02/1 WRITE YOUR

EXAMINATION
NUMBER HERE

SOLOMON ISLANDS SCHOOL CERTIFICATE

2000

MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

WEDNESDAY 4TH OCTOBER 8 AM TIME: 1 ½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET

UNTIL TOLD TO DO SO. LEAVE BLANK
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
2. WRITE YOUR EXAMINATION
NUMBER AT THE TOP OF THIS SECTION MARK
PAGE.
1A
3. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
1B
4. DO ALL WORKING IN THE SPACES
PROVIDED IN THIS BOOKLET. TOTAL

5. THERE ARE TWO SECTIONS:

SECTION 1A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (50 MARKS)

SECTION 1B: WRITTEN ANSWER QUESTIONS (50 MARKS)

THIS BOOKLET SHOULD CONTAIN 23 NUMBERED PAGES.

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FOR THIS EXAMINATION THE FOLLOWING

ITEMS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE:

Solomon Islands Three Figure Tables

Pen, Pencil, Rubber
Metric ruler
Calculators may also be used but not necessary.
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SECTION 1A: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Each question has 4 choices (A B C D)

You must decide which of these is the correct answer.

There is only ONE correct answer.

Put a circle around the letter of your choice next to the question.

Example:

Question 0 A B C D
(You think B is correct)

If you want to change your answer, Cross out your first choice and circle your
correct choice.

A B C D
(You now think D is correct)

DO NOT LEAVE MORE THAN ONE LETTER WITH A CIRCLE AROUND IT.
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1. 235.6 x 10-3 is written in standard form, which is not correct. When it is

corrected the answer is

A. 2.356 x 10-1
B. 2.356 x 10-2
C. 2.356 x 101
D. 2.356 x 10-5 A B C D

2. When simplified 7a + a could be

2a

A. 8a
B. 4a
C. 4
D. 7a2
2a A B C D

3. Which is not true ?

A. scatter diagram is used to find standard deviation.

B. mean can be affected by extreme values of the distribution.
C. mode is the number that occurs most often.
D. median is the number in the middle when arranged in order.

A B C D

4. In a survey, 80 people agreed that calculators should not be used in

Mathematics tests. If the probability of a person agreeing was 8/25, how
many people were surveyed.

A. 25
B. 250
C. 72
D. 88 A B C D
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5.

X 2

P 3
B Y C

In the figure AC and XY are parallel. The measure of P is

A. 7
B. 9
C. 10
D. 12 A B C D

6.

The given graph is a frequency distribution with

A. 6 modes
B. 2 modes
C. 4 modes
D. 1 mode A B C D
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7. The equation of a circle is x2 + y2 = 2. The area of the circle is

A. 2π
B. 4π
C. √2 π
D. 2√ 2 π A B C D

8. What is the final bearing after an anticlockwise turn of 210° from SE

direction.

A. 285 degrees
B. 015 degrees
C. 195 degrees
D. 075 degrees A B C D

9.

The column vector for ‘vector r’ is

A. -8
-6

B. 8
-6

C. 6
-8

D. 8 A B C D
6
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10. A bank charges an interest of 1 cent per month for every dollar they lend.
The bank’s rate of interest per annum is

A. 12%
B. 60%
C. 365%
D. 120% A B C D

11. What must be added to 1/x to make it equal to x/1

A. x2

B. x2 - 1
x

C. x -1
x+1

D. x+1 A B C D
x-1

12. The degree measure of ‘ x ‘ from the figure is

150°

45° x°

A. 45 degrees
B. 135 degrees
C. 30 degrees
D. 75 degrees A B C D
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13. The area of triangle ABC is

6cm

A C
10cm

A. 30 cm2
B. 60 cm2
C. 48 cm2
D. 24 cm2 A B C D

14. 2 x+1 = 85. The value of x is

A. 4
B. 15
C. 14
D. 9 A B C D
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y
15.
B
A

0 x

The equation of line A is y = Px – 5. The equation of the line B in terms of P

and x could be

A. y – Px = 0
B. y + Px + 5 = 0
C. Px + y = 0
D. y = 2x A B C D

16. N B

065°

70°

The bearing of B from A is 065 degrees. Angle ACB is given as 70° and the
side AB = CB. The bearing of C from B is

A. 205°
B. 245°
C. 065°
D. 040° A B C D
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17. A ball is drawn at random from a bag containing 7 red, 3 white and 6 blue
balls. The probability that it is not a red ball is
3
A. /16
7
B. /16
10
C. /16
9
D. /16 A B C D

18. A shop put a mark up of 10% on the cost price and at the same time offered
a discount of 10% on its marked price. The sales can be a

A. profit
B. neither a profit nor a loss
C. loss
D. none of the above A B C D

19. When simplified x–2 is equal to

2–x

A. -1
B. 1
C. 0
D. x–2 A B C D
x+2

20. A die and a coin is tossed. What is the probability of getting an even number
on the die and a head on the coin ?
1
A. /6
1
B. /12
1
C. /4
3
D. /6 A B C D

21. A man can run at an average speed of 15km/h. How much time he will take
to run 10km ?
15
A. /10 hours
4
B. /6 hours
1
C. /5 hours
3
D. /2 hours A B C D
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y
22.

x
0 1 2

The equation for the graph could be

A. y = ½ x2
B. y = x3
C. y = 3x
D. y = 1/ x + 1 A B C D

23. The area of triangle ABC in terms of x, y and h is

y A C
x

A. ½ h (x – y)
B. ½hb+½yh
C. ½xh+½yh
D. ½bh–½yh A B C D
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24. t2 - 16 when simplified, is

t2 – 4t

A. -16
-4t

B. 4
t

C. -4
t

D. t+4 A B C D
t

Y
25.

Y = ax2

Y = 2x2

The value of ‘ a ‘ in the equation y = ax2 is

A. greater than 2
B. less than 2
C. same as 2
D. equal to ½ A B C D
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SECTION 1B: SHORT ANSWERS QUESTIONS

USE THE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE LEFT TO DO YOUR WORKING. PUT

YOUR ANSWER IN THE SPACE PROVIDED ON THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN.
SHOW THE NECESSARY STEPS TO GET FULL MARKS.
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26. The circle with centre ‘ O ‘ is inscribed in a square. The diameter of the circle
is 7cm. Calculate the area of the shaded region.

7cm 0

Are of shaded region ___________________cm2

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27. In the plan of a building the scale used is 1:50. A square shaped window has
an area of 0.64cm2 in the plan. What will be the real sides of the window in
that building.

Ans: ___________________ metres

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28. Given that a = 4 b= -3 and c= -4

3 , 2 6

Calculate the value of a - b + 2c

Ans _______________________

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29. The average age of 30 students in Grade 1 is 8 years. The average age of
30 students and their class teacher is 9 years. What is the age of the class
teacher.

Ans: _________________ years

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30. ABCD is a rectangle. Its perimeter is (6x + 2) cm. Calculate the width AB of
the rectangle in terms of ‘x’ in its simplest form.

B C

A D
(2x + 3)

AB = __________________ cms

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31. Factorise completely. 12 – 3x2

Ans = _______________________

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32. Evaluate : [Your steps and answer must be in fractional form]

8
/ 3 – 1/ 6
1+¼

Ans = _______________________

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33. Solve for x

2x + 5
= x – 3 + 3x + 5
3 6

x = __________________

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34. In one sample of 100 pods of peas, the mean was 6 peas per pod. In
another sample of 50 pods the mean was 8 peas per pod. Calculate the
combined mean when two samples are taken together.

Ans ______________________ peas

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35. In triangle PQR

PQ = 90cm, PR = 50cm. Using the Cosine Rule, calculate the side QR

90

R
60°
50
P

QR _________________ cm

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36. Simplify 5a – 5b
6b – 6a

Ans = _______________________

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37. Simplify (2a3 b–2 )3

4a-2 b

Ans: _______________________

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38. ABCDEF is a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle of radius 6cm ‘0’ is the
centre of the circle. The area of triangle AOB is

E D

F O C

A B

Ans: _______________________ cm2

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39.
T

S
R

start
P time

The graph shows how the height of the water in a cylinderical tank changes.
Use the words ‘very fast’, ‘fast’, ‘no change’ to describe the graph.

(1) P to Q (2) Q to R (3) R to S (4) S to T

___________ ___________ ___________ ____________

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40. Simplify 4m – 2 2m - 1
m+1 2m + 2

Ans: _______________________
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41.

9
5

A C
5

The Cosine Rule for triangle ABC state that, Cos A = b2 + c2 – a2

2bc

Use the equation to find the size of the angle ‘x’ in the diagram.

x = _____________________ degrees

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42. Simplify x2 + 4x + 3
x+3

Ans: _______________________

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43. Two fair coins are tossed together. Complete the following tree diagram to
show the possible outcomes.

Start

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44. (a) Using the tree-diagram find the probability of getting two tails.

Ans: __________________

(b) the probability of getting a head and a tail in any order.

Ans: __________________

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45. Simplify 2√ 63 + 3 √ 20 - 2 √ 28 - 3 √ 80 [Don’t use calculators]

Ans: ________________________

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46. Find the simplest equivalent inequation for -5 < -4x < 12

Ans: ________________________

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47. Make ‘h’ the subject of the formula t = 2π h+k

g

h ____________________

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48.

P Q
0
360
-.6

-1

The given graph is y = Cos x. Write down the values of P and Q in degrees.

P = __________________degrees

Q = __________________degrees

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49. The formula connecting the focal length f, the distance of the object u, the
1 1 1
distance of the image v from the lens is given by /f = /u + /v. It is given
that u = 20cm, v = 30cm. Find the focal length of the lens.

Ans, f = __________________ cm

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50. x°
60°

65°

85° y
48°

The degree measure of x and y can be

x = _________________degrees

y = _________________degrees

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