STPM Mathematics M

STPM Mathematics S Past Year Questions
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Last Edited by December 23, 2012
Abstract
This is a document which shows all the STPM questions from year 2002 to year 2012 using L
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Students should use this document as reference and try all the questions if possible. Students are
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Contents
1 PAPER 1 QUESTIONS 2
STPM 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
STPM 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
STPM 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
STPM 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
STPM 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
STPM 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
STPM 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
STPM 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
STPM 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
STPM 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
STPM 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 PAPER 2 QUESTIONS 25
STPM 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
STPM 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
STPM 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
STPM 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
STPM 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
STPM 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
STPM 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
STPM 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
STPM 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
STPM 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
STPM 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
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PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong
1 PAPER 1 QUESTIONS
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PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong STPM 2002
STPM 2002
1. The function f is dened by
f : x
3x + 1, x R, x
1
3
.
Find f
1
and state its domain and range. [4 marks]
2. Given that y = e
x
cos x, nd
dy
dx
and
d
2
y
dx
2
when x = 0. [4 marks]
3. Determine the values of a, b, and c so that the matrix
_
_
2b 1 a
2
b
2
2a 1 a bc
b b +c 2c 1
_
_
is a symmetric matrix. [5 marks]
4. By using suitable substitution, nd
_
3x 1
x + 1
dx. [5 marks]
5. Determine the set of x such that the geometric series 1 + e
x
+ e
2x
+ . . . converges. Find the exact
value of x so that the series converges to 2. [6 marks]
6. Express
_
59 24
6 as p
2 +q
3 where p, q are integers. [7 marks]

7. Express
1
4k
2
1
as partial fraction. [4 marks]
Hence, nd a simple expression for S
n
=
n
k=1
1
4k
2
1
and nd lim
n
S
n
. [4 marks]
8. Given that PQRS is a parallelogram where P(0, 9), Q(2, 5), R(7, 0) and S(a, b) are points on the
plane. Find a and b. [4 marks]
Find the shortest distance from P to QR and the area of the parallelogram PQRS. [6 marks]
9. Find the point of intersection of the curves y = x
2
+3x and y = 2x
3
x
2
5x. Sketch on the same
coordinate system these two curves. [5 marks]
Calculate the area of the region bounded by the curve y = x
2
+3x and y = 2x
3
x
2
5x.[6 marks]
10. Matrices M and N are given as M=
_
_
10 4 9
15 4 14
5 1 6
_
_
, and N =
_
_
2 3 4
4 3 1
1 2 4
_
_
Find MN and deduce N
1
. [4 marks]
Products X, Y and Z are assembled from three components A, B and C according to dierent
proportions. Each product X consists of two components of A, four components of B, and one
component of C; each product of Y consists of three components of A, three components of B, and
two components of C; each product of Z consists of four components of A, one component of B, and
four components of C. A total of 750 components of A, 1000 components of B, and 500 components
3
of C are used. With x, y and z representing the number of products of X, Y , and Z assembled,
obtain a matrix equation representing the information given. [4 marks]
Hence, nd the number of products of X, Y , and Z assembled. [4 marks]
11. Show that polynomial 2x
3
9x
2
+ 3x + 4 has x 1 as factor. [2 marks]
Hence,
(a) nd all the real roots of 2x
6
9x
4
+ 3x
2
+ 4 = 0. [5 marks]
(b) determine the set of values of x so that 2x
3
9x
2
+ 3x + 4 < 12 12x. [6 marks]
12. Function f is dened by
f(x) =
2x
(x + 1)(x 2)
.
Show that f
(x) < 0 for all values of x in the domain of f. [5 marks]

Sketch the graph of y = f(x). Determine if f is a one to one function. Give reasons to your answer.
[6 marks]
Sketch the graph of y = |f(x)|. Explain how the number of the roots of the equation |f(x)| = k(x2)
depends on k. [4 marks]
4
STPM 2003
1. Show that 1 is the only one real root of the equation x
3
+ 3x
2
+ 5x + 3 = 0. [5 marks]
2. If y = ln
xy, nd the value of

dy
dx
when y = 1. [5 marks]
3. Using the substitution u = 3 + 2 sin , evaluate
_
6
0
cos
(3 + 2 sin )
2
d. [5 marks]
4. If (x +iy)
2
= i, nd all the real values of x and y. [6 marks]
5. Find the set of values of x such that 2 < x
3
2x
2
+x 2 < 0. [7 marks]
f(x) =
_
_
1 +e
x
, x < 1
3, x = 1
2 +e x, x > 1
(a) Find lim
x1
f(x) and lim

x1
+
f(x). Hence, determine whether f is continuous at x = 1. [4 marks]
(b) Sketch the graph of f. [3 marks]
7. The straight line l
1
which passes through the points A(4, 0) and B(2, 4) intersects the y-axis at the
point P. The straight line l
2
is perpendicular to l
1
and passes through B. If l
2
intersects the x-axis
and y-axis at the points Q and R respectively, show that PR : QR =
5 : 3. [8 marks]
8. Express
_
1 +x
1 + 2x
_1
2
as a series of ascending powers of x up to the term in x
3
. [6 marks]
By taking x =
1
30
, nd
62 correct to four decimal places. [3 marks]

9. The matrix A is given by A =
_
_
1 2 3
3 1 1
0 1 2
_
_
(a) Find the matrix B such that B = A
2
10I, where I is the 3 3 identity matrix. [3 marks]
(b) Find (A+I)B, and hence nd (A+I)
21
B. [6 marks]
10. The curve y =
a
2
x(b x), where a = 0, has a turning point at point (2, 1). Determine the values of
a and b. [4 marks]
Calculate the area of the region bounded by the x-axis and the curve. [4 marks]
Calculate the volume of the solid formed by revolving the region about the x-axis. [4 marks]
11. Sketch, on the same coordinate axes, the graphs y = e
x
and y =
2
1 +x
. Show that the equation
(1 +x)e
x
2 = 0 has a root in the interval [0, 1]. [7 marks]
Use the Newton-Raphson method with the initial estimate x
0
= 0.5 to estimate the root correct to
three decimal places. [6 marks]
5
12. Express u
r
=
2
r
2
+ 2r
in partial fractions. [3 marks]
Using the result obtained,
(a) show that u
2
r
=
1
r
+
1
r
2
+
1
r + 2
+
1
(r + 2)
2
, [2 marks]
(b) show that
n
r=1
u
r
=
3
2
1
n + 1
1
n + 2
and determine the values of
r=1
u
r
and
r=1
_
u
r+1
+
1
3
r
_
.
[9 marks]
6
STPM 2004
1. Show that
_
e
1
ln xdx = 1. [4 marks]
2. Expand (1 x)
1
2
in ascending powers of x up to the term in x
3
. Hence, nd the value of
7 correct
to ve decimal places. [5 marks]
3. Using the laws of the algebra of sets, show that, for any sets A and B,
(AB) (B A) = (A B) (A B)
[6 marks]
4. Matrix A is given by A =
_
_
3 3 4
5 4 1
1 2 3
_
_
.
Find the adjoint of A. Hence, nd A
1
. [6 marks]
f(x) =
_
_
_
x 1
x + 2
, 0 x < 2
ax
2
1, x 2
where a R. Find the value of a if lim
x2
f(x) exists. With this value of a, determine whether f is
continuous at x = 2. [6 marks]
6. The sum of the distance of the point P from the point (4,0) and the distance of P from the origin is
8 units. Show that the locus of P is the ellipse
(x 2)
2
16
+
y
2
12
= 1 and sketch the ellipse. [7 marks]
7. Sketch, on the same coordinate axes, the graphs of y = 2 x and y =
2 +
1
x
. [4 marks]
Hence, solve the inequality 2 x >
2 +
1
x
. [4 marks]
8. Using the sketch graphs of y = x
3
and x+y = 1, show that the equation x
3
+x1 = 0 has only one
real root and state the successive integers a and b such that the real root lies in the interval (a, b).
[4 marks]
Use the Newton-Raphson method to nd the real root correct to three decimal places. [5 marks]
9. The matrices P and Q, where PQ = QP, are given by
P =
_
_
2 2 0
0 0 2
a b c
_
_
and Q =
_
_
1 1 0
0 0 1
0 2 2
_
_
Determine the values of a, b and c. [5 marks]
Find the real numbers m and n for which P = mQ+nI, where I is the 3 3 identity matrix.[5 marks]
10. A curve is dened by the parametric equations x = 1 2t, y = 2 +
2
t
. Find the equation of the
7
normal to the curve at the point A(3, 4). [7 marks]
The normal to the curve at the point A cuts the curve again at point B. Find the coordinates of B.
[4 marks]
11. Sketch on the same coordinates axes, the line y =
1
2
x and the curve y
2
= x. Find the coordinates of
the points of intersection. [5 marks]
Find the area of region bounded by the line y =
1
2
x and the curve y
2
= x. [4 marks]
Find the volume of the solid formed when the region is rotated through 2 radians about the y-axis.
[4 marks]
12. Prove that the sum of the rst n terms of a geometric series a +ar +ar
2
+. . . is
a(1 r
n
)
1 r
[3 marks]
(a) The sum of the rst ve terms of a geometric series is 33 and the sum of the rst ten terms of
the geometric series is -1023. Find the common ratio and the rst term of the geometric series.
[5 marks]
(b) The sum of the rst n terms and the sum to innity of the geometric series 6 3 +
3
2
. . . are
S
n
and S
respectively. Determine the smallest value of n such that |S

n
S
| < 0.001.[7 marks]

8
STPM 2005
1. Using the laws of the algebra of sets, show that
(A B)
(A
B) = B
[4 marks]
2. If y =
cos x
x
, where x = 0, show that x
d
2
y
dx
2
+ 2
dy
dx
+xy = 0. [4 marks]
3. The point R divides the line joining the points P(3, 2) and Q(5, 8) in the ratio 3 : 4. Find the equation
of the line passing through R and perpendicular to PQ. [5 marks]
4. For the geometric series 7+3.5+1.75+0.875+..., nd the smallest value of n for which the dierence
between the sum of the rst n terms and the sum to innity is less than 0.01. [6 marks]
5. Find the solution set of inequality |x 2| <
1
x
where x = 0. [7 marks]
6. Find the perpendicular distance from the centre of the circle x
2
+y
2
8x+2y +8 = 0 to the straight
line 3x +4y = 28. Hence, nd the shortest distance between the circle and the straight line. [7 marks]
7. Sketch, on the same coordinate axes, the curves y = e
x
and y = 2 + 3e
x
. [2 marks]
Calculate the area of the region bounded by the y-axis and the curves. [6 marks]
8. A, B and C are square matrices such that BA = B
1
and ABC = (AB)
1
. Show that A
1
=
B
2
= C. [3 marks]
If B =
_
_
1 2 0
0 1 0
1 0 1
_
_
, nd C and A. [7 marks]
9. The complex numbers z
1
and z
2
satisfy the equation z
2
= 2 2
3i.
(a) Express z
1
and z
2
in the form a +bi, where a and b are real numbers. [6 marks]
(b) Represent z
1
and z
2
in an Argand diagram. [1 marks]
(c) For each of z
1
and z
2
, nd the modulus, and the argument in radians. [4 marks]
10. The functions f and g are given by
f(x) =
e
x
e
x
e
x
+e
x
and g(x) =
2
e
x
+e
x
(a) State the domains of f and g, [1 marks]
(b) Without using dierentiation, nd the range of f, [4 marks]
(c) Show that f(x)
2
+g(x)
2
= 1. Hence, nd the range of g. [6 marks]
11. Express f(x) =
x
2
x 1
(x + 2)(x 3)
in partial fractions. [5 marks]
Hence, obtain an expansion of f(x) in ascending powers of
1
x
up to the term in
1
x
3
. [6 marks]
9
Determine the set of values of x for which this expansion is valid. [2 marks]
12. Find the coordinates of the stationary point on the curve y = x
2
+
1
x
where x > 0; give the x-
coordinate and y-coordinate correct to three decimal places. Determine whether the stationary point
is a minimum point or a maximum point. [5 marks]
The x-coordinate of the point of intersection of the curves y = x
2
+
1
x
and y =
1
x
2
, where x > 0, is
p. Show that 0.5 < p < 1. Use the Newton-Raphson method to determine the value of p correct to
three decimal places and, hence, nd the point of intersection. [9 marks]
10
STPM 2006
1. If A, B and C are arbitrary sets, show that [(A B) (B C)] (A C)
= . [4 marks]
2. If x is so small that x
2
and higher powers of x may be neglected, show that
(1 x)
_
2 +
x
2
_
10
2
9
(2 7x).
[4 marks]
3. Determine the values of k such that the determinant of the matrix
_
_
k 1 3
2k + 1 3 2
0 k 2
_
_
is 0.[4 marks]
4. Using trapezium rule, with ve ordinates, evaluate
_
1
0
_
4 x
2
dx. [4 marks]
5. If y = xln(x + 1), nd an approximation for the increase in y when x increases by x.
Hence, estimate the value of ln 2.01 given that ln 2 = 0.6931. [6 marks]
6. Express
2x + 1
(x
2
+ 1)(2 x)
in the form
Ax +B
x
2
+ 1
+
C
2 x
where A, B and C are constants. [3 marks]
Hence, evaluate
_
1
0
2x + 1
(x
2
+ 1)(2 x)
dx. [4 marks]
7. The nth term of an arithmetic progression is T
n
, show that U
n
=
5
2
(2)
2(
10T
n
17
)
is the nth term of
a geometric progression. [4 marks]
If T
n
=
1
2
(17n 14), evaluate
n=1
U
n
. [4 marks]
8. Show that x
2
+ y
2
2ax 2by + c = 0 is the equation of the circle with centre (a, b) and radius
_
a
2
+b
2
c. [3 marks]
C
1
C
2
C
3
The above gure shows three circles C
1
, C
2
and C
3
touching one another, where their centres lie on a
straight line. If C
1
and C
2
have equations x
2
+y
2
10x4y +28 = 0 and x
2
+y
2
16x+4y +52 = 0
respectively. Find the equation of C
3
. [7 marks]
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9. Functions f, g and h are dened by
f : x
x
x + 1
; g : x
x + 2
x
; h : x 3 +
2
x
(a) State the domains of f and g. [2 marks]
(b) Find the composite function g f and state its domain and range. [5 marks]
(c) State the domain and range of h. [2 marks]
(d) State whether h = g f. Give a reason for your answer. [2 marks]
10. The polynomial p(x) = x
4
+ax
3
7x
2
4ax +b has a factor x + 3 and when divided by x 3, has
remainder 60. Find the values of a and b and factorise p(x) completely. [9 marks]
Using the substitution y =
1
x
, solve the equation 12y
4
8y
3
7y
2
+ 2y + 1 = 0. [3 marks]
11. If P =
_
_
5 2 3
1 4 3
3 1 2
_
_
, Q =
_
_
a 1 18
b 1 12
13 1 c
_
_
and PQ = 2I, where I is the 3 3 identity
matrix, determine the values of a, b and c. Hence nd P
1
. [8 marks]
Two groups of workers have their drinks at a stall. The rst group comprising ten workers have ve
cups of tea, two cups of coee and three glasses of fruit juice at a total cost of RM11.80. The second
group of six workers have three cups of tea, a cup of coee and two glasses of fruit juice at a total
cost of RM7.10. The cost of a cup of tea and three glasses of fruit juice is the same as the cost of
four cups of coee. If the costs of a cup of tea, a cup of coee and a glass of fruit juice are RM x,
RM y and RM z respectively, obtain a matrix equation to represent the above information. Hence
determine the cost of each drink. [6 marks]
12. The function f is dened by f(t) =
4e
kt
1
4e
kt
+ 1
where k is a positive constant, t > 0,
(a) Find the value of f(0) [1 marks]
(b) Show that f
(t) > 0 [5 marks]

(c) Show that k[1 f(t)
2
] = 2f
(t) and, hence, show that f
(t) < 0. [6 marks]

(d) Find lim
t
f(t). [2 marks]
(e) Sketch the graph of f. [2 marks]
12
STPM 2007
1. Express the innite recurring decimal 0.7
5 (= 0.7252525 . . . ) as a fraction in its lowest terms.[4 marks]

2. If y =
x
1 +x
2
, show that x
2
dy
dx
= (1 x
2
)y
2
. [[ marks]4
3. If log
a
_
x
a
2
_
= 3 log
a
2 log
a
(x 2a), express x in terms of a. [6 marks]
4. Simplify
(a)
(
3)
2
2(
7 +
3)
, [3 marks]
(b)
2(1 + 3i)
(1 3i)
2
, where i =
1. [3 marks]
5. The coordinates of the points P and Q are (x, y) and
_
x
x
2
+y
2
,
y
x
2
+y
2
_
respectively, where x = 0
and y = 0. If Q moves on a circle with centre (1, 1) and radius 3, show that the locus of P is also a
circle. Find the coordinates of the centre and radius of the circle. [6 marks]
6. Find
(a)
_
x
2
+x + 2
x
2
+ 2
dx, [3 marks]
(b)
_
x
e
x+1
dx. [4 marks]
7. Find the constants A, B, C and D such that
3x
2
+ 5x
(1 x
2
)(1 +x)
2
=
A
1 x
+
B
1 +x
+
C
(1 +x)
2
+
D
(1 +x)
3
.
[8 marks]
f(x) =
_
x + 1, 1 x < 1,
|x| 1, otherwise.
(a) Find lim
x1
f(x), lim
x1
+
f(x), lim
x1
f(x) and lim

x1
+
f(x). [4 marks]
(b) Determine whether f is continuous at x = 1 and x = 1. [4 marks]
9. The matrices A and B are given by
A =
_
_
1 2 1
3 1 4
0 1 2
_
_
, B =
_
_
35 19 18
27 13 45
3 12 5
_
_
.
Find the matrix A
2
B and deduce the inverse of A. [5 marks]
13
Hence, solve the system of linear equations
x 2y z = 8,
3x y 4z = 15,
y + 2z = 4.
[5 marks]
10. The gradient of the tangent to a curve at any point (x, y) is given by
dy
dx
=
3x 5
2
x
, where x > 0. If
the curve passes through the point (1, 4).
(a) nd the equation of the curve, [4 marks]
(b) sketch the curve, [2 marks]
(c) calculate the area of the region bounded by the curve and the x-axis. [5 marks]
11. Using the substitution y = x+
1
x
, express f(x) = x
3
4x6
4
x
+
1
x
3
as a polynomial in y. [3 marks]
Hence, nd all the real roots of the equation f(x) = 0. [10 marks]
12. Find the coordinates of the stationary points on the curve y =
x
3
x
2
1
and determine their nature.
[10 marks]
Sketch the curve. [4 marks]
Determine the number of real roots of the equation x
3
= k(x
2
1), where k R, when k varies.
[3 marks]
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STPM 2008
1. The function f and g are dened by
f : x
1
x
, x R \ {0};
g : x 2x 1, x R
Find f g and its domain. [4 marks]
2. Show that
_
3
2
(x 2)
2
x
2
dx =
5
3
+ 4 ln
_
2
3
_
. [4 marks]
3. Using denitions, show that, for any sets A, B and C,
A (B C) (A B) (A C)
[5 marks]
4. If z is a complex number such that |z| = 1, nd the real part of
1
1 z
. [6 marks]
5. The polynomial p(x) = 2x
3
+ 4x
2
+
1
2
x k has factor (x + 1).
(a) Find the value of k. [2 marks]
(b) Factorise p(x) completely. [4 marks]
6. If y =
sin x cos x
sin x + cos x
, show that
d
2
y
dx
2
= 2y
dy
dx
. [6 marks]
7. Matrix A is given by A =
_
_
1 0 0
1 1 0
1 2 1
_
_
.
(a) Show that A
2
= I, where I is the 3 3 identity matrix, and deduce A
1
. [4 marks]
(b) Find matrix B which satises BA =
_
_
1 4 3
0 2 1
1 0 2
_
_
. [4 marks]
8. The lines y = 2x and y = x intersect the curve y
2
+ 7xy = 18 at points A and B respectively, where
A and B lie in the rst quadrant.
(a) Find the coordinates of A and B. [4 marks]
(b) Calculate the perpendicular distance of A to OB, where O is the origin. [2 marks]
(c) Find the area of the OAB triangle. [3 marks]
9. Find the solution set of the inequality
4
x 1
> 3
3
x
. [10 marks]
10. Show that the gradient of the curve y =
x
x
2
1
is always decreasing. [3 marks]
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Determine the coordinates of the point of inexion of the curve, and state the intervals for which the
curve is concave upwards. [5 marks]
Sketch the curve. [3 marks]
11. Sketch, on the same coordinate axes, the curves y = 6 e
x
and y = 5e
x
, and nd the coordinates
of the points of intersection. [7 marks]
Calculate the area of the region bounded by the curves. [4 marks]
Calculate the volume of the solid formed when the region is rotated through 2 radians about the
x-axis. [5 marks]
12. At the beginning of this year, Mr. Liu and Miss Dora deposited RM10 000 and RM2000 respectively
in a bank. They receive an interest of 4% per annum. Mr Liu does not make any additional deposit
nor withdrawal, whereas, Miss Dora continues to deposit RM2000 at the beginning of each of the
subsequent years without any withdrawal.
(a) Calculate the total savings of Mr. Liu at the end of n-th year. [3 marks]
(b) Calculate the total savings of Miss Dora at the end of n-th year. [7 marks]
(c) Determine in which year the total savings of Miss Dora exceeds the total savings of Mr. Liu.
[5 marks]
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STPM 2009
1. Determine the set of values of x satisfying the inequality
x
x + 1

1
x + 1
. [4 marks]
2. Given x > 0 and f(x) =
x, nd lim
h0
f(x) f(x +h)
h
. [4 marks]
3. For the geometric series 6 + 3 +
3
2
+. . ., obtain the smallest value of n if the dierence between the
sum of the rst n + 4 terms and the sum of the rst n terms is less than
45
64
. [6 marks]
4. The line y +x+3 = 0 is a tangent to the curve y = px
2
+qx, where p = 0 at the point x = 1. Find
the values of p and q. [6 marks]
5. Given that
log
a
(3x 4a) + log
a
3x =
2
log
2
a
+ log
a
(1 2a),
where 0 < a <
1
2
, nd x. [7 marks]
6. Using an appropriate substitution, evaluate
_
1
0
x
2
(1 x)
1
3
dx. [7 marks]
7. The parametric equations of a straight line l are given by x = 4t 2 and y = 3 3t.
(a) Show that the point A(1,
3
4
) lies on line l, [2 marks]
(b) Find the Cartesian equation of line l, [2 marks]
(c) Given that line l cuts the x and y-axes at P and Q respectively, nd the ratio PA : AQ.[4 marks]
8. Find the values of x if y = |3 x| and 4y (x
2
9) = 24. [9 marks]
9. (a) The matrices P, Q and R are given by
P =
_
_
1 5 6
2 2 4
1 3 2
_
_
, Q =
_
_
13 50 33
1 6 5
7 20 15
_
_
, R =
_
_
4 7 13
1 5 1
2 1 11
_
_
.
Find the matrices PQ and PQR and hence, deduce (PQ)
1
. [5 marks]
(b) Using the result in (a), solve the system of linear equations
6x + 10y + 8z = 4500
x 2y + z = 0
x + 2y + 3z = 1080
. [5 marks]
10. A curve is dened by the parametric equations
x = t
2
t
and y = 2t +
1
t
where t = 0.
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(a) Show that
dy
dx
= 2
5
t
2
+ 2
, and hence, deduce that
1
2
<
dy
dx
< 2. [8 marks]
(b) Find the coordinates of points when
dy
dx
=
1
3
. [3 marks]
11. Given a curve y = x
2
4 and straight line y = x 2,
(a) sketch, on the same coordinates axes, the curve and the straight line, [2 marks]
(b) determine the coordinate of their points of intersection, [2 marks]
(c) calculate the area of the region R bounded by the curve and the straight line, [4 marks]
(d) nd the volume of the solid formed when R is rotated through 360
about the x-axis. [5 marks]

4
ax
3
bx
2
+ 28x + 12, where a and b are real constants, has factors
(x + 2) and (x 2).
(a) Find the values of a and b, and hence, factorise p(x) completely. [7 marks]
(b) Give that p(x) = (2x3)[q(x) 41+3x
3
], nd q(x), and determine its range when x [2, 10].
[8 marks]
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STPM 2010
1. Solve the following simultaneous equations:
log
3
(xy) = 5 and log
9
_
x
2
y
_
= 2.
[4 marks]
2. Given that u =
1
2
(e
x
+e
x
), where x > 0 and y = f(u) is a dierentiable function f. If
dy
du
=
1
u
2
1
,
show that
dy
dx
= 1. [5 marks]
3. Determine the set of values of x such that the geometric series e
x
+ e
2x
+ e
3x
+ . . . converges.
Find the exact value of x if the sum to innity of the series is 3. [6 marks]
4. Given that f(x) = xln x, where x > 0. Find f
(x), and hence, determine the value of

_
2e
e
ln xdx.
[6 marks]
5. Let AB denotes a set of elements which belongs to set A, but does not belong to set B. Without
using Venn diagram, show that AB = A B
. [3 marks]
Hence, prove that (A B
) (B C) = B
(AC). [4 marks]
6. The graph of a function f is as follows:
(a) State the domain and range of f. [2 marks]
(b) State whether f is a one-to-one function or not. Give a reason for your answer. [2 marks]
(c) Determine whether f is continuous or not at x = 1. Give a reason for your answer. [3 marks]
4
7x
3
+ 5x
2
+ ax + b, where a and b are real constants, is divisible by
2x
2
+x 1.
(a) Find a and b. [4 marks]
(b) For these values of a and b, determine the set of values of x such that p(x) 0. [4 marks]
8. Given f(x) =
x
3
3x 4
(x 1)(x
2
+ 1)
,
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(a) nd the constants A, B, C and D such that f(x) = A+
B
x 1
+
Cx +D
x
2
+ 1
, [5 marks]
(b) when x is suciently small such that x
4
and higher powers can be neglected, show that f(x)
4 + 7x + 3x
2
x
3
. [4 marks]
9. Sketch, on the same coordinate axes, the graphs y = e
x
and y =
4
2 x
. Show that the equation
x + 4e
x
= 2 has a root in the interval [-1,0]. [6 marks]
Estimate the root correct to three decimal places by using Newton-Raphson method with initial
estimate x
0
= 0.4. [5 marks]
10. A circle C
1
passes through the points (-6, 0), (2, 0) and (-2, 8).
(a) Find the equation of C
1
. [4 marks]
(b) Determine the coordinates of the centre and the radius of C
1
. [2 marks]
(c) If C
2
is the circle (x 4)
2
+ (y 11)
2
= 25,
i. nd the distance between the centres of the two circles, [2 marks]
ii. nd the coordinates of the point of intersection of C
1
with C
2
. [3 marks]
11. The functions f and g are dened by
f : x x
3
3x + 2, x R.
g : x x 1, x R.
(a) Find h(x) = (f g)(x), and determine the coordinates of the stationary points of h. [5 marks]
(b) Sketch the graph of y = h(x). [2 marks]
(c) On a separate diagram, sketch the graph of y =
1
h(x)
. [3 marks]
Hence, determine the set of values of k such that the equation
1
h(x)
= k has
i. one root, [1 marks]
ii. two roots, [1 marks]
iii. three roots. [1 marks]
12. Matrix P is given by P =
_
_
1 2 1
2 1 3
2 1 1
_
_
.
(a) Find the determinant and adjoint of P. Hence, nd P
1
. [6 marks]
(b) A factory assembles three types of toys Q, R and S. The total time taken to assemble one unit
of R and one unit of S exceeds the time taken to assemble two units of Q by 8 minutes. One
unit of Q, two units of R and one unit of S take 31 minutes to be assembled. The time taken
to assemble two units of Q, one unit of R and three units of S is 48 minutes.
If x, y and z represent the time, in minutes, taken to assemble each unit of toys Q, R and S
respectively,
i. write a system of linear equations to represent the above information, [2 marks]
ii. using the results in (a), determine the time taken to assemble each type of toy. [5 marks]
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STPM 2011
1. Solve the equation ln x + ln(x + 2) = 1. [4 marks]
2. Show that
n
r=1
r
2
+r 1
r
2
+r
=
n
2
n + 1
. [4 marks]
3. Use the substitution u = ln x, evaluate
_
e
1
(x + 1) ln x
x
2
dx. [6 marks]
4. Find the set of values of x satisfying the inequality 2x 1 |x + 1|. [6 marks]
5. Given that y is dierentiable and y
x = sin x, where x = 0. Using implicit dierentiation, show that

x
2
d
2
y
dx
2
+x
dy
dx
+
_
x
2
1
4
_
y = 0.
[6 marks]
6. The lines l
1
: y = mx +a and l
2
: y =
1
m
x +b, where m = O and b > a > 0, intersect at R.
(a) Find the coordinates of R in terms of a, b and m. [2 marks]
(b) The line l
1
cuts the y-axis at P and the line l
2
cuts the x-axis at Q. If m = 1, nd, in terms
of a and b, the perpendicular distance from R to line PQ, and determine the area of triangle
PQR. [5 marks]
7. The complex number z is such that z 2z
3 3i, where z
denotes the conjugate of z.

(a) Express z in the form a +bi, where a and b are real numbers. [3 marks]
(b) Find the modulus and argument of z. [3 marks]
(c) Represent z and its conjugate in an Argand diagram. [3 marks]
8. Dierentiate e
x
2
with respect to x.
Hence, determine integers a, b and c for which
_
2
1
x
3
e
x
2
dx =
a
b
e
c
.
[9 marks]
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9. Functions f and g are dened by
f : x
x
2x 1
for x =
1
2
;
g : x ax
2
+bx +c, where a, b and c are constants.
(a) Find f f, and hence, determine the inverse function of f. [4 marks]
(b) Find the values of a, b and c if g f(x) =
3x
2
+ 4x 1
(2x 1)
2
. [4 marks]
(c) Given that p(x) = x
2
2, express h(x) =
x
2
2
2x
2
5
in terms of f and p. [2 marks]
10. A and B are two matrices such that
A =
_
_
4 3 6
2 2 4
2 2 3
_
_
and A
2
B =
_
_
2 6 0
2 0 4
0 4 2
_
_
.
(a) Find the determinant and adjoint of A. Hence, determine A
1
. [6 marks]
(b) Using A
1
obtained in (a), nd B. [4 marks]
11. The polynomial p(x) = ax
3
+bx
2
4x +3, where a and b are constants, has a factor (x +1). When
p(x) is divided by (x 2), it leaves a remainder of 9.
(a) Find the values of a and b, and hence, factorise p(x) completely. [6 marks]
(b) Find the set of values of x which satises
p(x)
x 3
0. [4 marks]
(c) By completing square, nd the minimum value of
p(x)
x 3
, x = 3, and the value of x at which it
occurs. [4 marks]
f(x) =
ln 2x
x
2
, where x > 0.
(a) State all asymptotes of f. [2 marks]
(b) Find the stationary point of f, and determine its nature. [6 marks]
(c) Obtain the intervals, where
i. f is concave upwards, and
ii. f is concave downwards.
Hence, determine the coordinates of the point of inexion. [6 marks]
(d) Sketch the graph y = f(x). [2 marks]
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STPM 2012
1. The sum of the rst n terms of a progression 3n
2
. Determine the n-th term of the progression, and
hence, deduce thetype of progression. [4 marks]
2. Given that y = (2x)
2x
, nd
dy
dx
in terms of x. [4 marks]
3. Dierentiate tan x with respect to x, and hence, show that
_
3
0
xsec
2
xdx =

3
ln 2.
[6 marks]
4. Given that 2 x x
2
is a factor of p(x) = ax
3
x
2
+bx 2. Find the values of a and b. Hence, nd
the set of values of x for which p(x) is negative. [6 marks]
5. Matrix A is given by
A =
_
_
1 x 1
1 1 0
1 0 0
_
_
and A
2
= A
1
. Determine the value of x. [7 marks]
6. Functions f and g f are dened by f(x) = e
x+2
and (g f)(x) =
x, for all x 0.
(a) Find the function g, and state its domain. [5 marks]
(b) Determine the value of (f g)(e
3
). [2 marks]
7. Solve the simultaneous equations log
9
_
x
y
_
=
3
4
and (log
3
x)(log
3
y) = 1. [8 marks]
8. Express in partial fractions
3
(3r 1)(3r + 2)
.
[4 marks]
Show that
n
r=1
3
(3r 1)(3r + 2)
=
1
2

1
(3n + 2)
,
[2 marks]
and hence, nd
r=1
1
(3r 1)(3r + 2)
.
[2 marks]
f(x) =
e
x
1 +x
2
, where x R,
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(a) Show that
f
(x) =
e
x
(x
2
+x + 1)
(1 +x)
3
2
.
[3 marks]
(b) Show that f is a decreasing function. [4 marks]
(c) Sketch the graph of f. [2 marks]
f : x x
2
x, for x
1
2
.
(a) Find f
1
, and state its domain. [4 marks]
(b) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of graph f and f
1
. [3 marks]
(c) Sketch, on the same coordinates axes, the graph of f and f
1
. [3 marks]
11. A straight line 2x +y = 1 intersects an ellipse 4x
2
+y
2
= 5 at points A and B.
(a) Find the coordinates of points A and B. [4 marks]
(b) The tangent to the ellipse at points A and B intersect at a point C. Find the coordinates of
point C. [7 marks]
(c) Find the shortest distance from point C to the line AB. [4 marks]
12. Given that z
2
=
2i
(1 + 3i)
2
.
(a) Find the real and imaginary parts of z
2
. Hence, obtain z
1
and z
2
which satisfy the above
equation. [10 marks]
(b) Given that z
1
and z
3
are roots of 5x
2
+ax +b = 0, where a and b are integers.
i. Find the values of a and b. [3 marks]
ii. Determine z
3
and deduce the relationship between z
1
and z
3
. [3 marks]
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PAPER 2 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong
2 PAPER 2 QUESTIONS
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STPM 2002
1. The discrete random variable X can only take the values 1, 3, 5 and 9, with probabilities: P(X=1)=0.2,
P(X=3)=0.3, P(X=5)=0.4, and P(X=9)=0.1. Find E(X) and Var(X). [4 marks]
2. The number of hand phones that are sold in a week by 15 representatives in a town is as follows:
5 10 8 7 25 12 5 14 11 10 21 9 8 11 18
(a) Find the median, lower quartile, and upper quartile for this distribution. [2 marks]
(b) Draw a box plot to represent the data. [3 marks]
3. In a university, 48% of the students are females and 17.5% of the students are taking business
programs. 4.7% of the university students are female students who study business programs. A
student is selected randomly. Events A and B are dened as follows:
A: A female student of the university is selected.
B: A student of the university, who studies the business program is selected.
(a) Determine whether A and B are mutually exclusive and whether A and B are independent.
[3 marks]
(b) Find P(A|B). [2 marks]
4. The height of a certain type of mustard is distributed normally with mean 21.5 cm and variance 90
cm
2
. A random sample of size 10 is taken.
(a) State the distribution of the sample mean with its mean and variance. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the sample mean is located between 18 cm and 24 cm. [3 marks]
5. The following table indicates the price and the quantity sold in a year for three types of drink in a
district.
Drink
Year 1997 Year 1998 Year 1999
Price Quantity Price Quantity Price Quantity
(sen) (thousand cans) (sen) (thousand cans) (sen) (thousand cans)
Tea 80 15 120 12 160 10
Coee 150 3 170 3 180 4
Chocolate 220 1 230 3 240 5
Using 1997 as the base year, calculate
(a) Weighted price indices for years 1998 and 1999 with base year quantities as the weights.[3 marks]
(b) Weighted quantity indices for years 1998 and 1999 with base year prices as the weights.[3 marks]
6. The following table indicates the I.Q. levels of eight pairs of fathers and eldest children, in an I.Q.
test.
I.Q. level of father 90 98 102 103 104 105 110 114
I.Q. level of eldest child 100 95 114 116 98 99 112 106
Find the Pearsons correlation coecient for the above data. Explain the result that you obtained.
[7 marks]
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7. The table below shows the number of students for a certain program according to terms in a college
from 1998 to 2001.
Year
Number of students
First term Second term Third term
1998 20 32 62
1999 21 42 75
2000 23 39 77
2001 27 39 92
(a) Calculate the three-terms moving averages for the data above. [2 marks]
(b) Plot the actual data and the moving averages on the same axes. [4 marks]
(c) Give a summary regarding the basic trend and the seasonal variation. [2 marks]
8. In a survey of 500 motorists on a certain highway, it is found that 120 of them have exceeded the
speed limit.
(a) Obtain a 95% condence interval for the proportion of motorists who have exceeded the speed
limit on the highway. [5 marks]
(b) Determine the smallest sample size which should be surveyed so that the error of estimation is
not more than 0.04 at the 90% condence level. [5 marks]
9. The following table indicates the age, x years and the price, RMy 10
3
, for eight cars of the same
model in a second-hand car shop.
x 2 8 3 9 6 5 6 3
y 100 15 72 16 36 34 30 68
(a) Find the equation of the regression line y on x in the form y = a+bx, where a and b is accurate
to two decimal places. [7 marks]
(b) Explain the value a and b that you obtained. [2 marks]
(c) Estimate the price of a car of the same model of age 7 years. [2 marks]
10. A project on setting up a student-registration system of a college involves seven activities. The
activities and their duration times (in days) are listed as follows:
Activity Preceding Activities Duration (in days)
A - 4
B - 2
C - 3
D A 8
E B 6
F C 3
G D, E 4
(a) Draw a network diagram for the project. [3 marks]
(b) Determine the minimum duration for the project to be completed. [5 marks]
(c) Calculate the total oat for each activity and state the critical path of the project. [3 marks]
11. The frequency distribution of the nal examination marks for statistics course at an institute of
higher learning is as follows.
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Marks Number of students
10-29 6
30-39 7
40-49 12
50-59 19
60-69 15
70-79 13
80-99 8
(a) Plot a histogram for the above data. [3 marks]
(b) Plot a cumulative frequency curve. Hence, estimate the median, semi-quartile range, and the
percentage of students who obtained 45 to 70 marks. [10 marks]
12. A factory produces two types of products, A and B. Each unit of product A requires 2 labour hours
and 1 machine hour, whereas each unit of product B requires 2 labour hours and 4 machine hours.
There are not more than 120 labour hours and not more than 96 machine hours available in the
factory each day. The factory also decided that the number of units of product B produced each day
should not be more than 60% of the total daily production of both products A and B. The prot for
each unit of A is RM120 and each unit of B is RM200. The factory intends to maximize the total
prot each day.
Formulate the problem as a linear programming problem. [6 marks]
By using graphical method, determine the number of units of product A and product B that should
be produced daily in order to maximize the total prot, and nd the maximum total daily prot.
[9 marks]
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STPM 2003
1. The mean and standard deviation of the sleeping period of a sample of 100 students chosen at random
in a school are 7.15 hours and 1.10 hours respectively.
(a) Estimate the mean and standard deviation of the sleeping period of all the students in the
school. [3 marks]
(b) Estimate the standard error of the mean. [1 marks]
2. The marketing manager of a car trading company wishes to predict the delivery period, y months, of
a car model based on the number of accessories, x, chosen by customers. The following table shows
the results obtained from a random sample of 10 cars booked by customers.
x 3 4 4 7 7 8 9 11 12 12
y 25 32 26 38 34 41 39 46 44 51
(a) Plot a scatter diagram for the above data. [2 marks]
(b) Comment on the relationship between x and y. [2 marks]
3. The time taken by 50 customers to browse through books in a bookshop is shown in the histogram
below.
(a) State the modal class. [1 marks]
(b) Calculate the mean time taken by the customers to browse through books in the bookshop.
[2 marks]
(c) If 25% of the customers take more than x minutes to browse through books in the bookshop,
determine the value of x. [3 marks]
4. The probability distribution of a random variable X is given by P(X = 0) = P(X = 2) = 3k, P(X=
l)=P(X=3)=2k,and P(X 4)=0.
(a) Find the value of k. [2 marks]
(b) If Y = 2X + 3, nd the probability distribution of Y , and hence nd the expected value of Y .
[4 marks]
5. Let Pearsons correlation coecient between variables x and y for a random sample be r.
(a) What does r measure? [1 marks]
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(b) State the range of the possible values of r. [1 marks]
(c) What is the eect of change in the unit of measurement of either variable on the value of r?
[1 marks]
A sample of ten data points may be summarised as follows:
(x x)
2
= 600.1,
(y y)
2
= 444.4,
(x x)(y y) = 466.2.
Calculate Pearsons correlation coecient between x and y. Comment on your answer. [3 marks]
6. The following table, based on a survey, shows the numbers of male and female viewers who prefer
either documentary or drama programmes on television.
Documentary Drama
Male 96 24
Female 45 85
A television viewer involved in the survey is selected at random. A is the event that a female viewer
is selected, and B is the event that a viewer prefers documentary programmes.
(a) Find P(A B) and P(A B). [4 marks]
(b) Determine whether A and B are independent and whether A and B are mutually exclusive.
[3 marks]
7. The table below shows the prices of sh and the quantities of it bought by a housewife at a market
in the rst week of January and September of 2000.
Fish
January September
Price Quantity Price Quantity
(RM per kg) (kg) (RM per kg) (kg)
Parang 11.00 2 12.00 1
Tenggiri 12.00 2 13.00 2
Bawal Putih 10.00 2 a 1
Kembung 8.00 3 10.00 2
Selar Kuning 4.00 5 5.00 6
(a) If the simple aggregate price index increases by 20% from January to September, determine the
value of a. [3 marks]
(b) Calculate the Laspeyres price index, and comment on the housewifes change in expenditure on
sh. [3 marks]
(c) Calculate the Paasche quantity index, and comment on the housewifes change in expenditure
on sh. [3 marks]
8. Three companies X, Y , and Z oer taxi services in a town. The percentages of residents in the
town using the taxi services from companies X, Y and Z are 40%, 50%, and 10% respectively. The
probabilities of taxis from companies X, Y , and Z being late are 0.09, 0.06, and 0.20 respectively. A
taxi is booked at random. Find the probability that
(a) the taxi is from company X and is not late, [4 marks]
(b) the taxi is from company Y given that it is late. [6 marks]
9. A training programme for young managers involves seven activities. The activities and the duration
for each activity are shown in the table below.
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Activity Preceding activities Duration (days)
A - 2
B - 5
C - 1
D B 10
E A, D 3
F C 6
G E, F 8
(a) Draw the network diagram for the training programme. [3 marks]
(b) Determine the critical activities, and nd the minimum time needed to complete the training
programme. [8 marks]
10. The time taken by the customers of a company to settle invoices is normally distributed with mean
20 days and standard deviation 5 days. A discount is given for every invoice which is settled in less
than 12 days.
(a) Find the probability that an invoice is settled in less than 12 days. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that an invoice is settled in 18 to 26 days. [3 marks]
(c) Determine, out of 200 invoices, the expected number of invoices which are given discounts.
[2 marks]
(d) Find the probability that at most 2 out of 10 invoices are given discounts. [4 marks]
11. A manufacturer of wooden furniture produces two types of furniture: chairs and tables. Two machines
are used in the production: a jigsaw and a lathe. Each chair requires 1 hour on the jigsaw and 1 hour
on the lathe, whereas each table requires 1 hour on the jigsaw and 2 hours on the lathe. The jigsaw
and lathe can operate 10 hours and 12 hours per day respectively. The prot made is RM27.00 on a
chair and RM48.00 on a table. The daily prot is to be maximised.
(a) Formulate the problem as a linear programming problem. [4 marks]
(b) Using the simplex method, nd the maximum daily prot and the numbers of chairs and tables
made which give this prot. [9 marks]
12. A survey carried out by a manufacturer of decorative lamps nds that 136 out of 400 shops sell the
decorative lamps at prices less than the recommended prices.
(a) Find the 90% symmetric condence interval for the proportion of shops selling the decorative
lamps at prices less than the recommended prices. [5 marks]
(b) Determine the smallest sample size required so that the estimated proportion of shops selling
the decorative lamps at prices less than the recommended prices is within 2% of the actual
proportion at the 90% condence level. [5 marks]
(c) Calculate the probability that more than 60% of a random sample of 500 shops sell the decorative
lamps at prices less than the recommended prices. [3 marks]
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STPM 2004
1. According to a survey conducted in a company on job satisfaction, salary and pension benets are two
important issues. It is found that 74% of the employees are of the opinion that salary is important
whereas 65% think that pension benets are important. Among those who think that pension benets
are important, 60% think that salary is also important. Determine the percentage of employees who
are of the opinion that salary and pension benets are important. [3 marks]
2. A factory receives its supply of raw materials in packages. The mass of each package is normally
distributed with mean 300 kg and standard deviation 5 kg. A random sample of four packages is
selected. Find the probability that the mean mass of the sample lies between 292 kg and 296 kg.
[4 marks]
3. The table below shows the marks for the mid-semester examination, x, and the marks for the nal
semester examination, y, of 10 students.
x 70 58 81 66 85 92 54 93 75 65
y 85 66 78 76 93 81 65 95 80 70
(a) Plot a scatter diagram of the above data. [2 marks]
(b) What conclusion can be made from your scatter diagram? [2 marks]
4. The stemplot below shows the driving experience (in thousand km) of 15 express bus drivers.
0 3 6 9
1 2 8 5 1 0 5
2 5 1 6
3 8
4 1
5
6 2
Key: 62 means 62 000 km
(a) Find the median, the rst quartile and the third quartile. [2 marks]
(b) Draw a boxplot to represent the data. [3 marks]
5. A courier service company claims that 95% of the letters sent using its service reach their destinations
within a day. If six letters are randomly chosen, nd
(a) the probability that at least two letters take more than a day to reach their destinations,[4 marks]
(b) the mean and variance of the number of letters that reach their destinations within a day.[2 marks]
6. The following table shows the annual incomes (RM x 10
3
) and the amounts of insurance purchased
(RM y 10
3
) for seven persons.
x 50 64 35 58 45 34 74
y 185 231 165 193 213 160 198
Calculate the Pearson correlation coecient of the above data. [6 marks]
7. The following table shows the activities involved in a particular project.
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Activity Preceding activities Duration (days) Earliest start Latest start
A - 5 0 5
B - 1 0 5
C B 2 1 7
D A, C 4 5 11
E A 6 5 11
F D, E 3 11 14
(a) Draw an activity network for the project. [3 marks]
(b) Calculate the total oat and free oat of each activity. Hence, determine the critical path of the
project. [7 marks]
8. The ages of 75 persons under the age of 50 years are shown in the table below.
Age at last birthday (in years) 0 - 9 10 - 14 15 - 19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 - 49
Number of persons 3 6 15 25 16 10
(a) Calculate the mode and the median. [4 marks]
(b) Calculate the percentage of persons whose ages are between 18 and 35 years. [6 marks]
9. The letters in the word BANANA are to be rearranged. A word can be considered formed without
being meaningful. The events R, S and T are dened as follows.
R: The word starts and ends with an A.
S: All the Ns in the word are kept together.
T: All the As in the word are kept together.
(a) Find P(R), P(S) and P(T). [5 marks]
(b) Find P(R S), P(R S), P(R T) and P(R T). [5 marks]
10. A telecommunications company wants to estimate the proportion of customers who require an addi-
tional line. A random sample of 500 customers is taken and it is found that 135 customers require
an additional line.
(a) Obtain the 99% symmetric condence interval for the proportion of customers who require an
additional line. Interpret the condence interval obtained. [6 marks]
(b) If the company wants to estimate the proportion of customers who require an additional line at
a dierent location, determine the smallest sample size required so that the error of estimation
does not exceed 0.03 at the 95% condence level. [5 marks]
11. A chocolate manufacturer produces two types of chocolate bars of orange and strawberry avours.
It costs RM0.22 to produce a 10 g orange-avoured chocolate bar which is sold at RM0.35, whereas
it costs RM0.40 to produce a 15 g strawberry-avoured chocolate bar which is sold at RM0.55. The
manufacturer has 426 kg of chocolate in stock. A minimum of 10 000 orange-avoured chocolate bars
and 12 000 strawberry-avoured chocolate bars have to be produced. The number of strawberry-
avoured chocolate bars produced has to be more than that of orange-avoured chocolate bars.
(a) Formulate a linear programming model that can be used to determine the number of chocolate
bars of each avour that should be produced in order to maximise total prot. [6 marks]
(b) Show the feasible region and hence solve the linear programming problem using the graphical
method. [9 marks]
12. The table below shows the quarterly gas consumption (in thousand cubic metres) of a factory from
the year 1999 to 2002.
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Year
Gas consumption
Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4
1999 87 68 62 82
2000 86 70 60 81
2001 83 72 59 82
2002 90 70 64 84
(a) Plot the time series and comment on the appropriateness of a linear trend. [4 marks]
(b) Calculate the centred four-quarter moving averages for this times series. [4 marks]
(c) Calculate the seasonal variations using an additive model. [4 marks]
(d) Forecast the gas consumption for the rst quarter of the year 2003. [4 marks]
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STPM 2005
1. Find the median and the interquartile range of the following numbers.
21 8 17 22 19 10 29 6 6 21 20 12 18 25
[3 marks]
2. The values of x and y for a set of bivariate data are given in the table below.
x 21.8 22.2 22.3 22.3 22.5 22.6 23.3 23.6
y 16.6 16.7 16.4 16.5 16.8 17.0 16.8 17.1
Plot the data on a scatter diagram and state the relationship between x and y. [3 marks]
3. The time taken by year 1 pupils of a school to complete a task is normally distributed with mean
and standard deviation 5.1 minutes.
(a) Given that 97.5% of the pupils require less than 40 minutes to complete the task, nd the value
of . [3 marks]
(b) Find the probability that a pupil chosen at random takes more than 35 minutes to complete the
task. [2 marks]
4. A study is conducted to assess the impact of the size of a store, x (in m
2
) on daily sales, y (in
RM). A random sample of six stores is taken from several shopping centres. The data obtained are
summarised as follows.
x = 24400,
y = 28368,
(x x)(y y) = 6780,
(x x)
2
= 186333,
(y y)
2
= 130110.
Calculate the coecient of determination. Comment on your answer. [3 marks]
The study also assesses the impact of the size of a shopping centre on daily sales and nds that the
coecient of determination is 0.674. State whether the size of a store or the size of a shopping centre
is more suitable to be used to predict daily sales. Give a reason for your answer. [2 marks]
5. A marketing research rm believes that 40% of the subscribers of a magazine will participate in a
competition held by the magazine. A preliminary survey of 100 subscribers is conducted to nd out
their participation in the competition.
(a) Determine the sampling distribution of the proportion of the subscribers who will participate in
the competition, stating its mean and variance. [3 marks]
(b) Find the probability that at least 30% of the subscribers will participate in the competition.
[3 marks]
6. The table below shows the prices and quantities of vegetables sold in a day at a market in November
and December 2003.
Type of vegetables
November 2003 December 2003
Price Quantity Price Quantity
(RM per kg) (kg) (RM per kg) (kg)
Spinach 3.00 250 4.00 200
Water spinach 2.00 130 3.00 150
Cabbage 6.00 50 5.00 100
Red chilli 10.00 20 8.00 20
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(a) Taking November 2003 as the base period, calculate
i. a simple aggregate price index for December 2003, [2 marks]
ii. a weighted price index for December 2003. [2 marks]
(b) Which of the two price indices in (a) is more suitable to measure the changes in prices of the
vegetables? Based on your answer, comment on the changes in prices of the vegetables from
November 2003 to December 2003. [2 marks]
7. The number of requests, X, received by a company to deliver pianos in a day is a discrete random
variable having probability distribution function
P(X = x) =
_
_
2k
2
, x = 0, 3,
kx, x = 1, 2,
0, otherwise.
(a) Determine the value of the constant k and construct a probability distribution table for X.
[4 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the company receives at least two requests in a day. [2 marks]
(c) Find the expected number of requests per day. [2 marks]
8. The probability that an employee of a company is late for work is 0.15 in any working day and 0.35
if it rains. The probability that it rains is 0.24. Calculate
(a) the probability that it rains and the employee is late, [2 marks]
(b) the probability that it rains if the employee is late, [2 marks]
(c) the probability that the employee is late on at least 2 out of 5 consecutive working days.[4 marks]
9. A company produces two types of lamps, A and B, which are made of three types of materials: iron
frame, electrical component and plastic component. Each lamp A requires 1 unit of iron frame, 2
units of electrical components and 3 units of plastic components, whereas each lamp B requires 3
units of iron frames, 2 units of electrical components and 1 unit of plastic component. The company
has 300 000 units of iron frames, 300 000 units of electrical components and 400 000 units of plastic
components in stock. The prots made from each lamp A and lamp B are RM15.00 and RM20.00
respectively.
(a) Formulate a linear programming problem to maximise prot within the constraints. [4 marks]
(b) Using the graphical method, determine the number of lamp A and the number of lamp B which
give the maximum prot and nd this maximum prot. [8 marks]
10. An advertising rm conducted a survey on television viewing habits in urban and rural areas. The
table below shows the number of hours per week spent watching television by 20 persons in urban
areas and 18 persons in rural areas.
Urban Rural
35 35 36 38 45 16 48 31
34 34 45 30 47 24 50 32
29 39 40 40 40 48 34 42
26 40 31 35 40 34 40 44
47 43 36 35 25 8
(a) Construct a suitable stemplot for each of the above data set. [3 marks]
(b) Comment on the skewness of the two distributions. [2 marks]
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(c) Calculate the mean and the standard deviation of the number of hours spent watching television
for each area. [6 marks]
(d) Compare the dispersion of the two distributions. [1 marks]
11. The following table shows the activities, their preceding activities and their durations for a project.
Activity Preceding activities Durations (weeks)
A - 7
B A 3
C A 3
D B, C 4
E B 5
F A 3
G D, E, F 6
(b) Construct a table which shows the earliest start time, earliest nish time, latest start time, latest
nish time, total oat, free oat and independent oat for each activity. [7 marks]
(c) Determine the critical path and the minimum time required to complete the project. [2 marks]
(d) If the duration of activity D has to be extended to 8 weeks, determine the number of weeks the
project will be delayed. [3 marks]
12. The following table shows the quarterly amounts of mileage claims (in thousand RM) made by
employees of a company from year 2001 to year 2003.
Year
Amount of mileage claims (in thousand RM)
2001 300 455 560 590
2002 314 470 570 610
2003 420 480 600 620
(a) Plot the above data as a time series. [2 marks]
(b) Find the equation of the trend line using the method of least squares. [6 marks]
(c) Calculate the centered four-quarter moving averages. [3 marks]
(d) Calculate the average seasonal variation for each quarter using a multiplicative model. [3 marks]
(e) Forecast the amount of mileage claims made by employees of the company for the rst quarter
of year 2004. [3 marks]
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STPM 2006
1. The ages of patients visiting a clinic on a particular day are as follows.
18 18 20 30 26 28 18
19 20 8 19 21 43 19
21 51 20 19 20 22 20
19 20 19 64 19 18 19
21 62 19 20 22 19 23
(a) Construct an ordered stemplot to display the above data. [2 marks]
(b) State a measure of central location that best describes the data. Give a reason for your answer.
[2 marks]
2. A teacher, 3 male students and 2 female students line up for a photograph.
(a) Find the number of dierent arrangements if the teacher stands at the end of the line. [2 marks]
(b) Find the number of dierent arrangements if all the male students stand together. [2 marks]
3. The table below shows the average daily wage and the number of workers for three job categories in
a factory for the years 2000 and 2003.
Year
Operator Clerk Supervisor
Wage Number of Wage Number of Wage Number of
(RM) workers (RM) workers (RM) workers
2000 15.50 65 17.00 24 21.50 10
2003 19.00 95 22.50 28 28.50 15
Taking 2000 as the base year, calculate
(a) the Laspeyres index for the average wage in year 2003, [2 marks]
(b) the Paasche index for the number of workers in year 2003. [2 marks]
4. The time taken by a manager to travel from his home to his workplace is normally distributed with
mean 45 minutes and standard deviation 3 minutes. Determine the time when the manager has to
leave his house so that he is 95% condent of arriving at the workplace by 8:00 am. [5 marks]
5. The probability distribution of a random variable X is as shown in the table below.
x 0 1 2 3 4
P(X = x) p
5
21
10
21
5
21
p
(a) Determine the value of p. [2 marks]
(b) Calculate the mean and variance of X. [5 marks]
6. The time series plot of the number of houses sold through an entrepreneur scheme from the rst
quarter of year 2000 to the fourth quarter of year 2003 is shown below.
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(a) Give comments on the time series plot. [2 marks]
(b) The table below shows the number of houses sold for each quarter and the centred moving
averages.
Year Quarter Number of houses Centred moving average
2000
1 112
2 118
3 155 120.875
4 95 122.750
2001
1 119 125.375
2 126 128.875
3 168 132.000
4 110 133.250
2002
1 129 135.000
2 126 139.875
3 182 143.875
4 135 147.125
2003
1 136 151.125
2 145 155.625
3 195
4 158
Using an additive model, calculate the adjusted seasonal variation for each of the four quarters.
[2 marks]
7. The amounts of purchase and the modes of payment of 300 customers of a supermarket are shown
in the following table.
Amount of Mode of payment
purchase Cash Credit card
Less than RM50 50 25
RM50 or more 75 150
A customer is selected at random from this group of customers.
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(a) Find the probability that the payment is made by cash. [1 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the amount of purchase is less than RM50 and the payment is made
by cash. [1 marks]
(c) If the amount of purchase is at least RM50, nd the probability that the payment is made by
cash. [1 marks]
(d) Find the probability that the amount of purchase is less than RM50 given that the payment is
made by cash. [1 marks]
(e) State, with a reason, whether the events the amount of purchase is less than RM50 and the
payment is made by cash are mutually exclusive. [2 marks]
(f) State, with a reason, whether the events the amount of purchase is less than RM50 and the
payment is made by cash are independent. [2 marks]
8. The lifespan of a type of tyre is normally distributed with mean 70000 km and standard deviation
10 000 km.
(a) Determine the probability that a randomly chosen tyre has a lifespan of less than 80 000 km.
[2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the mean lifespan of 10 randomly chosen tyres is more than 68 000
km but less than 75 000 km. [4 marks]
(c) Determine the minimum number of tyres to be chosen so that the standard error does not exceed
3500 km at the symmetric 99% condence interval. [4 marks]
9. The following table shows the activities, their durations and their preceding activities for a project.
Activity Duration (weeks) Preceding activities
A 2 -
B 1 -
C 3 A
D 2 B
E 3 C, D
F 2 E
G 1 F
(b) Construct a table showing the earliest start time, earliest nish time, latest start time and latest
nish time for each activity. Hence, determine the critical activities and nd the minimum time
needed to complete the project. [8 marks]
(c) If the durations for activities C and D are each reduced by a week, determine whether the
project can be completed within 10 weeks. [2 marks]
10. Eight pairs of values obtained from random observations on two variables x and y are (4, 63), (2,
89), (5, 58), (3, 73), (4, 72), (5, 48), (3, 75) and (2, 84).
(a) Plot these values on a scatter diagram. [2 marks]
(b) State, with a reason, whether the scatter diagram in (a) displays a positive or a negative corre-
lation. [2 marks]
(c) Obtain the equation of the regression line of y on x in the form y = a + bx, where a and b are
given to three decimal places. [6 marks]
(d) Estimate the value of y corresponding to x = 4.5. [2 marks]
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11. A computer manufacturing company produces three types of computer: home desktop, business
desktop and notebook. Each type of computer needs to pass through three processes: assembling,
testing and packaging. The prots for a home desktop, a business desktop and a notebook are RM200,
RM350 and RM450 respectively. The table below shows the number of hours required to produce a
home desktop, a business desktop and a notebook and the number of man-hours available per week.
Process
Number of hours required Number of man-hours
Home desktop Business desktop Notebook available per week
Assembling 5 6 8 400
Testing 10 12 12 648
Packaging 2 4 2 60
(a) Formulate the problem as a linear programming problem. [4 marks]
(b) Using the simplex method, nd the number of each type of computer to be produced to maximise
the weekly prot and nd this maximum prot. [9 marks]
12. The table below shows the duration, in seconds, taken by 100 workers to nish a task.
Duration (x seconds) Number of workers
0 < x 100 2
100 < x 200 10
200 < x 250 20
250 < x 300 26
300 < x 350 24
350 < x 400 10
400 < x 500 8
(a) Calculate an estimate of the mean. [2 marks]
(b) Plot a histogram for the above data. Hence, estimate the mode. [5 marks]
(c) Plot a relative cumulative frequency curve for the above data. Hence, determine the median
and the percentage of workers who nish the task in more than 270 seconds. [7 marks]
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STPM 2007
1. A random sample of 10 supermarkets is selected from a metropolitan area. Diagram (i) shows the
relationship between the ratings of the supermarkets in the quality of merchandise and customers
preference. Diagram (ii) shows the relationship between the ratings of the supermarkets in the price of
merchandise and customers preference. The ratings are based on a certain scale, with larger numbers
indicating higher ratings.
(a) Name the above diagrams. [1 marks]
(b) Comment on the relationship shown in each of the diagrams. Between quality and price, which
has a stronger relationship to customers preference? [3 marks]
2. A study on 100 visitors to a book fair shows that 60 visitors have seen the advertisement about the
fair. Out of 40 visitors who make purchases, 30 have seen the advertisement. Find the probability
that a visitor who has not seen the advertisement makes a purchase. [4 marks]
3. In a country, one person in 20 is left-handed. Find the probability that, in a random sample of 20
persons, at least three will be left-handed. [5 marks]
4. A random variable X is normally distributed with mean and variance 25. Find the least value of
for which P(X 500) > 0.9. [5 marks]
5. The taris and the numbers of chalets rented by tourists at a resort for the years 2004 and 2006 are
given in the following table.
Type of chalet
Tari (RM per day) Number of chalets rented
2004 2006 2004 2006
A 150 160 400 200
B 180 200 320 380
C 200 220 80 200
D 250 260 50 100
(a) Taking 2004 as the base year, calculate the price index for the year 2006 with the quantity for
the current year as the weight. [2 marks]
(b) Taking 2004 as the base year, calculate the quantity index for the year 2006 with the price for
the current year as the weight. [2 marks]
(c) Which index gives a better picture of the change in the number of tourists at the resort? Give
a reason. [2 marks]
6. The table below shows the number of new current account holders in certain branch of a bank from
year 1991 to 2006.
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Year Number of account holders
1991 21
1992 23
1993 17
1994 20
1995 15
1996 18
1997 15
1998 10
1999 15
2000 11
2001 16
2002 11
2003 16
2004 15
2005 20
2006 21
(a) Plot the data as a time series. [3 marks]
(b) Comment on the trend of the time series. [1 marks]
(c) State whether it is appropriate to use the linear regression method to forecast the number of
new current account holders. Give a reason. [2 marks]
7. The following table shows the age distribution of drivers who are at fault in accidents during a
one-month period in a country.
Age (years) Number of drivers
18-25 20
26-35 24
36-45 14
46-55 18
56-65 18
66-80 26
(a) Draw a histogram for the data. [3 marks]
(b) Estimate the mean and standard deviation of the ages of the drivers. [5 marks]
8. A market survey is conducted at a number of shopping complexes. A random sample of 1250 shoppers
are asked whether they consume vitamins and 83% of them say Yes.
(a) Obtain a symmetric 95% condence interval for the proportion of shoppers who say Yes and
interpret this condence interval. [6 marks]
(b) Explain why an interval estimate is more informative than a point estimate. [2 marks]
9. The following table shows the activities for a project and their preceding activities and duration.
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Activity Preceding activities Duration (weeks)
A - 11
B - 5
C A 9
D B 6
E B 8
F E 6
G C, D, F 8
H E, G 7
I H 9
(b) Construct a table showing the duration, earliest start time, latest nish time and total oat for
each activity. Hence, determine the critical path and the minimum duration of the project.
[9 marks]
10. The marks for 26 students in a test are as follows:
22 90 13 43 59 52 32 40 58 68 76 53 37
22 51 83 11 32 43 34 73 81 65 62 38 45
(a) Construct a stemplot to represent the data. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that a randomly selected student has a mark between 53 and 65, inclusively.
[3 marks]
(c) Determine the interquartile range. [4 marks]
(d) Draw a boxplot to represent the data. [3 marks]
11. The amount of chlorine Y , in parts per million, in the water in a swimming pool at time X, in hours,
after treatment are given in the table below.
x 2 4 6 8 10
y 1.8 1.8 1.4 1.1 0.9
(a) Find the equation of the least squares regression line of Y on X. Interpret the regression coecient
obtained. [7 marks]
(b) Determine the proportion of the change in the amount of chlorine that is explained by the time
after treatment. [3 marks]
(c) Estimate the amount of chlorine in the water ve hours after treatment. [2 marks]
(d) State whether it is appropriate to estimate the amount of chlorine in the water fteen hours
after treatment. Give a reason. [2 marks]
12. A factory produces two types of batteries A and B. Every unit of battery A requires 2 hours of
assembly and 1 hour of testing, whereas every unit of battery B requires 2.5 hours of assembly and
1.5 hours of testing. The factory has at most 500 hours of assembly per week and at most 300 hours of
testing per week. It is specied that the number of battery B produced per week exceeds the number
of battery A produced per week and that the number of battery A produced per week exceeds 50
units. The prots for battery A and battery B are RM80 and RM90 per unit respectively.
(a) Formulate the above problem as a linear programming problem to maximise the prot.[6 marks]
(b) Using the graphical method, determine the number of battery A and the number of battery B
that should be produced per week and nd the maximum prot per week. [10 marks]
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STPM 2008
1. Eight persons are invited to be seated in the front row of eight seats to watch a concert. If two of
them have to sit next to each other, nd the number of dierent ways in which this can be done.
[3 marks]
2. The time taken by 128 workers to complete a task is summarised in the table below.
Time (minutes) Number of works
40-44 6
45-49 14
50-54 23
55-59 42
60-64 30
65-74 13
Plot a cumulative frequency curve for the data. [3 marks]
Hence, estimate the number of workers who take more than 66 minutes to complete the task.[2 marks]
3. Two variables x and y are linearly related by the equation y = a + bx. Six pairs of values obtained
from random observations on the variables are summarised as follows:
x = 136,
y = 7650,
xy = 187350,
x
2
= 3344.
Find the values of a and b correct to two decimal places. [5 marks]
4. A researcher wishes to estimate the number of vehicles that pass by a location.
(a) According to a previous study, the standard deviation of the number of vehicles passing by the
location per day is 245. Calculate the number of days required so that he is 99% condent that
the estimate is within 100 vehicles of the true mean. [3 marks]
(b) The standard deviation of the number of vehicles is actually 356. Based on the sample size
obtained in (a), determine the condence level for the estimate to be within 100 vehicles of the
true mean. [3 marks]
5. A random variable X has a binomial distribution with parameters n and p.
(a) Given that E(X) = 6 and Var(X) =
12
5
, determine the values of n and p. [4 marks]
(b) Calculate P(X = 5). [3 marks]
6. In a country, 78% of consumers are in favour of government control over prices. A random sample of
400 consumers is selected.
(a) Find the mean and standard deviation of the distribution of the sample proportion. [3 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the sample proportion is at least 5% lower than the population pro-
portion. [4 marks]
7. The table below shows the prices and the total sales of three grades of eggs for the month of January
in 2000 and 2005.
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Grade
January 2000 January 2005
Price Total sale Price Total sale
(RM per dozen) (RM 000) (RM per dozen) (RM 000)
A 1.80 180 2.60 780
B 1.50 300 2.00 600
C 1.20 240 1.20 120
Taking 2000 as the base year, calculate the Laspeyres and the Paasche price indices for the year 2005.
[6 marks]
Explain why one index is higher than the other. [2 marks]
8. The distribution of the selling prices of 80 houses in a city is shown below.
Selling price (RM 000) Number of houses
120- 8
150- 23
180- 17
210- 18
240- 8
270- 4
300- 1
330- 1
360- 0
The interval 120-, for example, means RM 120 000 selling price < RM 150 000.
(a) Construct a histogram for the data above. [3 marks]
(b) State the most appropriate measure of location to describe the selling prices. Give a reason.
[2 marks]
(c) Calculate the measure that you have selected in (b), and interpret your answer. [4 marks]
9. A student applies for two scholarships S and T to further study. The probability that he is oered
scholarship S is 0.4. If he is oered scholarship S, the probability of him being oered scholarship T
is 0.2. If he is not oered scholarship S, the probability of him being oered scholarship T is 0.7.
(a) Find the probability that he is oered both scholarships. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that he is oered only one scholarship. [5 marks]
(c) State, with a reason, whether the events he is oered scholarship S and he is oered scholarship
T are mutually exclusive. [2 marks]
10. The following table shows the activities for a project and their preceding activities and duration.
Activity Preceding activities Durations (weeks)
A - 3
B - 4
C A 2
D B, C 5
E B 2
F D, E 3
(a) Draw an activity network for the project showing the earliest start time and the latest start
time for each activity. [7 marks]
(b) State the critical activities of the project and the minimum time required to complete the project.
[2 marks]
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(c) If the duration of activity E has to be extended for a week, determine whether the project will
be delayed. [3 marks]
11. A factory assembles three models of chairs using six components. The following table shows the
number of units of components needed for each model and the total units of components available
per week.
Component
Number of units of components Total units of components
Model P Model Q Model R available per week
Type 1 seat 1 0 0 500
Type 2 seat 0 1 1 1000
Chair frame 1 1 1 1000
Chair leg 4 4 4 4000
Type 1 backrest 1 1 0 1000
Type 2 backrest 0 0 1 500
The prots for models P, Q and R are RM35, RM40 and RM50 per unit respectively. The manager
of the factory wishes to determine the number of chairs of each model to be produced per week in
order to maximise the total prot.
(a) If x
1
, x
2
, and x
3
represent the numbers of chairs of models P, Q and R respectively, formulate
a linear programming model to determine the number of chairs of each model that should be
produced per week in order to maximise the total prot. [5 marks]
(b) Construct the initial tableau for the linear programming problem. [4 marks]
(c) Based on the nal tableau given below, state the number of chairs of each model that should
be produced per week in order to maximise the total prot, and calculate the maximum total
prot. [4 marks]
Basic x
1
x
2
x
3
s
1
s
2
s
3
s
4
s
5
s
6
Solution
s
1
0 0 0 1 1 -1 0 0 0 500
x
2
0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 500
x
1
1 0 0 0 -1 1 0 0 0 0
s
4
0 0 0 0 0 -4 1 0 0 0
s
5
0 0 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 500
x
3
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 500
12. The table below shows the quarterly prots of a company from year 2005 to year 2007.
Year
Prot (RM 000)
2005 23 45 69 52
2006 29 44 81 51
2007 31 49 97 63
(a) Plot the above data as a time series. [3 marks]
(b) Given that the trend line is Y = 35.42 + 2.68t, where Y is the prot in period t with t = 1 for
quarter 1 of the year 2005. Using an additive model, calculate the adjusted quarterly seasonal
variations. [8 marks]
(c) Interpret the seasonal variations for quarters 1 and 3. [2 marks]
(d) Forecast the prot for quarter 1 of year 2008. [3 marks]
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STPM 2009
1. The duration of telephone calls made by 175 individuals at a call center on a particular day is shown
in the table below:
Duration (minutes) Frequency
1-7 15
8-14 32
15-21 34
22-28 22
29-35 16
36-42 12
43-49 9
50-56 5
(a) Construct a histogram to display the data. [2 marks]
(b) i. Draw a frequency polygon on the histogram in (a). [1 marks]
ii. Comment on the skewness of the distribution obtained. [1 marks]
2. On the average, a button making machine is known to produce 6% defective buttons. A random
sample of 100 buttons is inspected and if eight or more buttons are found to be defective, the
operation of the machine will be stopped.
(a) State the sampling distribution for the sample proportion of defective buttons. [1 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the operation of the machine will be stopped. [3 marks]
3. A rice dispenser is capable of lling up a cup of rice with an average weight of 130 g. Given that the
weight of the rice is normally distributed with a standard deviation of 6 g.
(a) Find the percentage number of cups of rice that weigh more than 140g. [3 marks]
(b) If a cup can hold a maximum of 150 g of rice, nd the probability that an overow occurs.
[3 marks]
4. A study is conducted to determine the correlation between the distance to school X (in kilometer),
students travelling time Y (in minutes) and age of a student Z (in years). The data obtained are
given in the table below.
x 1 3 5 5 7 7 8 10 10 12
y 5 10 15 20 15 25 20 25 35 35
z 13 18 13 15 19 14 17 19 15 17
(a) Plot scatter diagrams to show the relationship between
i. travelling time and distance, [2 marks]
ii. travelling time and age. [2 marks]
(b) Based on the scatter diagrams in (a), which variable has a stronger linear relationship with
travelling time? Give a reason for your answer. [2 marks]
5. A survey was carried out among mothers in Town A and Town B on the issue whether pupils should
be allowed to bring handphones to school. The data obtained are shown in the table below.
Agree Neutral Disagree
Town A 100 50 50
Town B 20 60 120
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(a) Find the probability that a mother agrees if she is from Town A. [2 marks]
(b) Determine whether
i. the events Town B and disagree are independent, [4 marks]
ii. the events Town A and disagree are mutually exclusive. [1 marks]
6. The prices of three beverages and the average number of cups consumed by an individual per week
in a town for the years 1998 and 2008 are shown in the table below.
Beverage
1998 2008
Price Number of Price Number of
(RM per cup) cups (RM per cup) cups
Tea 0.60 10 1.00 18
Coee 0.70 13 1.20 7
Chocolate 0.80 3 1.50 10
(a) Taking 1998 as the base year,
i. calculate the simple aggregate price index for the year 2008, [2 marks]
ii. comment on the changes in the prices of beverages from 1998 to 2008. [1 marks]
(b) Taking 1998 as the base year and the number of cup for the year 1998 as the weight,
i. calculate the weighted aggregate price index for the year 2008. [2 marks]
ii. comment on the changes in the prices of beverages from 1998 to 2008. [1 marks]
(c) State one advantage of the weighted aggregate price index over the simple aggregate price index.
[1 marks]
7. The probability distribution of the number of cars owned by households in a city is as follows:
x 0 1 2 3
P(X = x) 0.02 m n 0.07
Given that the mean number of cars owned is 1.38.
(a) Determine the values of m and n. [4 marks]
(b) Calculate the variance of X. [3 marks]
(c) Find the probability that a randomly chosen household owns at least two cars. [2 marks]
8. The number of pens x (in thousand) produced by a factory and the total cost of production y (in
thousand RM) for 20 consecutive days are recorded. The results obtained ate summarised as follows:
x = 176.00,
y = 400.00,
x
2
= 1780.00,
y
2
= 8150.00,
xy = 3700.20.
(a) Calculate the Pearson correlation coecient between the number of pens produced and the total
cost. Interpret your answer. [5 marks]
(b) Find the equation of the least squares regression line of the total cost on the number of pens
produced. Interpret the slope of the regression line. [4 marks]
9. A company wishes to develop a theme park on a 120-acre land. The major activities of the project
are listed in the table below.
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Activity Duration (month) Preceding activities
A Project application and approval 10 -
B Project design 6 A
C Project design approval 3 B
D Land clearing 2 A
E Machinery and equipment purchase 6 C
F Building construction 8 C, D
G Landscaping 6 C, D
H Park construction 10 C, D
I Testing 3 E, F, G, H
J Opening ceremony 1 I
(b) i. List all the possible paths of the project and their corresponding total duration. [4 marks]
ii. Determine the critical path. [1 marks]
iii. Find the minimum time required to complete the project. [1 marks]
10. A random sample of 200 students of a university is selected and it is found that 120 of them stay in
university hostels.
(a) Estimate the proportion of the students who stay in the hostels and determine the standard
error. [3 marks]
(b) Construct a 95% condence interval for the proportion of the students who stay in hostels, and
interpret your answer. [4 marks]
(c) What is the eect on the condence interval if the condence level is increased from 95% to
99%? [3 marks]
11. The number of luxury cars sold for each quarter y by a company and their coded quarters x for a
duration of four years are shown in the table below.
Year Quarter Coded quarter (x) Number of cars (y)
2005
1 1 10
2 2 14
3 3 11
4 4 21
2006
1 5 11
2 6 16
3 7 10
4 8 22
2007
1 9 14
2 10 18
3 11 13
4 12 22
2008
1 13 13
2 14 16
3 15 9
4 16 25
(b) Comment on the pattern of the time series that you have plotted in (a). [1 marks]
(c) Given that the equation of the trend line is T = 0.325x +12.550. Using an additive model, nd
the adjusted seasonal variation for each of the four quarters. Write down your answers correct
to three decimal places. [5 marks]
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(d) Hence, predict the number of luxury cars sold for the fourth quarter of 2009. [4 marks]
12. An electronics company manufactures LCD televisions of models P and Q. Each unit of model P
requires 3.5 hours of production time, 1 hour of assembly time and 1 hour of packaging time. Each
unit of model Q requires 8 hours of production time, 1.5 hours of assembly time and 1 hour of
packaging time. The maximum available resources for each process in a day is as follows:
Process Resource available per day (hours)
Production 280
Assembly 60
Packaging 50
The manager of the company wishes to maximise prot. Each unit of P yields a prot of RM400
while each unit of Q yields a prot of RM800. Due to high demand, the company has to produce at
least 10 units of each model per day.
(a) If x and y represent the quantities of models P and Q produced each day respectively, formulate
the problem as a linear programming problem. [5 marks]
(b) Plot a graph for the above problem, and shade the feasible region. [7 marks]
(c) Using the graph that you have plotted in (b),
i. determine the quantity of the daily production for each model which gives the maximum
prot, [1 marks]
ii. nd the daily maximum prot.
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STPM 2010
1. A company has 400 employees of whom 240 are females. There are 57 female employees with degree
qualications and 85 male employees with non-degree qualications.
(a) Find the probability that a randomly chosen employee has a degree qualication. [1 marks]
(b) Find the probability that a randomly chosen employee has a degree qualication given that the
employee is a female. [2 marks]
(c) Determine whether the events an employee has a degree qualication and an employee is a
female are independent. [2 marks]
2. Three types of rice A, B and C are sold in a country. The selling price of a 10kg bag of rice and the
number of bags of rice sold in the years 2007 and 2008 are given as follows.
Type of rice
Price Number of bags of rice
(RM per bag) (million)
2007 2008 2007 2008
A 19.50 25.00 11 13
B 23.00 32.50 17 20
C 30.50 40.00 14 12
Using 2007 as the base year, calculate
(a) a simple aggregate quantity index for the year 2008, [2 marks]
(b) the Paasche price index for the year 2008. Interpret your answer. [3 marks]
3. Five per cent of credit card holders of a bank do not pay their monthly bills on time. A random
sample of 10 credit card holders is taken.
(a) Find the probability that at least one card holder do not pay his/her bills on time. [4 marks]
(b) State the modal number of card holders who do not pay their monthly bills on time. Give a
reason for your answer. [2 marks]
4. A census conducted in a school shows that the total hours per week pupils spent watching television
has a mean of 16.87 hours and a standard deviation of 5 hours. If a random sample of 100 pupils is
taken, nd
(a) the probability that the sample mean is within
3
4
hour of the population mean, [4 marks]
(b) the probability that the sample mean is more than 17 hours. [2 marks]
5. Let Pearsons correlation coecient between variables x and y for a random sample be r.
(a) i. What does r measure? [1 marks]
ii. State the range of the possible values of r and what it means when r = 0. [2 marks]
(b) A sample of 10 data points may be summarised as follows:
(x x)
2
= 2534,
(y y)
2
= 1497.6,
(x x)(y y) = 1382.
Calculate Pearsons correlation coecient between x and y. Comment on your answer. [3 marks]
6. The time series plot of the number of holiday packages sold by a company for every 4-month period
from 2006 to 2009 is shown below.
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(a) Comment on the pattern of the time series. [1 marks]
(b) The number of holiday packages sold for each 4-month period and the moving averages are
shown in the table below.
Year 4-month period Number of holiday packages sold Moving average
2006
1 103
2 221 282.000
3 522 285.667
2007
1 114 319.333
2 322 363.333
3 654 370.333
2008
1 135 360.667
2 293 368.000
3 676 379.667
2009
1 170 380.000
2 294 430.667
3 828
Using a multiplicative model, calculate the adjusted seasonal variation for each 4-month period.
[5 marks]
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7. A chemical company produces two types of organic fertilisers at its factory. Three types of raw
materials P, Q and R are mixed to produce Type X and Type Y fertilisers. Each ton of Type X
fertiliser is a mixture of 0.4 ton of P and 0.6 ton of R, while each ton of Type Y fertiliser is a mixture
of 0.5 ton of P, 0.2 ton of Q and 0.3 ton of R. The prot yields for each ton of Type X and Type Y
fertilisers are RM400 and RM300 respectively. The quantities of raw materials useable per week are
shown in the following table.
Raw material Quantity of material useable per week (tons)
P 20
Q 5
R 21
(a) If x and y represent the quantities, in tons, of Type X and Type Y fertilisers produced each
week, formulate a linear programming model that can be used in order to maximise total prot
per week. [4 marks]
(b) Construct the initial tableau for the linear programming model. [2 marks]
(c) Based on the following nal tableau, state the quantity of each type of fertiliser that should be
produced per week in order to maximise the total prot, and calculate the total prot.
Basic x y s
1
s
2
s
3
Solution
y 0 1
10
3
0
20
9
20
s
2
0 0
2
3
1
4
9
1
x 1 0
5
3
0
25
9
25
[2 marks]
8. The prices of houses sold, x, in hundred thousand RM, in a municipality in the year 2007 is shown
below.
Price (hundred thousand RM) Frequency
2.5 < x 3.0 15
3.0 < x 3.4 10
3.5 < x 4.0 14
4.0 < x 4.5 8
4.5 < x 5.0 10
5.0 < x 5.5 7
5.5 < x 6.0 5
6.0 < x 6.5 3
(a) Plot a cumulative frequency curve for the above data. Hence, estimate the median and the
quartiles. [5 marks]
(b) Draw a boxplot to represent the above data. Comment on the prices of the houses sold.[4 marks]
9. According to a report, 80% of the adult population is in favour of banning cigarettes. A proportion
of a random sample of 100 adults is found to be in favour of banning cigarettes.
(a) State the sampling distribution. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the sample proportion in favour of banning cigarettes is
i. at least 6% lower than the population proportion, [3 marks]
ii. within one standard deviation of the population proportion. [3 marks]
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10. Mr. Tan works ve days a week and he takes either a bus, a commuter or a taxi to his oce. The
probability that he takes a taxi is 0.20 and the probability that he takes a commuter is 0.50. The
probabilities that he will arrive late at his oce if he takes a bus, a commuter, or a taxi are 0.30,
0.10 and 0.15 respectively.
(a) Find the probability that Mr. Tan will arrive late at his oce on any given day. [3 marks]
(b) Mr. Tan arrives late at his oce on a given day. Determine the mode of transport that he is
likely to take. Give a reason for your answer. [4 marks]
(c) Determine the probability that in a given week, Mr. Tan arrives late at his oce on alternate
days. [4 marks]
11. A group of students are involved in an orientation programme for new form six students. Nine
activities are required in order to organise the programme. The activities and the duration for each
activity are shown in the table below.
Activity Preceding activities Duration (days)
A - 3
B - 3
C A 4
D A, B 2
E A 5
F C 2
G C 6
H E, F 4
I D, G 2
(a) Draw an activity network for the programme. [3 marks]
(b) Construct a table which shows the earliest start time, latest nish time and the total oat for
each activity. Hence, determine the critical path and the minimum number of days needed to
complete the programme. [8 marks]
(c) If the duration of activity B has to be extended to four days, determine whether the programme
will be extended or not. Give a reason for your answer. [2 marks]
12. The administration department of a private hospital conducted a study to determine whether a
relationship exists between the number of days a patient is warded, X, and the total number of times
the patient calls for a nurse, Y . The data collected is given below.
Patient Number of days in ward (X) The number of calls for a nurse ((Y ))
1 2 2
2 4 3
3 5 3
4 6 4
5 3 2
6 8 6
7 12 10
8 7 5
9 11 8
10 2 1
(a) Plot a scatter diagram for the above data, and comment on the relationship between the two
variables. [4 marks]
(b) Find the equation of the least square regression line of Y on X, giving your answer correct to
three decimal places. Hence, interpret the slope of the regression line. [7 marks]
(c) Plot a regression line obtained in (b) on the scatter diagram in (a). [2 marks]
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(d) Estimate the total number of calls for a nurse made by a patient who is warded for a week.
[2 marks]
(e) If a patient is warded for two months, could you estimate the total number of calls for a nurse
made by the patient? Comment on your answer. [2 marks]
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STPM 2011
1. Some summary statistics about the annual expenditure, in RM, of a sample of recreational golfers
on golf activities are shown in the table below.
Minimum Maximum Mean Median
200.00 15500.00 6285.67 3500.00
(a) Comment on the shape of the distribution of expenditure. Give a reason for your answer.[2 marks]
(b) State, with a reason, the appropriate measure of central tendency to describe the expenditure
of the golfers. [2 marks]
2. There are eight male and four female architects in a consultant company. Three architects are
randomly chosen to be posted to Johor Bahru, Kuala Lumpur and Miri. Find the probability that
(a) three male architects are posted to the three cities, [2 marks]
(b) one male architect is posted to Kuala Lumpur, one female architect is posted to Johor Bahru
and one female architect is posted to Miri. [2 marks]
3. A discrete random variable X has probability distribution function
P(x) =
_
_
_
1
3
_
x
, x = 1, 2, 3, 4,
k, x = 5, 6,
0, otherwise.
(a) Determine the value of the constant k. [2 marks]
(b) State the mode, and calculate the mean of X. [3 marks]
4. The sale values (output quantity multiplied by price) for four types of product of a company at
current price and 1998 pricc arc as follows:
Type of product
Sale value at current price Sale value at 1998 price
(RM million) (RM million)
1998 2009 2010 2009 2010
A 50 120 175 100 125
B 10 30 24 25 20
C 40 40 50 20 20
D 20 50 90 40 60
Total 120 240 339 185 225
Calculate
(a) the Laspeyres quantity index for the year 2010 by using 1998 as the base year, [2 marks]
(b) the Laspeyres quantity index for the year 2010 by using 2009 as the base year, [3 marks]
(c) the percentage change in the output quantity of the company from 2009 to 2010. [1 marks]
5. In a preliminary sample of 40 postgraduate students in a university, 32 students are satised with
the services at the main library of the university.
(a) Determine the smallest sample size needed to estimate the population proportion with an error
not exceeding 0.05 at the 90% condence level. State any assumption made. [5 marks]
(b) State the eect on the sample size
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i. if the error is larger than 0.05 with the condence level unchanged. [1 marks]
ii. if the condence level is higher than 90% with the error unchanged. [1 marks]
6. A sample of 14 pairs of observations of variables x and y is summarised as follows:
x = 43,
x
2
= 157.42,
y = 572,
y
2
= 23530,
xy = 1697.80.
The equation of the regression line of y on x is y = a +bx.
(a) Determine the values of a and b. [4 marks]
(b) Calculate the coecient of determination and interpret your answer. [3 marks]
7. An opinion poll on a certain political party is conducted on 1000 voters, of whom 600 are males. It
is found that 250 voters are in favour of the party. It is also found that 450 male voters are not in
favour of the party.
(a) Construct a two-way classication table based on the above information. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that a randomly chosen voter is in favour of the party if the voter is a
female. [1 marks]
(c) Find the probability that a randomly chosen voter is a male or not in favour of the party.[2 marks]
(d) Determine whether the events a voter is a male and a voter is in favour of the party are
independent. [3 marks]
8. Experience shows that 40% of the throws of a bowler result in strikes.
(a) Find the probability that, out of ten throws made by the bowler, at least two throws result in
strikes. [4 marks]
(b) Find the probability that at most ve throws need to be made by the bowler so that four throws
result in strikes. [5 marks]
9. The networks of the activities on nodes of a project is shown below.
(a) Determine the values of r and s. [4 marks]
(b) State the critical path, and determine the time required to complete the project. [3 marks]
(c) Calculate the total oats for activities A and J. [2 marks]
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(d) If the duration of activity J is extended to four weeks, determine whether the project will be
delayed. [2 marks]
10. The age of women in country A suering from kidney problems is found to be normally distributed
with mean 40 years and standard deviation 5 years.
(a) Find the probability that 10 randomly selected women who suer from kidney problems have
the mean age less than 42 years. [3 marks]
(b) Find the probability that four randomly selected women who suer from kidney problems have
a total age of more than 145 years. [3 marks]
(c) The ages of eight randomly selected women from country B who suer from kidney problems
are as follows:
52, 68, 22, 35, 30, 56, 39, 48.
Assuming that the ages of the women who suer from kidney problems are normally distributed,
determine the 95% condence interval for the mean age of the women. Hence, conclude whether
the mean age diers from that of country A, and explain your answer. [6 marks]
11. A food company produces a cereal from several ingredients. The cereal is enriched with vitamins A
and B which are provided by two of the ingredients, oats and rice. A 1 g of oats contributes 0.32 mg
of vitamin A and 0.08 mg of vitamin B, whereas 1 g of rice contributes 0.24 mg of vitamin A and
0.12 mg of vitamin B. Each box of cereal produced has to meet the minimum requirements of 19.20
mg of vitamin A and 7.20 mg of vitamin B. The cost of 1 kg of oats is RM5 and the cost of 1 kg of
rice is RM4. The company wants to determine how many grams of oats and rice are to be included
in each box of cereal in order to minimise cost.
(a) Formulate a linear programming model for the problem to minimise the cost. [5 marks]
(b) Using a graphical method, determine how many grams of oats and rice are included in each box
of cereal to minimise cost, and nd this minimum cost. [8 marks]
12. The lengths (in minutes) of 200 telephone calls made by customers to a pizza customer call centre in
a particular day is shown in the table below.
Length of call (minutes) Number of calls
0.0 - 3.0 7
3.0 - 4.5 19
4.5 - 6.0 34
6.0 - 7.5 67
7.5 - 9.0 38
9.0 - 10.5 18
10.5 - 12.0 13
12.0 - 15.0 4
(a) Construct a histogram to display the data. Comment on the shape of the distribution obtained.
[4 marks]
(b) Use your histogram to estimate the mode and the median. [5 marks]
(c) Calculate the mean of the length of calls made by the customers. [2 marks]
(d) Determine the percentage of calls whose lengths are at least 10 minutes. [3 marks]
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STPM 2012
1. There are three male and two female workers who will be assigned to four dierent tasks Each worker
has an equal chance of being assigned to any task and may perform at most one task.
(a) Determine the number of dierent ways the workers can be assigned to the tasks, with two of
the tasks allocated to the female workers. [2 marks]
(b) Find the probability that the female workers are assigned to two of the tasks. [2 marks]
2. The daily closing prices (in RM per share) of a company stock for the month of March in the year
2010 are as follows:
Date Price (RM) Date Price (RM) Date Price (RM)
1 8.13 11 8.10 23 8.03
2 8.11 12 8.10 24 8.10
3 8.04 15 8.08 25 8.09
4 8.13 16 8.14 26 8.06
5 8.05 17 8.15 29 8.00
8 8.06 18 8.08 30 8.10
9 7.95 19 8.05 31 8.05
10 7.95 22 8.00
(b) Comment on the pattern of the time series that you have plotted in (a). [1 marks]
3. A random variable X is normally distributed with mean 20 and variance 6.25. The mean of a random
sample of size n is

X.
(a) State the sampling distribution of

X. [1 marks]
(b) If P(

X < 18) = 0.0057, nd the value of n. [4 marks]
4. At a cineplex 70% of the moviegoers buy popcorn at the snack counter. Of those who buy popcorn,
80% of them buy drinks. Among those moviegoers who do not buy popcorn, 10% of them buy drinks.
(a) Find the probability that a moviegoer buys a drink. [4 marks]
(b) Find the probability that a moviegoer does not buy popcorn if he buys a drink. [2 marks]
5. The cumulative frequency distribution of monthly charges, to the nearest RM, of 200 randomly chosen
postpaid subscribers to a particular telecommunication company is shown below.
Monthly charge Cumulative frequency
30 0
50 10
70 40
90 76
110 120
150 170
200 192
250 200
(a) Calculate the mean of the monthly charges. [3 marks]
(b) Determine the percentage of subscribers whose month charges are more than the mean.[4 marks]
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6. There are two boxes which each contain three golf balls numbered 1, 2 and 3. A player draws one
ball at random from each box, and the score X of the player is the sum of the numbers on the two
balls.
(a) Determine the probability distribution function of X. [3 marks]
(b) Find E(X) and Var(X). [4 marks]
7. The amount of time devoted to studying Economics each week by students who achieve a grade A in
an examination is normally distributed with a mean of 8.0 hours.
(a) Given that 14% of the grade A students study more than 10.7 hours weekly, show that its
standard deviation is 2.5 hours. [3 marks]
(b) Find the percentage of the grade A students who study less than 5 hours weekly. [3 marks]
(c) Find the probability that all three randomly selected grade A students study less than 5 hours
weekly. [2 marks]
8. According to a recent census, children under 18 years of age spend an average of 16.87 hours per
week surng the Internet with a standard deviation of 5 hours per week.
Find the probability that in a random sample of 100 children under 18 years of age, the mean time
spent surng the internet per week is
(a) between 16.5 and 17.5 hours, inclusive. [4 marks]
(b) within 0.75 hour of the population mean, [3 marks]
(c) at least 0.75 hour lower than the population mean. [3 marks]
9. A company is involved in construction projects. One of the projects awarded to the company contains
seven activities. The activities, the preceding activities and the duration required for each activity
are shown in table below.
Activity Preceding activity Duration (weeks)
A - 0
B - 10
C A 40
D A 10
E B 2
F B 15
G C, D, E 8
(b) Determine the critical activities of the project, and nd the minimum number of weeks required
to complete the project. [4 marks]
(c) Shortly before the company starts to implement the project, a technical assistant points out
that the duration required to undertake activity F could be shortened to 11 weeks with a new
innovative approach. Determine whether the new approach adopted by the company for activity
F would aect your answer in (b). [3 marks]
10. Three groups of sales trainees of a company undergo dierent sales training programmes which are
Programme A, Programme B and Programme C. The boxplots below represent the sales (RM 000)
earned by each group in the rst month after the completion of the training programmes.
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(a) Estimate the median of the three sales distributions. State the training programme which is
most eective. [3 marks]
(b) Which of the sales distributions has a mean closest to its median? Give a reason for your answer.
[2 marks]
(c) Which of the sales distributions has the largest dispersion? [1 marks]
(d) Comment on the skewness of the three sales distributions. [3 marks]
(e) State the eect on the mean and median sales when the outlier of the sales distribution for
programme A is removed. [2 marks]
11. A study was conducted to investigate the inuence of the quality and fair price of products on
preference to shop at a hypermarket. A random sample of 14 customers were asked to rate the
hypermarket in terms of preference to shop, Y , quality of product, X
1
and fair price of product, X
2
.
The ratings were based on an 11-point scale with higher numbers indicating higher ratings. The data
collected are given in the table below.
Customer Preference to shop (Y ) Quality of product (X
1
) Fair price of product (X
2
)
1 6 5 4
2 9 6 10
3 8 6 5
4 3 2 2
5 10 6 11
6 4 3 1
7 5 4 7
8 2 1 4
9 11 9 9
10 9 5 10
11 10 8 8
12 3 1 5
13 8 8 5
14 5 3 2
(a) Plot a scatter diagram of preference to shop against quality of product. Hence, interpret this
diagram. [3 marks]
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(b) i. Calculate the Pearson correlation coecient between preference to shop and fair pricing.
[6 marks]
ii. Given that the value of Pearson correlation coecient between preference to shop and
quality of product is 0.924, state whether quality of product or fair price of product has a
greater inuence on preference to shop. [1 marks]
(c) Calculate the percentage of variation in preference to shop which is accounted for by fair price
of product. [2 marks]
12. An investor has RM5 million to invest in corporate bond, xed deposit and unit trust. The interest
rate and maximum investment allowed are as follows.
Type of investment
Interest rate Maximum investment allowed
(%) (RM million)
Corporate bond 7 1.0
Fixed deposit 3 2.5
Unit trust 11 1.5
(a) Formulate a linear programming problem to maximise total interest earned within the constrains.
[5 marks]
(b) Using the simplex method, nd the optimal amount for each type of investment and the total
interest earned. [9 marks]
(c) State whether the RM5 million is fully utilised. Explain your answer. [2 marks]
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STPM Mathematics S Past Year Questions

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3 where p, q are integers. [7 marks]

(x) < 0 for all values of x in the domain of f. [5 marks]

xy, nd the value of

f(x) and lim

62 correct to four decimal places. [3 marks]

respectively. Determine the smallest value of n such that |S

| < 0.001.[7 marks]

(t) > 0 [5 marks]

(t) and, hence, show that f

(t) < 0. [6 marks]

5 (= 0.7252525 . . . ) as a fraction in its lowest terms.[4 marks]

f(x) and lim

about the x-axis. [5 marks]

(x), and hence, determine the value of

x = sin x, where x = 0. Using implicit dierentiation, show that

denotes the conjugate of z.

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