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MATH CP
PAPER 1

HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY

HONG KONG DIPLOMA OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

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PRACTICE PAPER
MATHEMATICS Compulsory Part
PAPER 1
Question-Answer Book

(2¼ hours)
This paper must be answered in English

INSTRUCTIONS

1. After the announcement of the start of the

examination, you should first write your Candidate
Number in the space provided on Page 1 and stick
barcode labels in the spaces provided on Pages 1, 3,
5, 7, 9 and 11.

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

and B.

3. 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
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4. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be

supplied on request. Write your Candidate Number,
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5. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be

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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.

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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

(m 5 n −2 ) 6
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
m 4 n −3
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5+b
2. Make a the subject of the formula = 3b . (3 marks)
1− a

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3. Factorize

(a) 9 x 2 − 42 xy + 49 y 2 ,

(b) 9 x 2 − 42 xy + 49 y 2 − 6 x + 14 y .
(3 marks)
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4. The cost of a chair is $ 360 . If the chair is sold at a discount of 20 % on its marked price, then the
percentage profit is 30 % . Find the marked price of the chair. (4 marks)

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 5. The ratio of the capacity of a bottle to that of a cup is 4 : 3 . The total capacity of 7 bottles
and 9 cups is 11 litres. Find the capacity of a bottle. (4 marks)
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6. In a polar coordinate system, the polar coordinates of the points A , B and C are (13 , 157°) ,
(14 , 247°) and (15 , 337°) respectively.

(a) Let O be the pole. Are A , O and C collinear? Explain your answer.

(b) Find the area of ∆ ABC .

(4 marks)

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 8. The coordinates of the points A and B are (−3 , 4) and (−2 , − 5) respectively. A′ is the reflection
image of A with respect to the y-axis. B is rotated anticlockwise about the origin O through 90°
to B ′ .
(a) Write down the coordinates of A′ and B ′ .

(b) Let P be a moving point in the rectangular coordinate plane such that P is equidistant from A′
and B′ . Find the equation of the locus of P .
(5 marks)
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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 8 12 s

It is given that r and s are positive numbers.

(a) Find the least possible value and the greatest possible value of the inter-quartile range of the
distribution.

(b) If r = 9 and the median of the distribution is 3 , how many possible values of s are there?
Explain your answer.
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(5 marks)

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 SECTION A(2) (35 marks)

10. Let f ( x) be a polynomial. When f ( x) is divided by x − 1 , the quotient is 6 x 2 + 17 x − 2 . It is

given that f (1) = 4 .

(a) Find f (−3) . (3 marks)

(b) Factorize f ( x) . (3 marks)

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11. Let $ C be the cost of manufacturing a cubical carton of side x cm . It is given that C is partly
constant and partly varies as the square of x . When x = 20 , C = 42 ; when x = 120 , C = 112 .

(a) Find the cost of manufacturing a cubical carton of side 50 cm . (4 marks)

(b) If the cost of manufacturing a cubical carton is $ 58 , find the length of a side of the carton.
(2 marks)
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 SECTION B (35 marks)

15. The mean score of a class of students in a test is 48 marks. The scores of Mary and John in the test
are 36 marks and 66 marks respectively. The standard score of Mary in the test is −2 .

(a) Find the standard score of John in the test. (2 marks)

(b) A student, David, withdraws from the class and his test score is then deleted. It is given that his
test score is 48 marks. Will there be any change in the standard score of John due to the
deletion of the test score of David? Explain your answer. (2 marks)
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 16. There are 18 boys and 12 girls in a class. From the class, 4 students are randomly selected to form
the class committee.

(a) Find the probability that the class committee consists of boys only. (2 marks)

(b) Find the probability that the class committee consists of at least 1 boy and 1 girl. (2 marks)
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17. (a) Express in the form of a + bi , where a and b are real numbers. (2 marks)
1 + 2i

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(b) The roots of the quadratic equation x 2 + px + q = 0 are and . Find
1 + 2i 1 − 2i
(i) p and q ,

(ii) the range of values of r such that the quadratic equation x 2 + px + q = r has real roots.
(5 marks)
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 19. The amount of investment of a commercial firm in the 1st year is $ 4 000 000 . The amount of
investment in each successive year is r % less than the previous year. The amount of investment in
the 4th year is $ 1 048 576 .

(a) Find r . (2 marks)

(b) The revenue made by the firm in the 1st year is $ 2 000 000 . The revenue made in each
successive year is 20 % less than the previous year.

(i) Find the least number of years needed for the total revenue made by the firm to exceed
$ 9 000 000 .

(ii) Will the total revenue made by the firm exceed $ 10 000 000 ? Explain your answer.

(iii) The manager of the firm claims that the total revenue made by the firm will exceed the
total amount of investment. Do you agree? Explain your answer.
(10 marks)
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HONG KONG EXAMINATIONS AND ASSESSMENT AUTHORITY

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and B. Each section carries 35 marks.
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4. Attempt ALL questions in this paper. Write your
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Answer Book. Do not write in the margins. Answers
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5. Graph paper and supplementary answer sheets will be 14

supplied on request. Write your Candidate Number,
mark the question number box and stick a barcode 15
label on each sheet, and fasten them with string
INSIDE this book. 16

6. Unless otherwise specified, all working must be 17

clearly shown.
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 SECTION A(1) (35 marks)

( xy ) 2
1. Simplify and express your answer with positive indices. (3 marks)
x−5 y 6
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2. Make b the subject of the formula a (b + 7) = a + b . (3 marks)

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3. Factorize

(a) 3m 2 − mn − 2n 2 ,

(b) 3m 2 − mn − 2n 2 − m + n .
(3 marks)
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4. The marked price of a handbag is $ 560 . It is given that the marked price of the handbag is 40 %
higher than the cost.

(a) Find the cost of the handbag.

(b) If the handbag is sold at $ 460 , find the percentage profit.

(4 marks)

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Section A(2) (33 marks)

10. (a) Find the quotient when 5 x 3 + 12 x 2 − 9 x − 7 is divided by x 2 + 2 x − 3 . (2 marks)

(b) Let g ( x ) = (5 x 3 + 12 x 2 − 9 x − 7) − (ax + b) , where a and b are constants. It is given that

g ( x) is divisible by x 2 + 2 x − 3 .

(i) Write down the values of a and b .

(ii) Solve the equation g ( x) = 0 .

(4 marks)
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 11. In a factory, the production cost of a carpet of perimeter s metres is $ C . It is given that C is a sum
of two parts, one part varies as s and the other part varies as the square of s . When s = 2 ,
C = 356 ; when s = 5 , C = 1 250 .

(a) Find the production cost of a carpet of perimeter 6 metres. (4 marks)

(b) If the production cost of a carpet is $ 539 , find the perimeter of the carpet. (2 marks)
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 14. The data below show the percentages of customers who bought newspaper A from a magazine stall in
city H for five days randomly selected in a certain week:

62% 63% 55% 62% 58%

(a) Find the median and the mean of the above data. (2 marks)

(b) Let a % and b% be the percentages of customers who bought newspaper A from the stall for
the other two days in that week. The two percentages are combined with the above data to form a
set of seven data.

(i) Write down the least possible value of the median of the combined set of seven data.

(ii) It is known that the median and the mean of the combined set of seven data are the same
as that found in (a). Write down one pair of possible values of a and b .
(3 marks)

(c) The stall-keeper claims that since the median and the mean found in (a) exceed 50% ,
newspaper A has the largest market share among the newspapers in city H . Do you agree?
Explain your answer. (2 marks)
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 16. A committee consists of 5 teachers from school A and 4 teachers from school B . Four teachers are
randomly selected from the committee.

(a) Find the probability that only 2 of the selected teachers are from school A . (3 marks)

(b) Find the probability that the numbers of selected teachers from school A and school B are
different. (2 marks)
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 17. A researcher defined Scale A and Scale B to represent the magnitude of an explosion as shown in the
following table:

Scale Formula
A M = log 4 E
B N = log8 E

It is given that M and N are the magnitudes of an explosion on Scale A and Scale B respectively
while E is the relative energy released by the explosion. If the magnitude of an explosion is 6.4 on
Scale B , find the magnitude of the explosion on Scale A . (5 marks)
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