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ZHONGHUA SECONDARY SCHOOL

PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION 2024
SECONDARY 4 EXPRESS / 4 NORMAL (ACADEMIC) SBB
SECONDARY 5 NORMAL (ACADEMIC)

Candidate’s Name Class Register Number

MATHEMATICS 4052/02
PAPER 2 27 August 2024
2 hours and 15 minutes
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Write your name, class and register number in the spaces at the top of this page.
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.

Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place in
the case of angles in degree, unless a different level of accuracy is specified in the
question.
The use of an approved scientific calculator is expected, where appropriate.
You are reminded of the need for clear presentation in your answers.

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 90.

90
Setter: Ms Lee Jie Li
Vetted by: Mr Francis Tan

This document consists of 24 printed pages.

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Mathematical Formulae

Compound Interest

n
 r 
Total amount = P1 + 
 100 

Mensuration

Curved surface area of a cone = rl

Surface area of a sphere = 4r 2

1 2
Volume of a cone = r h
3

4 3
Volume of a sphere = r
3

1
Area of triangle ABC = absin C
2

Arc length = r  , where  is in radians

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

Trigonometry

a b c
= =
sin A sin B sin C

a 2 = b 2 + c 2 − 2bc cos A

Statistics

fx
Mean =
f

2
fx 2  fx 
Standard deviation = − 
f  f 

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1 Write down the following numbers in ascending order.

25 2 • 
− , ( −0.51) 3 , 0.36 , 0.6 , −
37 6

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

The diagram shows two geometrically similar pails.

The area of the base of the smaller pail is 54 cm2.
The area of the base of the larger pail is 150 cm2.

The height of the larger pail is 26 cm. .

Calculate the height of the smaller pail.

Answer cm [2]

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2x 3x − 11
3 (a) Solve = 2+ .
5 15

Answer x= [2]

12 p 2q 2 3 p 5r
(b) Simplify  , giving your answer in positive index notation.
7r 3 14q3

Answer [2]

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4 (a) The diagram shows the cross-section of a pipe filled with water.
The cross-section is a circle with centre O and radius r cm.
P, X, A and Q are points on the circle.
PBQ is a straight line such that PB = BQ and BQ = 8 cm .
The ratio of AB : BO is 1: 2 .

Show that r = 10.733 cm . X A [3]

Answer

(b) Find arc length AXP.

Answer cm [3]

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5 Tom requires a 7 year loan of $120 000 to purchase a new car.

Bank M charges an interest of 4% per annum compounded monthly.
Bank N charges a simple interest of 4.3% per annum.

Determine which bank loan Tom should take. Justify your answer clearly.
Answer

He should take loan from Bank because

[4]

6 (a) The cash price of a furniture set is $10 850.

Kate buys the sofa on hire purchase.
She pays a deposit of one fifth of the cash price.
She then makes 24 monthly payments of $x.
Given that the total amount that Kate pays for the furniture set is $11 578,
find the value of x.

Answer x= [2]

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(b) The exchange rate between Singapore dollars ($) and US dollars (USD)
is $1 = USD 0.74.
The exchange rate between British pounds (£) and Singapore dollars ($)
is £1= $1.72.

Kate wants to buy a handbag.

The same handbag costs USD 234 on online shopping platform A and £234 on
online shopping platform B.

By comparing the exchange rates, explain how you can tell that the handbag costs
[2]
more on online shopping platform B.

Answer

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7 (a) The cumulative frequency graph shows the distribution of the times of the first 160
students from school A to finish the cross-country run in 2024.

Cumulative
Frequency

Time (minutes)
Use the curve to estimate

(i) the median time,

Answer mins [1]

(ii) the interquartile range of the times,

Answer mins [2]

(iii) the value of p , given that p % of the students take more than 26 minutes.

Answer p = [2]

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(b) The box-and-whisker plot represents the distribution of the times of the first 160 students
from school B to finish the cross-country run in 2024.

Time (minutes)

Below are three statements comparing these times from the two schools.
For each one, write whether you agree or disagree, giving a reason for each answer. [3]

Statement Agree/disagree Reason

Disagree
The students in school B The median time for students in
are slower on average. school B is 27 minutes which is
shorter than median time for school
A (28 minutes), hence students in
school B are faster on average.

The times of the first 40 The upper quartile of times from

students from school A school A is 2.8mins which is
were closer together shorter than that of school B(4
compared to that of mins), hence times of the last 40
school B. students from school A were closer
together compared to that of school
B.

The interquartile range of times

The times of students in from school B is 7mins which is
school A are more larger than that of school A(5.8
consistent compared to mins), hence times school B were
that of school B. less consistent compared to that of
shool A.

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8 (a) Complete the table of values for y =

2
( x + x ) − 4x + 3 .
1 3 2

x −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

y 6 9 7 3 0 1 9 [1]

(b)
On the grid given on page 11, draw the graph of y =
2
( x + x ) − 4x + 3 for
1 3 2
[3]
−4  x  3 .

(c) Use your graph to write an inequality in k where

2
( x + x ) − 4x + 3 = k has
1 3 2

three solutions.

Answer [2]

(d) Using the graph, find the gradient of the curve at x = −2.7 .

Answer [2]

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10

x
-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

-2

-4

-6

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(e) By drawing a suitable straight line on the grid, solve the equation x3 + x 2 − 6 x − 2 .

1 3 1 2
x + x − 3x − 1 = 0
2 2
1 3 1 2
x + x − 3x − 1 − x + 4 = − x + 4
2 2
1 3 1 2
x + x − 4x + 3 = −x + 4 [M1]
2 2
Draw y = − x + 4 .

x −4 0 4
y 8 4 0
From the graph, x = −2.85 or 2.2. [A1]

Answer x= or or [2]

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9 (a) = {x: x is an integer and 1  x  12 }

A = {x: x is a prime number}
B = {x: x is a factor of 10}
(i) List the elements of A  B ' .

Answer [1]

(ii) List the elements of ( A  B ) ' .

Answer [1]

(b) Write down the set represented by the following shaded region.

Answer [1]

(c) The sets  , A and B satisfy the conditions n ( ) = 41, n ( A) = 25, n ( B ) = 7 .

Find
(i) the largest possible value of n ( A  B ) ' ,

Answer [1]

(ii) the smallest possible value of n ( A  B ) ' .

Answer [1]

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10 The diagram shows a trapezoidal prism.

The base ABCD is on flat ground.
ABGH, BCFG, ADEH and DCFE are vertical rectangular planes.
AB = 43 m, BC = 21 m, CD = 15.2 m, AD = 16 m, AH = 8 m and ABC = 34.8 .
AB is parallel to DC .

(a) Calculate the length of AC.

Answer m [2]

(b) Calculate angle FAC.

Answer ° [2]

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(c) Calculate the area of triangle AFB.

FA = 82 + 28.4072
= 29.511 [B1](either one)
FB = 82 + 162 Application of Pythagoras’ Theorem
= 17.888

29.5112 + 432 − 17.8882 [M1] Cosine Rule

cos FAB =
2 ( 29.511)( 43)
 29.5112 + 432 − 17.8882 
FAB = cos −1  
 2 ( 29.511)( 43) 
= 18.983
1
Area of AFB = ( 29.511)( 43) sin18.983 [M1] Area of Triangle
2
= 206.39
= 206 m 2 [A1]

Answer m2 [4]

(d) Calculate the perpendicular distance from point D to the line AB.
Let CX be the perpendicular distance from C to AB.
CX
sin 34.8 = [M1]
21
CX = 21sin 34.8
= 11.984
= 12.0 m (3s.f.)

Perpendicular distance from point D to the line AB

= CX
=12.0m(3s.f.)

Answer m [2]

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(e) A point P moves along AB.

Find the largest angle of depression of P from E.

8
tan  = [M1]
11.984
8
 = tan −1
11.984
= 33.7253
= 33.7(1d.p.) [A1]

°
Answer [2]

11 In the diagram, AB = AC , AEB = ADC and BAD = CAE .

Prove that the triangles ABE and ACD are congruent. [3]

Answer
In triangle ABE and ACD,
AEB = ADC (Given)
BAE = BAD + DAE [B2] all correct
= CAE + DAE (since given BAD = CAE ) [B1] any 2 correct statements
= CAD
AB = AC (Given)
Hence, ABE and ACD are congruent.(AAS congruence test) [A1]
(since two pairs of corresponding angles and the non-included sides are equal).

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12 ABCD is a parallelogram and its diagonals intersect at point M.

8   2.5 
AB =   and AM =   .
 2  −2 
The coordinates of A are ( 0, 4 ) .
5
(i) Show that the position vector of C is   . [1]
0
Answer

OC = OA + AC
0
=   + 2 AM
 4
0 5 
=  +  [B1]
 4   −4 
5
= 
0

(ii) Find the coordinates of vertex D.

DC = AB
8 
OC − OD =  
 2
5 8  [M1]
OD =   −  
0  2
 −3 
= 
 −2 

Answer ( , ) [2]

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(iii) Find the length of diagonal BD.

OB = OA + AB
 0 8 
=  +  [M1]
 4   −2 
8 
= 
 2
 −3   8 
BD =   −  
 −2   2 
 −11 [B1]
= 
 −4 

BD = 112 + 82 [M1]
= 13.601
= 13.6 ( 3s.f.) [A1]

Answer [4]

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13

In the diagram, PQR is a triangle and RSTU is a parallelogram.

Q is a point on RU such that RQ : QU = 3:1 and X is the midpoint of RU .
1 4
PR = a , PQ = b and UT = − a + b .
3 3
(a) Express, as simply as possible, in terms of a and/or b,
(i) QR
Answer QR = [1]

(ii) XR
Answer XR = [1]

(b) Show that P , X and S lie on a straight line. [3]

Answer

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(c) Calculate the ratio of area of triangle PRS to the area of parallelogram RSTU .

Area of XRS 1
=
Area of PRS 2
1 [M1] Either ratio
Area of XRS  XR  h
= 2
Area of parallelogram RSTU 2 XR  h
1
=
4
Area of PRS 2
=
Area of parallelogram RSTU 4
1 [A1]
=
2

:
Answer [2]

14 Most Popular Vegetables among Students

Vegetables Number of students who chose it

Broccoli

Carrot

Tomato

Key: Each picture represents 20 students

Explain how the above pictogram may be misleading.

[1]

The sizes of the pictures in the pictogram are different, hence

readers might be misled that carrots is the most popular fruit but the most popular
fruit is broccoli. OR
readers may be misled that number students who chose carrots as favourite .
vegetables is twice that of broccoli but the number of students who chose broccoli is
1.5 times that of those who chose carrots.

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15 (a) The diagram shows an inverted right circular cone with a base diameter of 16 cm.

The curved surface area of the cone is 136 cm2.

Find the height of the cone.

Answer cm [3]

(b) Water is poured into the empty cone. .

Given volume of water is 163.84 cm3 , find the height of the water in the cone.

Answer cm [3]

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16 Mrs Tan runs a shop selling pancakes, waffles and coffee.

She hires three workers in the shop, namely Amy, Betty and Clara.
Amy makes the pancakes, Betty makes the waffles and Clara makes the coffee.

Information on the shop and items are as shown:

1 1 1
Opening hours Rental Cost Wage per worker 1Other operating cost*
10am to 9pm daily $7000 $1920 $340

1. These are calculated per month, each month is taken to be 30 days.

* Other operating cost comprises other costs such as utilities, excluding ingredient cost.

Item Selling price Ingredient cost price

per item per item
Pancakes $5.50 $2.85
Waffles $6.50 $2.90
Coffee $3.00 $1.70

(a) Calculate the total expenses per month, excluding ingredient cost.

cm

$ [1]

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(b) In one day, a total of 124 pancakes and waffles are made.
The time taken to make a waffle is 30 seconds more than the time taken to make a
pancake.
On average, Amy and Betty each spend 8 hours a day making pancakes and waffles.
They work every day when the shop is open.
On average, the shop sells 70 cups of coffee a day.

If Mrs Tan wants to raise the current price of the coffee by $p so that she can make a
profit of at least $3000 a month from her business, suggest a minimum value of p.
Justify your answers clearly with calculations.

[M1] Attempt to form equation

[B1] Correct equation formed

[M1] Solving Quadratic

Equation

[A1]

[M1] Finding
number of pancakes
and number of
waffles

[M1] Finding
monthly profit

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Additional working space for 16(b)

Answer p = [8]

(c) State an assumption you have made in your calculations in (b).

[1]

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2024 4Exp/5NA/4NA SBB Preliminary Examinations

4052/1 Mathematics Paper 2
Answer Key

1a 11 In triangle ABE and ACD,

AEB = ADC (Given)
2 15.6
BAE = BAD + DAE
3a 19 = CAE + DAE (since given
3 = CAD
3b 8q 5
BAD = CAE )
p 3r 4
4b 9.03 AB = AC (Given)
Hence, ABE and ACD are congruent.
(AAS congruence test)
(since two pairs of corresponding angles and
the non-included sides are equal).

5 Interest from Bank M = $38701.66 12a(i) OC = OA + AC

Interest from Bank N = $36120
0
Bank N is a better option because the interest =   + 2 AM
earned under Bank N ($36120) is lower than  4
that under Bank M ($38701.66)./ He would
0 5 
pay $2581.66 less interest under Bank N =  + 
compared to Bank M.  4   −4 
5
6a 392 = 
6b 0
1
USD 1 = $
0.74
= $ 1.35 (2d.p.) 12a(i) ( −3, −2 )
Since £1 = $1.72 which is more than
$1.35(cost of USD1), £234 will cost more
than USD 234, hence the handbag costs
more on the online shopping portal B.

7a(i) 28 12a(iii) 13.6

7a(ii) 5.8
7a(iii) 67.5 13a(i) a−b
7b Disagree. The median time for students in 13a(ii) 2
school B is 27 minutes which is shorter than (a − b)
3
median time for school A (28 minutes),
hence students in school B are faster on
average. 13b
Since PX = XS , PX is parallel to XS and they
Disagree. The lower quartile of times from
school B is 22 mins which is shorter than have a common point X,
that of school A(25mins), hence times of the

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first 40 students from school B were closer Thus P, X and S are collinear points/lie on the same
together compared to that of school A. straight line.
Agree.
The interquartile range of times from school 13c 1:2
A is 5.8 mins which is smaller than that of
school B(9 mins), hence the times in school 14
A were more consistent compared to that of The sizes of the pictures in the pictogram are
school B. different, hence readers might be misled that
8b −0.25  k  9 carrots is the most popular fruit but the most
popular fruit is broccoli.
8d Accurate answer: 4.24 15(a) 15
8e x = −2.85 or −0.35 or 2.2. 15(b) 12
9a(i) {3,7,11} 16(a) 13100
9a(ii) {4,6,8,9,12} 16(b) Let t be the time taken to make a pancake in
seconds.
Do working and obtained
9b P ' Q 480
t=− or t = 450
9c(i) 16 31
(rejected since t  0 )
9c(ii) 9  t = 450
Continue to work out, we get
10(a) 28.4 3000 − 1198
p=
10(b) 15.7 70  30
= $0.8580
 $0.90
 Minimum p = 0.90
10(c) 310
16(c) The respective rates at which the pancakes,
waffles and coffee are made are constant. OR
The respective numbers of pancakes and
10(d) 12.0
waffles sold each day are constant.
10(e) 33.7°

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