QUEEN’S COLLEGE Class

Yearly Examination, 2010-2011

Class Number

Mathematics
Question-Answer Book
Teacher’s Use Only
th
Secondary 3 Date: 14 June, 2011 Question No. Max. marks Marks
Time: 8:30 am – 10:00 am
Section A

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4 10

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1. Write your class, class number in the spaces provided
on this cover. 7 8
2. This paper consists of TWO sections, A and B.
Section A carries 80 marks. Section B carries 40 8 8
marks.
Sub-total
3. Attempts ALL questions in this paper. Write your
answers in the spaces provided in this Question-
Answer Book. Section B
4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should
either be exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
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5. All the working steps should be shown clearly. 10 20

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to

scale. Sub-total

7. Total marks in this paper is 120. Total 120

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SECTION A Short Questions. (80 marks)

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1. (a) Simplify , and express the answer with positive indices (5 marks)
a 2 b 3
(b) Find the value of p if x p  x3 x4 x . (5 marks)
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2. A, B and C share a sum of money. Initially, A takes 50% and B takes 30% of the sum. After some discussion,
they agree that A and B decrease their shares by 20% and 10% respectively. Find the percentage increase in
C’s share. (8 marks)
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3. Given a triangle ABC with A = (-1, 8), B = (2, -1) and C = (6, 7).
P is the mid-point of BC and Q is a point on AP such that 3AQ = 2QP.
(a) What is the ratio of AQ : QP? (2 marks)
(b) Find the coordinates of P. (4 marks)
(c) Find the coordinates of Q. (6 marks)
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4. A w o o d e n l a d d e r s t a n d s o n l e v e l
ground. It consists of two sections PQ
and PR in which they are connected by
a metal bar AB (being horizontal). The
s e c t i o n s P Q a n d P R i n c l i n e a t
6 a8 n d w8 i 0 t h t h e g r o u n d
r e s p e c t i v e l y. P i s 2 m a b o v e t h e g r o u n d
and is 75cm from the bar AB.
(a) Find the length of sections PQ and PR. (4 marks)
(b) Find the length of the bar AB. (3 marks)
(c) How far apart are the feet on the ground level? (3 marks)
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5. The figure shows a solid, whose upper part is a cone, and lower part is a
hemisphere of same radius r cm. It is given that the height of the cone is h cm Its
vertical angle is 60.
(a) Find r : h and express your answer in surd form. (2 marks)
(b) Find the volume ratio of the cone to the hemisphere in surd
form. (4 marks)
(c) If the total volume of the solid is 9( 3  2) cm3, find the volume of the
hemisphere in terms of  . Hence, find the value of r. (6 marks)
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6. The figure shows a square based solid right N

frustum, where AB =16 cm, PQ = 4 cm and VN=3cm P

M Q C
D

(a) Find NY. (3 marks)

Y
(b) Find the volume of the frustum. (4 marks)
(c) Total surface area of the frustum (5 marks) A X B
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7. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. AME and FNC are straight

lines. Given that BM = MN = ND, show that AECF is a
parallelogram. (8 marks)
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8. (a) Solve the inequality  4 x  1. (2 marks)

(b) Solve the inequality 5 x  1  7( x  1) (4 marks)
(c) Give all the integers satisfying both inequalities  4 x  1 and 5 x  1  7( x  1) (2 marks)
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SECTION B Long Questions. (40 marks)
9. In the figure, the volume of the metal cube is six times the volume of metal right circular cone.
1 metal cube and 4 metal circular cones are melted and recast to form a sphere.

( Take  = 3.14 and give all answers in 3 sig. Fig.)

a cm

a cm
9 cm

(a) Find the volume of the cube. (2 marks)

(b) Find the volume of the metal right circular cone. (2 marks)
(c) Find a. (5 marks)
(d) Find the radius of the sphere. (7 marks)
(e) Find the surface area of the sphere. (4 marks)
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10. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram, AC and BD

meet at O , E is the mid-point of BC, AE cuts BD at F.

(a) Show that FBE  FDA, (4 marks)

(b) Show that AF = 2EF (4 marks)

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(c) Show that OF = BD (4 marks)
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(d) Show that BF = BD. (4 marks)
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(e) Show that area of ABF : area of ADF = 1:2 (4 marks)

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