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Bosaso Secondary School Mathematics Final Examination Form Three-2008 - 2009

This document contains a 10 question mathematics final exam for Form Three students at Bosaso Secondary School in 2008-2009. The exam tests skills in topics like bounds, ratios, rates, percentages, simultaneous equations, probability, and graphing quadratic functions. Students are asked to show their work and justify answers. The exam was prepared by the mathematics department head and typed by another individual.

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Bosaso Secondary School Mathematics Final Examination Form Three-2008 - 2009

This document contains a 10 question mathematics final exam for Form Three students at Bosaso Secondary School in 2008-2009. The exam tests skills in topics like bounds, ratios, rates, percentages, simultaneous equations, probability, and graphing quadratic functions. Students are asked to show their work and justify answers. The exam was prepared by the mathematics department head and typed by another individual.

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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
-1
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?

Prepared by Mohamud Muumin Adan, Mathematics department


Typing: Abdalla Abdirashid Abdalla
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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)

Prepared by Mohamud Muumin Adan, Mathematics department


Typing: Abdalla Abdirashid Abdalla
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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)

Prepared by Mohamud Muumin Adan, Mathematics department


Typing: Abdalla Abdirashid Abdalla
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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

Prepared by Mohamud Muumin Adan, Mathematics department


Typing: Abdalla Abdirashid Abdalla

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