MOCK 10(I) Name

MATH
PAPER 1 Class ( )
QUEEN’S COLLEGE
Mock Examination, 2009 – 2010
MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 Marker’s Examiner’s
Question-Answer Book Use Only Use Only
Secondary 5 Date : 4–3–2010 Marker Examiner
Time: 8:30 am – 10:30 No. No.
am

Section A
Marks Marks
Question No.

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This paper must be answered in English
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INSTRUCTIONS 9

1. Write your Name, Class and Class Number in the 10

spaces provided on Page 1.
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2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2)
and B. Each section carries 33 marks. 12

3. Attempt ALL questions in Sections A(1) and A(2), 13

and any THREE questions in Section B. Write
your answers in the spaces provided in this Section A
Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the Total
margins.

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will Checker’s Section A

be supplied on request. Write your Name on each Use Only Total
sheet, and fasten them with string INSIDE this
book.
Section B
5. Write the question numbers of the questions you Marks Marks
Question no.*
have attempted in Section B in the spaces
provided on Page 1.

6. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be

clearly shown.

7. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers Section B

should be either exact or correct to 3 significant Total
figures.
*To be filled in by the candidate
8. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily
drawn to scale.
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 FORMULAS FOR REFERENCE

SPHERE Surface area  4πr 2

4
Volume  πr 3
3

CYLINDER Area of curved surface  2πrh

Volume  πr 2 h

CONE Area of curved surface  πrl

1
Volume  πr 2 h
3

PRISM Volume  base area  height

1
 base area 
PYRAMID Volume  3
height

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SECTION A(1) (33 marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section and write your answers in the spaces provided.

x2
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( xy 1 )3

2. It is given that 3(2p  1) = 2q + 5.

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(a) Express q in terms of p.
(b) If p : q = 1 : 2, find q. (3 marks)

3. Solve  x 2  x  13 2   x  3 2  0 leave x in surd form if necessary. (3 marks)

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4.
The compass bearing of a lighthouse B from a ship at A is N 30
E.
The ship leaves A and sails on a course of S 55° E for 30 km to a port
C.
Find the compass bearing of B from C. (4 marks)

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5. Solve the equation 5 3 x  4 2 x 1 (3 marks)

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6. In the figure, ABCD is a square. E is a point inside ABCD such that EA=1 EB=2 and EC=3.
AFB is the image of CEB upon rotating about B anti-clockwise through 90 0 .
(a) A D Write down
(i) 1 the lengths of FA and FB;
(ii) Ethe value of EBF .
(2marks)
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(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the value of AEB F . 2
(3 marks)
B C

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7. In the figure, ABCDEF is a diamond-shaped floor brick, where all the measurements are
correct to the nearest cm.
D 16 C
cm
3 cm 3 cm
E 24 B
cm
8 cm 8 cm

F 12 A
(a) cmof these measurements.
Find the maximum absolute error
(b) Find the least possible area of the floor brick. (3 marks)

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8. In the figure, two circles ABC and ACD intersect at A and C respectively. AB and AD
are the diameters of circles ABC and ACD respectively. AD is the
tangent to the circle ABC at A.
(a) A
Prove that BCD is a straight line.
(b)
If AB=12 cm and AD=5 cm, find the distance between the two C D
B
centres of the circles.
(4 marks)

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9.
y T5-05-04

1
x – 3y = 3

x
–1 0 1 2 3 4
–3 –2

–1

–2

–3 x+y=1
–2x + y = 2

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(a) Write down the three constraints which determine the shaded region, including the
boundary, in the given graph. (3
marks)
(b) Let P  2 x  y . If (x, y) is any point satisfying all the constraints in (a),

find the greatest value of P. (2

marks)

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SECTION A(2) (33 marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section and write your answers in the spaces provided.

10. The cost ($C) of a gold-plating article varies directly as the square of the surface area (S cm2)
of the article and varies inversely as its weight (W g). The cost of a gold-plating article with
surface area 8 cm2 and weight 20 g is $96.
(a) Express C in terms of S and W. (2 marks)
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(b) If the cost of a gold-plating article with surface area 10 cm is $240,

find the weight of the article.

(2 marks)
(c) Find the percentage change in the cost of a gold-plating article when the surface area
is halved and the weight is doubled. (5
marks)

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11. In the figure , a circle C1 of radius 8 cm is inscribed in a square. A smaller circle C2 of radius r
cm touches the larger circle C1 and two sides of the square.

C2

C1

(a) Prove that r 2  48r  64  0 . (4 marks)

(b) In the following figure, the solid cylinders X and Y are formed with bases C1 and C2
respectively. If X and Y are similar solids and the volume of Y is 10 cm3.
Find the volume of X, correct to the nearest cm3. (4 marks)

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X

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12. The figure shows the graph of y  3x 2  12 x  k . y

A (a,0)
It touches the x-axis at A(a,0) and passes through B(–1,b). x
(a)
Find the values of k, a and b.
B (–1,b)
(4 marks)
(b) If B is reflected about the axis of symmetry to B',
find the coordinates of B'. (2 marks)
(c) Find BAB  (2 marks)
y = –3x2 –12x +k

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13. The figure shows a cone with base radius 6 cm and height 8 cm.
It contains water to a height of 4cm. 6 cm
(a) Find, in terms of  ,
(i) the capacity of the cone;
(ii) the volume of water inside the cone.
8 cm
4 cm h cm

(3 marks)
(b) The cone is then put upside down and the height of the water level becomes h cm.
Find h. (5 marks)

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SECTION B (33 marks)
Answer any THREE questions in this section and write your answers in the spaces provided.
Each question carries 11 marks.

14. In the figure, C1 is a unit circle with centre O1

and touches the horizontal line AB. Circle C2
of radius r 2 is constructed so that it touches
both C1 and AB and its centre lies on O1 A .
Circle C3 , C4 , C5 , are constructed in a
similar way. Denote O1 AB by  .
(a) Express r2 , r3 in terms of  .
(4 marks)
(b) If the length of O1 A doubles the radius of C1 .
(i) Find the smallest value of n such that the radius of Cn is less than 0.01.
(ii) Find the sum of areas of circles C1 , C2 , C3 , C4 , C5 , .
(iii) Find the smallest value of n such that sum of areas of circles Cn , Cn 1 , Cn  2 , is
less than 0.01 . (7 marks)

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15. In the figure, ABC is an isosceles triangle where AB = AC and AO is an altitude of the
triangle. OD touches the circumscribed circle of AOC at O.

A
D

B C
O

(a) (i) Prove that AOC and ADO are similar.

(ii) Let AC = 5, OC = 4, find OD.
(6 marks)
(b) A rectangular coordinate system, with O as the origin, is introduced to the above figure
so that the coordinates of A and B are (0 , 3) and (4 , 0) respectively.

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(i) Find the equation of the straight line OD.
(ii) Find the coordinates of C.
(iii) Find the equation of the circumscribed circle of AOC.
(5 marks)

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16. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the number of specimens collected
by a group of students, where a, b and c are non-negative integers less than 10. It is given that
there are 25 students in the group.

Stem (ten) Leaf (digit)

0 a 9
1 2 2 5 7 8
2 1 2 3 3 5 b 6 7
3 c 2 2 4 4 6
4 0 0 3 9
(a) (i) It is given that the range, median and mode of the data are 43, 25 and 32
respectively. Write down the values of a, b and c.

(ii) The data 49 specimens is wrongly inputted. The correct data should be 47. What
will be the changes in the mean, median and mode? (5 marks)

(b) Only when the number of specimens collected by a student is 20 or above, the
specimens will be sent to a laboratory for further examination. 4 out of the 25 sets of
specimens collected by the students are chosen at random.

(i) Find the probability that exactly 3 sets of specimens chosen will be sent to the

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laboratory.

(ii) Find the probability that exactly 3 sets of specimens chosen will be sent to the
laboratory and the numbers of specimens in the 3 sets are odd.

(iii) It is given that exactly 3 sets of specimens chosen will be sent to the laboratory.
Find the probability that the numbers of specimens in the 3 sets are odd.

(6 marks)

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17. (a) In the figure, the sides of △ABC are of lengths 63 cm, 25 cm, and 52 cm. AD  BC.
A B
52 cm
25 cm

D
B C
63 cm

D C

Figure 2(a) Figure 2(b)

(a) Find (i) the area of △ABC,
(ii) the length of AD. (3 marks)
(b) The triangle in Figure 2(a) is folded along AD such that △ADC remains horizontal and
the new position B of point B is vertically above point C, as shown in Figure 2(b).

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(i) Find the angle between AB’ and the plane ADC.
(ii) Find the angle between the planes A B D and ADC.
(iii) Let M be the mid-points of A B . If an ant crawls from C to M, find the length
of the shortest path.

(8 marks)

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