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ORDINARY LEVEL MATHEMATICS

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Mobile phones are NOT ALLOWED in the examination room.

 This paper is consist of two sections A and B. Answer ALL the questions in sections A and B

 Marks allocated to questions in section A are indicated in this paper.

 All questions in section B carry equal marks

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 SECTION A

ANSWER ALL 15 QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION IN THE SPACES PROVIDED

1. Consider the number 9845.3074

a) What is the exact value of the digit 7

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b) Express the number

i) in standard form

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ii) correct to 5 significant figures

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iii) correct to the nearest thousand

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2. The amount of 90,000 FRS is divided to the first winners of an inter quarter football competition in the ratio
m: 4:3. (i.e. the first , second and the third prizes respectively). When the competitors opened their envelopes
they discovered that the first prize was twice the third prize.
a) Find the value of m.

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b) Hence, determine the second prize.-

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3. Given the statements 𝑝: ′′𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑛 ′′ and 𝑞:′′ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔′′
i) Write in ordinary English each of the following
a) p q

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ii) Draw the truth table for 𝑝 ∨ 𝑞 using T for true and F for false
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4. The sum of the first n terms of a sequence is given by Sn n n 3 . Find ,

a) the first three terms

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b) the 𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚

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5. It is known that the straight lines x 3y 7 and mx y 2 move in the same direction.
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a) Find the value of the real constant m.

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b) Determine the value of m if the angle between the lines is 900.

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6. A cylindrical tank is 15m high. Given that the base radius is 7m, calculate the volume of water needed to fill
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a) Solve for m , the equation m 2 m 4 4.

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b) Determine the set of values of x for which 𝑥 2 − 3 ≤ 2𝑥.

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540

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Triangle PQR in figure 1 below is isosceles with PQ = PR and O is the centre of the circle. Given that angle
QPR = 540, find

(a) Angle PQR

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 (b) Angle QSR

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(c) Angle QOR(obtuse)

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(d) The fraction of the circumference i.e the minor arc QR

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a) Sketch on the 𝑥 − 𝑦 plane the locus of the point M, which moves such that its 𝑦 coordinate is always
negative the 𝑥 coordinate.

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b) State the locus of this point.

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10. Z

Wall

Figure 2
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Figure 2 shows a ladder XZ, leaning against a vertical wall and makes an angle of 480 with the floor. Given
that the height of the wall YZ is 8.4m, calculate to one decimal place,
a) the distance from the foot of the ladder to the base of the wall.

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 b) the length of the ladder.

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11. A canoe takes off from a habour H, and sails 500m due east. Another canoe leaves from the same habour and
sails due south to a point M. The distance between the two canoes being 800m.

a) draw a diagram to represent this information.

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b) hence, calculate the distance covered by the second canoe.

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12. Given the polynomial f x x3 ax 2 5x 6 and that x 2 is a factor of 𝑓(𝑥).

a) Find the value of 𝑎

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b) Factorise 𝑓(𝑥) completely

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c) Solve the equation f x 0

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Figure 3
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State the number of vertices, arcs and regions in the diagram below

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R M Q

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In figure 4, OPQR is a trapezium with OP parallel to RQ. Given that RQ = 2a ,OR = b, RQ = OP and
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M is the midpoint of RQ, find in terms of a and b
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15. Triangle PQR with coordinates 𝑃(3, 3), 𝑄(5,3) and 𝑅(5,5) is rotated 900anticlockwise about the origin.
Determine the coordinates of the image of triangle PQR.

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 SECTION B

ANSWER ALL FOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH QUESTION CARRIES 15 MARKS
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i) Tabot, Kawa and Eben are 45, 50 and 25 years old respectively. All are member of the mathematics
department of Amity comprehensive College Younde. A certain amount of money x frs, given by the school
for the best department in the 2017 G.C.E results, is to be shared to them in the proportion of their ages. Given
that Mr. Eben received sixty thousand frs, find
a) the value of x .
b) Kawa’s share.
c) Tabot invests his share in a local credit union at a simple interest of 2.8% per annum for three years.
Determine the amount of money in his account after this period.
ii) Given the matrix A 3 4
2 3
a) Find the inverse of the matrix A.
b) Hence , solve the simultaneous equations
3x 4y 29
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2x 2y 9

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i) The Venn diagram below shows the number of times a student ate the food items, Bread (B), Rice (R )and
Spaghetti ( S) during break in the month of January 2019.
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𝐵 S
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18 + 𝑥
12 + 𝑦

𝑥+3

3𝑦 2+𝑦

𝑦−2
2𝑥 + 3𝑦
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Given that n B S 12 and n B S R 34

a) Find the values of the constants x and y.
b) With these values of x and y ,copy and complete the Venn diagram.
c) Hence, find the number of times the student eat
i. Bread
ii. Spaghetti and rice
iii. Bread and rice only.
ii) The functions f and g are defined on ℝ, the set of real numbers as follows f : x 3 x 5 and
1
g:x x 9
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a) Evaluate f 0 and g 3 .
b) Show that gf x fg x 6
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3.
i) Mr Njong had 50 piglets in his piggery farm. He took the weights of the pigs in kilograms kg and had their
weights as follows
5 7 2 3 4 9 1 6 4 8
3 7 8 2 10 9 1 5 6 7
9 3 10 5 6 7 2 5 6 10
10 8 10 4 10 6 2 7 8 6
a. Construct a frequency table distribution for this information.
b. State the mode and calculate the median and the mean weight of the piglets.
c. Construct a cummalative frequency table for the information.
d. Draw the orgive curve for this data.
e. Use your graph to find the semi interquartile range.
f. Mr Ambe decides to sell all the pigs that weighs 7kg and above. How many pigs will he sell?

ii) A father has 4 oranges and 6 mangoes together in a bag. He removes 2 of the fruits at random and gives to
his 2 kids one after another for them to eat.
Using a probability tree diagram or otherwise, Find the probability that the 2 kids
a) have same types of fruits
b) a fruit of different colour

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i) Given that f x 1 2x x 2 .
a) Copy and complete the table below.

x −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4
y −16 1 −2

b) Taking 1cm to represent 1 unit on the x axis and 2 cm to represent 5 units on the y-axis, draw the graph
of f x 1 2x x 2 .
c) Use your graph to find
i. the roots of f x 0 .
ii. the values of x for which 4 2x x 2 0 .
iii. the coordinates of the maximum point of the graph.
ii) Use ruler, pencil and compass only in this question.
a) Draw a line AB of length 10cm
b) Draw the perpendicular bisector of the line to cut AB at C
̂ D = 60°) to
c) Produce a 60° angle at A and extend the line to meet the bisector line at D (that is angle CA
have triangle CAD.
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d) Measure and state the value of angle AD
e) In relation to the values of the 3 angles in triangle CAD, what particular name is given to the triangle

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