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Tuesday 25 December 2012

senior cycle


SECTION A: OBJECTIVES

1.      Simplify 0.63954 ÷ 0.003 giving your answer correct to two significant figure
[a]    201       [b]    213.18       [c]    213      [d]    21
      2.  If log 10a = 4   What is a?
            [a]    0.4      [b]    10 000     [c]     400    [d]     21
      3.  If 3y = 243,   find the value of y
            [a]    2     [b]      3     [c]     5    [d]     7
      4.  Evaluate, using logarithm table, log (0.65)2
           [a]   4.6258     [b]     0.6272      [c]    0.6258      [d]    1.6256
      5.  In the diagram, PR is a diameter of a circle centre O. RS is a tangent at R and 
           QPR = 580. Find < QRS
                                      
            [a]    1220     [b]    1120     [c]    1480     [d]    1160  
     6.  Evaluate log10 - log10 + log10
           [a]    2     [b]      1/2      [c]    3        [d]      6
     7.   In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle. Calculate the length of
           the chord AB if    IOAI = 5cm,  IODI = 3cm and <AOD and <BOD
                                      
          [a]   3cm      [b]         5cm       [c]     4cm     [d]      15cm
 8.  Simplify 9 ÷ 27
         [a]    1     [b]      ½     [c]    1/9      [d]     1/27
9.    In the diagram above, O is the centre of the circle, if <QRS = 620, find the
       Value of <SQR.

        [a]    280    [b]   =   140       [c]        310      [d]        900   

10.  If 5 times a certain integer is subtracted from twice the square of the integer,
       the result is 63. Find the integer.
        [a]    21      [b]     7       [c]    4      [d]      3
11.    If log ax = p, express x in terms of a and P.
        [a]    x = p    [b]   x = ap    [c]    x =  a+p    [d]   x =  ap

12     In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle. If <POQ = 800 and <PRQ =5x, find
         the value of x
.
  [a]  160     [b]     320     [c]     200     [d]      80

13.  Find the quadratic whose roots are x = -2 or x = 7
  [a]   x2+2x-7     [b]    x2+5x-1     [c]   x2+5x+1   [d]   x2-5x-14
14.  In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle. If <PAQ = 750, what is the value of
     <PBQ?
 
 [a]   2100      [b]    750       [c]      1500      [d]    1050

15.  A sales girl gave a balance of N 1. 15  to a customer instead of N 1.25.  
       Calculate her percentage error.
   [a]     8.7%        [b]     0.10%    [c]    2.4%      [d]    8.0%
16.  If x2 -18x=0       What value of k makes the given expression a perfect square?   [a]   81       [b]      4      [c]     8     [d]     2
17.   If log10q = 2.7078 what is Q?
    [a]     510.2     [b]    849.2      [c]      84.99     [d]     51.02
18.   In the diagram, PQ is a diameter of the circle, centre O and RS meets PQ at S.
    If <QPR = 640 and <RSQ = 360 , Calculate <PRS
            
[a]     100      [b]     180    [c]    220       [d]    160

19. for what value of y is the expression
       Undefined.
    [a]    y = 5     [b]      y = 0     [c]     y = 2    [d]    y = 3
20.  simplify ( 3/x15/2y ) ÷ 6
    [a]    2y – 5x/4     [b]     y – 5x/x2 y2       [c]    4/2y-5x    [d]   5x -2y/2
21.   simplify  1/1-x  +    1/1+x
   [a]         [b]           [c]        [d]   
22. The lengths, in cm, of the sides of a right-angled triangle are x, (x+2) and (x+1)
        Where x > 0 find in cm, the length of its hypotenuse.
   [a]         6        [b]      4      [c]      5      [6]



23. In the diagram, O is the centre of the circle. Which of the following is / are not
       true?
                               


  [a]     a = b     [b]    b + c = 180     [c]    a + b = c    [d]   b = 1800
24. Factorise m (2a-b) -2n (b-2a)
      [a]    (2a-b)(2n-m)      [b]   (2a+b)(m-2n)   [c]   (2a-b)(m+2n)    [d]   (2a-b)(m-2n)
25. Three men, Bayo, Ade and Ayo shared N500 in the ratio 3:2:x respectively. If
       Bayo’s share is N150, find the value of x
       [a]   1       [b]       4        [c]       5       [d]       6
26.   In ∆ PQR.  PQR = 84, QPR = 43 and IPQI = 5cm, Find IQRI in cm, correct to 1  
        Decimal place.
        [a]       3.4      [b]      5.9      [c]     4.3       [d]      6.2


27. In the diagram PQS = 650. RPS = 400 and QSR = 200. Find PSQ.
                  
   [a]     600       [b]        85     [c]        550     [d]       450     
28. Find the value of x which satisfies the equation 5(x-7) = 7-2x
    [a]    x=2     [b]      x=4       [c]      x=6        [d]        x=14
 29. The square root of a number is 2k. What is half of the number.
    [a]          [b]          [c]           [d]      

     [a]     1/3      [b]       -3/2      [c]      -1         [d]      -3
  31.   In the diagram, PQ and MN are straight lines. Find the value of x
                                   
   [a]     300        [b]       170        [c]        280       [d]        800



32. In the diagram PQRS, is a circle, IPTI = IQTI and <QPT = 700. What is the size of 
        <PRS
                                    
 [a]       1100       [b]        700        [c]      800        [d]      1400
33.  Which of the following is not a measure of centre of tendency?
  [a]     mean      [b]      range     [c]      median      [d]     mode
34.  If P=1/2 and 1/p-1   =  2/p+x , find the value of x.
  [a]     -21/2     [b]     -11/2      [c]     11/2      [d]   21/2    
 35.  If 2n = 128, find the value of (2n-1) (5n-2)
  [a]   5(106)       [b]     2(105)       [c]      5(102)     [d]      2(106)
 36.  If (2x+3)3 = 125, find the value of x
  [a]    7       [b]     1      [c]     4     [d]      3
 37.  In the diagram ISQI = 4cm, IPTI = 7cm, ITRI = 5cm and ST//QR. If ISPI = xcm, find the value of x
                       
  [a]   6.5        [b]       5.6        [c]        6.6       [d]       6.8

38. Which shaded region in the following diagrams represents (PUQ) n R?

 [a]                                                                  [b]
                                   
[c]                                                                        [d]
                                    
 39. Given that P = {x:1≤ x ≤ 6 } and Q = { x: 2 < x < 10 } where x is an integer. Find
      n( P n Q )
      [a]       6       [b]      4       [c]      8       [d]         10
 40. Given that T = { x: -2 < x ≤ 9 } where x is an integer. What is n(T) ?
     [a]      10        [b]       11       [c]        9       [d]         12





 41.  In the diagram, PQ is the tangent to the circle RST at T. ISTI = ISRI and < RTQ =
      680 find <PTS.
                          

        [a]     680    [b]      620      [c]      610     [d]     560
42.  Given that 2p-m = 6 and 2p +4m = 1, find the value of (4p-3m)
   [a]    1         [b]      3      [c]       9       [d]        7
 The table below shows the masses to the nearest kilogram of 40 students in a 
 University
Mass(kg) 
65
66
67
68
69
70
 No of students
4
5
11
8
7
5



    Use the information to answer question 43 and 44
43. The median of the distribution is
  [a]       9.5kg       [b]       11kg        [c]    67kg        [d]       68kg
44.  The percentage of the students with mass less than 69kg is
  [a]      56%        [b]       8%        [c]       5%         [d}      70%
45. If cos Ѳ = 5/13, what is the value of tan Ѳ for 00 < Ѳ < 900 ?
 [a]    13/15      [b]      13       [c]         5        [d]        12/5
46.The value of 2100 is
  [a]               [b]           [c]       1/2     [d]      -1/2
47.
  Which of the sketches above  gives correct method for constructing an angle of        
  1200 at point P
 [a]  ii and iii      [b]     ii only       [c]      iii only      [d]      i and ii
48.  Given that 4p45 = 11910 find the value of P.
 [a]    1       [b]      2      [c]      4       [d]      3
49. Which of the following is not a measure of dispersion?
 [a]  standard deviation   [b]   mean deviation   [c]    range    [d]    mea





THEORY – PART A (answer all in this part)

1a.     Without using Tables or Calculator, Simplify:    log    - 2log   + log  
  b.      Simplify   (- - 2/3      
2a.     Prove that the angle which an arc of a circle subtend at the centre is twice that which it subtend
             at any point on the remaining part of the circumference.
   b.      In the diagram below, RST is a tangent to circle VSU centre O. <SVU = 500 and UV is a diameter.
            Calculate <RSV
3a. Construct a quadratic equation whose roots are  – ½ and 2      
  b. Solve the equation   3x2 +25x – 18 = 0
4a. the sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 1440⁰, calculate:
(i)                
  b.   Solve the simultaneous equations 3y – 2x = 21; 4y + 5x = 5


                               
                               

PART B (ANSWER ANY FOUR FROM THIS PART)
   
5a.    Copy and complete the table for y = x2 -2x – 2 for -4
      X
      -4
      -3
      -2
      -1
      0
       1
       2
       3
       4
      Y
      22



     -2


       1
       6

(b)    Using a scale of 2 cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2 cm to 5 units on the y- axis, draw the graph of
        Y = x2 – 2x – 2 for  -4
 (c)   Use your graph to find:  (i) the roots of the equation x2 – 2x -2 = 0;                                                                          
        (ii) the values of x for which x2 -2x -4 ½ = 0                               
6a. Given that Ų = {1, 2, 3,…, 10},P ={x: x is prime} and {y: y is odd},find P n Q
   b. .  A money lender collects #200 simple interest on a capital after 2 years at 5%.                                        
             Calculate the capital invested   
7a. Using logarithm table evaluate correct to 3 significant figures.
          
 b. without using mathematical tables, find the value of  
    
8a.   A point on the ground is 5m away from the foot of a vertical wall 7m high.
        Calculate, correct to the nearest degree, the angle of depression of the point from
         the top of the wall


 b.   In the diagram below, O  is  the  centre  of  the  circle, radius 7 cm.  If  the  length  of  the  minor 
        arc  XY  is  18 cm,  calculate  the  area  of  the  minor  sector  OXY. [Take  π  =  22/7]  
                
9a.   A string is 4.8m. A boy measured it to be 4.95. Find  the percentage error.
  b. A regular plot measures 12m by 5m. A path of constant width runs along one side and end. If the
       Total area of the plot and the path is 120m2; find the width of the path.                                            
10a. Use tables to find the values of the following:
(i)                 tan 2360        (ii)     sin 3080      (iii)     sin(-219)0
    b. draw a line PQ 8cm long. Construct a point X on PQ such that IPXI : IXQI = 4:3
        Measure IPXI.

    

                                                                      

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