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Mathematics
2hrs 30 minutes
UGANDA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
2HOURS 30MINUTES

Instructions:
Attempt all questions in section A and not more than FIVE from section B.

SECTION A
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1. Express 0.41818… in the simplest form of y hence find x + y.

2x2 x  6
2. Simplify; x 2

3. Given that n(A) = 8, n(B) = 7, n( AnB’ ) = 3 and n(B’) = 7

(i) Represent the information on a Venn diagram
(ii) Find n(A’UB)
4. Find the equation of the line parallel to 2x + 3y = 5 passing through (1, -4)
5. Find the value of a if log10 (a  2)  log10 3  1
6. A swamp is of area 5cm2 on a map of scale 1:400000. Find its actual area in km 2.
  2  4 3 
7. Given the vectors AB   3
 , CD    and CB    .
 1
     2

Find (i) column vector AD

(ii) Length of AD

8. Below is a sector of a circle whose radius is 6cm and angle at the centre is 100 o. It folded
to form a cone. Find the radius of the circular end of that cone.

100o
6cm

  2
9. Given T is a translation 
  and X is the reflection in x – axis.
 3 

Find the coordinates of A if TX(A) = (5, -1).

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10. Given the function f and g are such that f(x) = 2x + 5 and g(x) = x2 – 25.
(i) Write down an expression for gf(x)
(ii) Find x if gf(x)=5

SECTION B

11. A survey carried out by the education reform commission revealed that of the 62
schools visited, 32 has science laboratories (S), 41 had computer room(C) and 30 had art
studios (A), six schools had both S and A but not C. 18 schools had both S and C while 21
schools had both C and A. it was discovered many upcoming schools did not have these
facilities and these were a quarter of these with C and A only.
(a) Represent the information on a Venn diagram
(b) Find how many schools (i) did not have any of the three facilities
(ii) had at least two of these facilities
(c) What is the probability that a school chosen at random had only one of these
facilities.

12. The figure below shows a pyramid with a triangular base ABC with V vertically above A.
given angle BAC = 900, AV = 6cm and AB = AC= 8cm. If X is the midpoint of BC

Calculate;
(i) Length BC
(ii) Length AX
(iii) Angle between VC and the base
(iv) Angle between plane VBC and ABC
(v) volume of the pyramid
 2 3
13. Triangle ABC is transformed using matrix T = 
  to triangle A’ B’C’ with A’(-4
 1 2

 1 1 
, 2) B’(7,7) and C’(-2 , 8). Triangle A’B’C’ is then transformed with R = 
  to
 2 3
form A’’B’’C’’.
Find (a) the coordinates of (i) A, B and C
(ii) A’’, B’’ and C’’

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 (b) a single matrix that transforms ABC to A’’B’’C’’.
(c) Ratio for area ABC to area of A’’B’’C’’.

14. Below are marks scored in a math test

64 58 54 59 83 65 62 46
43 70 50 35 64 62 50 53
55 54 32 59 48 54 35 48
71 74 55 70 40 58 64 40
75 45 40 55 55 45 48 72

(a) Form a frequency distribution table with equal class intervals of 6 starting with 30 as
the lower class limit of the first class.
(b) State (i) median class
(ii) modal frequency

c) (i) mean
(ii) mode
(iii) median

15. In an organization, the following allowances are not taxed

Housing sh 35,000 per month
Medical sh 240,000 per annum
Transport Sh 1000 per day
Family allowance for three children only at the following rates;
Above 16 yrs sh 5000
Above 10yrs but below 16yrs sh7200
Below 10yrs sh 9000
Peter earns sh690,000 has four children with two below 9years, the elder 19yrs, the
other is 14 years.

Calculate;
(a) Total monthly allowances
(b) Taxable income and tax he pays under the tax rates below
Taxable income tax rates (%)
1 – 15,000 8.5
15,001– 105,000 12
105,001 – 200,000 20

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 200,001 – 310,000 25
Above 310,000 30

c) Determine the percentage of the gross pay that goes to tax.

16.

G iven that M is the midpoint of OA, AB:AC = 1:3, MN:NC = 1:4, OA = a and OB = b
(a) Express the following in terms of a and b.
(i) MA (ii) AB (iii) OC (iv) ON
(b) Determine the ratio ON:NB

17. The manager of a Hotel has sufficient money to buy a total of 100 crates of soft drinks of
type A and B. He wants to buy at least twice as many crates of type A as those of type B.
He also wants to buy atmost 60 crates of type A and atleast 20 crates of type B. Taking x
and y to be the number of type A and type B respectively;
(a) Write down all the inequalities based on the above facts.
(b) Show the inequalities on the same graph by shading off the unwanted region.
c) The profit on a crate of type A is sh 6,000 and that of type B is sh 4,000. Find the
number of crates of each type that he should buy to make maximum profit.
Calculate the maximum profit.

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