Sing Yin Secondary School

First Term Examination, 2012 2013

Mathematics 1
Form 3
Full marks: 100 Time allowed: 1.5 hours

Answer ALL questions.
Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to 3 significant figures.

1. Simplify
4
2 1 3
) (

a
b a
and express the answer with positive indices. (4 marks)

2. Simplify ( ) 8 2 18 + . (3 marks)

3. Convert BED
(16)
to a decimal number. Show your steps. (3 marks)

4. Solve
3 5
7 4 x x

+
and represent the solution graphically. (4 marks)

5. Simplify
100
2011 2012
10 2
10 2012 10 2011

and express the answer in scientific notation. (5 marks)

6. (a) Express 3 6 0 . 0
& &
in the form of
b
a
where a and b are positive integers.
(b) Solve 3 6 . 0 3 6 0 . 0
& & & &
= + x . Express the answer in the form of
b
a
where a and b are integers.
(6 marks)

7. Show that 2 4
1
1
1
1
+ =
+ +
+
+
+
+ +
n
n n
n n
n n
n n
. (5 marks)

8. The following tables show the marks of a test of a class of 50 students.

Frequency Distribution Table Cumulative Frequency Table
Marks Frequency Marks (less than) Cumulative Frequency
1 10 a 10.5 13
11 20 12 20.5 b
21 30 c 30.5 36
31 40 14 40.5 d

(a) Write down the values of a, b, c and d.
(b) Write down the median of the marks.
(c) Find the mean of the marks.
(d) A student said that the difference between the 75th percentile and the 25th percentile is larger
than 20. Is the student correct? Explain your answer.
(10 marks)

9. The maximum value of x is 3.
(a) Express the above information using an inequality in x.
(b) It is given that x y 2 10 = .
(i) Find the range of y.
(ii) Find the range of x + y.
(8 marks)
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10. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium where AD // BC. E is a point on
BC and DE intersects AC at G such that CG is a median of CDE.
(a) Show that GAD GCE.
(b) If E is the midpoint of BC, show that ABED is a parallelogram.

(6 marks)
11. (a) Solve 81 3 3
1
=
+ n n
.
(b) Solve 4 3 3
1
= +
+ n n
.
(6 marks)

12. In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus. ADE and BFE are straight lines.
CD = CE and ECD = 48.
(a) Find DCB.
(b) Find DFE.

(6 marks)
13. (a) Factorize 1
3
+ a .
(b) Hence, or otherwise, factorize 1 4 5 2
2 3
+ + + a a a .
(6 marks)

14. The mean of x, y and z is 18 and the mean of x and y is 15.
(a) Find the value of z.
(b) It is also given that the mean of xy, yz and zx is 312.
(i) Show that xy = 216.
(ii) If x > y, find the value of x. (10 marks)


15. Bank A offers an interest rate of 3% p.a. compounded monthly while Bank B offers a simple interest
rate of r% p.a.. $P is deposited to both banks for 1 year.
(a) Show that the interest earned from Bank A is $ P

1
400
401
12
.
(b) It is given that the interests earned from both banks are the same.
(i) Find, correct to 3 d.p., the value of r.
(ii) Are the interests earned from both banks still the same if $P is deposited for 2 years?
Explain your answer.
(8 marks)

16. In Figure a, ABC is isosceles where AB = AC = 24 and BC = 12. BD is an altitude of ABC.
(a) Show that DC = 3.
(b) In Figure b, P is on BD produced and Q is on BC produced such that ABQP is a parallelogram.
(i) Find CQ.
(ii) Find the area of quadrilateral CDPQ.
(10 marks)









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Answer(Paper 1)

1.
2
10
b
a

2. 18
3. 3053
4.
13
6
x


5.
1914
10 049 . 9
6.
(a)
110
7

(b)
110
63

8. (a) a = 13, b = 25, c = 11, d = 50
(b) 20.5
(c) 20.7
(d) The student is correct.
9. (a) 3 x
(b) (i) 4 y
(ii) 7 + y x
11.
(a)
2
3
= n
(b) n = 0
12. (a) 66
(b) 81
13.
(a) ) 1 )( 1 (
2
+ + a a a
(b) ) 1 2 ( ) 1 (
2
+ + a a
14. (a) 24
(b) (ii) 18
15. (b) (i) 3.042
(ii) The interests earned are NOT the same.
16. (b) (i) 72
(ii)
2
15 495


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