Section A

81333
1. 
27444n
A. 3111n .

B. 3n111 .

C. 33n .
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D. .
33n

2. x 2  y 2  4 y  4 

A. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2) .

B. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2) .

C. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2) .

D. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2) .

1 1 1
3. If  , then u 
f u v
vf
A. .
f v
vf
B. .
v f
f v
C. .
vf
v f
D. .
vf

4. If a and b are constants such that ( x  3)(a  x)  5  x 2  2b , then b 

A. 7.

B. 3.
5
C. .
2
D. 2 .

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 2 2
5. 2
 
x 1 1 x
4  2x
A. .
x2 1
4  2x
B. .
1  x2
2x
C. .
2
x 1
2x
D. .
1  x2

x  2 3x
6. The greatest integer satisfying the compound inequality 3x  7  2( x  3) or 2   is
3 2
A. 1.

B. 0.

C. 2 .

D. 3 .

7. If 0.03647  x  0.03655 , which of the following is true?

A. x  0.04 (correct to 2 significant figures)

B. x  0.036 (correct to 2 significant figures)

C. x  0.037 (correct to 3 decimal places)

D. x  0.0365 (correct to 3 significant figures)

8. In the figure, the equations of the straight lines L1 and L2 are x  ay  b 0 and bx  y  c 0
respectively. Which of the following are true?
I. a0

II. b  ac  0

III. ab  1

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. I and III only

D. I, II and III

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9. Let f ( x)  9 x 4  a 2 x 2  2 x  6 , where a is a constant. If f ( x) is divisible by 3x  a , find the
remainder when f ( x) is divided by x  a .
A. 2 034

B. 2 050

C. 52 464

D. 52 500

10. If p  0 and q  0 , which of the following may represent the graph of y  ( px  q) 2  7 ?

A. . B.

C. D.

11. Tom sold two computers for $9999 each. He lost 10% on one and gained 10% on the other. After two
transactions, Tom
A. lost $202.

B. gained $101.

C. gained $202.

D. had no gain and no loss.

12. The scale of a map is 1: 200 000 . If the area of Hong Kong Island is 80 km2 , then the area of Hong
Kong Island on the map is
A. 10 cm2 .

B. 20 cm2 .

C. 40 cm2 .

D. 320 cm2 .
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13. If a varies directly as b and inversely as the square root of c , which of the following must be
constant?
c
A.
ab
a 2b 2
B.
c
a c b
C.
b

D. ab c

14. In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 3 dots. For any positive integer n , the (n  1) th pattern is
formed by adding (2n  3) dots to the n th pattern. Find the number of dots in the 9th pattern.

A. 63

B. 80

C. 99

D. 120

15. A solid consists of two parts. The upper part is a hemisphere with radius 5 cm while the lower part is a
cone with the same base radius. If the height of the whole solid is 17 cm , find its total surface area.
A. 110 cm2

B. 115 cm2

C. 165 cm2
550
D. cm 2
3

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16. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium. It is given that AC and BD intersect at the point E . The ratio
of the area of AED to the area of BEC is
A. 1:1 .

B. 2:3.

C. 3: 2 .

D. 4:3.

CBE . D is a point lying on BE such that AB : BD : DE  6 : 2 :1 . If the

17. In the figure, BAC 
area of ABD is 8 cm2 , then the area of ABC is
A. 16 cm2 .

B. 18 cm2 .

C. 20 cm2 .

D. 24 cm2 .

18. In the figure, the length of the line segment joining A and D is

A. 10.8 cm (correct to 3 significant figures).

B. 11.0 cm (correct to 3 significant figures).

C. 14.2 cm (correct to 3 significant figures).

D. 14.9 cm (correct to 3 significant figures).

19. In the figure, ABCD is a square and CDE is an equilateral triangle. Find DBE .

A. 20o

B. 25o

C. 30o

D. 35o

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20. In the figure, AF and CE are altitudes of ABC and intersect at the point D . BD is produced
and intersect AC at the point G . Which of the following must be true?
I. BG  AC

II. BDE CDG

III. DC is the angle bisector of FCG

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III

21. In the figure, O is the centre of circle ABC . ABC is a straight line. AOB 
92o and
CBD  70o . Find OAC .
A. 18o

B. 20o

C. 22o

D. 24o

22. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle and AB : BC  2 :1 . E is a point lying on DA produced. AB and
EC intersect at the point F . If EFA  , then AE 
A. AB(1  tan  ) .

B. AB(tan  1) .

C. BC(1  2 tan  ) .

D. BC(2 tan  1) .

23. If each interior angle of a regular n -sided polygon is larger than each exterior angle of the polygon by
132o , which of the following is true?
A. The value of n is 13.

B. The number of diagonals of the polygon is 15.

C. The sum of the interior angles of the polygon is 1 980o .

D. The number of axes of reflectional symmetry of the polygon is 15.

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24. The point A is rotated anticlockwise about the origin through 90o to the point B . If the coordinates
of the reflection image of B with respect to the y -axis are ( 3,  1) , then the polar coordinates of
A are

A. ( 2, 120o ) .

B. ( 2, 300o ) .

C. (2, 120o ) .

D. (2, 300o ) .

25. The coordinates of the points A and B are (5, 2) and (3, 4) respectively. Let P be a moving
point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that the distance between A and P is equal to the
distance between B and P . Find the equation of the locus of P .
A. 4x  y 1 0

B. 4 x  y  1 0

C. 4 x  y  1 0

D. 4x  y 1 0

26. The equation of circle C is 2 x 2  2 y 2  12 x  8 y  77 

0 . Let G be the centre of C . Denote the
origin by O . If the coordinates of P are (4, 4) , which of the following must be true?
I. The coordinates of G are (6, 4) .

II. P lies outside C .

III. POG is an obtuse angle.

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and III only

D. II and III only

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27. Two cards are randomly drawn at the same time from six cards numbered 1, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 respectively. If
the sum of the numbers drawn is a multiple of 3, 36 marks will be awarded; otherwise 18 marks will be
deducted. Find the expected marks.
A. 1.5

B. 3.6

C. 24.5

D. 25.2

28. The mean weight of 50 men and 280 women is 75 kg. If the mean weight of the men are 89 kg, then the
mean weight of the women is
A. 51.5 kg

B. 67.5 kg

C. 70 kg

D. 72.5 kg

29. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the heights of a group of students.
Suppose that the distance between a and b , b and c , c and d , and d and e are all equal, which
of the following are true?

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I. The range is (d  a) .
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II. The inter-quartile range is c  a .

III. The mean is c .

ae
IV. The median is .
2
A. II and III only

B. I, II and III only

C. I, II and IV only

D. I, II, III and IV

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30. Consider the following ten positive integers:

3 4 5 5 5 6 7 8 x y
Let a , b and c be the mean, mode and median of the above positive integers respectively. If the
range of the above positive integers is greater than 7, which of the following must be true?
I. a5

II. b5

III. c  5

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III

Section B

31. 20  416  84  12 

A. 20000010B16

B. 20000010C16

C. 140000100B16

D. 140000100C16

32. The figure shows the graphs of y  f ( x) and y  g ( x) . Which of the following may represent the

relationship between f ( x) and g ( x) ?

1 1
A. g ( x)   f ( x)
2 2
1
B. g ( x)   f (2 x )
2
1
C. g
( x) f ( 2 x )
2
1
D. g (
x) 2 f ( x)
2

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33. The graph in the figure shows the linear relation between x and log a y . It is given that y  ka x ,
where a and k are positive integers. Find the value of k .
A. 1.

B. 2.
1
C. .
2
1
D. .
4

34. Consider the following system of inequalities:

x  y 1  0

2 x  y  0
2 x  3 y  6  0

Let D be the region which represents the solution of the above system of inequalities. If ( x, y) is a
point lying in D , then the greatest value of 30 x  90 y  40 is
A. 185 .

B. 122 .

C. 10 .

D. 5 .

35. The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is 22n1 . Which of the following is/are true?

I. The 1st term of the sequence is 2.

II. 8 is a term of the sequence.

III. The sequence is a geometric sequence.

A. I only

B. III only

C. I and II only

D. I, II and III

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 q p
36. If p  q and 2 p 2  3 p 
2q 2  3q 
10 , then 2
 2
p q
27
A.  .
200
33
B. .
200
153
C. .
200
213
D. .
200

k  2i 5  ki
37. Define z1  and z2  , where k is a real number. If the real part of z1 is equal to the
1 i i2
imaginary part of z2 , then z1  z2 

A. 1 .

B. 0.

C. 1.

D. 2.

38. For 0o    360o , how many roots does equation sin  3  3cos2  have?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

39. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a cube. Diagonals BE and AH intersect at M . Find tan  .

2
A.
4
2 5
B.
5
5
C.
2
D. 2 2

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40. In the figure, XY and XZ are the tangents to the circle ABCD at two points A and B
respectively. If BC  CD , BAD 
70o and ADC 
104o , find BXA .
A. 34o

B. 35o

C. 42o

D. 44o

41. The straight line x  y  k 0 and the circle x 2  y 2  2 x  4 y  1 0 intersect P and Q . Find the
y -coordinate of the mid-point of PQ .
k 3
A.
2
k 3
B.
2
C. k 3

D. k 3

42. There are 18 boys and 10 girls in a music club. 5 members are selected from the club to join a singing
contest. If there must be at least 2 boys, how many different teams can be formed?
A. 4 032

B. 12 597

C. 75 888

D. 94 248

43. There are two boxes. The first box contains a red ball and a green ball. The second box contains a red
ball, a green ball and a blue ball. A ball is drawn from the first box and put into the second box. If a ball
is now randomly drawn from the second box, find the probability that a red ball is drawn.
3
A.
10
1
B.
3
3
C.
8
1
D.
2

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44. The standard scores of Tom and Mary in a test are 1.5 and 0.5 respectively. If the scores of Tom and
Mary in the test are 53 marks and 69 marks respectively. Find the mean of the scores of the test.
A. 45

B. 61

C. 65

D. 77

45. Let m1 , r1 and v1 be the mean, the range and the variance of a group of numbers
x1, x2 , x3 , ... , x100 respectively while m2 , r2 and v2 be the mean, the range and the variance of a
group of numbers 2x1, 2x2 , 2x3 , ... , 2x100 , 2m1 respectively. Which of the following must be true?
I. m2  2m1

II. r2  2r1

III. v2  4v1

A. I only

B. I and II only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III

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1-10 CBBAD CDDCB

11-20 ABCCB AAACB

21-30 BDDCD DBDCB

31-40 DCDCA CCBDC

41-45 ADCCB

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