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Po Leung Kuk Tang Yuk Tien College

First Term Examination (2018 – 2019)
Form :3 Date : 07 – 01 – 2019

Subject : Mathematics Time : 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.

Paper : -- Class : _____________ ( )

Full Marks : 200 Name : _______________________

Instructions:
1. This paper consists of THREE sections, Section A, B and C.
2. Attempt ALL questions, write answers in the spaces provided.
3. Unless otherwise stated, all working steps must be shown clearly.
4. Unless otherwise stated, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
5. Diagrams may not be drawn to scale.
6. Use of calculator is allowed.

This is a blank page.

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Section A: Multiple Choices Questions (50 marks)

Choose the best answer and write the letter on the boxes provided on Page 3.
1. Mr Tung deposits some money in a bank at an interest rate of 20% p.a. If the simple interest he
receives after 6 months is $400, find Mr Tung’s deposit.

A. $33333 B. $4000 C. $2000 D. $364

2. Which of the following graphs represents 5x ≥–15?

A. B.

−3 0 −3 0

C. D.

−3 0 −3 0

3. Which of the following nets can be folded into a prism?

I. II. III.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

4. 2 fair dices are thrown. Find the probability that the sum is 3.
1 1 1 1
A. B. C. D.
36 18 12 9

5. If a > b and k < 0, which of the following must be true?

I. a – k >b – k
II. ak 2 > bk 2
III. 𝑎𝑘 > 𝑏𝑘

A. I and II only B.I and III only C. II and III only D. I, II and III
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6. If x2 + hx – 18 ≡ (x + a)(x + b), where a, b and h are integers, which of the following are the
possible values of h?
I. –3
II. 7
III. –11
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

7. The length and the width of a rectangle is increased by 20% and decreased by 30% respectively.
Find the percentage change of the area of rectangle.

A. +4% B. –10% C. –16% D. –84%

8. The figure shows a cylinder, a sphere and a right circular cone. Find the ratio of their volumes.

A. 3:4:6 B. 4:3:2 C. 4:3:6 D. 3:4:2

9. In the figure, ABCDEF is a right prism whose base is an equilateral triangle. M and N are
mid-points of BC and DF respectively. Which of the following is the angle between AD and
plane BCDF?

A. DAM B. ADM C. ADB D. ADC

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10. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E and F are points on AD and BC respectively such
that AB // EF. EF meets AC at G. If AG : GC = 1 : 2, find area of ABFG : area of EGCD.

A. 1:2 B. 1:4 C. 3:4 D. 5:8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Section B: Answer Only Questions. (40 marks)

Write the answers on the spaces provided.

1. In Hong Kong, if a flat owner rents out his/her flats,

he/she needs to pay tax to the government. This tax 1._____________________(3 marks)
is called ______________ tax.
2. The figure shows a cube.

D
B 2(b).___________________(3 marks)
C

F
E
G
H

(a) Draw an axis of rotational symmetry with order

of rotational symmetry equals to 4.(3 marks)
(b) ADGH is called a plane of ________________
of the solid.
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3. We can call the relative frequency of occurrence of

an event we get from an activity as ____________ 3.______________________(3 marks)
probability.

4. Eason deposits $40000 in a bank at an interest rate

of 10% p.a. for 2 years. Find the compound interest
earned if the interest is compounded yearly. 4._____________________(4 marks)

5. Factorize 2x3 – 250.

5. _____________________(4 marks)

6. There are 2 types of coins, $2 and $5. The total

number of coins is 25. If the value of the coins is 6._____________________(4 marks)
less than $70, find the maximum number of $5-coin.

7. The solid in the figure is a hollow hemispherical

vessel with uniform thickness. The radii of the inner
and the outer surfaces are 13 cm and 15 cm
respectively. Find the total surface area of the vessel
in terms of  7._____________________(4 marks)

15 cm
13 cm

8. The value of a car depreciates at a constant rate of

20%. If the value of the car is $16000 in 2014. Find
the value of the car in 2010. 8. ___________________ (4 marks)
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9. In a batch of raffle tickets, the probability of getting

1
a prize is . In order to reduce the cost, the owner
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9.______________________(4 marks)
of the store add 70 tickets with no prizes so that the

2
probability of getting a prize becomes . Find the
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number of the original number of raffle tickets.

10. Factorize 𝑎2 + 2𝑎 + 2𝑎𝑏 + 𝑏 2 + 2𝑏 + 1

10._____________________(4 marks)

Section C Long Questions (110 marks)

Answer all questions and write your answers in the spaces provided.
All the working steps must be shown clearly.

1. The figure shows a cylinder with volume 950π cm3 and base radius

10 cm.

(a) Find the height of cylinder. (4 marks)

(b) Find the total surface area of the cylinder. (4 marks)

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2. The table below shows the salaries tax rate for the financial year 2018/19:

Net chargeable income Tax rate

On the first $50 000 2%
On the next $50 000 6%
On the next $50 000 10%
On the next $50 000 14%
Remainder 17%
Standard tax rate = 15%
The annual income of Mr. Wan is $1500000. The amount of allowance is $200000.

(a) Find the tax in progressive tax rate of Mr. Wan. (6 marks)

(b) Find the tax in standard tax rate of Mr. Wan. (3 marks)

(c) Determine the tax payable for Mr Wan. (2 marks)

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3. Solve the following inequality.

2𝑥+5
(a) 2(𝑥 − 3) + 3(4𝑥 − 5) ≥ 5 + 8𝑥 (b) 3 − > 4𝑥
6

(4 marks) (6 marks)

4. The following pie chart shows the result of 1440 votes obtained Singer D

from an election about the most popular singer. Singer A

47°

(a) Find the number of votes for singer A in these 1440

135°

votes. (4 marks) 68°

Singer C
Singer B
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(b) If the number of voters is increased by 2160 votes, estimate the total number of votes for

singer A. (4 marks)

5. Factorize each of the following expressions.

(a) 2𝑝2 + 7𝑝𝑞 − 15𝑞 2 (4 marks)

(b) (𝑥 + 𝑦)3 − 8𝑦 3 (7 marks)

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(c) (i) 𝑥 4 + 14𝑥 2 𝑦 2 + 49𝑦 4 (4 marks)

(ii) Hence factorize 𝑥 4 + 10𝑥 2 𝑦 2 + 49𝑦 4 (6 marks)

6. (a) The following solid is made up of identical cubes. Draw the orthographic views of the
following solid on the grid paper provided.
(Assume that there are no hidden parts in the figure.) (9 marks)

top

front
side Front view Side view Top view
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(b) Consider the following orthographic views, draw the corresponding solid on the isometric
grid paper provided. (6 marks)

front view top view side view

top

front
side
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7. In a game, the player first places a chess piece in ‘START’ as the figure shows. Then the
player randomly selected a direction from ‘Up’, ‘Left’ or ‘Right’ for two rounds. The player
can get the reward marked on the final position as the figure shows. For example, if the player
selected ‘Left’ for the first round and ‘Up’ for the second round, the score rewarded will
be +2.

+5

+2 0 +1

+6 0 –10 0 +4
START

(a) By filling in the table provided with the score, find the probability that the score rewarded
is greater than 3. (8 marks)
1st pick
UP LEFT RIGHT
2nd pick

UP +2
LEFT
RIGHT

(b) Tommy claims that the player is likely to have a positive total score after playing many
times. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (7 marks)
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8. The figure shows a vessel in the form of a frustum which is made by cutting off the lower part
of an inverted right circular cone. The radii of the upper base and the lower base of the vessel
are 10 cm and 8 cm respectively. The height of the vessel is 12 cm. The vessel is placed on a
horizontal table. Some water is now poured into the vessel. The depth of water in the vessel is
6 cm.

10 cm

12cm

6 cm

8 cm

(a) Find the volume of the smaller cone cutting off from the original cone. (6 marks)
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(b) Mary claims that the volume of water in the vessel is greater than 1200 cm3. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (6 marks)
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9. A factory employs packaging and technical workers. All workers in the same department have

equal salary and the original salary of a technical worker is 50% higher than the salary of a

packaging worker. The number of packaging and technical workers is in the ratio of 7 : 3.

The owner of the factory raises the salary of packaging workers for 10% and reduces the salary

of the technical workers for 20%. After the scheme, 10% of technical workers move to the

packaging department. Find the percentage change on the total expenditure of salary of the 2

departments. (10 marks)

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