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of Candidate Name Centre Number Candidate Number ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level MATHEMATICS 4008/1, 4028/1 PAPER 1 Thursday 13NOVEMBER 2003 Moming 2 hours 30 minutes Candidates answer on the question paper. Additional materials: Geometrical instruments TIME 2 hours 30 minutes INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces at the top of this page. Answer all questions. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper. If working is needed for any question it must be shown in the space below that question. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks. ‘Mathematical tables, slide rules and calculators should not be brought into the examination room. INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES ‘The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of ezch question or part question. FOR EXAMINER'S USE ‘This question paper consists of 26 printed pages and 2 blank pages. Copyright: Zimbabwe Schoo! Examinations Council, N2003, ‘eziMsEc N2003, [Turn over NEITHER MATHEMATICAL TABLES NOR SLIDE RULES NOR CALCULATORS. | _ ee MAY BE USED IN THIS PAPER lease (2) Expres 0000 5306 in standard form | (b) Evaluate, giving the answer as a decimal. ; (i) 2,386 + 51.07. Gi) 416.244 Answer (a) 0 mW fl) | (i) I | 2 Evaluate @ 4 (b) 16, fo s)xstxs \ Answer @ a) (ae erent oo oom 4008 82003 [Turn over 4 (@) Find the product of - and 25. giving the answer as a fraction in its lowest terms. (b) as far as possible Answer @o @ (a) Write down the prime numbers between 30 and 40. (b) — Factorise completely 8x?-8. ia) Answer @ Oo) done 40287 2003 5 (a) Write down the order of rotational symmetry of the letter N. (b) Tn 200? the cast ofa new car was $1 500 000. Given that this price was 200% more than the 2001 price, calculate the 2001 price. Answer (a) ® O Q) oust 4023/1 N2003, {Turn over Ur @ (b) 6 Express 49,9973 correct to 4 significant figures. ‘The diagram shows a circle centre O and radius rem. Given that r = Sem correct to | significant figure, find, in terms of , the least possible circumference of the circle Answer @ ia) oe eeeetemt (2) srr dona N2008 2 Given that p= ( 3) q- find (a) (b) \ qj, leaving the answer in surd form, the scalar A such that hp = q + r. Answer @ 0) 105 Q) 0031 402git 2003, [Turn over (@) 0) 8 Express 12.45 a.m. as time on a 24-hour clock. Fungai embarks on a 30km jo -y. He runs the first 20km in 1 ; hours and takes a rest for 30 minutes, He then walks the remaining distance in 2 hours. Calculate his average speed for the whole journey. Answer @ 40084 028 65" 12 c In the diagram, quadrilateral ABCD is right angled at B, AC= 13cm, BC = 12cm, ADC = 65° and DAC =39°. Using as much of the information given below as is necessary, calculate the length of (a) AB, @) DC. sin65° = 0,91; cos65° = 0,42; tan65°= 214 in 39° = 0,63; cos39° = 0,78; tan39° = 0,81) Answer @ em [1] @) cm 2] 400871 4028 N2003 [Turn over 10 @) () 10 Express 465cm? in square metres, giving the answer as a decimal. Solve the equation Answer m [1] 2) 04/1 4028/1 2005, ul 11 (a) __ Write down the next two terms in the sequence 151525 35 558; 135... (b) Simplify as far as possible, ax'y-a?x? atxty-atx? Answer @ () 4004/1 4028/1 N2003 0) 2) [Turn over 2 12 The average age of 4 boys is 16 years and the average age of 6 girls is 12 years. Find the average age of the whole group of boys and girls. Answer years [3] 400s 4028 2003 13 13 Solve the simultaneous equations 6x+4y=3, 4x+by oS. Answer 2 coer 4028712003 Using as much of 8 inane of an equilateral triangle of side “high jump ¢ netres has an internal cross-section in the rose-bar of length mation given below as is necessary, calculate the volume of {six 2" 0,866; COG? = 500; tan” ~ 1,732] om? [3] aoosst sengst x00 15 1e shows some exchange rates i termns of foreign cv! on a particuler day, CURRENCY COUNTRY Zimbabwe ‘Zimbabwean do USA. US dollar Convert (a) £145 to Zimbabweon dollars, (b) —_ Z$40 000 to US dollars. Answer (ZS. ui () USS. 21 aati « (furn over | i | | | | | | 1 Fer G Beanies 16 cr Soyarbeans. “aloes as shown in the pie chart above. (@) the value of 8, (b) the area under soya beans | | A farmer has 4 680 hectares of land on which he planted maize, wheat, soya beans and | Answer MO o.oo “ ® ha [2] 008/143 NON 7 17 12 In the diagram are two similar trapezia with BC = 8cm, EF = 12cm, BEF = DCB = 80° and BCF = 115°. (a) Find EFC. (6) Name, in the correct order, the two similar trapezia. (©) Ifthe area of the bigger trapezium is 63em?, find the area of the smaller trapezium, Answer @ ® © 4008/1 4028/1 N03 a om[2] [Turn over sly 18 18 3 The probability that Fadz passes & Maths testis + and that Chena‘ also passes is ; Giving the answer as a common fraction, find the probability that (a) () © Fadzi fails the test, they both pass the test, only one of the two passes the test Answer (a) ) © 0) - Q) so0ait 402sit 2005, lz 19 to acl? ane B od = ae 3 0)” 1 & (a) Find A’, (b) Find the values of & such that B is a singular matrix. Answer @ea__ 2) () k= or. - By sit 4028/1 N2003, {Turn over 20 20 (a) __ Given that m varies directly as (3+ x"), (express m in terms of x and a constant k, i) find the value of & when m= 7H and 2 =2. (b) (4 0},(0; 4) and (x; 16) are three points on the same straight line, Find the value of x. Answer @Y m= 0 @ ke BY @® x= 2) 08/1 4028/1 N2003, ely 24 21 (a) Given that 110) = 14,, find the base 7. log8 ~log9 (b) Evaluate : log64-log81 Answer (a) Oo 00st 402sit {Turn over 2 ‘The diagram shows the graph of y = 2 for -38.x 53. x (@) — Onthe diagram, draw the graph of y = 5x10. (b) Use the graphs to estimate the solution of the equation 5-102 x (© Using the graph, estimate the gradient of y => when x= 0,7. x Answer (a) onthe diagram (1) ® x= or 2 (o 2) 4008! a02eit N2005 23 23 a velocity in m/s 0 10 20 t 35 time in seconds The diagram is the velocity -time graph of the motion of a particle. Caleulate (a) the retardation between 10 seconds and 20 seconds, (b) the distance travelled in the first 20 seconds, (©) the value of r given that the distance travelled in the last 15 Answer «a ms’{1}_ | _m py | | I | ends is 110m. | | | “4908/1 40281 2003, {Turn over | Four points are marked on a piece of land as shown on the diagram drawn to a scale of 1:25 009, (a) Shorai leaves B on a bearing of 145°. Draw Shorai’s path on the diagram. (b) John leaves D ona bearing of 070°. Draw John’s path on the diagram. (e) The two paths meet at F. Find the distance BE (a) Find the bearing of A from C. 24 Answer fa) (2) © @ 40081 402811 N: onthe diagram on the diagram 2005 metres. Ue 25 DD A,B,C,D and E are points on a circle, centre O. DEF and BAF are straight lines. BOE is adiameter, BEC = 20° and DE = AE= BO. (@) Writedownthe sizeof ()_—« BOA, @) DCE. (b) Calculate (i) ~— CDE, (i) AEF. Answer @ @ EOA= (] a deem, a ® @ CDE=. 2] (i) AEF = 22] soe 4008 2003 [Turn over 26 26 The diagram shows part of a pattern of an irregular quadrilateral drawn on a Cartesian plane, (a) (b) Continue the pattern by drawing one more quadrilater: Describe completely the single transformation which maps Aonto C, D onto C. E, adjacent to C. Answer (a) aw ~ 7 2] (i) 8) (6) onthe diagram [2] ONT aoa NDI

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