NAME: ________________________________________________ CLASS: _____

MZUZU DIOCESE SCHOOLS

2020 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS

Friday, 27 March Subject Number: M0131/II

Time Allowed: 2 h 30min
(7.30-10.00am)
PAPER II
(100 Marks)

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Instructions: Number Answered write in
1. This paper contains 16 pages. these
Please check. margins
2. Answer all the Six questions in 1
section A and any four
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questions in section B.
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3. The maximum number of marks
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for each answer is indicated
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against each question.
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4. Answer all questions in the
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spaces provided.
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5. Write your name and class on
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top of every page.
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6. In the table provided on this
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page, tick against the question
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number you have answered.
7. Hand in your paper to the
invigilator at the end.
NAME: ________________________________________________ CLASS: _____

Section A (60 marks)

Answer all the six questions in this section

x2 x2 y  4 y3
1. a. Simplify 
3x 9y

(4 marks)

b. f :x 2x  3 and g:x ax  5 . Find the value of a for which

fg (2)  3

(4 marks)
2. a. Rationalize the denominator for

3 2 5
3 5 4

(4 marks)
 1 0  2 0
b. If
A    and
B    . Find the matrix X such that
 0 2   4 5 
4X – A = 2B – X

(6 marks)

3. a. Figure 1 shows the graph of the equation y  2x  6

Calculate the distance between x and y intercepts.

(4 marks)

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b. A cylinder of radius 6cm has volume of 27cm . Calculate the volume V of a

similar cylinder whose radius is 12cm

(5 marks)
4. a. Figure 2 is a diagram of triangle ABC in which AC = 4cm, BC = 5cm and

angle ABC = 420

Calculate the size of angle ACB giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.

(5 marks)
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 b. Figure 3 shows a velocity time graph of an object over a period of 12
seconds.

If the total distance travelled in 12 seconds is 384m, calculate:

i. the value of V in m/s
ii. the ratio of acceleration to deceleration.

(6 marks)

5. a. Solve the simultaneous equations ab  9 and b  a  6

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 (6 marks)
b. In Figure 4, BCD is a circle centre O, ADE is a tangent and ABC is a
straight line.

0 0
If angle BCD = 3x and angle BAD = 2x , Express angle OBC in terms of x.

(5 marks)

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6. a. A chord AB of length 6cm is drawn in a circle centre O. M is the midpoint of
AB and P is a point on the circumference. If OM = x cm and MP = 2cm,
calculate the radius of the circle.

(6 marks)
b. Make a the subject of the formula

a2  n x2

m b

(5 marks)

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 Section B (40 Marks)
Answer any four questions in this section
7. Deviations from the mean of two sets from data are; -5, -3, 1 and 3, 4, and a.
Given that the sets have the same variance, calculate the value of a.

(10 marks)
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8. A variable p is the sum of two terms, one of which is constant while the other
varies inversely as the square of y. When p = -1, y = 1 and when p = 2, y = 2.

Find the positive value of y when p  2 34

(10 marks)
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9. The table below shows values for the equation y  x 2 ( x  2)( x  4)
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
y -21 0 0 -9 -16 0
i. Complete the table of values above.
ii. Using a scale of 2cm to represent 1 unit on the horizontal axis and 2cm to
represent 5 units on the vertical axis, draw the graph of

y  x 2 ( x  2)( x  4)
iii. Use your graph to solve the following simultaneous equations:

y  x 3  x 2  8x
y  2 x  10

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 (10 marks)
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10. Factorize completely 2 x 3  5x 2  4 x  3 and hence solve the equation

2 x3  5x 2  4 x  3  0

(10 marks)

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11. A businessman wants to install two types of machines P and Q. Machine P
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needs 4 operators and occupies 5m of space, Machine of type Q needs 5
2
operators and occupies 10m of space. There are up to 100 operators available

and 150m 2 of space.

i. Taking x to represent type P machine and y to represent type Q

machine, write down two inequalities in x and y in addition to x0 and

y0
ii. Using a scale of 2cm to represent 5 units on the horizontal axis and 2cm
to represent 5 units on the vertical axis, draw the graphs to show the
region represented by the four inequalities by shading the unwanted
region.
iii. If machine P makes a daily profit of K400 and machine Q makes a daily
profit of K600, calculate the maximum daily profit the businessman can
make.

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 (10 marks)
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12. Figure 5 shows a right pyramid on a rectangular base BCDE in which
BC = 8cm, CD = 6cm and the slant height AD = 13cm.

i. Calculate the height AO of the pyramid.

ii. Calculate the angle between ACD and the base.

(10 marks)
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