Elementary Mathematics Mock CA1 (2008)

Secondary 2 Special/Express & 3 Normal (Academic)

Answer ALL questions on the spaces provided. Calculators are NOT allowed.

4m 3 n 2 p 4
1 (a) Simplify , [1]
20mnp 2

(b) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form

a − 2b
(i) 1− , [2]
a+b

x 4
(ii) + . [2]
1 − 3x 5 + x

y( x + z) 2
(c) Simplify . [2]
y 2 ( z + x)

3xy 3 5 xy
(d) Simplify × , [2]
15 x yz 6 xy 4
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6uv 8u 3 v 2
(e) Simplify ÷ . [2]
12u 2 9v

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2 Find the HCF and LCM of 3a 5 b 2 ,. 12a 2 b 4 . and 15a 3 b 2 . [3]

3 Mr Lim bought x T-shirts for $225. He sold 38 of them at a profit of $4 each.

(a) Write down expressions, in terms of x for

(i) the price, in $, he paid for each T-shirt. [1]

(ii) the total amount of money, in $, he received for the 38 T-shirts. [1]

(b) Mr Lim sold the remaining T-shirts at $7.00 each.

Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the remaining amount of money, in $,
he received for them. [1]

(c) Given that the dealer received $407 altogether, form an equation in x and
show that it reduces to
7 x 2 − 521x + 8550 = 0 [2]

(d) Solve this equation and hence find the cost price of one T-shirt. [3]

(e) Calculate the profit percentage of Mr Lim. [2]

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 n( a + l )
4 It is given that S = . Express l in terms of S, n and a. [2]
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5 Make x the subject of the given formulae:

2x
a= + 7y [2]
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5 (a)

[2]
Andy has 2x books. Bill has 4 more books than Andy.
Carol has half as many books as Bill.

(b) Write down and simplify an expression, in terms of x, for the number of
books that Carol has. [1]

(c) The total number of books is 121. Find the number of books that Bill has.
[2]

6 A model of a building is made using a scale of 1: 20.

(a) The height of the model is 42 cm. Calculate the height of the building, giving
your answer in metres. [2]

(b) The length of an actual wall is 5 m. Calculate the length of the wall on the
model, giving your answer in centimeters. [2]

[2]

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7 The figure below is a square with each side represented by (4x + 6) cm.

(4x + 6) cm

(a) Express the perimeter of the square in terms of x. [2]

(b) Express the area of the square in terms of x. [3]

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