Name of Candidate Index No Class

Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School (Secondary)

Preliminary Examination 2007
Secondary Four Express / Five Normal Academic

Subject: Mathematics (4017)

Paper No: 4017/1

Additional Materials: Duration: 2 hours

1 plain paper (for rough work)

Instructions to Candidate:

Write your name, register number and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
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 80.

For , use 3.14, unless the question requires the answer in terms of .

ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER.

Total Mark for

Paper 1

80

This question paper consists of 16 printed pages (including this cover page).

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1 Evaluate
(a) 4.1 – 2.59
(b) 0.55  0.3

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………… [1]

2 Express 530.006
(a) correct to 1 decimal place.
(b) correct to 1 significant figure.

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………… [1]

3 Factorise completely
(a) 2(ab + cd) + 4bc + ad.
(b) 18x2 – 32y2

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………… [1]

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 1 3
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4 (a) Evaluate 16    .
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 27 
a  b2  a
6
(b) Simplify , giving your answer in positive indices only.
b 3
(c) Evaluate 0.26 2  0.24 2 , leaving your answer as a fraction in its lowest
term.

Answer (a) …………………… [2]

(b) …………………… [1]

(c) …………………… [2]

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5 Solve the equations
(a) 3 p  12  43 p  1 .
(b) 2(q + 4) = 5(q – 6)

Answer (a) …………………… [2]

(b) …………………… [2]

1 3
6 (a) Given that  0.074 , find the value of .
13.5 1.35
2 4x 4  1
(b) Given that  4 x  10 , without solving for x, find the value of .
x x2

Answer (a) …………………… [2]

(b) …………………… [2]

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7 Given that 24 rabbits eat 30 carrots in 5 hours, how many carrots can 36 rabbits eat
in 3 hours?

Answer …………………… [2]

8 (a) Express 162 as a product of its prime factors.

(b) Hence, find the value of n such that 162n is a perfect square.

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………… [1]

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9 Solve the simultaneous equations
2x + 3y = 7
x–y=4

Answer x = …..…. y = ..……. [2]

10 Given that
1
2 x  3  x  1 ,
3
(a) Find the range of values of x.
(b) Hence, find the range of values of x2.

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………… [1]

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11 In January 2006, the population of Gypsyland was 80 million. At the end of the
year, the population was 1.3  10 8 .
(a) What is the difference in the population? Give your answer in standard
form.
(b) By what percentage did the population increase or decrease?

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) ……………….…% [1]

12 (a) Randy decided to climb a mountain. If he reached the summit at 0205h and
he took 15 hours and 20 minutes, what time did he start climbing?
(b) The mountain in (a) was 1.5 km high. Given that the temperature decreased
by 1°C for every 75 m and that the temperature at the foot of the mountain
was 10°C, what was the temperature at the summit?

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………°C [2]

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13 How many square pieces of aluminium foil of length 4 cm can be cut from a larger
piece of foil measuring 27 cm by 23 cm?

Answer …………………… [2]

14 Ali, Bala and Chen shared a plot of land in the ratio 3:4:7. If the area of Bala’s land
was 42 m2, what was the size of the entire plot of land?

Answer ………………… m2 [2]

15 The model of a house is made on a scale of 1 to 50.

(a) If the model has a height of 20 cm, what is the height of the actual house in
metres?
(b) The area of the main door of the actual house if 4 m2. What is the area, in
square centimetres, of the main door on the model?

Answer (a) ……………….…m [1]

(b) …………….… cm2 [2]

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16 The diagram below shows two straight lines BD and AE which bisect each other at
C.

A B

D E

Explain why triangles ABC and CDE have the same area.

Answer …………………………………………………………………………………

…………………………………………………………………………………

………………………………………………………………..…………… [3]

17 A, B, C and D are some vertices of a regular polygon, not drawn to scale. Given
that reflex  ABC = 200°, find the number of sides the polygon has.
200°
A
B C

Answer …………………… [2]

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18 If n is an integer, find the sum of the following series to n terms.
The first three terms are given as follows:
    
0  1  1  2  2  3  ...... 

Answer …………………… [2]

19 The diagram below shows a circle, centre O and radius r, divided into five equal
sectors. OPQ is a sector, centre O and radius 1.5r.

C
D

O
B
Q
E

(a) Describe a single transformation that will map

(i) sector OCD onto sector OEA.
(ii) sector OAB onto sector OPQ.
(b) How many lines of symmetry, if any, does the figure have?

Answer (a) (i) ………………………………………..…………………… [2]

(ii) ………………………………………..…………………… [2]

(b) …………………… [1]

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20 In the spaces below, sketch the graphs of (i) y  2  x ; (ii) y  ;
x2
(iii) 2 x 3  y  0 . The point given on the graph has coordinates (1, 1).
[3]

Answer
(i) (ii)
y y

x x

(iii)
y

21 The diagram below shows a triangle grass patch PQR. An object X is to be placed
on the grass patch such that PRX  QRX and X is nearer to R than Q.
Construct and shade the region in which X lies.

Q R

[3]

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22 In the diagram below, ABCD is a parallelogram. The coordinates of A, B and C are

(0,5), (2,2) and (5,6) respectively.

C (5,6)

A (0,5)

B (2,2)

(a) Find the coordinates of D.

(b) A point X lies on AC such that AX = 4XC. Find the coordinates of X.
(c) The equation of a line L is given by 2y – 16 = 3x. Determine if L is parallel
to BC.

Answer (a) …………………… [2]

(b) …………………… [2]

(c) …………………… [2]

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23 In the diagram below, A, B, C and D lie on the circumference of the circle. AOC is
the diameter of the circle, centre O. C lies east of A.

M
A C
O

D
(a) Write down the bearing of A from C.
(b) Given that  OAB = 25° and  ABD = 40°, find  OCD.
(c) Given also that AO : OM = 3 : 1, find the ratio of area of triangle AOB : area
of triangle AMB.

Answer (a) …………………..° [1]

(b) …………………..° [1]

(c) …………………… [1]

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24 The diagram below shows the velocity-time graph of a lorry (L) and a motorcycle
(M). Both start from the same position and travel in the same direction along the
same route.
v / m s-1

10 L

0 t/s
5 h

(a) Given that the motorcycle travels at a constant acceleration of 1 m/s2,

calculate the value of h.
(b) Find the time when the motorcycle has travelled 200 m.
(c) Sketch the distance-time graph of the lorry and of the motorcycle during the
journey.

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………..s [2]

(c) lorry motorcycle

s/m s/m

t/s t/s

[2]

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25 The table below shows the number of goals scored by a soccer team in competitions
played last year.
Goals 0 1 2 3 4
Frequency 12 p 15 2 1

(a) Given that the median number of goals scored is 1, find the smallest possible
value of p.
(b) If the mean number of goals scored per match is 1.2, find the value of p.
(c) The different values of frequencies are represented on a pie chart. Using
your answer in (b), calculate the number of degrees in the sector representing
the score of 2.

Answer (a) …………………… [1]

(b) …………………… [1]

(c) ………………..…° [1]

26 There are 4 red balls and 2 green balls in a bag. Balls are drawn one after another
without replacement. Find the probability that all the balls of one colour are chosen
first.

Answer …………………… [2]

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27 (a) The diagram shows two vectors, a and b. Draw on the diagram and label
clearly,
(i) a possible vector 2a + b
(ii) a possible vector b – a.

[2]

 2 
(b) It is given that P is the point (5, 6) and QP    .
  18 
(i) Find OQ .
(ii) Find the magnitude of OQ

Answer (b) (i) …………………… [1]

(ii) …………………… [1]

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 PLMGS(Sec) Mathematics Prelim 2007 Paper 1 Answers
1 (a) 1.51 (b) 0.165 21
2 (a) 530.0 (b) 500
3 (a) 2(3x + 4y)(3x – 4y) (b) (a + 2c)(2b + d) P
8 1
4 (a) (b) a5b5 (c)
81 10
1 2 2
5 (a) or 1 (b) 12
3 3 3
6 (a) 2.22 (b) 29
Q R
7 27
8 (a) 2 x 34 (b) 2
4 1 22 (a) (3, 9) (b) (4, 5.8) (c) No
9x= 3 ,y=  23 (a) 270 (b) 40 (c) 3:4
5 5
2
10 (a) x > -6 (b) x > 0 24 (a)10 (b) 20
7
11 (a) 5.0 x 10 (b) 62.5 (c) lorry
12 (a) 0845h (b) -10
s/m
13 30
14 154
15 (a) 10 (b) 16
1
16 Area of ABC = (CA)(CB)sinACB
2
1
Area of CDE = (CE)(CD)sinECD
2
Since CA = CE, CB = CD and  ACB =
t/s
 ECD, hence the areas are the same.
17 18
18  n motorcycle
19 (a) (i) Anticlockwise rotation of 144°
about O s/m
(ii) Enlargement, centre O, factor 1.5
(b) 1
20
y

2 t/s
x

25 (a) 7 (b) 20 (c) 108

2
26
15
27 (a) any possible answer
7
(b) (i)   (ii) 25 units
 24 

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