For Performance Measui@ment ZimbabwejSchool aininations Council MATHEMATICS 4008, 4028 Past Question Papers and Expected AnswersZimbabwe School Examinations Council Upper East Road Mount Pleasant Harare @ZIMSEC 2012 All rights reserved no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrievable systent, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording or otherwise without prior permission of the copyright owner.FOREWORD This is the second series of the Zimbabwe School Examinations Council Question and Answer Booklets at the Ordinary Level of the General Certificate of Education. The booklet is made up of question papers and suggested answers for past examinations. The Council hopes that the booklet will help both teachers and students in their preparation for examinations,Candidate Name Centre Number Candidate Number Cc ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level MATHEMATICS 4008/1, 4028/1 PAPER I . JUNE 2008 SESSION 2 hours 30 minutes, Candidates answer on the question paper Additional materials: { Geometrical instruments . y TIME — 2 hours 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. ‘Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Onaission of essential working will result in loss of marks. Decimal answers which are not exact should be given correct to three significant figures unless stated otherwise. Mathematical tables, side rules and caiculators should not be brought into tbe examination room. ————_______ INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES FOR EXAMINER’S USE ‘The number of marks is given in brackets {] at the end of each question or part question. This question paper consists of 24 printed pages. Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Counc, 12008, . SzIMSEC s2008 [Turn over2 NEITHER MATHEMATICAL TABLES NOR SLIDE RULES NOR CALCULATORS MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER 1 (a) Express 0,000 0526 in standard form, () Estimate by first rounding off each number to one significant figure, 3,04 x1,98-9,48 value of 291 Answer (@ 163 @) 21 4008/1 12008,Express (a) 5,3 km’ in hectares, (b) 20 litres in cubic centimetres, (© 408 hours in weeks and days. Answer @ ha [1] (b) (weeks days [1] com? [1) (a) Find the value of the base y such that 6703, - 725, = 5756,. | (b) Convert 1345 to a number in base two. Ol (2) Answer (a) @ sos 2008 [Turn over |4 4 Ina shop one loaf of bread cost $65 000, (a) (b) Find @ the cost of e dozen loaves of bread, (fi) the number of loaves of bread that could be bought for $4 550 000. Write down the type of variation which connects the cost of bread and the number of loaves of bread bought. Answer @ Ww s a a) ~ 0] o variation [1] 4006/1 120085 (@) Write down one capital letier of the alphabet which has rotational symmetry | For of order 2 but no line of symmetry. [Bxamniner's (6) The mean of m, p, g andr is 8,25. | The mean of m, n, p,q and ris 4,6 | Find the value of 2. | Answer fa) oy Oo | ‘The radius, r cm, of a circle is given as 9 cm, correct to the nearest whole number, (s) Write down the limits between which r must lie. (b) Calculate the least possibie circumference of the circle, giving your answer in terms of x | Answer (a ro] (bi om o04n 22008 | [Turn over |A B ee :? 98 The diagram shows a pattern which is made up of identical semi-circular ares. The shortest distance between the ends A and B is 98 cm, Calculate (a) the diameter of each semi-circle, (b) the distance from A 10 B along the curves. (ratex - 3) Answer @ 0080 s2008‘The Venn diagram shows the universal set, § and the sets P, Q and R with their members. (@) From the venn diagram, list the members of if @ — PNQ, | @) PING. (b) Find n(P), Answer @ @ PNQ= i (i) * PIN = _t] @ aP)= a | 4008/1 12008 | {Turn over |Distance (kilometres) Shopping 36 centre Home 3 5 8 ‘Time (hours) The diagram is the distance-time graph of a cyclist who goes out shopping and returns home. Caleulave (@) the time spent at the shopping centre, (b) the average speed for the whole journey, Answer @ hours [1] kmh [2] 003" 200810 9 A bag contains 60 identical marbles, except for colour. 36 are green, x are red’and the rest are blue, (a) lf the probability of selecting a red marble at random is +, find x (o) Two marbles are drawn, one after the other, with replacement, Find the probability thet neither marble is green, giving your answer as a common fraction in its lowest terms. Answer @ ox 0) 00801 2008 Oy G2) [Turn over i iuw In the is a straight line. Calculate (a) BOD, () Ac, () DAc. Answer (a) @ © gram ABCD is a circle of 10 | entre O. Arc AD = are DC, DAO = 55° and AOB 4000/3008Answer (@) 2 @) PI Ft 13 Factorise completely (2) 15m+18- 10mm ~ 127, (b) 27x? -12y? Answer @ 2) 0) 2] 082008 | [Turn over |12 14 The following is an extract of Mr Dube’s telephone bill for the month of January 2002. x is the number of units used and y is the Value Added Tax (VAT). DATE ACCOUNT DETAILS AMOUNT Rental from 01/02/02 to 28/02/02 140,00 31 Jan 2002 | Metered units 02781 01685 (x units) 2 192,00 Sub Total VAT @ 15.0% v Amount Due (a) Find, @ Gi) the units used, x the cost per unit, (b) Calculate the Value Added Tax, Answer @ @ 0] @) § 2] @ Soo 40081 00813 15 (a) ~~ Atriangle has sides of length 7.om, 15 om and x om. If x is an integer, find — the minimum value of x, | = Gi) the maximum value of x. (bo) The sum of the interior angles of an irregular polygon is 5040°, Find the mumber of sides of the polygon. Answer) q (i) i) (b) e | 4008" 2008 {Turn over16 14 The selling price of school shoes at a departmental store in January 2005 was Examines $750 000 per pair. (2) Calculate the amount paid for one pair of school shoes if'a 10% discount was allowed. (b) In February 2005 the price rose by 15%. Calculate the new selling price of one pair of school shoes, Answer @ § m® §$ PI]D 15 (9 c 15 B Inthe diagram DCB is a straight line. BC = 15 om, AC=10 mand ACD= 6. Given that sin® = =, find 5 (a) cos, (b) the area of AABC. Answer (@ @) cos = 098i 2008 [Turn over18 16 Bulawayo and Harare are 400 km apart by air, A helicopter leaves Bulawayo at 2.30 p.m. and arrives in Harare at 4.10 p.m. on the same day. Calculate (a) the average speed of the helicopter, (b) the arrival time in Bulawayo in the 24-hour clock on the return journey if the helicopter leaves Harare at 10.36 p.m. and takes 1 hour 49 minutes. Answer (a) kan/h @ ci19 itis given that p (a) Calculate jp), leaving your answer in surd form. (&) If pis parallel to q, calculate the value of y. Answer (a) @) 08 2008 BI 2) [Turn over ‘Use18 ee In the diagram the line y= mx +c touches the curve y = x°— 45 at (1; -3), Write down (a) the value ofc, (>) the value of m, (© the gradient of yex7—4 when x (@) the range of values of x for which mx+c>x?—4x, Answer @ co a Momo tg Ow TO ce i 008 200819 x 2x, 21 Itis given that wf *) (a) Find M? in terms of x. (b) Find x given also that M|= 48. Answer fa) 2) ® xe or OB] cou 12008 (Turn over20 22 Itis given that y varies inversely as x+4, (@) Express y in terms of x and a constant k, (b) Given also that x= 6 when y=2, find the value of k (©) Find the value x when y= 8. 4008/1 12008 123 @ (b) a ‘Ata certain party the ratio men: women: children was 5: 6:4. If there ‘were 80 children at the party, calculate the total number of people at the party. ‘The area of « certain country is given as 8,5 x 10° km*. The area of the country’s map is given as 3,4 x 10° cm”, Find, in the form 1: n, the scale used in drawing the map. Answer @) 12} @) 8) 0081 2008 [Turn over24 In the diagram TA and TB are tangents 1o the circle ABC. (a) Using a ruler and compasses only, construct () the loous of points equidistant from A and C, (i) the locus of points equidistant from AT and BT. (b) Write down the radius of the circle Answer @ @ on diagram. (on diagram, a 40081 2008