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    MATHEMATICS
    Paper 1
    November 2024
    1 Hour 45 Minutes

    UGANDA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

    END OF TERM III EXAMINATIONS 2024

    S.3 MATHEMATICS

    Paper 1

    1 Hour 45 Minutes

    INSTRUCTIONS

     This paper has three (3) examination items.


     All the three items are compulsory.
     Begin each item on a fresh page.
     Graph paper is provided.
     Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables
    with a list of formulae may be used.

    Item 1

    Tom wants to make a gift in shape of a cube with a capacity of 27000 cm3 to pack
    his friend’s graduation gift. He needs to know the dimensions of the faces he is
    to cut out of a cardboard he plans to use to achieve his need.

    He was also called for the job interview in place Y that is 120km away from his
    home. He was wondering what time he will possibly reach there if he sets off
    from home at 09:00am given the fact that he usually travels 100km in 2 hours.
    He also wishes to start a business with a friend. According to their budget, they
    need Ugx.3,000,000.

    1|Page
    1
    Tom says he can contribute Ugx. 1,000,000 and the friend is to contribute 1 2 of
    Tom’s amount. They need to know if their contributions will be enough to cover
    the budget and if not, they acquire a loan to supplement their contributions.

    Task:

    (a) Help Tom to determine the dimensions of the faces he will cut out of the
    cardboard.
    (b) What time will Tom possibly reach the interview?
    (c) Will they need to acquire a loan or not? Justify your answer.

    Item 2

    A certain organization realized that the major causes of school dropouts in a


    certain community are pregnancy, bullying by friends and teachers and lack of
    school fees.

    They want to create a magazine on each cause showing how it can be solved.

    To select which reason they can start with, they gathered data from a sample of
    150 dropout in the community and below were the findings;

    40 dropout due to lack of school fees only, 15 dropout due to bullying only, 30
    dropout due to pregnancy only, 22 dropout due to lack of school fees and
    bullying, 30 dropout due to lack of school fees and pregnancy, 11 dropout due to
    neither of the reasons and some dropout due to all the three reasons.

    Task:

    (a) Which two reasons have equal chances of being selected?


    (b) What is the probability that school dropouts will reduce if any of the two
    reasons selected?

    Item 3

    Your guardian operates a catering company. He gave you a list of major


    ingredients he will need to cook beans and beef at the two Occasions he was
    called at such that you help him account for how much he will need in total for
    both.

    2|Page
    OCCASION ONE

    BEEF: I bucket of tomatoes, 2 bunches of onions and 2 litres of cooking oil.

    1
    BEANS: 2 bucket of tomatoes, 1 bunch of onions and 1 litre of cooking oil.

    OCCASION TWO
    1
    BEANS: 2 bucket of tomatoes, 1 bunch of onions and 1 litre of cooking oil.

    1
    BEEF: 1 2 bucket of tomatoes, 3 bunches of onions and 2 litres of cooking oil.

    UNIT PRICES

    A bucket of tomatoes is Ugx.10,000, a bunch of onions Ugx.5000 and a litre of


    cooking oil at Ugx.7000.

    Task:

    (a) What are the total quantities of each ingredient he will need for beef and
    beans respectively for both Occasions combined?
    (b) How much money will he need for both beef and beans respectively for
    both Occasions combined?
    (c) (i) If the total amount on the budget for both Occasions is Ugx.400,000,
    what percentage of that amount will go on ingredients?
    (ii) According to the percentage, should he cut the budget for ingredients
    or not? Justify your answer.

    END

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