CHIRADZULU SECONDARY SCHOOL

2009 FORM 4 END OF FIRST-TERM TEST

MATHEMATICS
Subject Number: M131/II
Wednesday, 1 April Time Allowed: 2 h 30mins
8:30-11:00 am

PAPER II
(100 marks)

Instructions:

1. This paper contains 6 pages. Please check.

2. Answer all the six questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B.

3. All working must be clearly shown; it should be done on the same sheet as the
rest of the answer.

4. Calculators may be used.

Section A (55 marks)

Answer all the six questions in this section.

1. a. Factorise 24 p + p − 23
2
(3 marks)

b. Without using four-figure tables or calculators, evaluate

2
3
( 0.54 + 6 ) (5 marks)

2. a. Make n the subject of the formula log y n = 2 . (3 marks)

2. (Continued)

b. The base of a triangle is 3 cm longer than its corresponding height. If the area of
the triangle is 44 cm 2 , find the length of its base. (5marks)

3. a. Given that f ( x) = x + 3 and f (2) = 2 + x + g ( x), find g ( x ). (4 marks)

b. Figure 1 shows a circle with centre O. Two tangents from a point T touch the
circle at A and B. BT is produced to C. If angle AOT = 67°

O
67°
T

C
A Figure 1

Calculate angle ATC. (4 marks)

4. a. Find the distance between the points A(-3, 1) and B(3, 9).
(5 marks)

 3a 4   − a 0   4 4 
b. Calculate the values of a and b if   +  = . .
3 - 4  3 4   6 b 
(5 marks)

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5. a. Figure 2 shows a circle with centre O passes through the corners of a square
WXYZ whose sides are each 8 cm long.

8 cm
W X

Z Y

Figure 2
Calculate the radius of the circle, leaving your answer to two decimal places.
(6 marks)

b. A student had 50 marbles. 35 had some red markings, 20 had some blue marking
and 12 had both red and blue markings. Using set theory, calculate the number of
marbles that had neither red nor blue markings. (7 marks)

6. a. Without using a calculator or four-figure tables, solve for x

log 6 6 6 = x (5 marks)

b. Table 1 shows tallies of students’ marks in a test.

Table 1

Mark Tally
0–9
10–19
20–29 //
30–39 ////
40–49 //// //
50–59 //// ////
60–69 //// //// /
70–79 //// ///
80–89 ////
90–100 ///

If 54 % of the students were to pass, find the passing mark for the test.
(3 marks)

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 Section B (45 marks)

Answer any three questions from this section.

7. a. Make W the subject of the formula

Wh
L= (4 marks)
a (W + P )

b. A ship starts from port P and sails due north at 15 km/h. At the same time another
ship leaves from port Q, 15 km due east of P, and sails on a bearing of 340°. How
fast will the second ship have to travel if it is to meet the first ship?
(11 marks)

3 2
8. a. Simplify to the lowest term + (6 marks)
2 x − 4 6 − 3x

b. Figure 3 shows graphs of inequalities.

A
x
0 1 2

Figure 3

Write down the three inequalities which define the unshaded area labeled A.
(9 marks)

9. a. In Figure 4, ABC is a triangle such that angle ABC = 90°. X is the middle point
of BC.

4
 A

α θ
B C
X

Figure 4

If angle AXB = α and angle ACB = θ, calculate the ratio of tan α : tan θ .
(5 marks)

Copy and complete the table of values for the equation y = −2 x + x + 1 .

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b. (i)

x -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -2 1 0 -5 -14

(ii) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to

represent 2 units on the y-axis, draw the graph of y = −2 x + x + 1 .
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(iii) Use your graph to solve the equation 4 x 2 − 2 x = 5 (10 marks)

3 x × 9 x +1
10. a. Simplify completely (7 marks)
27 x −1

b. From the top of a tower 80 m high, two boats are seen in one direction. The
angles of depression of the boats from the top of the tower are 45° and 30°. Find
the distance between the boats, leaving your answer in surd form.
(8 marks)
11. a. A cylinder whose radius of its base is 7 cm and height is 5 cm is enlarged by a
scale factor of 4.

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 (i) Compute the volume of the cylinder.

(ii) Calculate the radius of the base and the height of the image cylinder.

(iii) Find the ratio of the volume of the image cylinder to the original cylinder.

Leave your answer correct to 2 decimal places. (Volume of a cylinder = πr2h, take
π ≈ 3.14). (7 marks)

b. n is the algebraic sum of two terms, one of which varies directly as u and the
other inversely as u 2 . If n = 11 when u = 2 and n = 25.16 when u = 5 , find the
value of n when u = 3 . (8 marks)

12. a. Solve the equation x 2 − 3 x − 2 = 3 , leaving your answer correct to two decimal
places. (8 marks)

b. In Figure 5, two circles with centers O and Q touch at T and a straight line
through T cuts the circles at A and B.

•Q
O• T

Figure 5
Prove that OA is parallel to QB. (7 marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER