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Stephen’s Girls’ College

Mid-Year Examination 2015-2016
Form 1 VC, LHK, KAL, CYN
177 students MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed : 1 hour For Markers’ Use Only

1 – 21. (58)
Name: ______________________________ ( )
22. (3)
Class: _______ Division: _______ 23. (6)

Instructions: 24. (6)

1. This paper consists of TWO sections, A and B. 25. (3)

26. (6)
2. Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided in this
Question-Answer Paper. 27. (6)

28. (6)

29. (6)
Section A (58%)

All rough work should be done on the rough work paper provided, but will not be marked.

Answers Marks

1. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order. 1. ______________________ 2

1 2 5
 , , 0.5 , 0.6 ,
5 3 7

2. Evaluate (1)2016  (12016 ) . 2. ______________________ 2

3. Find the L.C.M. of 2  32  5 and 22  7 . 3. ______________________ 2

5 1 4. ______________________ 3
4. Mr. Lee bought 2 kg of flour. He used and of the flour
8 4
to make a cake and some cookies respectively. What is the
weight of flour left?

5. Represent the following word phrase by an algebraic 5. ______________________ 3

expression:
Subtract a from b, and then divide the difference by the
product of c squared and half of d.

6. For the algebraic expression  3  a  a  5  a  1  a , write 6.

down 1
(a) the number of terms, (a) ______________________
1
(b) a pair of like terms, (b) ______________________
(c) a constant term. (c) ______________________ 1

7. Simplify  8x  4  y  x  12  3  x  y . 7. ______________________ 3

Subtotal: 18

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8. Mary has p dozen pencils. After she gives 7 pencils to her 8. ______________________ 2
brother, how many pencils does she have? Express your
answer in terms of p.
9. Solve the following equations: 9.
2 (a) ______________________ 2
(a) x  24  2 x
3
(b)  5x  11  24 x  5 (b) ______________________ 3

10. It is given that y  2  x 2 . Find the value of y when 10. ______________________ 3

x = 4 .

11. It is given that 4 , 2 and 0 are the solutions of an 11. ______________________ 2

inequality. Which of the following could be the inequality?
2 x  4  4 , 2 x  4  4 , 2 x  4  4 , 2 x  4  4

12. Which of the following angle has the 2nd greatest value? 12. ______________________ 3
3
of a round angle,
8
2
of a straight angle,
3
5
of a right angle.
3

13. Find EDF in the following diagram. 13. ______________________ 3

D

2x

3x
E x
F
14. What percentage of 6 m is 54 cm? 14. ______________________ 2

15. If 15% of y is 12, find the value of y. 15. ______________________ 2

16. The number of students in a school increases from 750 to 16. ______________________ 3
800. Find the percentage increase.

17. As compared to last month, the price of a model car 17. ______________________ 3
increases by 36% this month. If the price of the model car
is $340 this month, what was the price of the model car last
month?
18. Betty spent $1 200 on food and $800 on transportation last 18. ______________________ 3
month. She spends 16% less on food and 12% more on
transportation this month. What is the percentage change in
her total expenditure on food and transportation?

Subtotal: 31
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19. A dress marked at $450 is sold at a 20% discount. If the 19. ______________________ 3
percentage profit is 12.5%, find the cost price of the dress.

20. Draw the 2-D representation of the solid below on the 20. 3
given isometric grid paper. 1cm

21. Find the total number of small squares and the number of 21.
white small squares in the 25th figure. Total number
of small squares = _________ 1
Number of
white small squares = ______ 2

Subtotal: 9

Section B (42%) All working must be clearly shown in the spaces provided.

26  12
22. Evaluate 5  . Show your working. (3 marks)
(2)(19)

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23. Tom and Kevin took part in a competition. 2 marks were awarded for each correct answer and
1 mark was deducted for each wrong answer. Tom answered 12 questions and got 9 correct
answers.
(a) Find Tom’s score. (2 marks)
(b) Kevin answered 10 questions. His score was 5 marks higher than Tom’s. Find the number of
correct answers that Kevin got. (4 marks)

24. A boat sailed along a river 1.5 km/h to the east and 2 km/h to the west. Suppose ‘+1 km’
represents that the boat is 1 km to the east of the starting point.
(a) If the boat spent 4 hours travelling due east and then 3 hours travelling due west, what is the
final position of the boat relative to the starting point? (2 marks)
(b) Suppose the boat travelled for 5 hours from the starting point. During the journey, it spent
x hours travelling due east and the rest of the time due west. Let d km be the final position of
the boat relative to the starting point.
(i) Express d in terms of x.
(ii) Write down two possible values of x such that the boat is to the west of the starting point
after the whole journey.
(4 marks)

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25. The general term of a sequence is . Is 14 a term of the sequence? Explain your answer.
2n  1
(3 marks)

26. (a) Use a pair of compasses and a ruler to construct PQR where PQ = 4 cm and
PR = QR = 3 cm in the space below.
(b) Measure and write down the value of PRQ.
(c) Extend QR to a point N where RN = QR. Join NP.
(d) (i) According to the lengths of the sides of the triangle, what kind of triangle is PNR?
(ii) According to the sizes of the angles in the triangle, what kind of triangle is PNQ?
(6 marks)
(a) and (c)

(b) PRQ =

(d) (i) PNR is

(ii) PNQ is

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1 
2 x   x  1  5   x  2  .
1 1
27. Solve the equation  (6 marks)
3 2  3

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28. In a bag, there are 48 balls, where 16 % are green and the rest are white.
3
(a) Find the number of white balls in the bag. (2 marks)
(b) If Alice puts some white balls into the bag, is it possible that exactly 85% of the balls in the
bag are white? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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29. Stephanie made 500 dolls and planned to sell them in the bazaar. If she sells all the dolls for $128
each, she will make a profit of 60%.
(a) Find the total cost of the dolls. (2 marks)
(b) In the bazaar, the marked price of each doll was $x. Stephanie sold 300 dolls at the marked
price. The remaining dolls were sold at a discount of 30%. If the overall percentage profit
was 65%, find the value of x. (4 marks)

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