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Mathematics
2hrs 30 minutes HOLIDAY EXAMINATIONS

UGANDA CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
2HOURS 30MINUTES

Instructions:
Attempt all questions in section A and not more than FIVE from section B.

SECTION A
x
1. Express 0.41818… in the simplest form of y .

()
t
1t
81 =
2.Given that 3 . Find the value of t.
2 2
3.Given that a ∆ b =a +b . Find the value of y if 3 Δ2 √10

4. Find the possible values of x

(
x 4
)
if 3 x − 4 is a singular matrix.
1−x 2
f (x )= 2
5.Given that 4 x −1 , find
(i) f (2 ) (ii) the values of x if f (x ) is undefined.
2
factorizing, solve the equation x −x−6=0
6.By

7.Find the equation of the line parallel to 2x + 3y = 5 passing through (1, -4)

8.Two points P (5 , 2 ) and Q ( 2 , 4 ) are in a plane. Find the:

(i) Coordinates of M the midpoint of PQ.

(ii) |OM|
9. If 104x+ 32six = 100seven, find the value of x.

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√ 4+ √3
. Express √ 4−√ 3 a+b √c
10 in the form

SECTION B
11(a) In MUKO super market the price of coffee, tea and sugar are shs.1,200,
shs.1,500 and shs.2,400 respectively.
Ivy bought 3kg of tea, 5kg of sugar and ½ kg of coffee, while Saava bought
2kg of coffee, 4kg of sugar and 1kg of tea.
Form a (i) 3 x 1 price matrix.
(ii) 2 x 3 commodity matrix.

(b) Use matrix multiplication to find what each person spent and hence find the
total sales from the two people.

(c) David bought 3 pens and 2 books from Shoprite at shs. 3,150 and Edwin
bought 3 books and 2 pens at shs. 2,850.
(i) Find the cost of a pen and a
book.
(ii) If Joseph bought an equal number of pens and books at a total cost of
shs 6,000/= from the same supermarket, find the number of pens she
bought.
12. In S.4 class, student chose different subjects for their subjects’ combination to be
done in S.5. 56 chose to take Physics (P), 49 chose Biology (B) and 36 chose
Chemistry(C). All the students chose to take at least one of the three subjects
except 8 who were absent. 12 students chose Physics and Biology but not chemistry,
30 students chose Physics only, 10 students chose Biology only and 40 students
chose more than one subject. Using a Venn diagram, find how many students;
a) Belong to the whole class
b) Chose chemistry only
c) Chose more than two subjects

13. Beleow are marks scored in a math test

64 58 54 59 83 65 62 46
43 70 50 35 64 62 50 53
55 54 32 59 48 54 35 48
71 74 55 70 40 58 64 40
75 45 40 55 55 45 48 72

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(a) Form a frequency distribution table with equal class intervals of 6 starting with 30 as
the lower class limit of the first class.
(b) State (i) median class
(ii) modal frequency

c) (i) mean
(ii) mode
(iii) median

14.

G iven that M is the midpoint of OA, AB:AC = 1:3, MN:NC = 1:4, OA = a and OB =b
(a) AExpress the following in terms of a and b.
(iii) MA (ii) AB (iii) OC (iv) ON
(b) Determine the ratio ON:NB

15. (a) Given that h(x) = ax2 – bx where h(3) = -2 and h(-1) = 3
Find the;
(i) values of the constants a and b.

(ii) values of x for which h(x) = 0

(b) If f(x) = 3x - 1 and g(x) = x2, find the values of x for which gf(x) = fg(x).

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