EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL OF ZAMBIA

Examination for General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

Mathematics 4024/1
Paper 1

Thursday 8 AUGUST 2024

Time: 2 hours Marks: 80

2
8 3
1 Evaluate (27)
Answer : …………………………… [2]

2 Simplify 4(𝑥 − 2) + 3(2 − 3).

Answer: (a) …………………………. [2]
3 Solve the equation (3𝑥 − 5) (𝑥 + 2) = 0.
Answer: 𝑥 = ……...….. OR ……………. [2]
2
4 Factorise completely 7𝑥 − 7.
Answer: ……………………………… [2]
5 Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram below.

Answer: ……………………………………… [2]

6 A businessman got 800 shares worth K7 200.00. What was the cost of each share?
Answer : .. …………………… [2]
7 The sequence 20, 17, 14, ... , is an Arithmetic progression. Find the
(a) 9th term,
(b) Sum of the first 10 terms.

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8 (a) A fair die is rolled once. Find the probability of a 4 showing up.
(b) In the diagram below, ABC is a straight line, AD = 5cm, BD = 13cm and angle

Find the value of tan 𝐷𝐵̂ 𝐶.

Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]
(b) …………………………….. [2]
9 (a) Given that the universal set E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, P = {2, 4, 6, 8} and
Q ={2, 3, 5, 7}. List P’ ∩ Q.
(b) The diagram below shows trapezium S and trapezium T.

Describe fully a single transformation which maps trapezium S onto trapezium T.

Answer: (a) …………………………… [1]
(b) …………………………….[2]
10 (a) Given that A = (2 -1 T
3), find A .
3
(b) Given that A = ( ) and B = (1 −1), find AB.
2
Answer: (a) …………………………… [1]
(b) …………………………….[2]

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11 The diagram below shows positions of towns A, B and C.

(a) What is the time at A if it is 05 00 hours at B?

(b) A plane flew from town A to town C in 5 hours. What was the speed of the plane in
knots?

Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ………………..……………. [2]
12 (a) 2
The diagram shows a sector AOB whose area is 34.65cm . The angle subtended at
22
the centre is 81° and the radius is 𝑟 𝑐𝑚. ( 𝜋 = )
7

Find the radius (r) of the sector.

(b) The ratio of the areas of two similar solids is 9:25. If the volume of the bigger solid is
375cm3, what is the volume of the smaller solid?
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [2]
(b) ………………..……………. [2]

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13 Given that y varies directly as x and inversely as the square of z and that 𝑥 = 8 when 𝑦 = 4
and 𝑧 = 2, find the
(a) constant of variation, k,
(b) value of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 18 and z =3,
(c) values of z when 𝑥 = 25 and 𝑦 = 2.
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]
(b) ………………..……………. [1]
(c) ……….…………………….. [1]

14 In the diagram, P, Q, R, S are points on the circle with centre O and PQR = 68°. TRU is a
tangent at R.

Find
(a) PÔR,
(b) PŜR,
(c) ̂ O.
PR
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]
(b) ………………..……………. [1]
(c) ……….…………………….. [2]

15 (a) Two points A and B have coordinates (-5, -3) and (-1, 𝑎) respectively. Given that the
gradient of the line AB is 2, find the value of a.
𝑑𝑦
(b) Given that 𝑦 = 4𝑥 3 − 2𝑥 2 + 1, find .
𝑑𝑥
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [2]
(b) ………………..……………. [2]
16 The length of a sugarcane is measured as 2.6m. If its true length is 2.5m, find the
(a) absolute error,
(b) percentage error.
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [2]
(b) ………………..……………. [2]

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 𝑥−1
17 The functions f and g are defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = 3𝑥 − 4 and 𝑔(𝑥) = 3
Find
(a) 𝑓 −1 (𝑥),
(b) 𝑔𝑓(𝑥),
(c) 𝑔𝑓(−3).
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]
(b) ………………..……………. [2]
(c) ……….…………………….. [1]

18 (a) The diagram shows a triangular prism ABCDEF in which AE = AD = DE.

State the number of planes of symmetry for this triangular prism.

(b) In the answer space below is an incomplete program written in pseudocode for
calculating the nth term (T𝑛) of an arithmetic progression, given the first term (𝑎), the
common difference (𝑑) and the number of terms (𝑛). Complete the program.

Answer: (a) …………………………………….. [2]

(b) Start
Enter …………………. [1]
Tn = ………………… [1]
Output Tn
Stop

19 (a) In the answer space below, draw 𝐴𝐶 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = ( 1 )

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = (3) and 𝐵𝐶
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ , given that 𝐴𝐵
1 −3

1
(b) The straight line 𝑦 = 2 𝑥 + 𝑝 passes through the point (−2, 2). Find the coordinates
of the 𝑦 −intercept.

(b) ………………..…………….…………. [2]

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20 In the diagram, A, B and C are three points on level ground. The bearing of B from A is 137°,
the bearing of C from B is 250° and angle ACB =35°.

Find the bearing of

(a) A from B,
(b) A from C.
Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]
(b) ………………..……………. [2]
21 Write the four inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the diagram below.

Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ………………..……………. [2]

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22 (a) The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 + 3𝑥 + 2, passing
through the points A and B.

Find the
(i) coordinates of A and of B,
(ii) minimum turning point.
(b) Solve the equation 81 − 27𝑥 = 0.

Answer: (a) (i) A(………..,………..), B(……….,…………) [2]

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

23 The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of an object. The object accelerates
uniformly from O to P until it reaches a speed of 20m/s in 4 seconds and then moves steadily
from P to Q for 6 seconds and finally comes to rest.

Find the
(a) acceleration in the first 4 seconds,
(b) total distance covered by the object,
(c) average speed in the last 4 seconds.

Answer: (a) ……………………………… [1]

(b) ………………..……………. [2]
(c) ……….…………………….. [3]

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 ANSWERS FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2024 G.C.E
CONTENT Q No CONTENT
2 2 1(𝑓𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒) 1
1. 8 3 3 8 2 2 𝟒
8 (a) =6
(27) = (√27) = (3) = 𝟗 6(𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠)

= 𝟎.𝟏𝟕 (𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒘𝒐

𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒔).
2. 𝟒(𝒙 − 𝟐) + 𝟑(𝟐𝒙 − 𝟑) = 𝟒𝒙 − 𝟖 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟗
(b) AB2 = BD2 – AD2
𝟒𝒙 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖 – 𝟗 = 𝟏𝟎𝒙 – 𝟏𝟕
AB2 = 132 – 52 169 – 2𝟓 = 144
AB = √144 = 12cm
3. (3𝑥 − 5) + 3(2𝑥 − 3) = 4𝑥 − 8 + 6𝑥 − 9 5
4𝑥 + 6𝑥 − 8 − 9 = 𝟏𝟎𝒙 − 𝟏𝟕 𝑻𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑩̂𝑫 = 12
5
𝑻𝒂𝒏 𝑨𝑩̂𝑫 = − 12

4. 𝟕𝒙 − 𝟕 = 𝟕(𝒙 − 𝟏) = 𝟕(𝒙 − 𝟏 )
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐

𝟕[(𝒙 + 𝟏)(𝒙 − 𝟏)] 9 (a) 𝑷′ ∩ 𝑸 = {𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟕}

(b) It is a reflection in the 𝒙-axis or in the
5. 𝑨′ ∩ (𝑩 ∪ 𝑪) line 𝒚 = 𝟎

6. 1 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 → 𝑥 1 𝑥
10. (a) 𝟐
→ = 7 200 𝑇
800 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 → 7 200 800 𝐴 = (−𝟏)
800𝑥 = 7 200 → 𝑥 =
7 200 𝟑
800

K9.00 per share

(b) 𝐴𝐵 = (3) (1 −2) = (𝟑 −𝟔
)
2 𝟐 −𝟒
7.(a)
𝑇𝑛 = 𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 = 20 + (9 − 1)(−3)
𝑇𝑛 = 20 + (8)(−3) = 20 − 24 = −𝟒 11. (a) 05 00 hours

(b) 𝑛 (b) 𝐷 = 𝜃 × 60 = 90 × 60 = 5400𝑛𝑚

𝑆𝑛 = 2 [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑]
𝐷 5400𝑛𝑚
𝑆= = = 𝟏𝟎𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒔
10 𝑇 5ℎ𝑟𝑠
𝑆𝑛 = [2(20) + (10 − 1)(−3)]
2

𝑆𝑛 = 5[40 − 27] = 5(13) = 𝟔𝟓

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12 (a) 𝑨 = 𝜽 × 𝝅𝒓𝟐 15. (a) 𝒎 = 𝑦2 −𝑦1 → 2 = 𝑎 +3
𝟑𝟔𝟎 𝑥2 −𝑥1 −1 +5
𝟖𝟏 𝟐𝟐 𝑎 + 3 = (2(−1 + 5) → 𝑎 + 3 = −2 + 10
𝟑𝟒. 𝟔𝟓 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎 × × 𝒓𝟐
𝟕 𝑎+3=8→ 𝑎 =8−3 →𝑎 =𝟓
𝟔𝟗𝟑 𝟗 𝟏𝟏 𝒓𝟐 𝟔𝟗𝟑 𝟗𝟗𝒓𝟐 𝑑𝑦
= 𝟐𝟎 × → = 3 2 𝟐
𝟐𝟎 𝟕 𝟐𝟎 𝟏𝟒𝟎 (b) 𝑦 = 4𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 1 → 𝑑𝑥 = 𝟏𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒𝒙
20 x 99r2 = 140 x 693
𝟏𝟒𝟎×𝟔𝟗𝟑
𝒓𝟐 = = 𝟒𝟗
𝟐𝟎×𝟗𝟗 16. (a) 𝐴𝐸 = |𝑅𝑉 − 𝑇𝑉| = |2.6𝑐𝑚 − 2.5𝑐𝑚|
𝒓 = ±√𝟒𝟗 → 𝒓 = 7cm AE = 0.1cm

(b) PE = RE x 100% = 𝟎.𝟏 × 𝟏𝟎𝟎% = 4%

(b) K2 = 9 : 25 𝟐.𝟓

K2 = √𝟗:√𝟐𝟓 --------> K= 3 : 5
𝑦+4
17(a) 3𝑥 − 4 = 𝑦 → 3𝑥 = 𝑦 + 4 → 𝑦 =
K3 = 33 : 53 --------> K3 = 27 : 125 3
−1 (𝑥) 𝑥+4
𝟐𝟕 𝒙 ∴𝑓 = 3
𝟐𝟕 ∶ 𝟏𝟐𝟓 = 𝒙 ∶ 𝟑𝟕𝟓 → = 𝟑𝟕𝟓
𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝟐𝟕 × 𝟑𝟕𝟓 (b) 𝑔𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑔(3𝑥 − 4) = 3𝑥−4+1 = 3𝑥−3
𝟏𝟐𝟓𝒙 = 𝟐𝟕 × 𝟑𝟕𝟓 → 𝒙 = 3 3
𝟏𝟐𝟓
𝑔𝑓(𝑥) = 𝒙 − 𝟏
𝒙 = 𝟐𝟕 × 𝟑 = 𝟖𝟏𝒄𝒎

𝑲𝒙 𝟖𝒌
(c) 𝑔𝑓(−3) = 𝑥 – 1 = −3 – 1 = −𝟒
13 (a) 𝒚 = 𝒛𝟐
→ 𝟒=
𝟐𝟐
→ 𝟖𝒌 = 𝟏𝟔

K=2
𝑲𝒙 𝟐 × 𝟐𝟓
18. (a) It has 3 planes of symmetry, which pass
(b) 𝒚 = = =𝟒 through each of the three edges of the base of
𝒛𝟐 𝟑𝟐
𝑲𝒙 𝟐 × 𝟐𝟓 the prism and are perpendicular to the base.
(c) 𝒚 = →𝟐= → 𝟐 × 𝟐𝟓 = 𝟐𝒛𝟐
𝒛𝟐 𝒛𝟐 Alternatively, it can also be considered to have
𝟓𝟎
𝒛𝟐 = 𝟐
= 𝟐𝟓 → 𝒛 = √𝟐𝟓 → 𝒛 = ±𝟓 2 additional planes of symmetry that pass
through the apex of the prism and are parallel
to the base, but these are not unique to the
(a) POR = 68 x 2 = 136o triangular prism and are also present in other
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(b) PSR = 180 – 68 = 112o prisms
180−136 44
(c) PRO = = = 22o
2 2
(b) Start
Enter: 𝒂, 𝒅, 𝒏
Tn = 𝒂 + (𝒏 − 𝟏) ∗ 𝒅
Output: Tn
Stop

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19 21 (vi) (0, 0) and (6, 6)
𝑦 −𝑦 6−0 6
M= 𝑥2 −𝑥1 = 6 − 0 = 6 = 𝟏
2 1

𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄 → 𝒚 = 𝒙 + 𝟎 → 𝒚 = 𝒙
𝒚<𝒙
22. (a)
(i) 𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 + 2 = 0
𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 2 = 0
𝑥(𝑥 + 1) + 2(𝑥 + 1) = 0
1 1 (𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 + 1) = 0
(b) 𝒚 = 2 𝑥 + 𝑝 → 2 = 2 (−2) + 𝑝
𝑥 + 2 = 0 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 + 1 = 0
2 = −1 + 𝑝 → 𝑝 =2+1=𝟑 𝑥 = −2 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −1
𝐀(−𝟐, 𝟎) 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁 (𝟎, 𝟐)
20. (a) A from B = 𝟑𝟔𝟎 − (𝟏𝟖𝟎 − 𝟏𝟑𝟕)
4𝑎𝑐−𝑏 2 4(1)(2) −(3)2 8−9 𝟏
= 𝟑𝟔𝟎 − 𝟒𝟑 (ii) 𝒚 = = = = −𝟒
4𝑎 4(1) 4
= 𝟑𝟏𝟕°
𝑥 𝑥
(b) 81 − 27 = 0 → 81 = 27
(b) A𝑩̂𝑪 = 𝟑𝟔𝟎 − (𝟐𝟓𝟎 + 𝟒𝟑) 4 𝟏
= 360 – 293 (3)3𝑥 = (3)4 → 3𝑥 = 4 → 𝑥 = 3 = 𝟏 𝟒
= 𝟔𝟕°
B𝑨̂𝑪 = 𝟏𝟖𝟎 − (𝟑𝟓 + 𝟔𝟕) 𝑣 − 𝑢 20 − 0 20
= 180 – 102 23. (a) 𝑎 = = = = 𝟓𝒎/𝒔𝟐
𝑡 4 4
= 𝟕𝟖°
∴A from C = 𝟏𝟖𝟎 − [𝟑𝟔𝟎 − (𝟏𝟑𝟕 + 𝟕𝟖)] (b) 1 1
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎 − (𝟑𝟔𝟎 − 𝟐𝟏𝟓) 𝐷 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ = (6 + 15)20 = 10(21)
2 2
= 𝟏𝟖𝟎 − 𝟏𝟒𝟓 D = 210 m
= 𝟎𝟑𝟓°
21. (c) 20 ∶ 𝑉 = 5 ∶ 4
(i) 𝒚 ≥ 𝟏
20 5
= 4 → 5𝑉 = 20 × 4 → 5𝑉 = 80
𝑉
(ii) 𝒙 < 𝟔
80
𝑉= = 𝟏𝟔𝒎/𝒔
5
(iii) (0, 3) and (6, 0)
𝑦2 −𝑦1 0−3 3 𝟏
M= = =− =−
𝑥2 −𝑥1 6− 0 6 𝟐
𝟏
𝒚 = 𝒎𝒙 + 𝒄 → 𝒚 = − 𝟐 𝒙 + 𝟔
𝟐𝒚 = −𝒙 + 𝟔 ---> 𝟐𝒚 + 𝒙 = 𝟔
𝟐𝒚 + 𝒙 ≥ 𝟔

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