S.4 MATHEMATICS SEMINAR QUESTIONS 2022.

PAPER ONE.

EQUATIONS AND QUADRATIC GRAPHS.

1. (a). Solve the equation by factorization: 2 x 2  10 x  12  0

(b). Form a quadratic equation in whose roots are and  8.
(c). Express x 2  x  12 in the form  x  a  2  b . Hence solve the equation x 2  x  12  0

2. (a). Draw a table for y  3 x  2 1  4 x   1 over the interval  4  x  3

(b). Use your table above to draw a graph y  3 x  2 1  4 x   1 with a scale of 2cm: 1unit
horizontally and 2cm: 5units vertically.
(c). Draw on the same axes the line y  3 x  4
Use the two graphs above to solve the equation  12 x  7 x  3  0
2
(d)
(e) State the maximum value of y and the value of for which it occurs.

MATRICES

3. (a) If C is a matrix and D is a matrix, state the order of the product matrix CD.

 4 2  27 37 
(b) Given the matrices N    and M    , find matrix P such that NP  M .
3 1  5 5 

 3 2
The inverse of a matrix R is   . Determine the matrix R.
 1 1 
(c)
 3 

x 3 
(d) Given that the matrix   is singular, find the possible values of x.
x x  2 

 3 1 
4. (a) Find the inverse of the matrix   , hence solve the pair of simultaneous equation .
 2 1 
3m  n  9
2m  n  5
(b) In the recent completed Uganda secondary school football tournament in Arua, four football
teams of St Mary’s boarding school Kitende, Gombe High School, Kibuli S.S and Buddo S.S
qualified for quarter final which was played in two rounds with other teams.

Round one

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 St. Mary’s won three matches, drew one and lost no match
Gombe high won two matches, drew one and lost one match
Kibuli S.S won one match, drew one matches and lost two matches
Buddo S.S won two matches, drew no match and lost two matches

Round two
St. Mary’s won two matches, drew two and lost no match
Gombe high won three matches, drew one and lost no match
Kibuli S.S won two matches, drew none matches and lost two matches
Buddo S.S won three matches, drew no match and lost one match

Write down:
(i) a matrix showing the performance of the four schools in each round.
(ii) a matrix showing the overall performance of the teams in the two rounds

(b) Three points are awarded for a win, one points for a draw and no point for a loss, using matrix
multiplication, determine which school won the tournament in Arua.

(c) Given that Coca-Cola donated shs.4,500,000 to be shared by the four teams according to ratio of
their points scored in the tournament, find how much money each team got.

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

5. The table below shows the marks obtained by S.4 students of Manzi S.S in a food and nutrition test.
Class 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 – 79 80 – 89 90 – 99
frequency 4 6 8 12 10 7 3

(a) Draw a histogram and use it to estimate the modal mark.

(b) Construct an Ogive and use it to estimate the;

(i) Median mark.
(ii) 80th percentile
(iii) Pass mark if 15 students failed.

6. The table below shows the lengths in cm of 50 pencils used by S.1 students during an Art project work.
5.4 4.7 7.0 6.1 3.4 5.2 3.2 4.5 5.9
6.7 5.8 8.5 6.5 8.2 5.4 4.2 6.5 4.1
7.1 5.2 5.4 6.9 5.7 8.1 6.4 6.1 7.2
3.7 5.1 5.6 5.0 7.0 7.9 5.4 7.1 3.5
8.3 6.5 5.7 6.0 5.1 8.7 5.3 4.6 6.9
6.8 7.5 6.2 7.2 6.7

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 (a) Starting with a class of (3.0 – 3.9, 4.0 – 4.9,---) and using equal class width, construct a grouped
frequency distribution table for the given data.

(b) Hence using an assumed mean of 6.45 cm, calculate the mean length.

(c) Calculate the median length.

7. (a) A coin and a die are tossed simultaneously once

(i) Draw a table to show all the possible outcomes.
(ii) What is the probability that a head and a triangle number show up?
(b) A bag contains 6 balls, 4 of which are red, and the rest are blue. Two balls are selected one
at a time. If a red one is selected first, it’s put back to the bag, and if it’s blue it’s not
replaced. Draw a probability tree to show the possible outcomes. Find the probability that
the second ball picked is:
(i) blue given that the first is red.
(ii) red given that the first was blue.
(iii) blue.

TRANSFORMATION AND MATRICES OF TRANSFORMATION

8. (a) A rectangle PQRS with vertices at P(-4, -1), Q(-4, -5), R(-3, -5) and S(-3, -1) is mapped onto a
rectangle with vertices at (5, -4), (9, -4), (8, -3) and (4, -3). Find the matrix of the
transformation.

(b) A (2, -2), B (1, -6) and C (4, -7) are vertices of triangle ABC. It’s image A B C under a rotation
has vertices A (-6, -6), B (-5, -2) and C (-8, -1).
Find the:
(i) centre of rotation

(ii) angle of rotation

9. A triangle ABC with vertices and is reflected in the y-axis to form a triangle
A B C which is then enlarged by a scale factor of about the origin to form A B C . A B C then
suffers a negative quarter turn-about to form A B C .
(a) Write down the matrices of transformation for
(i) a reflection in the .
(ii) an enlargement of scale factor .
(iii) a negative quarter turn.
(b) Determine the co-ordinates of the images A B C , A B C and A B C .
(c) Determine a single matrix that would map ABC on A B C . Describe the transformation fully.
(d) Represent the above information on the graph.

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 CIRCLE PROPERTIES

10. In the figure below, ̅̅̅̅ is a tangent to the circle and 𝐵𝐶 is a straight line. Angle 𝐵𝐶 and angle
𝐶= .

(a) Find angle:

(i) ACT
(ii) BAC
(b) Given that ̅̅̅̅ = 8cm and 𝐶
̅̅̅̅= 6 cm, calculate lengths;
(i) ̅̅̅̅̅
𝐵
(ii) ̅̅̅̅̅
𝐵
(iii) ̅̅̅̅
𝐶

11. The diagram below shows a circle with centre O and radius 10.5cm. Two tangents PR and PS are drawn
from a point outside the circle. Angle POR= and PO intersects the circle at Q.

Calculate the:
(a) Lengths of the tangents.
(b) Area bounded by the tangents and the arc SQR. ( )

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 TRIGONOMETRY

12. (a) Given that and that is reflex, find the possible values of
(i)
(ii)

(b) Find the area of a triangle ABC where

(c) Without using tables or calculators find the values of:

(i) cos
(ii) tan
(iii) sin

(d) Solve the equation √ for .

13. (a). At a certain point on the level ground, the angle of elevation of the top of a tower T is 28 . At another
point 100metres away from the first point, the angle of elevation is 35 . Find the two expressions for the
height of the tower, hence find the height of the tower and give your answer to the nearest metre.

(b). A dog tied on a stick rope 4.5m long is tethered to a tree stamp 2.5m from a straight path. For what
distance along the path is one in danger of being bitten by the dog?

INEQUALITIES AND LINEAR PROGRAMMING

14. (a) Given that and 𝐵 , represent 𝐵 on a number line.

(b) Solve for in the inequality; .

(c) Show by shading the unwanted region show the inequalities .

(d) Determine an inequality which is represented by the un-shaded region on the graph below.

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15. Peter is contracted to transport 45 tonnes of lake sand to a building site. He has 6 trucks which can each
carry 3 tonnes and has 7 tippers which can each carry 1 tonne of lake sand. The tipper makes 5 trips per
day and the truck makes 3 trips per day. He has 9 drivers available. The cost of a tipper is shs. 40,000 per
day and a truck is shs.100,000 per day. By letting and be the number of tippers and trucks used
respectively;
(a) Form six inequalities representing the above information
(b) Represent all the above inequalities on the same graph by shading off the unwanted region
(c) Find the number of trippers and trucks he has to use in order to minimize the total cost

PAPER TWO
PROPORTION AND VARIATION

16 (a). The kinetic energy varies jointly as the mass m, and the square of the velocity,

A mass of 8kg and a velocity of has a kinetic energy of , find the kinetic energy for a mass
of and velocity of .
(b) The daily cost per prisoner in a Kitalya prison is partly constant and partly inversely proportional to the
number of prisoners in the prison. Given that the cost per prisoner for a prison of 10 prisoners is shs 350
and for a prison of 20 prisoners is shs 300,
Find:
(i). the cost per prisoner for a prison 50 prisoners
(ii). number of prisoners if the cost per prisoner is 500
RELATIONS, MAPPING AND FUNCTIONS
Given that f  x   x  3 x  6 and that g  x   x  6 , solve the equation
2
17. (a) (i).
f 2 x   g  x   3

(ii). If g : x 
a
 x  2  , find the values of if g 2   1   2 g 1   1   3 .
x 2
2 x 3
(b) (i). Given the function g  x   find the values of for which g  x  is
5 x 7 x  2
2

meaningless.
x 3 13 x
(ii). Given the functions h  x   and g  x   , determine the values of for
2 5
which fg  x   gf  x   0
x 5
(c) A function f  x  has its inverse f 1
x , find the values of f  x  and hence evaluate
2 x 3
 1
f   .
 3

18. (a) Given that represent a function, find the range for the domain {-2,-1, 0, 1, 2, 3}.

(b) Given that T= {2, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13}. Illustrate on papygrams the relations;
(i). “greater than by 3”
(ii) “factor of”

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 SETS

19. In a senior four class of 30 students, 18 take Fine Art (F), 15 take Luganda (L), 13 take Entrepreneur (E).
The number of students who take all the three subjects equals the number of those students who do not
take any of these subjects. Ten students take both F and L, and 3 take only E and L. Represent the
information on a Venn diagram

(a) How many students take all the three subjects?

(b) Find the number of those who take only one subject
(c) If a student is picked at random from this class, what is the probability that a student takes
two or more of these subjects?

20. During Pope Francis visit to Uganda last year, a sample of 90 guests was picked randomly from a certain
five star hotel in Kampala. It was found out that 70 guests eat Matooke (M), 83 eat Rice and 50 eat Posho
(P) and 3 do not eat any of the three food types. All those that eat Posho also eat Rice. 46 eat all the three
food types.
(a) Represent the given information on a Venn diagram.
(b) How many guests eat both Matooke and Rice but not Posho?
(c) If a guest is randomly picked from the sample, what is the probability that the guest eats only;
(i) One food type.
(ii) Two food types.

MENSURATION
21. The diagram below shows a lampshade made out of the lower part of a cone. The base radius is 28cm, the
top radius is 12cm and the slant height is 20cm.

Calculate the;
(i) height, ℎ and
(ii) surface area of the lampshade. (Use )

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22. The figure below shows are rectangular piece of paper ABCD which has been folded along EF such that
C maps onto G.

Given that ̅̅̅̅

𝐸𝐶 and ̅̅̅̅
𝐹𝐶 , ̅̅̅̅
𝐵 and ̅̅̅̅
𝐷

Find;
(i) The area of triangle ECF
(ii) An expression for the area of the shaded region ABFGED in terms of
(iii) If the shaded area is , show that . Hence find the length of 𝐷

THREE DIMENSION GEOMETRY

23. The figure below shows a right pyramid on a rectangular base PQRS. PR = 20cm and
QR = 12cm. point V is 24cm vertically above PQRS.

Calculate the;
(i) Volume of the pyramid
(ii) Angle PVR
(iii) Angle between the planes PSV and QRV

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24. The diagram below shows a cuboid KLMNWXYZ in which ̅̅̅̅ , ̅̅̅̅ and ̅̅̅̅ .

(i) Calculate the length ̅̅̅̅ and ̅̅̅̅

(ii) Determine the angle between line ̅̅̅̅ and the base PQRS
(iii) Determine the angle between the planes PWVQ and TUVW

BUSINESS MATHEMATICS

25. The cash price of a car is sh.10, 500,000. The initial down payment is sh.4, 500,000. The balance is
increased by 18% and paid in 12 equal monthly installments. Find;

(i) The balance to be paid

(ii) The balance after the 18% increase
(iii) The monthly installment
(iv) The total hire purchase price

26. (a) The table below shows income tax rates of a certain country for government employees. This is applied
after all allowances have been deducted.
Monthly taxable income Taxation rate (%)
First 100,000 5
Next 100,000 10
Next 150,000 20
Next 200,000 25
The rest 30

Katunguka a civil servant of that country pays 960,000 as yearly income tax (PAYE) and his total
monthly allowance is Shs.110,000.
Determine his:
(i) Monthly taxable income.
(ii) Annual gross income.

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(b) The monthly income tax system of a country is given as below

Basic pay (Ushs) Tax (%)

An allowance in excess of shs.80,000 is subjected to a tax of 25% of the monthly allowance.

Two employees A and B are such that A earns a basic monthly pay of shs. 355,000 and a top up
allowance of shs.185,000 per month while B earns only a basic monthly pay of shs.540,000.

(i) Who of the two employees pay more monthly income tax than the other and by
how much?
(ii) Express employees A’s income tax a percentage of his monthly earnings.

VECTORS

27. A (3, 2) and B (-1, 4) are two points on the line. A point P divides AB in the ration 2:1.
Determine the coordinates of P.

28. In the below, OA = a, OS = b and M is the midpoint of AB. The point P divides OA in the ratio 2 : 1,
and PM produced meets OS produced at D.

(a) Find, in terms of a and b

(i) AS. (ii) PA. (iii) PM.

(b) Given that PD = PM and OD = OS, find the value of and

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29. In the triangle ABD, AB = , AE = and ED = . E is a point on AD, B is the midpoint of AC
and M is the midpoint of DB.

(a) Find, in terms of x and y, the vectors which represent:

(i) DA. (ii) DB. (iii) AM.

(b) Show that points E, M and C are collinear.

(c) Using vectors, show that the points P (-4, 1), Q (0, 2) and R (8, 4) lie on a straight line.

END

“Mathematics the Queen of sciences”

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