COLOMBO

INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL 10
End of Year Examination B
June 2021

YEAR 10
~ MATHEMATICS – B ~

Paper 2
DATE : 22nd Tuesday June 2021 TIME : 10.00-11.30 pm (1 hour 30 minutes)

NAME : CLASS :

0 NAME : (Place a tick in front of your teacher’s name)

TEACHER’S

Mr. Dayan Cooray Mrs. Keshani Rathnasiri

Mrs Subhashini Fernando

Mr. Virantha Fernando

Mrs. Kanchana Perera

Instructions to Candidates: Information for Candidates:

 Use black ink or ball-point pen.  The total mark for this paper is 80
 Answer all questions, in the spaces provided.  There are 10 questions in this paper
 Maintain an orderly presentation in your answers.  There are 15 pages in this paper
 Electronic calculators are permitted for this paper.

Advice for Candidates:

 Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
 Without sufficient working, correct answers may be awarded no marks.

~ Good luck with your examination ~

 Answer all TEN questions.
You must write down all the stages in your working.
1) The diagram shows a right-angled triangle ABC, with BC = 11 cm and ∠ABC = 15°

(a) Calculate the length, in cm to 3 significant figures, of AB. (2)

The point D on AB is such that AD = AC.

(b) Calculate the length, in cm to 3 significant figures, of DB. (4)

(Total for Question 1 is 6 marks)

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2) Solve the simultaneous equations
2𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 6
𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 3
Show clear algebraic working. (6)

(Total for Question 2 is 6 marks)

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 3) The functions f and g are defined as
𝑓: 𝑥 ↦ 3x + 4
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𝑔: 𝑥 ↦
x−3
(a) State the value of x that must be excluded from any domain of g. (1)

(b) Find f(5) (1)

(c) Find fg(2) (2)

(d) Find gf(x) (2)

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The function h is defined as
ℎ: 𝑥 ↦ x 2 − 6x − 8 where x  3
(e) Express the inverse function ℎ−1 in the form ℎ−1 : 𝑥 ↦……. (3)

(Total for Question 3 is 9 marks)

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 4) In a survey of all 200 students at a school, the numbers of students studying Music (M),
Geography (G) and History (H) were recorded.
The incomplete Venn diagram shows some information about the results of the survey.

(a) Write down the number of students studying at least one of Music, Geography and History.
(1)

Given that 2x students studied Music and Geography but not History and that
n(M) = 120 n(G) = 83 n(H) = 60

(b) Complete the Venn diagram. Give your answers in terms of x. (4)

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(c) Find the value of x. (3)

Find
(d) n ([𝑀 ∪ 𝐺]′ ) (1)

(Total for Question 4 is 9 marks)

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 5) (a) Find the inverse of the matrix (3)

(b) Hence, or otherwise, find the value of x and the value of y such that (3)

(Total for Question 5 is 6 marks)

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6)

The diagram shows a field, ABCD. AD = 180 m and AC = 240 m.

∠ ABC = 50° and ∠ ACB = 85°
(a) Find the length AB, correct to 3 significant figures. (3)

(b) The area of triangle ACD = 12 000 m2.

Find the value of ∠ CAD, correct to 1 decimal place. (3)

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 (c) Calculate BD, correct to 3 significant figures. (5)

(Total for Question 6 is 11 marks)

7) The perimeter of the square base of a pyramid is 920 m.

The height of the pyramid is 129 m.
Calculate the volume, in m3, of the pyramid. (4)

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(Volume of the Pyramid =  Area of the base  Height)
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(Total for Question 7 is 4 marks)

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8) A car travelled 130 km from London to Swindon.
The car used x litres of petrol for this journey.
(a) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the average number of kilometres the car
travelled for each litre of petrol on its journey from London to Swindon. (1)

On the return journey from Swindon to London, the car travelled 130 km and used (x –2) litres
of petrol.

(b) Write down an expression, in terms of x, for the average number of kilometres the car
travelled for each litre of petrol on the return journey. (1)

On the return journey, the average number of kilometres the car travelled for each litre of petrol
was 5 km greater than the average number of kilometres the car travelled for each litre of petrol
on its journey from London to Swindon.
(c) Write down an equation in x for the information above. (1)

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 (d) Solve your equation to find the value of x to 3 significant figures. (5)

(Total for Question 8 is 8 marks)

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9)

The diagram shows the cross section of a cylinder, centre O, radius r, lying on its side. The
cylinder contains water to a depth of 18 cm. The width, AB, of the surface of the water is 24 cm.
(a) Show that r = 13 cm. (4)

(b) Find the value of the ∠ AOB, correct to 3 significant figures. (3)

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 (c) (i) Calculate the area of the major sector OAPB, correct to 3 significant figures. (3)

(ii) Calculate the area of the shaded segment APB, correct to 3 significant figures. (3)

(Total for Question 9 is 13 marks)

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10) Part of the curve with equation y  x 2  5 x  3 and a straight line are drawn on the grid.
(a) Find the equation of the straight line which is drawn on the grid. (2)

(b) Use the graphs to find solutions of the equation 2 x 2  10x  6  x

(You must show your workings clearly on the grid or on a rough sketch) (3)

(c) Find the range of values of x for which x 2  5 x  3  0 (3)

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 (Total for Question 10 is 8 marks)
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