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MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2009
1. Evaluate
1 4
(a) 2 +1 , [1]
4 5
5 3 3
(b) − ÷ [1]
8 8 4
2. (a) Express 65% as a fraction in its lowest terms. [1]
(b) The operation * is defined over R by x*y = (x-y)2. Find 2*3. [1]
3. Express 0.0245 in scientific notation correct to 2 significant figures. [2]

4. (a) Find the exact value of 16 — (3 + 7) + 2 + 6 x 3. [1]
(b) Express 0.06 as a common fraction in its lowest terms. [1]
5. PQRST is a regular pentagon. QR and TS are produced to
meet at U. Calculate ∠ZRUS. [2]
6. Given that p = -2, q = 8 and r = 12, evaluate
(a) r - q, [1]
(b) q2 - pr, [1]
(c) [1]
7. It is given that V varies inversely as the square of t. Some

corresponding values of V and t are given in the table below.
Find the values of k (the constant of variation), a and b. [3]

8. Solve the simultaneous equations
2x = 5y,
x -2y = 3. [3]
9. (a) A set P has 16 subsets. Find n(P). [1]
(b) On the Venn diagram in the answer space, shade the region represented
by P' ∩ Q. [2]
10. Given that f(x) =12 — 3x, find
(a) f(-3), [1]
(b) f -1 (-3) [2]

11. A box contains blue, green, black and red marbles. Given that
2 1 1
P(green) = , P(red) = and P(black) =
5 4 5
(a) Find P (blue). [2]
(b) Find the least number of marbles that must be in the box to
suit these probabilities. [1]
12. (a) Factorise completely 3h4 - 12h. [1]

(b) If two men can dig a well in 3 days, how many more men are
needed if the work is to be completed in 2 days and working
at the same rate? [2]
13. (a) In the diagram below, AC is a straight line, BC=9cm, BD=15cm
and Sin ABD=0.6. Calculate the area of triangle BCD. [3]
(b) For the sequence 1, 4, 7, ….. , find the 20th term. [1]

14. (a) Find the value of [1]

(b) On a certain day, the exchange rate was US$1 to K3 750 and
British £1 to K5 250. Based on these rates, what would be the
cost, in dollars, of a car costing £900? [3]
15. (a) Solve the equation
[2]
(b) In the diagram below, AE, BF and CG are straight lines.
CG is parallel to DF, ZEDF=119° and ZABF=100°.
Calculate
(i) ∠ACG, [1]
(ii) ∠GHF. [1]
16. (a) (i) Find column vector m such that
[2]
(ii) Hence find [1]
−1
(b) Given that → ( ), find → in component form. [1]
AB 9 BA
𝑚
2 0 3 −4 15
17. (a) Given that( ) ( ) ( ), find the value of m and n. [1]
0 3 𝑛 1 2
(b) (i) Complete the figure below so that it is symmetrical about AB.
(ii) State the order of rotational symmetry of a regular hexagon. [1]

18. (a) In the diagram below, AB = 7cm and AP = xcm.
Find x, if AP = 3PB. [1]
8
(b) The translation vector ( ) maps the point (n+3, 2) onto (2n-4, 14).
12
Find the value of n. [2]
4 X
19. For the inequality < , find
X 4
(a) the least positive integer x, [2]
(b) the greatest negative integer x satisfying this inequality. [2]
20. (a) Given that x - y = 7 and that x2 - y2 = 21, find the value of x and
the value of y. [3]
(b) A die is rolled ten times giving the following scores
2, 5, 3, 1, 4, 6, 2, 1, 2, 2. Find
(i) the median score, [1]
(ii) the mean score. [1]
21. (a) (i) A cyclist arrived at town K from town L after a journey lasting
1½ hours. What time did he start off from L if he arrived at 10 10
hours? [1]
(ii) If the cyclist's average speed was 6km/h, what is the distance
between K and L? [2]
(b) Two towns lie on the same meridian. Find the difference in latitudes
between these two towns if they are 200 nautical miles apart. [2]
22. The diagram shows the velocity-time graph of a particle during a

period of t seconds.
Calculate
(a) the acceleration of the particle in the first 10 seconds, [1]

(b) the value of t, if it travelled 50m from the 20th second, [2]
(c) the average speed of the particle for the whole journey. [2]
23. Cans are often arranged as shown below, in some shops.

(a) Complete the table in the answer space.
(b) Write down a formula for the number of cans, C, in terms of n. [2]
(c) If there are 10 rows, how many cans are there altogether? [1]
(d) How many rows would be needed to display 78 cans? [2]
SOLUTIONS FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2009

1 4 3. 0.0245 = 2.5 x 10 -2
1. (a) 2 +1
4 5
9 9 4. (a) 16 – (3+7) ÷ 2 + 6 x 3
= −
4 5
= 16 – 10 ÷ 2 + 18
45+36 𝟏
= = 4 = 16 – 5 + 18
20 𝟐𝟎
= 29
5 3 3
(b) − ÷ 6 𝟑
8 8 4 (b) 0.06 = =
100 𝟓𝟎
5 3 4
= − 𝑋 360 360
8 8 3
5. = = 72o ∠ RUS = 72o
5 1 𝑛 5
= −
8 2 6. (a) r – q = 12 – 8 = 4
5−4 𝟏
= =
8 𝟖
(b) q2 – pr = (8)2 – (-2)(12)
65 𝟏𝟑 = 64 + 24 = 88
2. (a) =
100 𝟐𝟎
3
(b) 2*3 = 6 x 2 + 3 = 15 (c) √8 = 2
x – 2y = 3
7. V ∝
1
= V=
1
k x – 2 (6) = 3
𝑡2 𝑡2 x – 12 = 3
The value of k x = 3 + 12 = 15
25 =
1
k = 25 = 𝑘
1 9. (a) n (P) » 2n = 16
22 4
2n = 42
K = 100 n=4
The value of a
1 1
V= 2 k » a = x 100
𝑡 52
100
a= = 4
25
The value of b
10 (a) f (-3) = 12 – 3 (-3)
1 1 1 = 12 + 9 = 21
V= k » = x 100
𝑡2 4 𝑏2
2 (b) f -1 (-3) ≫ 𝑓: 𝑥 → 12 − 3𝑥
» b = 400
y = 12 – 3x
12𝑦
b = √400 = 20 x=
3
8. 2x = 5y 12 − 𝑥
𝑓 −1 (𝑥 ) =
x – 2y = 3 3
x = 3 + 2y 12 − (−3)
𝑓 −1 (−3) =
3
2(3 + 2y) = 5y
6 + 4y = 5y 12 + 3
= =𝟓
6 = 5y – 4y 3
y=6
2 1 𝟏𝟑
11.(a) P (blue) = + =
5 4 𝟐𝟎
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13 1 13−5 8 𝟐 15 (𝑎) 6𝑥 − 1 =
(b) − = = = 𝑥
20 4 20 20 𝟓
6x2 – x – 2 = 0
6x2 + 3x – 4x – 2 = 0
12 (a) 3h 4 – 12h = 3h (h3 – 4)
3x(2x + 1) – 2 (2x + 1) = 0
(b) 2 men → 3 days (2x +1) (3x – 2) = 0
X → 2days
2x + 1 = 0 or 3x – 2 = 0
2 2
= → 𝑥 = 3 𝑚𝑒𝑛 2x = -1 or 3x = 2
𝑥 3
−𝟏 𝟐
𝑥= 𝑜𝑟 𝑥 =
13. (a) Area = ½ ab sin B 𝟐 𝟑
= ½ x 9 x 15 x 0.6
(b)(i) ∠ACG = 180o – 100o = 80o
= 40cm2
(ii) ∠GHF = 20o (vertically
(b) 1, 4, 7… Tn = a + (n – 1)d opposite angels)
= 1 + (20 – 1) 3
−5 −8
= 1 + (19) 3 16 (a)(i) ( ) − 𝑚 = ( )
2 6
= 58
−5 − 𝑚 = −8
14.(a)
3
√−8 = -2 ( )
2 − 𝑚 = 6
(b) £1 = 𝑘5250 −5 + 8 = 𝑚
( )
2 − 6 = 𝑚
£900 = 𝑥
X = k 4725, 000 −5 + 8 3
( ) = ( )
2 − 6 −4
$ 1 = 3750 𝟑
m = ( )
−𝟒
X = 4725, 000
3750 X = 4725000 3
(ii) |𝑚| =
−4
X = $1260

(b) ⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑
𝐴𝐵 = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 (ii) 2
18(a) AP = 3PB
AP + 3PB = 7
= √(−1)2 + (10)2
x + 3x =7
4x = 7
= √1 + 100 x = 1.75
= √101 8
(b) ( ) (n + 3, 2) (2n – 4, 14)
12
= 10.05
n+3=8 2n – 4 = 12
𝑚 n=8–3 2n = 12 + 4
2 0 3 −4 15
17 (b) [ ][ ] = [ ] n=5 2n = 16
0 3 𝑛 1 2
n=8
(2 x m ) + (0 x − 4) + ( 3 x 1) 15
[ ]=[ ] (5, 2) (8, 14)
(0 x m ) + (3 x − 4) + ( 𝑛 x 1) 2
2𝑚 + 0 + 3 15 19. (a) <

4 𝑥
[ ]=[ ]
0 + (−12) + 𝑛 2 𝑥 4
x2 = 16
2𝑚 + 3 = 15 x=4
[ ] (b) – 4
−12 + 𝑛 = 2
2m + 3 = 15 -12 + n = 2 20. (a) x – y = 7

2m = 15 – 3 n = 2 +12 x2 – y2 = 21
2m = 12 n = 14
m=6 x =7+y
(b) (i)
(7 + y)2 – y2 = 21
49 + y2 – y2 = 21
y2 – y2 = 21 – 49
(y – 1) (y + 1) = 28
y – 1 = 28 or y + 1 = 28
y = 29 or y = 27
x = 7 + 29 or x = 7 + 27
x = 36 or x = 34
(b)(i) median = 1,1,2,2,2,2,3,4,5,6

2+2 23 (a)
= =2
2
1+1+2+2+2+2+3+4+5+6
(ii) Mean =
10
28
= = 2.8
10
21(a)(i) 10 10 (b) n = c
1 30
(c) 30
9 30
𝑠 6 (d) 25 rows
(ii) d = = = 6km
𝑡 1
(b) 200nm
22 (a) v = u + at
10 = 30 + a (2)
2a = - 20
a = - 2m/s2
(b) A = ½bh
50 = ½ (t – 20) 10
50 = 5t – 100
5t = 150
t = 30s
(c) d = area A + area B + area C

= 100 + 200 + 50
= 350m
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 350
A.V Speed = =
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 30
2
= 11 𝑚/𝑠
3

1. Find the exact value of

2 3
(a) 1 − , [1]
3 4
(b) 2.16 ÷ 0.03. [1]

2. (a) Express 0.52 as a fraction, giving your answer in its lowest terms. [1]
21
(b) Express as a percentage. [1]
40
3. Express 4 995 257 in scientific notation correct to 3 significant figures. [2]

4. (a) Set A has 32 subsets. Find n(A). [1]
(b) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram below.
[1]
2 X 3 10
5. Given that ( ) ( ) = ( ), find the value of x. [2]
−4 1 4 −8
6. (a) How many lines of symmetry does a regular heptagon have? [1]
(b) Convert 0.0075km2 to m2. [2]
2x + y = 4,
x - 2y = 2. [3]
8. (a) Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose exterior angle
is 4°. [1]

(b) In the diagram below, the points A and B are (4, 0) and (0, 8)
respectively.
Find the equation of AB. [2]

4𝑥−3
9. For the function g(x) = ,
2𝑥−5
(a) find g(-1), [1]

(b) find g -1(x). [2]
10. In the diagram below, 0 is the centre of the circle ABCD. BD =
̂ C = 120° and ECT is a tangent at C.
9cm, DT = 3cm, BO

(a) Explain why OCT = 90°. [1]

(b) Calculate the length of CT. [2]
11. For the sequence 7, 9, 11, 13, ... write down,
(a) the eleventh term, [1]
(b) the expression for the nth term. [2]
12. (a) The bearing of a point B from A is 129°. What is the bearing
of A from B? [1]
(b) Describe fully the rotational symmetry of a 72-sided regular
polygon with the centre K. [2]
13. Two towns, P and Q, lie on latitude 43° north. P is on longitude 23 o
west while Q is on longitude x° east.
(a) If the difference in degrees between P and Q is 63°, state the
value of x. [1]
(b) A FIFA World Cup final match is scheduled to kick off at exactly
15 00 hours, local time, at Q. What will be the kick off time at P? [2]
14. A number of drivers travelled between two towns, Kanjisunge and
Kanjipikile, 80km apart. 100 drivers were asked how long it took
them to cover the distance between
Complete the table in the answer space.

Answer:
[3]
̂ T = 90°, QŜT = 42°
15. In the diagram below, PQR is parallel to STV, SQ
and PQ = QT.
Calculate
(a) T𝑄̂R, [1]
(b) P𝑇̂S, [1]
(c) P𝑈̂S. [1]
16. The two tins below are geometrically similar. The ratio of their
volumes is 64:27.
(a) Calculate the ratio of their curved surface areas. [2]

(b) Given that the height of the larger tin is 28cm, calculate the
height of the smaller tin. [2]
17. It is given that x varies inversely as the square of y and directly

as z, and x = 2 when y = 3 and z = 4.
(a) Find k (the constant of variation). [1]
(b) Find y when x = 3 and z = 24. [3]
18. A Grade One pupil has a certain number of Fanta, Coca-Cola
and Sprite bottle tops in her bag. She takes one bottle top at
random from the bag and the probability that it is a Fanta bottle
top is 0.25 and the probability that it is a Sprite bottle top is 0.4.
(a) Find the probability that it is
(i) a Coca-Cola bottle top, [1]
(ii) not a Sprite bottle top. [1]
(b) Originally there were 16 Sprite bottle tops in her bag. Find
the total number of bottle tops that she had. [2]
19. (a) The Highest Common Factor of 24, x and 72 is 6. Find the
greatest possible value of x such that x < 60. [1]
(b) Using as much of the information given below as is necessary,
find the value of √415.
( √4.15 = 2.037, √41.5 = 6.442) [2]
(c) A father left a sum of money to be shared between his two
children, Kabaso and Lushomo, in the ratio 2:3 respectively.
What was the total amount left by the father, if Lushomo's
share was K2 565 000. [2]
20. Study the diagram in the answer space and answer the questions below.
(a) On the diagram draw ∆X1Y1Z1, the image of ∆XYZ under a
reflection in the line x = 0. [1]
(b) ∆X1 Y1Z1 can be mapped onto ∆X2Y2Z2 by a single
transformation P. Name the transformation P. [1]
(c) Describe fully a single transformation which maps ∆XYZ
onto ∆X2Y2Z2 [3]

21. (a) Find the integer n such that n + 3 < 11< n + 5 [1]
4u2 1
(b) Factorize completely − [2]
a2 9
[2]
22. (a) Mr Saukani takes three hours to drive from town A to town B at
a speed of 80km/h. How long would it take him to drive from town
A to town B if he increased his speed to 96km/h? [2]
(b) The diagram below shows triangle PQR with vertices P( -1, 2),
Q(2, 2) and R(-1, -1).
Write down the three inequalities which define the region inside
the triangle PQR. [4]
23. The diagram below shows the speed-time graphs of two trains
leaving a station at the same time. Train A accelerates uniformly
from rest to a speed of 50m/s in 4 seconds. It moves at this speed
for 6 seconds before coming to rest in a further 2 seconds. Train
B accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of v m/s in 6 seconds
then comes to rest in a further 6 seconds.
(a) Given that the trains moved the same distance, calculate the
maximum speed, v, of train B. [3]
(b) Find the distance between the trains during the first 6 seconds. [4]

2 3 20−12 𝟐 3. 5.00 x 106
1. (a) 1 − = =
3 4 12 𝟑
(b) 2.16 ÷ 0.03 = 2.19
216 3 216 100 4. (a) n (A) = 2n = 32
÷ = × = 72
100 100 100 3 2n = 25  n = 5
52 𝟏𝟑
2. (a) = (b) (𝐁 ∪ 𝐂) ∪ 𝐀′
100 𝟐𝟓
21
(b) × 100 = 52.5%
40

2 𝑥 3 10
5. ( )( ) = ( )
−4 1 4 −8 360
8. (a) Exterior angles =
𝑛
(2 x 3) + (𝑥 x 4) 360 360
10 4= −→ 𝑛 =
( )=( ) 𝑛 4
(−4 x 3) + (1x 4) −8
6 + 4𝑥 n = 90 sides
10
( )=( ) 𝑦2 −𝑦1
−12 + 4 −8 (b) 𝑦 − 𝑦1 = ( ) (𝑥 − 𝑥1)
6 + 4x = 10 𝑥2 −𝑥1
4x = 10 – 6  x = 1 8−0
𝑦−0=( ) ( 𝑥 − 4)
0 −4
6 (a) 7 lines of symmetry 8
𝑦= (𝑥 − 4)
−4
(b) 1 km2 = 1000000 m2 𝑦 = −2 (𝑥 − 4)
0.0075 = x
y = - 2x + 8  y + 2x – 8 = 0
x = 7500 m2
7. 2x + y = 4 4 (−1)−3 7
9. (a) 𝑔 (−1) = = = 1
x – 2y = 2  x = 2 + 2y 2 (−1)−5 7
4𝑥−3
2x + y = 4 (b) 𝑔−1 (𝑥) → 𝑓: 𝑥 =
2𝑥−5
2 (2 + 2y) + y = 4 4𝑥 − 3
𝑦=
4 + 4y + y = 4 2𝑥 − 5
5y = 4 – 4 2xy – 5y = 4x – 3
5y = 0  y = 0 2xy – 4x = 5y – 3
2x (y – 2) = 5y – 3
x – 2y = 2
5𝑦 − 3 5𝑦 − 3
x – 2 (0) = 2 2𝑥 = −→ 𝑥 =
𝑦−2 2𝑦 − 4
x–0=2 x= 2
5𝑥 − 3
𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒, 𝑔−1 (𝑥) =
2𝑥 − 4

10. (a) because the tangent to a 15(a) T𝑄̂R = 180 – 90 + 42 = 48o

circle is perpendicular to the radius
at the point of contact. 48
(b) P𝑇̂S = = 24o
2
(b) CT = 180 o - 120 o = 60o ̂S = 180 – 114 = 66O

(c) P𝑈
11. (a) Tn = a + (n – 1) d 3 3
T11 = 7 +(11 – 1) 2 16. (a) √64 ∶ √27 = 4 : 3
T11 = 7 + 10 x 2 = 27 Hence ratio area = 42 : 32 = 16 : 9
4 → 28
(b) Tn = a + (n -1)d (b)  4h = 3 x 28
3 → ℎ
= 7 + (n -1) 2 h = 21cm
= 7 + 2n – 2 1
17.(a) x ∝ z
= 2n + 5 y2
k
x= z
12. (a) 360O – 129O = 231O y2
k
2= x 4  K = 4.5
32
(b) It has the order of rotational symmetry of
72 and the center of rotation is the
k 4.5
intersection of diagonals at centre K (b) x = z  3= x 24
y2 y2
 y = √36 = 6
13. (a) 43o – 23o = 20o
(b) 21 00 hrs
18.(a) (i) P (c) + P(f) = 1
P (c) + 0.25 = 1
14.
P(c) = 1 – 0.25 = 0.75
(ii) p (s) + p(not s) = 1

0.4 + p(not s) = 1
P(not s) = 1 – 0.4 = 0.6
(b) 0.4 + 0.25 + 0.75 + 0.6 + 16 = 18

19.(a) 72 – 24 = 48 4
21.(c) ( x 2) +
1
=
16+3
=
19
=3
1
3 2 6 6 6
(b) √415 = 20.372 3 → 80 3 → 96

22. (a) 
𝑥 → 96 𝑥 → 80
(c) 2 + 3 = 5 96 x = 2.5 hours
3
x 𝑦 = 2565000
5
3𝑦 (b)
= 2565000
5
𝑦 = k4,275,000 23. (a) 𝐴 =
1
(𝑎 + 𝑏 ) ℎ
2
1
20.(a) 𝐴= (6 + 12) 50 = 450m
2
(b) A = b x h  450 = 6 x V
6V = 450  V = 75m/s
(c)
1
(b) Train A : 𝐴 = (𝑎 + 𝑏 ) ℎ
2
21. (a) n = 6 1
𝐴= (2 + 6) 50 = 200m
2
4𝑢2 1 2𝑢 2 1 2
(b) − =( ) − ( ) Train B: A = ½ bh = ½ x 6 x 75
𝑎2 9 𝑎 3
= 225m
2𝑢 1 2𝑢 1
 ( + )( − )
𝑎 3 𝑎 3

1 Evaluate
(a) 7.007 x 0.7, [1]
5 3
(b) − [1]
6 10
3 7
2. Find the fraction that is exactly halfway between and [2]
4 16
3. The total number of pupils at Kalele, Mwela and Laleu Basic Schools in 2006
was 5 997. Express this number in standard form to the nearest hundred.
4. Evaluate
(a) 5 - 3 x 2 ÷ 3, [1]
2
(b) 64 .3 [1]
5. Shade A' ∩(B ∪ C) in the Venn diagram in the answer space.
[2]
1
6. (a) Given that x = - 4 and y = , find the value of xy - x2.
2
(b) The ratio of the surface areas of two similar bottles is 4:9.
What is the ratio of their volumes?
7. (a) Write the next number in the sequence 2, -8, 32, -128, • • • [1]
(b) Write the nth term of the sequence 5, 7, 9, 11, • • • [2]

2x + y = 1,
3x - 2y = -9. [3]
3 1
9. A function f is defined as f(x) = ,x ≠ −
5x+1 5
Find
(a) f(1), [1]
(b) x, if f(x) = 6. [2]
10. (a) The figure below shows ∆ABC in which AC = 5cm. Given
that Sin B = 0.5, cos B = 0.9 and tan B = 0.6, calculate the length
of BC. [1]
(b) Solve the equation (y + 7)2 = 9. [2]

11. (a) The histogram in the answer space shows the distribution of
the age groups A, B and C in a certain village. It is given that
group A has 1 person.
(i) How many people are in group B? [1]
(ii) If group D has 25 people and the height of its bar is 5,
complete the diagram by including group D.
0 3
(b) The position vectors of A and B are ( )and( ) respectively.
1 5
Find ⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑
AB [1]
[1]
12. (a) Find the gradient of the line x + 2y = 4. [1]
(b) Convert 40m/s to km/h. [1]
(c) Mr Sengeleti gets a monthly salary of K4 500 000. Calculate
his annual salary. [1]
13. (a) A set has 6 proper subsets. How many elements does it have? [1]
(b) In the diagram below, C is due south of A, AB = BC and the
bearing of B from A is 110°. Find the bearing of C from B. [2]

14. An aeroplane flew from point A(60°S, 30°W) to point B (60°S,

60°E). Using as much of the information given below as is
necessary, find the distance covered by the aeroplane in kilometres.
22
[𝜋 = , R = 6370km, sin 60° = 0.87, cos 60° = 0.50, tan 60° = 1.73]. [3]
7
15. In the diagram below, ABC is a straight line and BS is parallel to UT.
Angle SBV = 64° and BS bisects angle ABV.

Find
(a) A𝐵̂ S, [1]
(b) ̂T,
B𝑈 [1]
(c) S𝐵̂ C [2]
2 0
16. (a) A transformation is represented by a matrix [ ]. A point J
−3 1
is mapped onto the point Y(6, 16) by this matrix. Find the
coordinates of J. [2]
(b) Solve the inequation 2(x - 3) ≤ 5x + 9. [2]
17. (a) Express n in terms of a for 3√𝑛 = 𝑎. [1]
(b) Factorise completely x2y + 2x2 - 9y - 18. [3]
18 (a) In the diagram below, ABCDEF is a regular hexagon and

HEFG is part of a regular pentagon.
Calculate D𝐸̂ H. [2]

4
(b) Express as a single matrix (
)(2 -1). [2]
−3
19. Given that x varies as y and inversely as z2 and that x = 12 when
y = 3 and z = 2, find
(a) the equation connecting x, y and z, [2]
(b) the value of x when y = 3 and z = 4, [1]
(c) the values of z when x = 4 and y = 25. [2]
20 (a) Six pupils obtained the following marks in a Mathematics
Contest: 23, 24, 39, 40, 26, 37. Find the probability that a pupil
selected at random obtained more than 27 marks. [1]
(b) What is the angle of rotational symmetry of a regular pentagon? [2]
(c) The diagram below shows a simple electricity bill for Mrs Bena Kantwa.
Find the cost per unit of electricity. [2]

21. (a) A vegetable garden is in the form of an irregular pentagon

ABCDE shown below. AB = BC = CD = AD, AE = 12m, DE = 5m
and ABC = BCD = DEA = 90°.
(i) Find AD. [1]

(ii) Calculate the perimeter of the garden. [1]
(b) A map is drawn to a scale of 1:200 000. The actual area of a
town is 60 km2. Calculate, in cm2, the area of the town on the
map. [3]
22 In the diagram below, R is the unshaded region.

(a) Write three inequalities which describe the region R. [5]

(b) Find the maximum value of 2x + y, within the region R. [1]
23. The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of a lorry which
starts off from rest and increases its speed at a constant rate for 6
seconds. Then it travels at a constant speed of V1 m/s for 4 seconds.
It again increases its speed constantly for 6 seconds reaching a
maximum speed of V2m/s before it eventually comes to rest a
further 4 seconds.
(a) If the lorry travelled 120m in the first 6 seconds, calculate the
value of V1. [2]
(b) Given that the acceleration of the lorry between 10 and 16 seconds
is 2m/s2, find the value of V2. [2]
(c) Calculate the total distance covered by the lorry. [2]

SOLUTIONS FOR 2011 QUESTION PAPER 1

1.(a) 7.007 x 0.7 = 4.9049 7. (b) Tn = a + (n – 1) d
(b) −
5 3
=
25−6
=
𝟏𝟗 Tn = 5 + (n – 1) 2
6 10 30 𝟑𝟎
= 5 + 2n – 2
3 7 = 2n + 3
2. (a) ( + ) ÷2 =
4 16 8. 2x + y = 1  y = 1 – 2x
(
12+7
)x
1
=
19
x
1
=
𝟏𝟗 3x – 2y = - 9
16 2 16 2 𝟑𝟐
3x – 2 (1 – 2x) = -9
3x + 4x = -9 + 2
3. 5997 = 600 = 6 x 102 7x = -7  x = -1
4. (a) 5 – 3 x 2 ÷ 3 = 3
2
2x + y = 1  2 (-1) + y = 1
3 2
(b) 64 = ( √64) = 42 = 16
3 y =1+2  y=3
3 3 𝟏
9. (a) f (1) = = =
5(1)+1 6 𝟐
3
(b) 6 = → 30𝑥 + 6 = 3
5𝑥+1
−3 𝟏
𝑥= = −
30 𝟏𝟎
𝐴𝐶 5
2 10 (a) sin 𝐵 = −→ 0.5 =
6. (a) 𝑥𝑦 − 𝑥 𝐵𝐶 𝐵𝐶
0.5 BC = 5  BC = 10cm
1
−4 ( ) − (−4)2 = 2 – 16 = 14
2
(b) (y + 7)2 = 9
(b) 4 : 9 (y + 7 )2 = 32  y + 7 = 3
7. (a) 325 = 512 y=3–7 =-4

11(a)(i) 4 x 2 = 8 people 15. (a) ABS = 64o

(ii)
(b) 180 – 64 = 116o
(c) SBC = 180 – 64 + 58 = 58o
2 0 (
16. (a) ( ) 6 16) =
−3 1
(2x 6) + (0 x16)
( )=
(−3x6) + (1x16
12 + 0 12
( )= ( ) J (12, -2)
−18 + 16 −2
(b) 2(𝑥 − 3) ≤ 5𝑥 + 9
0 3 3 0 2𝑥 − 6 ≤ 5𝑥 + 9
(b) ( ) ( ) = ( ) ( )
1 5 5 1 2𝑥 − 5𝑥 ≤ 9 + 6
3x0 0 −3𝑥 ≤ 15
( ) = ( )
5x 1 5 𝑥 ≥ −5
12. (a) x + 2y = 4
2y = - x + 4 17.(a) 3√𝑛 = 𝑎  3√𝑎 = 𝑛
1
y=− 𝑥+4
2
1 (b) x2y + 2x2 – 9y – 18
𝑚= − x (xy + 2x) – 9 (y + 2)
2
12.(c) 4500 000 x 12
= k 54,000,000 360
18. (a) Exterior angle=
𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠
360
13.(a) 3 elements = 60o
6
(b) 360 o – 40 o = 320 o
4 (
(b) ( ) 2 −1) =
14. −3
4x2 + 4x − 1 12
( )=( )
3x2 + 3x − 1 −3

1 𝑘
19.(a) 𝑥 ∝ 𝑦 → 𝑥=𝑦
𝑧2 𝑧2
𝑘 22. (a) 𝑥 < 3,
12 = 3 x 2 → 𝑘 = 16 𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑥 ≥ 7
2
16
𝑥=𝑦 2 (b) 2x + y = 7
𝑧
1
(b) 𝑥 = 𝑦
16
=𝑥 =3x
16 23.(a) 𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ
2
𝑧2 42 1
x=3 120 = x 6 x V1  V1 = 40m/s
2
16 16 𝑣−𝑢 𝑣2−40
(c) 𝑥 = 𝑦 2 = 4 = 25 x 2 (b) 𝑎 = → 2=
𝑧 𝑧 𝑡 6
z = 100  z = 10
2
V2 – 40 = 12
V2 = 12 + 40 = 52 m/s
3 1
20. (a) p (more than 27) = =
6 2 1 1 1
(c) 𝐴 = 2 (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ + 2 (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ + 2 𝑏ℎ
(b) 60o
1 1 1
𝐴 = (10 + 4)40 + (40 + 52)6 + (52)(4)
2 2 2
(c) 74279 – 71879 = 2400 units
184, 800 ÷ 2400 = k 77.
A = 280 + 276 + 104 = 660m
21.(a) (i) 𝐴𝐷 = √𝐴𝐸 2 + 𝑆𝐷2
𝐴𝐷 = √122 + 52 = √144 + 25
𝐴𝐷 = √169 = 13m
(ii) P = (13x3) +12+5 = 56m
(b) 1km2 = 10 000 000 000cm2

60km2 = 600 000 000 000 cm2
Size on the map :
600 000 000 000
= 𝟑𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎cm2
200 000


1 3
(a) 2 − , [1]
5 3
(b) 1.892 + 452. [1]

2. Simplify 3x - 7(2x – 51). [2]
3. The population of an African country in 2010 was 13 046 508.
Express this population in standard form, correct to 3 significant
figures. [2]
1 −3 9 3 1
4. Given that A = ( ) and B = ( ) , find A - B [2]
4 5 −12 6 3
5. Factorise completely 4 - 16x2. [2]

6 Mr Hambwiimbwi planned to employ 20 men to build his house in 7
days. On the day work was to start, he decided to reduce the number
of men so that work could now be completed in 28 days, working at
the same rate.
(a) How many men were needed for the work? [1]
(b) Express the number of men that completed the work in 28 days
to the number of men he planned to employ as a ratio in its
simplest form. [1]
7. (a) Find the gradient of a straight line with equation 4x + 2y = 9. [1]
(b) The diagram below shows a squared floor tile with centre O.

Describe fully the rotational symmetry, about O, of this floor tile. [2]
8. In the diagram below, A, B and C are points on the circumference
of a circle with centre O. AT and TB are tangents to the circle,
CAO = 30° and CBO = 29°.

2x + 5y = 16,
3x — 2y = 5. [3]
10. (a) Evaluate 7 + 21 ÷ 3 x 7 - 7. [1]
(b) The price of a shirt was K55 000 after an increase of 10%.
What was the price of the shirt before the increment? [2]
−8
11. (a) Given that a = ( ), Find .|a| [1]
6
(b) The diagram shows two circles with the same centre O. The radius
of the smaller circle is 5cm and that of the larger is 15cm. Chord
AB is 7cm and ABO = DCO = 40°. Calculate the length of the
chord CD.
12. Given that E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12}, list the following
subsets of set E:
(a) A = (x: x is a factor of 55),
(b) B = { x: ½x ≥ 5½}
13. In the diagram below, BCD is a straight line, AB = 6cm, BD =
13cm, ACD = 135° and ABC = 90°.

(a) Calculate the length of CD. [1]

(b) Calculate the area of triangle ACD. [2]
14 (a) Solve the inequality 2y -1 < 5.
(b) The week Doreen went to South Africa, the exchange rate
between the Zambian Kwacha (K) and US Dollar ($) was K4
500 = $1. Given that she changed K1 800 000 to US $, how
many Dollars did she receive?
15. (a) A pack of eleven identical cards, are labelled 1 to 11. The cards
are shuffled and placed upside down. If a card is picked at random
from the pack, what is the probability that it is a prime numbered
card?
(b) In the diagram below, AC = 10cm, BC = 5cm and ACB = 60°.
Given that sin 60° = 0.866, Cos 60° = 0.5 and tan 60° = 1.73,
calculate the value of (AB)2.
3x−5 x−4
16. Given that f(x) = and g (x) = , find
2 6
(a) f(-9),
(b) f -1(x)
(c) the value of x for which f(x) = 3g(x),
17. y varies directly as x and z. Given that y = 9 when x = 6 and z = ½,

find
(a) k (the constant of variation),
(b) the value of y when x = 4 and z = 3,
(c) the value of x when y = 41 and z = 5.
18. A map of a game park is drawn to a scale of 1 : 50 000.
(a) Two game camps, Tagwidwa and Muoneni, are 7cm apart on
the map. Find the actual distance between the two camps, in
kilometres.
(b) The actual area of the game park is 25 square kilometres.
Calculate the area of the game park on the map, in square
centimetres.
19. (a) Match sticks were used to construct triangles as shown below.
(i) Complete the table in the answer space.
(ii) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the number of match

sticks that would be required to form the nth pattern.
(b) Solve the equation x2 - 4x = 0.

20 (a) In the diagram below, PQR is parallel to TS, QUT is a straight

line, QRU = 30°, TSU = 20° and SUT = 97°
(b) The diagram in the answer space shows triangle A on a Cartesian

plane. Triangle A is transformed by a shear with invariant line y = 2
and shear factor - 2. Draw on the same diagram the image of
triangle A under this transformation and label it B.

21. (a) The table below shows the distribution of children in 40

families.
Calculate:
(i) the mode,
(ii) the median.
(b) A plane flew north from town A (28°S, 20°E) to town B (32°N,
20°E) in 9 hours. Find the speed of the plane in knots.
22 (a) Given that y = √𝑥 − 9 , express x in terms of y.
(b) A region R is defined by y ≤ x, x + y ≤ 4 and y ≥ 0. Show this
region R, by shading the unwanted regions, on the diagram in the
answer space.

23 (a) Evaluate
(b) The diagram below shows the speed-time graphs of a van and
a car. The van, starting from rest, accelerates uniformly for 8
seconds until it reaches a speed of 6m/s. It then continues to
travel at this constant speed.
(i) Find the acceleration of the van during the first 8 seconds.
(ii) Find the distance travelled by the van in 20 seconds.
(iii) The car starts from the same place as the van, but 4 seconds later,
and accelerates uniformly until it overtakes the van as shown on
the diagram above. Given that overtaking occurs when the van has
been travelling for 20 seconds, calculate the speed of the car at this
instant.
SOLUTIONS FOR 2012 PAPER 1

11 3 44−15 𝟗 8.(a) ACB = 121o
1.(a) − = =𝟏
5 4 20 𝟐𝟎
(b) ATB = (180 – 118) ÷ 2 = 31o
(b) 1.892 + 452 = 453.892
9. (a) 2x + 5y = 16
2. 3x – 7 (2x – 5)
3x - 2y = 5
3x – 14x + 35 = 35 – 11x
3 2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 16
3. 13 046 508 = 1.31 x 107 |
2 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 5
1
4. 𝐴 − 𝐵 6𝑥 + 15𝑦 = 48
3 −|
1 −3 1 9 3 6𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 10
=( )− ( )
4 5 3 −12 6
1 −3 3 1 𝟐 −𝟒 0 + 19y = 48  y = 2
=( )−( )=( )
4 5 −4 2 𝟖 𝟑
3x – 2y = 5  3x – 2(2) = 5
5. 4 – 16x = 4 (1– 4x )
2 2
3x – 4 = 5  3x = 5 + 4
= 4 [ (1 + 2x)(1 – 2x) ] 3x = 9  x = 3
20 → 7 20 28
10. (a) 7 + 21 ÷ 3 x 7 – 7 = 49
6. (a) = 
𝑥 → 28 𝑥 7
28x = 140  X = 5 10
(b) x 55000 = 5500
100
(b) 5 : 20 = 1 : 4 55 000 – 5500 = k 49 500
7. (a) 4x + 2y = 9  2y = 9 – 4x −8
11. (a) a=( ) →
9
 y = − 2𝑥  m = -2 6
2
|𝑎| = √𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2
(b) It has the order of rotational symmetry of 4
and the center of rotation is the intersection of = √(−8)2 + 62
diagonals at centre O.
= √100
= 10
𝐴𝐵 𝑂𝐵 7 5
16.(a) 𝑓 (−9) =
3𝑥−5
11. (b) = → = 2
𝐶𝐷 0𝐶 𝐶𝐷 15
5CD = 105  CD = 21cm 3(−9)−5 22

= = = 11
12.(a) A { 5, 10, 11} 2 2
(b) B {11, 12} 3𝑥−5

(b) 𝑓 −1 (𝑥 ) → 𝑦 =
2
3𝑥 − 5 = 2𝑦 → 3𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 5
1 1
13.(a)𝐶𝐷 = 𝐵𝐷 = 𝑋 13 = 6.7cm 2𝑦 + 5
2 2 𝑦=
1 1
3
(b) 𝐴 = ( 𝑏ℎ) − ( 𝑏ℎ) 2𝑥 + 5
2 2 𝑓 −1 (𝑥 ) =
1 1
3
= ( x 6 x 13 ) − ( x 6 x6.5) 17.(a) 𝑦 ∝ 𝑘𝑥𝑧 → 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥𝑧
2 2
1
= 39 – 19.5 = 19.5cm2 9 = 𝑘 x 6 x → 9 = 3𝑘
2
14.(a) 2𝑦 − 1 < 5 K=3
2𝑦 < 5 + 1  𝑦 < 3
(b) y = k x z  y = 3 x 4 x 3 = 36
(b) $ 1 = 4500
x = 1800 000 1
(c) 𝑦 = 𝑘𝑥𝑧 → 4 = 3 (𝑥 )(5)
2
4500 x = 1800 000 9
X = $ 400 = 15𝑥 → 30𝑥 = 9
2
5
9 𝟑
15(a) p(prime number) = 𝑥= =
11 30 𝟏𝟎
(b) c2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab Cos C 18.(a) 1 : 50 000

(AB)2 = (BC)2 + (AC)2 – 2 (BC) (AC) Cos C
7: x
= 52 + 102 – 2 (5) (10) (0.5) X = 350 000 cm
= 125 – 50
2
(AB) = 75 cm 1km = 100 000 cm
X = 350 000
X = 3.5km

18.(b) 1km2 = 10 000 000 000 cm2 22.(a) 𝑦 = √𝑥 − 9

25 = X y2 = x – 9
x = y2 + 9
X = 250 000 000 000 cm2
19.(a) (i) 19 (b)
(ii) Tn = a + (n -1) d
= 3 + (n – 1) 4
= 3 + 4n – 4
= 4n – 1
(b) x2 – 4x = 0
x(x – 4) = 0
x = 0 or x – 4 = 0  x = 4
20.(a)(i) PQT = 180 – 97 +20 = 63o
(ii) RUS = 180 – (33 + 97) 1

= 180 – 130 = 50o 23.(a) 216 3
3
= √216 = 6
(b)
𝑉−𝑢 6−0
(b)(i) 𝑎 = = = 0.75m/s2
𝑡 8
1
(ii) 𝐴 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ
2
1
= ( 12 + 20)6 = 96m
2
21.(a) (i) mode = 2 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒

(iii) 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
2+2 4
(ii) median = = = 2 96
2 2
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 60 𝑥 60 = = 6m/s
(b) 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = = 16
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 9
3600
𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = = 400 knots
9


(a) 2.025 + 42.1,
2 4
(b) ÷
3 5
2. Express 50cm as a percentage of 2m.

3. Express 0.002304 in standard form, correct to one decimal place.
4. Evaluate
5. Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the diagram below.
6. (a) 5 miles is approximately equal to 8km. What is the distance in

miles between two towns which are 24km apart?
(b) Madyelo bought 2kg of meat and 800g of kapenta. Express, as
a ratio in its simplest form, the mass of meat to that of kapenta.
7. (a) Find the equation of the line joining the point A(0, 7) to the
point B(7, 0).
(b) Solve the inequality 3x > 4 - 2x.


b = 6 - a,
2a + 3b = 13.
9 For the sequence 2, 5, 8, 11 . . find
(a) the sixth term,
(b) an expression for the nth term.
10 (a) How many subsets has the set A = {1}?
(b) In the diagram below, C is due East of A and due North of B. Angle
BAC is 50°.
Find the bearing of A from B.

1
11. (a) Given that → ( ) and B is the point (4, 5), find the
AB −3
coordinates of A.
(b) Factorise completely 3ap - 8bq - 4aq + 6bp.
1
12. A function h is defined as h(x) = x - 5.
2
Find
(a) h(-4),
(b) the value of x for which h(x) = 3,
(c) h-1(x).
13. (a) The diagram below shows a cylinder of height 9cm and
diameter 7cm.
22
(a) Calculate the curved surface area of the cylinder [Take = ].
7
(b) Solve the equation (x -1) (x + 1) = 8.

14. (a) The results of a survey conducted at Kansapato Community
School on the shoe sizes of 89 pupils are shown in the table below.
Find
(i) the modal shoe size,
(ii) the median shoe size.
(b) In the diagram below, triangle A is mapped onto triangle B by a
single transformation. Describe fully the transformation.
15. (a) A survey conducted in a certain village revealed that one out of
every five boys drank chibwantu. If there were 215 boys in that
village, how many drank chibwantu?
(b) Bonzo is a town on (53°S, 65°W) and Munyefu is another town
on (53°S, 19°E). A football match is scheduled to kick off at
15 30 hours local time at Bonzo. What will be the kick off
time at Munyefu?
16. A circle centre O passes through the points A, B, C, and D as shown
in the diagram below. Angle AOC = 110° and AO is parallel to BC.
2my−5x
17. (a) Given that m = , express x in terms of m and y.
2
(b) Kaponya got a simple interest of K375.00 from a bank after

investing a sum of money for 18 months. Find the amount of
money he invested, if the bank interest rate was 10% per annum.
18. (a) Each interior angle of a regular polygon is 17 times the size of
the exterior angle. Find the size of each exterior angle.
3x 2
(b) Given that the matrix ( ) is singular, calculate the
1 4
value of x.
19. Given that y varies directly as x and inversely as 2m -1 and that
y = 5 when x = 7 and m = 4, calculate
(a) the constant of variation, k,
(b) the value of y when x = 2 and m = 3,
(c) the value of m when y = 2 and x = 4.
20. (a) A 10m ladder rests against a vertical wall with its foot 6m from
the wall. How far up the wall does the ladder reach?
(b) Simplify 2x - 9 + 3x2 - 2 - 4x.

(c) A road between two villages A and B is 1.2km long. It is
represented by 3cm on the map. Calculate the scale of the map, in
the form 1:n.
21. In the diagram below, R is the unshaded region.
Write three inequalities which describe the region R.

22. (a) Two containers are geometrically similar. The ratio of their base
areas is 9:16. If the volume of the smaller container is 135m3, what
would be the volume of the larger container?
(b) In the diagram below, ABC is a straight line, BC = 8cm,
̂D =3.
BD = 10cm and sin AB
5

Find the area of triangle BCD.

(c) On the diagram in the answer space, shade two more squares so
that the figure has two lines of symmetry.
23. Two towns Katulya and Twasika are 50km apart. Kachova started
off from Twasika for Katulya at the same time as Namutekenya
from Katulya to Twasika as shown in the Distance - Time graph,
(a) How far was Kachova from arriving at Katulya when

Namutekenya reached Twasika?
(b) How long had Namutekenya been in Twasika before Kachova
restarted his trip after a short rest?
(c) Calculate the difference between the average speeds of Kachova
and Namutekenya.

1.(a) 2.025 + 42.1 = 44.125 8. b = 6 – a
2 4 2 5 10 𝟓 2a + 3b = 13
(b) ÷ = 𝑋 = =
3 5 3 4 12 𝟔
2a + 3 (6 – a) = 13
2a + 18 – 3a = 13
2. 1m = 100cm , 2m = 200cm 2a – 3a = 13 – 18
50 -a = -5
𝑋 100 = 25% a =5
200
3. 2.3 x 10-3
b=6–a
4.(a) 42 – 8 ÷ 2 + 5 = 43 b=6–5= 1
1 1 16 𝟕
(b) 3 2
= 9 = =𝟏 9. (a) Tn = a + (n -1) d
( 4) 9 𝟗
16
= 2 + (6 -1) 3
5. (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)′ ∩ 𝐶 = 17
5 → 8
6 (a)  8x = 120 (b) Tn = a + (n -1) d
𝑥 → 24 = 2 + (n – 1) 3
x = 15 miles = 2 + 3n – 3
(b) 2kg : 800g = 3n - 1
2000 : 800  5 : 2 10. (a) subset = 2

7.(a) y – y1 = m (x – x1)
(b) 360 – 140 = 220o
y – 0 = -1 (x – 0 ) 11. 𝐴 = ⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑𝐴𝐵 − 𝐵
y=-x 1 4
= ( ) −( )
−3 5
1−4 −3
=( ) = ( )
−3 − 5 −8
(b) 3𝑥 > 4 − 2𝑥 → 3𝑥 + 2𝑥 > 4 A (-3, -8)
4
5𝑥 > 4 → 𝑥>
5 (b) 3ap – 8bq – 4aq + 6bp
3ap + 6bp – 8bq – 4aq
3p(a +2b) -4q(2b + a)
(3p – 4q)(a + 2b)
1 65+19 84
12.(a) ℎ (−4) = (−4) − 5 15. (b) Time = = = 5.6 ℎ𝑟𝑠
2 15 15
= -2 – 5 = -7
1 Time = + 15 : 30 hrs
(b) ℎ (𝑥) = 𝑥 − 5
2 5 : 36 hrs
1 𝑥 5
3= 𝑥−5 → 3= − 21 : 06 hrs
2 2 1
𝑥−10
16.(a) OCA = (180 – 110) ÷ 2 = 35o
3=  x – 10 = 6
2 (b) ACB = 35o
𝑥 = 6 + 10 = 16 (c) ABC = 110o
1 2𝑚𝑦−5𝑥
(𝑐 ) ℎ−1 (𝑥) → 𝑥 − 5 17. (a) 𝑚 =
2 2
1 𝑥−10 2𝑚𝑦 − 5𝑥 = 2𝑚
𝑦 = 𝑥−5  𝑦 =
2 2
−5𝑥 = 2𝑚𝑦 + 2𝑚
𝑥 − 10 = 2𝑦 → 𝑥 = 2𝑦 + 10 2𝑚𝑦 + 2𝑚
−1 ( 𝑥=
ℎ 𝑥 ) = 2x + 10 −5
13(a) C.S.A = 2 𝜋 𝑟 ℎ 2𝑚(𝑦 + 1)
22 𝑥=
= 2 x x 3.5 x 9 −5
7
𝑃𝑅𝑇 𝑃 𝑥 10 𝑥 18
= 44 x 0.5 x 9 (b) 𝐼 = → 375 =
100 100
= 22 x 9 = 198 cm
180 𝑃 = 3500
(b) (x – 1) (x +1) = 8 𝑃=
37500
= k 208.33
x–1=8 180
x=8+1 = 9 18.(a) Exterior (y)+Interior (x) = 180o
y + x = 180
x+1=8
x=8–1=7 y + 17y = 180
14. (a) (i) 38 18y = 180
(ii) 37
(b) It is a shear y = 10o
1
15.(a) x 215 = 43 boys
5

20 (b) 2x – 9 + 3x2 – 2 – 4x
3𝑥 2
18.(b) ( ) 3x2 +2x – 4x – 9 – 2
1 4
3x2 – 2x – 11
12x = 2
2 1 1 100000 𝑐𝑚
x = = (c) 𝑋
12 6 1.2 𝑘𝑚 𝑥
x = 120 000cm
𝑥 𝑘𝑥
19.(a) 𝑦 ∝ →𝑦=
2𝑚−1 2𝑚−1 3 : 120 000  1 : 40 000
𝑘x7 7𝑘 21. 8𝑥 + 4𝑦 ≥ 8
5= →5=
2(4) − 1 7 𝑥 > 0, 4𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 4
35 22.(a) 9 : 16 = √9 ∶ √16 = 3 : 4
𝑘= =5
7 33 : 43 = 27 cm3 : 32 cm3
(b) 𝑦 =
𝑥𝑘
→𝑦=
2x5 27 → 32
2𝑚−1 2(3)−1 135 → 𝑥
135 x 32
10 𝑥= = 160 cm3
𝑦 =  y = 2 27
5
1
(b) 𝐴 = 𝑎𝑏 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐶
𝑘𝑥 5x4 2
(𝑐 ) 𝑦 = →2= 1 3
2𝑚 − 1 2𝑚 − 1 𝐴= x 8 x 10 x
2 5
→ 4𝑚 − 2 = 20 𝐴 = 4 x 6 = 24cm2
→ 4𝑚 = 20 + 2 = 22 (c)
22 2 1
𝑚= =5 =5
4 4 4
20.(a) 𝐻𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 = √102 − 62

= √100 − 36
= √64 = 8m

23.(a) 50km – 10km = 40 km (b) 1.5 hrs = 1hrs 30minutes

𝑑 𝑑 50 50
(c) A.S (N) – A.S (K) = − = − = 50 – 10 = 40 km/hr
𝑡 𝑡 1 5

2 7
(a) 2 −
3 12
(b) 0.002 x 0.6.
2. Simplify 7a + 2b - 4(3a - b.).
3. Asia has an area of 44 579 000 square kilometres. Write 44579000
in standard form correct to 2 significant figures.
3 −1 3 4
4. Given that P = ( ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 Q = ( ), find the value of x
−2 0 −4 x
if P and Q have equal determinants,
5. Factorise completely 5x2 -x - 4.

6. When a car was sold at K12 000.00, a profit of 20% was made.
What was the cost price?
7. A sweet manufacturing company intends to start manufacturing
lolly pops under the following brand names: IYALOWA,
YONZUNA, YATOWALA, YEMUNATI, YATOBALA,
ILWEELA and CHINAYEME.
(a) Complete the frequency table in the answer space which shows
the occurrence of letters in these words.
(b) Find the mode.

(c) One letter is chosen at random from these words. Find the
probability that it is either a T or a W.


3x = 4y +1,
7x + y = 23.
9. The Venn diagram below illustrates the number of pupils who take
Mathematics (M), Physics (P) and Chemistry (C) at Imishila
Secondary School.
(a) Write an expression, in terms of x, for the total number of

pupils who take Physics.
(b) Given that 22 pupils take Physics and 20 pupils take
Mathematics, find x and y.
10. (a) Evaluate 14 + 3(7 - 2) - 2 x 5.
(b) Solve the equation 2(x - 2)2 = 18.
11. The first three figures of a sequence are shown below. Figure 1 is a
square of side 2cm, figure 2 contains 2 squares of side 2cm and
figure 3 contains 3 squares of side 2cm.
The table below shows the number of the figure and its
corresponding perimeter.
(a) Find the perimeter, p, of figure 6.

(b) Write an expression, in terms of n, for the perimeter of the nth
figure.
12. (a) Find the largest integer, x, which satisfies the inequality
-5 < x + 3 ≤ 1.
𝑑−𝑏
(b) Given that a = , make d the subject of the formula.
𝑐𝑑−1
13. (a) Evaluate —42 + 43.
(b) In the figure below, ABCDE is part of a regular polygon. AC
and BD meet at X, BXC = 140° and BDE = 120°.
Find the number of sides of this polygon.

14 (a) Convert a speed of 144km/h to m/s.
(b) The diagram in the answer space is a regular hexagon. It is
divided into congruent triangles, two of which have been
shaded. Shade two more triangles so that the figure has exactly
two lines of symmetry.
15. Two places A and B lie on the equator and are 2 820 nautical miles
apart. A is on longitude 17°W and B is east of A. Find the longitude
of B.
16. A function is defined by f(x) = 10x + 9. Find
(a) f(-2),
(b) k, if f(k) = k,
(c) f -1 (x).

17. A square park has its map drawn to a scale of 1 : n. Four beacons P,
Q R and S are placed on the four corners of the park. Beacons P and
Q, which are 240m apart on the ground, are 12cm apart on the map.
Find
(a) the value of n,
(b) the actual area of the park in square kilometres.
18. Given that y = kx2 — 1, where k is a constant and that y = 17 when
x = 3, find
(a) the value of k,
(b) the value of y when x = -5,
(c) the values of x when y = 7.
19 (a) The diagram below is an isosceles triangle ABC in which
AB =AC = 41cm, BC = 18cm and D is the midpoint of BC.
Calculate the length of AD.

(b) In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle ABCD. AC is
the diameter, AD and BC are produced to meet at E, CED = 27°
and ACB = 43°.

20. (a) Given that 3x = 2y, find the ratio x : y.

(b) A kite (K) being flown is such that its vertical height HK is 6m
and the angle formed between the vertical height and the string
SK it is attached to is 60° as shown in the diagram below.
If sin 60° = 0.866, cos 60° = 0.5 and tan 60° = 1.73, calculate
the length of the string SK.
(c) The diagram below shows a sector AOB in which OA = 4cm and
AOB = 45°. Find the area of the sector. [Take 𝜋 to be 3.14].
21. (a) Part of the graph of y = x3 is sketched in the answer space.

Complete the graph.
(b) The ratio of the surface areas of two similar solids is 1 : 64.
Calculate the ratio of their volumes.
(c) The diagram below shows two shapes ABCD and PQRS on an
XOY plane.
Describe fully the single transformation which maps ABCD onto PQRS.
22. (a) An outing expedition centre charges as follows:

K300.00 per person for a full day,
K200.00 per person for half a day and
K500.00 fixed charge per group for admission to the centre.
Find the total amount that a group of 12 would pay if it intended to
stay in the centre from Monday to Friday.
(b) A region R is defined by the following inequalities:
Show region R by shading the unwanted area on the diagram in the

answer space.
23. (a) Given that A is a point (3, 2) and B is a point (-1, 5), find A.
(b) The diagram below is the speed-time graph of a bus which
leaves a bus stop and accelerates uniformly for 10 seconds
over a distance of 100m. It then maintains the speed it has
attained for 30 seconds and finally retards uniformly to rest at
the next bus stop. The whole journey takes t seconds.
If the two bus stops are 1 kilometre apart, find

(i) the value of V,
(ii) the acceleration in the first 10 seconds,
(iii) the total time (t) taken for the whole journey.


2 77 8
32−7 7.(c) p (T ) + p (W)
1.(a) 2 − = − =
3 12 3 12 12 3 3 3+3 6 𝟏
25 1
=2 + = = =
12 12 54 54 54 54 𝟗
(b) 0.002 x 0.6 = 0.0012 8. 3x = 4y + 1  3x – 4y = 1

7x + y = 23
2. 7a + 2b – 4 (3a – b)
7a + 2b – 12a + 4b 7 3𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 1
|
7a – 12a + 2b + 4b 3 7𝑥 + 𝑦 = 23
- 5a + 6b
21𝑥 − 28𝑦 = 7
−|
3. 4.5 x 107 km 21𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 69
4. (3x0) – (-1 x -2) = (3 x x) – (4 x -4) - 31y = - 62  y = 2

0 – 2 = 3x – (-16 )
-2 = 3x + 16 3x = 4y + 1
-2 – 16 = 3x 3x = 4 (2) + 1
-18 = 3 x  x = - 6 3x = 9  x = 3
5. 5x2 – x – 4 9. (a) x + x + 3 + 5 = 2x + 8
5x2 – 5x + 4x – 4
5x (x – 1) + 4( x – 1) (b) 2x + 8 = 22  2x = 22 – 8
(x – 1) (5x + 4) 2x = 14  x = 7
20 5y + x + 3 = 20  5y + 7 + 3 = 20
6. 𝑋 12 000 = 2 400
100 5y + 10 = 20  5y = 20 – 10
12 000 – 2 400 = k 9 600.00 5y = 10  y = 2
7. (a) 10. (a) 14 + 3(7 – 2) – 2 x 5

M T J 14 + 15 – 10
2 3 6 29 – 10
19
(b) Letter A
10.(b) 2(x – 2)2 = 18 14. (a)

144 𝑥 1000
=
144 000
= 40m/s
2(𝑥−2)2 18 1 𝑥 60 𝑥 60 3600
= → 𝑥 − 2 = √9 (b)
22
x–2=3  x=3+2=5
11.(a) p = 28
(b) Tn = a + (n – 1)d
= 8 + (n – 1)4
= 8 + 4n – 4
= 4n – 4 + 8 15. 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = 2𝜋𝑅
𝜃
360
= 4n + 4 𝑥 22
12.(a) −5 < 𝑥 + 3 ≤ 1 2820 = x 2 x x 3437
360 7
−𝟓 < 𝒙 151228 𝑥
2820 =
2520
𝑥+3 ≤1  𝑥 +3 ≤1
𝑥 ≤ 1 − 3  𝑥 ≤ −2 151228𝑥 = 7106400
X = -2 𝑥 = 46.9 = 47o
Therefore, 47o – 17o = 30o
𝑑−𝑏
(b) 𝑎 = → 𝑑 − 𝑏 = 𝑎𝑐𝑑 − 𝑎
𝑐𝑑−1
16.(a) f(-2) = 10 (-2) + 9
𝑑 − 𝑎𝑐𝑑 = −𝑎 + 𝑏
= -20 + 9 = -11
𝑑(1 − 𝑎𝑐 ) = 𝑏 − 𝑎
𝒃−𝒂
𝒅= (b) k = 10 x + 9
𝟏 − 𝒂𝒄
2 3 (c) f-1(x) = 10x + 9
13. (a) -4 + 4 = - 16 + 64 = 48
y = 10 x + 9
360 10x = y – 9
(b) 𝐸𝑥𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑙 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 = 𝑦−9
𝑛 x=
360 10
40 = −→ 40𝑛 = 360 𝑦−9
𝑛 f-1(x) =
10
360
𝑛= = 9 sides
40

17.(a) 1: n 𝐴𝑑𝑗
20.(b) 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 =
𝐻𝑦𝑝
12: 24000
6
12n = 24000 cos 60 =
24000 𝑆𝐾
𝑛= = 2000 6 6
12 0.5 = → 𝑆𝐾 = = 12 cm
𝑆𝐾 0.5
(𝑏) A = lb = 0.24 x 0.24 𝜃 45

= 0.0576km2 (c) 𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟 2 = x2x3.14x42
360 360
18.(a) y = kx2 – 1 45 4521.6

= 𝑥 100.48 =
17 = k (3)2 – 1 360 360
17 + 1 = 9k
K=2 A = 12.56cm2
(b) y = kx2 – 1 = 2 (-5)2 – 1 21.(a)

y = 50 – 1 = 49
(c) y = kx2 – 1  7 = 2x2 – 1

2x2 = 7 + 1= 8
8
X2 = = 4  x = √4 = 2
2
19.(a) 𝐴𝐷 = √𝐴𝐶 2 − 𝐷𝐶 2
(b) ratio area: 1 : 64
= √412 − 92
√1 ∶ √64  1 : 8
= √1681 − 81
= √1600 = 40 cm 13 : 83  1 : 512
(c) The transformation is rotating at
(b)(i) ADB = 43o the angle of rotation of 90o
(ii) CAD = 43o ( bases of isosceles) anticlockwise
(iii) DCE = 90o
22.(a) (300 + 400) (12 x 5) + 500
20.(a) 3x = 2y (700) (60) + 500
3:2 700 x 60 +500 = k 42 500

22.(b) 3 −1 −4
23.(a) → = − ( ) + ( ) = ( )
𝐴𝐵 2 5 3
1 1
(b)(i) 𝐴 = 𝑏ℎ → 100 = x 10 xV
2 2
100
5𝑉 = 100 → 𝑉 = = 20 m/s
5
𝑉−𝑢 20−0 20
(ii) 𝑎 = = = = 2m/s2
𝑡 10 10
1
(iii) A = (𝑎 + 𝑏) ℎ
2
1
1000 = (30 + 𝑡)20
2
1000 = 300 + 10 t
1000 – 300 = 10 t
700 = t  t = 70s
1 1
1. (a) Find the value of 3 −
3 5
(b) Convert 0.375 to a common fraction in its lowest terms.

2. A road construction company needed a sum of 0.04455 billion
kwacha (1 billion = 1 000 000 000) to rehabilitate bridges on a
road. Write 0.04455 billion in standard form correct to 2
significant figures.
3. (a) Evaluate 12 + 3 x 6 - 36.
(b) Find the value of n, if 4n = 22 x 42.
4. A furniture shop conducted a sale. In this sale, prices were reduced

by 15%. Find the price before reduction of a table that was reduced
by K120.00.
5. Describe the region shaded using set notation.
6. Chanda changed $620 into Zambian Kwacha at an exchange rate

of $1 = K6.25. He later changed all the Zambian Kwacha back into
American Dollars ($) at an exchange rate of $1 = K6.20. Calculate
the profit made.
7. (a) The position vectors of the points X and Y are
3 −8
( ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ( ) respectively. Express ) → as a column vector.
−4 −1 XY
(b) A fair six sided die numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 is rolled.

Find the probability of obtaining a prime number.
5 - 8y = 4,
4x - 5y = 6.
9. (a) If E = {first eight natural numbers) and A = {1, 4, 7},
find the set A'.
(b) Factorise 2x2 - x - 15.
10. The patterns below were made using floor tiles.
(a) Find the number of floor tiles in pattern number 10.

(b) Given that m is the number of tiles in pattern number n, find a
formula for m in terms of n.
11. (a) The diagram below is a right angled triangle in which ACB =
90°, AB = 15cm and AC = 12cm. Find the length of BC.
𝑛+3
(b) Given that t = √ , express n in terms of t.
𝑛
12. (a) Simplify 7m - 2(3n - m) - 9n.

(b) The table below shows information about the number of
leave days taken by the employees at Katobamabwe Quarry
Company in the year 2013.
Find
(i) the mode,
(ii) the median.
2𝑥+7 3𝑥−6
13. Given that f(x) = 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔(𝑥 ) =
8 6
(a) g(6),
(b) f -1 (x),
(c) the value of x if f(x) = g(x).
14. (a) Solve the equation 2y2 = 13y.
(b) A lawn in front of Bomuluti Secondary School
administration block is circular in shape and has a radius of
14 metres. Mr Kakwempa is contracted to cut the grass using
his lawnmower. He charges K1.50 per every square metre of
lawn cut. Find the total amount he was paid for cutting the
22
whole lawn. (Take = )
7
15. (a) Solve the inequation 14x - 8 ≥ 20.

(b) An aeroplane leaves a town P(33°N, 32°E) and flies due south to a
town Q(12°S, 32°E). Given that it flew for 4 hours to cover the
distance PQ, find the average speed of the aeroplane in km/h.
22
(Take 𝜋 = and R = 6370km)
7
16. A map of a settlement area is drawn to a scale of 1: 40 000. For

Examiner's
(a) If the distance between two shopping malls is 8cm on the
map, Use calculate the actual distance between the two
shopping malls in kilometres.
(b) If the actual area of the settlement is 200 square kilometres,
calculate the area of the settlement on the map in square
centimetres.
17. (a) The figure in the answer space below is a regular hexagon
inscribed in a circle with centre 0, as shown. Shade any three
segments so that the resulting shape has rotational symmetry of
order 3.
3 −4
(b) Given that P = ( ), express P2 as a single matrix.
1 2
18. Given that y is proportional to x3 and that y = 250 when x = 10, find
(a) the value of the constant k,
(b) y when x = 4,
(c) x when y = 54.
19. (a) In the triangle below, PQ = QR, QPR = (3x + 31)° and QRP
= (91 — 2x)°.

Describe fully the transformations X and Y.

20. (a) Sketch the graph of y + x2 = 0 in the answer space.
(b) In the diagram below, A, B, C and D are points on the

circumference of a circle with centre O. ADE and BCE are
straight lines. Angle CED = 28° and angle BCA = 43°.
Find
̂ E,
(i) C𝐷
̂ B,
(ii) C𝐷
(iii) D𝐴̂C

21. In the XOY plane below, the unshaded region R is bounded by

straight lines AB, AC and OB.
Write three inequalities that define the region R.

22. (a) A sum of money is shared among Satala, Sichale and
Sichambo in the ratio 7:5:4 respectively. If Satala got K140
000.00, how much
(i) was the total sum of money,
(ii) did Sichambo get?
(b) Two cylindrical mugs are geometrically similar. The smaller
mug has diameter 8cm and holds 125cm3 of a liquid. If the
larger mug holds 1000cm3 of a liquid, find its diameter.
(c) In the diagram below, BCD is a straight line. It is given that
AB = 12cm, AC = 13cm and ABC = 90°.
Find, as a fraction, cos A𝐶̂ D

23. The figure below shows speed — time graphs of cars driven by
Sulanji and Lumbwa.
(a) Find the acceleration of Sulanji's car during the first 10 seconds.
(b) Calculate how far Lumbwa's car travelled before coming to rest.
(c) What is Sulanji's acceleration between the 25th and 30th seconds?

10 1 50−3 47 𝟐 15
1.(a) − = = =𝟒 4. x 𝑃 = 120
3 5 15 15 𝟏𝟓 100
375 𝟑 12000
(b) = 15𝑃 = 12000 → 𝑃 =
1000 𝟖 15
PRICE = K 800
2. 4.5 x 10-2 billion

5. 𝑨 ∩ 𝑪 ∩ 𝑩
3.(a) 12 + 3 x 6 – 36 = - 6 6. 620 x 6. 25 = k 3 875

(b) 4n = 22 x 42
3875 ÷ 6.20 = $ 625
n
4 = 64
4n = 43  n = 3 PROFIT = $ 625 – $ 620 = $ 5.00

3 −8 −5
7.(a) ⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑
𝑋𝑌 = ( )+ ( )= ( ) 11.(b) 𝑡 = √
𝑛+3
→ 𝑡2 =
𝑛+3
−4 −1 −5 𝑛 𝑛
3 1 n t2 = n + 3  nt2 – n = 3
(b) P(p) = =
6 2 𝟑
n (t2 – 1) = 3  𝑛 =
8. 5 - 8y = 4 𝒕𝟐 −𝟏
4x – 5y = 6
12.(a) 7m – 2(3n – m) – 9n
-8y = 4 – 5  y=−
1 7m – 6n + 2m – 9n
2
7m + 2m – 6n – 9n
1 11 9m – 15n
4x – 5( ) = 6  4x = 6 +
2 2
12 + 11 23 (b)(i) mode = 2
4𝑥 = =
2 2 (ii) median = 2
2 𝟖
𝑥= x4 = 3𝑥−6 3(6)−6
23 𝟐𝟑 13.(a) 𝑔(𝑥 ) = =
6 6
12
𝑔 ( 6) = = 2
9. (a) A’ = {2, 3, 5, 6, 8} 6
2𝑥+7
(b) 2x2 – x – 15 (b) 𝑓 (𝑥 )−1 → 𝑦 =
8
2x2 – 6x + 5x – 15
2x (x – 3) +5 (x – 3) 2𝑥 + 7 = 8𝑦 → 2𝑥 = 8𝑦 − 7
(2x + 5) (x – 3)
8𝑦 − 7 𝟖𝒚 − 𝟕
10(a) 37 𝑥= → 𝑓(𝑥)−1 =
(b) Tn = a + (n – 1) d 2 𝟐
m = 1 + (n – 1) 4 2𝑥+7 3𝑥−6
m = 1 + 4n – 4 (c) =
8 6
𝒎+𝟑
4n = m + 3  n = 6(2𝑥 + 7) = 8(3𝑥 − 6)
𝟒
12𝑥 + 42 = 24𝑥 − 48
11. (a) BC = √𝐴𝐵 2 − 𝐴𝐶 2 24𝑥 − 12𝑥 = 42 + 48
90
√152 − 122 = √225 − 144 12𝑥 = 90 → 𝑥 =
12
BC = √81  BC = 9 cm 𝟏
𝑥=𝟕
𝟐
14. (a) 2y2 – 13y = 0 16.(b) 200 x 100 000 000 000
y(2y – 13) = 0 = 2000 000 000 000 cm2
y=0
OR AREA =
200 000 000 000
= 1250 cm2
2y - 13 = 0  2y = 13 1600 000 000
13 1 17.(a)
y= =6
2 2
22
(b) A = 𝜋r2  A= 𝑋 142
7
4312
𝐴= = 616 m2
7
1.5 → 1𝑚2
−→ x = 1.5 x 616
𝑥 → 616𝑚2
X = k 924 3 −4 2 𝟗 −𝟏𝟔
(b) ( ) =( )
15.(a) 14𝑥 − 8 ≥ 20 1 2 𝟏 𝟒
28
14𝑥 ≥ 20 + 8  𝑥≥
14 18. (a) 𝑦 ∝ 𝑥 3
𝑥 ≥2 y = k x3
250 = k x (10)3
𝜃
(b) Distance = 𝑥 2𝜋𝑅 1000k = 250
360
K = 0.25
45 22
= x2x x 6370
360 7 (b) y = x3  y = 0.25 x (4)3
12612600 y = 0.25 x 64 = 16
= = 5005 km
2520
(c) y = k x3
1 𝑐𝑚 → 40 000 𝑐𝑚
16.(a) 54 = 0.25 (x)3
8 𝑐𝑚 → 𝑥
x = 320 000 X3 = 216
320 000
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 = = 3.2 km x = √216 = 6
100 000

19.(a) QPR = QRP 7

22. (a)(i) × 𝑥 = 140 000
16
3x + 31 = 91 – 2x 16 x 140 000
5x = 60 𝑥= = k 320 000
7
x = 12
1
(ii) x 320 000 = k 80 000
4
PQR + QPR + QRP = 180o
PQR + 67 + 67 = 180
8 → 125
PQR = 180 – 134 (b)
𝑥 → 1000
PQR = 46o
80 000
(b) This is a reflection on a millor x = = 64 cm
125
line x = 3
(c) 𝐵𝐶 = √𝐴𝐶 2 − 𝐴𝐵 2
20(a)
= √132 − 122
= √25
=5
𝐴𝑑𝑗 𝟓
𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝜃 = =
𝐻𝑦𝑝 𝟏𝟑
𝑉−𝑢 30−0
23.(a) 𝑎 = = = 3.0 m/s2
𝑡 10
(b)(i) CDE = 180 – 28 + 90 = 62 O
(b) Distance = A1 + A2
1 1 1
(ii) CDB = × 90 = 45o = 𝑏ℎ + 𝑏ℎ
2 2 2
1 1
(iii) DAC = 180 – 90 + 47 = 43 o = x 45 x 20 + x 5 x 20
2 2
21. y ≤ 𝟏𝟐 Distance = 450 + 50 = 500m
𝟐𝒙 + 𝒚 ≤ 𝟏𝟐 𝑣−𝑢 0−30
(c) 𝑎 = = = - 6 m/s2
𝑡 5
𝟐𝒙 + 𝟐𝒚 ≥ 𝟏𝟐


2
1. Evaluate 8 3
2. Simplify 3(a + 5) - a (a - 2).
3. The diagram below shows a right pyramid with a square base
ABCD and apex P.
How many planes of symmetry has

the pyramid?
4. Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the diagram below.
5 −2
5. Express (-1 2 3)(4 2 )as a single matrix.
3 1

7. The first and second terms of an arithmetic progression are 100 and
95, respectively. Find the
(a) tenth term,
𝑛
(b) sum of the first ten terms. (𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑])
2
8. (a) There are 45 green and red marbles in a bag. Given that the
2
probability of choosing a green marble is , calculate the number
5
of green marbles in the bag.

(b) The base areas of two containers that are geometrically
similar are 80cm2 and 180cm2, respectively. If the capacity of
the larger container is 54 litres, calculate the capacity of the
smaller one.

9. (a) Mogadishu and Kinshasa are on longitudes 45°E and 15°E

respectively. If it is 11 30 hours in Mogadishu, what time is it in
Kinshasa?
(b) What is the shortest distance over the Earth's surface between
22
A(32°N, 8°W) and B(40°N, 172°E)? [R = 6370km, 𝜋 = ]
7
10 (a) The length of a wire is 5.2cm, correct to 1 decimal place.

What is its maximum possible length?
(b) The dividend due on 1 000 shares at the end of a financial
year is K2 250.00. If the annual dividend rate is 3% of the
share value, calculate the value of each share.
11. (a) Find the gradient of the straight line whose equation is
3y + x = 5.
(b) The diagram in the answer space below shows triangle P on
the Cartesian plane.
Given that triangle P is mapped onto triangle Q by a
reflection in the line y = - x, draw and label triangle Q.

12 (a) Factorise completely km - 61n + 3kn - 21m.

(b) In the diagram below, MN is an arc of a circle whose centre
is O and radius 21cm.

4 −1
13. (a) Find the transpose of the matrix B =( ).
2 5
(b) Find the percentage error of the mass of a bag of sugar that
weighs 10.00kg, correct to 2 decimal places.
14 (a) Given that E = {a, h, c, d, e, f g, h}, A = {a, b, c, d} and
B = (b, c, d, e, f), list (A ∪ B)'.
(b) Find the equation of the straight line passing through (-4, 4)
and is perpendicular to x the straight line whose equation is
𝑥
y+ = 1.
7
15 The diagram below shows an equilateral triangle ABC. A is due

North of B and CN is parallel to BA.
5𝑥+4
16. Given that f (x) = and g(x) = x – 1,
5
Find
(a) f -1(x)
(b) f -1(-2)
(c) fg (x) in the simplest form
17 (a) Evaluate 50 + 51.

(b) In the answer space below, is an incomplete simple program

pseudocode for calculating and outputting the volume of a cylinder
V, given the base radius r and the height h. complete the program
by filling in the blank spaces with appropriate statements.
18. (a) Find ∫(6𝑥 2 − 5)dx.
19. In the diagram below, PR is a diameter of a circle with centre 0. Q

and S are points on the circumference. The tangent to the circle at
the point P meets QS produced at T, PQS = 26° and QPR = 42°.
Calculate
(a) P𝑅̂S,
(b) P𝑅̂Q,

(c) P𝑇̂Q
20. It is given that w varies directly as the square of x and inversely as y.
(a) Write an expression for w, in terms of x, y and a constant k.
(b) If x = - 6, y = 12 and w =15, find k.
(c) Find the value of y when x = 8 and w = 20.
21 On the XOY plane below, region R is unshaded.
22. (a) Solve the equation x2 = 3x.

(b) The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of

y = 3 - 2x - x2, passing through P, Q and R.
Find the
(i) equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph,
(ii) coordinates of the turning point of the graph.
24. The diagram below is the speed-time graph of a particle. The
particle accelerates uniformly from a speed of v m/s to a speed of 5v
m/s in 20 seconds.
(a) Find an expression in terms v, for the acceleration

(b) The distance travelled by the object from 0 seconds to 20
seconds is 80m. Find the value of v.
(c) Find the speed at t = 15 seconds.
SOLUTION FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

2 𝑛
3
1. ( √8) = 22 = 4 7.(b) 𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ]
2
10
2. 3(a + 5) – a (a – 2) = [2 𝑥100 + (10 − 1) − 5]
2
3a + 15 – a2 + 2a
= 5[200 − 45] = 775
-a2 + 5a + 15 2
8.(a) 𝑥 45 = 18 green marbles
5
3. 4 planes of symmentry
80 → 𝑥
4. 𝑃 ∩ 𝑄 ∩ 𝑅 (b)
180 → 54
5 −2 80 x 54
X= = 24 litres
5. ( -1 2 -3 ) (4 2 ) 180
3 1 45−15 30
9 (a) = = 2hrs
15 15
(−1x5) + (2x4) + (−3x3)
=( ) 11 : 30 hrs
(−1x − 2) + (2x2) + (−3x1)
+ 2 : 00 hrs
−5 + 8 − 9 −𝟏𝟎
=( )=( ) 1 3 : 30 hrs
2+4−3 −𝟑
6. 𝜃
9(b) 𝐴𝐵 = x2𝜋𝑅
360
180−(32+40) 22
= x2x
360 7
30270240
= = 12012 km
2520
10. (a) 5.4

1000 → 2250
(b)
1 → 𝑥
2250
𝑥= = k 2.25
1000
7.(a) Tn = a + (n – 1)d 3
x 𝑦 = 2.25
Tn = 100 + (10 -1) – 5 100
100 x 2.25
Tn = 55 𝑦= = k 75
3

5−𝑥 15. (a) BCN = 60o
11.(a) 3𝑦 + 𝑥 = 5 → 𝑦=
3
𝟏 (b) 360 – 60 = 300o
𝑚= −
𝟑 5𝑥+4
16 (a) 𝑓 −1 (𝑥) → 𝑦 =
5
(b)
5𝑥 + 4 = 5𝑦 → 5𝑥 = 5𝑦 − 4
5𝑦 − 4 𝟓𝒙 − 𝟒
𝑥= → 𝑓(𝑥 )−1 =
5 𝟓
5𝑥−4 5 (−2)−4
12.(a) km – 6 ln + 3kn – 2lm (b) 𝑓 (−2)−1 = =
5 5
Km + 3kn – 6ln – 2lm −10−4 −14 4
= = = −2
5 5 5
K(m+ 3n) – 2l(3n + m)
5𝑥 − 4
(m + 3n) (k – 2l) (𝑐 ) 𝑓𝑔(𝑥 ) = ( ) (𝑥 − 1)
5
𝜃
(b) 𝐴 = 2𝜋𝑟 2 5𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 4𝑥 − 4
360 =
120 22 5
𝐴= x2x x 212 = 924cm2
360 7 𝟓𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 − 𝟒
4 2 𝑓𝑔(𝑥 ) =
13.(a) 𝐵 𝑇 = ( ) 𝟓
−1 5
(b) % error = 0.1 x 100 = 10.0 %
17.(a) 1 + 5 = 6
14. (a) (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)′ = {g, h)
(b) Enter : 2𝝅, r, h
V = 2𝝅r2h
(b) M1 x M2 = -1
Output V,
1
M1 x = −1 → M1 = -7
7 End.
y – y1 = m1 (x – x1) 6𝑥 2+1
18.(a) ∫(6𝑥 2 − 5)𝑑𝑥 = − 5𝑥
2+1
y – 4 = -7 (x – (-4))
= 3x3 – 5x
y = -7x + 24

1
18.(b) 𝐴 = 𝑎𝑏 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃
2
𝑣−𝑢 5𝑣−𝑣
1 23. (a) 𝑎 = → 𝑎=
𝑡 𝑡
= 𝑥 10 𝑥 12 𝑥 sin 150
2 𝒂𝒕
= 60 x 0.5 = 30 cm3 4𝑣 = 𝑎𝑡 → 𝑣 =
𝟒
19(a) PRS = 180 – 42 + 64 = 74o
= 90 – 74 = 16o 1
(b) 𝐴 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ
2
(b) PRQ = 180 – 42 + 64 = 74 o
1
80 = (𝑣 + 5𝑣)20
(c) PTQ = 180 – 90 +26 + 42 = 22o 2
𝒌𝒙𝟐 1
20. (a) 𝒘 = 80 = 𝑥 6𝑣 𝑥 20
𝒚 2
𝑘𝑥 2 𝑘 x (−6)2 80 = 3v x 20  3v = 60
(b) 𝑤 = → 15 =
𝑦 12
80
15 𝑥 12 𝑣= = 1.33m/s
36𝑘 = 15 x12 → 𝑘 = =5 60
36
𝑘𝑥 2 5 x (8)2
(c) 𝑤 = → 20 = 𝑎𝑡
𝑦 𝑦 (c) 𝑣 =
4
20y = 320  y = 16
𝑎 𝑥 20
21. 𝒙 ≥ 𝟕, 𝒚 ≤ 𝟐, 𝒙≤ 𝟑 1.33 =
4
𝒙 + 𝒚 ≥ 𝟏𝟎 20 a = 4 x 1.33
5.32
22.(a) x2 = 3x 𝑎= = 0.266m/s2
20
x – 3x = 0
2
v = u + at
x ( x – 3) = 0 v = 1.33 + 0.266 x 15 = 5.32m/s
x=0 OR x – 3 = 0
x = 3
(b)(i) y = x2 – 2x + 3
(ii) (-2, 6)


1. Simplify 3x - (y - 2x) - 3y.
3. The gradient of the line joining the points (-2, k) and (k, -14) is 2.
Calculate the value of k.
4. Factorise completely ax2y - 4ay3.
5. The points P and Q have coordinates (2, 4) and (-3, 1) respectively.
6. Shade B' ∩ (A ∩ C) in the Venn diagram in the answer space.
1 2 3
3 2 1
7. Given that A = ( ) and B= (3 2 1)
4 3 0
0 1 0
find
(a) AT,
(b) AB as a single matrix.

8. For the sequence 25, 22, 19, 16, ..., find the
(a) formula for the nth term,
(b) sum of the first 20 terms.
9. Town L is on (0°, 30°W) and town K is on (0°, 60°E) as shown in
the diagram.
(a) If a radio quiz is scheduled to start at 12 00 hours at L, find the

time at which the people at K will be listening to the quiz. What is
22
the distance between L and K in kilometres? [R = 6370km, 𝜋 = ]
7
10. (a) The probability that Chakupaleza will go for remedial lessons
7
on a particular day is . What is the probability that she will not go
10
for her remedial lessons on that particular day?

(b) Solve the equation 10x = 0.0001.
11. (a) Given that E = {2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12}, A = {4, 8, 12} and

B = {2, 10, 12}, list A'∩ B.

(b) The diagram below is a sector with centre 0 and radius 7cm.
Angle at 0 is 270°.
22
Calculate the area of the sector. [ 𝜋 = ]
7
12. The functions f and g are defined by f(x) = 2x + I and g(x) = 5x - 1.

Find
(a) g -1 (x),
(b) fg (x),
(c) fg (-3).
13. (a) The kite in the diagram in the answer space has coordinates (0,
0), (2, 1), (5, 0) and (2, —1). Draw the image of the kite after a
reflection in the line y = x.

14. Two boats X and Y leave port P at the same time. X travels on a
bearing of 159° and Y travels on a bearing of 215° as shown in the
diagram below. After sometime, X and Y are at points such that
angle PYX = 41°.
Find the
(a) bearing of X from Y,
(b) bearing of P from X.

15. Misozi and Filamba estimated the length of a line to be 9cm and
10cm respectively. If the true length of the line was 9.6cm, find
(a) Misozi's absolute error,
(b) Filamba's percentage error.
16. It is given that t = kv2, where k is the constant of variation.
Use the information given in the table to find the

(a) value of k,
(b) value of a,
(c) values of b.
17. In the diagram below, A, B, C, D, E and F are points on the
circumference of a circle. FAD = 70° and APT = 20°.
(a) Explain why AD is the diameter.

(b) Find
(i) A𝐶̂ F,
(ii) D𝐸̂ F.
18. (a) It is given that PQR below is right angled at R. QR = 4cm and tan
3
Q𝑃̂R =
4
Find sin P𝑄̂R.

(b) The ratio of the surface areas of two cubes is 16:25. What is the
volume of the smaller cube, if the volume of the bigger cube is
500 cm3?
19. (a) A businessman bought 300 company shares at K60.00. The
nominal price was K30.00. How much does he pay for the shares?
(b) The equation of a straight line L is given by 2y = 4x -5. Find
the equation of the line passing through (-2, 3) and
perpendicular to line L.
20. (a) The diagram below shows a cone with apex V and radius r.

How many planes of symmetry has the cone?

(b) The diagram below is an incomplete program flow chart to
calculate the curved surface area, S, of a cone with base radius
r and slant height l. complete the flow chart below by writing
appropriate statements in the blank symbols.

21. Write down the four inequalities that define the unshaded region R,
on the diagram below.
22. (a) If y = (1 - 2x) (1 + x) -2, find the values of x for which

y = -2.
(b) The sketch shown below represents a section of the curve
y = x(x - 2).
(i) Find the coordinates of the points where the curve cuts the x-axis.
(ii) What is the minimum value of the function?
23 The diagram below shows a speed-time graph of a car journey.
(a) Find the acceleration during the first 5 seconds.

(b) If the total distance travelled was 825m, find the value of T.
(c) Find the average speed for the whole journey.
SOLUTIONS FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 - 2017

1. 3x – y +2x – 3y 3. 𝑚 =
𝑦2 – 𝑦1
→ 2=
−14−𝑘
𝑥2 − 𝑥1 𝑘−2
3x + 2x – y – 3y
2𝑘 − 4 = −14 − 𝑘
5x – 4y
2𝑘 + 𝑘 = −14 + 4
1
81 −4 81 0 1
2. ( ) + ( ) = 1 +1 3𝑘 = −10
16 16 81 4
(16)
1
1 1 2
𝑘 = −3
= +1 = 3 +1 = 1 3
4 81 3
√
16
2 4. ax2y – 4 ay3
ay (x2 – 4y2)
ay [(x – 2y)(x + 2y)]

30+90 90
⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑ = (2) + (−3) = (−1)
5. 𝑃𝑄 9.(a) = = 6 hrs
4 1 5 15 15
6. 12 : 00 hrs
+ 6 : 00 hrs
18 : 00 hrs
𝜃
(b) Distance = 2𝜋𝑅
360
90 22
= x2x x 6370 = 10010 km
360 7
10. (a) P(G) + P (WG) = 1

7
+ 𝑃(𝑊𝐺 ) = 1
3 4 10
𝑇
7.(a) 𝐴 = (2 3) 𝑃(𝑊𝐺 ) = 1 −
7
=
3
1 0 10 10
1 2 3 (b) 10x = 0.0001

3 2 1
(b) ( ) (3 2 1) = 10x = 10-3  x = -3
4 3 0
0 1 2
9 11 13 11.(a) 𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵 = {2, 10}
( )
14 14 15 (b) 𝐴 =
𝜃
2𝜋𝑟 2
360
270 22
𝐴= x2x x 72 = 231 cm2
8.(a) Tn = a + (n -1)d 360 7
= 25 + (n – 1) -3 12. (a) 𝑔−1 (𝑥) → 𝑦 = 5𝑥 − 1

= 25 – 3n + 3 𝑦+1
5𝑥 = 𝑦 + 1 → 𝑥 =
5
Tn = 28 – 3n
𝒙+𝟏
𝑛
(b) 𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ] 𝑔−1 (𝑥 ) =
2 𝟓
20 (b) f g (x) = f [(gx)]
= [2 𝑥25 + (20 − 1) − 3]
2 = 2(-5x – 1 ) = - 10x – 2
𝑆𝑛 = - 70 (c) fg (-3) = - 10x – 2
= - 10 (-3) – 2 = 28
13.(a) 17.(b)(i) ACF = 20o

(ii) DEF = 90 + 20 = 110o
𝑂𝑝𝑝
18.(a) sin PQR =
𝐻𝑦𝑝
𝐻𝑦𝑝 = √32 + 42 = √9 + 16 = 5
4
Sin PQR =
5
(b) √16 ∶ 25 = 4 ∶ 5
5 → 500 500 x 4
1 → 𝑥= = 400cm3
(b) 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 5𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 4 → 𝑥 5
3
𝑑𝑦 1
19.(a) 300 x 60 x 30 = k 570 000
= (3 x 𝑥 3−1 ) − (2 x 5𝑥 2−1 ) − (1 x 2𝑥1−1 )
𝑑𝑥 3 (b) 2y = 4x – 5  y – 2x – 2.5 = 0
𝑑𝑦
𝑥 2 − 10𝑥 1 − 2𝑥 0 = x2 – 10x – 2 m1 + m2 = -1 m1 + (-2) = -1
𝑑𝑥
14.(a) 21 +41 = 62o m1 = -1 + 2 = 1  y – y1 = m1(x– x1)

(b) 360 – 21 = 339o y – 3 = 1 ( x- (-2))  y – x – 5 = 0
15.(a) error = 9 – 9.6 = - 0.6cm 20.(a) infinity line of symmetry
10−9.6
(b) % error = x 100 = 4.17%
9.6
16.(a) t = kv2
4 = k x 12  k = 4 𝜋, 𝑟, 𝑙
(b) t = kv2  a = 4 x 52 = 4 x 25
a = 100 C.S.A = 𝜋 𝑟 𝑙
(c) t = kv2  36 = 4v2
9 = v2  v=3
17.(a) AD is the diameter because it is dividing
or cutting the circle into two equal parts.

21.(a) 𝒙 ≥ −𝟏 , 𝒚 ≤ 𝟔 23.(a) v = u + at  30 = 0 + a x 5
𝒙 ≤ 𝟒, − 𝟐𝒚 + 𝟐𝒙 ≤ 𝟔 a = 6m/s2
1
22.(a) y = (1 – 2x)(1 +x) – 2 (b) A = (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ
2
-2 = (1 – 2x)(1 +x) – 2 1
825 = (𝑇 + 10)30
2
-2 + 2 = (1 – 2x)(1 +x)
825 = 15T + 150
(1 – 2x)(1 +x) = 0
825−150
𝟏 𝑇= = 45s
1 – 2x = 0  2x = OR 15
𝟐
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 825
1 + x = 0  x = -1 (c) A.S = =
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 45
(b) (i) (2, 0) (ii) -1 = 18.33m/s
MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2018 G.C.E

1. Simplify 4(x + 2y) - (3x - 8y).
3. A straight line passing through A(3, 2) and B(5, y) has gradient -2.
Find the value of y.
4. Factorise completely 5x2 - 5.
5. Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram
below.

5 −1 1
6. Given that C = ( ) and D ( ) express CD as a single
2 1 −2
matrix,
7. The first three terms in an arithmetic progression are 5, 7 and 9.
Find the
(a) common difference,
8 (a) In a game, the probability of a player losing is 0.3. What is
the probability of a player winning the game?
(b)
The coordinates of B and C are (2, 5) and (4, -3) respectively.
If M is the mid-point of BC, what is the position vector of M?
9. (a) Given that E = {I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8}, A = {1, 2, 3, 4} and
B = {2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, List (A ∪B)`.
(b) The scale of a map is 1 : 20 000. The actual area of
residential plots is 60km2. Calculate the area of residential
plots on the map in square centimetres.
10. (a) The difference in longitude between town A and town B is
105°. B is west of A. A family at A was watching a football match at
16 00 hours. At what time did a family at B watch the same match?
(b) The distance between P and Q is 3 600nm. If an aeroplane flies
from P to Q at 600 knots, how long will it take?
1 3 4
11. (a) The transpose of a matrix P is (2 5 1) .
3 0 1
Write down the matrix P.
(b) Solve the equation 22 2x – 1 = 16 -2x.
12. (a) The diagram below shows a sector AOB of a circle with
centre O and radius 7cm.
2 22
The area of the sector is 25 25 cm2. [ 𝜋 = ]
3 7

Calculate AOB.
(b) Ngiwezi invested K14 500.00 it a business firm. The condition was
that if she left her shares in the firm for 12 months, a profit of 5%
would be added to her shares. How much will she get at the end of
12 months?
13. The diagram below shows a circle with a tangent RWS. The points
V, W, X and Y are on the circle such that XYW = 44°, VWY = 54°
and SWV = 39°.
14. (a) The ratio of the heights of two containers that are geometrically
similar is 2:3. If the surface area of the smaller container is 80cm2,
find the surface area of the larger container.

(b) In the diagram below, triangle ABC is mapped onto triangle STU
by a combined transformation.
15. Two variables x and y have corresponding values as shown in the

table below.
Given that y varies directly as (x2 + 1), find the

(a) constant of variation, k,
(b) equation connecting y and x,
(c) values of a.
3𝑥−2
16. Given that f(x) = 8x and g(x) =
4
(a) f -1(x),

(b) an expression for fg(x),

(c) the value of x for which fg(x) = 20.
17. In the diagram below, a cyclist starts from town W and cycles on a
bearing of 216° to town P. She then leaves town P and cycles on a
bearing of 296° to Z. Z is west of W.
18 (a) The diagram below shows a regular hexagonal prism..
State the number of planes of symmetry.

(b) A piece of timber measures 5.25cm long. Calculate the relative
error of the measurement.

19 (a) Integrate 3x4 - 4x -3 with respect to x.

(b) Solve the equation (2x - 1)2 = 25.
20 (a) Find the equation of a line which is parallel to 2x +y = 3
passing through (-2, 3).
(b) The diagram in the answer space below is an incomplete flow
chart to calculate cos X for the triangle shown below.
Complete the flow chart below by writing the appropriate statements in

the blank symbols.

21 In the diagram below, R is the unshaded region.
22 (a) Given a right angled triangle XYZ where ∠Z is 90° and

4
sin X = , find the value of cos X.
5
(b) The diagram below shows a sketch of a graph which meets

the x-axis at - 4 and 2.

Find the
(i) equation of the graph,
(ii) coordinates of the turning point.
23 The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of a particle. The
particle started off from rest and accelerated uniformly for 10
seconds. It then travelled at a constant speed for 20 seconds and then
decelerated to rest.
SOLUTION FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 - 2018
(a) Find the speed V the particle reached if its acceleration was 2m/s2
in the first 10 seconds.
(b) Given that the total distance covered was 750m, find the value
often in the diagram.
(c) What was the speed at 40 seconds?
SOLUTIONS FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 - 2018

1. 4(x + 2y) – (3x – 8y) 𝑥1 + 𝑥2 𝑦1 + 𝑦2
8.(b) 𝑚𝑖𝑑 − 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 = ,
2 2
4x + 8y – 3x + 8y  x + 16y 4 + 2 −3 + 5
2 2 = ,
2.
3
273 = ( √27) = 9 2 2
6 2
𝑦2 −𝑦1 𝑦−2 = , = (3, 1)
3. 𝑚 = → −2 = 2 2
𝑥2 −𝑥1 5−3
9.(a) (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)’ = {7,8}
y–2=-4  y = -4 + 2 = -2
𝑀𝐷 1 𝑀𝐷 1
(b) = → =
4. 5x2 – 5 = 5 (x2 – 1) 𝐶𝐷 20 000 60 20 000
(60 𝑥 1000000)
5 [(x +1) (x – 1)] 𝑀𝐷 = = 300cm2
20 000
5. (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) ∪ 𝐶′ 105
10.(a) = 7hrs 16 : 00hrs
15
5 −1 1
6. ( )( ) -7 : 00hrs
2 1 −2 09 : 00hrs
(5x1) + (−1 x − 2) (b) D = S x t
=( )
(2x1) + (1 x − 2)
3600 = 600 x t
5+2 7
=( )=( ) t=
3600
= 6 hrs
2−2 0 600
7.(a) 7 – 5 = 2 or 9 - 7 = 2 1 2 3
𝑛 11.(a) (3 5 0)
(b) 𝑆𝑛 = [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ]
2 4 1 1
12
= [(2 𝑥5) + (12 − 1)2] (b) 22𝑥−1 = 16−2𝑥
2
= 6[10 + 22] 22𝑥−1 = 24(−2𝑥)
= 192 2x -1 = 4(-2x)
8.(a) P(L) + P(W) = 1 2x + 8x = 1

1
0.3 + P(W) = 1 10x = 1  x =
10
P(W) = 1 – 0.3 = 0.7

12.(a) 𝐴 =
𝜃
𝜋𝑟 2 16.(a) 𝑓 −1 (𝑥) → 𝑦 = 8𝑥
360
𝑦 𝒙
77
=
𝜃
x
22
x 72 𝑥= → 𝑓 −1 (𝑥 ) =
3 360 7 8 𝟖
27720 3𝑥−2
𝜃= = 60o (b) 𝑓𝑔(𝑥 ) = 8 ( )
462 4
24𝑥 − 16
=
5 4
(b) x 14500 = k 725 24𝑥−16
100
(c) 𝑓𝑔(𝑥 ) =
4
 14 500 + 725 = k 15 225
24𝑥−16
o 20 =  24x – 16 = 80
13.(a) RWX = 44 4
(b) XVW = 44o 24𝑥 = 80 + 16  24x = 96

(c) YXW = 54 + 39 = 93o 𝑥=4
14.(a) 22 : 32 = 4 : 9 17.(a) PWZ = 360 – 216 + 90 = 54o
4 → 9 80 𝑥 9 3 (b) WPZ = 360 – 296 = 64o
=𝑥= = 180cm
80 → 𝑥 4
18.(a) 6 planes of symmetry
(b) Translation and rotation 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑡𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
(b) Relative error =
15.(a) 𝑦 ∝ (𝑥 2 + 1) 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒
5.25
y = k (x2 + 1) = = 0.01
525
20 = k (22 + 1) 19.(a) 3x4 – 4x-3
20 = 4k + k  k = 4 (4 x 3x4 - 1) – (-3 x 4x -3 - 1)
12x3 + 12x -4
(b) y = k (x2 + 1)  y = 4x2 + 4 (b) (2x – 1 )2 = 25
(c) y = 4x2 + 4  104 = 4x2 + 4 (2x – 1 )2 = 52
104 – 4 = 4x2 = 100 = 4x2 2x – 1 = 5  2x = 5 +1
6
x = √25 x = =3
2
x =5

20.(a) 2 x + y = 3 22.(b)(i) (x + 4 ) (x – 2) = 0
y = 3 – 2x y = (x + 4 ) (x – 2)
y = x2 - 2x + 4x – 8
y – y1 = m (x – x1)
y = x2 + 2x – 8
y – 3 = -2 (x – (-2))
−4 + 2
y = -2x – 4 + 3 (ii) for x: x =
2
= -1
y = -2x -1 For y: y = x2 + 2x – 8
y = (-1)2 + 2(-1) – 8
y=-9
Turning point = (-1, - 9)
23.(a) v = u + at
V = 0 + 2 (10)
V = 20m/s
1
(b) 𝐴 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ
2
1
750 = (𝑡 + 20)20
2
750 = 10 (t + 20)
750 = 10t + 200
1
21. 𝑦 +
4
𝑥 ≤ 2 , 𝑦 < 𝑥, 750 – 200 = 10t
550
2 1 t= = 55s
10
𝑦 1 𝑥 ≥ 13
3 3 (c) v = u + at
22.(a) 𝐴𝑑𝑗 = √52 − 42 0 = 20 + a (25)
- 20 = 25 a
= √25 − 16 = √9 = 3 20
a= = - 0.8 m/s2
25
𝑎𝑑𝑗 𝟑 v = u + at
cos 𝑥 = =
ℎ𝑦𝑝 𝟓 v = 20 + (- 0.8) (10)
v = 20 – 8 = 12m/s


1. Simplify 4 – 2(b – a) - 1
4 3
2. Evaluate ( √81)
3. Factorise completely 32x2 - 50.
4. Find the gradient of a line which passes through (-5, 3) and (- 4, 1)
5. The Venn diagram below shows three sets A. B and C.
Use set notation to describe the shaded region.

−3
6. The vector PQ = ( ). Give that the point P is (1, 4), find the
2
coordinates of the point Q
2 −1 1 0 −4
7. Given that the point R = ( ) and S = ( )
1 3 −2 1 1
find
(a) ST,
(b) RS.
8. For the sequence -10, -7, - 4, …. find the
(a) I7th term,

9. (a) There are 4 blue and 5 white marbles in a bag. What is the
probability of randomly picking a white marble?
(b) Solve the equation 2x2 + 5x - 3 = 0.
10. (a) Given that E = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}, A = {2, 3, 6, 8}
and B = {3, 6, 7, 9} list (A ∩ B)’.
(b) The diagram below shows a prism, with a base that is a
regular hexagon.
Now many planes of symmetry does it have?

11. The diagram below shows point .A(60°N, 30oW), B(30oS, 30oW)
and C(30oS, 75oE).
(a) If the local time at B is 15 00, what is the local time at C?

(b) It takes a plane 6 hours to fly from A to B. What is its speed in knots?

12. (a) Evaluate 3° x 33+31.

(b) The diagram below shows a sector of a circle with centre 0 and
radius 4.2 cm.
Given that the area of the sector AOB is 9.24 cm2, find the value of 𝜃.
22
[Take 𝜋 = ]
7
13 (a) The mass, m, of a block of wood is 876.4 g, correct to 1

decimal place. Complete the statement in the answer space below.
(b) The length of a piece of wire is 15.2 cm, correct to 1 decimal
place. What is the relative error of the length of the piece of wire?
14. The diagram below shows Mr Mocnda's trip. He travels on a
bearing of 141° from A to B. The angle BCA = 35°. He then
decides to continue with his trip from B on a bearing of 255° to C.
Find the bearing of

(a) A from B,
(b) A from C.

3𝑥−5
15. The functions f and g are defined as f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x) =
2
find
(a) f -1 (x)
(b) fg(x)
(c) fg(4)
16. In the diagram below, A. B, C, D and E are points on the circumference
of the circle with centre O. DE = AD, A𝐶̂ B = 20° and A𝑂̂E = 80o.
17. (a) A point R(-3,1) is mapped onto a point S(2, -1) by a translation
T. Express T as a column vector.
(b) In the answer space below is an incomplete program written in
pseudocode, for calculating the mean (m) of 10 numbers whose
sum is S. Complete the program by filling in the blank spaces
with appropriate statements.

18. Given that y varies directly as x and inversely as the square of z,

and that y = 10 when x= 32 and z = 4,
find
(a) the value of k. the constant of variation,
(b) y when x = 20 and z = 5,
(c) z when x = 9 and y = 5.
19. (a) A company's working capital consists of 450 10% preference
shares of K50.00 each and 700 ordinary shares of KIO.00 each.
After 6 months, the company declared a dividend of K5 750.00.
Flow much dividend will be paid to each ordinary shareholder?
(b) The ratio of the volumes of two similar solids is 64:27. The
surface area of the smaller solid is ISO cm2. What is the
surface area of the bigger solid?
20. The diagram below shows triangle KLM in which KL = 16 cm,
angle KLM = 150° and its area is 32 cm2.
(a) Calculate the length of LM.

(b) The equation of line A is 3x + 2y = 10. Line B is parallel to line A
and passes through the point (4, 6), Find the equation of the line B.
21. Write four inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the
diagram below.
3x3 1
22 (a) Find the integral of − 5x + with respect to x.
2 x2
(b) A function y = (1 +x) (x - 2).

(i) Sketch the graph of the function in the answer space below.
(ii) Find the minimum value of V.

23. The diagram below shows a speed time graph of an object. It starts
from rest and accelerates uniformly for 2 seconds until it reaches a
speed of 10m/s, It moves at this constant speed for 6 seconds then
accelerates until it reaches a speed of V m/s after 5 seconds.
Finally it retards for the next 8 seconds until it conies to a halt.
Calculate the
(a) acceleration during the first 2 seconds,
(b) value of V if the retardation in the last 8 seconds is 3 m/s2,
(c) average speed for the whole journey.
1. 4 – 2b + 2a – 1 6. Q = PQ + P
3 – 2b + 2a =(
−3 1 −2
)+ ( )= ( )
2 4 6
2. 33 = 27
Q = (-2, 6)
3. 2(16x2 – 25) = 2[(4x)2 – 52]
2[(4x – 5)(4x + 5)]
1 −2
𝑦2 − 𝑦1 1−3 𝑇
4. 𝑚 = = = -1 7.(a) 𝑆 = ( 0 1)
𝑥2 − 𝑥1 −4+5
−4 1
5. (A ∪ )′ ∪ C
2 −1 1 0 −4 11.(b) 𝑆 =
𝐷
=
(60+30)𝑥 60
= 900 knots
7.(b) ( )( ) 𝑡 6
1 3 −2 1 1
2 + 2 0 − 1 −8 − 1 12.(a) 30 x 33 + 31 = 1 x 27 + 3 = 30
=( )
1 − 6 0 + 3 −4 + 3 𝜃
(b) 𝐴 = 𝜋𝑟 2
𝟒 −𝟏 −𝟗 360
=( )
−𝟓 𝟑 −𝟏 𝜃 22
9.24 = x x 4.22
8.(a) Tn = a + (n – 1)d 360 7
2520 𝑥 9.24
= -10 + (17 -1) 3 = 38 𝜃= = 60o
388.08
𝑛
(b) Sn = [2𝑎 + (𝑛 − 1)𝑑 ] 13.(a) 876.35 ≤ 𝒎 ≤ 876.45
2
20 (b) 15.25 – 15.15 = 0.1
= [(2 𝑥 − 10) + (20 − 19)3]
2 14.(a) 355 + 36 = 291o
Sn = 370
(b) 180 – (36 +35) = 109o
5
9.(a) P (W) = 15.(a) 𝑓 −1 (𝑥) → 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1
9
(b) 2x2 + 5x – 3 = 0 𝑦−1

2𝑥 = 𝑦 − 1 → 𝑥 =
2x2 – x + 6x – 3 = 0 2
𝑦−1
x (2x – 1) + 3 (2x – 1) = 0 𝑓 −1 (𝑥) =
2
(2x – 1) (x + 3) = 0 3𝑥−5
(b) 𝑓𝑔(𝑥 ) = 2 ( )+1
2x – 1 = 0 OR x + 3 = 0 2
6𝑥 − 8
2x = 1 x = -3 =
2
𝟏
x = 6𝑥−8 6(4)−8
𝟐 (c) 𝑓𝑔(4) = = =8
2 2
10. (a) (A ∩ B)’ = {2, 7, 8, 9} 80
16.(a) ADE = = 40o
2
(b) 6 lines of symmetry
140
30+75 105 (b) DAE = = 70o
11.(a) = = 7 ℎ𝑟𝑠 2
15 15
(c) BAD = 160 – 40 = 120o
15 : 00
+ 7 : 00
22 : 00 hrs
5 1
17.(a) 𝑇 = ( ) 20.(a) 𝐴 = 𝑚𝑘 sin 𝐿
−3 2
(b) Enter : S, 10 1
32 = x 16 x 𝑘 x 𝑠𝑖𝑛150
𝑆 2
𝑚= 1
10 32 = 8𝑘 𝑥
𝑥 𝑥 2
18.(a) 𝑦 ∝ 2 → 𝑦 = 𝑘 32
𝑧 𝑧2 32 = 4𝑘 → 𝑘 = =8
4
32 x 𝑘
10 = = k =5
42 (b) 3x + 2y = 10
2y = 10 – 3x
𝑥 5 𝑥 20
(b) 𝑦 = 𝑘 → = 4 y = 5 – 3.5 x
𝑧2 52
𝑥x𝑘 5x9 y – y1 = m (x – x1)

(c) 𝑦 =  5=
𝑧2 42 y – 6 = -3 (x – 4)
𝑍 = √9 = 3 y - 6 = -3.5x + 14
y + 3.5x - 14 – 6
10
19.(a) 𝑥 50 = 𝑘 5 y + 3.5x – 20 = 0
100
450 𝑥 5 = 𝑘 2250
21. 𝑦 < − 𝑥, 𝑦 ≤ −2𝑥
𝑘5750 − 𝑘 2250 = 𝑘 3500
𝑦 ≤ 2𝑥 , 6𝑦 ≥ 𝑥
3500
𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑒 = =k5
700
3𝑥 3 1
3 22.(a) − 5𝑥 +
(b) √64 ∶ 27 = 4 : 3 2 𝑥2
3 x 3𝑥 3−1
4 → 𝑥 − 1 x 5𝑥 1−1 + (−2x 2𝑥 −2−1)
2
3 → 180 9𝑥 2
− 5𝑥 0 + (−4𝑥 −3)
4 𝑥 180 2
𝑥 =
3
X = 240 cm2 𝟗𝒙𝟐

− 𝟓 − 𝟒𝒙−𝟑
𝟐

22.(b) (i)
23.(c) TOTAL DISTANCE
1 1 1
A = (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ + (𝑎 + 𝑏)ℎ + 𝑏ℎ
2 2 2
1 1 1
= (8 + 6)10 + (10 + 24)5 + x 24 x 8
2 2 2
= 70 + 85 + 96
(ii) y = x – x – 2
2
= 151m
y = (0.5)2 – (0.5) – 2 AVERAGE SPEED
y = 0.25 - 0.5 - 2
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
y = - 2.25 𝐴. 𝑆 =
𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒
23.(a) v = u + at 151
=
10 = 0 + a (2) 21
10 = 11.95m/s
a = = 5m/s2
2
(b) v = u + at
0 = V + (-3)(8)
0 = V + (-24)
V = 24m/s

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SUCCESS IN MATHS VOLUME ONE

MATHEMATICS VOLUME ONE

THIS MATHS BOOKLET WILL HELP YOU TO:

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MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2009

2. (a) Express 65% as a fraction in its lowest terms. [1]

3. Express 0.0245 in scientific notation correct to 2 significant figures. [2]

6. Given that p = -2, q = 8 and r = 12, evaluate

7. It is given that V varies inversely as the square of t. Some

Find the values of k (the constant of variation), a and b. [3]

10. Given that f(x) =12 — 3x, find

(a) f(-3), [1]

(b) f -1 (-3) [2]

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(a) Find P (blue). [2]

12. (a) Factorise completely 3h4 - 12h. [1]

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14. (a) Find the value of [1]

16. (a) (i) Find column vector m such that

(ii) Hence find [1]

(ii) State the order of rotational symmetry of a regular hexagon. [1]

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18. (a) In the diagram below, AB = 7cm and AP = xcm.

Find x, if AP = 3PB. [1]

(a) the least positive integer x, [2]

(b) the greatest negative integer x satisfying this inequality. [2]

(b) A die is rolled ten times giving the following scores

(i) the median score, [1]

(ii) the mean score. [1]

22. The diagram shows the velocity-time graph of a particle during a

(a) the acceleration of the particle in the first 10 seconds, [1]

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(a) Complete the table in the answer space.

(d) How many rows would be needed to display 78 cans? [2]

SOLUTIONS FOR MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2009

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2𝑚 + 0 + 3 15 19. (a) <

2m + 3 = 15 -12 + n = 2 20. (a) x – y = 7

(b)(i) median = 1,1,2,2,2,2,3,4,5,6

(c) d = area A + area B + area C

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MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 – 2010

1. Find the exact value of

(b) 2.16 ÷ 0.03. [1]

3. Express 4 995 257 in scientific notation correct to 3 significant figures. [2]

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Find the equation of AB. [2]

(a) find g(-1), [1]

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(a) Explain why OCT = 90°. [1]

Complete the table in the answer space.

(a) Calculate the ratio of their curved surface areas. [2]

17. It is given that x varies inversely as the square of y and directly

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20 | P a g e CALL 0974794056 OR WHATSSAP 0965038377

21 | P a g e CALL 0974794056 OR WHATSSAP 0965038377

10. (a) because the tangent to a 15(a) T𝑄̂R = 180 – 90 + 42 = 48o

(b) CT = 180 o - 120 o = 60o ̂S = 180 – 114 = 66O