BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

ar Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

MATHEMATICS 0563103
Paper 3 October/November 202{
2 hours 30 minutes
Additional materials: Answer paper Graph paper (2 sheets)
Electronic calculator Mathematical tables (optional)
Geometrical instruments

R.EAD THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

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6 Start each question on a fresh side of the page.
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on each sheet of answer paper you use.
Answer all questions.
All working must be clearly shown. The working should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answer.
Marks will be given for working which shows that you know how to solve the problem even if you get the
answer wrong.
At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together using the string provided.
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 125.
Electronic calculators may be used.
lf 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.
ln any question where the value of n is required, use the value from your calculator or take n as 3.142.

This document consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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The table below shows salary scales W, X and Y in the pay structure for a company in 2018.

Scale Salaries (P)

W 12 000 to 19 000

X 19 500 to 23 500
Y 24 000 to 32 000

(a) What is the range of the salaries in scale [42 t1l

(b) ln 2019, the salary scales W, X and Ywere increased as shown in the table below.

Scale Salary increase

W 10o/o of the 2018 salary
5o/o of the 2018 salary + P75
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O) Y 3o/o ol the 2018 salary + P125

(i) Calculate

(A) the highest salary in scale Y after the increase, 121

(B) the overall percentage increase for the highest salary in scale Y. 121

( ii) After the increase one salary in scale Xwas P23175.

Calculate the salary before the increase. 14)

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The diagram below represents a triangular piece of land, PQR. PQ = 385m,

QR = 462m and angle PQR = 67'.
All the measurements are given correct to the nearest whole number.

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o) (a) State the lower bound of

(i) length PQ, t1l

(ii) angle PQR. t1l

(b) Calculate the upper bound of the area of the piece of land. t3l

5 A plot of land is in the shape of a quadrilateral ABCD. AB = 99 m, BC =74m,

AD = 95m, BD = 88m and angle ABC = 105'.

(a) (i) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 10 m, construct a scale drawing of the plot. t3l

(ii) Measure and write down the size of angle DAB. t1l

(b) A lamp post is to be erected inside the plot of land.

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The position of the lamp post is such that it is the same distance from C as it is from D.
It should also be at a point that is 90 m from A.

Show by construction

(i) the locus of all the possible positions of the lamp post that are the same distance
from C as they are from D, t1l

(ii) the locus of all the possible positions of the lamp post that are 90 m from A. t1l

(c) Mark and label with letter X, the position of the lamp post. t1l

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(d) Draw a histogram to represent the masses of the 63 chickens such that the class
1.75 < m < 1.80 has a bar width 1 cm and height 10cm. t3l

8 A shop sells Giantflo perfume and Lovetic perfume. A bottle of Giantflo perfume costs Px and
a bottle of Lovetic perfume costs Py.

(a) A customer buys 2 bottles of Giantflo perfume and 7 bottles of Lovetic perfume.
Write down an expression, in terms of x and/or y, for the cost of

(i) perfumes,
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(ii) 7 bottles of Lovetic perfumes" t1l

(b) The customer paid P135 for 2 bottles of Giantflo perfume and 7 bottles of Lovetic
perfume.

S Write down an equation, in terms of x and y, to represent this information. 121

(c) Another customer paid P190.50 for 1 1 bottles of Giantflo perfume and 4 bottles of Lovetic
perfume.

Write down an equation, in terms of x and y, to represent this information. 121

(d) Solve simultaneously, the equations in parts (b) and (c). t3l

(e) Calculate the number of bottles of Giantflo perfume that a customer could buy for
P264.s0. 12)

I The diagram below represents the positions of a clinic (C), a post office (P), a school (S)
and a kgotla (CI, in a village.
CP = 6.5 km, CK = 3.5 km, PK = 4.1km, SK = 2.9 km, SP = 3.9km and angle KSC = 48'.

(a) Calculate

(i) the size of angle PKC, t4l

(ii) the size of angle SCK. t3l

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11 An oil container is a prism. The diagram below represents the cross section of the inside
of the oil container. The cross section is a trapezium with parallel sides 75 cm and 130 cm long.
The perpendicular height of the trapezium is 52 cm.

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(a) (i) Calculate the area of the cross section of the container. l2l
(ii) fhe inner length of the container is 185 cm. The container is filled to capacity with oil.

co Calculate the volume of oil in the container. 121

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(b) The oil is drained into identical cylindrical cans of inner radius 4.2cm and inner
height 12cm.

Calculate

(i) the volume of oilthat completely fills one can, 121

(ii) the maximum number of cans that will be completely filled with oil from the
container. 12)

12 A path from the bottom to the top of a hill is 45 m long.

(a) Lala ran from the bottom to the top of the hill at an average speed of x m/s.

Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the time in seconds she took to reach
the top of the hill. I1l
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(b) She then ran down the hill along the same path. Her average speed was 3 mis
faster than her speed up the hill.

Write down an expression, in terms of x, for

(i) her average speed, t1l

(ii) the time taken to run down the hill. t1l

(c) lt took Lala 55 seconds less time to run down the hill than to run up the hill.

Form an equation, in terms of x. to represent this information and show that it

simplifies lo 11x2 + 33x - 27 = O. lsl
(d) Solve the equation 11x2 + 33x * 27 = O. l5I

(e) Calculate Lala's time, in seconds, for running down the hitl. 121

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14. The diagram below represents an object made by joining a solid cylinder to a solid cone.
The cylinder has base radius 15cm and height 25cm. The cone has base height 15cm,
perpendicular height 18.1 cm and slant height, L

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(a) Show that the slant height, l, of the cone is 23.5 cm, correct to 3 significant figures. 121

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the object. l3l

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Mathematical formulae for paper 3

Surface area and volume of solids

Name of solid Total surface area Volume

cone nr2 + nrl

1 nr'h
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pyramid
1 bu." area x height
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sphere 4nr2 -3 nf"

Trigonometry
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Sine Rule
sinA sinB sinC
abc
abc
siM sinB sinC
-=-=
1
Area of a triangle = - ab sinC
2

Cosine Rule a2 = b2 + c'-Zbc cos A

b2+c2*a2
cosA=
2bc

Statistics
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Variance
z(*-*)' Zr(x-xY
Lf

Standard deviation (SD) = Jvariance =

or ,,r' _Ef
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2 The diagrams below show a pattern of unit squares.

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Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3 Diagram 4
The table below shows the total number of unit squares in each diagram.

Diagram 1 2 ? 4 n

Total number of unit squares 5 8 13

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(a) What is the total number of unit squares in Diagram 4? t1l
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(b) Express, in terms of n, the total number of unit squares in Diagram n. t3l
(c) Hence, or othenruise, calculate the total number of unit squares in Diagram 21. l2l
(d) The total number of unit squares in a diagram is 1373.

What is the diagram number? tsl

3 The diagram below shows points K, L, M and N on the circumference of a circle, centre O
RS is a tangent to the circle at K.
The size of angle KLT is 78' and the size of angle LIK is 64'.

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State, with a geometrical reason,

(a) the size of angle MNK, 121

(b) the size of angle LKS, tzl

(c) the size of angle MOK. t2l

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ln the diagram below, .(LMN is a parallelogram such that = 2a - b and a * Sb.

f is a point such that KT = 2a - 1.6b. {, W= 7

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(a) Express in terms of a and/or b

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(b) LN is parallel to KTsuch that fi= PKT

Calculate the value of p. 121

7 The frequency table below shows the masses, m kg, of 63 chickens,

Mass (mkg) Number of chickens

1.75<ms1.80 10

1.80< m<1.85 '13

1.85< m31.95 17

1.95< ms2.10 15

2.10 < m s2.30 I

(a) Write down the mid-value of 1.75 < m s 1.80. t1l

(b) Calculate an estimate of

(i) the mean, t3l

(ii) the variance, t3I

(iii) the standard deviation of the mass of the chickens. t1l

(c) Without drawing a cumulative frequency curve, calculate an estimate of the median
mass of the chickens. t3l

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(b) Calculate the shortest distance from K to CS. 121

(c) A tower, KL, at the kgotla is such that K is the foot of the tower and L is
the top of the tower. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from C is 4'

Calculate the height, KL, of the tower. Give your answer in metres. t3l

10 A player takes a shot at a target which can result in either a hit or miss. The player has two shots
at the target. The probability that the player's first shot results in a hit is 0.25. The probability that
the player's second shot results in a hit is 0.65.

(a) The tree diagram below shows the possibilities of the two shots.

What is the value of p and the value of r in the diagram?

First Shot Second Shot

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(b) Calculate the probability that

(i) the player's first shot at the target results in a hit and second shot at the target
results in a miss, l2l
(ii) the player has only one hit from the two shots. t3l

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13 A carpenter buys rhino boards and hard boards. The cost of one rhino board is P180 and
the cost of one hard board is P144.

The carpenter buys x rhino boards and y hard boards.

(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x and/or y, for the cost of buying

(i) boards,
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(ii) the hard boards. t1l

(b) The carpenter has P3600 to buy the rhino boards and the hard boards.

Write down an inequality, in terms of x and y, to represent this information and show
that it simplifies to 5x + 4y < 100. 121

(c) The number of the rhino boards that the carpenter buys should be at least IJ of tne
number of the hard boards.
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Write down an inequality, in terms of x and y, to represent this information and show

that it can be written as f s |x. Pl

(d) The number of hard boards that the carpenter buys should at least be 5.

Write down an inequality, in terms of x and/or y to represent this information t1l

(e) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 5 units on each axis, show, by shading the
unwanted regions, the set of points satisfying the three lnequalities in parts (b),
(c) and (d). t3l

(0 (i) What is the maximum total number of rhino boards and hard boards that the
carpenter can buy? t1l

(ii) What is the maximum amount of money that the carpenter would use to buy the
o boards. 121
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