BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

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NAME

CENTRE CANDIDATE
NUMBER NUMBER

MATHEMATICS 0563/02
Paper 2 October/November 2012
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
Additional Materials: Geometrical instruments
Electronic calculator

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Write your centre number, candidate number and name in the spaces provided 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 below that question. Omission of essential working
will result in loss of marks.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
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 π is required, use the value from your calculator or take π 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 πr 2 + πrl πr h
3

1
pyramid base area x height
3

4
sphere 4πr 2 πr 3
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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Examiner’s 3 Examiner’s
Use Use
1 In March 2010, the number of goats sold for slaughter was 3650.

(a) Express the number of goats sold in standard form.

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

(b) The total amount of money paid for the goats in March 2010 was P2 682 000.
Calculate the mean selling price of a goat, correct to the nearest thebe.

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

(c) In March 2011, the number of goats sold was 16% less than that of March 2010.
How many goats were sold in March 2011?

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

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2 Mr Mokone bought 375 bags of flour each of mass 12.5 kg.

(a) Calculate the total mass of the flour bought.

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

He packaged all the flour into 2.5 kg packets.

(b) Calculate the total number of packets used to package all the flour.

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

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Use 3 A mass of 100 g is hung at the end of a spring and the length of the spring measured.
Another mass of 100 g is added and the spring length measured again. The exercise
is repeated up to the 8th mass.
The results are shown in the scatter graph below.

9.2 •
• •
9.0

8.8
•
Spring
•
length (mm)
8.6
• •
8.4 •
8.2

8.0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800
Mass (g)

(a) State the type of correlation of the scatter graph.

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

(b) Draw the line of best fit for the scatter graph. [1]

(c) Using the line of best fit, estimate the mass when the length of the spring
is 8.64 mm.

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

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Use 4 The cash price of a new car is P115 000. There are two options, A and B, of paying for the Use
car as shown in the table below.

Option Payment
A P115 000.00 cash
27% of cash price deposit plus
B
48 monthly instalments of P2870

Mpho chooses option B to pay for the car.

(a) Calculate

(i) the amount that she will pay as deposit,

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

(ii) the total amount she will have to pay.

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

(b) Mpho pays more money by choosing option B than option A.

How much more does she have to pay?

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

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5 The points L(–6, 11) and M(–5, 8) lie on a straight line.

(a) Find the equation of the line LM.

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

(b) LM is extended to a point N such that LM = MN.

Find the coordinates of the point N.

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

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6 The times, in minutes, taken by 10 competitors to complete a puzzle are

15, 9, 23, 32, 17, 12, 27, 19, 26 and 15.

(a) Find the difference between the time taken by the fastest competitor and the time
taken by slowest competitor.

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

(b) Calculate the median of the distribution.

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

(c) One competitor is chosen at random from the group to represent the team in a
regional competition.
What is the probability that the competitor chosen took more than 18 minutes?

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

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Use 7 The diagram below shows a plot used for a paddock ABC . Use
The length of the boundary AB is 100 m.
The size of BÂC = 35 ° and the size of AB̂C = 61 °.

35° 61°
A 100 B

Calculate

(a) the size of AĈB ,

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

(b) the length of the boundary AC,

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

(c) the area of the plot for the paddock.

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

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Use 8 The diagram below shows trapeziums P and Q.
y

1
Q
x
–4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2 3 4
–1

–2
P
–3

–4

–5

(a) Describe fully the single transformation that maps trapezium P onto
trapezium Q.

Answer (a) ........................................................................................................

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

(b) Trapezium R is the image of trapezium P under enlargement of scale factor 2,

centre (0, –4).
Draw trapezium R on the same pair of axes. [2]

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9 The table below shows some values of x and the corresponding values of y for the
equation y = –x2 – 3x + 5 .

x –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2

y –5 1 5 7 7 5 1 –5

(a) On the axes provided below, draw the graph of y = –x2 – 3x + 5

for –5 ≤ x ≤ 2 . [3]
y
8

x
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0 1 2

–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

(b) Use the graph to find values of x such that –x2 – 3x + 5 = 0 .

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

1
(c) On the same pair of axes, draw the graph of y = x + 2 for –5 ≤ x ≤ 2 . [2]
2

1
(d) Write down values of x for which –x2 – 3x + 5 = x+2.
2

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

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Use 10 The diagram below shows a table top TUVWXYZ in the form of a regular heptagon Use
with centre O. The length of each side is 140 cm.
T

Z U

•
O
Y V

X W

(a) State the order of rotational symmetry of the table top.

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

(b) Show that the size of TÛV is 128.6°, correct to one decimal place.

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

(c) Calculate the perpendicular distance from O to TU.

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

(d) The table top is to be decorated using triangular tiles.

Calculate

(i) the area of the tile that is needed to cover TOU,

Answer (d)(i) .......................................cm2 [2]

(ii) the total area of the table top to be decorated.

Answer (d)(ii) .....................................cm2 [2]

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11 The diagrams below show a pattern of small triangles. Use
Use

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3

(a) Show, by shading, the small triangles that represent Diagram 4 in the grid
provided below.

[1]

The table below shows the number of small triangles in each diagram.

Diagram 1 2 3 4 ... n
Number of
6 10 14 ...
small triangles

(b) (i) How many triangles are in Diagram 4?

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

(ii) Write down an expression, in terms of n, for the number of small

triangles in Diagram n.

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

(c) A diagram has a total of 106 small triangles.

What is its diagram number?

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

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Use 12 A cup costs Px and a plate costs P3 more than a cup.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the cost of a plate.

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

(b) Martha buys 4 cups and 2 plates.

Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the total amount of money Martha
used.

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

(c) The total amount of money Martha used is P27.

Write down an equation, in terms of x, for this information.

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

(d) Solve the equation in part (c).

Answer (d) .....................................[2]

(e) How much money does a plate cost?

Answer (e) P...................................[1]

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Examiner’s 13 The diagram below shows a solid wooden ornament in the form of a cone of base Use
Use
radius 4.3 cm. The height of the cone is 6.2 cm and the slant height is ℓ cm.

6.2 ℓ

4.3

(a) Show that the slant height, ℓ, is 7.55 cm, correct to 3 significant figures.

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

(b) Calculate the curved surface area of the cone.

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

(c) The ornament is to be varnished.

Calculate the total surface area to be varnished.

Answer (c) .........................................cm2 [3]

(d) Calculate the volume of wood used to make the ornament.

Answer (d) ..........................................cm3 [2]

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