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The document is an examination paper consisting of two sections, A and B, with a total of 8 questions covering topics such as surds, factorization, geometry, and statistics. Section A contains 5 questions worth varying marks, while Section B has 3 questions each carrying 15 marks. The questions require students to perform mathematical calculations, solve equations, and analyze data.

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The document is an examination paper consisting of two sections, A and B, with a total of 8 questions covering topics such as surds, factorization, geometry, and statistics. Section A contains 5 questions worth varying marks, while Section B has 3 questions each carrying 15 marks. The questions require students to perform mathematical calculations, solve equations, and analyze data.

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

SECTION A
This section Contains 5 questions, Marks of each question are indicated at the
bottom of the questions. Answer all questions

1) Simply the following surds

a) √50 − √18

(3marks)

b) (1 − √5)2

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

(4marks)
2) Factorise

i) 6𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 1

(3marks)
ii) 𝑥 2 + 2𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2

(3marks)

3) Make X subject of formula


𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0

2|Page
Name of student ______________________________________________________

(7marks)
4) At Lilongwe Area 25, Sector 8 Market, sellers have to play at least one sport. The
sports the sellers can choose from are basketball, football and netball. In the Mar-
ket there are 94 sellers. Data was collected about which sport each seller plays and
was recorded on a Venn diagram

If n(B) = 40 and n(N) = 55, find the values of a, b and c

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

(6marks)

5) In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle and KOC is a diameter of the cir-
cle;
angle AKC = 20o and angle OKB = 15o

find i) angle AOB

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

(2marks)
ii) angle OCB

(3marks)
6) Given the following grouped data of students

Height cm Frequency
135 − 139 8

140 − 144 4

145 − 149 11

150 − 154 7

Find i) the median

(2marks)
ii) the modal class

(2marks)

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

SECTION B
This section contains 3 questions each carrying 15 marks,
Answer all questions.

1) a) The Element X is the difference between two terms, one which varies inversely
as square root of Q and the other which varies as Q.
when X = 11, Q = 1 and when X = 2 Q = 4.
Find X when Q = 25.

(8marks)

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

b) In the figure Below AB//CD and lengths are in dm.

i) How long is EA?

(3marks)
ii) If the area of triangle CED is 22.5dm2, what is the area of ABDC?

(4marks)

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

2) Solve the equation


3𝑥 9𝑥+1
a) 27𝑥−1
= 𝑥5

(9marks)
b) Given that 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑥 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑦 = 2 𝑙𝑜𝑔10 𝑧,
Express 𝑥 in terms of 𝑦 and 𝑧

(6marks)

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

3) a) A girl is standing on top of a building. In a straight line from where she is


standing, she can see a bicycle and a car. The angle of depression of the bicycle is
55o and the angle of depression of the car is 40 o . The girl is 1.5m tall and the
building is 24m tall. How far is the bicycle from the car?

(9marks)

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Name of student ______________________________________________________

b) find the lengths m and n in surd form in the figure below.

(6marks)

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