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2020-
POST MOCK 2
MATH CP
PAPER 1

P.O.C.A. WONG SIU CHING SECONDARY SCHOOL

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION 20 20 Student Number

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

Question No. Marks
PAPER 1
1–2
Question-Answer Book
8:30 am – 10:45 am (2¼ hours) 3–4
This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS 5–6

(1) After the announcement of the start of the

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examination, you should first write your
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(2) This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1),

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A(2) and B.

(3) Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your

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 Section A(1) (35 marks)

x −4 y 5
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
( x 2 y )3
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2. (a) Round off 135.79 to 1 decimal place.
(b) Round up 135.79 to 1 significant figure.
(c) Round down 135.79 to the nearest integer.
(3 marks)

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3. Factorize
(a) 9 x2 − 4 y 2 ,

(b) 9x2 − 4 y 2 − 4 y − 6x .
(3 marks)
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4. There are some balls in a bag, including 6 red balls, some blue balls and some white balls. It is given that the
numbers of blue balls and white balls are in the ratio 2: 3 and the probability of drawing a blue ball from the
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bag is . Find the total number of balls in the bag. (4 marks)
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 4x − y + 1
5. Consider the formula x + y = .
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(a) Make x the subject of the above formula.
(b) If the value of y is increased by 1, write down the change in the value of x .
(4 marks)
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2x − 6
6. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy both  4( x + 2) and 6 − 3x  0 .
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(b) How many integers satisfy both the inequalities in (a).
(4 marks)

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7. Stanley invested $100 000 in Bank A at a simple interest rate r% per annum for 3 years. He gets a simple
interest of $30 000 afterwards.
(a) Find r .
(b) The amount received from Bank A is then invested in Bank B at an interest rate r% per annum,
compounded quarterly, for 1 year. Find the interest received from Bank B, correct to the nearest dollar.
(4 marks)
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 8. Figure 1 shows the distribution of the districts in which students of a school live. It is known that the number of
students living in New Territories East is more than that living in Kowloon by 42.

Figure 1
(a) Find the number of students in the school.
(b) After the first semester, some students living in Kowloon leave the school. Is it possible that the angle of
the sector representing the students living in Kowloon be halved? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)
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9. It is given that f ( x) partly varies directly as x and partly varies directly as x 2 . Suppose that f (4) = 24 and
f (−3) = 45 .
(a) Find f ( x) .
(b) Let A(a,9) and B(b,9) be two distinct points lying on the graph y = f ( x) . Find the distance between
A and B .
(5 marks)
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 Section A(2) (35 marks)

10. Let f ( x) = x3 + g( x) , where g( x) is a quadratic polynomial. When f ( x) is divided by ( x + 2)( x − 3) and

when f ( x) is divided by ( x − 3)2 , the remainders are x − k and kx − 21 respectively.
(a) Find the value of k . (3 marks)
(b) Find g( x) . (4 marks)
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11. The following shows the number of feedbacks given to the passages posted on a bulletin board.
13, 15, 22, 35, 35, 35, 41, 44, 44, 54, 56, 60, 65, 78, 93
(a) Find the mean, median and the inter-quartile range of the number of feedbacks. (3 marks)
(b) The 2 passages with the fewest feedbacks are deleted from the bulletin board. The administrator then posts
2 new passages on the board. If the mean number of feedbacks is increased by 5 and the median and the
inter-quartile range remain unchanged, find the number of feedbacks given to the 2 new passages.
(4 marks)
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 12. Figure 2 shows the travel graph of Paul and Henry from town A to town C (via town B) on a day. Paul drives at a
constant speed throughout the journey. Henry takes a rest after reaching town B. Then, Henry’s driving speed is
twice that of Paul when he drives from town B to town C.
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Figure 2
(a) Find the distance travelled by Paul during the period which Henry is taking rest. (2 marks)
(b) After Paul and Henry meet at town B, at what time do they meet again? (3 marks)
(c) Henry claims that if he takes rest for 10 more minutes, he will reach town C later than Paul. Is his claim
correct? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

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 13. Figure 3(a) shows a sheet of paper ABCD , which is formed by cutting the sector OBC away from the sector
OAD . It is given that AB = BO = 8 cm and AOD = 135 . By joining AB and DC together, ABCD is
folded to form a mould. The mould is used to make cupcakes. After baking, the cupcake is in the shape formed
by a frustum of a right circular cone and a hemisphere as shown in Figure 3(b).

Figure 3(a) Figure 3(b)

(a) Find the radius of the hemisphere. (2 marks)
(b) Find the volume of the cupcake in terms of  . (5 marks)
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(Leave your answer in the simplest surd form if necessary.)

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 14. In Figure 4, ABCDE is a circle. BD and CE intersect at M . CAM = DAE .

Figure 4
(a) Prove that CBM = MAE . (2 marks)
(b) Suppose MAB is an isosceles triangle with MA = MB . Prove that
(i) BA // CE ,
(ii) BCM  AEM .
(5 marks)
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 Section B (35 marks)

15. The graph in Figure 5 shows the linear relation between log 9 x and log 27 y . The slope and the intercept on the
1
and − 4 respectively. Express the relation between x and y in the form
horizontal axis of the graph are
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y = Ax k , where A and k are constants. (3 marks)
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Figure 5

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 16. There are 3 classical songs, 5 popular songs and 4 rock songs in a playlist. 4 songs are selected from the list to
play. Find the number of possible play sequences if
(a) no classical songs are selected; s(1 mark)
(b) at least one song from each genre is selected. (2 marks)
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 17. The circles C1 : x 2 + y 2 − 18x − 14 y + 105 = 0 and C2 : x 2 + y 2 − 6 x − 8 y + 21 = 0 intersect at two distinct
points A and B . C3 is another circle passing through A and B and the point (5,6) .
(a) (i) Show that x 2 + y 2 − 18 x − 14 y + 105 + k ( x 2 + y 2 − 6 x − 8 y + 21) = 0 , where k  −1 , is also a circle
passing through A and B .
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, find the equation of C3 .
(5 marks)
(b) Let O be the origin and P be a moving point on C3 . M is a point on OP such that
OM : MP = 2: 3 . Find the equation of the locus of M when P moves. (3 marks)
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 18. Figure 6 shows a building with a horizontal base ABC such that AB = BC = CA = 10 m . P , Q and R
are points vertically above A , B and C respectively such that PA = 30 m , QB = 20 m and RC = 10 m .
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Figure 6
(a) Show that PQR is an isosceles triangle. (2 marks)
(b) Find tan APR and cos APQ . (2 marks)
(c) Find the angle between the planes PQR and APRC . (6 marks)

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 19. In Figure 7, OABC is a rectangle lying on the rectangular coordinate plane with OA = 8 2 units and
OC = 8 units . P and Q start moving at the same time. P is moving from O to A with a constant
speed of 2 unit/second while Q is moving from C to O with a constant speed of 1 unit/second . Let
t (in second) be the time elapsed since P and Q started moving, where 0  t  8 .

Figure 7
(a) Express the length of PA and CQ in terms of t . Hence show that the area of quadrilateral OPBQ is
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a constant. (3 marks)
(b) Suppose P has moved to a position such that OP = PA . A parabola  passes through the points P ,
B and C . A vertical line L : x = h cuts QB , PB and  at H , M and N respectively.
(i) Find the equation of  .
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(ii) Show that MN = − h2 + 3 2h − 16 .
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(iii) Using the method of completing square, find the maximum length of MN .
(iv) When MN attains its maximum, find area of pentagon OPMHQ : area of MBH .
(8 marks)

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