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Candudate Centre Number Number —_] Candidate Name ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL in collaboration with UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE General Certificate of Edutation Ordinary Level MATHEMATICS 4008/1, 4028/4 PAPER 1 Wednesday 11 NOVEMBER 1998 2 hours 30 minules Candidates answer on the question gape’ Noadiltona! calerials are required TIME 2 hours 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top ol this page Answer all questions. ‘ele your answers in the spaces pravided on the question paper. Fi working is needed for any question it musi be shawn in the space below that question, Omiesion of ossontial working will result in loss of marks. Waihemaiical tables, slide rues and olectranic calculetors may not be brought inta the examination room. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ | at the end of each question or part question. ne FOR EXAMINER'S USE | _———~ i This question paper consisis of 17 printed pages and 3 blank pages. lang gsc orn sce 18 151 [Turn over fer teeter NEITHER MATHEMATICAL TABLES NOR SLIDE RULFS NOR CALCULATORS MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER: 1 (a) Giving your answer asa common fraction in us lowest terms, find the value of ti) 5-8. Ob: a= §. tb) Evaluate, giving your answer as a decimal O.57 + Lay. Answer (a) BD By iy @). 2 da} Writs 7.316 « LO as a decimal, {b) Express 0.058 96 correct to three signilicaat figures. i (} Express £ as a percentage. Answer te) tu (8) fu] (eh % fh} 152 fo lente ‘te ‘oe | | 3 (a) Onacertain day the minimum temperature al Mount Inyanganti was— $°C while the maximum temperature was 13°C. Calculate the temperature range an that day. (b) An empty swimaiing pool is in the shape of a horizontal rectangular trough. ACiy 24 m Tong and 10 m wide, Rain fell imo the pool to u depth of 4 cm. Calculate, in cubie metres, the volume of water which fell into the poot Answer (a) .. a ().. 1) 4 Giventhatr=3.12 Sand w=7. find the valuc of tay rr, th) 2-2r i. i ; | Answer (A) wu . fy | i na 1 stmrnee [Turn over 153 be eager er alculate S$ Giventhat dec <6and-2y {a} the greatest possible vatue of x —y, tb) the least pessible value of x + y*, Arnswer (0) coors by 6 Solve the simultaneous equations Answer x= Snes - 3 | vies f 154 z $3 © In the diagram, ABC, AFD and BFE are slraight lines, BE ts parallel to CD. BAR = 82, AB} = 56 ond CDE = 75° (a) Write down the size of ACD. @} Caleulate the size of EDF. & Given that f varies inversoly as w, fa) write down an expression fur fin Keuns of wand & constant & Given also that f= 15 when w = 35, tb) calculate {i} the value nf the canstant k, Gi) wowhen f= 10.5 Answer (a) .. a (b} .. (2h ANIWEL (B) cooccnnceensenrniins wis EL] yD Al ay vee (HT ONLI {Tum ever 185, fa ape nd ‘Be Inthe diageam, A, , € and D are points on the circle, centre 2. ‘Ad's adinmeter of the circle and AD is parallel to OC. Given that ABO = 7F, catenlate ta) BOC, fb) BBO, «BED. Aniwer (a) @).. . 1 1h bh lems ‘Be 10 te) Evaluate 432, +414, giving your answer in base Five, (b)_ Express 24 +2! + 2s a mumber in base Iwo. (e) Convert 21, 10 a number in base 190, Aaswer (a) Th Given that 10g, 7= 0845. evaluate (a) login 49% tb) logy, 79, fe} hogy, 'F Answer (a) ). tl © i] mn ~ (Tura over fan Te 12 On amap. the distance from Gweru to Victoria Falls is 50 cm. ‘The actual distance is 600 ler. (9) Find rhe scale of the map, giving your answer in the form 1 :n. {o) Calculate the acural drsuance, in kidometces, hetween two towns which are Sem apart ‘on the map. Answer (a) — (b) fh Factorise completely (ay 77-91, {b) 1Sa?~ 19a +6. Answer (A) ooo woe ®.. - RI 158 Emer fi 2°42, 16 fa} Evaluate fb) Simply (ex) 15. The numbers in the distribution , 4, 7% p, g, 12, 15, 16 are arranged in order of increasing size. Given that, for this diswitwtian, the mode is 7 and the median is 9. (@} find the vatue of ap, it. (B) calculate the arithmetic mean of the distribution, Answer (a)(i) . fi) i) {b) i) Answer (2\(i) p= he Fam over 159 16 A busicavesChinhoyi at 09 3oand arrives al Mbare Main Bus Terminus in Harare at 1s 24. (a) Express 119 36 as the time on a 12 hour clock. (b) How long does the joumey take? (©) Given that the bus travels at an average speed of 29 metres per sevond, calculate, et kilometres, the distance travelled during the journey. Answer (a) - M1 6) 6 fe w+ km pe Ee I+2e* (a). make x the subject of the forinula, (hy calculate, giving your unswer as a decimal fraction, the value af x when P > 0.25, Answer (a}4= [2h {ey 160 fe ‘or 18 {ab Find the inverse of the matrix (t s ) Given that (2 )EP| find the value of anand the value of a. 2 } Arswer (a) P] (hen = 3) wore Flurnaver wr fw come v P - Q 2 + To the diagram, PORS is a vertical wal) with PQ = QR = 12 m. Given that the angle of depression of S from Pix 26° fa) find the value of 1, fi) the valueof y., (b) Calculate the iength ‘of RS. Use this information where necessary sin 268. 0:44, cos 26° = 0.90, tan 26° = O49. Answer (a}{i) = fi) y= (6) .. 102 Fe seers 20 1 ° 12 3 ‘The diagram shows part of the graphof ya3edros’ (a) Write down Gi) the coardinatesof the turning point of the graph, (8) the equation of the fine of symmetry of the graph. (b} By drawing a tangent, estimate the gradient of the grapb at the point (2, 3) {0 Using the method of counting squares, estimate the area bounded by tke curve, the s-axis, the y-axis and tbe line 4 = 2, giving your answer in square units, Answer {a} @) (@) 2 Ql seme {Turn over 163 reer Far 25 Given that he set of all rea numbers, the set of rational numbers, ‘f= the set of irrational nurabers, and the set of prime numbers, ta) complete the Venn diagram below, labelling the sets clearly, (bh) state 10 which of the sets A, B und C, the following numbers belong: 2 i) 0.93, Gy V7. Answer (a) % I (2G) ~- {2} w ror) i . Wy 164 sane The For a 22 Asaree, hockey was conducted, The results were recorded and pr ciagram below shows some of the result= of the Survey. w (ey ©) One pupit was selected at random. Giving ench of your answers 38 probability that the pupil selected 4) cydted to school and played hockey. 1 did not play hockey. Answer (a) x, Walked Calculate how many of the pupils cycled to scheol. ened findingonthow 7t:pupis got W-school and whether ox nortbey played obabitities enleulated. The tree Complete the probability woe diagram shown below. ‘2 common fraction in its lowest terms, find the Played hockey Di not pley horkey x Played s hoxkey (3) cycled Did not phy hockey et Answer (it) H (xi). "1 Gi) eecennneees [ZL one [Turn over 365 ceaery ri Mt In the diagram, MA is paralicl 10 #N. AXB and MXN are steaight fines. AM = 7 om, MX= 42 om and BN = 2 cm {a) Describe compleily the single transformation which maps ciangle AXM ont triangle BXN. {bp Write down the ratio of the area of ABXN to the area of SAXM, fe) Calculate the length of MIN. ANSWER (BY ann cnenreene (hy satio= (MN=.. 166 ny cm 1) sis te z fume § ya 10. ~ - at i » 2 4 6 8 Tra cate, x hum costs 99 cents and a scone costs $ 1,20. Chipo wishes 10 buy atleast lwo buns and at least one seone. (a) Given that represents the number of buns and y the number of scones, writedownan inequality in x and an inequality in y thal satisfy Chipo’s wishes {b) Write down another inequality in x and y satisfying the additional condition that Chipo has only $7,200 spend. ‘Show that it simplifies to ir +4y ¥ 24, (©) Draw the three inequalities on the grid given above. Shade the unwanted region. Aaswer (a) by (don grid 367 {2 14] lacgtoers

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