2017-2018 S.

6 Mock Examinations – Mathematics (Compulsory Part) Paper 2

Diocesan Girls’ School

Secondary 6 Mock Examinations (2017-2018)
Mathematics (Compulsory Part)
Paper 2
January 2018
Time Allowed: 1 hour 15 minutes Total marks: 45

Name:___________________ ( ) Class: _______ Set: ________

Instructions:

1. All questions carry equal marks.

2. Attempt 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.
3. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you
will receive NO MARK for that question.
4. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.
5. Diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

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There are 30 questions in Section A and 15 questions in Section B. Choose the best answer for
each question.

Section A

3
8b 6
1. 
b 2
A. 8b 4 . B. 2b 4 . C. 2 2b5 . D. 8b5 .

2. The solution of 5  2 x  3 x  10 is
A. x  1 . B. x  3 . C. x  1 . D. x  3 .

3. If a  0.2448 , find a2 correct to 3 significant figures.

A. 0.059 B. 0.060 C. 0.0599 D. 0.0600

3a  2b 3 a
4. If  , find .
5a  b 2 b
1 7 9
A. 9 B. C. D.
9 9 7
1 3
5. Make a the subject of the formula  1 .
b a
3b b 1  3b
A. a  B. C. D. 3(b  1)
1 b 3b  1 b

6. If a  b and c  0 , which of the following must be true?

a b
I. a 2 c  b 2 c II.  2
 2 III. a 3  c  b 3  c
c c
A. I only B. II only C. I and III only D. II and III only

7. Which of the following CANNOT be an interior angle of a regular polygon?

A. 150 B. 145 C. 140 D. 135

8. The total weight of 10 identical books is measured to be 22 kg. If the maximum error of the
measurement is 0.2 kg, find the upper limit of the weight of each book.
A. 2.4 kg B. 2.3 kg C. 2.22 kg D. 2.21 kg

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9. The selling price of 10 apples is equal to the cost of 8 apples. Find the profit / loss per cent of
each apple.
A. Profit % = 20% B. Profit % = 25% C. Loss % = 20% D. Loss % = 25%

10. a, b, c, d and e are five integers arranged in ascending order. It is given that their mean, median
and mode are 11, 12 and 8 respectively. Find the value of e.
A. 15 B. 14 C. 13 D. 12

x5
11. If f (2 x  1)  , find f ( x) .
x 1
x9 2x  6 2x  4 x  11
A. f ( x)  B. f ( x)  C. f ( x)  D. f ( x) 
x 3 2x 2x  2 x 1

1 1
12. If x   5 , x3  3 
x x
A. 40. B. 130. C. 140. D. 145.

x 3 2
13.  2 
x  x  12 x  16
2

x 2  x  18 x2  x  6
A. . B. .
( x  3)( x  4)( x  4) ( x  3)( x  4)( x  4)

x2  9 x  6 x 2  9 x  18
C. . D. .
( x  3)( x  4)( x  4) ( x  3)( x  4)( x  4)

14. Suppose z varies jointly as x and the square root of y. If x is increased by 8% and y is decreased
by 20%, find the percentage change in z correct to 3 significant figures.
A. Increased by 55.5% B. Increased by 18.3%
C. Decreased by 30.9% D. Decreased by 3.40%

15. In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 1 dot. For any positive integer n, the (n + 1)th pattern is
formed by adding 2n  2 dots to the nth pattern. Find the number of dots in the 8th pattern.

A. 89 B. 71 C. 63 D. 55
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16. The axes of symmetries of the graphs of y  10( x  3)( x  7) and y  2 x 2  3x  6 are x  k1 and

x  k2 respectively. Which of the following is correct?

A. 0  k2  k1 B. k2  0  k1 C. k1  k2  0 D. k1  0  k2

17. If 6 identical solid metal cones of base radius r and height h are melted and recast into 2 identical
spheres of radius r, r : h =
A. 3 : 1. B. 4: 3. C. 1 : 3. D. 3 : 4.

18. Convert 816  177 to a hexadecimal number.

A. 10000000000B116 B. 1000000000B116
C. 1000000000BE216 C. 100000000BE216

19. In the figure, ABC is a right-angled triangle with

ABC  90 . AB  5 , BC  12 and BP  AC . Find
AP
.
PC
5 5
A. B.
12 13
25 25
C. D.
169 144

20. It is given that the polar coordinates of the points A and B are (a , 60o) and (5 , 180o)
respectively. If AB  39 , a =

A. 14 . B. 2. C. 7 or 2 . D. 7.

21. Find the number of roots of the equation tan x  2 sin x , where 0  x  360 .
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

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22. In the figure, BA and CD are produced to meet at F; AD

and BC are produced to meet at E. If AFD = 30 and
CED = 20, find ABC.
A. 50 B. 60
C. 65 D. 75

23. In the figure, SP, TQ and ST are tangents to the circle at P, Q

and R respectively. If PQT = 100, find the value of x + y.
A. 150 B. 160
C. 180 D. 200

x y
24. The figure shows the graph of   1 . Which of the following
a b
is/are correct?
n
I. a  0 II. b  0 III. b   a

n
A. I only B. I and III only
C. II and II only D. All of the above

25. Denote xn as the general term of a geometric sequence. If x1  6 and x5  96 , which of the
following must be true?
I. x32  x1 x5
II. All the terms in the sequence are positive.
III. x1 , x4 , x7 is a geometric sequence.

A. I and II only B. I and III only C. II and III only D. All of the above

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26. If the two straight lines L1 : ax – 7y  11  0 and L2 : 3x  5y – b  0 have no point of intersection,

which of the following is correct?
21 55 21 55
A. a  , b B. a  , b
5 7 5 7
21 55 21 55
C. a   , b D. a   , b
5 7 5 7

log 2 y  x  1
27. If  ,y=
4(log 4 y )  13  2 x
2

1 1
A. 8. B. 6 or 2. C. or 128 . D. or 8 .
2 32

28. Solve log(a  4)  2 log( a  2)  log( a  1) .

A.  8 B. 6 C. 8 D. No real solution

29. Let f ( x) be a polynomial. If f (3 x  4) is divisible by x  1 , which of the following must be a

factor of f (2  x) ?
A. x  9 B. x  7 C. x  5 D. x  3

30. The figure shows the graph of y  a ( x  b)( x  c) . The

x-intercepts of the graph are 4 and 6, and the y-intercept
is 3. If b  c , find the values of a and b.
1 1
A. a  , b6 B. a  , b  4
8 8
1 b6 1
C. a   , D. a  , b  6
8 8

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Section B

31. Simplify 1  i 
2018
.

B. 2 D. 21009 i
1009 1009
A. 2 C. 21009 i

32. Mr. Chan deposits $P in a bank at an interest rate of r% p.a. compounded quarterly. If the amount
of money will be doubled after t months, t =
3 log 2 4 log 2 12 log 2 log 2
A. . B. . C. . D. .
log(1  0.25r %) log(1  0.25r %) log( 4  r %) 4 log(1  r %)

1
33. The maximum value of is
4(sin   sin   1)
2

1 1 4 1
A. . B. . C. . D. .
12 4 3 3

34. In the figure, AC  BC and AB  6 . If the perimeter of

ABC is 4 3  6 , find the area of ABC.

A. 3 B. 3 2 3  3

C. 3 3 D. 3(2 3  3)

35. In the figure, the graph of the function y  f ( x)  cos x y

is transformed to the graph of y  g ( x). Find g(x).

y = f(x)
1 1
A. g ( x)  sin 2 x B. g ( x)  cos 2 x
2 2
x 1 1 x
C. g ( x)  sin  D. g ( x)  cos x
2 2 2 2
y = g(x)

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36. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a cuboid and ABFE X

A D
is a square. X lies on AD and AG intersects XF at
Y. If AX : XD : DH  2 :1: 2 , find cos FYG . B Y
C
1 2
A. B.
51 3 H
E
3 1
C. D.
51 9 F G

37. In the figure, BE and CA intersect at D. BCD  AED  90 ,

BD : AD  1: 2 and BD : CD  5 : 4 . If the area of ABD = 50 cm2,
find the area of the quadrilateral AECB.
A. 146 cm2 B. 164 cm2
C. 182 cm2 D. 202 cm2

38. In the figure, the vertices of the shaded region are

A  a, b  , B (b,  a ), C (a,  b) and D (b,  a )

(where a < b). If (x , y) is a point lying in the shaded

region (including the boundary) and P  bx – ay ,
which of the following must be correct?
I. y  x  a  b is an equation of one of the
boundaries of the region.
II. P attains its maximum at B.
III. The maximum value of P is b 2  a 2 .

A. II only B. III only

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

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39. Let k be a positive constant. Consider the circle 2 x 2  2 y 2  8 x  ky  10  0 with radius 5 units.
Which of the following is/are true?
I. k = 16
II. The origin lies inside the circle.
III. The centre of the circle is (2 , 4).

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

40. Let a  0 . The straight line ax  2 y  8  0 intersects the circle ( x  1) 2  y 2  9 at P(p , r) and
Q(q , s). If pq  8 , find a.

A. 2 B. 4 C. 8 D. Cannot be determined

41. Let A(8, 8) and B(14, 0) be two points on the rectangular coordinate plane and O be the origin.
Find the y-coordinate of the orthocenter of ABO .
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6

42. There are 8 boys and 6 girls in a class. Three representatives are selected from them. It is given
that the girl named Anna in the class is selected. Find the probability that at least one boy is
selected.
34 14 72 17
A. B. C. D.
39 39 91 91

43. Mary and Peter each rolls a die once. The player who gets a bigger number wins. The game is
tied if the players both get the same number. If Mary wins, she will receive $10 from Peter. If she
loses or the game is tied, she will give Peter $8 or $2 respectively. What is the expected gain of
Mary in the game?
1
A. $5 B. $10 C. $0 D. $0.5
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44. The standard deviation of the five numbers of 4a  3 , 4a  1 , 4a  3 , 4a  7 , 4a  9 is

104
A. 4a  3 . B. 4a  . C. 20.8 . D. 2 26 .
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45. Let m1, r1 and s1 be the mean, the range and the standard deviation of a group of numbers

 x1 , x2 , , xn  respectively. If m2, r2 and v2 are the mean, the range and the variance of the group

of numbers 2 x1  1, 2x2  1, , 2xn  1 respectively, which of the following must be true?

I. m2  2m1  1 II. r2  2r1  1 III. v2  4 s1

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

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