Tang Shiu Kin Victoria Government Secondary School

Mock Examination 2019 – 2020

S.6 Mathematics Paper 1
Question–Answer Book

S. 6 ( ) Date: 17th February, 2020

Time: 8:40 a.m. – 10:55 a.m.
Name: Time allowed: 2 hours 15 minutes
Total: 105 marks
Class No.: Score:

Instructions:
(1) You should check that there are no missing questions. Look for the words ‘END OF
PAPER’ after the last question.

(2) This paper consists of THREE sections, A(1), A(2) and B.

(3) Each section carries 35 marks. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your answers
in the spaces provided in this Question–Answer Book. Do not write in the margins.
Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

(4) Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be supplied on request. Write your name,
class, class number and question number on each sheet.

(5) Unless otherwise specified, all working must be clearly shown.

(6) Unless otherwise specified, numerical answers should be either exact or correct to 3
significant figures.

(7) The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.

(8) Only permitted calculators with ‘H.K.E.A.A. APPROVED’ label are allowed.

*********************************************************************************

This is a blank section.

********************************************************************************

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.1/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

b5
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
(a 2 b 4 ) 3

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2. (a) Round down 308.496 to nearest ten.

(b) Round off 308.496 to 3 significant figures.
(c) Round up 308.496 to 2 decimal places.
(3 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.2/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 3. Factorize
(a) x2 – x – 20,
(b) 20x2 + x3 – x4 .
(3 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

2 x 8 x
4. (a) Solve the compound inequality  or x  4  7 .
3 4
(b) Write down the least non-negative integer satisfying the compound inequality in (a).
(4 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.3/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 5. Let x , y and z be real numbers such that x : y  5 : 4 and 2 y  3z  0 .
Find (2 x  5 y) : ( y  4 z) . (4 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

6. In a competition, the number of participants of the Red House is 24% less than that of the
Yellow House. The total number of participants of the two houses is 220.
Find the number of participants of the Yellow House. (4 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.4/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 7. If the quadratic equation k x 2  12 x  k  5 has equal roots, where k is a constant.

(a) Find k.
(b) Solve the equation.
(4 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.5/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 8. In Figure 1, O is the centre of the circle. TA is a tangent of the circle.  BTA  48.

Figure 1

(a) Find CAT .

(b) Someone claims that CO // TA . Do you agree? Explain your answer.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

(5 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.6/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 9. The following table shows the distribution of the numbers of online hours spent by a group of
children on a certain day.

Number of online hours 2 3 4 5

Number of children r 7 8 s

It is given that r and s are positive numbers.

(a) Find the range of the distribution.
(b) Find the least possible value of the inter-quartile range of the distribution.
(c) If r = 9 and the median of the distribution is 3 , how many possible values of s are there?
Explain your answer.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

(5 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.7/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. Suppose z is partly constant and partly varies directly as the square of x – 1. When x = 3, z = 17;
when x = 5, z = 53.
(a) Find the value of z when x = 7. (4 marks)
(b) Find the minimum value of z. (2 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.8/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 11. A restaurant conducted a survey to find out the customer satisfaction on food. The stem-and-leaf
diagram below shows the distribution of the scores given by a group of customers.

Stem (tens) Leaf (units)

5 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 6 7
6 0 1 1 2 2 5 5 8
7 0 1 b

It is given that the inter-quartile range of the distribution is a half of the range.
(a) Find b. (3 marks)
(b) Find the mean and the standard deviation of the distribution. (2 marks)

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

(c) If a customer is randomly selected from the group, find the probability that the score given
by the selected customer is not greater than the mode of the distribution. (2 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.9/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 12. Suppose 2x + 1 and 3x – 2 are factors of f ( x)  6 x3  ax 2  4 x  b .
(a) Find the values of a and b. (4 marks)
(b) Solve the equation f ( x)  (6 x 2 x  2)  0 . (3 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.10/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.11/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 13. A frustum is made by cutting off the upper part of a solid metal right circular cone of base
radius 9 cm and height 27 cm. The height of the frustum is 18 cm. The frustum is melted
and recast into three identical solid right circular cones of base radius 6 cm.
(a) Find the volume of the frustum in terms of  . (4 marks)
(b) Are the three newly formed circular cones similar to the original circular cone? Explain
your answer. (3 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.12/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.13/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 14. The coordinates of points M and N are (3, 7) and (5, 1) respectively. P is a moving point in
the same rectangular coordinate plane such that MP  NP . Denote the locus of P by  .
(a) Find MN. (2 marks)
(b) (i) Find the equation of  .
(ii) Describe the geometric relationship between  and MN.
(3 marks)
(c) It is given that M is the centre of the circle C and C passes through N. Denote the
intersecting points of C and  by Q and R.
(i) Find the equation of C.
(ii) Find the perimeter of the quadrilateral MQNR. (3 marks)

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.14/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.15/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 SECTION B (35 marks)

15. Let g( x)  2 x2  4k x  3k 2  5 , where k is a real constant.

(a) Does the graph of y  g (x) cut the x-axis? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
(b) Using the method of completing the square, express, in terms of k , the coordinates of the
vertex of the graph of y  g (x) . (3 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.16/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 16. Suppose the second term and fourth term of a positive geometric sequence are 12 and 108
respectively.
(a) Find the common ratio. (2 marks)
(b) Find the greatest value of n such that the sum of the first n terms is less than 2  1010 .
(3 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________
Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.17/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 17. A bag contains 10 red balls, 18 white balls and some blue balls. If a ball is selected at random,
8
the probability of getting a blue ball is .
15
(a) Find the number of blue balls in the bag. (2 marks)
(b) If 3 balls are selected at random, find
(i) the probability of getting three blue balls;
(ii) the probability of getting balls that not all of them are of same colour.
(4 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.18/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 18. The circle C: x 2  y 2  8x  10 y  28  0 and the straight line L: x  5 y  8  0 intersect at P
and Q. Denote the centre of C by G.
(a) Find the radius of C. (2 marks)
(b) Find PQ. (3 marks)
(c) Someone claims that GPQ is a right-angled triangle. Is the claim correct? Explain your
answer. (2 marks)
(d) L divides C into two segments. Find the area of the major segment. (2 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.19/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.20/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 19. Figure 2 shows a frame, in the shape of a regular tetrahedron, formed by six rods, each of length
4 m. G is the projection of V on the base ABC. M is the mid-point of BC and AG : GM = 2 : 1.

Figure 2
(a) Find the height of the tetrahedron in surd form. (3 marks)
(b) Find the angle between the line VA and the base ABC. (2 marks)

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

(c) Find the angle between the planes VAB and VBC. (3 marks)
(d) If a triangular piece of cardboard is placed on VBC, and the sun shines directly above V,
find the area of the shadow on the base ABC. (2 marks)

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.21/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1 Go on to the next page
 ___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

END OF PAPER

Answers written in the margins will not be marked.

_________________________________________________________________________________
P.22/19-20/ME/S.6/Maths/Paper 1