MID - YEAR EXAMINATIONS – 2024/2025

NAME : ________________________________________________

CLASS : __________________ ADMISSION NO: _______________

YEAR : 10 (National)
SUBJECT : Mathematics – Paper II
DURATION : 3 hours

INSTRUCTIONS Question Mark Marks

 Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB Number Scored Allocated
pencil for any diagrams or graphs. 01 10
 Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
02 10
 Write the relevant steps and the correct units in
03 10
answering the questions.
04 10
05 10
INFORMATION
06 10
 Answer eight questions selecting four questions from
Part A and four questions from Part B. 07 10

 Each questions carries 10 marks. 08 10

09 10
10 10

TOTAL

This document consists of 5 printed pages.

 Part – A
Answer four questions only.

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1. a) A shipment of raw materials worth Rs.750 000 incurs a custom duty of 15%.
(i) How much is the custom duty? [2]
(ii) If the importer also needs to pay an additional 5% service charge on the value of [2]
the goods, what is the total amount be paid including custom duty and service
charge?
b) A seller of televisions buys a television for Rs.50 000 and marks its selling price so that
he earns a profit of 20%. When selling the television, if the payment is done outright, a
discount of 10% is offered to the customer.
(i) Find the marked price of the television. [2]
(ii) Find the price of the television when the discount is given. [2]
c) It took a man 3 years to settle a loan of Rs.100 000 borrowed at an annual simple rate of [2]
5%. How much interest did he pay in total?
[10 marks]
2. a) An incomplete table of values to draw the graph of the function y=3 x−2 is given
below.
x −2 −1 0 +1 +2 +3
y −8 −2 +1 +7

(i) Fill in the blanks in the above table. [2]

(ii) Using the standard system of axes and a suitable scale, draw the graph of the [4]
above function.
(iii) Write the co -ordinates of the intercept. [2]
(iv) 1 [2]
Using the graph find the value of y when x=+2 .
2
[10 marks]
3. a) It takes 4 men 21 days to complete a certain task.
(i) What is the magnitude of the task in man days? [2]
(ii) If 12 men are assigned the task, how many days will it take them to complete the [2]
task?
(iii) How many men are required to complete the task in 6 days? [2]
b) Find the LCM for the following.
2
(i) 24 ,6 x , 8 x [2]
(ii) 3 a+ 9 , 5 a+20 [2]
[10 marks]
4. a) It is required to buy cricket bats and balls for sports practices in the schools A and B. It
costs Rs.6160 to buy 3 cricket bats and 8 balls for school A. It costs Rs.4000 to buy 2
cricket bats and 5 balls for school B.
(i) By taking the price of a cricket bat as x rupees and the price of a ball as y rupees. [2]

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 Construct a simultaneous equation.
(ii) By solving them, find separately the price of a cricket bat and a price of a ball. [2]
(iii) Find the number of cricket bats and number of balls can be bought for exactly [2]
Rs.9200 such that the number of balls is twice the number of cricket bats.
b) Simplify the following algebraic fractions.
(i) 5 2 [2]
-
x−1 x+2
(ii) 6 k [2]
-
m 5m
[10 marks]
5. a) Factorize the following expression.
2
(i) x + 8 x+15 [2]
2 2
(ii) a −b [2]

b) If the length of a rectangular shaped field is ¿) m and the breadth is ¿) m, determine the [2]
area of the field in terms of a .
c) Find the value using the knowledge of factors. [2]
2
205

b=2.
d) Verify ( 3 a+5 b )( a+b )=3 a2 +8 ab+ 5 b2 for the values a=3and [2]

[10 marks]

Part – B
Answer four questions only.
1. a) Use only a straight edge with a cm/mm scale and a pair of compasses for the following

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 geometric constructions. The construction lines should be drawn clearly.
(i) Construct the triangle ABC such that AB=7 cm, B ^ A C=60 ° , AC=5 cm. [2]
(ii) Construct the perpendicular bisectors of AC and BC . [2]
(iii) Mark the point of intersection of the above bisectors as O. [2]
(iv) Draw a circle with the center O and the radius OC. [2]
(v) Measure and write the length of the radius. [2]
[10 marks]
2. a) Figure shows a circle with center O. O ^
A C=x ° .

C B

(i) Find the magnitude of A C^ B in degrees. [2]

(ii) If AC=12 cm and BC=9cm, what is the length of AB? [2]
b) In the isosceles triangle PQR, PQ=PR and PR is produced up to T. The perpendicular
drawn from P to QR is PS. The line drawn parallel to PQ through R meets the produced
PS at U. P

Q R
S

U
(i) Show that Q ^ ^ R + PQ
RT =Q P ^R
(ii) Show that triangle PRU is an isosceles triangle.
(iii) If Q ^
RU =60 ° , Show that ABC is an equilateral triangle.
[10 marks]
3. a) Write the properties of a parallelogram. [2]
b) In the parallelogram ABCD, the perpendiculars drawn from B and D to the diagonal AC [4]
are BP and DQ respectively. Show that ∆ ABP ≡ ∆ CDQ .
D C

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 P

A B
c) ^ ^ D=220 ° . Find the value of C ^
in the parallelogram ABCD, D A B+ B C A B. [4]

A B

60 °

C D
[10 marks]
4. a) The general term of a number pattern is given below.
T n=6 n+3
(i) Calculate the first three terms. [2]
(ii) Find the 25th term. [2]
(iii) Which term is 123? [2]
(iv) Write the (n-1) th term, in terms of n. [2]
b) Find the general term of the following number pattern. [2]
9,17, 25, 33,…….
[10 marks]
5. a) (i) If x + y=5 and xy=3 , find x 2+ y 2. [2]

b) The length of a rectangle is 4cm greater than the breadth of it. If the breadth of the
rectangle is x .
(i) Write an expression for the length. [2]

(ii) If the area of the rectangle is 45cm2, show that x 2+ 4 x−45=0 can be obtained. [4]

(iii) Find the breadth of the rectangle by solving the equation. [2]

[10 marks]
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