ST.

CATHARINESSCHOOLFORGIRLS,KWUNTONG
FIRSTTERMEXAMINATION(20122013)
F.1MATHEMATICS

Marks:

Name:
Class:

100

Timeallowed:1hour 15minutes
1. ThispaperconsistsofSection A,BandC.
2. AnswerALLquestionsinthisquestionanswerpaper.
3. Unlessotherwisespecified,allworkingmustbeclearlyshown.
4. Unlessotherwisespecified,numericalanswersshouldbeexact.
5. Thediagramsinthispaperarenotnecessarilydrawn toscale.
6. UseofcalculatorsisNOTallowed.

Date:4122012

SectionA MultipleChoiceQuestions(40marks)
Answerthequestionsintheboxesprovidedattheendofthissection.
1. Whentwonumbersaremultiplied,theresultiscalledthe
A. sum.

B.difference.

2. Onacertainday,Maryspent

C. product.

D.quotient.

1
1
ofthetimeinsleepingand
ofthetimeinstudying.
2
6

Howmanyhoursareleft?
A. 4hours
3.

B.8hours

D.16hours

WhatarethenumbersrepresentedbyRandS?
R

S
0

A.
B.
C.
D.
4.

C. 12 hours

R=-1, S = 4
R=-1, S = 6
R=-2, S = 4
R=-2, S = 6

[(-12+ (-21)] - (+8)=

A.41

B.1

C.+17

D.+25

5. Whichofthefollowinggive(s)apositiveresult?
I. (-3) (-4)
II. (-1)- (-5)
III.

(+12)
- (-2)

A.Ionly
6.

B.IandIIIonly

3b2 4b canbesimplifiedas
3
5
A. -2 .
B. 1 .
8
8

C. Allofthem

C. 6b2.

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D.Noneofthem

D.

3 2
b .
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7. UseanalgebraicexpressiontorepresentDivideqby5andthenaddthequotienttothe
productof3andp.

A. 3p +

q
5

B. 3 p+

5
q

C.

p
+5q
3

D.

p q
+
3 5

3xy
.When x = 2 and y = -6 ,F =
3y- x
9
9
9
B. - .
C. .
D. - .
5
4
4

8. Itisgiventhat F =
A.

9
.
5

ax -b
= b forx.
c
b
c
B. x =
C. x =b+
a- bc
a- b

9. Solvetheliteralequation
A. x =

bc- b
a- b

D. x =

bc+ b
a

10. Ifthegeneraltermofasequenceis n(n+2),findthesumofthe5th termandthe10th termof

thesequence.
A.15

B.35

C.120

11. Findthe6th termofthesequence

A.

1
12

1
B. -
12

D.155

7 5 3 1
1
, , , , - ,
2 4 6 8
10
1
1
C.
D. -
4
4

12. Iftheareaofthefollowingtrapeziumis108cm2,findthelengthofitsupperbase.
x
cm
2

8cm

( x-3)cm

A.6cm

B.10cm

13. Arrangethenumbers
A.0.572,57%,

C.18cm

D.20cm

4
,57%and0.572indescendingorder.
7

4
7

4
,0.572
7
4
C.0.572, ,57%
7
4
D.57%,0.572,
7

B.57%,

14. Themembershipofasportsclubhaschangedfrom1500to1 125.Whatisthepercentage

changeinthemembershipoftheclub?
1
1
B. -33 %
D. + 33 %
A.+25%
C. -25%
3
3

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15. Refertothefigureontheright.Whatpercentageofthefigureisshaded?
A.44%
B.48%
C.52%
D.56%
16. Inatoyshop,acustomercangetafreetoycarifhebuys4toycars.Findthediscountpercent.
A.10%

B.20%

C.25%

D.30%

17. Themeasureofaroundangleis
A.twicethemeasureofanacuteangle.
B.fourtimesthemeasureofastraightangle.
C.fourtimesthemeasureofanobtuseangle.
D.twicethemeasureofastraightangle.
18. From2:30p.m.to9:30p.m.,whatanglehasthehourhandofaclockturned?
A.180
B.210
C.240
D.270
19. WhichofthefollowingisthecrosssectionobtainedbycuttingthesolidalongABC?

A.

B.

C.

D.

20. Howmanyvertices,edgesandfacesdoesapentagonalprismhave?

A.
B.
C.
D.

No.ofvertices
6
6
10
10

No.ofedges
10
10
15
15

No.offaces
5
7
5
7

Answer
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

13.

14.

15.

16.

17.

18.

19.

20.

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SectionB ShortQuestions(30marks)
1. Calculatethevalueofeachofthefollowing.
(a)
(b)

1 1 9
7 -5
3 7 13
(-50)- [(-25)- (-17)]- 83

(3marks)
(3marks)

Solution:

2.

Solvethefollowingequations.
(a)
11x+6x41 8x =5
(b)
3[3(a-1)+ 4a]= 96

(2marks)
(3marks)

Solution:

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3. Thecost$C ofateapartyisgivenby C=200+30(n10),wherenisthenumberofguests.

(a)
Findthecostoftheteapartyifthereare25guests.
(2marks)
(b)
Findthenumberofguestsifthecostis$1160.
(3marks)
Solution:

4. Forthesequence6,12,18,24,
(a)
writedownthe5th andthe6th terms,
(b)
writedownthegeneralterm,
(c)
usetheresultin(b)tofindthe14th term.
Solution:

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(2marks)
(1mark)
(1mark)

5. Mayisnowxyearsold.Rebeccasageis3 timesMaysage.
(a)
Expressthefollowingsintermsof x,
(i) Maysage9yearslater,
(1mark)
(ii) Rebeccasage9yearslater.
(1mark)
(b)
Nineyearslater,Rebeccasagewillbe2timesMaysage.FindMaysagenow.
(3marks)
Solution:

6. Tomearns$8000amonthandspends60%ofhissalaryonrent.
(a)
Howmuchdoeshespendonrent?
(2marks)
(b)
Iftherentisincreasedby$600,whatpercentageofhissalaryisspentonrent?
(3marks)
Solution:

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SectionC LongQuestions(30 marks)

7. Thereare45multiplechoicequestionsinatest.Themarksaregivenaccordingtothe
followingguidelines:
4markswillbeawardedforeachcorrectanswer
2markswillbedeductedforeachwronganswer
1markwillbedeductedforeachunansweredquestion.
(a)
Jasonattemptedthetestandanswered42questions.Hegot36 correctanswers.What
isJasonsscoreinthetest?
(4marks)
(b)
Mary attemptedthetestandansweredallthequestions.Shegot126marks.Findthe
numberofcorrectanswersthatshegot.
(4marks)
(c)
WhatpercentageofMarysansweriswrong?
(2marks)
Solution:

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8. (a)
(b)

Solvetheequation

1 2x - 7 x
-
= .
4
8
2

(4marks)

$1000issharedamongTom,DickandFlora.Tomgets$200morethantwicethe
amountDickgetsandFloragets$100lessthan3timestheamountDickgets.How
muchdoesTomget?
(6marks)

Solution:

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9. Themarkedpriceof1dozenapplepiesis$180.Theshopoffersadiscountof20%after
8p.m.Charlottebuys1dozen applepiesat6p.m.and4dozen applepiesat9p.m.
(a)
HowmuchdoesCharlottepayfortheapplepies?
(2marks)
(b)
Findtheoveralldiscountpercent.
(3marks)
(c)
Iftheshopmakesalossof10%,findthecostpriceofeachapplepie.
(5marks)
Solution:

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