POOI TO MIDDLE SCHOOL

S3( ) 2015/2016 Second Term Examination P.1 – P.11

Time Allowed：1 hr 30 mins Mathematics (Paper I) Date: 7 – 6 – 2016
Name: _________________( ) Marks: ___________/ 100
Instructions
1. This paper consists of THREE sections.
2. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
3. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
5. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Section A: Basic Questions (34 marks)
x 2 y 4
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (2 marks)
( x 1 y 3 )0

2. The price of a mobile phone was $4 500 in 2012. Its value was depreciated by 10% per year. Find the
value of the mobile phone in 2015. (2 marks)

3. Solve the inequality 9 – 2x  x, and represent its solutions graphically on a number line. (2 marks)
 
 
 
 
 
  0 
4. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram and ∠ABC = 110. The angle bisector of ∠DAB meets
DC at E. Find ∠AEC. (2 marks)
  D  E  C 
 
 
  110 

  A  B 
 
 

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5. The given object is formed by 6 cubes. Draw the top and side views of that object Top
in the spaces provided. (2 marks)
Front view Top view Side view

Front Side

 
6. Factorize the following expressions. (4 marks)
(a) a 2 – 18a + 81 2
(b) –4m + 49n 2

(c) 8 + 3t 2 + 10t (d) 10 p 2  11 pq  6q 2

7. In the figure, VABCD is a right pyramid with a rectangular base. The height of the pyramid is 12 cm,
AB = 8 cm and BC = 6 cm. Find the volume of the pyramid. V  (2 marks)

D  C 
6 cm 
A  8 cm  B 
2
8. In the figure, there are two similar ovals. The area the larger oval is 108 cm .
Find the area of the smaller oval. (2 marks)

108 cm2  A cm2 

18 cm  12 cm 

9. A girl walks up a straight inclined path (AB). The horizontal run of the plane is 50 m.
If the inclination of the path is 30, find the actual length of the path AB. (2 marks)
   
B 

A  C 

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10. The angle of elevation of a bird on the top of a pine tree from a birdwatcher at P is 20°, and the distance
between the bird and the birdwatcher is 80 m. Find the height of the pine tree. (2 marks)

B 

80 m 
 
 
  C  P
 
 
 
11. L is a straight line passing through the points A ( 4 , – 3) and B (– 2 , – 7). Find the inclination of L ,
correct to the nearest degree. (2 marks)

12. X(1 , −4) and Y(5 , 6) are two points in a rectangular coordinate plane. Find the coordinates of the
mid-point of the line segment XY. (2 marks)

13. Fred guessed the birthday of her cousin Howard. It is known that Howard was born in June, and the day
of the month of his birthday is a multiple of 5. What is the probability that Fred was right?
(2 marks)

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14. There are 20 boys and 16 girls in class 3A. 2 boys and 1 girl are left-handed. If a student is selected
randomly from the class, find the probability of each of the following events.
(a) The student is a girl.
(b) The student is left-handed.
(2 marks)

15. The following cumulative frequency polygon shows the number of books read by S2 students in a
school last year. (2 marks)
Number of books read by S2 students in a school last year
Cumulative frequency

Number of books

For the number of books read by S2 students in a school last year, use the given cumulative
frequency polygon, find

(a) the number of students in S2 = __________ (b) the median = __________

16. In a football tournament, every team has to play ten games. The numbers of goals scored by the team
‘ SUCCESS ’ in its first nine games are :
Games 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th
Number of
goals 0 3 2 1 3 1 4 0 2 ?
If the team wants to have a mean score of 2 goals in the tournament, how many goals should the team
score in the last game ? (2 marks)

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Section B: Short Questions (42 marks)
1. The sum of 2 consecutive even numbers does not exceed 15. If x represents the smaller number,
(a) find the maximum value of x. (3 marks)

(b) If the numbers are positive, write down the minimum value of the larger number. (1 mark)
 
 

2. (a) Factorize 9m2 – 6mn + n2.

(b) Using the result in (a), factorize 9m2 – 6mn + n2 – 6mp + 2np.
(3 marks)

3. Factorize
(a) 8x 3  y 3 (2 marks) (b) 8 x 3  2 x  y  y 3 (3 marks)

4. In the figure, a solid is formed from a hemisphere and a right circular cone. The slant height of the
cone is 6 cm. If the curved surface areas of the hemisphere and the cone are the same, find
a. the radius of the base circle of the hemisphere, (2 marks)

6 cm 
 

b. the volume of the hemisphere in terms of . r cm  (2 marks)

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5. VABCD is a right pyramid with a square base of side 10 cm. The length of the slant edge is 13 cm.
Find V 
(a) the area of VAB, (2 marks)   
(b) the total surface area of the pyramid. (2 marks) 13 cm 

D 
C 

A  10 cm 
B 

6. In the figure, the scale of the map is 1 : 80000. AB represents a straight river in a valley.
If the distance of the river AB on map is 4.4 cm, find the gradient of the river. Express the
answer in the form of 1 : n where n is an integer. (4 marks)

A 
20 m
40 m
60 m
B  80 m

7. In the figure, AC and BD represent two upright poles on the ground. The angle of elevation of A
from D is 27 and the angle of depression of A from B is 32. A straight metal wire is used to
connect A and B. If the length of the wire is 25 m, find the height of the pole BD. (4 marks)

Metal wire  B

  A 
 
 
 
C  D
 

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8. In the figure, PQRS is a quadrilateral. The coordinates of P, Q and R are (2 , – 3), (6 , – 8) are (7 , – 4)
respectively. S is a point on the x-axis and PQ // SR.
(a) Find the coordinates of S.
(b) Is PQRS a parallelogram? Explain your answer.
y (5 marks)

S
x
O

P R

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9. Gigi and Alex go to a restaurant for lunch. Each of them randomly select one of the set lunches
A, B, C and D.
(a) List out all the possible outcomes of the choices they made. (2 marks)
The set lunch selected by Alex
selected by Gigi
The set lunch

(b) Find the probability that both of them select set lunch C. (1 mark)

(c) Find the probability that they select different set lunches. (2 marks)

10. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the heights (in m) of 15 buildings.
Heights of 15 buildings
Stem (10 m) Leaf (1 m)
7 1 4 4 4 6
8 0 3 5 6 6 8 9
9 1 2 6
(a) Find the mode of the heights.
(b) A student claims that the mean and the median of the heights are the same.
Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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Section C: Long Questions (24 marks)
1. In the figure, the coordinates of P and Q are (2 , 4) and (– 8 , – 6) respectively .
PQ and the y-axis intersect at S (0 , a) and the coordinates of R are (4 , – 2).
(a) Find the value of a. y (3 marks)
(b) Is RS perpendicular to PQ ? Explain your answer . (2 marks)
(c) Find the area of  PQR. P (2 , 4) (3 marks)
S
x

O 
R (4 , – 2)

Q (– 8 , – 6)

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2. A, B and C are three piers in a large lake. The bearing of pier B from A is N 35 E.
The bearing of pier C from A is S 55 E.
(a) Find BAC. (1 mark)
B 

600 m 

(b) The distance between piers A and B is 600 m and A 

the distance between piers A and C is 800 m. Lake 
i. Find the distance between piers B and C. 800 m 

(2 marks)
C 

ii If a yacht sails from pier B directly to pier C, find the shortest distance
between the yacht and pier A. (2 marks)

iii. Find the bearing of the yacht from pier A when the yacht is closest to pier A. (3 marks)

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3. In the figure, a piece of paper is cut into the shape of a sector. The radius and the angle at
centre are 15 cm and 288 respectively. The paper is then folded into an inverted right circular
cone by sticking OA and OB together.
(a) Find the radius (r cm) of the base circle of the cone. (3 marks)

r cm 
A / B 

288
  
O
15 cm

B O 
A
Water
(b) Water is then poured into the cup to fill it up.
Find the volume of water inside the cup. (2 marks)

h cm 
 

` O 

(c) Some water is then poured out of the cup until the depth of water remained is 6 cm.
Find the volume of water poured out of the cup. (3 marks)

6 cm    Water

O 

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