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Stephen’s Girls’ College

Mid-Year Examination 2016-2017
Form 1 VC, LHK, KAL, CYN
176 students MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed : 1 hour For Markers’ Use Only

1 – 23. (58)
Name: ______________________________ ( )
24. (6)
Class: _______ Division: _______ 25. (4)

Instructions: 26. (3)

1. This paper consists of TWO sections, A and B. 27. (6)

28. (6)
2. Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided in this
Question-Answer Paper. 29. (5)

30. (5)

31. (7)
Section A (58%)

All rough work should be done on the rough work paper provided, but will not be marked.

Answers Marks

1. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order. 1. ______________________ 3

1 1 1
0.05, –0.1,  , , 
3 5 2

2. Use index notation to write 216 as a product of prime 2. ______________________ 2

factors.

3. A, B and C are three points on the number line below 3. ______________________ 3

A -3 B -1 0 +1 +2 C +4
Calculate A – B – C.

4. Represent the following word phrase by an algebraic 4. ______________________ 3

expression:
Subtract x from y, and then multiply the difference by the
square of a.

5. Determine whether the following statements are true or 5.

false. Circle the correct answer.
(a) ( x 2 )  ( x) 2 (a) True / False 1

(b) a  a  a  3a (b) True / False 1

(c)  2(a  b)  2a  2b (c) True / False 1

Subtotal:

14

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6. For the algebraic expression  x  xy  3  8x  y , write 6.

down
(a) the number of terms, (a) ______________________ 1

(b) a pair of like terms. (b) __________ , __________ 1

7. Solve the following equations: 7.
(a)  3x  3  15 (a) x = ________ 2
y
(b) 4   6 (b) y = ________ 2
6

8. If the sum of three consecutive odd numbers is –27, find 8. ______________________ 2

the largest number.

9. There are n students in F.1A. The number of students in 9. ______________________ 3

F.1B is 2 less than that in F.1A and half of the students in
F.1B wear glasses. If there are 18 students in F.1B wearing
glasses, find the value of n.

7 3
10. Consider the formula f = 115 + g. If f = 80, find the value 10. ______________________
6
of g.

11. It is given that the result of adding the product of 8 and a 11. ______________________ 2
to 24 is not less than 40. Set up an inequality to represent
the above situation.

15 2
12. The general term of a sequence is an = . Write down the 12. ______________________
2n
first two terms of the sequence.

13. It is given that y is a function of x, and y = 21  5x. Find 13. ______________________ 2

the value of y when x = 3.

14. How many right angles are there in 360°? 14. ______________________ 2

15. What type of angle is the sum of two straight angles? 15. ______________________ 2

16. In the figure, find the size of QOS. 16. ______________________ 2

R
S
Q

90
P
T

A B
O

Subtotal:

26
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17. In the figure, if y = 38°, find x. 17. _____________________ 3

A

x 2y
B C

18. Evaluate 40%  80%  2 and give the answer in decimal. 18. ______________________ 2

19. What percentage of 2 is 8? 19. ______________________ 2

20. If 60% of a number is 240, find the number. 20. ______________________ 2

21. If x% of 120 is equal to 25% of 72, find the value of x. 21. ______________________ 3

22. Ann spent $30 to buy some snacks which was 40% of her 22. ______________________ 3
money. How much did Ann still have?

23. The sales volume of a magazine in September and October 23. ______________________ 3
were 2400 and 1800 respectively. Find the percentage
change in the sales volume from September to October.

Subtotal:

18
Section B (42%) All working must be clearly shown in the spaces provided.

24. On Monday, the temperature in a city increased by 4C. On Tuesday, the temperature increased by
3C. On Wednesday, the temperature decreased by 8C.
(a) Amy claims that the temperature on Wednesday is higher than that on Sunday. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (4 marks)
(b) If the temperature on Wednesday was 20C, find the temperature on Sunday. (2 marks)

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25. (a) Simplify x  5  2 x  y  x  3  4  xy . (3 marks)

(b) Write down the constant term of the answer in (a). (1 mark)

26. The son of Mr. Chan is s years old now. 5 years ago, the age of Mr. Chan was 7 times the age of
his son. Express the present age of Mr. Chan in terms of s. Simplify your answer. (3 marks)

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27. Consider the sequence –3, –6, –9, –12, ….

(a) Write down the general term of the sequence. (1 mark)
(b) Find the 25th term of the sequence. (2 marks)
(c) Determine whether 900 is a term of the sequence. Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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28. (a) In the given figure, construct

(i) a straight line which passes through C and is parallel to AB. (1 mark)
(ii) a straight line which passes through B and is perpendicular to AB. (1 mark)

A B

(b) If the two straight lines constructed in parts (a)(i) and (ii) intersect at K, label K in the figure.
What is the size of AKB? (3 marks)

(c) According to the sizes of the angles, what kind of triangle is AKB? (1 mark)

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2 x  1 2 x  11
29. Solve the equation    1. (5 marks)
3 4 12

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30. The length and width of a rectangle are 20 cm and 12 cm respectively. It is given that the length
increases by 10% and the width decreases by 10%.
(a) Find the new length. (1 mark)
(b) Find the new width. (1 mark)
(c) Will the percentage change of the area of the rectangle be 0%? Explain your answer. (3 marks)

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31. Peter bought 600 game cards at $3000. He sold 40% of them at $10 each. The rest were sold at
packets of 6 game cards. He made an overall profit of 20% when all the cards were sold.

(a) Find the number of cards sold at $10 each. (1 mark)

(b) Find the profit made by selling all the cards. (1 mark)
(c) Find the selling price of each packet of 6 game cards. (5 marks)

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