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ANG MO KIO SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY 2 EXAMINATION 2011
SECONDARY FOUR EXPRESS / FIVE NORMAL ACADEMIC
Mathematics

4016/01

Setter: Ms Ng Kae Pheng

Monday

22 AUGUST 2011

2 hours

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, index number and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen on both sides of the paper.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all questions.
If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
Calculators should be used where appropriate.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact,
give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal
place.
For , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the
answer in terms of .
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
The total of the marks for this paper is 80.
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This document consists of 19 printed pages.

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Mathematical Formulae

Compound interest
r

Total amount = P1 +

100

Mensuration
Curved surface area of a cone = rl
Surface area of a sphere = 4r2
Volume of a cone =

1 2
r h
3
4 3
r
3

Volume of a sphere =
Area of triangle ABC =

1
ab sin C
2

Arc length = r, where is in radians

Sector area =

1 2
r , where is in radians
2

Trigonometry
a
b
c
=
=
sin A sin B sin C
a2 = b2 + c2 2bc cos A

Statistics
Mean =

Standard deviation =

fx
f
fx
f

fx

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Answer all the questions

(a)

(b)

Calculate
3.87 2 1.819 + 4.688 . Give your answer to 4 significant
2

figures.

List the integral values of x for which

Answer

x x+2 1
<
.
4
2
3

(a)

[1]

(b)

[2]

Three wires of lengths of 126 cm, 140 cm and 154 cm are to be cut into pieces all of
the same length. What is the greatest possible length for the pieces if there should be
no wire left?

Answer

cm

[1]

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If 15 men can complete a job in 24 days, how many days would it take 18 men to
complete a similar job, assuming that they work at the same rate?

Answer

(a)

days

[2]

It is given that y is inversely proportional to x 2 . Find the percentage increase

in y when when x is decreased by 50%.

(b)

Mr Wong invested $6000 in a bank that pays compound interest at the rate of
5.8 % per annum. Find the total amount of interest he would receive after 3 years,
if the interest is compounded after every 6 months.

Answer

(a)
(b)

[2]
[2]

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(a)

Given that a 2 + b 2 = 90 and 4ab = 108, find the numerical value of (2a 2b) 2 .

(b)

If x = 0.5 or 3 are solutions of the equation 2x2 + px + q = 0, find the values of p

and q.

Answer

(b)

[2]

(a)
p=

q=

[2]

In preparation for the Great Singapore Sale, a store assistant accidentally raised
the price of a sports bag by 15% instead of lowering it by 20%. As a result, a
customer who bought this sports bag was overcharged by $161. Find the original price
of the sports bag.

Answer

[2]

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A particular hard disk drive has 5.38 1010 bytes of available memory.

(a)

Express the amount of available memory in terabytes.

(b)

After saving 6.8 10 9 bytes of files into the hard disk, find the available memory
in the hard disk, giving your answer in standard form.

Answer

(a)

terabytes

[1]

(b)

bytes

[1]

The following numbers are expressed as the product of prime factors.

12 = 2 2 3 and 40 = 2 3 5 .

(a)

Express 3 960 as a product of its prime factors.

(b)

Find the smallest integer x such that the least common multiple of 12, 40 and x is
3 960.

Answer

(a)

[1]

(b) x =

[1]

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A hotel wants to hire a singer for a Dinner and Dance event. The table below shows the
charges of singer Amy Beerhouse.
Amy Beerhouse:

$100 fixed charge and $1 commission per admission ticket sold.

The graphs below show the respective charges of Amy Beerhouse and another singer
Lady Dodo.
Charges by Singer

Charges by Pianist
400

300
Lady Dodo

200

Amy Beerhouse

100

100

200

400 1

300

Number of tickets sold

(a)
(b)

Describe the charges of singer Lady Dodo.

From the graphs, find
the total charges by singer Amy Beerhouse, if the number of tickets sold is
(i)
220,
(ii) the number of tickets the hotel should sell, if the total charges by Lady Dodo
is $270,
(iii) the minimum number of tickets the hotel must sell so that it is cheaper to
hire Lady Dodo.

Answer

(a)
[1]
(b)

(i)

[1]

(ii)

tickets

[1]

(iii)

tickets

[1]

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Mrs Andrews has four 5 coins and two 10 coins in her pocket. She takes out two coins
from her pocket at random, one after the other. The tree diagram shows the possible
outcomes and their probabilities.
1st Coin

2

3

1

3

2nd Coin
3

5

2

5

10

(a)

(b)

10

10

(a)

Find the value of a and b.

(b)

Find the probability that the value of the two coins taken out is exactly 15.

(c)

Mrs Andrews then takes out a third coin. Find the probability that the total value of
the coins is

(i)

exactly 20,

(ii)

more than 15.

Answer

(a)

a=

[1]
[1]

(b)
(c)

b=

(i)

[2]

(ii)

[1]

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The first 4 terms of a sequence are 1, 6, 11, 16,

(a)

Write down the next term.

(b)

Write down the nth term, in terms of n.

(c)

Does the number 2000 belong to the sequence? Explain your answer.

Answer

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

(c)
[1]

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5 10 x
4

as a single fraction.
(2 x 3)(3x 2) 3 2 x

(a)

Express

(b)

1
4
Factorise completely abx 4ab 2 + ab 2 x ab 3 .
3
3

Answer

(a)

[2]

(b)

[2]

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Given that 5 cm on map A represent 10 km on the ground. Calculate

(a)

the scale of the map in the form 1 : n,

(b)

the actual area, in km2, of a region R which is represented by 8.5 cm2 on map A,

(c)

the area, in cm2, which represents the region R on a second map B, whose
scale is 1:50 000.

Answer (a)

[1]

(b)

km2

[2]

(c)

cm2

[2]

= { x : x is an integer and 3 x 60 }.

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P = { x : x is a multiple of 3 }.
Q = { x : x is a perfect square }.
R = { x : x is an integer ending in 5 }.

(a)

List the elements in the set P ' R .

(b)

Find n(Q R ) .

Answer

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

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The frequency table below summarizes the volume of coffee dispensed from a coffee
machine A for 50 trials.

Volume from A
246 < x 248 248 < x 250 250 < x 252 252 < x 254 254 < x 256
(x ml)
Frequency

(a)

(b)

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For coffee machine A, calculate

(i)

the mean,

(ii)

the standard deviation.

Another coffee machine B is used to dispense coffee. The mean and standard
deviation of the volumes of coffee dispensed by coffee machine B is 251.36 ml and
2.22 ml respectively. If you run a Caf, which machine would you buy? Explain
your choice.

Answer

(a) (i)

ml

[2]

(ii)

ml

[2]

(b)

[1]

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The diagram below shows three points A(1,13), B(5,5) and C(0,8).
The line L passes through the point C and is parallel to the line AB.

(a)

Find the gradient of the line AB.

(b)

What is the equation of the line L ?

y
A( 1 ,13)

B(5, 5 )
C(0 , 8 )

Answer

(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

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In the diagram, AB is a diameter of the circle centre O. APQ = 35 and ABR = 22.
P

Calculate
(a) AOR,

(b)

QBR,

(c)

ARQ .

35

Q
B
O

22

A
R

Answer

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(a)

[1]

(b)

[1]

(c)

[1]

In the diagram, ABCD is a rhombus, P is a point on the diagonal BD.

Prove that APD is congruent to CPD. State your reasons clearly.
A

B
P

Answer

[2]

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(a)

Sketch the graph of

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y = 6 (x + 2 ) .
2

(a)
y

[2]

(b)

Sketch the graph of

Answer

y = ( x 1)( x + 4) .

(b)
y

[2]

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In the diagram, ACD is a straight line. It is given that AC = 8 cm, BC = 10 cm and

3
sin BCD = .
5
B

10 cm

8 cm

Find

(a)

the value of cos ACB ,

(b)

the length of AB.

(a)

cos ACB =
cm

(b)

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[1]
[2]

A cone X has a volume of 108 cm3.

(a)

Calculate the volume of a second cone, Y, which has a radius double that of cone X
and height one-third that of cone X.

(b)

A third cone Z is similar to cone X and has a volume of 4 cm3. Find the ratio of the
surface area of cone X to the surface area of cone Z.

cm3

Answer (a)
(b)

[2]
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The diagram shows the speed-time graph of a bus and a car respectively.

(a)

Find the speed of the car at 20s.

(b)

Given that the two vehicles meet each other at T seconds where 30 T 120 , find
the value of T.

Speed (m/s)

Car

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Bus

20

30

(c)

120

Time (s)

140

Complete the distance-time graph for the car. Label the vertical axis clearly.
[1]

Answer (c)
Distance (m)

30

120

Time (s)

140

Answer

(a)

m/s

[1]

(b) T =

[2]

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The diagram below shows OP , a and b.

Answer (b) and (c)(i)

[2]

O
P

b
a

(a)

Write down an expression for OP in terms of a and b.

(b)

Mark and label clearly on the grid the point Q such that OQ = a b .

(c)

A point R is such that OR = h OQ and PR = k b .

(i)

Mark and label clearly on the grid the point R.

(ii)

Find the value of h and of k.

Answer (a)
(c)

OP =
(ii)

h=

[1]
k=

[2]

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Three points A, B and D are shown below.

Answer (a) and (c)

(a)

Construct the parallelogram ABCD.

(b)

Measure the size of BCD .

[1]

Answer

(c)

(b)

[1]

Construct the perpendicular bisector of AB.

[1]

Construct the angle bisector of DAB .

[1]

The two bisectors meet at X.

Complete the statement below.

Answer (c)

The point X is equidistant from the lines ............... and .

and equidistant from the points . and . .

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