ACS (INTERNATIONAL)

END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS 2020 – YEAR 1

CANDIDATE
NAME

SUBJECT 1-Ma – U/ V/ W / X / Y / Z/ 1B TUTOR’S

GROUP NO. NAME Mr Fillary / Ms Tan/
(circle one) (circle Mrs M Praeman / Mrs D See
one)

CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS

Paper 1 27 October 2020
35 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST For Examiner’s

Use
Write your Name on all the work you hand in. 1
Write in blue or black pen.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. 2
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. 3
4
Answer all the questions.
CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER. 5
All answers should be given in their simplest form. 6
You must show all the relevant working to gain full marks and you will be given
marks for correct methods even if your answer is incorrect. 7
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part 8
question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 30. 9
10
11
Total

This question paper consists of 7 printed pages.

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1 Consider the following numbers:

•
− 3, 15, 1.2 , 121, 37, 
Write down

(a) a square number,

Answer (a) [1]

(b) a prime number,

Answer (b) [1]

(c) an irrational number.

Answer (c) [1]

2 Express 2078.0623 to

(a) the nearest 100,

Answer (a) [1]

(b) 3 significant figures .

Answer (b) [1]

3 Estimate the value of

3
127 − 17
.
3.95

Answer [2]

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4 If a = −2 and b = 5 , find the value of b − 3a 2 .

Answer [2]

5 Fill in the boxes with the appropriate signs: <, > or =.

(a) 0  2  (−3) 1 0 [1]

(b) −9 0.9 [1]

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6 Arrange the following in descending order.

1 • 2
67% , , 0.6 7,
6 3

Answer [2]

7 x + 2y 2 y
Given that = , find the value of .
3x − 2 y 5 x

Answer [2]

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8 Expand and simplify −5 + 4 (1 − 2b ) − ( 3 + b ) .

Answer [3]

9 ABCDE is part of a regular n-sided polygon with an interior angle of 156  .

B C
A
D
156 

Find the value of n.

Answer n = [2]

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10 Paul and his friends were trying to see who could catch the most bugs in a day.
They recorded their information in the pictograph below.

Bug Catching Contest

Paul
Henry
John
Tom
Dave
Bob
Oliver
40
= 4 Bugs

(a) How many more bugs did Tom catch compared to Henry?

Answer (a) bugs [1]

(b) What is the percentage difference between the number of bugs caught by John
and Paul?

Answer (b) % [1]

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11 The graph below shows the point C and the straight lines AB and DE.

(a) Find the gradient of line AB.

Answer (a) [1]

(b) Write down

(i) the coordinates of C,

Answer (i) ( , ) [1]
(ii) the equation of line AB,

Answer (b) (ii) [1]

(iii) the equation of line DE.

Answer (b) (ii) [1]

(c) (i) A table of values for y = − x + 7 is given. State the value of m.

x 2 4 10
y m 3 −3

Answer (c) (i) m= [1]

(ii) Plot and label the graph of y = − x + 7 on the given axes. [2]

(iii) State the coordinates where y = − x + 7 cuts the line AB.

Answer (c) (iii) ( , ) [1]

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Answers 2020 Paper 1

1 (a) 121
(b) 37
(c) 
2 (a) 2100
(b) 2080

3 1
4

4 −7
5 (a) =
(b) <
6 • 2 1
0.67 , 67% , ,
3 6
7 y 1
=
x 14

8 −4 − 9b

9 15

10 (a) 16
(b) 100 or 50

11 (a) 1
2
(b)(i) (0, − 2)
(ii) 1
y = x−2
2
(iii) x=4
(c)(i) 5
(iii) (6 , 1)

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 ACS (INTERNATIONAL)

END OF YEAR EXAMINATIONS 2020 – YEAR 1

CANDIDATE
NAME

SUBJECT 1-Ma – U/ V/ W / X / Y / Z/1B TUTOR’S

Mr Fillary / Ms Tan /
GROUP NO. NAME
Mrs M Praeman / Mrs D See
(circle one) (circle one)

CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL MATHEMATICS

Paper 2 27 October 2020
1 hour 25 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

Additional Materials: Electronic Calculator

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST For Examiner’s Use

Write your Name on all the work you hand in. 1
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. 2
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. 3
Answer all questions. 4
Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal
5
place in the case of angles in degrees, unless a different level of accuracy is
specified in the question. 6
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.
7
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part 8
question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 70. 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
Total

This question paper consists of 16 printed pages.

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1 (a) Express 784 as a product of its prime factors, giving your answer in index
notation.

Answer (a) [2]

(b) Given that 784k is a perfect cube, find the value of k.

(ii) (iii)

Answer (b) k = [2]

(c) Given that 4116 = 22  3  73 , find the LCM of 784 and 4116 giving your answer
in index notation.

Answer (c) [1]

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2 (a) Find the ratio of 0.4 kg to 25 g in its simplest form.

Answer (a) [2]

(b) Convert 16 m/s to km/h.

Answer (b) km/h [2]

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3 Adam is x years old. Betty is 4 years older than Adam. Charles is 3 years older than Betty.
The sum of their ages is 41.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for

(i) Betty’s age,

Answer (a) (i) [1]

(ii) Charles’ age.

Answer (a) (ii) [1]

(a) Form an equation in x and solve it.

Answer Answer
(a) (a) x= [2]

(b) How old will Betty be in 5 years’ time?

Answer (b) years old [1]

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4 In the diagram, DEF, BEC and ADG are straight lines. BA is parallel to FD.
ABC = 41, BAD = 102 and CDG = 43.

NOT TO SCALE.

State all reasons and show your working clearly.

(a) Find EDC .

Answer (a) EDC =  [2]

(b) Hence or otherwise, find BCD .

Answer (b) BCD =  [3]

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5 A motorcyclist leaves for a journey of 119 km at 08 30 and arrives at his destination at

10 15.

(a) Find the time taken to travel to his destination,

Answer (a) h [1]

(b) On the return journey, the motorist leaves at 12 55 and drove back to his starting
point at a speed of 51 km/h. Calculate

(i) the time he reached his starting point.

Answer (b) (i) [2]

(ii) the average speed for his whole journey.

Answer (b) (ii) km/h [2]

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6 1
Laura sells 3 litre-tins of paint in her shop for S$19.95 each.
2
(a) If the exchange rate of Singapore dollar to Malaysian Ringgit is S$1 = RM3.018,
how much would this same tin of paint cost in Malaysia Ringgit.

Answer (a) RM [1]

(b) What is the selling price for 1 litre of paint in Singapore dollars?

Answer (b) S$ [1]

(c) Mohan buys one can of the paint and decides to transfer it into small tubs each
with a capacity of 0.125 litres. How many small tubs of paint can he get?

Answer (c) tubs [1]

(d) He then decides to sell each tub of paint at S$2.35. Find the profit as a percentage
of the cost price, giving your answer to the nearest percent.

Answer (d) % [2]

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5x − 1 x − 8 7 x + 22
7 (a) Simplify − and show that it reduces to .
3 2 6

[2]

5x − 1 x − 8 10
(b) Hence, solve − = − .
3 2 3

Answer (b) x= [2]

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8 Mr Watt bought a car for $x in January 2010. The car depreciates by 2% for the first 2
years. After 2 years, the car depreciates by 5% every year. The value of the car is now
worth only $168790.30 in 2013. Find the value of x.

Answer x = [3]

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9 In a Covid-19 outreach event, Sause Bakery packs 480 sausage buns, 720 tuna rolls and
300 doughnuts to make as many goody bags of food as possible for distribution to needy
families. Each goody bag has the same number of sausage buns, tuna rolls and
doughnuts.

(a) Find the greatest number of bags that can be packed.

Answer (a) [2]

(b) How many doughnuts are there in each bag?

Answer (b) [1]

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10 x + 1
10 (a) Solve the inequality  3x .
3

Answer (a) [2]

(b) Represent the solution on the number line shown in the answer space.
Draw the line with a pencil and ruler.

x
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 [1]

(c) State the smallest odd number.

Answer (c) [1]

11 The figure shows a parallelogram ABCD where AB = 42 cm and BC = 8 cm.

If DE = 25, find
25 cm
D E

NOT TO SCALE.
C
A 8 cm

42 cm
Find B
T
(a) area of the parallelogram,

Answer (a) cm 2 [1]

(b) the length of CT.

Answer (b) cm [1]

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12 Susan wishes to invest $50000 over a period of 4 years into two different investment
plans.

Plan A offers compound interest of 6% per annum.

Plan B offers simple interest of 6.75% per annum.

Which plan should she invest in to gain a higher interest? Show your working clearly
and explain which plan she should choose..

Answer [4]

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13 In the figure, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, BCG is an isosceles triangle and

CBG = 36 ,  HLJ is an equilateral triangle, DHL is a straight line and CD // LJ.

A B
NOT TO SCALE.
36 G
L
H
F C

E D
J
A
(a) Find

(i) CDL

Answer (a) (i)  [1]

(ii) BCD

Answer (a) (ii)  [1]

(iii) DCG

Answer (a) (iii)  [2]

(b) Is the line CG is parallel to the line DL? Give explanations to support your answer.
Yes/ No Circle your answer.

Explanations :…………….……………………………………………………..…

……………………………………………………………………………..….…… .
[2]

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14 The pie chart illustrates the monetary distribution to the various charity organisations in
the recent fund-raising drive by Giving from the Heart.

(a) What percentage of the money raised was donated to Children’s Dream?

Answer (a) % [1]

(b) Find the value of x.

Answer (b) x= [2]

(c) Given that $150000 was donated to HOME, find the amount that Jolly Seniors
received through the fund-raising drive.

Answer (c) $ [2]

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15 A certain model of laptop is priced at $1890. Billy bought the laptop on hire purchase
scheme. He paid a down payment of 20% and the remaining amount in monthly
instalments over 2 years at a simple interest rate of 8% per year.
Find

(a) the amount of money Billy paid as down payment,

Answer (a) $ [1]

(b) the amount of interest paid,

Answer (b) $ [2]

(c) his monthly instalment.

Answer (c) $ [2]

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16 The figure below shows a trapezium PQRS has an area of 112 cm 2 .

PQ is parallel to SR, PQ = 15 cm, QR = 9 cm and RS = 13 cm.

NOT TO SCALE.

Calculate
(a) the height of the trapezium PS,

Answer (a) cm [2]

(b) A semi-circle of radius 3 cm is cut from the trapezium.

13 cm

NOT TO SCALE.

Find the perimeter of the shaded region.

Answer (b) cm [3]

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1 (a) 24  7 2

(b) k = 2  7 = 28
2

(c) 24  3  73

2 (a) 400:25
16:1
(b) 3
57.6 or 57
5

3 (a)(i) x+4
(ii) x+7 or (x + 4) + 3
(b) x + x + 4 + x + 7 = 41
3x = 41 −11
x =10
(c) 19

4 (a) 59
(b) = 80
5 (a) 3
1.75 or 1 h
4
(b)(i) 15 15 or 3 15pm

(ii) 119  2
3
6
4
= 35.3

6 (a) 19.95  3.018 = 60.21 2 dp

or 60.2 3 sf
(b) 19.95
= 5.70
3.5
(c) 28
(d) 230

7 (a) 7 x + 22
=
6
(b) −6

8 185000
9 (a) 60
(b) 5

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10 (a) 10x + 1  9x
x  −1
(b)

−1 3 x

(c) −1

11 (a) 200
(b) 16
4.76190… = 4.76 or 4
21

12 4
 6 
Plan A: 50000 1 +  = 63123.848
 100 
Interest = 13123.85

50000  6.75  4
Plan B: = 13500
100

Since 13500 > 13123.85 oe

Choose Plan B

13 (a)(i) 60
(ii) 120
(iii) 132 
(b) CDH + DCG = 192  180
Not parallel

14 (a) 4
44.444…. = 44.4 or 44
9
(b) 5
(c) 1 162 500

15 (a) 378
(b) 241.92
(c) 73.08

16 (a) 8
(b) = 39 + 3 or 48.42477…= 48.4

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