Form 5

HKCEE 1981
Mathematics II
81 (a 2b −3 ) 2
1. = A. x

a − 2b 2( x )
B. 2x ⋅ xx
A. a2b−7 C. 2xx
B. a2b−5 D. 22x
C. E. 2
2( x )
a6b−2
D. a6b−6
81 x y 
−1
E. a6b−7 5.  + + 2
y x  =
81 1  x y 
2. x+  − 
1 1 x =  y x 
+ +
x +1 x −1 1
x−
x A. x− y
x+ y
A. 1 B. x+ y
x +1
x− y
B. 1
C. x+ y
x −1 −
C. x +1 x− y
x −1 D. x2 + y 2
D. 1 x2 − y 2
( x + 1)( x − 1) E. x2 − y 2
E. x2 + 4x + 1 x2 + y 2
( x + 1)( x − 1)
81 M
6. If H = K + and r > 0, then
81 − bx + ay − c 4π (r 2 + l 2 ) n
3. If x = , then y =
a + by r=

A. ax + bx + c A. 1
 
−n
2
M 2
a − bx   −r 
B. ax + bx + c  4π ( H − K )  
−
a − bx B. −
n

C. ax + bx + c  M  2
  −l
a + bx  4π ( H − K ) 
D. ax + bx + c C. 1
−  1
2
a + bx  M n 2
E. ax − bx − c   −l 
  4π ( H − K )  
a − bx  
D. 1

81 x x
(2 ) =  M  2n
  −l
4.  4π ( H − K ) 

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 E. 1 C. 4n − 2
 1
2 D. 4n + 2
 4π n 2
  −l  E. 6 − 4n
 M ( H − K )  
 
81 If 3x − 2y = x + 3y, then x2 : y2 =
81 If f(x) = x2 + x + 1, then f(x + 1) − f(x) 12.
7.
A. 2:5
A. 1 B. 5:2
B. 3 C. 4 : 25
C. 2x + 1 D. 25 : 4
D. 2x + 2 E. 1:4
E. x2 + x + 1
81 The marked price of a book is $x. 30%
81 If log10x + log104 = log10(x + 4), what is 13. of this price is profit. If the book is
8. the value of x? sold at a discount of 20%, what will the
profit then be?
A. 0
B. 1 A. $0.04x
C. 4 B. $0.06x
C. $0.1x
3
D. $0.24x
D. 4
E. $0.56x
E. x may be any positive number
81 A group consists of n boys and n girls.
81 It is given that
14. If two of the girls are exceeded by two
9. x(2x +3) = x(3x − 4). x = ? other boys, then 51% of the group
members will be boys. What is n?
A. 0 only
B. 7 only A. 50
C. 0 or 7 B. 51
D. 3 4 C. 52
− or only
2 3 D. 100
E. 3 4 E. 102
0, − or
2 3
81 If the surface area of a spherical soap
81 2y − 3 > 4y + 2x + 5 is equivalent to 15. bubble increases by 44%, its volume
10. increases by

A. y>x+4 A. 20%
B. y<x+4 B. 33.1%
C. y > −x − 4 C. 60%
D. 66%
D. y < −x − 4 E. 72.8%
E. y>x+1

81 The nth term of the arithmetic

11. progression 2, 6, 10, 14, … is

A. 2n2
B. 4n

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81 B E. 4 − k2
16.
2

81 1
19. tan θ sin θ − =
cosθ

A. 0
B. cos θ
C. −cos θ
A
D. −1
The total area of the six faces of the cosθ
solid cube in the figure is 96 cm2. What E. −tan θ sin θ
is the length of the diagonal AB?
81 If 0o ≤ θ ≤ 360o, the number of roots of
A. 6 2 cm 20. the equation
B. 4 3 cm 2 sin θ cos θ − cos θ = 0 is
C. 4 2 cm A. 0
D. 2 6 cm B. 1
E. 4 cm C. 2
D. 3
81 A merchant sold 100 chairs. 80 of them E. 4
17. were sold at a profit of 30% on each
chair, while 20 of them were sold at a 81 An angle measures x radians. What is
loss of 40% on each chair. What is his 21. its measure in degrees?
percentage gain or loss on the whole
stock? A.  πx 
o

 
A. A loss of 8%  180 
B. A loss of 10% B.  180 x 
o

C. A gain of 8%  
 π 
D. A gain of 16 %
C.  π 
o
E. A gain of 24%  
 180 x 
81 k D. o
18. If 0 < θ < 90 and sin θ = 2 ,
o o
 πx 
 
 360 
then cos θ =
E.  360 x 
o

 
A. k  π 
1−
2
B. 2 81 1
22.
4+k 2

C. 4 + k2
θ 1
2
D. 2
4 − k2 1 1

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 In the figure, cos θ = A. 21o
B. 31o
A. 1 C. 38o
D. 52o
2
E. 59o
B. 2
3 81 C
C. 3 25.
4
D. 3
2 B
E. 3 θ
A
4

81 C T
23.
q φ In the figure, AT touches the circle at A.
In ∆ABC, ∠A : ∠B : ∠C = 2 : 3 : 4. θ
D =
p A. 40o
θ B. 50o
A B C. 60o
D. 70o
In the figure, AD = p, DC = q, ∠B = E. 80o
90o. AB =
81
A. p sin θ + q sin φ 26.
B. p cos θ + q cos φ
O
C. p sin θ + q cos φ A o B
24
D. p cos θ + q sin φ
E. (p + q)(cos θ + cos φ)
C
81 C D
24.
o
21
D In the figure, AB is a diameter of the
circle with centre at O. The length of
the minor arc AC in twice the length of
xo
38 o the minor arc CD. ∠BOD =
B E
A. 72o
B. 90o
A C. 108o
D. 132o
In the figure, BE is a diameter of the E. 144o
circle. ABC and EDC are straight lines.
xo =

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81 A D. x ≥ 1 or x ≤ −1
27. E. x ≤ 1 or x ≥ −1
P 120 o Q

81 y
30.
10
9 A
In the figure, two circles both with 8
radius 7 B E
2 cm touch each other externally. AP 6
and AQ are equal tangents to the two 5
circles. AP =? 4 C
3
A. 3 cm 2
B. 2 3 cm 1 D
C. 4 cm x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
D. 4 3 cm
E. 4 3
cm In the figure, which point in the shaded
3 region will make the value of x − 2y a
minimum
81 A D
28. A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. E
B
81 6x2 + kx + 6 = 0 is a quadratic equation
C
31. in which k is a constant. Its roots α and
In the figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral. β are positive. log10α + log10β =
The shaded portions are four sectors
with centres at A, B, C and D. Their A. 0
radii are all equal to a. What is the total B. 1
area of the four sectors? C. log106
D. log10(−k)
A. π a2 E. k
log10( − )
B. 2π a2 6
C. 4π a2
81 −3x2 − 3x ≡ −3(x + a)2 + b is an identity
D. 2 π a2 32. in x. What are the values of the
E. It cannot be determined
constants a and b?
81 2x2 − 2 ≤ 0 is equivalent to
A. a = 1 and b = 0
29.
B. 1 3
a= and b =
A. x≤1 2 4
B. C. 1 3
x ≥ −1 a= and b =
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 D. 1 3 C. b+c:a+c:a+b
a= − and b = D. 1 1 1
2 4 : :
E. 1 3 a b c
a = − and b = − E. a b c
2 4 : :
b c a
81 The H.C.F. and L.C.M. of three
33. expressions are a2b2c and a4b6c4 81 If n is a positive integer, which of the
respectively. Two of the expressions 37. following numbers is/are odd?
are a2b3c4 and a3b2c2. The third
expression is I. 22n + 1
II. 3(2n)
A. a3b3c III. (2n +1)2
B. a3b6c4
C. a4b2c A. II only
D. a4b6c B. III only
E. a4b6c2 C. I and III only
D. II and III only
81 The sum of the first five terms of an E. I, II and III
34. arithmetic progression is 15. If the
fourth term is 7, the first term is 81 A factory employs x workers each
38. working n hours a day. The whole
A. −5 factory produces k watches per day. If
B. −3 y workers go on leave, then how many
hours a day should the remaining
C. −1
workers work in order to produce the
D. 1
same number of watches per day?
E. 10
A. nx
81 Which of the following can be summed
35. to infinity? y
B. ny
I. The arithmetic progression x
4, 3, 2, 1, …… C. nx
II. The geometric progression 4y
27, 9, 3, 1, ……
D. nx
III. The geometric progression
16, −8, 4, −2, …… x− y
E. n( x − y )
A. II only x
B. I and II only
C. I and III only 81 The daily wages of a man and a boy are
D. II and III only 39. in the ratio 2 : 1. In a day a man has to
E. I, II and III work 8 hours but a boy only 6 hours.
The hourly wages of a man and a boy
81 The running speeds of three boys A, B are in the ratio
36. and C are in the ratios a : b : c. The
times that A, B and C take to complete A. 8:3
a 1500 m race are in the ratios B. 2:1
C. 3:2
A. a:b:c D. 4:3
B. c:b:a E. 1:1

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 81 50 m
81 A 42.
40.
8 5

20 m
A X Y B
B x C
1m 1m
F 2m 2m C
E D
E D
30 m
In the figure, ∠BAC = 90 , AB = 8,
o

AC = 5 and AX⊥BC. BCDE is a

The figure above represents a 50m ×
rectangle with CD = AX. What is the
area of the rectangle BCDE? 20 m swimming pool. The pool is in
the shape of a prism with a rectangular
A. 20 surface and four vertical walls. The
B. 40 dimensions of the sidewall ABCDEF
C. 80 are as shown in the figure. What is the
D. 89 capacity of the pool in m3?
E. 4 89 A. 1200
B. 1500
81 C. 1800
41. D. 2000
E. It cannot be determined
h
1 81
h 1
2 43. Given that sin θ − cos θ = 2 , what is
the value of sin θ cos θ ?

The height of the cone in the figure is h. A. 1

1
It contains water to a depth of h. 2
2 B. 1
Volume of water
= 4
Capacity of the cone C. 3
8
A. 1 D. 3
8 4
B. 1 E. It cannot be determined
4
C. 1 81 If 0o ≤ θ ≤ 360o, the minimum value of
2 44. θ
1 + 2cos is
D. 3 2
4
E. 7 A. −2
8 B. −1
C. 0
D. 1
E. 2

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81 y 81
45. 48.
1 16
10
θ
10
x
90 180 270 360 In the figure, sin θ =
-1
A. 0.5
B. 0.6
C. 0.625
The figure above shows the graph of D. 0.75
E. 0.8
A. y = sin(xo + 30o)
B. y = sin(xo − 30o) 81 A
C. y = sin(xo + 150o) 49.
D. y = sin(xo − 150o)
E. y = sin(xo + 60o)

81 The radius of a sector is 3 cm and the

46. perimeter is 10 cm. What is the area of α β
the sector? B C
D
A. 6 cm2
B. 12 cm2 In the figure, AD⊥BC. CD =
C. 15 cm2
D. 18 cm2 A. h sin α tan β
E. 45 cm2 B. h cos α tan β
C. h tan α sin β
81
47. D. h cosα
o 12 cm
12 cm 60 tan β
E. h sin α
tan β
Figure (a) Figure (b)
81 A
The cone in Figure (b) is formed by 50.
bending the sector in Figure (a). The
angle of the sector is 60o and the radius P Q
is 12 cm. The radius of the base of the
cone is
B C
A. 2 cm S R
B. 4 cm
C. 6 cm In the figure, ABC is an equilateral
D. 2π cm triangle of side 2a. P and Q are the
E. 360 mid-points of AB and AC respectively.
cm
π PQRS is a rectangle. What is the area
of PQRS?

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 II A
2
A. a
B. 1 2
a B
2
C. 2 2
a
3 E
D. 1 2
a
3
E. D C
3 2
a
2 AC and BC
intersect at E.
81 A III A
51. T
56 o

P
C C
B θ
B
BC produced meets the
tangent AT at T.
In the figure, AB and AC touch the
circle at B and C. If P is any point on Which of the above figures contains one
the minor arc BC, what is θ ? or more pairs of similar triangles?

A. 112o A. I only
B. 118o B. I and II only
C. 124o C. I and III only
D. 146o D. II and III only
E. It cannot be determined E. I, II and III

81 I A 81 A
52. 53.

F
E
B D C
∠ BAC = 90 o
B C
AD ⊥ BC.
In the figure, P is the mid-point of AB.
E is a point on AC such that
Area of ∆BFE
AE : EC = 2 : 1. =
Area of ∆BCE

A. 1
2

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 B. 2
3
C. 1
D. 3
2
E. 2

81 A
54.
12
E
C
6

B D F

In the figure, AB // CD // EF. ACF,

BCE and BDF are straight lines.
AB = 12, EF = 6. CD =?

A. 4.5
B. 4
C. 3.6
D. 3
E. 2

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