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Ho Lap College Name :___________________________ ____

First Examination Class : __________ Class No.:

2017-2018 Teacher : HK / LI / KH / TS
(circle one)
Form Three

Mathematics Paper 1
Section A
Marks
Question-Answer Book Question No.
(1.5 hours) 1-2
This paper must be answered in English
3-4
Date: 10/01/2018 5-6
Time: 08:30 – 10:00a.m.
7-8

INSTRUCTIONS 9 - 10

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1. Write your Name, Class and Class number in
the spaces provided on this cover. Circle the 12
initial of your teacher. Section A
Total 70
2. The paper consists of section A1, A2, B.
Section A1 and A2 carries 70 marks. Section B
Section B carries 30 marks. Marks
Question No.
13
3. Attempt all questions in section A1,A2 and B.
14
4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets
15
will be supplied on request.
Section B
5. All working must be clearly shown. Total 30
6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answer
should be either exact or corrected to
Total
3 significant figures.
100
7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily
drawn to scale.
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Section A(1): (35 marks)
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.

mn
1. Make n the subject of the formula T  . (3 marks)
n

(x3 y 4 )2
2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
y 10
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3. (a) Factorize 4 x  20 xy  25 y .
2 2

(b) Hence, factorize 4 x 2  20 xy  25 y 2  10 y  4 x.

(5 marks)

4. Solve the inequality 21  12x < 5  4x and represent the solutions graphically. (5 marks)
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5. The salary of Eric was $21 900 in 2017. His salary increased at a constant rate of 4% per year
from 2012 to 2017.
(a) Find the salary of Eric in 2012.
(b) Find the increase in the salary of Eric from 2012 to 2017.
(Give your answers correct to the nearest integer.) (5 marks)

6. In ABC, AB = 3.8 cm, BC = 9 cm and AC = y cm, where y is an integer. Find the least possible
perimeter of ABC. (7 marks)
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7. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. AFC, BEC and DFE are straight lines. If ∠AFD = 104 and
∠ACD = 65, find the unknowns. (7 marks)
A D

x
104

y
B E C

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Section A(2): (35 marks)
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.
8. The following table shows the distribution of the numbers of family members of S3C students.
Number of family members 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency 5 12 15 x 2
(a) If the mean number of family members of S3C students is 3.7, find the value of x.
(b) Find the median number of family members of S3C students.
(c) Find the mode number of family members of S3C students. (6 marks)

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9. (a) A bank offers an annual simple interest rate of 10%. If John wants to have $36 800 in 1
2
year, how much does he need to deposit now? (3 marks)
(b) A sum of $7 500 is deposited in a bank at a compound interest rate of 4% per annum. Find
1
the interest received after 1 year compounded monthly.
2
(Give the answer correct to the nearest dollar.) (3 marks)
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10. The lengths of the parallel sides of a trapezium are 12 cm and 20 cm, and its height is 10 cm.

(a) Find the area of the trapezium. (2 marks)

(b) If the lengths of the parallel sides and the height of the trapezium are increased by 20% and
decreased by 10% respectively, find
(i) the new area,
(ii) the percentage change in the area. (6 marks)
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11. In the figure, BD is the angle bisector of ∠ABC, BC is an altitude of
and BD = AD.
B

A C
D
(a) Find ∠CBD.
(b) A student argues that BD is a median of . Is he correct? Explain your answer.
(8 marks)
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12. In the figure, ABC, BDE, CDF and AGFE are straight lines. Find the values of x, y and z.

(7 marks)

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Section B: (30 marks)
Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided.

13. Consider the data set 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 12.

(a) Find the mean, the median and the mode of the data set.
(b) Find the new mean, the new median and the new mode in each of the following
cases.
(i) The datum ‘0’ is inserted.
(ii) A datum ‘4’ is deleted.
(iii) All data ‘6’ are deleted.
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.) (12 marks)
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14. The charges of two plans provided by a TV company are given below:
Basic charge Additional charge per new channel
Plan A $130/month $18/month
Plan B $90/month $30/month
It is known that both plans A and B include 10 free channels. Suppose Mr. Chan wants to have x
more channels.
(a) Find the greatest number of additional channels Mr. Chan has so that plan B is cheaper.
(b) Recently, the TV company has offered a new plan C which also includes the
10 free channels same as those included in plans A and B. The charges of plan C are given
below.
Basic charge Additional charge per new channel
Plan C $1440/year $19/month
Determine which plan should Mr. Chan join if he wants to have
(i) 12 channels in total,
(ii) 18 channels in total.
Explain your answers. (10 marks)
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15. In the figure, AEFC is a straight line. AD = BC, AE = CF, AC  BE and AC  DF .

A D

B C

(a) Prove that △AFD  △CEB.

(b) Prove that ABCD is a parallelogram.
(8 marks)

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