Fast Track to Success: Success Maths PMR (Form 3)

Paper 2 Questions
(Fully-Worked Solutions)
Chapter 5: Indices 5 (a) 3p – 18pq = 3p(1 – 6q)
1 42x – 1 = (2x)(23) (b) 3e2 – 108 = 3(e2 – 36)
2 2(2x – 1)
= 2x + 3 = 3(e2 – 62)
2(2x–1) = x + 3 = 3(e – 6)(e + 6)
4x – 2 = x + 3
4x – x = 3 + 2 6 20 – 5m2 = 5(4 – m2)
3x = 5 = 5(22 – m2)
5 = 5(2 + m)(2 – m)
x=—
3
1 5
— — 7 (a) 3x + 9 = 3(x + 3)
2 23 × 12 2 × 3 2
1 5 (b) 32 – 2y2
— —
= 23 × (22 × 3) 2 × 3 2 = 2(16 – y2)
1 5
— — = 2(42 – y2)
= 23 × 2 × 3 2 × 3 2
1 5 = 2(4 + y)(4 – y)
— + —
= 23 + 1 × 3 2 2
= 24 × 33
= 16 × 27 5 冢 1
1 – —p
3 冣
8 —– – —————
= 432 3m mp
m5 × m2 m5 + 2
3 ————
m –3
= ———
m–3 冢 1
5p – 3 1 – —p
3 冣
=m 7 – (–3) = ————————
3mp
= m10 5p – 3 + p
= ————–
2
— 5
— 3mp
4 (a) 6 3 ÷ 6 3 (b) (pq5)2 × p3 6p –3
2 —
— –
5
= p2q10 × p3 = ———–
=6 3 3 3mp
1
= p2+3q10 3(2p – 1)
= 6–1 = ————–
= p5q10 1 3mp
1
=— 2p –1
6 = ———–
mp
Chapter 6: Algebraic Expressions (III)
1 (2x – 3)2 – (5x + 4) 2 m+5 6m – m – 5
9 –— – –——– = –——–——–
= 4x2 – 12x + 9 – 5x – 4 5m 15m2 15m2
= 4x2 – 17x + 5 5m – 5
= –——––
15m2
2 (a – 2b)2 + b(2a – 3b) 1
5(m – 1)
= (a2 – 4ab + 4b2) + (2ab – 3b2) = –——–— 2
3 15m
= a2 – 2ab + b2
m – 1
= (a – b)(a – b) = –——–
3m2
= (a – b)2
3 (a) p(7 + q) = 7p + pq 1 4–v 3v – 4 + v
(b) (5m – n)2 = (5m – n)(5m – n) 10 –— – –——– = –——–——
4m 12mv 12mv
= 25m2 – 10mn + n2 4v –4
= –——––
4 (a) 10ab – 5a2 12mv
1
= 5a(2b – a) 4(v – 1)
= –——–—
3 12mv
(b) x2 – 5(x + 2) – (5 – 7x)
= x2 – 5x – 10 – 5 + 7x v –1
= –——–
= x2 + 2x – 15 3mv
= (x – 3)(x + 5)

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 Chapter 7: Algebraic Formulae Chapter 10: Transformation (II)
3(p – 1) 2
1 –——–— = 7
k 85° 40°
3(p – 1) = 7k 55°
7k
p – 1 = –— 55° 40° 85°
3
7k
p = –— + 1
3 (a) The corresponding (b) The corresponding
7k +3 angle to ∠HFG is side to FG is PQ.
p = –——––
3 ∠RPQ.
6y – 1
2 –——–– = 4
y + 2p
6y – 1 = 4y + 8p Chapter 12: Linear Inequalities
2y = 8p + 1 4 5 – 3x ⬍ 4 – x
8p + 1 –3x + x ⬍ 4 – 5
y = –——––
2 –2x ⬍ –1
1
1
y = —(8p + 1) x⬎—
2 2
8n
3 F = –——––
– nk 5 (a) m – 5 ⬍ 2
3 m⬍2+5
3F = n(8 – k) m ⬍7
3F
n = –——– (b) 7 + 4n ⭓ 10 – 2n
8–k 4n + 2n ⭓ 10 – 7
4 p2 + 3 = q 6n ⭓ 3
p2 = q – 3 1
n⭓—
p = √q – 3 2
6 (a) 2 + x ⭐ 7
Chapter 9: Scale Drawings x⭐5
1
x
(b) — – 4 ⭐ 1 9–x⬍0
3
∴x⬎9
x
— ⭐5
3
x ⭐ 15

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

1 cm

1 cm
∴ 9 ⬍ x ⭐ 15
⇒ x = 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
2
x
7 — ⭐1 1 – 2x ⬍ 7
3
–2x ⬍ 6
x⭐3
x ⬎ –3

–3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3

∴ –3 ⬍ x ⭐ 3
⇒ x = –2, –1, 0, 1, 2, 3

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 Chapter 13: Graphs of Functions AB = 8 cm
7 y AC = √82 + 62 = 10 cm
8 DE
sin y° = –— = –—
12 17 AE
10 AD = √172 – 82
= 15 cm
8
∴ CD = AD – AC
6 = 15 – 10
= 5 cm
4
3 AD
2 4 (a) tan x° = — = –—
4 BD
x 3 9
–2 –1 0 1 2 3 4 ⇒—= –—
4 BD
–2 BD = 12 cm
–4 BD
cos x° = –—
AB
–6
AB = √122 + 92 = 15 cm
–8
12 4
⇒ cos x° = –— = —
15 5
4 BD
(b) sin y° = — = –—
Chapter 15: Trigonometry 7 CD
4 12
AB
1 tan x° = –— ⇒ — = –—
BM 7 CD
CD = 21 cm
BC = √172 – 82
= 15 cm 5 LM
5 (a) cos x° = –— = –—
15 13 26
BM = –— 5 LM
2 ⇒ –— = –—
8 = —–
16 13 26
tan x° = ——– LM = 10 cm
15
—–
2
15
冢 冣 KM = √262 – 102 = 24 cm
5 KM 24 12
2 cos ⱔPRQ = — ∴ tan x° = –— = –— = –—
7 LM 10 5
5 8 16
∴ cos x° = – — (b) sin y° = –— = –—
7 17 PN
3 tan x° = —
3 ⇒ PN = 34 cm
4
PM = √342 – 162
BC
= –— = 30 cm
AB
⇒ KMP = KM + PM
6
= –— = 24 + 30
AB
= 54 cm
3 6
⇒ — = –—
4 AB

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