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Bosaso secondary School

Mathematics Final Examination
Form Three- 2008- 2009
Name ………………………………………………………. Class ………….. No ………
Part A: Circle the correct answer in the following. (30mrks)
1. The upper bound of 4.2 is:
a) 4.1 b) 3.5 c) 4.15 d) 4.25
2. The lower bound of 2.1 + 4.7 is:
a) 6.75 b) 5.7 c) 6.28 d) 6.7
3. A machine prints four books in 10 minutes. How many will it print in two hours?
a) 40 b) 58 c) 48 d) 56
4. A ruler 30 cm long is broken into two parts in the ratio of 8:7. The longer part is?
a) 15 cm b) 16 cm c) 10 cm d) 8 cm
5. 25% of 300m is equal to?
a) 750 m b) 7.5 m c) 75 m d) 0.75 m
6. In an examination a student obtains 24 marks out of 50. The expression of this
result is:
a) 48% b) 72% c) 24% d) 44%
7. The time taken to travel 2KM at 300KM/h is:
a) 60 min b) 15 min c) 10 min d) 4 min
8. The simplifying of ½ + 1/3 is equal to?
a) 2/5 b) 1/3 c) 2/3 d) ½
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9. If f (x) = x – 4, therefore f (2) is:
a) – 6 b) 2 c) 6 d) – 2
10.
(4x + 30)° (3x + 10)
The value of X is:

(2x + 10) ° (3x) °

a) X= 15 b) X= 20 c) X= 25 d) X= 30

Part B: Answer all the questions and show your steps on the paper clearly:
1. The mass of a sack of vegetables is given at 5.4 kg. ( 4 mrks)
a) Illustrate the lower and upper bound of the mass on a number line?

b) Using M kg for the mass, express the range of values in which M must lie,
as an inequality?

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2. The size of the angles of a quadrilateral is in the ratio 1: 2: 3: 3. What are the
angles of a quadrilateral? ( 8 mrks)

3. A car loses value at 27% compound interest. How many years will it take for its
value to have halved? ( 7 mrks)

4. Calculate the gradient and Y – intercept in each case? (6 mrks)

a) Y= - (2x- 2) b) Y + ½ x – 2 = 0

5. A rugby team scores the following number of points in 12 matches.

21, 18, 3, 12, 15, 18, 42, 18, 24, 6, 12, 3
Calculate for the 12 matches: (6 mrks)
a) The mean scores?

b) The median score?

c) The mode?

6. Solve the simultaneous equation? ( 6 mrks)

3x + y = 17
3x – y = 13

7. A teacher shares sweets among 8 students so that they get 6 each. How many
sweets would each have got had there 12 students? (6 mrks)

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8. A coin is tossed three times.

a) Draw a tree diagram to show all the possible outcomes? ( 10 mrks)

b) Use your tree diagram to calculate the probability of getting

i) three tails

ii) Two heads

iii) No tail

iv) At least one tail

9. A woman borrows hundred thousand Euros to improve her house. She borrows
the money at 15% interest and repays it in full after three years. What interest will
she pay? (10 mrks)

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10. a) Plot a graph of Y= 3x2- x – 2 for -3 ≤ x ≤ 3 ( 7mrks)

Complete the table

X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
Y

Y
30

25

20

15

10

-3 -2 -1 1 2 3

-5
x

b) Use the graph to solve 3x2 – x- 2 = 0

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