MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

SOLOMON ISLANDS FORM THREE EXAMINATION

2010

MATHEMATICS MARKING SCHEME

SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. C 11. B
2. A 12. B
3. C 13. B
4. B 14. C
5. B 15. B
6. D 16. A
7. C 17. C
8. D 18. C
9. A 19. D
10. D 20. C

SECTION B: SHORT ANSWERS

dis tan ce 500 m

Speed  
Question 1: time 10 s (1 mark)

 50ms 1 (1 mark)

Question 2:
x 2  2.5 2  4.2 2

x 2.5 2  4.2 2 (1 marks)

 4.89 (2 decimal places) (1 mark)

Question 3
0.00256  2.56  10 3 (1 mark)

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 (2.56  10 3 ) 2
6.55  10 6 (1 mark)

Question 4
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Discount   $4870  $1461 (1 mark)
100

 $4870  $1461
New selling price (1 mark)
 $3409

Question 5

0.00000078  7.8  10 7 (2 marks)

Question 6
PRT 3000  20  2
S.I   (1 mark)
100 100

 $1,200.00 (1 mark)

Question 7

Area  r 2  (3.14)  5 2 (1 mark)

 78.5cm 2 (1 mark)

Question 8

Area of Rectangle  10cm  6cm  60cm 2 (1 mark)

1
Area of Trapezium  (10  4)  6  42cm 2 (1 mark)
2

Therefore, area of shaded part: 60cm2 – 42cm2 = 18cm2 (1 mark)

Question 9

2.6  10 5 2.6 10 5
  (1 mark)
2.0  10 2 2.0 10 2

2
  1.3  10 5 2  1.3  10 3 (1 mark)

Question 10

a 2 b 2 a 2 b 2
  3  a 2 1  b  2 3
ab 3 a b

a
 ab 5 or
b5

Question 11

2 x  5  3x  3
2 x  3 x  5  3 (1 mark)
 x  8
x 8 (1 mark)

Question 12

48m 2  8m 8m(6m  1)
 (1 mark)
24m 24m

6m  1
 (1 mark)
3

Question 13

12cm = 5cm + a (1 mark)

12cm – 5cm = a

Therefore: a = 7cm (1 mark)

Question 14

Area = 16cm2

Dimensions = 16  4cm (1 mark)

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 Thus;
Length = 4cm
Width = 4cm (1 mark)

Question 15

100  y  180
y  180  100  80 0
(1 mark)

To find x:
100  50  x  180
150  x  180
x  180  150
(2 marks)
x  30 0

Question 16

d 2  62  42
(1 mark)
d  62  42

d  52
(1 mark)
d  7.21cm

Question 17

y  180  70  110 0 (1 mark)

x  90 0 (1 mark)

Question 18

65
sin 51.3 0  (1 mark)
h

65
h  83.29m (1 mark)
sin 51.3

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Question 19

height
tan 40 0  (1 mark)
30m

height  30m  tan 40 0  25.17m (1 mark)

Question 20

Rearrange the data:

2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 17, 20, 20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 30, 32, 33, 34, 37,
40 (1 mark)

17  17
Median   17 (1 mark)
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SECTION C: LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS

Question 1 (4 marks)

i) Let x  boys

3 : 2 (use cross multiply method)

240 : x

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 3 x  480
480 (1 mark)
x
3

x  160

Therefore there are 160 boys (1 mark)

ii) Let x  Girls

3:2
x : 16 (cross multiply)
2 x  48
48 (1 mark)
x
2
x  24

Therefore there are 24 girls in form 2A. (1 mark)

Question 2 (4 marks)

i) S. A = 2  (20  5)  2  (20  1)  2  (1  5) (1 mark)

= 200  40  10
= 250m 2 (1 mark)

ii) Volume = l  w  h

= 20  1  5 (1 mark)
= 100m 3 (1 mark)

Question 3 (9 marks)

i) 2500  2.5  10 3 (1 mark)

2.5  10 3

2.5  10 3 (1 mark)
1
1.58  (10 3 ) 2

3
1.58  10 2 (1 mark)

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 ii) 0.0064  6.4  10 3 (1 mark)

6.4  10 3
6.4  10 3 (1 mark)
1
2.5  (10 3 ) 2

3
2.5  10 2 (1 mark)

iii) 270  600  162,000  1.62  10 5 (1 mark)

1.62  10 5
1.62  10 5 (1 mark)
1
1.27  (10 5 ) 2

5
1.27  10 2 (1 mark)

Question 4 (4 marks)

PRT 50,000  15  2
i) Simple Interest   (1 mark)
100 100

 $15,000 (1 mark)

5000  12  6
ii) S.I   $300.00 (1 mark)
100  12

Value of investment earned: $5000  $300  $5300.00 (1 mark)

Question 5 (4 marks)

i) y4 (y-intercept) (1 mark)

rise 4
ii) Gradient, m   2 (1 mark)
run 2

iii) y  2x  4 (1 mark)
y  2x  4  0
 2x  y  4  0 (1 mark)

Question 6 (4 marks)

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i) (12 y  16)  6 y  14 (expand the LHS)
4
3 y  4  6 y  14 (1 mark)
3 y  6 y  14  4
 3 y  18
y  6 (1 mark)

ii) 4  2( x  5)  2 x  3( x  2) (remove the brackets first)

4  2 x  10  2 x  3x  6 (1 mark)
 2 x  x  6  10  4
 x  20
x  20 (1 mark)

Question 7 (4 marks)

i) (1 mark)

ii) (2 marks)

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iii) Coordinate of A’: (2,3) (1 mark)

Question 8 (4 marks)

i) Angle BCX = 90 0 (1 mark)

ii) Angle CXA = 180 – 40 = 1400 (1 mark)

iii) Angle CBA = 180 – (90 + 40) = 180 – 130 = 500 (1 mark)

180  140 40
iv) Angle CAX    20 0 (1 mark)
2 2

Question 9

H  1.5
i) tan 45 0 
20
20 tan 45  H  1.5
0
(1 mark)
H  20 tan 45 0  1.5
H  21.5m (1 mark)
Height of the building is 21.5m

20
ii) tan x 
15

20
x  tan 1 ( ) (1 mark)
15
x  53.130 (1 mark)
0
Angle of depression is 53.13

Question 10

i) (2 marks)

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 x f fx
24 2 48
25 1 25
26 0 0
27 0 0
28 2 56
29 1 29
30 5 150
31 1 31
32 3 96
33 2 66
34 0 0
35 2 70
36 2 72
37 0 0
38 0 0
39 0 0
40 6 240
41 3 123
42 2 84
43 0 0
44 0 0
45 1 45
46 0 0
47 0 0
48 2 96

f  35  fx  1231

ii) Mean

mean 
 fx  1231  35.2 (2 marks)
 f 35

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