2020-2021

MATH CP
PAPER 1
HKMLC QUEEN MAUD SECONDARY SCHOOL
Candidate Name
SS2 (5TKPH) First Examination 2020 – 2021
Class

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part Class Number

PAPER 1
Marker’s
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Question-Answer Book
Question No. Marks
Date : 8-1-2021
12
Time : 8:20 am – 10:20 am (2 hours)
This paper must be answered in English. 34

Max. Marks : 95 56

Setter: HKS
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INSTRUCTIONS
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1. After the announcement of the start of the examination, you
should write your Candidate Name, Class and Class 9
Number in the spaces provided 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 spaces provided in this Question-Answer Book. Do not
write in the margins. Answers written in the margins will 12
not be marked.
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4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be
supplied on request. Write your Candidate Name and mark 14
the question number box on each sheet, and fasten them
with string INSIDE this book.
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5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly
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6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be 17

either exact or correct to 3 significant figures.
Total
7. The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to
scale.

8. No extra time will be given to candidates for writing

Candidate Name or filling in the question number boxes
after the ‘Time is up’ announcement.

9. You should use a BLUE or a BLACK PEN to mark all

your answers on the Answer Sheet (except
sketching/drawing/plotting the graphs); otherwise, 2 marks
will be deducted for the whole paper.

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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

(a 3 b) 3
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
ab 4
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2. Factorize
(a) 81h 2  k 2 ,
(b) 45h  5k  k 2  81h 2 . (3 marks)

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 3m  2n
3. (a) Make m the subject of the formula  2 .
m2
(b) If the value of n increased by 10, write down the change in value of m. (4 marks)
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4. The owner of a shop marks the price of a watch 25% higher than its cost. If the owner sells the
watch at a 16% discount on the marked price, then the profit is $175.
(a) Find the cost.
(b) The owner thinks that if the watch is sold at a 24% discount on its marked price, he will not
suffer a loss. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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 5. Judy’s monthly salary is 50% more than Kenny’s monthly salary. Given that Kenny’s monthly
salary is $23000.
(a) Find Judy’s monthly salary.
(b) It is known that Kenny’s monthly salary is 50% less than Amy’s monthly salary. Joe claims that
the total monthly salary of Judy, Kenny and Amy is less than $100000. Do you agree? Explain
your answer. (4 marks)
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2( x  8)
6. (a) Solve the inequality  4 .
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2( x  8)
(b) Hence, find the greatest integer which satisfies  4 and –x > 4. (4 marks)
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7. Given that  and 2a = 7c, where a, b and c are constants.
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(a) Find a : b : c.
2a  b
(b) Find . (4 marks)
bc
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 8.

Figure 1

Figure 1 shows ABC . Given that AC = 6 km and BC = 8 km.

(a) Find the bearing from A to B.
(b) Suppose D is a moving point on AB. Find the shortest distance of D from C. (4 marks)
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 9. In Figure 2, AED is a diameter of the circle ABCDF with centre E. EB // DC and AEB = 36.

Figure 2
(a) Find BFA and BFD.
(b) Find CBE. (5 marks)
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 SECTION A(2) (27 marks)

10. In Figure 3, ABC is a right-angled triangle with AB = 12 cm and BC = 5 cm. △ACD is an isosceles
triangle with AD = CD and ADC = 120°.

Figure 3

(a) Find AC and AD. (3 marks)

(b) Hence, find the area of quadrilateral ABCD. (2 marks)
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 11. Figure 4 shows the graph of y  4  ( x  1) 2 . It is given that the graph cuts the x-axis at A and B.
C is the vertex.

Figure 4
(a) Find the coordinates of A and B (3 marks)
(b) (i) Write down the coordinates of C.
(ii) Find the area of  ABC. (3 marks)
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 12. The production cost of a craft with volume V cm3 is $C. C is a sum of two parts, one part varies
directly as V and the other part varies directly as the square of V.
When V = 50, C = 65; when V = 75, C = 135.
(a) Find the production cost of a craft with volume 120 cm3. (4 marks)
(b) Given that the selling price is 3 times the volume of the craft.
(i) Express the profit of selling a craft in terms of V.
(ii) Kitty claims that a profit of $100 can be made when selling a craft. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (4 marks)
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 13. Let f(x) be a cubic polynomial. Given that if f(x) is divided by x 2  4 x  3 , the remainder is kx – 8.
When f(x) is divided by x – 1, the remainder is –4.
(a) Find the value of k. (3 marks)
(b) Let g( x)  f ( x)  (rx  s ) , where r and s are constants. It is given that g (x) is divisible by
x 2  4x  3 .
(i) Write down the values of r and s.
(ii) Kitty claims that all the roots of g(x) = 0 are positive. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (5 marks)
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 SECTION B (33 marks)

14. (a) Expand (3  i ) 2 and express your answer in form of a + bi, where a and b are constants.
(2 marks)
(b) It is given that 3 + i is a root of the equation x2 + px + q = 0, where p and q are real constants.
Find the values of p and q. (3 marks)
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 15. In Figure 7, two circles C1 and C2 intersect at A and B. AC and AD are diameters of C1 and C2
respectively. AD is the tangent to C1 at A. Given that CBD is a straight line.

Figure 7
(a) Prove that ABC ~ DAC . (3 marks)
(b) If ACB  30 and AC = 18, Find the area of C2. (3 marks)
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 16. (a) Prove that 2x  3 is a factor of 8 x 3  24 x 2  40 x  33 . (2 marks)
(b) Figure 5 shows the graph of y  2 x  12 x  20 . B is a variable point on the graph in
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quadrant I. A is the foot of perpendicular from B to the x-axis. C is the point of the intersection
of the graph of y  2 x 2  12 x  20 and the y-axis.

y  2 x 2  12 x  20

Figure 5
Let (2m, 0) be the coordinates of A.
Show that the area of quadrilateral OABC  8m 3  24m 2  40m . (2 marks)
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(c) (i) Using the method of completing the square, find the coordinates of the vertex of the
graph y  2 x 2  12 x  20 .
(ii) Find the area of OABC when B is the vertex of the graph.
(iii) Kitty claims that we can only get the area in (c) (ii) when B is at the vertex.
Do you agree? Explain your answer. (7 marks)

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 17. In Figure 6, TA is a vertical pole and A, B, C and D are points on the same horizontal ground, where
D is a point on AC. The angles of elevation of T from B, C and D are 60 , 30 and 45
respectively. It is given that BC = 36 m and CD = 12 m.

Figure 6
(a) Find TA, TB and TC. (5 marks)

(b) Alan wants to make a triangular cover such that its vertices can just be fixed at the
points T, B and C. It is known that the cost of making the cover is $45 per m2.
(i) What is the total cost of making the cover?
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(ii) The Building Department claims that the cover is not allowed if the angle between the
cover and the horizontal ground is less than 75 . Is Alan allowed to make the cover?
Explain your answer.
(6 marks)

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