Final Examination 2008-2009

Mathematics

Form 3 Name :
Time allowed: 2 hr. 15 min. Class : ( )
Total marks: 100
Instructions:
1. Answer ALL questions.
2. All answers in Section A should be marked in pencil on the MC answer sheet provided or
marks will be deducted.
3. Answer Sections B and C with blue/black ball pen in the Answer Book.
4. All diagrams and graphs must be drawn neatly in pencil.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to 3 significant
figures.
Section A Multiple Choice (30 marks)

1. Find the slope of a  b, a  c  and 5. In the figure, find the ratio of the volume of
a  c, a  b the larger cube to that of the smaller one if
AX : XG = 7 : 1 and the two cubes are
A. 1
similar.
a
B.
c
b
C.
c
a
D.
b

2. If the mean of the numbers a, b, c, d, e, f is

5, what is the mean of the numbers (a + b),
c, d, e, f?
A. 4
B. 5 A. 49 : 1
C. 6 B. 343 : 1
D. 7 C. 8 2:1
D. 512 : 1
3 Which of the following can be a formula
for the area (A) of a figure, where a, b and 6. When the price of ball pens is increased by
c are linear measurements? 10%, John reduces his consumption by
4 3 12%. What is the percentage change in his
A. A= a expenditure on ball pens?
3
A. +3.2%
B. A= a 2 b  b 2 c B. 3.2%
C. +2%
C. A= a(a  b  c) D. 2%
D. A= a 2 b 2  c 2
7. sin 2 A
 cos A ,
4. Find x if sin 3x  10   cosx  40  Simplify
1  cos A
A. 12 A. sin A
B. 15 B. cos A
C. 16 C. tan A
D. 18 D. 1

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1 2 13. The difference between simple interest at

8. Factorize   24 ,
x2 x 5% p.a. for 2 years and compound interest
1  1  at 5% p.a. compounded yearly for 2 years
A.   6   4  on a certain sum of money is $75. Find
x  x 
B. x  6x  4 the principal.
A. $20,500
C. x  6x  4 B. $30,000
 1  4 x  1  6 x  C. $35,000
D.   
 x  x  D $25,000

9. AB is a straight line. P(0, 3) is a point on 14. The stock price index of a city is
AB such that AP : PB = 3 : 2. determined by 3 major stocks. If the
If B = ( -2, 0), find the coordinates of A. relative prices and the weights of the
 15  stock are as follows, find the weighted
A.  3,  mean of the stock price index.
 2
Stock Relative price Weight
 2 6
B.  ,  HSBC 120 28
 5 5 ABS Bank 60 10
C. (3, 2) HS Bank 80 12
D. (4, 6)
A. 98.4
10. A bag contains 5 cards marked 1, 2, 3, 4 B. 100.8
and 5. If 2 cards are drawn at random C. 89.6
from the bag, find the probability that the D. 84.8
sum of the 2 numbers is greater than 6. 15. The area of a triangle is 850cm2. If each
4 side is reduced by 20%, the area of the
A.
25 reduced triangle is
1 A. 693 cm2
B.
5 B. 680 cm2
8 C. 544 cm2
C.
25 D. 1020 cm2
2
D.
5 16. The cost of a new computer is $16,000.
Its value will depreciate by 25% in the
2x  1 1 1
  x  1
11. first year and 20% in each following year.
Solve
3 2 4 Find the value of the computer 3 years
A. x  1 later.
B. x  1 A. $7,680
C. x 1 B. $12,000
D. x 1 C. $19,680
D. $4,320
12. Find  if sin  = tan  , where
0    90 .
A. 0
B. 90
C. 45
D. 60

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17. Solve 21. In the figure, L is an axis of rotational
1 2 symmetry of a cube. What is the order of
x y  2,
3 3 rotational symmetry of L?
2 1
x  y  1
3 3
A. x  4, y  5
B. x  4 , y  5
C. x  5 , y  4
D. x  16 , y  5
A. 2
18. A large sphere is melted and recast into B. 3
two spheres of radii 2 cm and 3 cm. Find C. 4
the radius of the original sphere, correct D. 5
to 3 significant figures.
22. The figure shows a triangle PQR. PI, QK
A. 3.27cm and JR intersect at point G.
B. 4.14cm Which of the following must be true?
C. 3.61cm
I. G is the centroid of PQR .
D. 4.47cm
II. QK is an altitude of PQR .
19. In the figure, BO = BA. Find the bearing III. JR is a median of PQR .
of A from B.

A. N26oW
B. N64oW
C. S26oE A. I only
D. S64oE B. I and II only
C. I and III only
20. In the figure, the map is drawn to the D. None of the above
scale 1:40 000. Find x if the gradient of
AB is 1 : 8 and x  400 . 23. The arithmetic mean and median of a data
set are all 50. If a datum ‘75’ is removed
from the data set, which of the following
must be correct?
I. The arithmetic mean will be increased.
II. The median will be decreased.
III. The arithmetic mean will be decreased.
IV. The median will be increased.
A. II and III only
A. 425 B. I and II only
B. 450 C. I and III only
C. 475 D. III only
D. 500

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24. A road has a gradient of 1 in 20. Find the 28. Which of the following nets can form a
angle of inclination. cube?
A. 87.2
B. 2.87
C. 2.86
D. 87.1

25. Factorize a2b2 – a2 – b2 + 1 .

A. (a + 1)(b + 1)(a – 1)(b – 1)

B. (a2 – a + 1)(b2 – b + 1)
C. (a2 + 1)(b + 1)(b – 1)
D. (a2 + 1)(b2 + 1)

26. Find the value of y in the figure. A. I only

AB = BC, AD is the angle bisector of B. I and II only
CAE and BF = 3. C. I and III only
D. I, II and III

29. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle and EF

is the perpendicular bisector of AC. Given
that AC = 5 cm and AB = 4 cm. Find the
length of EF.

A. 6
B. 7
C. 7.5
D. 8

27. Simplify  3  4x  1  13  8x .

1 A. 3.5 cm
A.  x3 B. 3.75 cm
2
C. 4.2 cm
1
B.   x 1 D. 4.25 cm
2
C. 1  x  3 30. 55
D. 1  x  1 If sin   , find the value of tan .
8
A. 3
B. 8
3
C.
55
55
D.
3

End of Section A

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Section B (30 marks)

1. The table shows the results of a survey on the sizes of shoes that 120 men wear at a shoes shop:

Sizes of shoes 6 7 8 9 10 11
Frequency 12 43 35 14 13 3

(a) Find the probability that a man wears shoes of size

(i) 9, (1 mark)
(ii) less than 8 or greater than 9. (2 marks)
(b) What size(s) should the shoes shop stock more in order to increase its sales? (2 marks)
Why?

1 3 cos  2 sin 
2. (a) If tan   , find the value of . (3 marks)
2 cos  sin 
(b) Prove that sin  1  tan2   tan . (4 marks)

3. A mother and a daughter, both standing on the K

ground, are looking at a kite (K). The eye levels of
the daughter (D) and the mother (M) are 1.2m and
1.6m above the ground level respectively.

M’, D’ and K’ are projections of the points M, D and

K on the ground respectively and they are on the M
1.6m
same straight line. If the angles of elevation of the D 1.2m
kite from the eye levels of the mother and daughter
ground
are 37o and 52o respectively and the distance M’ D’ K’
between the mother and the daughter is 26m, find 26m
the height of the kite above the ground. (5 marks)

4. Amy has $2400. She uses it to buy a number of dresses at $375 each and some shirts at $270 each.
If the number of shirts is 3 more than the numbers of dresses, find the maximum number of shirts
she can buy. (5 marks)

5. The coordinates of A and B are (a, b) and (b, -a) respectively.

(a) Find, in terms of a and b, the lengths of OA and OB, where O is the origin. (3 marks)
(b) Show that OA is perpendicular to OB. (3 marks)
(c) Hence, express the area of OAB in terms of a and b. (2 marks)

End of Section B

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Section C (40 marks)

6) A metallic basin ABDC is formed by removing the lower part of an inverted right circular cone
VCD from cone VAB. The lower base radius is 30cm and the upper base radius is 50cm. The
volume of frustum ABDC is 14700  cm3.

(a) (i) Find the ratio of volume of cone VCD to frustum ABDC.
(2 marks)
A 50cm B
(ii) Hence, find the volume of cone VCD. Express your
answer in terms of  . (2 marks) 30cm
C D
(iii) Find the height of cone VCD. (2 marks)

(iv) Find the height of the basin ABDC. (2 marks)

(b) Find the curved surface area of the basin ABDC. (Correct V
your answer to 2 decimal places.) (3 marks)

7) Two ships X and Y started sailing from harbour H at the same time. Ship X sailed in the
direction N47°W at a speed of 30km/h. Ship Y sailed in the direction S18°W at a speed
of 25km/h. Three hours later, ship X and Y reached harbours A and B respectively.

(a) Find the distance between A and B. (5 marks)

(b) Find the bearing of B from A. (2 marks)
(c) (i) Find  HAB. (2 marks)
(ii) If ship X sails straight from harbour A to harbour B, find the (3 marks)
time it takes for it to be at the shortest distance from harbour H.

(Correct your answers to 2 decimal places.)

N
47°
H

18°

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8) D E C

A F B

In the figure, ABCD is a square. AE bisects ∠DAC and CF bisects ∠BCA.

HA = HF and GC = GE. Prove that

(a) ADE  AGE, (4 marks)

(b) AFCE is a parallelogram. (4 marks)

9) The following is a cumulative frequency polygon showing the time that 60 students
spent on doing homework in a week.

Time spent on doing homework by 60 students in a week

60

40
Cumulative frequency

20

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Time (hour)

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(a) Use the graph above to find the median of this distribution. (1 mark)

(b) Copy and complete the following cumulative frequency distribution table in your
answer book. (2 marks)

Time less than (hour) Cumulative frequency

0.5
5.5
10.5
15.5
20.5
25.5
30.5

(c) Copy and complete the following frequency distribution table in your answer book.
(2 marks)

Time (hour) Frequency

1-5
6-10
11-15
16-20
21-25
26-30

(d) Find the modal class of this distribution. (1 mark)

(e) Find the mean of this distribution. (Give the answer correct to the nearest 0.1h)
(3 marks)

End of Section C

End of Paper

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