JURONGVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
2009

Elementary Mathematics (PAPER 2)

Secondary 4 Express/ 5 Normal (Academic)

3rd September 2009 (Thursday) Duration 1

: 2 hour
2
(0800 - 1030)
Marks :
Name : ________________________________ [ ]
100
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answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For  , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms
of  .

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The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 100.

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 Mathematical Formulae

n
 r 
Compound interest Total amount = P1  
 100 

Mensuration Curved Surface area of a cone = rl

Surface area of a sphere = 4r 2

1 2
Volume of a cone = r h
3

4 3
Volume of a sphere = r
3

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Area of triangle ABC = ab sin C
2

Arc length = r , where  is in radians

1 2
Sector area = r  , where  is in radians
2

a b c
Trigonometry  
sin A sin B sin C

a 2  b 2  c 2  2bc cos A

Statistics Mean =
 fx
f
2
2

Standard deviation =
 fx   fx 
 
 
f   f 

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 Answer all the questions

1 2 1
1(a) Solve the equation   . [3]
x 2x 1 3

y 1
(b) Given that x  , express y in terms of x. [3]
y 1

(c) Given that x 2  3 x  y 2  3 y and that x  y , find the value of x  y . [2]

2 A, B, C and D are points on level ground, with A due North of B, BAD  38 ,
ADB  56 , BD = 6 km and CD = 10 km. Given that ADC is a straight line,
Calculate
(a) BC, [2]
(b) DBC , [2]
(c) the bearing of B from C, [2]
(d) the shortest distance from D to BC. [2]

North

38°
D 56°
10 km 6 km B

A vertical tower stands at D. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower, T, from B is
3.5 .
Find
(e) the height of the tower in metres, [2]
(f) the maximum angle of elevation of the top of the tower, T, when observed along BC.
[2]

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3 Mr Tan bought some strawberries for $25. He paid $x for each kilogram of strawberries.
(a) Find, in terms of x, an expression for the number of kilograms of strawberries bought by
Mr Tan. [1]

(b) Due to humidity, he lost 5 kg of strawberries. He sold the remainder of the strawberries for
$1.50 per kg more than what he paid for it. Write down an expression, in terms of x, for
the sum of money he received (assuming he managed to sell all the strawberries).
[2]
(c) He made a profit of $15.
(i) Write down an expression in x to represent this information, and show that it reduces
to 2 x 2  9 x  15  0 [3]
(ii) Solve the equation 2 x 2  9 x  15  0 , giving both answers correct to 2 decimal
places. [3]

(d) Find the amount of strawberries bought by Mr Tan, correct your answer to the nearest
kilogram. [2]

4 A car company buys two Japanese cars A and B for $ 65,000 each. Within a year, road
tax costs $1400, insurance costs $1350, and maintenance costs $1000 for each car.
Car A is rented out at $120 per day for a total of 300 days this year. At the end of the year,
the car is sold at $85,000.
(a) Calculate the profit for the whole transaction for car A. [2]
(b) If the company wants to increase the profit by 3%, what should the new rental for
Car A per day? Give your answer correct to two decimal places. [2]
(c) Car B is rented out at a weekly charge of $950 with an additional mileage charge of
30 cents per kilometre for the distance travelled. The car is rented out for a total of
40 weeks and an average of 600 km per week. Car B is sold for $75000 at the end of
the year.
Calculate
(i) the total amount of rental the company receives for car B, [2]
(ii) the percentage of the total profit from selling the two cars. Give your answer
correct to 1 decimal place [3]

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5 The dates of the month of September 2009 are shown below. A rectangle is placed in
various position to enclose nine of the numbers. A possible position of the rectangle is
shown.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat

1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30

(a) A rectangle is placed so that the number in the middle is 14. Find the sum of the nine
numbers. [1]

(b) Taking the number in the middle as x,

(i) write expression, in term of x, for the number above it. [1]
(ii) find and simplify an expression, in terms of x, for the sum of the nine numbers.
[1]
(c) Another rectangle is placed in a position such that the sum of the nine numbers is 162.
(i) Use your answer in b(ii) to write an equation in x. [1]
(ii) By solving this equation, find the number in the middle of the rectangle. [1]

(d) A third rectangle is placed in a position such that the sum of the numbers along the
diagonal is 51. Find the number in the middle of this rectangle. [1]

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6 A circle with centre O passes through B, C, D and E. The tangents to the circle at B
and C meet at A. COFE is a straight line.

O
F
65°

E 56°
B A

(a) Give a brief reason why  OCA is a right angle. [1]

(b) Given that  CED = 65o and  CAB = 56o, calculate

(i)  BOC , [1]
(ii)  BDC , [1]
(iii)  OFD , [1]
(iv)  OBD , [1]

(c) Given that AB = 8 cm, calculate the radius of the circle. [2]

(d) A point P, not shown, is on the opposite side of BC from O, so that

 BPC = 100 o. Does the point P lie on the circumference of the circle,
inside the circle or outside the circle ?
Give a reason for your answer. [2]

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7. The diagram shows a semi-circle inscribed in the rectangle ABCD. ACE is a sector
centered at A. O is the mid-point of AD. Give your answers for angles in radians.

B 12 cm C

6 cm

A
O D E

Find

(a) angle CAE, [2]

(b) area of CDE, the portion of the sector ACE that is protruding out of the rectangle ABCD.
[4]
(c) angle FOD, [1]

(d) length of line segment AF, [2]

(e) the perimeter of the shaded region. [3]

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 V
8.

24 cm

A 5 cm 5 cm
10 cm B

A solid cone of base diameter 20 cm has its vertex, V, 24 cm vertically above the center
of its horizontal base. A solid hemisphere of diameter 10 cm is removed from the cone.
A vertical cross-section through V of the solid formed is as shown above.

(a) Calculate the length of VA. [1]

(b) Calculate the volume of this solid. [2]

(c) Calculate the total surface area of the solid. [3]

(d) In addition, if a further solid cone of height 6 cm is removed from the top, find the
volume of the remaining solid. [3]

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9. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

x 1
The variables x and y are connected by the equation y  1.
x2

Some corresponding values of x and y are given in the following table.

x 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0
y 5.00 1.00 0.11 p -0.44 -0.56 -0.63 -0.69 -0.72 -0.76

(a) Calculate the value of p. [1]

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 4 cm to represent 1 unit on the
x 1
y-axis, draw the graph of y  1 for values of x in range 0.5  x  5.0 . [3]
x2

(c) Use your graph to

(i) find the value of x when y = 0.5, [1]

x 1
(ii) solve 2 1  0. [1]
x

(d) On the same graph, draw the line y  2x.

x 1
Prove that the intersection of y  1 and y  2x will be the solution to the equation
x2
2x3  x2  x 1  0 . [3]

(e) By drawing a suitable straight line, calculate the gradient at x = 2. [2]

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 10.(a) The mass m g of each 90 Fuji apples was recorded. The cumulative frequency curve
below illustrates the distribution of the masses.

90

80

70

60

50

40

30
Cumulative
frequency

20

10

0
60 70 80 90 100 110 120 130
Mass, m (g)

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 (i) Copy and complete the grouped frequency table of the mass of Fuji apples.
Mass, 60  x  80 80  x  90 90  x  100 100  x  110 110  x  120 120  x  130
m (g)
Number of 4 4
apples
[2]
(ii) Using your grouped frequency table, calculate an estimate of
(a) the mean mass of Fuji apples produced, [2]
(b) the standard deviation. [2]
(iii) The apples produced by Royal Gala have the same median but a larger standard
deviation. Describe how the cumulative frequency curve will differ from the
given curve. [1]

(b) Every Sunday evening, Raymond either goes to watch a movie or goes out to have
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dinner with his friends. The probability that he goes out to watch a movie is . If he
5
1
watches a movie, the probability that he will wake up late on Monday is . If he goes
3
1
out for dinner with his friends, the probability he will wake up late is .
4

(i) Copy and complete the tree diagram below. [2]

  late
 
 
Movie
 3 _ not late
   
 5  
_
  late
 
  Dinner
 
  _ not late
 
 

(ii) Find the probability that Raymond will not wake up late on Monday. [2]

(iii) Find the probability that Raymond will wake up late on just one of two
consecutive Mondays. [2]
END OF PAPER

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 JURONGVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL
Mathematics Department
Answer Key

Level/ Stream : Secondary 4 Express/ 5 Normal (Academic)

Paper : 2
Examination : Preliminary Examination 2009
Questio Answer Question Answer
n
1 a x = 1 or -1.5 bii 62
b 2
x 1 biii 93
y
x 2 1
c x y 3 biv 37
2 a 14.3 cm c 4.25 cm
b 60  x  80 d P outside the circle
c 35.6  7 a 0.464 rad
d 3.49 km b 5.73 cm2
e 367m c 0.927 rad
f 6.0 d 10.7 cm
3 a 25 e 35.6 cm
x
b 75 8 a 26 cm
17.5   5x
2x
ci 75 b 2250 cm3
17.5   5 x  25  15
2x
75  10x 2  45x  0
2 x 2  9 x  15  0
cii x  1.29 or  5.79 c 1210 cm2
d 19kg d 2.5 cm
4 a $52250 9 a p = -0.25
b $125.23 ci 1.2  0.1
ci $45200 9 cii 1.60
ii 75.4% d x 1
1  2x
x2
x  1  x2
 2x
x2
x  1  x2  2x3
2 x 3  x 2  x  1  0 ( proven )
5 a 126 e Tangent: (-0.8,1) and (3.1, -0.75)
Gradient = -0.45  0.1
bi x-7 10 ai See table below
bii 9x aiia 100 g
ci 9x = 162 aiib 11.3
cii 18 iii Less steep curve implies wider spread
d x = 17 bi
6 a 90 ( radius OC is perpendicular to bii 7
tangent AC)
10
bi 124 biii 21
50

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Answer for 10(ai)
Mass, 60  x  80 80  x  90 90  x  100 100  x  110 110  x  120 120  x  130
m (g)
Number 4 9 28 37 8 4
of apples

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