2021 S2 SMSS EOY Paper 1

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ST. MARGARET’S SECONDARY SCHOOL
End-of-Year Examinations 2021
CANDIDATE NAME
REGISTER
CLASS
NUMBER
MATHEMATICS
11 October 2021
Secondary 2 Express 2 hours 30 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your name, registration number and class on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
Answer all the questions.

If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact,
give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal
place.
For , use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer
in terms of .
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part
question.
The total number of the marks for this paper is 100. For Examiner’s
Use
This document consists of 23 printed pages and 1 blank page

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Section A
Answer all the questions.
1 (a) Express 36 as a product of its prime factors.
Answer …………………… [1]
(b) Find two numbers, both smaller than 20, that have a lowest common multiple of 36 and a
highest common factor of 6.
Answer ……… and ……… [2]
2 The average petrol consumption of a car is 7.5 litres per 100 km.
Express the petrol consumption in km/litre.
Answer ……………... km/l [1]

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3 A map of Singapore has a scale of 1 : 250 000.

(a) The length of Kallang River in the map is 3.92 cm.
Calculate the actual length, in kilometres, of Kallang River.
Answer ………………. km [2]
(b) The area of Singapore is 728.6 km2.

Calculate the area, in square centimetres, of Singapore on the map.
Answer ……………… cm2 [2]

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3 2
4 Write as a single fraction in its simplest form + .
4𝑥 2 −9 2𝑥−3
Answer …………………… [3]
5 George can assemble 5 computers in 6 hours. Peter can assemble 4 computers in 5 hours.
(a) How many computers can both of them assemble in one hour if they work together?
Answer …………………… [2]
(b) How long will George and Peter take, if they assemble 49 computers at the same rate?
Answer …………….. hours [1]

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6 (a) Factorise completely 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 15.
Answer …………………… [2]
(b) Hence or otherwise factorise 2(𝑦 − 3)2 + 7(𝑦 − 3) − 15.
Answer …………………… [2]

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7 The graph of 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 4) passes through the points 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶.

(a) Find the coordinates of 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶.
A O x
B
Answer 𝐴 ( …… , ….… ) [1]

𝐵 ( …… , ….… ) [1]
𝐶 ( …… , ….… ) [1]
(b) Find the coordinates of the minimum point.
Answer ( …….. , ….….. ) [2]

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8 The figure shows a rectangle ABCD with its sides as indicated.

(a) Write down two simultaneous equations in terms of 𝑥 and 𝑦.
A 2𝑥 + 𝑦 B
𝑥+𝑦−1 2𝑦 − 4
D C
2𝑦 + 1
Answer …………………… [1]

…………………… [1]
(b) Solve the simultaneous equations to find the length and breadth of the rectangle.
Answer Length = …………….. units

Breadth = …………….. units [3]

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9 In the diagram, AF is parallel to BE.

Angle 𝐹𝐴𝐵 = 65°, angle 𝐹𝐸𝐵 = 68° and angle 𝐶𝐸𝐷 = 60°.
(a) Calculate angle 𝐵𝐶𝐸.
D
E
60o
F 68o
65o B
Answer …………………. ° [3]
(b) Explain if line ABC is parallel to line FED.
Answer ……………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
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………………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]
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10 Triangle ABD is similar to triangle ADC.

Angle 𝐴𝐷𝐵 = 55° and angle 𝐵𝐷𝐶 = 40°. 𝐴𝐵 = 3.9 cm and 𝐵𝐶 = 1.8 cm.
Calculate
(a) angle CAD,
A
3.9 cm
B
1.8 cm
C
55o 40o
Answer …………………. ° [2]
(b) length 𝐴𝐷.
Answer ……………….. cm [2]

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11 In triangle ABC, 𝐴𝐵 = 10 cm and 𝐴𝐶 = 17 cm.

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Point E is on line BC, such that 𝐴𝐸 = 8 cm and 𝐸𝐶 = 15 cm.
(a) Show that angle 𝐴𝐸𝐶 is 90°.
17 cm
10 cm
Answer ………………………………….. 8 cm
……………………………………………
B x cm E 15 cm C
……………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………….. [2]
(b) Hence find the value of 𝑥.
Answer 𝑥 = ……………… [1]
12 A quadrant DBC is drawn on a 7 cm square ABCD, as shown in the shaded region below.
Calculate the percentage of the square that is unshaded.
7 cm
A B
D C
Answer ……………….. % [3]

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13 In the diagram, rectangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 is divided into four smaller rectangles by the lines 𝐾𝐿 and 𝑀𝑁.
The areas of the four rectangles are 35𝑎𝑥, 10𝑎𝑦, 21𝑏𝑥 and 6𝑏𝑦 as shown in the diagram.
(a) Factorise completely 35𝑎𝑥 + 6𝑏𝑦 + 21𝑏𝑥 + 10𝑎𝑦.
K
A B
35𝑎𝑥 10𝑎𝑦
M N
21𝑏𝑥 6𝑏𝑦
D C
L
Answer …………………… [2]
(b) Find the length of 𝐾𝐿 in terms of a and b.
Answer 𝐾𝐿 = ……………. [1]

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14 The dot diagram below shows the number of days students were absent from school in a year.
Number of days
(a) How many students are there in this class?
Answer …………………… [1]
(b) Which is the most common number of days that students were absent for?
Answer …………………… [1]
(c) What is the median number of days?
Answer …………………… [1]
(d) Students can submit up to 4 Parents’ Letters to be excused from school.

What is the percentage of the students who submitted 4 or less Parents’ Letter?
Answer …………………… [1]

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Section B
1 3(x + 3)
Given that ≥ x – 1,
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(a) solve the inequality, [2]
(b) present the solution on a number line, [2]
(c) write down the largest possible value of x if x is a perfect square. [1]

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2 (a) Expand (3a + 3b)2. [1]
(b) Hence, given that a2 + b2 = 29 and ab = 10, find the value of (3a + 3b)2. [2]
3 It is given that D is inversely proportional to √x. The value of x is increased by 300%.

Three students discuss the effects of this increase on D.
Samantha argues that the value of D will decrease by 300%.
Benjamin argues that the value of D will decrease by 20%.
Raghav argues that the value of D will decrease by 50%.
With clear working and explanations, determine which student is correct. [4]

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4 The ratio of the exterior angle of a regular polygon to the interior angle is 2 : 13.
Find the number of sides of the regular polygon. [3]
5x − 2y
5 Given that 3x + a = ,
𝑦2
(a) find a when x = 8 and y = −2, [1]
(b) make x the subject of the equation. [2]

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6 In the diagram below, PQ and XY are two vertical buildings whose heights are 80 m and
135 m respectively, and ∠XPY = 28˚.
Y
135 m ?
80 m
28˚
P X
(a) Find ∠PYQ. [4]
(b) Find the distance QY. [2]

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7 Samantha and Patricia took part in a competitive run which covers a distance of 15 km.
Samantha ran the first 5 km of the race at a speed which is 1 km/h lesser than Patricia’s
speed. Samantha then ran the remaining distance at a constant speed of 8.4 km/h.
Patricia ran at a constant speed of 1.8 m/s throughout the race.
(a) Find Patricia’s running speed in km/h. [1]
(b) Find the difference in time that the two girls took to complete the race.
Give your answer correct to the nearest minute. [4]

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(c) For the first 5 km of Samantha’s run, his distance, d km, from the starting point
162
after t hours is given by the function d = t.
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162
What does the gradient represent in the function? [1]
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8 The variables x and y are connected by the equation y = −x2 + 2x + 8.

Some corresponding values of x and y are given in the table below.
x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
y −7 0 a 8 9 8 5
(a) Find the value of a. [1]
(b) On the grid on the next page, draw the graph of y = −x2 + 2x + 8 for −3 ≤ x ≤ 3.
Use 2cm to represent 1 unit for the x-axis and 1cm to represent 1 unit for the y-axis. [3]
(c) State the maximum point. [1]
(d) Write down the equation of the line of symmetry of the graph y = −x2 + 2x + 8. [1]
(e) By drawing a suitable line, use your graph to solve the equation −x2 + 2x + 8 = 6. [2]

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9 The back-to-back stem-and-leaf diagram below shows the weighted assessment (WA)
results of a group of 30 students in a Mathematics Exam. The total marks for both
weighted assessments is 35.
Leaves for WA2 Stem Leaves for WA3

9 9 7 6 0 8 9 9
9 9 8 8 5 4 4 3 1 0 1 1 2 4 5 5 5 6 8
9 8 8 8 7 7 6 5 4 1 0 2 3 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 9
5 5 2 2 1 0 3 0 1 1 2 3 5 5
Key: 9|1 means 19 marks Key: 3|5 means 35 marks
(a) Find
(i) the median mark scored by the students for WA2, [1]
(ii) the mean mark scored by the students for WA3. [2]
(b) Did the students perform better for WA2 or WA3? Explain your answer. [2]
(c) One more student took the Mathematics WA2 and the median mark is now 24.
Given that the marks for Mathematics tests is always a whole number, find the
highest possible mark scored by this student. [1]

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10 Mr Chew owns a tent manufacturing company.

His company manufactures two types of tents, the Dome Tent and the Point Tent.
The designs for both types of tents are shown below:
Dome Tent Point Tent
1.8 m
1.5 m l
0.4 m
2m
• A cylinder with height 0.4m • A square pyramid with base length

• A hemisphere 0.6m and vertical height 1.8 m
• Total height of cylinder and
hemisphere is 1.5m
The following information is provided:

o Cost of tent cloth per m2: $5
o Selling Price of the Dome Tent: $90
o Selling Price of the Point Tent: $80
(a) Calculate the slant height, l, of the Point Tent. [1]

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(b) Based on all the information provided, should Mr Chew manufacture the Dome Tent
or the Point Tent in order to make the most profit?
Show all necessary calculations and reasons to support your decision. [5]

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ST. MARGARET’S SECONDARY SCHOOL

End-of-Year Examinations 2021

Secondary 2 Express 2 hours 30 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Answer all the questions.

This document consists of 23 printed pages and 1 blank page

Answer …………………… [1]

Answer ……… and ……… [2]

Answer ……………... km/l [1]

3 A map of Singapore has a scale of 1 : 250 000.

Answer ………………. km [2]

(b) The area of Singapore is 728.6 km2.

Answer ……………… cm2 [2]

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Answer …………………… [3]

Answer …………………… [2]

Answer …………….. hours [1]

6 (a) Factorise completely 2𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 15.

Answer …………………… [2]

(b) Hence or otherwise factorise 2(𝑦 − 3)2 + 7(𝑦 − 3) − 15.

Answer …………………… [2]

7 The graph of 𝑦 = (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 4) passes through the points 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶.

Answer 𝐴 ( …… , ….… ) [1]

(b) Find the coordinates of the minimum point.

Answer ( …….. , ….….. ) [2]

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8 The figure shows a rectangle ABCD with its sides as indicated.

Answer …………………… [1]

Answer Length = …………….. units

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9 In the diagram, AF is parallel to BE.

Answer …………………. ° [3]

(b) Explain if line ABC is parallel to line FED.

10 Triangle ABD is similar to triangle ADC.

Answer …………………. ° [2]

(b) length 𝐴𝐷.

Answer ……………….. cm [2]

11 In triangle ABC, 𝐴𝐵 = 10 cm and 𝐴𝐶 = 17 cm.

(b) Hence find the value of 𝑥.

Answer 𝑥 = ……………… [1]

Answer ……………….. % [3]

Answer …………………… [2]

(b) Find the length of 𝐾𝐿 in terms of a and b.

Answer 𝐾𝐿 = ……………. [1]

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(a) How many students are there in this class?

Answer …………………… [1]

Answer …………………… [1]

(c) What is the median number of days?

Answer …………………… [1]

(d) Students can submit up to 4 Parents’ Letters to be excused from school.

Answer …………………… [1]

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(b) present the solution on a number line, [2]

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2 (a) Expand (3a + 3b)2. [1]

3 It is given that D is inversely proportional to √x. The value of x is increased by 300%.

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