MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES MAURITIUS EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT FORM III

MATHEMATICS Specimen Paper 1 hour 45 minutes Students answer on the Question Paper.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST Write your name, the name of your school and your class/section in the spaces provided above. Write in dark blue or black pen. You may use a soft pencil for diagrams or rough working. Do not use correction fluid. There are 18 questions in this paper. Answer all questions. If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Omission of essential working may result in loss of marks. Diagrams are not drawn to scale. ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. The total number of marks for this paper is 100.

This document consists of 21 printed pages and 1 blank page.

1.

Evaluate (a) ,

Answer ...... [1] (b) ,

Answer .. [1] (c)

Answer .... [1]

2.

(a)

Write down the next term in the sequence

Answer .... [1] (b) Convert kilogrammes into grammes.

Answer .. g [1] (c) Write down correct to two decimal places.

Answer .. [1]

3.

(a)

Express the ratio 9

in its simplest form.

Answer .... (b) Express as a percentage.

..

[1]

Answer .... % (c) Simplify (i) ,

[1]

Answer .. [1]

(ii)

Answer .

[1]

4.

(a)

Find the value of term.

, giving your answer as a fraction in its lowest

Answer .. [1] (b) Given that vector (i) , = , find

Answer . units [2] (ii) .

Answer ...... [1]

5.

A= Find (a) 2A + B,

and B =

Answer .......... [2] (b) AB.

Answer . [2]
5

6.

(a)

Given that a = -3 and b = -4, find the value of

Answer . [2] (b) Factorise (i)

Answer ..... [1] (ii)

Answer ....... [1]

7.

(a)

= { 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 } . A ={ is a multiple of 3 } and B ={ is a multiple of 5 }.

(i)

List the elements of

Answer ....... [1] (ii) Find

Answer .... [1]

(b)

In a box there are 5 red balls, 4 blue balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn at random from the box. Giving your answer as a fraction, find the probability that the ball is (i) blue,

Answer .... [1] (ii) not red.

Answer ...
7

[1]

8.

Solve the simultaneous equations

Answer

= ..... y = . [4]

9.

A cubical die was thrown 30 times. The table shows the number of times that each possible score occurred.

Score Frequency

1 9

2 6

3 4

4 2

5 5

6 4

For the above distribution, find the (a) (b) mode, Answer.... [1] mean,

Answer .... [3] (c) median.

Answer ....... [3]

10.

(a)

Solve the equation

Answer ............. [3] (b) Solve the inequality

Answer [3]
10

11. (a)

The diagram shows a sector Calculate the length of the arc [ Use ]

of a circle with centre

and radius 42 cm.

60 42 cm

Answer ... cm [2] (b) Each of the exterior angles of a regular polygon is 20 . Calculate the number of sides in the polygon.

Answer [2] (c) ABCD is a quadrilateral. Find the value of .

80

Answer .... [ 3]
11

12.

(a)

Find the equation of the straight line passing through the points and .

Answer . [3] (b) Given that , express in terms of and .

Answer ... [3]

12

13.

A ladder rests against the top of a vertical wall. It makes an angle of 60 with the horizontal. The foot of the ladder is at a horizontal distance of 2 m from the foot of the wall.

Wall

Ladder

2m

Using as much of the given information as necessary, (a) calculate the height of the wall,

Answer ...... m [3] (b) calculate the length of the ladder.

Answer m [4]
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14.

(a)

An amount of Rs 8 000 is shared among three persons in the ratio 1:6:9. Calculate the largest share.

Answer Rs.. [2] (b) 550 tourists arrive at an airport. They have to travel to a hotel by bus. Each bus can carry a maximum of 60 tourists. What is the least number of buses needed?

Answer ..... (c) A man sold his car at Rs 360 000 to make a profit of 20 . Calculate the price at which he bought the car.

[2]

Answer Rs .. [3]

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15.

The diagram shows a solid prism cm, 20 cm and

with

cm,

6 cm 8 cm

20 cm

(a)

Using Pythagoras theorem, calculate the length of

Answer .. cm [2] (b) Find the area of the triangle .

Answer . cm2 [2] (c) Calculate the total surface area of the solid prism.

Answer ... cm2 [3] (d) Find the volume of the prism.

Answer cm3 [2]

16.

is a rectangle with The area of the rectangle

cm and is 24 cm2.

cm.

(a)

Form an equation in

and show that it simplifies to

[3]

16

(b)

Solve the equation

Answer

or [3]

(c)

Hence, find the length of

Answer AB = . cm [1]

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17.

Points

and are on level ground. is an isosceles triangle with . The bearing of from is 075 . The bearing of from is 115 .

North North

(a)

Find the value of .

Answer ... [1] (b) Find the bearing of from .

Answer .. [1]

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(c)

Calculate

Answer (d) Find the bearing of from

= . [2]

Answer .. [1]

19

18.

(a)

Expressed as the product of prime factors 60 = 22 x 3 x 5 and 36 = 22 x 32 .

Using the above results, or otherwise, find (i) the highest common factor of 60 and 36.

Answer ... [1]

(ii)

the smallest integer K, such that 60K is a square number.

Answer K = ..... [2]

20

(b)

Three bells ring at intervals of 10, 15 and 20 minutes respectively. They start ringing together at 09 00. At what time will they next ring together?

Answer .. [3] (c) Given that and , find the value of ( .

Answer [3] End of question paper

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