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TIME 2 hours 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper/answer booklet. ‘Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B. Write your answers 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 sheet as the rest of the answer. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. If 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. Answers in degrees should be given to one decimal place. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. ‘Mathematical tables may be used to evaluate explicit numerical expressions, This question paper consists of 12 printed pages. ‘Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, N2001. (©ZIMSEC N2001 [Turn over Seetion A [64 marks] Answer all the questions in this section. (a) Linda spent } of her pocket money and had $20 left. Find the amount of money she had at first. B] (b) ‘The diagram above represents a rectangular garden 9 m long and 7m wide with a path 50cm wide. Calculate the area of the path giving the answer in square metres, [4] (© Express 54 minutes as a percentage of 2 hours. 2) (d)__A shop sells a packet of biscuits for $23,46 making a profit of 15% on the cost price, Calculate the cost price. GB] $0082 N2001 (@) Write down (@) the factors of x* 4, (ii) the factors of x°+4x44, (iii) the L.C.M. of x? -4 and x?+4x+4. 13] (b) Solve the equation 2 + 18=0. 2 1d A oT =+— asasingle fraction. 2h Express © Express 45+ (@) A formula that can be used for changing degrees Fahrenheit (F) to degrees centigrade (C) is 5F-160 >, @ Calculate the value of C when F = 95. (i) Make F the subject of this formula, 14} 40082 N2001 [Turn over 3 Pp 48 s @ 0 aaa R In the diagram, PS = 4,8 em, SQ= 12 em, SOR = 36,7" and QRS = 90°. Calculate (@) the length of QR, 2) (b) the length of PR, B) (©) the size of the angle marked y*, 2 (@ the area of the triangle PSQ. 2 4 A municipal swimming pool is 12 m long, 5 m wide and 1,5 m deep. (a) Caleulate the total intemal surface area of the pool. 2 (b) The municipality employs Harry to paint the pool. One litre of paint covers 3 m?. The paint is sold in 5 litre tins at $850 per tin, Calculate @ the number of tins required, }) the cost of the paint, 5] (© Harry is paid $432 for painting the pool. Calculate his rate of pay per hour, if he takes 3 days, working 8 hours a day. fe} (@) The pool is then filled with water to a depth of 1,25 m, Calculate the volume, in litres, of water in the pool. BI TORINO 5 5 (a)_ Pisthe point (6; 3) and Q is the point (2; 6). Calculate @ 79, w (Pg. BI 301 0 -2) (b) Given that A= a a 1 -3) 2-6) calculate @ A+B a qi) AB, (2) (ii) the inverse of B, 2) (iv) the value of K, given that 2 10 0 = ) and A* [2] 0 10) 6 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper. Use ruler and compass only for all constructions and show clearly ail? the construction lines and ares. William is walking straight across a field towards a vertical flagpo! when he is at point A, the angle of elevation of T, the top of the fia He observes that vole, is 30° and Aen he is at point B, on the same side of the flagpole as A, the angle of elevation of T is 45°, The distance between A and B is 20 metres. (a) Using a scale of ! cm to represent 4m, construct 2 single diagram to show the relative positions of A, B and T. i) (b) Using a suitable construction on the same diagram, find the height of the flagpole. 14] 82 N20 [Turn over @) ) Section B [36 marks] Answer three questions in this section. Given the two equations 3x42y=9 and 2x43y=16, find @ the value of x + y by adding the two equations, Gi) the value of x — y by subtracting the two equations, Hence, or otherwise, solve the equations forx and y. (4) D. 3x-2 c le-3 x xT B Tn the diagram, ABCD is a trapezium in which AB is parallel to DC and ABC =90°. @® Given that AB = (x +4) cm, DC = (3x —2) em and BC=(x —3) em, find in terms of x, an expression for the area of the trapezium. Gi) Given that the area of the trapezium is 16 cm?, form an equation in x and show that it reduces to 2x? -Sx-19=0. (iil) Solve this equation and hence find the length of BC correct to 1 decimal place. [8] 400872 82001 @) &) 7 Ina group of five boys, three play soccer and two play hockey. @ Gi) One boy is chosen at random, write down the probability that he is a soccer player. Two boys are chosen at random, calculate the probability that one plays soccer and the other plays hockey. (4) Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. Two variables P and Q are connected by a law of the form P = kQ, where kis aconstant. The table below shows corresponding values of P and Q. Q 0 5 10 (Using a scale of 2 em to represent 1 unit on both axes, with P along the horizontal axis and Q along the vertical axis, draw a graph to show the relationship between P and Q. 2 (ii) Use the graph to find the value of @ & ] (&) QwhenP =4. 2] Calculate the value of P when Q= 30. R \ 0082. N2001 [Turn over Inthe diagram, AB is a diameter of the ci and TAC =2s°. Find, in terms of x, centre O. TA is the tangent at A @ ~~ cko, Gi) C04, ii) ACO, (iv) COB. [4] (b) In the diagram, A is 5,5 km due north of B, AC = 3,0 km and BAC = 118°, Calculate () the bearing of C from A, Gi) the distance that A is east of C, (iii) the distance BC. 18] 10 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper. The following is an incomplete table of values for the function y = 12 + Sx-2x7. 7 T x |-2 rJ-1] 0 tiie |a |g » |- o |p| | is} q]9|o |-23 (@) Calculate the value of p and the value of q 2 (b) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x~axis, draw the graph ofy =12+Sx-2x? for-2

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