MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

ZIMBABWE JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION, 1995

MATHEMATICS PAPER II

Date.: Friday, 27 October 1995 Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Answer All questions in SECTION A and ALL questions in SECTION B.

ALL questions in SECTION A carry 5 mar·ks each.

ALL questions in SECTION B carry 10 marks each.

To obtain full marks for any question ALL WORKING must be shown.

DO NOT MEASURE FROM GIVEN DIAGRAMS.

Graph paper provided is for question l2.

For 1r use 22.

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This question paper comprises 10 printed pages.

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Copyright. Ministry of Education and Culture. 1995.
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SECTION A (50 MARKS)

Answe! all questions in this section.

1 . ...._ {a) (i) Simplify 3 1+ 1 i

(ii) Remove the brackets and simplify
- 2a{3 + b) - 3a(b - 1)

(b) Solve the equation

x(x - 3) - (x - 3) = 0

2. (a) Divide 6,5 by · 2,12 g1v1.ng the answer correct to three

significant figures.

{b) If pq = p + r2,

(i) make p the subject of the equation

(ii) find q when p = ~ and r = -3

3. (a) If a glass of Coca-Cola costs x cents and a glass of

.--- orange juice costs half as much., write down in terms of
x, the cost of 1 glass of orange juice. · ·

(b) Given that tne total cost of 2 glasses of Coca-Cola and

3 glasses of orange juice is $6,30,

(i) form an equation in x and solve it.

(ii) find the . cost of 1 glass of orange juice.

4. (a) Use tables to find the value of /J:. 65, 2 ·

(b) (i) Solve the inequality

4x - 6 s 3 (x - 2)

(ii) Represent the inequality 4 =F 4

on a number line.

5. Given that A =
{2, 3, 4, ~~- 8, 9, 10} ·
B = {factors of ,90} where BcA;

/a) list the tneffiPers of (i) set B

/ (ii) AnB
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6. (a) Factorise fully

(ii) 2mn - 6n - m + 3

(b) Expand and simplify the -expression

/" (3e ... 2d) (4e - d)

7. (a) Shupi spent $10,20 on a text book. If this amount was

,. 40% of her ipocket money, how much was her pocket money?
(b) Simplify the expression

X - 1 - X + 2
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12cm 8

Scm

0 10cm

Figure 1

Figure 1 above shows a trapezium ABCD with

AB = 12cm, AD = 8cm, DC = lOom and
AB parallel to DC.
(i) Find the area of the trapezium.

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(ii) In this part of the question, take 1T = 7.

If the area of the trapezium in Figure 1 is equa l tO the

area of a circle; find the radius of this circle, in em ,
correct to 2 decimal places .
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9. \, (i) Find the Lowest Common M~ltiple (L.C.M.)

of 10p~q, 8pqr and 18prq;~
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Figure 2
Figure 2 above shows a wooden cuboid, open on both ends.
The external measurements of the cuboid are 40cm long,
30cm wide and 60cm high.
(a) If the wooden boards used are 3 em thick, find the volume
of the wood used.
(b) Gi ven that the cuboid weighs 19 , 2 kg, find the density of
the wood in g/cm3 , correct to two decimal places.
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10. (a) The mean of a set of 8 numbers is 22,5. If the mean of

3 of these numbers is -5, find the mean of the other five
numbers.

(b)
June Meter July Meter No. of Cost Amount
Reading Reading units Per unit Due
used
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06785 07165 X 11c y

The above table shows Mrs Dondo's electricity bill

for the month of July.

(i) Find x, the number of units used

(ii) If each· unit costs 11 cents, find y, the

amount due.
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SECTION .B{50 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

11. (a) Using ruler and compasses only

(i) draw line PQ = 10,6cm.

Mark point A on line PQ such that line
PA == 7cm.

(ii) construct a perpendicular to line PQ,

passing through point A..

(iii) construct angle PQR = 60° such that point

R is vertically above point A.

(iv) draw line PR.

Measure and write down the length
of line PR.

(b) N

Figure 3

In figure 3 above, Y is due east of X. The

bearing of Y from V is 125° and the bearing
of X from V is 2d0°.
If XW is parallel to YV find

(i) angle XYV

(ii) angle WXV

12. (a) Mr and Mrs Shako have each $1 800. Mr Shoko deposited
his $1 800 in a Post Office Savings Account on 1 May
1993. If the rate of interest was 19,75% per annum, tax
free, how much interest did he get on 31 December 1993?
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(b ) Mrs Shako deposited her $1 800 in a

Fixed Deposit Account for one year. The rate
of interest was 24% per annum.

(i) Find the interest she earned.

(ii) Mrs Shako's interest was taxed at 30%.

(a) How much was the tax?

(b) What was hernet interest?

(iii) Express Mrs Shako's net interest as a

percent~ge of her deposit.
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13.

Figure 4

Figure _4 &}Jove · shows journeys o f t wo buses A and B travelling

from Harare toKadoma.

(i) How .far from Harare was Bus A when Bus B left Harare?

(ii) For how long was Bus A stationary?

'(iii} What was Bt1s A's average speed for the whole
journey from Harare. t o · Kadoma? ·

(iv) At what time did Bus B overtake bus A?

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(v) At . what ' time was Bus B 14km ahead of ·Bus A?

(vi) If Bus A had not stopped and h a d continued at the . same

speed, by how many minutes ahead. of Bus B would it have
reached Kadoma?
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14. (a}

No. of
students

51 52 53 Mark

Figure 5

The bar graph above shows the marks in a Mathematics

test for a group of 15 students.

(i} What was the modal mark?

lii) Calculate the mean mark for the group.

(b) Anna's home (A} is 1500 metres on a bearing of

100° from school(S).

Beauty's home (B) is 2100 metres on a bearing of 240°

from the school(S).

Caroline's home (9) is 1 800 metres due north of

the school(S).

(i) Using a scale of lcm to 300m, draw an

accurate scale diagram to represent the
positions of A, B, C and S.

Use your diagram to find

(ii} the bearing of A from B,

(iii} . the actual distance of C from A, in metres.

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15. Answer the whole of this question on graph paper

(i) Copy and complete the tables below for

y = 2x + 4 and 3y = 2x - 8
y = 2x + 4 3y = 2x - 8

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(ii) Using a scale of 2 em to represent 2 units on both
axes with x ranging from -8 to 8 and y
from -8 to 8, draw the graphs of y =· 2x + 4
and 3y = 2x - 8 .

(iii) Use your graphs to solve the simultaneous equations

y = 2x + 4 and 3y = 2x - 8.