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    UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAi. €XAMINATIONS SYNDICATE in collaboration with THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, ZIMBABWE General Certificate of Education Ordi MATHEMATICS 4008/2 PAPER 2 Friday 18 NOVEMBER 1994 2 hours 30 minutes Adational materia: “Answer paver Graph papor (3 sheets) Mathematical tables Plain paper (1 sheet) TIME 2 hours 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number paper/answer booklet in the spaces provided on the answer ‘Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section 3. Write your answers and working on the separate answer paper provided If you use more than one sheet of Paper, fasten the sheets together. Electronic calculators must not be used, All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sh \eet as the rest of the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. It the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer should be given to three significant figures. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end ol each questisn or pan question. Mathematical tables may be used to evaluate explicit numerical expressions. blank pages. 4824 OK¢ 2506 2 Section A [64 marks} Answer all the questions in this section. e 1 (a). Solve the equation 2) (b) Express sb+4 1-76 a a single fraction in its simplest form. B) (© Evaluate ree Pat given that r= 3 and ¢=~2. el (@ A train travels 18 kilometres in one hour. Caleulate the distance, in metres, it travels in 1 second. 8] 2 (@) A thombus has a side of length 7 om and its shorter diagonal is 6 em long. Calculate the length of the longer diagonal Bl o) : 12 In the diagram, PORS is a parallelogram in which QR =7 cm, SR= 12em and QPS = 40°. TR bisects ORS. @ Find QTR.” Q (@) Giving u reason for your answer, state the length of TC. a (ii) Caloulate the area of the parallelogram PORS. Bl sot 3 3 @ Mr Bindu bought 20g of maize sted at $5 per kg and 60kg of fertilizer at $3 per kg from shop 4 Me Move bought 30 kg of maize seed at $6 per kg and 50 kg of fertilizer at $2 per kg from shop B. @ Copy and complete the following 2 x 2 matrices Maize seed Fertilizer (mass in kg) (mass in kg) Mr Bindu Mr Moyo Shop 4 Shop B (Price in $) (Price in $) Maize seed Q Fertilizer 2] (@) Evaluate PQ and hence or otherwise find how much Mr Moyo saved by buying from shop B instead of shop 4. Bl (©) At a conference, 60 teachers were asked which of the following books they used in their schools, New General Mathematics for Zimbabwe (NGM) and/or Project in Secondary Mathematics (PSM). Fifly teachers used NGM, 40 used PSM and x used both books Eight teachers did not use either book Find @_ the value of x, B) (ii) the number of teachers who used PSM only t) © é A B ( 4 } ie bo The Venn diagram shows the universal set € together with sets 4, B and C. Copy and shade clearly, in two separate diagrams, the following sets OUvBaG Ql (i) Cua ul cones [Turn over Gq (a) A map is drawn using a scale of 1 : 4000. Caleulate () the actual length, in metres, represented by a line of length 2 em on the map, 2) Gi) the area on the map, in square centimetres, which represents an actual area of 2400 m 2] (b) The circumference of the front wheel of a tricycle is 91 cm and the circumference of each of the back wheels is 63 om. Find {the number of complete tums the front wheel will make in order to cover a distance of 7,28 metres, iO} (ii) the shortest distance which will have to be covered in order that both the front and back wheels will make a whole number of complete turns. 2 (e) Teddy takes 2 hours to complete a task while Simba takes 3 hours to complete the same task () What fraction of the task does Teddy complete in 1 hour? 2 Gi) I the boys work together on the same task, find how long it will take them to complete it. 2) 4628 sannise fa)" A D P c 4 B In the diagram, ABCD is a trapezium in which AB is parallel to DC and DC = }4B. Given that DC =p and BC =q find, in terms of p andlor 4, @ 4B, 0 i) BD, iO (i) 4D a o 2 R er: s as In the diagram, PQRS is a parallelogram. ¥ is a point on PS produced such that PY = 3PS and the area of the parallelogram is 12 em? (i) Find the area of triangle ORX. 2) (ii) Calculate the following ratios giving your answers as common fractions in their lowest terms: oo) uw) SX w & of A QRY 2 the area of A ¥SY (q thearea of A X¥R the area of A XYS 2] sone (Turn over 6 sox The following is an extract of an incomplete water 6 ill sent toa consumer. A consumer is allowed to use 9 kilolitres of water per month, but is penalized for exceeding this amount by paying a surcharge on the excess. Consumption Fixed Charge Surcharge Previous | Present Description Reading | Reading ae aa “mon (KD, (Kl, Water | Permitted Caleulate (a) () © @ cy the total consumption X, Amount due 'S (the quantity by which the permitted consumption was exceeded), the rate Y, the surcharge Z, the amount due 4. oy a a 7 Section B [36 marks] Answer three questions in this section. 7 (a). Study the number pattern below and then copy and complete lines 4 and 5, Line Pattern we 1 1 r 2 345 2 3 749411 x 4 5 ay B) (b) The table below shows the number of triangles which can be made with a given fixed Perimeter, together with their measurements. The measurements must all be integers. Study the table below and then copy and complete lines (ti) and (iv). Perimeter Possible triangle(s) 1 7 I Oy 3em 1 @) | Sem | 3/\3 2/\2 | | ay | Tem T A | Gv) om | (4) (0 Solve the equation 3x? +2x-4=0 giving your answers correct to 2 decimal places. 6 4624 (Turn over 4604 8 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper. (a) Construct a regular pentagon ABCDE of side 5 cm and interior angle 108°. Measure and write down the lengtis of diagonal BD. Fy In parts (b) and (c) ruler and compasses only should be used, All construction lines and ares should be clearly shown, (b) Construct one line of symmetry of the pentagon and label it M. This line represents two loci. Describe them fully i (© Construct the locus of points which are 3cm from the line 4B and which lie inside the pentagon, Mark and label the point P which is 3cm from AB and which satisfies the two loci in (b). 4] Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. Below is a table of values for the function y = = | 3 1 | on (a) Find the value of a and the value of b. a (b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent | unit on each axis draw the graph of y= for the range ac 4 (©) Using the same axes, draw the graph of y= 2x +1 Q) (@)_ Write down, and simplify, the equation in x whose roots are the points of intersection of the graphs y=" and y= 20-41 2 (©) Using your graphs, write down the roots of the equation in (a) 2 9 10. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 2 units on each axis, draw axes for the following ranges: ~6

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