QUEEN’S COLLEGE

YEARLY EXAMINATION, 2010-2011

MATHEMATICS PAPER II

Secondary: 2 Date: 16 TH JUNE, 2011

Time: 10:30 – 11:30 (1 hour)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Answer all questions. You should mark all your answers on the

MC Answer Sheet.

2. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark

more than one answer, you will receive NO MARKS for that

question.

3. Total score of this paper II is 80 marks.

4. Calculator is allowed to be used.

DO NOT TURN OVER THIS QUESTION BOOK

UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO

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Answer Nos. 1-4 by referring to the cumulative frequency polygon given below.

Marks of a group of students in a test

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50

40

30

20

10

0
20.5 30.5 40.5 50.5 60.5 70.5 80.5 90.5
Mark
1. How many students were there in the group?

A. 50 C. 55
B. 54 D. 60

2. How many students score less than 45.5 mark?

A. 16 C. 39
B. 17 D. 38

3. If the passing mark was 50, how many students passed the test?

A. 22 C. 32
B. 23 D. 33

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4. If 4 of the students were given a prize in the test for their good scores, find
the minimum mark to get the prize.

A. 30.5 C. 78.5
B. 76.5 D. 90.5

 
3 y 
5. Simplify x 3 y 2  4  .
x 

A. y7 C. x 12 y 7
B. xy 8 D. x 17 y 8

6. If 3x + 4y = 0 and 2x + 3y = 14, find the value of x + y.

A. –14 C. 5
B. 0 D. 14

7. Expand (x + 3y)(x – 3y)(x 2 + 9y 2 ).

A. x 4 + 9y 4 . C. x 4 – 9y 4 .
B. x 4 – 81y 4 . D. x 4 – 18y 2 x 2 + 81y 4 .

1 2 3
8. Make b the subject of the formula   .
a b c

1 2c 2ac
A. b  C. b
a 3 c  3a
3 1 c  3a
B. b  2 D. b
c a 2ac

5x x4
9. Simplify  .
2( x  5) (5  x)

3x  8 3x  8
A. . C.
2 (5  x ) 2 (5  x )
3x  8 3x  8
B. . D. .
2( x  5) 2( x  5)

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10. In the figure, DBCE is a straight line. Find x.
A x
A. 55
B. 110
C. 120 x – 10 x – 20
D E
D. 130 B C

11. In the figure, M is a point on BC, BA // CD. Find MAC.

A D
A. 36
B. 40
C. 48 80
40 62
B M C
D. 58

12. In the figure, AD cuts BC at E, AB // CD. Find x.

C D
2x – 15
A. 10
B. 25
E 3x + 5
C. 30
D. 35
2x + 10
A B

13. In the figure, C is a point on BD, CAB = CAD, AB = AC and AC = CD.

Find ACB.
A
A. 36
B. 60
C. 72
B C D
D. 84

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14. If each interior angle of a regular polygon is five times its exterior angle,
find the number of sides of the polygon.

A. 10 C. 14
B. 12 D. 16

15. In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon and DEFG is a square. CDY is a
straight line. Find DYF.
A
A. 108 E F

B. 120
B
C. 63 Y

D. 72 D G

16. In the figure, a + b + c + d + e + f + g =

a f
A. 360.
B. 450.
b e
C. 540.
c d
D. 720. g

17. In the figure, ABCDEFG is a heptagon. Find x.

A. 120 A 180 – x

B. 116 G B
x + 10 x + 10
C. 106
F 140 140 C
D. 138
x x
E D

18. In the figure, find x.

A. 32.5 x
x + 60
B. 35 x + 10

C. 36
x + 20 x + 40
D. 40 x + 30

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19. In the figure, ABCDE is a pentagon. BA and DE are produced to meet at F.
Find x and y.
B
A. x = 105, y = 123 A
102 x
B. x = 105, y = 114 36 F
C x
C. x = 108, y = 123 y x
E
D. x = 108, y = 114 D

b
20. If tan   , then sin 
a

a a
A. . C. .
a  b2
2
a  b2
2

b b
B. . D. .
a  b2
2
a  b2
2

21. In the figure,   60 o. What is the length of DC?

A
A. 6 T2-06-44

B. 4
C. 3 
B C
D 8
D. 2

22. A boy is flying a kite with a string of 27 metres long. The string makes an
angle of 30 with the horizontal. The boy's hands are 1 metre above the
ground. How high is the kite above the ground?

A. 12.5 m T2-06-45
27 m
B. 13.5 m
C. 14.5 m 30

D. 15.5 m 1m

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 4 cos  3 sin 
23. Given that tan  x, express in terms of x.
3 sin   2 cos

4x  3 4x  3
A. C.
3  2x 3x  2
4  3x 4  3x
B. D.
3  2x 3x  2

 1 1 
24.   (cos   1) =
 sin  tan  

A. sin . C. sin 2  .
B. – sin  . D. – sin2  .

1
25. If sin A cos A   , then (sin A  cos A)2 
4

3 1
A. . C. .
4 2
5 3
B. . D. .
4 2

26. Given that sin 20 m and sin 70 n, then tan20

m n
A. . C. .
n m
n m
B. . D. .
m2  n2 m2  n2

27. 1  tan 2 (90  ) 

A. tan 2  . 1
C. .
sin 2 
1 1
B. . D. .
tan 2  cos2 

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28. In the figure, the area of ABC is 2 3. Find the length of BC.

A. 4 A
B. 16
C. 3
60
D. 8 B C

29. In the figure, an arc of a circle of radius 12 cm and subtending an angle 135
at its centre is bent to form a circle of radius r cm, r=

A. 3.
B. 4.5.
C. 6.
135 r cm
12 cm
D. 9.
O

30. In the figure, a square of side 2 cm is inscribed in a circle. Find the area of
the shaded region.

A. ( – 4) cm 2 2 cm
2
B. (2 – 4) cm
C. (4 – 4) cm 2
D. (16 – 4) cm 2

31. The figure shows two sectors with the same centre O. If SQ = 2OS and
SOR = 45, find the ratio of the area of sector OSR to that of sector OQP.
Q
A. 1 : 2
S
B. 1 : 4
O 45
C. 1 : 8
R
D. 1 : 9
P

32. If the total surface area of a solid cylinder of base radius 4 cm is 80π cm 2 ,
find the height of the cylinder.

A. 3 cm C. 5 cm
B. 4 cm D. 6 cm

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33. An iron cube of side a cm is melted and recast into two identical iron
cylinders of length b cm each. The radius of each iron cylinder is

a3 a3
A. . C. .
2b 2b

a3 1 a3
B. . D. .
b 2 b

34. The radius of the wheel of a unicycle is 0.15m. If the wheel makes 50
revolutions, what is the total distance (correct to the nearest m) travelled by
the wheel?

A. 47 m C. 23.5 m
B. 15 m D. 141 m

35. Given that QR 2 – PR 2 = PQ 2 , which of the following about PQR is true?

I. R + Q = 90
II. QR is the longest side.
III. PR is the shortest side.

A. I only C. I and II only

B. II only D. II and III only

36. In the figure, ADC = ABC = 90, AB = 8, BC = 4 and AD = 5. Find the

area of ABCD , correct to 2 significant figures if necessary.

A. 33 D
C
B. 35 5 4
C. 36
A 8 B
D. 40

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37. Given that a  0.3 and b  0.5 , evaluate ba .

A. 0.4 C. 0.04

B. 0.2 D. 0 .2

38. Which of the following sets of quantities represent the lengths of the sides
of a right-angled triangle?
I. 2 cm, 4 cm, 20 cm.
II. 7 cm, 24 cm, 25 cm.
III. 6 cm, 12 cm, 24 cm.

A. I and II only C. II and III only

B. I and III only D. I, II and III

39. Find the length of AB in the figure.

y
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A. 9 B(-4 , 7)

B. 12
C. 15
O
x
D. 21
A(8 , -2)

40. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle and ADNL, NCPM are two squares. If the
area of ADNL is 49 cm 2 and that of NCPM is 25 cm 2 , find the length of BM.
A L B
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A. 5 cm ?

B. 21 cm 49 cm2
M P

25 cm2

C. 24 cm
D N C

D. 29 cm

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S2 math2 yearly Answer

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

C B D C B A B C B D D A C B A C A B D D

21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

A C D B D A C A B B D D C A C B A D C D

A9 B10 C10 D11

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