Term 3 Common Test – Revision Paper 1

Tanglin Secondary School

Secondary 3 Express
Elementary Mathematics

Term 3 Common Test – Revision Paper 1

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Instructions: Answer all questions on Tanglin foolscap writing paper.

1. (a) Convert 100° into radians, leaving your answer in terms of π.

π
(b) Convert rad into degrees.
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2.

Find
(a) the length of AD,
(b) the length of AP,
(c) the area of ∆APQ,
(d) ∠PAC.

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3. Given that M = ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ and N = ⎜⎜ ⎟⎟ , calculate each of the following
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(a) M + N,
(b) M2 + N2.

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4. C

6 cm

A B
O D
The diagram shows a semicircle ACB with centre O and radius 6 cm, such that
π
∠ AOC = . Given that CD is an arc of a circle with centre A and radius AC,
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calculate
(a) the length of the arc CD,
(b) the area of sector CAD,
(c) the area of the shaded region.

5. Felicia (F) stands 17 metres from a bridge (B) and 32 metres from a tree (T).
The points, F, B and T are on level ground and angle BFT = 40o.

North B

17 m

40o
F

32 m
T
(a) Calculate
(i) the distance BT,
(ii) the angle BTF.
(b) The bearing of B from F is 085o. Find the bearing of
(i) T from F,
(ii) F from T,
(iii) B from T.
(c) The top of the tree is 30 metres vertically above T.
Calculate the angle of elevation of the top of the tree from F.

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6. Two furniture shops sell similar tables and chairs. The manufacturing costs,
selling price and number of tables and chairs sold are shown in the table below:

Shop A Shop B Manufacturing Selling Price

Cost
No. of tables 23 64 65 160
No. of chairs 17 52 5 12

(a) Write down 2 matrices such that the elements of their product under matrix
multiplication would give the total cost of manufacturing the tables and
chairs per shop. Find this product.

(b) Write down the product of another 2 matrices, which gives the total sales
made by each shop. Find the product.

(c) Find the difference between the answers from (b)(i) and (b)(ii) and explain
what the numbers in your answer represent.

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