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    ond Specimen eli) Time allowed: 2 hours PAPER | Answer all the questions. Calculators may be used in this paper. 1. (@)_ Find the HCF of 36, 48 and 72. . (b) Find the smallest possible value of a whole number y if it leaves a remainder of 3 when divided by 4, 10 or 15. 2. Some Primary 6 students of a school sat for the final Mathematics examination. 90% of them passed and 30 students failed, (@_ Find the number of students who sat for the Mathematics examination. (b) The number of students who were absent was 33% of the number of students who passed the Mathematics examination. Find the total number of Primary 6 students in the school. 3. (@) Simplify the following and express your answers with positive indices. (i) 24y? + 327, Gi) Cary 'Y arty? (b) Show that 3**? + 9* is a multiple of 7 for all positive integer values of x, 4, The general term of a sequence is T, = an - 9. (@) Find the value of a if the 12th term of the sequence is 147, (b) The mean of 3 consecutive terms of the sequence is 69. Find the 3 terms, 5. Itis given that x’ and y are in direct proportion. If the difference in the value; - x= 3 is 24.5, find S of y when x = 5 and when (a) an equation connecting x and y, (b) the value of y when x = 6, (©) the value of x when y = 250. 6. A 600 m straight road is represented on a map by a 7.5 cm line segment, (@) Express the scale of the map in the form of 4, (b) The distance between two MRT stations on the map is 31 cm. Find thei The ind their actual distance apart in (©) The actual area of afield is 14 400 m. Find the area ofthe field on the map, Scanned with CamScanner 10. il. 12. 13, 14 Simplify each of the fotlowing xa4 " @) (by) Se 2x Given that 3° 4a = 352 — auerten 4b and a # b, find the values of (b) 9a + bY. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations 3x-Ty =~41 and 4y + 5x = 10, (b) Find the value of © if * y Woy Solve the equation —2,7 5 ~ Sk +9 = 0 by using the i i correct to 3 significant figures, y using the quadratic formula. Give your answers (a) Find the smallest integer value of x that satisfies 3-3 + 1) <4. 2 (b) A car moves at a uniform speed of (3x — 2) m/s for 10 seconds. It then moves at a uniform speed of (x + 5) mis for the next 20 seconds. @® Form an inequality in x if the average speed of the car during the 30 seconds is at most 15 mis. Solve the inequality in (). iii) Hence, find the maximum speed of the car during the 30 seconds. A loan grows to $8400 after 1 year and $9261 after 3 years with compound interest that is computed annually. The interest rate per annum, r%, remains unchanged in these years. Find (@) the value of r, (b) the original loan, (©) the total interest in the first 2 years. ‘The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is 15° more than 10 times the size of each exterior angle. Find (a) the size of each exterior angle, i ‘lygon, (b)_ the number of sides of the pol (© the sum of all the interior angles of the polygon. ar slab ABC is resting on a slope that is inclined at an angle of x°to the horizontal ithe angles of elevation of B from A and C are 12° and 43° respectively. Find ¢ Pp 2T—~ 9 Horizontal surface In the diagram, a triangul: surface POR. BA = BC ant (a) ZABC, (b) the value of x. R Scanned with CamScanner 15. In the diagram, AXYZ is the base and VY is the height of a solid triangular pyramid VXYZ. ZV = 19 cm, YV = 12 om, ZYXZ = SI and ZYZX = 26°, (@) Calculate the length of @ yz, Gi) YX. (b) Find the area of AXYZ. (© _ Find the volume of the pyramid. 16. (@) Compute M*, Mand M! if M = ( ‘). (©) Use your answers in (@) to deduce an expres (© Use your answer in (b) to @ “compute the matrices M’and M®, mn for the matrix M", where 1 is a positive integer. } 17. (a) Shade the region representing (A’ U BY’ on each of the Venn diagrams below. @ § wg (ii) find the value of & if the matrix M’ (b) Express in set notation, the set shaded in each of the @ ¢ a) g OO)! | és 18. In the figure, AED = ZACB, AD = 12 em, BC = 18 em, BE (@) Show that AABC is similar to ADE. (b) Find the length of AE, Gi) cD. (© Find the ratio of the areas of BCDE and AABC. following Venn diagrams, = Mom and DE = 8 om, Scanned with CamScanner ). The diagram shows a s . 19. ector OPQ of a citele. The area of the sector is 232. ent’, the length of the are PO is S57 cm and OX: OP =1:2. Find (@) the length of 0Q, (&) ZPOQ in radian, x o (© the area of the shaded part, d Q 20. The following table shows the results when a die is tossed for several times. Number 1 6 * Frequency | 2 x+l x 7 6 3 Find (a) the largest possible value of x if the mode is 4, (b) the range of values of x if the median is 4, (© the value of «x if the mean of the data is 4.08. 21. The sum of the ages of 5 friends is 161 and the sum of the squares of their ages is 5359, (@_ Find the mean age of the friends. (b) Calculate the standard deviation of the ages of the friends. fard mail and non-standard mail are shown in the following table, 22, The local postage rates for stand: Weight g) Standard mai Non-standard mail = 30¢ xs20 7h oe 20 way Gi) Hence, find the possible values of w when (b) Solve the equation (2x = 3) 1 (© Find the value of 6* if 2°? x 3°? = x=2andy=5 6" (@) Find all the possible values of x which are factors of 30 and satisfy the inequality 2x — 1] = A wire of length 46 cm is bent to form the quadrilateral PORS as shown in the diagram. ZPOR = LPRS = 90°, PQ = (y +7) om, OR = (Sx ~ 1) em, RS = (y +3) em and SP where x and y are integers. (@) @ Show that 2y + 15x = 40. Hence, make y the subject of an equation in x and y. (b) Express the area of APOR in terms of x. (© Suppose that the area of APQR is 54 cm*. Show that an equation in x is 5Sx*- 19x 4 18 =0, (@)_ Solve the equation in (6). . © Hence, find (the length of PR, (10x ~ 3) em, the area of PORS, ‘The diagram shows a sequence of figures formed by circles and lines, Second Seecinen Fam Scanned with CamScanner Let the number of circles and lines in the nth A tive eee eet nth pattern be C, and L,, respectively. (b) Complete the table below, ” 1 2 3 ic} 10 L, 10 (Find an expression in terms of n for ® C, fi) L,. @_ Hence, show that L, = HAC, —30). (©) Use the result in (@) to find (the number of lines if there are 30 circles, the number of circles if there are 80 lines. @) The sum and the standard deviation of a set of 10 numbers are 130 and 4.5 respectively. The sum and the standard deviation of another set of 20 numbers are 200 and 6.5 respectively. Find (the mean of all the 30 numbers, (ii) the standard deviation of all the 30 numbers. (b) The following diagram shows the box-and-whisker plots for the age distributions of teachers in 2 primary schools. ‘Ages of teachers Tape ==] 35 40 ‘Age ear (Find the interquartile range and range of the age distribution of teachers in the 2 primary schools. > | Which distribution has a greater spread? Explain your answer. Gi) Do you agree with the following comment? sithe 2 schools are merged anda eacheris randomly selected, the probability of selecting a teacher whose age is at most 34 is at least 7 Explain your answer- Scanned with CamScanner 5. 1. 8. (@) One leter is randomly selected from the word ‘SINGAPOREANS’. Caleulate the probability that (i) a consonant is selected, ))_ either an ‘E” or a consonant is selected, i)_neither an ‘E” nor a consonant is selected. () Suppose that 3 letters are randomly selected one at a time without replacement. awn’ and @ Draw a tree diagram to show the possible outcomes of the two events: ‘consonant drawn’ ang ‘others drawn’. (You may use the leter *C’ to denote the event ‘consonant drawn!) (ii) Hence, calculate the probability that () a consonant is first selected on the third draw, 2) three consonants are selected, ) none of the consonants is selected, ) at least one consonant is selected. In the diagram, BD is a diameter of a circle with centre O, ZACD = 67.5° and ZCBD = 45°. (@)_ Is ABCD an isosceles triangle? Explain your answer. (b) Show that the size of ZBDC is twice the size of ZADB. (© The point Wis such that it is below AD and ZAWC = 10°, Is W inside, outside or on the circle? Explain your answer. The line L, passes through the points A(-3, 2) and B(, 10). The equation of the line L, is 3x + 4y = L, and L, intersect at the point C and cut the x-axis at the points X, and X, respectively, “ (a) Find the equation of L, in the gradient-intercept form. (b) Find the coordinates of C. (© Hence, show that AC = BC. (@ (Find the intercepts of L, and L, (ii) Hence, find the area of AX\CX, (© The coordinates of the point D is (d, 0), whete d <—4, Find @ sin ZCX,D, (ii) cos ZCX,D. ‘The diagram shows a ramp ABCDEF in which ZADE = 90° and ZDAE = 179. ap are rectangles, AB = 84 om and AD = 45 em. X isa point on EF such that EX + pr goon ane ABFE (@) (the volume of the ramp, (ii) the total surface area of the ramp a x correct to the nearest em? and cm” respectively, (0) the lengths of i) AX, ) BX, © ZAxB, (@)_ the area of AAXB correct to the nearest em’, (© the perpendicular distance from B to the line AX. Scanned with CamScanner 9, @) Itis given tha Bai ={ ‘) zt 5} -3) ac -(-2) & 5 ( 1) ane &b =( 2). cb w A. Express 248 ~ 3a: a ’ Gi) Find the value of eS (iii) Find the magnitude of AD. (b)_ In the diagram, P - RST = “_ ORQT is a trapezium, OT // RO and OR /! PO. P and S are points on OT such that = 90°, OP = OF and OP = 305. Let OS = a and OR = b. 2 R r \: +o @ Express and simplify the following vectors in terms of a and b. @ PR my 2) 0@ => @) TR (ii) Find the ratio of the areas of APQT and ORQT: 10. In the diagram, a pyramid is stacked on top of a cuboid of dimensions xem by xem by 2x em, The height of the resulting solid is 2¢¢ + 3) em. (a) If the volume of the solid is y em’, show that y= 20 +22. (b) The table shows some corresponding values of x and y for the function y = 2x° + 2x”. me] oo 1 2 3 4 5 4 P 2 q_|_300 x la f p and q. mei ae at a3 mn 3 on the y-axis, draw the graph of y= 20 + 2x for0 <2 <5, (@) Use your graph to estimate the volume of the solid if t (ii) the dimensions of the cuboit (© By drawing a tangent, find the efi he height of the solid is 9 em, dif the volume of the solid is 100 em?. dient of the nh when th height ofthe soli is 15 cm i id, is (4 - x) cm long, 7 em wide and 10 cm hi . Oa Seine os el solid is (280 ~ 70x) cm’. om high. @ Show that the vorr= 280 ~ 7Ox on the diagram in © for 0

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