FIRST TERM EXAMINATION (2014-2015)

Subject/Paper : Mathematics Paper 1 Exam Seat No. : ____________

Form : Four Group : ____________

Time allowed : 90 minutes Teacher : ____________

Instructions to Students:

1. Total mark for this paper is 75.

2. There are three sections in this paper which consists of 12 pages.

3. Answer ALL questions.

4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3

significant figures.

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

7. Only permitted calculators may be used.

MARKER’S USE ONLY

SECTION A(1)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7

SECTION A(2) SECTION B TOTAL

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

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SECTION A(1) (25 marks)

1. Simplify without using a calculator. (3 marks)

2. Solve the equation 3x 2 + 6x + 2 = 0 . (Leave the answers in surd form.) (4 marks)

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x2  1
3. Let f ( x)  be a function.
x 1
(a) Find the domain of f ( x) .
(b) Find f (2) , f (3a) and f ( x  1) .
(4 marks)

4. Find the coordinates of the vertex and the axis of symmetry of the graph of
y  x 2  8x  15 . (3 marks)

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(4d 2 ) 0 (c 3 d ) 2
5. Simplify and express the answer with positive indices. (4 marks)
(c  4 d 2 ) 3

6. Solve the equation 9 2 x1  27 . (3 marks)

7. Solve the equation 42 y 1  32 y 5 . (4 marks)

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SECTION A(2) (25 marks)

8. Let z  a  3i and w  2  bi , where a and b are real numbers.

(a) If z  w is real, find b. (2 marks)
(b) If zw is a purely imaginary number, find a : b . (3 marks)

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9. (a) If the quadratic equation has equal negative roots, where m is

a constant, find the value of m. (3 marks)
(b) Hence, solve . (2 marks)

10. Let f ( x)  4 x  k , where k is a constant. It is given that f (2)  7 .

(a) Find the value of k. (2 marks)
(b) Find the value of x such that f ( f ( x))  4 x  k . (3 marks)

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11. Let f ( x  2)  x 2 4 x  5 .
(a) Find f ( x) . (3 marks)
(b) If f (r )  f (r  2) , find the value of r. (2 marks)

12. In a laboratory, an experiment is conducted to study the growth of bacteria.

t
The number N of bacteria after t hours is found to be N  a  1.6 , where a is a constant.
2

In the beginning, the number of bacteria is 500.

(a) Find the value of a. (2 marks)
(b) Find the percentage change in the number of bacteria after 4 hours. (3 marks)

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SECTION B (25 marks)

13. Mr. Wong used a wooden fence for his rectangular garden of 14 m long, k m (where k is a
positive number) in width. He intended to fence his garden again in which the length is
reduced by x m and the perimeter remained unchanged. The new area of the garden
would be 88 m2.
(a) By considering the situation mentioned above, show that
.
(2 marks)
(b) If one of the roots of the equation in (a) is twice the other, find
(i) the possible value of k,
(ii) the new dimensions of the garden.
(7 marks)

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14. In the figure, the graph of the quadratic function y  ax 2  4 x  c passes through the
point P(2, 6) and cuts the x-axis at points A and B. The y-intercept and vertex of the
graph of the quadratic function are 6 and V respectively.
(a) Find the values of a and c. (2 marks) y
(b) Find the coordinates of V, A and B. (3 marks) V
(c) Find the area of the quadrilateral VABP. (3 marks) y = ax2 +4x+c
6 P(2, 6)

A B
x
0

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15. The sound intensity level L (in dB) is defined as

I
L  10 log ,
I0

where I is the sound intensity (in W / m2 ) and W / m2 .

(a) Find the sound intensity at 0 dB.

(2 marks)
2
(b) Find the sound intensity level when I = 0.8 W / m .
(2 marks)
(c) If the sound intensity level of construction site A is 30 dB higher than that of
construction site B, find the ratio of the sound intensity in construction site A to that
in construction site B. (4 marks)

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FIRST TERM EXAMINATION (2014-2015)

Subject/Paper : Mathematics Paper 2 Exam Seat No. : ____________

Form : Four Group : ____________

Time allowed : 60 minutes Teacher : ____________

Instructions to Students:
1. Total mark for this paper is 36.

2. This paper consists of 36 questions in 7 pages.

3. Answer ALL questions. All the answers should be marked on the Multiple Choice
Answer Sheet provided.

4. Note that you may only mark ONE answer to each question. Two or more answers will
score NO MARKS.

5. The figures in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

6. Each question carries one mark. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

7. Only permitted calculators may be used.

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1. Which of the following is irrational?

A.

B. 225
1
C. 6
7
D. 3

2. (5  2i)(3  4i) 
A. 23  14i
B. 7  26i
C. 7  14i
D. 23  26i

3. Which of the following is a quadratic equation in one unknown?

A.
B.

C.

D.

4. Each of the tables below shows the relation between x and y. Which of them does not
represent that y is a function of x?
A. x 1 2 B. x 1 2
y 1 2 y 2 1

C. x 1 2 D. x 1 1
y 1 1 y 1 2

5. If f ( x)  17  3x  x 2 , then 1  3 f (2) 
A. 44 .
B. 34 .
C. 27 .
D. 17 .

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6. The figure shows the graph of y = ax2 + x + b. y

2
Which of the following is correct? y = ax +x+b
A. a ＞ 0 and b ＞ 0
B. a ＞ 0 and b ＜ 0
C. a ＜ 0 and b ＞ 0
D. a ＜ 0 and b ＜ 0 x
0

1
(2 x 4 ) 2
7. Simplify 1
.

2 3
(8 x )
7
2
A. 2x
7
B. 8x 2
7
C. 2x 6
7
D. 8x 6

3
a
8. Simplify .
a2
4
A. a3
5
B. a6
1
C.
a5
1
D. 5

a6

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9. In the figure, the y-intercept of the graph of y  ka x is 2. Given that a and k are constants,
find the value of k.
A. 2
1
B.
2
1
C. 
2
D. 2

10. log x2  log x3  log x 4 =

A. 9log x
B. 24log x

C. log  x 2  x3  x 4 

D. x 2 log 1  x  x 2 

log a b
11. 
log b a
A. 1.

 log a b 
2
B. .

C. 2log a b .

ab
D. log a .
b

1
12. If log y  1  log x , then
2
A. y  100 x 2 .

y  100  x  .
2
B.

C. y 2  100 x .

D. y 2  100  x .

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13. If a and b are non-zero rational numbers, which of the following must be true?
a
I. is a rational number.
b
II. ab is an irrational number.
III. abi is a complex number.
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

14. i 2014 
A. i.
B. –1.
C. –i.
D. 1.

15. Which of the following equations has purely imaginary numbers as roots?
A. x2  2  0
B. 2 x2  3  0
C. x2  8x  4  0

D. 2x  3  0

16. If a, b and c are three non-zero constants such that , then which of the
following equations has 1 as a root?
A.
B.
C.
D.

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17. If the equation has no real roots and k is a real number, find the range of
values of k.
A.
B. k<4
C.
D. k>4

1
18. If g  x   is a function, find its domain.
x4
A. All real numbers.
B. All real numbers greater than or equal to 4.
C. All real numbers except 4.
D. All real numbers greater than 4.

19. Which of the following statements about the graph of y = (x  2)2  3 is true?
A. The x-intercept of the graph is 2.
B. The y-intercept of the graph is  3.
C. The equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph is x = 2.
D. The coordinates of the vertex of the graph are (2 , –3).

20. Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph of y = 5x2 + 30x + 12.
A. x = 1
y
B. x = 2
2
y = 5x +30x+12
C. x = 3
D. x 4

x
0

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21. Which of the following may be the graph of y  2  x  2 ?

A. B.

C. D.

x
1
22. Consider the graph of y    . Which of the following is/are true?
5
 1
I. The graph cuts the y-axis at  0,  .
 5
II. The graph lies above the x-axis.
III. The graph has reflectional symmetry about the y-axis.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only

23. Which of the following is the least?

A. 2002000
B. 10001200
C. 12001000
D. 2000200

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 ab 
24. If a  0 and b  0 , then log  a =
b 
A. ab  log a  log b  .

B. b log a  a log b .
log a  log b
C. .
ab
1 1
D. log a  log b .
b a

25. Let z and w be two complex numbers. If the real part of z is a and the real part of w is b,
which of the following must be true?
I. The real part of z  w is a  b .
II. The real part of z  w is a  b .
III. The real part of zw is ab .
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I, II and III

26. If and are the roots of the equation , find the value of
.
A.
B.
C.
D. 16

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27. Given that and are the roots of the equation .

Form a quadratic equation in x with roots and .

A.
B. x 2 + 44x + 288 = 0
C. x 2 + 36x +8 = 0
D.

28. If F ( x)  5x 2  rx  4 and F ( x)  F ( x) , where r is a constant, then F (3) 

A. 31 .
B. 38 .
C. 41 .
D. 49 .

x
29. If f (2 x  1)  x 2  x  1 and g (  1)  2 x 2  3x  4 , then g ( f (1)) 
2
A. 21 .
B. 24 .
C. 27 .
D. 30 .

30. Find the maximum area of the rectangle shown in the figure.
49
A. cm2
8
49 (5 – x) cm
B. cm2
4
169
C. cm2
8 (2x – 3) cm
169
D. cm2
4

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31. If the minimum value of y = 4x2  8x + k is 10, find the value of the constant k.
A. 10
B. 12
C. 14
D. 16

32. In the figure, the graph of y  ( x  2) 2  7 cuts the y-axis at A. V is the vertex. AB is
parallel to the x-axis. Find the area of ABV.
A. 7
B. 8
C. 10.5
D. 17.5

x

33. If 2a 2
 1  9 , then 32a x =
A. 2. y
B. 4. y = (x – 2)2 – 7

C. 8.
D. 16.
x
0
A B

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34. The figure shows the graphs of y  5 x and

x
1
y    . Which of the following line
 5
segments has the length of 1  5 a ?
A. RS
B. ST
C. TU
D. UV

1 1
35. Let x, y and z be non-zero numbers. If 2x  3y  5z , then y    
x z
1
A. .
log 3
B. log 3 .
log 7
C. .
log 3
7
D. log .
3

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36. The figure below shows the graphs of y  log a x , y  logb x and y  logc x , where a, b
and c are constants. Which of the following must be true?

Which of the following must be true?

I. a  b
II. b  c y
III. a  1
IV. c  1 y  log a x
A. I and IV only
B. II and IV only y  logb x
C. II and III only
D. I, II and IV only

x
O

y  logc x

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Answer :

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