St.

Paul’s College

B
F.3 Mid-year Examination 2022-2023

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

Section B Question-Answer Book

Time Allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes

Candidate Number: Class: Class Number: Marks:

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer ALL questions.

2. Answer this section in the spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book.

3. All working must be clearly shown.

4. Marks will be deducted for poor and untidy presentation.

5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3

significant figures.

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Question No. 12 13 14 15 Total

Marks /30

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Section B (30 marks)

12. Factorize the following expressions.

(a) a2 − b2 (1 mark)
(b) ( x2 − 3xy)2 − (6 y 2 − 2 xy)2 (3 marks)

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13. Miss Chan’s average monthly income is $32 545 this year and she has an allowance of
$225 000. The standard rate is 15% and the progressive rates are shown in the table below.
(a) Find Miss Chan’s salaries tax payable if the tax is charged at progressive rates. (3 marks)
(b) By comparing the salaries tax payable at the standard rate and the salaries tax
payable at progressive rates, find her salaries tax payable this year. (2 marks)
(c) Miss Chan deposited $x on 1 January 2022 and on 1 July 2022 at an interest rate
of 4% p.a. compounded half-yearly. It is found out that the total amount she gets
on 31 December 2022 is enough to pay the salaries tax payable this year. Find
the minimum value of x. Give your answer correct to the nearest integer. (2 marks)

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14. In the figure, given that ABC is an equilateral triangle and BCD = ADE .

B D A

(a) Prove that ADE ~ BCD . (3 marks)

(b) If AE = 4 cm and DA = 12 cm , find EC . (3 marks)

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15. In the figure, AEB and CED are straight lines.
Given that AD / /CB and AB ⊥ CD .
(a) Find
(i) the equations of AB and BC , (6 marks)
(ii) the coordinates of B . (2 marks)
(b) Find the length of BC and the length of AD .
Express your answers in surd form. (3 marks)
(c) If AD is produced to F such that AFBC is a
parallelogram, find the coordinates of F . (2 marks)

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