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MARANATHA ACADEMY
2023 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Subject number: M131/I
February 2023 Time allowed: 2 hours
08:00 – 10:00
PAPER I
(100 marks)
Instructions:
1. This paper contains 11 printed pages. Question Tick if Do not write in these
Please check. number answered columns
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2. Answer all the 20 questions in this paper. 2
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3. The maximum number of marks for each 4
answer is indicated against each 5
question. 6
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4. Write your answers in the spaces 8
provided on the question paper. 9
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5. Scientific calculators may be used. 11
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6. All working must be clearly shown. 13
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question paper in the spaces provided. 16
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against the question number you have 19
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1. Factorise completely 2 + 5𝑑 − 12𝑑2 (3 marks)
3
√𝑤 2 +𝑝
2. Make 𝑤 the subject of the formula =𝑦 (5 marks)
𝑥
3√50 − √18
3. Simplify
√10
, leaving the answer with a rational denominator. (6 marks)
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4 2 2 2 1
4. Given that matrix 𝑃 = ( ), 𝑄 = ( ) and 𝑅 = 2 (𝑃𝑄), find matrix 𝑅.
3 4 −4 4
(4 marks)
5. If the 5th term and 9th term of a geometric progression (GP) are 8 and 128 respectively,
calculate the common ratio. (5 marks)
6. When the polynomial 𝑥 4 − 5𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 − 4 is divided by 𝑥 + 2 the remainder is −4,
find 𝑏. (4 marks)
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7. Figure 1 shows a chord AB and diameter AC of circle ABC.
Figure 1 O
B
M
A
If 𝐴𝐵 = 24 𝑐𝑚 and 𝑂𝑀 = 9 𝑐𝑚, calculate the length of AC. (6 marks)
5 7 1
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ),
8. If 𝑄 = ( ) and 𝑅 = ( ) are position vectors, find (𝑄𝑅 (4 marks)
−6 4 2
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9. Figure 2 shows a circle ABC centre O, TB is a tangent to the circle at B.
A
Figure 2
O
C
𝟒𝟒°
T
If angle 𝐵𝑇𝐶 = 44°, find the value of angle 𝑩𝑨𝑪. (5 marks)
10. Solve the equation 3𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 1 = 0, giving the answer correct to one decimal place.
(6 marks)
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11.The volumes of two similar cones are 54 𝑐𝑚3 and 250 𝑐𝑚3 . If the diameter of base of
the smaller cone is 30 cm and that of the bigger cone is 𝑦 cm, calculate the value of 𝑦
(5 marks)
12. Figure 3 is a diagram of an ice cream made by joining a cone and a hemisphere. The
ice cream has a radius 𝑂𝐶 = 7𝑐𝑚 and a total height of 21 𝑐𝑚
A
Figure 3 21 cm
7 cm
B O C
22
Calculate the total volume of the solid. (take = ) (6 marks)
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13. A quantity 𝑃 varies directly as 𝑞 and inversely as the cube root of 𝑟. When 𝑃 = 10
and 𝑞 = 5 then 𝑟 = 8, find 𝑃 when 𝑞 = 54 and 𝑟 = 27. (6 marks)
14. Given a function ℎ(𝑥) = 4𝑥 2 − 1 , calculate ℎ(−2). (3 marks)
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15. Figure 4 shows a speed – time graph of a moving train.
40
𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 (𝑚/𝑠)
20
Figure 4
0 5 8 12
𝑇𝑖𝑚𝑒 (𝑠)
Find the total distance covered by the train. (5 marks)
16. A straight line passes through points M(0, −5) and N(2, 3). Calculate the 𝑥 −
intercept of line MN. (6 marks)
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17. Table 1 shows the ages and frequencies of girls in a choir
Age in years 14 15 16 17
Frequency 3 4 5 4
Find the mean age of the girls in the choir , giving your answer correct to 1 decimal
place. (5 marks)
18. Figure 5 is a venn diagram showing elements in the universal set ؏ and subsets 𝑫 and
𝑬
؏ D E
Figure 5 4
1 3
5
2 7
6
8
Find 𝑛((𝐷 ∪ 𝐸)′ ∪ (𝐷 ∩ 𝐸)′ ) (5 marks)
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19. Three villages A, B and C are located such that A is 15 km and at a bearing of 𝑁50°𝐸
from B. C is to the South of A and East of B. Calculate the distance between village B
and C, giving the answer correct to one decimal place. (6 marks)
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20. Figure 6 shows the unshaded region D on a Cartesian plane
𝐲
𝟔
Figure 6
D
−𝟏 𝟎 𝟑 𝒙
Write down three inequalities that describe the unshaded region D. (5 marks)
END OF QUESTION PAPER.
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