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ST. PAUL’S COLLEGE

F.1 Final Examination 2014 – 2015
Mathematics

Time allowed: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Instructions :
1. Answer ALL questions in Section A and Section B.
2. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
3. Calculator is NOT allowed to be used in this examination.

Section A

Part I: Multiple Choice Questions (30 marks)

Answer ALL questions on the question answer book for Section A provided.

1. Consider the patterns in the following figure.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th

Find the number of dots in the 9th pattern.
A. 56
B. 64
C. 65
D. 74

2. 42.1  40
Which of the following method(s) allow(s) you to obtain the above approximate value?
I Rounding off
II Rounding up
III Front-end method
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III only

3. The cost $C of making some birthday cards is a function of the number n of birthday cards
made, and C = 52 + 1.5n. If 62 birthday cards are made, find the cost.

A. $53.5
B. $93
C. $114
D. $145

4. The number of vertices and the number of edges of a convex polyhedron are 18 and 27
respectively. How many faces are there in this polyhedron?
A. 9
B. 11
C. 13
D. 15

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5. In the figure, straight lines AB, CD and EF intersect with GK at H, I
and J respectively. Which of the following is true?
A. AB // CD
B. AB // EF
C. CD // EF
D. There are no parallel lines in the figure.

6.  5%12% 
A. 60%
B. 6%
C. 0.6%
D. 0.06%

7. If the polar axis and the pole in the polar coordinate plane coincide with the positive x-axis
and the origin in the rectangular coordinate plane respectively, then the rectangular
coordinates of polar coordinates (2 , 180) are
A. (2 , 0).
B. (0 , 2).
C. (0 , 2).
D. (2 , 0).

8. In the figure, E is a point on AC. Find x.

A. 3
B. 3.5
C. 4
D. 4.5

9. In a rectangular coordinate plane, the coordinates of a point and its image are (1 , 4)
and (4 , 1) respectively. Which of the following is/are the possible transformation(s)
involved?
I. Translate 5 units to the left and 3 units downward.
II. Translate 3 units to the left and 5 units upward.
III. Rotate clockwise about the origin O through 90°.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only

10. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the time taken for a group of students to finish a
100 m race.
Time taken for a group of students
to finish a 100 m race
Stem (1 s) Leaf (0.1 s)
14 7 8 9 9
15 0 1 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9
16 1 2 4 7 9 9
Find the percentage of students who can finish a 100 m race within 16 s.

A. 30%
B. 70%
C. 75%
D. 80%

End of Section A Part I

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