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SC4023 OLASHS-HO

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JUNE 2023
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(CORE) 2
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OLA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, HO

2023 ACADEMIC YEAR MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS (CORE) 2

[𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑺]
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JUNE 2023 FORM THREE (3) 𝟐 HOURS
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Write your name and index number in ink in the spaces provided above.

Answer TEN questions in all. All the FIVE questions in Section A and FIVE questions from Section B.

In each question, all necessary details of working, including rough work, must be shown with the answer. Give
answers as accurately as data and tables allow. Graph papers are provided for your use in the examination.

The use of non – programmable, silent and cordless calculator is allowed.

SECTION A

[40 MARKS]

Answer all the questions in this section. All questions carry equal marks.

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1. The third and eighth terms of a Geometric Progression (G.P) are 4 and 𝟐𝟓𝟔 respectively. Find the

a. Common ratio
b. First term
c. Sum of the first and second terms.

𝟏𝟐 𝟑 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 −𝟐 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒙
2. a. Given that 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒙 = 𝟏𝟑 , 𝟎° ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟗𝟎°, evaluate .
𝟔 𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝒙

b. There are 𝒏 identical balls in a bag. 50 are blue, 30 are red and the rest are white. If the probability of
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choosing at random a white ball is , find the value of 𝒏.
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3. In the diagram below, 𝑷𝑸𝑹𝑺 is a circle. ∠𝑸𝑹𝑷 = 𝟒𝟐°, ∠𝑷𝑻𝑸 = 𝟑𝟑°, 𝑷𝑻 is a tangent and 𝑸𝑹//𝑷𝑺.
Find
a. ∠𝑷𝑨𝑸
b. ∠𝑷𝑸𝑻 𝑅

42°

𝑄 𝐴

33°

𝑇 𝑃

4. The area of an equilateral triangle is 𝟓𝟑√𝟑 𝒎𝟐, find, correct to the nearest tenth, the perimeter.

5. a. Ama’s age is two- thirds that of her elder sister. Four years ago, Ama’s age was half the sister’s age.
How old is her sister?

b. If 𝐥𝐨𝐠(𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒) = 𝐥𝐨𝐠(𝒙 + 𝟏) + 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟒 , find the value of 𝒙.

SECTION B

[ 𝟔𝟎 𝑴𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑺]

Answer five questions only from this section. All questions carry equal marks.

6. In class of 60 students, 47 study mathematics, 33 study Mathematics and Physics, 31 study Mathematics
and Chemistry, 29 study Physics and Chemistry and 20 study all the three subjects. If the number of
students who study only Physics is equal to that of those who study only Chemistry.
a. Illustrate the given information in a Venn diagram.
b. Find the number of students who study;
i. Only Physics;
ii. Chemistry;
iii. Only one subject.

b. A shopkeeper gave a bill to a customer. The bill was in two digits but was mistakenly interchanged
thereby undercharging the customer by $45.00. If the sum of the digits is 9, find the actual value of
the bill.
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7. a. A farmer uses 𝟓 of his land to grow cassava, 𝟑 of the remainder for yams and the rest for maize. If the
land used to grow maize is 𝟓𝟎 𝒎𝟐 , find the
i. fraction of land used to grow maize.
ii. Total land size
iii. area of land used to grow yam correct to two decimal places.

b. A boat is on the same horizontal level as the foot of a vertical tower. The angle of depression of
the boat from the top of the tower is 49°. If the boat is 30 m away from the foot of the tower;
i. Illustrate the information in a diagram.
ii. Find, correct to three significant figures, the height of the tower.
iii. If the boat moves further away to a new position, P and the initial angle of depression decreased
by 5°, calculate the distance moved by the boat from its initial position.

8. a. Copy and complete the table of values for the relation 𝒚 = 𝟒 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒙𝟐 , for −𝟒 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟒.
𝑥 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4
𝑦 −10 4 2

b. Using a scale of 𝟐 𝒄𝒎 to 𝟏 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝑡 on the 𝒙 − axis and 𝟐 𝒄𝒎 to 𝟓 𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒔 on the 𝒚 − axis, draw

the graph for the relation 𝒚 = 𝟒 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟐𝒙𝟐 for −𝟒 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟒.

c. Using the graph, find the;

i. equation of line of symmetry of the curve;
ii. maximum point of the curve;
iii. values of 𝑥 for which 𝑦 decreases as 𝑥 increases;
iv. values of 𝑥 for which 𝒚 ≥ 𝟎.

9. a. A bus has a petrol tank in the shape of a cylinder. The cylinder is 𝟏𝟐𝟓 𝒄𝒎 long and has a diameter
of 𝟒𝟐 𝒄𝒎.
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i. How much will a full tank of petrol cost at the rate of 𝑮𝑯𝑪 𝟕. 𝟐𝟑 per litre? [ 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝝅 = ].
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ii. If the bus uses petrol at the rate of 𝟏𝟐. 𝟐𝟓 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒓𝒆𝒔 for every 𝟓𝟎 𝒌𝒎, how far can the bus travel on
a full tank of petrol?

b. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 𝒙°. If 𝒙° is 𝟗° less than the average of 𝟏𝟓𝟑° 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟏𝟒𝟓°,
find the number of sides of the polygon.

10. a. Two cars 𝐴 and 𝐵, 𝟏𝟖𝟎 𝒌𝒎 apart started a journey at the same time towards each other through the
same route. If the speed of 𝐴 is 𝒙 𝒌𝒎/𝒉 and that of 𝐵 is (𝒙 − 𝟐𝟎)𝒌𝒎/𝒉. Calculate the distance covered
by each car, just at where they met after 𝟗𝟎 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔.

b. Two boats 𝑄 and 𝑅 leave a port at the same time. 𝑄 travels at 𝟏𝟐 𝒌𝒎 on a bearing of 𝟎𝟐𝟎°, while 𝑅
travels at 𝟓 𝒌𝒎 on the bearing 𝟐𝟗𝟎°. Calculate, correct to two decimal places; the
i. Distance between 𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅;
ii. Bearing of 𝑄 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑅.
11. The table shows the distribution of the ages of students in a particular school.

Ages (Years) 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of students 9 8 5 6 5 6 2 4

Calculate, correct to one decimal place, the

a. Mean of the distribution
b. Standard deviation of the distribution
c. Mean deviation of the distribution.

12. a. A function, ℎ is defined by 𝒉: 𝒙 → 𝒑𝒙𝟐 + 𝒒𝒙 − 𝟐, where 𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑞 are constants. If the image of 1
is −𝟔 and that of 3 is −𝟏𝟐, find the values of 𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒒.

b. A two - digit number less than 30 is written down at random. Find the probability that a number
selected will be;
i. a prime number;
ii. an even number or a multiple of 3.

13. a. In the figure below, 𝑂 is the Centre of the circle. Given that ∠𝑩𝑶𝑫 = 𝟏𝟏𝟎° and 𝑫𝑬𝑭 is an isosceles
triangle, find the values of 𝒘, 𝒙 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒚. 𝑭

𝑦°

𝐴 𝐸

𝑥°

110°

𝐵 𝑤°

b. A factory installs a new machine costing 𝑮𝑯𝑪 𝟗𝟎, 𝟎𝟎𝟎. 𝟎𝟎. In its operation, it depreciates at the
rate of 𝟏𝟓% in the first year and 20% yearly thereafter. Calculate, the value of the machine at the
end of the third year.

THE END OF PAPER!!!2023