Oxford Core 1 2018

MOCK 18(I)
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COMPULSORY
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PAPER 1
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INSTRUCTIONS
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1. Write your Name, Class and Class Number in the 13
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2. This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) 15
and B.
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3. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your
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SECTION A(1) (35 marks)
ac a  4b
1. Make c the subject of the formula = . (3 marks)
2 3
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(m 2 n 5 ) 3
2. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
m 6 n 7
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3. The height of a mountain is measured as 1 250 m correct to the nearest m.
(a) Find the least possible height of the mountain.

(b) Find the relative error of the measurement.
(3 marks)

4. Factorize
(a) 2x3  5x2,

(b) 2x3  5x2  8xy2 + 20y2.
(4 marks)
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5. A calculator is sold at $140 and a profit of $28 is made.
(a) Find the percentage profit made by selling the calculator.

(b) If the calculator is sold at a discount of 20% on its marked price, find the marked price of the
calculator.
(4 marks)

9  7x
6. (a) Find the range of values of x which satisfy 3  5x  < 8  4x.
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(b) How many integers satisfy the compound inequality in (a)?
(4 marks)

7. In a polar coordinate system, the polar coordinates of the points P and Q are (3 , 130) and (4 , 280)
respectively. R is a point such that POR is a straight line and PR = 8, where O is the pole.
(a) Write down the polar coordinates of R.
(b) Find the area of △PQR.
(4 marks)
8. In Figure 1, ABCD is a circle with AC as a diameter. BD and AC intersect at the point E.
D C
a
E
x
b
B
A
Figure 1
(a) Express x in terms of a and b.
(b) If x = 2b, is BD a diameter of the circle? Explain your answer.
(5 marks)

9. A bag contains m red balls, n yellow balls and 6 white balls. If a ball is randomly drawn from the
bag, then the numbers of tokens awarded are shown in the following table.
Colour of the ball Red Yellow White

Number of tokens awarded 7 23 m
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It is given that the probability of drawing a red ball is and the expected number of tokens
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awarded is 11.
(a) Find the values of m and n.
(b) If the distribution of the colours of the balls in the bag is represented by a pie chart, find the
angle of the sector representing yellow balls.
(5 marks)
SECTION A(2) (35 marks)
10. The bar chart below shows the distribution of the numbers of watches owned by a group of students,
where 0 < m < n < 15. It is given that the mean of the distribution is 1.8.
Distribution of the numbers of watches
owned by a group of students
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Number of students
15
n
0 1 2 3
Number of watches

(a) Find the least possible number of students in the group. (2 marks)
(b) Suppose that the number of students in the group is the least possible number obtained in (a).
Now, 18 new students join the group. It is found that the median of the distribution is 1.5 and
the mode of the distribution remains unchanged.
(i) Find the greatest possible number of students who own no watches.
(ii) Find the greatest possible mean of the distribution.

(4 marks)

11. Figure 2(a) shows an inverted solid right circular cone of base radius 36 cm and height 48 cm.
Figure 2(a) Figure 2(b)

(a) Find the curved surface area of the circular cone in terms of . (2 marks)
(b) Some water is poured into a right circular cylindrical vessel of base radius 27 cm and height
80 cm. The inverted circular cone is then held vertically in the vessel as shown in Figure 2(b).
It is given that the dry curved surface area of the circular cone is 2 025 cm2.

(i) Find the base radius and the height of the part of the circular cone that is below the
water surface.
(ii) Someone claims that the volume of water in the vessel is less than 0.12 m3. Do you
agree? Explain your answer.
(4 marks)
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12. In Figure 3, E is a point outside quadrilateral ABCD such that ADE + CBE = 90. AFD and BFE
are straight lines and AB  BC.
A B
F
E
D C
Figure 3
(a) Prove that △DEF ~ △BAF. (2 marks)
(b) Suppose that ABCD is a rectangle, AD = BF = 25 cm, EF = 6 cm and AF > DF.

(i) Is △BDE a right-angled triangle? Explain your answer.

(ii) Find the perimeter of △BDE.
(5 marks)

13. Let f(x) = 4x3  (ax + 1)(4x  1) + b be a polynomial, where a and b are constants. It is given that the
constant term of f(x) is 15, and 2x  3 is a factor of f(x).
(a) Find the values of a and b. (3 marks)
(b) Let g(x) be a polynomial. When g(x) is divided by 2x2  3x  5, the quotient and the remainder
are x + 2 and 3x  1 respectively. How many rational roots does the equation f(x) + g(x) = 0
have? Explain your answer. (5 marks)

14. It is given that f(x) is partly constant and partly varies directly as x. Suppose that f(7) = 22 and
f(2) = 4.
(a) Find f(x). (3 marks)
(b) The straight line L1: y = f(x) cuts the x-axis and the y-axis at the points B and C respectively.
The straight line L2 cuts L1 and the y-axis at the points M and D(0 , 3) respectively. It is given
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that the slope of L2 is  .
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(i) Prove that BD = CD.
(ii) Let F and P be two points such that C is the mid-point of BF and P does not lie on L1.
Find the ratio of the area of △PFM to the area of △PBM.
(5 marks)

SECTION B (35 marks)
15. In an examination, the standard deviation of the scores of students is 6. The score and the standard
score of Albert are 71 and 1.5 respectively.
(a) Find the mean of the scores of the examination. (2 marks)
(b) The standard score of David is 2.5. David claims that the range of the scores of the
examination is at most 23. Do you agree? Explain your answer. (2 marks)

16. (a) In Figure 4, shade the region which represents the solution of the following system of
inequalities.
x  1
y  0


2 x  3 y  16
 x  2 y  2
y
7
x=1
6
5
4
3
2 x  2y = 2
1
x
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1

Figure 4
(2 marks)
(b) Let R be the region which represents the solution of the system of inequalities in (a).
If 5 different points are randomly chosen from all the points (a , b) in R, where a and b are
integers, find the probability that
(i) the x-coordinates of exactly 3 chosen points are 2,
(ii) the x-coordinates of at least 3 chosen points are 2.

(3 marks)
17. Figure 5(a) shows a solid tetrahedron ABCD, where BD = CD, AB = AC = 16 cm, AD = 15 cm and
BC = 18 cm. It is given that the angle between the planes BCD and ABC is 70.
D D
C C
A A
B B
Figure 5(a) Figure 5(b)
(a) Find the angle between the line AD and the plane ABC. (3 marks)
(b) M is a point on AD. A geometric model is made by cutting off MBCD from ABCD as shown in
Figure 5(b). An insect travels from B to M in a straight line, and then travels from M to C in a
straight line. Can the total distance travelled by the insect be less than 27 cm? Explain your

answer. (3 marks)

18. Let an be the nth term of sequence X. For any positive integer n, a2n + 2 = a2n + 2 and
a2n + 1 = a2n  1  3. It is given that a2 = 7 and a3 = 63.
(a) Find a1 and a4. (2 marks)
(b) If m is an integer, find the smallest value of m such that the sum of the first (2m  1) terms of
sequence X is greater than 2 251. (3 marks)
(c) Let bn be the nth term of sequence Y. For any positive integer n, bn = 1.2a2 n . Find the greatest
value of k such that the product of the first k terms of sequence Y is less than 1030. (3 marks)

19. The equation of circle C is x2 + y2 + (k  4)x + (2 + k)y  3k  6 = 0, where k is a constant. Let r be
the radius of C.
(a) (i) Express r2 in terms of k.
(ii) Using the method of completing the square, find the equation of C when the value of r
is the least.
(4 marks)
(b) Denote the origin by O and the circle C obtained in (a)(ii) by C1. L is a straight line passing
through P(0 , h) with slope m, where m  0 and h > 0. It is given that L is a tangent to C1.
9  h2
(i) Prove that m = .
6h
(ii) Let A be the centre of C1. L cuts the x-axis at the point Q(q , 0). Someone claims that if
the centroid of △OAP lies on C1, the area of △OPQ must be less than 25. Do you
agree? Explain your answer.
(8 marks)

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MOCK 18(I)

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5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be

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(a) Find the least possible height of the mountain.

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(a) 2x3  5x2,

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(a) Find the percentage profit made by selling the calculator.

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(a) Express x in terms of a and b.

(b) If x = 2b, is BD a diameter of the circle? Explain your answer.

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Colour of the ball Red Yellow White

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(ii) Find the greatest possible mean of the distribution.

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Figure 2(a) Figure 2(b)

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(a) Prove that △DEF ~ △BAF. (2 marks)

(b) Suppose that ABCD is a rectangle, AD = BF = 25 cm, EF = 6 cm and AF > DF.

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(a) Find the mean of the scores of the examination. (2 marks)

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