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Write your Class, register number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.


Answer all questions.
If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
You are expected to use a scientific calculator to evaluate explicit numerical expressions.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the
answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For t , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms
of t .

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given is brackets [ ] at the end of the each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 80.





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Bukit Merah Secondary School
Preliminary Examination 2009
Secondary Four Express
Secondary Five Normal Academic
MATHEMATICS (Revised)

Paper 1

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
4016/01

15 September 2009

2 hours
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Mathematical Formulae


Compound Interest

Total amount =
n
r
P |
.
|

\
|
+
100
1


Mensuration
Curved surface area of cone = rl t


Surface area of a sphere =
2
4 r t


Volume of cone = h r
2
3
1
t


Volume of sphere =
3
3
4
r t


Area of triangle ABC = C absin
2
1


Arc length = u r , where u is in radians


Sector area = u
2
2
1
r , where u is in radians


Trigonometry

C
c
B
b
A
a
sin sin sin
= =


A bc c b a cos 2
2 2 2
+ =


Statistics

Mean =

f
fx



Standard deviation =
2
2
|
|
.
|

\
|

f
fx
f
fx






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Answer all the questions.
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Evaluate
(a)
22 . 1 28 . 2
15 . 4 11

,
(b) ( )( )
3
10 29 . 1 553 . 1 289 . 6

,
leaving both your answers to 3 significant figures.



















Answer (a) ... [1]
(b) ... [1]





2. i) Given that .... 3818181 . 0 = x , find the value of x x 10 1000 .

ii) Hence express 0.3818181 in the form
b
a
, where a and b are integers.































Answer i) ..... [1]
ii) .................... [1]




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3. A computer operating system has a storage capacity of 0.12 terabytes.
(a) Express 0.12 terabytes in bytes, giving your answer in standard form.

(b) A 4-minutes long music file is 35 megabytes. Find the number of songs that
can be stored, leaving your answer in standard form.

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Answer (a) [1]
(b) ....
[1]





4.
i) Solve the inequality 1
2
1
2 7 s x x .
ii) Hence, write down the smallest rational number x which satisfies
1
2
1
2 7 s x x .




















Answer i) .. [1]
ii)....... [1]




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5. The number 228, written as a product of its prime factors, is 19 3 2 228
2
= .
(a) Express 416 as a product of its prime factors.

(b) Using your results, find
i) the largest integer which is both a factor of 228 and 416,
ii) the smallest integer k for which 416k is a multiple of 228.

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Answer (a) .... [1]
(b) i) ... [1]
ii) [1]





6. PQRS are vertices of a regular n-sided polygon which has interior angles of 162.
(a) Find the value of n.

(b) Find ZPSR.

(c) State the special name given to the quadrilateral PQRS.




















Answer (a) [1]
(b) ..... [1]
(c) . [1]





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7. (a) In the Venn diagram given below, shade the region representing ( )' Q P P







[1]



(b) There are 35 girls in a class. 18 of these girls are in Dance and 21 girls are in
Band.

Given that

{ } Class in the Girls =

{ } Dance in are who Girls = D

{ } Band in are who Girls = B

i) Find the smallest value of ( ) B D n .
ii) Express the following in set notation:
{Girls who is neither in Dance nor Band}

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Answer (b) i).. [1]
ii) ... [1]





P Q
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8. The diagram shows a triangle with points A, B and C as its vertices.


















(a) Find the gradient of the line AB.

(b) Find the area of triangle ABC.

(c) Write down the value of .



















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Answer (a) ..... [1]
(b) ......... units
2
[1]
(c) .. [1]




C
A
B
2
x
6
4

- 2
y
- 1 0 1 2
- 4
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9. (a) A girl bought y dozens of roses at $2 per dozen and sold them at 60 cents each.
Calculate her profit earned in terms of y.

(b) It takes Alan 45 minutes to pitch a tent alone. The time will reduce by 20
minutes if Alice helps him with it. Find the time taken by Alice to pitch the tent
alone.
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Answer (a) $...... [1]
(b) mins. [2]











10. A man bought an iPhone for $359, inclusive of 7% goods and services tax (GST).



(a) Calculate the amount of GST paid.

The exchange rate between US dollars (US$) and Singapore dollars (S$) was US$1 =
S$1.38.

(b) He sold the phone to a friend for US$235. Calculate his profit/loss made.

















Answer (a) $ . [1]
(b) profit / loss
$ ... [2]





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11. The costs of two geometrically similar cylindrical cup of mixed fruit juice are $1.08
and $2.56 respectively.
(a) Write down the ratio of the heights of the cylindrical cup.

(b) The cost of making the smaller cylindrical cup is 18-cents. Calculate the cost of
making the larger cup.

(c) The content of the mixed fruit juice was divided between oranges, apples and
pineapple in the ratio 4 : 2 : 3 respectively. Calculate the percentage of
pineapple in the mixed fruit juice.

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Answer (a) . [1]
(b) $ ......... [1]
(c) ..% [1]





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12.
(a) Simplify
2
3

2
9
4

|
|
.
|

\
| x
, leaving your answer in positive indices.
(b) Given that
2 2
3
81
1
243 = |
.
|

\
|

k
, find the value of k.

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Answer (a) . [1]
(b) k = .............. [2]






13. A railway track 1.5km long is represented by a 5cm line on a map.
(a) Find the scale of the map, giving your answer in the form 1 : n.

(b) Find, in square metres, the actual area of a city that is 0.2cm
2
on the map.
























Answer (a) .. [1]
(b) ... m
2
[2]





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14. The amount of light, L units, received is inversely proportional to the square of the
distance, D metres. For a particular value of D, the amount of light received is 25
units.
(a) Find the value of L when D is quartered.

(b) Find the percentage change in the amount of light received when D is increased
by 400%.

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Answer (a) .. [1]
(b) .....% [2]






15.
i) Express 3 7
2
+ x x in the form ( ) b a x +
2
.

ii) Hence, solve 8 3 7
2
= + x x .
























Answer i) ... [1]
ii) ...... [2]





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16. (a) The number of goals scored by Liverpool Football Club during their pre-season
tour were as follows:

4 5 1 x 2 6 2 1

Given that the median goal scored is 2.5, find the value of x.

(b) The mean of set A consisting of 12 numbers is 11 and the mean of set B
consisting of y numbers is 4. Given the difference between their total is 8, find
2 possible values of y.

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Answer (a) x = .... [1]
(b) y = ...... or ..... [2]






17. A purse containing a certain number of coins and has a total value of $5.20. There are
only 5 cents and 20 cents coins in the purse and thrice as many 20 cents coins than 5
cents coins. By forming two equations, find the number of 5 cents coins in the purse.























Answer ... [3]





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18. In the diagram below, ABCD is a quadrilateral and ZABD = ZBCD = 90.
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Given that AB = 7cm, CD = 8.5cm and ZADB = 33.



Find
(a) BD

(b) ZABC













Answer (a) .cm [1]
(b) ....... [2]
















19.
(a) Expand and simplify ( ) ( )
2 2
2 y x x y .

(b) Factorise completely w y w xw w x
2 2
2 + .



























Answer (a) . [2]
(b) ..... [2]





33
A
C
B
D
7cm
8.5cm
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20. In the diagram below, ABCD is a square and AECF is a rectangle.
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Stating your reasons clearly,
i) Show that ZFAQ = ZECP.



ii) Hence, show that AFAD AECB.






Answer:

i)





.. [1]




ii)

..[2]





























A
B C
D
P
Q
E
F
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21. An equilateral triangle of side 10cm is inscribed in a circle, centre O as shown. The
radius of the circle is r cm.
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(a) Find the value of r
2
.

(b) Hence, find the area of the shaded region,
giving your answer in the form b a + t .




















Answer (a) r
2
= . [2]
(b) .......cm
2
[2]






22. (a) The point (1, 2) is marked on the diagram in the answer space. On the
diagrams, sketch the graphs of


i) 3 + = x y


ii)
2
2

= x y







Answer i)












Answer ii)













[2]




-
O
r
A
B
C
10cm
x
y
-
x
y
-
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(b) A container consisting of 3 sections, A, B and C is shown in the diagram below.
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Water is poured into the container at a constant rate. It takes 6 minutes to fill up
section A.




















i) Write down the time taken to fill up section C.



ii) On the axes given below, complete the graph showing the relationship
between the depth of water, h cm as its varies over time, t minutes.





Answer (b) i) ..mins [1]



Answer (b) ii)

















[2]




A
B
C
r
r
r
h cm
2h cm
h cm
Time(minutes
Depth (cm)
0 2 4 6 8
4h

3h

2h

h
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23. The diagram is the distance-time graph for the first 50 seconds of a cars journey. The
car started from rest.
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(a) Find the speed of the car when t = 30.

(b) The car moved with a constant acceleration for the first 20 seconds. Find this
acceleration.

(c) On the grid in the answer space, draw the speed-time graph for the same
journey, given that the car decelerates to come to rest in the last 10 seconds.






Answer (a) .. .m/s [1]
(b) ...... m/s
2
[1]
Answer (c)











[2]






0 10 20 30 40 50
400



300



200



100
Distance (metres)
Time(t seconds)
0 10 20 30 40 50 Time (second)
Speed (metres per second)
15


10


5
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24. The table below shows the number of radiators needed for small, medium-sized and
large houses.
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Size of House
Type of Radiator
A B C D
Small 5 2 1 0
Medium 2 0 3 3
Large 0 1 6 4



There are 25 small houses, 36 medium-sized houses and 12 large houses in an estate.



(a) Represent the above data by 4 3 matrix P.

(b) If ( ) 12 36 25 = Q and QP N = ,
i) Evaluate N.
ii) Explain what information can be derived from matrix N.

(c) The cost of the radiators are $20 for type A, $40 for type B, $45 for type C and
$70 for type D.

Using matrix multiplication, find the total cost of all the radiators for the estate.




















Answer (a) .. [1]
(b) i) ... [1]
ii) ... [1]
(c) ... [2]





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25. The diagram, drawn to a scale of 1cm to 500m, shows two position of Town A and B .
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(a) A Town C is northeast of Town A and on a bearing of 335 from Town B. Find
and label the position of Town C.

(b) A petrol kiosk P is to be set up such that it is equidistant from
I : Town A and Town B and
II : AC and BC.
By construction, find and label the possible position the petro kiosk.

(c) Measure the distance BP.



Answer (a) and (b)































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Answer (c) ..m [1]





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B
North