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NEITHER ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS NOR MATHEMATICAL TABLES

MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER.

1. Evaluate
(a) 12.5 × 0.15,

1 1
(b) 2 ÷1 .
4 3

Answer (a) .................………………. [1]

(b) …………………………. [1]

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2. (a) The dimensions of a swimming pool is 50m by 30m. Express the area in cm2, giving
your answer in standard form.
(b) Express 25% as fraction in its simplest form.

Answer (a) .................………….cm2 [1]

(b) …………………….….. [1]

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3. Find the minimum positive integer value that m can take such that 3
2 5 × 37 × 5 × m will be
an integer.

Answer ...............................………. [1]

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4. (a) The distance from the Earth to the Mars is 5.6 × 107 kilometres. Express this distance
in metres, giving your answer in standard form
(b) If a space shuttle travels at a speed of 5 000 km per hour, how many hours does the
shuttle take to travel from the Earth to the Mars?

Answer (a) .................……….. metres [1]

(b) ……………………hours [1]

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x2 y3 x2 y 4
5. (a) Simplify × −3 5 and leave your answer in positive index form.
x x y
−3
⎛a⎞
(b) Solve for a such that ⎜ ⎟ = a0 + 7 .
⎝6⎠

Answer (a) ............................………. [2]

(b) …………..……….…….. [2]

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6. Kelvin invests $2500 in a bank that pays compound interest at the rate of 2% per year. Find
the amount of interest that Kelvin earns after 3 years.

Answer $……………………………..[2]
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7. Two men, Ali and Peter, can paint a house in 10 days. Ali alone can paint the house in 15
days. How long will Peter take to paint it himself?

Answer ……………………… days [2]

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4(a + 2b) 1
8. Express ÷ 2 as a single fraction in its simplest form.
a + ab − 2b 3b − 3ab
2 2

Answer ……………………………... [3]

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9. On a map of scale 1 : n, the area of Town A is 5cm2.
(a) Find the value of n if the actual area of the town is 5 × 1010cm2.
(b) Hence, find the length of a park on the same map if its actual length is 1.5km.

Answer: (a) ………………………….. [1]

(b) ……………….…….. cm [2]

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10. 6, 18, 54, 162, ……

(a) Find the 6th and the 8th term of the above sequence.
(b) Find the general term in terms of n.

Answer (a) …..................and..………….. [2]

(b) ………………………………[1]
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11. Solve the simultaneous equations
3x – 2y = 1
2x – 3y = -6

Answer (a) x = ..........…, y =……….. [3]

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12. BCD is a right-angled triangle in which BC = 4cm and BD = 5cm. CB is produced to A and
CD is produced to E. A
(a) Find the length of CD.
B
Express as a fraction, the value of
(b) sin ∠BDC,
(c) cos ∠ ABD 4 cm 5cm
.

C D E

Answer (a) CD = .................……cm [2]

(b) ...........................………. [1]
(c) ………………………… [1]
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13. (a) Factorise 10x2 + 11x -6 completely.

(b) Find all the integers which satisfy -3x + 2 ≤ 2x – 1 < 11 – x.

Answer (a) ......................…..….…. [1]

(b) x = .……...………….. [2]

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14. A bag contains 1 red chips, 2 yellow chips and 3 black chips. Two chips are chosen
randomly from the bag one after another, without replacement. Find the probability that
(a) two black chips are chosen,
(b) both chips are of different colours,
(c) one is red and one is yellow.

Answer (a) .....................…..….…. [1]

(b) ………...…………….. [2]

(c) ………...…………….. [1]

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15. A circle, centre O, passes through A, B, C, and D. AX is a tangent to the circle at A. CBX is a
straight line.
Given that ∠ABO = 65º and ∠CBO = 21º, calculate
(a) ∠ADC C
(b) ∠AOB
(c) ∠ACB
(d) ∠AXB

O
21°

D B
65°

A X

Answer (a) .............................………. [1]

(b) …………………………. [1]

(c) ………….………..…….. [1]

(d) …………………………. [1]

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Class : Sec ……………………. Maths Teacher : ……………

16. The diagram shows a triangle ABD. AC is a straight line and X lies in the middle of AC.
2 JJJG JJJG
(a) Given that BC is BD and BA = q and BC = 2p , find, in terms of p and q,
3
(i) XC
(ii) AD A
2
(b) Given that BY = 2p – q, explain why
3 X D
BY is parallel to AD .
(c) Find area of ∆BXC : area of ∆ABD
C
q

2p

G
Answer (a)(i) XC = .......………. [1]
G
(ii) AD = …….……....[1]

(b) ...………...……………………………………………………………………………………… [1]

(c) ..…………………. [1]

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17. (a) A line cuts through two points, A(2, 8) and B(5,-4). Find the equation of the line.
(b) C(-6,-5) is a point on a line perpendicular to 3x – y = 4, find the equation of that line.

Answer (a) ………………… [2]

(b) ………………… [2]

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18. Points A and B lie on the circumference of the circle with centre, O. The circumference of
the circle is 18π cm. Calculate
(a) the radius of the circle,
(b) ∠AOB in the minor sector if the length of the minor arc AB is 7π cm,
(c) the area of the major sector in terms of π.
B

O
A

Answer (a) .……..……… cm [1]

(b) ……………….. [1]
(c) ……………...cm2 [2]
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19. (a) A regular polygon has n sides and the sum of the interior angles is 1800º. Calculate
the value of n.
(b) An irregular polygon has n sides. Four of the exterior angles are 19º, 21º, 25º, 55º
the remaining angles are 30º each. Calculate the value of n.

Answer (a) n = ……………………… [1]

(b) n = ……………………... [2]
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20. The table below shows the number of children in each family in a particular year.

No. of children 0 1 2 3 4 5
No. of families 4 6 10 m 4 7

(a) If the mode is 3, find the smallest possible value of m.

(b) If the median is 3, find the smallest possible value of m.
(c) If the mean is 2.5, find the value of m.

Answer (a) m = ………..…………… [1]

(b) m = …………………….. [1]
(c) m = ….………………….. [2]
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21. y varies inversely to x2. If given that x = 2 when y = 1, find the values of x if y = 9?

Answer ……………………………… [2]

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22. In this question, all constructions must be completed with ruler and compasses
only. All construction arcs must be left in the drawing.

A park ABCD is drawn below and the scale used is 1cm : 5m.
(a) Draw the locus of all the points within the park which are
(i) equidistant from A and D, [1]
(ii) equidistant from BA and BC, [1]
(iii) 30m from D. [1]

(b) A phone P needs to be set up within the park and the location is such that
PA < PD
P is nearer to BA than BC
P is more than 30m from D
Shade the region of the park in which P must lie. [1]

A B

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23. The diagram below shows triangles A, B, C, D and E.

(a) Describe the single transformation that mapped Δ A onto Δ B.

Answer: (a) ………..……………………………………………..…………………..

……..................…………………..……………………………………………… [2]

(b) Describe the single transformation that mapped Δ A onto Δ C.

Answer: (b) ………..……………………………………………..…………………..

……..................…………………..……………………………………………… [2]

(c) Δ C is mapped onto Δ D by a reflection. Find the equation of the line of reflection.

Answer (c) ………………………….. [1]

(d) The rotation, R, maps Δ B onto Δ E. Find

(i) the coordinates of the centre of this rotation,
(ii) the angle and direction of this rotation.

Answer (d)(i) ( .............. , ……… ) [1]

y (ii) ………………………. [1]

6
E
5

4
B
3

1
A C x
-1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
-1

-2
D

-3

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24. The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of a cyclist.

Speed (km/h)

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10

0 1 3 4
Time (hours)

(a) Find the speed after 20 minutes.

(b) Given that the total distance the cyclist covered is 48 km, find the duration of the
journey.

Answer (a) ....………….…..km/h [1]

(b) .………………. hours [2]

(c) On the axis below sketch the distance-time graph of the cyclist’s journey.
Distance (km)

0 1 3 4
Time (hours) [3]

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