Section A (50 Marks)

1. a) (i) Write down the value of in the . [1]

(ii) Write down the missing numbers in the pattern [2]
b) Evaluate . [2]

2. a) Find the exact value of . [2]

b) Evaluate . [2]

3. Factorise a) . [2]
b) . [3]

4. a) Simplify [2]
b) solve . [3]

5. a) Given that , make the subject of the formula. [2]

b) Given that , find the value of . [3]

6.

a) What is the perimeter of the shape above, in terms of , in its simplest form? [2]
b) If in the shape above, calculate the area of the shape. [3]
c) James and John shared some oranges in the ratio If James’ full share was
oranges, calculate the total number of oranges they shared. [2]

7. a) Solve the inequality . [2]

b) Express as a single fraction in its simplest form.
 . [3]

8. On a certain day the temperature in Gweru at was and the

temperature at was .
Find (i) the increase in temperature. [2]
(ii) the average increase in temperature per hour from to . [3]

9. a) Which prime number is even? [1]

b)Find the highest common factor (H.C.F.) of the numbers . [2]
c) Evaluate and give the answer in weeks and days,
. [2]

10. a) Given that , list the elements of

i) , [1]
ii) [1]
iii) Write down the value of . [1]
b) A class of pupils, all study either History or Geography of both. Given that
study Geography and study both subjects, find the number of students who study
History? [2]

Section B (50 Marks)

11. a) The following are the shoe sizes for people

Find
i) mode, [2]
ii) median, [2]
iii) mean. [2]

b) At the beginning of a week, a water meter read . After a week, the meter
read .

i. how many units of water were used during the week? . [2]
ii. Calculate the water bill for the week if the water costs per unit. [2]

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12. a) Calculate the simple interest on investsed for at simple
interest per annum. [2]

Mr Ndlovu, a teacher gave a discount of on goods he sold. Calculate the

amount paid by a customer who bought a dress marked . [3]

c) John had pocket money. He bought apples at each, bannas at

each and frezits at each.

i) Calculate the total amount of money he spent. [3]

ii) How much change did he get for the . [2]

13. a)

C D

A B
In the diagram above, and are parallel straight lines. The straight lines and
intersect at . and .
Write down the values of the angles marked
i) , [2]
ii) . [3]

b) A sheet of metal measures by by .

i) Calculate the volume of the metal in . [2]

ii) If of metal weighs ,calculate the mass of the sheet of metal in . [3]

14. a) The number of children enrolled at a certain school increased from .

Calculate
i) the number of additional children enrolled. [1]
ii) the number of additional children as a percentage. [2]
 b)

Number of families

1 2 3 4 5 Number of children per family

The above graph shows the results of a survey to find the number of children per family.

i) How many families had children? [1]

ii) What was the modal number of children per family? [1]
iii) Find the total number of children in the survey. [3]
iv) Find the average number of children per family. [2]

15. A man has of fencing wire to enclose a piece of land.

a) If he decides to make a rectangle measuring by , find the area of the
rectangle. [1]
b) His wife suggests that he makes a square, using all the wire.
Find
i) The length of one side of the square, [1]
ii) The area of the square. [2]
c) His son comes from the school and suggests that he makes a circle using
, calculate
i) The radius of the circle, [3]
ii) The area of the circle. [2]
d) For the given length of wire, which of the three suggested shapes gives the
greatest enclosed area? [1]

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