INTELLECTUALS EXAMINATION SYNDICATE

General Certificate Of Education

MATHEMATICS 4004/1
PAPER 1

INTELLECTUALS 7 (November 2021)

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USED IN IN THIS PAPER

1. Giving your answer as a decimal find the exact value of

1 2
(a) 5
+ 25
(b) √0.0081
7 2 5
(c) 9
𝑜𝑓 (3 − 12)

Answers: (a) ______________________________[1]

(b) ______________________________[1]

(c) ______________________________[1]

2. Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 𝑘,

(i) Find the value of 𝑘 if 𝑓(0) = 2

(ii) Hence find the possible values of 𝑥 if 𝑓(𝑥) = 0.

Answers: (i) ______________________________[1]

(ii) ______________________________[2]

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3. If 𝑎 = 25 × 1014 and 𝑏 = 5 × 104 , evaluate the following, giving your answers in standard form.

(a) 𝑏 2
𝑎
(b)
𝑏

Answers: (a) ___________________________[2]

(b) ___________________________[2]

4. Evaluate
(3𝑥+5)0
(a) 6
1
−
(b) 16 2

Answers: (a) ___________________________[1]

(b) ___________________________[2]

5. Solve the following simultaneous equations

4𝑦 + 3𝑥 = 10
1
𝑦 −2𝑥 = 0

Answers: 𝑥 =
______________________________

𝑦_____
= _______________________[3]

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6. Factorise completely
(a) 3𝑥𝑦 − 6𝑥
(b) 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2.

Answer: (a) __________________________[1]

(b) __________________________[2]

7. In the diagram below, 𝐴𝐵 = 8𝑐𝑚 , 𝐴𝐶 = 12𝑐𝑚 and 𝐵𝐶 = 10.

B

A C
Express cos 𝐴𝐵̂𝐶 as a common fraction.

Answer: ____________________________[3]

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3𝑥 2
8. Express 𝑥 2 −25
− 5+𝑥 as a single fraction.

Answer: ____________________________[3]

9. Express
(a) 5,4 hours in hours and minutes
1
(b) 8 3 𝑚/𝑠 in kilometres per hour

Answers: (a) ___________________________[2]

(b) ___________________________[2]

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10. (a) Two similar cylinders have their volumes in the ratio 27:8. Write down the ratio of the areas of
their circular surfaces.
(b) Write down the number of lines of symmetry of an isosceles triangle.
(c) Give one example of a parallelogram

Answers: (a)____________________________[1]

(b)____________________________[1]

(c)____________________________[1]

11. (a) State the sum of exterior angles of a regular polygon of n sides.

(b) Calculate the number of sides of a regular polygon whose exterior angle is 300

Answers: (a)____________________________[1]

(b)____________________________[2]

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12. Given that −3 ≤ 𝑦 < 7 and −9 < 𝑥 ≤ 8.

(a) Calculate

(i) The greatest possible value of 𝑥 2 ,

(ii) The least value of 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 .

(b) Illustrate −1 < 𝑥 ≤ 5 on a number line.

Answers: (a) (i) _____________________________[1]

(ii) _____________________________[1]

(b) [2]

13. Given log 10 2 = 0.301 and log 10 3 = 0.477. Evaluate the following,
2
(a) log10 9
,
(b) log10 0.2 .

Answers: (a) __________________________[2]

(b) __________________________[2]

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3 4 2 1
14. Given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( )
1 0 10 5

(a) state the order for the matrix 𝐵.

(b) Find 𝐴 + 𝐵
(c) Find 𝐴𝐵.

Answers: (a) __________________________ [1]

(b) __________________________[2]

(c) __________________________[2]

15. Given that 𝑦 = √𝑎𝑏 − 𝑑,

(a) Make 𝑏 the subject of the formula
(b) Find the value of 𝑏 if 𝑦 = −2, 𝑑 = 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 = −1.

Answers: (a) ____________________________[2]

(b) ___________________________[2]

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16. Use ruler and compasses only and show clearly all construction lines and arcs.

X Z

XZ are points on a straight line

(a) Construct the locus of points equidistant from X and Z. [2]

(b) Construct the circle with radius 3cm and centre X. [1]
(c) Construct the two tangents from z to the circle with centre X. [2]

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⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = (−3 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ = ( 6 ),

17. It is given that, 𝑃𝑄 ) and 𝑂𝑄
4 10
(a) Find the coordinates of P .
(b) If S is a point (3;5), express QS as a column vecotor .
(c) Find |𝑃𝑄⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ |.

Answers: (a) ___________________________[1]

(b) ________________________[2]

(c) ________________________[2]

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18. In this question take π to be 7
.
Gwaba game is played with a spherical ball with a diameter of 14cm. Calculate
(a) The surface area of the ball,

(b) The volume of the ball.

𝑆𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 4𝜋𝑟 2

[ 4 ]
𝑉𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 = 𝜋𝑟 3
3

Answers: (a) ___________________________[2]

(b) ___________________________[2]

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19. .

In the diagram, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral with centre O, AB is produced to M. 𝑀𝐵̂𝐶 = 700 and
𝐵𝐷̂ 𝐶 = 400 .Calculate

(d) 𝐵𝐶̂ 𝐷,
(e) 𝐴𝐵̂𝐷,
(f) 𝐴𝐷̂ 𝑂.
(g) 𝐴𝐷̂ 𝐶.

Answers: (a) ____________________________[1]

(b) ____________________________[2]

(c) ____________________________[2]

(d) ____________________________[1]

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20. (a) Simplify 5𝑥 − 𝑥(2𝑥 − 5) − 3𝑥 2 .

(b)

𝑧𝟎

Find the value of

(i) 𝑥0
(ii) 𝑦0
(iii) 𝑧0

Answers: (a)__________________________[1]

(b) (i) _______________________[1]

(ii) _______________________[1]

(iii) _______________________[1]

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21. (a) The line 𝐿 has an equation 5 = 3𝑦 − 5𝑥

(i) Write down the equation of line 𝐴 in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑥
(ii) State the gradient of the line 𝐿1 which is parallel to 𝐴
(iii) Write down the equation of the line 𝐿1 passing through (1; 2)

(b) If (10; 4) , (x; 0) and (6; 7) are three points on the same straight line. Find the value of x .

Answers: (a) (i) _______________________________[1]

(ii) _______________________________[1]

(iii) _______________________________[2]

(b) _______________________________[2]

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22.

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Velocity m/s 20

0 20 25 31 34 40
Time (s)

The diagram above is the velocity time graph of an object.

Calculate

(a) The retardation of the object in the last six seconds ,

(b) The total distance covered by the object,
(c) The value of t when the velocity of the object is at 7.5m/s .

Answers: (a) _______________________________[2]

(b) ________________________________[3]

(c) ________________________________[2]

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24. There are 500 teachers in a certain community

Given that one in every four teachers drives to work,

(a) Calculate the number of teachers who drive to work.

(b) Calculate the probability that the teacher chosen at random does not drive to work.
(c) Two teachers were chosen at random one after another, illustrate this information on a tree
diagram.

Answers: (a) _________________________________[1]

(b) _________________________________[2]

(c) ________________________________[2]

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25. The diagram below shows the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑓𝑜𝑟 − 3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3

(a) On the diagram,

(i) draw the graph of 𝑦 = 5𝑥 − 10. [1]

(ii) draw the line A passing the through origin parallel to 𝑦 = 5𝑥 − 10. [1]

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(b) Use the graphs to estimate the solution of the equation 5𝑥 − 10 = 𝑥. [2]

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(c) Using the graph, estimate the gradient of 𝑦 = 𝑥 when𝑥 = −1. [2]

Answers: (a) on the diagram

𝑥 = 𝑜𝑟
(b) ______________________________

(c) _______________________________

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