WA YING COLLEGE

Final Examination 2004 – 2005

Form 3
Subject: Mathematics Date: 14th June, 2005
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Time allowed: 1 hours Full mark: 94 marks
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Answer ALL questions on the Answer Sheet provided.

Section A: Multiple Choice Questions. (34 marks)

Answer ALL questions by shading the appropriate spaces with pencil.

(a 2 b −3 ) −1 5. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram.

1.
(a −1b3 ) −1 The coordinates of B are
3 5
A. ab y
B. a3b6
b5 B
A(−1, 4)
C.
a5
b6
D. O
a3 x

D(−3, −2) C(2, −1)

2. Which of the following has (x – 1) as one of A. (3, 2)

its factor? B. (3, 5)
(I). x3 – 1 C. (4, 5)
3
(II). x + 1 D. (4, 6)
2
(III). 3x – x – 2
A. (I) only
B. (II) and (III) only 6. In the figure, ABCD is a trapezium with AD
C. (I) and (III) only // BC. The coordinates of D are
D. (I), (II) and (III) y

A(0, 10)
3. Factorize b2 – 2bc + c2 – a2 B(−4, 6) D(6, a)
2
A. (b + c – a)
B. (b – c – a)2 x
O
C. (b + c + a) (b + c – a) C (8, −2)
D. (b – c + a) (b – c – a)
A. (6, 6)
B. (6, 5)
4. The depth of water in a tank increases at a C. (6, 4)
rate of 10% every 10 minutes. If the D. (6, 3)
original depth of water is 1 m, find its depth
after 30 minutes.
A. 3.3m 7. Which of the following is NOT an identity?
B. 1.78m A. cos2 θ − sin2 θ = 2 cos2 θ − 1
C. 1.331m B. sin (90° − θ) = cos θ
D. 1.1m C. tan2 θ cos2 θ − sin2 θ = 0
D. (sin θ + cos θ)2 = 1

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8. In the figure, the ratio of the volume of a 12. The following shows the cumulative
hemisphere and a circular cone is 2 : 3. frequency polygon of the height of 160 boys
Find the ratio of the radius of the in a school. Find the difference between
hemisphere to the height of the cone. upper quartile and lower quartile.
cumulative frequency

160

140

120

100

80

60

40
A. 1:3 20

B. 3:1 O
140 150 160 170 180 190
C. 1:6 Height (cm)

D. 3:2
A. 9 cm
9. A number is drawn from the numbers 1 to B. 11 cm
20 at random. Find the probability that the C. 50 cm
number is a multiple of 2 but not a multiple D. 165 cm
of 5.
1
A.
2 13. The mean of a set of n numbers is m. If
2 the numbers 1, 3 and 17 are added to the set,
B.
5 the mean of the new set has no change.
4 Find m.
C.
5 A. 3
3 B. 5
D.
10 C. 7
D. 9
10. A man can travel from A to B by bus,
mini-bus and MTR, and return by taxi or on
foot. How many different ways can he 14. Which of the following statements about
travel the two journeys? isosceles triangle is/are true?
A. 12 (I) The bisector of the vertical angle is
B. 8 perpendicular to the base.
C. 6 (II) The vertical angle must be acute.
D. 5 (III) The base angles must be acute.
A. (I) only
11. In an examination, the scores of 11 students B. (I) and (III) only
are 33, 38, 38, 42, 48, 50, 53, 55, 58, 63, 72. C. (II) and (III) only
Their median score and mode score are D. (I), (II) and (III)
median score mode score
A. 48 48
B. 48 50
C. 50 53
D. 50 38

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15. Which of the following figures must be 16. In the figure, D, E and F are the mid−points
parallelograms? of AB, BC and AC respectively. If the area
of ΔABC is 64, find the area of BDFE.
(I)
A

D F

B C
(II) E

A. 16
B. 24
C. 32
D. 48
(III)

17. In the figure, ADC, BEGC, AFE and DFB

are straight lines. AD : DC = 1 : 2, BF =
A. (I) and (II) only FD and AE // DG. Find BE : EC.
B. (I) and (III) only
A
C. (II) and (III) only D

D. (I), (II) and (III) C

F
G
B E

A. 1:2
B. 1:3
C. 2:3
D. 1:4

∗∗∗ End of Section A ∗∗∗

For Section B and C, please refer to the answer sheet.

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