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SING YIN SECONDARY SCHOOL

First Term Examination, 2016-2017


Mathematics Paper 1

Form Two
Full Marks: 80 Time allowed: 1 hour

 Answer ALL questions.


 Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
 The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
 Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to 3 significant figures.

1. Consider the polynomial 2 – 2x3 – x4 + 3x .


(a) Arrange the terms of the polynomial in descending power of x .
(b) Write down the coefficient of x3 and the degree of the polynomial.
(c) Find the value of the polynomial if x = –2 .
(5 marks)
2. Convert 1D2(16) into a denary number. Show your steps.
(3 marks)
3. Let A and B be constants. If A  2 x  3  Bx  12 , find the values of A and B .
(4 marks)
2 1 1
4. Consider the formula   .
a b 2c
(a) Make c the subject of the formula.
(b) Find the value of c if a = –3 and b = 2 .
(5 marks)
5. Convert 49 into a binary number. Show your steps.
(3 marks)
6. Simplify the following expressions and express your answers with positive indices.
(a)  x0 y 4  x3 y 2 

 3x y5 
4 2

(b)
x3
(7 marks)
7. Factorize
(a) 5a3 – 45a,
(b) a2 + ab + ab2 + b3.
(5 marks)
2 2
8. (a) Factorize 4x + 4xy + y .
(b) Using the result of (a), factorize 4x2 + 4xy + y2 – 4x – 2y.
(5 marks)

9. Solve 625  51 x   1 .

(4 marks)
F.2 First Term Exam., 2016-2017 Mathematics Paper 1 Page 2 of 2

A
10. In the figure, ABC is an equilateral triangle, AC⊥BD and AB = BD.
x
(a) Write down 3 pairs of congruent triangles. D
(b) Find x and y. E

y
B C (7 marks)

A D
x
11. In the figure, AC intersects BD at E and ABE  DCE. It is given 70°
E
that ∠BEC = 100°, ∠BDC = 70°, ∠ADB = x and ∠ABD = y. 100°
Find x and y.
y

B C
(5 marks)

250°
12. In the figure, ADE, ABG and CDF are straight lines. G
A B x + 40°
(a) Find x.
(b) Prove that AG // FC.
2x
F C
D
3x – 50° (7 marks)
E

13. The size of an exterior angle of a regular (n – 2)-sided polygon is 45° larger than that of a regular (n + 2)-sided
polygon. Find the value of n.
(4 marks)
14. (a) Expand  2 x  3 3x  5  15 .
1 12
(b) Hence, or otherwise, simplify  .
 2 x  3 3x  5  15 36 x 2  1
(6 marks)
15. In the figure, ABC is a triangle with BC = 10. D is a point on AB
such that DF // BC. DF intersects AC at E and AE : EC = 2 : 3. A
It is given that EF = 6.
(a) (i) Prove that ACB ~ CEF.
E 6 F
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, prove that AB // CF. D

(b) It is given that AD = 4.


(i) Find AB.
(ii) Show that AC is the angle bisector of ∠BCF . B C
10
(10 marks)

~ End of Paper ~

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