THE MCHK WESLEY COLLEGE

Second Test (2022-2023)

S2 Mathematics
Setter: YS Lam Time Allowed: 50 mins Date: 28/3/2023

Name of student： ( ) Class：2 Marks： / 100

Instructions:
1. All the answers should be written in the space provided.
2. Diagrams in the paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
3. For section A, write the letters in boxes provided. For section B, show all your working steps clearly.
Marks will be deducted for poor presentation of materials.
4. Give your answers correct to 3 significant figures if necessary.

Section A (36 marks)

Write the answers in the boxes provided below.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1. Which of the following points lies on the graph 3. Which of the following simultaneous equations
of the equation 5x  3y = 12? have an infinite number of solutions?
A. (1, 2) 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 2
A. {
B. (9, 5) 2𝑥 + 6𝑦 = 4
C. (6, 6) 𝑥+𝑦 =2
B. {
D. (2, 3) 𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3

3𝑥 − 𝑦 = −1
C. {
2. From the figure below, solve the simultaneous 3𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0
y  x  2 𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 6
equations:  D. {
3x  2 y  14  0 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3
y
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4 4. Ada’s mother is 35 years older than Ada. Five years
3 ago, Ada’s age is one-sixth of her mother’s age. Let
2 3x + 2y  14 = 0 x and y be the present age of Ada’s mother and Ada
y=x+2 6y  x = 2
1 [Link] one of the following is correct?
x
–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 5 𝑥 = 35 + 𝑦
–1 A. {
𝑥 − 5 = 6(𝑦 − 5)
–2
𝑥 − 𝑦 = 35
–3 B. {
6(𝑥 − 5) = 𝑦 − 5
A. x = 2, y = 0 𝑥 + 35 = 𝑦
C. {1
B. x = 2, y = 4 (𝑥 − 5) = 𝑦 − 5
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C. x = 4, y = 1 𝑥 = 𝑦 − 35
D. { 1
D. The simultaneous equations have no 𝑥 − 5 = 6 (𝑦 − 5)
solution.

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5. Which of the following must be correct? 9. In the figure, I, II and
I. 25  9  25  9 III are squares. If the
II. 25  9  25  9 areas of squares I and
III. 25  9  25  9 II are 3 cm2 and 4
A. II only cm2 respectively,
B. III only what is the area of
C. II and III only square III?
D. I, II and III A. 5 cm 2
B. 7 cm 2
C. 5 cm2
6. Which of the following must be correct? D. 7 cm2
I. 36  6
II. 3
82
10. The two frequency curves show the average
III. 3
 125  5
daily sleeping time (in hours) of two groups of
A. I only
people. Which of the following statements must
B. I and II only
be true?
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III

7. The figure shows a rectangle ABCD. Find its

perimeter.

24 cm

25 cm

A. Number of people in two groups are the

A. 62 cm
same.
B. 73 cm
B. People in group B sleep 1 hour more than
C. 85 cm
that in group A on average every day..
D. 98 cm
C. People in group B have more sleep than
That in group A on average.
8. Find the area of ABC in the figure. (Give your
D. People in group A sleep 7.3 hours on
answer correct to 3 significant figures if
average every day.
necessary.) A

A. 24.9 cm 2
7 cm
B. 25.0 cm 2
C. 25 cm 2 B
10 cm C
2
D. 30 cm

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11. The following cumulative frequency polygon 12. The diagram below shows the number of
shows the waiting time of customers for a seat mobile phones sold by the Clear Voice
in a restaurant at lunchtime of a day. Company from 2008 to 2011.
Waiting time of customers for a seat
in a restaurant at lunchtime of a day

50
Cumulative frequency

40

30

20

10

0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Based on the diagram above, Mr Chan concludes
Waiting time (min)
that the sales volume of the Clear Voice Company in
Find the number of customers whose waiting
time is between 4 min and 6 min. 2011 is 10 times the sales volume in 2008.
A. 14 Which of the following statements is the best reason
B. 26 that Mr Chan is misled by the above diagram?
C. 33 A. The number of mobile phones sold in other
D. 40 years is not shown.
B. The scales on the vertical axis are not
expressed in integers.
C. The areas of the figures in the diagram are
not proportional to the sales volumes.
D. The number of mobile phones sold by other
companies is not compared

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Section B (64 marks)
13. The following table shows the electricity consumptions (correct to the nearest 10 units) of
25 households last month.

(a) Fill the following table. (3 marks)

Electricity consumption (units) Class mark (units) Frequency

210 – 250 230 3
280 5
310 – 350 330
360 – 400 7
410 – 450 430 1

(b) Draw a frequency polygon to present the data. (6 marks)

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(c) Which class interval has the highest frequency? (1 mark)

(d) Find the percentage of the electricity consumptions higher than 350 units. (3 marks)

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14. The following cumulative frequency polygon shows the distribution of the capacities of the wine glasses
in a shop.
Capacities of the wine glasses in a shop
50

40
Cumulative frequency

30

20

10

0
200 210 220 230 240 250 260
Capacity (mL)

(a) How many wine glasses are there in the shop? (1 mark)

(b) Find the lower quartile of the capacities of the wine glasses. (2 marks)

(c) Vincent claims that more than 70% of the wine glasses had a capacity less than 225 mL.
Do you agree? Explain your answer. (4 marks)

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  y  2x  6
15. Solve the simultaneous equations  graphically. (6 marks)
y  6  x
y  2x  6 y 6x
x 0 5 x 0 6
y -6 0 y 3 0

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4 The solution of the simultaneous equations is
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2 ______________________________.
1
x
2 1O 1 2 3 4 5 6
1
2
3
4
5
6

2 x  y  7
16. The figure shows the graph of the simultaneous equations  . The two straight lines intersect
2 x  sy  19
at (t , 3) .

(a) By considering ‘(t , 3) is a point on the graph of 2 x  y  7 ’, find t. (2 marks)

(b) From the result of (a), find s. (2 marks)

(c) Determine whether (3,  5) is on the graph of 2 x  y  7 . (3 marks)

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17. Solve the simultaneous equations 3x – y + 7 = 2x + y – 2 = 0 by an algebraic method. (6 marks)

18. The total number of books owned by Amy and Billy is 84. If Amy buys 12 books from a book
store, the number of books owned by her will be 3 times that owned by Billy. Find the number
of books owned by Amy and Billy. (6 marks)

19. Find the unknown in the figure. (Leave your answer in surd form.) (3 marks)

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20. Refer to the figure.
(a) Prove that △PQR is a right-angled triangle. (5 marks)

(b) Find the length of QS. (3 marks)

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21. (a) Rationalize the denominators of . (3 marks)
√5

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(b) Hence, simplify − √80 + √45. (5 marks)
√5

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