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CHIJ ST. THERESA’S CONVENT
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019
SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC)

CANDIDATE
NAME

CLASS INDEX
NUMBER

MATHEMATICS 4048/1
Paper 1 05 September 2019
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your index number, and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.


If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
Calculators should be used where appropriate.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the answer
to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For S, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answers in terms of S.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total of the marks for this paper is 80.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 TO 15 MUST BE HANDED IN SEPARATELY FROM


ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 16 TO 24.

This document consists of 17 printed pages.


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Compound interest
n
§ r ·
Total amount = P ¨1  ¸
© 100 ¹

Mensuration

Curved surface area of a cone = ʌrl

Surface area of a sphere = 4 ʌr 2

1 2
Volume of a cone = ʌr h
3

4 3
Volume of a sphere = ʌr
3

1
Area of triangle ABC = ab sin C
2

Arc length = rT , where T is in radians

1 2
Sector area = r T , where T is in radians
2

Trigonometry

a b c
sin A sin B sin C

a2 = b2 + c2  2bc cos A

Statistics

Mean =
¦ fx
¦f

¦ fx § ¦ fx ·
2
2

Standard deviation = ¨
¦f ¨ ¦ f ¸¸
© ¹

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Answer all the questions.

x
1 Solve  13 6 .
4

Answer x ……………………… [1]

2 Peter boards a bus at bus stop A at 6.50 am. The bus travels to bus stop B at an average speed of
60 km/h to school. He reaches bus stop B at 7.15 am.

What is the distance between the 2 bus stops?

Answer ……………………..… km [2]

3 John wrote down five numbers.


The mean of these numbers is 8, the median is 6 and the mode is 5.
The largest number is three times the smallest number.

Find the five numbers.

Answer …….… , ….…… , …….… , …….… , …….… [2]

4 A field which has an area of 1800 m2, is used to plant sunflowers.


It is known that an acre of land, which is about 4047 m2, can grow an average of 20 000 sunflower
plants.
Each sunflower plant has an average seeding rate of 1500 seeds.

Calculate an estimate of the total number of seeds that can be harvested from the field, leaving
your answer in standard form, correct to 3 significant figures.

Answer ………………….…. seeds [2]

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3 x 4(2  3 x)
5 Simplify  .
5 7

Answer ……………………...……. [2]

6 [ ^ x : x is a positive integer and x  25`


A ^ x : x is a perfect square`
B ^ x : x is an odd number`

(a) Find n A ˆ B .

Answer …………………………… [1]

(b) On the Venn diagram, shade the region which represents A ˆ B ' ' .


A B

[1]

7 Factorise fully 6ac  9ad  12bd  8bc .

Answer ……………………...……. [2]

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o § 4 ·
8 A is the point 2, 5 and BA ¨ ¸ .
©8¹

(a) Find the coordinates of point B.

Answer B (………..…, …….….…) [1]

o
(b) Calculate BA .

Answer …………………………… [1]

9 Andrew weighed ten large watermelons from his farm.

The mean mass of the watermelons was 9070 grams.


The standard deviation of the masses of the watermelons was 362.8 grams.

The scales used by Andrew were found to be inaccurate.


The correct mass of each watermelon turns out to be 1650 grams more than Andrew recorded.

Write down the correct values for the mean and standard deviation (SD).

Answer Mean = ..……………….. g

SD = .…………………... g [2]

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10 A man purchased a painting in 2016.


The value of the painting increased by 8% in 2017.
In 2018, the value of the painting was $73288.80, an increase of 20% as compared to 2017.
Express the cost of the painting in 2016 as a percentage of the cost of the painting in 2018.

Answer ..………………….…… % [3]

11 (a) David makes a mocktail drink for his kids.


He uses apple juice, lime juice and sparkling water in the ratio 3 : 2 : 7 respectively.
He uses 2.1 litres of sparkling water.

(i) How much apple juice does he use?

Answer ……………………... litres [1]

(ii) How much mocktail drink does he make altogether?

Answer ……………………... litres [1]

(b) Wen Ni makes a mocktail drink using lemon juice, syrup and coconut water.
1 1
The ratio lemon juice : syrup is : .
2 3
The ratio syrup : coconut water is 1 : 8.

Find the ratio lemon juice : syrup : coconut water.

Answer ………...… : …………… : ……......… [2]

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12 Jane draws a triangle.


The first angle is 20º bigger than the second angle
The third angle is three times the size of the first angle.

Form an equation and solve it to find the angles of the triangle.

Answer ……….... º, …………. º, ……..….. º [3]

13 It is given that x and y are in direct proportion.


The difference in the value of y, when x is 5 and when x is 17, is 54.

(a) Find an equation connecting x and y.

Answer …………………………… [3]

(b) Find the value of x when y 84 .

Answer …………………………… [1]

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14 When written as the product of their prime factors,

m is 22 u 52 u11
n is 23 u 3 u 5 u 7

Find

(a) the largest integer which is a factor of m and n,

Answer …………………………… [1]

(c) the smallest integer p such that mp is a perfect cube,

Answer …………………………… [1]

mn
(d) the smallest positive integer value of q such that 3 is an integer.
q

Answer …………………………… [1]

15 (a) Solve the inequalities 15 d 8  3 x  2 .

Answer …………………………… [2]

(b) Write down all the integers that satisfy 15 d 8  3 x  2 .

Answer …………………………… [1]

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Name: ________________________________________( ) Class: __________

16 The diagram shows a regular hexagon and a triangle.

aº gº

bº fº

cº eº

(a) Calculate the sum of the interior angles of the regular hexagon.

Answer …………………………...° [1]

(b) Calculate the sum of the angles a, b, c, d, e, f and g.

Answer …………………………...° [2]

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17 The diagram shows a right circular cone which is divided into 3 parts A, B and C by planes parallel
to the base as shown. B and C are frustums of a cone. The height of each part is h cm.

The curved surface area of A is 200 cm2

(a) Show that A A : A A+B is 1 : 4, where A A is the curved surface area of A and A A+B is the
combined curved surface areas of A and B.

[1]

(b) Find A B , the curved surface area of B.

Answer …………………….… cm2 [1]

(c) Find the ratio of the volume of B to the volume of C.

Answer …………………….…….. [3]

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18 The diagram shows the positions of three towns P, Q and R.


PQ = 35 km and QR = 45 km.
The bearing of P from Q is 235º and the bearing of R from Q is 205º.

North

35

P 45

Calculate the distance between towns P and R.

Answer ……………………..… km [3]

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19 The diagram shows six points A, B, C, D, E and F on the circumference of a circle with centre
at O.
It is given that the diameter BE of the circle is 14 cm, ‘BED = 35º and AB = ED.

A B

F O C

35º
E D

Calculate the area of the shaded region.

Answer ……………………… cm2 [5]

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20 In the diagram, the equation of the line L 1 is 2 y 3 x  5 .


The line L 2 has the same gradient as the line L 1 .
A and D lie on the y-axis. BC is parallel to the y-axis and BC = 8 units.

L2
C

L1

x
O B
A

(a) Find the equation of the line L 2. .

Answer …………………………… [2]

(b) What is the area of quadrilateral ABCD?

Answer …………………..… units2 [1]

(c) Find the value of tan ‘ABO .

Answer …………………………… [1]

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l
21 (a) The period of oscillation of a pendulum is given by T 2S .
g
Rearrange the formula to make l the subject.

Answer …………………………… [2]

(b) A solid is made from a cylinder and a cone.


Both the cylinder and cone have radius 2.5 cm and height 5 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the solid.

Answer …………………….… cm2 [3]

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22 A gift company sells three hamper packages containing packets of biscuits, bars of chocolates
and bottles of wine.
The cost of one packet of biscuit, one bar of chocolate and one bottle of wine are $7.20, $10.80
and $32.00 respectively.

Biscuit Chocolate Wine


Hamper A 6 packets 5 bars 3 bottles
Hamper B 9 packets 7 bars 4 bottles
Hamper C 10 packets 8 bars 2 bottles

The quantity of the items packed into each of the three types of hamper packages is shown in the
table above.

§ 6 5 3· § 7.20 ·
These information can be represented by the matrices H ¨¨ 9 7 4 ¸¸ and P ¨ ¸
¨ 10.80 ¸ .
¨10 8 2 ¸ ¨ 32.00 ¸
© ¹ © ¹

(a) Evaluate the matrix R = HP.

Answer R = ……………………… [2]

(b) State what the elements of R represent.

………………………………………………………………………………………….… [1]

(c) A total of 20 Hamper A, 25 Hamper B and 30 Hamper C are sold.


Represent the total number of hamper packages sold in a 1 u 3 matrix T.

Answer T = ……………………… [1]

(d) Using matrix multiplication, find the total amount of money obtained by the gift company
from the sales of the hamper packages A, B and C.

Answer $ …...………………….… [2]

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23 Some boys are placed into five groups, A, B, C, D and E, based on their heights.
The pie chart shows the proportion of boys in each group.
1
Group A comprises of the boys, Group B 30% of the boys and Group C has 18 boys.
4
Group D is represented by a 60q sector.

E
A
D
60º

C B

(a) Find the percentage of the boys who are in Group D.

Answer ………………………... % [1]

(b) Given that the number of boys in group B is 36, find the total number of boys.

Answer …………………...… boys [2]

(c) Calculate the number of boys in group E.

Answer …………………...… boys [2]

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24 A bag contains 20 marbles, n of which are red and the rest are yellow.
A marble is chosen at random and not replaced.

(a) Write down, in terms of n, the probability that the marble is yellow.

Answer …………………………… [1]

A second marble is chosen at random.

(b) Find, in terms of n, the probability that both marbles are yellow.

Answer …………………………… [1]

39
(c) (i) The probability that both marbles are yellow is .
95
Show that n 2  39n  224 0

[2]

(ii) Solve the equation n 2  39n  224 0 to find the number of yellow marbles in the bag.

Answer …………………………… [3]

~~ End of Paper 1 ~~~


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CHIJ ST. THERESA’S CONVENT
PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2019
SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC)

CANDIDATE
NAME

CLASS INDEX NUMBER

___________________________________________________________________________________

MATHEMATICS 4048/02

Paper 2 29 Aug 2019

Additional Material: Graph paper (1 sheet) 2 hours 30 minutes

Candidates answer on the Question Paper.

___________________________________________________________________________________

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST


Write your index number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
Do not use paper clips, glue or correction fluid.

Answer all questions.


If working is needed for any question it must be shown with the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
The use of an approved calculator is expected, where appropriate.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question, and if the answer is not exact, give the answer to three
significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal place.
For S, use either your calculator value or 3.142, unless the question requires the answer in terms of S.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 100.
Answers to Questions 1 to 6 must be handed in separately from answers to Questions 7 to 10.

This document consists of 23 printed pages.


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Mathematical Formulae

Compound interest
n
§ r ·
Total amount = P ¨1  ¸
© 100 ¹

Mensuration
Curved surface area of a cone = S rl

Surface area of a sphere = 4 S r 2

1 2
Volume of a cone = Sr h
3

4 3
Volume of a sphere = Sr
3

1
Area of triangle ABC = ab sin C
2

Arc length = rT , where T is in radians

1 2
Sector area = r T , where T is in radians
2

Trigonometry

a b c
sin A sin B sin C

a2 = b2 + c2  2bc cos A

Statistics

Mean = ¦ fx
¦f

¦ fx § ¦ fx ·
2
2

Standard deviation = ¨
¦f ¨ ¦ f ¸¸
© ¹

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2019 MATHEMATICS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PAPER 2
3

Answer all the questions.

1 (a) Factorise 27 a 4  3 .

Answer ……………….................................. [2]

(b) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form

2 x  1 6 y x  1
2

(i) y ,
4 y3 8 y2

Answer ……………….................................. [1]

3 2
(ii)  .
m  2 3m  1

Answer ……………….................................. [2]

1
(c) Solve the equation 22 x .
3
25 x 1

Answer ……………….................................. [2]

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Express x 2  8 x  6 in the form x  b  c .


2
(d) (i)

Answer ……………….................................. [1]


(ii) Hence solve the equation x 2  8 x  6 0 , giving your answers correct
to one decimal place.

Answer x .................. or ..........................[3]

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2 In the diagram below, OB BC and AF FB . It is given that OA : AE 2 :1 and


JJJG JJJG
ED : DC 4 : 3 . OA 2a and OB b.

D
B

E A O

(a) Express, as simply as possible, in terms of a and/or b,


JJJG
(i) CE ,

Answer ……………….................................. [1]


JJJG
(ii) CD ,

Answer ……………….................................. [1]


JJJG
(iii) BA ,

Answer ……………….................................. [1]

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JJJG
(iv) OF ,

Answer ……………….................................. [2]


JJJG
(v) FD .

Answer ……………….................................. [2]

(b) Find

Area of 'OBA
(i) ,
Area of 'OBE

Answer ……………….................................. [1]

Area of 'OBA
(ii) .
Area of 'OCE

Answer ……………….................................. [2]

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3 (a) Celine wishes to buy a new car. The price of the car is $98 000.

(i) The car dealer requires Celine to make a downpayment of $19 600.
Express this amount as a percentage of the price of the car.

Answer ...............................% [1]

(ii) After making the downpayment, Celine decides to take a bank loan for
the rest of the money to be paid to the car dealer.
Bank OCC charges an interest rate of 2.78% per annum compounded
half yearly.
Bank DBB charges a simple interest rate of 2.99% per annum.
If Celine decides to take a seven year loan, which bank should she loan
from? Justify your answer.

Answer……………………………………………………………….

……………………………………………………………………... [4]

(b) Celine visits the petrol station weekly to refill petrol, refilling 51 litres of
petrol each and every time. In order to save on petrol costs, she decides to
drive to Johor Bahru, Malaysia, weekly to refill the petrol.

(i) How much does she need to pay weekly to refill petrol in Singapore if
the price of petrol is $2.25 per litre?

Answer S$.............................. [1]

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(ii) How much does she need to pay to refill petrol weekly in Johor Bahru
if the price of petrol is RM 2.08 per litre?

Answer RM............................ [1]

(iii) (a) How much is Celine able to save weekly if she refills the petrol
in Malaysia? Give your answer in terms of Singapore dollars.
(Given the exchange rate is S$1 = RM 3.05)

Answer S$.............................. [2]

(b) Express the amount of savings as a percentage of the cost of refilling


petrol weekly in Singapore.

Answer ...............................% [1]

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4 The diagram below shows a circle ABCD with centre O. AT and CT are tangents to the
circle and angle ATO 40D .

ƕ D O
40
T

(a) Find, giving reasons for each answer,


(i) angle AOD,

Answer ……........................ D [2]

(ii) angle ABC,

Answer ……........................ D [2]

(iii) angle ADC,

Answer ……........................ D [1]

(iv) angle OCD.

Answer ……........................ D [1]

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(b) Calculate the area of the shaded region, given that the radius of the circle is
5 cm.

Answer ……....................cm2 [4]

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5
E

D
C

12 cm
3 cm

A
8 cm B

The diagram above shows a prism ABCDEF whose cross section is an isosceles
triangle.

It is given that AB = 8 cm, BC = 12 cm, and AF = 3 cm.

(a) Show that ‘ABF 21.6D , correct to 1 decimal place. [3]

(b) Find the angle of elevation of E from B.

Answer ……........................ D [3]

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(c) (i) Calculate the volume of the prism ABCDEF.

Answer ……....................cm3 [2]

(ii) The prism is melted and moulded into a hemisphere. Calculate the
radius of the hemisphere.

Answer …….....................cm [2]

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6 Answer the whole of this question on the sheet of graph paper.


The variables x and y are connected by the equation
x2 2
y   3.
3 x

Some corresponding values of x and y, correct to two decimal places, are given in the
table below.

x 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4 5


y p 0.67 0.92 0.67 0.12 0.67 2.83 q

(a) Find the values of p and q.

Answer p =………….........

q=.………............. [2]

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, draw a horizontal x-axis
for 0 d x d 5 and a vertical y-axis for 2 d y d 6 .
On your axes, plot the points given in the table and join them with a smooth
curve. [3]

x2 2
(c) Use your graph to find the solutions to the equation  3.
3 x

Answer x =……… or ….........[2]

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(d) By drawing a tangent, find the gradient of the curve at 3, 0.67 .

Answer .................................. [2]

(e) By drawing a suitable line on the graph, solve the equation

x2 2
  2x  6 0
3 x

Answer Equation of line y .................................. [1]

x =…………….….......... [1]

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Name: ……………………………………..( ) Class: …………………..


7 (a) In the lucky draw, there are 3 types of tickets to be drawn from a box: $5
tickets, $20 tickets and “N” tickets. If a customer draws a $5 or a $20 ticket, the
ticket will be exchanged for a $5 or $20 shopping voucher respectively.
However, if the customer draws an “N” ticket in the first draw, the “N” ticket
will be placed back into the box and the customer will draw a ticket a second
time. The second draw is the final one.
3 1
Given of the tickets are $5 tickets, of the tickets are $20 tickets and the
5 10
rest are “N” tickets, complete the tree diagram below.

Draw 1 Draw 2

$5
( )

( )
$20

( )
“N”

[2]

(i) Find the probability that a customer will draw an “N” ticket.

Answer …….......................... [1]

(ii) Find the probability that a customer will win a cash voucher.

Answer …….......................... [2]

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(iii) If both Mary and Peter take part in the lucky draw, what is the
probability that at least one of them will win a cash voucher?

Answer …….......................... [2]

(b) The cumulative frequency curve below shows the distribution of the weekly
wages of 80 employees.

Cumulative
Frequency

Wage ($)
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Use the curve to estimate


(i) the median wage,

Answer $…........................... [1]

(ii) the interquartile range of the wages,

Answer $…........................... [1]

(iii) the percentage of the employees who earned at least $500.

Answer …...........................% [2]

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1 1 1 1
8 (a) The first four terms in a sequence are ,  , , 
3 6 12 24

Find the 5th term .

Answer ............................... [1]

1
(b) The nth term of a sequence is given by Tn . Find the sum of the
n 1
2

4th and 5th terms.

Answer .................................. [3]

(c) The first four terms in a sequence of numbers are given below

T1 13  5 6
T2 23  7 15
T3 33  9 36
T4 43  11 75

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(i) Find T5 .

Answer .................................. [1]

(ii) Express Tn in the form of an3  bn 2  cn  d , where a, b, c and d are

integers to be determined.

Answer a ..........................

b ...........................

c ...........................

d ...........................[2]

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9 ABC represents a triangular plot of land on horizontal ground.


AB = 8 km, BC = 5 km, AC = 11 km and B is due west of C.

A N

11 km

8 km
C

5 km

(a) Calculate
(i) the bearing of A from C,

Answer ............................... D [3]

(ii) the bearing of C from A,

Answer ............................... D [2]

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(iii) the reflex angle ABC,

Answer ............................... D [2]

(iv) the area of the triangular plot of land ABC.

Answer .......................... km2 [2]

(b) A vertical lamp post is erected at point A. State with a reason, whether the
angle of depression of B or of C is larger from the top of the lamp post.

Answer………………………………………………………………………..

……………………………………………………………………………….[2]

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2019 MATHEMATICS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PAPER 2
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10 Mr Wong is thinking of applying for a credit card that gives the most savings in terms
of dining, grocery and petrol. His gross monthly expenses (before any discounts) are
listed in the table below:

Type of Expenses Amount ($)


Petrol 350
Grocery 100
Dining 400

After doing some research, he decided to narrow his options to the three cards listed
below:

Credit Card Savings on Petrol Savings on Dining Savings on Grocery


CBSH Card x 14% upfront x 5% cash rebate on x 5% cash rebate on
discount plus 5% dining expenses grocery expenses
cash rebate (on with monthly with monthly
monthly petrol minimum spending minimum spending
expenses) with of $600 on the of $600 on the
monthly minimum CBSH card CBSH card
spending of $600
on the CBSH card
BSOP Card x 15% upfront x 5% cash rebate on x 5% cash rebate on
discount plus 6% all dining expenses grocery expenses
cash rebate (on with minimum
monthly petrol monthly spending
expenses) with of $1000 on the
minimum spending BSOP Card
of $1000 on BSOP
Card
CBCO Card x 14% upfront x 5% cash rebate on x 5% cash rebate on
discount plus 4.3% all dining expenses grocery expenses
cash rebate (on with monthly with monthly
monthly petrol minimum spending minimum
expenses) with of $800 on the spending of $800
monthly minimum CBCO Card on the CBCO Card
spending of $800
on the CBCO Card
plus 2.1% cash
rebate (on monthly
petrol expenses)
with monthly
minimum spending
of $400 on petrol

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Which credit card should Mr Wong apply for so as to maximise his savings, given that
he can only apply for one card and this card is to be used only for these three types of
expenses? Show your working clearly. [9]

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~ End of Paper 2~
Remember to check your work carefully

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2019 MATHEMATICS PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION PAPER 2

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