HKUGA College

MOCK EXAMINATION (2023/2024)

TOTAL MARKS: 105
Mathematics Compulsory Part
Paper 1

Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes Form: 6

Name: Class ( No.): ( )

Teacher: AY / EUL / HC / JKL / JL / WC

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of 24 pages including this cover page. The words “End of Paper” should
appear on the last page.

2. Do not open this exam paper until instructed to do so.

3. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and B. Each section carries 35 marks.

4. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this Question-
Answer Book.

5. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on request. Write your name, class
and class number on each sheet.

6. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

7. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3 significant
figures.

8. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

9. The use of an HKEAA-approved calculator is permitted. Section Marks Remarks

A(1)

A(2)

B
 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)
x 7 y 5
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
x 3 y 4 2

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m 3
2. Make n the subject of the formula  . (3 marks)
n  6 m  2n

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 3. A place mat is termed acceptable if its thickness is measured as 1.30 mm correct to the nearest
0.01 mm. Someone claims that the total thickness of 315 acceptable pieces of place mats can
be measured as 40 cm correct to the nearest cm. Is the claim correct? Explain your answer.
(3 marks)

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4. Factorize
(a) 9m2  4 ,
(b) 9m2  4  6mn  4n .
(3 marks)

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 3  5x 7
5. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy both  2 x  and  3x  6  12 .
3 3
(b) How many integers satisfy both inequalities in (a)?
(4 marks)

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6. A bag is sold at a discount of 20% on its marked price. After selling the bag, the loss is $16 and
the percentage loss is 4%. Find the marked price of the bag. (4 marks)

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 7. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the points P and Q are
(12, 303) and (5, 237) respectively. P is rotated anticlockwise about O through 90  to P ' .
Q ' is the reflection image of Q with respect to the polar axis.
(a) Write down the polar coordinates of P ' and Q ' .
(b) Find the perimeter of P'OQ' .
(4 marks)

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8. It is given that f(x) is partly constant and partly varies as x  32 . Suppose that f 2  8 and
f 0  8 .
(a) Find f x  .
(b) Solve the equation f x   2 x .
(6 marks)

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 9. In Figure 1, O is the centre of the circle ABCD. AOC is a straight line and AB // DO. It is given
that DOA   , DBC  x and ADB  y .

D
y C

O
A

B
Figure 1
Express x and y in terms of . (5 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the scores obtained by a group of
students in a Mathematics examination, where p and q are positive integers.

Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

2 p 5 5 6 6 9
3 1 5 8
4 4 4 4 8 9
5 1 1 q

The range of the above distribution is 38.

(a) Find the median, the mode and the standard deviation of the above distribution.
(5 marks)
(b) The score of ONE student is discarded and the range of the distribution is decreased. Find
the greatest possible inter-quartile range of the distribution. (2 marks)

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 11. In Figure 2, ABCD is a square. P is a point on AD and AB is produced to Q such that
BQ = DP. BC and PQ intersect at R.
D C

A B Q
Figure 2
(a) Prove that CBQ  CDP . (2 marks)
(b) Is CPQ a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
(c) If CQ = 8 cm, is there a point F on PQ such that the distance between F and C is 5 cm?
Explain your answer. (2 marks)

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 12. The coordinates of the points A and B are A(7,  3) and B(1,  1) respectively. Let G be a moving
point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that AG  BG . Denote the locus of G by  .
(a) (i) Find the equation of  .
(ii) Describe the geometric relationship between  and the line segment AB.
(3 marks)
(b) Let Q be a point on  . The radius of the circle passing through A, B and Q is equal to
the length of AB.
(i) Let M be the centre of the circle passing through A, B and Q. Write down the number
of folds of rotational symmetry of △ABM.
(ii) Find AQB.
(4 marks)

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 13. The slant height and the curved surface area of a solid metal right circular cone are 29 cm and
580π cm2 respectively.
(a) Find the height of the circular cone. (3 marks)
(b) The circular cone is divided into three parts by two planes which are parallel to its base.
The top part is a right circular cone A, the middle part is a frustum B and the bottom part
is a frustum C. The curved surface areas of A and B are equal. The curved surface area of
C is 6 times the curved surface area of A.
(i) Express the volume of C in terms of π.
(ii) If C is melted and recast into 5 identical solid metal right circular cylinders with the
height 10 cm, find the base radius of each circular cylinder.
(5 marks)

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 14. The cubic polynomial f ( x) is divisible by x  2 . When f ( x) is divided by x 2  4 , the
remainder is 8 x  k , where k is a constant.
(a) Find k. (3 marks)
(b) It is given that f ( x) is also divisible by x  4 . When f ( x) is divided by x, the remainder
is 80. Someone claims that all the roots of the equation f ( x)  0 are integers. Do you
agree? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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 SECTION B (35 marks)

15. There are 6 white balls, 1 blue ball and 2 red balls in bag A. From bag A, 2 balls are randomly
chosen at the same time.
(a) Find the probability that a blue ball is chosen. (2 marks)
(b) In bag B, there are 2 white balls and 1 red ball. The 2 balls chosen from bag A are put into
bag B and then 3 balls are randomly chosen from bag B at the same time. Find the
probability that the 3 balls chosen from bag B are not blue. (2 marks)

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 16. Let A(n) be the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. It is given that A(3) = 14 and A(10) = 7.
(a) Find A(1). (2 marks)
(b) Suppose that G(n) = 3A(n) for any positive integer n.
Find the greatest value of k such that G(1)G(2)G(3) … G(k) < 100 000. (5 marks)

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 17. (a) Let a and b be real constants. If the roots of the equation x2 + ax + b = 0 are p and 10p,
prove that 10a2 = 121b. (2 marks)
(b) It is given that the x-axis is a tangent to the circle C: x 2  y 2  8 x  12 y  r  0 , where r
is a real constant. Find the possible value(s) of real constant m such that the straight
line y = mx cuts C at the points Q and R with OQ : OR = 1 : 10, where O is the origin.
(4 marks)

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 18. In Figure 3(a), ABC is a piece of triangular paper card, where AB = 29 cm,
AC = 75 cm and BC = 92 cm. D is a point on AC such that AD  BC.

B C
D
Figure 3(a)

(a) Find the lengths of AD and BD. (3 marks)

(b) The paper card in Figure 3(a) is then folded along AD such that ABD lies on the
horizontal ground as shown in Figure 3(b). It is given that CAB = 60.

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B
D

Figure 3(b)
(i) Find the angle between the plane ABD and the plane ACD.
(ii) Find the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD.
(5 marks)

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 19. Let f  x  
1
k 2
 
x 2  2k  2x  5k  1 , where k is a positive constant. Denote the point (3, 1)

by A.
(a) Prove that the graph of y  f x  passes through A. (1 mark)

(b) The graph of y  g x  is obtained by reflecting the graph of y  f x  with respect to the
y-axis and then translating the resulting graph downwards by 2 units. Let M be the vertex
of the graph of y  g x  . Denote the point (0, –10) by N.
(i) Using the method of completing the square, express the coordinates of M in terms
of k.
(ii) Find k such that the circumcentre of ANM lies on AN.
(iii) For any positive constant k, the graph of y  g x  passes through the same point P.
Write down the coordinates of P.
(iv) Denote the circumcentre of ANM be S. Someone claims that P, M and S are

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collinear. Do you agree? Explain your answer.

(9 marks)

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