Ling Liang Church M H Lau Secondary School

2002-03 First Term Examination

S5 Mathematics
Paper II
Date:2-12-2002 No. of Pages:6
Name of Student: Full Mark: 36
S5 Class No.: Time allowed: 1 hr

Instructions:
1. All questions carry equal marks.
2. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You should mark all your answers on the Answer
Sheet.
3. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one
answer, you will receive NO MARKS for that question.
4. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.
5. Students are allowed to use calculator.

Formulas For Reference

SPHERE Surface area = 4πr 2

4 3
Volume = πr
3
CYLINDER Area of curved surface = 2πrh
Volume = πr 2 h
CONE Area of curved surface = πrl
1 2
Volume = πr h
3
PRISM Volume = base area x height
1
PYRAMID Volume = x base area x height
3

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There are 24 questions in Section A and 12 questions in Section B. The diagrams in this
paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

Section A
1. Solve x2 - 3x – 18 ≤ 0.
6. Two cards are drawn randomly one
A. –3≤ x ≤ 6 by one without replacement from
B. –2 ≤ x ≤ 9 four cards numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4
C. x ≤ –3 or x ≥ 6 respectively. Find the probability that
D. x ≤ –2 or x ≥ 9 the sum of the numbers drawn is
even.

1
2. If a < b < 0, then which of the A.
following must be true? 6
I. a 2 < b 2 1
B.
II. 3a < 3b 4
1
III.
1 1
<
C.
3
a b
1
D.
2
A. I only
B. II only
7. A box contains 5 eggs, 3 of which
C. III only
are rotten. If 2 eggs are chosen at
D. I and II only
random, find the probability that
exactly one of them is rotten.
3. How many integers x satisfy the
inequality 6x2 – 7x – 20 ≤ 0 ? 2
A.
5
A. 1
3
B. 2 B.
5
C. 3
3
D. 4 C.
10
6
4. Find the range of values of k such D.
25
that the equation x2 + (k – 2)x + 1 =
0 has no real root.
8. Two fair dice are thrown. What is the
probability of getting a total of 7or
A. 0<k<4
12?
B. 0≤k≤4
C. k < 0 or k > 4 1
A.
D. k ≤ 0 or k ≥ 4 36
5
B.
5. Two fair dice are thrown. Find the 36
probability that a least one “5” C. 7
occurs. 36
D. 1
1 4
A.
3
1 9. The 1st and 10th terms of an
B.
6 arithmetic sequence are 2 and 29
C. 11 respectively. The 15th term of the
36 sequence is
7
D.
36 A. 44.
B. 46.
C. 48.
D. 50.

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10. Find the sum of the arithmetic 15. The sum to infinity of a geometric
series of 3 + 1 − 1 − ..... − 101 series is 8. If the first term is 4, find
A. -2597 the common ratio.
B. -2178
C. -3457 A. −
1
D. –5324 2
B. 1
−
4
11. Which of the following could be
1
geometric sequence/geometric C.
sequences? 4
I. 9, 19, 29, 39, … 1
D.
II. 9, 99, 999, 9999, … 2
III. 10, −100, 1000, −10000, ...
16. Find the sum of all the multiples
A. III only of 6 between 100 and 300
B. I and II only inclusive.
C. I and III only
D. II and III only A. 5 100
B. 6 333
12. If x, y, z are in geometric sequence, C. 6 633
which of the following must be D. 6 834
true?
I. x - 3, y - 3, z - 3 are in 17. The mean of a set of 9 numbers is 10.
geometric sequence. If the mean of the first 4 numbers is
II. 3x, 3y, 3z are in 5, the mean of the other five number
geometric sequence. is
III. x3 , y3, z3 are in geometric
sequence. A. 10.
B. 12.
A. II only C. 14.
B. III only D. 16.
C. I and II only
D. II and III only 18. There are two classes of forty
students each. The cumulative
13. If the common difference of the frequency curves A and B in the
arithmetic sequence a1, a2, a3, … is figure show the distributions
d, then the common difference of of the heights of these students.
Heights of the students
A.P. 4a1 + 3, 4a2 + 3, 4a3 + 3, … is
40
A. 4d+3.
B. 3. 30

C. d. 20
D. 4d.
10
A B
14. In an arithmetic series, the 8th 0
term is 11. Find the sum of the Height (cm)
first 15 terms. Which of the following must be
true?
A. 160 I. The median of A < the
B. 165 median of B
C. 170 II.The range of A < the range
D. 175 of B
III.The inter-quartile range
of A <the inter-quartile
range of B.

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. I and III only

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19. The standard score of a 24. In the figure, ∆ ABC is inscribed
student scoring 70 marks is 0.8. in a circle. If AB: BC:CA = 4 :
If the standard deviation of the 3 : 2, find ∠ BAC.
distribution is 6.25 marks, find A
the mean mark. A. 60 °
B. 65 °
A. 55
C. 70 °
B. 59
C. 65 D. 75 ° C

D. 71 B

20. The following table shows the

distribution of the heights of
30 students.
Height (cm) Frequency
120–129 5
130–139 15
140–149 10

Find the weighted mean.

A. 136.2 cm, cor. to 1 d.p.

B. 131.7 cm, cor. to 1 d.p.
C. 136.7 cm, cor. to 1 d.p.
D. 140.7 cm, cor. to 1 d.p.

21. In a certain game, the probability

that John will win is 0.3. If he plays
the game 3 times, find the
probability that he will lose all the
games.
A. 0.27
B. 0.027
C. 0.343
D. 0.0343

22. In the figure, O is the centre of

the circle. Find x .
A. 30 °
x
B. 40 °
120°
C. 50 °
D. 70 ° O 50°

23. In the figure, ABCD is inscribed

in a circle. a + b + c + d =
B

b c C

A. 90 ° . A a
B. 180 ° .
C. 210 ° . d

D. 255 ° . D

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Section B
29. In the figure, O is the centre of the
25. If the geometric mean of two circle. AP, AB and BR are tangents to
positive numbers a and b is 10, then the circle at P, Q and R respectively.
log a + log b = Which of the following must be true?

A. 1.
B. 2.
C. 10.
D. 100.

26. Find the mean deviation of the

five numbers 3, 5, -5, 0,-3.

A. 2.2 I. AP + BR = AB
B. 3.2 II. OQ bisects ∠AOB
C. 4.2 1
III. ∠AOB = ∠POR
D. 5.2 2
A. I only
27. In the figure, AT is tangent to the B. I and II only
circle at T and ABC is a straight line. C. I and III only
Find AT. D. II and III only

30. In the figure, if ∠ ACE = 40 ° ,

find w + x + y + z .

A. 140 ° C
B. 150 °
x y
40°
A. 9 cm C. 160 ° D
B
B. 12 cm D. 180 °
C. 15 cm w z
D. 16 cm E
A

28. In the figure, PA is tangent to the

circle at A, ∠CAP = 28° and BA = 31. In the figure, CE is tangent to the
BC. Find x.
circle at C . Find ∠DCE .

A. 28°
B. 48°
A. 40°
C. 56°
B. 42°
D. 62°
C. 49°
D. 54°

32. The standard deviation of the

four numbers a-4, a+3, 0, a+3,
a+4 is
A. 10
B. 7
C. 5
D. 3

33.
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 y (x, y) is a point lying in the region
OABCD (including the boundary).
6

0
x
1 2 3 4 5 6
–1

The shaded region (including the

boundary) represents the solution A. 15
of B. 13
 x≥0 C. 12
 D. 9
A.  x + y ≥ 6 .
 y ≥ 2x 36. If b < 0 and c < 0, which of the

following shaded regions may
 x≥0
 represent the solution of
B. x + y ≤ 6 . x + by + c ≥ 0 ?
 y ≤ 2x

 y≥0

C. x + y ≥ 6 .
 y ≥ 2x

 y≥0

D. x + y ≤ 6 .
 y ≤ 2x


34. Which of the following points

lies in the solution region of
y ≥ 2x − 3

2 x − 3 y + 11 ≥ 0 ?
2 x + 3 y ≥ 7

A. (0 , 5)
B. (1 , 3)
C. (2 , 0)
D. (3 , 2)

35. Find the greatest value of 3x + 2y if

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