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MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
2025
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2 hours
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EXTERNAL PRE-REGISTRATION EXAMINATIONS-2025

Uganda Certificate of Education

Paper 1

2 hours 15 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

This paper of two sections; A and B. It has six examination items.

Section A has two compulsory items.

Section B has two parts; I and II. Answer one item from each part.

Answer four examination items in all.

Any additional item(s) answered will not be scored.

All answers must be written in the answer sheets provided.

Graph paper is provided.

Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a

list of formula may be used.

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 SECTION A
Answer all items in this section.
Item 1
Meat Akua, a market vender who sells fresh pineapples in Nakasero central
market. She buys her produce from farmers in nearby villages.
Akua bought 12 crates of pineapples, each containing 15 pineapples, from farmer
Kofi’s farm. She sold 30% of the total number of crates before her long-time
friend, Kwame came to visit.
Kwame took Akua out for a dinner at a restaurant where they spent Sh 25,000 on
each plate of food and Sh 8,100 on drinks altogether. Kwame informed Akua about
his Music Studio visit and inspired him to join. Kwame informs Akua that he visits
the studio after every five days and Akua also promised to visit the same studio
after a week. They agreed to also start a Joint business with Kwame investing Shs
800,000 and Akua investing Shs 600,000, fore casting a gross profit of Shs
2,400,000 by the end of the year. They also agreed to save 20% of the profit for
re-investment and 30% of the remainder to pay their workers in the business. They
also agreed to share the remaining profit in the ratio of their initial contributions.
Kwame deposited Akua’s share on his mobile money phone number without
noticing him, unfortunately Akua had forgotten the pin to withdraw the money but
he had written 159 in decimal base which must be converted to base four to get
the correct pin.
Task
(a) After how may days will Akua and Kwame meet again at the music studio?
(b) How much money in words did Kwame spend on the dinner outing?
(c) If Akua repacked the remaining pineapples into new crates of 9, how many
crates did she get?
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(d) What percentage of the total number of pineapples is damaged if of the
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remaining crates were damaged?
(e) How much will each person get at the end of the year from the joint business
and what do you think was Akua’s correct pin for money.
Item 2
Joshua Kiprotich is an athlete who has been invited to complete in 384km distance
marathon run in 2025. But previously 2023 according to his records he run 48km
in 2 hours and 168km in 7 hours.
Additionally, the common wealth Athlete committee is organizing an open
Marathon party for the participants from different countries. The cost of renting a
party garden is UGX 2millions for the evening, they have also to budget for food
which will cost approximately UGX 20,000 per person. The committee needs to
ensure the total cost of the evening stays within their budget. The committee has
a maximum budget of UGX 5millions.

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Task
(a) After how many hours will it take Kiprotich to run the 384km if he runs at
the same rate from 2023 to 2026?
(b) Write down the equation connecting the total cost of the evening party with
the number of people.
(c) Find the total cost for the 20 people attend.
(d) Find the greatest number of the people the committee is able to invite.
SECTION B
This section has two parts; I and II
Part I
Answer one item from this part
Item 3
A poultry farm, Green Acres, has three units: Sunrise, Meadow and Harvest. Each
unit produces eggs and broilers, with the following monthly output.
Sunrise: 25 trays of eggs and 25 broilers
Meadow: 50 trays of eggs and 20 broilers
Harvest: 40 trays of eggs and 15 broilers
The farm sells each tray of eggs for shs4,500 and each broiler for shs6,000.
To optimize the packing process, the farm owner Mr. Smith, decides to weigh a
sample of 900 eggs and classify them according to their mass (in grams). The
frequency distribution of eggs’ masses is
Mass in grams 35−39 40−44 45−49 50−54 55−59 60−64
Number of eggs 40 180 320 350 120 30

Mr. Smith plans to pick eggs in given weights to cater for different customer
preferences.
(a) Determine the median Mass of an egg to the nearest value from the given
frequency distribution to understand the central tendency of egg’s weight.
(b) What would be the percentage of eggs that would be classified as large
(over 54 grams)
(c) Find the total sales of the farm if all the eggs and broilers were sold.
If the farm charges a 20% VAT, find the total income from the sales of the
farm every month.
Item 4
In Buyo Village, many animals die before they make 12 months. A survey by
doctors indicates that the animals die with signs and symptoms of either
bacterial sinusitis, skin infection or cough. Veterinary doctors are planning for
medical intervention to help Buyo Village and have suggest that a quarantine be
imposed if atleast 60% of the animals die with more than one disease.

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Of the 92 animals who died last year, 71 had skin infection ,72 had bacterial
sinusitis and 45 had cough. 51 had skin infection and bacterial sinusitis, 39 had
skin infection and cough while 39 had cough and bacterial sinusitis.
Task
Guide the doctors planning for medical intervention for Buyo Village on whether
to impose a quarantine.
Part I
Answer one item from this part
Item 5
Mr. WAGUWENDA is a sales agent who works on behalf of Mr. LIVINGSTONE
in his party dress shop in Jinja city. Each dress cost UGX 100,000. Mr. Livingstone
has instructed him to take a commission of 15% on the total sales he makes and
give the remainder to the business owner.
One day Mr. WAGUWENDA the sales agent received on order from clients who
wanted 15 same party dress and He has to travel from his home Mukono to the
shop in Jinja to meet his customers. He used a tax and found himself in Lugazi
town. Mukono is on a bearing of 0250 from Jinja and about 600km, while Lugazi
is about 300km to west of Jinja.
Tasks
(a) As a math student, help us to determine the distance from
(i) Mukono to Lugazi
(b) What is the bearing of
(ii) Lugazi from Jinja?
(iii) Lugazi from Mukono?
(c) Determine how much money Mr. Waguwenda should give Mr. Livingstone
after taking his commission?
Item 6
A bucket is in shape of a frustrum with an open end of diameter 30cm and a
bottom diameter of 20cm. the bucket which is 42cm deep is used to fill an
empty cylindrical tank of diameter 1.8m and Height 1.2m

30cm

42cm

20cm

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Three hundred and sixty litres of a homogeneous paint is made by mixing three
paints A, B and C. The ratio by amount of point A to point B is 3:2 and that of B
to C is 1:2. Paint A costs shs 1800 per litre paint B costs shs 2400 per litre and
paint C shs 1,275 per litre Taking 𝜋 =3.142.

Task:

(a) (i) Determine the capacity of the bucket in litres correct to 3dp.

(ii) The capacity of the tank in litres correct to 2 dp.

(b) (i) The amount of each paint in the mixture

(ii) The amount of money need to make 1 litre of the mixture

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