2022-2023

MATH
COMPULSORY
PART
Paper 1
SHUN LEE CATHOLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL

Name
SECONDARY SIX
FINAL EXAMINATION (2022 – 2023) Class ( )

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part Date 17/1/2023

Paper 1

Question-Answer Book
Question No. Marks
8:15 am – 10:30 am (2¼ hours)
This paper must be answered in English 1–2

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INSTRUCTIONS
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1. After the announcement of the start of the examination, you should
first write your name, class and class number in the space provided 8
on Page 1.
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2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and B.
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3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers in the 11
spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book. Do not write in the
margins. Answers written in the margins will not be marked. 12

4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on 13

request. Write your name, class and class number and mark the
question number box on each sheet, and enclose them INSIDE the 14
book.
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5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.
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exact or given to 3 significant figures.
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7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
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8. No extra time will be given for writing names or filling in the
question number boxes after the ‘Time is up’ announcement. Total

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 Section A(1) (35 marks)

y −2
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( x −3 y 4 ) 5
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2. Factorize
(a) 2m2 + 5mn – 12n2,
(b) 4m – 6n – 2m2 – 5mn + 12n2.
(3 marks)

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 3. Make c the subject of the formula 5(a – 2b + 3c) = 4c – 3b. (3 marks)
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4. Consider the compound inequality
5− x
 2 + 7x or x + 6  13 ………. (*)
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(a) Solve (*).
(b) Write down the least integer satisfying (*).
(4 marks)

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 4 7
5. Simplify + . (3 marks)
5x + 4 x − 7
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6. In a school, the number of S6 students who wear glasses is 3 times that do not wear glasses. If 7 more
S6 students need to wear glasses, then the ratio of the number of S6 students who wear glasses to that
do not wear glasses becomes 25 : 6. Find the total number of S6 students in the school. (4 marks)

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 7. In a polar coordinate system, O is the pole. The polar coordinates of the point A are (8, 35). A is rotated
anti-clockwise about O through 110 to P. Q is the reflection image of A with respect to the polar axis.

(a) Write down the coordinates of P and Q.

(b) Eric claims that P, O and Q are collinear. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)
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 8. In Figure 1, E is a point lying on BC. It is given that AC = 6 cm, BE = 7 cm and EC = 2 cm, where D is
the mid-point of AC.

(a) Prove that ABC ~ EDC.

(b) Dora claims that if ACB = 30 and BED = 72, then AB is parallel to DE. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(5 marks)
A

B E C

Figure 1
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 9. The frequency distribution table and the cumulative frequency distribution table below show the
distribution of the height of some plants in a garden.

Height (cm) Frequency Height less than (cm) Cumulative frequency

31 – 40 4 40.5 4
41 – 50 11 50.5 z
51 – 60 x 60.5 23
61 – 70 y 70.5 28
71 – 80 2 80.5 30

(a) Write down the value of x.

(b) Find the median and the mean of the distribution.

(c) Alice buys two more plants for the garden and the heights are 45.5 cm and 65.5 cm. Alice claims
that there is no change in the mean after adding these two plants in the garden. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(6 marks)
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 Section A(2) (35 marks)

10. The height and the slant height of a solid right circular cone are 56 cm and 70 cm respectively.

(a) Find the curved surface area of the circular cone in terms of . (3 marks)

(b) The circular cone is divided into four parts by three planes which are parallel to its base. Each part
has the same height. Denote the four parts that A is the cone, B, C and D are frustums in which B is
the smallest one while D is the largest one. Someone claims that the difference of the curved surface
areas between A and B is equal to that between C and D. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(3 marks)
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 11. When a polynomial f(x) is divided by x – 1, the remainder is 2. When f(x) is divided by x – 3, the
remainder is 20. If f(x) is divided by (x – 1)(x – 3), the remainder is ax + b, where a and b are real
numbers.

(a) Find a and b. (5 marks)

(b) Prove that f(x) is not divisible by x2 + 7x – 8. (2 marks)

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 12. The stem-and-leaf diagram below show the distribution of the scores of Mathematics Examination of 20
students in S.6A class.

Stem (10) Leaf (1)

6 a 2 3 7 8 8 9
7 0 0 0 b 6 7 8 8
8 2 4 5 7 c

The box-and-whisker diagram below shows the distribution of the scores of Mathematics Examination of
10 students in S.6B class.

scores
64 69 73 d 93
It is given that the median, the range and the inter-quartile range of the scores of Mathematics Examination
in S.6A class are the same as those in S.6B class.
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(a) (i) Find a, b, c and d.

(ii) Find the standard deviation of the scores of Mathematics Examination of S.6A class.
(5 marks)

(b) One student from each class is selected randomly to join a training team. Someone claims that the
probability of obtaining the sum of scores of the two selected students greater than 180 is smaller
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than . Is the claim correct? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
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 13. f(x) is the sum of two parts. The first part is a constant and the second part varies directly as x2. It is
given that f(0) = –80 and f(5) = –30.

(a) Find f(x). (3 marks)

(b) Let V be the vertex of the graph of y = f(x). The graph of y = 2f(x) – 240 cuts the x-axis at two
points A and B.

(i) Write down the coordinates of V.

(ii) Find the area of VAB. (4 marks)

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 14. Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that P is equidistant from the points
A(–3, –8) and B(–3, 16). Denote the locus of P by .

(a) (i) Describe the geometric relationship between  and the line segment AB.

(ii) Find the equation of .

(3 marks)

(b) It is given that the coordinates of the point D are (25, 20).

(i) Find the equation of the circle C passing through A, B and D.

(ii) Q is the point (13, –16). Someone claims that ABD + AQD = 180. Is the claim correct?
Explain your answer.
(5 marks)
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 Section B (35 marks)

15. A password with six-character is formed by a permutation of a, e, i, o, u, 1, 2, 3, 4 and @.

(a) How many different six-character password can be formed? (1 mark)

(b) If @ should be one of the characters in the password, how many different six-character password
can be formed? (2 marks)

(c) Find the probability that @ is not found in the password. (2 marks)
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 16. The 3rd term and the 6th term of an arithmetic sequence are 21 and 45 respectively. Find

(a) the first term of the sequence, (2 marks)

(b) the smallest value of n such that the sum from the 3rd term to the nth term is greater than 1000.
(3 marks)
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 17. Let g(x) = 2x2 – 16kx + 4k2 + 7, where k is a non-zero constant.
(a) Using the method of completing the square, express, in terms of k, the coordinates of the vertex of
the graph of y = g(x). (2 marks)

(b) On the same rectangular coordinate system, denote the vertex of the graph of y = g(x) and the vertex
of the graph of y = 5g(x + 3) by V and T respectively. V is a point lying in Quadrant I.
(i) Write down, in terms of k, the coordinates of T.

(ii) Helen claims that T lies in Quadrant II. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(iii) L is a straight line passing through V and T. Let R be the region (including the boundary)
bounded by L, the x-axis and the y-axis. It is given that R represents the solution of a system
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of inequalities. If k = , find the greatest value of 3x + 2y, where (x, y) is a point lying in
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R.
(5 marks)
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 18. The circle C passes through the origin O and cuts the y-axis and the x-axis at the points A(0, 8) and
B (6, 0) respectively. PQ is a tangent to C at the point T, where P and Q lie on the positive y-axis and
the positive x-axis respectively. It is given that PQ is parallel to AB.

(a) (i) Find the equation of C.

(ii) Find the equation of PQ.
(3 marks)

(b) Find the centroid of ABT. (3 marks)

(c) Is the in-centre of OPQ the same as the centroid of ABT? Explain your answer. (3 marks)
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 19. In Figure 2(a), ABCD is a square paper card, where AB = 18 cm. M is the mid-point of BC. X and Y are
points lying on AB and DC respectively. AC and XY intersect at the point E. The square paper card in
Figure 2(a) is folded along XY such that A coincides with M as shown in Figure 2(b).

A X B X B

E
M M or A

D Y C Y C
Figure 2(a) D Figure 2(b)

(a) (i) Find the length of XB.

(ii) Hence, find the length of AE. (5 marks)

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A

X B

D
Y C
Figure 2(c)

(b) Amy folds the square paper card described in Figure 2(a) along XY such that the trapezium XBCY
lies on the horizontal ground as shown in Figure 2(c). It is given that the angle between the planes
XADY and XBCY is 45. Amy claims that AEC in Figure 2(c) is greater than 50. Do you agree?
Explain your answer.
(4 marks)

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