QUEEN’S COLLEGE

Half-Yearly Examination, 2010-2011

Mathematics II

Secondary 3 Date: 14th January, 2011

Time: 8:30 am – 9:30 am

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 There are 40 questions in this paper.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

1. If 4( x  3)  2(4x  a)  10x  bx  2(3x  1) , 6. sin3 - cos3 =

then
A. (sin - cos )(sin2 + sin cos - cos2 )
A. a=5 , b=4
B. (sin + cos )(sin2 - sin cos + cos2 )
B. a= 7, b=4 C. (sin + cos )(1- sin cos )
C. a= 7, b=-8 D. (sin - cos )(1 + sin cos )
D. a=5 , b=-8
7. 49 f  25 f 
2. If a  x  c (c  d  0 and b  x) , then x=
bx d A. 12 f
a c
A.  B. 24 f
b d

B. ac C. 74 f
bd
bc  ad D. 74 f
C.
cd
8. 2a  a(2a  a) 
D. ad  bc
cd A. a4

B. 2a 3
3. Simplify the following expression
C. a3  a2
(3xy 3  4 x 3 y 2  7 y)  (5 y 2 x 3  6 x 2  y  xy 3 )
D. 3a 2  a
A. x 3 y 2  6 x 2  2 xy 3  6 y

B.  9 x 3 y 2  6 x 2  4 xy 3  6 y 9. Factorize y  3x  (5  3x  y) 2  5
A. (3x  y  5)(3x  y  4)
C.  9 x 3 y 2  6 x 2  2 xy 3  6 y
B. (3x  y  5)(3x  y  6)
D.  4 x 3 y 2  5 y 2 x 3  6 x 2  2 xy 3  8 y
C. (5  3x  y)(3x  y  4)
4. Find the value of the digit “E” in EF12 16 D. cannot be factorized
4
A. 16
3
10. Factorize b 2  16b  57 .
B. 16
A. (b-21)(b+5)
C. 14  16 3 B. (b-19)(b+3)
D. 14  16 4
C. (b+19)(b-3)
D. (b+21)(b-5)
5. Factorize x 8  1

A. ( x 4  1)( x 4  1) 11. If 222(n3)  11410 and n>0. Find the

value of n.
4 2 2
B. ( x  1)( x 1)( x  1) A. 2

C. ( x 4  1)( x  1) 2 ( x  1)( x  1) B. 4
C. 5
D. ( x 4  1)( x 2 1)( x  1)( x  1)
D. cannot be determined
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12. If a  10 n is in the form of scientific 5 n2  10  5 n
17.
notation, what is the condition of a and n 5 n1
respectively? A. 5n
A. a > 0 , n>0 B. 3  5n
B. 0  a  10 , n is an integer C. 5
C. 1  a  10 , n >0
D. 3
D. 1  a  10 , n is an integer
18. Factorize 9 k  3k 1  4 .
13. Express 0.000 020 10 in scientific notation.
A. 2.10  10–5 A. 3k  43k  1
B. 2.10  10–6 B. 3k  43k  1
C. 2.01  10–5
D. 2.01  10–6 C. 3k  22
D. 3k  13k  1
14. The distance between planets P and Q is 3.75 
1014 km. How many hours does the light take to r
1
19. If 3 3  , then r=
travel from planet P to planet Q? Correct the 81
answer to 3 significant figures. (Take the speed A. 12
of light = 3  10 m/s.)
8
B. 4
A. 1.74  10 h5
C. -4
B. 3.47  105 h D. -12
C. 2.47  106 h
2
D. 2.16  107 h  1 
 16 x  2  3 y 
20. Simplify  
 1 1 
15. It is given that there are as many as 4.85   2x 2 y 3 
 
10 20 combinations in a puzzle. If a computer
3 4
can identify ten million combinations in one 1 2 3
A. x y
second, how long will it take to identify all 4
the combinations? (Give the answer correct B. 4xy
to the nearest thousand year.)
1 1
A. 5 908 thousand year C. xy
4
B. 5 613 thousand year
3
C. 1 538 thousand year 1 4
D. x
D. 452 thousand year 4

16. Express 1.29  10 –6 as a decimal.

21. (5x) 0 +4y 0 =
A. 0.000 001 29
A. 0
B. 0.000 012 9
B. 2
C. 0.000 129
C. 5
D. 0.001 29
D. 9

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 26. Express the following sentence by using an
22. If 10 (2x+y) =1000 and 3 (2x-y) =243, find the inequality.
value of x and y. Adding 8 to the result of x divided by 3 is
A. x= 1 , y= 1 not greater than 6.
x
B. x= 0 , y= 3 A.  8  6
3
C. x= 2 , y= 1
x
D. x= 2 , y= -1 B.  8  6
3
23. Which of the following graphical solution 3
C.  8  6
represent the solution of the inequality x
3x  7  2 x  5 .?
x
A. D.  8  6
3

27.
0 12

B. y
3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5
0 12

The above graphical solution of y represents

C.
A. y may be any positive number
-12 0 B. y may be any number
C. y may be any positive number except 2
D.
D. y may be any number except 2
-2 0
28. Tom is 30% taller than Jerry, Jerry is 10%
2a  3 shorter than Simon. What percentage is Tom
24. If  1 and a  2 , then which of
a2 taller than Simon?
following(s) must be true? A. 56%
I. 2a  3  a  2
2a  3 B. 20%
II. 32
a2 C. 17%
III. 2a  3  2  a
D. 13%
A. II only
29. In Physics lesson, a piece of metal is
B. III only
weighed as 34.3g. However, Tom wrote as
C. I and II only 34.7g. Find the percentage error he made.
D. II and III only A. 0.012%
B. 1%
2 3
25. If  , p  0 and q  0 , which of C. 1.15%
p q
the following inequalities shows the D. 1.17%
relation between p and q?
30. $1500 is deposited in a bank at an interest
A. p < q rate of 12% p.a. compounded quarterly.
B. p < q Find the interest after 2 years.
C. -p > q A. $2 213
D. p > q B. $1 440
C. $ 400
D. $ 360
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31. Find the period for $130 to give $65 simple 35. Mini Library has 1000 Chinese books, 4000
interest at a rate of 6.5% per annum
English books and 1000 Japanese books. If
A. 0.03 years
the numbers of Chinese, English and
B. 2.31 years
Japanese books are increased by 10%, 10%
C. 7.69 years
and 20% respectively, find the percentage
D. 8.55 years
change of the total number of books.
A. +40%
32. If the radius of a circle is increased by 10%,
B. +700
the area of the circle will be increased by
C. +0.1167%
A. 10%
D. +11.67%
B. 21%
C. 110%
36. What is the probability that Mr. Prince was
D. 121%
born on June 31?

1
33. The number of bacteria is increased by A.
12  31
100% in every 20 seconds. Find the
1
percentage increase in 2 minutes. B.
366
A. 64%
1
B. 630% C.
365
C. 6300% D. 0
D. 6400%
37. In throwing a die twice, what is the
34. Suppose the salaries tax rates are as follows. probability that a ‘6’ turns up once only.
Net chargeable income Rate 1
A.
On the first $40 000 2% 9
On the next $40 000 7% 1
B.
On the next $40 000 12% 6
On the remaining 17% 5
C.
18
Miss Princess has a net chargeable income of
11
$200 000. Find her salaries tax payable. D.
36
A. $22 000
B. $17 200
C. $8 400
D. $4 000

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38. Six boys and four girls are chosen to form a
committee of three persons, find the
probability that two girls and a boy are
chosen?

3
A.
10
7
B.
360
12
C.
125
2
D.
15

39. Two digits are chosen at random from the

password 234543. Find the probability that the
two digits are different.
13
A.
18
13
B.
15
4
C.
5
2
D.
3

40. A bag contains three 50¢ coins, two 20¢

coins and two $1 coin. If two coins are
drawn at random, find the probability that
the sum of two coins worth $1.50.
5
A.
49
6
B.
49
5
C.
42
2
D.
7

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 QUEEN’S COLLEGE
Half-Yearly Examination, 2010-2011

Secondary 3

Mathematics II
Answer key

1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40

A B C C
C D D B
A C B C
C B A A
D C B D
D A A D
A D D C
B B C A
A D D B
B A C D

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