MAKERERE COLLEGE SCHOOL

S4. BOT EXAM TERM I 2008.

MATHEMATICS PAPER I

INSTRUCTION : Answer All questions in SECTION A and Section B.

TIME: 2½ HOURS.

SECTION A

3 x  x  1 3
1. Solve the equation :   .
4 5 10

2. Show that 54  150  24 = 6 6 .

3. Given that f(x) = ax – 8 and that f(3) = 10, find the value of:

(i) a
(ii) f(2).

4. If P = 0 2 show that P2 in the form k 0 ; hence state the value of K

1 0 0 k

5. Solve the simultaneous equations 3x + 5y = 1

2x - y = -8.

6. The coordinates of the points P and Q are (2,3) and (4, -1) respectively.
Calculate the length of PQ.

7. A boy is 5 years older than his sister. Six yeas ago the product of their ages was 24.
Find the boy’s present age.

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8. Given that sint = , find the value of cost - .
5 tan t

9. In a class, 30 pupils like English and 17 like science. All 46 students in the class
like at least one of these subjects. What is the probability that a pupil chosen at
random likes exactly one subject.

10. Determine the coordinates of the centre of enlargement given that the point (4, -7)
under an enlargement of scale factor -2 has (1, 2) as its image.

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 SECTION B:

11. The marks obtained by a class of 40 pupils in an English test are given below.

40 71 50 48 62 30 70 61
60 63 44 51 65 32 25 55
65 62 54 50 45 25 40 45
30 45 48 38 48 24 28 30
28 48 3o 35 60 50 48 50

(a) Using class intervals of 5 marks, construct a frequency table, starting with the
20 – 24 class group.

(b) Represent this information on a histogram and use your histogram to estimate
the modal mark.

(c) Using your table in (a) above calculate the mean mark.

12. In a group of 34 senior five students 23 study Mathematics (M) , 19 Economics E

and 26 Geography (G).

12 study M and E
16 study M and G
13 study E and G

All the 34 students study at least one of the three subjects.

(a) Find the number of students who study all three subjects.
(b) Determine the probability that a student selected at random from the group
studies.
(i) Mathematics only.
(ii) Economics and Geography but not Mathematics.
(iii) Only one of the three subjects.

13. (a) Find the gradient of the line 3y = 6x + 7. If this line is perpendicular to the
line ax + by = c which passes through (2,3). Find the possible values
of a, b and c.

(b) Fid the equation of a line which passes through (4, 5) and is parallel to the line
3y + 4x = 5.

14. Using a pair of compasses and a ruler only.

(i) Construct triangle PQR , such that angle PQR = 60o, QR = 9.0cm,
PR = 8.5cm. Measure the length QP.

(ii) Bisect the sides PQ and PR. Produce the line bisectors to intersect at point M.

(iii) Using M as the centre, draw a circle to circumscribe triangle PQR.

Measure the radius of the circle. Hence calculate the area of the circle.

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15. In the figure below, PQRSV is a right pyramid on a rectangular base PQRS.

Given that PQ = 6cm, QR = 8cm and V is 12cm vertically above the horizontal base
PQRS , find :

(i) the length of VQ.

(ii) The angle between VQ and the horizontal base.
(iii) The angle between the planes VPQ and VSR.

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