Shingai Study Centre

O-Level Mathematics
2 hours 30 min
Instruction to students:
- Answer as many questions as possible and write legibly
- For the purpose of this examination, a graph paper and a pencil is of importance.
1) At a conference of 100 mathematicians there are 72 men and 28 women. The men have a
mean height of 1.79 m and the women have a mean height of 1.62 m. Find the mean
height of the 100 mathematicians. (4)
2) The diagram shows the parabola y = (7 x)(l + x). The points A and C are the x-intercepts
and the point B is the maximum point.

Find the coordinates of A, and C. (3)
3) Let M = , where a e .
(a) Find M
2
in terms of a.
(4)
(b) If M
2
is equal to , find the value of a.
(2)
(c) Using this value of a, find M
l
and hence solve the system of equations:
x + 2y = 3
2x y = 3
(6)
4) One thousand candidates sit an examination. The distribution of marks is shown in the
following grouped frequency table.
x
y
A C 0
B
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2
2
a
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5
4
4
5
Marks 110 1120 2130 3140 4150 5160 6170 7180 8190 91100
Number of
candidates 15 50 100 170 260 220 90 45 30 20
(a) Copy and complete the following table, which presents the above data as a
cumulative frequency distribution.
(3)
Mark s10 s20 s30 s40 s50 s60 s70 s80 s90 s100
Number of
candidates
15 65 905
(b) Draw a cumulative frequency graph of the distribution, using a scale of 1 cm for
100 candidates on the vertical axis and 1 cm for 10 marks on the horizontal axis.
(5)
(c) Use your graph to answer parts (i)(ii) below,
(i) Find an estimate for the median score.
(2)
(ii) Candidates who scored less than 35 were required to retake the examination.
How many candidates had to retake?
(3)
5) Solve the equation 4
x+3
= 0,25 (4)
6) ABCD is a rectangle and O is the midpoint of [AB].

Express each of the following vectors in terms of a and b given that = a and =
b
(a) (1)
(b) (1)
(c) (2)

7) O is the centre of the circle which has a radius of 5.4 cm.
A B
C D
O
OC OD
CD
OA
AD

The area of the shaded sector OAB is 21.6 cm
2
. Find the length of the minor arc AB. (4)
8) (a) Factorize x
2
3x 10.
(b) Solve the equation x
2
3x 10 = 0. (Total 4 marks)

9) $1000 is invested at the beginning of each year for 10 years.
The rate of interest is fixed at 7.5% per annum. Interest is compounded annually.
Calculate, giving your answers to the nearest dollar
(a) how much the first $1000 is worth at the end of the two years. (4)
10) Solve the equation log 81 + log + log 3 = log x. (3)
11) In the following diagram, O is the centre of the circle and (AT) is the tangent to the circle at
T.
Diagram not to scale
If OA = 12 cm, angle TOA = 30

degrees and the circle has a radius of 6 cm, nd the area
of the shaded region. (4)
12) A bag contains 10 red balls and 6 white balls. Two balls are drawn at random from the bag
without replacement. What is the probability that they are of different colours? (3)
13) The diagram shows a square ABCD of side 4 cm. The midpoints P, Q, R, S of the sides are
joined to form a second square.
O
A B
9
1
O
T
A

(a) (i) Show that PQ = cm.
(ii) Find the area of PQRS. (Total 4 marks)

14) Two boats A and B start moving from the same point P. Boat A moves in a straight line at
20 km h
1
and boat B moves in a straight line at 32 km h
1
. The angle between their
paths is 70.
Find the distance between the boats after 2.5 hours. (6)
15) Let a = log x, b = log y, and c = log z.
Write log in terms of a, b and c. (6)
16) The following diagram shows a triangle ABC, where BC = 5 cm, = 60, = 40.

(a) Calculate AB.
(b) Find the area of the triangle. (Total 6 marks)
17)The telegraph poles along a road are 20 metres apart and a car travels from the first to the fifteen in
10 seconds. Calculate the speed of the car in km/hr. (4)
A B
C D
Q
P R
S
2 2
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2
z
y x
B

60 40
A
B C
5 cm
18)A man loses 12% by selling a watch for $34,10. Find the cost price of the watch. (3)
20)The cost of chrome-plating a car part is partly constant and partly varies as the square of the
length of the part.. It costs $5,55 to plate a part 10cm long and $16,80 to plate a part
20cm long.
(a) What will it cost to plate one 14cm long?
(b) What is the length of a car part which costs $7,20 to chrome-plate? (Total 6 marks)
Bonus Question
Fill in the table below:
Expression Answer Expression Answer
1 + 1 2 9 + 0
3 + 1 0 - 2
1 - 1 4x + 2y x + 3y
4y + y 0 + 0
(Total 10 marks)
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