St.

Paul's Secondary School

Form 3 Half-yearly Examination Revision Set 1
Mathematics Paper 1

Form 3 Name: No.: Marks: /100

1. Answer all questions and show all your working clearly.

2. Diagrams may not be necessarily drawn to scale.
3. Unless otherwise stated, numerical answers should either be exact or be corrected to 3 significant
figures.

Section A (72 marks)

1. (a) Factorize x 2  4 x  3 . (2 marks)
(b) Hence, factorize ( 2 x  3) 2  4( 2 x  3)  3 . (2 marks)

2. Factorize the following polynomials.

(a) 8r 2  112r  392 . (2 marks)
(b) 4𝑎 7𝑎𝑏 2𝑏 (2 marks)

3. Factorize ( x  y ) 3  ( x  y ) 3 . (3 marks)

4. Simplify the following expressions and express the answers with positive indices.
(2 x 2 y 3 ) 5
(a) (3 marks)
(3xy 2 ) 2 (2 x) 2
(b) ( 2 x 1 y 2 ) 1 (2 marks)

5. Without using a calculator, find the value of 491  7 3  3430 . (3 marks)

6. (Take 1 year = 365 days. Give the answers correct to 3 significant figures and express the answers in
scientific notation.)

(a) How many minutes are there in 1 year? (2 marks)

(b) Suppose the number of heartbeats of a man is 80 times per minute and his life-span is 80 years.
How many times will his heart beat in his whole life? (2 marks)

7. (a) Convert 1011011012 into decimal number without using calculator. (2 marks)
(b) Convert 32 17110 into hexadecimal number without using calculator. (2 marks)

8. The temperature of water inside an electric kettle increases by 1.5% every minute. If the temperature
of the water is 50 C now, calculate the temperature of the water 5 minutes ago. (3 marks)

9. The cross-sectional area of a prism is increased by 5% and its height is decreased by 9%. Calculate the
percentage change of the volume of the prism. (4 marks)

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10. The percentages of boys and girls in a school are 45% and 55% respectively. If the number of boys
increases by 8% while the total number of students increases by 5%. Find the percentage change in the
number of girls in the school. (4 marks)

11. The table below shows the tax rates in a certain year.

Net chargeable income Tax rate Tax

On the first $50 000 2% $1000
On the next $50 000 7% $3500
On the next $50 000 12% $6000
Remainder 17% -----------------------

Mr Wong’s Salaries Tax payable is $13 000. Calculate his net chargeable income. Correct your answer
to the nearest $100. (3 marks)

12. Determine if A(2, 3), B(5, 8) and C(10, 21) are collinear or not. (3 marks)

13. Refer to the figure, L1 and L2 are straight lines which are
y
perpendicular to each other. The slope of L1 is 3. P(5, 2) is L2
the point of intersection of L1 and L2. A(a, 6) is a point lying L1
on L2. A(a, 6)

(a) Calculate the slope of L2. (2 marks)

(b) Find the value of a. (2 marks) P(5, 2)

x
O

5 x
14. (a) Solve the inequality  x + 3. (2 marks)
4
(b) If x is an integer, find the least possible value of x. (1 mark)

15. The sum of two consecutive odd numbers does not exceed 74. Find the greatest possible value of the
smaller integer. (4 marks)

4x  1  x3
16. Solve the inequality 5 and represent the solutions graphically. (4 marks)
7 4

17. Petra has $500 to buy drinks for a party. The prices of each can of coke and each can of fruit juice are
$6 and $9 respectively. She wants to buy 60 cans of drinks in total. Find the maximum number of cans
of fruit juice that she can buy. (4 marks)

18. The following are the numbers of books read by two groups of students last year.
Group A Group B
6 7 8 8 4 5 3 4
7 8 7 6 6 7 3 48
7 6 8 6 7 5 9 9

(a) Determine whether the mean, the median or the mode is most suitable to compare the numbers of
books read by the two groups of students. Explain your answer. (3 marks)

(b) By using the conclusion in (a), determine which group of students read more books in general last
year by finding suitable average(s). (3 marks)

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19. In a singing contest, scores are given based on 3 aspects: the voice, the note accuracy and the stage
presence of the participants. The following shows the scores Carmen got in those aspects and the
weight of each aspect. If the weighted mean score Carmen got in the singing contest is 6.75 marks,
find the value of m. (3 marks)

Voice Note accuracy Stage presence

Score (marks) 7 7 6
Weight 3 m 2

End of Section A

Section B (28 marks)

20. The following shows the daily wages (in $) of a group of workers.
Daily wage ($) 200 – 299 300 – 399 400 – 499 500 – 599
Frequency 3 6 5 6

(a) Write down the modal class of the daily wage of the workers. (1 mark)

(b) Estimate the mean daily wage of the workers. (2 marks)

(c) Complete the cumulative frequency table below. (2 marks)

Daily wage less than ($) 199.5
Cumulative frequency

(d) Draw a cumulative frequency polygon of the daily wages of the workers. (2 marks)
Daily wages of a group of workers
25

20
Cumulative frequency

15

10

Daily wages ($)

(e) Find the median daily wage of the workers. (2 marks)

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21. Give your answers correct to 2 decimal places if necessary.

(a) Mr Chan owed a bank $19000 due to credit card expenses. The interest charged by the bank is
20% p.a. compounded monthly. Calculate the amount owed to the bank after one month. (3 marks)

(b) One month after Mr Chan has owed the money, he started to repay the bank $6500 monthly until
he fully repaid the money he owed together with the interest generated.

(i) Calculate the amount that Mr Chan still owed to the bank after he made 2 monthly
repayments. (2 marks)

(ii) Hence, explain whether Mr Chan can fully repay the bank after making 3 monthly repayments.
(2 marks)

22. If 5 x  1  5 x  1  650  0 , find the value of x. (3 marks)

23. Refer to the figure, R is a point on the y-axis such that PQ = PR. y

(a) Find the coordinates of R. (3 marks)

R
(b) On the figure, mark the inclination of the straight
line PR as . (1 mark)

(c) Hence, or otherwise, find PRQ. x

(2 marks) O P(3, 0) Q(9, 0)

24. Refer to the figure, O is the centre of the circle and P(8, 6) is a point on the circumference of the
circle. Calculate the area of the shaded region. Leave your answer in terms of . (3 marks)

O x

P(8, 6)

END OF PAPER

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Suggested Solution

1. (a) x 2  4 x  3  ( x  3)( x  1)

(b) (2 x  3) 2  4(2 x  3)  3  [(2 x  3)  3][(2 x  3)  1] [By the result of (a)]

 (2 x  6)(2 x  4)
 4( x  3)( x  2)

2. (a)
8r 2  112r  392  8(r 2  14r  49)
 8[r 2  2(7)r  7 2 ]
 8(r  7) 2

(b)  4a 2  7ab  2b 2  2b 2  7ab  4a 2

 (2b  a)(b  4a)

3.
( x  y ) 3  ( x  y ) 3  [( x  y )  ( x  y )][( x  y ) 2  ( x  y )( x  y )  ( x  y ) 2 ]
 2 y ( x 2  2 xy  y 2  x 2  y 2  x 2  2 xy  y 2 )
 2 y (3x 2  y 2 )

4.

(2 x 2 y 3 ) 5 2 5 x10 y15
(a) 
( 3xy 2 ) 2 (2 x) 2 ( 3) 2 x 2 y 4  2 2 x 2
2 5  2 10  2  2 15  4
 x y
( 3) 2
2 3 6 11
 x y
9
8 x 6 y11

9

(b)
(2 x 1 y 2 ) 1  2 1 x ( 1)( 1) y 2( 1)
1
 xy  2
2
x
 2
2y

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5.
49 1  7 3  3430  (7 2 ) 1  7 3  1
 7  2  7 3
 7 2  ( 3)
7

6.
(a) 1 year = 365 days
= 365  24  60 min
= 5.26 105 min , cor. to 3 sig. fig. 5.256  105

(b) Number of heartbeats = 80  80  5.256  105 times

= 3.36  109 times , cor. to 3 sig. fig.

7. (a) 1011011012
= 1  28  0  27  1  26  1  25  0  24  1  23  1 22  0  2  1 1
= 256 + 0 + 64 + 32 + 0 + 8 + 4 + 0 + 1
= 365

(b) 16 32 171
16 2 010 …… 11
16 125 …… 10
7 …… 13
 32 17110  7DAB16

8. Let T be the temperature of the water 5 minutes ago.

𝑇 1 1.5% 50
T = 46.4 C

9. Let x and y be the original cross-sectional area and the height of the prism.
Percentage change in the volume of the prism
% %
100%
= 4.45%

10. Let x be the original number of students.

The new number of students 𝑥 1 5% 1.05𝑥
The new number of girls 1.05𝑥 0.45𝑥 1 8% 0.564𝑥
The percentage change in the number of girls
. .
100%
.
 2.55%

11. Mr Wong’s Salaries Tax

= $1000 + $3500 + $6000 + $2500
 his net chargeable income
= $50 000 + $50 000 + $50 000 + $2500/17%
 $164700

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12. Slope of AB
Slope of BC
Slope of CA 3
Since the slopes are not the same, they are not collinear.

13. (a) 3 𝑚 1
𝑚
(b)
𝑎 17

5 x
14. x+3
4
5 – x  –4(x + 3)
5 – x  –4x – 12
3x  –17
17
x 
3

(b) The least possible value of x is –5.

15. Let x be the smaller integer. Then, the greater one is x + 2.

x + (x + 2)  74
2x  72
x  36
∴ The greatest possible value of the smaller integer is 35.

4x 1  x3
16. 5 >
7 4
 4x 1    x 3
28  5  > 28 
 7   4 
16x – 4 + 140 > –7x + 21
16x + 7x > 21 + 4 – 140
23x > –115
x > –5
Graphical representation:

–5 0

17. Let x be the number of cans of fruit juice that Petra can buy.
Then the number of cans of coke is 60 – x.
9x + 6(60 – x)  500
9x + 360 – 6x  500
3x  500 – 360
3x  140
x  46.66…
∴ The maximum number of cans of fruit juice that Petra can buy is 46.

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18. (a) Since there is an extremely large datum (48) in the data set of group B,
the mean is not a suitable average.

Since there is no mode in the data set of group A,

the mode is not a suitable average.

∴ The median is the most suitable average.

(b) Median of group A = 7

Median of group B = 5.5
∵ 7 > 5.5
∴ The students in group A read more books in general last year.

33  7m
19. 6.75 =
5 m
33.75 + 6.75m = 33 + 7m
0.25m = 0.75
m =3

Section B
20. (a) $300 – $399 and $500 – $599

249.5  3  349.5  6  449.5  5  549.5  6

(b) Mean =
20
= $419.5

(c)
Daily wage less than ($) 199.5 299.5 399.5 499.5 599.5
Cumulative frequency 0 3 9 14 20

(d)
Daily wages of a group of workers
25

20
Cumulative frequency

15

10 (e)

199.5 299.5 399.5 499.5 599.5

Daily wages ($)

(e) Since the total frequency of the data is 20, the median is the value
20
corresponding to the cumulative frequency of = 10.
2
From the above graph, the required median = $419.5

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21. (a) The amount owed = 19000 1
 $19316.67

(b) (i) The amount owed after 2 monthly repayments

%
19316.67 6500 1 6500
=$6530.28
(ii) No.
The amount Mr Chan owed the bank in (b)(i) is greater than $6500.

22.
5 x  1  5 x  1  650 0
2 x 1 x 1
5 (5 )  (5 )  650
( 25  1)(5 x  1 )  650
650
5 x 1 
26
5 x 1  25
5 x 1  52
 x 1 2
x 3

23. (a) Let R be (0, r).

3 0 0 𝑟 9 3
𝑟 3√3 or √27 or  5.20
 R = (0, 3√3)

(b) RPQ

√
(c) 𝑡𝑎𝑛∠𝑅𝑃𝑂
RPO = 60
PRQ = 30

24. Radius of circle = 8 6 = 10 units

Join OP.
Area of shaded region
= 10 8 10 6 π 10
= (70 + 25) sq. units

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 St. Paul's Secondary School
Form 3 Half-yearly Examination Revision Set 1
Mathematics Paper 2

Form 3 Name: No.

There are 39 questions in total.

The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

1. Which of the following must be true?

A. x 2  y 2  ( x  y ) 2
B. ( x  y ) 2  ( y  x ) 2
C. x 2  y 2  y 2  x 2
D. ( x  4 ) 2  16  x 2

2. Which of the following can be factorized?

I. a 2  5a  6
II. a 2  5a  6
III. a 2  5a  6
IV. a 2  5a  6
A. I and II only
B. II and III only
C. III and IV only
D. All of the above

3. Factorize y 5  27 y 2 .
A. y 2 ( y  3)3
B. ( y  3)( y 2  3 y  9)
C. y 2 ( y  3)( y 2  3 y  9)
D. y 2 ( y  3)( y 2  3 y  9)

4. Factorize 169  (a + b)2.

A. (13  a  b)2
B. (13  a + b)2
C. (13 + a + b)(13  a  b)
D. (13  a + b)(13  a + b)

a 0  b 3  c 4
5. Simplify .
b  c 6
A. ab2c2
B. b2c2
1
C. 2 2
bc
b2
D.
ac10

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6. Which of the following expressions is/are correct?
I. (3) 0  30
II. ( x 2 ) n1  x 2 n1
III. 3a  5b  15ab
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and III only

7. Express 0.001 453  1021 in scientific notation.

A. 1.453  1024
B. 1.453  1023
C. 1.453  1019
D. 1.453  1018

8. Consider the underlined digits only. In which of the following pairs of numbers are having the same
place values?
A. 98110, 8416
B. 11100112, ABCD16
C. 100112, C4016
D. 289910, AE16

9. 10 + 126 + 1  29 + 1  210 =
A. 110010011102.
B. 110010010102.
C. 11001001012.
D. 11001010102.

10. Arrange the numbers 1011012, BE16 and 2310 in descending order.
A. BE16, 1011012, 2310
B. BE16, 2310, 1011012
C. 2310, 1011012, BE16
D. 1011012, BE16, 2310

11. In the figure, find the value of cos.

3
A.
4 
3
B. 15
5 12
5
C.
4
4
D. 9
5
A
12. In the figure, find the length of AE. 2 1
(Correct your answer to 3 significant figures.)
A. 8.60 3
B. 10.4
C. 14.2
6
D. 16.0 1
E
3

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13. $30 000 is deposited at a bank at 5% p.a. Calculate the simple interest obtained after 3 years?
A. $4 500
B. $34 500
C. $4 729
D. $34 729

14. A sum of $15 000 is deposited at a bank at 6% p.a. compounded monthly. What is the amount obtained
after 2 years?
A. $16 800
B. $16 854
C. $16 907
D. $60 734

15. A new medicine is under trial in the laboratory for the killing of a certain kind of bacteria. The number
of bacteria decreases steadily at a rate of 8% per hour. If the initial number of bacteria is 10 million,
what is the number of bacteria after 5 hours?
A. 2.00 millions
B. 6.59 millions
C. 14.7 millions
D. 16.6 millions

16. The annual depreciation rate of a machine is 24%. When will its value be first lower than 35% of the
current value?
A. 2 years
B. 4 years
C. 6 years
D. 8 years

17. Which of the following results is greater than the original value?
A. A number is first decreased by 10%, and then increased by 9%.
B. A number is first decreased by 10%, and then increased by 11%.
C. A number is first decreased by 9%, and then increased by 9%.
D. A number is first decreased by 9%, and then increased by 10%.

18. The radius of a circle is increased by 10%. What is the percentage increase in the area of the circle?
A. 10%
B. 20%
C. 21%
D. 23%

19. Ada’s daily working hours have increased by 18.75% but her hourly pay has decreased by 5%. Find the
percentage change in her daily income.
A. 12.8%
B. 13.8%
C. 87.2%
D. 112.8%

20. The tax rate for rates is 5% each year. David paid $1 250 for the quarterly rates of his flat. Find the
rateable value of the flat.
A. $25 000
B. $50 000
C. $75 000
D. $100 000

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21. Which of the following diagrams represents 9  x?
A.
0 9
B.
0 9
C.
0 9
D.
0 9

2x  3
22. Find the smallest integer satisfying the inequality  2 .
4
A. −3
B. −2
C. 2
D. 3

23. The area of a parallelogram is x cm2, the height is 6 cm and the base is not greater than 11 cm. Which
of the following inequalities can be used to find the range of x?
x
A. > 11
6
x
B. < 11
6
x
C.  11
6
x
D.  11
6

24. If x  y, which of the following inequalities must be true?

A. 9x  9y
B. x – 9  y – 9
C. –x – 9  –y – 9
x y
D. 
9 9

25. If a > 3, which of the following must be true?

I. 2a > 6
II. –4 + a > –1
1 1
III. 
a 3
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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26. If a < b and k < 0, which of the following must be true?
I. a2 < b2
II. a – k < b – k
a b
III. <
k2 k2
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only

5 7 8
27. It is given that   , where a, b and c are positive numbers. Which of the following is true?
7 a 8b 9c
A. a<b<c
B. a<c<b
C. b<a<c
D. b<c<a

28. Which of the following must be true for the five numbers a – 1, a, a – 4, a + 7 and a + 3?
I. The mean is a + 1.
II. The mode is 0.
III. The median is a – 4.
A. I only
B. III only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only

29. In a test, the mean score of 17 boys and 34 girls is 72 marks. If the mean score of the girls is 64 marks,
then the mean score of the boys is
A. 68 marks.
B. 76 marks.
C. 80 marks.
D. 88 marks.

30. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of ages of 22 staff members in an office.
Find the median of the distribution. Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
A. 33 2 1 1 3 4 6 7
B. 34 3 0 2 2 3 4 6 8 8
C. 35 4 3 4 4 7 9
D. 36 5 3 6 9

31. The bar chart below shows the distribution of the numbers of pages of the chapters in a novel.
The median of the numbers of pages of the chapters in the novel is 36.5. Find the value of a.
A. 7
Distribution of the numbers of pages of the chapters in a novel
B. 8 a
C. 9
Number of chapters

6
D. 10 5 5
4

35 36 37 38 39
Number of pages

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32. The following cumulative frequency curve shows the marks got by some students in an examination.
Marks got by some students in an examination

Cumulative frequency 80

60

40

20

0
30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Mark
It is given that 40% of the students pass the examination. Find the passing mark.
A. 61
B. 69
C. 65
D. 75

33. If the mean and the mode of the six numbers 10, 6, 3, 8, a and b are 7 and 10 respectively, then the
median of these six numbers is
A. 5.
B. 6.
C. 7.
D. 8.

34. If the vertices of ABC are A(2, 3), B(4, 1) and C(5, 2), what type of triangle is ABC?
A. An isosceles triangle
B. An equilateral triangle
C. A right-angled triangle
D. It cannot be determined.

35. The inclination of a straight line L is 40. The slope of L is

A. 1.19
B. 0.84
C. 0.77
D. 0.64

36. In the figure, L1 // L2 and the straight line L2 intersects the x-axis and the y-axis at P and Q respectively,
find the value of x. y

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3 5 Q
D. 6 ( 3, 4)

( 5, x)

P L1
x
O 5 L2

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37. Which of the straight lines P, Q, R and S in the figure has the smallest slope?
A. P
B. Q y
R Q
C. R P
D. S S

O x

38. In the figure, the straight line L passes through P(6, –7) and Q(–9, –17) and cuts the y-axis at R.
The y-coordinate of R is
y
A. 0.
B. –9. L
C. –11.
O x
D. –14.

P(6, –7)

Q(–9, –17)

39. Which of the following statements about a straight line L in a coordinate plane must be true?
A. L must have an inclination.
B. L must have a slope.
C. L must cut the x-axis and the y-axis.
D. All of the above.

END OF PAPER

Question No. Key Question No. Key Question No. Key

1. B 16. B 31. B
2. D 17. D 32. B
3. D 18. C 33. C
4. C 19. A 34. C
5. B 20. D 35. B

6. A 21. C 36. B
7. A 22. B 37. C
8. D 23. D 38. C
9. B 24. D 39. A
10. A 25. B

11. D 26. D
12. A 27. A
13. A 28. A
14. C 29. D
15. C 30. C

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