BAPTIST LUI MING CHOI SECONDARY SCHOOL

2022 – 2023 FORM 6 MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

PAPER 2

Date: 3rd Feb, 2023

Time: 11:25 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. (1 hour 15 minutes)

Total number of pages: 14

INSTRUCTIONS
1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. Write your Name, Class and Class Number in
the space provided.

2. When told to open this book, you should check that all the questions are there. Look for the words
‘END OF PAPER’ after the last question.

3. All questions carry equal marks.

4. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the answers on
the Answer Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber. You must
mark the answers clearly; otherwise you will lose marks if the answers cannot be captured.

5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you will
receive NO MARKS for that question.

6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

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There are 30 questions in Section A and 15 questions in Section B.

The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

SECTION A (30 marks)

1. If A(2x2 + 3) + 4(x + 3)2  Bx2 + 24x, then B =

A. –20 .
B. –12 .
C. 12 .
D. 20 .

111
 1 
2. 18 333
  =
 27 

222
2
A.   .
3
333
2
B.   .
3
C. 6222 .
D. 6333 .

m2  12 m  2
3.  =
m2  4 2  m

4
A.  .
m2
4
B. .
m2
4(m  4)
C.  2 .
m 4
4(m  4)
D. .
m2  4

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4. Let a be a constant. Solve the equation ( x  a  2)( x  a)  (a  x)( x  a) .

A. x  a
B. x  a 1
C. x  a or x  a  1
D. x  a or x  a  1

5. If x = 2900 (correct to 3 significant figures), find the range of values of x.

A. 2850 < x ≤ 2950

B. 2850 ≤ x < 2950
C. 2895 < x ≤ 2905
D. 2895 ≤ x < 2905

6. A sum of $72 000 is deposited at an interest rate of 5% per annum, compounded quarterly.
Find the interest earned after 18 months, correct to the nearest dollar.

A. $5 467
B. $5 536
C. $5 572
D. $5 596

7. x  y  xy( x  y) 
3 3

A. ( x  y)( x  y)2 .
B. ( x  y)3 .
C. ( x  y)2 ( x  y) .
D. ( x  y)( x2  y 2 ) .

8. Let f ( x)  2ax20  bx2  cx , where a, b, c are constants. It is given that f ( x) is divisible by

x  1 . Find the remainder when f ( x) is divided by x  1 .

A. 2c .
B. 2c .
C. 2a  b .
D. 2a  b .

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 2  2  2  0
9. It is given that  2 , find the value of  2  2 .
   2  2  0

A. 2
B. 2
C. 2
D. 4

10. The figure shows the graph of y  a  b( x  c)2 , where a, b and c are constants. Which of
the following is/are true?

I. b>0
II. a>0
III. c<0

A. II only
B. I and II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

11. Let k be a constant. If f ( x)  5( x  k )2  k , then f (2)  f (2) 

A. 4.
B. 40k.
C. 4 + 40k.
D. 40  10k 2 .

12. Find the solutions of 6a – 1 < 0 or 12a + 5 > 7.

1
A. a
6
1
B. All real numbers except .
6
C. All real numbers.
D. No solutions.

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13. In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 11 dots. For any positive integer n, the (n + 1)th
pattern is formed by adding 6 dots to the nth pattern. Find the number of dots in the 8th
pattern.

A. 35
B. 41
C. 47
D. 53

14. It is given that w varies directly as the cube of x and varies inversely as the square root of
y . If x is increased by 20% and y is decreased by 36%, find the percentage change in w .

A. w is decreased by 16%.
B. w is increased by 16%.
C. w is increased by 116%.
D. w is increased by 216%.

15. A 1 km river on a map is 5 cm. If the area of a sports centre on a map is 9 cm2, then the
actual area of the sports centre is

A. 0.36 km2.
B. 3.6 km2.
C. 36 km2.
D. 360 km2.

16. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. Let E be a point on BC such that BE : EC = 1 : 2.

AB is produced to meet DE extended at F, and DC is produced to meet AE extended at G. If
the area of CEG is 96 cm2 , then the area of BEF is G

A. 8 cm2.
B. 12 cm2.
C. 16 cm2.
F
D. 20 cm2. E
B C

A D

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17. 500 cm3 of water is poured into an inverted right conical vessel with base radius 10 cm and
height 30 cm, find the depth of water correct to 3 significant figures.

A. 4.77 cm
B. 5.42 cm
C. 12.6 cm
D. 16.3 cm

18. In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus. E is a point on AD such that EC bisects ∠ACD.
If BE = BC, find ∠CED. B C

A. 36°
B. 50°
C. 54°
D. 72° A D
E

5
19. In the figure, O is the centre of the semi-circle. If ∠BDC =  and ∠AOB = ,
2

then AB : BC 

A. 2 : 1.
B. 5 : 2.
C. 4 : 5.
D. 5 : 4.

20. In the figure, chord AC and chord BD intersect at E. If AB // DC, AC = CD and ∠ACB = 39°,
then ∠BDC = D

A. 24°. A
B. 29°.
C. 34°. E
D. 39°.

39o
B
C
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21. In the figure, the equations of straight lines L1 and L2 are ax  y  b and cx  y  d
respectively. Which of the following must be true?

I. a>c
II. b<d
III. ab + c > 0

A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only

22. The coordinates of A and B are (–8, 24) and (–8, –24) respectively. Let S be the circle
which passes through the origin, A and B. Which of the following is not true?

A. The centre of S lies on the x-axis.

B. S touches the y-axis.
C. The coordinates of centre of S are (–40, 0).
D. The point (–25, 30) lies outside S.

23. If P(x, y) is a moving point which maintains an equal distance from the line y = 4 and the
y-axis. Which of the following is the possible equation of the locus of P?

A. x=4
B. y=2
C. x+y–4=0
D. x–y–4=0

24. A(0 , 8) is rotated anti-clockwise about the origin through 90° to A′. B(4 , 4) is reflected
about the y-axis to B′. Which of the following are true?

I. AB ⊥ AA′
II. A, A′ and B′ are collinear.
III. AB′ : A′B′ = 1 : 2

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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25. Which of the following statements about a regular 24-sided polygon are true?

I. The size of each exterior angle is 15°.

II. The number of axes of reflectional symmetry of the polygon is 24.
III. The number of diagonals of the polygon is 24.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

26. The radius of a circle is 8 cm. The circle is divided into a major segment and a minor
segment by a chord AB. Denote the centre of the circle by O. If the reflex angle AOB is
twice of the angle AOB, find the area of the minor segment correct to the nearest cm2.

A. 10 cm2
B. 39 cm2
C. 95 cm2
D. 162 cm2

27. It is given that the distance between A and B is 25 km and the compass bearing of A from B
is S35°W. If C is 8 km due south of B, find the compass bearing of C from A correct to 3
significant figures.

A. N14.0°E
B. N26.7°E
C. N49.0°E
D. N55.0°E

28. Two numbers are randomly drawn at the same time from 8 balls numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
and 9 respectively. Find the probability that the product of the numbers drawn is odd.

3
A.
16
3
B.
14
1
C.
4
1
D.
2

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29. The mean height of 175 students is 158.6 cm. If 100 students of them are female and their
mean height is 152 cm, then the mean height of male students is

A. 156.2 cm.
B. 163.55 cm.
C. 165.75 cm.
D. 167.4 cm.

30. Consider the following positive integers:

4 7 7 11 12 12 24 m n
Let a, b and c be the mode, the median and the inter-quartile range of the above positive
integers respectively. If the mean of the above positive integers is 11, which of the
following must be true?
I. a = 12
II. b = 11
III. c = 11

A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. II and III only

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SECTION B (15 marks)

31. 12 × 211 + 26 + 25 + 24 – 22 =

A. 11000011011002.
B. 11000011101002.
C. 1100000011011002.
D. 1100000011101002.

32. The figure shows the graphs of the exponential functions y = ax, y = bx and y = cx, where a,
b and c are positive constants. Which of the following must be true?

I. a>b
II. b>c y
y = cx y=b x y = ax
III. b+c<2

A. I only
B. I and II only
x
C. I and III only O

D. II and III only

33. Let m = loga b and n = logb a, where a, b are positive constants and a, b  1. Which of the
following must be true?

I. mn = 1
II. m+n>0
III. If m + n = 2, then a = b.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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34. Let f(x) and g(x) be quadratic functions. The figure shows the graphs of y = f(x) and
y = g(x). Which of the following may represent the relation between f(x) and g(x)?

A. g(x) = f(3x)
B. g(x) = f(3x)
C. g(x) = f(x)  4
D. g(x) = f(x) + 4

1 3 7 15 2n  1
35. Find  2  3  4  ...  n  ... .
3 3 3 3 3

1
A.
2
B. 1
3
C.
2
D. 3

36. Consider the following system of inequalities:

x  y  3

3x  y  9
5 x  y  7


Let R be the region which represents the solution of the above system of inequalities.
If (x, y) is a point lying in R, the greatest value of 5x – 7y is

A. 11.
B. 15.
C. 19.
D. 21.

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37. The figure shows a right-angled triangle ABC. The length of AB is shorter than that of BC
by 2 cm. The length of the hypotenuse AC is less than 10 cm. Find the range of the length
of BC.

A. 0 cm < length of BC < 6 cm

B. 2 cm < length of BC < 6 cm
C. 2 cm < length of BC < 8 cm
D. 6 cm < length of BC < 8 cm

38. Let u = 1 + pi and v = 1 – pi, where p is a positive integer. Which of the following is/are
true?

I. The real part of 1 – u is equal to 0.

II. The imaginary part of uv is equal to 1 + p2.
u v
III.  is a real number.
v u

A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I and III only

39. In the figure, ABCD is a circle. DB is a diameter of the circle. FAG is the tangent to the
circle at A. AC cuts DB at E. DB produced meets FG at F. ∠BAF = 25°. Find ∠BFA.

A. 25°
B. 30°
C. 35°
D. 40°

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40. Let O be the origin. The coordinates of A and B are (0, 8) and (b, 0) respectively. If the
x-coordinate of the in-centre of ∆OAB is 2, find the value of b.

A. 2
B. 0
C. 2
D. 6

41. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a cuboid with a square base ABCD and AF > AB. Let α be the
angle between ABH and plane EFGH while β be the angle between ABH and BCH .
Which of the following is true? F A

A. 45° < α < β E D

B. α < 45° < β
C. β < 45° < α G B
D. β < α < 45°

H C

42. A committee of 5 members including chairperson and vice chairperson is selected from 4
junior forms students and 8 senior forms students. If the chairperson and vice chairperson
must be senior form students and the total number of senior forms students should not be
less than that of junior form students, in how many ways can the committee be formed?

A. 3 248
B. 6 496
C. 6 720
D. 13 440

43. A selection of the athletic team consists of two independent parts. The probabilities of
Kenny passing the first part and the second part are 0.375 and 0.2 respectively. Given that
Kenny fails at most one part, find the probability that he fails the first part.

A. 0.125
B. 0.25
C. 0.5
D. 0.625

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44. In a fitness test, the standard deviation of the test is 2.5 . The score of Ada is 13 and her
standard score is 1.7 . If the score of Bonnie in the test is 5.5 , then her standard score is

A. –1.3 .
B. –0.52 .
C. 0.52 .
D. 1.3 .

45. Let m1 , r1 and v1 be the mean, the inter-quartile range and the variance of a group of
number {a1, a2, a3, …, a49} respectively while m2 , r2 and v2 be the mean, the inter-quartile
range and the variance of a group of number {a1, a2, a3, …, a49, m1} respectively, which of
the following must be true?

I. m1 = m2
II. r1 = r2
III. v1 ≥ v2

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

END OF PAPER

To be continued.