AEIS Secondary 2

Mathematics
PRACTICE TEST SET 1

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Section Score
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PART 1

Multiple-choice questions 34

PART 2

Short-answer questions 21

Open-ended questions 45

Total 100

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11 1 2 3 4 29 1 2 3 4 47 1 2 3 4

12 1 2 3 4 30 1 2 3 4 48 1 2 3 4

13 1 2 3 4 31 1 2 3 4 49 1 2 3 4

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PART 1: Multiple-choice questions (30 minutes)
Read each question carefully. Choose the correct answer and shade the number (1, 2,
3 or 4) in the Optical Answer Sheet. Each question carries 1 mark.
1. Two consecutive whole numbers must add up to a/an number.
(1) even (2) odd (3) prime (4) composite

2. Which of the following mathematical operations between two whole numbers could result
in a fractional value?
(1) addition (2) subtraction (3) multiplication (4) division

3. If 252 = 625, the value of 25002 = .

(1) 62 500 (2) 62 5000 (3) 6 250 000 (4) 62 500 000

4. If 83 = 512, the value of 8003 = .

(1) 512 000 (2) 5 120 000 (3) 51 200 000 (4) 512 000 000

5. The sum of 3x and 8 is subtracted from the number y. Write the algebraic expression.
(1) y – (3x + 8) (2) (3x + 8) – y (3) y + (3x – 8) (4) (3x – 8) + y

6. An empty box has a mass of p grams. The box contains 10 identical bottles, each having
a mass of q grams. What is the total mass of 12 such boxes filled with bottles?
(1) (12q + 120p) grams (3) (10q + 12p) grams
(2) (120q + 12p) grams (4) (100q + 120p) grams

7. What can be described of a point in space?

(1) It does not have a length. (3) It does not have a volume.
(2) It does not have an area. (4) All of the above.

8. What is the minimum number of points required to specify a line?

(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

9. The average of 3 numbers is x more than the average of 53 and 87. Find the sum of the
3 numbers in terms of x.
(1) 2x + 210 (2) 3x + 210 (3) 2x + 150 (4) 3x + 150

10. Given that a, b and c are different whole numbers from 1 to 9, find the largest possible
value of a + b + c .
a×b×c
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4

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11. The average of n numbers is 90. One of the numbers is 120. After removing the number
120, the average of the remaining numbers becomes 84. Find the value of n.
(1) 7 (2) 8 (3) 5 (4) 6

12. If an arc of 80º on circle A has the same length as an arc of 60º on circle B, and the ratio
of the area of circle A to the area of circle B is a : b, find the smallest value of a + b.
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9

13. In the figure below, not drawn to scale, AB, CD and EF are straight lines.
Find the sum of ∠a + ∠b + ∠c.
D

A a

c
F E
C b
B

(1) 360º (2) 380º (3) 400º (4) 420º

Jane has a piece of square paper as shown in Figure 1. She folds the paper as shown
in Figure 2. ∠BAC = 14º and ∠EAF = 13º. Answer Questions 6 and 7.
14. Find ∠CAE.
(1) 34º (2) 35º (3) 36º (4) 37º

15. Find ∠FAB.

(1) 61º (2) 62º (3) 63º (4) 64º

16. The figure below shows a sector of a circle, OAB, with radius 12 cm and ∠AOB = 120º. A circle
of radius r is to be drawn so that it touches points O, A and B. Find the value of r.

12 cm
120º

A O

(1) 6 cm (2) 12 cm (3) 18 cm (4) 24 cm

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17. The average of A and B is 80. The average of B and C is 36. The average of C and D is
58. Find the average of A and D.
(1) 102 (2) 104 (3) 106 (4) 108

18. Peter is 6 years older than his brother. In 6 years’ time, his brother will be 4 as old as he
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is. What is their total age now?
(1) 19 (2) 20 (3) 21 (4) 22

19. If a – b = 3, the value of a is .

b 5 b
(1) 6 (2) 7 (3) 8 (4) 9
5 5 5 5

20. The value of x in

x + x + x + ... + x = 1 is .
1×2 2×3 3×4 19999 × 2000
(1) 1 (2) 1999 (3) 2000 (4) 2000
1999

21. Which of the following is true if a, b and c satisfy c < b < 0 and 1 < a?
(1) ac > ab (2) b + c > a + b (3) bc > ab (4) bc < ab

22. What is the range of values of x for |x – 3| + (x – 3) = 0?

(1) x  3 (2) x  3 (3) x > 3 (4) x < 3

( ) (
23. Evaluate 2000 × 1 + 1 × 1 + 1 × 1 + 1 ×  × 1 + 1 .
2 3 4 2000 ) ( ) ( )
(1) 100 000 (2) 100 100 (3) 200 0000 (4) 200 1000

24. Evaluate 1 + 2 + 22 + 23 + 24 + ... + 22000.

(1) 22001 (2) 22002 (3) 22001 – 1 (4) 22001 – 2

( )(
25. Evaluate 1 – 12 1 – 12  1 – 1 2 1 – 1 2 .
2 3 11 12 ) ( )( )
13
(1) 3 (2) 7 (3) 11 (4) ___
24
4 12 12

26. If a2 + a = 0, then a2001 + a2000 + 7 = .

(1) 4 (2) 5 (3) 6 (4) 7

27. What is the value of the digit in the ones place of the following?
1 × 3 × 5 × 7 × 9 × 11 × 13 × ... × 2017 × 2019
(1) 7 (2) 6 (3) 5 (4) 4

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28. Evaluate ______________________________________.
7777777 × 7777777

(1) 1 (3) 1
12345654321 123454321
(2) 1 (4) 1
1234567654321 123456787654321

29. Between 1 and 2018, how many numbers are multiples of 5 or 7?

(1) 634 (2) 635 (3) 636 (4) 637

1 1
3 5 ( 1 1 1
3 5 7 ) ( 1 1 1
3 5 7
1 1
) ( ) (
30. Evaluate 1 + __ + __ × __ + __ + __ – 1 + __ + __ + __ × __ + __ using a simple method.
3 5 )
(1) 1 (2) 1 (3) 1 (4) 1
4 5 6 7

31. Lucas multiplies his month of birth by 31. He then multiplies his day of birth by 12. The
sum of the two products is 213. When is his birthday?
(1) February 12 (2) March 10 (3) April 8 (4) May 6

32. How many 3-digit numbers have the sum of the three digits equalling to 4?
(1) 10 (2) 11 (3) 12 (4) 13

33. Find the sum of all the digits in

111  111 × 111  111 .
207 1’s 207 1’s
(1) 1857 (2) 1859 (3) 1861 (4) 1863

34. How many hexagons are there in the 12th pattern?

(1) 393 (2) 395 (3) 397 (4) 399

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PART 2: Short-answer and open-ended questions (1 hour 45 minutes)
Questions 1 to 21 carry 1 mark each and Questions 22 to 36 carry 3 marks each. Show
all workings clearly in the spaces provided. Marks will be given for working shown.
1. Find the square root of 1296 using prime factorisation.

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2. Find the cube root of 1728 using prime factorisation.

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3. What is the prime factorisation of the number 210?

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4. Using the prime factorisation of 210, find the smallest possible perimeter of the rectangle
of area 210 cm2 if its sides are in whole numbers.

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5. The temperature at a location is 11º C. What is the temperature at the location after it has
fallen by 14º C?

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6. The location of a building is 5 km east of the railway station. If the distance is denoted as
+5 km, what is meant by the distance of another building from the railway station being
stated as –5 km?

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7. Evaluate (–15) + (–17) – (–13) mentally without using a calculator.

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8. Evaluate (–5) × (–12) ÷ 20 mentally without using a calculator.

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9. Write the formula for the simple interest I earned for a principal amount of P deposited at
an interest rate of R% per annum for x years.

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10. Three apples are of masses x, y and z in grams. Another two apples have masses 102
g and 109 g. What is the average mass of the five apples?

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11. James is x years old. He has a brother who is 8 years older and another brother who is
3 years younger. What will the total age of James and his two brothers be 6 years later?

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12. Expand the expression 7(2x + y) + 8(3x – 4y) and simplify.

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13. Expand the expression 8[(3ax – 9b) – x(4a + c)] and simplify.

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14. A computer routine was arranged in such a way that when a number is entered as input,
the output figure will be double of the input. Taking the input as x and the output as y,
write the value of y in terms of x.

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15. A shop offered a discount of 10% on the marked price of any item bought. If the marked
price M is the input of a function and the selling price S as the output, what is the
function?

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16. A handphone contract requires a payment of $35 per month fixed charge. The user also
has to pay for usage based on the number of minutes used, N, at 5¢ per minute. Write
the function which takes the value N as input to calculate the total payment, T, the user
has to pay each month.

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17. The distance between the Sun and Earth is 149 000 000 km. What is the time taken for
light from the Sun to reach Earth if the speed of light is 300 000 km/s (correct to 3 sig.
fig.)?

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18. A car travelling at an average speed of 72 km/h took 2.5 hours to cover the distance
between two locations A and B. Another car took 2 hours to complete the same distance.
What was the speed of the second car?

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19. What is the perimeter of the parallelogram if the area of the parallelogram is 405 cm2?

A B

17 cm 15 cm

D C

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20. The perimeter of the rhombus is 52 cm. Find the area of the rhombus.

12 cm

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21. ABCD is a trapezium with vertices at A and D forming right angles. What is the area of
the trapezium ABCD?

18 cm
A B

15 cm
12 cm

D C
27 cm

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22. 5 years ago, a man was x years old. He will be thrice as old as his daughter in 2 years’
time. Express, in terms of x, the sum of the ages of the man and his daughter now. Leave
your answer as a fraction in its lowest terms.

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23. Consider the sequence 2 – __, 3 – __, 4 – __, ...
2 3 4
(a) Write down, without simplifying, the 4th term of the sequence.
(b) Write down, in terms of n, an expression for the nth term of the sequence.
(c) Find the exact value of the 28th term of the sequence.

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

(c) [1]

24. The figure consists of three quadrants inscribed in three identical squares. The perimeter
of the shaded region is 15 m.
22
Taking π = ___, find the length of side of each square in m.
7

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25. The bar graph below shows the number of English and Mathematics assessment books
sold over a three-year period.

Number of
assessment books English

4000 Mathematics

3000

2000

1000

Year
2010 2011 2012

(a) In which year showed the greatest drop in the number of Mathematics assessment
books sold?
(b) Calculate the ratio of English assessment books sold to that of Mathematics
assesesment books sold in Year 2011.
(c) Calculate the number of assessment of books sold in Year 2012 as a percentage of
the total number of assessment books sold over the three-year period.

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

(c) [1]

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26. In the diagram, KLMN is a parallelogram. KYX and NZX are straight lines. ∠KYL = 90º,
∠NMZ = 118º and ∠KXN = 58º. Find
K L
(a) ∠YZN,
(b) ∠MNZ, Y
(c) ∠LKY. 58º X

118º
N M

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

(c) [1]

4 – 3x
27. Solve the equation ______ – 1 = x.
5

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28. In the diagram, PQRS is a trapezium and PQ is parallel to SR. Given that PT = ST,
PQ = (x + 5) cm and SR = (x + 45) cm.

P (x + 5) cm Q

S R
T
(x + 45) cm

(a) Find the height of the trapezium.

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the area of the trapezium.
(c) If the area of the trapezium is 2600 cm2, find the value of x.

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

(c) [1]

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29. The odd integers 1, 3, 5, ... are written in the triangles as shown in the diagram below.

1 1 1
3 5 3 5
7 9 11

Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3

(a) Write down the greatest integer in Pattern 4.

The sum, S, of the integers in each pattern is given in the table below.

Pattern 1 2 3 4
S 1 9 36 n

(b) Write down the value of n.

(c) Find an expression for S in Pattern k.

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(b) [1]

(c) [1]

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30. On the first day, a car took __ hours to travel d km. On the following day, it travelled 15 km
2
further by spending 10 minutes more than the time taken on the first day. If the average
speeds of the car were equal on both days, find the value of d.

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31. The line graph below shows the amount of savings Peter saved over a period of 6
months.
Savings ($)

300

250
200
150
100

50
0 Month
Jan. Feb. March April May June

In which month shows the biggest drop in the amount of savings? What is the percentage
decrease?

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32. The sum of three equal interior angles of an 8-sided polygon is 150% of the sum of the
remaining equal interior angles. Find
(a) the sum of interior angles of the polygon,
(b) the interior angles of the polygon.

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(b) [2]

m – n 2m – 3n
33. Simplify _____ + _______.
4 6

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34. In a hexagon ABCDEF, ∠A = ∠D = 3xº, ∠B = 2xº, ∠C = xº, ∠E = 80º and ∠F = 55º.
Find
(a) the value of x,
(b) the largest exterior angle of hexagon ABCDEF.

Ans: (a) [2]

(b) [1]

35. In a farm, there are some chickens and rabbits. The number of chickens is thrice as
many as the number of rabbits. If there are 400 animals’ legs and n rabbits, find the value
of n.

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36. M

N
102º 34º
44º
J L
K

Q
P

In the diagram, JKL and NLQ are straight lines. MJ is parallel to NQ and KN is parallel
to PQ. Given that ∠MKN = 102º, ∠KNQ = 34º and ∠MJK = 44º, by stating your reasons
clearly, calculate
(a) ∠JMK,
(b) ∠NKL,
(c) ∠JLQ + ∠PQL.

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

(c) [1]

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