www.Band1.

org
For personal use by: LAM CHI KEUNG
Mid-year Examination 2020/21
(lamchikg1954@gmail.com)
Mathematics

Form One Name:

Time allowed : 1 hour 45 minutes Class: ( )
Paper Total: 100 marks

Instructions
1. Answer ALL questions.
2. All answers in Section A should be marked in pencil on the MC answer sheet provided or
marks will be deducted.
3. Answer Sections B and C with blue/black ball pen in the Answer Book.
4. All diagrams and graphs must be drawn neatly in pencil.

G
5. The diagrams are not necessarily drawn to scale.
6. Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should either be exact or correct to 1 decimal
place.

OR
7. Anything written on the rough work sheet provided will not be marked.

Section A Multiple choice ( 20 marks )

1. What is the product of 16 and the difference 4. Which of the following is a prime number?
of 12 and 8? A. 63
1.
A. − 64
B. 65
B. 4
C. 67
C. 64
D. 69
D. 184
ND

5. Which of the following has the greatest

2. Find the L.C.M. of 21, 42 and 49.
value?
A. 7
A. 4 + (−4)(−5)
B. 294
B. 4 − (−4)(−5)
C. 882
BA

C. 4 + (−4) + (−5)
D. 6174
D. 4 − (−4) − (+5)

2 3 2 6. Kelly first walks 5 m due north, then 25 m

3. Arrange − 0.7, − , and − in descending
3 8 5 due south and finally 10 m due north again.
order. Find the distance between the starting point
and her final position.
3 2 2
A.  −  −  −0.7 A. 10 m
8 5 3
3 2 2 B. 20 m
B.  −0.7  −  −
8 3 5 C. 30 m
2 2 3 D. 40 m
C. − 0.7  −  − 
3 5 8
2 2 3
D. −  −  −0.7 
5 3 8

F1 Math Mid-year Exam Paper (2020/21) 1/6

 此卷 #2666 從 www.Band1.org 個人帳戶下載, 只限 LAM CHI KEUNG (lamchikg1954@gmail.com) 個人使用, 不可轉載或分發

Mid-year Examination 2020/21

Mathematics

7. “Subtract a cubed from b squared, then 11. Find the constant term of
divide a by the difference” can be written 4a − 5 − 4(a2 − 7) .
algebraically as
A. − 5
a
A. 2 . B. − 12
b − a3
a C. − 33
B. 3 .
a − b2 D. 23
b2 − a3
C. . 12. Simplify
a
(3q2 − 4 p2 − 2q3 ) − [ p2 − (q2 − q3 )] .
a3 − b2 A. 2q 2 − 5 p 2 − 3q3
D. .

G
a
B. 4q2 − 5 p2 − q3
8. Given the formula S = 2(5a − 6b) , find the

OR
C. 4q 2 − 5 p 2 − 3q3
value of S if a = −4 and b = −5 .
A. − 20 D. 4q 2 − 3 p 2 − 3q3
B. − 100
13. Which of the following give a negative
C. 12 value?
1.
D. 20 (−7)(+35)
I. −
(−4)
9. (−14) + [( −6) − (−8)  (−2)] = II. [4 − (−4)2 ]( −5)
2

A. − 4 . [−(−6)3 ]
III.
− 53
ND

B. − 15 .
C. − 24 .
A. I and II only
D. 4.
B. I and III only
10. For the polynomial − 3xy2 − x2 + xy6 , which C. II and III only
BA

of the following is / are correct? D. I, II and III

I. The degree of the polynomial is 6.
II. The constant term is 0.
53
14. Find the value of − 4 
2
III. The coefficient of x 2 is 1. .
(−5) 2
A. − 24
A. I only
B. − 80
B. II only
C. 24
C. III only
D. 80
D. II and III only

F1 Math Mid-year Exam Paper (2020/21) 2/6

www.Band1.org
 此卷 #2666 從 www.Band1.org 個人帳戶下載, 只限 LAM CHI KEUNG (lamchikg1954@gmail.com) 個人使用, 不可轉載或分發

Mid-year Examination 2020/21

Mathematics

15. Suppose that the (n + 1)th term of a sequence 5 x − 3 10 x + 3

is formed by adding 3 to the nth term. If the 18. Solve the equation = .
3 7
6th term of the sequence is 26, find the 12th
term of the sequence. 6
A. −
A. 8 11
B. 29 B. −6
C. 41 6
C.
D. 44 11
D. 6
2a 4 3
16. Simplify ( )  (−ab)4 . 19. If x, y and z are different positive integers

G
b2
and xyz = 48 . What is the smallest possible
8a8 value of x + y + z ?
A.
b10

OR
A. 11
8a8
B. − 10 B. 12
b
6a 8 C. 13
C.
b10 D. 15
1.
8a11
D. 20. Mary cycles with a speed of 10 km/h from
b10
City A to City B and then 15 km/h from City
B to City C. The distance from City B to
17. What is the remainder when the product of City C is four times the distance from City A
5123 6414 4583 5412 is divided by 5? to City B. If Mary cycles for 11 hours, find
ND

A. 1 the total distance travelled from City A to

City C.
B. 2
A. 30 km
C. 3
B. 100 km
D. 4
BA

C. 120 km
D. 150 km

End of Section A

Section B Short questions ( 40 marks )

1. If N = 43758 is a six-digit number divisible by 9, find the largest value of N.

Show your steps clearly. (2 marks)

2. Calculate the following expressions.

(a) −24 − (+16)  (−8) (2 marks)

F1 Math Mid-year Exam Paper (2020/21) 3/6

www.Band1.org
 此卷 #2666 從 www.Band1.org 個人帳戶下載, 只限 LAM CHI KEUNG (lamchikg1954@gmail.com) 個人使用, 不可轉載或分發

Mid-year Examination 2020/21

Mathematics

− 62 − (−1) 4
(b)  (−2 ) (3 marks)
(−2)(+3) 5

1 3
(c) − [4 − 2(−3.8 + 6.3)] −  −   0.4 (4 marks)
3 2

3. Write down the algebraic expressions of each of the following statements.

(a) Add x to the product of m and n. (2 marks)

Subtract the square of k from −6, then divide the sum of twice of c and y by the result.

G
(b)
(2 marks)

1 − 3n

OR
4. The general term of a sequence is Tn = . Find T5 −T2 . (3 marks)
n+2

3a + 7 a 2  a
5. (a) Simplify the algebraic expression . (3 marks)
2 + b  a − a (b)(4)
1.
1
(b) Hence, find the value of the algebraic expression in (a) if a = and b = −6 .
2
(2 marks)

6. Solve the following equations.

ND

(a) 4(5k − 3) − (7 + 12k ) = −21 (3 marks)

4x − 7 x + 5 2x
(b) + =− (4 marks)
6 8 3

7. Simplify the following expressions and express your answers with positive indices.
BA

(a) − 2k 3 (−5k 3 ) (1 mark)

(−a)223 (1 mark)
(b)
− a 224

(c) (−2 y 3 )4 (1 mark)

x 3 (2 x 5 )(−8 x)
(d) (2 marks)
63 x 2

(e) [( p2 )4 ]8  9 p3  6 p (2 marks)

r2 7 4r 2 (3 marks)
(f) − (3 − ) − ( + 3r − )
6 5 3
End of Section B
F1 Math Mid-year Exam Paper (2020/21) 4/6

www.Band1.org
 此卷 #2666 從 www.Band1.org 個人帳戶下載, 只限 LAM CHI KEUNG (lamchikg1954@gmail.com) 個人使用, 不可轉載或分發

Mid-year Examination 2020/21

Mathematics

Section C Long questions ( 40 marks )

8. Consider the polynomial A = 5xyn − 2x3 y3 + 6x2 − 7 , where n is a positive integral constant.

(a) (i) Write down the constant term of A. (1 mark)

(ii) If the degree of A is 6, write down all possible values of n. (2 marks)
(iii) Write down the coefficient of x 3 . (1 mark)
(iv) Arrange the terms of A in ascending powers of x. (1 mark)
(b) Consider another polynomial B = −4 y3 x3 + y 2 + nx3 y3 − 6x2 . It is given that the

G
coefficient of x3 y3 is − 2 . Let C = B − A .

(i) Find the value of n. (2 marks)

OR
(ii) Using the value of n in (b)(i), simplify C. (2 marks)
(iii) 1 (2 marks)
Hence, find the value of C when x = − and y = 3 .
2
1.
9. All F.1 students are arranged to attend a workshop in three venues. There are x students in
Room A. The number of students in Room B is 39 more than half of that in Room A. The
number of students in Room C is 5 less than that in Room B.
(a) Express the number of F.1 students in Room B in terms of x. (2 marks)
(b)
ND

Write down a formula for the total number (N) of all F.1 students. (3 marks)
(c) If there are 217 F.1 students in the school, using the result in (b), which room has the
least number of students? How many students are there in that room? (5 marks)
BA

10. A piece of wire with a length of 1.6 m is cut into two parts and bent into two different squares.
The side length of the smaller square is 6 cm shorter than that of the larger square. Let x cm be
the side length of the smaller square.
(a) Express the sum of the perimeters of the two squares in terms of x. (3 marks)
(b) Hence, find the area of smaller square in cm2. (4 marks)
(c) Someone claims that the difference in areas of the two squares is less than 250 cm2.
Do you agree? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

F1 Math Mid-year Exam Paper (2020/21) 5/6

www.Band1.org
 此卷 #2666 從 www.Band1.org 個人帳戶下載, 只限 LAM CHI KEUNG (lamchikg1954@gmail.com) 個人使用, 不可轉載或分發

Mid-year Examination 2020/21

Mathematics

11. In a rock-paper-scissors game, two players Amy and Joyce take 10 moves. In each move,
5 marks are awarded to the winner and 3 marks are deducted from the loser. If it is a
draw, both players get 2 marks.
(a) If Amy has 5 wins and 4 draws, find the score of Joyce. (3 marks)
(b) If Amy has k wins, Joyce has 4 more wins than Amy and there are no draws,
(i) find the value of k. (2 marks)
(ii) Hence, or otherwise, find the difference between their scores. (3 marks)
(c) If Joyce has 4 wins and 1 draw in the first 5 moves, is it possible that Amy and

G
Joyce get the same score in the game? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

OR
1. End of Paper
ND
BA

F1 Math Mid-year Exam Paper (2020/21) 6/6

www.Band1.org