Answers to Form 6 Mathematics Final Exam (2020–21) Compulsory Part Paper II

1. C 11. A 21. D 31. C 41. C

2. A 12. C 22. B 32. C 42. B
3. D 13. A 23. A 33. D 43. C
4. D 14. D 24. B 34. D 44. B
5. C 15. B 25. B 35. B 45. D
6. B 16. A 26. D 36. A
7. B 17. C 27. B 37. D
8. C 18. D 28. C 38. A
9. A 19. B 29. A 39. C
10. A 20. D 30. B 40. A

DISTRIBUTION:
A : 11
B : 12
C : 11
D : 11

Junior Senior DSE Syllabus

Topic
F1-F3 Syllabus Algebra Geometry Trigonometry Statistics
No. of
15 30 23 13 5 4
questions

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 Suggested Solutions
Section A
1. C  4 2020 2 4040 1
  2098
8 2046
2 6138
2
2. A x2  4  9y2  12y

 x 2  (9 y 2  12 y  4)
 x 2  (3 y  2)2
 ( x  3 y  2)( x  3 y  2)

3. D ax2 + b(x  1) + c  x2  2x + 3
ax2 + bx + (b + c)  x2  2x + 3
∴ a = 1, b = 2 and b + c = 3
i.e. a  b + c = a + (b + c) = 1 + 3 = 4
4. D f (x) = (2x  1)(4x2 + 1) + 1

 1    1     1  
2

The required remainder = f     2    1  4    1  1  3

 2    2     2  

5. C 1
 0.003 267 763
π5
= 0.003 27 (cor. to 5 d. p.)
6. B 1 x 1 x x
  or 1 
2 3 4 2 3
6  4x < 3 or 6 + 3x > 2x
 4x < 3 or x > 6
3
x or x > 6
4
∴ > 6
7. B 5 4
Note that y  x and z  x .
2 3

4
x x
xz 3 14
5 
yx xx 9
2

8. C Let x and y be the price of the blue ball pen and the price of the correction pen respectively.
Then we have
x(1 + 25%) = y
1.25x = y
y
x=
1.25
x = 0.8y
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 x = (1 − 20%)y
Thus, the price of the blue ball pen is 20% lower than the price of the correction pen.
9. A The coordinate of the vertex are (h, ‒k).
Thus, h > 0 and k > 0.
10. A kx
Let z  , where k is a non-zero constant.
y
Let x 0 , y 0 and z 0 be the initial values of x, y and z respectively.
If x is increased by 20% and y is decreased by 20%,
the percentage change of z
z  z0
  100%
z0

kx0 (1  20%) kx0


y0 (1  20%) y0
 kx0  100%
y0

kx0 kx0
1.5 
y0 y0
 kx0  100%  50%
y0

Thus, z is increased by 50%.

11. A The amount with compound interest
 $17000(1  3%)4
 19133.64977
The amount with simple interest
3
 $17000  $17000  4
100
 $19040
The difference
= $19134  $19040
= $94
12 C ∵ Slope of mx + y + 3 = 0 is less than 0.
y
∴ m < 0 i.e. m > 0  I is not true mx + y + 3 = 0 y = 2x  c
∵ y-intercept of mx + y + 3 = 0 is 3, and
y-intercept of y = 2x  c is c.
x
∴ c < 3 i.e. c > 3  III is true O
∵ 2  (m) = 1
1
∴ m <3=c  II is true
2
13 A Let the original length and width of the square both be 1 unit respectively.
The new length of the rectangle = 1.2 units

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 The new width of the rectangle = 0.8 units

Percentage change of the area =

14 D By observing the patterns, we know that

T(7) = 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 + 12 + 14 + 16
= (4 + 16) / 2 7
= 70
Alternative solution:
T(2) = T(1) + [2(1)+4] = 4 + 6 = 10,
T(3) = T(2) + [2(2)+4] = 10 + 8 = 18,
T(4) = T(3) + [2(3)+4] = 18 + 10 = 28,
T(5) = T(4) + [2(4)+4] = 28 + 12 = 40,
T(6) = T(5) + [2(5)+4] = 40 + 14 = 54,
T(7) = T(6) + [2(6)+4] = 54 + 16  70

15 B OA = 2, OB = 3 and OC = 4
90
∵ AC2 = (2 + 4)2 = 36, and 120 60

AB2 + BC2 = (22 + 32) + (32 + 42) = 38 150 30

A
∴ AC2  AB2 + BC2
i.e. ABC  90  I is not true 180 0
O 1 2 3 4
B
AB  22  32  13  3 2  II is not true 210 330
C
1 240 300
Area of ABC =  (2  4)  3  9  III is true 270
2
16 A Since AP = BP
Let (x, y) be a point on the locus of P.

∴ ( x  1) 2  ( y  2) 2  ( x  3)2  ( y  4) 2

i.e. x2  2x + 1 + y2 + 4y + 4 = x2 + 6x + 9 + y2  8y + 16
∴ 8x  12y + 20 = 0
i.e. 2x  3y + 5 = 0
17. C BE
cos b =
AB D
BE = ABcos b d
AF A F
sin d =
AD
AF = ADsin d
b
 BC = BE + AF B E C
= ABcos b + ADsin d

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18. D cos(180   ) 1

sin(180   ) tan(90   )
 cos  1
 
sin  1
tan 
cos  sin 
 
sin  cos 
 1

19. B Let OC = r cm.

Thus, OC = 10 cm.
20. D (n  2)  180  3960
n = 24
Size of each interior angle
3960 
=
24
= 165°
Number of diagonals
24 ( 24  3)
=
2
= 252
Size of each exterior angle
360
=
24
= 15°
 D is true.
21. D 11
2x2 + 2y2  8x  6y  11 = 0 i.e. x 2  y 2  4 x  3 y  0
2
2
3  3   11  47
Centre = (2, ) and radius = 2     
2
  C is not true
2 2  2  2
2
3 5 47
Distance between the origin and the centre = 22     
2 2 2
∴ the origin lies inside C  A is not true
When x = 0, 2y2  6y  11 = 0.  of “2y2  6y  11 = 0” = (6)2  4(2)(11) = 124 > 0
∴ C intersects the y-axis at two distinct points  B is not true
 47 
Circumference of C = 2    21.53767413 < 30  D is true
 2 
22 B Note that AB : DE : EC = 2 : 4 : 3.

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  ABF ~ CEF (AAA)
2
Area of ABF  AB 
 Area of CEF   CE 
 

 Area of ΔCEF
9
= 8   cm2 = 18 cm2
 4
Area of DEF DE

Area of  CEF EC

 4
Area of ΔDEF = 18  3  cm2 = 24 cm2
 

23. A Note that BAD + 87° = 180°.

So, we have (OAD + 56°) + 87° = 180°.
Thus, we have OAD = 37°.
Also note that ODA = OAD = 37°.
Hence, we have AOD = 180° – 37° – 37° = 106°

24. B ∵ kx  3 y  2k  0 and ( k  1) x  2 y  18  0 are perpendicular

k ( k  1)
∴   1
3 2
k2  k  6 = 0
k=3 or k = 2 (rejected as k > 0)
25. B 2x + 2y + 68 = 180 ( sum of ) A
x + y = 56
y y

AIB = 180  x  y ( sum of )

= 180  56 x I
= 124 x 68
B C
26. D y = 3 cos 2x
360
Period =  180
2
Minimum value = 3(1) = 3
27. B ∵ mode = 14 ∴ at least two values of x, y and z are 14. Let x = y = 14.
Arrange all the data exclude z in ascending order as follows:
12 14 14 14 20 21 26 26 28 30 30
∵ median = 23 ∴ 21 < z < 26
∴ 12 14 14 14 20 21 z 26 26 28 30 30
26  28 14  14
i.e. IQR =   27  14  13
2 2

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28. C 22  7
Required percentage = 100%  72.5%
5  22  7  5  1

29 A  and  are the roots of 3x2  3x + 4 = 0

  3 4
∴ += 1 0  I is true and  = 0  II is true
3 3
 4  5
2 + 2 = ( + )2  2 = 12  2    0  III is not true
3 3
30 B The table below shows the sum of the numbers obtained.
2nd dice
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1st dice

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Number of favourable outcomes  8
8
∴ P(a sum of 4 or 6) 
36
2

9

Section B
31 C 9x 2  6 x  1  (3 x  1) 2
18x 2  2  2(3 x  1)(3x  1)
27 x 3  1  (3x  1)(9 x 2  3x  1)

L.C.M. = 2(3x  1)(3x  1) (9 x  3x  1)

2 2

32. C 3 2
4
2 log x  1 log x  2
3(log x + 2) + 4(2log x  1)(log x + 2) = 2(2log x  1)
3log x + 6 + 4[2(log x)2 + 3log x  2] = 4log x  2
8(log x)2 + 15log x  2 = 4log x  2
8(log x)2 + 11log x = 0
11
∴ log x = 0 or
8
1 11 1
i.e log 0 or (as log   log x )
x 8 x
33. D F6AB16 + CDE16
= (15  163 + 6  162 + 10  161 + 11  160) + (12  162 + 13  161 + 14  160)
= 15  163 + 18  162 + 23  161 + 25
= 15  (24)3 + 2(9)  (24)2 + 393
= 15  212 + 9  29 + 393
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34. D Let M be the point on AC such that BM  AC and DM  AC. A
Area of ABC = area of ACD = 12 cm2.
∴ BM = DM = 4.8 cm 5 cm
4.8  4.8  (6 2)
2 2 2 D
E M
By cosine formula, cos BMD  .
2(4.8)(4.8)
∴ BMD = 124 (cor. to the nearest degree) B C
6 cm
35. B By Heron formula, area of ABC = 720 cm 2  12 5 cm2 A
Let r cm be the radius of the circle.
1 1 1
∴  7  r   8  r   9  r  12 5 F
2 2 2 D
2 12 5
i.e. r  5
7 89
B C
E
36 A Let P = 7x  8y + 9.
y
When (x, y) = (1, 2), 2x  y = 4
P = 7(1)  8(2) + 9 = 14. 5x  4y = 1
When (x, y) = (5, 6), x  2y = 5
P = 7(5)  8(6) + 9 = 22. (1, 2) (3, 4)
When (x, y) = (3, 4), x
P = 7(3)  8(4) + 9 = 2.
(5, 6)
Difference of the greatest and the least value
= 22  (14)
= 36
37. D 4 5
By sine formula,  A
sin ACB sin 50
∴ ACB  37.79481563  A is not true 4 cm
5 cm
BAC  180  50  37.79481563
 92.20518437 50
∴ C is not true while D is true B C
By cosine formula, BC  42  52  2(4)(5) cos BAC cm  6.522202777 cm
 B is not true
38. A u ai 3 a  i a  i a2 1
    
v 3 ai 3 3 9
2

u 33 1
When a = 3 3 ,  , which is not a rational number.
v 9

 I may not be true.

ai a 1
u   i
3 3 3

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 1 ai a 1
   i
v 3 3 3
 II is not true.
1 3 3 a i 3a 3
    2  2 i
u a  i a  i a  i a 1 a 1
3 3 ai 3a 3
v    2  2 i
a  i a  i a  i a 1 a 1
 Only III must be true.
39 C 5sin2  3sin  2  0
(5sin  2)(sin  1)  0
2
sin  or sin  1
5
2
For sin  , there are 2 roots.
5

For sin  1, the root is   270.

∴ There are 3 roots.
40. A Note that ACB  ABD  90.
So, we have  ACB ~  ABD.
AC AB
Thus, we have  .
AB AD

Hence, we have AB = 4 3 .

41. C The required probability = 1  P(3 balls are of different colour)

C 3  C12  C11 7
 1 1 6

C3 10
42. B The number of possible arrangements = 4  4!  6! = 69 120

43. C Let m be the mean of the examination scores.

72  m
∴ 2 i.e. m = 62
5
Let x be the examination score of Chris.
x  62
∴  0.6 i.e. x = 59
5
44. B Let P be the centre of the circle. Join OP, AP and BP.
Let r be the radius of the circle, then all the perpendicular distances from P to OA,
OB and AB are r. (tangent  radius)

AB = (15  0)  [0  (8)]  17
2 2

Area of OAB = Area of  OAP  Area of  OBP  Area of ABP

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(15)(8)  (15)r  (8)r  (17)r  r3
2 2 2 2
 The coordinates of P are (3, 3).

 The equation of the circle is ( x  3)  ( y  3)  9 .

2 2

y
8
The equation of the AB is y  x  8 .
15 A(15, 0)
x
O
( x  3) 2  ( y  3) 2  9 (1)
 b
 8 P
 y  x  8 (2)
15 a
T
Substituting (2) into (1),
8 B(0, 8)
( x  3) 2  ( x  5) 2  9
15
289 2 34
x  x  25  0
225 3
289x2  2550x  5625  0
(17 x  75) 2 0
75
x 
17
75 8  75  96
Substituting x  into (2), y     8    75 96 
17 15  17  17
T are  ,  .
 17 17 
 75 96 
 The coordinates of T are  ,  .
 17 17 

45. D New mean = (28 + 1)  2 = 58

New IQR = 15  2 = 30
New variance = 13  22 = 52

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