9 ME 3 ( Q )

Education Bureau
Territory-wide System Assessment 2024
Secondary 3 Mathematics
QUESTION BOOKLET

INSTRUCTIONS
1. There are 47 questions in this paper.
2. Time allowed is 65 minutes.
3. Answer ALL questions in the separate ANSWER BOOKLET.
4. The use of HKEAA approved calculators is permitted.
5. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or
correct to 3 significant figures.
6. Rough work should be done on the rough work sheet provided.
7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

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SECTION A: Choose the best answer for each question.
You should mark all your answers in the ANSWER BOOKLET.

1. Find the least common multiple (L.C.M.) of 22  7 and 23  72 .

A. 22  7
B. 23  72
C. 25  73
D. 26  72

2. Which of the following is an irrational number?

A. 0.33

•
B. 0. 1

5
C.
11

D. 8

3. Matthew got 80 marks in a mathematics test. He got 4 marks less than Lily. Find the ratio of
Matthew’s mark to Lily’s mark in the test.

A. 19 : 20
B. 20 : 19
C. 21 : 20
D. 20 : 21

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4. (–x)2 + (–x2) =

A. 0.
B. − x4 .
C. 2x2 .
D. −2x2 .

5. There are 25 members in a school basketball team. Each member needs to pay $ x to rent a
basketball court for training. If 5 of them are absent from training, the rest of the team members
will need to pay $1.5 more. Which of the following equations can be used to find the value
of x ?

A. 25x = 20(x + 1.5)

B. 25x = 20x + 1.5
C. 25x = 30(x + 1.5)
D. 25(1 − 1.5x) = 20x

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6. y
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
x
O
−1
3x – 5y – 27 = 0
−2
−3
−4
−5
−6
−7 3x – 2y – 18 = 0
−8
−9
−10

The above figure shows the graphs of 3x – 2y – 18 = 0 and 3x – 5y – 27 = 0 .

3x − 2 y − 18 = 0
According to the given graphs, solve the simultaneous equations  graphically.
3x − 5 y − 27 = 0

A. (0, −9)
B. (4, −3)
C. (−3, 4)
D. (9, 0)

7. 2.48  104 =

A. 0.000 024 8 .
B. 0.000 248 .
C. 24 800 .
D. 2 480 000 .

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8. Arrange the terms of the polynomial 1 + x2 − x in ascending order of powers of x . Which of
the following is correct ?

A. 1 − x + x2
B. −x + 1 + x2
C. x2 + 1 − x
D. x2 − x + 1

9. Which of the following is an identity ?

A. (2x – 3)(2x − 3) = (2x – 3)2

B. (2x − 3)(2x − 3) = (2x)2 − 32
C. (2x – 3) − (2x + 3) = 0
D. 2(x − 3) = 2x − 3

10. If x  5 , which of the following CANNOT be a value of x ?

A. −5

B. 0

C. 5

D. 6

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11. Kenny weighs 72 kg (correct to the nearest kg). Which of the following could be his actual
weight ?

A. 71.4 kg

B. 71.5 kg

C. 72.5 kg

D. 72.6 kg

12. A regular circular cone is placed horizontally as shown. Stephen sketches a section which is
perpendicular to the base and passing through vertex V .

Which of the following can be the plane diagram of the section?

A. B.

C. D.

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13. The figure shows a right circular cone. Its base radius, height and slant height are 7 cm ,
24 cm and 25 cm respectively. Find the volume of the circular cone.

A.  (7) (25) cm3

B.  (7)2 (24) cm3

24 cm 25 cm
1
C.  (7)2 (24) cm3
3
4
D.  (7)3 cm3 7 cm
3

14. In the figure, AB is a straight line. x and y are

A. alternate interior angles.

B. vertically opposite angles.
A B
C. corresponding angles. x y

D. interior angles on the same side.

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15. In the figure, ABCD is a parallelogram. E is the point of intersection of the diagonals AC and
BD . It is given that AB = 11 cm , AC = 12 cm and BD = 16 cm . If BE = x cm , find the
value of x .

A. 5 A D

B. 6

C. 8 E
x cm
D. 11
B C

16. In ABE , AFB and BCDE are straight lines. It is given that BC = CE , FC ⊥ BE and
AD ⊥ BE . Which of the following is a perpendicular bisector of ABE ?

A
A. AD
F
B. AC
C. FC
D. BC

B C D E

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17. In the figure, which point can be represented by (4, −2) ?

y
A. P
P
B. Q  4

C. R Q
 2
D. S
x
−4 −2 O 2 4
S
−2 
R
−4 

18. Find the value of cos  in the figure.

72
A.
65
72 97
B. 65
97
65
C.
72

65
D. 72
97

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19. The charts below show the temperatures in Mong Kok and Yuen Long yesterday. Hence, Sam
claims that the temperatures raised at the same rate in Mong Kok and Yuen Long yesterday.

Temperature in Mong Kok Temperature in Yuen Long

yesterday yesterday

30 30
Temperature (C)

Temperature (C)
28 28

26 26

24 24

22 22
08:00 10:00 12:00 08:00 09:00 10:00
Time Time

Which of the following statements is the best reason that Sam is misled by the above charts?

A. There is no comparison with the temperatures of other regions.

B. The scales of the horizontal axis in the two charts are not the same.
C. The scales of the vertical axis in the two charts are not the same.
D. The scales of the vertical axis in the two charts do not start from 0.

20. A university conducted a test for dehumidifiers. The table below shows the score and the weight
of each testing criterion for a model of dehumidifier.

Testing criterion
Daily
Energy Sound Air purification
dehumidification
efficiency level performance
capacity
Score 87 94 69 50

Weight 40 40 10 10

Find the weighted mean score of the model of dehumidifier.

A. 25
B. 28.1
C. 75
D. 84.3
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SECTION B: Write ALL the answers in the ANSWER BOOKLET.
Working need not be shown.

21. A country used directed numbers to represent the number of tourists arriving or leaving a city.
For example,
–5 000 represents that there are 5 000 tourists leaving a city.

Use a directed number to represent each of the following situations.

(i) There are 8 000 tourists arriving in city A.

(ii) There are 2 000 tourists leaving city B.

22. Round off 0.051 54 to 2 decimal places.

23. Use the symbol ‘×’ to mark the number 7 on the number line given in the ANSWER
BOOKLET.

Example : 1.6 is marked on the number line below.

×
1 2 3

24. The cost of a tablet computer is $5 200 . If it is sold at a loss of 25% , find the selling price of
the tablet computer.

25. Find the value of x in the following sequence of square numbers.

1 , 4 , 9 , 16 , x,…

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 26. Expand 2x (x − 9y − 1) .

27. Expand (6x + 1)(6x – 1) .

5 y  5x 
28. Simplify    .
 2 x  2 y 

29. Make H the subject of the formula G = 3H + 4 .

30. According to the diagram, write down an inequality in x .

−9 0

31. In the figure, AEB is a straight line. It is given that AB // CD , ∠BEF = 134° and
∠EFD = 85° . Find x .

E
A B
134

F 85

x
C D

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 32. The figure shows a regular 10-sided polygon. Find x .

33. Which of the following must be right-angled triangle(s)? (May be more than one answer)

Triangle P Triangle Q Triangle R

24
13
30 35 5 7
25
12
16

34. Find the distance between two points A (0, −3) and B (−5, 9) in the rectangular coordinate
plane.

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 35. In the figure, tan  = 0.566 . Find  . Give the answer correct to 3 significant figures.

36. The following data shows the number of push-ups done by 20 students in one minute.

45 34 35 41 33
27 43 48 49 41
51 24 57 18 10
37 44 47 20 58

Use the data to complete the two frequency distribution tables in the ANSWER BOOKLET.

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 37. The diagram below shows the number of food boxes sold and the profit of a shop last week.

Number of food boxes sold and

Number of food boxes
the profit of a shop last week
sold

Profit
50 1 000
Number of food boxes

40 800

Profit (Dollars)
30 600

20 400

0 0

Day of the week

According to the above diagram, answer the following questions.

(a) What was the total profit from the food boxes sold last week?
(b) What was the mean profit of each food box sold last Thursday?

38. The following data shows the results (m) of 8 athletes in a long jump competition.

3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 4.4, 4.8, 5.3, 3.5, 3.5

Find the mean and the median of the above data.

39. The table below shows the distribution of the prices of 30 tablet computers.

Price ($) 2 000 – 3 999 4 000 – 5 999 6 000 – 7 999 8 000 – 9 999 10 000 – 11 999

Frequency 11 8 5 4 2

Find the modal class of the prices of these 30 tablet computers.

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 SECTION C: All working must be clearly shown.
Write the mathematical expressions, answers and statements/conclusions
in the spaces provided in the ANSWER BOOKLET.

40. Winnie deposits $7 500 in a bank and the interest rate is 4% p.a. compounded yearly.
Find the interest she will receive after 2 years.

41. Complete the table for the equation 3x – 4y − 8 = 0 in the ANSWER BOOKLET.

x –4 0 4
y −2

According to the table, plot the graph of this equation on the rectangular coordinate plane given in
the ANSWER BOOKLET.

42. In the figure, a roller coaster train travels from point A to point B which is on the horizontal
ground. The distance between point A and point B is 155 m . The angle of depression of
point B from point A is 20 . It is given that the vertical distance between point A and the
horizontal ground is x . Find x . Give the answer correct to 3 significant figures.

A
20
x 155 m
B
horizontal ground

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 43. In the figure, the base of a right triangular prism is a right-angled triangle. The volume of the
prism is 420 cm3 . Find the value of x .

7 cm

15 cm
x cm

44. In the figure, ABE , ADC , BFC and DFE are straight lines. It is given that
AB = AD and ABC = ADE . Prove that ABC  ADE.

A F

45. Find the area of ABC in the figure.

y

5
4
3
2
A(0 , 2)
1

O
x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
−1
−2
−3
−4  
−5 B(2 , −4) C(10 , −4)

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 2 x + 5 y = 6
46. Solve the simultaneous equations  .
 x − 5 y = 18

47. Kelvin attempts two multiple-choice questions. For each question, there are three options A ,
B and C with one correct answer only.

(a) Some of the possible outcomes are given in the table provided in the ANSWER BOOKLET.
Fill the rest of the possible outcomes in the blanks.
(b) The correct answers for the two questions are both option C . If Kelvin picks one option as
his answer for each question randomly, find the probability that Kelvin can answer at least one
question correctly.

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