INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

(To be read out by the External Invigilator before the start of

the examination)
There are 46 questions in this paper worth 50 marks. Attempt ALL
questions, even if you are not sure of some of the answers.
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION The Examination is divided into three parts:
PART A: Multiple Choice (Questions 1 to 25)

SCHOOL PART B: Short Answer (Questions 26 to 45)

CERTIFICATE PART C: Extended Response (Question 46)
EXAMINATIONS The Answer Sheet is part of the Examination Booklet. Take out the
middle pages and remove the Answer Sheet by tearing along the
perforation. You may use the blank sheet for rough work.
MATHEMATICS
Write your candidate number, name and school name in the space
given on the Answer Sheet.
5th October 2010 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 C work out the answer(s) and
Time allowed: 3 hours write the answer(s) in the space(s) 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
Candidates are advised to fully
the paper. If you have time at the end, return to the difficult
utilise the time allocated
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 your answer sheet.

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 any circumstances.
MA 10 The penalty for cheating or assisting others to cheat in
national examinations is non-certification.

DO NOT TURN OVER THE PAGE AND DO NOT WRITE

UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO START.
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PART A: (Questions 1 to 25) : 1 mark each

For each question choose the best answer by writing A, B, C, D or E in the space provided on the
ANSWER SHEET.
QUESTION 4
QUESTION 1
The area of the circle is 27 cm2. What is the
What is 12½% of 10 kg in grams?
area of the shaded sector?
A. 1250 B. 125 2
A. 9 cm
C. 12.5 D. 1.25
2
B. 11.25 cm
E. 0.125
2
150°           C. 11.5 cm
2
QUESTION 2 D. 12.25 cm
A discount of 20% is given on a TV set. This 2
E. 15.75 cm
reduces the price by K190.00. What was the QUESTION 5
original price?
What is the next number in the following
A. K152 B. K228 series?
C. K760 D. K950 1 −1
27, -9, 3, -1, , , …….
E. K1140 3 9
1 −1
A. B.
27 27
€ €
2 −2
C. D.
QUESTION 3 9 9
€ 9 €
A lady in a car drives for three (3) hours E.
averaging 80 km/hr, 60 km/hr and 90 km/hr 2
respectively in each hour. € €

Which graph best represents her trip?

€ QUESTION 6
Find the area of this quadrant. (π = 3.14)

10 cm
2
A. 78 cm B. 78.5 cm2
C. 7.85 cm2 D. 0.78 cm2
E. 0.785 cm2

QUESTION 7
Susan ran 3000 m in exactly 8 minutes. What
was her average speed in meters per second?
A. 3.75 B. 6.25
C. 16.0 D. 37.5
E. 62.5
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QUESTION 8 QUESTION 12
A square shaped object with a diagonal of 8 cm
is fitted into a cylindrical pipe. What is the area
of the shaded region? (Use π = 3.14)

2x
8 x

A formula for the area of this figure is

2 2
1 2 A. 5.675 cm B. 8.224 cm
A. πx + 2x2 B. πx2 + 6x
2 2 2
C. 18.24 cm D. 82.24 cm
1 2
C. πx + 4x2 D. πx2 + 4x2 E. 182.4 cm
2
2
€
E. 2πx2 + 2x2
QUESTION 13
€
The diagram shows an isosceles right-angled
Find the value of x when 3x – 4 = 2x + 6.
A. 2 B. 4 y
C. 6 D. 8
E. 10 x

QUESTION 10 -4
In a right angled triangle, the opposite side triangle on a set of axes.
length is 118 m and the angle is 76°.
What is the equation of the hypotenuse?
Which of the following can be used to find the
length of the adjacent side? A. y = -x – 4 B. y=x–4

118 C. y=4+x D. y=4–x

A. 118 tan 76° B.
tan 76° E. y = x – (-4)
0
tan 76 tan14°
C. D.
118 118 QUESTION 14
€
E. 118 tan 76°
Abigail, Bridget and Clive are to share 420
€ € oranges such that Bridget gets twice as many
as Abigail and Clive half as many as Bridget.
QUESTION 11
How many does Clive get?
What is the gradient of the line passing through
A. 60 B. 105
(3, -4) and (5, 8)?
C. 110 D. 120
A. 2 B. -2
E. 210
C. -6 D 6

E.
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QUESTION 15 QUESTION 18
7.05 kg, expressed in kilograms and grams is The graph below shows the number of videos
rented by different families in a week.
kilograms grams
12
A. 70 5
10
B. 70 50
8
C. 7 500
6
D. 7 50
4
E. 7 5
2

QUESTION 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

The pie chart below shows the number of Videos Rented

passes in examinations in various subjects.
How many families rented 4 or more videos
per week?
science
maths A. 31 B. 19
60°
C. 18 D. 12
others
E. 6
45° Language

arts
QUESTION 19
Which of these numbers can be evenly divided
Out of 240 students, how many passed in by 2, 3 and 5?
Maths?
A. 2390 B. 2380
A. 48 B. 60
C. 2370 D. 2360
C. 90 D. 180
E. 2350
E. 216

QUESTION 20
QUESTION 17
Which of the formulae below can be used to
Which of the following is equal to ? find the value of b?

A. B. a
c
C. D.

b
E.
A. a = b2 + c 2 B. b = a2 − c2
C. D.

€ E. b2 = a 2 − c 2 €

€
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QUESTION 21 QUESTION 25
Find the area of the shaded region. (π = 3.14) The selling price of a radio in January was
K140.00. In June it was sold on a 20%
discount price.
What is the new price?
A. K20 B. K28
C. K112 D. K120
4 cm 10 cm
E. K168

A. 263.76 B. 96.54
C. 69.54 D. 65.94
E. 50.24

QUESTION 22
What percentage of K25 is 25t?
A. 10 B. 1
C. 0.1 D. 0.01
E. 0.001

Questions 23 and 24 refer to the following

information.
The marks of ten students in a test are: 8, 4, 5,
10, 9, 8, 6, 5, 8 and 6.

QUESTION 23
What is the modal mark?
A. 10 B. 8.5
C. 8 D. 6.9
E. 3

QUESTION 24
What is the median mark?
A. 6 B. 7
C. 8 D. 9
E. 10
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QUESTION 31
PART B (Questions 26 to 45) – 1 mark each.
What is the answer in positive indices for
Work out your answer and write it in the
space provided in the ANSWER SHEET -3 5 5 3
3m n ÷ 18m n

QUESTION 26
QUESTION 32
The area of triangle XYZ is 36 cm2.
Lynette and Renée receive 45 text messages in
Y
the ratio 5:4. How many text messages does
Lynette receive?

10
QUESTION 33
6
(x – 5)(x – 2) = x 2 − Rx +10
X Z What is the value of R?
a

What is the value of ‘a’? €

QUESTION 34
Douglas starts watching a video at 7.55 pm.
QUESTION 27 The video runs for 135 minutes. At what time
A bag contains 3 red, 2 yellow, 1 green and 4 will the video finish?
blue marbles. What is the probability of
picking a yellow marble at random? QUESTION 35
(Give your answer as a decimal.)

a+3
a+1
QUESTION 28
An isosceles triangle has sides of length 10 cm
and a base of length 12 cm. x

Calculate the area of the triangle in cm2. The diagram shows a right-angled triangle with
sides as indicated.
2
What is the value of x if a = 3?
QUESTION 29
Find the length of the rectangle below if its
2 QUESTION 36
area is 22 cm .
A principal of K1250 earns K100 simple
interest over two (2) years.
x-2 What is the rate of interest per annum?

QUESTION 37
x - 11
Find the mean from the frequency distribution
table below.
x f
1 5
2 4
QUESTION 30
3 4
If p = 4, q = -2 and r = 3. 4 5
5 3
Find the value of
6 1
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QUESTION 38 QUESTION 44
A quadrilateral has diagonals of the same Find the value of x if the perimeter of the
length and they bisect at right angles. figure below is 50.
x+5
What is the name of the quadrilateral?

x
QUESTION 39
A certain number (x) is divided by 3 and then
subtracted from 8. The result is 4.
What is the number? QUESTION 45
Find the value of a.

QUESTION 40
a°
Using similar triangles, find the value of x in
the diagram (a +10)° (2a -2)°

25 

PART C (Question 46): 5 marks.

15
Work out your answer and write it in the
space provided in the ANSWER SHEET.
12 x
QUESTION 46
A boat travels 30km due North from point A to
QUESTION 41 point B and then travels another 40 km due
East from point B to point C. The total time
The points in the table lie on a straight line.
taken for the boat to travel from point A to
What is the y intercept of the line? point C is 14 hours.

x 3 5 6 a) Correctly draw a diagram to illustrate the

above information. (1)
y 5 9 11
b) What is the average speed of the boat
in travelling from A to B to C? (1)
c) Calculate the distance from point A
QUESTION 42 directly to point C. (1)
What is the value of ‘m’ when d) How long will the boat take to travel
directly from point C to point A, if it
travels at the same average speed? (1)
e) The boat uses 2L fuel per hour. If the cost
of fuel is K4.50 per litre. What will be the
QUESTION 43 cost of the fuel needed to travel from A to
The total surface area of a cube is 216 cm3. B to C and back to A again? (1)
What is the length of each side?

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