PAPER 1
Question-Answer Book
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1. Find the rates of the following. Express your answers in the units stated in the
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bracket.
(a) Kenny finished the 100 m race in 12.5 seconds. [m/s]
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Let S cm 2 be the surface area of a cuboid. Its length, width and height are p cm,
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2q cm and 3r cm respectively.
(a) Express S in terms of p, q and r. (4 marks)
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the answer in descending powers of x. (7 marks)
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The above frequency polygon shows the lengths (in cm) of a group of metal bars produced
by a machine.
(a) Complete the table below. (3 marks)
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Length(cm) 5-9 10-14 15-19 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49
Frequency 3 13 8
(b) How many metal bars are there in the group ? (2 marks)
If metal bars of lengths less than 24.5 cm are rejected, how many bars in the group are
(c) (3 marks)
accepted ?
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7. The thickness of 500 sheets of paper of the same quality is 46.2 mm and
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given that the relative error is .
110
(a) Find the percentage error of the thickness of all papers. (Correct your (2 marks)
answer to 3 sig.fig.)
(b) Find the actual range of thickness of all papers. (6 marks)
(c) Find the actual range of thickness of each sheet of paper.(Correct your
answer to 3 sig.fig.) (2 marks)
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8. Simplify the following expressions and express the answers with positive
indices.
(a) x3 ( y 4 )2 (5 marks)
4 3 3
(x y )
(b) 75 w (6 marks)
5 2 w 15 w
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(d) Using the result of (b) and (c), find the value of a 3 a 2 b ab 2 b 3 . (3 marks)
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11. x and y are the units digit and the tens digit of a 2-digit number P respectively.
(a) Express P in terms x and y. (2 marks )
(b) Q is another 2-digit number which is formed by reversing the digits of P. Express Q in (2 marks)
terms of x and y.
(c) P is three times the sum of its digits. Find the equation involving x and y. (4 marks)
(e) By solving the equations in (c) and (d) simultaneously, find the number Q. (8 marks)
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