2013-Mock Exam SING YIN SECONDARY SCHOOL

MATH CP
MOCK EXAMINATION 2012 – 2013
PAPER 2
F.6A & B
F.6 MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
PAPER 2

Time allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. Insert the information required in the
spaces provided.

2. When told to open this book, you should check that all the questions are there. Look for the
words ‘END OF PAPER’ after the last question.

3. All questions carry equal marks.

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on the Answer Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber.

5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you
will receive NO MARKS for that question.

6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

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There are 30 questions in Section A and 15 questions in Section B.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Section A

1. (42n )(2n ) 
A. 23 n .
B. 25 n .
C. 43 n .
D. 83 n .

2. p2  q2  p  q 
A. ( p  q)( p  q  1) .
B. ( p  q)( p  q  1) .
C. ( p  q)( p  q  1) .
D. ( p  q)( p  q  1) .

3. If a( x  1)( x  2)  b( x  2)  3x 2  11x  10 , then

A. a = 3 and b = 2.
B. a = 3 and b = –2.
C. a = –3 and b = 2.
D. a = –3 and b = –2.

4. Find the remainder when 8 x 3  4 x  13 is divided by 2 x  1 .

A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15

5. The solution of 3x  1  5x  7 and x  2 is

A. x  4.
B. x  2.
C. 2  x  4.
D. No real solution.

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6. If the simultaneous equations
2 x  4 y  5  0

3x  6 y  c  0
have infinitely many solutions, then c =
A. 15 .

15
B.  .
2

15
C. .
2
D. 15.

7. If a cake is sold at $60, the profit percentage is 20%. Find the percentage loss if the cake is
sold at $30.
A. 20%
B. 30%

1
C. 33 %
3

D. 40%

8. x y z 2x  3 y  4z
If   , then 
2 3 4 x

A. 6.

25
B. .
4

28
C. .
3

29
D. .
2

9. 1
If x  y 2 and y , which of the following is a constant?
z

x
A.
z
B. xz
C. xz 2
D. xz 4

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10. The scale of a map is 1 : 2000. If the actual area of a farm is 5000 m2, find its area on the
map.
A. 0.00125 cm2
B. 2.5 cm2
C. 12.5 cm2
D. 25 cm2

11. In the figure, the first pattern consists of 1 square tile. For any positive integer n, the (n + 1)th
pattern is formed by adding 4 tiles to the nth pattern. Find the number of tiles in the 10th
pattern.

n=1 n=2 n=3

A. 33
B. 37
C. 40
D. 41

12. If 0.7647  y  0.7653 , which of the following must be true?

A. y = 0.7 (correct to 1 significant figure)
B. y = 0.76 (correct to 2 significant figures)
C. y = 0.765 (correct to 3 significant figures)
D. y = 0.7650 (correct to 4 significant figures)

13. In using a ruler with minimum division 1 mm to measure the length of a pen, the result is 10.0 cm.
What is the percentage error of the measurement?
A. 0.1%
B. 0.2%
C. 0.5%
D. 1%

14. Find the area of the triangle bounded by the straight lines y = 2x + 8, y = –x + 8 and the x-axis.
A. 96
B. 64
C. 48
D. 16

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15. In the figure, OAB and ODC are sectors with centre O and ∠AOB = 120°.

If the area of the shaded region is 48π cm2 and BC = 6 cm, then AB 

A. 4π cm. D C
A B
B. 6π cm. 120°

C. 10π cm. O
D. 12π cm.

16. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. It is given that FAB and

CEF are straight lines and AE : ED = 2 : 1. Find CF. F

A. 48 cm
E
B. 50 cm D A
10 cm
C. 52 cm C B
40 cm
D. 56 cm

17. In the figure, x =

4 sin α A 4 D
A. .
sin( α  β )

4 sin α x
B. .
cos(α  β ) α β
B 8 C
4 sin( α  β )
C. .
cos α

4 sin( α  β )
D. .
sin α

18. The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of daily temperature (in C ) of a
city in a month. Which of the following are CORRECT?

Temperature ( C )
20 24 28 32 36 40
I. The mean is 30C .
II. The range is 18C .
III. The inter-quartile range is 10C .
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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19. sin 2 θ  sin(90  θ )  cos(180  θ ) 
A. 1.
B. 0.
C. sin 2 θ  cos2 θ .
D. sin 2 θ  sin θ cos θ .

20. The graph of y  2 x 2  4 x  a cuts the x-axis at A and B. It is given that AB  8 . Find a.
A. a  30
B. a2
C. a  12
D. a  30

21. In the figure, RQS = 75 and O is the centre. Find the value
of .
A. 75
O
B. 105
 R
C. 125 75
D. 150 P Q S

22. The figure shows a sector OAB with radius 4 cm and OAB = 60.
A
Find the area of the shaded region.
60

 4π  2 O
A.   4 3 cm
 3  4 cm
 4π  2
B.   8 3 cm B
 3 

 8π  2
C.   4 3 cm
 3 

 8π  2
D.   8 3 cm
 3 

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23. If Δ ABC is an obtuse-angled triangle, which of the following lie insideΔ ABC?
I. The centroid of Δ ABC
II. The in-centre of Δ ABC
III. The circumcentre of Δ ABC
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

24. The rectangular coordinates of the point P are (1, 1) . If P is reflected with respect to the
x-axis, then the polar coordinates of its image are
A. ( 2 , 135) .
B. ( 2 , 225) .
C. (2, 135) .
D. (2, 225) .

25. P and Q are two fixed points on a plane. If a point A on the plane moves such that the area of
ΔPAQ is a constant, then the locus of A is
A. a pair of lines parallel to PQ.
B. the perpendicular bisector of the line segment PQ.
C. the straight line passing through P and Q.
D. the circle with PQ as the diameter.

26. The figure shows the graph of the straight line

y
ax  by  1  0 . Which of the following is true? ax  by  1  0
A. a  0 and b  0
B. a  0 and b  0
C. a  0 and b  0 O x

D. a  0 and b  0

27. A circle passes through (2, 0) and it touches the y-axis at (0, 4). The equation of the circle is
A. x 2  y 2  10 x  8 y  16  0 .
B. x 2  y 2  10 x  8 y  16  0 .
C. x 2  y 2  10 x  8 y  16  0 .
D. x 2  y 2  10 x  8 y  16  0 .

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28. The stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the distribution of the lifetimes (in hours) of 20 batteries.
Stem (10 hours) Leaf (1 hour)
17 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 6 7 9
18 1 1 1 3 5 5 7 8
19 2 2
Two batteries are randomly selected from them. Find the probability that the sum of their
lifetimes is equal to 375 hours.

1
A.
100

1
B.
95

3
C.
200

3
D.
190

29. There are 6 cards marked 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 9 respectively. Four of them are selected to form a
4-digit number. Find the number of odd numbers that can be formed.
A. 120
B. 180
C. 240
D. 360

30. The median of five numbers 14, x  5 , x , x  3 and x  10 is 11. Find their mean.
A. 6
B. 10
C. 11
D. 14

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Section B
c.f
31. The figure shows the cumulative frequency curves of two 100
distributions X and Y. Which of the following is/are TRUE? X
I. Median of X = Median of Y 50 Y
II. Range of X = Range of Y
III. Standard deviation of X > Standard deviation of Y
A. I and II only 0 30 65

B. II and III only

C. I and III only
D. I, II and III

32. It is given that ab  8 where a > 0 and b > 0, then log 2 a  log 2 b 
A. 3.
B. 4.
C. 6.
D. 12.

33. AF 00C16 

A. 10  16 4  15  163  12 .
B. 11  16 4  16  163  13 .
C. 10 165  15 16 4  12 16 .
D. 11165  16 16 4  13 16 .

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34. It is given that 0  x  3 , find the maximum value of .
x  4x  6
2

A. 3
B. 6
C. 9
D. 18

35. (i) 2013  (i) 2015 

A. 2i .
B. 2i .
C. 0.
D. 2.

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36. According to the figure, which region y x–y+1=0
represents the solution of

 0 x4 5
 0 y5 II

 ?
 x  y 1  0 I
5 x  2 y  10  0 III

A. Region I IV
0 4 x
B. Region II
5x + 2y – 10 = 0
C. Region III
D. Region IV

37. If x, y, z are consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence, which of the following must be true?
I. x  3, y  3, z  3 are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence.

x y z
II. , , are three consecutive terms of an arithmetic sequence.
3 3 3
III. 3 x , 3 y , 3 z are three consecutive terms of a geometric sequence.
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

38. It is given that the coordinates of the vertex of the graph y  3x( x  6)  c are (h,  14) .
Find the values of h and c.
A. h  3 and c  14
B. h  3 and c  13
C. h  3 and c  14
D. h  3 and c  13

39. The figure shows the graph of y

A. y  3  2 sin θ . 5

B. y  3  2 sin θ .
1
C. y  3  2 cosθ .
O 270° 450° θ
D. y  3  2 cosθ .

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40. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a rectangular block where
A M B
ABCD is a square. AC and BD meet at P. M is the P
mid-point of AB. Which of the following line segments D
C
makes the greatest angle with the plane EFGH?
A. HP
E F
B. HB
C. HM H G
D. HA

41. Which of the following can be a cross-section of a cube?

I. II. III.

A. None of them B. I only

C. I and II only D. I, II and III

42. Let f (x) be a polynomial. If f (x) is divisible by ( x  1) , which of the following must be
a factor of f (2 x  3) ?
A. x
B. x 1
C. 2x  1
D. 2x  1

43. In a pack of 6 smartcards, only 2 of them can open a door. If the 6 smartcards are tried one by
one (without repetition) to open the door until successful, what is the probability that the door
is opened in the third trial?

1
A.
3

1
B.
5

1
C.
9

1
D.
120

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44. Find the maximum number of intersecting points for 10 different circles.
A. 20
B. 60
C. 90
D. 180

45. It is given that x is the mean of the set of data {a, b, c, d, e}. Which of the following
statements about the two sets of data {a, b, c, d, e} and {a, b, c, d, e, x } must be true?
I. They have the same median.
II. They have the same variance.
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II
D. None of them

END OF PAPER

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