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The document is an examination paper for Form 4 Mathematics at New Hope Academy, covering various topics including algebra, fractions, base conversions, geometry, and statistics. It consists of two sections with multiple questions requiring calculations, graphing, and problem-solving. The exam is timed for 2 hours and includes both short answer and longer response questions.

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The document is an examination paper for Form 4 Mathematics at New Hope Academy, covering various topics including algebra, fractions, base conversions, geometry, and statistics. It consists of two sections with multiple questions requiring calculations, graphing, and problem-solving. The exam is timed for 2 hours and includes both short answer and longer response questions.

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NEW HOPE ACADEMY

END OF FIRST TERM EXAMINATIONS


FORM 4
MATHEMATICS PAPER 2
2024
TIME: 2 HOURS

Section A: Answer all Questions


1.
a) Factorise completely y2 +10y-24, [2]
b) Factorise completely 27 – 3x2 [2]
2.
2 4
a) Show that - reduces to 3x2 + 3x – 4 = 0.
1−X X
[3]
b) Solve the equation 3x2 + 3x – 4 = 0, giving your answer correct to three
significant figures. [5]
2 x−1 3 x −5
3. Express - as a single fraction in its lowest terms.
4 12
[3]
p−2 x
a) Make x the subject of formula y =
x
[3]
4.
a) Express 1 x 35 + 2 x 33 + 3 as a number in base 3. [2]
b) Convert 10110 to a number in base 9. [3]
c) Evaluate 2037 – 1547 , giving answer in base 7. [3]
5. The diagram shows a quadrilateral ABCD with BC = 8 cm, AC = 12 cm. CAD = 46,5
and ABC = ACD= 90o.
a) Calculate AB, [2]

mark m (%) frequency

0<m≤ 20 0
20<m≤30 5
30<m≤40 19
40<m≤50 18
50<m≤ 60 16
60<m≤ 70 14
70<m≤80 4
80<m≤ 90 2
90<m≤100 2
b) Calculate CD. [2]
c) Calculate the area of quadrilateral ABCD. [2]

6.
a) A shop sells a refrigerator at $ 540. In the previous year the cost
of the same type of a refrigerator was 8 % less.
Calculate the cost price of the same type of refrigerator in the previous year. [2]
b) Solve the equation 9m-1 = 27 [2]

Section B
Answer all 3 questions.
Each question carries 12 marks.
7. The table shows of values for the function y = x(5-x)
1
2
x -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
y -3 0 2 3 p 2 0 -3
a) Find the value of p. [1]

x(5-x) for -1≤x≤ 6 and -4 ≤y≤ 4.


1
b) Draw the graph of for y =
2
[4]
i. Use the graph to estimate the maximum value of y, [1]
ii. range of values of x for which y is positive. [1]
iii. Draw the straight-line y = x-1, and hence use the graph solve
the equation y = x(5-x) = x-1.
1
2
[3]
c) Find the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the lines x = 2 and x = 4.
[2]
8.The marks obtained by 80 students in a Mathematics test are shown in the table.
a) Estimate the mean mark for the students’ test marks. [3]

The following is an incomplete cumulative frequency table for the distribution.

Mark (%) m≤20 m≤30 m≤40 m≤50 m≤60 m≤70 m≤80 m≤90 m≤100

Cumulative
frequency 0 5 24 42 58 72 q 78 80

Find the value of q. [1]

b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve to illustrate this information. [4]


c) Showing your method clearly on the graph, use your graph to estimate
the
1. median mark, [3]
2. number of students whose marks were more than 45 %
but less than 75 %.
9.

The diagram shows three points, P, Q and R such that P is 4 km North of


Q and R is 6 km from P on a bearing of 0730.
Calculate
(i) QR [4]
(ii) PQR, [4]
(iii) the bearing of R from Q to the nearest degree. [4]

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