KWUN TONG GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL

Yearly Examination 2022  2023

Mathematics Paper 1
Question-Answer Book

Class : S.3 ( ) Max. Mark : 100

Name : ______________________ Date : 13 – 6 – 2023

Class No. : ________ Time : 8:30 – 10:00

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Use of H.K.E.A.A. approved calculators is allowed.

2. This paper consists of THREE sections, Section A(1), A(2) and B.

3. Answer ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers in the spaces provided
in this Question-Answer Book. All working must be clearly shown.

4. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers must either be 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(1): 40 marks

1. Factorize

(a) u2 – 18uv +80v2,

(b) 5u – 50v – u2 + 18uv –80v2.
(3 marks)

a 3b  8
2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices.
( a 5b  4 ) 3
(3 marks)

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3. In the past 4 years, the number of participants of a marathon increased by 20% per
year. If there are 20736 participants this year, how many participants were there 4
years ago?
(3 marks)

4. The radius of a sphere is 9 cm.

(a) Find the volume of this sphere in terms of  .

(b) Find the surface area of this sphere in terms of  .
(4 marks)

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5. (a) Solve the inequality 3x  5  2(15  x) and represent the solution graphically.

(b) How many non-negative integers are there satisfying the inequality in (a)?
(5 marks)

6. A bag contains four $1 coins, three $2 coins, two $5 coins and one $10 coin.
A coin is randomly selected from the bag.

(a) Complete the following table.

The coin drawn $1 $2 $5 $10
Probability

(b) Find the expected amount of money of the coin drawn.

(4 marks)

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7. A class contains 36 boys and 42 girls. The mean height of all students in this class
is 173 cm.

(a) Find the sum of height of all students in this class.

(b) If the mean height of boys is 187 cm, find the mean height of girls.
(4 marks)

8. In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus. Find the values of x and y. (4 marks)

2x + 23
A D

3x
O

y
B C

AC intersects BD at O.

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9. The coordinates of A and B are ( 7, 6) and (2, 8) respectively.
A is rotated anticlockwise about the origin O through 90° to A'.
B is translated downwards by 17 units to B'.

(a) Write down the coordinates of A' and B’.

(b) Prove that AB is perpendicular to A'B'.
(4 marks)

10. In the figure, QPT and QSR are straight lines. T

PS is the perpendicular bisector of QR.
P 118

(a) Find x.
(b) If PR = 5 cm, find the length of QR.

x
Q R
S

(6 marks)

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Section A(2): 40 marks

11. The principal of $59660 is deposited in a bank with the interest rate 4% p.a..
Find the interest correct to the nearest dollars after 6 years if

(a) simple interest rate is used. (b) it is compounded yearly.

(5 marks)

12. A right pyramid has a square base with each side equal to 6 cm.
Its volume is 144 cm3.

(a) Find the height of this pyramid.

(b) Find the total surface area of this pyramid.
(5 marks)

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13. The coordinates of point A and point B are (1,3) and (6,8) respectively.

(a) If P is a point on AB such that AP : PB = 3 : 2, find the coordinates of P.

(b) If Q (h, 0), A and B are collinear, find h.

(5 marks)

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14. The following stem-and-leaf diagram shows the distribution of the number of

hours spent on using internet of a class of students in a month.

Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

5 01449
6 3477
7 022223

(a) Find the mean, median and mode of the distribution.

(b) If one datum is going to be removed, will the mode be changed after the

removal of this datum? Explain your answer.

(5 marks)

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15. In the figure, AB and CD are two buildings which are 50 m apart. The angle of
elevation of C from A is 22. The height of building CD is 80 m.
Find the following and correct your answers to 3 significant figures,

(a) the height of building AB.

(b) the angle of depression of B from E.

(6 marks)

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16. In the figure, AEB, BGC, EGD and AFCD are straight lines and EF // BC.

(a) Prove that AF = FC = CD.

(b) If GC = 36 cm. Find the length of BG.

(6 marks)

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17. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram.
E is a point lying on AB produced.
F is a point lying on CD produced.
Also, BE = DF.

(a) Prove that ACE  CAF .

(b) Suppose AF = 20 cm, AC = 15 cm,

BE = 10 cm and ACB  ABC .

(i) Is AC  CE ? Explain your answer.

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(ii) Find the area of the quadrilateral AFCE.

(iii) Find the area of CBE .

(8 marks)

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Section B: 20 marks

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18. (a) Prove that  cos 2  .
1  tan 
2

1 1 1 1
(b) Hence, find the value of    ...  .
1  tan 5 1  tan 10 1  tan 15
2 2 2
1  tan 2 85

(4 marks)

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19. The following table summarizes the number of mobile phones owned by a group
of students. Given that k is a positive integer.

Number of mobile phones owned 1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of students k 10 5 15 11 13

(a) If there is one mode and the mode is 1, find the smallest possible value of k.

(b) Given that the median of the distribution is 3.5.

(i) Find k.
(ii) Find the mean.
(iii) If a student is selected randomly, find the probability that the number of
mobile phones owned by this student is a prime number.

(5 marks)

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20. The coordinates of the points C and D are (100, 0) and (28, 96) respectively.
Denote the origin by O. Let M be a point such that OM is a median of ∆OCD.
Suppose that G and I are the circumcentre and the incentre of ∆OCD respectively.

(a) Is ∆OCD an isosceles triangle? Explain your answer.

(b) (i) Find the coordinates of G.

(ii) Explain whether O, G and M are collinear.

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(c) Denote A and p as the area and the perimeter of ∆OCD respectively. Let r be
the radius of the inscribed circle of ∆OCD.

pr
(i) Show that A  .
2

(ii) Find the coordinates of I.

(11 marks)

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