MOCK – DSE

MATH CP
PAPER 1 Name

WA YING COLLEGE Class 6

2015  2016 S6 Mock Examination
Class Number

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

Paper 1 Question No. Marks
Question – Answer Book
12

22nd January, 2016

3–4
8.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. ( 2 14 hours)
This paper must be answered in English. 5

Instructions: 6
1. Write your name, class and class number
in the spaces provided on this cover. 7

2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), 8

A(2) and B. Each section carries 35 marks.
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3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write

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your answers in the spaces provided in this
Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the
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will not be marked.
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4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheet 13

will be provided on request. Write you name,
class and class number on each sheet and 14
fasten them with string INSIDE this book.
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5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must
be clearly shown. 16

6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers 17

should be either exact or correct to 3
significant figures. 18

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MOCK – DSE
MATH CP
PAPER 1 Name

WA YING COLLEGE Class 6

2015  2016 S6 Mock Examination
Class Number

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

Paper 1 Question No. Marks
Question – Answer Book
12

22nd January, 2016

3–4
8.30 a.m. – 10.45 a.m. ( 2 14 hours)
This paper must be answered in English. 5

Instructions: 6
1. Write your name, class and class number
in the spaces provided on this cover. 7

2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), 8

A(2) and B. Each section carries 35 marks.
9

3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write

10
your answers in the spaces provided in this
Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the
11
margins. Answers written in the margins
will not be marked.
12

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheet 13

will be provided on request. Write you name,
class and class number on each sheet and 14
fasten them with string INSIDE this book.
15
5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must
be clearly shown. 16

6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers 17

should be either exact or correct to 3
significant figures. 18

19
7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily
drawn to scale. Total

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 SECTION A (1) (35 marks)
(a 2 b3 ) 2 (a 3 b 1 )
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices.
a 2 b 7
(3 marks)

(
)a b
"

=
万三”
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 xy  2
2. Make x the subject of the formula  3y  1 .
x
(3 marks)
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 3. Two fair dice are thrown. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers on the two dice is greater
than or equal to 9.
(3 marks)
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 4. Factorize
(a) x 2  16z 2 ,
(b) x 2  16z 2  2xy  8yz .
(3 marks)
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 3x  7
5. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy both  2(x  1) and 4x  17  0.
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(b) How many integers satisfy both the inequalities in (a)?
(4 marks)
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 6. The marked price of a computer is $3600. It is given that the marked price of the computer is 20%
higher than the cost. cost m
(a) Find the cost of the computer. c 了 66 U

(b) If the computer is sold with 10% discount, find the percentage profit.
et c be ω
在 s 5 (4 marks)
,

) 1 2C 3600
=
a ,

C$ OU

: cost is $ 300

D 3600
30 (0 . 9 - )

7220

⼆ 8% v
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 7. The age of Alex is now 3 times that of Betty. Four years ago, the ratio of the age of Alex to that of
Betty was 11 : 3. Find the present age of Alex. A B
n
(4 marks)
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4 th 3k
个 K 4
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= ((k -

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{2 =
2k

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16

3 k ( (0) )
3

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of Aux = 3k 3 [( ( )
preratage
=

=
48 ld
yees
.
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 8. In Figure 1, ABCD is a circle. E is a point on BD such that BC = BE. It is given that AB // DC,
 : AD
BA  = 2 : 3 and BAD = 100.

C
B

Figure 1
Find BDC and DCE .
(5 marks)
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 9. In Figure 2(a), the frustum is made by cutting off a right circular cone of base radius 3 cm from a solid
right circular cone of base radius 12 cm and height 16 cm. Figure 2(b) shows the solid X formed by
drilling a hemisphere with radius 3 cm from the frustum.

Solid X

Figure 2(a) Figure 2(b)

(a) Find the volume of the solid X in terms of .
(b) Find the total surface area of the solid X in terms of .
(6 marks)
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 SECTION A (2) (35 marks)
10. In a company, the profit of completing an n-day-project is P (in thousand dollars). It is given that P is
the sum of two parts, one part varies as n and the other part varies as the square of n. When n = 10,
P = 380 and when n = 15, P = 495.
(a) Find the profit of the company completing a 20-day-project.
(4 marks)
(b) Find the number of days to complete a project if the profit of completing the project is $540000.
(2 marks)
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 11. When a polynomial P(x) is divided by 2x + k, the quotient is x2 + 5x – 14 and the remainder is 20.
When P(x) is divided by x + 3, the remainder is 40.
(a) Find the value of k.
(3 marks)
(b) Someone claims that all the roots of the equation P(x) = –50 are rational. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(3 marks)
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 12. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the ages of the members in a council.
Stem (tens) Leaf (units)
3 1 3 5 6 9
4 1 3 3 4 6 7 8 8 9
5 1 1 2 7
6 0 4 9
(a) Find the mean, the median and the inter-quartile range of the above distribution.
(4 marks)
(b) Two of the members now leave the council. It is found that both the median and the range of the
distribution of the ages are decreased.
(i) Write down the new median of the distribution.
(ii) Will the inter-quartile range of the distribution decrease? Explain your answer.
(3 marks)
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 13. In Figure 3, ABCD is a trapezium with AD // BC. F is a point on BC such that ABFD is a
parallelogram. AC and DF intersect at E.

A B

D
E F

Figure 3
(a) Prove that ∆AED ~ ∆CEF.
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(2 marks)
(b) Suppose that AD = 5 cm, BC = 20 cm, AC = 12 cm and AE  DF.
(i) Find the length of DE.
(ii) Is ∆ADC a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

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 14. A circle C cuts the x-axis at the points (2, 0) and (10, 0), where its centre R lies in quadrant I. It is
given that the radius of C is 5 units.
(a) Find the coordinates of R.
(3 marks)
(b) The equation of the straight line L is 4x – 3y + 60 = 0. It is found that C and L do not intersect.
Let P be a point lying on L such that P is nearest to R.
(i) Find the distance between P and R.
(ii) Let Q be a moving point on C. Someone claims that when Q is furthest from P, the ratio of
the area of ∆OPQ to the area of ∆OQR is 5 : 1, where O is the origin. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(6 marks)
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 SECTION B (35 marks)
15. The mean and the standard deviation of the test scores obtained by a class of 20 students are 53.5 marks
and 5 marks respectively. Peter is one of the students in the class and his standard score is –0.3.
(a) Find the score of Peter.
(b) Peter and other 9 students receive 2 extra marks after checking. Peter claims that his standard
score becomes positive after the change of his score. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)
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 16. There are 16 members in Mathematics Society, where 7 of them are S4 students, 6 of them are S5
students and the rest are S6 students. Now 6 students are randomly selected from the society.
(a) Find the probability at least two S6 students are selected.
(b) Find the probability that there is at least one member in each form and at least two of them are S6
students.
(4 marks)
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 17. Andy opens a saving account in a bank and deposits $50 000 into the account at 4% p.a. compound
half-yearly at the beginning of 2016. It is known that $505 is deducted from the account as
administrative fee after receiving the interest at the end of each year.
(a) (i) Find the amount in Andy’s account at the beginning of 2017.
(ii) Express the amount in Andy’s account after n years from the beginning of 2016 in the form
of $(ab 2n  c) , where a, b and c are constants.
(4 marks)
(b) Billy deposits $100 000 into an account of another bank at 2% p.a. compound yearly at the
beginning of 2016, in which no administrative fee is charged. If the total amount in the accounts
of Andy and Billy is more then $350 000 after k years from the beginning of 2016, find the least
value of k.
(3 marks)
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 18. In Figure 4, ABCD is a tetrahedron with AB  AD  72 cm , BC  CD  90 cm , BD = 108 cm and
AC = 117 cm. P is the mid-point of BD.

Figure 4
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(a) (i) Find ACP.
(ii) Find the volume of the tetrahedron ABCD.
(5 marks)
(b) Suppose Q is a point lying on CD such that CQ : QD = 3 : 2 and R is a point lying on AC such that
QR is perpendicular to AC. An art work is formed by cutting off the tetrahedron CPQR from
tetrahedron ABCD. Someone claims that the volume of the art work is larger than 0.02 m3. Do
you agree? Explain your answer.
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 19. Let k be an integral constant.
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(a) Express in the form of p + qi, where p and q are real numbers.
k i
(2 marks)
k2  1 k2  1
(b) Let f (x)  a x 2  12x  20 , where a is a nonzero constant. It is know that and
ki k i
are the roots of the equation f(x) = 0.
(i) Find the values of a and k.
(ii) Using the method of completing the square, find the coordinates of the vertex of the graph of
y  f (x) .
(iii) In the same rectangular coordinate system, let S and T be the vertices on the graphs of
y  f (x)  3 and y  1  f ( x) respectively. Denote the origin by O. Someone claims
that the orthocenter of OST lies on the quadrant IV. Is the claim correct? Explain your
answer.
(10 marks)
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