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MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
August / September 2016
2½ hours

MASAKA DIOCESE EXAMINATIONS BOARD

Uganda Certificate of Education
JOINT MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2016
MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Answer all questions in Section A and any five from Section B
Any additional question(s) will not be marked

All necessary calculations must be shown clearly with the rest of the answer.
Therefore, no paper should be given for rough work

Graph paper is provided

Silent, non – programmable scientific calculators and Mathematical tables with a list
of formulae may be used.

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 SECTION A (40MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section
2
a∗b =
1. Given that ab + ba , evaluate
(i) 3 ∗ −2
(ii) ( 3 ∗ −2 ) ∗ 6
(4marks)
2. A regular polygon has an interior angle or 108o. Find;
(i) The number of sides
(ii) The size of each exterior angle (4marks)
2 2
3. Factorise completely: am + m − n a − n . (4marks)

4. Find the equation of a straight line which passes through the mid-point of the line
segment AB with coordinates A (-2, 3) and B(4,7) and it is parallel to the line
4 y−x=3 . (4marks)
KP S
=
4 K
+P
5. Given that R , make R the subject of the formula. (4marks)
o o
6. In the figure below AC= 8cm , ∠CBA=35 and ∠CNA = 65
C

8cm

35o 65o
B N A
Calculate the length of BN . (4marks)

7. School A is 300km West of School C and School B is North East of school A

with 400km North of School C. By use of a sketch diagram, how far is School A
from School B and on what bearing? (4marks)
x + 1 x−2 x
− ≤
8. Solve the inequality: 2 3 3 . (4marks)
9. A three – digit number is formed using each of the digits 3, 5,and 8 only once.
(i) List down the possible numbers that are formed

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 (ii) Find the probability the numbers formed is divisible by two leaving no
remainder. (4marks)
10. The mean of the numbers n+10, 10, n+15, n+5, n+10 and n+10 is 50.
Find the;
(i) value of n
(ii) seventh numbers so that the mean is 55. (4marks)

SECTION B: (60 MARKS)

Answer any five questions from this section

11. (a) Using a ruler, pencil and pair of compasses only;

Construct triangle DMK in which DM=5.2 cm , MK= 6.5 cm and
angle DMK = 105o. Measure and state the length of DK and the size of
angle MKD.
(b) Draw a circle passing through the points D, M and K and hence calculate
the area of the segment cut off by chord DK . (Use π =3 .14 ) (12
marks)

12. (a) Copy and complete the table of the graphs of

y = 2x2 + 3x – 3 and y = 7x – 3 for -3 < x < 3

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y=2x2 + 3x – 3 6 2 24
y = 7x – 3 -24 4 18

(b) Use the completed table in (a) above to draw on the same axes the graphs
y = 2x2 + 3x – 3 and y = 7x – 3 for -3 < x < 3. Use scales of 2cm to represent
1 unit on the x – axis and 2 cm to represent 5 units on the y-axis.
(c) Use your graphs in (b) to solve the equation 2x2 – 4x = 0. (12 marks)

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13. (a) A triangle PQR with vertices P(2, 4), Q(6,4) and R(1,6) is given a

T 1=¿ ( 0 −1¿) ¿ ¿¿
transformation whose matrix ¿ to give P1Q1R1 followed by

T 2=¿ ( 0.5 0 ¿ ) ¿ ¿¿
another matrix ¿ to give the final image P11Q11R11.
(b) On the same axes draw triangles PQR, P1Q1R1 and P11Q11R11.
(c) Use your graph in (b) above to describe fully the transformation
represented by T2. (12 marks)
14. The frequency table below shows the weights in kilogram (kg) of 60 people who
attended a certain workshop.

Weights (kg) Number of people

45 – 47 3
48 – 50 6
51 – 53 10
54 – 56 18
57 – 59 12
60 – 62 7
63 - 65 4
Use your table to;
(a) State the; (i) class interval
(ii) median class
(b) Calculate the;
(i) mean weight
(ii) Modal weight
(c) Draw a bar chart to represent the above data. (12 marks)

15. A school is to transport its science teachers and students for a residential science
workshop. The coast of maintaining a teacher is sh. 60,000 and sh. 45,000 a
student. The school has a maximum of sh.1,800,000 for the residential workshop.
One and a half times the number of teachers should exceed the number of
students. Given that the school can only transport and maintain up to a total of 35
people;
(a) write down five inequalities representing the above information.

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 (b) using scales of 2 cm to represent 10 units on both axes, draw graphs for
these inequalities.
(c) (i) By shading out the unwanted regions, show the region which
satisfies all these inequalities.
(ii) From your graph, find the number of teachers and students that
should be transported if the coast is to be maximized. (12 marks)

16. (a) Given that 4 tan θ=3 and that θ is an acute angle, find the value of
cosθ
sin θ .
(4 marks)
(b) The diagram below shows an inscribed circle, centre O of an equilateral
triangle ABC with a radius of 5cm.
A

B C
Calculate the areal of the shaded region. ( Use π =3 .14 ) (8 marks)
17. (a) The solution of the following simultaneous equations 3ax + 2by = 2 and
bx + 4ay = 0, where a and b are constant is { (x, y) : (2, 3) }.
Find the values of a and b. (5 marks)

A=¿(− 2 3¿ ) ¿ ¿¿ B=¿ ( 7 −1¿ ) ¿ ¿¿

(b) Given that ¿ and ¿
(i) Show that det (AB) = (det A ) (det B )
(ii) Find the inverse of matrix (AB). (7 marks)

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