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The document provides instructions for a multiple choice and short answer examination. It states there are 46 questions divided into 3 parts: multiple choice (questions 1-25), short answer (questions 26-50), and an extended response question (question 46). It provides directions on how to fill out the answer sheet, including writing answers in blue or black ink and not using correction fluid. It also notes to not use calculators and to hand in both the answer sheet and any scratch work at the end. Candidates are not allowed extra time to complete the exam under any circumstances.
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The document provides instructions for a multiple choice and short answer examination. It states there are 46 questions divided into 3 parts: multiple choice (questions 1-25), short answer (questions 26-50), and an extended response question (question 46). It provides directions on how to fill out the answer sheet, including writing answers in blue or black ink and not using correction fluid. It also notes to not use calculators and to hand in both the answer sheet and any scratch work at the end. Candidates are not allowed extra time to complete the exam under any circumstances.
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

(To be read out by the external invigitator before the start of


the examination)
There are 46 questions in this paper. Attempt ALL questions,
even if you are not sure of some of the answers.

The Examination is divided into two parts:


PART A: Multiple-Choice Test (Questions I to 25)
PART B: Short-Answer Test (Questions 26 to 50)

PART C: Extended Response (Question 46)


The Answer Sheet is part of the Eramination Booklet. Take
out the middle pages and remove the Ansrver Sheet by tearing
along the perforation. You ma,v use the blank sheet for rough
work.
Write your candidate number, your name, school name and
province name in the space given on the Answer Sheet. The
invigilator will tell you what to write.
For each question in PART A choose the best answer and
write its LETTER in the space given on the Answer Sheet.
For each question in PART B and PART C work out the
answer and wrile the answer in the space given on the
Answer Sheet.
If you find a question very difficult, do not spend too much
time thinking about it. Leave the question out and go on with
the rest of the paper. If you haye time at the end, return to the
difficult questions and think about them more carefully.
Write your answers in BLUE or BLACK ink (pen or biro).
If you decide to change an answer, make your correction as
shown below so that it is clear to the markers what your final
answer is. Do NOT use correction fluid on vour answer sheet.

Do NOT use calculators to lvork out your answers.


Hand in BOTH the Answer Sheet and the papers used for
rough work at the end of the examination.
Extra time will NoT be allowed to complete the
examination under anv circumstances.

DO NOT TURN OVER THE PAGE AND DO NOT


WRITE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO START.
Page 2 o.f 7 pages

Qursrrou 5
PART A: Multiple Choice (Questions 1- 25)
The average age of5 students is 10 years. The
Choose the best alternative for each
age of one sfudent is 6. What is the average
question and write the letter A or B or C or
age of the remaining 4 students?
D in the space provided in the ANSWER
SHEET. 4.4 B. 11

c.12 D. 16

QUESTION I.

Which of the following angles are Questions 6 and 7 refer to the following
complementary? information
A. 20' and 48o 20o and 70o Marks scored by a group of students.

C. 40" and 60" 50'and 130' 18823445


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QUESTION 2

Anna runs around a circular field once. The QUESTION 6


field has a diameter of 210 meters. What is the median mark?
What was the distance, in meters, run by 8.3
A. I
Anna? tJs" x= 2 c.4 D.5
7

A.660 444

c.220 2t0 Qunsrrou 7


What is the modal mark?

QunsuoN3 A.1 8.3


A school canteen sells 5 boxes of doughnuts c.4 D.5
each containing 40 doughnuts from Monday to
Friday.
QUESTION 8
How much would the canteen earn if each
The temperature in the freezer is -15oC. When
doughnut was selling at20t?
the power was off, the temperature inside the
A. K20.00 B. K40.00 fre,ezer rose by 6"C.

c. K60.00 D. K80.00 What is the new temperaturo inside the


frer,zer?

QursuoN 4 A.24"C B,9'C


Kalakle buys 25 kg bag of rice. Each day his C.6"C D. -9'C
family cooks 800grams of rice.
Approximately, how many days will Kalakle
family consume the 25 kg rice?

A.3 8.4
c.25 D.31
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QursuoN9 QursrroN 13

John, Maria and Kiri shared some mangoes in A farmer uses 6kg of manure to fertilise an
the ratio. 4:2: I respectively. area of 48m2.

What fraction of mangoes does Kiri receive? How many kilograms of manure will he use

A, 7I g.? for a square meter?


7
4,4 8.6
c+ J
O:17
c.8 D. 10

QuESrroN 10 QursuoN 14

c.l Find the value of 3y' - 6y * I , when y = J.


+
lr
A. t4 B. t2
x+6

r
c. l0 D.8
Which of the following is the area of the
rectangle?
QUT,STION 15
A. 2(.r + 8) B. 4{x + 4)

I
C. x2 +8x+ 12 D. ; + lZx+8
I

I
QunsrroN 11
The angles a,b zlrrd c, in the triangle are in the
t
The formula, s = 180(n-2) is used to work out ratio of l:3: 6 respectively.
I the interior angle of shapes; s is the number of
Hoe many degrees is angle c?
I
interior angles and, n is the number of sides.
A. 108 B. 60
I

I
Use the formula to calculate the size of an
I interior angle of an octagon. c. s8 D. 18

I
A. 1160' B. 1080"

c.720" D.540" Qursuox 16


I
32 x3s
I
Solve t4
J
I QussrroN 12
I

-hat
A. I 8.3
I
W is the equation used for the tabj e below.
I c.9 D.27
I x 4 J 2 I 0 -1
I

v 5 3 1 -1 -3 -5
i
I
L

A.y=2x-3 B.Y=2-3x
c'y=2+3x D.Y=2x+3

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Questions 17 and L8 refer to the QUESTION 21


information below What irs the value of r?
D:ni bought a shirt at lAVo discount. The
A. 10 B.8
original price was K12.
C, 5 D,4
QuESrroN 17
How much did Dani pay for the shirt?
QUESTIoN 22
A. K13.20 B. K10.80
What is the sum of the angle 40 - x and 4x ?
c. K10.00 D. K1.20
A,& 8.48
c.32 D.20
Qursrrou 18

How much was the discount?


QUESTION 23
A.K10.80 B. K10
c.Kz D. K1.20

QuBsuoN 19
Factorise; 6p - Zpq
What is the value of the angle S?
A.2(p - 3q) B.2p (3q)
A. 120" 8.90'
C.2p(3- q) D.6(p -2q)
c, 60' D.40"

Qupsrrox 20
Questions 24 and 25 refer to the
The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 40cm. information below.
The third side is 4cm longer than each of the
Nasain got a loan of K1 000 from Fincorp.
equal side.
She will repay a total of K1 500.
What is the length of each of the equal sides in
centimetres?

A. 18 B.l4 QUESTION 24

c. 12 D.9 What is the percentage of interest on the loan?

A.500 B. 150

Questions 2l and 22 refer to the c. 50 D. 10

parallelogram below.

QuBsuox 25

-x If she repays the amount over 10 fortnights,


how much will she pay each fortnight?
The opposite angles are equal.
A. K5O B. Kl05

c. K100 D. K150

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PART B (Questions 26 - 45) QussrroN 31


For each question, work out the answer and A rectangular tank has its width exactly half
write the answer in the space provided on it's length. The height of the tank is 3m and
the ANSWER SHEET provided. the length is 8m.

QUESTION 26 What is the volume of the tank in m3?

Evaluate, -52x8
Questions 32 and 33 refer to the scale
drawing.
QursuoN 27

K200 was shared amongst John and Steven in


1
the ratio of 3:7 respectively. How much did
10 cm
Steven receive? I

Questions 28 to 30 refer to the information The scale drawing of the table to the real table
below. is 1: i0
The graph shows the journey Luke took from
town to visit Mark at a nearby village and then
Qupsuorv 32
went to his own home.
What is the real height, in meters, of the
r
sro LUKE,S JOURNEY HOME
tttttllt table's leg?
{,
c
L

E
fr
;s QuesmoN 33
u
C
(!
What is the circumference, in meters, of the
{}
top of the real table? (n = 3.14)
8am 9am 10am 11 am 12 noon

Time
QUESTION34
QuesuoN 28
kmeka needs to build a 3.6m tall brick wall.
How far was Mark's home from town? He uses bricks with the height of 15cms.

Layer 3

QUESTION 29 Layer 2
+
How many minutes did Luke stay at Mark's Layer 1 15 cm
V

home?
How many layers of brick will the wall have.

QUESTION 30

At what speed did Luke travel from Mark's


home to his village?

(Give your answer in km per hour)

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Questions 35 and 36 refer to the Questions 39 -40 refer to the graph below.
information below.
v
Eiwom's daily schedule A

\ l
ffisteep
lll{lrravet
\
[.,Bscnoot \
ffiPreparation
l-lspo.t o \ x
ffiueal 0 I \ J

-1
ffiw
,) \
\
QursrroN 35 Qupsrrou 39
If Eiwom spent 4 hours playing sports, what What is the value of y, when x is 1?
would be the angle of the sports sector in the
pie graph?
QursrroN 40
Qunsuou 36
What is the coordinate of the point Q?
Eiwom spends 6 hours sleeping. What
percentage of her 24hr day, is spent sleeping?

QUESTION 4I

Questions 37 and 38 refer to the The rule of the graph is y - -2x + 3.


informaticn below. What is the value of y when x= -3
Average rainfall in Jakarta
ctn
30
QUESTION 42
25
2
20 What is the value of (-r - y) when If x = 8 and
l5 Y=-3,
1n

0 QuESTrori 43
K1.00 is equal toA.24 English pounds. How
QuESTroN3T
many English pounds will you get if you
What is the difference, in average cm, between exchanged K1, 000?
the wettest and the driest month?

Qunsuou 38
What is the total average, in cm, of rainfall in
the first 5 months?

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Questions 44 and 45 refer to the ingredients PART C (Questions 46 -50)


of a recipe.
For this question, work out the answers
Ingredients to make 1 fruit cake correctly for every part of the question and
write the answer in the space provided on the
2 cups of self-raising flour
ANSWERSHEET.
1 teaspoon of soda
Note: Every step nxust be correct to get the
1 cup of sugar next step right.
1 cup of mix fruits,

1 egg QUESTION 46

1 cup of milk A rectangular swimming pool is 10 meters

1Cu, long and 5 meters wide. The pool has an even


butter
4', depth of 2 meters.
QUESTI0N 44 Given that: 1m3 = 1000L, 1m3 = 1kL
What is the ratio of milk to self-raising
flour?
(i) Calculate the area of the base of the
rectangle.
QuESrroN 45
(ii) Calculate the volume of rectangular
How many cups of butter will Mary need to pool, answer in correct unit.
make 8 fruitcakes?
(iii) How many litres of water is in the pool?

(iv) How many kilolitres of water will the


pool hold when it is full?

(v) How much would it cost to fill the pool


if water is charged at K10 per kilolitre?

Exo Or Exe*rrm.lrroN

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PART A: (Questions 1to 25)

Write A, Bn C or D in the hox next to the question number.

Q1. Q16.

Q2. Q17.

Q3. QI8.

Qc. Qle.

Qs. Q20.

Q6. Q2t.

Q7. Q22

Q8. Q23.

Qe. Q24.

Q10. Q2s.

Ql1.

Q12.

Q13.

Qln.

Q1s.

For markers use only

PART A SCORE

a,
Answer sheei Insert
PART B: (Questions 26 to 45)

lYrite your answer for each question i* the trox provided next to each question number.

Q26. Q36. Vo

Q27. K Q37. crn


Q28. km Q38. cm
Q'29. hours Q3e. y=
Q30. km per hour Q40. (,)
Q31. m
3 Q4r. y3
Q32. m Q42.
Q33. m Q43. English Pounds
Q34. Q44.
o
Q3s. Q4s.

For markers use only : PART A SCORE

PART C (Question 46)


Answer Question 46 in the space below. This qaestion carries a total of 5 marks.

QUESTTON 46

(* Area of the base of rettangle, A =

(ii) Calculate the volume of the recta::gular pool, V =

{iii} Volume of the rectangular pool with the correct unit. V =

{iv} IIow many litres of water are ix the pool? L

(v) How much does it cost to fill the pool? K

For markers use only: TOTAL SCORE FOR PART C:

END OF EXAMINATION

Answer sheet Insert -3-

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