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MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
2 ⁄ hours

MAJET SECONDARY SCHOOL - KYEBANDO

Uganda Certificate of Education

MATHEMATICS

SENIOR THREE

Paper 1

2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

 Answer all questions in Section A and any five from section B.

 Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked.
 All necessary calculations must be done in the answer booklet provided. Therefore, no
paper should be given for rough work.
 Graph paper is provided.
 Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a list of
formulae may be used.

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 SECTION: A (40 MARKS)

1. Given that a*b= , find the value of (5 * 3) * -2 (04 marks)

2. Solve the equation – = + 2. (04 marks)

3. Make Q the subject of the expression = (04 marks)

4. A triangle with vertices A(-1,1), B(-1,3) and C(-2,3) is mapped onto triangle A’B’C’ by a translation ( ).
Find the coordinates of A’, B’ and C’.

5. Solve the following pairs of simultaneous equations

5x – 9y = 1.
4y – 2 = x. (04 marks)
6. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, evaluate:

(04 marks)

7. Given A =( )and B =( ), evaluate (A +B) (04 marks)

8. Use the grouped frequency distribution table below to answer the questions that follow.
Marks Frequency Cumulative frequency
30 – 39 19
40 – 49 21
50 – 59 19
60 – 69 12
70 – 79 08
80 – 89 01

a) Complete the cumulative frequency column.

b) Determine the median class. (04 marks)
9. An object P whose area is 4 cm is transformed by matrix (
2
) to its image P’. Find the area of P.
(04 marks)
10. Without using tables or calculator, simplify

√ √
(04 marks)
√ √

SECTION: B (60MARKS)
11. The table below shows the marks scored by 50 students in a Mathematics test.
Marks 20 - 29 30 - 39 40- 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79 80 – 89
No. Of 3 7 16 14 6 3 1
students

a) I) represent the information on a histogram.

ii) Use your histogram to estimate the modal mark.
b) Use the table to estimate the mean mark using a working mean of 44.5. . (12marks)
12. Triangle with vertices ( ) ( )and ( ) is mapped onto
 0  1
Triangle by transformation matrix  
1 0 
Triangle is then mapped onto triangle by a transformation whose matrix is( )

(a) Find the coordinates of

(i) and .
(ii) and . (08 marks)
(b) Determine a matrix for the single transformation which maps
Back onto (04 marks)

13. (a) The matrix A = ( ) and its inverse A-1= ( ).

A A-1 = I, where I is a 2 2 identify matrix. Find the values of a and b.
(05 marks)
(b) A housewife buys the following items in three weeks. Week one she buys 2 packets of tea, 2 tins of
margarine, 2 kg of sugar and 3 packets of biscuits. Week two she buys 2 tins of margarine, 3 kg of sugar
and 4 packets of biscuits. Week three she buys 1 packet of tea, 2 kg of sugar and 2 packets of biscuits.
(i) Write this information in a 3 × 4 matrix.
(ii) A packet of tea costs Shs 1,000, a tin of margarine costs Shs 1,500, a kilogramme of sugar
costs Shs 2,800 and a packet of biscuits cists Shs 500. Write a column matrix for the cost of
the items.
(iii) Find her expenditure in the three weeks.
(07 marks)

14 (a) Given that matrix P = ( ), Q = ( ) and R = PQ;

Find the matrix R and state its order. (05 marks)

(b) Solve the following simultaneous equations using the matrix method.

(07 marks)
15 (a) (i) Make y the subject of .
(ii)Find the value of y when n = 10, x = 65, and B = 3. (06 marks)
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(b) Simplify (06 marks)
16 A rectangle ABCD has vertices A(1,0), B(3,0), (3,1) and D(1,1). Rectangle ABCD is mapped onto
rectangle A’B’C’D’ by the transformation matrix( ).
a) Find the coordinates of A’B’C’D’ .
b) Rectangle A’B’C’D’ is mapped onto A’’B’’C’’D’’ with vertices A’’(2,0),B’’(6,0), C’’(10,2) and
D’’(6,2).
Find the matrix of transformation.
c) Find a single transformation matrix which maps rectangle ABCD onto A’’B’’C’’D’’.

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