BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCI L

Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

MATHEMATICS 0563/03
Paper 3 October/November 2022
2 hours 30 minutes
Additional materials: Answer paper Graph paper (2 sheets)
Electronic calculator Mathematical tables (optional)
Geometrical instruments

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

Start each question on a fresh side of the page.
Write your name, candidate number and Centre number 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, fiasten all your work securely together using the string provided.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or conection 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 rnay 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 m as 3.142.

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Mathematical formulae for paper 3

Surface area and volume of solids

. Name of solid Total surface area Volume

cone nr2 * rrl I nr'h

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pyramid base area x height
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sphere 4nr2 -3 ltru

Trigonometry
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sin A sinB sinC
Sine Rule =-=-bc
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Area of a triangle = -z ab sinC

Cosine Rule a2=b2+c2-ZbccosA

b2+c2-a2
cosA=
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Statistics

Variance = I(x-xf
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Lr fu -xY
Standard deviation (SO) = .fivariance =

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One year, a company imported a total oJ 2 586 7.00 litres of fuels. The fuels are petrol,
diesel and paraffln. Paraffin is 2Ao/o of the total fuels imported anc].-Egtrql js-60o/o of the
remaining fuels imported. i---t

. (a) (i) Calculate the actual percentagg of the total fuels imported that,is petrol., l2l

(ii) Show that.the c,olpgny ir*ports paraffin, petrol and diesel in the ratio 5:12:8. I3l

(b) There is a constant increase ofjhoto per year in the total amount of fuels imported
by the company.

L. (i) Calculate the total amoqnt of fuels the company will import in Ay-ears' time. l3l
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I (ii) Calculate the actual percentage increase in the total amount of fuels the company
l, will be impo.rting in the Sth year. 121

(c) The 2 586 700 litres is a 1.5:/o increase on the previous year.

Calculate the amount of fuels the company impoded in the previous year. l3l
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2 Aplotof landisintheshapeof aquadrilateral KLMN,suchthatKL=960m,LM =540m

and KN =-650m. The size of Nkt= 110" and the size of KLM = 82".

{a} Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 100 m, construct a scale diagram of the plot. t3l

{b} Measure and work out the actual length of MN. 12)

(c) A reading centre is to be built inside the plot of land. lt must be 480 m from K. lt must
also be the same distance from LM as it is from.MrV.

Construct the locus of points inside the plot that

(i) are 480m from K, I1I

(ii) are the same distance from LM as they are from MN. t1I
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3 A water tank has a capacity of 24A litres, correct to the nearest 10 litres.

(a) What is the upper bound for the capacity of the tank? l1I

(b) ln a school, there are 320 students, correct to the nearest 10. Every day, eaeh student
uses 3.5 litr€s of water, correct to the nearest 0.5 litres, to wash their hands"

Calculate the least volume of water that students use in one day. t3I

(c) The school uses 12 water tanks to supply water for students to wash their hands.
The tanks are filled to capacity.
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Calculate the maximum number of days that the 12 water tanks can last. 121

4 ln the diagram OA is parallel to C8. 64 = 3a and Oe = 2c.

OA:CB = 3.2.
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Express in terms of a and/or c

(a) CB, t1I

(b) OB i1I

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5 The first four terms of a sequence are S , r 0, 16I and 25.

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(a) \All'rat is the Sth term of the sequence? l1I

(b) Find the expression for the nth term of the sequence. I3I
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The diagrarn below shows two similar triangles ABE and DBC.
The length AE = 16.8cm and the length AB = 8.9 cm. The size of BAE = 58.2'

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(a) Calculate the length 8E, 14I

(b) The ratio al AE:DC = 4:3.

The area of triangle ABE is 63.5 cm2.

Calculate

(i) the length DC, l2l

(ii) the area of triangle DBC. t3I

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7 During a rainy season, the probability that it rains on any day is 0.58.'
on a day it rains, the probability that Kago walks to school is 0.36.
On a day that it does not rain, the probability that Kago walks to school is 0-78.

(a) On any day, what is the probability that it does not rain? t1l

(b) Copy and complete the tree diagram below,

walks

does not walk

walks
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rain

does not walk l2l

(c) On any day, calculate

(i) thq probability that it rains and Kago walks to school- 121

(ii) the probability that Kago does not walk to school. t3l

8 The diagram below shows a circle with centre O. The points D, E, F and G are on the
circumference of the circle.
The size of OaF = 1 19" and the size of EbF = 24' .

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(a) the size of DGF, 121

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{b} the size ot DEF, 121

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(c) the size af EbA. I2I

I The grid below shows triangle P, triangle Q and triangle R.

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(a) triangle P onto triangle Q, t3I

(b) triangle Q onto triangle R. r3r

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Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

{0 The table below shows some values of x and the corresponding values of y, correct to one
1x
decimal place, for the equation y =
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X *2 -1 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 4

v 0.1 4.2 0.3 0.s 0.7 0.9 1.3 1.9 2.7 q

(a) Calculate the value of q, correct to one decimal place. llI

(b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on both axes, draw the graph of
.x
v- '
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(c) On the same pairof axes, drawthe graph of y= '5 !x* I for-23x34. l1I

(d) Using the graphs in pafts (b) and (c), estimate the values of x that simultaneously
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satisfybothy=:X+ l and y= -+-. 121
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(e) By drawing a tangent at x = 1.5, estimate the gradient ot y = 0.9). l3I

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Answer part (c) of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

11 The table below shows the duration, in seconds, of each of 100 television commercials.

Duration (f seconds) frequency

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10 < f s 30 32
30<f<45 36

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45<t<70 14
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{a} Write down the mid-value of the class 0 < t< 10. llI
(b) Calculate an estimate of

(i) the mean, t3l

(ii) the standard deviation of the durations. 14I

(c) Draw a histogram to represent the duration of television commercials such that the
class 0 < ts 10 has a width of 1 cm and a height of 9 cm. I3l

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Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

12 A farmer buys x masks and y sanitizers.

(a) (i) A mask costs P48 and a sanitizer costs P72.

Write down an expression, in terms of x and y, for the total cost of the masks
and the saniiizers. l2l
{ii) The farmer has a budget of P4 320 for the masks and the sanitizers.
Form an inequality, in terms of x and y, to represent this information and show
180.
that it simplifles to 2x + 3y < 121

(b) The number of sanitizers must be at least 10 more than one eighth of the masks.

Write down an inequality, in terms of x and y, to represent this information. 11]

(c) The farmer decides to buy at least 20 masks.

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

(d) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 10 masks on the horizontal axis and 1 cm to

represent 5 sanitizers on the vertical axis, show by shading the unwanted regions,
(c}.
the set of points that satisfy the three inequalities in (a)(ii), {b} and I3l

(e) The masks and the sanitizers are each sold in packets of 20.

(i) List allthe possible combinations in which the farmer can buy the masks and the
sanitizers. l2l
(ii) The number of masks bought was twice the number of sanitizers bought.

Calculate the amount of money used to buy the masks and the sanitizers. 121

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13 Lesego paid P450 for some Petrol.

(a) The cost of petrol is Px per litre.

Express, in terms of x, the volume of petrol that Lesego bought. t1l

{b) The cost of petrol per litre decreased by P1.50.

Express, in terms of x,

(i) the new cost per litre of Petrol, t1l

(ii) the volume of petrol that Lesego can now buy with P450. t1l

(c) After the decrease, Lesego can buy 5 litres more petrol with P450.

Form an equation, in terms of x, to represent this information and show that it simplifies
1o2x2-3x-270=A. t3I
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(d) (i) Solve the equation 2x2 - 3x - 270 = 0, giving the answers correct to 2 decimal
places. I5I

(ii) Calculate the volume of petrol that Lesego can buy after the decrease. 121

14 The diagram below represents a cross-section, MNRSTU, of a block of wood. MNR and
SfU are identical arcs of radius 51 cm and substending an angle of 137' from centres
O and P respectively. MU = RS = 162 cm and MR = US = 95 cm.

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{a} Calculate

(i) the area of the sector ORNM, t2l

(ii) the area of the segment RNM, t3l

(iii) the area of the cross-section MNRSIU. t21

(b) The block of wood is 186cm long.

Calculate the volume of the block of wood. t21

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. each 122cm long.
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