BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

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MATHEMATICS 0563/02
Paper 2 October/November 2014
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Geometrical instruments
Electronic calculator

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The total of the marks for this paper is 75.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer should be
given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given to one decimal place.
In any question where the value of  is required, use the value from your calculator or take  as 3.142.

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Mathematical formulae for papers 1 and 2

Surface area and volume of solids

Name of solid Total surface area Volume

1 2
cone π r 2 + π rl πr h
3

1
pyramid base area x height
3

4 3
sphere 4π r 2 πr
3

Trigonometry

sin A sin B sin C

Sine Rule = =
a b c

a b c
= =
sin A sin B sin C

1
Area of a triangle = ab sin C
2

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1 A hawker bought a packet of 20 ice pops at P18. He sold all the ice pops at P1.75 each.

Calculate

(a) the profit earned from selling all the ice pops,

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

(b) the percentage profit made from selling all the ice pops.

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

2 Kabo is given 30 tablets. He has to take 3 tablets each day until he has taken them all.

(a) How many tablets were left at the end of the fourth day?

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

(b) After how many days will Kabo finish the tablets?

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

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3 A florist uses either 9 or 12 single roses to prepare bunches of roses. The florist has 60
bunches of roses prepared using 9 single roses. The same number of roses is re-arranged to
prepare bunches each with 12 single roses.

How many bunches of roses will be prepared?

Answer ....................................... bunches [2]

4 A standard fee for water connection is P1500 for plots within 50 m of the water line. For plots
more than 50 m from the water line there is an additional charge of P27 for every metre.

A plot is 67 m from the water line.

Calculate the cost of water connection to the plot.

Answer P.................................................... [3]

5 The floor area of a hall is 586 m2. The entire floor area has to be carpeted. The carpet costs
P136.95 per square metre before VAT. The VAT is 12% of the cost price.

(a) How much will the carpet cost, to the nearest thebe, when the VAT is included?

Answer (a) P.............................................. [3]

(b) At the time of purchase, the carpet was discounted by 14.5%.

Calculate the total price of the carpet, to the nearest thebe, at the time of purchase.

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

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6 The diagram below shows a triangle STU such that ST = 8.9 cm and SU = 10.6 cm.
The size of SUT = 52.8° and the size of TSU = 55.5°.

52.8°

10.6

55.5° T
S 8.9
S

Calculate

(a) the size of STU,

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

(b) the area of triangle STU.

Answer (b) ........................................... cm2 [2]

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7 A car and a truck drive from a village to a farm 80 km away.

(a) The average speed of the car is 1.5v km/h.

Write down an expression, in terms of v, for the number of hours taken by the car.

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

(b) The average speed of the truck is v km/h.

Write down an expression, in terms of v, for the number of hours taken by the truck.

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

(c) The time taken by the truck from the village to the farm is 24 minutes more than the time
taken by the car.

(i) Form an equation, in terms of v, to represent this information and show that it reduces
to 3v = 200 .

Answer (c)(i) ........................................... [2]

(ii) Solve the equation 3v = 200.

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

(iii) How many minutes did the truck take to drive to the farm?

Answer (c)(iii) ............................... minutes [1]

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8 A sheet of paper has a length of 297 mm and a width of 210 mm.

(a) Calculate the area of one side of the sheet.

Answer (a) ......................................... mm2 [2]

(b) A box contains 500 sheets of paper.

Show that the total area of both sides of all 500 sheets is 62.37 m2.

Answer (b)............................................ m2 [2]

9 (a) Make h the subject of the formula

h
T = 26 – .
500

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

(b) The outside air temperature, T °C, of an aircraft at a height, h feet, is given by

h
T = 26 – .
500

The outside air temperature of an aircraft is –53°C.

3
1 metre = 3 feet
8

Calculate the height, in metres, of the aircraft.

Answer (b).............................................. m [3]

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10 A goat is freely tied to a tree, T, such that the furthest it can walk from the tree is 1.5 m.

Describe the locus of points that the goat can reach.

Answer ........................................................................................................................................

......................................................................................................................................................

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

3x
11 (a) Solve the inequality –7≥4.
5

Answer (a).................................................. [3]

3x
(b) What is the smallest possible integer value of x that satisfies the inequality – 7 ≥ 4?
5

Answer (b) x = ........................................... [1]

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12 The diagram below shows triangle ABC and triangle PQR.

4
A
3
B
2

1C

x
−5 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
−1 P

−2

−3

Q −4

−5

−6

−7
R

(a) Triangle PQR is the image of triangle ABC after a transformation.

Describe fully the transformation.

...............................................................................................................................................

...............................................................................................................................................

.......................................................................................................................................... [3]
–3
(b) Translate triangle ABC by vector ..
−4
Label the image DEF. [2]

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13 The diagram below shows a frame, PQRS, of a bicycle. The frame is made of steel tubing
such that PQ = 58 cm, QR = 56 cm, RS = 48 cm and QS = 50 cm. The size of PQS = 72° and
the size of QSP = 60°.

Q 58
P
72°

56 50

60°
R
48 S

Calculate

(a) the length of PS,

Answer (a)...........................................cm [3]

(b) the total length of the tubing needed to make the frame.

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

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14 A survey was carried out in 30 households. The distribution below shows the number of
people per household.

4 4 3 2 5 4 3 3 4 6

3 5 2 3 4 2 5 4 6 7

2 3 3 7 5 3 7 2 3 4

(a) Complete the frequency table for the distribution. [2]

Number of people per

Number of households
household
2 5

3 9

4 7

5 4

(b) What is the modal number of people per household?

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

(c) Calculate the mean number of people per household.

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

(d) What is the probability that a household selected at random has 4 people?

Answer (d)................................................. [1]

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15 In the diagram below, the points P, R and S lie on the circumference of a circle of centre O.
PQ is a tangent to the circle at P. RS is parallel to PO. The size of PQR = 21.8°,
OS = 3.25 cm and RQ = 5.5 cm.

3.25

O R 5.5
Q
21.8°

(a) What is the size of SOR?

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

(b) Calculate the length of the tangent PQ.

Answer (b)............................................ cm [3]

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16 The diagram below shows a water tank in the form of a cuboid of width 112 cm, height 85 cm
and length 175 cm.

85

175

112

(a) Calculate the volume, in litres, of the tank.

Answer (a).......................................... litres [3]

(b) The tank is completely filled with water. The tank is emptied by filling up as many
25 litre containers as possible.

Calculate

(i) the number of 25 litre containers that will be filled up,

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

(ii) the volume of water that will be left after the containers are filled up.

Answer (b) (ii) .................................... litres [2]

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17 The diagram below shows the graph of a quadratic function.

x
−2 −1 0 1 2 3 4

−1

(a) What is the equation of the line of symmetry of the graph?

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

(b) What is the lowest reading for the value of y from the graph?

Answer (b) y = ........................................ [1]

(c) Use the graph to find values of x when y = 0.

Answer (c) x = ................or x =............... [2]

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