MATHEMATICS

F.3 EXAM PAPER (By Topic)

Question-Answer Book
Time Limit: 120 minutes
Student Name: _____________________
Date: _____________________________
Marks: ________________________/100
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your Student Name in the space provided on the cover page.
2. This paper consists of TWO sections. Section A carries 70 marks, Section B carries 30 marks.
3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper.
4. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3 significant
figures.
6. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
TOPIC
1. Area and Volume
2. Coordinate Geometry of Straight Lines
3. Trigonometric Relations
4. Applications of Trigonometric
5. Introduction to Probability

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By HENRY LEUNG

Section A (70 marks)

1. The figure shows a right conical vessel of base radius 4 cm and capacity 64 cm 3 . Now,
the vessel is cut along OA to form asector of radius OA .

a) Find the length of OA . (2 marks)

b) Find the curved surface area of the vessel. (3 marks)
c) Find the value of . (2 marks)
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2. The figure shows a cylindrical vessel which contains some water and the base radius is 5 cm .
When 4 identical metal spheres are put into the vessel and totally submerged in the water, the
water level rises by 1.6 cm . Find the radius of each metal sphere. (4 marks)

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3. The figure shows a frustum ABCD of a right circular cone.

a) Find the height of cone VDC . (2 marks)

b) Find the total surface area of the the frustum. (3 marks)
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4. Given that the slope of the straight line passing through A(6 ,3) and B(1 , k ) is 1 ,
find the value of k . (3 marks)
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5. In the figure, A and B are on the x axis and y axis respectively.

a) Find the slope of AB . (2 marks)

b) A point C is also on the x axis such that AB is perpendicular to BC .
i) Find the coordinates of C . (3 marks)
ii) Find the perimeter of ABC . (3 marks)
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6. In the figure, it shows A(0 , 0) , B( 2 , 6) and C (12 ,8) .

a) Find the mid-point D of AC . (2 marks)

b) There is a point E such that D is a mid-point of BE . Find the coordinates of E .
(2 marks)
c) Is ABCE a parallelogram? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
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7. Simplify the following expressions. (4 marks)

sin
a)
2
tan cos
o
b) sin(90 )cos (90o )tan (90o )
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1
1tan 2 . (3 marks)
8. Prove that
2
cos
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9. It is given that sin =

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20
cos
, where is an acute angle. Find the value of
. (3 marks)
21
tan

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10. Solve the equation cos 2 x2 sin x=1 , where 0o x90 o . (4 marks)
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11. A ship P is moving along N 30o E at the speed 10 km/h and a ship Q is moving along
o
N 45 W at the speed 8 km/h . After two hours, find
a) the distance between P and Q , (4 marks)
b) the compass bearing of Q from P . (2 marks)
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12. Wilson walks 2 km along N 25o E , and then walks 8 km along S65o E .
a) Find the distance from the end point and the starting point. (3 marks)
b) Find the true bearing of the starting point from the end point. (3 marks)
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13. In a bag, there are 3 banknotes of $10 , 5 banknotes of $ 20 and 2 banknotes of
$50 . Two banknotes are drawn together at random from the bag. Find the probabbility that
the banknotes drawn are enough to buy a product worth $ 71 . (3 marks)
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14. Wailam often travels from Lai King to Central by MTR. She would take a train either on the
Tsuen Wan line or on the Tung Chung line, whichever comes first. After several days of travels,
she notices that 13 out of 20 times she took trains on the Tsuen Wan line. Given that the
offical travelling time through Tsuen Wan line and Tung Chung line are 18 minutes and 12
minutes respectively.
a) Find the expected value of her travelling time. (2 marks)
b) However, there may have delay due to accidents. The probability of each line is shows
below.
Delay (minutes)
Tsuen Wan line Tung Chung line
0

0.8

0.7

0.2

10

0.02

0.05

15

0.01

0.03

20
0.01
0.02
i) Find the value of a . (1 mrak)
ii) Base on the table, find the expected travelling time of each line respectively. (2 marks)
iii) If she has to travels from Lai King to Central within 20 minutes, find the probability
that she will late. (2 marks)
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Section B (30 marks)

15. Two observers A and B are on opposite of a lighthouse CD . The angles of elevation of
the top of the lighthouse from them are 48o and 32o respectively. Given that A and B
are 800 m apart. Find the height of the lighthouse.

A.
B.
C.
D.

288 m
320 m
480 m
512 m

16. Which of the following is/are idenity(es)?

2
I.
(sin x+cos x ) =1+2 sin x cos x
II.
sin x=cos(90 ox )
sin 2 x
III.
=sin x cos x
tan x
A.
Only II
B.
Only I and II
C.
Only II and III
D.
I, II nad III
17. The figure shows a regular pyramid VABCD with a square base. If the total surdace area of
the pyramid is 481 cm 2 , find the height of VAB .

A.
B.
C.
D.

6 cm
8 cm
10 cm
12 cm

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18. A metal solid sphere is melted and recast into a number of identical smaller spheres. If the
radius of each smaller sphere formed is half that of the original sphere, find the number of
smaller spheres formed.
2
A.
4
B.
8
C.
12
D.
19. 2 sin 2 60o tan 60 o cos 30o=
3
3
A.
2
1 3

B.
2 2
0
C.
3
D.
2
20. In the figure, a flagpole of height 3 m cast a shadow of 2.5 m on a road of gradient
Find the value of .

A.
B.
C.
D.

47.4
o
52.4
54.4o
59.4o

21. If the line joining A(3 , 2) and B(7 , 4 m+1) is perpendicular to the line joining
P (m ,4) and Q(5 ,8) , find the value of m .
3
A.
1
B.
1
C.
3
D.
22. Which of the following groups of points are collinear?
(4 ,3) , (1 ,1) , (5 , 9)
A.
(3 , 6) , (0 , 0) , (6 ,3)
B.
(1 ,4) , (4 , 1) , (7 , 4)
C.
(8 , 0) , (2 ,1) , (6 ,2)
D.

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23. In the figure, find the compass bearing of A from C .

A.
N 24o W
o
B.
N 35 W
o
C.
N 38 E
D.
N 52o E

24. There are three boys and five girls in room A and four boys and one girl in room B . A
child is sent from room A to room B . The a child in room B is called. What is the
probability that the child is a boy?
4
A.
5
5
B.
12
2
C.
15
35
D.
48
25. A bag contains 24 white balls and some black balls. The probability that a ball chosen at
3
random is black is
. How many black balls are in the bag?
7
18
A.
20
B.
22
C.
26
D.
26. In the figure, C =90o , DC =1 , AD =
tan
1
A.
tan
tan
1
B.
tan
1
1
C.
tan tan
tan tan 1
D.

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27. The point divides AB internally so that AP : PB=3 :1 . The coordinates of A and B are
(1 , 2) and (5 , 10) respectively. Find the coordinates of P .
(3 ,3)
A.
(3 ,5)
B.
(4 , 8)
C.
(4 , 9)
D.
28. In the figure, the total surface areas of right circular cone and a hemisphere are equal. The slant
height of the cone is

A.
B.
C.
D.

1.5 r
2r
2.5 r
3r

29. If the line joining A(4 , 3) and B( 4 ,1) intersects the x axis, find AP : PB .
1: 4
A.
4:1
B.
3:1
C.
1: 3
D.

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