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This document is a grade 10 math exam consisting of 6 pages and 5 questions worth a total of 50 marks. It provides instructions for candidates to write their name, use a pen, scientific calculator, and not to use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. The questions cover topics like operations with fractions, percentages, inequalities, rounding numbers, estimating answers and solving word problems involving profit/loss calculations.

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Term 1 - Grade 10

This document is a grade 10 math exam consisting of 6 pages and 5 questions worth a total of 50 marks. It provides instructions for candidates to write their name, use a pen, scientific calculator, and not to use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid. The questions cover topics like operations with fractions, percentages, inequalities, rounding numbers, estimating answers and solving word problems involving profit/loss calculations.

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CANDIDATE

NAME

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________

GRADE 10 MATHS Nov 2021


1 hour 30 mins
PAPER 1
Candidates answer on the Question Paper
No Additional Materials are required
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST


Write your name clearly and neatly in the space provided.
Write in Pen
You can use scientific calculator.
Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluid.
This paper is worth 50 marks.

___________________________________________________________________
This document consists of 6 printed pages and 1 blank page
Question 1: [10 Marks]
a) Without using a calculator, find (0.1)3 .

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b) Without using a calculator, find √5
9

𝑐) √121 . 𝐼𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙? 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛.

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d) Express √27 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟.
e) Without a calculator, find:
3
√1000000

Question 2:
1) Round the following numbers to the degree of accuracy shown in brackets:
[3 Marks]
a) 95796 (nearest 1000)

b) 1.5849 (3 D.P)

c) 834.97 (2 S.F)

2) Estimate the answers to the following. Do not work out the accurate
answer. [4 Marks]
18.8 ×(7.1)2
(3.1)2 ×(4.9)2
3) The Volume of cube is given as 125 𝑐𝑚3 to the nearest whole number.
[3 Marks]
a) Express as inequality the upper and lower bounds of cube’s volume.

b) Express as an inequality the upper and lower bounds of the length of each
of the cube’s edges.

Question 3: [10 Marks]


a) Write down the inequality which corresponds to the below number line:

b) 12 ÷ 4 − 2 + 6 = −5
Put the brackets which are needed to make the calculation correct.

c) Draw the number line for the inequality −1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4

d) Using the calculator, evaluate the following:


(15−3)÷3 52 −32
+7+
2 8
e) Write the following fractions in order of the magnitude, starting
with the smallest:
4 3 9 1 2
, , , ,
7 14 10 2 5

Question 4: [10 Marks]

1
2) Evaluate 𝑜𝑓 720
3

1 1
3) Evaluate 3 × 5
2 2
Question 5: [10 MARKS]
a) A house is bought for $75000 and sold for $87000. Find its profit
percentage.

b) Find 30% of 2500m.

c) In an examination, Sarah obtained 87.5% by gaining 90 marks. How many


marks did she lose?

d) Calculate the original price, when Selling Price = $224, Profit = 12%

e) Calculate the original price, when Selling price = $2480, Loss = 38%
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