STUDENT’S NAME: ……………………………………. CLASS: …………………..

MID YEAR EXAMINATION

2021
MATHEMATICS
SENIOR 1
TWO HOURS

Instructions to candidate:

DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

1. This question paper consists of three section:

Section A, Section B and Section C For Examiner’s Use

2. Answer all questions in the space provided.
Section Marks
3. Write your answers and workings in blue or black
pen only. A

4. The diagrams in the question provided are not drawn B

to the scale unless stated.
C
5. You may use a non-programmable scientific
calculator.
Total Marks
6. Total marks for this paper is 100.

SEKOLAH SERI CAHAYA, SHAH ALAM

Lot 5, Jalan Merah Saga, U9/5, 40250 Shah Alam,
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

This question paper consists of 22 printed pages.

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SECTION A
[20 marks]

1 Which of the following statements is True?

3 4
A  greater than
5 5
5 3
B  smaller than 
8 4
5 2
C 8 equal to 5
6 3
9
D equal to 2.25
4

2 Which of the following numbers is NOT a rational number?

A 4
B 2.5
1
C
9
D 1.333

3 A lift is at the level 9. The lift ascends 4 levels and then descends 10 levels. State the new
position of the lift.

A 3
B 3
C 4
D 4
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1
4 480   (2) 
240

A 2
1
B 
2
C 0
D 0.5

5 Which of the following numbers is NOT a prime number?

A 83
B 73
C 53
D 63

6 Diagram 1 shows the list of prime number in ascending order.

11, 13, x, 19, y, 29, z, 37, 41

Diagram 1
Find the value z  ( x)  y .

A 37
B 37
C 23
D 23

7 Determine the common factors between 21 and 60.

A 1, 3, 7, 12
B 1, 3, 12, 15
C 1, 2, 3, 4
D 1, 3
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8 Find the value for 6 3 2

A 36
B 6
C 7
D 2

9 If 18.25  4.272 , find the value of 0.001825

A 0.0428
B 0.04
C 0.043
D 0.042

10 Diagram 2 shows a piece of square land with the perimeter 600m. Find the area of the
square land.

Diagram 2
Find the area of the square land.
A 25
B 225
C 2250
D 22500
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11 If a : b  5 : 7 and b : c  7 :11 , then find the value for a : b : c

A 5 :1:11
B [Link]
C 1: 7 :1
D 5 : 7 :11

12 If RM 180 is shared between Sara, John and Chua in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 , how much does John
get?

A RM 20
B RM 60
C RM 40
D RM 80

13 The ratio of the number of reference books to the number of storybooks on a bookshelf is
2 : 3. Find the percentage of the reference books on the shelf.

A 55%
B 45%
C 50%
D 40%

4
14 Circle the correct calculation step for 3  5  11  4.5  .
5
4
A 18 
5
5
B 18 
4
4
C 81 
5
5
D 81 
4
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15 Diagram 3 shows a number line.

–2.3 –1.7 P –0.5 Q 0.7

Diagram 3
Find the value of P and Q.

A P  1.1, Q  0.1
B P  1.1, Q  1.0
C P  2.1, Q  0.1
D P  2.1, Q  1.0

16 Diagram 4 shows a cube.

Diagram 4

If the volume of the cube is 4096cm3, calculate the area, in cm2, of the one side of the square.

A 16cm2
B 256cm2
C 6cm2
D 192cm2
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324   3  3 125 
3
17

1
A 3
3
1
B 
3
1
C 3
3
1
D
3

18 Ah Tee received a salary of RM 2500 a month. He saved RM 750 of it. What is the
percentage that he spent from his salary?

A 30 %
B 70 %
C 74 %
D 33 %

19 Which of the following is NOT perfect square?

A 1
B 256
C 200
D 196

20 Puan Aniza bought x kg of prawns and y kg of fishes on a day. If Puan Aniza bought 4.2kg of
prawns and 3.1kg of fishes, calculate the total mass, in kg, of the seafood that she bought.

A 7.0 kg
B 7.3 kg
C 6.3 kg
D 6.0 kg
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SECTION B
[20 marks]

1 (a) Fill in the blanks with < , > or = to show the relationship between two numbers.

[2 marks]
Answer :

2
(i) 3 3.5
5

3 4
(ii)  
4 3

(b) Rearrange the following numbers in the given orders.

[2 marks]

Answer:

(i) 10.6 ,  15.9 , 31.8 , 21.2 ,  21.2 (Descending Order)

2 3 5 1 3
(ii) ,  , , 5 , 3 (Ascending Order )
8 4 12 4 8
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2 (a) Tick ( √ ) against the factor of 72.

[2 marks]
Answer:

36 7

13 14

24 27

5 28

(b) Complete the Diagram 5 by listing the factors and common factors of the following
pair of numbers.
[2 marks]
Answer:

40
1

28 28 40

Diagram 5
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3 Match each of the following with the correct value.

[4 marks]
Answer:

216

625 11

121

 11
2

36

25

3
8
64 121

1
2
(6)3

25
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4 Simplify the following ratios to the lowest terms.

[4 marks]
Answer:

(i) 800 g : 2.4 kg

(ii) 750m : 3.5

5 Convert the unit rate to the unit rate stated in brackets.

[4 marks]
Answer:

(a) 90 km/h [m/s]

(b) RM 38/kg [sen/g]

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Section C
[60 marks]

1 (a) The Diagram 6 shows a number line.

Diagram 6

Find the value of ( P  Q)  (2Q  R) .

[4 marks]
Answer:

(b) Solve;
1 1
3.6    5.4   1
2 4
[3 marks]
Answer:
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(c) Diagram 7 below shows the volumes of orange juice sold by Mr. Ashwin in five
weeks at his stall.

43. 3ℓ 29. 4ℓ 38. 3ℓ 18. 5ℓ 24. 6ℓ

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5

Diagram 7

(i) State the week that has the least, in m , orange juice sold.
[1 marks]
Answer:

(ii) Calculate the total sales of orange juice in the 5 weeks. Give your answer in m .
[2 marks]
Answer:
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2 (a) Diagram 8 shows the factor of 30 which the values are more than 5.

10 30 30

Diagram 8

(i) Find the sum of values of x and y.

[3 marks]
Answer:

(ii) Hence, find the highest common factor (HCF) of x and y.

[1 marks]
Answer:
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(b) A box of pens can be divided equally to 15 students, 30 students or 40 students. Find
the largest possible number of pens in the box

[3 marks]
Answer:

(c) Find the sum of highest common factor (HCF) and lowest common multiple (LCM) of
56 and 72.

[3 marks]
Answer:
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3 (a) State the first three perfect cubes after 50.

[3 marks]
Answer:

(b) Diagram 9 shows the perfect squares that are arranged in ascending order.

Diagram 9

Find the value of m and n, hence calculate the value of m  n .

[4 marks]
Answer:

(c) Complete the operation steps below by filling in the empty boxes.
[3 marks]
Answer:

61 16 3 ............... 16
3 1   
64 25 64 25

5 ...........
 
4 5

=
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4 (a) Syahir cycle for 2000m in 5 minutes. Determine his speed in km/min.
[3 marks]
Answer:

(b) The ratio of mass of bowling A to the mass of bowling B is 2 : 3. If the total mass of
both bowling balls is 6.8 kg. Calculate the mass, in g, of bowling ball B.
[3 marks]
Answer:
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(c) Shaded the diagrams below to represent the equivalent ratio of the given fractions.
[4 marks]
Answer:

14
(i)
24

15
(ii)
20
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5 (a) State the rate and the quantities involve in the given situation.
[3 marks]
Answer:

Situation Rate Quantities

(i) A bus travels 200 km in 4 hours.

(ii) A taxi consumes 6 liters of petrol for 72 km.

(iii) Malek bought 10 apples for RM 7

(b) Eliza’s hobby is collecting marble. Eliza’s favourite marbles is red and blue marbles.
The ratio of the number of red marbles to blue marbles is 4 : 5 and Eliza has managed
to collect 45 marbles. Find the number of blue marbles.
[3 marks]
Answer:
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(c) Diagram 10 shows a triangle.

27 cm

B C

Diagram 10

Given that AB : BC : AC = 5 : 7 : 9. Find,

[4 marks]
Answer:

(i) length of BC.

(ii) total length of triangle ABC.

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6 (a) Diagram 11 shows a square frame and the area of the square frame is 196cm2.

Diagram 11

Find the perimeter of the square frame.

[3 marks]
Answer:

(b) Estimate the following numbers. Give your estimation between two numbers.

[3 marks]
Answer:

(i) 8.62

(i) 12.83

(ii) 33
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(c) Diagram 12 shows the length of a string which has been divided into 4 parts.

A B C D

Diagram 12

Given that the length AD is 200 cm and the length of BC is 45 cm. If the length of AB is
1
the length of BC, determine the ratio of the length of AB : BC : CD.
3
[4 marks]
Answer:

END OF QUESTION PAPER

Prepared by, Checked by, Verified by, Received by,

Ms. Anitha Rajan Ms. Puspa Mdm. Tee Exam Unit

(Subject Teacher) (Subject Teacher) (HOD Mathematics)