MPESA FOUNDATION ACADEMY

Mathematics: Applications and interpretations

Standard Level
End of Term 2 Examinations
1Hour 30 Minutes
March 2023

Name……………………………………………………………..……Class………………….

Instructions to candidates
 Write your full names in the space provided above.
 Do not open this examination paper until instructed to do so.
 Answer all questions. Answers must be written in the spaces provided below each
question.
 Unless otherwise stated in the question, all numerical answers should be given
exactly or correct to three significant figures.
 A clean copy of the mathematics: Applications and Interpretations is required for
this paper.
 The maximum mark for this examination paper is [80 marks].

For Examiner’s Use Only.

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

Maximum 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 16 15 80
Score
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1a. [2 marks]
Mia baked a very large apple pie that she cuts into slices to share with her friends. The
smallest slice is cut first. The volume of each successive slice of pie forms a geometric
sequence.
The second smallest slice has a volume of 30 cm 3. The fifth smallest slice has a volume of
3
240 cm .
Find the common ratio of the sequence.

1b. [2 marks]
Find the volume of the smallest slice of pie.

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1c. [2 marks]
The apple pie has a volume of 61 425 cm 3.
Find the total number of slices Mia can cut from this pie.

2a. [2 marks]
Dilara is designing a kite ABCD on a set of coordinate axes in which one unit represents
10 cm.

The coordinates of A , B and C are ( 2 , 0 ) , ( 0 , 4 ) and ( 4 , 6 ) respectively. Point D lies on the  x -

axis. [ AC ] is perpendicular to [ BD ]. This information is shown in the following diagram.

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Find the gradient of the line through A and C .

2b. [1 mark]
Write down the gradient of the line through B and D .

2c. [2 marks]
Find the equation of the line through B and D . Give your answer in the form ax +by +d =0,
where a , b and d are integers.

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2d. [1 mark]
Write down the x -coordinate of point D .

3. [6 marks]
A storage container consists of a box of length 90 cm , width 42 cm and height 34 cm , and a
lid in the shape of a half-cylinder, as shown in the diagram. The lid fits the top of the box
exactly. The total exterior surface of the storage container is to be painted.
Find the area to be painted.

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4a. [3 marks]
Yao drains the oil from his motorbike into two identical cuboids with rectangular bases
of width 10 cm and length 40  cm. The height of each cuboid is 5 cm.
The oil from the motorbike fills the first cuboid completely and the second cuboid to a
height of 2 cm. The information is shown in the following diagram.

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Calculate the volume of oil drained from Yao’s motorbike.

4b. [3 marks]
Yao then pours all the oil from the cuboids into an empty cylindrical container. The height
of the oil in the container is 30 cm.

Find the internal radius, r , of the container.

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5a. [3 marks]
The following diagram shows quadrilateral ABCD

∧ ∧
∘ ∘
AB=11 cm, BC=6 cm, B A D=100 ,∧C B D=82
Find DB.

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5b. [3 marks]
Find DC.

6. [7 marks]
The following diagram shows the chord [AB] in a circle of radius 8 cm, where AB=12 cm.

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Find the area of the shaded segment.

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7a. [2 marks]
The diagram shows a sector, OAB , of a circle with centre O and radius r , such that AÔB=θ.

Sam measured the value of r to be 2 cm and the value of θ to be 30 .

Use Sam’s measurements to calculate the area of the sector. Give your answer to four
significant figures.

7b. [2 marks]
It is found that Sam’s measurements are accurate to only one significant figure.
Find the upper bound and lower bound of the area of the sector.

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7c. [2 marks]
Find, with justification, the largest possible percentage error if the answer to part (a) is
recorded as the area of the sector.

8a. [1 mark]
The diagram below shows a helicopter hovering at point H , 380 m vertically above a
lake. Point A is the point on the surface of the lake, directly below the helicopter.

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Minta is swimming at a constant speed in the direction of point A . Minta observes the
helicopter from point C as she looks upward at an angle of 25. After 15 minutes, Minta is at
point B and she observes the same helicopter at an angle of 40 .
Write down the size of the angle of depression from H to C .
25 degrees A 1
8b. [2 marks]
Find the distance from A to C .

8c. [3 marks]
Find the distance from B to C .

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SECTION B
9a. [2 marks]
The Voronoi diagram below shows four supermarkets represented by points with
coordinates  A ( 0 , 0 ) , B ( 6 , 0 ), C ( 0 , 6 ) and D ( 2 ,2 ) . The vertices X , Y , Z are also shown. All
distances are measured in kilometres.

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Find the midpoint of [BD ].

9b. [4 marks]
Find the equation of ( XZ ).

9c. [3 marks]
The equation of ( XY ) is y=2−x and the equation of (YZ) is y=0.5 x +3.5.
Find the coordinates of X .

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9d. [2 marks]
The coordinates of Y are (−1 , 3 ) and the coordinates of Z are ( 7 , 7 ) .
Determine the exact length of [YZ].

9e. [4 marks]
Given that the exact length of [ XY ] is √ 32, find the size of XŶZ in degrees.

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9g. [1 mark]

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A town planner believes that the larger the area of the Voronoi cell XYZ , the more people
will shop at supermarket D .
State one criticism of this interpretation.

10a. [2 marks]
Sophie is planning to buy a house. She needs to take out a mortgage for $120000. She is
considering two possible options.
Option 1:  Repay the mortgage over 20 years, at an annual interest rate of 5%, compounded
annually.
Option 2:  Pay $1000 every month, at an annual interest rate of 6%, compounded annually,
until the loan is fully repaid.
Calculate the monthly repayment using option 1.

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10b. [2 marks]
Calculate the total amount Sophie would pay, using option 1.

10c. [3 marks]
Calculate the number of months it will take to repay the mortgage using option 2.

10d. [2 marks]
Calculate the total amount Sophie would pay, using option 2.

10e. [1 mark]
Give a reason why Sophie might choose

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option 1.

10f. [1 mark]
option 2.

10g. [2 marks]
Sophie decides to choose option 1. At the end of 10 years, the interest rate is changed to
7%, compounded annually.
Use your answer to part (a)(i) to calculate the amount remaining on her mortgage after the
first 10 years.

10h. [2 marks]
Hence calculate her monthly repayment for the final 10 years.

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