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8. Give your answers in this question correct to the nearest whole number.

Imon invested 25 000 Singapore dollars (SGD

annual interest rate of 3.6 , compounded monthly.

(a) Calculate the value of Imon’s investment after 5 years. [3]

At the end of the 5 years, Imon withdrew x SGD

reinvested this into a super-savings account with a nominal annual interest rate of
5.7 , compounded half-yearly.

The value of the super-savings account increased to 20 000 SGD after 18 months.

(b) Find the value of x . [3]

Working:

Answers:

(a) ................................
(b) ................................

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4. Line L1 passes through the points A ( 3, 0.5) and B (9, 3.5) .

(a) Find the gradient of L1

Line L2 passes through the point C (3, 1) and is parallel to L1 .

(b) Determine the equation of L2 . Give your answer in the form ax by d = 0,

where a , b and d

(c) Find the coordinates of the x-intercept of L2

Working:

Answers:

(a) ................................
(b) ................................
(c) ................................

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14. Devra invested k US dollars (USD) in an account that pays a nominal annual interest rate
of 3.1 , compounded monthly. After 6 years she has 1100 USD in the account.

(a) Calculate the value of k . Give your answer to 2 decimal places.

Devra then bought a computer that cost 1100 USD and sold it 4 years later for 350 USD.

(b)

Working:

Answers:

(a) ................................
(b) ................................

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11. Consider the following sets:

The universal set U consists of all positive integers less than 15;
A is the set of all numbers which are multiples of 3;
B is the set of all even numbers.

(a) Write down the elements that belong to A B. [3]

(b) Write down

(i) the elements that belong to A B;

(ii) n A B . [3]

Working:

Answers:

(a) ................................
(b) (i) ............................
(ii) ............................

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5. [Maximum mark: 14]

John purchases a new bicycle for 880 USD) and pays for it with a Canadian
credit card. There is a transaction fee of 4.2 charged to John by the credit card company
CAD).

The exchange rate is 1 USD 1.25 CAD .

Calculate, in CAD, the total amount John pays for the bicycle. [3]

John insures his bicycle with a US company. The insurance company produces the following

Year USD)
1st 880
2nd 704
3rd 563.20
… …

The values of the bicycle form a geometric sequence.

Find the value of the bicycle during the 5th year. . [3]

Calculate, in years, when the bicycle value will be less than 50 USD. [2]

During the 1st year John pays 120 USD to insure his bicycle. Each year the amount he pays
to insure his bicycle is reduced by 3.50 USD.

5 years. [3]

John purchased the bicycle in 2008.

Justify why John should not insure his bicycle in 2019. [3]

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4. [Maximum mark: 16]

u1 milligrams (mg) of a therapeutic drug. The amount

d , each day. On the seventh day,
she receives 21 mg of the drug, and on the eleventh day she receives 29 mg.

(a) Write down an equation, in terms of u1 and d , for the amount of the drug that she receives

(i) on the seventh day;

(ii) on the eleventh day. [2]

(b) Write down the value of d and the value of u1 . [2]

30 days.

(c) Calculate the total amount of the drug, in mg, that she receives. [3]

20 mg antibiotic injection. The amount

of the antibiotic Ted receives decreases by 50 % each day. On the second day, Ted receives a
10 mg antibiotic injection, on the third day he receives 5 mg, and so on.

(d) (i) Find the amount of antibiotic, in mg

(ii) 0.06 mg on
the k th day. Find the value of k .

(iii) mg, that Ted receives during the

k days. [9]

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6. [Maximum mark: 11]

Tommaso plans to compete in a regional bicycle race after he graduates, however he needs
1100 euro (EUR). Tommaso has 950 EUR
and invests this money in an account that pays 5 % interest per year, compounded monthly.

(a) Determine the amount that he will have in his account after 3 years. Give your answer
correct to two decimal places. [3]

The cost of the bicycle, C , can be modelled by C 20x 1100 , where x is the number of
years since Tommaso invested his money.

(b)
Tommaso’s account after 3 years. Give your answer correct to two decimal places. [3]

After m complete months

account to buy the bicycle.

(c) Find the value of m . [5]

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7. and a fourth term of 9.
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(a)

(b)

k terms is greater than 2500.

(c) Find the smallest possible value of k

Working:

Answers:

(a) ................................
(b) ................................
(c) ................................

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2. [Maximum mark: 13]

The diagram shows the straight line L1 A ( 9 , 1) , M ( 3 , 2) and C are points on L1

y
L1

M
0 x
A

(a) Find the gradient of L1

M is the midpoint of AC.

(b) Find the coordinates of point C

Line L2 is perpendicular to L1 and passes through point M.

(c) Find the equation of L2 ax by d 0,

where a , b , d . [3]

The point N (k , 4) is on L2

(d) Find the value of k

(e) Find the distance between points M and N

(f) Given that the length of AM is 45 ANC

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3. [Maximum mark: 15]

Maegan designs a decorative glass face for a new Fine Arts Centre. The glass face is made
up of small triangular panes. The three levels of the glass face are illustrated in the
following diagram.

diagram not to scale

The 1st level, at the bottom of the glass face, has 5 triangular panes. The 2nd level has 7
triangular panes, and the 3rd level has 9 triangular panes. Each additional level has 2 more
triangular panes than the level below it.

(a) Find the number of triangular panes in the 12th level. [3]

(b) Show that the total number of triangular panes, Sn n levels is given by:

Sn = n2 + 4n . [3]

(c) Hence, 18

Maegan has 1000 triangular panes to build the decorative glass face and does not want it to
have any incomplete levels.

(d) Find the maximum number of complete levels that Maegan can build. [3]

Each triangular pane has an area of 1.84 m2 .

(e) Find the total area of the decorative glass face, if the maximum number of complete
levels were built. Express your area to the nearest m2 . [4]

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5. The point A has coordinates 4 , 8 and the point B has coordinates 2, 4 .

(a) Write down the coordinates of C, the midpoint of line segment AB. [2]

The point D has coordinates 3, 1 .

(b) Find the gradient of the line DC. [2]

(c) Find the equation of the line DC. Write your answer in the form ax + by d 0
where a , b and d are integers. [2]

Working:

Answers:

(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) ................................

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7. Sergei is training to be a weightlifter. Each day he trains at the local gym by lifting a metal
bar that has heavy weights attached. He carries out successive lifts. After each lift, the same
amount of weight is added to the bar to increase the weight to be lifted.

The weights of each of Sergei’s lifts form an arithmetic sequence.

Sergei’s friend, Yuri, records the weight of each lift. Unfortunately, last Monday,
Yuri misplaced all but two of the recordings of Sergei’s lifts.

On that day, Sergei lifted 21 kg on the third lift and 46 kg on the eighth lift.

(a) For that day

[4]

On that day, Sergei made 12 successive lifts.

(b) Find the total combined weight of these lifts. [2]

Working:

Answers:

(a) (i) ............................

(ii) ............................
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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5. In this question, give all answers to two decimal places.

Karl invests 1000 US dollars (USD) in an account that pays a nominal annual interest of 3.5 ,
compounded quarterly. He leaves the money in the account for 5 years.

(a) (i) Calculate the amount of money he has in the account after 5 years;

(ii) Write down the amount of interest he earned after 5 years. [4]

Karl decides to donate this interest to a charity in France. The charity receives
170 euros (EUR) . The exchange rate is 1 USD t EUR .

(b) Calculate the value of t . [2]

Working:

Answers:

(a) (i) ............................

(ii) ............................
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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6. Consider the straight lines L1 and L2 . R is the point of intersection of these lines.

y
8
L2
7

6
R
5

3 L1
2

0 x
8 6 4 2 2 4 6 8 10 12
1

The equation of line L1 is y ax 5.

(a) Find the value of a . [2]

The equation of line L2 is y 2x 3.

(b) Find the coordinates of R . [2]

Line L3 is parallel to line L2 and passes through the point (2 , 3) .

(c) Find the equation of line L3 . Give your answer in the form y mx c. [2]

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9. Consider the following Venn diagrams.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3

U U U E F
A B C

D
G

(a) Write down an expression, in set notation, for the shaded region represented by

(i) Diagram 1;

(ii) Diagram 2;

(iii) Diagram 3. [4]

(b) Shade, on the Venn diagram, the region represented by the set

(i) H I ;

U
H I

(ii) J K. [2]

U
J

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3. [Maximum mark: 11]

Harinder has 14 000 US Dollars (USD)

options of how to invest the money.

Option A: Invest the full amount, in USD

The account pays a nominal annual interest rate of r , , for the

17 500 USD.

(a) Calculate the value of r . [3]

Option B: Invest the full amount, in Indian Rupees (INR

Indian bank. The money must be converted from USD to INR before it is invested.

The exchange rate is 1 USD 66.91 INR.

(b) Calculate 14 000 USD in INR. [2]

The account in the Indian bank pays a nominal annual interest rate of 5.2 compounded
.

[3]

USD. The exchange rate, at that time, was 1 USD 67.16 INR.

(d) Calculate how much more money, in USD, Harinder earned by choosing option B
instead of option A. [3]

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