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Republic of Somaliland

Somaliland National Examination Board

Form Four

Mathematics Examination

Paper One ( Core Mathematics )

June 2008

TIME 2 HOURS

Plus 10 minutes for reading through the paper

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

This paper consists of 15 printed pages.

Count them now. Inform the invigilator if there are any pages missing.

PART 1: 30 Multiple Choice Questions 60 Marks

PART 2: 5 Structured Questions 40 Marks
TOTAL 100 Marks
 Answer ALL questions in Part 1 and 2.
 All answers must be written on this paper in the spaces provided immediately after each
question. Only write on this exam paper.
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Use this page for rough work. It will NOT be marked.

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PART ONE: 60 marks.

Answer ALL the questions. Each question carries 2 marks.
Circle the correct answer. For each question there is only one correct answer. Show the
working out next to the question.

QUESTION Rough Work Space

1 What value of x makes the equation below true?

X
68
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A. 2 B. 18
C. 66 D. 126
2 What is the slope (gradient) of this line?

3 12 people can dig a trench in 6 hours.

How many hours will it take 9 people?
A. 8 B. 6

C. 12 D. 4.5

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Asha is observing how the height of a tall thin

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cylindrical candle changes over time as it burns.
Which graph best represents the changes in the
height of the candle over time?

A. B.

C D

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The table of values for the rule y = 6x – 11 is

A
x –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 0
y –41 –35 –29 –23 –19 –11
B
x –3 –2 –1 0 1 2
y –29 –23 –17 –11 –5 1
C
x –1 0 1 2 3 4
y –17 –11 –6 0 7 13

x –2 –1 0 1 2 3

y –23 –17 –11 –6 –1 7

D

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QUESTION Rough Work Space

6 A sweater originally cost $ 37.50. Last week,

Daud bought it at 20% off. How much was
deducted from the original price?
A. $7.50 B. $ 17.50

C. $ 20.00 D. $30.00

7 The solution set of x2 –5x –24 = 0 is

A. {8, –3} B. {5, –3}

C. {–3, 8, } D. {4, 6}

8 The range of values for which 7 < 3x +1 ≤ 13 is

A. 3< x< 4 B 2 < x ≤ 13
C. 7< x<4 D 2< x ≤ 4

9 f(x) = 3x + 5 and g(x) = 2x – 1 so f(g(2)) is

A. 11 B. 3

C. 21 D. 14

10 If a = 3 and b = - 2, what is the value of

a2 + 3ab – b2
A. 5 B. -5
C. 13 D. -13
The lengths of three sides of a triangle are in
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the ratio of 3:4:5 and the perimeter of the
triangle is 48 m. The length of the longest side
of the triangle is

A. 15 m B. 20 m

C. 25 m D. 28 m

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Mr. Guleid took a survey in which he asked each of
the 30 students in his math class to choose his or
her favorite food. He tallied the results in this chart.
Mr. Guleid wants to construct a circle graph for this
data. What should be the measure of the angle for
the section of the graph for hamburgers?

A. 40° B. 56°

C. 120° D. 96°
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The rectangle shown below has a width of 2.5 m
and a perimeter of 13 m.

2.5 m

What is the area of the rectangle?

A. 4 m2 B. 8 m2

C. 10 m2 D. 10.5 m2

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14 What values of a and b make quadrilateral MNOP a

parallelogram?

A. a= 1, b= 5 B. a=5, b= 1

11 34 34 11
C. a , b D. a , b
7 7 7 7
The value of the pronumeral a in the pair of similar
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triangles in the figure below is:

A 36
B 32
C 35
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D 37
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What is the measure of angle A in the given figure?

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A. 60o B. 120o

C. 50o D. 30o

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17 What is the area, in square units, of the trapezoid

shown below?

A. 37.5 B. 42.5
C. 50 D. 100

Layla made the game board shown below. Small

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marbles start at the top and always roll down the
marked paths until they land in one of the circles at
the bottom.

How many different paths can a marble take to land

in Circle 2?

A. 2 B. 3

C. 4 D. 6
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19 Factor the expression: x + x - 12.

A. (x – 4 ) (x + 4 )

B. (x – 2 ) (x + 6 )

C. ( x + 4) ( x – 3)

D. ( x - 4) ( x + 3 )

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The graph of 3x + 5y = 15 is best represented by:

AA B

C D

The value of
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is closest to

A. 20. B. 200. C. 2,000. D. 20,000.

Mr. Indhamood is planning to drive 135 km from
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Borama to Hargeisa airport. He estimates that he
will average 55 km per hour. What is the latest time
he can leave Borama to arrive in Hargeisa airport at
11:00 A.M.?

A. 9:30 A.M. B. 8:30 A.M.

C. 7:30 A.M. D. 6:30 A.M.

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If - 3xy = 45

Which of the following statements is true?

A. Only x is negative.

B. Only y is negative.

C. Both x and y are negative.

D. Either x or y is negative.
24 The median of the data
0. -1, 2, -5, 9, 6, 4 , 1 , -8, is
A. 9 B. 2

C. 1 D. 8/9

25  4 3 
The determinant of the matrix   is
  8  5
A. -4 B 4
C. - 44 D. 44

On the given grid, the distance between each dot is

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1 cm. What is the length, in cm, of the hypotenuse
of the right triangle?

A. 4 B. 4.5

C. 5 D. 5.5

27 Ali paid $17.5 for a shirt which has a marked price

of $20. The percentage discount would be:
A. 14.3% B. 2.5%
C. 12.5% D. 17.5%

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Compute:
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10 - (3)2 + (-3) X 2

A. -5 B. 4

C. -2 D. 2

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The spokes on the Ferris wheel are evenly
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spaced. After 2 complete turns how many
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degrees will car M have travelled?

A. 90°

B. 225°

C. 450°

D. 810°

30 Ali cut four congruent triangles off the

corners of a rectangle to make an
octagon shown below.

What is the area of the shaded octagon?

A. 128 cm2 B. 136 cm2
C. 140 cm2 D. 152 cm2

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PART TWO: 40 marks

Answer ALL questions in the spaces provided. Each question carries 8 Marks.
1 In a sample space of 50 people, 19 had type O blood, 22 had type A blood, 7 had type
B blood, and 2 had type AB blood. If a person is selected at random, find the
probability that the person
a) Has type A blood
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c) Does not have type O blood
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d) Has neither type A nor type O blood.
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2 a) Express 0.245 6
i) correct to 2 significant figures
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b) Evaluate  3  2   1
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c) Evaluate  
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2. The histogram illustrates the number of each type of flats in Burao housing estate.

600

500

400
No. of
houses
300

200

100

0 1 2 3 4 5 Rooms
Type of flats

a) State the modal type of flat

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3. The diagram shows the speed –time graph of a car.

Speed (m/s)

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0 Time (s)
10 20

Calculate
a) the total distance travelled in 20 seconds
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5. a) The line t is a line of symmetry for figure MNOPQ. What is the measure of angle
NOP?

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b) In the figure below, If Sin x  , leaving your answers in fraction form,
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Find,
i) Cos x

ii) Tan x

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