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Term Three Assessment (2020 / 21)

G11 MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part


PAPER 1
Question-Answer Book
Time: 8:30 am - 10:45 am ( 2 1 4 hours )
Date: 29 June 2021 Name:
This paper must be answered in English
Class (Class No.): 11 ( )
INSTRUCTIONS
Marker’s Use ONLY
1. After the announcement of the start of the
examination, you should first write your Section A(1)
Name, Class and Class Number in the (35) /35
space provided on Page 1. Section A(2)
(35) /35
2. This paper consists of THREE sections,
A(1), A(2) and B. Paper 1 Section B
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3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper.
Write your answers in the spaces
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provided in this Question-Answer Book. Total
Do not write in the margins. Answers
written in the margins will not be Exam /60
marked. (90) Section A
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4. Graph paper and supplementary answer
sheets will be supplied on request. Write Section B
your Name, Class and Class Number on Paper 2 (15) /15
each sheet, and fasten them with string (30)
INSIDE this book.
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6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical Total


answers should be either exact or correct /90
to 3 significant figures. Quiz
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7. The diagrams in this paper are not
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necessarily drawn to scale.
CHP (2) /2
8. No extra time will be given to candidates (10) HW
for writing Name, Class and Class (2) /2
Number or filling in the question number
boxes after the ‘Time is up’ Total
announcement. /10

Total (100)
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Section A(1) (35 marks)
2m + 3 4n − 1
1. Make m the subject of the formula = . (3 marks)
5 3

x3 y
2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( x−4 y3 )
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3. (a) Round up 316.297 to the nearest integer.
(b) Round down 316.297 to 1 decimal place.
(c) Round off 316.297 to 2 significant figures.
(3 marks)

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4. A box contains n white balls, 16 blue balls and 9 red balls. If a ball is randomly drawn from the
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box, then the probability of drawing a blue ball is . Find the value of n. (3 marks)
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5. Factorize
(a) 6 p 2 − 5 pq − 4q 2 ,
(b) 6 p 2 − 5 pq − 4q 2 − 15 p + 20q .
(4 marks)

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6. Consider the compound inequality

7x − 3
2x − 3  and 4 + x  −1 ………………………….(*)
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(a) Solve (*).
(b) Write down the greatest positive integer satisfying (*).
(4 marks)
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7. The coordinates of the points A and B are (–4, –2) and (3, 5) respectively. A is rotated
anticlockwise about the origin O through 90 to A'. B is translated leftwards by 10 units to B'.

(a) Write down the coordinates of A' and B'.


(b) Prove that AB is perpendicular to A'B'.
(5 marks)

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8. In ABC, a = 9, b = 10 and c = 6. A
(a) Find ABC .
(b) Find the area of ABC. 6
10

(5 marks)

B 9 C
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9. In the figure, AC is a diameter of the circle ABCP. AP produced and BC produced meet at D.
ADC = 36 and PBC = 28.
(a) Find ∠ACB.
(b) Find ∠BPC.
(5 marks)
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Section A(2) (35 marks)
10. It is given that y is the sum of two parts. One part varies as the square of x and the other part is
a constant. When x = −1 , y = 1 and when x = 2 , y = −11 .
(a) Express y in terms of x. (3 marks)
(b) Find x when y = −31 . (2 marks)
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11. The following table shows the distribution of the numbers of the rooms at home of some families.

Number of
1 2 3 4 5
rooms
Number of
k 2 8 7 6
families

It is given that k is a positive integer.


(a) If the mode of the distribution is 3, write down
(i) the least possible value of k;
(ii) the greatest possible value of k.
(2 marks)
(b) If the median of the distribution is 3, write down
(i) the least possible value of k;
(ii) the greatest possible value of k.
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(2 marks)
(c) Write down the mean of the distribution if k = 5. (1 mark)

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12. The box-and-whisker diagram shows the weights (in g) of books in a library.

400 500 600 700 800 900 1 000


Weight (g)

(a) Find the median, the range and the inter-quartile range of the weights of the books.
(4 marks)
(b) Peter buys two more books to the library. The weights of the books are 575g and 1100g
respectively. Write down
(i) the new range, and
(ii) the new median of the weights of the books in the library.
(2 marks)
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13. Let f(x) = 2 x3 + 3x2 + x + c , where c is a constant. When f(x) is divided by x − 2 , the
remainder is 24.
(a) Is x – 1 a factor of f(x) ? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
(b) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f(x) = 0 are real numbers. Is the claim
correct? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
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14. The circle C passes through the point B(−7, 11) and the centre of C is the point G(1, – 4).
(a) Find the equation of C. (3 marks)
(b) P is a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that BP = GP. Denote the
locus of P by Γ.
(i) Describe the geometric relationship between Γ and the line segment BG.
(ii) Find the equation of Γ.
(3 marks)
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15. Two ships A and B leave port P at the same time. Ship A travels at 50 km/h in the direction 075
and ship B travels at 90 km/h in the direction 160.

After two hours, find


(a) the distance between two ships, (4 marks)
(b) the true bearing of A from B. (3 marks)
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Section B (35 marks)
16. The standard deviation of the distribution of the heights of a class of students is 4 cm. The
standard scores of Alan and Betty are 1.25 and –2.8 respectively. Alan is 170 cm tall.
(a) Find the height of Betty. (3 marks)
(b) A student claims that the range of the distribution is at most 16 cm. Is the claim correct?
Explain your answer. (2 marks)
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17. The stem-and-leaf diagram shows the weights (in g) of 20 eggs.
Stem (10 g) Leaf (1 g)
4 2 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 9 x
5 0 0 0 2 y 6 7 7
6 1 z
The range and the inter-quartile range of the weights of the eggs are 23 g and 8 g respectively.
(a) Find x, y and z. (5 marks)
(b) An egg with weight less than 49 g is said to be light. If 4 eggs are randomly chosen from
these 20 eggs, find the probability that less than 3 light eggs are chosen. (3 marks)
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18. The equation of the parabola Γ is y = 2 x2 + 3kx − 6 x − 4k + 3 , where k is a real constant. Denote
the straight line y = 5 by L.

(a) Prove that L and Γ intersect at two distinct points. (4 marks)


(b) The points of intersection of L and Γ are P and Q.
(i) Let p and q be the x-coordinates of P and Q respectively. Prove that
9k 2 − 4k + 52
( p − q) =
2
.
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(ii) Is it possible that the distance between P and Q is less than 7? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)
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19. AOB is a thin triangular metal sheet, where AO = 48 cm, AB = 33 cm and ∠AOB = 39 . It is
given that ∠ABO is an obtuse angle.
(a) Find ∠ABO. (2 marks)
(b) In the figure, the thin metal sheet AOB is held such that only the vertex O lies on the
horizontal ground. P and Q are points lying on the horizontal ground vertically below the
vertices A and B respectively. AB produced meets the horizontal ground at the point R. A
craftsman finds that AP = 12 cm and BQ = 3 cm.
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(i) Find the distance between B and R.
(ii) Find the area of ΔAOR.
(iii) Find the inclination of the thin metal sheet AOB to the horizontal ground.
(iv) The craftsman claims that the area of ΔPOR is less than 480 cm2. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(11 marks)

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