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NAMES:________________________________________ CLASS: ________

PHWEZI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION


MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
(100 Marks)
Subject Number: M131/1
th
Monday, 6 May 2013 Time Allowed: 2 Hours
7:30 – 9:30

Instructions
1. This paper contains 16 pages.
Please check.

2. Answer all the 20 questions in


this paper.

3. The maximum number of marks


for each answer is indicated
against each question.

4. Write your answers in the spaces


provided on the question paper.

5. All working must be clearly


shown.

6. Calculators may be used except


where not allowed.

7. In the table provided, tick


against the question number you
have answered.
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Questio Tick if Do not write in


n answered these columns
Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20

1. Factorise completely: a2 (a – 1) – a + 1 (3 marks)

2. Solve for x: 4x x 16(x – 1) = 1 (4 marks)


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3. Simplify : 5 5

5 - 1 5 + 1 (4 marks)

4. Given that a = 25 and b = 64, find the value of (3 marks)

-3 2

2a2 b3
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5. Solve by factorization the equation 3x2 = 10 – x (4 marks)

6.

B 12.5 cm

5 cm

21.3 cm

In the diagram above, AC is parallel to DE, AC = 5 cm, DE = 12.5 cm


and BE = 21.3 cm.

a) If the area of triangle ABC is 14 cm2, calculate the area of triangle BDE
(3 marks)
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b) In the identity (x- 4) (x2 + 12x + 3) ≡ ax3 + bx2 + cx – 12, find the values
of a, b and c. (3 marks)

7. Given that g(t) = 2 - 3t and that g (m) = 26, find the value of m.
(3 marks)

1 2
8. M and N are two matrices. If M = , find N given that
M + N = M2 4 3

(4 marks)
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9. Find the equation of a straight line in the form y = mx + c that passes


through the point (-3, 2) and is parallel to the line whose equation is
2(y- 2x) -3 = 0.

(4 marks)
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10.

(3 2 ) cm ( 5 + 2) cm

R Q

In the triangle above, find, in its simplest surd form,

a) The length QR (3 marks)

b) Solve the equations simultaneously:-


x +y = 5
xy = 4 (4 marks)
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11.Find the first term of a geometric progression whose third term is ½ and
the fifth term is 1
32 (4 marks)

12.In the formula T = MNa , make a the subject. (4 marks)


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13.
A B

.o 4cm

3 cm

In the figure, BC = 4 cm, CD = 3 cm and BD is a diameter. Calculate angle


BAC to the nearest degree. (4 marks)
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14.In a class of 35 students, 18 are girls. Two students are selected at


random from the class to supervise general cleaning of the school.
(a) Construct a tree diagram and use it to find the probability that the two
students chosen are both girls. (4 marks)

15.Without using a calculator or tables, find the value, in its simplest form of
Sin 600
Sin 300 + Cos 300 (4 marks)
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16.In the diagram below,

E= cars in a garage

T = Toyota cars

N= Nissan cars

F= Four wheel drive cars

E
F

T
25
8

18

Using the diagram find:

a) How many four – wheel drive cars are Toyotas (2 marks)

b) How many Nissan cars there are (2 marks)


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c) Given that there are 42 cars altogether, find n(TUF)/ (2 marks)

d) Calculate the chances that a car chosen at random will be a Nissan front
wheel drive car. (2 marks)

17.Find the inequalities satisfied by the region marked P (6 marks)


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18.(a) Simplify:

x +3 3
x2 - 1 2(x – 1) (5 marks)

(b) without using a calculator or tables, evaluate the expression


3 log 2 + 4 log 3
log 3 + 3 log 6 (5 marks)

19.A varies partly as B and partly as the square root of B. when B = 4,


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A = 22 and when B = 9, A = 42. Find the value of A when B = 25.


(6 marks)

20.Below is a speed – time graph of an object.

12
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10

8
Speed (m/s)

0 5 10 15 20

Time (s)

Use the graph to find:

a) The acceleration of the object in the first five seconds. (2 marks)

b) The retardation in the last five seconds (2 marks)


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c) The distance covered by the object in the first 15 seconds (4 marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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