Name of Student: _______________________________________ Form 4
MAPALE PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL (MAPSS)
2023 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
MOCK EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS I
Subject Number: M131/I
Time Allowed: 2 hours
(100 Marks) 8:00-10:00 am
Wednesday, 22 March
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1. This paper contains 6 printed pages. Please Number answered these columns
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3. Answer all the four questions in this paper.
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4. Calculators may be used.
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, find without using a calculator, cos 𝜃. ( 3 marks)
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1. Given that sin Ɵ =
√13
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t −4 t
2. Given that g(t) = , workout the values of t for which g(t) = 3. (6 marks)
t
Factorize 𝑚𝑛2−
m
3. completely. (4 marks)
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4. P varies directly as x3 and inversely as y. When x = 2, p = 3 and y = 4. Find the value
of x when p = 12 and y = 4. (7Marks)
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5. When the polynomial x3 + 5x2 + kx + 3 is divided by (x+2), it gives a remainder of 1.
Find the value of k. (6Marks)
6. The fourth term of Arithmetic Progression is 11 and the seventh term is 20. Calculate
the first term. (7Marks)
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7. Two girls set out from the same starting point simultaneously. Mercy goes due north
and, Maria runs on a bearing of 0460. When Mercy has gone for 440 m, the girls are
400 m apart. How far is John then from the starting point? (5 marks)
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8. The probability of having an early lunch at a boarding school is . When the lunch
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is early, the probability of having a beef is and when late, the probability of
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having a beef is . Draw a tree diagram to represent this information completing all
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the branches. (6Marks).
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9. In figure 3, PQR is a triangle such that PQ = 6 cm, QR = 10 cm and RP = 7 cm.
Calculate the angle PRQ to the nearest degree. (7marks)
10. If The points P(0,0), Q (1,2), R (6,0) and S (5,-2) form a quadrilateral,
show by vector method that PQRS is a parallelogram (6Marks)
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11. Points A and B are (a ,-4) and (-3, b) respectively. If the mid-
point of AB is (-2, 3), find the values of a and b. ( 5 marks)
12. Figure 3 shows the region R bounded by four inequalities
Write down the four inequalities which define the region. (6marks)
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19. Solve the simultaneous equations (7 marks )
x2 - 3y =16
x–y=2
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11. a. A cylindrical steel pipe, open on both ends, has an external radius of 21cm and an
internal radius of 14cm. It is 2m long. (Takeπ= ) 22 7 Calculate;
(i) the internal surface area.
(i) the volume of steel used to make the pipe. (5marks)
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