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MATHEMATICS Paper No 03
February 3rd week
2024
45 Minutes
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INSTRUCTIONS
 Answer all questions.

 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.

 Write your name and candidate number in the boxes at the top of the page.

 Write your answer to each question in the space provided.

 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.

 You should show all your working in the booklet.

 You are not allowed to use a calculator.

INFORMATION
 The total mark for this paper is 40.

 The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1. If the ratio of apples to oranges in a fruit basket is 3:5, and there are 24 oranges, how
many apples are there?

.............. [1]

2. If the ratio of the number of boys to girls in a class is 2:3, and there are 25 girls, how
many boys are there?

.............. [1]

3. A recipe requires a ratio of sugar to flour of 1:4. If you need 2 cups of flour, how
much sugar do you need?

.............. [1]

4. A recipe calls for 3 cups of milk and 2 cups of water. What is the ratio of water to
Milk?

.............. [1]

5. If the ratio of the lengths of two rectangles is 3:5 and one rectangle has a length of 15
cm, what is the length of the other rectangle?

.............. [1]

6. A map has a scale of 1 cm to 5 km. If two cities are 15 cm apart on the map, what is
the actual distance between them?

.............. [1]

7. If the ratio of the number of students who like football to those who like basketball in
a class of 30 students is 2:3, how many students like basketball?

.............. [1]

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8. Complete the calculations.

a) 7 + 4 × 3 = [1]

b) 3 × 2 + 5 × 3 = [1]

c) 6 ÷ 2 − 3 × 4 = [1]

d) 7 + 8 ÷ 2 = [1]

9. Fill in the missing numbers to make this subtraction correct.

[2]
3
10. Fatima has some pens. She gives of her pens to her brother. If she gives her brother
10
12 pens. How many pens is she left with?

.............. [1]

11. Here are 6 digit cards.

Use 4 of the cards to complete this number sentence.

[1]

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12.

a) Plot the points B (5, –3), C (3, 3) and D (–3, 3) on the grid.

[1]

b) Join the points A, B, C, D to make a shape.

What is the name of this quadrilateral?
.............. [1]

13.
a) Identify the 2-D shape that has four equal sides and four right angles.

.............. [1]

b) Which shape has six sides of equal length and six equal angles?

.............. [1]

c) What shape has two pairs of adjacent sides that are equal in length but no right
angles?

.............. [1]

d) Here is a diagram of a cube.

I. How many edges does the cube have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]

II. How many vertices does the cube have? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [1]

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14.
a) What is a prime number? Provide an example.
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[1]

b) What is a composite number? Give an example.

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[1]

c) Draw a ring around each prime number.

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

[1]
d) Express 18 as a product of its prime factors.

............... [1]

e) Write the prime factorization of 20.

............... [1]

f) Find the prime factors of 30.

............... [1]

15.
a) Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 8 and 12.

............... [1]

b) Calculate the lowest common multiple (LCM) of 3 and 5.

............... [1]

c) Determine the HCF and LCM of 10 and 15.

HCF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
LCM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [2]

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d) Jenny has 24 candies, and Sam has 30 candies. What is the greatest number of
candy bags they can make without any candies left over?

............... [1]

e) A bus company has schedules for two buses. One bus arrives every 6 minutes, and
the other arrives every 8 minutes. What is the shortest time interval at which both
buses will arrive at the station together?

............... [1]
16.
a) Given the data set: 12, 18, 22, 15, 20, calculate the mean, median, and range.

Mean ...............
Median ...............
Range ...............
[3]

b) In a data set, the mean is 15. If the data set includes numbers 10, 12, 16, and 18,
what is the missing value?

............... [1]

c) A set of test scores has a mean of 20. If the scores are 18, 20, 22, and a missing
score, what is the missing score?

............... [1]

d) A teacher recorded the heights of students in a class: 110 cm, 115 cm, 120 cm,
125 cm, 130 cm. Determine the mean, median, and range of the students' heights.

............... [1]

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