HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 11 END OF TERM TWO

2011
MATHEMATICS SYLABUS D
PAPER 1
TIME: 2 HOURS MARKS: 60
INSTRUCTIONS
- Write your Name and Class
- Answer all questions in this paper
- Show all your workings
- Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks
- NEITHER ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS, NOR MATHEMATICAL TABLES MAY
BE USED IN THIS PAPER.

1. (a) Express 0.0025 as a fraction in its lowest term.

(b) Find the exact value of 2.62 ÷ 0.02

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [1]

2. (a) Express 3/25 as a percentage

(b) Find the value of 16¾

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [1]

3. (a) Write down the next number in the sequence 3, -6, 12, -24, --
(b) Write down the formula for the nth term of the sequence 1, 8, 27, 64,

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [2]

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4. In a sale prices are reduced by 20%. The price of a car in the sale is K15, 000,000. Find its normal
price.

Answer: K ………………………………. [1]

5. List the following in order of size, starting with the smallest.

⅓, 0.3, 0.29, 32%

Answer: … ………………………………. [1]

6. A football Club paid $15 million for a player. A newspaper reported that the club would have to
sell 75,174 tickets to cover the cost.
(a) Write down 75,174 correct to two significant figures.
(b) Use your answer (a) and the information above to estimate the cost, in dollars of a ticket.

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [2]

7. (a) When Peter went to Hong Kong, he changed ₤50 into $616.
Calculate what one British Pound (₤) was worth in Hong Kong dollars ($).
(b) It takes 8 hours for 5 people to paint a room. How long would it take 4 people?

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [1]

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8. Solve the following systems of equations
3x + y = 95
x + y = 29

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [2]

9. A, B and S are points on a circle, centre O. TA and TB are tangents. ATB = 52°.
T
52°
A

B
S
Calculate
(a) AOS
(b) OAB
(c) ASB
Answer: (a) ………………………………. [2]
(b) ………………………………. [1]
(c) ………………………………. [1]

10. Shade the region (PQ) R’ on the Venn diagram in the answer space.

E P Q

R Answer: … ………………………………. [2]

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11. Evaluate
(a) 21/6 + ⅖ - 1⅓
(b) The average of ¼ and ½

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [2]

(b) ………………………………. [1]

12. (a) Subtract 4x2 + 6y2 – 2z2 from 6x2 – 14xy2 – 12z2
(b) There are 38 pupils in a class. Each pupil had one vote to choose a class monitor from three
candidates Mary, Alice and Betty. Mary gained twice as many votes as Alice. Betty got 5
votes. Find the number of votes for Mary.

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [2]

(b) ………………………………. [2]

C 7cm N
D ABCD is a parallelogram. BN is perpendicular to DC
13. Produced. The area of triangle ABC is 39cm2,
AB = 13cm and CN = 7cm.

Calculate (a) the area of the parallelogram ABCD

(b) The length of BN
A 13cm B (c) the area of ABNC

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [1]
(c) ………………………………. [2]

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14. A vertical post of height 1.5m and a vertical flag pole of height 7.5m stand on horizontal
grounds.

Flag pole
Post

7.5m
1.5m

6m
(a) Express the height of the post as a percentage of the height of the flag pole.
(b) At a certain time of day, the flag pole casts a shadow of length 6cm.
Calculate the length of the shadow cast by the post.

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [2]

(b) ………………………………. [2]
15. The variables x and y are connected by the equation y = k , where k is the constant.
x
Pairs of corresponding values are given in the table below.
x 36 4 q
y 4 p 8
Calculate
(a) k
(b) p
(c) q

Answer: (a) k = …………………………. [1]

(b) p = …………………………. [1]
(c) q = ….………………………. [1]

16. Given that C = 5 x 10 – 2 and d = 4 x 103, calculate, giving each answer in standard form.
(i) cd
(ii) c3
1
(iii) /c + d

Answer: (i) ………………………………. [1]

(ii) ………………………………. [1]
(iii) ………………………………. [2]

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17. (a) Factorize fully 5x2 – 10x
(b)Solve 3y + 6 = 7y – 10
(c) Solve 3p(p + 2) = 0

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [2]
(c) ………………………………. [1]

18. (a) Evaluate 4 2 1 -2

1 1 -1 4

(b)Write down the inverse of 1 -2

-1 4

(c) Given that 2 1 x = x 2 1

y 4
Find the value of x.

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [1]
(c) ………………………………. [2]

19. Given that y = 18 + 3x2

i) Find the value of y when x = -2
ii) Find the value of x when y = 93
iii) Express x in terms of y

Answer: (i) ………………………………. [1]

(ii) ………………………………. [1]
(iii) ………………………………. [2]

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20. N N The bearing of C from A is 076°. The bearing of B from A is
118° and CA = CB.

Calculate

(a) The bearing of A from C

(b) ACB
(c) The bearing of B from C

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [1]
(c) ………………………………. [1]

21.
A

14

O B
In the diagram, OAB is a quadrant of a circle, radius 14cm.
Taking  to be 22/7, calculate
(a) The arc length AB
(b) The perimeter of the shaded part of the diagram.

Answer: (a) ………………………………. [1]

(b) ………………………………. [2]

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