We Seek, We Strive, We Soar o YISHUN SECONDARY SCHOOL \ MID-YEAR EXAMINATION Name: Reg. No: Class: Calculator Model: SECIEXPRESS DATE: 12MAY 2014 MATHEMATICS MAX MARKS: 80 - DURATION: 2 HOURS READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, register number and clasé in the spaces provided at thé top of this page. Write in dark blue or blick pen. You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs. Do not use staples, paper clips, 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. ‘The use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, 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 2, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of x. 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. This document consists of 16 printed pages including the cover page [Tum Over]2 Boonies wee Answer all the questions. Calculate i . +» giving your answer correct to the nearest integer. 1! 3 Answer(a) ..... (b) ¥12.3-47+0.29, giving your answer correct to 3 significant figures. Answer(e) Given that p = 2 and q =~3, fill in the blanks with ‘<’, ‘= or >’. @ 274342 __ 3 Answer(a) .. (b) 5q?-36p ___ -29 Answer() «...‘he 3. Ifyou add 7 to a certain integer, the result is a positive number, but if you add 5 to it, the result is a negative number. Find this integer. or 8.41998 4. By rounding each number to | significant figure, estimate the value of . 7 : a ae 0.432% 31.99 Show your working. 2] 5. Amrange the following numbers in ascending order. -47, 2, 43, V2 Answer ...... oe PR)4 6. (a)Express 5.973 correct to 1 decimal place. Answer(a), (b) Express 364.51 correct to 2 significant figures. Answer(b)... ~ fH (©) Use your answers in parts (a) and (b) to estimate the value of 364.51+5.973. Answer(c) .. 7. Consider the following eight numbers: V36,81,17, V169, 5?, ave Write down (@) the square number(s), Answer(a) (b) the prime number(s), Answer(b) .. (©) the irrational number(s).ele 5 8. Written as a product of its prime factors, pis 2°x3°, qis 2° x3x5?; ris 2? x3? x7, Find (a) the cube root of p,giving your answer in index notation, _ Answer(a)... 0) (b) the lowest common multiple ofp, q and r, giving your answer in index notation, Answer(b) « mes] (©) the greatest number that will divide p, g and r exactly. Answer(c) : 9. Factorise each of the following completely: (a) 1Sy—12/, Answer(a) .. (b) a(4b —Se) + (Se—48). Answer(b) BR6 10. Last month, Nicole spent 4 of er monthly salary on food, : ofher monthly salary on transportation and saved the rest. () What fraction of her salary did she save? Answer(i) w (i) Nicole spent a further 2 of her savings on a present for her mother. ‘What fraction of her salary did she have left? Answer(ii) 2] 11. Solve the following equations: (a) 3a+2=4a-10, O] ) Answer(b) -... (2)Fe 7 12. Three traffic lights along a street turn red at regular intervals of1 minute,1 minute 10 seconds and 3 minutes 30 seconds respectively. If all the traffic lights tuned red at the same time at 0830, find the next time this will occur again.” By 13, The diagram below shows a rectangle with its Jength and breadth as indicated. Find the value of p and g. (3q-3)em 1 (Spt) om Gon 2 (2p-1)em Answer p 3]8 14, An interior angle of a regular polygon is four times its exterior angle. Find the number of sides of the polygon. 15.’ Jess travelled from CityA to CityB using different modes of transport. She covered pot her journey by train, 0.75 of the remainder by bus and the rest of the journey on foot. (@) Find the fraction of the journey that she travelled on foot. Answer(a).. 2) (>) Ifshe travelled 35 km more by train as compared to the journey by bus, how far apart are the 2 cities? Answer(b) a km [2]tee 9 16. Inthe diagram below, the straight line POR is parallel to ST and QSis parallel to RU. PS = OS, ZSQR=116" and _ZUTS =39°. P Q R Ss T State all geometrical reasons clearly, Calculate @2x, Answer(a) (b)Zy, Answer(b) zz. Answer(c) .. For” Eamesel 10 17. Simplify the following expressions: atl 3 esas ® 14> Answer(a) ... 2] Answer(b) ..... Fori 18. “A prime number is a whole number greater than 1, with exactly 2 factors, 1 and itself.” Given that p and q are prime numbers, deterniine if each statement is true or false. Explain your answer. (@) Spis.aprime number. Answer(a) . @) ¢+q +9 +q isa composite mumber: Answer(b) . BJ 19.. Simplify the following expressions: (a) ~5a+85+2a-b, Answer(a) -O) () 6(2m —n) + 2n~m, Answer(b) 2 (©) 4t-f5s—(e+s)]. Answer(c) . 2) clePr 2 20. Katie bought 2 vanguard sheets each measuring 70 em by 90 em. She cut out square cards of identical size from the vanguard sheets such that there was no wastage. () — Whatis the largest possible length of the side of each square card she cut out? Answer(i) m [2] Gi) Whats the total number of square cards she cut out such that there was no wastage? Answer(ii). square cards [1] (ii) If Katiewants to use an equal number of square cards to write her revision notes for each of her 5 subjects. What is the maximum number of square cards she can use for each subject? How many square card(s) will be left over? square cards used[1] square card(s) left [1]ee 13 21. The Benjamin Sheares Bridge is divided into three sections. ‘The first section is x m long. The last section is 250m longer than the first section. ‘The middle section is twice as long as the last section. (Write down an expression, in terms of x for, (a). the length of the last section, Answer(i)(Q) (b) the length of the middle section. Answer(i)(0). m1] Gi) The Benjamin Sheares Bridge is 1.8km long. Write down an equation, in terms of x, to represent this information, and show that it reduces to 1800 = 4x + 750. Answer: 0) (iii)Solve the equation, and find the length of the first section of the bridge. Answer(tii) Por14 22, Inthe answer space, construct and label a quadrilateral PORS such that ZPQR = 85°, ZORS = 65°,PQ = 6cm andQR = 8.3cm. The side RSis drawn in the answer space. - (@) Using ruler, protractor and compasses only, complete the quadrilateral. [2] Answer: R Ss (©) On the same diagram, construct © @ the bisector of angle OPS, t) Gi) the perpendicular bisector of side RS. [1] ‘These two bisectors meet at T. Mark the point 7, measure and write down the size of ZSPT’ Answer() evceeeceenees® [2]23. (a) Find the value of x. [Hlint: Look out for ‘triangles’ .] Answer(a)... (b) The diagram shows three regular pentagons. Firid the value of p and of g. pene a2) etlshe 16 (© In the diagram, AB, DE and FCG are parallel. Given that’ ZABC = 84° and ZBCD = 39°, Find reflex ZCDE. Answer(c) End of paper aleFr WW __ ANSWER SCHEME 1@) | 102 B p=8 9=6 1) __ [0.287 ia n=10 2a) < 1se@—) fr 9 20) _[= 15(b)_ | 157.5km 3 x=-6 16(a) [64° (nt Z) 4 62 16(b) | 52° (base of iso triangle) 3 5 a i 103° (alt Z Bl 44 1a ia, Ce) 6a) [60 17@) [ate 2 ~ 6) | 360 17) | 32y—3x = 14 ~ 4 6) [60 18(@) [No Using an integer to substitute into p and explain that itis not a prime number. E.g. if p = 2, 2p = 10 which isnot a prime number. OR Ithas more than 2 factors other than I and itself. eg. p/5 (any 1) 7a) 81, 5 “| 186) _| Yes. Reasoning must be general. E.g. Since qq +q+q =4q. It has more than 2 factors other than 1 and || itself. (4, 2, q, any 1 mentioned) [ay __ 17, W169 19@)_|-3a¥ 7 | 1c) V7 19) | 1im=4n 8@) [2x3 19) [5t—4s 8(b) x3 x xT 20(i) 10 ae) 12 20%) | 126 _ 9a) [35-4 _|20Gii) [25 square cards used. 1 square card left. 906) | (a 1)f4b— Se) 21()(@) | (x +250) 10(i) 16 21(i)(b) | 2x + 500 AS _ 10(ii) 16 21Gi) | x=262.5 135 @) [a=12 22(c) | 471) Ne) | 23(a)*| 45° yi 14 12 0837 23(b) | p= 108°, q= 144° _ 23(e)__ [225°