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MATHEMATICS

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Read the following instructions carefully

1. This paper has two sections A and B.

2. Section A has 30 short answer question (30 mark)

3. All the working. For both section A and B must be shown in the spaces provided

4. All working must be done using a blue or black ball

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1. Work 2 3 0
+ 6 9
29 9

2. Write 147 in roman numerals

147 = 100 + 40 +7= C + XL + VII = CXLVII

3. Find the complement of the angle of 250
Complementary angles add up to 900
Let the angle be y
y + 250 = 900
y = 650
4. Write in figure: Two hundred twenty-two thousand twenty-two.

200000

22000

+ 22

222,022

5. Simplify: 3p−¿3q + 2p+2q

Collecting like term: = 3p + 2p 2q – 3q

= 5p - q

6. Change 30cm to metres

100cm = 1m

30 x 1
30m = = 0.3m
100

1 3
7. Work out: +
2 4

1 x 2+ 3 5 1
= =1
4 4 4

8. Find the next number in the sequence: 125, 64, 27, 8, 1

53, 43, 33, 23 13

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9. Solve: 2t + 5=t+1.

Collect like term: 2t -t = 1 -5

T = -4

10. Work out: 110two x11two

110

x 11

110

110

10010

11. Study the Venn diagram below and find the value of P.

Ʃ = 40

X Y

15 P 8

15 + P +8 + 5 = 40
P = 12

12. Work out: -5++8. = 3

13. In the triangle PQR, angle PQR = 780, angle PRQ=420 and angle PQS = 320. Find the size of angle PSQ.

320

420
R
P
S
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 Angle QPR + angle PQR + angle QRP = 1800 (angle sum of a triangle)

Angle QPR + 780 + 420 = 1800

Angle QPR = 600

Angle PSQ + angle QPS + angle PQS = 1800 (angle sum of a triangle)

Angle PSQ + 600 + 320 = 1800

Angle PSQ = 880

14. A school has a total of 400 pupils. If there are 240 girls in the school, what is the ratio of boys to
girls?

Number of boy: 400 – 240 = 160

Ratio of boys: girls = 160: 240

Divide by 80 throughout = 2: 3

15. How many cubes of ½ cm 3 volumes are contained in a cube of 2cm3 volume?

1 2
Number or cube 2 ÷ = 2 x =4 cubes
2 1

16. Find the range of the following numbers: 5,1,4,6,9,3,8,2.

Arrange the numbers in order starting from the smallest: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9

Range = the biggest value – smallest value

=9–1

=8

3
17. The probability of a football team winning a game in . If the team plays 15 games, how many
5
games are the team expected to win?

3
= x 15=9
5

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18. A businessman sold a generator at Shs. 200,000 making a loss of 10,500. What was the cost price of
the generator?

Cost = sale price + loss

= 200,000 + 10,500

= 210, 500

19. What is the bearing of A from B in the diagram below?

B
0
60
600

The bearing of A from B = 1800 + 600 = 2400

10
1. Using a pair of compasses, ruler and a pencil only, construct an angle of 22 at point Q in the
2

P Q R

20. The time is 11:30 am. what time will it be after 10 hours on a twenty-four-hour clock?

11:30 + 10 = 21:30

21. Find the are of the shaded part in the diagram below.
22
(use π= )
7

3 2
7cm Area of shaded area = πr
4
7cm 7cm
3 22
= x x7 x 7
4 7

= 115.5cm2
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22. Find the greatest common factor (GCF) of 12 and 18.

2 12 18

3 6 9

2 3

GCF = 2 x 3 = 6

23. A farmer banked Shs. 3 million in Nile bank. If he banked 20,000-shilling notes, how many notes did
he bank?

total amount 3000000

Number of notes = = =150
amount per note 20000

24. The average height of 4 girls, Mary, Jane, Mariam and Agnes is 120cm. Mary is 100 cm tall and Jane
is 130 cm tall. Find the height of Mariam if Jane is as tall as Agnes.
Let the height of Agnes be x

Average =
∑ of items =
100+130+130+ x
=120
number of items 4
100 + 130 + 130 + x = 120 x 4
360 + x = 480
x = 480 – 360
x = 120

25. Ten men take 12 days to do a piece of work. How many men working at the same rate do the same
piece of work in 8 days?

Number of men x number of days required = constant = 12 x 10 = 120days

Let the number of men required to do the work in 8days be X

8X = 120

120
X= =15 men
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 b(a+c )
27. If a=-3, b=6 and c=-2. Find the value of
c

6(−3+−2) 6 x−5 −30

Substitute for a, b, c in the expression = = = =15
−2 −2 −2

28. Find the size of one of the exterior angles of a regular octagon.

360 360 0
Exterior angle = = =45
number of sides 8

29. Given that X = (prime numbers less than 7) and Y = (multiple of 2 less than 7) find n(XUY)

x = {2, 3, 5} and Y = {2, 4, 6)

(XUY) = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6}

n(XUY) = 5

30. Find the product of place value of 1 in the number 8.91 and the place value of 3 the number
368.4.

1
= x 300=3
100

Section B
31. Seventy children were taken to a clinic for immunization.
45 children were immunized against measles (M)
x children were immunized against polio (P)
6 children were immunized against measles and polio.
1 child was not immunized at all.
(a) Represent the above information in the Venn diagram below:
Ʃ = 70

M P

45 -6 6 x -6

(b) Find the number of children who were immunized against polio only.

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 First, we find the value of x.

45 – 6 + 6 + x -6 + 1 = 70

x = 30

number of children immunized against polio only = 30 -6 = 24

5
32. of water in a tank lasts a family 45 days.
8
2
(a) How long will of the water in that tank last the family?
3

Let the capacity of the tank be y

5y
last 45 days
8

2y 2y 5 y
∴ willast [45 x ]÷
3 3 8

2y 8
¿ [45 x ]x
3 5y

16
¿ 45 x
15

¿ 48 days

(b) If the family spends shs 300 per day on water, how much does it spend on a full tank?

45 x 8
A full tank y lasts =72days
5

1day costs shs 300

72 days will cost 72 x 300 = shs. 21600

33. A bus left Kampala for Masaka town with 60 passengers. At Mpigi 15 got out, at Buwama 8
boarded and at Lukaya 12 got out. It then travelled straight to Masaka town and the rest of the
passengers got out.
(a) How many passengers reached Masaka town?

60 – 15 + 8 – 12 = 41

(b) How much money was collected from those who reached Lukaya if each paid shs 3,500?

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 12 x 3500 = shs. 42, 000

34. (a) Using a pair of compasses, rulers and a pencil only, construct a triangle XYZ in which YZ=6cm
angle XYZ=300 and angle YZX =1200
X
Measure XY

Sketch

1200
300
Y Z
6cm

1200
300
Y Z

XY = 10.4cm

35. The sum of 4 consecutive integers is 18. Find these integers.

Let the first number be x, then then the consecutive numbers are , x, x+1, x +2, x + 3

Thus, x + x + 1 + x + 2 + x + 3 = 18
4x + 6 = 18
4x = 12
x=3
hence the integers are 3, 4, 5, and 6
36. A radio uses batteries of 1.5 volts, in order for the radio to work it requires 12 volts.
(a) How many such batteries will the radio require?
12
It requires = =8 batteries
1.5
(b) If a pair of batteries costs shs600 @, how much money will be needed to buy the required
batteries?

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 number of batteries 8
Number of pairs of batteries = = =4 pairs of batteries
2 2

But 1pair of batteries cost shs. 600

4pairs of batteries costs 600 x 4 = shs.2400

37. The sums of the values in the tables below are the same vertically; horizontally and diagonally.
Fill in the missing values to complete.

14 27 28 17
25 20 19 22
21 24 23 18
26 15 16 29

38. The diagram below is a rhombus PQRS. Its perimeter is 80cm. Diagonal SQ is 24 cm long.
(a) Find the length of diagonal PR
80
P Side of rhombus = =20
4

SQ 24
OQ = = =12 cm
2 2

From Pythagoras theorem

S Q
PQ2 = OQ2 + OP2

202 = 122 + OP2

OP = √ (400−144 )
R
OP = 16

PR = 2OP = 2 x 16 = 32

(b) Find the area of the rhombus in cm2

Area of the rhombus = 2 x area of PSR

1
=2x x 24 x 16
2

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 = 384 cm2

39. (a) simplify 0.48 x 0.2

0.16

= [ 48
x
]
2
÷
100 10 100
16

48 x 2 16 48 x 2 100
= ÷ = x
1000 100 1000 16
= 0.6
1
(b) solve x + x = 5
4
Multiply 4 throughout
4x +x = 20
5x = 20
X=4

40. A trader has various amounts of money in the following currencies.

200 United States dollars(US$)
100 Kenya shillings (K.shs.)
500,000 Uganda shillings (Ug.Shs)
Given that the existing exchange rate are
US$ 1= Ug Shs.1850
K. Shs 1 = Ug Shs. 25
(a) Find the total amount of amount of money in Uganda shillings, trader has.

Amount Rate Total

200$ 1$ = Ug. Shs 1850 370,000
K. shs. 100 1K. shs = Ug shs. 25 2,500
Ug. Shs. 500,000 1 500,000
Total 872,500

(b) If a watch cost K shs. 1,480. Find how many US. Dollars the trader would pay for the watch.

Change K. shs into Uganda Shillings

1K. shs. = 25 Ug. Sh

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 1,480 K. shs. = 25 x 1480 = 37, 000

Convert Ug. Shs. To US dollars

1850Ug. Shs = 1$

37000
37000 Ug. Shs = =20 $
1850

41. The distance on map is 2.5cm. Find the actual distance on the ground in kilometers (KM). Given
that the scale is 1:480, 000.

Given A scale:1: 480000

1cm on a map represents 480,000 cm on ground

2.5cm on map represent 480,000 x 25

= 12, 000,000 cm

1, 200 , 000
= =12 km
100000

42. Bbosa left town P at 9.00am and drove at 55km per hour for 2 hours to town Q he rested for
1
half an hour at town Q he left town Q and drove for 1 hours at 40km per hour to town R; he
2
rested for half an hour at town R. He then left town R and drove back to town P 75 km per hour
(a) Draw Bbosa`s journey on the graph provided

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 180

160

140

Di 120
st
an
100
ce
in
k 80

60

40

20

9.00am 10.00am 11.00am 12.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 3.00pm 4.00pm

Time in hours

(b) Find the average speed for the whole journey.

Total time = 6.7hours
Total distance = 170 x 2 = 340km
distance 340 −1
Speed = = =51.5 kmhr
time 6.7

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