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Tak Nga Secondary School Class: 4 Name: ____________________( ___ )
Weekly Assignment 9
Paper 1: Conventional Questions
Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
( x 2 y)3
1. Simplify 8  2 and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
x y
~HKDSE 2016

2. Consider the formula 5b  4  3(2a  b) .

(a) Make a the subject of the above formula.
(b) If the value of b is increased by 6, write down the change in the value of a.
(4 marks)
~HKDSE 2014

3. (a) Round down 386.475 to 1 decimal place. _______________

(b) Round up 386.475 to the nearest integer. _______________
(c) Round off 386.475 to 2 significant figures. _______________
(3 marks)
~HKDSE 2014, 2018
4. Factorize
(a) 9x2 – 64y2,
(b) 9x + 24y – 9x2 + 64y2.
(3 marks)
~HKDSE 2013

3 6
5. Simplify  . (3 marks)
1  2x 4x  5
~HKDSE 2016
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6. There are 525 male employees in a company. The number of male employees is 25% more than that of
female employees.
(a) Find the total number of employees in the company.
(b) There are 756 employees with university degrees in the company.
(i) Find the percentage of employees with university degrees in the company.
(ii) There are 68% of the male employees with university degrees in the company. Is the number of female employees
with university degrees less than the number of male employees with university degrees? Explain your answer.
(6 marks)

7. The total price of a dozen eggs and two potatoes is $24 whereas the total price of 4 eggs and 7 potatoes
is $27. Find the price of a potato. (4 marks)
~HKDSE 2013

8. Let k be a constant. If the quadratic equation 2 x 2  3 x  2 k  1  k has 2 distinct real roots, find the
range of k. (4 marks)
~HKDSE 2014, 2016 Paper 2
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9. Let f(x) = (x + 1)2(x  h) + k, where h and k are constants. When f(x) is divided by x + 1, the remainder
is 4. It is given that f(x) is divisible by x + 2.
(a) Find h and k. (3 marks)
(b) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f(x) = 0 are integers. Do you agree? Explain
your answer. (3 marks)
~HKDSE 2015

10. Let f(x) = 3x2  12x + 20. Using the method of completing the square, find the coordinates of the vertex
of the graph of y = f(x). (2 marks)
~HKDSE 2018

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Numerical Answers
y5 (b) (i) 80%
1. (ii) The number of female employees
x2
with university degrees is not less
b2
2. a  , The increased in the value of a = 2. than the number of male employees
3 with university degrees.
3. (a) 386.4 (b) 387 (c) 390 7. The price of a potato is $3.
4. (a) (3x + 8y)(3x  8y) 17
(b) (3x + 8y)(3  3x + 8y) 8. k 
24
 21 9. (a) h = 2, k = 4 (b) The claim is agreed.
5.
(1  2 x)(4 x  5) 10. (2, 8)
6. (a) 945