x 100% wa 20% AL 14(a) No. | Tally | Frequency of goals 0 Ww 2 HHH \6 | 2 | fa 3 [mir ts 4 7 a s lm [3 6 I 1 14) Tsay | ax+108 +90=360 x=5a° 2x= 108" 360-40 108-12 AL -15(b) 108: 90 | 65 B21 75(@) ‘increase = 5/12 x 100 a417% AL %Secondary School Exam Papers eee egy Secondary One Express Mid-Year Examination 2012 Paper Two Marking Scheme Qu | Answer cE Marking | Marker’s Remarks Scheme Points to Highlight: Quite a number of students do not include units in their answers (minus 1 mark overall). © Many students wrote out their final answer separately again after each question. This step is unnecessary and some make mistake when rewriting the answer down. ~16.68266667 = ~16.68 Answer: 16.68. ‘+ Presentation of word problems is poor, without statements given for each key step. ‘+ A few students do not represent their answers in the correct fractional form, e.g, they wrote 20+ © as 416R4 instead of 4162. 125 3 the denominator. Quite a BL number of students forgot to include the negative sign. TOO (@ 1 Z few stadenis forgot to cube 256 ~ 16258 is not accepted. 375 0.286957431=0.2870 BI | 0.2802 is also accepted Gf student used = 3,142). Jeg) | 123-42 +02 1(b)@) | Temperature in London = 2(11)—25=-3°C. BI | Quite a number of students gave 25-22 =3°Cas the answer. A few students thought the question wanted the midway temperature of 25°C and 11°C.1()Gi) | Difference in temperature = 5—(-7, Generally ok, A small number | Decrease of 12 °C —> 6 hours of students used the Decrease of 1 °C—> 0.5 hours Mi__| temperature in London from ‘Time at which temperature is 0°C (b)(2) instead of temperature in = 12 pm +0.5 (5) hours Paris, =230 pm, AL 20 Betty's weight ~_ | Well done. 4+ 2)kg is = (4x+8)kg. BL accepted. 2G) ‘Cassandra's weight Some students thought 4x+4x4+ ‘Cassandra’s weight is half of at )ke, Betty’s. MI is awarded if the Total weight of the 3 girls student wrote out correct Ax+4x4 844044 expression for the average —S MI | weight but simplified wrongly. 4(x+1) kg is accepted, Al 3@) 3ac— 96+ Gab —18b Badly done. Many students did 3e(a—3)+ 6(a-3) MI _| not factorize out the 3. Some (c+-66)(a—3) students did not factorize and instead attempted to Se) Al | ada/subiract the terms, e.g 3ac~9e+6ab-18b = 3a—6c+6a-12b, Shows poor understanding of Jike/unlike terms. 3(b) X_x-2 Badly done. Common mistake: pees be 3x _x-2 | ‘ - b No mark given if student Bxox42 M1 __| changed the sign before = combing the fractions into one, 2x42 | ax m2 - 1s Al ee A(a) Amount of GST paid Quite a number of students fae 1016.50 thought 100% = $1016.50 and ~ 707 7106 M1 _ | did not realize that GST is = $66.50. Al | already inclusive. 2%= $68250. ‘4(b) Percentage profit Timark given if the stdent __ 1280.79 -1016.50 go, MI _| used the wrong price due to (a) 101630 (ie. $1087.70 instead of = 26%. Al | $1016.50) in the calculations. . No mark given if student gave | final answer as 1280.79 100% = 126% 1016.50 ae) Percentage discount for VIP | Full credit given if the student _ 1070-1016.50,. goo, M1 | consistently added GST to all to his/her prices and got the same | set AL | final answer, e.g | | 1144.90-1087.70 , 1 ggoe — sy | | 1087.70 EC) Fraction of clothing which are skirts Quite a number of students [ @ 3}, 2 misread the question and =|1-(242}|x 578) 3 thought jackets form = of the 3 ' oa M1 _ | remainder. Total number of pieces of clothing = 108+3%20=720. Al 5(b) Largest possible number of pieces of clothing ~~ MI given if incorrect total that can be washed from (2) is used. A few 99 2 8 =. students gave 303 as the = 20+ 555 = 416:6566667 mn | 416. Number of pieces of unwashed clothing = 720-416 =304 a 6a) Total number of tickets | Generally well done. A smail = 2100+1600+3000+2400 number of students read the =9100. graph values as 2010, 1060 and Total amount of money 2040. = 9100 x $7.50 ML AL6(b) From the line graph. 4 = 2400 tickets 1 SEK «600 sckets Number of tickets sold ot Friday Generally ok. A few stidents thought that there are 75 OK tor Friday. 600%6.5 MI 3900. ca 6c) Percentage of total tickets ~ Generally well done. Loss of 3900 «100% marks is mostly due to wrong ~ 510043000 *100% ML __| answers from (a) and (b). = 30%. Al 6a) I 7 ‘Some students thonght that 13 of tickets = 13000 eI 1 13 of tickets = 13000. A few 13 of tickets = 2600 MI found the total for the whole Total number of tickets sold on Saturday and week instead of just Saturday Sunday and Sunday, Al Alternatively, ‘Total number of tickets sold on Saturday and Sunday $1300 =5 MI = 20800. AL Tew 2 [540___ 432 = Generally ok. Trial-and-error 2 270216 methods are accepted only if 3 [435108 the working shows clearly 3 [4s 36 (with explanation or by ratio) 3 15. 12 that 108 is the largest possible 5 4 umber of guests. — Unacceptable: Largest possible number of guests 5$40+108=5; 432+108=4 =P xP Mi | Or = 108, AL | 540+5=108; 432+4=108. ‘Hai) | Number of chicken wings per guest Generally ok. pees 108 =4. BL7o@ [2 [451s 20 Badly done. Many thought the 2 [439 10 question is asking for HCF. 3 fas 9S Listing multiples of 45, 18 and A 1s reas 20 is accepted, e.g. Bes ema Multiples of 45 = 45, 90, 135, I ica 180. | Multiples of 18 = 18, 36, 54, ‘Smallest possible length 72, 90, 108, 126, 144, 162, mx x5 Mi | 180. = 180 om, ‘Al __ | Multiples of 20 = 20, 40, 60, 7 80, 100, 120, 140, 180. However, the following method is not accepted: 45x4=180518%10=180; 20x9 =180 as it does not show that 180cm is the smallest possible length. 7(o\Gi) | Number of blocks need = | Badly done. Many students = 4x10x9 x5 forgot that the question = 1800, B1 _| requires 5 cubes or have the wrong answer from (6)() 8@) Perimeter of the ares APE and BCD ‘Some students do not realize Her} 0(2) =e > sted M1 | jength of the semi-circular eaten ed M1 | ares. MI given for correct See Al _ | formula for circumference of semicircle. 2 M1 is not given if students did not show that they know that 420 ~ 220 is for | 2 times of AB. Bib) ‘Area of the semi-circle BCD and ring AGIHEF ‘Some of the students do not Lyoy( 22), Ling 22)_ 2 know how to calculate area of H(e2r(2)-Leoey(2)-t0057(2) | va |tapesum ane Mt ent ee student is able to find area of ‘Area of trapezium ABDE any 1 of the semicircles. H(e4+56)60) MI = 5600 my’. Total Area 3830.75 + 5600 9430.75 m°. Al 29[SOG Total cost of grass _ 9430.75 Generally ok. Incorrect answers are due to (b). AL Tae 050 Mi = $18861.50. Al 9(a) Time taken ~ = "| Surprisingly, quite a number of ooh, students cannot calculate the =; uration between 2250h and Distance 0610h correctly, resulting in - 1 ewers ike 6h or 84h. = 82573 Mi | amswerslike 65h or 8 = 6050km. Al 9(b) | Time taken to travel from Singapore to Jakarta ‘Generally weil done. 710 _14 = TM, 82515 Mi +56 minutes 2250 h > 2346 hor 11.46 pm. Al Ie Time left to travel from Jakaria to Sydney Some students forgot to deduct the wait time from the total time or have difficulty Speed of plane calculating the duration again, 6050-770 = ML 0Class Register No ~ [Name Bukit Merah Secondary School .» Mid — Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express MATHEMATICS, Paper 1 9 May 2012 ih Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your Class, register number and name on all the work you hand in. 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 ot correction fluid. Answer all questions | The number of marks is given in brackets { ] at the end of each question or part question. | ‘You are expected to use a scientific calculator to evaluate explicit numerical expressions. If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. The total of the marks for this paper is 50. 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 answer in degrees to one decimal place. For 7, use either your calculator value or 3.142. Write your calculator mode! in the space below. For Examiner’s Use Calculator Model: This document consists of 8 printed pages including this page. [Turn Over2 (@) Express 504 as a product of its prime factors in index notation, Answer @ (b) Find the smallest positive integer k such that SO4K is a perfect square. Answer ®).. pa © — Given that 54 = 2 x 39, find the highest common factor of 504 and 54, Answer © U1] ‘Without the use of a calculator, evaluate the following. Show your working clearly. @ (5) +[(-2)* x 3-1] Answer - 2] = ahye2 @) 3+35x2 Answer 21 2Consider the six numbers below. 2.8, 4, 2v2, 0, , 2 (@) Arrange them in ascending order. Answer (8) sess peer ee) (b) Write down the @) integers, Answer (\G) oO i) rational numbers. Answer (Gi) (© Express 1:2. arecuing decimal, Answer (2) cesseseeeeseee (©) Evaluate 2S2°#V9%5 | ving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. Answer) (©) Evaluate fe } giving your answer correct to 2 significant figures. Answer (0)4 (@) Find the fraction which is exactly halfway between ~3? and 62. Answer vee coves 2 (b) Estimate the value of 29.74 + 126.3 x 0.6315 , giving your answer correct to one significant figure, Answer @). 2 ‘The numbers p and q are indicated on the number line below. Answer (a) and (b) P g 3 S o 1 2 3 Indicate clearly on the same number line the numbers represented by @ —-» O] (Oe oO Given the formula A= $s?(2s—n), find the value of A when 5 = 1.5 and n Answer8 Simplify the following expressions. (@) 2G +2n)—3(n - 2n) Answer Or 02 3x) Gy? OE eats Answer ) .. 2] 9 @)_ Simplify the expression 3(x? + 2x +1) + (1—x)(2x). Answer @ . 2 (©) Write down the coefficient of x for your answer in (a), Answer ©)... 10 Factorise the following expressions completely. @ ) 3mn +mn? Answer @. 3x(2x — y) + 6y(y 2x) Answer Op)11 Solve the following equations. Answer (a)x= ® sy+255 Answer (x= . 12 Aidan’s father is 5 years older than 3 times his age. Let x be Aidan’s age now. (@) Express the father’s age in terms of x. Answer @. sssssoes years old [1] (b) 135 years’ time, Aidan will be as old as his father now. Write down an equation in xand solve it to find Aidan’s age. 2 Answer (b) 363 @ @) 7 Solve the inequality 2x + 2x > 28. Answer (@)... sessseeee 2] Hence write down the smallest prime number that satisfies the inequality in (a). Answer (0) cossssssseeensenee 0) 14 Tom has 4 times as many marbles as Jerry. The two boys have less than 50 marbles in total. @ () Given that Jerry has x marbles, write down an inequality in terms of x. Answer (@) we 1] By solving the inequality in (a), find the maximum possible number of marbles Jerry has. sw8 15 Consider the sequence 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, @ ) © @ ‘Write down the next two terms. . Answer @ ~T] Find the general term of the sequence, 1, Answer &) %, 0) Hence find the 88" term in the sequence. Answer © Tes cesses FL] Find the smallest term in the sequence which is greater than 100, Answer @ eee ~—- End of Paper ~~Class ‘Register No ‘Name Bukit Merah Secondary School E - Mid — Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express MATHEMATICS 14 May 2012 Paper 2 1h 30min Additional Materials: Answer Paper (5 sheets) READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your answers and working on the separate Answer Paper provided. Write your class, register number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark bine 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. Begin each question on a fresh page. 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. 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 answer in degrees to one decimal place. For 2, use either your calculator value or 3.142. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work together. ‘Write your calculator model in the space below. Calculator Model: ‘This document consists of 4 printed pages including this page. [Turn Over 92 (a) When written as a product of their prime factors, p=27x 5? x13? q=25x 137 Express each of the following as a product of its prime factors in index notation. @ Highest common factor (HCF) of p and q uj Gi) Lowest common multiple (LCM) ofp and q uy) i) pq rit] @) Veg ww (b) Jerry goes to the gym once every 24 days. Tom goes to the same gym once every 30 days. If they met each other in the gym today, how many days later would they meet at the gym again? 2) (@) Given that a is a prime number such that 30 < a < 40, find the possible values of a. a] (b) _Itis given that x and y are integers such that -3 28 ge > 28 m1] 17x 2 336 1B x2 1975 ran 13) 23 [BI] 14@) [x4 4x <50 or 5x <500r x <10 (BY 14) [5x <50 a ~ x<10 my Maximum possible mumber of marbles = 9 (Ay 615(@) | 29, 33 BY 150) |T,=5 haS+4 +4x2 Ty =544x3 Ts =54+4x4 Ty =5+4(n—-1) =S+4n—4 [BI ~also accept =4n4+1 5+4n—4] 15() | Tox = 4088) +1 = 353 BI | 15(@) | Method I (Guess and Check) Ths = 4(25) +1 = 101 Tay = 4(24) 41 = 97 (aj | Therefore smallest term is 101. [Al] Or or Method 2 (Solving inequality) 4n+1>100 | 4n>99 n> 4 3 n> 247 [M1] Therefore smallest term is [Al] Tes = 4(25) +1 = 101 6eA ete ‘Mark Scheme for BMSS Sec 1 Express Mathematics Paper 2 MYE 2012 Qn | Answer Marks Aa) | HCF = 25 x 13? {Bl} Tayi) | LOM=2" x5 x17 Bi TOD | pq = 2? XS? x 1 Bi 1@O) [pq = Jose 1 = 2x58 x13? = 2x5 x13? Bu 1) | 24=27 x3 30=2x3x5 [M1 attempt to LCM = 23x 3x5 =120 find LCM] ‘They will meet again 120 days later. fal] 2@) | 31, 37 [BI] 2b) |x = —2,-1,0,1,2,3 ya 5,-4, ~1,0,1,2 Ww [x+y =) + CS) =—7 Bu 2@)Gi) | x7 = 0) = 0 (By) 2(o)Gii) = @B)C5) = - (Bi) OO ior = 118,528293 = 118.5 (4s.8) Bt] SOG | [4 - o.4170288281 = 0.4710 (4s.) oe 300 63 BS ~ 35 x 4 @s.f for working —1 more than required) My = 71.16666667 =.70 (Is.f) [Al] 3B | 545 x O8 6.13 = 10x 345x> = 10 x 70 (from part (i [BI for using = 10x 70 Geom pat) our 4@@ | 1450 (Bi) Haya | 1549 Bi)[400 Difference in temp = (m-2)(n+2) BI] ‘4(b)Gi) | Temp at 6pm ~ = 166-2283 : (my fay 500 a(x +5) +(2x~y) @) = fx taytar—3 py ade dy or tu S@GD) | Ga = 3b)(2b) — 8b? My = Bab — 6b? — 8b? = Bab — 145? [AQ ‘5(b)@)_ | Number of goats = 50 —x [BI] S(b)Gii) | 2x + 4(50 — x) = 128 [M1] 2x +200 — 4x = 128 2x = 128 - 200 [M1] —2x=~72 x= 36 [Al] 6(@)@ | a? —ab =a(a—b)y [Mi] 6(ayGi) | 123? — 123 x 23 = 123(123 ~ 23) [B1 for using = 123 x 100 123 x 100 = 12300 12300] WMG) | 10x + 1Sxy — 20xz = Bx(2 + Sy — 42) [Bi] (Yi | min + 2m — In — 4 = m(n+2)—2(n +2) [My fay)7a) | When a =2,u=—3andv=4 OP =C8P +2@e 16 =944¢ [M1] 4t=7 (Al) To) | 3@ +4) — 23x-5)=7 = 3x +12—6x +10 =7 MI -3x422= —3x = -15 5 [Al] 7m |_*__ 1 4—3x 2x41 4(2x +1) = 14 3x) Bx +4= 43x Py 11x =0 x0 (Al) Ba) |3@x—3) 3x+1 st 2 = 02x = 3) + 5G YD wt] ~ 10 __ 12x18 + 15x +5 > 10 [M1] _ 27x13 [At] pelo, 3) | 3@x—3), 3x41 Stas 27-13 =a <3 27x —-13 <50 (My) 27x < 63 63 [x<35 e fal) | x<259(a) T,=21=14243444546 (Bl) 9(b) | Whenn = 6, [BI for showing | newts) _ 6x7 _ ex AGH = 2 21 (shown) Seay am 100(100 HO) |, 2000 : +O 5050 Bi 9) [34649412 +15 +4 500 ~ =3(1424344454--4100) (Bl) 9) | Sum =(1424+3+--+300)-(3+64+9+4- +300) (M1) = Tyo9 — 15150 3 L 00000 een 2 = 30000 [Al]Name: Class: I Class Register No: a WER G CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL 40 (MAIN) Parent's Signature MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Mathematics Tuesday 8 May Paper 4 1 houraha Insi Information For Candidates: tlons to Candide 4. Write your name, class and index number in the space provided on the cover page of this booklet. 2. Write onlyin dark blue or black pen. 3. Do not use staples, highlighter, paper clips, glue or correction fluid 4. Allanswers are to be writtén on the question paper in the space provided. 5. Ifyou use more paper than the booklet, fasten the sheets together. 6. If working is needed for any question, it must be shown clearly with the answer in the space provided for that question. 7. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs, Calculators should be used where appropriate. Omission of essential workings will result in loss of marks. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is nat eyact, give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place. ‘The intended marks for the question or parts of the question are given in brackets [ J- The total number of marks for this paper is 40. ‘You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. “This question paper consists of 7 printed pages (including this cover page). DO NOT TURN OVER THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Answer all the questions. fw sania ior 1 Consider the following numbers. 3. 025, Vi, 29, 12, Vi69, 81, 17, 144, @ Waite down all (@) the prime numbers, {b) the squere mumbers, (© the irrational numbers. Answer : (@) ... (b) (©) sone CORN Se | Math ATE 2012 Peper efor antes “te 2 Write down the following numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest. -088, 2, -0.17, -14, -3 | Answer 3 (a) Add brackets to the expression below to make it correct. 126+ 9% 7427-19 =10 (b) Fill in the boxes with the edirect operations to make the mathematical sentence true. a | a+3[ |7- 4=47 2 |4 Estimate the following numbers to 2 significant figures | @ 25487, | | @ 14990 , | (© 0.04048 | | | | Answer: (@).....-. Derversvere a ©. 0) 5 Write down the next two terms of the following number sequence. (a) 16, 12, 8 4, ss CCHS See 1 Moths MYE 2012 Paper 1 r ee6 : 1 Petrol costs cents per litre. Gary buys some petrol and it costs him m dollars, ‘Write down a simplified expression, in terms of m and m, for the number of litres that Gary buys. Answer : litres [1] 1 8 Given that ht *, calculate the value of g when w= ge ANSWER BF cescsceevveen secsvees [2] John bought 30 cartons of eggs. There were x eggs in each carton. (a) Write down an expression in terms of x for the number of eggs he has bought, (b) When the cartons were opened, he found that y eggs were broken. He shared the unbroken eggs equally between 50 baskets. Write an expression in terms of xand y, the number of eggs in each basket. (CORDS See 1 Mahe YE 2012 Peper 1P Fe (a) 20nm—4m , (b) 7a°y*-2ay? (© 1Spq-Sq+r-3pr - (CCHS Se 1 Maths MYB 2012 Paper 1. Answer : (a) - eggs [1] OB) rece + eggs [1] 9 Simplify the following algebraic expressions | (@ 270m? —4mnx3n 0) -3pq%/36r'4* Answer : (a) .. 2) ®).. 2) 10 Factorise completely 8Answer (@) .... LI] ® © (31 + ' 4 11 Solve the inequality 3” 737 >40 Hence, find the smallest possible value of n if @) nisa prime number , (®) nis divisibleby7 Answer: 2 (a) Smallest possible value of n= By (6) Smallest possible value of n= L 12 Solve the following equations (a) 2b-5=4-3(b+2) , CORA See Tats MVE 2012 Paper T 63] 13 Express os:25 as aratio in its lowest terms. (CCHS See ath VE 2072 Paper? sr2} a : = + 14 A candleis 25 em long. After burning for 6 minutes, the candle is 21 cm long. What is the time duration taken for the remaining candle to burn out at the same rate ? Answer : Q) End of Paper (CCHS Sec 1 Maths MVE 2012 Peper 1[ Name: Class: Class Register No: IRF < 60) CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL . (MAIN) Parent's Signature MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Mathematics Monday 30 April Paper 2 1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer paper Instructions to Candidates 1. Write your name, class and register number in the space provided on the cover page of this booklet and answer paper. Write only in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, hig! ters, glue, correction fluid or tape. If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer. Fasten the answer sheets together. NORAD 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. 8. For 7, use elther your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 7. Information For Candidates: CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS PAPER. OMISSION OF ESSENTIAL WORKINGS WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF MARKS. 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 60. ‘You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. This question paper consists of 4 printed pages (including this cover page)@ (by © @ @ ) © @) () © @ Evaluate a3 a) ei (ay +29 Evaluate [3/1 17-3¢2)|-(-3? , leaving your answer in 3 significant figures. t) Both liquids A and B used in an experiment were at a temperature of ~ 4°C @ Gi) Gi) Liquid A was heated until its temperature rose by 12°C. Write down its new temperature, ie] Liquid B was cooled until its temperature fell by 8°C. Write down its new temperature, a] Hence, find the difference between the final temperatures of the two liquids. a Express 26 a5 a 333 @ recurring decimal, 0) (ii) decimal corrected to 5 decimal places, m (ii) decimal corrected to 3 significant figures. (a) Simplify @ — 3k-5)-3[2-4@e-3] , BI i) | 2223 _3e-2y Gi) e = B) ‘What must be added to 3x*—4x? +2x—6 to get 9-4x45x° +722 BI Factorize 6ac ~21be +35bd-10ad . B] Solve 3:+7(x+2)=4(5-3x) +7. Bi 2 Solve 2(~4)— BI Given that x=3(y~22), find the value of z when x= 21 and y= 42. BI A carpenter needs at least 400 nails to construct a wooden structure. The nails are sold in packets of one dozen. Use inequality to find the minimum number of packets of nails he has to buy. Bl Cy‘The table below shows a sequence formed by small squares of sides lem each. Figure “T Perimeter of Figure | Area offigure | (cou) ema | (can) | 12 Peix4 Figure 1 Figure 4 i 2 +2x4 Figure 2 | 20 B43x4 Figure 3 24 Pedxd @) ‘Draw Figure 1 on the answer script. ©) Write down in terms of n, the perimeter of the n® figure. © Hence, find the perimeter of Figure 99. @) If the area of the figure is 117em’, find the figure number. (a) Given thata=2,b=~3and c=~1, evaluate aicib » 4242 ® State i) pp _AOta—c ON ©) @ Express 168 as a product of its prime factors, giving your answer in index notation, i) Hence, find the smallest integer, k, such that 168k is a perfect cube. a) 0) a) 2) 22] [2] Oy 2) a@ (b) @) ) © During teachers’ day celebrations, the students’ council distributed 315 pens, 420 pencils and 525 bookmarks equally to the teachers of the school. Find the largest possible number of teachers in the school that received the gifts. BI ‘Three electric toy cars are made to race around an oval track at the same time. Car X completes 1 lap in 110 second, Car Yin 80 seconds while Car Z completes in 90 seconds. How long will it take before the three toy cars are at the starting point together again? (3) ‘A photocopy machine can print 15 copies per minute, @. How many copies can it print in 30 minutes? wm (ii) How long does it take to print 25 copies? a (Leave your answers in minutes and seconds) A passenger train left Singapore at 0800 and travelled at an average speed of x km/h to Kuala Lumpur which is 360 km away. At 0900, a goods train left Kuala Lumpur for Singapore, travelling at an average speed which was slower than the passenger tain by 20knv/h. Both trains were running on parallel tracks and they passed each other at 1030. (® Write down an expression in terms of x, for the average speed of the goods train, in (i) Find, an expression in terms of x for the distance traveled by the passenger ‘rain just before it passed the postal train, mW (il) Form an equation in terms of x and solve it to find the average speed of the passenger train, 13] @ There were 329 apples in container 4. The ratio of apples in container A to container B is 7:3. Find the total number of apples. rit} Some apples are transferred from eontsiner A to B. Now container B has 2 the number of apples in container 4. Find the number of apples that were transferred to container B. RI End of PaperName: Class: Class Register No: Eee CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL (MAIN) MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Mathematics Tuesday 8 May Paper 1 MARKING SCHEME 1 hour Instructions fo Candidates: ‘Write your name, class and index number in the space provided on the cover page of this, booklet. ‘Write only in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, highlighter, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. All answers are to be writien on the question paper in the space provided. If you use more paper than the booklet, fasten the sheets together. If working is needed for any question, it must be shown clearly with the answer in the space provided for that question. ‘You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Calculators should be used where appropriate. Omission of essential workings will result in loss of marks. 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. The intended marks for the question or parts of the question are given in brackets {]. The total number of marks for this paper is 40. You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. This question paper consists of 7 printed pages (including this cover page). DO NOT TURN OVER THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. 6