23-24 S4

MATH CP
PAPER 1 Name

Pui Tak Canossian College Class

Class No.
2023 – 2024

S4 First Term Examination

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

Paper 1
Question-Answer book

Examination Date: January 8, 2024

Examination Time: 08:30 – 10:00
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After the announcement of the start of the Section. Marks

examination, you should first write your Name, Class
and Class Number in the spaces provided.
Section A(1) / 30
2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and
B. Total mark of this paper is 75. Section A(2) / 24
3. Do not write in the margins. Answers written in the
margins will not be marked.
Section B / 21

4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be

clearly shown.
Total / 75
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should
be either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.

6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn

to scale.

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 SECTION A(1) (30 marks)

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1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
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2. Factorize

(a) 4x2 − 7xy − 15y2,

(b) 12x + 15y − 4x2 + 7xy + 15y2. (3 marks)

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 x − 6y
3. Make y the subject of the formula 2 – y = . (3 marks)
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4. The number of marbles owned by a girl is 4 times that owned by a boy. If the girl gives 33 of
her marbles to the boy, then the number of marbles owned by the boy is 3 times that owned
by the girl. Find the total number of marbles owned by the boy and the girl. (4 marks)

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 5. The marked price of a handbag is $1100. It is given that the marked price of the handbag is
37.5% higher than the cost.
(a) Find the cost of the handbag.
(a) After selling the handbag, the percentage profit is 10%. Find the selling price of the
handbag. (4 marks)

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6. Find the quotient and the remainder when x3 – 2x2 + 25 is divided by x + 2. (3 marks)

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 7. It is given that the straight line L cuts the x-axis at the point A(−32, 0) and passes through the
point B(−4, 21). Find the equation of L. (3 marks)

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8. The figure shows the graph of y = 2x2 + ax + b, where a and b are constants.
(a) Find a and b.
(b) Find the equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph. (3 marks)
y = 2x2 + ax + b y

x
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 9. Given that the quadratic equation x 2 − 12x + k = 0 has two equal real roots,
(a) find the value of k,
(b) find the root of the equation. (4 marks)

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SECTION A(2) (24 marks)

10. Simplify the following expressions and express the answers in the form a + bi.

(a) (4 − 2i)(2 + 3i) − (2 − 6i)

2 + 3i
(b) (5 marks)
4 − 3i

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 11. Let f (x) = 3x2 + 9x – 2 and g (x) = 2 f (x + 2) − f (x).
(a) Find g (x). (2 marks)
(b) If g (k) = – 32, find the possible values of k. (2 marks)

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12. Given that the straight lines L1: hx − 18y + 3 = 0 and L2: 12x − 18y + 5 = 0 are perpendicular
to each other.
(a) Find the value of h. (3 marks)
(b) Find the x-intercept of L1. (2 marks)

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 y
13. The figure shows the graph of y = (kx + 3)2 − 8k, where k is a
non-zero constant.
x
(a) Find k. (1 mark) O

(b) Find the x-intercepts of the graph. (2 marks) −7

y = (kx + 3)2 − 8k
(c) Hence, or otherwise, find the coordinates of the vertex of
the graph. (2 marks)

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 14. A piece of wire with length 200 cm is cut into two parts. Each part is then bent to form a
square as shown in the figure. Suppose the length of one of the squares is x cm.

200 cm
x cm

(a) Express the total area of the two squares in terms of x. (2 marks)
(b) Ivy claims that the total area of the two squares is the smallest if the two squares are
identical. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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 Section B (21 marks)

15. Let  and  be the roots of the equation x 2 − 5x − 2 = 0 . Find the values of the following
expressions.
   
(a)  +  +   + 
   
   
(b)  +    + 
   
(5 marks)

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 16. Let f ( x) = ( x − 2) 2 ( x + h) + k , where h and k are constants. When f (x) is divided by x − 2 ,
the remainder is −6 . It is given that f (x) is divisible by x −1 .

(a) Find the values of h and k. (4 marks)

(b) Someone claims that there is only one rational root in the equation f ( x) = 0 . Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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 17. Let f(x) = x2 – (2k + 4)x + 2k2 + 6k + 1, where k is a non-zero constant.
(a) Using the method of completing the square, find the coordinates of the vertex of the
graph of y = f(x) in terms of k. (2 marks)
(b) Suppose that the graph of y = f(x) intersects the x-axis at two distinct points A(a, 0) and
B(b, 0), where a < b.
(i) Find the length of AB in terms of k.
(ii) C is a point in the same coordinate plane. It is given that the y-coordinate of C is −5.
(1) Find the greatest possible area of △ABC.
(2) Is it possible that C lies on the graph of y = f(x) when the area of △ABC is
the greatest? Explain your answer.
(7 marks)

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