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LOZI SECONDARY SCHOOL

2018 END OF TERM ONE EXAMINATIONS

MATHEMATICS
FORM THREE
PAPER I
(100 marks)

Friday 19th July, 2019 Subject

TimeNumber:
Allowed: 2M131/I
hours
Time Allowed: 2 hours
08:00 – 10:00 am
Instructions.
1. This paper contains 10 pages. Please
check.
2. Write your name at the top of this question
paper and on every page.
3. Answer all questions in the spaces
provided.
4. Show all your work.

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1. Simplify √21 + 4 √84 ⁻ √189

[3 marks]
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𝑥 1
2. Solve the equation −𝑥 =1
𝑥+2

[4 marks]

3. Given that À(2,9) is the image of A(3,4) under a translation T, find the image of B(4,5) under
the same translation.

[3 marks]

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4. The sets C and D intersect such that n(C) = 36, n(D) = 23 and n(C ∪ D) = 40. How many
elements are in both C and D?

[3 marks]
5. In figure 1 below, ABCD is a circle, centre O. Line BOD is a diameter.

D
A

38˚
C
B

Figure 1
If AB = BC and ∠BCA = 38˚, calculate the value of ∠ACO.

[5 marks]

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6. Insert two arithmetic means between 12 and 60.

[4 marks]

7. The common difference and the 18th term of an arithmetic sequence are -5 and 22 respectively.
Find:

a. The 1st term

[3 marks]
b. The 10th term

[2 marks]

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8. Figure 2 below, ABCD and CDEF are parallelograms and ABEF is a straight line. If BE =
2cm and DC = 3cm, find AF.
A B E F

D C

[4 marks]
9. Three types of coffee costing MK70, MK80 and MK100 per kg respectively are mixed in the
ratio 1:3:5. Find the cost of the mixture per kg.

[4 marks]
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10. If P is proportional to q and P = 30 when q = 6, find:

a. Constant of proportionality

[3 marks]

b. The value of p when q = 24.

[3 marks]

11. In figure 3 below, O is the centre of the circle. If ∠EDF = ∠OEF = x and ∠EOF = y, prove that
y is a right angle.
E

x O y
D

[5 marks]

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W4 −1 w+1
12. Simplify ÷
W2 +1 𝑤

[4 marks]
13. Given that f(x) = ax2 + bx, find the values of a and b if f(-1) = 3 and f(2) = 6.

[4 marks]
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14. The following figure 4 shows an arrow diagram for the function g(x) = 12 – 5x.

Domain Range

 -1 17
 -2 p
 0 12
 q -3

Figure 4

Calculate the values of p and q.

[4 marks]

15. Given that log10 2 = 0.3010 and log10 3 = 0.4771, calculate without using calculators,
a. Log10 12

[3 marks]

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1
b. Log10
18

[4 marks]
16. Given that log P = log (XYr), make Y subject of the formula.

[4 marks]
17. A circle is drawn through four corners of rectangle of sides 12cm and 10cm.
calculate:
a. The diameter of the circle, giving your answer correct to 2 significant figures.

[3 marks]
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b. The distance of the width from the centre.

[3 marks]

18. A triangle ABC has vertices A(1,2), B(7,2) and C(5,4)

a. On the graph paper, draw ΔA’B’C’, the image of ΔABC under a rotation of 90˚
clockwise about the origin.
[5 marks]

b. Write down the coordinates of the image triangle

[3 marks]

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NB: This paper contains 10 pages.