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PAUL’S COLLEGE
FORM 6 INTERNAL EXAMINATION 2022 - 2023

MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part

PAPER 2

1¼ hours

Name

Class ( )

G1 LTN G2 PSK G3 LMW G4 HL

Group
G5 YKC G6 LTN G7 HL

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet. Write down the subject, your name, class
and class number in the spaces provided and mark the corresponding boxes with an HB pencil.

2. Write your group number on the top right corner of the answer sheet.

3. All questions carry equal marks.

4. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS. You are advised to use an HB pencil to mark all the answers
on the Answer Sheet, so that wrong marks can be completely erased with a clean rubber. You
must mark the answers clearly; otherwise you will lose marks if the answers cannot be
captured.

5. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark more than one answer, you
will receive NO MARKS for that question.

6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.

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There are 30 questions in Section A and 15 questions in Section B.
The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Choose the best answer for each question.

Section A

1.
9 81  
2 n 1 n 2

27 2 n
A. 32 .
B. 3n1 .
C. 32 n  2 .
D. 32 n  6 .

2. It is given that x is a real number. If x is rounded up to 3 significant figures, then the result is
234 . Find the range of values of x.
A. 233 < x  234
B. 234  x < 235
C. 233.5  x < 234.5
D. 233.5  x  234

2x  3
3. If y  , then x 
2x
2y  3
A. .
y2
3 2y
B. .
y2
2y  3
C. .
2 y
2y  3
D. .
2 y

4. x2 – y2 – 2xz + z2 =
A. (x + y – z)(x + y + z) .
B. (x + y – z)(x – y – z) .
C. (x – y + z)(x + y – z) .
D. (x – y + z)(x – y – z) .

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 1 1
5.  2 
x  2 x  1 x  3x  2
2

3
A.  .
x  1x  1
3
B.  .
x  1 x  2
2

1
C.  .
x  1 x  2
2

2x  3
D. .
x  12 x  2

6. If f (x) = 3x2 – 2x + k . If k is a constant, then f (k + 1) – f (k – 1) =

A. –4 .
B. k+8.
C. 10k .
D. 12k – 4 .

7. If A and B are constants such that Axx  4   Bx  4   C  3x 2  11x  40 , then C 

A. – 96 .
B. – 48 .
C. – 40 .
D. – 36 .

8. Let g  x   8 x 3  ax 2  5 , where a is a constant. When g  x  is divided by  2 x  1 , the

remainder is 2 , then g 1 =

A. –2 .
B. 8.
C. 11 .
D. 19 .

5y  3
9. The solution of  3 y  2  2 y  5 is
2
A. 1  y  3 .
B. 1  y  3 .
C. 3 y 7.
D. 3 y 7.

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10. In the figure, the equations of the straight lines L1 and L2 are x  ay  b  0 and x  cy  d  0
respectively. Which of the following are true?

I. a < c y

II. b > 0 L2
III. ad > bc L1

x
O
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

11. A sum of $x is deposited at an interest rate of 6% per annum for 4 years , compounded monthly.
If the interest is $12000, find the value of x (correct to the nearest integer).
A. 44 323
B. 44 364
C. 45 718
D. 50 000

12. The actual area of a field is 0.54 km2. If the area of the field on a map is 216 cm2, then the scale
of the map is
A. 1 : 250 .
B. 1 : 500 .
C. 1 : 5 000 .
D. 1 : 25 000 000 .

13. If y varies directly as the square of x and inversely as the square root of w, which of the following
is a constant?
x4 y2
A.
w

B. x4
wy 2

x2 y
C.
w2

D. x2
w2 y

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14. In the figure, the 1st pattern consists of 6 dots . For any positive integer n , the (n + 1)th pattern
is formed by adding (2n + 3) dots to the nth pattern. Find the number of dots in the 7th pattern.


   
            …
                    
1st 2nd 3rd

A. 42
B. 51
C. 66
D. 83

15. The area of the sector OAB is 3 cm2 , where O is the centre of the sector OAB. If the angle
subtended is 120 , which of the following is not true?
A. The radius of the sector OAB is 3 cm.

B. The length of the arc AB is 2 cm.

9 3
C. The area of OAB is cm2.
2

D. The length of AB is 3 3 cm.

16. If a is a negative constant, which of the following statements about the graph of
y  ax  3ax  4   15 must be true?
I. The x-coordinate of the vertex is positive.
II. The line y  3 cuts the graph at two distinct points.
III. The graph cuts the x-axis.

A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

P. T. O.

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17. In the figure, BCD is a straight line, ABC is similar to ECD and BC : CD  5 : 4 . If the area
of ABC is 50 cm2 , find the area of ACE .

A. 32 cm2
B. 40 cm2
C. 45 cm2 B C D

D. 48 cm2

18. In the figure, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon, ABHG is a square. Find FGE .

E D

A. 100

B. 105 G H
F C
C. 110

D. 120

A B

19. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. Let E be a point on CD such that CAE = CAB, F be a
point on AB such that AE = AF and G be the intersection of AC and EF. Which of the following
must be true?

B F A
I. BCF  DAE
II. FAG~ ECG
G
III. AECF is a rhombus.

A. I and II only
C E D
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

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20. In the figure, ABC and CDE are straight lines, AD and BE intersect at F , AB  BC and
AF : FD  5 :1 . Find CD : DE .
E

D
A. 3:1
F
B. 4:1
C. 5:1
D. 6:1 C A
B

21. In the figure, D and E are points lying on AC and BC respectively such that ABED is a cyclic
quadrilateral and F is the intersection of BD and AE. Which of the following must be true?

I. ABF ~ DEF
B
II. ACE~ BCD
III. ABC~ DEC
E
A. I and II only
F
B. I and III only
C. II and III only A D C
D. I, II and III

BC
22. In the figure, ABCD is a circle. If CD is a diameter, BAC   and ADC   , then 
AD

A. sin  tan  .
C
cos 
B. .
tan 
sin 
C. . B
cos   
cos  D
D. . A
sin 

23. The equations of two distinct straight lines L1 and L2 are 3 x  4 y  24  0 and ax  by  96  0
respectively. If they are parallel to each other and equidistant from the origin, find a.
A. – 16
B. – 12
C. 12
D. 16

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24. Let k be a constant. Find the range of values of k such that 2 x 2  5 x  k  3 has real roots.
25
A. k
8
25
B. k
8
49
C. k
8
49
D. k
8

25. The equation of the circle C is  x  4    y  5   9 . Which of the following must be true?
2 2

I. The radius of C is 3.
II. The straight line 3 x  4 y  32  0 cuts C into two equal halves.
III. The origin O lies inside the circle C.
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

26. In the figure, DB and DC are the angle bisectors of ABC and ACB respectively. If
BAC  70 , find  BDC .
A

A. 110 D
B. 125
C. 140 B C
D. 145

27. Given two intersecting straight lines L1 : 5 x  12 y  24  0 and L2 : 5 x  12 y  96  0 . P is a

moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that it is equidistant from L1 and L2 . Find
the equation(s) of the locus of P .
A. 5 x  12 y  60  0
B. x  12 and y  3
C. 12 x  5 y  129  0 and 12 x  5 y  159  0

D. x 2  y 2  24 x  6 y  0

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28. Two numbers are randomly drawn at the same time from six cards numbered 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9
respectively. Find the probability that the sum of the numbers drawn is divisible by 3.
2
A.
15
2
B.
9
4
C.
15
1
D.
3

29. The box-and-whisker diagrams show the weights of the members of a club before and after a
training programme. Which of the following must be true?
I. All members have lost weight.
II. At least 25% of the members have lost 3 kg or more.
III. No one lost weight by more than 12 kg.

62 68 74
53 80 After training

Before training
58 90
68 76 83

A. II only
B. I and II only
C. I and III only
D. I, II and III

30. The table below shows the distribution of the numbers of books some students read in a term.

Number of books read 5 6 7 8 9

Number of students 3 4 23 50 40

Which of the following is true?

A. The mode of the distribution is 50.

B. The mean of the distribution is 7.
C. The median of the distribution is 7.
D. The inter-quartile range of the distribution is 1.5.

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Section B

31. 11  8 4  2 7  3  2 4 =
A. 10110000010100002 .
B. 11000000010100002 .
C. 1011000001010002 .
D. 1100000001010002 .

32. Which of the following is the least?

A. 543 375
1
B. 867  4321
349
 1 
C.  
 867 
492
 2 
D.  
 243 

33. If log 3 y  log 27 a  log 9 x , then y 

A. a3 x2 .
1 1
B. a3 x2 .

a x
C.  .
3 2
1 1
D. a x .
3 2

10  ai
34. Let z  1  ai  i11  , where a is a real number. If z is a real number, then z =
3  4i
A. –5.
B. –3.
C. 3.
D. 5.

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35. Consider the following system of inequalities:

 x0
 x y 3


 x  2y  3  0
3x  4 y  16  0

Let D be the region which represents the solution of the above system of inequalities. If (x, y)
is a point lying in D , then the least value of 4 x  2 y  15 is
A. 3.
B. 7.
C. 12 .
D. 18 .

36. Let xn be the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. If x4  8 and x6  12 , which of the following
must be true?
I. xn1  xn  0
II. x92  x100  2x96
1
III. 2 x1  2 x2  2 x3    2 xn 
2
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

37. Given that 0  x < 360 , how many roots does the equation 3tan x  2sin  90  x  have?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

38. In the figure, tan  

A. 7 .
15
C
15
B. .
7
15 cm 10 cm
C. 8 .
15

15 A B
D. . 20 cm
8

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39. In the figure, AT is a tangent to circle ABCD at A and CDT is a straight line. If ABC  100 ,
ATC  30 ,    2 : 3 , find BCT .
AB : BC

A. 100 D
B. 90
C. 82
D. 70 B
T
A

40. In the figure, ABCDEFGH is a rectangular block. Let K be a point on DE such that DK = 9 cm
and EK = 5 cm. Denote the angle between BK and the plane ADEF by . Find cos .

E H

F G

15 K
A.
17
8
B.
17
4
C.
5 C
D
3 12 cm
D.
5 A 8 cm B

41. Given that G 10, 3 is the circumcentre of the ABC and the coordinates of B and C are
18,  3 and 2, 9  respectively, which of the following is not a possible y-coordinate of A?
A. 12
B. 3
C. –3
D. –8

42. A queue is formed by 6 boys and 5 girls. If the girls must be next to each other, how many
different queues can be formed?
A. 604 800
B. 172 800
C. 86 400
D. 5 040

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43. A bag contains 3 red balls, 7 yellow balls and 5 black balls. Peter repeats drawing one ball at a
time randomly from the bag without replacement until a red ball is drawn. Find the probability
that Peter needs at least three draws.
64
A.
125
44
B.
91
22
C.
35
16
D.
25

44. The standard scores of Mary and Peter in a test are 1.5 and  1. If the test score of Peter is 12.5%
less than that of Mary and the difference between their test scores is 10 marks, find the mean
score of the test.
A. 84
B. 80
C. 74
D. 64

45. It is given that T(n) is the nth term of an arithmetic sequence. Let x1 , y1 and z1 be the mean,
the range and the variance of the group of numbers T 1, T 3, T 5,  , T99  respectively while
x 2 , y 2 and z 2 be the mean, the range and the variance of the group of numbers
T2, T4, T6, , T100 respectively. Which of the following must be true?
I. x1  x2
II. y1  y2
III. z1  z2
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only

End of Paper

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