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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINAAIONS COUNC'L
General Certificate of Education Otainary Level
MATHEMATICS 4008/1, 4028/1
PAPER I
NOVEMBER 2011 SESSION 2 hours 30 minutes
Candidates answer on the question paper.
Additional materials:
Geometrical instruments
TIME — 2 hours 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES,
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page.
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
Decimal answers which are not exact should be given correct to three significant figures unless
stated otherwise
Mathematical tables, slide rules and calculators should not be brought into the examination
room,
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINER'S USE
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end
of each question or part question,
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"This question paper consists of 21 printed Pages and 3 blank pages.
Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, N2011
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NEITHER MATHEMATICAL TABLES NOR SLIDE RULES NOR
CALCULATORS MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER.
1 Giving your answer as a common fraction in its lowest terms, find the value
of
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: 9
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2 Given P= -
(9.88 +23.8)
(a) Rewrite this expression with eat
ich number correct to one
significant figure.
(b) Estimate the value of P correct to one significant figure.
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3 (a) Simplify (2729),
(b) If 327 =2", find p.
Answer: (a) ie a
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Evaluate 3,25 x 10° x 10° giving the answer
(a) instandard form,
(b) —asadecimal fraction,
(©) asacommon fraction in its lowest terms.
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(a) State the number of lines of symmetry of an equilateral triangle.
(b) _ Factorise completely 3x° 12x
Answer, @ ul
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x-6y =-4,
9x+3y =-17.
Answer x=
yr B)
A and B are sets. Write the following sets in their simplest form,
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(bs) AUAl
(©) (ANB)U(ANB’)
Answer: (Q) ee uy
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8 It is given that y varies inversely as the square of (x ~1). When y= 2,
x2.
Find the value of y when x = 4.
Answer: ye — 8
9 (a) IfA is anon-singular matrix, simplify AA“
De ee ee down the order of matrix B.
(b) seo 6]? Waite down the order of matrix B.
Answer: (@) - ll
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In the diagram AC is 10 units and BA is parallel to CD, BA is the line
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(a)
(b)
Write down
@ the value of y at C,
(ii) the equation of the line CD which is parallel toy = 3x +4.
Find the coordinates of the point D where the line in part (a)(ii)
crosses the x-axis,
Answer: @ W
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11 (a) _—_ Evaluate 765, ~567,, giving your answer in base eight.
(b) Express 5° +4 as a number in base five.
(©) Convert 1319 to a number in base two.
Answer: @ ty
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12 A rectangle is 9,1 cm long and 5,7 cm wide correct to one decimal place.
(a) State the least possible width of the rectangle.
(b) Find the limits within which the perimeter of the rectangle lies.
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In the diagram ABC and A'B'C’ are congruent triangles and BCC'B!
isa straight line.
Describe fully a single transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle
A'picl,
Answer.
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2y
29-0,
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(b) x -5x-6=0.
Answer:
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15 Acar manufacturer makes a scale model of one of his real cars.
(a) The capacity of the fuel tank of the real car is 64 litres and that
of the model car is 0.512 litres.
Find the ratio of the length of the real car: the length of model car.
(b) The area of the front window of the model is 0.0484 m’, Find the
area of the front window of the real car.
Answer: @
ib) m
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16 (a)_— Given that y= m? — 4p’, find the value of y when m = 4 and n = 2.
(by , make x the subject.
Answer: Mo _ u)
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17 Evaluate :
(a) log, 9,
(b) los ou
85\35)°
(©) log,sl.
Answer: (a) 7 uy
(b) _ (2)
(o o)
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18 Onamap, a distance of 20 km is represented by a length of 40. em. The
scale of the map is 1: 1.
(@) Calculate the value of n
(b) The distance between two towns on the map is 70 em. Calculate
the actual distance in kilometres between the towns.
Answer: @ion Q)
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19 Study the pattern below.
B-P=8= 4x2
#-P=12= 4x3
3 -3?=16=4x4
@-p=q =4x5
(@) Write down the value of
@ op
di) g.
©) _ Write down the 10" line of this pattern.
Answer @ W p= tu
(iy g= md
(b) (3)
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Find the three inequalities that define the unshaded region in the diagram
above.
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In the diagram, O is the origin.
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Vectors a and b are shown in the diagram.
(a)
Write down, in terms of a and/or b.
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the position vector of the point P,
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(b) If b)= 4, write down the value of [QR]
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In the diagram, OAB is a sector of a circle centre O and radius 12 em and
angle AOB = 50°
OCD isa sector of a circle centre O and radius 6 cm and angle COD = 30°.
Calculate, in terms of 7,
(a) the area of the shaded part,
(b) the perimeter of the shaded area AOCDOBA.
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velocity
in km/min|
0 0 1 2 3
time in
minutes
The diagram is a velocity-time graph of a train journey between two
stations
Find
(a) the maximum speed of the train in knv/h,
(b) the train’s acceleration in the first half minute,
(©) the distance the train travels at maximum speed,
(d) the distance between the stations,
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(b) ee ___knvminute? [2]
(kn ie]
__ km tl19
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A,B, C and D lie on the circumference of a circle centre 0.
SCT is a tangent to the circle at C and is parallel to OB.
AOB =130° and BCT = 45°
(a) Write down the geometrical word which completes the following
statement “ABCD is a...... quadrilateral”,
(6) Find the values of
@ ofc,
(i) OBA,
(i) ABC,
(iv) OCT,
() reflex angle AOC.
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Answer: (a) _ = 0]
o @ OBC=__ mM
(Gi) OBA= m
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(iy) OCT,=___ a
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Bag A BagB
Denis must choose a bag ffem which he should pick a ball. The
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Probability that he chooses Bag A is >
Bag A contains 5 white and 3 black balls. Bag B contains 6 white and
2 black balls. The tree diagram below shows some of this information,
3 white ball
3
4 Bag A
black ball
vhite ball
black ball
(2) Complete the probability tree diagram shown above.
(b) Find the probability that Denis chooses Bag A and then a white
ball.
() Find the probability that Denis picks a white ball
Answer. (a) ondiagram
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