ST.

STEPHEN’S GIRLS’ COLLEGE

Final Examination 2019 – 2020
Form 3 MWC, WYL, SCHL
143 students
Mathematics
Time allowed: 1 hour 30 minutes
Question/Answer Paper

Please read the following instructions very carefully.

Class
Class No.
Name
1. This paper consists of TWO sections, A and B.

2. Write your class, class number and name in the spaces provided
on this cover.

3. This paper carries 100 marks. Attempt ALL questions in this

For Markers’ Use Only
paper. Write your answers in the spaces provided in this
Question/Answer Paper. 1 – 17 (40)

18 – 19 (4) (4)
4. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
20 – 21 (8) (8)

5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should 22 – 23 (8) (9)

either be exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
24 – 25 (7) (12)

TOTAL (100)

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Section A (40%)
All rough work should be done on the rough work paper provided, but will not be marked.

Answers Marks
1. Factorize the following polynomials. 1.
(a) 2m2 – m – 3 (a) ________________ 2
(b) 6m2 – 13mn + 6n2 (b) ________________ 2
(c) r2 + 12r + 36 – s2 (c) ________________ 2

2. 5ab 2 2. 2
Simplify and express your answer with positive
(3a 2b 2 )2 _________________
indices.

3. Round off the following numbers to 3 significant figures and 3.

express the results in scientific notation.
(a) 31415926.5 (a) ________________ 1
(b) −0.00032610 (b) ________________ 1

4. Convert the decimal number 10  228  48 to a hexadecimal 4. 2

number. _________________

5. m m 5. 2
Solve the inequality 2 .
3 8 _________________

6. If p  q, which of the following is/are true? 6. 2

I. p – 2  q – 2 _________________
p q
II.  
5 5
2 2
III. 
p q

7. In the figure, ABCD is a square. E A B 7. 2

is a point in the square such that __________________
DE = DC = AE. Find DEC.

D C
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8. In the figure, ABC and DEF are A D 8. 2
straight lines. AD // BE // CF. It is __________________
given that BE  10.5 cm and
CF  12 cm. Find the length of AD. B 10.5 cm
E

C 12 cm F

9. In the figure, D and F are points lying on AB A 9.

while E and G are points lying on AC such
that AD = DF = FB and DE // FG // BC. D E
(a) Find the ratio of the area of ADE (a) ________________ 2
to the area of ABC. F G
(b) Find the ratio of the area of the (b)________________ 2
trapezium DFGE to the area of
B C
the trapezium FBCG.

10. In the figure, the scale of the 10. 2

contour map is 1 : 40 000. AB is ________________
a straight road. AB is measured A
B
to be 2 cm on the map. Find the
inclination of road AB, correct
to 3 significant figures.

11. In the figure, ABC is an equilateral triangle. The compass bearing 11. 2
of C from A is S40E. Which of the following is/are true? _________________
I. The compass bearing of A from C is N
N60W. B
II. The true bearing of C from B is 200. A
III. The compass bearing of A from B is 40
S80W. C

12. In the figure, the angles of depression of two points B and C on 12. 2
the horizontal ground from peak A are 45° and 35° respectively. _________________
A, B and C lie on the same vertical plane. If the distance between
C and B is 160 m,
45
find the height of the 35

hill.
(Give your answer
correct to 3
significant figures.)
160 m

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13. The coordinates of the points A and B are (−10, 0) and (30, 0) 13. 2
respectively. Consider a point G with y-coordinate −15 such __________________
that AG = GB. Find the coordinates of G.

14. The three points A(3, −2), B(a, −4) and C(−1, 6) are collinear. 14. 2
Find the value of a. __________________

15. L1 is a straight line with slope 1. L2 is a straight line 15. 2

perpendicular to L1 and L2 cuts the x-axis at (5, 0). If L2 cuts the __________________
y-axis at P, find the coordinates of P.

16. Two fair dice are rolled. Find the probability that the sum of the 16. 2
two numbers is a multiple of 8. __________________

17. There are 3 brands of instant noodles on the shelf of a 17. 2

supermarket. 40% are brand A noodles, 25% are brand B noodles __________________
and 35% are brand C noodles. It is given that the selling prices of
each pack of brand A, brand B and brand C noodles are $3, $2.6
and $4 respectively. If a pack of instant noodles is drawn at
random from the shelf, find the expected value of the selling price
of the pack of instant noodles.

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Section B (60%)
All working must be clearly shown in the spaces provided.
9(1  x) 1
18. (a) Solve  2x  . (3 marks)
4 9
(b) Find the smallest possible integer x that satisfies the inequality in (a). (1 mark)

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19. In the figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral. The angle bisector of BCD and the angle bisector of ADC
intersect at E. DE  CE and AD  BC .
A B
E

x y

D C

(a) Prove that x  y  90. (1 mark)

(b) Prove that ABCD is a parallelogram. (3 marks)

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20. In the figure, ABCD is a square. AC and BD intersect at O. E is A D
the mid-point of AO. G is a point on ED such that CG  DE. CG
and DO intersect at F. G
E
F
(a) Prove that GDF  OCF . (2 marks)
(b) Prove that EDO  FCO. (3 marks) O
1
(c) Prove that EF  AD . (3 marks)
2

B C

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21. The figure shows a part of a contour map of scale 1 : 8 000. PQ represents a
800 m Q
straight path. The length of PQ on the map is measured as 1.6 cm. P

(a) Find the gradient of PQ. (3 marks) 750 m

(b) Find the actual length of PQ, correct to 3 significant figures. (2 marks)
(c) R is a point on the map. If the length of the straight path QR 700 m
R
on the map is measured as 2.5 cm, which path is steeper, 650 m
600 m
PQ or QR? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
550 m

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22. Figure (a) shows a plastic right circular cone with base radius 20 cm and height 30 cm. The cone is
now cut into 2 parts, A and B, where A is a frustum and B is a circular cone of base radius 15 cm.

10 cm

A
X
60 cm
30 cm Y 5 cm
B

Figure (a) Figure (b) Figure (c)

(a) Find the height of frustum A. (2 marks)

(b) A new container X is formed by inserting a cylindrical part between A and B. The height of X is
60 cm, see figure (b).
(i) Now 6862.5π cm3 of water is poured into X. Find the height of water inside X.
(3 marks)
(ii) Peter creates another solid Y as shown in figure (c) by using a similar circular cone. Do you
think solid Y is similar to solid X? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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23. In the figure, A(1, −8), B(3, b) and C(−5, c) are the vertices of a
triangle, where CA  AB. AB is produced to cut the x-axis at D E D
0 x
and AB = BD. AC is produced to cut the x-axis at E. Find
B(3, b)
(a) the coordinates of B and D, (3 marks)
C(−5, c)
(b) the coordinates of C, (2 marks) A(1, −8)
(c) the area of quadrilateral BDEC. (4 marks)

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24. In the figure, B(5, 3), C and A are the vertices of a triangle, y
where C lies on the y-axis and A lies on the x-axis. BC is
produced to meet the x-axis at D. It is given that B(5, 3)
DC : CB = 2 : 1. C
(a) Find the coordinates of C and D. (4 marks)
(b) Given that the area of ABC is 7 square units, find D 0 A x
the coordinates of A. (3 marks)

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25. In the figure, ship P sails in the direction N30ºE at 50 km/h from
A along route AB. At the same time, ship Q sails due west from C F
along route CD at a constant speed. Suppose D is due north of A,
AD = 10 km and CD = 20 km.
(a) (i) If the two ships meet at E, find AE and DE. (Leave your
answers in surd form if necessary.) (3 marks)
(ii) Hence, find the speed of ship Q. (Give your answers
correct to 3 significant figures.) (3 marks)
(b) If the two ships continue to sail without changing their speeds, ship P arrives at F when ship Q
arrives at D.
(i) Find the shortest distance from F to route CD. (3 marks)
(ii) Find the true bearing of F from D. (3 marks)
(Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures.)

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