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MINISTRY OF SECONDARY EDUCATION

MINISTERE DES ENSEIGNEMENTS SECONDAIRES
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REGIONAL DELEGATION OF LITTORAL
DELEGATION REGIONALE DU LITTORAL
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SUBJECT CODE PAPER NUMBER

NUMBER
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT 1
575

GENERAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK SUBJECT TITLE

EXAMINATIONS
ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS
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ORDINARY LEVEL MARCH 2021

Time Allowed: One and a half hours

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1. The number of terms in the binomial 8. The number of different arrangements of
letters of the word BILLIBILLI is
expansion of ( )
A.
A. B. !4!4!2!
B. 12 C. !
C. 11
D.
D. 10
9. The sum to infinity of a geometric
2. The value of x for which satisfies the progression with common ratio 1/3 is 27.
equation √ √ is The first term is
A. 9
A.
B. 81
B. 2/3
C. 18
C. 3/4
D. 36
D. 4/3 10. The numerical value of the term
independent of x in the binomial expansion
3. The positive value of m for which
has equal roots is of ( ) is
A. 24 A. 4
B. 2√ B. 1680
C. 2√ C. 70
D. 12 D. 280
4. If are the roots of the equation 11. Given that 2t+1, 4t and 5t+1 are three
the value of is consecutive terms in an arithmetic
A. a - b progression. Then the value of t is
B. A. -2
C. B. 0
D. C. 2
D. 4
5. The value of n that satisfies the equation
12. The first term of an arithmetic progression is
( ) √ is -3 and the twentieth term is 35. The common
A. 0 difference of the progression is
B. A. 7
B. 2
C. 1
C. ½
D. D. -2
6. The nth term of a certain sequence is given by 13. A function is defined by
Sn Then the third term of the
{
sequence is
A. 22 Then the value of ( ) is
B. 10
C. 12 A. -1
D. 11 B. 5/4
7. , expressed in the form √ where C. 3/2
√
D. 2
a, b, c is
A. √
B. √ 14. The function is defined as
C. √
{
D. √
Then the inverse function is
 A. 22. The value of p for which the points (2, 1),
(6, 3) and (4, p) are collinear is
B. A. 2
C. B. 1
C. -1
D.
D. -2
6
15. The value of is 23. The tangent of the acute angle between the
A. 3 lines is
B. 4 A. 2
C. 15 B. 1
D. 30 C. 3
D. -3
16. tan2250 = 24. The range of values of x for which
A. √ is
B. √ A.
C. -1 B.
D. 1 C.
17. D.
A. 25. The values of x for which | | are
B. A. -1, 5
C. B. 1, -5
D. 1 C. 1, 5
18. The values of for which tan √ D. -1, -5
within the range are 26.
A. A.
B. B.
C. C.
D. D.
19. In triange RTS, the value of x is S 27. The derivative of is
A.
X
R 600 B.
A. 4 2 T C.
B. 12 D.
C. 3√
D. 2√ 28. Given that then dy/dx is
20. The equation of the line orthogonal to A.
could be B.
A.
C.
B.
C. D.
D.
21. The distance of the point (1, 1) from the line 29.
is A.
A. 1/2
B. 3/2 B.
C. C.
√
D. √ D.
30. The coordinates of the point on the curve D. 2
where the gradient is 1 are 38. The binary operation * is defined over the set
A. (1, 3) of positive intergers as x*y =
B. (-1, 3) Given that b*4 = 3 , the value of b is
C. (1, -3) A. 2
D. (-1, -3) B. √
31. Given that the radius of a circle is 4cm and C. √
that it is decreasing at the rate of 0.2cm/s,
D. √
then the area is decreasing at the rate of
2
A. 20 /s
2 39. The operation table for the group (G, *),
B. 1.6 /s
2 where G=(1, 4, 7, 13) is shown below
C. 0.8 /s
2 * 1 4 7 13
D. 8 /s
1 1 4 7 13
32. The equation of the tangent to the curve
4 4 1 13 7
which passes through the origin is
7 7 13 4 1
A.
13 13 7 1 4
B.
The inverse of the element 7 is
C.
A. 1
D.
B. 4
33. Evaluating ∫ gives the C. 7
value of k as D. 13
A. 1 40. From the operation on the previous question,
B. -1 the identity element is
C. 2 A. 1
D. -3 B. 4
34. ∫ C. 7
D. 13
A. 5
B. 3/5 41. The transformation T is defined as
C. 2/5 . Which of the
D. 2/3 following is a transformation matrix for T
35. The area in square units bounded by the A. ( )
curve and the lines x = 0 and x
= 1 is B. ( )
A. 2/3 C. ( )
B. 1/3
C. 5/3 D. ( )
D. 3
36. Given the operation * defined on the set
S={ } as a*b = , then the
value of b for which 3*b = 4 is 42. A certain transformation T is defined by
A. 1 the image of the
B. 2 point (4, -2) is
C. 3 A. (6, 6)
D. 4 B. (4, -2)
37. The identity element for the operation * C. (6, 10)
defined by x*y = xy + x + y in the set of real D. (6, -10)
numbers is
A. 0 43. The invariant line under the transformation
B. -1
C. 1 M, where M = ( ) is
 A. D. 23
B. 49. The value of x for which is
C. A. 16
D. B. -4
C. ¼
44. The transformation matrix ( )
D. --1/3
represents
A. A rotation through 900 clockwise centred 50. The value of is
at the origin (0, 0) A. 96/5
B. A rotation through 900 anticlockwise B. 8
centred at the origin (0, 0) C. 4
C. A reflection on the x – axis D. 3/5
D. An enlargement
45. The vector perpendiculat to the vector
is
A.
B. STOP. NOW GO BACK AND
C. CHECK YOUR WORK.
D.
46. The vector equation of the line parallel to
the vector and passing through the
point (1, 2) is
A.
B.
C.
D.

47. The direction vector of the line ⃗

) is
A.
B.
C.
D.

48. Given that ⃗ and ⃗ , then

⃗ ⃗
A. 11
B. 5
C. 19