HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 10
2010
MATHEMATICS MOCK EXAMINATION
(SYLLABUS D) 4024/1
CANDIDATES NAME CLASS
TIME: 2 Hours
- Additional materials:
- Geometrical instruments FOR EXAMINER’S USE

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
TOTAL
- Write your Name and Class in the spaces provided at the top of this page. %
- Answer all the questions in this paper.
- Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.
- Working for any question should be shown in the space below that question.
- Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks
- The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

- ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST BE USED

- CELL PHONES SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN THE EXAM ROOM.

1. Evaluate the following

a) 3 – 0.109
b) 0.3 x 0.05
c) 0.72 ÷ 0.03
d) 5.02 + 2.58

Answers: (a) ……………… [2] (b) ………………… [2] (c) ………………. [2] (d)……………….. [2]

2. (a) Find (i) the HCF of 24 and 60 (ii) LCM of 20, 40 and 100

Answers (b) (i) ……….…….. [1]

(ii) …………….. [1]

(b) If the operation * means ‘add the first number to 8 times the second number’, Calculate 3 * 5
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 Answer (b)…………………………. [2]

(c) Evaluate (i) 10 – 16 ÷ (8 + 2) x 6 (ii) 8 x 5 - 2 + 18 ÷ 6

Answers (c) (i) ………………. [1]

(ii) ……………… [1]

3. (a) Evaluate the following

(i) (3½ − 1⅔) ÷ 3⅓.

(ii) 5 ⅓ × 2¼ - 8⅙

(iii) 3½ ÷ 1¼

(iv) 3½ + ⅔  ⅜

(b) Arrange the following in ascending order ⅞, ⅙, 41%, 1.25

Answer: (a) (i) ………...……….. [2] (ii) …………………. [2] (iii) ………………….. [2] (iv) ……………………….[2]

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

4. Express (i) 35% as a fraction in its lowest term.

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 (ii) 0.12 as a fraction in its lowest terms.
(iii) 4.2 meters as a percentage of 6 meters.

Answer: (a) (i) ………...……….. [1] (ii) …………………. [1] (iii) ………………….. [2]

5. Simplify the following

(a) 2a - 8b + 6a + 3b

(b) 3a
15b

(c) a2 – b2 x m + n
m2 - n² a–b

(d) 2x × 1 + 3x + 5
3 2

(e) m+2 .
m² + 3m + 2

Answer: (a) ………...……….. [1] (b) …………………. [1]

(c) ………………….. [3] (d) ………………… [2] (e) ……………………[3]

6. (a) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form. 3 - 4 .

x - 2 3x + 1

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 (b) Given the formula v = u + at. Find v when u = 20, a = -10 and t = 3

Answers: (a) …………………….. [3]

(b) …………………….. [2]

7. (a) Solve the equations (i) 4x – 2 = 10 (ii) 5x + 1 = 2x – 8 (iii) 2x + 3 = 4(x + 1) (iv) 3 = 4 .

2x −1 5x+2

Answers: (a) (i) ………………….. [1] (ii) ………………….. [1] (iii) ……………… [2] (iv) ………………[3]

(b) (i) Solve the inequation x – 5 > – 2x + 1, if x € {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,8}

(ii) Illustrate the answer in set builder notation.

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

(c) Solve the simultaneous equations

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 3x + 2y = -4,
x −3y = 17.

Answers (c) x = ………………….. [1] y = ……………………. [1]

8. On the axes in the answer space, solve the systems of equations graphically.
y = x - 1, y
y= −x+2
Answer [4]

9. If n(E) = 30, n(ABC) = 1 n(A) = 14, n(B) = 11, n(C) = 14, n(AB) = 3 n(BC) = 3 and n(AC) = 15.
(a) Illustrate the above information in a Venn diagram and Find
(i) n(AB)
(ii) n[(BC)A] [2]
(iii) n[(AB)C]

(b) E = (natural numbers less than 12)

H = (1, 2, 3, 4)
J = (4, 5, 6, 7)
K = (3, 4, 5, 8)

List (i) HJK

(ii) JK

(c) Given that G = (a, b) Find all the subsets of G

Answers: (a) (i) …………………… [1] (ii) …………………. [2] (iii) ………………….. [2]

(b) (i) …………………… [1] (ii) …………………. [1]

(c) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. [4]

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10. In 2009, 150 pupils were given the opportunity to choose the optional subjects to take. The subjects were Civic Education (C)
Principal of Accounts (P) and Food &Nutrition (F). The Venn diagram below illustrates the number of pupils for each subject.

E C P

a 10 40

15

30 b

35

(i) Given that 70 pupils chose Civic Education, find the value of a and b (2).
(ii) How many pupils applied for two different subjects only? (1)
(iii) How many pupils did not apply for Civic Education or P/Accounts (1)
(iv) How many pupils applied for either Civic Education or Food & Nutrition but not Mathematics? (1)
(v) How many pupils applied for only one subject? (2)

Answers: (i) ..................................................... [2]

(ii) ....................................................... [1]

(iii) ....................................................... [1]

(iv) …………………………………………………… [1]

(v)………………………………………………… [2]

11. (a) From the diagram, find the values of x, y and z

w
65°

z y 45°
x

Answer: w= …………… [1] x = ………………… [1] y = ………………… [1] z = …………………[1]

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 (b)(i) Write down the formula for sum of interior angles of a polygon.
(ii) Find the sum of the angles of a regular polygon with 21 sides.
(iii) How many sides has a regular polygon whose exterior angle is 30.

Answers: (i) ..................................................... [1]

(ii) ....................................................... [1]

(iii) ....................................................... [1]

(c) The diagram below shows a regular hexagon. What are the sizes of the angles marked m
and n?

Answer: (c) m = ……………….. [2] n = ……………….. [1]

(d) Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 120°. Find the number of sides that this polygon has.

(d) …………………… [2]

12. (a) (i) State the number of significant figures in 627,000
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 (ii) Round off 47.285km to the nearest tenth of a kilometre

Answer: (a) (i) …………………………………. [1]

(ii) …………………………………… [1]

(b) Find the value of

(i) 15.37 x 0.0035 correct to three decimal places.
(ii) 10.5 ÷ 15.05 correct to the two significant figures
(iii) 0.008 x 3.5 giving the answer in standard form.

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

(ii)............................................ [2]

(iii)............................................. [2]

END OF EXAM
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