Stage Test 2

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 190.

Level 1

a2 6
1. Simplify   a3 . (3 marks)
2 a4

2. Consider the polynomial 3x2  2x3  x5  5.

(a) Write down the degree and the number of terms of the polynomial.
(b) Arrange the terms of the polynomial in descending powers of x. (3 marks)

3. Consider the polynomial 4k  9  5k3  2k2.

(a) Write down the constant term and the coefficient of the k3 term of the polynomial.
(b) Arrange the terms of the polynomial in ascending powers of k. (3 marks)

4. Simplify the following polynomials.

(a) 7a  5  6a (b) 5m  3n  4n  7m (4 marks)

5. Simplify (3x2  4)  (2x2  5x)  (12  7x). (4 marks)

6. Kathy spent $(3r  5) and $(9  r) to buy potato chips and sweets respectively.
Find the total amount she spent on buying the snacks. (4 marks)

7. Simplify (3s  8)(4s  3). (4 marks)

8. Kenneth bought (x  5) books. If the selling price of each book is $(2x  3),
find the total amount that Kenneth should pay. (5 marks)

9. Simplify 3h(2h  5)  6h. (3 marks)

10. Christy used a $100 banknote to buy 8 apples. Given that the selling price of
an apple is $(2x  3), find the change in terms of x. (4 marks)

11. Mr. Lee’s monthly salary is $15 000. Given that his total expenditure is 28%
of his salary. Find the amount remaining each month. (3 marks)

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12. In a company, the number of staff this month is 74. Given that the number of
staff has decreased by 7.5% when compared to last month. Find the decrease
in the number of staff. (5 marks)

13. Ms. Lam’s weight decreases from 50 kg to 45 kg. Find the percentage decrease. (3 marks)

14. The flight from Hong Kong to New York is 16 hours. If the time of flight of
the returning path is decreased by 10%, find the time of flight from New York
to Hong Kong. (3 marks)

15. Mr. Cheung’s monthly salary is $9400 this year, which is a 17.5% increase
when compared to the last year. Find his monthly salary last year. (4 marks)

16. Given that the cost of a monitor is $800. If it is sold at $1680, find the profit
percentage of selling the monitor. (3 marks)

17. Kelly sold a chair at $140 suffering a loss of 12.5%. Find the loss. (5 marks)

18. The selling price of a microwave oven is $495. If the discount percentage is
34%, find the marked price. (4 marks)

19. Given that the cost of a souvenir is $40. If its marked price is 3 times the cost,
while the discount percentage is 25%, find the selling price of the souvenir. (4 marks)

20. Given that the selling price of a watch is $1056. If it is sold at 12% off, find
the discount. (4 marks)

21. The following data show the districts of 24 students living in.
H.K. Island Kln. West Kln. East N.T. East H.K. Island N.T. West
H.K. Island Kln. East N.T. East N.T. West H.K. Island Kln. West
Kln. East N.T. West H.K. Island N.T. West N.T. East Kln. West
H.K. Island Kln. West H.K. Island N.T. East Kln. West N.T. West
Complete the following table using the data above.

District Tally Frequency

(5 marks)

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22. The following broken line graph shows the numbers of traffic accidents of city A
in the past 6 months.

(a) Find the month with the least number of traffic accidents in city A.
(b) What percentage of the number of traffic accidents in July is that of
November? (4 marks)

23. The pie chart shows the grades in P.E. examination of 200 students.
(a) Given that 30 students got a ‘D’. Find its angle of the sector.
(b) If 1% of the students were absent, find the angle of the sector
representing ‘Absent’.

(4 marks)

24. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the lengths (in mm) of some pens.
Stem (10 mm) Leaf (1 mm)
13 6 8 8 9
14 0 0 2 5 6 6 7 9
15 1 2 4 4 4 6 6 8
16 0 2 3 3 5
(a) Give a title for the diagram.
(b) Find the percentage of pens with lengths shorter than 150 mm. (4 marks)

25. (a) Consider the numbers of keys that owned by 30 students are collected.
Suggest 2 appropriate statistical diagrams / graphs to present the data.
(b) Consider the weights of boys and girls in a class are collected. Choose an
appropriate statistical diagram / graph below to present the data:
Broken line graph　 Back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram
Pie chart Scatter Diagram (3 marks)

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Level 2

26. Represent each of the following expressions using index notation.

(a) m  4  m  4  4  m  4 (b) k  5  5k  k  5 (6 marks)

27. Simplify the following expressions and write the answers using index notation.
22 x 6 y 8
(a) 5a4b3  (8b5a2) (b)  (6 marks)
2y4 x2

28. Find the value of the polynomial 10h2  4  7k2h  2k3 in each of the following cases.
1
(a) h  3, k  2 (b) h   ,k3 (6 marks)
5

29. Simplify (6s3  8s  4s2  11)  (8  9s3  5s2) and arrange the terms of the
polynomial in descending powers of s. (4 marks)

30. Simplify (7  3u)(4u  5u2  8) and arrange the terms of the polynomial in
descending powers of u. (5 marks)

31. Simplify (5c  7)(c  4)  2c(c  6). (6 marks)

32. Given that the area of a square is a2 cm2. Tom cuts away a rectangle with the
length and the width of (a  3) cm and (a  8) cm respectively from the
square. Find the remaining area. (5 marks)

33. Peter has some marbles, 30% are red, 42% are black and the rest are yellow.
Given that the number of yellow marbles is 70.
(a) Find the total number of marbles that Peter has.
(b) Find the number of black marbles. (6 marks)

34. Given that the length and the width of a rectangle are 26 cm and 10 cm
respectively. If the length of the rectangle is increased by 25% and the width
is decreased by 20%, find the change in the perimeter of the rectangle. (7 marks)

35. In a shop, a mobile phone is sold at 75% of the marked price of $960. Given
that the marked price of the mobile phone is 320% of the cost. Find the profit. (6 marks)

36. The marked price of a fan is 20% higher than its cost. If it is sold at 10% off,
the profit is $64. Find the discount. (8 marks)

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37. The following data show the time (in s) spent by some students to run 100 m.
12.7 18.3 14.5 15.7 15.3 16.0 11.3 15.6 14.6 17.2
13.4 16.3 18.6 19.3 16.3 15.1 13.2 14.7 11.9 15.6
13.9 15.8 16.3 13.4 16.4 17.4 15.7 12.4 14.5 14.6
Group the data into classes and present the result using a frequency
distribution table. (6 marks)

38. The following table shows the transport most frequently took by 50 students.

Transport MTR Private Car Bus Minibus Others

Number of students 16 14 4
Percentage 12%
(a) Complete the table above.
(b) Construct a pie chart to present the data.
(c) Apart from pie chart, which kind of statistical diagrams / graphs can be
used to present the data? (10 marks)

39. The following data show the numbers of newspapers sold by 2 hawkers in the past 15
days.
Hawker A Hawker B
535 498 521 507 541 525 546 537 506 490
527 515 526 528 493 498 537 508 527 540
519 532 493 529 535 501 544 497 538 505
(a) Construct a back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram to present the data.
(b) Find the percentages of days with less than 500 newspapers sold by each hawker.
(c) Which hawker has more days with not less than 530 newspapers sold? (8 marks)

40. The following table shows the maximum and the minimum temperatures of a
city in the past 10 days.
Max. Temp. (C) 25.9 27.2 24.2 28.9 29.0 27.5 26.4 25.5 27.6 28.4
Min. Temp. (C) 17.2 17.8 16.1 18.6 19.8 18.8 16.9 16.1 17.3 19.1
(a) Construct a scatter diagram to present the data.
(b) Describe the relation between the maximum and the minimum temperatures.
(c) How many days do the maximum temperature below 28C while the
minimum temperature above 17C? (6 marks)

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