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MATAPWATA CLUSTER MOCK EXAMINATIONS

2022 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
PAPER II

(100 marks)
Time Allowed: 2hrs

FRIDAY, 27 May, 2022

Instructions

 Write your name on top of each page Question Tick if Do not

Number answered write in
 Answer all the six questions in Section A these
and any four questions in Section B columns
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 Show all your working. 2
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 Calculators may be used
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Section A (60 marks)
Instructions:
 Answer all six questions in this section

3𝑚 +6
1. a. Simplify: (4 marks)
𝑚2 + 𝑚−2

4 −2
b. Given that 𝑎 = ( ) and 𝑏 = ( ). Find 2𝑎 + 3𝑏 (4 marks)
6 −3

2. a. A trapezium has a height of 3cm and its volume is 6cm 3. Calculate the volume of a
similar trapezium with a height of 9cm. (4 marks)
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b. Solve the following simultaneous equations (6 marks)

𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 – 8
𝑦=𝑥+8

3. a. Figure below shows a velocity –time graph of a motion.

Velocity(𝑚𝑙𝑠)

0 10 50 60

If the total distance during the first 50 seconds is 630m. Find the value of V (5 marks)

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b. The following were the results of a Mathematics test obtained by form 3

Students at a certain secondary school.

3 17 8 11 26 23 18 28 33 38
43 31 39 30 22 50 12 38 5 35
14 9 34 27 16 49 33 39 25 27

Using a class interval of marks: 1-10, 11-20, 21-30,… construct a frequency distribution
table for the marks. (4 marks)

4. a. Prove that angle subtended by arc at the centre is twice angle subtended by the
same arc at the circumference of the circle. (7 marks)

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b. Figure below is a circle with centre O

If UZ and XZ are straight lines, VU is a tangent at X and angle ZVX =420 . Calculate angle
WYX (4 marks)

5. a. A figure below shows triangle ABC = 6cm and AC = 10cm

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Calculate the area of triangle ABC in surd form (5 marks)

b. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct in the same diagram
 a circle centre O and diameter 5cm
 a point P outside the circle such tha OP is 7cm
 tangents AP and BP at A and B respectively (6 marks)

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6. a. Solve for 𝑦 : log 5 𝑦 = 1 - log 5(𝑦 − 4) (5 marks)

b. For a student to be offered a place at a certain girls boarding secondary school, she
must pass both subject; Mathematics and English. Merry has a probability of passing
7 5
Mathematics10 . If she failed Mathematics she has a probability of passing English 7 and if
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she passed Mathematics she has a probability of failing English 7 . Using a tree diagram;

calculate the probability that she is offered a place at school (6 marks)

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SECTION B

INSTRUCTION: answer any four questions from this section

7. The polynomial 𝑥 3 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏 where 𝑎 and 𝑏 are constants leaves a remender of 11 and 41

when divided by (𝑥 − 3) and (𝑥 − 4) respectively. Find the remainder when the same
polynomial is divided by (𝑥 − 5) (10 marks)

8. The table below shows some values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 for the equation 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 - 6𝑥 - 1

𝑥 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3
𝑦 −10 4 −1 −6 −5

i. Complete the table of values (2 marks)

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ii. Using a scale of 2cm to represent 1 unit on the horizontal axis and 2cm to
represent 5 units on the vertical axis. Draw the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 - 6𝑥 – 1. (5 marks)

iii. Use your graph to solve the equation 𝑥 3 - 8𝑥 – 3 = 0 (3 marks)

9. The sum of the first three positive numbers of Geometric progressions is 52. The square of
the second number is equal to four times the third number. Calculate the third term of
the progression. (10 marks)

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10. ABCD is a rectangular base of a right pyramid. AD = 8m and DC =6m. VO is vertical

height. O is the mid-point of AC.

If VO = 12m. Find
i. The length of VC
ii. The angle which VC makes wit h the base ABCD to the nearest degree (10
marks)

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11. The parking fee (𝑃) for an aeroplane at an airport is partly constant and partly varies
with time (𝑇) that it takes at the airport. A one hour fee is K200, 000 and two hour fee is
K375, 000. Calculate the time taken for an aeroplane which has been charged a fee of
K112, 500. (10marks)

12. Zione wants to make some fruit cakes and sponge cakes. She has plenty of all
ingredients except flour and sugar. She has only 2000g of flour and 1200g of sugar. A
fruit cake uses 500g of flour and 100g of sugar. A sponge cake uses 200g of flour and
200g of sugar. She wishes to make at least two cakes of sponge and at least one fruit
cake
a. Taking 𝑥 to be a number of fruit cakes and 𝑦 to be the number of sponge cakes,
write down four inequalities that must be satisfied. (3 marks)

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b. Using a scale of 2cm to represent 2 units on both axes, draw graphs to define
region by shading the unwanted region (5 marks)

c. If Zione made 2 fruit cakes, how many sponge cakes did she make

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