2019-2020 S2 2nd TERM EXAM-MATH

19-20 F.2
2nd TERM EXAM
MATH
Name
NLSI Lui Kwok Pat Fong College
2019  2020 Class
Form 2 Second Term Examination
Class No.
MATHEMATICS
Question–Answer Book
24th June, 2020
8:15 am – 9:45 am (1 hour 30 minutes)
This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS
Sections Marks

1. Write your name, class and class number in the

spaces provided on this cover.
A Total /28

2. Answer ALL questions in Section A. You are B (29 – 30)

advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the
answers on the Answer Sheet, so that wrong B (31 – 39)
marks can be completely erased with a clean
rubber. You must mark the answers clearly; B Total /42
otherwise you will lose marks if the answers
cannot be captured. You should mark only
ONE answer for each question. If you mark
C Total /30
more than one answer, you will receive NO
MARKS for that question.
TOTAL /100
3. Attempt ALL questions in Sections B and C.
Write your answers in the spaces provided in
this Question  Answer Book.

4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must

be clearly shown and numerical answers
should be either exact or correct to 3
significant figures.

5. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily

drawn to scale.

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Section A (28 marks)
Choose the best answer for each question.

1. In the figure, find x. 5. There are 320 passengers on a ferry. The

A number of adults is greater than that of
A. 94 children by 180. If there are x adults and y
91°
B. 95 x E children on the ferry, which of the
B 129°

C. 97 following pairs of simultaneous equations

99° 124° shows the relation between x and y?
D. 100
C D  x  y  320
A. 
 x  y  180

2. If the sum of the interior angles of a  x  y  320

B. 
regular n-sided polygon is 3960, which of  y  x  180

the following is true?  x  320  y

C. 
 x  y  180
A. The value of n is 22.
B. The number of diagonals of the  x  320  y
D. 
polygon is 24.  y  x  180
C. The size of each exterior angle of the
polygon is 22.5.
D. The size of each interior angle of the
6. ax  ay  bx  by  cx  cy 
polygon is 165.
A. ( x  y)(a  b  c) .
3. If 2x – y = 7 and x + 3y = 14, then x + y = B. ( x  y)(a  b  c) .
A. 5. C. ( x  y)(a  b  c) .
B. 8.
D. ( x  y)(a  b  c) .
C. 14.
D. 21.

 6  k 
2
7. 

4. 0.0504555 = A. 36 12k  k 2 .
A. 0.051 (correct to 2 significant figures). B. 36  12k  k 2 .
B. 0.0505 (correct to 3 decimal places). C. 36 12k  k 2 .
C. 0.05045 (correct to 4 significant
D. 36  12k  k 2 .
figures).
D. 0.05046 (correct to 4 significant
figures).

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  a  2b    a  2b  6r  8
2 2
8.  15s 2
12.  2 
5s 9r  12r
A. 0.
2s
B. 8ab. A. .
r
C. 8b2 . 2s
B. .
D. 2a  8b .
2 2 5r
7 s
C. .
3r 2  2
5 s
9. Simplify 4 96  3 6 . D. .
9r 2  2
A. 63 6

B. 13 6

C. 3 10 30
13. Consider the formula y  ( x  2) 2  .
z 1
D. 4
When x  3 and y  15, z 
8
A.  .
7
10. If x  3 , then
7
B.  .
A. x  3  6 . 8
B. x  2  1 . 1
C. .
C. 2 x  6 . 4
1 1 D. 4.
D.  .
x 3

14. Make x the subject of the formula

11.
5

5
 px  1
y .
8k 12k qx
5 1 q
A. . A. x 
24k p 1
1
B. . q 1
24k B. x 
p 1
5
C. . 1  qy
96k C. x 
p y
D. 0.
qy  1
D. x 
p y

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15. In ABC , D is a point on BC such that 18. In the figure, MN // BC , AM  3 cm
AD  BC . AD  12 cm , AC  20 cm and MB  2 cm . If the area of AMN is
and BD  5 cm. Find the perimeter of 27 cm2 , find the area of the quadrilateral
ABC. MNCB .

A
A. 36 cm A. 12 cm2
B. 45 cm 20 cm
B. 18 cm2
12 cm
C. 54 cm C. 48 cm2
B C
D. 63 cm 5 cm D D. 75 cm2

16. David uses the measuring cylinder in the

figure to measure the volume of a liquid. 19. In the figure, the volume of the prism is
Find the maximum absolute error of the
measurement. A. 308 cm3.
mL
B. 352 cm3.
40
A. 2.5 mL C. 372 cm3.
B. 5 mL 30
D. 512 cm3.
C. 10 mL 20

D. 15 mL 10

20. In the figure, PSQ  QSR and

SPQ  SQR . Find SR.
17. In the figure, OACB is a sector with
centre O and radius 3 cm. If the arc length
of ACB is 5π cm, then the area of the sector
OACB is

15
A. cm 2 .
2
3 cm A
B. 9 cm2 .
O
C. 10 cm2 . C B A. 6 cm
D. 15 cm2 . B. 9 cm
C. 13.5 cm
D. 15 cm

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21. Refer to the triangles below. 23. In the figure, DAC  ABC  90 ,
ADC  64 , BC  4 and CD  8 .
Find θ, correct to 3 significant figures.

A. 33.8
B. 56.2
C. 63.3
D. 67.4

24. In the figure, RPS  QRS  90 ,

Which of the following are correct? PQR  72, PQ  QR and RS  15 cm .
I. ACB  PQR Find PS , correct to 3 significant figures.
II. ACB ~ DEF
III. DEF  PQR A. 4.26 cm
B. 6.95 cm
A. I and II only C. 8.82 cm
B. I and III only D. 12.1 cm
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

25. Which of the following sets of data has 35

22. Find  in the figure, correct to 3 as the median?
significant figures. I. 22, 24, 35, 36, 48
II. 16, 22, 49, 39, 33, 38, 27, 42
III. 45, 15, 13, 35, 37, 40, 26

A. I only
A. 18.4 B. I and II only
B. 70.5 C. II and III only
C. 71.6 D. I and III only

D. 82.3

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26. The histogram below shows the time 28. The cumulative frequency curve below
(in min) that a group of students spent on shows the time taken (in min) by
lunch. How many students spent 21.5 80 students in travelling to school. Find the
minutes or more on lunch? lower quartile and the upper quartile of the
data.

A. 37
B. 29
C. 16
D. 8

Lower quartile Upper quartile

27. The following table shows the weights of
A. 21.5 min 39.5 min
some luggage.
B. 22.5 min 38.5 min
C. 30.5 min 38.5 min
Weight (kg) Frequency D. 40 min 60 min
3.1  3.5 2
3.6  4.0 25
4.1  4.5 23
4.6  5.0 12

Find the modal class for the weights of the

luggage.
A. 3.1 kg  3.5 kg
B. 3.6 kg  4.0 kg
C. 4.1 kg  4.5 kg
D. 4.6 kg  5.0 kg

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Section B (42 marks)

29. The histogram below shows the time taken(s) by 80 students to solve an online problem.

According to the above histogram, answer the following questions.

(a) Complete the frequency distribution table below.
Group A B C D E F
Time (s) 11 – 15 16 – 20 21 – 25 26 – 30 31 – 35 36 – 40
Frequency
(b) How many students took less than 20.5 s to solve the online problem?
(c) If only 4 students spent less than Jacky on solving the online problem, which group
should the time taken by Jacky belong to?
(3 marks)

30. A sandwich is made up of bread, ham and tomato. The weights of bread and ham are in the
ratio 3 : 4 . The weights of ham and tomato are in the ratio 2 : 1. If the weight of bread is 80 g,
find the weight of the sandwich. (3 marks)

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31. (a) Round off 265.473 to 2 significant figures.
(b) Round up 265.473 to the nearest integer.
(c) Round down 265.473 to 1 decimal place.
(3 marks)

32. Factorize
(a) a2  6a  9 ,
(b)  a 2  6a  9   4b 2 .
(4 marks)

2(5  4 x)
33. (a) Solve the inequality  4 x  and represent the solutions graphically.
3
(b) If x in (a) must be an integer, what is the greatest value of x?
(4 marks)

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34. The weight of Ben is 90 kg , correct to the nearest 1 kg.
(a) Find the range of his actual weight.
1
(b) Find the relative error in the form of .
n
(c) Find the percentage error, correct to 2 significant figures.
(6 marks)

35. In Figure 1, the sides of the polygon are produced. AJ //CI . Find x and y. (4 marks)

Figure 1

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 4a  b 1  2b
36. Make b the subject of the formula  . (3 marks)
3 2

37. In Figure 2, AED is a straight line. CE  AD, AB  BD,

AD  12 cm, AB  6 cm and CE  3 cm . A

(a) Find BAD . 12 cm

E
(b) Find the length of AE. 6 cm
(5 marks) 3 cm

B C D
Figure 2

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 x  2 y  7
38. Solve the simultaneous equations  . (3 marks)
3x  5 y  1

39. In Figure 3, CAD  90, AD  30, CD  34,

A 30
AB  20 and BC  11 . D

(a) Find the length of AC . 20

(b) Karen claims that ABC is a right-angled 34
triangle. Do you agree? Explain briefly.
B
(4 marks) 11 C Figure 3

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Section C (30 marks)

40. The frequency polygon below shows the weights (in g) of 60 mineral samples.

(a) Complete the following tables. (3 marks)

(i) Weight (g) 11 – 20 21 – 30 31 – 40 41 – 50 51 – 60
Frequency

(ii) Weight less than (g) 10.5

Cumulative frequency 0

(b) Using the graph on Page 13 to draw a cumulative frequency polygon. (3 marks)
(c) (i) Find the mean weight of the 60 mineral samples.
(ii) Find the median weight of the 60 mineral samples.
(iii) Find the 75 th percentile, P75 , of the data.
(4 marks)

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40. (b)
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41. Six identical squares are arranged as shown in Figure 4. Both AB and CK intersect DE at H.

Figure 4

(a) Show that AEH ~ BDH . (3 marks)

(b) Given that the length of the side of each square is x cm.
(i) Find EH : HD.
(ii) Find ∠ECH.
(iii) If x  16 , find the length of HK, correct to 1 decimal place.
(8 marks)

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42. Figure 5 shows a cylindrical tank of base diameter 6 m is
filled with water to a depth of 5 m. A cylindrical metal
rod of length 10 m is then lowered until it stands upright
on the base of the tank as shown in the figure. The base
radius of the rod is 1.2 m.
10 m

(a) Find the rise in water level. (5 marks)

(b) Find the total area of the wet surface of the rod
(including the base). (4 marks)

Figure 5

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