STPM Mathematics (T) Past Year Questions A Lee Kian Keong & L TEX akeong@gmail.com http://www.facebook.

com/akeong Last Edited by November 9, 2012 Abstract This is a document which shows all the STPM questions from year 2013 to year 2013 using A L TEX. Students should use this document as reference and try all the questions if possible. Students are encourage to contact me via email1 or facebook2 . Students also encourage to send me your collection of papers or q uestions by email because i am collecting various type of papers. All papers are welcomed. Contents 1 PAPER 1 QUESTIONS SPECIMEN PAPER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STPM 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 PAPER 2 QUESTIONS SPECIMEN PAPE R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PAPER 1 ANSWER STPM 2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 1 2 akeong@gmail.com http://www.facebook.com/akeong 1

PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong 1 PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Section A [45 marks] Answer all questions in this section. SPECIMEN PAPER 1. The functions f and g are de ned by f : x e2x , x R; g : x (ln x)2 , x > 0. (a) Find f 1 and state its domain. [3 marks] 1 = g(2), and state, with a reason, whe ther g has an inverse. [4 marks] (b) Show that g 2 n 2. A sequence is de ned by ur = e(r1) er for all integers r 1. Find r=1 ur in terms of [5 marks] n, and deduce the value of r=1 ur . 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 are such that PQ = QP. 3. The matrices P = 0 0 2 (a) Determine the values of a, b and c. [5 marks] and Q = 0 a b

(b) Find the real numbers m and n for which P = mQ + nI, where I is the 3 3 iden tity matrix. [5 marks] 4. Express the complex number z = 1 1 1 Hence, nd z 5 + 5 and z 5 5 . z z 3i in polar form. [4 marks] [4 marks] 5. The equation of a hyperbola is 4x2 9y 2 24x 18y 9 = 0. (a) Obtain the standar d form for the equation of the hyperbola. (b) Find the vertices and the equation s of the asymptotes of the hyperbola. [3 marks] [6 marks] 6. Find the equation of the plane which contains the straight line x 3 = is perp endicular to the plane 3x + 2y z = 3. y4 z+1 = and 3 2 [6 marks] 2

PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong Section B [15 marks] Answer any one question in this section. SPECIMEN PAPER 1 7. Express cos x + sin x in the form r cos(x ), where r > 0 and 0 < < . Hence, nd 2 the minimum and maximum values of cos x + sin x and the corresponding values of x in the interval 0 x 2. [7 marks] (a) Sketch the graph of y = cos x + sin x f or 0 x 2. [3 marks] (b) By drawing appropriate lines on your graph, determine the number of roots in the interval 0 x 2 of each of the following equations. 1 i. cos x + sin x = [1 m arks] 2 ii. cos x + sin x = 2 [1 marks] (c) Find the set of values of x in the i nterval 0 x 2 for which | cos x + sin x| > 1. [3 marks] 8. The position vectors a, b and c of three points A, B and C respectively are g iven by a = i + j + k, b = i + 2j + 3k, c = i 3j + 2k. (a) Find a unit vector pa rallel to a + b + c. (b) Calculate the acute angle between a and a + b + c. (c) Find the vector of the form i + j + k perpendicular to both a and b. [3 marks] [3 marks] [2 marks] (d) Determine the position vector of the point D which is such that ABCD is a pa rallelogram having BD as a diagonal. [3 marks] (e) Calculate the area of the par allelogram ABCD. [4 marks] 3

PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 STPM 2013 Section A [45 marks] Answer all questions in this section. 1. Sketch the graph o f y = sin 2x in the range 0 x . Hence, solve the inequality 1 | sin 2x| < , where 0 x . [6 marks] 2 2. A sequence a1 , a2 , a3 , . . . is de ned by an = 3n2 . The d i erence between successive terms of the sequence forms a new sequence b1 , b2 , b 3 , . . .. (a) Express bn in terms of n. [2 marks] (b) Show that b1 , b2 , b3 , . . . is an arithmetic sequence, and state its rst t erm and common di erence. [3 marks] (c) Find the sum of the rst n terms of the sequ ence b1 , b2 , b3 , . . . in terms of an and bn . [2 marks] 3. A system of linear equations is given by x + y + z = k, x y + z = 0, 4x + 2y + z = 3. where and k are real numbers. Show that the augmented matrix for the sys tem may be reduced to 1 1 1 k 0 2 0 k . 0 0 4 3 3k [5 marks] Hence, determine the values of and k so that the system of linear equations has (a) a unique solution, (b) in nitely many solutions, (c) no solution. 4. The compl ex number z is given by z = 1 + (a) Find |z| and arg z. 3i. [3 marks] [3 marks] [3 marks] [1 marks] [1 marks] [1 marks] (b) Using de Moivres theorem, show that z = 16 16 3i. z4 (c) Express x + yi, where z is the conjugate of z and x, y R. z 5 in the form

c 5. Show that the parametric equations x = ct and y = , where c is a constant, de ne a point t on the rectangular hyperbola xy = c2 . [2 marks] The points P , Q, R and S, with parameters p, q, r and s respectively, lie on the rectangular hyp erbola xy = c2 . 4

PAPER 1 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong STPM 2013 [4 marks] (a) Show that pqrs = 1 if the chords P Q and RS are perpendicular. (b) Find the equation of the line passing through the points P and Q. Deduce the equation of the tangent to the rectangular hyperbola at the point P . [4 marks] 6. Show that the point A(2, 0, 0) lies on both planes 2x y + 4z = 4 and x 3y 2z = 2. Hence, nd the vector equation of the line of intersection of both planes. [ 5 marks] Section B [15 marks] Answer any one question in this section. 7. The po lynomial p(x) = hx4 + kx3 + 2x 1, where h and k are constants, leaves a remainde r of 4 when divided by x 1, and a remainder of 2 when divided by x + 1. (a) Deter mine the values of h and k. 2 [3 marks] (b) Express the polynomial p(x) in the form (x 1)q(x) + r(x), where q(x) is quad ratic and r(x) is linear. [4 marks] (c) Express q(x) in a completed square form a(x + b)2 + c. i. Deduce that q(x) is always positive for all real values of x. ii. Deduce the minimum value of q(x) and the corresponding value of x. (d) Deter mine the set of values of x for which p(x) > 3x + 1. [2 marks] [1 marks] [2 marks] [3 marks] 8. A tetrahedron OABC has a base OAB and a vertex C, with OA = 2i+j+k, OB = 4ij+3k and OC = 2i j 3k. (a) Show that OC is perpendicular to both OA and [3 marks] (b) Calculate, to the nearest 0.1 , the angle between the edge AC and base OAB o f the tetrahedron. [5 marks] (c) Calculate the area of the base OAB and the volu me of the tetrahedron. [7 marks] 5

PAPER 2 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong 2 PAPER 2 QUESTIONS Section A [45 marks] Answer all questions in this section. SPECIMEN PAPER 1. The function f is de ned by f (x) = (a) Find lim f (x). x1 x + 1, |x| 1, x 1; otherwise. [3 marks] [2 marks] (b) Determine whether f is continuous at x = 1. 2. Find the equation of the normal to the curve with parametric equations x = 1 2t and 2 y = 2 + at the point (3, 4). [6 marks] t 1 3. Using the substitution x = 4 sin2 u, evaluate 0 x dx. 4x [6 marks] 4. Show that e x2 . x1 Hence, x2 dx x(x1) = [4 marks] dy x2 1 + y= 2 dx x(x 1) x (x 1) which satis es the boundary condition y = 3 when x = 2. 4 [4 marks] 5 dy 3 d3 y dy 3 d2 y 2 dy 5. If y = sin x, show that =x and = + 3x . [5 marks] dx2 dx dx3 dx dx Using Maclaurins theorem, express sin1 x as a series of ascending powers of x up to the term in x5 . State the range of values of x for which the expansion is valid. [7 marks] 1 6. Use the trapezium rule with subdivisions at x = 3 and x = 5 to obtain an appr oximation 7 x3 to dx, giving your answer correct to three places of decimals. [4 marks] 4 1 1+x By evaluating the integral exactly, show that the error of the a pproximation is about 4.1%. [4 marks] 6 nd the particular solution of the di erential equation

PAPER 2 QUESTIONS Lee Kian Keong Section B [15 marks] Answer any one question in this section. SPECIMEN PAPER 7. A right circular cone of height a + x, where a x a, is inscribed in a sphere o f constant radius a, such that the vertex and all points on the circumference of the base lie on the surface of the sphere. 1 (a) Show that the volume V of the cone is given by V = (a x)(a + x)2 . [3 marks] 3 (b) Determine the value of x fo r which V is maximum and nd the maximum value of V . [6 marks] (c) Sketch the graph of V against x. [2 marks] 1 1 a (d) Determine the rate at which V changes when x = a if x is increasing at a rate of 2 10 per minute. [4 marks] 8. Two iterations suggested to estimate a root of the equation x3 4x2 +6 = 0 are xn+1 = 4 1 1 and xn+1 = (x3 + 6) 2 . n 2 6 x2 n (a) Show that the equation x3 4x2 + 6 = 0 has a root between 3 and 4. [3 marks] (b) Using sketched graphs of y = x and y = f (x) on the same axes, show that, wi th initial approximation x0 = 3, one of the iterations converges to the root whe reas the other does not. [6 marks] (c) Use the iteration which converges to the root to obtain a sequence of iterations with x0 = 3, ending the process when the di erence of two consecutive iterations is less than 0.05. [4 marks] (d) Determin e whether the iteration used still converges to the root if the initial approxim ation is x0 = 4. [2 marks] 7

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