Shung Tak Catholic English College

2024-2025 1st Term

S5 Christmas Holiday Assignment
Name: ________________ ( ) Class: S.5 ____ Date:__________________

Chapter 1 Basic Properties of Circles

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C

1. In figure (i), AC = BC and OCA = 24  . 24

O
B

(a) Find BOC. (b) Find CAB.

A

2.
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In figure (ii), AB = 2 AC . BAO = 40  .
Fig (i)

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(a) Find AOC. (b) If major arc BC = 21, find the length of ABC .
 40
A

B
O

Fig (ii)
3. In figure (iii), E and F are points on chords AB and CD respectively. Straight line EF passes through O
such that OE ⊥ AB and OF ⊥ CD. It is given that AB = 30 cm , CD = 48 cm and OA = 25 cm .
C
(a) Find the length of OE. A
(b) Find the length of EF. 25 cm

30 cm E F 48 cm
O

4. In figure (iv), chord AB and radius OC are parallel to each other. Diameter AD and chordCCE intersect
at F. COD = 68 . Find x, y and z.
B
68
z D
y
O F
A
x

Fig (iv)

5. In figure (v), chord CD is parallel to diameter AB. AD and OC intersect at E. Chord DF passes
C
through point G on AB, OCD = 64 . Find x, y and z.
A y 64
x
E D

G
z
B
F
Fig (v)

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Chapter 2 Tangents to Circles
1. In figure (i), A, B and D are points on the circumference of the larger circle. The circumference of the
smaller circle passes through A, D and the centre of the larger circle O. AB produced intersects the
circumference of the smaller circle at C and DBC = 40  . Find BCD.
A

O B

C
D 40

2. In figure (ii) , the inscribed circle of ABC touches AB, AC and BC at P, Q Fig (i)
and R respectively. Given that OCR = 38  and AOC = 118 , find x and y. A

P Q
y 118
O

C
R 38
B
Fig (ii)
3. In figure (iii), C, D, E and T are points on the circumference. AB is the D

tangent to the circle at T. Given that BTD = 75  and CTD = 60  , find x x

and y.
E y C

60
75
B A
T

Fig (iii)
A
4. In figure (iv), the inscribed circle of ABC touches AB, AC and
BC at D, E and F respectively. Given that ADE = 58 
and EDF = 52 , find x and y. D 58
52 E
x
Fig (iv)
y
B F C

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5. In figure (v), C is the centre of the circle PQS. OR and OP are
tangent to the circle at S and P respectively. OCQ is a straight line
and ∠QOP = 30 .
(a) Show that ∠PQO = 30 .
(b) Suppose OPQR is a cyclic quadrilateral.
C
(i) Show that RQ is tangent to circle PQS at Q.
(ii) A rectangular coordinate system is introduced in figure
(v) so that the coordinates of O and C are (0, 0) and
(6, 8) respectively. Find the equation of QR. O
Fig (v)

Chapter 10 Permutations and Combinations

1. To match a sports outfit, Annie can choose a top from 2 kinds of vests and 4 kinds of T-shirts to go with
a choice from 3 kinds of shorts and 5 kinds of pants. How many ways are there for Annie to match a
sports outfit?

2. (a) If a password is formed by 3 numbers from the choices of 10 numbers, 0 to 9, with repetition, how
many ways are there to form the password?
(b) If a password is formed by 3 numbers from the choices of 10 numbers, 0 to 9, without repetition,
how many ways are there to form the password?

3. There are 9 Cantonese songs, 6 Mandarin songs and 4 English songs stored in Ken’s mobile phone.
(a) If Ken chooses 5 songs to play once each, how many playing sequences are there?
(b) If Ken chooses only the English songs to play once each, how many playing sequences are there?
(c) If Ken chooses 5 songs, excluding the English ones, to play once each, how many playing
sequences are there?

n!
4. Simplify (a) P2n +1 (b) .
P2n

5. There are 8 songs in a music album.

(a) If 4 songs are chosen to play once each, how many playing sequences are there?
(b) If at most 4 songs are chosen to play once each, how many playing sequences are there?

6. 4 letters are selected from the word CONFIRM. Find the number of combinations in each of the
following cases.
(a) No other restrictions. (b) No vowels should be selected.
(c) Both C and M must be selected. (d) Vowel(s) should be selected.

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7. The following table shows the age distribution of the members in a gymnastics centre. 6 of them are
selected to form a team. According to each of the following conditions, find the number of
combinations to form a team.
Age 17 18 19
Number of people 3 4 6
(a) Any 6 members are selected.
(b) 6 members are selected from those aged 18 or 19.
(c) 2 members are selected from each age group.
(d) At most two members aged 19 are selected.

8. Solve the equation C2n + n = 55.

Chapter 11 More About Probability

1. A six-digit number is formed by arranging 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 9 randomly without repetition. Find the
probabilities of the following events happening.
(a) The unit digit of the number is 4.
(b) The number is an even number.
(c) The number is a multiple of 5.
2. There are 2 bottles of milk, 3 bottles of water and several bottles of cola in a refrigerator. Given that the
1
probability of choosing a bottle of milk from the refrigerator at random is , how many bottles of cola
4
are there in the refrigerator?

3. The following table shows the probability of obtaining each number when rolling a dice.
Number 1 2 3 4 5 6
Probability 0.1 0.15 0.18 0.24 0.2 0.13
If the dice is rolled once, find the probabilities of the following events happening.
(a) A number 2 or 6 is obtained. (b) The number obtained is not 1.

4. A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards (without jokers). Find the probabilities of
the following events happening.
(a) A red card is drawn. (b) A 10 or a jack is drawn.
(c) The card drawn is neither a red card, a 10 nor a jack.

5. There are 2 pencils, 1 ruler and 2 rubbers in pencil case A. There are 4 pencils, 2 rulers and 1 rubber in
pencil case B. If an item is selected at random from each pencil case, find the probabilities of the
following events happening.
(a) 2 rubbers are selected. (b) 1 ruler and 1 pencil are selected.
(c) At least 1 pencil is selected.

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6. The probability for a goalkeeper to save a penalty kick is 0.15. If two penalty kicks are to be taken, find
the probabilities of the following events happening.
(a) The goalkeeper saves both penalty kicks.
(b) The goalkeeper saves one penalty kick only.
(c) The goalkeeper saves the first penalty kick only.

7. The following table shows the number of S5B students studying and without studying module 1 of the
Mathematics.
Studying module 1 Without studying module 1
Boy 10 6
Girl 8 6
If a student is chosen at random, find the probabilities of the following events happening.
(a) A girl is chosen.
(b) A girl without studying module 1 is chosen.
(c) A student without studying module 1 is chosen, given that the student is a girl.

8. In S5A, 25% of students are members of Mathematics club, 20% of students are members of Science
club and 40% of students are members of Mathematics club or Science club.
(a) If a student is selected from S5A randomly, find the probability that the student is a member of
both Mathematics club and Science club.
(b) Given that a student is a member of Mathematics club, find the probability that the student is also
a member of Science club.

9. In S4 and S5 of a school, 20 students have applied to join the inter-school current affairs quiz
competition. The following table shows the distribution of the number of students joining the
competition.
Boy Girl
S4 7 5
S5 4 4
If 4 students are randomly chosen to join the competition, find the probabilities of the following events
happening.
(a) 2 boys and 2 girls are chosen.
(b) 4 students from the same form are chosen.
(c) At least 1 S5 student is chosen.

10. If 4 girls and 3 boys sit in a row randomly, find the probabilities of the following events happening.
(a) 4 girls sit next to each other.
(b) 4 girls sit next to each other and 3 boys also sit next to each other.

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Chapter 3 Inequalities
Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions graphically.
1. (a) 2 x + 5  −1 (b) 13  7 − 6 x

2. (a) 2(2 x + 3)  −2 x (b) 2(5 + x)  7 x

5x + 3 16 − 3 x
3. (a) 7 (b) 5
4 11

4. (a) − 15  4 x − 11  1 (b) 11  3 − 2 x  −17

5. (a) 5 x + 9  x − 7  2 − 8 x (b) 10 − 7 x  2 x + 1  −14 − 3x

1 x
 2 − x  2 3(3 − 2 x)  4(5 x − 1)
6. (a)  (b) 
− 1  1 − x 5( x + 16)  9( x + 4)
 3 4

7. (a) 5 x − 1  2(2 − 5 x) or 3(7 x − 2)  5 x − 14

(b) 2 + 7 x  3(4 x − 1) or 6(2 − 3x)  1 − 16 x

8. (a) 3(3x + 11)  2( x − 1) or 6(2 x + 3)  −7(1 − x)

(b) 4(5 − 3x) + 2(3x − 1)  0 or 7(3 − 2 x)  5(2 x − 15)

3x + 2 9 − 4 x 23 − 3x
9. (a)  2 x − 3 or 
2 5 7
2 x + 11 26 − x 71 − 4 x 3 x − 49
(b)  or 
15 3 3 2

10. x 2 − 7 x + 10  0

11. 3( x − 1)( x + 2)  8 x − 4

12. x 2 + 2 x − 4  0

13. 3( y − 2) 2 − 16( y − 2) − 12  0

14. (5 − 2 x) 2  9

15. − x 2 − 6 x − 14  0

16. (2 x + 3)( x − 3)  (4 x + 7)( x − 3)

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 Answers
Chapter 1
1. (a) 132 (b) 66 2. (a) 50 (b) 31 3. (a) 20 cm (b) 27 cm
4. x = 34, y = 34, z = 34 5. x = 32, y = 96, z = 58
Chapter 2
1. 100 2. x = 24, y = 128  3. x = 45, y = 105 
4. x = 70, y = 40 5. (b) (ii) 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 − 75 = 0
Chapter 10
1. 48 2. (a) 1 000 (b) 720 3. (a) 1 395 360 (b) 24 (c) 360 360
4. (a) n(n + 1) (b) (n − 2)! 5. (a) 1 680 (b) 2 080
6. (a) 35 (b) 5 (c) 10 (d) 30 7. (a) 1 716 (b) 210 (c) 270 (d) 658
8. 10
Chapter 11

1. (a) 1
(b) 1
(c) 1
2. 3 3. (a) 0.28 (b) 0.9
6 3 6

4. (a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 11
5. (a) 2
(b) 8
(c) 26
2 13 26 35 35 35

6. (a) 0.022 5 (b) 0.255 (c) 0.127 5 7. (a) 7

(b) 1
(c) 3
15 5 7

8. (a) 0.05 (b) 0.2 9.(a) 132

(b) 113
(c) 290
10.(a) 4
(b) 2
323 969 323 35 35

Chapter 3
1. (a) x  −3 (b) x  −1 2. (a) x  −1 (b) x  2 3. (a) x 5 (b) x  −13

1 16 1
x  x  11
4. (a) −1  x  3 (b) −4  x  10 5. (a) x  −4 (b) −3  x  1 6. (a) 3 3 (b) 2

1 1
x− x
7. (a) 2 or 3 (b) All real numbers 8. (a) x  −5 or x  −5 (b) x 3

9. (a) x  −4 (b) x  17 or x  17

1
10. 2  x  5 11. x  − or x2 12. − 1 − 5  x  −1 + 5
3
4
13.  y 8 14. x  1 or x  4 15. No real solutions 16. −2  x  3
3

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