ST.

STEPHEN’S GIRLS’ COLLEGE

Mid-Year Examination 2017 – 2018

Form 2 LC, WMC, LL,WYL, CYN

171 students
Mathematics
Time Allowed : 1 hour 15 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.

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

For Markers’ Use Only

3. This paper carries 100 marks. Attempt ALL questions in 1 – 15. (51)
this paper. Write your answers in the spaces provided in
this Question/Answer Paper. 16. (3)

17. (4)

4. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to

18. (8)
scale.

19. (7)

20. (3)

21. (6)

22. (7)

23. (4)

24. (7)

TOTAL (100)

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SECTION A (51%)
All rough work should be done on the rough work paper provided but will not be marked.
Answer Marks
1. How many significant figures are there in each of the 1.
following numbers?
(a) 51 300, correct to the nearest ten (a) ________________ 1

(b) 0.092 0, correct to 4 decimal places (b) ________________ 1

2. Using a ruler with a scale interval of 0.5 cm, the width of a 2. ___________________ 2
tablet computer is measured as 16 cm. If the actual width
is x cm, find the possible range of x.

3. A ruler is used to measure the length of a rectangle. If the 3. ___________________ 3

lower limit and the upper limit of the actual length are
5.1 cm and 5.3 cm respectively, find the relative error and
1
give your answer in the form .
n

4. Simplify the following expressions and express the answers 4.

with positive indices.
(a) (a 6 b 3 )  (a 2 b 4 ) (a) _________________ 2
3
  2 p3q 2 
(b)  2
 (b) _________________ 3
 p 
5. (a) Arrange the terms of the following polynomial in 5. (a) _________________ 2
descending powers of x: 3x2y2 + 23 – xy3 + 2x3y
(b) Write down the coefficient of the xy3 term in the (b) _________________ 1
polynomial in (a).

6. Expand the following expressions. 6.

(a)  3x( x  2 y ) (a) _________________ 1
(b) (3x  5)(2 x  3) (b) _________________ 2
(c) _________________ 2
(c) 4a (a  2)  a(3a  1)

7. Factorize each of the following. 7.

(a) 3x 4 y  6 x 2 y 3 (a) _________________ 1
(b) 4a(m  n)  m  n (b) _________________ 3

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8. If Px 2  5 x  Q  ( x  2)( x  3) , where P and Q are 8. P = ______________ 1

constants, find P and Q. Q = ______________ 1

9. Expand the following expressions. 9.

(a)  2( x  3)( x  3) (a)_________________ 2
1  1
(b)   2mn   2mn  
3  3 (b) ________________ 2

10. Simplify the following expressions. 10.

6n  18 (a) _________________ 2
(a)
n3
2 p  3q 3(2 p  3q) (b) _________________ 2
(b) 
r2 r3
x x 1 (c) _________________ 3
(c) 
2 y 3y

 4( P  Q)
11. It is given that P  . If Q = 3, find P. 11.
1 Q 2
__________________

12. Change the subject of each of the following formulae to 12.

the letter in the square brackets.
(a) y  a(4  b) [b] (a) _________________ 2
x 1
(b)  [x]
xa a (b) _________________ 3

13. If P(a, 2a) lies on the graph of the equation y  3x  5 , 13. _________________ 3
find the y-coordinate of P.

14. Solve the simultaneous equations 14. m = ______________ 1

m  2 n  2 n = ______________ 1
 .
n  2 m  6

15. The price of 7 pears and 3 oranges is $47 while the price of 15. ___________________ 2
5 pears and 6 oranges is $49. Find the price of a pear.
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SECTION B (49%)
All working must be clearly shown in the spaces provided.

16. The volume of a bottle of soft drink is measured as 400 mL, correct to the nearest 5 mL. Find
the percentage error of this measurement. (3 marks)

17. (a) Simplify (4 x 2  5 xy  3 y 2 )  (7 y 2  xy  4 x 2 ) . (2 marks)

(b) Hence, find the value of the expression in (a) when x = 1 and y = 2. (2 marks)

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18. (a) Complete the table so that the corresponding values of x and y satisfy the equation
2 y  x  3. (2 marks)
x 3 1 1 3
y
(b) Hence, draw the graph of the equation 2 y  x  3 in the following rectangular coordinate
plane. (2 marks)
(c) (i) If the graph of another equation y
ax  y  6 passes through (−1, 10),
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find the value of a. (2 marks) (ii)

2 y  x  3 2
(ii) Hence, solve  .
ax  y  6
(2 marks) x
4 2 0
2 4

2

4

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19. (a) Factorize (4x  3)2 + x(3  4x). (3 marks)

(b) (i) Expand (x + y)(x  2y). (2 marks)
(ii) Using the result of (b)(i), factorize 3x 2 z  3xyz  6 y 2 z . (2 marks)

27 n  2  3 2 n
20. Given that n is a positive integer, simplify and express your answer with positive
81n 1
indices. (3 marks)

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21. (a) Expand the following expressions.

(i) ( a  b) 2 (1 mark)
(ii) ( a  b  c ) 2
(2 marks)
(b) Determine whether the equation ( c  a  b)( c  a  b)  c 2  a 2  b 2  2ab is an identity.
(3 marks)
[Must use identities in all the above questions]

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22. A teacher uses the formula

 xm
y  15   50
 s 
to adjust the marks of the students in a mathematics examination. In the formula, x is the
mark on the examination paper, y is the mark on the school report (with full mark 100) while
m and s are constants.
(a) Let m = 40 and s = 9. If Fanny’s mark on the examination paper is 40, what is the mark
on the school report? (2 marks)
(b) (i) Make x the subject of the above formula. (3 marks)
(ii) Let m = 45 and s = 12. If Patrick’s mark on the school report is 65, what is the
mark on the examination paper? (2 marks)

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23. The length and the width of a rectangle are measured as x cm and y cm respectively, correct to
the nearest cm. Using these measured values, the perimeter and the area of the rectangle are
found to be 174 cm and 1760 cm2 respectively. Find the least possible area of the rectangle.
(4 marks)

1 1 1  1
24. (a) Prove that    is an identity. (3 marks)
2  x  1 x  1  ( x  1)( x  1)
(b) By using the result of (a), find the value of the following expression without using a
calculator.
1 1 1 1
   ...  (4 marks)
2 4 4 6 68 98  100

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