VHEMBE EAST DISTRICT

GRADE 10

MATHEMATICS
TERM 1 CONTROLLED TEST
MEMORANDUM

MARKS: 50
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QUESTION 1
1.1.1 √−4 ✓Answer (1)
1.1.2 √36 ✓Answer (1)
1.2 √81 < √90 < √100 ✓√81; √100
9 < √90 < 10
∴ √90 𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 9 𝑎𝑛𝑑 10 ✓Answer (2)
1.3.1 𝑥3 − 𝑥
= 𝑥(𝑥 2 − 1) ✓𝑥(𝑥 2 − 1)
= 𝑥(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 1) ✓𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 (2)
1.3.2 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑝𝑥 − 2𝑚𝑥 − 2𝑚𝑝 ✓3𝑥(𝑥 + 𝑝)
= 3𝑥(𝑥 + 𝑝) − 2𝑚(𝑥 + 𝑝) ✓ − 2𝑚(𝑥 + 𝑝)
= (𝑥 + 𝑝)(3𝑥 − 2𝑚) ✓answer (3)
1.3.3 𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 18
= (𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 9) ✓✓answer (2)
1.4.1 3𝑥−3
𝑥 2 −3𝑥+2 ✓ fact. numerator
3(𝑥 − 1)
= ✓ fact. denominator
(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 − 2) ✓Answer
3 (3)
=
𝑥−2
1.4.2 𝑥3 − 1
𝑥2 + 𝑥 + 1
(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 1) ✓ fact. numerator
= ✓Answer
𝑥2 + 𝑥 + 1
=𝑥−1 (2)
1.4.3 16−𝑥 .12𝑥+1
3𝑥 .4 −𝑥
(24 )−𝑥 . (22 . 3)𝑥+1 ✓ bases in terms of prime
=
3𝑥 . (22 )−𝑥 factor
−4𝑥 2𝑥+2 𝑥+1
2 .2 .3
=
3𝑥 . 2−2𝑥 ✓ Simplification
−4𝑥+2𝑥+2+2𝑥 𝑥+1−𝑥
=2 .3
= 22 . 31 ✓ answer
= 4.3 (3)
= 12 [19]
QUESTION 2
2.1.1 𝑥(𝑥 − 1) = 20
𝑥 2 − 𝑥 = 20 ✓ Simplify
𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 20 = 0 ✓ standard form
(𝑥 − 5)(𝑥 + 4) = 0 ✓ factors
𝑥 = 5 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 = −4 ✓ answer (4)
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2.1.2 1
7x =
343
1
7𝑥 = 3
7 ✓ 7−3
7𝑥 = 7−3 ✓ answer (2)
𝑥 = −3
2.2 −11 ≤ 3𝑥 − 8 < 4
−3 ≤ 3𝑥 < 12 ✓Simplification
−1 ≤ 𝑥 < 4 ✓Answer (2)
2.3 𝑥 = −𝑦 … … … . (3)
8𝑥 + 9𝑦 = 3 … … … (2) ✓ 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 3
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑞𝑛(3)𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑞𝑛(2) ✓ Substitution
8(−𝑦) + 9𝑦 = 3 ✓𝑦 = 3
−8𝑦 + 9𝑦 = 3 ✓𝑥 = −3
𝑦=3
𝑥 = −3 (4)
2.4 Let b be the number of bicycles and let t be the
number of tricycles.

𝑏 + 𝑡 = 7 … (1) ✓ equation 1
2𝑏 + 3𝑡 = 19 … (2) ✓ equation 2
𝑡 = 7 − 𝑏 … (3)
𝑆𝑢𝑏𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑞𝑛(3)𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑞𝑛(2) ✓ substitution
2𝑏 + 3(7 − 𝑏) = 19
2𝑏 + 21 − 3𝑏 = 19
−𝑏 = −2 ✓ answer
∴𝑏=2
𝑡 =7−2
𝑡=5 (4)
∴ 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 5 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2 𝑏𝑖𝑐𝑦𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑠.
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QUESTION 3
20 20
𝑠𝑖𝑛30° = ✓𝑠𝑖𝑛30° = 𝐴𝐶
3.1.1 𝐴𝐶 ✓ answer
20
𝐴𝐶 = (2)
𝑠𝑖𝑛30°
𝐴𝐶 = 40
3.1.2 𝐴𝐶 𝐴𝐶
✓ 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝐶𝐴̂𝐷 = 60
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝐶𝐴̂𝐷 =
60
40
𝐶𝑜𝑠𝐶𝐴̂𝐷 =
60
𝐶𝐴̂𝐷 = 48,19° ✓ answer (2)
3.1.3 𝐷𝐴̂𝐸 = 90° − (30° + 𝐶𝐴̂𝐷) ✓𝐷𝐴̂𝐸 = 11,81°
𝐷𝐴̂𝐸 = 90° − (30° + 48,19°)
𝐷𝐸
= 11,81° ✓𝑡𝑎𝑛11,81° = 60
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𝐷𝐸
𝑡𝑎𝑛11,81° =
60 ✓answer (3)
𝐷𝐸 = 60𝑡𝑎𝑛11,81°
= 12,55
3.2.1 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 = 2,01
𝑥 = tan−1(2,01) ✓tan−1(2,01)
= 63,5° ✓answer (2)
3.2.2 5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 + 2 = 4
5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 2 ✓5𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 2
2 2
✓𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 = 5
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑥 =
5
2
𝑥 = cos−1 ( )
5
𝑥 = 66,4° ✓answer (3)
3.2.3 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥
=3
2 ✓𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 = 6
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑥 = 6
1 1
=6 ✓𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 = 6
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥
1 ✓answer
𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑥 =
6
1
𝑥 = sin−1( )
6 (3)
= 9,6° [15]

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