UGANDA MARTYRS’ S.

S NAMUGONGO
S4 INTERNAL MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2006
456/1 MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME:2 hrs 30 mins

Answer all questions

SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

1. Solve for x in 1/3 – x – 3 = x + x + 2

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2. Factorise completely 3y – 27y3

3. Given that f(x) = ax + 2b and that f (– 1) = 3 and f(0) = 4, find the values of a and b

4. Given the vectors a = – 3 b –2 and c = –1 , find the

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magnitude of a + 2b – c

5. Express 3 – 1 in the form

32 – 25 22 + 2 5

a m + b n where a, b m and n are integers.

6. Without using tables or calculator find the value of x if log (x – 2) + log (2x) – log (6x )= 1
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7. Find how long it takes shs 96,000 invested at 8 /3 % simple interest to amount to sh
102,000

8. The sum of the ages of Amon and Betty is 20 years and twice Amon’s age is 16 years more
than Betty’s. Find the ages of the two children.

9. Given A = 3 1 and B = 1 4 find AB + 2A

1 3 2 –2

10. Six men can cultivate an area of 280 m2 in 2 hours. What area would 5 men cultivate in 3
hours working at the same rate?
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SECTION B (60 MARKS)

11. Using a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses only

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(a) Construct a triangle ABC, where AB = 8.0cm and C is 5.4 cm from A and 6.5 cm from
B.

(b) D is a point on AC produced such that AD = 7.4 cm and E is 6.2 cm from D on the
same side of AD as B, such that angle A DE= 135o

(c) Draw a circle to circumscribe points A, B and E. Measure

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(i) AE
(ii) The radius of the circle
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12. (a) Express 2.43 as a fraction in its simplest form

(b) Solve for b in the equation e = ac (b – c)

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(c) Find the value of x, correct to 2 significant figures, if 42x = 5

13. This histogram below shows marks scored by a certain class in a test.
(a) How many students sat the test?
(b) Construct a frequency distribution table from the histogram.
(c) Using your table
(i) calculate the mean mark using a working mean of 44.5 marks
(ii) find the median mark

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20

16

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9.5 19.5 29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 79.5 89.5

14. A class of 50 students sat an examination which was made up of three sections A, B and C.
2 students did not attempt any question from any of the three sections. 3 attempted
questions from section A only, 5 from section B only, 4 from sections A and C only while 5
attempted questions from all the three sections. Those who attempted questions from
sections A and B only were 3 less than those who attempted questions from sections B and
C only and three times those who attempted questions from section c only.
(a) Show this information on a Venn diagram
(b) Find how many students attempted questions
(i) from each section (ii) from section C only
(c) If a student is selected from the class at random what is the probability that he or she
attempted questions from at least two sections?
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15. A triangle PQR with vertices P (– 2 ,1), Q(3,1) and R(0,3) is mapped onto triangle P1Q1R1
whose vertices are P1 (– 6 ,– 1), Q1(9,4) and R1(0,3) by a transformation described by
1 0
matrix M. Triangle P1Q1R1 is further transformed by a matrix N = –1 3
to triangle P2, Q2 R2
(a) Find
(i) matrix M
(ii) the co-ordinates of P2Q2R2

(b) Find the single matrix that would map PQR onto P2Q2R2. Describe this
transformation fully.
(c) Find the area of
(i) PQR
(ii) P2R2 Q2

16. Town B is 120 km on a bearing of 080o from town A. Town C is 140 km on a bearing of
150o from B while town D is 240 km due north of town C.
(a) Draw an accurate scale diagram to show the relative positions of the four towns (use a
scale of 1 cm to 20 km)
(b) Find the bearing and distance of A from D
(c) If a motorist drives at 100 kmh – 1 between A and B, at 80 kmh – 1 between B and C and
at 120 kmh – 1 between C and D, find his average speed for the whole journey from A to
D.

17.
D 2x cm E 3cm C

x cm

4 cm

A B

In the diagram above ABCD is a rectangle in which DE = 2x cm EC = 3cm, CF = x cm and

FB = 4cm where E and F are points on DC and BC respectively.

(a) Find the area of triangle AEF in terms of x.

(b) Given that the area of AEF is 13cm2, find the value of x.
(c) Express the area of AEF as a percentage of the area of a rectangle ABCD.

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