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CHIRADZULU DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION

2023 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATIONS

MATHEMATICS
Subject Number: M131/II
Thursday, 23 March Time Allowed: 2 h 30 mins
8: 00 - 10:30 am
PAPER II
(100 Marks)
Instructions: Question Tick if Do not write in
Number answered these columns
1. This paper contains 16 pages. Please
check.
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2. Answer all six questions in section A
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and any four questions in section B.
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3. The maximum number of marks for
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each answer is indicated against each
5
question.
4. Scientific calculators may be used. 6

5. All working must be clearly shown. 7

6. Write your name on top of each page of 8

your question paper in the spaces 9

provided. 10
7. In the table provided on this page, tick 11
against the question number you have
12
answer
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Section A (60 marks)

Answer all the six questions in this section

√2+√3
1. a. Rationalize the denominator (4 marks)
3√2+2√3

1 1
b. Simplify  (4 marks)
x  1 2x  2
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𝟓 1+tan 𝜃
2. a. Given sin 𝜃 = find the value of (5 marks).
𝟏𝟑 1−tan 𝜃

b. Prove that angles subtended by the same chord on the same side are equal. (5 marks)
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3. a .The probability that a bus and a minibus arrives at a stage on time is 0.7 and 0.9 respectively.

i. Represent the information using a tree diagram. (4 marks)

ii. Use the tree diagram to find the probability that both the bus and minibus arrives on time.
(3 marks)
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b. The fifth term of an Arithmetic Progression is 26, and the 10th term is 51. Find the sum of the
first 20 terms. (7 marks)
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4. a. Figure 1. VWXY is a circle and ZY is a tangent to the circle at Y. VX is parallel to Z, prove

that triangle VYX is isosceles. (4 marks)
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b. In the same diagram construct a circle Centre O with radius 3 cm;

i. Mark point G outside the circle 8 cm from Centre O

ii. Construct two tangents to the circle at E and F at the circumference of the circle.

iii. Measure and state length of EG. (7 marks)

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5. a. The width of a page of a book is 6 cm less than the length. If the area of the page is
432 cm2, find the width. (5marks).

b. Figure 2 shows Triangle PQR. PQ = 8 cm. QR = 5 cm and angle PQR = 150o. Find the value
of y. (5 marks)
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6. a. P varies partly as Q and partly as the square root of Q. when Q = 4, P = 22 and when Q = 9,
P = 42. Find P when Q = 25. Write the equation connecting P and Q. (7 marks)

b. Figure 3 is a cuboid whose length is 8 cm, width is 4 cm and a height of 5 cm

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Calculate:

a. The length of AG

b. The angle that AG makes with plane HEFG to the nearest degree. (7 marks).
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Section B (40 Marks)

Answer any four questions from this section

7. In a form 3 class students learn Physics, Chemistry, and Geography. 40 students learn Physics,
55 learn Geography, and 45 Chemistry. 7 students learn Physics and Geography only, 5 learn
Geography and Chemistry only, 2 learn Physics and Chemistry only, x students learn all the
three subjects and 10 do not study any of the three subjects. If there are 100 students in class.

a. Draw a Venn diagram to represent this information.

b. Use your Venn diagram to calculate the number of students who learn geography only.
(10 marks)
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8. If the sum of two numbers is 4 and the sum of their squares minus three times their product is
76, find the numbers. (10 marks)

9. The table below shows some values of x and y for the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 6

x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

y 6 0 -6 -4 0 6 14

a. Copy and complete the table. (2 marks)

b. Using a scale of 2cm representing 1 unit on the horizontal axis and 2 cm representing 2 units on
the vertical axis draw the graph of y  x2  x  6 . (5 marks)

c. Use the graph to solve the equation y  x 2  x  9. (3 marks)

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10. The following is a frequency table for grouped data

Class 26 – 30 31 – 35 36 – 40 41 – 45 46 – 50 51 – 55 56 – 60

Frequency 2 3 8 5 6 4 2

Calculate the Standard Deviation for the data. (10 marks)

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11. Solve the equation x 3  9 x 2  23x  15  0 (10 marks).

12. A town council plans to build a car park for cars and buses. Cars are allowed 10m2 space, and
buses 20m2. There is only 500m2 available. The park can hold a maximum of 40 vehicles at a time,
and only a maximum 15 buses at a time.

a. Taking x as number of cars and y as number of buses write down three inequalities in addition
to x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0.

b. Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 5 units in both axes, draw graphs to show the region
represented by the inequalities.

c. If the parking charge for a car is K500 and that of a bus is K2000 per day calculate the number
of vehicles of each type that should be parked to obtain the maximum income. (10 marks).
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