Centre

Number Candidate Number

Name:
……………………………………………….

Ministry of Education, Science, Vocational Training and Early

Childhood Education

ST. MARY’S SECONDARY SCHOOL – LUSAKA

MATHEMATICS (SYLLABUS D)
PAPER 1 4024/1

MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2020

2 hours
Candidates answer on the question paper.
Additional material:
Geometrical instruments

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Write your name, centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided at the top of this
page.

There are twenty-three (23) questions in this paper.

Answer all questions

Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper.

If working is needed for any question, it must be shown in the space below that question.
No paper for rough work is to be provided.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.

ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS AND MATHEMATICAL TABLES SHOULD NOT BE USED IN

THIS PAPER.
CELL PHONES SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN THE EXAMINATION ROOM.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total number of marks for this paper is 80.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE

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1. Find the exact value of:
(a) 1.2 ÷ 0.05
(b) 2 5/9 + 2/3

Answer (a)....................................[1]

(b) ...................................[1]
2. Solve the equation (x – 1)(2x + 5) = 0.

Answer: ................................... [2]

3. A straight line passing through A(3, 2) and B(5, y) has gradient -2. Find the value
of y.

Answer:.......................................[2]

4. Factorise completely 4ab + 6ac – 6bd – 9cd.

Answer: ....................................................[2]
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5. Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram below.

Answer :……......................................[2]

6. (a) Given that 17 + m + 27 + …… are consecutive terms of an Arithmetic

Progression, find the arithmetic mean, m.
(b) For the sequence 11, 13, 15, …, find the formula for the nth term.

Answer (a) ..................................[1]

(b) ..................................[2]

7. (a) The transpose of a matrix A is (-1 4 5). Find the matrix A

(b) The vector PQ = (−32). Given that the point P is (1, 4), find the coordinates of
the point Q.

Answer: (a) ..................................[1]

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 (b) .................................[2]

8. Given that R = (21 −13 ) and S = (−21 0−4

11 )
, find

(a) ST
(b) RS

Answer: (a) ................... [1]

(b)......................[2]

9. (a) A number is chosen at random from the set {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10}. Find
the probability that it is a perfect square.
(a) Solve the equation 8x = 128.

Answer: (a) ...........................................[1]

(b) ……………………..............[2]

10. The distribution for a variable is given in the table below.

x 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
F 2 5 5 8 6 3 1

(a) State the median of the value of x

(b) Calculate the mean value of x

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 Answer: (a) ......................... [1]

(b) ......................... [2]

11. (a) Solve the equation 22x – 1 = 16-2x

(b) The diagram below shows a sector AOB. Arc AB subtends an angle of 21 o at
the centre O.

22
Given that the area of the sector is 14.85 cm 2, calculate the radius. [ π = ]
7

Answer: (a) .............................. [2]

(b) ............................... [2]

12. The function is such that

1
h ( x )= x−5.
2
Find: (a) h(-4)
(b) the value of x for which h(x) = 3,
(b) h -1(x).

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 Answer: (a) ............................. [1]
(b) ............................ [1]
(c) ………………….. [2]
13. (a) Given that x – z = 5y, express z in terms of x and y.
(b) Find the largest integer, x, which satisfies the inequality - 5  x + 3 ≤ 1.

Answer: (a) ...........................[1]

(b) ...........................[2]

14. Given that y = kx2 – 1, where k is a constant and that y = 17 when x = 3, find
(a) the value of k,
(b) the value of y when x = - 5,
(c) the values of x when y = 7.

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 Answers: (a) ...…..….....................[1]
(b) …………....................[1]
(c) x = ............ or ............[2]
15. (a) The diagram below shows a cylinder of height 9cm and diameter 7cm.

22
Calculate the curved surface area of the cylinder (Take π to be ).
7

(b) Solve the equation (x – 1) (x + 1) = 8

Answer: (a) …………............................[2]

(b) x = ................. or ..............[2]

16. (a) Evaluate 30 x 33 + 31.

(b) The length of a piece of wire is 15.2 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. What is

the relative error of the length of the piece of wire?

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 Answer: (a) .......................... [1]

(b)………...................[2]

17. In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle ABCD. AC is the diameter, AD
and BC are produced to meet at E, ˂ CED = 27o and ˂ ACB = 43o.

Find:-

(a)  ABD,

(b)  CAD,

(c)  DCE

Answer: (a)  ABD ..................[1]

(b)  CAD ..................[1]

(c)  DCE ..................[2]

18. (a) Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 17 times the size of the exterior
angle. Find the size of each exterior angle.

(b) Given that the matrix (31x 24) is singular, calculate the value of x.

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 Answers: (a) ...........................[1]

(b) ...........................[2]

19. (a) Factorise completely 3h4 – 12h.

(b) In the diagram below, AC is a straight line, BC = 9cm, BD = 15cm and
Sin ˂ ABD = 0.6. Calculate the area of triangle BCD.

Answer: (a) ..............................[1]

(b) .............................[2]

20. Write down the three inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the
diagram below.

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 Answers: …….............................

….. .................................

...................................[5]

3x
3
1
21. (a) Find the integral of – 5x + 2 with respect to x.
2 x

(b) A function y = (1 + x)(x – 2).

(i) Sketch the graph of the function in the answer space below.

(ii) Find the minimum value of y.

Answer: (a) ........................................................................ [2]

(b) (i)

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 [2]

(ii)......................................................[2]

22. There are 21 students in a class 12 are boys and 9 are girls. The teacher

Chooses two students at random.

(i) Complete the tree diagram in the answer space showing the probabilities.

(ii) What is the probability that:

(a) both students are boys

(b) both students are girls

(c) one is a boy and one is a girl.

11
Answer: (i) /20 B

G
12
/20 B

[2]

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 (ii) (a) .................[1]

(b) .................[1]

(c) .................[2]

23. The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of a particle. The particle
started off from rest and accelerated uniformly for 10 seconds. It then travelled at
a constant speed for 20 seconds and then decelerated to rest.

(m/s)

V
Spee
d

0 10 30 t time (sec)

Time (s)

(a) Find the speed V the particle reached if its acceleration was 2m/s2 in the
first 10 seconds.
(b) Given that the total distance covered was 750m, find the value of t in the
diagram.
(c) What was the speed at 40 seconds?

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 Answer: (a) ..............................[2]

(b) …..........................[2]

(c) ..............................[2]

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