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BALESTIER HILL SECONDARY SCHOOL

MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2013
SECONDARY ONE EXPRESS

MATHEMATICS
Paper 1

Wednesday 8 May 2013 1 hour

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, class and register number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
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 in the space below that question.
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.

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.

CALCULATOR MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER For Examiner’s Use

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This question paper consists of 8 printed pages (including this page).

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Answer ALL questions. (50 marks)

1 (a) Express 182 968 cm in kilometres and round off your answer to the nearest
kilometre.

(b) Write 0.00386 correct to one significant figure.

Answer (a) ………………….…km [2]

(b) ..…………………...…. [1]

23 3 3
2
(a) Evaluate
2+
5
3
()
×√ 5 −0 .52
.

1 2 2
6 × −1
(b) Find the value of 5 3 5 .

Answer (a) ………………….……. [2]

(b) ..…………………….... [3]

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3 (a) Express 1225 as a product of prime factors in index notation.

Hence, evaluate √ 1225.
(b) Express 3375 as a product of prime factors in index notation.
3
Hence, evaluate √ 3375 .

(c) Using your answer from (a) and (b), find the highest common factor of
3
√ 1225. and √ 3375 .

Answer (a) ……………...………... [2]

(b) ……………….………. [2]

(c) ……………….….….... [1]

4 The table below shows the temperature of five cities at night on a particular day.

City Singapore Sydney Mexico Beijing Ireland

Temperature 28 17 7 5 13
( C)

(a) Find the difference in temperature between Singapore and Ireland.

(b) The temperature of city X was exactly midway between the temperature in
Sydney and Beijing. What was the temperature in city X?

Answer (a) ……………………….. C [1]

(b) ……………………….. C [2]

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5 (a) Expand 7[(3x + 5y) – 2(4x – 8y)] ,

(b) Factorise completely 6ab – 9bc – 18 ab + 27bc.

Answer (a) …………………………. [2]

(b) ……………….................. [2]

6 At a bus stop, shuttle bus A picks up passengers at 9-minute intervals while shuttle
bus B picks up passengers at 15-minute intervals. If both buses pick up passengers at
0800, when is the next time they will arrive together to pick up passengers again?

Answer ………………................. [3]

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2( x +7 ) 5 x−2
7 −
(a) Simplify 3 4 .

(b) Determine the value of (a) when x = 5.

Answer (a) ……………………...… [3]

(b) ……………………..… [2]

8 At a bookshop, Hannah bought 2n textbooks at $m each, (2n + 1) non-fiction books at

$15.50 each and n fiction books at $7.50 each.  Write down, as simply as possible,
in terms of m and/or n, an expression for

(a)      the total number of books bought.

(b)      the total amount she paid for the fiction and non-fiction books.

(c)      the total amount she spent at the bookshop.

Answer (a) …………………….…. [1]

(b) ………………………. [2]

(c) …………………….…. [1]

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9 Given x and y are integers such that 3≤x ≤6 and −2≤ y≤3 , find

2
(a)  the greatest possible value of xy ,
1 1
+
(b)  the least possible value of x y .

Answer (a) ……………………….. [2]

(b) ……………………….. [2]

10 The tickets for a band performance at Esplanade were sold at $30, $50 and $120.  The
number of $30-tickets sold was twice the number of $50-tickets.  The number of
$120-tickets sold was 60 more than the number of $50-tickets.  The number of
$50-tickets sold was x. $37 100 was received from the sales of tickets.

(a)      Form an equation in x and solve the equation.

(b)      Hence, find the total number of tickets that were sold.

Answer (a) ……………………….. [2]

(b) ………...……… tickets [2]

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11 In the diagram, AC is parallel to FD, and ABC and CDE are straight lines. Given that
EDF = 76, FDA = 42 and DBC = 74, find the value of x, y and z.

x°
E
42°
B y° 76°
74°
z° D
C

Answer (a) x = ……………….….… [1]

(b) y = ……………….….… [2]

(c) z = ……………….….… [1]

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12  In the diagram, PQRS is a straight line. Given that PU is parallel to QT,
TRS = 108. UPR = k  8 and QTR = k. Find

(a) the value of k,

(b) UPR

T
k°

108°
k - 8°
P Q R S

Answer (a) k = …….…….……...…. [2]

(b) UPR = .…….……….. [1]

13 In the diagram, BD is a straight line.  Find the value of

(a)      x, B

(b)      y. A 2x°
  y° 130°
x°

Answer (a) x = ….…………………. [1]

(b) y = ….…….………..… [2]

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