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Secondary School Exam Papers Powered by Testpaper.biz 2012 Secondary School Examination Papers Secondary One Express Mathematics Paper 1&2 1 | Ang Mo Kio Secondary School SAL 2 | Bukit Merah Secondary School SAL 3 | Chung Cheng High School (High) SAT 4 | Clementi Town Secondary School SAL 5 | Commonwealth Secondary School SAL 6 | Gan Eng Seng School SAI 7 | Holy Innocents’ High School ‘SAI 8 | Shuqun Secondary School SAL 9 | St. Margaret's Secondary School SAl 10| Tanjong Katong Secondary School SAL 11 | Yuan Ching Secondary School SAL 12 | Zhonghua Secondary School SAL Gass [index Number [ Name | - ANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS Mathematics Part One Setter: Ms Rachael Wu Thursday ‘9 May 2012 1 hour Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or part question, The total of the marks for this paper is 80. For Examiners Use This document consists of 9 printed pages. [Turn Over 3 2 Answer all the questions. 1 Express (a) 0.085 as a fraction in its simplest form, (b) 4% asa decimal. Answer (a) ... () (@) Express @ 365.11, (i) 0.02581 to two significant figures. (b) Hence estimate the value of 365.11 0.02581, correct to one significant figure. Answer 0. 0 fii)... ® Arrange the following numbers in ascending order -037, - 0373, -037, ~ 48, - 0.373. 42 Answer Oo Buniver's Bios Ge"" | (@) Express 1500 asthe product ofits prime factors. te | (b) Given that 1500x is a perfect square, write down the smallest possible value of x. (© Find the highest cotumon factor of 1500 and 2 x 3x 5?* 7, leaving your answer in index form. (2) Answer (A) 2... Ox=.. © 5 Consider the numbers stated below. 81, v2, ~6, 0, 2, 9, m7, | @)_ List the perfect square(s). (>) State the natural number(s). (© List the irrational number(s). Answer (a) veel] @).... oi © - - UI) trum Over ih In acclass election, i of those entitled to vote did so. There were 3 candidates and the ‘votes for these candidates were divided in the ratio of4:2:1. Given that 40 people were entitled to vote, calculate @)__ the number of voters who did not vote at all, (®) the number of voters who voted for the candidate with the most votes. Answer (a)... @) Given that a =~2,b=3and ¢=5, evaluate (a—b)* x(c+ab). Answer... (b) @ ) WA:B=2:1andB:C= 32 :04, find the ratio A: BC. In what ratio must 142 kg be decreased to become 118 kg? Answer (a)... Expand 3(x+4)—2(x-6). Factorise 3ax + 9ay —12az. Answer (a) 2 [2] {Turn Over ) one () 10 Simplify the following (@) 3a+6b+5a—3b+4, 2p x3qx(-4q)," () — 9x-4{2(1~3x) -2(3 -3x)] 1) . [1] (©)... [2] iW (a) Convert @ 0.8 km? to m’, Gi) 88 m/s to km/h. (b) Express 32.196 cm to the nearest z mm. Answer @i)... a [1] oe 2 13 In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram, AB = 30 cm, AD and CN=27 cm. Find the area of the parallelogram ABCD, the height of the trapezium ABCE the area of the trapezium ABCE. ® © o Answer (a) D) vee om [2] ©. +. em? [2] By selling a particular set of books for $408, a bookseller suffers a loss of 4%, @ ® Find the original price of the books paid by the bookseller. Calculate the percentage gain or loss if the books are sold for $510. ~Trurn Over It4 follows. @ — Complete th Answer (a % [2] ex} ro] ropa] eles = |—|urjor ¢ frequency table below, (b) Construct a histogram in the space provided. Answer (a) ‘No. of goals, Tally Frequency | 0 V7 2 7 No. of goals ® ‘The number of goals scored by a football team in each of the 20 matches was as 2) 2 15 A survey was conducted on a class of 40 pupils to find out their favourite food. The | results are represented on the given pie chart Chicken Rice (@) How many pupils chose porridge as their favourite food? () Express the ratio of the number of pupils who chose porridge to the number who chose chicken rice, as simply as possible. (©) Later in the year, 5 pupils joined the class and said their favourite food is, noodles. Calculate the percentage increase in the number of pupils who chose noodles as their favourite food. Answer (a) .. pupils [2] [Turn Over 10 Ce (CD vesreersererenseee on [2] End of Paper ANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 .. SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS MATHEMATICS PART TWO Setter: Mr Tan Wee Hong ‘Tuesday 8 May 2012 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES Additional materials: ‘Answer Paper Electronic Calculator READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number in the spaces provided on the answer paper. ‘Write your answers and working on the separate answer paper provided. ‘Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or comection fluid. Answer all questions. Show all your working on the same page as the rest of the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. Calculators should be used where appropriate. Ifthe 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 x, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. ‘The total of the marks for this paper is 50. ‘This question paper consists of 8 printed pages. 2 Section A (22 marks) Answer ALL the questions 1 (a) _—_Usea calculator to evaluate (sift \5= 2 C2) * @ ve giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places, i GJ @) — Yi23-42+0.29, giving your answer correct to 4 significant figures. 0] (b) The table below shows the temperature in a number of cities at noon ona particular day. Singapore Taipei Paris 25°C 11°c s°c (@ Find the temperature in London if the temperature in Taipei was exactly midway between the temperatures in Singapore and London? i) (i) The temperature in Paris at 6 pm on the same day was ~7°C. Given that the temperature increased at a constant rate, what time was the temperature at 0 °C? (2) 2 Abby weighs 4 kg and Betty weighs 8 kg more than Abby. Cassandra's weight is half the total weight of Abby and Betty. Write an expression, in terms of x, for @ Betty's weight, ie] (ii) average weight of the 3 girls. 2) AMKSS_2012_MY_1B MATHS P2 4 3 @ () 3 Factorize 3ac ~9e+6ab~18b completely. Simplify 2-22 , giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest terms. [2] 15 Alaric and Damon each purchased the latest tablet computer, ePad, during its launch day. The poster below shows the deals offered by the shop they went to. @) b) © ePad Launch Day Specials Price: $1016.50 (by cash) $1070.00 (by credit card) VIP members enjoy special percentage discount! All prices inclusive of 7% GST. Calculate the amount of GST paid by Alaric if he bought an ePad using cash. Alaric decides to sell away the ePad for $1280.79. Find the percentage profit made. Damon bought the ePad using his credit card. However, as he is a VIP ‘member, he ends up paying the price as Alaric, What is the percentage discount offered to VIP members? [Tum Over AMKSS_2012_ MY_1B MATHS_P2 4 5 A laundry company provides cleaning of clothing such as shirts, jackets, skirts and trousers. In one particular week, 2 of the clothing sent in for washing are shirts, 2 of the clothing are jackets and the remaining of the clothing are skirts and trousers in the ratio of 2 : 1. (@)__ If there are 108 skirts, find the total number of pieces of clothing, 2) () Given that it takes & kg of washing powder to wash each piece of clothing, how many pieces of clothing will be left unwashed if the shop only has 20 kg of washing powder? 2] ‘AMKSS_2012_MY_1B_ MATHS F2 16 5 Section B (28 marks) Answer ALL the questions 6 The line graph below shows the number of tickets sold for the movie The Starvation Games froti Monday to Thursday on a certain week. N ay A (@) Calculate total amount of money collected from ticket sales from Monday to Thursday if each ticket is priced at $7.50. 21 ‘The pictogram below shows the number of tickets sold on Thursday and Friday from the same week. | ‘Thursday Ale Lecce ae XK [Pedy WER ek wk wk ek (b) Calculate the number of tickets sold on Friday. 2 [Tum Over _AMKSS_2012, MY_1E. MATHS P2 © @ @) ‘AMMKSS,2012_ MY, 6 Find the number of tickets sold on Friday as a percentage of the total number of tickets sold from Monday to Friday. 2) Find the total number of tickets sold on both Saturday and Sunday if they formed = of all tickets sold for the whole week. 21 During AMKSS Alumni Homecoming Day, 540 fish balls and 432 chicken wings are catered for the guests, Given that the food is to be shared equally among the guests, find @ the largest possible number of guests that can be invited 2 (i) thenumber of chicken wings each guest will receive. m4 The diagram below shows a concrete block measuring 45 om by 18 cm by 20 cm. An engineer wants to build cubes using these concrete blocks, lp cm Liven ——— 45cm Find @ the smallest possible length of side of a cube that can be built, (1 i) the umber of blocks needed to build 5 such cubes. o1 ‘The above diagram shows the design (not drawn to scale) for a new water reservoir, Lagoon Barrage. It is made up of trapezium ABDE of height 80 m, semicircles BCD and AFE with semicircle GHZ cut out of it. It is given that AB= ED, AE=84 m, GH=21 mand BD = 56m, (Take «= (@) Given that the outer perimeter of Lagoon Barrage is 420 m, find the length of AB. BI (6) @ The shaded region shows the area of Lagoon Barrage. Calculate the area of Lagoon Barrage. G3) ‘A contractor is employed to plant grass on the shaded region indicated on the diagram. Given that he charges $0.50 for each 0.25 m? of grass, calculate the total cost of grass needed. (2) [Tum Over ‘ANKSS_2012_MY_1E_MATHS_P2 9 A plane travelling from Singapore to Sydney was supposed to leave Singapore at 2250 h Monday and travel at a constant speed of 825 km/h to reach Sydney at 0610 h Tuesday. (@) Find the distance between Singapore and Sydney. 2) (®) On the actual day, the plane stopped over at Jakarta along the joumey to repair a technical problem after travelling for 770 km. At what time did the plane reach Jakarta? Q] (© The stop-over at Jakarta took 1 hour and 24 minutes. The plane then continued the rest of the journey to Sydney at a faster speed. At what speed did the plane travel from Jakarta to Sydney ifit still reached Sydney at the schedule time? 2] END OF PAPER ‘AMKSS_2012_M¥_1B MATHS_P2 2 Pee ce ‘Answers ‘Marking ‘Marker’s Remarks Scheme aa) 17/200 Bt ie) [0.04 Bt 2a) [365.42 2aqi) | 0.02587 ~ 2(bya{i) | 370 B1 albitadtid | 0.026 Bi 2b) | 365.41 «0.02581 : ai =10 z Tee Bi 16/42, 0.37, -0.373, -0.373, 037 ala) Dae ale) | X15 FG) exe 5a) 98t Bi a) «| 9.8L Bi 5(c) van 81 6a) 1/8 x40 or 5 eb) af x35 Ma =20 aL 7 (237212) =25x(-1)* M1. 25 al Bia) T/5x2= 1x (17/5) 35 204 17/5 = 2/5 AL = ABC =34:172 [ sib) 58:71 Bi 9a) 3(xr4} - 2(x-6) ~ I = 3x42 -2x412 Ma i =xt24 aL Se) | Bax* 9ay— 12a = Ba (x+3y—4z) Bl [a0(@) | Batebesa -3be4 =batabe Ba 10(b)}, ~2&pa? B1 Toe) | 9x=412-6x-6F6x) Mt ~] 9x-4[-4] 29K 416 Al Tite) | OBkm™= 0.8 x 1000 | 00000m” 81 Tile) | &8m/is +2 887-1000/1-+3600 oe = 316.3kmyfh AL AG 32,196 8 322.0mm_ 1 12a} ‘Area of ABCD 10 x 27 +=540cm” BL 12{b) 30n = 540 = 18m BL 12{c) | Area of trapezium x BORO} IB [wi =450em? }om Tata) | 9686-408 wa 100% - $425, AL 13) | Segain= 85/405 x 100% wa 20% AL 14(a) No. | Tally | Frequency of goals 0 Ww 2 HHH \6 | 2 | fa 3 [mir ts 4 7 a s lm [3 6 I 1 14) Tsay | ax+108 +90=360 x=5a° 2x= 108" 360-40 108-12 AL -15(b) 108: 90 | 65 B21 75(@) ‘increase = 5/12 x 100 a 417% AL % Secondary School Exam Papers eee egy Secondary One Express Mid-Year Examination 2012 Paper Two Marking Scheme Qu | Answer cE Marking | Marker’s Remarks Scheme Points to Highlight: Quite a number of students do not include units in their answers (minus 1 mark overall). © Many students wrote out their final answer separately again after each question. This step is unnecessary and some make mistake when rewriting the answer down. ~16.68266667 = ~16.68 Answer: 16.68. ‘+ Presentation of word problems is poor, without statements given for each key step. ‘+ A few students do not represent their answers in the correct fractional form, e.g, they wrote 20+ © as 416R4 instead of 4162. 125 3 the denominator. Quite a BL number of students forgot to include the negative sign. TOO (@ 1 Z few stadenis forgot to cube 256 ~ 16258 is not accepted. 375 0.286957431=0.2870 BI | 0.2802 is also accepted Gf student used = 3,142). Jeg) | 123-42 +02 1(b)@) | Temperature in London = 2(11)—25=-3°C. BI | Quite a number of students gave 25-22 =3°Cas the answer. A few students thought the question wanted the midway temperature of 25°C and 11°C. 1()Gi) | Difference in temperature = 5—(-7, Generally ok, A small number | Decrease of 12 °C —> 6 hours of students used the Decrease of 1 °C—> 0.5 hours Mi__| temperature in London from ‘Time at which temperature is 0°C (b)(2) instead of temperature in = 12 pm +0.5 (5) hours Paris, =230 pm, AL 20 Betty's weight ~_ | Well done. 4+ 2)kg is = (4x+8)kg. BL accepted. 2G) ‘Cassandra's weight Some students thought 4x+4x4+ ‘Cassandra’s weight is half of at )ke, Betty’s. MI is awarded if the Total weight of the 3 girls student wrote out correct Ax+4x4 844044 expression for the average —S MI | weight but simplified wrongly. 4(x+1) kg is accepted, Al 3@) 3ac— 96+ Gab —18b Badly done. Many students did 3e(a—3)+ 6(a-3) MI _| not factorize out the 3. Some (c+-66)(a—3) students did not factorize and instead attempted to Se) Al | ada/subiract the terms, e.g 3ac~9e+6ab-18b = 3a—6c+6a-12b, Shows poor understanding of Jike/unlike terms. 3(b) X_x-2 Badly done. Common mistake: pees be 3x _x-2 | ‘ - b No mark given if student Bxox42 M1 __| changed the sign before = combing the fractions into one, 2x42 | ax m2 - 1s Al ee A(a) Amount of GST paid Quite a number of students fae 1016.50 thought 100% = $1016.50 and ~ 707 7106 M1 _ | did not realize that GST is = $66.50. Al | already inclusive. 2% = $68250. ‘4(b) Percentage profit Timark given if the stdent __ 1280.79 -1016.50 go, MI _| used the wrong price due to (a) 101630 (ie. $1087.70 instead of = 26%. Al | $1016.50) in the calculations. . No mark given if student gave | final answer as 1280.79 100% = 126% 1016.50 ae) Percentage discount for VIP | Full credit given if the student _ 1070-1016.50,. goo, M1 | consistently added GST to all to his/her prices and got the same | set AL | final answer, e.g | | 1144.90-1087.70 , 1 ggoe — sy | | 1087.70 EC) Fraction of clothing which are skirts Quite a number of students [ @ 3}, 2 misread the question and =|1-(242}|x 578) 3 thought jackets form = of the 3 ' oa M1 _ | remainder. Total number of pieces of clothing = 108+3%20=720. Al 5(b) Largest possible number of pieces of clothing ~~ MI given if incorrect total that can be washed from (2) is used. A few 99 2 8 =. students gave 303 as the = 20+ 555 = 416:6566667 mn | 416. Number of pieces of unwashed clothing = 720-416 =304 a 6a) Total number of tickets | Generally well done. A smail = 2100+1600+3000+2400 number of students read the =9100. graph values as 2010, 1060 and Total amount of money 2040. = 9100 x $7.50 ML AL 6(b) From the line graph. 4 = 2400 tickets 1 SEK «600 sckets Number of tickets sold ot Friday Generally ok. A few stidents thought that there are 75 OK tor Friday. 600%6.5 MI 3900. ca 6c) Percentage of total tickets ~ Generally well done. Loss of 3900 «100% marks is mostly due to wrong ~ 510043000 *100% ML __| answers from (a) and (b). = 30%. Al 6a) I 7 ‘Some students thonght that 13 of tickets = 13000 eI 1 13 of tickets = 13000. A few 13 of tickets = 2600 MI found the total for the whole Total number of tickets sold on Saturday and week instead of just Saturday Sunday and Sunday, Al Alternatively, ‘Total number of tickets sold on Saturday and Sunday $1300 =5 MI = 20800. AL Tew 2 [540___ 432 = Generally ok. Trial-and-error 2 270216 methods are accepted only if 3 [435108 the working shows clearly 3 [4s 36 (with explanation or by ratio) 3 15. 12 that 108 is the largest possible 5 4 umber of guests. — Unacceptable: Largest possible number of guests 5$40+108=5; 432+108=4 =P xP Mi | Or = 108, AL | 540+5=108; 432+4=108. ‘Hai) | Number of chicken wings per guest Generally ok. pees 108 =4. BL 7o@ [2 [451s 20 Badly done. Many thought the 2 [439 10 question is asking for HCF. 3 fas 9S Listing multiples of 45, 18 and A 1s reas 20 is accepted, e.g. Bes ema Multiples of 45 = 45, 90, 135, I ica 180. | Multiples of 18 = 18, 36, 54, ‘Smallest possible length 72, 90, 108, 126, 144, 162, mx x5 Mi | 180. = 180 om, ‘Al __ | Multiples of 20 = 20, 40, 60, 7 80, 100, 120, 140, 180. However, the following method is not accepted: 45x4=180518%10=180; 20x9 =180 as it does not show that 180cm is the smallest possible length. 7(o\Gi) | Number of blocks need = | Badly done. Many students = 4x10x9 x5 forgot that the question = 1800, B1 _| requires 5 cubes or have the wrong answer from (6)() 8@) Perimeter of the ares APE and BCD ‘Some students do not realize Her} 0(2) =e > sted M1 | jength of the semi-circular eaten ed M1 | ares. MI given for correct See Al _ | formula for circumference of semicircle. 2 M1 is not given if students did not show that they know that 420 ~ 220 is for | 2 times of AB. Bib) ‘Area of the semi-circle BCD and ring AGIHEF ‘Some of the students do not Lyoy( 22), Ling 22)_ 2 know how to calculate area of H(e2r(2)-Leoey(2)-t0057(2) | va |tapesum ane Mt ent ee student is able to find area of ‘Area of trapezium ABDE any 1 of the semicircles. H(e4+56)60) MI = 5600 my’. Total Area 3830.75 + 5600 9430.75 m°. Al 29 [SOG Total cost of grass _ 9430.75 Generally ok. Incorrect answers are due to (b). AL Tae 050 Mi = $18861.50. Al 9(a) Time taken ~ = "| Surprisingly, quite a number of ooh, students cannot calculate the =; uration between 2250h and Distance 0610h correctly, resulting in - 1 ewers ike 6h or 84h. = 82573 Mi | amswerslike 65h or 8 = 6050km. Al 9(b) | Time taken to travel from Singapore to Jakarta ‘Generally weil done. 710 _14 = TM, 82515 Mi +56 minutes 2250 h > 2346 hor 11.46 pm. Al Ie Time left to travel from Jakaria to Sydney Some students forgot to deduct the wait time from the total time or have difficulty Speed of plane calculating the duration again, 6050-770 = ML 0 Class Register No ~ [Name Bukit Merah Secondary School .» Mid — Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express MATHEMATICS, Paper 1 9 May 2012 ih Candidates answer on the Question Paper. READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST 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 ot correction fluid. Answer all questions | The number of marks is given in brackets { ] at the end of each question or part question. | ‘You are expected to use a scientific calculator to evaluate explicit numerical expressions. If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. The total of the marks for this paper is 50. 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 answer in degrees to one decimal place. For 7, use either your calculator value or 3.142. Write your calculator mode! in the space below. For Examiner’s Use Calculator Model: This document consists of 8 printed pages including this page. [Turn Over 2 (@) Express 504 as a product of its prime factors in index notation, Answer @ (b) Find the smallest positive integer k such that SO4K is a perfect square. Answer ®).. pa © — Given that 54 = 2 x 39, find the highest common factor of 504 and 54, Answer © U1] ‘Without the use of a calculator, evaluate the following. Show your working clearly. @ (5) +[(-2)* x 3-1] Answer - 2] = ahye2 @) 3+35x2 Answer 21 2 Consider the six numbers below. 2.8, 4, 2v2, 0, , 2 (@) Arrange them in ascending order. Answer (8) sess peer ee) (b) Write down the @) integers, Answer (\G) oO i) rational numbers. Answer (Gi) (© Express 1:2. arecuing decimal, Answer (2) cesseseeeeseee (©) Evaluate 2S2°#V9%5 | ving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. Answer) (©) Evaluate fe } giving your answer correct to 2 significant figures. Answer (0) 4 (@) Find the fraction which is exactly halfway between ~3? and 62. Answer vee coves 2 (b) Estimate the value of 29.74 + 126.3 x 0.6315 , giving your answer correct to one significant figure, Answer @). 2 ‘The numbers p and q are indicated on the number line below. Answer (a) and (b) P g 3 S o 1 2 3 Indicate clearly on the same number line the numbers represented by @ —-» O] (Oe oO Given the formula A= $s?(2s—n), find the value of A when 5 = 1.5 and n Answer 8 Simplify the following expressions. (@) 2G +2n)—3(n - 2n) Answer Or 02 3x) Gy? OE eats Answer ) .. 2] 9 @)_ Simplify the expression 3(x? + 2x +1) + (1—x)(2x). Answer @ . 2 (©) Write down the coefficient of x for your answer in (a), Answer ©)... 10 Factorise the following expressions completely. @ ) 3mn +mn? Answer @. 3x(2x — y) + 6y(y 2x) Answer Op) 11 Solve the following equations. Answer (a)x= ® sy+255 Answer (x= . 12 Aidan’s father is 5 years older than 3 times his age. Let x be Aidan’s age now. (@) Express the father’s age in terms of x. Answer @. sssssoes years old [1] (b) 135 years’ time, Aidan will be as old as his father now. Write down an equation in xand solve it to find Aidan’s age. 2 Answer (b) 36 3 @ @) 7 Solve the inequality 2x + 2x > 28. Answer (@)... sessseeee 2] Hence write down the smallest prime number that satisfies the inequality in (a). Answer (0) cossssssseeensenee 0) 14 Tom has 4 times as many marbles as Jerry. The two boys have less than 50 marbles in total. @ () Given that Jerry has x marbles, write down an inequality in terms of x. Answer (@) we 1] By solving the inequality in (a), find the maximum possible number of marbles Jerry has. sw 8 15 Consider the sequence 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, 25, @ ) © @ ‘Write down the next two terms. . Answer @ ~T] Find the general term of the sequence, 1, Answer &) %, 0) Hence find the 88" term in the sequence. Answer © Tes cesses FL] Find the smallest term in the sequence which is greater than 100, Answer @ eee ~—- End of Paper ~~ Class ‘Register No ‘Name Bukit Merah Secondary School E - Mid — Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express MATHEMATICS 14 May 2012 Paper 2 1h 30min Additional Materials: Answer Paper (5 sheets) READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your answers and working on the separate Answer Paper provided. Write your class, register number and name on all the work you hand in. Write in dark bine 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. Begin each question on a fresh page. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total of the marks for this paper is 50. 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 answer in degrees to one decimal place. For 2, use either your calculator value or 3.142. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work together. ‘Write your calculator model in the space below. Calculator Model: ‘This document consists of 4 printed pages including this page. [Turn Over 9 2 (a) When written as a product of their prime factors, p=27x 5? x13? q=25x 137 Express each of the following as a product of its prime factors in index notation. @ Highest common factor (HCF) of p and q uj Gi) Lowest common multiple (LCM) ofp and q uy) i) pq rit] @) Veg ww (b) Jerry goes to the gym once every 24 days. Tom goes to the same gym once every 30 days. If they met each other in the gym today, how many days later would they meet at the gym again? 2) (@) Given that a is a prime number such that 30 < a < 40, find the possible values of a. a] (b) _Itis given that x and y are integers such that -3 28 ge > 28 m1] 17x 2 336 1B x2 1975 ran 13) 23 [BI] 14@) [x4 4x <50 or 5x <500r x <10 (BY 14) [5x <50 a ~ x<10 my Maximum possible mumber of marbles = 9 (Ay 6 15(@) | 29, 33 BY 150) |T,=5 haS+4 +4x2 Ty =544x3 Ts =54+4x4 Ty =5+4(n—-1) =S+4n—4 [BI ~also accept =4n4+1 5+4n—4] 15() | Tox = 4088) +1 = 353 BI | 15(@) | Method I (Guess and Check) Ths = 4(25) +1 = 101 Tay = 4(24) 41 = 97 (aj | Therefore smallest term is 101. [Al] Or or Method 2 (Solving inequality) 4n+1>100 | 4n>99 n> 4 3 n> 247 [M1] Therefore smallest term is [Al] Tes = 4(25) +1 = 101 6 eA ete ‘Mark Scheme for BMSS Sec 1 Express Mathematics Paper 2 MYE 2012 Qn | Answer Marks Aa) | HCF = 25 x 13? {Bl} Tayi) | LOM=2" x5 x17 Bi TOD | pq = 2? XS? x 1 Bi 1@O) [pq = Jose 1 = 2x58 x13? = 2x5 x13? Bu 1) | 24=27 x3 30=2x3x5 [M1 attempt to LCM = 23x 3x5 =120 find LCM] ‘They will meet again 120 days later. fal] 2@) | 31, 37 [BI] 2b) |x = —2,-1,0,1,2,3 ya 5,-4, ~1,0,1,2 Ww [x+y =) + CS) =—7 Bu 2@)Gi) | x7 = 0) = 0 (By) 2(o)Gii) = @B)C5) = - (Bi) OO ior = 118,528293 = 118.5 (4s.8) Bt] SOG | [4 - o.4170288281 = 0.4710 (4s.) oe 300 63 BS ~ 35 x 4 @s.f for working —1 more than required) My = 71.16666667 =.70 (Is.f) [Al] 3B | 545 x O8 6.13 = 10x 345x> = 10 x 70 (from part (i [BI for using = 10x 70 Geom pat) our 4@@ | 1450 (Bi) Haya | 1549 Bi) [400 Difference in temp = (m-2)(n+2) BI] ‘4(b)Gi) | Temp at 6pm ~ = 166-2283 : (my fay 500 a(x +5) +(2x~y) @) = fx taytar—3 py ade dy or tu S@GD) | Ga = 3b)(2b) — 8b? My = Bab — 6b? — 8b? = Bab — 145? [AQ ‘5(b)@)_ | Number of goats = 50 —x [BI] S(b)Gii) | 2x + 4(50 — x) = 128 [M1] 2x +200 — 4x = 128 2x = 128 - 200 [M1] —2x=~72 x= 36 [Al] 6(@)@ | a? —ab =a(a—b)y [Mi] 6(ayGi) | 123? — 123 x 23 = 123(123 ~ 23) [B1 for using = 123 x 100 123 x 100 = 12300 12300] WMG) | 10x + 1Sxy — 20xz = Bx(2 + Sy — 42) [Bi] (Yi | min + 2m — In — 4 = m(n+2)—2(n +2) [My fay) 7a) | When a =2,u=—3andv=4 OP =C8P +2@e 16 =944¢ [M1] 4t=7 (Al) To) | 3@ +4) — 23x-5)=7 = 3x +12—6x +10 =7 MI -3x422= —3x = -15 5 [Al] 7m |_*__ 1 4—3x 2x41 4(2x +1) = 14 3x) Bx +4= 43x Py 11x =0 x0 (Al) Ba) |3@x—3) 3x+1 st 2 = 02x = 3) + 5G YD wt] ~ 10 __ 12x18 + 15x +5 > 10 [M1] _ 27x13 [At] pelo, 3) | 3@x—3), 3x41 Stas 27-13 =a <3 27x —-13 <50 (My) 27x < 63 63 [x<35 e fal) | x<25 9(a) T,=21=14243444546 (Bl) 9(b) | Whenn = 6, [BI for showing | newts) _ 6x7 _ ex AGH = 2 21 (shown) Seay am 100(100 HO) |, 2000 : +O 5050 Bi 9) [34649412 +15 +4 500 ~ =3(1424344454--4100) (Bl) 9) | Sum =(1424+3+--+300)-(3+64+9+4- +300) (M1) = Tyo9 — 15150 3 L 00000 een 2 = 30000 [Al] Name: Class: I Class Register No: a WER G CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL 40 (MAIN) Parent's Signature MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Mathematics Tuesday 8 May Paper 4 1 hour aha Insi Information For Candidates: tlons to Candide 4. Write your name, class and index number in the space provided on the cover page of this booklet. 2. Write onlyin dark blue or black pen. 3. Do not use staples, highlighter, paper clips, glue or correction fluid 4. Allanswers are to be writtén on the question paper in the space provided. 5. Ifyou use more paper than the booklet, fasten the sheets together. 6. If working is needed for any question, it must be shown clearly with the answer in the space provided for that question. 7. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs, Calculators should be used where appropriate. Omission of essential workings will result in loss of marks. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is nat eyact, give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place. ‘The intended marks for the question or parts of the question are given in brackets [ J- The total number of marks for this paper is 40. ‘You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. “This question paper consists of 7 printed pages (including this cover page). DO NOT TURN OVER THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. Answer all the questions. fw sania ior 1 Consider the following numbers. 3. 025, Vi, 29, 12, Vi69, 81, 17, 144, @ Waite down all (@) the prime numbers, {b) the squere mumbers, (© the irrational numbers. Answer : (@) ... (b) (©) sone CORN Se | Math ATE 2012 Peper e for antes “te 2 Write down the following numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest. -088, 2, -0.17, -14, -3 | Answer 3 (a) Add brackets to the expression below to make it correct. 126+ 9% 7427-19 =10 (b) Fill in the boxes with the edirect operations to make the mathematical sentence true. a | a+3[ |7- 4=47 2 |4 Estimate the following numbers to 2 significant figures | @ 25487, | | @ 14990 , | (© 0.04048 | | | | Answer: (@).....-. Derversvere a ©. 0) 5 Write down the next two terms of the following number sequence. (a) 16, 12, 8 4, ss CCHS See 1 Moths MYE 2012 Paper 1 r ee 6 : 1 Petrol costs cents per litre. Gary buys some petrol and it costs him m dollars, ‘Write down a simplified expression, in terms of m and m, for the number of litres that Gary buys. Answer : litres [1] 1 8 Given that ht *, calculate the value of g when w= ge ANSWER BF cescsceevveen secsvees [2] John bought 30 cartons of eggs. There were x eggs in each carton. (a) Write down an expression in terms of x for the number of eggs he has bought, (b) When the cartons were opened, he found that y eggs were broken. He shared the unbroken eggs equally between 50 baskets. Write an expression in terms of xand y, the number of eggs in each basket. (CORDS See 1 Mahe YE 2012 Peper 1 P Fe (a) 20nm—4m , (b) 7a°y*-2ay? (© 1Spq-Sq+r-3pr - (CCHS Se 1 Maths MYB 2012 Paper 1. Answer : (a) - eggs [1] OB) rece + eggs [1] 9 Simplify the following algebraic expressions | (@ 270m? —4mnx3n 0) -3pq%/36r'4* Answer : (a) .. 2) ®).. 2) 10 Factorise completely 8 Answer (@) .... LI] ® © (31 + ' 4 11 Solve the inequality 3” 737 >40 Hence, find the smallest possible value of n if @) nisa prime number , (®) nis divisibleby7 Answer: 2 (a) Smallest possible value of n= By (6) Smallest possible value of n= L 12 Solve the following equations (a) 2b-5=4-3(b+2) , CORA See Tats MVE 2012 Paper T 6 3] 13 Express os:25 as aratio in its lowest terms. (CCHS See ath VE 2072 Paper? sr 2} a : = + 14 A candleis 25 em long. After burning for 6 minutes, the candle is 21 cm long. What is the time duration taken for the remaining candle to burn out at the same rate ? Answer : Q) End of Paper (CCHS Sec 1 Maths MVE 2012 Peper 1 [ Name: Class: Class Register No: IRF < 60) CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL . (MAIN) Parent's Signature MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Mathematics Monday 30 April Paper 2 1 hour 30 minutes Additional Materials: Answer paper Instructions to Candidates 1. Write your name, class and register number in the space provided on the cover page of this booklet and answer paper. Write only in dark blue or black pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, hig! ters, glue, correction fluid or tape. If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer. Fasten the answer sheets together. NORAD 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. 8. For 7, use elther your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 7. Information For Candidates: CALCULATORS ARE ALLOWED FOR THIS PAPER. OMISSION OF ESSENTIAL WORKINGS WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF MARKS. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 60. ‘You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. This question paper consists of 4 printed pages (including this cover page) @ (by © @ @ ) © @) () © @ Evaluate a3 a) ei (ay +29 Evaluate [3/1 17-3¢2)|-(-3? , leaving your answer in 3 significant figures. t) Both liquids A and B used in an experiment were at a temperature of ~ 4°C @ Gi) Gi) Liquid A was heated until its temperature rose by 12°C. Write down its new temperature, ie] Liquid B was cooled until its temperature fell by 8°C. Write down its new temperature, a] Hence, find the difference between the final temperatures of the two liquids. a Express 26 a5 a 333 @ recurring decimal, 0) (ii) decimal corrected to 5 decimal places, m (ii) decimal corrected to 3 significant figures. (a) Simplify @ — 3k-5)-3[2-4@e-3] , BI i) | 2223 _3e-2y Gi) e = B) ‘What must be added to 3x*—4x? +2x—6 to get 9-4x45x° +722 BI Factorize 6ac ~21be +35bd-10ad . B] Solve 3:+7(x+2)=4(5-3x) +7. Bi 2 Solve 2(~4)— BI Given that x=3(y~22), find the value of z when x= 21 and y= 42. BI A carpenter needs at least 400 nails to construct a wooden structure. The nails are sold in packets of one dozen. Use inequality to find the minimum number of packets of nails he has to buy. Bl Cy ‘The table below shows a sequence formed by small squares of sides lem each. Figure “T Perimeter of Figure | Area offigure | (cou) ema | (can) | 12 Peix4 Figure 1 Figure 4 i 2 +2x4 Figure 2 | 20 B43x4 Figure 3 24 Pedxd @) ‘Draw Figure 1 on the answer script. ©) Write down in terms of n, the perimeter of the n® figure. © Hence, find the perimeter of Figure 99. @) If the area of the figure is 117em’, find the figure number. (a) Given thata=2,b=~3and c=~1, evaluate aicib » 4242 ® State i) pp _AOta—c ON ©) @ Express 168 as a product of its prime factors, giving your answer in index notation, i) Hence, find the smallest integer, k, such that 168k is a perfect cube. a) 0) a) 2) 22] [2] Oy 2) a @ (b) @) ) © During teachers’ day celebrations, the students’ council distributed 315 pens, 420 pencils and 525 bookmarks equally to the teachers of the school. Find the largest possible number of teachers in the school that received the gifts. BI ‘Three electric toy cars are made to race around an oval track at the same time. Car X completes 1 lap in 110 second, Car Yin 80 seconds while Car Z completes in 90 seconds. How long will it take before the three toy cars are at the starting point together again? (3) ‘A photocopy machine can print 15 copies per minute, @. How many copies can it print in 30 minutes? wm (ii) How long does it take to print 25 copies? a (Leave your answers in minutes and seconds) A passenger train left Singapore at 0800 and travelled at an average speed of x km/h to Kuala Lumpur which is 360 km away. At 0900, a goods train left Kuala Lumpur for Singapore, travelling at an average speed which was slower than the passenger tain by 20knv/h. Both trains were running on parallel tracks and they passed each other at 1030. (® Write down an expression in terms of x, for the average speed of the goods train, in (i) Find, an expression in terms of x for the distance traveled by the passenger ‘rain just before it passed the postal train, mW (il) Form an equation in terms of x and solve it to find the average speed of the passenger train, 13] @ There were 329 apples in container 4. The ratio of apples in container A to container B is 7:3. Find the total number of apples. rit} Some apples are transferred from eontsiner A to B. Now container B has 2 the number of apples in container 4. Find the number of apples that were transferred to container B. RI End of Paper Name: Class: Class Register No: Eee CHUNG CHENG HIGH SCHOOL (MAIN) MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Mathematics Tuesday 8 May Paper 1 MARKING SCHEME 1 hour Instructions fo Candidates: ‘Write your name, class and index number in the space provided on the cover page of this, booklet. ‘Write only in dark blue or black pen. Do not use staples, highlighter, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. All answers are to be writien on the question paper in the space provided. If you use more paper than the booklet, fasten the sheets together. If working is needed for any question, it must be shown clearly with the answer in the space provided for that question. ‘You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Calculators should be used where appropriate. Omission of essential workings will result in loss of marks. 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. The intended marks for the question or parts of the question are given in brackets {]. The total number of marks for this paper is 40. You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers. This question paper consists of 7 printed pages (including this cover page). DO NOT TURN OVER THE PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO. 6 1 Teele am tee ey 2 Answer all the questions, Consider the following numbers. 2, 0.25, v7, 29, 12, Vi69, 81, 17, 144, Write down all (a) the prime numbers, (b) the square numbers, (©) the irrational numbers. Answer : (a) V169, 17, 29 (p1y @ 81,144 [By ovina BI ‘Write down the following numbers in order of size, starting with the smallest. 088, 2, -O17, -14, ~3 o (@) Add brackets to the expression below to make it correct. 126 + ( x | + 27-19 =10 (1) (©) Fill in the boxes with the correct operations to make the mathematical sentence true. a+3 |x| 7-6 |4] 4= 47 [B1,B1] Estimate the following numbers to 2 significant figures @) 25487, (b) 1.4990 , © 0.04048 Answer: (a) 25.000 (2s.f) [B1] @l.5(2sf) [Bry (9 9-040(28.£)) (ny CCFIMS See T Maths ME OT Paper TSagpsied Sane 5. Write down the next two terms of the following number sequence. @ 16, 12, 8 4, > Answer: (a) 9: 11 oe Te amines te | 6 Petrol costs7 cents per litre. Gary buys some petrol and it costs him m dollars. ‘Write down a simplified expression, in terms of m and m , for the number of litres that Gary buys. No. of litres Gary buys =. 100m Answer: —— litres [B1] eee Ml cao for direct substitution of values into formula 63.2g =3072 48 g = 487) or A8.6(5.f) ---—AL | | 48 | Answer: g= 4855 07 48.635.) 42] (CCHS See J Maths MY 2012 Paper I Sugpesied Solrs 65 Fe 8 John bought 30 cartons of eggs. There were x eggs in each carton. (a) ‘Write down an expression in terms of x for the number of eggs he has bought, (b) When the cartons were opened, he found that » eggs were broken. He shared the “unbroken eggs equally. between 50 baskets. Write an expression in terms of xand y , the number of eggs in each basket. a) No. of eggs John bought = 30x 30x-y b) No. of eggs in each basket 50 Answer :() 30% [Bi] 30x-y Cr © ‘Simplify the following algebraic expressions (a) 27mn? —4mnx3n , (>) -3pqxy36p'a" « a) 27mn? —Amnx3n =27 mi? -\2mn? -----~- Micao =15m? —------ Al b) -3pqx36p"q" =~3pqx6pq? ~-~ M1 cao =-18p'@? —-~-Al : Answer : (a) 15mn i} (CCHS Se 1 Maths MIE 2012 Paper 1 Suggested Sas ani’ 23 ord Prone’ Pe te | 10 Factorise completely te (a) 20nm—4m , (b) 7a’y?-2Iay’ , (© 15pq-5q+r-3pr c) 1Spq-5q+r—3pr =5q (3p -1)+r(1-3p) =5q(3p -1)-r (3p-1) =(@p-1)(5¢-r) a) 20nm—4m =4m(5n—-1) ---BI b) 7a°y? ~2lay?* =Tay (a -3y) ----BI ----Al answer gm (Sl) (x @ Tay’ (a? -3y) (y © Be-1)5¢-7) @ nisaprime number , (b) nis divisible by7 . an—4n > 40 3 15n—4n > 200 ~~ MI simplication Lin >200 200 oe it n> i821 a 11 Solve the inequality 3n— on >40. Hence, find the smallest possible value of n if 4) Sincen>182, it Hence smallest possible value of n that is a prime no. 4) Smallest possible value of n thatis divisible by 7 =21 2 : 13 n> 185 2] (®) Smallest possible value of n= 19_ [B1] CCHS See Tats EVE TOT Paper T pened Soe tat" | 12. Solve the following equations. (@) 2%-5=4-3(b+2),.+ 2 ® 2a-1 atl —--~Mlcao 2b+3b=-2+5 ---—MIcollect all b terms to one side 5b=3 eS A 5 7 _ 2 yes iar 7(a+1)=2(2a-1) —~~M1 cao (cross multiply) Ta+7=4a-2 Ta-4a=-2-—7 ~~~ Ml collect all b terms to one side 3a=-9 a=-3 ----Al wl Answer: (a) © = (c) Smallest possible value ofn= 21. [B1] 8} (CCHS See 1 Maths MY. 2012 Paper 1 Suggested Solna gp aR Po ie 5 ao 13 Express 0.48:2; as ratio in ts lowest terms. 0.48 : 22 8 =0.48-: 2.625 or “8.:21 ___ vt cao convert to same form 100° 8 = 480 : 2625 or 284.2100 300° 800 = 32:175 ----Al Answer: 32 2 1TS y 14 A candle is 25 em long. After buming for 6 minutes, the candle is 21 cm Jong. How much time is needed for the remaining candle to burn out at the same rate ? Rate of candle burning _25=2lem ----M1 +. Time needed for remaining candle to burn out 22122 3 =21x3 2 =31t or 31.Sminutes. ——~~ Al CCHMS Se 1 Math MYE 2012 Paper I Suggested Sons (CCL See 1 Maths MY 2012 Paper! Suggested Sons Answer : End of Paper 31s 2 or 31.5 minutes PR) 0 Secondary School Exam Papers eee 2012 Sec 1 Maths MYE Paper 2 Marking Scheme 1 @) a) (Bl) (&) Evaluate [ ¥iT7-3¢-2)]-(-3)*, leaving your answer in 3 significant figures w [M07 -3¢-2)]--3 = 1.89 (corr. to 3 s.£) (BI) (©) Both liquids A and B used in an experiment were at a temperature of — 4°C @ Liquid 4 was heated until its temperature rose by 12°C. Write down its new ‘temperature. w Gi) Liquid B was cooled until its temperature fell by 8°C. Write down its new ‘temperature. ul (ii) Hence, find the difference between the final temperatures of the two liquids. [1] @ Newtemp. = #C Bil Gi) New temp. = -12°C {B1) Gil) Difference in temp. = 8 -(-12) = 20°C [Bi] 136 @ Bopres 75088 @ recurring decimal, in} Gi) decimal corrected to 5 decimal places, a) (ii) decimal corrected to 3 significant figures. uw ers E0408 (BI) @ 2S = 040841 (cor. to Sap) By a) B6 BS = 0.408 (cor. to 3 sf) By Marking Scheme (2012 See 1 Maths MYE Paper 2) 1 2 (a) Simplify @ Hk-5)-3[2-4-3)] , 6) w@ > 8) © 3&-5)-3]2- 4-9] =3k 15 -3@—4E ID) [Mi cao) =3k-15-6 412-36 IM =15k-57 (ay ® ae Ae tiBP [Mil] for conect denominator ee [M1 cao] fay) (b) What must be added to 3x? ~4x" +26 to get 9—4r45x° 47? By 94x45 +70 — Ge —4 42-6) [M1 cao] for correct sequence with brackets =9-4x 453? +7 3x 44x? 2046 [MI] for correct simplification = Tx) -3x' + 5x7 44x? de 22 4.946 24x 49x? ~ Gx 415 fay - | (© Factorize 6ac~21be+35bd ~10ad . BI 6ac~2ibe+35bd —10ad = 30(2a~ 76) + 5d(76—2a) [Ml cao x2] 1e(2a~75) ~ Sd (2a~75) l Be~Sd)(2a~78) fay 3 @ — Solve 3x+7(x+2)=4(5-3x)+7. By) 3x+7(e+2)= 45-32) 47 [Al] [M1 cao] correct expansion [M1] collect x terms to one side Marking Scheme (2012 Sec 1 Maths MYE Paper 2) 2 2 2 13 30) Solve 2r-4) 2243. 8) 2 x13 a - 2-4-2215, 55 8-4) —9@=1) 3 [M1 cao} common denominator 36 2 2(8x—32-9x+9)=108 [MI] correct expansion 16x~ 64-18 +18=108 2x =108+64—18 x=-77 [Al] (© Given that x=3(y~22), find the value of z when x = 21 andy = 42. G) ¥=3()=22) 7 ~ 21=3(42—22) [MI cao]correct substitution 21=126-62 126-21 {M1 cao]collect z terms to one side. 62=105 1 zeit Al pene way @ A carpenter needs at least 400 nails to construct a wooden structure. The nails are sold in packets of one dozen. Use inequality to find the minimum number of packets ofnnails he has to buy. BI Let y be thon. ofpacketsof als. tay 2 400 [ML caoecrct inequity 00 = ye 72335 Ml ow] The minimam no. of packets of nails he has to buy is 34. [Al] Marking Scheme (2012 Sec 1 Maths MYE Paper 2) 3 8 4 @ &) © @ The table below shows a sequence formed by small squares of sides 1cm each. Figure Perimeter of Figure [Area offigure | L _ (can) (om) 12 Poixg Figure 1 ae P+2x4 Figure 2 20 | 3 43x4 Figure 3 24 Pax Figure 4 (a) Draw Figure 1 on the answer script. (b) Write down in terms of n, the perimeter of the n™ figure. (©) Hence, find the perimeter of Figure 99, (@) Ifthe area of the figure is 17cm”, find the figure number. o) 1) ‘is RB) (BI) J Perimeter of the n™ figure = (4n+8) om [Bl] Perimeter of Figure 99 =(4x99) +8 (04cm Bt) n+4n=117 9 +(4x9)=117 [MI exo] Figure no. is 9. {Al} ‘Marking Scheme (2012 Sec 1 Maths MYE Paper 2) 4 4 5 @)_— Given thata=2,b=-3 and e=~1, evaluate ae b @ gtate’ RI dy 7 Abt RB @ae,b 2 DO caojeon i S4S42 {Ep Mt caoleonet substitution 1 =-2 1, 2 ais 3 iG [Ay op AOta=6 (39 “ao [MI cao} correct substitution C44 9 = 6) 1 + (a) notation, Gi) Hence, find the smallest integer, &, such that 168k is a perfect cube. (6) @_Express 168 as a product of its prime factors, giving your answer in index @ =P x3x7 (Bn @) 168k =2° x3 7x3? xT Px 7 [M1 cao} 4 fay Marking Scheme (2012 See I Maths MYE Poper2) @) During Teachers’ day celebrations, the students’ oouncil distributed 315 pens, 420 pencils and 525 bookmarks equally to the teachers of the school. Find the largest possible number of teachers in the school that received the gifts. B) 31523 xSxT 420 = 2? «3x57 5252 3x5*x7 [M1 cao]Correct for all 3 HCP (G1S,420,525) =316547 (M1 cao} 105 Maximum no. of teachers is 105. [AI] &) ‘Three electric toy cars are made to race around an oval track at the same time, Car X completes 1 lap in 110 second, Car ¥ in 80 seconds while Car Z completes in 90 seconds. How long will it take before the three toy cars are at the starting point together again? RB) B27 x5 ~ 90=2%3? «5 1oe2 x5x1) {MM cao} Comect Sor all3 LCM (80,90,110) =2' x3? x5x11 [M1 cao] = 7920 0.555. ‘Mary argues that it should be 0.5< 0.555 instead. State who is right. Show working to support your answer. 21 A swimmer dives from a height of 6 m above the water surface of the pool. ‘What is the vertical distance travelled by the swimmer if he plunges 2.5 m below the water surface? a A frozen pie at -8°C was taken out of the freezer to thaw. Its temperature rose to 13°C after some time. ‘What was the increase in temperature of the pie? 221 Find the LCM of m’np and mn’. PI ‘Ann, Belle and Cate were given a reel of ribbon of equal length. Ann cut hers into equal lengths of 12 cm. Belle cut hers into equal lengths of 14 em. Cate cut hers into equal lengths of 18 em. If there was no remainder in each case, find the shortest length of ribbon given to cach of them. [2] 9 Clement Ton Secondary Schoo! 3 Mic¥ear Examination 2013 Secondary 1 Express Mathematics! Paper2 4 (a) Express 1764 as a product of its prime factors, leaving your answer in index notation. (b) There are two numbers 1764 and k, whose HICF is 36 and LCM is 8820. Find the smallest possible value of the number k 5 The cost of x cookies and y muffins are $c and $m respectively. Express, in terms of x, y, cand m, (@) the cost of one cookie, (©) the cost of one muffin, (©) the total cost of 2 cookies and 3 muffins. 6 (@) Simplify 32p-r)+2(p-3) (b) _ Inabook, a certain chapter consists of 6 pages. The sum of the page numbers of the chapter is 837. The starting page number of this chapter is x. (Form an equation in x. (ii) Hence, solve the equation in (i) to find x. 7 (@)__ Factotise completely —28ed + 8d (6) Factorise completely 9mm + 6mk-2ky —3ny 8 Evaluate the following expressions, given that r=0.3 and j=3 @ 3° +2)", ) G 9 Solve the equation 3x41 @ 2] 2] w 0) (1) 2] a) (2) Oo] GB] 22] (2) 8] PR) 100 4 ‘Clement Ton Secondary Schoo Mathematics! Paper 2 Secondary + Express ‘Mid-Year Examination 2013 10 A teacher distributes 255 erasers, 425 pens and 595 rulers equally to a group of students. Calculate (@) the smallest and largest possible numbers of students in the group, (3) (b) the smallest and largest possible numbers of erasers, pens and rulers each student can receive. . 2) 11 (@) Inthe diagram below, AB is parallel to FG and DE, ZABC =102° and ZBCD =130°. Find =1. 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MATHEMATICS oe PAPER 1 Name; —( ) Class: ‘SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS Thursday 10 May 2012 4016 08 00-09 15 4h 15min READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST ‘Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. ‘Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. ‘You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. ‘Answer all questions in the question bookiet, If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. 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 7, use 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 2. ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS ARE NOT TO BE USED IN THIS PAPER. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50. Name of setter: Ms. Koh Pel Loo Parent's Signature: This paper consists of 7 printed pages including the cover page. [Turn over um Express (@) 1.34as a fraction in its simplest form, () [88 percentage'ia recurring decimal form, (© 0.012467 correct to 4 significant figures. Answer (a) () ©. For the following numbers: —v2 MB, 0, CO, VO 4345, 09, (@) list all the prime numbers, uy Answer (a) .. (®) represent the rational numbers on the number line. [1 (@) Given that 4200 written as a product of its prime factors is 4200 = 2°3x5?x7, find the smallest possible integer value of x for which 4200xis a perfect square. (©) Express 150 as a product ofits prime factors, leaving your answer in index form. (© lEthe lowest common multiple of 150 and n is 4200, write down the 2 smallest possible values of Answer (a) t) (2) - 2] For 4 Given that g=7, r=8and s=-1, nee (@) find the value of #46" | (b) find the possible value(s) of p if 2p? = 5 Simplify (@) — 4fa+2b-3b—a)], Lg. ay 2067 =a) ©) 5Ge-ays SE“, Answer (2). 6 Showing your working clearly, evaluate aut, 2 For m4 5 (@) Estimate the value of eos correct to 1 significant figure. 0.895 (b) Using your answer in part (a), estimate the value of 0.0302 Answer (a) .. ) 2) 22) Factorise completely @) — 2a°be+8ab e, (b) —-24de* -15 fg -20dg +18 fe*. Answer (a) .. @).. . 3] For examiner's us 10 @) Solve @ 3w-1=2(w+5), (ii) 2x. =6+x. (>) Given that S = 4 find the ratio of x:y. Answer (a)G) w= ~ [2] 13) 2] @tiy x= OW) ne ‘The temperature of a mango cake was —2°C when taken out of the refrigerator. It was Jeft in the open and after 12 minutes, the temperature of the cake was 26°C. (@) Calculate the change in the temperature of the cake. (6) Given that the temperature of the cake increased at a constant rate, calculate the time taken, in seconds, for the cake to reach 12°C, to the nearest second. Answer (a) °C [2] econds [3] For i 7 ‘Japan's high speed trains (bullet trains) are operated by Japan Railways, The trains run at the speed of 300 kam/h and are known to depart on time to the second (a) Find the speed of the train in mvs. (b) Esther stayed in a hotel in Sapporo and wanted to take the train to Kushiro to catch a flight. The distance between Sapporo Station and Kushiro Station is about 250 km, Calculate the time taken, in minutes, for the train ride. Answer (a). ) ms [2] minutes [2] END OF PAPER For ty. COMMONWEALTH SECONDARY SCHOOL © MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 * > MATHEMATICS ON ae 50 PAPER 2 Name: ( ) Class: SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS Friday 11 May 2012 40162 08 00 - 09 30 ‘1h 30min READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper. ‘You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid. Answer all questions in the question booklet, if working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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 z, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 7 ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or part question. ‘The total number of marks for this paper is 60. iner's Use ts Namo of setter: Miss Fong Sook Theng 60 Parent’s Signature: This paper consists of 9 printed pages including the cover page. {Turn over (b) ie Byaluate — —4 leaving your answer as a mixed fraction. 5s. Fatimate, the value of ——2/5-721 ___. giving your answer to 1 (0.0801) (1.9671) significant figure, Answer (a). -~ (2) 1 For examiner's @) ‘Express 1764 as a product of prime factors, leaving your answer in index For , notation. Hence, evaluate 1764. examiner's (b) Express 1728 as a product of prime factors, leaving your answer in index notation, Hence, evaluate 9/1728. (©) Using your answers in (a) and (b), find the HCF and LCM of 1764 and 4/1728 (b) 1728 = 3728 =. (HCE =, LOM= va a (a) The ratio of the distance from Town A to Town B and from Town B to TownCis| For . 2:3. Adele drives at a constant speed of 80knv/h from Town A and she took 15 | examiner's minutes to reach Town B. Find the distance between Town A and Town C. we (©) The price of petrol is $1.20 per litre. If Adele uses 0.157 of petrol per 2 km of distance travelled, @ How much,willit cost her to travel from Town A to Town C? (i) Ifthe price of petrol increases by 25%, how much will it cost Adele to travel from Town A to Town C? Answer (a) ken [3] GI ) @ S, Gis... me. Simply the following expressions. x-3, 3(2x—3) ® 3 a Gi) ey Gi) 8a ~[i (5a -10)-3(60-7) 0 For Factorise the following expression: For @ — Rabe+ Abed Gi) 2x(a-) +4y(~a) (ii) 3ax—4dx—Gay+8by ra ‘Siwon’s mother was 27 years old when he was bom. 8 years ago, her age was twice as much as Siwon’s age in 5 years’ time from now. How old is Siwon now? Answer Bi ‘The numerator of a fraction is 3 less than the denominator. If2 is subtracted from the numerator and 1 is added to the denominator, the fraction becomes Find the original fraction. Answer For we 15 Corrected to 3 significant figures, some cube root are given in the table below. | 1.26 2m 5.85 Using as much information in the table as necessary, find (@ the length of an edge of a cubic tank which has volume of 2000 cm’. Gi the height of the water level after 1 minute if water is poured into the cubic tank at a constant rate of 13.23 om’/s, Answer (i) «i om [2] For 1 i ABCD is a rectangular field and Fis a point on AB. AB = (3x+5)m, BE and the perimeter of the field is (16x+ 16) m. (a) Find, in terms of x, an expression for ) AD, @) AE. (b) Given that the length BC is twice the length of BE, @ form an equation in terms of x, and (i) find the value of x. (© The owner of the field decided to construct a pavement along AE and AD with a width of 2 mas shown in the diagram. Find the area of the pavement. Answer (a)(i) .... 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Attempt AIL questions. 3. All'relevant working must be shown clearly in the spaces provided. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. 4, THE USE OF ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS IS NOT ALLOWED. 5. Always check your calculations carefully before submitting your paper. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES 1. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. 2. You should not spend too much time on any question. This question paper consists of 10 printed pages including the cover page. (Tum Over} ut GAN ING SENG SCHOOL, (MVE 2012 SIEXP EMIYYH, Answer ALL the questions. 1 @_Express 2025 as a product of prime factors, giving your answer in index notation, (0) Hence, find «(2025 . (©) Write down the smallest integer value of & such that 2025kis a multiple of 6, Ans @ 0) ) a] © a) v2 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MVE 2019 SIEXP EMUYYH, 2 (@) Write down a simple fraction which is halfway between. 2 and 3 > in the form of 2, where p and q are both integers. q (b) Round off your answer in (a) to 2 decimal places. 3 Evaluate (—3)* +(~2)° 0H <6<34, correct your answer to 3 significant figures. Ans: (4) 18 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MYE2012 SLEXP EMIYYH 4 Evaluate 4.05 kan +25 m+75 cm +20 mm in metres, Ans: (a) m_ [2] 5 (a) Indicate clearly the numbers, 3, -22, 2.5 and -2.42 on a number line. (b) Hence, arrange the numbers in descending order. a Ans: @ a (®) The numbers in descending order are : a GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MVE 2012 SEXP EMIVYH 6 Simplify the following expressions. @ 1a+3b-9a-2b (0) -3(2m +5n)—7(-3m—n) 7 Jia Ling receives $4x as weekly allowance. Kai Ling is given three times as much allowance as Jia Ling but $(2y 3) less:than Wan Ling. How much more allowance does Wan Ling receive in a week than Jia Ling? Ans: _$ 1 5 5 Ms GANING SENG SCHOOL MYE2012 SLEXP EMIYYHL 8 Factorise completely (@) 3ab-9a" + 6ac, (0) 4a? + 200k, (© 6mn+2m—15n-5. Solve the following equations. @ (b) S(¢+3)-6(2x-1) =0 3a. 4 x) 9 = 35-2) Ans: (a) ) © Ans: (a) ) Pl BI Ms (GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL, ‘MYE2012 SIEXP EMUYYH 10 Bvaluate @ 2f+g—fe, giventhat f =1 and g 9 8 4h—Vh i = ) whe za fs given that A= Ans: (a) (2) ) BI 11 (@)_ Find the sum of prime numbers between 29 to 39. (©) Compute 185x85—185x 75by factorisation. ur GANENG SENG SCHOOL MYE2012 SIEXP EMIUYYHL 12. Ina fraction, the numerator is denoted by n. It is given that the denominator of the fraction is 2 more than its numerator. If 3 is added to both the numerator and the A , 4 denominator, the new fraction is equivalent to. Fomm an equation and find the original fraction. Ans: BI 13° Ryan bought 6 erasers at $0.41 each and 2 blue pens at $2.95 each at the school bookshop. The shopkeeper asked for $12.12. Calculate the estimated cost to show that the shopkeeper has made a mistake. AN ENG SENG SCHOOL, MYE2012 SIEXP EMUVYH 14 In the diagram, the straight line ABC is parallel to EFG and DB is parallel to FC. Given. that Z ABD = 38° and 4 DFE = 62°, stating your reasons clearly, find (@) ZBDF, () 2CFG. @ ° [2] () 9 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MYE 2012 SEXP EMI/YYRL 15 Draw an angle of 260°using a protractor and divide it into 4 equal angles using a ruler and compasses. Write down the angle of each of these equal parts, (4) END OF PAPER 10 150 Mids Af" \ AY efollett dey Cee Ea ea GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL (MVE 2012 SIEXP EMI MYE 2012 SIEXP Paper 1 Answer Key 1 (@) 3° x5? 2 @ 3 was 14 2 (b) 0.36 3 2.13 sf) 4 4075.77 5 | 3,25, -22, -243 Se asa 5 . (b) 15m—8n 7 | $(@x+2y-3) 8 | (@ 3a(b-3a+2e) (b) 2ar(2r +h) (© Qm-5)Gn+1) 9 10 | (@2 4 oO | (a 68 2 |s (&) 1850 7 13 8.40 4 (a) 100, (b)38 15/65 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 : ‘| MATHEMATICS Two Level : SECONDARY 1 EXPRESS Date : 10 May 2012 Duration =: ~~ 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES NAME : . TOTAL INDEXNO : [ 1 CLASS __: Secondary INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1 Answer all the questions. 2 Write your working and answers on the writing paper provided. 3 Show all your working and answers clearly and neatly. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. 4 Tie the question paper separately from your answer script. 5 ‘The use of calculator is allowed. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES 1. ‘The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ]. 2. 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. This paper consists of 4 printed pages including the cover page. (Turn over} 1s GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL, ‘MYE 2012 SIEXP EMBINMC @ (b) ‘Three electronic timers are set to buzz. off every 45 seconds, 1 minute and 2 minutes 30 seconds respectively. If they are activated together at 10:00am, when will they buzz off together? (I ‘The floor of a study room measures 306 cm by 540 om. {@) Find the area of the largest square tile that can be use to completely cover the floor without cutting any of the tiles. B31 (i)Find the total’ number of these tiles required to completely cover the floor area. (2) ‘Use your calculator to evaluate each of the following: @) ) @ b) @ 63.234{-5.8" —(63-+1.T)]x1.21 , correct to 3 significant figures. Pl 2» correct to 2-decimal places. (2) Express 600 and 420 as s product of its prime factors. a Hence, G) find the smallest integer m such that 600m is a perfect cube, mM Gii)find the smallest integer n such that 420n is a multiple of 600. fy Express @ 0.090106 cm, correct o 2 significant figures, wi (ii) 0.0709 m, correct to 4 significant figures. ol Mes Ravi wants to carpet the floor of her rectangular living room, measuring 5.14 m by 8.89 m. The carpet cost $14.99 per square meter. Estimate the amount of money Mrs Ravi will need to carpet the floor. Give your answer correct to the nearest hundred. 1) GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MYE2010 SIEXP EMC 6 @ &) (o) © @ Given v? =u? + 2s, find the value(s) of v when u=-0.5, a 3 and soV7 . BI Simplify each of the following. () 9x-[y-y-3)] 2] ay i 1 1 (E+) +5 Gxt y)-ZOx-2y) B] A piece of wire is cut into 3 equal parts. One part is bent to form a rectangle with breadth (+3) cm and length twice as long as its breadth. The second pact is used to form a triangle with sides 2x cm, (x~2) em and Ge10) ‘cm and the last part is bent into a square. (i) Express and simplify in terms of x (@) the perimeter of the rectangle, pl (©) the perimeter of the triangle, el (i) Hence, find the length of the square. I Solve the equation G1 Draw a triangle QRS whereby OR = 6.2. cm, ZORS = 85" and RS = 3.3cm. B] Using a pair of compasses, construct the angle bisector of ZORS iin} Construct the perpendicular bisector QS and label the point 7” where the perpendicular bisector of QS meets the angle bisector of ZORS. 2 Hence measure and write down the length of Q7. ia] 3 155 GANENG SENG SCHOOL (MYE 2012 SIEXP EMONNIC 8. In the diagram, PQ is parallel to RST and UV, PRU is parallel to OT. PSV and QSU are straight lines, Given that ZPRS 33°, ZPSR=26" and ZSOT=77". Calculate (a) ZSUV , (2) (b) ZusV (2) END OF PAPER Secondary School Exam Papers [eee ea ‘GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL (MVE 2012 SIEXP EMAINMC Answer Key i@ 10:15am 1G) | 324em" 1()Gi) | 510 tiles 2a) 18.0Gsi) 20) 68i@dp) 3@) 600-2 xIKS 420=2°x3x5x7 3H@ [45 3(o)(ii) | 10 4@@ | 0.090 am Csi Hai) | 0.07100 m Ash 4@)__| $700 (correct to the nearest hundred) 3a) 3.55, 3.55 Gah) 30@ [3x +5y Sibyl) [23x43 y (aL) | (GHB) em (AND) | (1372 x8) em oF (65x48) em 6a) [345em 6) «X= 7G | Length of Q°=46 em (+7 04cm) 8a) 36 3m) «(98 ENG SCHOOL, © (Tam Over} - GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 Subject : «MATHEMATICS Paper : TWO Level : SECONDARY 1 EXPRESS Date : 10" May 2012 Duration 1 HOUR 15 MINUTES NAME : — TOTAL INDEXNO : [ ] MARKS 50 CLASS: Secondary _ INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1 2 5 Answer all the questions. Write your working and answers on the writing paper provided. Show all your working and answers clearly and neatly. Omission of essential working will result in Joss of marks. Tie the question paper separately from your answer script. The use of calculator is allowed. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES 1. 2. ‘The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ J. 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. “This paper consists of 4 printed pages including the cover page. [Turn over] GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL, MYE2012 SIBXP EMINMIC 1. (@) Three electronic timers are set to buzz. off every 45 seconds, 1 minute and 2 minutes 30 seconds respectively. If they are activated together at 10:00am, when will they buzz off together? LB) (>) The floor of a'study room measures 306 em by 540 cm. @ Find the area of the largest square tile that can be use to completely cover the floor without cutting any of the tiles. By Find the total number of these tiles required to completely cover the floor area. 2 1). Imin = 60sec. 2min 30s = 150see. *No Listing or Guess & Check, marks not given even answers are correct 5 [4560 150 — 3 91230 ESTES 15min Time for all 3 timers to buzz off 10:00 am-+ 15 min 10:15 am @) 1(bi). *Minus 1 mark for the whole 2 | 306 sao 3 153 270 3 [5190 (a7 30~ Ga 1(bii). Total tiles required GAN ENG SENG SCHOO. ‘MVE 012 SIEXP EMANMC 2. Use your calculator to evaluate each of the following: (@) 63.234 [-5.8? (6.3 =1.7)]x1.21 , correct to 3 significant figures, (2) (93) , [3.83499 conree © Sat coat corect to2 decimal places. (21 240). *Minus 1 mark for the whole 63.23 +[-5.8” — (6.3 +1.7)]x1.21 paper if accuracy not stated. =18,04148235 Cn) =18.06sf) Car) 20). _ (9.3)? fe 4 3[2:83 499 ar 02x04 = 6.812168233Cn =681Qdp) Ca) saveama sit mMRNC 3. @_Express 600 and 420 as a product of its prime factors. (b) Hence, @ find the smallest integer m such that 600m is a perfect cube, Gii)find the smallest integer m such that 420n is a multiple of 600. 2] a) a 30vi). For perfect cube, where m is smallest, 600 m = 2°x 3° x 5° 2x3? x5? 600 _2BXP x5? DIS? P x5= 45, 300i). LCM==2'x 3x 5*x 7, for smallest n, 420 n= LCM 420n = 2° x3x5? x7 8 3x5? x7 420 2° x3x5? x7 =2x5=10 2? x3x5x7 Ge va GAN ENG SENG SCHOO. 2MVE 2012 SIEXP EM2NMC 4, (@) Express () 0.090106 em, correct to 2 significant figures, it (i) 0.0709 m, correct to 4 significant figures. it (©) Mrs Ravi wants, to carpet the floor of her rectangular living room, measuring 5.14 m by 8.89 m. The carpet cost $14.99 per square meter. Estimate the amount of money Mrs Ravi will need to carpet the floor. Give your answer correct to the nearest hundred 8) 4qai). *Minus 1 mark for the whole if accuracy not stated. 0.090 cm (2sf) Le etcee Ed 4Gai). 0.07100 m (4sf) 4(b) Area ~5 x9 (Ist) or (nearest integer) 45m’ Cost ~45 x $15 (2sf) or (nearest integer) (amt) = $675 ~$700 (correct to the nearest hundred) <>) GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL, MYE2012 SIEXP EM2INMC 5. (a) Given v’ =u? +2as, find the value(s) of v when u=-0.5, seal. 8) (©) _ Simplify each of the following. @ 9-[y-6y-x)] 2] G64 )+LOr+y)—Lex-29) 8) *Do not 5(@). round off before final answer. ||» e058 +2xQ x7 GED 43.552367785 S5Bsf),-3.5585f) g & 4 * Ga) _ (x+y) +4 2x4 y)-32x~2y) 2 _ OX + Oy 484+ 4y~ 6x4 Oy 12 4 4 win wie ole « z wie H vi ® vi w ps ele S + Niele (0 ‘GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL ‘MVE 2012 SLEXP EMBINNIC 6. (@) A piece of wire is cut into 3 equal parts. One part is bent to form a rectangle with breadth (x+3) cm and length twice as long as its breadth. The second part is used to form a triangle with sides 2x em, (x~2) cm and Geo) cm and the last part is bent into a square. (@ Express and simplify in terms of x *Write bracket to group terms before the units. (@) the perimeter of the rectangle, 21 (b) the perimeter of the triangle, RI Gi)Hence, find the Iéngth of the square. 3] (6) Solve the equation = GB) (aia). 7 Perimeter of rectangle = 2[(x+3)+2(x+3)]( am) = 2(x+342x+6) =2Gx19) 6xi18)em Cay >) 6(aib). Perimeter of triangle = 2x+(x-2)+(7/2 x+10)( ot) =3x-247/2 x410 = (13/2 x48) om or (6.5x+8) ema) 6(aii). Solve for x, 6x18 = 6.5x+8 Com) 6.5x-6x= 18-8 0.5x=10 x=20 Length of one of the 3 equal parts = 6x+18 = 6(20)418 Con) =138cn Length of square = 138/4=34,Sem(_ at) 6(b). 3 4 2x4 5x—3 365x-3)=4@2x-4) Can) 8x~16 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL. ‘MVE 2012 SIEXP EMONMC 7. (@) Draw a triangle ORS whereby OR= 6.2 em, ZORS =85" and RS = 3.3cm. (31 (©) Using a pair of compasses, construct the angle bisector of ZORS 1) (©) Construct the perpendicular bisector QS and label the point 7” where the perpendicular bisector of QS meets the angle bisector of ZORS. [2] (@) Hence measure and write down the length of 7. m “Perpendicul |] 7(a). “No marks awarded if construction ar bisector’s Tines not shown clas. working not complete *Minus 1 mark if diagram not GQ labeted properly, *Angle & Perpendicula rbisector must be extended 16 GAN ENG SENG SCHOOL, MYE2012 SIEXP EM2INNC 8. In the diagram, PQ is parallel to RST and UV, PRU is parallel to QT. PSV and QSU are straight lines. Given that ZPRS =133", ZPSR=26" and ZSQT = 77" Calculate - @ zsuV, 2 ) 2usv 2) Angles not named correctly *Properties not stated. a(@). No marks awarded if angle property not stated. ZRUS = £801 = 77(Alt.28) Com) ele property SUV + ZRUS = ZPRS(Corr.Zs) ZSUV = ZPRS — ZRUS 133°-77° 8b). ZRSU = ZSUV =56°(Alt.2s) Con) ZPSR + ZRSU + ZUSV =180°(Adj-Zs.onstr line) , ZUSV = 180° - ZPSR— ZRSU 80° 26°56" =98° Cat) END OF PAPER Secondary School Exam Papers era ERY Se HOLY INNOCENTS’ HIGH SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 EXPRESS MATHEMATICS 4016/01 Paper 4 Name : Date :9 May 2012 RegisterNo : Duration : 1h 30 min Class ; ‘Additional Materials needed: NIL Students answer on the Question Paper. Instructions to Candidates Write your index 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. Ifthe 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 , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 7. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. ‘The total marks for this paper is 60. Setter: Mr Lin Weibing This paper consists of 13 printed pages, inclusive of this cover page. 2 : For For Buoniner's Baoroer's Use Answer all the questions. oe 7 ‘Express @ aby as a decimal, ©) 2 as a percentage. 2 Express the ratio 650 g to 17.5 kg in its lowest terms. Give your answer in the form m : n, where m and n are integers. Answer ... 2) “Holy Innocents’ High School ‘Secondary 1 Express ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 Mathematics Paper 1 Bxoniner' Use 3 3 A car took 4 hours 39 minutes to complete a journey of 320.50 kilometres. (a) Express 4 hours 39 minutes in hours. (b) Express 320.50 kilometres in metres. Answer (a) .. hf ®.. am [1] 4 Consider the numbers below —x, 0.63, 1, v3, -9*, ¥B. (a) Arrange all numbers in descending order. (b) Write down (the prime number(s), (ii) _ the irrational number(s). oo Oi). Holy Trnocents” High Schoo! ‘Mid-Year Bxamination 2012 Secondary 1 Express ‘Mathematics Paper 1 ay For 2 Far sont Bvaniners tie 5 . tie 5 @_ Find the faction which is exactly halfway between 2 and - 3. () Jason spent Sothis allowance and had $6.80 left. How much did he-spend? Answer (a) ... OS... 0] 3 find the value ot Y2*2" me Answer cesses seceese [2] Holy Innocents” High School Secondary 1 Express ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 Mathematics Paper 1 i} For Exoniner’s Uke 7 . For Sener tie C and the temperature at 12 30 his18°C. ‘The temperature at 05 30 his — (@) Find the difference between the two temperatures, (b) Assuming thet the temperature rises at a steady rate, find the time when the temperature reaches. 9° C | (@) Solve the inequality 17x— 40 <8x-6. 8 (b) Hence write down the greatest integer x which satisfies 17x—40.<8x-6. Answer (A) 000 @).. ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 ‘Mathematics Paper 1 Tey Tinoco High Sheol Secondary 1 Express wa For Por Bxominers Beoniners Ue 1 Ure 9 @ Giventhat 14:7 30:21 find the vata of ¢ (0) Michelle won a lucky draw prize. She divided her winning among her mother, father and herself in the ratio 3 : 5: 9. If her father received $150 more than her mother, calculate the amount of money Michelle won. Answer (a) t= i QS .. 10 Express as a single fraction in its simplest form 2p_3p+2 9 2° Answer . GI “Holy Tanocents" High Schoo! ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 ‘Secondary 1 Express ‘Mathematics Paper 1 | 9g For Examiner's the 7 11 Arectangular poster is 21 cm long and 12 cm wide, Ithas a 5.5 em border around it, as shown in the diagram below. . Qo | | b.5 cm| em | 55m Lo ye (@) Calculate the area of the border. (b) Given that 1 em? of the border costs $0.20. Find the total cost of making the border. Answer (@) 000 seseeevees CM?[2] @s. 0 Holy Innocents” High School “Mid-Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express ‘Mathematics Paper ! Brominer’s ir For 8 Fer Boomers Beenie al 12 (@)_ By rounding each number to | significant figure, estimate the value of _ i 2.512 1.821101 You must show your workings. 121.42 ~2.5127 () Evaluate Y 5 1.821x1.00) Give your answer correct to 5 significant figures. Answer (a) ® veoee [2] 13. Factorise the following expressions (a) (+2)? -2(x+2), (b) 26g 3g + 6bf —9ef . Answer (a)... 22) - 2] ‘Haly Innocents” High School ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express ‘Mathematics Paper 1 Beoniners Use 9 14 Jaclyn prepared 120 fish balls, 160 chicken wings and 280.sandwiches for a function. She packed the food into smaller bags with the same number of each type of food. (@) Find the greatest number of bags that Jaclyn can pack. (b) Find the number of sandwiches in each bag. Answer bags [3] (Oa sandwiches [1] foly Innocents’ High School ~ _ ~~ Mid-Year Examination 2012 Scam I pres Matomats Paper For Baniner's ‘te wet For Beaniner's Ute 10 15 Written as the product of its prime factors, 3400 = 2? x5? x17. (@) Write 765 as the product of its prime factors. (©) Find the greatest integer that will divide both 3400 and 765 exactly. (©) Find the smallest positive integer n such that 765n is a multiple of 3400, Answer (a) 165 ~ ®) eee Holy Innocents” High School Secondary 1 Express ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 For Examiner’ ‘the ‘Mathematics Paper 1 For Examiners Use ul 16 (@)_ The diagram below shows the layout of a shop. Find an expression, in terms of p and g, for the perimeter of the shop’s layout, (-s) 7 a \(q+2)m. Gat) (2p-39)m (6) _y grams of chocolate cost 89 cents. Find an expression in terms of y for (the cost of 100 g of chocolate, Gi) the number of grams of chocolate that can be bought for $44.50. Answer (a) ... m (2) wre eeceesseees ets (1) wei 82) Holy Innocents’ High School Mid-Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express “Mathematics Paper I Ure 9 For Braniner’s ‘se 2 17 Simplify the following expressions (@) 12h-+k+h-8k, 4 ) (© 3d+2[3a—-(2a-8a)]. Answer (a) .. . seseeeeeeees [1] 2) == 12) ‘Holy Innocents" High School ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 Secondary I Express Mathematics Paper | For Bzaminer’s ‘he For amines ‘te 13 18 Solve the equations Answer (a) x=... p= k= -End of Paper- “Holy Innocents” High School ‘Secondary 1 Express ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 For uaminer's Use ‘Mathematics Paper 1 Secondary School Exam Papers eee Mid-Year Examinations 2012 Secondary 1 Express Mathematics Paper 1 Answer Key 1 [@ [0045 2 [@ T ae 2 ® (52% | 25099 (correct to Sig. fig) 2 13350 B I@ (042) 3 |@ air 04.65 h (b) (25-3eKig +3/) ©) - | 320500m 4 1@ 40 bags 41 @ | ¥8,3.1,0.63,-2,-97 () | Tsandwiches DO | Prime Number= VB 15 (@ | 3?xsxi7 @)GD | Tirational number = —7 and ® [85 v3 5 {@ [3 © 40 20 © [8850 1 Top Beesom ° 74 0 73.2 Ot) | 3900 cents 5 y 7 1@ fare (bil) | S0y grams [930% 7 |@ 134-33 . e@ [yt Cs ae 9 60. (bo) | 3 © 19d -18a > @ is [@ > 3 2 @&) | $1275 i) p=63 or 6.375 10 =23p—18 © pauls 18, iu 1 |@ | 484em © | $96.30 “Holy Innocents’ High School ‘Mid-Year Examination 2012 ‘Secondary I Express ‘Mathematics Paper 1 vw ERY Fe HOLY INNOCENTS’ HIGH SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY 1 Express MATHEMATICS 4016/02 Paper 2 Name t Date 211 May 2012, RegisterNo : — Duration : 1h 30 min Class Additional Materials needed: 4 Sheets of Writing Paper Instructions to Candidates ‘Write your index 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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 i, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 2. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or part question. The total marks for this paper is 60. Setter: Ms Lua Bee Hian This paper consists of 7 printed pages, inclusive of this cover page. 194 Answer all the questions 1. Three bus services operate from the same bus interchange. Bus A service leaves at 10 minute interval, Bus B service leaves at 14 minute interval and Bus C service leaves at 16 minute interval. Alll the three bus services leave the bus interchange at the same time at 7 am. (a) _Atwhat time will the three bus services next leave the interchange at the same time? LB) (©) Andrew arrived at the interchange at 4.09 pm. ‘Which is the first bus service he can board? m (©) Benny arrived at the interchange at 5 pm to take Bus C service. ‘What is the next departure time of Bus C? 2 2, Josh took 42 minutes to cycle from his house to Robert’s house. ‘The distance between their houses is 10 km. (@) Josh left his house at 11.53. At what time did he reach Robert’s house? w (b) Find Josh’s cycling speed in km/h, Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. RI © _Sosh left Robert’s house at 13 00. After travelling for 25 minutes, he stopped over at a supermarket to purchase a drink. After which, he took another 10 minutes to travel home. Given that average speed for the whole joumey is 15 km/h, find the amount of time he spent in the supermarket. B) “oly Innocents’ High School ‘Wid Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express ‘Mathematics Paper 2 15 3. _Jaslyn jogged x hours per week. Pearlyn jogged 4 hours less than Jaslyn. Queenie jogged twice as much as Pearlyn. (@) Write down an expression, in terms of x for the number of hours spent on Jogging for @ — Pearlyn, (ii) Queenie. RI} (b)_- The three of them spent a total of 16 hours on jogging per week. (@ Form an equation in terms of x and solve the equation. Ql i) Find the number of hours that Jaslyn spent on jogging per week. u] Gi) Ina particular week, the number of hours Jaslyn_ spent on jogging increased by 40%. Calculate the number of hours spent on jogging by Jaslyn in that particular week. a 4. Each diagram in the sequence below consists of a number of dots to form a square. * ecco eo5o Diagram 2 (a) Draw Diagram 4 of the sequence. uy (b) ‘The table below shows the total number of dots in each diagram. Write down the values of p and of q. 2) Diagram number 1 2 3 Number ofdots | 4 | p | 16 © Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the number of dots in Diagram n. Hence or otherwise, find the number of dots in Diagram 100. PR) (@ Janice claims that a square can be formed using 250 dots. Do you agree with her? Explain your answer. 0) Holy Innocents’ High School ~ Mid Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express “Mathematics Paper 2 5. (@)_—_ Inthe diagram, BD is a straight line. Find the value of ® x» a @ ». w (©) Inthe diagram, BE is parallel to CD, ZADC = 40°, ZDAC = 45" and ZDCE=20" Find @ BEC, uw (i) Z4EB, ion) 2 Holy Innocents’ High School ‘Mid Year Examination 2012 Secondary I Express ‘Mathematics Paper 2 197 6. Ina find raising, the cost of making a bookmark is $0.50. A total of 600 bookmarks are made. @ ) © Find the total cost of the 600 bookmarks. i} 480 of the bookmarks are sold at $0.70 each, 90 of them are sold at the cost price and the remaining is sold at a discount of 20%. Calculate @ the overall profit or loss, LB) Gi) the overall profit or loss as a percentage of the cost price. [1] An addition of 100 bookmarks is made, These bookmarks are sold at $53.50 inclusive of 7% GST. Calculate the amount of GST charged. RI Mrs Tay bought a total mass of n kg of flour to make bread, cookies and cupcakes, She used } of the mass to make bread and for the remaining mass to make cookies. (@) Find the mass of the flour used to make bread. a (b) Find the mass of the flour used to make cupcakes. Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures. 2 (©) The mass of the flour used in making bread, cookies and cupcakes is in the ratio x:y2z. Find the value of x, y and z. 2 @ Mrs Tay bought an additional 1.5 kg of flour to make bread. ‘What fraction of the total mass of the flour was used to make bread? [2] Holy Innocents’ High School ‘Mid Year Examination 2012 ‘Secondary 1 Express Mathematics Paper 2 8 @ @ — Factorise xy- xz. ] (i) Hence evaluate 59x 7138-49x7138 without the use of calculator. 2) (>) The admission fee, 7, to a museum for x adults and y children is given by F=28.50x+12y. (Find the admission fee for 5 adults and 3 children. 2 (i) What does the coefficient of x and y represent? (21 Gill) The admission fee for x adults and 4 children is $133.50. Find the value of x. uy Holy Innocents’ High School = ‘Mid Year Examination 2012 Secondary 1 Express Mathematics Paper 2 199 9. @_ The figure shows an open fish tank measuring 45 em by 16 em by 18 em. The tank is z filled with water. roo —_—_ 45cm @® Find the height of the water in the tank, tw (i) Find the volume of the water in the tank. wm ii) Water is poured into the tank. Find the volume of water needed to fill the tank. completely. [1] (iv) The water in the tank is then poured into glasses with a capacity of 600 ml each. Find the maximum number of complete glasses that can be filled. vy (6) Ina survey, 20 workers were asked how much they spent on ‘transportation. Part of the results of the survey is shown in the bar chart below. Number of people SITIO TTT T S00 Amount spent on transportation @ Find the number of workers that spent $70 on transportation. [1] (Calculate the average amount spent on transportation by 20 workers. 2) _ End of paper Holy lnocents' High School ‘Wid Year Examination 2072 Secondary 1 Bspress “Mathematics Paper 2 200 Secondary School Exam Papers A) mn GH the smallest value of {/xy?. 2) (b) What must be added to Ry (©The mass of a bottle with water is 5.59 kg when itis $ full. The bottle weighs 1.15 kg when it is empty. Find the mass of water when itis half fall. 8) 7. (@)_ Add (2x? —3xy) to the sum of (5x? — 8xy) and (xy ~ 5). 2 (b) Mangoes are sold at x cents each. Oranges are sold at 5 for Sy. Apples are each sold at 50 cents cheaper than each mango. (Express the cost of an orange in dollars in terms of y. () (i) Express the cost of an apple in dollars in terms of x. t) (ii) Express the cost of 20 apples, 15 oranges and 3 mangoes in dollars in terms of x and y. Simplify your expression. 2 (iv) Given that x~ 95 and y = 2.40, find the cost for 20 apples, 15 oranges and 3 mangoes. 2] SQSS MYE 2012 Mathematics 225 8. (a) Mr Lim was supposed to pick his son ftom school at 14 15 on a particular day. He left house at 13 38 and arrived at school 10 minutes later than scheduled time, How long was his journey from home to school? a (©) Joey used to travel from city A to city B at an average speed of 70 km/h. The distance between the two cities is 210 km. On a particular day, she drove faster than her usual speed. If her new travelling time to her old travelling time is in the ratio of 5: 6, calculate how much time she would save, Leave your answer in minutes &] (©) S bakers take 20 minutes to bake 15 pieces of cake. How many pieces of cake can 8 bakers bake in 60 minutes? 3) End of Paper SQSS MYE 2012 Mathematics Secondary School Exam Papers ee ed Mark Scheme for P1 Mathematics 1 MYE 2012 Tem z - ‘Now Solution Marks | Remarks 1 0.42, 0.42, 0.438, 0.428 BI Correct order 2(a) v25 BI 2) | VE : BL | Any order 3(@) | 106.0 (1 decimal places) BI 30)__—* 110 @sB) BI a [at BI Fy 07 0846 G sf) 4) [0467 sh) Bi 5 2 [28,_ 56,84 2 [14," 28, 42 7 (414,21 MI 2,3 HOF=2%2%7=28 AL 6 25 x 20 MI 0.02? x V8, = 125000 Es = 100000 (1s.f.) Xt 7 Sunits > 12cm Lunit > 4m MI Total units = 3+5+8= 16 units Perimeter Al wT 400 BI 228 5 50) | aa, x 100% i a 33% or Al 1 — = 9a) pipe 9(b) BI 90 z er - 45 04678 sf) ai 10) | y*(8—x) — Bi a 10(6) | = pq — 2ps + 2rs— rq p(q ~ 2s) +r(2s ~ 4) pq — 2s) ~r(q — 2s) Mi =@-25)—-r) AL or = pq—1q— 2ps + 2rs | q@ =r) 2s(p ~1) (MI) =@-2s)@-r) [AN Tig) [x-5 — a rn ii) _ | Mother's age = 3x Mi | Anyof these Father’s age=x + 23 Sum = 3x +2423 e+ 23 Al iy 07 15 — 0657 = 18 min = 1080 see Mi 3240 Average speed = 77 MI m/s AL @) | —6rq BI 130) | =3x4+12410x-5 MI 7 AL 1a@) BI py 14(b) Cost 352.70 x 15.5648 m’ Mi = $820.26496 =$820 Al [15@[ 40cm: 200m MI I aun Al 15(b) 1.2 :0.4:0.16 MI Any one 120: 40 : 16 15: 5:2 Al [16(a) | _ 3120 cents Mi — | ~ 1X60 sec | = 52 cents/sec Al 1606) — Mi Al 17a) MI Hourly rate = $16, Al 17(b) I day > $128 : week — 5 days week + 128 x Mi Weekly rate AL 18) 105 Mi 1200 x Too = $1260 Al 18() | $3500 — $1260 = $2240 4% — $2240 $2240 1% > > 560 MI 100% — $560 x 100 He must sell $56,000. 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St. Margaret’s Secondary School Mid-Year Examinations 2012 Paper 1 Secondary 1 Express TIES. 41" May 2012 Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Total Marks: 50 Instructions To Candidates: Answer all questions You are advised not to spend too much time on any one question. Answers are to be written on the question paper. If working is necessary for any question, it must be shown in the space below that question Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. Calculators may be used in this paper. Use of correction fluid or tape is not allowed. If required, the value of 77 should be taken as 3.142. Information For Candidates ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer should be given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given to one decimal place. ‘The figures are not drawn to scale. This paper consists 9 of printed pages 238 1 2. 3. Answer all questions 7 Express 7 as a percentage Express 2547.4002 correct to (a) 3 decimal places, (b) 3 significant figures. Express the following ratio in its simplest form. @ 24:36, (b) 25 cmto 1.5m. Ans. 1] Ans. (a) a} () eeceereeerenens| Ans. (a) i (b)_itl 20 4, The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 5:6. (@ If there are 545 girls, how many boys are there? (6) What percentages of the students are boys? Ans. (a) A (b)___ The table below listed the land points on earth. { Land Point | Places Sea Level Lowest Dead Sea [Israel and Jordan] | 399 meters below sea level ‘Singapore ~ 15 metres above sea level Highest [ Mt Everest [Nepal and Tibet] | 6,648 meters above sea level (@) What is the difference in height between Singapore and Mt Everest? (b) What is the difference in height between Dead Sea and Mt Everest? Ans. (a) — 1] (b)__ TY 6. 8. Simplify 5a + 4(b —¢) - (6b ~ 3a + 8c). Ans. __ 2) 16.04 x 25. 968 Estimate, correct to 1 significant figure, the positive value of Ans. [21 Arrange the following in ascending order: 0.97, 0.989, 2. -0.999, -0.89, 0.09 Ans. eee eee eee eens [2] 9. (a) Solve the inequality == ee (b) Hence whats the largest possible value of x if x is an integer. Ans. (a) 12] (by) 10. Given the numbers 192, 72 and 126. Find (@) HOF, (b) LOM. Ans. (a) : 2] (bo) Ay aie 11. (a) Express 784 as product of prime factors using index notation. (®) Hence find the value of 784 Ans. (a) (21 12. A car and a bus were travelling towards each other at different uniform speeds. They were 260 km apart at 8 a.m. and passed each other at 10 a.m. If the speed of the car is 80 km/h, calculate (@ distance travelled by the car at the point that they met, (b) distance travelled by the bus at the point that they met, (©) the speed of the bus. Ans. (a) i (b)__ tT ()__ 13. _ Elyanna bought a new car for $125,300. Calculate (@) the decrease in value if it is worth 18% less than its original value after one year, (b) its percentage decrease from its original value if the car is worth only $92,722 on its secend year. Ans. (a) ig} (b)__ 14. Factorise the following: (@) 12ab -ébe, (0) 24ax + 9bx + 32ay + 12by. Ans. (a) 1 Qs] 145. Using as much of the information below as necessary, without the use of a calculator, find the value of /17750 . Show all workings clearly. [V1.775 = 1.332, 17.75 = 4.213] Ans. _12] 16. A Christmas tree has 3 sets of fairy lights that flash at intervals of 2 seconds, 3 seconds, and 15 seconds respectively, If they flash at 8 p.m., at what time will they flash together again? Ans. BY 17. Evaluate the following without the use of a calculator, showing all workings clearly. (@ 23- (36 - 64) +6 x(-5), b) 23-31. 4.1.44, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form. sats 9 Ans. (a) 2] (b)___ 2) 18. fa=22,b= (=) ¢~2d+ Se, 19. Solve the following equations. (® 8a-4= 6a +20, m_2m_m 7 © 375 “6 "10, 5, d= 3 and e = 2, find the value of each of the following: Ans. (a) 2] (b)____ Ans. (a) —_—I2] ——— | 216 Reg. No. .... Class: St. Margaret’s Secondary School Mid-Year Examinations 2012 Founded 1842 sae ce MATE Paper 2 Secondary One Express 9 May 2012 Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Total Marks:50 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Instructions To Candidates : Answer all questions You are advised not to spend too much time on any one question. Answers are to be written on the foolscap paper provided. All necessary working must be shown .Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. Calculators may be used in this paper. Use of correction fluid or tape is not allowed. Information For Candidates ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer should be given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given to one decimal place. The figures are not drawn to scale. This paper consists of 4 printed pages 1 a Answer ALL the questions Evaluate the following giving your answer to 3 significant figures. 99.85% J63.8 °° 24.81 (a) The radius of a plant cell is found to be 0.0003039 cm. Express the diameter of the cell to 2 significant figures. (b) Find in its simplest form a fraction which is halfway between (1 1 and — 1 p 1 are (c) Find the smallest whole number which leaves a remainder of 9 when divided by 15 or 40. If 3(x— 1) - 5(x—3) = 3, find the value of 7x5, Solve the following equation. 4x-2 2x41? 72-3 3 6 2 Simplify ath a-3 5 2 (a) Find the smallest prime number p such that 69-3 248 (b) Find the largest rational number r such that 4r <59 i) [3] [3] R) (2 (1) 219 7. Acaris travelling at a constant speed of 108 km/h. (a) Find the distance the car travels in § minutes, tt] (b) Find how many minutes the car takes to travel 162 kilometres. i} (©) Calculate the speed of the car in metres per second. 2] 8. Aminah bought x dresses for $528. (a) Write down an expression in terms of x, for the price of one dress if all the dresses cost the same price. (1) () Aminah bought 4 shirts for her husband, Each shirt costs half as much as a dress she has bought. If she paid a total of $176 for the shirts, find the value of x. (2) 9. A group of children share a box of 200 beads equally, and there were 4 beads left over. Then the children shared another box of 80 beads together with the leftover beads equally, and there was no remainder. How many children are there? (3) 10. Amanieft 2 of his money to his wife, + ofthe remainder to his sister and the rest of it to be divided equally among his three children. If each of his children received $20000 how much did his wife receive? (4) 11. In a certain park, lamp posts are placed every 25 metros apart and benches are placed 30 metres apart. Jane is standing at a directory sign where there is also a lamp post and a bench. Given that the next directory sign is erected at the spot where. there is also a lamp post and a bench, find (a) how far Jane must walk before she reaches the next directory sign. 2 (b) how many more lamp posts Jane would pass by before she reaches the lamp post at the next directory sign. tt 230 12. Awoman bought 50 eggs for $10.20. Some cost 18 cents each and the rest 22 cents each. How many of each kind of eggs did she buy? ey 13,(@) Anathlete spends 12 hours at a sports centre. The ratio of the times he spends changing, warming up and running is. 2:3: 7. Calculate () ‘the time he spends warming up. rea (ii) the percentage of the G hours at the sports centre he spends running. [2], (b) In 2010 his best time to run 3000m was 9 minutes 30 seconds. () In 2017 his best time was 10% less than his time in 2010. Calculate, in minutes and seconds, his best time in 2011. (2 (ii) In 2010 his time of 9 minutes 30 seconds was 5% less than his best time in 2009. Calculate, in minutes and seconds, his best time in 2009. 2 14, (a) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the n™ term of the sequence 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, (11 (b) The first four terms in a sequence of numbers, us, U2, Us, Us, @ Write an expression for us and show that us = 25. (1) (ii) Write down an expression for ts, and evaluate it. fa} (iii) Find an expression, in terms of n, for the nth term, up, of the sequence. [1] (iv) Evaluate uso. (1) .. are given below. Secondary School Exam Papers ee eed 1, Express: - as a percentage. B x too 2 16% Zo 4 IS*h Ans. Ay 2, Express 2847,4002 correct to (@ 3 decimal places, (&) 3 significant figures. : 3. Exprése thé following ratio in its simplest form, @ 2438, (by 26-cm to 1.5 m. (4) ater Bb ai 3 w hb) 3s: 150 Tine nso) 23 tn & he ®t 2 4. The ratio of girls to boys in a school is 5:6, (@) If there are 846 girls, how many boys are thera? (by What percentages of the students are boys? > Girls GS Units > StSquls Bey D 6 Unk Do BS ¢ = x6 Grivls, * Boys Cc: 6 = 65 To of itadents ahs. ae be sb x foo = SEZ, Ans, (a) 64 boys No ef bows rs 664.4 bE I, o) 5. The table below listed the land points on earth [Land Point Places ~“Sea Level \Towest Dead Sea [israel and Jordan] [399 meiars below Sea level a Singapore 78 metres above séa level Highest Wit Everest [Nepal and Tibet} | 6,848 meters above sea level (@ Whatis the difference in height Between Singapore and Mt Everest? (b) What is the difference in height betweeit Dead Sea and Mt Everest? CO Dofperence aight L)iifferencr i. heagint between. betwrete Sapapore & Mt Eveve.F At bi4e~ 16 = F832 aw & Deak fea t. mit Frorect is Pb4e- (- 311) = 924] y ans.(a)_ 26 330 ta} QTM (e) eee] Sinnplhy Simply 5a + 4(b —c) ~ (6b = 3a + Bo), = Sat th-he ~ bb t+ Ba -Pe = SaQtBa¢4h-66-4-Fe + Pa ~ 2b ~12c _ Pam 2b-lre, Ans. 12}, 7. Estimate, correet.to 1 significant figure, the positive value of eee . 16 OFK ISB 3 16§ tots sy #9) Ans: _f2} 8. Arrange the following sin ascending order: coe O¥ IC. One o 2 0.9%, 0.989, 770.988 -0.89, 0.09 0-97 = O-8r0 . = OFF xo-FTE Jo-04 = 0-3 9 Solve th ines iti Be 4 @ inequalities 2 <4 (b) Hence what is the largest possible value of x if x is an integer, (a) 2x <& 3 * 4 £y2 #4 eo Ss ye Fe x <7 hh Lava pot poserble valoe of Ans, (@) a yx tr O OL 4] A 10. Given the numbers 192, 72 and 126. Find @) HOF, (6) LOM. 21142) 72,426 “@) HO = i 3 | 46).36, 63... : ge #) 92,1221 Gy Lem = Beare 3)8 3 = Yos2 » ®, ; 6 Ans. (a) AT 03. Ph ee 11} 14. (a) Express 784 as product of prime factors using index notation. (b) Henge find the value of J784 (a) - op Ts dX} 342 mse fone Shiag ITF dated al dé Sed ET a| 44 = 2g a4 me —. . he= atx 7? es. 221 2 (by _ {tT 42. Acar and a bus were travelling towards each other at different Unifornt speeds. They were 260 knit apart af'8 a.m. and passed each other at 10am: if the speed of the caf is 80 knvh, calculate (@) distance travelled by the car atthe point that they met, {b) distance travelled by the bus at the point that they met, © the speed of the bus, : « epee ol a the a @ a g Joan = 12 BN 5 Dratance Hravelted by Cte] so km (L 2 xT = foxr Ans. (a) __ Meo kos ty ~ leo bay * wo __!RE oy G) Deetance fravellel be us (o__ SP bm egy > 260~ [bo ee = Oven. | 6 43. Elyanna bought a new,car for $125,300. Calculate (@) the decrease in value if itis worth 18% less than its original value after one year, (®) its percentage ‘decrease from its original value if the car is worth only $92,722 on its: second year. Ch?) Corte Cl Pevcentanagy. Aecrenre ie E 2 32578 as ame ge oN Se 25300 = € aassy = 26% a —_ ©? Decense Ne vethr, Reso 5 oo 78 Ans: (a) 4 2284.1 wae 9 6) 26. a ere 44, Factorise the following: a (@) 12ab -Bbe, 8) tab bbe (b) 24ax + 9bx+ 32ay + 12by. nw f4¢2 We dy 2k ax. # Ibm + 32ay 4 1dby = 3x (Par Bb) + 49 (Pae 24) ~ (Faash) (Bx 444) * bb (He) Ans: (a) (fat3b De Bx 7442 (b) _ {2} 15, Using as much of the information below as necessary, without the use of a calculator, find the value of ¥17750 . Show alf workings cléaily. (WE 77S =1.332, VATS = 4.213} 'Tis6 2 (WIIS% lipoo 122 x iss 0 Ans. [33:2 =. 2B-Q ——ae 16. A Christmas tree has 3 sets of fairy lights that flash at intervals of 2 seconds, 3, and 15 segonds respectively, If they flash at 8 ‘pam, at what te will they flash together again? 342, 2,18 eo + 30uce ars = #0 see foot & pr S 20.) ge + 36 LOM = 3x2xe See ek you = 29 Ans, (3) —-F 17. Evaluate the following witholit the use of a caleulitor, showing all workings clearly. @ 23-@6- a +6x (5), 3 5 @y 22-34 ats Fos giving your answer as’ acon ints’ ee ch) 2-34 4d 2 4 (4) 23- (36-54) 2 6x(-s) = UB-ade + = U-Cle) 2 Exe * B= (ay -9) = BA FS, - 2 - Is = +x = = =p = = Yan (a) & 12} ee ~ 3fe: (b)_ 258 18. fa=22,b= aR o=-5,d= 3 anid ¢ =2, find the value of each of the following: (@) c-2d + Se, G7 date 2(22)_ +0 w ME. - cat Ds =) o : = 4g - (A) c-r1d + ' i oaree — =% Ff} a &S)~2¢3) + $2) = 0-7, oa Ans. (2) =! py 0-127 (ee 19, Solve the following equations. ih) @ Sa4= 58420, (4) -fa-=2 S4t20 Ga- S4e +472 3a 2 a4 a = 2% 3 = & Secondary School Exam Papers Pee eee eae 1 Express as a percentage. Big too 2 16%, Ze iar 15% Ans, Ay 2, Express 2547,4002 correct to (@) 3decimal places, (6) 3 significant figures, - 2682 3 Express the towing ratio in is ts sinter 24.3 () 28 074 101.5 m. (a) ae 23-6 oes hy as: 160 ane.(a) 23 tn aS % wo iy 4. The ratio of girls to boys ina School 56. (ay tf there are46 girs, how many boys are there? (by What pbréentages of the students are-boys? @ Gils * Boss Jo of itrdlentt ashe. are bn SOF Gees is 8.x [00 ‘ Sails. 7 Gels a oe = Shed . pS 6 Unie Be Bot = eG = 6St . © Ans. (@) 2s! 654 be bes 4] No of bogs ts 6e4 SESTO (b) 5. ~The tablé beldw fisted the: land points on earth, Land Point Places “Sea Level Lowest | Dead Sea fisracland Jordan] |399 meters below sea level “| 78 metres above sea level ighest Me eiees Taba ane Nar 8,848 moters above sea level (@) What is the difference in height between Singapore and Mt Everost? (b) What is the difference in height between Dead Sea and Mt Everest? CP Defference argh L)afferencs m. haugist between [ ‘ + Eyoreat is betsie woke | Deack Sea we MM sabes ar | PeRDeePAD = 9241 y tye - 10 = P32 aw fe Ans, (a) __ P62 Bert tn) GiATn ©) __t ~aeomey Somplehy Simply 6a + 4(b ~ c) ~ (6b ~ 3a + 8) = S4t th-he ~ b+ BaF 2 Sat3a #4b-Eb-4e ~Fe = fe =~ 2b ~ Ide se cs Pam 2b~ le, ‘Ans. : 21 Estimate, correct to 1 significant figure, thé positive value of { le o¥K 36-29 SbF Bes f bk ae qo = Siow fo sy #7) = wile Clay ty, ee Ans, 8, Arrafige the following in ascending order: s oho ai ‘ o3 0.8, 0.989, it -0:989, -0.89, 0.09 ~ 7. 0°97 = 0-810 + = ob » 4 777 5.99 YO07 0-7” Fe OFF Ans. hp large porcible vale of x th oO a 10° Given the numbers 192, 72. and 126. Find @ HCF, (0) LOM. . "3/192, 72, 126 x x Ans. (@) se 12 ® “ee aKa ae. = Beg x T ose a 9° g 1 y Ans: (a= 2] O32. SADE Lattin Lt 44. (a) Express 784 as prodtict of prime factors using index notation. (©) Henge find the valtie of 784 (a) : aT Tey a} 342 — = [uae via, ON da ¥] 2| 48 2 OTT Th 4 B28 qo para a 2 hes 2% 7" neta) 2"*1 et 28 (by ty ewig el 42. A car dnd a bus were travelling towards each other at different unitorin speeds. “They were 260 km apart af:8 a.m, and passed each other at 10 a.m. tf the speed of the.car is 80 knvh, catculate: (@ distance travelled by the car at the point that they met, \(b) distance travelted by the bus at the point that they met, (6) the speed of the bus, (C) Speed 4 He hus. (a) er a Bs [oan = 190 2 [¢ le Destence travelled by ee = Seem (h 2 6x1 a Pod Ans: (a) 160 kes. m0 KM yy ee (SU enm (8) Dretance travelled by bu $0 kn Ih sexe trated soem hk = 100 En — se 6 ‘Elyannia Bought a. hew-car ter'$126,300. Calculate. 13. (@). the decrease ih value if is worth. 18% less than its original value after one ‘year, (b) its percentage decrease ffom its original value if the ‘car’ is worth only $92,722 on its secorid year. CL? Cowchriere (4). Deoreard I vali feveertanepe Oetreare. : > = Bar 7e Sa fe N26 30 jas3av * = ‘f aassy = 26% es » Decrenst: te velar, AEsoy Lt “et * Zs face eee Ans: (a) 22881) aes 26%. o 28% a 1a, Factorise the tBneding: 7 us (o) 12ab“8b6, oe AD” ab bbe (0) 24ax + Sbx + S2ay+ 12by, = 6b C2e-C) hp MAL A IBR + Bay + by oS 3x (Par BLD 44 9 (Pax 34) ~ (Fansh) €8x they tn acs detect * bb 6-e) Ans: (a) of (fat3h DC 3x Ty > 2) (by 15, Using as much of the information below as necessary, without thé use of a calculator, find the value ot 4/1750 . Show all workirigs clearly. WETS = 1.392,017-75 = 4.213} Tb = CVTTEK lovee 2 [22 ie nig £222. = 73-2 4 16. A Christmas tree. has 3 sets of fairy lights that flash at intervals of 2 seconds, 3, and 15 seconds respectively, If they flash at 8 p.m., at what time. will they flashy together again? B12) Bypass F pt a0 rRe 2,8 20 xe peat b prs a ee Lon + 3x2xc, FN OE SEO BO pe. = 20 Ans. a} ——R 17, Evaluate the following without the ise of'a caloilatér, showing ail workings clearly. @ 24 = (6 - 54) + 6x C5), +h J gWitig your aviewWel' aed fection in fle’stinptést form. 3 4 cog ey. (DLE 7 8g FE 2 Gy IB- (36-54) 2°6xC-5)° oe 43 Bde = B-Cle)Z exe Ag Om" Za a Ss Be ee eb * B= (- 3M 0 Ba an PSs eo 72 +35 = 8 = 5S x sve. (a3__& 21 A ee w Se 288 18. as 22,6= ee = -6;d=S and © = 2, find the value of each of the following: @ c+2d +58, G7) ats 2022) +t en = SO a A w at of zs (4) = Gg — (*) cured +5@ \ = oe oS ~ 457 2 C9)-23)4 50) = om, ree a 2} O: 127 {b) 19. Saive the following equations. a) (@8a+4 = Bat 20° GC) fae y= 54420 fa- sae +4 t2 Ba 2g a = 3 » m 2 y Ans. (a) a Secondary School Exam Papers Sec. IE MYE Mathematics Paper 2 99.85% f638 _ a anes 32.1 (to 3 Sig. fig.) Lied (a) Diameter = 0.0003039 x 2 cm = 0.00061 cm ( to 2 Sig. fig.) 12 3. 6) t=2 Oa 24 Lad 6 2 Fraction halfway between + and 1 is 2 or 12 6 40 8 4x~2 4 2x41 | 7x-3 3 6 2 x=2 ath _a-3b 5 2 = 17b-3a 10 6. (a) 6p-3 248 p 28.5 Smallest prime number p is 11 () 4r-<59 rst43 4 ‘The largest rational number is 143 5 26 7. (@) Distance the car travels in 5 minutes = (108 x 5) km a =9km ‘ = 162 (b) Time taken aa =1.5h=90 min. 7 = 108%1000 (©) 108 km/h = 1081000 = 30 m/s 8. (a) Price of 1 dress=$ 228 x 9. Number of beads shared in the first box =200 —4 = 196 Number of beads shared in the second box = 80 + 4 = 84 HCF of 196 and 84 =2 x 2x7 =28 ‘There are 28 children. 10. Amount left to sister = 4x 4 =2 27 7 Fraction left to children = 1 - 3- = = 2 3 of money = $ 60000 x 3 = $ 90000 His wife received $ 90000 11. (a) LCM of 25 and 30 = 150 Jane must walk 150 m (b) Number of lamp posts Jane would pass = (150+ 25)~1 ” =5 12, Let the number of 18 cents eggs be x. 18x -+22( 50-x) = 1020 x=20 She bought 20 18 cents eggs and 30 22 cents. 13.(a) (i) Time spent warming up = 3a h =22.5 min (ii) Percentage of iy h spent running = x 100) % =581 % 3 (©) @) Best time in 2011 = 90% of 9.5 min =8 min 33s Gi) 95 % of best time in 2009 = 95 min 100 % of best time in 2009 = ( $3x100) min = 10min ‘Time in 2009 = 10 min 0's 14.@) T,=3n—-2 (0) @) us=24+9 =25 ii) ug= 2°+ 11 = 43 ii) u=2"'+n4+n-1 =P 420-1 (iv) 49 = 2° +19 =531 cass eg Number Candidate Name FL) TANJONG KATONG SECONDARY SCHOOL. MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY ONE MATHEMATICS. PAPER 1 Wednesday 9 May 2012 1 hour 15 minutes 07 50-09 05 Candidates answer on the Question Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number 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 m, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of x. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total of the marks for this paper is 50. Marks You are reminded of the need for clear presentation of your answers. ‘This question paper consists of 9 printed pages. [Turn over m For Baoniner’ 1 From the list of numbers below, la, 123 . a 1+2¥2, =, 1, 0.13, 0, 9 7, 45, ts S59 4 * Write down . (a) the whole number(s), (b) the perfect square(s), (©) the recurring decimal(s), (@) the irrational number(s). Answer (a) eee 1) ® Oy © 1] @ ~ 1] 2 Complete the number line below to represent all prime numbers =20 and <30. Answer 4p? 2 20 j mm For the |3 Arrange the given numbers in descending order. 73.63, -3.63, -36 1) For [examiner 4 Express 0.000672 in standard form, Answer _ a For Examiner's 5 6 4 (a) Express 0.061549 correct to 5 decimal places. (b) Express 0.061549 correct to 3 significant figures. Answer (a) @) (@) Express 920 and 180 as a product of its prime factors in index notation. (b) Find the highest common factor (HCE) and lowest common multiple (LCM) of 920 and 180. Answer (a) 920 = 180= @) HCE = LOM =_ For sara Use a8 For saniver'| 7 Use Itis given that the temperature at the top of a mountain is ~7°C and the temperature at the foot of the mountain is 15°C. (@) Find the difference in temperatures between the top and foot of the mountain, (b) If the mountain has a height of 22.000 m and the rate of change in temperature is Constant, find how far he is from the top of the mountain if the temperature is 0°C. Answer (a)_ - Cf] @ = —_———mi2] Write and simplify an algebraic expression for each of the following statements, (a) Add 3y to twice of 4x—5y, (b) Subtract 3x? -Sxy+6 from ~x? +11xy +7, Answer (a) 2] @) For miner's Pie For amine’ he 6 9 Simplify each of the following expressions. (a) 2a-3b-3(-a+b) (b) 41+ (2m) m) x 5 3p+9_p-9 ey 3P#9_ Pod OT a @ L(6s-2y)-2 65-39) tee Answer (a) _—___ {2 O_ _______ 13] \ Oo BY Lo @ B81) a ra, | For soniver's| 10 Given that p is an integer, [eames ue | (a) Write down the sum of three odd consecutive numbers larger than 2p. vse | | | | Answer (a) (b) Explain why the sum is a multiple of 3. Answer (b) [beni cern ) 1 Given that x=5, y=~5, 2=~2, h= 0 and k=—1, evaluate each of the following. (a) xy(Qx—4k-+ xhz), be Answer (a) @® m For Baniner's tke 2 Factorise the following expressions completely. (@) 3x°y" aie, (ob) m(2p-4)-Sn(q-2p), © xyexty-t. Answer (a) @ __ ©. —___[2] 4) [2] For pme 20 For sominer’s Ue 13 Solve the equation 2x-[3+3(x-8)]= Answer 1) 14 When a number is halved and 5 is subtracted from the result, the answer is 33. (a) Let the number be & + 1. Form an equation using the given information above. (b) Hence, find the value k. Answer (a) O (©) ES eee] 2) End of Paper er \Bcaniner's ‘Ute a0 Secondary School Exam Papers ee eared Numeric answer 123 1a)0, 1,9 v) hg ©) ggg? 02 a) 14+2V2,¢ 2% 4-1-9 H+ +0 20 23 29 3) -3.63, -3.63, 4) 6.72 * 10* Sa) 0.06155 b) 0.0615 6a) 920 = 2°x5x23, 180 = 2°x3*5, 60) HCF = 20, LOM =8280 Ta) 22°C b) 7 000m 8a) 8x—Ty b) ax + Loxy + 1 9a) Sa—6b b)-l6m od) eee Ok +y 10a) 6p +9 b) Itis a multiple of 3 because 3 is a factor of the expression. Ha) ~350 b)-1 12a) vor +1) b) @p~ghim-+5n) or -m-Sn\@-2p) 6) (y=INx +1) 13) x=15 Ha) $2453 b) k=75 ‘Tanjong Katong Secondary School aa Glass___Reg Number Candidate Name = TANJONG KATONG SECONDARY SCHOOL MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY ONE MATHEMATICS Paper 2 Friday 4 May 2012 1 hour 15 minutes 07 50 - 09 05 Candidates answer on the Writing Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and register number 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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 n, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of x. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 50. ‘This question paper consists of 5 printed pages. [Turn over Answer all the questions. wy (a) Calculate = giving your answer correct to3 significant figures, (b) Round off 289.57 to @ _ the nearest whole number, Gi) (ii) 2 significant figures, (iv) 1 decimal place, the nearest perfect square. Given that p=2, q=-3 and r=~1, evaluate ae @ rae ) (pq). The number of people who tumed up for the Singapore Computer Fair 2012 on Saturday is 185 905. The number of people who turned up on Sunday is 2.21 10°. (@) Write down the number of people who tumed up on Saturday in standard form, (b) Find the difference in the number of people who turned up on Saturday and Sunday. (@)_ Find the highest common factor of 90 and 120. (b) A rectangular sheet of paper has dimension of 1.2 m by 0.9 m. If the paper is cut into identical squares, find the minimum number of identical squares that can be obtained. 1 O) a a o) a) 2) a (2) BI 2] ea 5 When written as the product of their prime factors, pis 2x3*, : qis 2x3? xs (®) Find . (@ the value of the cube root of p. uw i) _ the smallest possible value of x such that xq is a perfect square. it} (b) Express 84 as the product ofits prime factors. a Hence, write down @ the LCMofp, g and 84, giving your answer as the product of its prime factors, O) Gi) the greatest number that will divide p, q and 84 exactly. ian] 6 (@) Find the sum of a+b+c, 2b~c, and 3c-+a. ia) ©), @ Simplify Sx(2x-4y)-3(x-79). 2 @) Subtract your answer in b(i) from 21x? + Ty —12xy + 5x. 6) 7 (a) Simplify the following expressions. @ Gq) x29 a) Gi) 2a)’ +4a? 2 (iil) -2x(-3a)~5x8a 2) () Solve 84221 13, P] [Turn over a 8 Adil and Haziq ran the same distance to determine who runs faster. The time taken by each of them is recorded. The time taken by Adil subtracted from the time taken by Haziq is 2p-8+2pq-8q. (a) Factorise completely’ 3p~8+2pq—8q. 3) (b) Given that Adil finished his run earlier than Haziq. State a possible value of p and of g. 2 32em ‘The photograph within the frame has a width of cm. Its length is one and a half times its width, (@) Write an expression for the area of the photograph in terms of b. 2] () The area of the photo is half the area of the frame. Find the length and width of the photo. B) as 10 Two rectangles, 4 and B are shown below. Rectangle 4 has dimension (x-+2)cm by (2—Iom. Rectangle B has dimension (x-2)em by (x+1)em. a & (+2)om yi (e-em gp \@tDem St | (a) Find and simplify the expressions for the perimeter of @ rectangle 4, Oy Gi) rectangle B. uy (b) Given that the perimeter of rectangle A is Z of rectangle B. @ Using your answers from (a)G@) and (a)(ii), write down an equation to represent this information, ii] Gi) Solve the equation in )@. B) 236 Secondary School Exam Papers eae Ja [0.835 a] 2a 3b +30 IbG@) | 290 A Sb(i) | 10x? ~ 20x) —3x4+21y Toy | 289.6 GbGi) | 11x? —14y +8x-4 8xy Ib(iii) | 290 {7aGi) | 184° TG) | 289) Tati) | =2a 2a i “Taliti) | ~34a 2b |-216 7 3 . e3y 3a 1.85905%10* 8a Ap-4)l +a) 3b [35095 8 | p>4q>-1 or ps4g<-1 4a (30 4 [12 3aQ)_|18 Sa(ii) | 10 > Sb | atxax7 c) aera Bax-2) Sb) | 2? x3°x 7x5 10bGi) | x=6 Soci) [6 er YUAN CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL, MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 ‘SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS .. MATHEMATICS 4016/01 NAME: ( ) ‘Time: L hour CLASS: See 1 READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, class and index number 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 staple, paper clips, highlighters, elue or correction fu. Answer all the questions, If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. NEITHER ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS NOR MATHEMATICAL TABLES MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER. ‘The mumber of marks is given in brackets { ] at the end of each question or part question. ‘The total number of marks for this paper is 40. ‘Total Marks 40 ‘This paper consists of 8 printed pages. [Tum Over ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER. Answer all the questions. Given that a= 3, b=-2 and ¢=1, find the value of the following. (@) 2a~Sb+e, (b) © @ Answer (a) —_— RP] Oo O_O @M@o 239 2 Factorise the following completely. (a) 4x*y—20xy?, ) 29+ 6gd 473d +1), © wy -y-lty Answer(@) ® 2 © — BI 3 120 pens, 180 pencils and 240 rulers are to be distributed to a group of children, Supposed each child in the group receives an equal number of each type of stationery, find the maximum possible number of children in the group. Answer __ 8) 200 4 Traffic light A flashes once every 35 seconds. Another traffic light flashes once every 45 seconds. If they are flashing together now, how much time will it take for the two traffic lights to flash together again? Answer _ seconds [3] 5 Express 2345.678 correct to (a) 1 decimal place, (b) nearest hundredth, (©) 3 significant places. Answer (a) a a) (2) seer ee] OY Mrs Lim wants to buy 3 packets of rice, 2 packets of mushroom and 5 cans of tuna fish from the supermarket. Each packet of rice cost $14.85, the mushroom cost $8.95 per packet and tuna fish cost $2.15 per can. Estimate the total bill to the nearest dollar. Answer $ — BI Simplify @ — 5x-[6x-2+4)], ®) Answer (a) _ (2) m2 The sides of a rectangle are (6x-+4y +7)em, and (4x—y—2)om. Find the area of 2 the rectangle if x= Sand. Answer em (3) aon 9 The figure below shows a rectangle PORS. (42-S)em 10cm Find the value of x and of , Answer x= (2) BI a 10 In the diagram below, AB is parallel to CD, ZFGD = 150°, ZGFH = x° and 4GFE-= y*. Given that y is twice of x, find the value of x and of y, ae c: D £ a 6 Answer x= TY y 1) ---- END OF PAPER --— Efforts today, Rewards tomorrow YUAN CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL, MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS MATHEMATICS 6 4016 / 02 A) TIME : 1 hour 30 minutes CLASS: See 1 ‘READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST ‘Write your name, class and index number 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 staple, 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, Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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 7, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of 7 ‘Atthe end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [] at the end of each question or part question. ‘The total of the marks for this paper is 60. Total Marks 60 ‘This document consists of 4 printed pages. [Tum Over Answer ALL the questions. Find, for 198 and 900, the exact value of @HCF. 2) () LCM 0 ‘A rectangular piece of paper measures 180 om by 100 cm. Ttis eat into identical squares. (@) Find the length of the largest possible square. rea] (b) Hence, find the number of such squares formed, uy The area of a square tin plate is 7056 cm’. Find the prime factorisation of 7056. Hence, find the length of each side of the plate. [2] Evaluate, with the help of a calculator, 5 (1,3), ® bé-Ge3]- 7 (b) [4964+ (3 ~99)] + (5 +24), oy (© —-¥59319- (5.15 +1), a) 2,f4,17 @ 7 (+4) > a) © + {16-3 « (17-6) + [C9Y + DP}. mM A rectangular field has a length of 32.653 m and a width of 10.479 m. Find the area of the rectangular field, correct to 3 significant figures, iat] ‘The admission fee, $F, to a theme park for a family of x adults and y children is given by P=575x+40y. Find the total admission fee to the theme park for a family of 4 adults and 2 children. uy) Find the value of p’g — (2g)? + q* when p = 8 and g=~3, ty A piece of wire is 150 em long. One piece of y em and 3 pieces of z em long wire are cut from it. (@) Find the length of the remaining piece of wire in terms of y and z. a) (®)G@) If the remaining length of wire is bent into a square, find the length of the square in terms of y and z, (1) (Given that y = 20 and z = 10, find the length of cach side of the square. a a 10 Bt 12 Simplify the following expressions. @) i+ 2k+5m)—(57—2k + 6m), (W) Ge +52) + (4-92) - (2y~ 62). Simplify the following expressions. @ s6-y-Lory, 3 fo} ha, y+, yl See © 3 a Factorise the following expressions completely. (a) 6a” + 12ab— 6a, (b) 3 ~24ab~6y, (© Say) #7b-, @ — bax—6ay + 9bx—9by, (© wr-343x—w. Solve the following equations. @ 2] [2] 2] 2] o) m4 oy [2] BI re) 13 Inacertain week, the amount of time Melissa spent on surfing Facebook was 4 hours more than twice the time she spent on doing her Mathematics homework (@) _If'she spent x hours doing her Mathematics homework, how much time did she spend on Facebook? wm () __ If the total time she spent on these 2 activities was 11 hours in that week, @ form an equation in x, t) i) solve the equation and find the time she spent on Facebook. 2 14 Inthe figure, ADB is a straight line and BD = CD. Find (a) the value of x, (3) (&) = ZACD. 2) wo— et i uistay ® ° 15 Inthe diagram, XBY and XAZ are straight lines, ZXZY =110°, ZXBZ= 125° and AB is parallel to ZY. Given that ZABX = Sexez, caleulate ZXZB fe] Zz > ~-- END OF PAPER ~—- Efforts today, Rewards tomorrow 290 Secondary School Exam Papers jolutions to 2012 Sec 1 Express Mid-Year Exam Paper 2 Mad \ QI @ | 9900 (b)_| 18 @@ [200m (b)_| 45 squares Q@ 7056 =2* x 32x 7? 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Dae = Bp —tuyl nt DB yl - an SE Ta Weta a a LTA-L = Tee ET Uo) TAD 186"= Usa IEE =e 503g i: TS 0 om A AD ZHONGHUA SECONDARY SCHOOL MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 Name of Pupil a () Class: 1E__ Subject/Code : MATHEMATICS /4016 Level : Sec 1 Express Date: 9May 2012 Duration : 2 hours Setter Vetted by re INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES ‘Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in dark blue or black pen with non-erasable ink You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use correction fluid or correction tape. ‘Answer ALL questions. !f working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer. Omission’ of essential working will result in loss of marks. Calculators should be used where appropriate, If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the answer {o three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place. For zr, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of Section Ai is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Section B: Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. Error in ‘Marks Deducted ‘Section Marks: Presentation 7 ‘Accuracy a 80 Missing Wrong Units 5 an Total 80 The marks for each question or part of a question are shown in the brackets [ ]. ‘The total mark for this paper is 80. ‘This paper consists of 10 printed pages including this cover page. ane 9 (@) _ Express 216 as a product of its prime factors, leaving your answers in index notation, (©) Hence evaluate 216. Ansvier (a) _ 2 O) ‘Write down and simplify an algebraic expression for each of the following: (@) Subtract 2x from the quotient of y divided by z. (®). Multiply the product of 3a and 2ab by b?. —__—. 2 Answer (a) — Uj (oes fl] ats 2 Refer to the numbers below. 1 x -08, 3, 3, -Z, a 2 1 Write down (2) the prime number(s). (0) the rational number(s) Answer (2) __ a O) (b) — 2) Use a calculator to evaluate each of the following, @ —— giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places. © [1 3 ~1.6+ coa| —3.7 , giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. Answer(@) BY (CD) Eaeerseeeereeeeeeeereens [2] 5. 6 (@ Estimate 2:25%41 by rounding off cach number to the tiearest whole number. 395 x 4: (b) Use your answer from part (a) to estimate the value of Answer (a)___ Without using a calculator and showing all the steps clearly, evaluate the following and leave your answer as a fraction in its lowest term. & Answer _ R] 2} 3) 7 During the IT fair, a thumb drive cost $15 and an extemal hard disk cost $80. Lucky company sold 2m thumb drives and (m + 30) external hard disks, Write down and simplify an algebraic expression for the amount, in dollars, that Lucky company camed ftom the IT fair. Answer 2) 8. Find the value of y in each of the following. a+b? @ ;givena=4,5 o) Answer (a) 2] Qe |] Simplify each of the following, showing your working clearly. ~PGp+2—4gr) @ Answer (a) &) _ © 2) BI 10. 168 boys and 180 girls are going to visit the old folks’ home as part of their service Jeaming programme, The boys and girls are to be equally divided into groups. (@) What is the largest number of groups that can be formed? (6) How many boys and girls are there in each group? Answer (a) Om boys___ girls [2] 11. With reference to the diagram below, form an equation in x and solve it to find the value ofx. Answer B] ae 12, An exterior angle of a regular n-sided polygon is 36°. Find the number of sides of the polygon. Answer — 2 (@) Given the line AB, construct AABC such that BC= 8 cm and AC= 10 em Q On the same diagram, (b) Construct the perpendicular bisector of the line BC which cuts 4B at ¥. 2) Mark Y clearly on your diagram. (©) Construct the angle bisector of ZBAC which cuts BC at Z. Ry Mark Z clearly on your diagram. (@) Measure and write down the value of ZCAY Answer to (a), (b) and (c): ee B Answer@_ EY ag OU Etter te 1 @ @ _ Factorise a? -ae. Oy Gi)__Using your answer from part (ai), find the value of 123? =123x23 a without the use of calculator. : (®) _ Factorise 2s(3r —1)~5(1-3r). pI 2. Solve the following equations (a) : RP} ) BI 3. (@) Consider the following pattern, *Dinet: ) 1d 12) 2 * Vine: 1 1 1 2 23 28) 6 * Lined: 21d a . 3.4 34) 12 L @ Write down Line 4, o) Write down Line n, which is the nth line of the sequence. 2 ® @ Find the 5" term of a sequence given that the general term of the [2] sequence is T,=8~7n. Gi) Find the value of m when 7, =~55. 2] 4. Ms Ang drove 90 km from A to B at an average speed of x km/h. She then travelled 100 km from B to C at an average speed that is 8 kan/h faster. Given that the time taken to travel both distances is the same, (@) Write down an algebraic expression for the time taken to travel from iia} AtoB. (b) Write down an algebraic expression for the time taken to travel from mw BwC. (© Form an equation in x and solve it to find (@ the speed from A to B. 2 Gi) the speed from B to C. w In the figure below, ABDE is a parallelogram, AB = BC, ZABC =78°and ZADC = 28°, A E LS B c D ‘Writing down the reasons clearly, find the value of (@) ZAED OQ ) Lae ian) © Zan it @ <44cD (3) (©) Reflex ZADE 2 End of Paper Check your answers carefully, 10 2 ZHONGHUA SECONDARY SCHOOL MID YEAR EXAMINATION 2012 Name of Pupil . ot) Class (eae Subject / Code MATHEMATICS / 4016 Level : Sec 1 Express Date : 9May 2012 Duration : 2 hours Setter Vetted by INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in. Write in-dark blue or black pen with non-erasable ink. ‘You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use correction fluid or correction tape. 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. Calculators should be used where appropriate. 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 7, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of =. Section A: If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Section B: Answer all questions. At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together. Enror in Marks Deducted | Section Marks Presentation Accutak A 50 MissingWrong Units 7] an | Total 80 ‘The marks for each question or part of a question are shown in the brackets [ ]. ‘The total mark for this paper is 80. This paper consists of 12 printed pages including this cover page. wm 1 (a) Express 216 as a product of its prime factors, leaving your answers in index notation. ©) Hence evaluate V216 (@) 216 [Mi] for factor tree or ladder method =2xP [Al], (b) 9/216 =VPxF =2x3 [Ml] forcorrect cube root =6 faq CIA ee [ps] @ oo ‘Write down and simplify an algebraic expression for each of the following: (@) Subtract 2x from the quotient of y divided by z, (&) Multiply the product of 3a and 2ab by B. yr2xe @ 2-21 or [B1] 2 (b) 3a(20b)(?) =3xax2xaxbxbxb 6a°b* Bi Answer (a) __ 0) Oo we Refer to the numbers below. -0.8, ‘Write down (@) the prime number(s). (©) the rational number(s). (@) Prime number: 3 (Bl) (©) Rational numbers: ~0.8, ‘ 3, 1 [B2} forall correct (B1] for 3 correct [BO] for 2 or less Answer (a) ns ||| (b)__ —— 2) Use a calculator to evaluate each of the following. ) 1.05)? » giving your answer correct t0"2 decimal places 6(-0. a} 3.7 , giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. = 95.01879513 M1] (0.05)? = 95.02 (2 dec. place) [A]] or [B2] (b) [3-16-co9]-s 7 .0142857 [Mi] .0143 G sig, fig.) [Al] or [B2] Answer (a) — 2) @ a4 (a) Estimate ere by rounding off each number to the nearest whole number. (b) Use your answer from part (a) to estimate the value of oe le aoe aaa (nearest whole number) {M1} @ 18 =8 [Ay [M1] (Al) Answer (2) 7 2 OI Without using a caleulator and showing all the steps clearly, evaluate the (ye following and leave your answer as a fraction in its lowest term. oboe 4 = Ie ale CI [M1 for correct working of changing of ~ sign to sign} [M1 for showing correct workings of inner brackets} 4 Jos x 0 (Al) Answer 5 During the IT fair, a thumb drive cost $15 and an external hard disk cost $80. Lucky company sold 2m thumb drives and (m + 30) external hard disks. Write down and simplify an algebraic expression for the amount, in dollars, that Lucky company eared from the IT fair. Amount earned . 5(2m) + 80(m+30) [M1] = 30m+80m +2400 10m+2400 Amount eared is $(110m + 2400) fay) Answer 2) Find the value of y in each of the following, @ 4, () y=2mn , given m ate @y 443) ee 44 pee i [M1] for correct substitution and evaluation of (-3) y [Al] (0) y=2mn i 1 =2-5) ae corn oa ¥=-16) yas fal] Answer(a)_ BY OB 6 Simplify each of the following, showing your working clearly. @ -pGp+2-4gr) ut) © uel © 4, ¥a2, duns (@) - p@p+2-4ar) =-3p?~2p+4pqr [M1] for correct sign [M1] for p correctly multiply in 2 5 2 x dxt1 x +1) __ Se ~ xQx+1) x(2x+1) _4x42-Sx x21) ees [A] [M1] for common denominator [M1] correct expression after removing bracket “3x4 = 84322) , 2044-5) E40] gor common denominator [M1] for comect expression after removing bracket tal] Answer (a) A oO @___ COSY wr 10. 168 boys and 180 girls are going to visit the old folks’ home as part of their service Jearning programme. The boys and girls are to be equally divided into groups. (@) What is the largest number of groups that can be formed? (&) How many boys and girls are there in each group? (@) 168 =2° x3x7 180 =2? x3? x5 [M1] showing the prime factorisation in index notation HCF 3 2 [Aq] (b) no. of boys = 168 + 12 =14 [Bl] No. of girls = 180+ 12 =15 (By Answer (a) ~ boys girls [2] 11. With reference to the diagram below, form an equation in x and solve it to find the value ofx. sum of interior angles =(6-2)x180° (Zsumofpolygon) [M1] = 720° 2x2 +145° 4+ 130° + 140° + x° +155°= 720° [M1] form eqn 3x? +570? = 720° [Al] 83) 12. Anexterior angle of a regular n-sided polygon is 36°. Find the number of sides of the polygon. n= 360°:36° (ext. angle sum of polygon) [M1] applying exterior angle formula n=10 on fay Answer _ @ 13. (@ _ Given the line AB, construct A4BC such that BC = 8 cm and AC = 10 cm PI On the same diagram, (b) Construct the perpendicular bisector of the line BC which cuts AB at ¥. 2) Mark ¥ clearly on your diagram, (© Construct the angle bisector of ZBAC which cuts BC at Z. 2 Mark Z clearly on your diagram. (® Measure and write down the value of ZCAY Answer to (a), (b) and (c): Answer (d)_ 4 9 Secondary School Exam Papers ee ead Section B (30 marks) 1 @ @ — Factorise a? ac. G1) Using your answer from part (ai), find the value of 123? 12323 Oo) 2 without the use of calculator, w (b) Factotise 2s(3r—1) - 51-37), 2] (ai) a” -ac = a(a~c) [Bl] (if) 123° 12323 = 1230123-23) [M1] form taking out common factor = 123(100) ~ = 12300 (An) () 2sGr—1)-S-37) 2s(3r-1)+5(3r—1) [M1] changing to common factor Br—1)Qs+5) (ay 2. Solve the following equations @ 4 1 m2 8 o sAelas B) 28-3) [MI] mulply both side by LOM [A] 2x-1 - 5 ©) x-=F s-@) 2h ais [M1] multiply both side by LOM 3x—(2x—1) =15 3x-2x41=15 [M1] Correct expression after removing brackets x=l4 [Aq 3. (a) Consider the following pattem. Line 1: Line 2: Line 3: @ Write down Line 4. ul (i) Write down Line n, which is the nth line of the sequence. 2 oe) @ Find the 5” term of a sequence given that the general term ofthe [2] sequence is 7, =8-7n. Gi) Find the value of n when 7, {2] . 1 1 ai) Line 4: 2-2 == 1 S 45° 46) Ba n (ntl) n+l) wen 1 1 G+) n+l) nel) [B1 for LHS, BI for RHS} [M1] correct substitution fay [M1] forming eqn [Al] 10 1 Ms Ang drove 90 km from A to B at an average speed of x km/h. She then travelled 100 ‘km from B to C at an average speed that is 8 km/h faster. Given that the time taken to travel both distances is the same, (@) Write down an algebraic expression for the time taken to travel from [1] AtoB. (©) Write down an algebraic expression for the time taken to travel from [1] Btoc. (©) Form an equation in x and solve it to find (the speed from A to B. 23 Gi) the speed from B to C. i) @) Time taken to travel from AtoB=22 [By (©) Time taken to travel from B to C=. iy x48 90 _ 100 x x48 90 100 j Coler9P= eer Oe [M1] for multiplying both side by the LOM = x 90(:+8) = 1002 90x-+720 = 100x 10x=720 x=7 (Speed fiom A to B is 72 kmv/h [An x+8=80 Gi) Speed from B to C is 80 kaw/h, ian u 5. Inthe figure below, ABDE is a parallelogram, AB= BC, ZABC =78°and ZADC = 28° A as B c LN D ‘Writing down the reasons clearly, find the value of, @ ep wy (0) 2D4E O] © Zan ty (d@) Z4cD BI (© Reflex Z4DE 2 (@) ZAED =78° (opp. £5 of a //gram) By (b) 2DAE = 28°" (alt. 2s, AE/I BD) [BI] (© ZBAE =180°-78° (int 25, AE//BD) = 102° (By) (@) ZBAC = (180°-78°) +2 (base Zs of aisos. 4) [M1] =s1° ZACD = 78°+51° (ext Zof A) = 129° Or ZACD =180°-51° (adj. 25 0n a st. line) [my = 129° [ay @ ZADE=102°-32° = 70° Reflex ZADE =360°-72° (Zs at a point) [M1] = 288° [ay] End of Paper Check your answers carefully. 12

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