3003 DSE

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EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION MOCK 3 2025– DSE
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Question-Answer Book 1 3
Time allowed : 2 hours and 15 minutes 2 3
This paper must be answered in English
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1. After the announcement of the start of the
Examination, you should first write you 5 4
Candidate number and name in the spaces 6 4
provided.
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2. This paper consists of THREE sections,
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A(1) , A(2) and B, each sections carry 35
marks. 9 5

3. Do not write in the margins. Answer written 10 6

in the margins will not be marked. 11 6
4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must 12 7
be clearly shown. 13 8
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical 14 8
answers should be either exact or correct
to 3 significant figures. 15 4
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Section A(2) : /35 Total: 105

Section B : /35

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SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

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1. Make c the subject of the formula b= . (3 marks)
1−ac

0 −1 4
(−2 x y )
2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
−4 x−3 y 7

3. Two boys are on different sides of the vertical wall of 16 m high. The angles of elevation of
the top of the vertical wall from the boys are 45° and 55° respectively. If their eye levels
are both 1 m above the ground, find the distance between the boys. (3 marks)

4. Given that the coordinate of point D is (6 , 8) . Write down the coordinates of its image if

(a) D is translated upward by 5 units and leftward by 3 units,

(b) D is reflected along the x-axis,

(c) D is rotated anti-clockwise about the origin through 270° . (3 marks)

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5. Kevin bought flat A at $4 950 000 and flat B at $6 250 000 . He lost 10% on selling
flat A . Find the percentage profit should be made on selling flat B so that Kevin can
manage to maintain no gain no loss in these two transactions. (4 marks)

6. The point Q with the polar coordinate (r , θ ) is a moving point on the rectangular
coordinate plane such that r is a constant. Denote the locus of Q is Γ .

(a) Find the equation of Γ in terms of r in rectangular coordinate system. (1 mark)

(b) Describe the locus of Γ . (1 mark)

(c) Write down the number of

(i) axes of reflectional symmetry of Γ ,

(ii) folds of rotational symmetry of Γ . (2 marks)

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7. The following histogram shows the income of 46 families in city H .

(a) Find the class mark of modal income class. (1 mark)

(b) Suppose there are 40 families such that the income is greater than $12 000 , 39
families such that the income is less than $18 000 , 27 families such that the income
is greater than $14 000. The following shows the income of some of the families.

$17 000 $17 000 $17 000 $17 000 $17 000 $17 000

$17 000 $17 000 $17 000

(i) Suppose the mean income lies in one of the class interval. Find the number of
families in that class interval. (3 marks)

(ii) Will the standard deviation greater than $2500? Explain your answer.
(1 mark)

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8. Let p=0. 4̇ 5̇ and n be a positive integer.

(a) Round down p to 2 decimal place. (1 mark)

(b) Does the value of p decrease if it rounded off to 2n significant figures? Explain
your answer. (2 marks)

(c) The value of p is rounded off to k decimal places. Find the value of k and the
estimated value such that the estimated value is the greatest. (2 marks)

x+4 3 x−9 1
9. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy − <1 . (2 marks)
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(b) If x is an integer and x≤k −5 , the number of possible values of x that also
satisfy the above inequality is 3 . Find the range of value of k . (3 marks)

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SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. The pie chart below shows the distribution of favorite chocolate of 900 students. The
number of students who like coffee chocolate is 30 more than milk chocolate. The number
of students who like dark chocolate is 45 more than coffee chocolate.

(a) Find the value of k . (4 marks)

(b) 100 new data are added to form a new data set of size 1000 . One student is chosen
at random. What is the greatest probability that the favorite chocolate of the chosen
students is either dark chocolate or coffee chocolate? (2 marks)

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11. There are x exam chapters in a Physics exam. It is given that the probability that Kevin can
pass the exam varies inversely as square root of u , where u= x 2 +24 . When x = 5 , the
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probability that Kevin fail the test is . Denote the probability that he can pass the exam
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as P .

(a) Express P in terms of x . (3 marks)

(b) Let T be number of Physics exams in Form 5 , where T =x . If the expected

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number of exams that Kevin can passes in Form 5 is . Find the number of
√ 73
Physics exam in Form 5 . (3 marks)

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12. In the figure, a sealed cylindrical container of base radius 5 cm and the height 20 cm is
put vertically and filled with water of depth h cm. When the container is place horizontally,
the depth of water becomes 2 cm.

(a) Find the volume of the container in terms of π . (1 mark)

(b) (i) Find the volume of the water. (4 marks)

(ii) Find h . (2 marks)

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13. In the figure, BD and CE intersects at F . BC = DE , AB // ED , ∠ABC = 114° and
∠EDC = 123°.

(a) (i) Prove that ∠BCD = ∠EDC . (2 marks)

(ii) Prove that ∆BCD ≅ ∆EDC . (2 marks)

(b) Suppose that ∠BAE = 66° . Someone claims that ABFE is a kite. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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14. Let p ( x )= x 4 +ax 2 +bx +c , where a , b and c are real numbers. Given that p ( x )=0
has two distinct double real roots.

(a) Find the value of b . (4 marks)

(b) It is found that when p ( x ) divided by x 2 + x−6 , the remainder is −11 x +31
and the quotient is q ( x ) .

(i) Factorize x 2 + x−6 . (1 mark)

(ii) Find q ( x ) . (3 marks)

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SECTION B (35 marks)

15. The following table shows the means and the standard deviations for Gigi's class in
Mathematics and English tests.

Mean Standard deviation

Mathematics 80 6
English 60 5

(a) If Gigi got 78 marks and 68 marks in Mathematics and English test respectively,
find her standard score in these two subjects. (2 marks)

(b) Samuel is a classmate of Gigi's class. It is known that the mean of standard scores in
these subjects obtained by Samuel is 0.8 . Gigi claims that all the result she got are
better than that of Samuel. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

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16. It is given that log 2 x=log 4 y =log8 z where x , y and z are greater than 1 . Adora claims
that x , y and z are geometric sequences while Simon claims that they should be in
arithmetic sequence. Who is correct? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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17. There are 10 boys and 10 girls in class 6A. The teacher randomly pick five
students to form a committee.

(a) Find the probability such that there are more girls than the boys and at least one boy
in the committee. (3 marks)

(b) Kristie is from class 6A who has been picked to join the committee. Find the
probability that her classmates Cherry and Queenie also join the committee.
(2 marks)

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18. Given that a circle C : x 2 + y 2−2 x−4 y−4=0 and the straight line L : y = mx + 4 .
L and C intersect at two distinct points Q and S . Let M be the midpoint of Q and S .

(a) Write down the y-intercept of L . (1 mark)

(b) Suppose m is a variable and L cuts the y-axis at H . Denote the locus of M as Γ
and centre of C as G .

(i) Shows that M can coincide with G . (5 marks)

(ii) Describe locus of M . (1 mark)

(iii) Find the equation of Γ . (2 marks)

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19. In figure X , ABC is a triangular piece of paper. P is the point on AB such that CP
bisects ∠ACB . ∠ACP = θ , AC = 6 cm , BC = 30 cm and CP = 8 cm .

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(a) Given that sin 2 θ =2 sin θ cos θ , show that sin θ = . (3 marks)
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(b) ∆ABC is folded along CP so that the planes APC and BPC are perpendicular as
shown in figure Y . A' and B' are respectively the feet of the perpendicular from A
and B to CP and CP produced.

(i) Find AA' , BB' and A'B' , (4 marks)

(ii) Find the distance between A and B . (2 marks)

(c) The paper is further folded along CP until plane PAC touches the plane BPC .

(i) Ceci claims that part of the plane PAC will be exposed outside instead of
lying on the plane PBC . Do you agree? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

(ii) Find ∠APB . (2 marks)

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