Sec 2N(A) Mathematics

End-of-Year Examination Paper 2

1. Solve the simultaneous equations.
2x 7y = 12,
11x + 5y = 108.
[4]
2. Simplify the following algebraic expressions.
(a)

x 2 2 x 15 2 x 2

5 5 x
x2 1

[2]

a b
a2 b2

(b)
25 x 5 2 5 x 1
2

[2]

3. It is given that y is inversely proportional to 2x2. When x = 3 and y = 12,

(a) find an equation connecting y and x,

[2]

(b) find the value of y when x = 2.4.

[2]

4. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the amount of money 35 students spent in school
on a particular day.

(a) Find the modal amount of money.

[2]

(b) Find the percentage of students who spent more than $12 on that day.

[2]

5. Factorise 2x2 98 completely.

[2]

6. (a) A metal sphere of diameter 60 cm is melted and recast to form a solid cylinder of
radius 18 cm. Find the height of the solid cylinder.
[3]
(b) A rectangular tank contains water to a depth of 12 cm. A metal cone of base radius 8
cm and vertical height 9 cm is dropped into the tank. Taking to be 3.142, calculate
the new water level of the tank, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. [2]

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7. There are 11 green bottles, 15 red bottles and 24 brown bottles on a shelf. A bottle is
taken from the shelf at random. Find the probability that the bottle taken is
(a) a red bottle,

[1]

(b) not a brown bottle,

[2]

(c) a green bottle or a brown bottle.

[2]

8. The age of a group of 100 balloon dancers are recorded in the following table.
Age (a)
Number of
ballroom
dancers

30 < a 35
8

35 < a 40
15

40 < a 45
23

45 < a 50
26

(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean age of the balloon dancers.

50 < a 55
16

55 < a 60
12

[3]

(b) A balloon dancer is selected at random from the group. Find the probability that the
age of the dancer is
(i)

at most 45 years old,

[1]

(ii)

above 55 years old,

[1]

(iii)

above 70 years old.

[1]

9. The diagram below shows a solid cone mounted on a solid cube. A cylindrical solid is cut
out from the base of the cube as shown. Taking to be 3.142,

(a) find the volume of the remaining solid,

[2]

(b) find the total surface area of the remaining solid.

[3]

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10. Solve the following equations.

2
(a) x 3x 3

2
(b) 11x x 3

4x 5
3

[2]

68 x
3

[2]

11. Two lamp posts are 12 m apart. One of them is 8 m tall while the other is 11 m tall. A
repair man wants to tie a rope to the tips of the two lamp posts. Find the length of rope
required.
[2]

12. The picture below shows a boat floating in a river. It is tied with a rope to one side of the
river bank. If the rope is 18 m long and makes an angle of 20o with the river bank, find
the perpendicular distance x from the boat to the river bank.
[2]

13. Triangle ABC is a right-angled triangle. Given AB = 5 cm, BC = 12 cm and AC = 13 cm,

find
(a) cos BAC,

[1]

(b) tan BCA,

[1]

(c) sin BCA.

[1]

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