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ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER.

1 (a) Express 0.64 as a fraction in its lowest term.

(b) It is given that 2 and n are equivalent fractions.

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Find the value of n.

Answer (a) ……………...……….……… [1]

(b) ……………...……….……… [1]

2 Four twinkling lights flicker at intervals of 2 seconds, 10 seconds, 12 seconds and 20 seconds
respectively. If they light up together at 1630, at what time will they light up together again?

Answer ………………………………… [2]

3 The table gives the temperatures in four cities at noon on a particular day.
City Singapore Brussels Melbourne Beijing
Temperature (°C) 31 –9 23 –4

(a) Find the difference between the temperatures in Singapore and Beijing.
(b) The temperature in Taipei on that day is exactly midway between the temperature in
Brussels and Melbourne. Find the temperature in Taipei.

Answer (a) ……………...……….……°C [1]

(b) ……………...……….……°C [1]

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4 A sum of $5 000 is invested in a Government Bond at 4% compound interest per annum.
Find
(a) how much the Bond will be worth after 2 years,
(b) the time, in years, it will take for the Bond to be valued at $5 849.29.

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ……………………… years [1]

5 Factorise completely
(a) a (b – c) – d (c – b),
(b) p 3 − p 2 q − pq 2 + q 3 .

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ……………………………… [2]

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6 (a) Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 156° . Calculate the number of sides the
polygon has.
(b) OPQRST is a hexagon such that ∠P = 147°, ∠Q = 156° and ∠R = 167°. If
∠O : ∠S : ∠T = 2 : 3 : 5, find ∠S .

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ……………………………… [2]

7 (a) Estimate , correct to 1 significant figure, the value of 15.03 × 5.978 .

8.982
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(b) Evaluate 271 ÷ 52 .
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(c) If p = 4 ×106 and q = 3.5 × 108 , calculate the value of 3p + 2q, giving your answer in
standard form.

Answer (a) ……………..….……………… [1]

(b) ……………...………………… [1]

(c) ……………...………………… [1]

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8 The diagram shows a circle which is divided into 8 equal sectors. 3 of them are shaded.
Shade one of the sectors so that the resulting diagram has only one line of symmetry. Draw
the line of symmetry. [2]

Answer

9 Given that 2 cm on the map represents 3 km on the ground.

(a) Express the scale of the map in the form 1: n .
(b) A pond was represented by an area of 4 cm2 on the map.
Find, in square kilometres, the actual area of the pond.

Answer (a) 1 : …………………………… [1]

(b) …………………………km2 [1]

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10 The equations of the three graphs are in the form of y = x n . State the value or a possible
value of n in each of the following graphs.
(a) (b) (c)

y y y

x x
x

Answer (a) n = ………………………… [1]

(b) n = ……………………….. [1]

(c) n = ………………………… [1]

11 The value of x is randomly chosen from one of the following numbers: −3, − 2, − 1, 0. The
value of y is randomly chosen from one of the following numbers: −1, 0, 1, 2, 3 .

(a) Find the smallest possible value of y 2 − x .

(b) Find the probability of
(i) x < 0,
(ii) xy ≥ 0 .

Answer (a) …………………………… [1]

(b) (i) ………………………… [1]

(ii) ………………………… [2]

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12 The length of 16 leaves, in centimetres, were recorded in the stem and leaf diagram as
shown.
Stem Leaf
0 123
1 01224589
2 36667

(a) State the modal length of the leaves.

(b) Find the median length of the leaves.
(c) Find the percentage of leaves which are at least 25 centimetres long.

Answer (a) …………………………cm [1]

(b) …………………………cm [1]

(c) ……………………………… [1]

13 Consider the sequence 2 3 − 3, 33 − 9, 4 3 − 27, ……

(a) Write down the 4th term of the sequence.
(b) Write down, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of the sequence.

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ……………………………… [1]

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14 P is the point (3, − 2) and Q is the point (a, b).
Find (a) the coordinates of Q, given that the midpoint of PQ is (5, 2),
(b) the equation of the line parallel to PQ and passing through the point (5, 4).

Answer (a) Q = (………, ………) [1]

(b) ……………………………… [2]

15 In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle through the points P, Q, R and S. TP is tangent
to the circle at P and PR intersects QS at Y.
If ∠PRQ = 54° and ∠SPR = 39° , find Q
(a) ∠POQ ,
R
(b) ∠RYQ , 54°
O
(c) ∠SPT .
Y

S 39°
P

Answer (a) ∠POQ = …………………… [1]

(b) ∠RYQ = …………………… [1]

(c) ∠SPT = …………………… [1]

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16 ABC is a triangle in which AC = 13 cm, BC = 11 cm and AB = 20 cm. N is a point on BC
produced, where CN = 5 cm and AN = 12 cm.
N
(a) Explain why ∠ANB = 90°.
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(b) Expressing your answers as fractions, find 12 C
(i) tan ∠ABN, 11
13
(ii) cos ∠ACB.
20
A B

Answer (a) …………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(b) (i) …………………………… [1]

(ii) …………………………… [1]

17 The table below shows the number of goals scored by pupils in a class during the different
soccer matches played during an inter-class tournament.
No. of goals 0 1 2 3 4 5
No. of pupils 4 3 5 2( x − 2) 3 1

If the mode and the median of the data are both 2,

(a) calculate the greatest possible value of x.
Hence,
(b) find the mean using the value of x found from part (a).

Answer (a) ……………………………… [2]

(b) ……………………………… [2]

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18 Given that y is inversely proportional to the square root of x, and that y = –2 when x = 4,
(a) express y in terms of x,
(b) find the value of y when x = 9 .
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Answer (a) y =…………………………… [2]

(b) y = …………………………… [2]

19 The ratio of the areas of the bases of two geometrically similar buckets is 4 : 9.
(a) The area of the top of the smaller bucket is 48 cm2. What is the area of the top of the
larger bucket?
(b) Write down the ratio of the heights of the two buckets.
(c) Both buckets are filled to the brim with water. The amount of water in the smaller bucket is
2
10 litres. Find the amount of water in the larger bucket.
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Answer (a) …………………………cm2 [1]

(b) ……………………………… [1]

(c) …………………………litres [2]

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20 The following figure shows a rectangular card painted with white squares of width x cm
each, and shaded strips of width y cm.
x

y
(a) Write down an expression for the total area of the card in terms of x and y .
(b) The white regions have a total area of 192 cm2 and the shaded strips have a total area of
160 cm2. Find x and y.

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) x = ………… y = …………… [3]

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21 In the given triangle ABC below,
(a) label the point X, given that X is equidistant from A and C, and also equidistant from
AC and BC.
(b) draw a circle with centre at point X from part (a), where its circumference just touches
the line AC,
(c) shade the region inside the circle from part (b) where point P may lie,
such that PC ≤ PA and P is nearer to AC than to BC.
[3]

Answer A

B C

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22 A survey is conducted to find out the number of books borrowed by college students in a
particular year. The histogram shows the results of the survey.

Frequency
density

No.of books, b

(a) Complete the following table. [2]

No.of books 0 < b ≤ 20 20 < b ≤ 30 30 < b ≤ 40 40 < b ≤ 45

borrowed, b

No. of students 10 10

(b) Draw, on the diagram, the histogram representing the last class. [1]

(c) Estimate the mean number of books borrowed by a student in the year.
Leave your answer as a whole number.

Answer (c) ……………………………… [2]

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JJJG ⎛4⎞ JJJG
23 In the diagram below, AB represents the column vector ⎜ ⎟ and BC represents the
⎝ −3 ⎠
⎛ −2 ⎞
column vector ⎜ ⎟ .
⎝ −1 ⎠
(a) Mark and label clearly on the diagram the point D such that ADBC is a parallelogram.
JJJG [1]
(b) Write down DB as a column vector.
JJJJG
(c) Find the value of AB .
JJJG ⎛ 3 ⎞ JJJG
(d) If OA = ⎜ ⎟ and E is the mid-point of AC, find OE.
⎝1⎠

⎛ ⎞
JJJG ⎜ ⎟
Answer (b) DB = ⎜ ⎟ [1]
⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠

(c) ……………………… units [1]

⎛ ⎞
JJJG ⎜ ⎟
(d) OE = ⎜ ⎟ [2]
⎜ ⎟
⎝ ⎠

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24 The graph shows the speed-time graph of a car.

(a) Find the speed of the car when t = 46 s.
(b) If the average speed of the car for the journey is 15 m/s, calculate
(i) the total distance travelled for the whole journey,
(ii) the distance travelled by the car during the first 20 seconds.

Speed in m/s

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Time (s)
0 20 40 55

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) (i)…………………………… [1]

(ii) ………………………… [2]

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25 O, A, B and C are points on level ground. The bearing of A from O is 070° . B is due south
of A. C is due west of B. OA = OB = 4 km and ∠COB = 90°.

Find
North
A
(a) the bearing of O from B,
4 km
(b) the distance AB (hint: use Sine rule),
(c) the shortest distance from O to BC. 70°
O
⎡sin 40° = 0.64, cos 40° = 0.77, tan 40° = 0.84, ⎤
⎢sin 70° = 0.94, cos 70° = 0.34, tan 70° = 2.75. ⎥
⎣ ⎦
4 km

C B

Answer (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ………………………… km [2]

(c) ………………………… km [2]

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