Form 5

HKCEE 1981
Mathematics II

81 (a 2b 3 ) 2
1. = A. x
a 2b 2( x )
B. 2x xx
A. a2b7 C. 2xx
B. a2b5 D. 22x
C. a6b2 E. 2
2( x )
D. a6b6
a6b7
1
E. 81 x y
5. + + 2
y x =
81 1 x y
x+
2. 1 1 x =
+ +
1 y x
x +1 x 1 x
x A. x y
A. 1 x+ y
x +1 B. x+ y
B. 1 x y
x 1 C. x+ y

C. x +1 x y
x 1 D. x2 + y2
D. 1 x2 y2
( x + 1)( x 1) E. x2 y2
E. 2
x + 4x + 1 x2 + y2
( x + 1)( x 1)
81 M
81 bx + ay c If H = K + and r > 0, then
If x = , then y = 6. 4 (r 2 + l 2 ) n
3. a + by r=

A. ax + bx + c A. 1

a bx M
n
2

r2
B. ax + bx + c 4 ( H K )

a bx B. n

C. ax + bx + c M 2
l
a + bx 4 ( H K )
D. ax + bx + c C. 1

a + bx 1
2
M n 2
E. ax bx c l
a bx 4 ( H K )

81 (2x)x =
4.

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 D. 1 81 The nth term of the arithmetic
M 2n 11. progression 2, 6, 10, 14, is
l
4 ( H K )
E. 1 A. 2n2
1
2
B. 4n
4 n
2
l C. 4n 2
M ( H K ) D. 4n + 2

E. 6 4n
81 If f(x) = x2 + x + 1, then f(x + 1) f(x)
7. 81 If 3x 2y = x + 3y, then x2 : y2 =
12.
A. 1
B. 3 A. 2:5
C. 2x + 1 B. 5:2
D. 2x + 2 C. 4 : 25
E. x2 + x + 1 D. 25 : 4
E. 1:4
81 If log10x + log104 = log10(x + 4), what is
8. the value of x? 81 The marked price of a book is $x. 30%
13. of this price is profit. If the book is
A. 0 sold at a discount of 20%, what will the
B. 1 profit then be?
C. 4
A. $0.04x
3 B. $0.06x
D. 4
C. $0.1x
E. x may be any positive number
D. $0.24x
E. $0.56x
81 It is given that
9. x(2x +3) = x(3x 4). x = ? 81 A group consists of n boys and n girls.
14. If two of the girls are exceeded by two
A. 0 only other boys, then 51% of the group
B. 7 only members will be boys. What is n?
C. 0 or 7
D. 3 4 A. 50
or only
2 3 B. 51
E. 3 4 C. 52
0, or
2 3 D. 100
E. 102
81 2y 3 > 4y + 2x + 5 is equivalent to
10. 81 If the surface area of a spherical soap
15. bubble increases by 44%, its volume
A. y>x+4 increases by
B. y<x+4
C. y > x 4 A. 20%
D. y < x 4 B. 33.1%
E. y>x+1 C. 60%
D. 66%
E. 72.8%

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 D. 2
81 B 4 k2
16. E. 4 k2
2

81 1
tan sin =
19. cos

A. 0
A B. cos
C. cos
The total area of the six faces of the D. 1
solid cube in the figure is 96 cm2. cos
What is the length of the diagonal AB? E. tan sin

A. 6 2 cm 81 If 0o 360o, the number of roots of

B. 4 3 cm 20. the equation
C. 2 sin cos cos = 0 is
4 2 cm
D. 2 6 cm A. 0
E. 4 cm B. 1
C. 2
81 A merchant sold 100 chairs. 80 of D. 3
17. them were sold at a profit of 30% on E. 4
each chair, while 20 of them were sold
at a loss of 40% on each chair. What is 81 An angle measures x radians. What is
his percentage gain or loss on the whole 21. its measure in degrees?
stock?
A. x
o

A. A loss of 8%
B. A loss of 10% 180
C. A gain of 8% B. 180 x
o

D. A gain of 16 %

E. A gain of 24% C. o


81 k 180 x
If 0o < < 90o and sin = ,
18. 2 D. x
o

then cos =
360
E. 360 x
o
A. k
1
2
B. 2
4 + k2
C. 4 + k2
2

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81 1 81 C
22. 24.
21o
D
1
xo
38o
1 1 B E

In the figure, cos =

A
A. 1
2 In the figure, BE is a diameter of the
B. 2 circle. ABC and EDC are straight lines.
xo =
3
C. 3 A. 21o
4 B. 31o
D. 3 C. 38o
2 D. 52o
E. 3 E. 59o
4 81 C
25.
81 C
23.
q
B
D A

p
T
A B
In the figure, AT touches the circle at A.
In the figure, AD = p, DC = q, B = In ABC, A : B : C = 2 : 3 : 4.
90o. AB = =

A. p sin + q sin A. 40o

B. p cos + q cos B. 50o
C. p sin + q cos C. 60o
D. p cos + q sin D. 70o
E. (p + q)(cos + cos ) E. 80o

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81 81 A D
26. 28.

O
A B
24o
B
C C
D
In the figure, ABCD is a quadrilateral.
In the figure, AB is a diameter of the The shaded portions are four sectors
circle with centre at O. The length of with centres at A, B, C and D. Their
the minor arc AC in twice the length of radii are all equal to a. What is the total
the minor arc CD. BOD = area of the four sectors?

A. 72o A. a2
B. 90o B. 2 a 2
C. 108o C. 4 a 2
D. 132o D.
E. 144o 2 a2
E. It cannot be determined
81 A
27. 81 2x2 2 0 is equivalent to
P 120o Q 29.

A. x1
B. x 1
C. 1 x 1
In the figure, two circles both with D. x 1 or x 1
radius E. x 1 or x 1
2 cm touch each other externally. AP
and AQ are equal tangents to the two 81 y
circles. AP =? 30.
10
9 A
A. 3 cm 8
B. 2 3 cm 7 B E
C. 4 cm 6
D. 4 3 cm 5
E. 4 3 4 C
cm 3
3
2
1 D
0 x
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

In the figure, which point in the shaded

region will make the value of x 2y a
minimum

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 A. 5
A. A B. 3
B. B C. 1
C. C D. 1
D. D E. 10
E. E
81 Which of the following can be summed
81 6x2 + kx + 6 = 0 is a quadratic equation 35. to infinity?
31. in which k is a constant. Its roots and
are positive. log10 + log10 = I. The arithmetic progression
4, 3, 2, 1,
A. 0 II. The geometric progression
B. 1 27, 9, 3, 1,
C. log106 III. The geometric progression
D. log10(k) 16, 8, 4, 2,
E. k
log10( )
6 A. II only
B. I and II only
81 3x2 3x 3(x + a)2 + b is an identity C. I and III only
32. in x. What are the values of the D. II and III only
constants a and b? E. I, II and III

A. a = 1 and b = 0 81 The running speeds of three boys A, B

B. 1 3 36. and C are in the ratios a : b : c. The
a= and b = times that A, B and C take to complete
2 4
C. 1 3 a 1500 m race are in the ratios
a= and b =
2 4
A. a:b:c
D. 1 3
a = and b = B. c:b:a
2 4 C. b+c:a+c:a+b
E. 1 3 D. 1 1 1
a = and b = : :
2 4 a b c
E. a b c
81 The H.C.F. and L.C.M. of three : :
b c a
33. expressions are a2b2c and a4b6c4
respectively. Two of the expressions
81 If n is a positive integer, which of the
are a2b3c4 and a3b2c2. The third
37. following numbers is/are odd?
expression is
I. 22n + 1
A. a3 b3 c
II. 3(2n)
B. a3b6c4
III. (2n +1)2
C. a4 b2 c
D. a4 b6 c
A. II only
E. a4b6c2
B. III only
C. I and III only
81 The sum of the first five terms of an
D. II and III only
34. arithmetic progression is 15. If the
E. I, II and III
fourth term is 7, the first term is

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81 A factory employs x workers each E. 4 89
38. working n hours a day. The whole
factory produces k watches per day. If 81
y workers go on leave, then how many 41.
hours a day should the remaining
workers work in order to produce the h
same number of watches per day? 1
h
2
A. nx
y
B. ny The height of the cone in the figure is
x 1
h. It contains water to a depth of h.
C. nx 2
4y Volume of water
=
D. nx Capacity of the cone
x y
E. n( x y ) A. 1
x 8
B. 1
81 The daily wages of a man and a boy are 4
39. in the ratio 2 : 1. In a day a man has to C. 1
work 8 hours but a boy only 6 hours. 2
The hourly wages of a man and a boy D. 3
are in the ratio 4
E. 7
A. 8:3
8
B. 2:1
C. 3:2
81 50 m
D. 4:3
42.
E. 1:1
m
20

A X Y B
81 A
40. 1m 1m
8 5 2m 2m
F C
B x C
E D
30 m
E D
The figure above represents a 50m
In the figure, BAC = 90o, AB = 8, 20 m swimming pool. The pool is in
AC = 5 and AXBC. BCDE is a the shape of a prism with a rectangular
rectangle with CD = AX. What is the surface and four vertical walls. The
area of the rectangle BCDE? dimensions of the sidewall ABCDEF
are as shown in the figure. What is the
A. 20 capacity of the pool in m3?
B. 40
C. 80 A. 1200
D. 89 B. 1500

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 C. 1800 81 The radius of a sector is 3 cm and the
D. 2000 46. perimeter is 10 cm. What is the area of
E. It cannot be determined the sector?

81 1 A. 6 cm2
Given that sin cos = , what is
43. 2 B. 12 cm2
the value of sin cos ? C. 15 cm2
D. 18 cm2
A. 1 E. 45 cm2
2
81
B. 1
47. 12 cm
4 12 cm 60o
C. 3
8
D. 3 Figure (a) Figure (b)
4
E. It cannot be determined The cone in Figure (b) is formed by
bending the sector in Figure (a). The
81 If 0o 360o, the minimum value of angle of the sector is 60o and the radius
44. is 12 cm. The radius of the base of the
1 + 2cos is
2 cone is

A. 2 A. 2 cm
B. 1 B. 4 cm
C. 0 C. 6 cm
D. 1 D. 2 cm
E. 2 E. 360
cm

81 y
45. 81
1 48.
16
10

x 10
90 180 270 360
-1 In the figure, sin =

A. 0.5
B. 0.6
The figure above shows the graph of C. 0.625
D. 0.75
A. y = sin(xo + 30o) E. 0.8
B. y = sin(xo 30o)
C. y = sin(xo + 150o)
D. y = sin(xo 150o)
E. y = sin(xo + 60o)

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81 A 81 A
49. 51.
56o
P
C
B

B C
D

In the figure, ADBC. CD = In the figure, AB and AC touch the

circle at B and C. If P is any point on
A. h sin tan the minor arc BC, what is ?
B. h cos tan
C. h tan sin A. 112o
D. h cos B. 118o
tan C. 124o
E. h sin D. 146o
E. It cannot be determined
tan
81 I A
81 A 52.
50.

P Q
B D C
B C BAC = 90o
S R
ADBC.
II A
In the figure, ABC is an equilateral
triangle of side 2a. P and Q are the
mid-points of AB and AC respectively. B
PQRS is a rectangle. What is the area
of PQRS?
E
2
A. a
B. 1 2
a C
2 D
C. 2 2
a AC and BC
3 intersect at E.
D. 1 2
a
3
E. 3 2
a
2

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 III A 81 A
T 54.
12
E
C C
6
B
B D F
BC produced meets the
tangent AT at T.
In the figure, AB // CD // EF. ACF,
Which of the above figures contains BCE and BDF are straight lines.
one or more pairs of similar triangles? AB = 12, EF = 6. CD =?

A. I only A. 4.5
B. I and II only B. 4
C. I and III only C. 3.6
D. II and III only D. 3
E. I, II and III E. 2

81 A
53.

F
E

B C

In the figure, P is the mid-point of AB.

E is a point on AC such that
Area of BFE
AE : EC = 2 : 1. =
Area of BCE

A. 1
2
B. 2
3
C. 1
D. 3
2
E. 2

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