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ZIMBABWE SCHOOL ‘EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
MATHEMATICS 4028/2
PAPER 2
NOVEMBER 2009 SESSION 2 hours 30 minutes
Additional materials
‘Answer paper
Geometrical instruments
Graph paper (3 sheets)
Mathematical tables
Plain paper (1 sheet)
TIME 2 hours 30 minutes
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the
answer paper/answer booklet.
Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answer]
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the
answer should be given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given
to one decimal place
INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES,
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question]
Mathematical tables or electronic calculators may be used to evaluate explicit
numerical expressions.
This question paper consists of 13 printed pages and 3 blank pages.
Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, N2009,
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Section A [64 marks}
Answer all the questions in this section.
Simplify 8 - 24 +6 +34.
Expand (1-2x)(x +3)
(Find the L.CM. of
and (x‘-x’).
(ii) Evaluate (Loge81) x (2Log.8).
Solve the equations
@ — Hh+3)-2h-4)=4,
(iy P= 9”
Write down, in set notation, the set represented by the shaded region
in the Venn diagram.
we
40082 2008(©) itis given that
{x:2.s.x520,xis an integer},
P= {x:x isa prime number} and
Q={x:dex