An Inspiring Journey in Mathematics (Form Two) SECRET

Required Exercise (for Book 2A) You are not allowed to send
the exercise
Name:________________________ Class: F. 2 ____ ( ) Date:____________________
If necessary, correct your answer to three significant figures
DAILY EXERCISE 1 Chapter 1
Multiple-Choice Question
1. Factorize 16x2 – 25y2
 Booklet p. 4

A. (8x + 5y)(8x – 5y)

B. (4x + 5y)(4x – 5y)
C. (4x – 5y)2
D. (4x + 5y)2
2. Factorize ax − by − bx + ay
 Booklet p. 3

A. (a − b)(x − y)
B. (a − b)(x + y)
C. (b − a)(x − y)
D. (b − a)(x + y)
3. Factorize 9a2 + 6ab + b2 – (a – b)2.
 Booklet p. 2 or 3

A. 8a2
B. 4a(a + b)
C. 8a(a + b)
D. (3a + b)(a − b)

4. Suppose , then x =

A.

B.

C.

D.

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5. Simplify .

A.

B.

C.

D.

Public Exam Question

1. [HKDSE Practise Paper 1]

Make a be the subject of the formula

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2. [HKDSE Practise Paper 1]
Factorize
(a) 9x2 − 42xy + 49y2
(b) 9x2 − 42xy + 49y2 – 6x + 14y

3. [HKDSE 2023 Paper 1]

Make h the subject of the formula .

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4. [HKDSE 2018 Paper 1]

Make b the subject of the formula

5. [Refer to HKDSE Practise Paper 1]

Factorize
(a) x2 – 6xy + 9y
(b) x2 – 6xy + 9y – 4

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6. [HKDSE Prastise Paper 2]
p2 – q2 – p – q

7. [HKDSE Prastise Paper 2]

If 3a + 1 = 3(b – 2), then b =

Grade:________

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Name:________________________ Class: F. 2 ____ ( ) Date:____________________
If necessary, correct your answer to three significant figures
DAILY EXERCISE 2 Chapter 1 and 2
Multiple-Choice Question
1. [HKCEE 1984 Paper 2]

If , then y =

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

2. [HKCEE 2004 Paper 2]

If , then y

A.

B.

C.

D.

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 3. Which of the following may represent the graph of the equation 6x + 5y = 3?
 Booklet p. 7 and 8

y y

x x
O O

A. B.

y
y

x
O x
O

C.
D.
4. [HKDSE 2014 Paper 2]
Find an expression identical with u2 – v2 – 5u + 5v.
A. (u – v)(u + v – 5)
B. (u – v)(u + v + 5)
C. (u + v)(u – v – 5)
D. (u + v)(u – v + 5)
5. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Find the length of DC.
A. 5
x+3
A B B. 6
C. 8
2x –1 D. 9
y+1

D 2y + 1 C

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Conventional Questions

6. (a) Solve by any method.

(b) Hence, solve .

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7. Factorize the following expression.
(a) 12ac + 6bd – 9ad – 8bc
(b) 6ax + 2x – 3x2 – 4a

8. Nicholas is 5 years older than Edison now. 10 years ago, Nicholas’s age is 6 times of that of Edison. Find
the present ages of Nicholas and Edison.

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9. Level 3
Let x, y and z be 3 unknowns and they satisfy the simultaneous equations

(a) By considering (1) and (2) and using the method of elimination, find an equation connecting y and z.
(b) By considering (1) and (3) and using the method of elimination, find an equation connecting y and z
(c) Using the results of (a) and (b), find the values of y and z.
(d) Hence find the value of x.
 Booklet p. 9

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 Name:________________________ Class: F. 2 ____ ( ) Date:____________________
If necessary, correct your answer to three significant figures
CONSOLIDATION EXERCISE 1 Chapter 1 and 2
Multiple-Choice Question
2. [HKCEE Sample Paper 2]
1. If , then b =
If x + y = a, and xy = b, then x2 – 2xy + y2 =
 Tips: Try to sub. a number in the expression if you are
A. confused

A. a2 – 4b
B.
B. a2 – 2b
C. a2 – b
C.
D. a2 + 4b
E. a2 + b2
D.

3. [HKCEE 1994 Paper 2] 4. [HKDSE 2018 Paper 2]

Factorize a2 – 2ab + b2 – a + b Factorize h2 – 6h – 4k2 – 12k
A. (a – b)(a – b – 1) A. (h – 2k)(h – 2k + 6)
B. (a – b)(a – b + 1) B. (h – 2k)(h + 2k + 6)
C. (a – b)(a + b – 1) C. (h + 2k)(h – 2k – 6)
D. (a + b)(a – b + 1) D. (h + 2k)(h + 2k – 6)
E. (a – b – 1)2
6. If (8, –1) is a solution of the simultaneous

5. Solve equations , then a =

A. –3
B. –2
A. C. 3
D. 4

B.

C.

D.

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Conventional Questions
7. [HKDSE Sample Paper]
Factorize
(a) 3m2 – mn – 2n2
(b) 3m2 – mn – 2n2 – m + n

8. In a farm, there are some chickens and pigs. There are altogether 38 heads and 116 feet among these
livestock. Find the number of pigs in the farm.

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9. A church is 2400 m away from Peter’s home. To go from home to church at the weekend, Peter spent
10 minutes walking and 8 minutes running on Saturday 15 minutes walking and 6 minutes running on
Sunday. Find the walking speed and running speed of Peter in m/min.

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10. Solve

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11. Simplify .

12. Consider by this formula

(a) Make F be the subject of the formula.

(b) If C = 32, find F.
(c) If C is increased by 1, find the percentage change of it.

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Correction and Note:

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Name:________________________ Class: F. 2 ____ ( ) Date:____________________

If necessary, correct your answer to three significant figures
DAILY EXERCISE 3 Chapter 1 - 3 + F1 knowledge
Multiple-Choice Question
1 Answer the question by using the MC answer sheet.
2 Use a pencil to answer all the question
1. x3(2x + x) 2. If 3a +1 = 3(b – 2) , then b =
4
A. 3x A. a + 1
B. 2x5 B. a + 3
C. 3x5
C. a +
D. 2x6

D. a –

3. John buys a vase for $ 1600 . He then sells the 4. An elephant has a measured weight of 12 625
vase to Susan at a profit of 20% . At what kg. If the relative error of the measurement is
price should Susan sell the vase in order to 0.04, what is the range of the actual weight of
have a profit of 20% ? the elephant?
A. $2 240 A. 12 000 kg – 13 250 kg
B. $2 304 B. 12 120 kg – 13 130 kg
C. $2 400 C. 12 125 kg – 13 125 kg
D. $2 500 D. 12 520 kg – 12 720 kg
5. When a number is rounded off to 3 decimal
6. Simplify
places, the approximated value has 5
significant figures. This number is possible to
A.
be lying between
A. 3 and 5
B.
B. 10 and 100
C. 100 and 200 C. 1
D. 300 and 500
D.

7. The price of 6 apples and 2 oranges is $228. If 8. Factorize 4m2 – 25n2

the price of 4 apples is the same as the price of A. (2m − 5n)2
5 oranges, then the price of an orange is B. (4m − 25n)2
A. $24 C. (2m − 5n)(2m – 5n)
B. $27 D. (4m + 25n)(4m − 25n)
C. $30
D. $65

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 9. Factorize 27(x – y)3 – 9(y – x)2
10. If , find the value of
A. 3(x – y)2(x – y – 1)
B. 3(x – y)2(x – y + 1) A. 5
C. 9(x – y)2(3x – 3y – 1) B. 7
D. 9(x – y)2(3x – 3y + 1) C. 9
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11. Let p and q be constants. If 12. In a measurement, the lower limit and the
x2 + p(x + 5) + q ≡ (x – 2)(x + 5) , then q = upper limit of the actual weight of Joyce are
A. –25 50.25 kg and 50.75 kg respectively. Find the
B. –10 maximum absolute error of the measurement.
C. 3 A. 0.1 kg
D. 5 B. 0.25 kg
C. 0.5 kg
D. 1 kg
13. A football field has its length and width 14. The upper limit and lower limit of the weight
measured to be 105 m and 68 m respectively, of a toy rabbit are 402 g and 398 g
correct to the nearest m. Find the maximum respectively. Find the percentage error.
area of the field. A. 0.1%
A. 7149 m2 B. 0.2%
B. 7226.75 m2 C. 0.5%
C. 7314 m2 D. 5%
D. 7350 m2
15. If 2x + 3y = 4, then y = 16. The weight of a wooden block is measured to
be 45 g. If the percentage error of the
A.
measurement is 1%, find the upper limit of the
total weight of 10 wooden blocks.
B.
A. 450.45 g
B. 454.5 g
C.
C. 455 g
D. 459 g
D.

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Multiple Choices Paper – Answer Sheet
多項選擇題 - 答題紙

You may use an HB pencil to answer all the questions. 分數 Marks:

用 HB 鉛筆來回答所有的問題。

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 Name:________________________ Class: F. 2 ____ ( ) Date:____________________
If necessary, correct your answer to three significant figures
DAILY EXERCISE 4 Chapter 3 + Form One Knowledge
Conventional Questions
1. In 2016, there were 827 graduates in the school.
(a) Round off the number of graduates to the nearest 100
(b) Find the absolute and percentage errors of the approximation in (a).

2. The actual number of visitors of a fun fair is 2829. Find the percentage error when the number of
visitors is correct to the nearest hundred

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3. The length of an AAA battery is measured as 44.5 mm, correct to the nearest 0.1 mm.
(a) Write down the scale interval of the measuring tool used.
(b) Write down the range of the actual length of an AAA battery
(c) There is an AAA battery box of x mm tall. Its width is just fit for one AAA battery. It is given that
x 135. Is it possible to put three AAA batteries in a row inside the box? Explain your answer.

4. It is given that a country's population is 361 390, of which 40% are female.
(a) Estimate the country's female population by correcting the answer to 3 significant figures.
(b) Find the percentage error of the approximation obtained in (a).

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5. A value is measured as 43.2, correct to the nearest 0.1. What are the upper and lower limits of this
measurement?

6. The lower limit and the upper limit of the height of a boy are 170.5 cm and 171.5 cm respectively. Find
the relative error of the measurement.

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7. The radius of a circle is measured as 10 cm, correct to the nearest cm. Find the accumulated error of the
area of the circle. Answer in terms of π.

Hints
2r = d

d The formula of the area of a circle:

r O

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 Name:________________________ Class: F. 2 ____ ( ) Date:____________________
If necessary, correct your answer to three significant figures
CONSOLIDATION EXERCISE 2 Chapter 3 and 4 + Form One Knowledge
Multiple-Choice Question
1. [HKCEE 1979 Paper 2]
If a : b = 2 : 3 and b : c = 4 : 3, then a : b : c =
A. 2 : 3 : 4
B. 2 : 4 : 3
C. 4 : 6 : 3
D. 8 : 9 : 12
E. 8 : 12 : 8
2. [HKCEE 2011 Paper 2]

Let m and n be non-zero number, if = 3, then m : n =

A. 1 : 5
B. 5 : 1
C. 5 : 7
D. 7 : 5
3. [HKCEE 2003 Paper 2]
The scale of a map is 1 : 4 000. If the actual area of the sports field is 8,000 m2, find its area on the map.
A. 0.02 cm2
B. 0.05 cm2
C. 2 cm2
D. 5 cm2
4. [HKDSE Sample Paper 2]
If x , y and z are non-zero numbers such that 2x = 3y and x = 2z , then (x + z) : (x + y) =
A. 3 : 5
B. 6 : 7
C. 9 : 7
D. 9 : 10

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5. [HKDSE Sample Paper Section B]

Simplify

A.
Tips

B. All choice is taken

(2 – x)2 as their
C. denominator (分母)

D.

6. [HKDSE 2018 Paper 2]

If , find x.

A.

B.

C.

D.

Conventional Questions
7. The ratio of the capacity of a bottle to that of a cup is 3 : 4 . The total capacity of 7 bottles and 9 cups is
11 litres. Find the capacity of a bottle.

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8. Abby and Ben have a total of 150 stickers. It is given that the ratio of the number of Abby’s stickers to
the number of Ben’s stickers is 17 : 13.
(a) Find the number of stickers that each of them has.
(b) Abby buys an extra number of stickers, and then Ben buys twice as many as Abby. The new ratio
found then becomes 20 : 19. How many stickers did each of them buy?

9. The capacity of an oil tank is 1800 L. A crack in the oil tank causes 20 L of oil to leak in 2 minutes. How
many minutes does it take for one-third of the oil to leak?

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10. In the morning session of a library tour, the ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 13 : 17.
If 22 more boys join and 2 girls leave the tour in the afternoon session, the number of boys and girls are
the same. Find the number of girls in the tour in the morning session.

The end-of-the-term homework and the quiz revision exercise

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