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1. The code for General Mathematics is 4.
2. There are 7 printed pages in the question booklet.
DEPARTMENT OF
3. An Electronic Answer Sheet for Part A, 2 pages Part B Answer
EDUCATION
Booklet and a 1 page formula sheet are inserted in the question
booklet.
UPPER SECONDARY 4. There are two parts to this paper. Answer ALL questions
SCHOOL
CERTIFICATE Part A: Multiple Choice (Questions 1 – 30) 30 marks
EXAMINATIONS This section will be electronically marked.

All answers to the Multiple Choice Part MUST be answered on the

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MATHEMATICS Carefully following the instructions, fill in your Candidate
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Paper 1
Monday Choose A or B or C or D from the alternatives given and use a HB
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13th October 2014 Answer Sheet.

If you make a mistake, rub the shading out completely using an

Time allowed: eraser and shade in your correct alternative clearly.

2 hours and 30 minutes Part B: Short Answer (Questions 31 – 50) 20 marks

(8:00am – 10:30 am) Write your name, your school name and your 10-digit candidate
number on the Part B Answer Sheet provided.
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MG 1
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PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (QUESTIONS 1 to 30) 30 MARKS

Answer each question by shading in with HB pencil, the circle directly under the correct alternative A, B, C
or D. If you make a mistake, rub it out completely using an eraser rubber and shade the correct answer on
the Electronic Answer Sheet.
QUESTION 1 QUESTION 5

520 metres is equivalent to A car depreciated at an annual rate of 10%. If the car
cost K75, 000 when new, how much is the car worth
A. 0.52 km B. 520 cm after 4 years?

C. 5.2 km D. 5, 200 mm A. K25, 792.50 B. K34, 807.50

QUESTION 2 C. K49, 207.50 D. K109, 807.50

2
The graph of the equation g + 3h = 11 is
QUESTION 6
A. exponential B. linear
Jacob’s base salary for 80 hours is K720. Overtime is
paid for at time-and-a-half. If he is paid K828 in a
C. parabolic D. hyperbolic certain pay period, how many overtime hours did he
work?

QUESTION 3 A. 9 hours B. 8 hours

Which of the following PNG artefacts cannot be

tessellated? C. 7 hours D. 6 hours

A. Bilum B. Basket
QUESTION 7

C. Bamboo blind D. Wood carving

Which of the following graphs relates to an
exponential equation?

QUESTION 4

The value of x in the diagram is

A. 180° B. 90°

C. 45° D. 30°
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QUESTION 8 QUESTION 12

A car travels 6 km on two litres of petrol. How far will In the diagram θ = 135°, the vector OA is
the car travel on 5 litres?
A. !i + j
A. 3 km B. 6 km
B. !i ! j
C. 12 km D. 15 km
C. i! j
QUESTION 9
D. i+ j
What is the actual distance in metres between two
points that are 6.3 cm apart on a map whose scale is
1:1000 is QUESTION 13

A. 6, 300 B. 630 For the following frequency distribution,

C. 63 D. 6.3 Class 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 Total

Frequency 17 26 82 30 155
QUESTION 10
the percentage of values below 60 is
The range of the data set {11, 32, 17, 41, 19, 8, 63, 28}
A. 53 B. 68
is
C. 81 D. 90
A. 17 B. 63

C. 8 D. 55 QUESTION 14

A woman borrows K80, 000 to start a business. The

QUESTION 11 bank charges 20% interest for the duration of the loan
repayment period. How much would she pay per
Kosta earns K1, 400 per month. His expenditure per month if she is to repay the loan in two years?
month is
A. K400 B. K2, 400
Phone bill: K100
Water bill: K100 C. K4, 000 D. K16, 000
Insurance: K50
Rent: K400
Food: K400 QUESTION 15
His annual saving is A class of 53 students has 31 males. If a student is
selected at random from the class, the probability that
A. K420 B. K1, 200 the selected student is female is

A. 21 percent B. 50 percent
C. K350 D. K4, 200

C. 42 percent D. 58 percent
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QUESTION 16 QUESTION 20

In the given semi-circle, centre O, !BAO = 60° . The The solutions of the simultaneous equations
triangle ABC is 6m + 5n = 28 and 7 ! m = 2n are
A. right-angled

B. isosceles A. m = 2!!and !!n = 3

C. equilateral B. m = !3!!and !!n = 2

D. scalene C. m = 3!!and !!n = 2

D. m = 3!!and !!n = !2
QUESTION 17
QUESTION 21
From a point on a power post 9 metres above ground
level, the angle of depression of Fred’s head is 30 If a card is drawn at random from a standard pack of
degrees. How far is Fred from the power post, if he is 52 playing cards, the probability that it is a Jack OR a
1.6 metres tall. Diamond is

A. 8.54 m B. 10.39 m A. 0.25 B. 0.31

C. 0.02 D. 0.75
C. 12.82 m D. 15.59 m

QUESTION 22
QUESTION 18
K2, 000 is invested at 5% compounded annually.
Which of the following scatter diagrams relates to a
data set in which the variables are negatively linearly What is the investment value after 5 years?
correlated?
y • y A. K2, 540 B. K1, 255
•

C. K255 D. K2, 552.56

QUESTION 23

The sum of the roots of x 2 ! 3x !18 = 0

A. –3 B. 3
QUESTION 19

In a sale, a discount of 30% was allowed on the C. 6 D. 9

marked price of a mattress. A customer paid K250 for
the mattress. What was its price before the discount?

A. K833.33 B. K75

C. K175 D. K357.14
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QUESTION 24 Question 28

The lengths in this diagram are in centimetres. The

In rectangle ABCD, CB and AB represents vectors
area of the shape is
u and v respectively and vector AC is represented in
terms of u and v as

A. v+u B. v!u

C. !v ! u D. !v + u

QUESTION 29

In the diagram O is the centre of the circle. The size of

the angle labelled ‘m’ is

A. 43 cm2 B. 49 cm2

C. 57 cm2 D. 58 cm2

QUESTION 25
The solutions of the equation t 2 + 4t = 21 are

A. t = 3!!or!!t = !7 A. 30° B. 60°

B. t = 7!!or!!t = !3
C. 90° D. 110°
C. t = 3!!or!!t = 7

D. t = !3!!or!!t = !7
QUESTION 30

The perimeter of this figure with a semi circular top is

QUESTION 26

The mean of the data set (42, 53, 16, 21, 31) is

A. 32.6 B. 18.9

C. 2.4 D. 66.6

QUESTION 27

An equivalent expression of y = 5 x is  
A.   16 + !       B.   16 + 2!  
A. y = log 5 x B. x = log 5 y

C. 5 = log x y D. x = log y 5 C. 16 + 3! D. 16 + 4!
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SECTION B: SHORT ANSWERS QUESTION 38

Carefully work out your answers and write down your
Find the value of x in the diagram below.
final answers only in the space provided on your
Section B Answer booklet.

QUESTION 31

The standard deviation of a data set is 4.2. What is the

variance of the data set?

QUESTION 32
QUESTION 39
Express 0.00052 in standard index form.
Solve the simultaneous equations 2g + 7h = 13 and
6h ! 4g = 14 . Write your answers as decimals.
QUESTION 33

( ) , what is the
If w = 42 ! 6.1 8
v
value of w when
QUESTION 40
v =3?
The incomes of Jude and Jake are in the ratios of 2:5.
If Jake earns K800, how much does Jude earn?
QUESTION 34

The estimated regression of s on t is: s = 15 ! 2.4t .

QUESTION 41
Predict the value that s would have if t = 3.8 .
A young man buys a motorbike for K2, 500 on
instalment. A deposit of 20% is paid and interest of
QUESTION 35 15% is charged on the balance. How much interest will
he pay?
Find three consecutive whole numbers whose average
is 27.
QUESTION 42

QUESTION 36 Let ABCDEF be a regular hexagon.

The principle of K2, 000 is invested at the rate of 8%

per annum. How many years of investment will return
a simple interest of K720?

QUESTION 37

The first quartile and the inter-quartile range of a data

set are 17.1 and 28.3 respectively. What is the third
quartile?
Express vector DF in terms of a, b and c.
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Question 43 and 44 refer to the diagram below. QUESTION 46
K1, 000 is invested at 5% compounded per annum.
Calculate the interest earned after four years.

QUESTION 47

A bag contains three red, two blue and four black

marbles.
One marble is drawn at random from the bag. What is
the probability that the selected is blue?

QUESTION 48

A contour of top town is shown above. Points B and C Shade the region z ! 2 p + 5 , showing where the
are at sea level and the top of the hill A has a altitude boundary cuts the axes.
of 210 metres.
To reach the top of the hill, Tom has the choice of two
paths BA and CA. QUESTION 49

Jeff makes a loss of 20% as a result of selling his car

QUESTION 43 for K15, 000. How much did he pay for the car?

Which part would be the steepest walk to the top of the

hill? QUESTION 50
A ship sails for 100 km on the bearing 030°. It sails for
QUESTION 44 another 200 km on the bearing of 170°.

Justify your answer to Question 43. Draw the diagram showing the path of the ship.

QUESTION 45

Find the size of angle p, given q = 30°. O is the centre

of the circle.

END OF EXAMINATION
GENERAL MATHEMATICS - PAPER 1 Write your name, your province and school code and your
candidate number correctly and clearly in the space provided
below.

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PART B - ANSWER BOOKLET 14

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School Name: ________________________________________

This answer booklet is for you to write the answers to Part B only.

All Multiple Choice Answers should be on the Electronic Mark

Sheet.

All answers must be written neatly in the appropriate spaces in this

booklet. Answers written elsewhere on the question paper (or
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ANSWERS TO PART B ONLY

 
Question  31     Question  41  

 
Question  32     Question  42  

 
Question  33     Question  43  

 
Question  34     Question  44  

 
Question  35     Question  45  

       

 
Question  36     Question  46  

 
Question  37     Question  47  

 
 

Question  38   Question  48  

 
Question  39     Question  49  

 
 

Question  40   Question  50  

 HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS 2014
FORMULAE SHEET FOR GENERAL MATHEMATICS
MENSURATION
!
Arc Length != ! = 2!"
!"#
!
Area of Sector != 2!! !
!"#

Surface Area of Cylinder ! = 2!! ! + 2!"ℎ

Surface Area of Sphere ! = 4!! !
Curved Surface Area of Cone ! = !"#
!
Volume of Sphere ! = !! !
!
!
Volume of Cone ! = !! ! ℎ
!
!
Volume of Pyramid ! = !ℎ
!

Interior Angles of Polygon !! = ! − 2 x 180!

TRIGONOMETRY
! ! !
Sin Rule = =
!"#  ! !"# ! !"# !
! ! !
Cosine Rule ! = ! + ! − 2!" cos !
!
Area of Triangle ! = !" sin !
!

Conversion ! = 180!
!

Arc Length ! = !! !
!
Area of Sector ! = !!!!
!
!
Area of Minor Segment ! = ! ! ! ! − !"#  ! °
!

ALGEBRA
!!± ! ! !!!"
Quadratic Formula != !!

INTEREST
! !
Compound Interest !=! 1+
!""

! !
Depreciation !=! 1−
!""
STATISTICS
!!!
Mean Deviation
!
!!! ! !! !
Variance !! = = − !!
!!! !

!!! ! !! !
Standard Deviation != !!!
= !
− !!