2020/21 MOCK EXAM MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part Paper 2

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HKDSE
20/21 MOCKHONG
EXAM KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION
MATH CP
PAPER 2
2020/21 MOCK EXAM

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
PAPER 2
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HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 1

There are 30 questions in Section A and 15 questions in Section B.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.
Section A
1.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
2. If , then
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
3.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .

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4.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
5. If , which of the following is true?
A. (correct to 2 decimal places)

B. (correct to 2 significant figures)
C. (correct to 3 decimal places)
D. (correct to 3 significant figures)
6. The greatest integer satisfying the compound inequality and is
A. 1.
B. 0.
C. 4.
D. 5.

7. Let . If  is a constant, then
A. 6.
B. 10.
C. .
D. .
8. Let , where  is a constant. If is a factor of g(x), then
A. 0.
B. 1.
C. 21.
D. 42.
9. Which of the following statements about the graph of is/are true?

I. The graph opens upwards.
II. The graph cuts the positive y-axis.
III. The x-intercepts of the graph are 1 and 3.
A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. II and III only
10. A sum of $50 000 is deposited at an interest rate of 3% per annum for 7 years, compounded monthly.
Find the interest correct to the nearest dollar.
A. $882
B. $11 494
C. $11 668
D. $548 821

11. The costs of coffee of brand A and brand B are $210/kg and $140/kg respectively. If x kg of coffee of
brand A and y kg of coffee of brand B are mixed and the cost of the mixture is $170/kg, then
A. 2 : 3.
B. 3 : 2.
C. 3 : 4.
D. 4 : 3.
12. If p varies directly as the square of q and inversely as the square root of r, which of the following must
be constant?
A.
B.
C.
D.
13. Let be the nth term of a sequence. If , and for any positive integer n,
then
A. 2.
B. 3.
C. 18.
D. 47.

14. The base of a solid right pyramid is a square of side 12 cm. If the height of the pyramid is 8 cm, then
the total surface area of the pyramid is
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
15. The angle of a sector is decreased by 20% but its radius is increased by k%. If the arc length of the
sector remains unchanged, find the value of k.
A. 11.8
B. 20
C. 25
D. 125
16. If the volume of a right circular cylinder of base radius 2a cm and height 5b cm is , then the
volume of a right circular cone of base radius 3a cm and height 6b cm is
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .
17. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. F is a point lying on AD such that BF produced and CD

produced meet at E. It is given that . If the area of DEF is , then the area of
BCF is
A. 240 .
B. 360 .
C. 375 .
D. 600 .
18. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AD // BC. It is given that AB  AD and BC  BD. If
, find BCD.
A. 35
B. 55
C. 70
D. 72.5
19. In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon. AC and BE intersect at the point F. Which of the

following are true?
I.
II.
III.
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
20. In the figure, ABCD and EFGH are straight lines. AE cuts BG and CF at I and J respectively. If ABGH,
BCFG and CDEF are squares of side 1 cm each, find the area of the trapezium IJFG.
A.
B.
C.
D.
21. In the figure, O is the centre of the semi-circle ABCDE. If and , then

A. 24.
B. 36.
C. 48.
D. 72.
22. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. E is a point lying on BC. Find .
A.
B.
C.
D.
23. The figure below consists of five identical regular hexagons. The number of axes of reflectional

symmetry of the figure is
A. 2.
B. 4.
C. 6.
D. 8.
24. The point P is translated downwards by 3 units to the point Q. If the coordinates of the reflection
image of Q with respect to the y-axis are (1, 2), then the polar coordinates of P are
A. (1, 135).
B. (1, 225).
C. ( , 135).
D. ( , 225).
25. Find the constant k such that the straight lines and are perpendicular to
each other.
A. 10
B. 5
C. 5
D. 10
26. The coordinates of the points A and B are (1, 2) and (2, 3) respectively. If P is a moving point in the

rectangular coordinate plane such that , then the locus of P is
A. a straight line.
B. a pair of straight lines.
C. a parabola.
D. a circle.
27. The equation of circle C is . Which of the following is true?
A. The origin lies inside C.

B. C lies in the third quadrant.
C. The circumference of C is less than 15.
D. The coordinates of the centre of C are (6, 8).
28. The bar chart below shows the distribution of the numbers of pens owned by a group of students. If a
student is randomly selected from the group, find the probability that the selected student has fewer
than 4 pens.

A.
B.
C.
D.
29. The mean of the numbers of pages of 10 books is 204. If the mean of the numbers of pages of 7 of
them is 210, then the mean of the numbers of pages of the remaining 3 books is
A. 151.2.
B. 190.
C. 201.
D. 208.2.
30. The table below shows the distribution of the numbers of tokens obtained by some children in a game.
Number of tokens obtained 3 4 5 6 7
Number of children 14 19 9 4 2
Which of the following is true?
A. The mode of the distribution is 19.

B. The median of the distribution is 5.
C. The lower quartile of the distribution is 4.
D. The upper quartile of the distribution is 5.

Section B
31. It is given that is a linear function of . The intercepts on the vertical axis and on the
horizontal axis of the graph of the linear function are 5 and 3 respectively. Which of the following
must be true?
A.
B.
C.
D.
32. Let be a quadratic function. The figure below may represent the graph of and
A. the graph of .
B. the graph of .
C. the graph of .
D. the graph of .
33.
A. .
B. .
C. .
D. .

34. If k and are real numbers, then k 
A. 18.
B. 8.
C. 8.
D. 18.
35. The sum of the 2nd term and the 6th term of a geometric sequence is 17 while the sum of the 7th term
and the 11th term of the sequence is 544. Find the 18th term of the sequence.
A. 32 768
B. 65 536
C. 131 072
D. 262 144
36. Consider the following system of inequalities:
Let R be the region which represents the solution of the above system of inequalities. If (x, y) is a point
lying on R, then the least value of is
A. 9.
B. 11.
C. 57.
D. 161.
37. If and , then

A. 4.
B. 8.
C. 10.
D. 22.
38. In the figure, ABC is a semi-circle. If the radius of the semi-circle is 8 cm and , find the
area of the shaded region correct to 3 significant figures.
A.
B.
C.
D.
39. In the figure, AD and CD are the tangents to the circle ABC at the points A and C respectively. If
, then
A. 50.
B. 65.
C. 100.
D. 130.
40. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a cuboid. M is the mid-point of EH. If , and

, find .

A.
B.
C.
D.
41. It is given that k is a non-zero constant. The straight line cuts the x-axis and the y-axis at
the points A and B respectively. Let C be a point lying on the x-axis such that the centroid of ABC
lies on the y-axis. Find the x-coordinate of C in terms of k.
A.
B.
C.
D.
42. The circle and the straight line intersect at A and B. If the coordinates of the

mid-point of A and B are (k, 2), then k 
A. 4.
B. 2.
C. 2.
D. 4.
43. There are 3 red balls, 6 blue balls and 8 yellow balls in a bag. If 4 balls are randomly drawn from the
bag at the same time, find the probability that at least 3 blue balls are drawn.
A.
B.
C.
D.
44. When Nancy throws a dart, the probability that she hits the target is 0.7. If she throws the dart twice,
find the probability that she will hit the target at least once.
A. 0.09
B. 0.3
C. 0.4
D. 0.91
45. The variance of a set of numbers is 30. 8 is subtracted from each number in the set and then each

resulting number is multiplied by 2 to form a new set of numbers. Find the variance of the new set of
numbers.
A. 44
B. 60
C. 88
D. 120
END OF PAPER

Answers & Suggested Solutions
Answers  The answer is C.

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. D
6. A 7. A 8. D 9. B 10. C
11. C 12. D 13. B 14. B 15. C 4.
16. B 17. D 18. D 19. C 20. C
21. B 22. A 23. A 24. C 25. D
26. D 27. B 28. C 29. B 30. D
31. C 32. A 33. D 34. B 35. B
36. B 37. C 38. B 39. B 40. B  The answer is A.
41. A 42. C 43. D 44. D 45. D
Suggested Solutions 5. (correct to 2 decimal places)

Section A
 A is not true.
(correct to 2 significant figures)
1.  B is not true.
(correct to 3 decimal places)
 C is not true.
(correct to 3 significant figures)
 The answer is B.  D is true.
 The answer is D.
2. 6. For ,
 The answer is D. For ,
3.

 The solutions of and  The graph opens downwards.
are .  I is not true.
 y-intercept
 The greatest integer satisfying the
compound inequality is 1.  The graph cuts the positive y-axis.
 The answer is A.  II is true.
The x-intercepts of the graph are 3 and 1.
 III is not true.
 The answer is B.
7.
10. Interest obtained
 The answer is C.
 The answer is A.
8.  x  3 is a factor of g(x). 11.


12. where k is a non-zero constant
9.
 The coefficient of .

13. 



Substitute (2) into (1),  The answer is C.
16.  Volume of the circular cylinder



 Volume of the circular cone
14. Let h cm be the height of the triangle of each

lateral face.
17.  (A.A.A.)
(Pyth. theorem)
 Total surface area of the pyramid
 The answer is B. 
15. Let and r be the angle and the radius of the

original sector respectively.


 (base s, isos. )

( sum of )
Area of BCF Similarly,
 I is not true.

18.  (given)
 (sides opp. equal s)
 II is true.
In ABD,
In AEF and BCF,
( sum of )
(proved)
(vert. opp. s)
 (given)
 (A.S.A.)
 III is true.
(int. s, AD // BC)  The answer is C.
20.  (A.A.A.)
 (corr. sides, ~ s)
19. Size of each interior angle of the pentagon
 (A.A.A.)
In ABE,

 (corr. sides, ~ s)
Substitute (2) into (1),
Area of IJFG
 The answer is C.  The answer is A.
23.
21. 

(equal arcs, equal s)
(adj. s on st. line)

Number of axes of reflectional symmetry  2
 The answer is A.
24.
22. (alt. s, AD // BC)
In DEC,
Coordinates of Q
Coordinates of P
In ABE,

Circumference of C
 Polar coordinates of P
 The answer is C.  C is not true.
Coordinates of the centre of C
 D is not true.
25.
26. Let (x, y) be the coordinates of P.
C lies in the third quadrant.

 The locus of P is a circle.

 The answer is D. 28. Required probability
27.
Substitute (0, 0) into the L.H.S. of (*), 29. Let m be the mean of the numbers of pages of
the remaining 3 books.
 The origin lies outside C.

 A is not true.
Radius of C  The answer is B.

30. Mode  4
 A is not true. 32. The graph of is translated leftwards
Total number of data by 5 units, and then reflected with respect to
the x-axis to obtain the graph of .
Median  Mean of the 24th and 25th data  The answer is A.
4
 B is not true.
Lower quartile
 Mean of the 12th and 13th data 33.
3
 C is not true.
Upper quartile
 Mean of the 36th and 37th data
5
 D is true. 34.
Section B
 k and are real numbers.
31. 
35. Let a and r be the 1st term and the common

ratio of the sequence respectively.
(2)  (1),
Substitute r  2 into (1),

37. 

 The 18th term of the sequence
i.e. m and n are the roots of the equation
.
36.
38. Let O be the centre of the semi-circle and join

OA.
( at centre  2  at )
Solving ,
coordinates of A  (4, 16)

Area of the shaded region
Solving ,
coordinates of B  (1, 1)
Solving ,
coordinates of C  (8, 0)
At A(4, 16),
At B(1, 1),
39. Join AC.
At C(8, 0),

In BFM, by the cosine formula,
 (tangents from ext. pt.)

In ACD,
( sum of )
41. Substitute y  0 into ,
( in alt. segment)
 The coordinates of A are .
As the centroid of ABC lies on the y-axis, the
median from B to AC must be the y-axis itself.
Thus, the origin is the mid-point of AC.
 The x-coordinate of C is .
40. In ABF,  The answer is A.

(Pyth. theorem)
42.
In EFM, From (2), ............. (3)
(Pyth. theorem)
Substitute (3) into (1),
 y-coordinate of the mid-point of AB  2

In BGM,

(Pyth. theorem)

43. Required probability
44. Required probability
45. After subtracting 8 from each number, the

variance of the set remains unchanged. After
multiplying each resulting number by 2,
new variance


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CHUNG TAI EDUCATIONAL PRESS

2020/21 MOCK EXAM

Time allowed: 1 1/4 hours

3. All questions carry equal marks.

6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 1

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 2

5. If , which of the following is true?

A. (correct to 2 decimal places)

6. The greatest integer satisfying the compound inequality and is

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 3

8. Let , where  is a constant. If is a factor of g(x), then

9. Which of the following statements about the graph of is/are true?

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 4

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 5

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 6

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 7

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 8

22. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. E is a point lying on BC. Find .

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 9

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 10

27. The equation of circle C is . Which of the following is true?

A. The origin lies inside C.

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 11

Number of tokens obtained 3 4 5 6 7

Which of the following is true?

A. The mode of the distribution is 19.

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 12

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 13

36. Consider the following system of inequalities:

37. If and , then

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 14

40. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a cuboid. M is the mid-point of EH. If , and

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 15

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 16

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 17

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 18

Answers  The answer is C.

Suggested Solutions 5. (correct to 2 decimal places)

 The answer is D. For ,

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 20

10. Interest obtained

8.  x  3 is a factor of g(x). 11.

12. where k is a non-zero constant

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 21

16.  Volume of the circular cylinder

14. Let h cm be the height of the triangle of each

 Total surface area of the pyramid

15. Let and r be the angle and the radius of the

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 22

Area of BCF Similarly,

(int. s, AD // BC)  The answer is C.

19. Size of each interior angle of the pentagon

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 23

Substitute (2) into (1),

 The answer is C.  The answer is A.

(adj. s on st. line)

22. (alt. s, AD // BC)

HKDSE - MATH - CP2 - 2020/21 MOCK EXAM 24

Coordinates of the centre of C

26. Let (x, y) be the coordinates of P.

C lies in the third quadrant.

 The locus of P is a circle.