There are 30 questions in Section A and

15 questions in Section B. The diagrams

in this paper are not necessarily drawn to
scale. Choose the best answer for each
question.

Section A

33 n 6. Which of the following statements

1. If n is an integer, then = about the equation 3( x  2) 2  6 x  2
9 n 1
is true?
2 n 1 A. It has distinct, rational real roots.
1
A.   . B. It has distinct, irrational real roots.
3 C. It has equal real roots.
B. 3n 1 . D. It has no real roots.
C. 3n  2 .
D. 35 n  2 .
7. It is known that a polynomial g(x) is
2. x 2  y 2  2 xy  4  divisible by 2x + 3. Which of the
following must be a factor of g(4x – 3)?
A. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2)
B. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2) A. 2x  3
B. 4x  3
C. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2)
C. 8x  3
D. ( x  y  2)( x  y  2) D. 8x  9

3. If f ( x)  x 2012  2012 x  2012 , then

2 f (1)  3 = 8. If x is an integer satisfying
4x  1
2(1  x)  6 x and x  , then the
A. 1. 2
B. 5. greatest value of x is
C. 8049.
D. 8053. A. 1.
1
4. If 5a  2b  a  4b  11 , then B.  .
6
C. –1.
A. a = 3, b = 2 .
D. –2.
B. a = 3, b = 3 .
C. a = 2, b = 2 . 9. Peter sold a vase to Mary at a profit of
D. a = 2, b = 3 . 15 %. Later, Mary sold the vase to
David for $ 6400 and gained $ 420.
What was the cost price of the vase for
5. Let p be a constant. Solve the equation Peter?
( x  p )( x  p  1)  x  p .
A. $ 5200
A. x  p B. $ 5970
B. x  p 1 C. $ 6877
C. x   p or x  p  1 D. $ 7780
D. x   p or x  p

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10. The scale of a map is 1: 250. If the area 14. The circumference of a circle is
of a playground on the map is 20 cm2, measured to be 10 cm, correct to the
what is the actual area of the nearest 0.5 cm. Which of the following
playground? is a possible area of the circle?

A. 5000 cm2 A. 34.2 cm2

B. 125 m2 B. 8.55 cm2
C. 625 m2 C. 8.14 cm2
D. 5000 m2 D. 7.11 cm2

11. Let an be the nth term of a sequence. 15.

If a1  2 , a2  1 and
a n  2  4a n 1  a n for any positive
integer n, then a5 =

A. 86.
B. 66. In the figure, CDE and BDF are straight
C. 46. lines. If DF = DE and AB // CE, find
D. 26.
ABD.
12. It is given that s varies jointly as t2 and
A. 76
u. If t is increased by 15% and u is
decreased by 20%, then s B. 104
C. 116
A. is decreased by 8 %. D. 128
B. is decreased by 5.8 %.
C. is increased by 5.8 %. 16. In the figure, a =
D. is increased by 8 %.

1
13. If z  y and y 2  , which of the
x
following is true?

I. z2  y2
1
II. x
y
III. 2 A. 40.
3xz is a non-zero constant.
B. 45.
A. I and II only C. 50.
B. I and III only D. 55.
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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17. In the figure, ABCD is a rhombus and 19. In the figure, a circular cone is cut into
FBC is a triangle. If FA = 2 cm and two parts A and B by a plane parallel to
BC = 3 cm, find ED. the base.

4
If the base area of A is that of the
9
original cone, find the ratio of the
volumes of A and B.

A. 2:3
A. 1 cm
B. 8 : 19
B. 1.2 cm
C. 8 : 27
C. 1.5 cm
D. 19 : 27
D. 1.8 cm

18. The figure shows a right pyramid with a

20. Through which of the following
square base and a slant edge of length
transformations, would figure A be
17 cm. If the total length of the edges of
transformed to figure B?
the pyramid is 132 cm, find the total
surface area of the pyramid.

I. Translation
II. Rotation
III. Reflection

A. II
B. III
A. 544 cm2 C. I and III only
B. 608 cm2 D. II and III only
C. 736 cm2
D. 800 cm2
21. If the point P(7, –1) is rotated
clockwise about the origin through 90
to Q, what is the distance between P
and Q?

A. 5 units
B. 72 units
C. 10 units
D. 128 units

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22. If a > 0, b > 0 and c < 0, which of the 23. In the figure, 2BC = 5AC. Find sin  .
following may represent the graph of
the straight line ax  by  c  0 ?

A.
2
A.
29
2
B.
5
5
C.
2
29
B. D.
2

cos(180   ) 1
24.  
sin(180   ) tan(90   )

A. tan 2 
B. tan 
C. 1
C. D. –1

25. In the figure, O is the centre of the

circle ABCD. Find x.

D.

A. 36
B. 40
C. 42
D. 45

26. What is the area of the circle

x2 + y2 + 12x  8y + 9 = 0?

A. 9
B. 43
C. 52
D. 61

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27. Two fair dice are thrown once. What is 30. The pie chart below shows the
the probability of getting a sum of 4 or distribution of the nationalities of 60
6? students randomly selected from an
international school. It is given that 9 of
1 them are American.
A.
6
2
B.
9
5
C.
9
5
D.
36

28. The box-and-whisker diagram below

shows the distribution of the heights (in If there are 840 students in the
cm) of 40 students in a class. Find the international school, estimate the
number of students whose heights are number of Australian students in the
between 145 cm and 150 cm. school.
A. 196
B. 208
C. 216
D. 224

A. 5 Section B
B. 10
C. 20 ab b
31. 1  
D. 30 a b
2 2
ba

29. {a , a, a + d, a + 3d and a + 6d} is a A. 1

group of numbers. Which of the a2
following must be true? B.
a2  b2
I. The mean of the group of numbers b2
C.
is a + 2d. a2  b2
II. The median of the group of a 2  2ab  2b 2
D.
numbers is a + d. a2  b2
III. The mode of the group of numbers
is 2.

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

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32. Which of the following best represent 15
34. Solve 16  2   0.
x 2 x 1

the graph of y  2 log 3 x ? 2

A. 5
A.
2
5
B. or –3
2
5
C. log
8
log 5  log 2
D.
log 4
B.
35. If a and k are real numbers and
a  11i  (2  3i )(3  ki) , then

A. a  3, k  1 .
B. a  3, k  1.
C. a  9, k  1 .
C. D. a  9, k  1.

36. Find the maximum value of

P = 1 – x – 4y subject to the following
constraints.
 1  x  3
 2  y  4


D. 2 y  x  2
 x  2  2 y

33. If  and  are the roots of the quadratic

equation 4 x 2  5 x  3  0 , find the value
1 1
of + .
2 2
3
A. 
5
2
B.  A. 3
5 B. 4
5 C. 6
C.
8 D. 7
5
D.
6

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37. It is given that three positive numbers x, 40. The figure shows a circle with centre O.
y and z are in geometric sequence. BC and BA are the tangents to the circle
Which of the following must be true? at C and D respectively. If ∠BAC = 42,
I. x3, y3, z3 are in geometric sequence. find ∠BOC.
II. 3x, 3y, 3z are in geometric sequence.
III. log x2, log y2, log z2 are in
arithmetic sequence.

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

38. Find x in the figure, correct to the

nearest integer.
A. 66
B. 72
C. 84
D. 90

41. The figure shows a triangular prism

ABCDEF, where both △ABF and
△DCE are right-angled isosceles
A. 12 triangles. If AB = 10 and BC = 5, find
B. 13
the angle between the line AE and the
C. 14
plane ABCD, correct to the nearest
D. 15
degree.

39. Solve 1 + sin cos  = 3sin2 for

0    360.

A.  = 45 or 225
B.  = 135, 207or 225
C.  = 45, 153, 225 or 333
D.  = 135, 153, 315 or 333 A. 14
B. 17
C. 22
D. 45

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42. The figure shows a circle which is 44. A box contains 50 bulbs and 8 of them
symmetrical about the y-axis. A(4, –1) are defective. Two bulbs are drawn at
and B are two end points of a diameter random from the box without
of the circle. If the equation of the replacement. Given that at least one
tangent to the circle at B is bulb drawn is defective, find the
4 x  3 y  31  0 , find the coordinates probability that exactly one bulb drawn
of the centre of the circle. is defective.
4
A.
13
3
B.
5
4
C.
5
12
D.
13

45. In a Chinese test, the standard scores of

the marks obtained by John and Mary
3 are –1.05 and 0.8 respectively. Which
A. (0, ) of the following are true?
2
B. (0, 2)
I. Mary performs better than John
5 in the test.
C. (0, )
2 II. Compared with John, the mark
1 obtained by Mary is closer to the
D. (  , 2)
2 mean mark of the test.
III. The mark obtained by John is
43. There are 2 different English books and below the 16th percentile of the
4 different Chinese books on a table. If marks in the test.
all the books are put onto a shelf and
the two books at the two ends must be A. I and II only
of different languages, in how many B. I and III only
ways can the books be arranged? C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
A. 32
B. 40
C. 192
D. 384 End of test

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