2019 - 20 Sec 6

First Term Test S6( )

MATH CP
CARMEL SECONDARY SCHOOL Name: ____________________ ( )
FIRST TERM TEST
C1 C2 C3 C4
Ms Mr Mr Ms
MATHEMATICS Cheng Wong Wong Cheng
Compulsory Part
Date: 26 Aug 2020
Question-Answer Book
No. of pages: 19
8.15 am – 10.45 am ( 2 2 hours)
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This paper must be answered in English Total marks: 100

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Write your Name, Class, Class Number and circle your Math
Group in the space provided on Page 1.

2. This paper consists of FOUR sections, A(1), A(2), B and C.

3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers in the

spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book.

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be supplied

on request. Write your Name, Class and Class Number on each
sheet and put them INSIDE this book.

5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either

exact or correct to 3 significant figures.

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

Section A(1) (24 marks)

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 x 3 y 2
 xy 
4
2
1. Simplify and give your answers with positive indices. (3 marks)
3 2 3 2
x y x y

 xy  x 4 y 8
4
2

 x 3 4 y 2  ( 8)
 x 1 y 6
y6

x

2. Factorize
(a) 3 x  5 xy  2 y ,
2 2

(b) 3 x  5 xy  2 y  3 x  6 y
2 2

(3 marks)
(a) 3 x  5 xy  2 y  (3 x  y )( x  2 y ) ,
2 2

3 x 2  5 xy  2 y 2  3 x  6 y  (3 x  y )( x  2 y )  3( x  2 y )
(b)  ( x  2 y )(3 x  y  3)

Find the remainder when f ( x)  x  x  3 x  4 is divided by x  1 .

1234 567
3. (3 marks)

Required remainder
 f (1)
 (1)1234  (1)567  3(1)  4
 1  (1)  3  4
 5

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 5i a  bi
4. Simplify and express 1  2i in the form . (3 marks)

5i 5i (1  2i )

1  2i (1  2i )(1  2i )
5i  10i 2

12  (2i ) 2
5i  10

1  22
 2  i

It is given that 4  8 .
x y
5.
(a) Find x : y .
(b) If 2 x  y  16 , find the values of x and y .
(4 marks)

4x  8y
2 2 x  23 y
2x  3y
x 3

y 2
(a) x : y  3: 2

2 x  y  16
3 y  y  16
y4
16  4
x 6
(b) 2

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 Let p by a constant. It is given that the graph of y  x  8 x  p has only one x-intercept.
2
6.
(a) Find p .
(b) Solve the equation 21  x  8 x  p , express the roots in surd form.
2

(4 marks)

0
(8)  4(1)( p )  0
2

64  4 p  0
p  16

21  x 2  8 x  16
21  ( x  4) 2
x  4   21
x  4  21

7. Let k be a constant. It is given that the straight line L1 : 4 x  ky  2  0 passes through (  5,  6) .

(a) Find the value of k .
(b) Find the equation of the straight line L2 perpendicular to L1 and passing through ( 0, 4) .
(4 marks)

4(5)  k (6)  2  0
6k  18  0
k 3

 4 
m    1
 3 
3
m
4
3
y x4
4

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Section A(2) (23 marks)

Let f ( x)  x  3 x  ax  b , where a and b are constants. It is given that x  2 is a factor of f ( x) . When f ( x)

3 2
8.
is divided by x  2 , the remainder is −32 .
(a) Find the values of a and b . (3 marks)
(b) How many real roots does the equation f ( x)  0 have? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

f (2)  0
23  3(2) 2  2a  b  0
2a  b  4 ........(1)
f (2)  32
(2)3  3(2) 2  2a  b  32
2a  b  12 ..........(2)
Solving (1) and (2),
a  4, b  4

f ( x)  x3  3x 2  4 x  4
 ( x  2)( x 2  x  2)
f ( x)  0
( x  2)( x 2  x  2)  0
x  2 or x 2  x  2  0
1  7
x  2 or x 
2
1  7
∵ are not real numbers.
2
 f ( x)  0 has only 1 real root.

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9. A company sends workers as a cleaning team to clean office together. The time (T minutes) taken to clean up an
office partly varies as the area of the office (A m2) and partly varies inversely as the square root of the number of
workers (n) in the cleaning team. When the team has 4 workers, it takes 90 minutes to clean up an office of 20
m2 . When the team has 9 workers, it takes 170 minutes to clean up an office of 50 m2 .
(a) Express T in terms of A and n . (4 marks)
(b) On a certain day, a cleaning team of 5 members cleaned two offices of area 35 m2 and 80 m2 respectively.
Their boss rounded up the total working time on the day to nearest hour and paid each member at the rate of $
70 per hour. Find the amount each member earned on that day. (2 marks)

k2
T  k1 A 
n
 k2
90  k1 (20)  4


170  k (50)  k2
 1
9
Solving the sim. equations,
k1  3 , k2  60
60
T  3 A 
n

60 60
Total working time  3(35)   3(80) 
5 5
 398.6656 min
 6.64 hour
Required amount = 7  $70  $490

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10. L1 is a straight line passing through A (  1,5) and B (3,9) .
(a) Find the equation of L1 . (2 marks)
(b) P is the point of intersection of L1 and another straight line L2 : y   x  8 .
(i) Find the coordinates of P . (2 marks)
(ii) Is L2 the perpendicular bisector of AB ? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

Equation of L1 :
95
y 5  x  (1)
3  (1)
4
y  5  ( x  1)
4
y  x6

 y  x  8

y  x  6
x  1, y  7
P (1,7)

 1  3 5  9 
Mid-point of AB   ,  (1,7)
 2 2 
Slope of L1  Slope of L2
 (1)(1)
 1
∵ P (1,7) is the mid-point of AB and L1  L2
Yes, L2 is the perpendicular bisector of AB.

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11. A solid metal sphere of radius 3 cm is melted and recast into a cylinder and a cone. The cylinder and the cone
have the same height of 4 cm and the same base radius.
(a) Find the volume of the metal sphere in terms of π . (2 marks)
(b) Find the volume of the cylinder in terms of π . (3 marks)

Volume of the sphere

4
  (3)3
3
 36 cm3

Let r be the base radius

1
36   r 2 (4)   r 2 (4)
3
16
36   r 2
3
2
r  6.75
Volume of cylinder =  (6.75)(4)  27 cm3

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Section B (23 marks)
12. (a) Solve x  12 x  20  0 .
2
(1 marks)
(b) Hence, solve 4  3(2 )  20  0 .
x x 2
(3 marks)

x 2  12 x  20  0
( x  10)( x  2)  0
x  2 or x  10

4 x  3(2 x  2 )  20  0

2    
2
x
 3 22 2 x  20  0

2   12  2   20  0
2
x x

From (a ),
2 x  2 or 2 x  10
log10
x  1 or x 
log 2
x  1 or x  3.32

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13. The graph in Figure 1 shows the linear relation between log x and log y . The slope and the intercept on the
1 4
horizontal axis of the graph are 2 and respectively. Express the relation between x and y in the form
y  Ax k , where A and k are constants.
(4 marks)
Let y  Ax k

log y  log( Ax k ) log y

log y  log A  k log x

1
k  slope 
2
Subs. log x  4,log y  0
1
0  log A  (4)
2 log x
|
2  log A O
−4
A  102
A  100
1
Figure 1
 y  100 x 2

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 Prove that 1  cos(270   ) cos( ) tan(180   )  cos  .
2
14. (a) (3 marks)
(b) Hence, solve the equation 2  2cos(270   ) cos( ) tan(180   )  1  cos  for 0    360 .
(3 marks)

LHS  1  cos(270   ) cos( ) tan(180   )

 1  sin  cos  ( tan  )
 sin  
 1  sin  cos   
 cos  
 1  sin 2 
 cos 2 
RHS  cos 2 
∵ LHS  RHS
 It is an identity.

2  2cos(270   ) cos( ) tan(180   )  1  cos 

2 1  cos(270   ) cos( ) tan(180   )  1  cos 
2cos 2   1  cos 
2cos 2   cos   1  0
1
cos   1 or cos   
2
  0 , 360 ,120 or 240

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15. Let V be the vertex of the graph of y  2( x  1)  3 .
2

(a) Write down the coordinates of V . (1 mark)

Let g( x)  x  2kx  2 x  4k , where k is a constant. Denote Q as the vertex of the graph of y  g( x) . It

2
(b)
is known that the graph of y  g( x) passes through the same point P on the x-axis for all values of k .
(i) Using the method of completing square, express the coordinates of Q in terms of k . (3 marks)
(ii) Find the coordinates of P . (2 marks)
(iii) Given that P is not the vertex of the graph of y  g( x) , find the value of k such that the points V , P
and Q are collinear.
(3 marks)

V (1, 3)

g( x)  x 2  2kx  2 x  4k
 x 2  2(k  1) x  4k
 x 2  2(k  1) x  (k  1) 2  (k  1) 2  4k
  x  k  1  (k 2  2k  1)  4k
2

  x  (1  k )  k 2  2k  1
2


Q 1  k ,  k 2  2k  1  [  1  k ,  (k  1) 
2

g( x)  0
x  2kx  2 x  4k  0
2

x( x  2k )  2( x  2k )  0
( x  2)( x  2k )  0
x  2 or  2k
P( 2 , 0 )


V (1, 3) P ( 2 , 0 ) Q 1  k ,  k 2  2k  1
, , 
 k 2  2k  1  0 0  (3)

1 k  2 2  (1)
 k 2  2k  1
1
k  1
 k 2  2k  1   k  1
0  k2  k
k  0 or  1
When k  1, Coordinates of Q are (2,0),
which is same as P (2,0).
When k  0, Coordinates of Q are (1, 1). Or just reject k = -1
k  0

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Section C (30 marks) Each question carries 1.5 marks.
Put your answers in the following table.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

C B A C A C D B D B A C D A D A B C D B

19

1. 55

A. 0.3453 (correct to 4 significant figures) .

B. 0.3454 (correct to 4 significant figures) .
C. 0.3455 (correct to 4 significant figures) .
D. 0.3456 (correct to 4 significant figures) .

q
2. If p (q  6)  2 p  q , then

8p
A.
p 1
8p
B.
p 1
4p
C.
1 p
4p
D. 
1 p

3. If the selling price of a jacket is $225 , the profit percentage will be 50% . If the selling price of the jacket is $180
, find the profit or loss.

A. Profit $30
B. Profit $67.5
C. Loss $30
D. Loss $67.5

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4. In the figure, DEA  DCA  ABC  90 . Find the perimeter of the pentagon ABCDE .

A. 70 cm D
B. 72 cm 15 cm
C. 74 cm
D. 76 cm
C

E
20 cm
12 cm
7 cm
5. L1 is a straight line parallel to the straight line 4 x  5 y  7  0 and passes through ( 2,  1) . Find theB equation of
L1 . A

A. 4 x  5 y  13  0
B. 4 x  5 y  14  0
C. 5x  4 y  6  0
D. 5x  4 y  3  0

3 cos   0 tan  
sin  
6. Given that 5 and , then

3
A.
4 .
4
B.
5 .
3
C. 
4 .
4
D. 
3 .

7. If log x  1  3log y , then x =

A. 1  3y .
B. 10 y 3 .
y3
C.
10 .
10
D.
y3 .

8. The figure shows the graph of y = ax2 + bx + c . Which of the following is/are true?
(1) a < 0
(2) b > 0
y
(3) c > 0

A. (1) only y = ax2 + bx + c

B. (1) and (3) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1) , (2) and (3)

x
O
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 Which of the following may represent the graph of y  4(0.2 ) ?
x
9.

A.

B.

C.

D.

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10. It is given that y  x . Which of the following must be true?
x
(1) y is a constant.
(2) When x is increased by 1 , y is increased by 1 .
(3) When x is doubled , y is doubled.

A. (1) and (2) only

B. (1) and (3) only
C. (2) and (3) only
D. (1), (2) and (3)

3 1
 
11. x  4 x  5 1  x2 =
2

2
A.
( x  5)( x  1) .
2
B.
. ( x  1)( x  1)
2
C.
( x  5)( x  1) .
2x  8
D.
( x  5)( x  1)( x  1) .

12. x x x 

A. x2 .
5
B. x4 .
7
C. x4 .
11
D. x4 .

13. If α and β are the roots of the quadratic equation ( x  1)( x  3)  4 , then    
2 2

A. 4.
B. 10 .
C. 14 .
D. 18 .
3 2 3
14. Find the H.C.F. and L.C.M. of xyz and x y z .

H.C.F. L.C.M.
A. xyz x2 y3 z3
B. xyz x3 y 4 z 4
C. x2 y3 z3 xyz

D. x3 y 4 z 4 xyz

15. It is given that z varies directly as y and inversely as x2 . If x is decreased by 50% and y is increased by 50%
, find the percentage change in z .

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 A. Decreased by 62.5% .
B. Remained unchanged.
C. Increased by 200% .
D. Increased by 500% .

6
y
16. Given 5  3cos 2 x , find the greatest value of y .

A. 3
B. 1
6
C.
5
3
D.
4

 y  x2  4 x  3

17. If the simultaneous equations  y  k  x have no real solutions, find the range of values of k .

13
A. k 
4
13
B. k
4
3
C. k 
4
3
D. k
4

18. How many distinct real roots does the equation 4(log x)  2log x  1  0 have?
2 2

A. 4
B. 2
C. 1
D. 0

19. The figure shows the graph of y  a cos(bx) , where a and b are constants. Find the values of a and b .

1
A.
a3, b2 .
B. a3, b2.
1
C.
a  3 , b  2 .
D. a  3 , b  2 .

20. As shown in the figure, the equation of the three sides of a triangle are 4 x  3 y  24 , 4 x  3 y  24 and x  k ,
where k is a constant. If the x-coordinate of the orthocentre of the triangle is −1 , then k 

x=k
MTHS6Y20T1 - 18 - y
 A. 7.
B. 15 .
C. 22.5 .
D. 35 .

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