WAJA SECONDARY SCHOOLS

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
FORM THREE ‘C’ MONTHLY EXAMINATION
BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: 02:30 HOURS Saturday 8th February, 2020 am

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of 14 questions.

2. Answer all questions in both sections.
3. All necessary working and answers must be shown clearly.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION SCORE(S) EXAMINER’S INITIALS
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SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer the all questions

1. (a) Evaluate (4321 + 1234) ÷ 55 – 2 x 100 + 99

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 (b) Round off the numbers 10101.47 and 36.98 to the nearest ones and hence compute the
result of 10101.47 ÷ 36.93

2. (a) Given that √ 2=1.413∧√3=1.732 find √ 0.0024

(b) Factorize a 2−b2 and use the result to find the exact value of 5001 x 5001 – 4999 x 999

x2 −2 x−5 1
3. (a) Solve for x, 3 =
9

3−3 √ 2
(b) Rationalize the numerator of
5+3 √ 3

4. (a) Determine the fractional notation of 0.6 3̇

(b) If a∗b=b2 −a find 1∗(3∗2)

5 sin AcosA
5. (a) If cos A=0.6 find
tanA

(b) Solve the equation log √ x=√ log x

6. (a) A line passes through the points A(3, 5) and B( -1, a). Find the value of “a” and the
intercepts of the line, if the gradient of a line is 1.

(b) Solve the equation

4 n+ 3 m=27
{4 m−2 n=2

7. (a) Given that ( ƶ +1 ) is directly proportional to x and inversely proportional to the square
root of y. If x =2 when y = 4 and ƶ = 4. Find ƶ when x = 3 and y = 9.

(b) Factorize 3 ( 2− y 2) −17 y

8. (a) Solve x 2−6 x−16=0 by completing the square.

(b) Find the value of x from the figure below.

2x + 1
2x
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9. (a) Solve the inequality |5 x +5|<20 and show the solution on number line.

(b) Find the image of a point (2, -2) when reflected about the line y=−x.

10. (a) In a class, 15 students take physics, 14 take chemistry, 5 take chemistry and physics and
4 take neither. How many students are there in the class?

(b) Given a set A={ a , b , c }, mention the all subsets of set A.

SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer the all questions
11. The table below shows the masses of 100 students to the nearest kilogram.

Mass (kg) 60 – 62 63 – 65 66 – 68 69 – 71 72 – 74
Frequency 5 18 42 27 8

(a) Determine the mean

(b) Calculate mode
(c) Calculate median

12. (a) The second term of an Arithmetic progression is 15 and the fifth term is 21. Find the
common difference and the first term.

(b) Find the sum of the first sixteen terms of the arithmetic progression: 3 + 10 + 17 + ……

13. (a) A rectangular garden is 6 metres wide and 8 metres long. What length should be added
to the shorter side and reduced from the longer side to make the garden with an area of 45
square metres?

(b) If ∆ PQR ∆ LMN∧ PR=20 ´ ´

dm, NL=10 ´
dm∧ NM=12 ´ =9 dm, find the length
dm∧ LM
of the other sides of ∆ PQR .

14. (a) Given f ( x )= {x 1+when

2
x <0
1 when x ≥ 0

(i) Find f (−6) and f (4 ).

(b) Given a relation R defined as R={ ( x , y ) : x+ 4 y ≤16∧2 x − y >6 }
(i) Draw the graph of R
(ii) From the graph find domain and range.

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