WITFIELDS SENIOR

END OF YEAR EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS

FORM 1 Paper 1

TIME : 2 H 30M

INSTRUCTIONS

1 .ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS PAPER.

2 . ALL WORKING MUST BE CLEARLY SHOWN.

3. OMMISION OF ESSENTIAL WORKING WILL RESULT IN LOSS OF MARKS.

4. THE NUMBER OF MARKS IS GIVEN IN BRACKETS AT THE END OF EACH

QUESTION.

5. ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED.

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 1a. Write down the first 10 natural numbers (2)
a. Write down the first 4 prime numbers (2)
b. Round off 0,0006666 to
i. 1 s.f (1)
ii. 2 s.f (1)
iii. 3 s.f (1)
c. Express 780 as a product of its prime factors (3)
2. find the value of 28 ÷4+2 - 2 ×4 (2)
3. Convert
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(i) The fraction to a decimal fraction (1)
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3
(ii) as a percentage (2)
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4. Find 4% of $90 (2)
5. Express 600 metres as a fraction of 1km (2)
6. Find the LCM of 10, 16 and 18 (2)
7. Find the HCF of 16,5m and 12,75m (2)
8. Simplify the following
36
a) (3)
0,004

b) 12, 4 × 0, 8 (2)
c) $852, 12 - $78, 90 (2)
9. Simplify the following giving your answer as a common fraction in its lowest terms
5 7
a) 2 + 5 (2)
6 9
11 2
b) − (2)
15 5
10. Express 504 ml in
a) Litres (1)
b) Kilolitres (2)
11. Express 0, 45 as a fraction in its lowest term (2)
12. Change the following from 12 hour notation to 24 hour notation

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 a) 5.25 am (1)
b) 11.55pm (1)
13. The members of a football team form a universal set ξ, where
ξ= {bob;Farai,;Kudzai; Nda; Netsai; Rex ;Ron; Sam; Tendai; Thabo; Tom}
If A = {boys whose names end in –ai}
B = {boys with 3- littered names}
T = {boys whose names begin with T}
List the elements of the following sets
a) A ∪ B (2)
b) A∩ B (2)
c) T ∪ ξ (2)
14. Find the next two terms in each of the following sequences
a) 3, 7, 11, 15, -, - (2)
b) 1, 2, 4, 8, -, - (2)

15. 108°

Calculate the lettered angles

a) x° (2)
b) y° (2)
c) z° (2)

16a). How many litres of water does a 5m by 4m by 3m tank hold? (2)

(b)(i). A wooden beam has a rectangular cross face 24cm by 15cm and is 8m long. Calculate the
volume of the beam (3)
17. Find the number that goes in the box below

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 3 12
a) = (2)
5 ❑
18 ❑
b) = (2)
48 8

18.

9cm
6cm
6cm

9cm

a) calculate the shaded area in the diagram above (3)

b) (i) calculate the area of the triangle below (2)

36666666612

ii) A farmer fences a 3m by 4m rectangular plot to keep her chicken in. The fencing costs $12,
50 per metre. How much does it cost to fence the plot? (3)
19. Solve the following equations
a) 4x +3 =15 (2)
b) 8x -9 =7 (2)
1 1
c) x=2 (2)
4 2
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20a). Find the circumference of the circle of 7cm diameter. Use the value 3 for π (2
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b Find the radius of a circle of area 154cm2 (2)
21. Find the value of the following when x = -2; y =5; z = -1
a) x + y (2)
b) x + z (2)
c) y – z (2)
22. Evaluate the following
a) (- 6) × (+4) (1)
b) (-10) ÷ (-5) (1)
c) (-17) + (-3) (1)
d) (+7) – (+15) (1)
23. The following is a rank order list of an exam result:
87, 82, 78, 76, 75, 70, 66, 64, 59, 59, 59, 51, 49, 48, 41
a) How many learners took the exam? (1)
b) What was the highest mark? (1)
c) What is the mark of the learner who came 6th? (1)
d) What is the position of the learner who got 76 marks? (1)
e) The table below shows a tally of types of vehicles that wrecked in serious accidents
during December holiday in Chitungwiza.

vehicle Car lorry bus Tax 1 others

frequency 1111 11 1111 11 1111 11 1
1111

i) How many vehicles were wrecked altogether (2)

TOTAL 100 MARKS