End of Term Examination

St Catherine High School

Mathematics

Grade 11

Duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes

Paper 2

December 2024

READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY

1. This paper consists of TWO sections: I and II

2. Section I has SEVEN (7) questions and Section II has THREE (3) questions.

3. Answer ALL questions in both Sections.

4. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

5. All working must be shown clearly.

6. A list of formulae is provided on page 2 of this paper.

7. NO CALCULATOR is to be used for Section I. Answers must be done on

Multiple Choice sheet.

DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO

1. (a)Calculate the value of √(7.1)2 + (2.9)2 , giving your answer correct to
(i) 2 significant figures (1 mark)
(ii) 2 decimal places (1 mark)

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(b) A two-storey car park has a total of 1020 parking spaces. At 06:30 hours one morning, 30 of the
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1020 spaces are filled. During the next hour, no cars left the car park but another 15 of the 1020
spaces are filled.
Determine the number of parking spaces that are NOT filled at 07:30 hours. (1 mark)

(c) Of the 1020 parking spaces, 20% are on the top level. How many parking spaces are on the top
level?
(1 mark)

(d) Some of the spaces are reserved for monthly paying customers. The ratio of reserved spaces to
non-reserved spaces is 5:7.
Calculate the number of non-reserved parking spaces. (1 mark)

(e) The cost for parking at the car park is shown in the table below.

Length of Visit Cost ($)

Under 30 minutes Free
More than 30 minutes and up to 2 hours $2.25
More than 2 hours and up to 4 hours $5.50
More than 4 hours and up to 8 hours $9.25
More than 8 hours and up to 24 hours $15.00
One-week later $40.00

(i) Mikayla leaves the car park at 18:30 hours and pays $9.25. Determine the earliest time she
could have arrived at the car park. (1 mark)
(ii) Damar bought a weekly parking ticket for $40. That week, he visited the car park five
different times. The length of time he parked his car on each occasion is given below.

1 3
25 minutes 7 2 hours 11 hours 8 4 hours 8 hours
Show that Damar saved $8.50 by buying the weekly ticket. (3 marks)

2. (a) Mica invests a certain amount of money in a bank that pays compound interest at a rate of 2.5%
per annum. At the end of 2 years, the value of her investment is $7564.50
Calculate the amount Mica invests. (2 marks)

𝑟 𝑛
Compound interest: A = P (1 + ) , 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒, 𝐴 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑛 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠
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( )
𝑃 = 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
𝑟 = 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑚; 𝑛 = 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑑
 (b) The diagram below shows 2 rectangles, M and N, with their dimensions expressed in terms of 𝑥.

Given that the difference between the areas of the two rectangles is 64 𝑐𝑚2 , show that
𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 − 35 = 0 (4 marks)

3. (a) A vertical flagpole, FP, stands on the horizontal ground and is held by two ropes, PG and PR, as
shown in the diagram below.
𝑃𝐺 = 18 𝑚 , 𝐹𝑅 = 9.7 𝑚 and angle 𝐹𝐺𝑃 = 38°.

(i) Calculate the height of the flagpole, FP. (2 marks)

(ii) Find PR, the length of one of the pieces of rope used to hold the flagpole. (2 marks)

(b) In the diagram below, PQ is parallel to MN, LRT is an isosceles triangle and SLT is a straight line.

Find the value of 𝑥 (2 marks)

4. (a) Mr. Morgan administered a spelling test to his class. The table below shows the number of
words out of 10 that each students spelt correctly.

Number of Words 5 6 7 8 9 10
Frequency 8 4 2 2 3 4

(i) For the data set above, state the

a) mode (1 mark)
b) median (1 mark)
(ii) Calculate the mean of the words spelt correctly (2 marks)
(b) The attendance officer at a particular school recorded the time, t, in minutes, taken by each student in
a group to travel to school. The data collected is shown on the cumulative frequency curve below.

Use the cumulative frequency curve, find an estimate of

(i) the number of students who took at MOST 32 minutes to travel to school (1 mark)
(ii) the inter-quartile range (2 marks)

(c) The letters in the word “POSITIVITY” are each written on separate cards and placed in a bag. Dacia
picks 2 of these cards, at random, and replaces each card afterwards.

Find the probability that she picks the letter “I” then the letter “V”. (2 marks)
5. The diagram below shows the first four diagrams in a sequence of regular hexagons. Each regular
hexagon is made using sticks of unit length.

(a) Complete the diagram below to represent Diagram 5 in the sequence of regular hexagons.
 (2 marks)

(b) The number of regular hexagons, H, the number of sticks, S, and the perimeter of each
figure, P, follow a pattern. The values of H, S and P, for the first 4 diagrams are shown in the
table below. Study the pattern of numbers in each row of the table and answer the questions
that follow.

Complete the rows marked (i), (ii) and (iii) in the table below.

Diagram Number (D) Number of Number of Sticks (S) Perimeter (P)

Hexagons (H)

1 3 15 12

2 5 23 16

3 7 31 20

4 9 39 24

5 …………….. …………….. 28

⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮

………………. 47 191 ……………..

⋮ ⋮ ⋮ ⋮

n …………….. …………….. ……………..

(c) Skyla says that she can make one of these figures with a perimeter of EXACTLY 1005.
Explain why she is correct. (1 mark)

2𝑥+1
6. (a) Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = and 𝑔(𝑥) = 4𝑥 + 5 , determine the values of:
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(i) 𝑓𝑔(2) (2 marks)
(ii) 𝑓 −1 (3) (2 marks)
(b) The diagram below shows the graph of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8 for values of 𝑥 from 0 to 6.

(i) Use the graph to solve the equation 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8 = 0 (2 marks)

(ii) Write down the coordinates of the minimum point in the form (𝑥, 𝑦) (1 mark)
(iii) Write 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8 in the form 𝑎(𝑥 + ℎ)2 + 𝑘 where 𝑎, ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑘 constants (3 marks)
(iv) On the same axes, draw the graph of the straight line 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑥 − 2 (3 marks)
(v) Hence, solve the equation 𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 8 = 𝑥 − 2 (2 marks)

7. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows a circle, centre O. The line DCE is a tangent to the
circle. Angle 𝐴𝐶𝐸 = 48° and angle 𝑂𝐶𝐵 = 26°.

Calculate, giving reasons for your answers

(i) < 𝐴𝐵𝐶 (2 marks)
(ii) < 𝐴𝑂𝐶 (2 marks)
(iii) < 𝐵𝐶𝐷 (2 marks)
(iv) < 𝐵𝐴𝐶 (2 marks)
 (v) < 𝐴𝑂𝐶 (2 marks)
(vi) < 𝑂𝐴𝐵 (2 marks)

8. The diagram below, not drawn to scale, shows the movement of two ships leaving a Port O. One
ship travels on a bearing of 340° to a point P which is 50 km from O. The other ship travels on a
bearing of 060° to a point Q, 85 km from O.

Determine to 1 decimal place:

a) The distance PQ (3 marks)
b) The size of 𝑃𝑄̂ 𝑂 (2 marks)
c) The bearing of P from Q (2 marks)

9. The graph below shows three points P,Q and R, relative to the origin, O.

𝑥
(a) Write as a column vector in the form (𝑦)
 the vector ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑃 (1 mark)
 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
the vector 𝑄𝑅 (1 mark)
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
(b) Determine the magnitude of the vector 𝑄𝑅 (2 marks)
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(c) On the graph above, draw the vector ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑆 = ( ).
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Show that PQRS is a parallelogram (4 marks)

2𝑝 −3
10. (a) The matrix M is defined as 𝑀 = ( ).
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Determine the value of p for which the matrix M is singular. (2 marks)

1 2 5 −1
(b) A and B are two 2 × 2 matrices such that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( ).
−4 3 0 3
(i) Calculate 2𝐴 + 𝐵 (2 marks)
(ii) Determine 𝐵−1 , the inverse of B. (2 marks)
5 −1 𝑥 9
(iii) Given that ( ) (𝑦) = ( ), calculate the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 (2 marks)
0 3 3