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Second Term Monthly Test 2025
Class 10
Name: ___________________ Subject: Mathematics

Date: ____________________ Max. Marks: 50

Duration: 60 min Marks Obtained: _______

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Use in dark blue or black pen.

You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams and graphs.

Do not use staples, paper clips, glue or correction fluids.

Answer all questions.

If working is needed for any question it must be shown below that question.

Essential Working must be shown for full marks to be awarded.

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question

PAPER I (20 marks)

ELECTRONIC CALCULATORS MUST NOT BE USED IN THIS PAPER

1. Work out
𝟐
𝟏𝟐𝟓 −𝟑
(a) ( )
𝟐𝟕

Answer................................................. [2]
𝟏
𝟏𝟔 −𝟐
(b) ( 𝒙𝟔 )

Answer................................................. [2]
2. Write these in order of size, starting with the smallest.
5
18.4% 1.83 x 10 -1 5-1
27

.............................. < .............................. < .............................. < .............................. [2]

3. (a) Mariah's age is 17 years 5 months. Her brother is 20 months younger.
Find the age of her brother.

……………….. years …………………… months [2]

𝟒𝟖 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔
(b) Write as a fraction of its simplest form
𝟐 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔 𝟏𝟖 𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒖𝒕𝒆𝒔

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

4. Rearrange the formula to make x the subject

𝟐𝐱+𝟓
y=
𝟑𝐱−𝟐

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

5. Sandra buys a vase for $40 and sells it for $200.

Calculate her percentage profit.

Answer..................................................... [2]
6. Factorize the following
(a) (x – 5)2

Answer..................................................... [1]

(b) 3cx + 2bx – 6cy – 4by

Answer..................................................... [1]

7. Here is some information about 100 people who visit a café.

32 drink coffee (C)
40 drink tea (T)
50 eat a pastry (P)
18 drink coffee and eat a pastry 21 drink tea and eat a pastry
(a) Complete the venn diagram to show this information of 100 people. [2]

(b) Find n(T U P U C)’

Answer................................................. [2]
 PAPER II (30 marks)
Q1 a) Shade the following in the Venn diagram

i. (A ՍB) ՍC [1]

ii. A’ႶB’ [1]

iii. (A ՍB) ႶC [1]

 iv. (A U B)’ [1]

v. (A U B) Ⴖ(A U C) [1]

Q1 b) It is given that the universal set

ᶓ = {x: 2 ≤ x ≤ 20, x is an integer},

X = {x: 4 < x < 15, x is an integer},

Y = {x: x ≥ 9, x is an integer},

Z = {x: x is a multiple of 5}.

i. List the elements of X ႶY.

Answer................................................. [2]
 ii. List the elements of X ՍY.

Answer................................................. [2]
iii. Find (X ՍY)’ ႶZ.

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

Q2. The temperature of a cup of coffee exponentially decays from 60°C by r % each hour. After 3 hours, the
temperature is 18°C.

(a) Write down an equation in terms of r.

Answer................................................. [1]

(b) Find the value of r.

Answer................................................. [3]

Q3. Luc is painting the doors in his house. He uses 3/4 of a tin of paint for each door. Work out the least
number of tins of paint Luc needs to paint 7 doors.

Answer................................................. [3]
 Q4. A shop sells dress fabric for $2.97 per metre.

(a) A customer buys 9 metres of this fabric. Calculate the change he receives from $50.

Answer................................................. [2]
(b) The selling price of $2.97 per metre is an increase of 8% on the cost price. Calculate the cost
price.

Answer................................................. [3]

Q5. The population of a village is 6400. The population is decreasing exponentially at a rate of r% per year.
After 22 years, the population will be 2607. Find the value of r.

Answer................................................. [3]

Q6. Amira drives 40 km to work.

(a) Amira takes x minutes to drive the first 30 km of the journey. Show that her average speed in km/h
𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟎
for the first 30 km of the journey is
𝒙

Answer................................................. [1]
 𝟔𝟎𝟎
(b) Amira's average speed in km/h for the final 10km of the journey is .
𝒙−𝟐𝟓
Her average speed for the first 30km of the journey is 8km/h slower than her average speed for the
final 10km. Form an equation in x and show that it simplifies to x2 + 125 x – 5625 = 0

Answer................................................. [3]