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UMBWI SECONDARY SCHOOL

MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
PAPER I
(100 Marks)
Time Allowed: 2hrs

Date_________________________

1) Answer all the questions in this paper

2) The maximum number of marks for each answer is indicated against each question
3) Calculators may be used
4) Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question paper
5) The graph paper can be used if required
6) All working must be clearly shown

1. Factorise completely 4x2 – 3x – 10

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2. Find the equation of the straight line passing through the points A(1, 1) and B(-2,2)

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3. A function of x is such that f(x) = x2 – 5 Given that f(x) = 20, find the value of x

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4. Without using a calculator or a four figure table simplify 1 (√80 - √5 ) Leaving your answer to
√5 rational denominator

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5. Make x the subject of the formula a = b √x2 – n
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6. Figure 1 shows a tetradedron. Given that all measurement are in cm find the surface area

a) Calculate line AD

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b) The surface area of a pyramid

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7. Given that 𝛿 = [2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20]
A = [ 2, 4, 6, 12, 18]
B = [ 6, 8, 12, 14]
Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this information

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8. The 4 term and 10 term of an arithmetic sequence are 8 and 50 respectively. find the first term

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9. The probability that a husband and a wife will be alive 25 years from now are 0.8 and 0.7
respectively. find the probability that in 25 years at least one will be alive

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10. In the figure, PS is a diameter of the circle. If PRS = 30 , and RPS = 20 .
Find PQR

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11. Rectangle PQRS is the image of ABCD under an enlargement scale factor -4, AB = 4cm and
BC = 3.5 Find the areas of PQRS and ABCD

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12. KLMN is a rectangle with vertices K(3,0), L(8,0), M(8,6) and N(3,6). Find the image of KLMN
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after it has been transformed by matrix T = [ ]
1 5

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13. Table below shows the number of vehicles that were observed passing a certain point, and the
number of passengers in the vehicles

Number of passenger Number of vehicles

0–4 50
5–9 25
10 – 18 18
19 – 25 14
26 – 50 12
51 - 70 10

Draw a histogram from this data on the graph provided 5mks

14. Solve the equation 9(x-½) = 81(¾ix)

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15. Solve the following simultaneous equation
2x +y = 1, 2x2 –xy = 3

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16. The velocity of a car, down hill and uphill was recorded as follows
Time(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Speed(ms) 0 10 20 30 40 32 24 16 8 0

a) Calculate its
i. Acceleration

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b) The distance the car travelled during its acceleration

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c) Calculate the total distance travelled

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17. The cost of producing cooking oil is partly constant and partly varies as the number of bottles
produced. The total cost of producing 20 bottles is K1160. Find the total cost of producing 40
bottles.

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18. In triangle ABC, AB =5cm, AC =8cm and A =60 . Find B

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19. Solve 2x3 + 3x2 - 5x – 6 = 0

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20. Show the following inequalities on the graph provided, by shading the unwanted region.
y≤ 2
2x + y ≥ 2
x–y<3

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