HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 11
END OF TERM 3 MATHS TEST

Duration: 2Hrs 30 Minutes

SECTION A (52 Marks)

Instructions:
- Answer all the questions in Section A.
- Show all the working. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
- Calculators /Mathematical Tables may be used where necessary.

1. (a) Evaluate 1.5 +3¼ [1]

(b) Evaluate 2½ + 3 x 1⅚ [3]

(c) Divide 7½ by 1½ [1]

(d) Express 0.204 as a common fraction in its simplest form [2]

(e) Find the exact value of 2.401 x 0.03 [3]

2. Given that y varies directly as z and inversely as w² when x = 6, z = 2 and w = 3. Find the values of
(a) k [3]

(b) y when z = 6 and w = 9 [3]

(c) w when y = 3 and z = 4 [3]

3. Given that a = 3, b = -5 and c = 4, find the value of

(a) ab² [1]

(b) a – 2b - c² [3]

(c) 9a ÷ 2c [3]
B

4. In the diagram, ABCD is a quadrilateral in which ADC = 140, ABC = 55 and the
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 point Y on AB is such that YD is parallel to BC.
D C
Calculate
(a) BYD [1] 140
(b) BAD [1]
(c) ADY [1] 55
A Y B

5. (a) The first five terms of a sequence are: 9, 16, 25, 36, 49 … Find

(i) the 8th term [3]

(ii) the nth term [3]

(b) Solve the simultaneous equations 2x – y = 4

3x + y = 11 [4]
A

(c) What is the order of rotational symmetry for the figure opposite? [1]
W X

D B

Z Y

6. (a) Solve the equation 6x – 7 = 2x + 5 [2]

(b) Factorise completely at² - 4a + 2t² - 8 [2]

(c) Simplify 2x² - 2 , [3]

2x² - x – 3

(d) Express 1 - 2 , as a single fraction in its simplest form. [4]

2–x x–4

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SECTION B (48 Marks)
Instructions:
- Answer any four (4) questions in Section B. Each question carries 10 marks.
- Show all the working. Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
- Calculators /Mathematical Tables may be used where necessary.

7.
A (a) ABC is a triangular plot of land in which
angle ACB is a right angle. The length of AB is
x–2 2x + 3 (2x + 3) metres, the length of BC is (2x – 1) metres
and the length of AC is (x – 2) metres.

C 2x - 1 B

i) Use Pythagoras Theorem to form an equation involving x and show that it reduces to
x² - 20x – 4 = 0 [3]

ii) Solve the equation x² - 20x – 4 = 0, giving both answers correct to one decimal place
[5]

iii) Calculate the area of the triangular plot ABC [2]

b)
Calculate the area of the shaded part
12cm in the diagram below. All dimensions are in cm
and all curves are circular.∏ = 3.14 [2]

12cm

8. (a) The cost of sitting for an examination consists of two parts. There is a fixed charge called
Entry fee of K25, 500 and an additional charge of K6, 500 for each subject.
(i) Makokwa intends to sit for 3 subjects. Calculate the total amount she has to pay [1]

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 (ii) Chibuye paid a total of K64, 500. Calculate the number of subjects he will sit for [2]

(b) Use a plain paper to answer this question.

i) Using ruler and compass, construct triangle ABC, in which AB = 8cm, BC = 7cm and
AC = 3cm. [2]
ii) Measure and write down, the size of the largest angle in the triangle [1]
On your diagram, draw and label

iii) The locus of points which are equidistant from A and B [2]

iv) The locus of points which are equidistant from B and C [2]

v) Draw the circle which touches A, B and

x 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4
C [1]
y 5 2.7 2 2 2.3 2.4 p
vi) The point Q inside triangle ABC is nearer to B than to A and nearer to C than to B. Indicate
clearly by shading the region in which Q must lie [1]

9. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The variable x and y are connected by the equation y = 10/x + 2x – 7.

Some corresponding values of x and y correct to 1 decimal place where necessary are given
in the table below.

(a) Calculate the value of p, giving your answer correct to 1 decimal place [1]

(b) Using a scale of 4cm to 1 unit on the x-axis and 2cm to 1 unit on the y-axis, draw a horizontal
x-axis to 1≤x≤4 and a vertical y-axis for 0≤y≤6. On your axes, draw the graph of
y = 10/x + 2x – 7 [3]

(c) Showing your method clearly, use your graph to solve the equation 2x + 10/x = 10 [2]

(d) By drawing a suitable tangent, find the gradient of the curve at the point where x = 1.5 [2]

(e) (i) On the same axes, draw the graph of the straight line y = -¾x + 5 [2]
(ii) Using your graph solve the equation 10/x + 2x – 7 = -¾x + 5 [2]

10. The diagram below shows the farmland PQRS for Mr. Hakasenke. The straight line PQ, QR, and SP
represents the boundary marked with a wire fence. It is given that PQ = 28km, PS = 35km and
SR = 25.5km.
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 Q R
40
28km 25.5km

P 35km S
(a) Given that the area of ∆PQS is 424.34km², calculate the size of angle QPS [3]

(b) Mr Hakasenke intends to have a straight road from Q to S which makes an angle of 40 with
the fence QR.
(i) Calculate the length of the road QS [4]

(ii) If the road construction company charges K11.5 million per kilometer, find the total
amount Mr. Hakasenke has to pay for the road QS [2]
(iii) Find the size of angle QRS [3]

11. (a) In the diagram below A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle centre O.
Given that ADB = 72, and AB is parallel to DO, calculate A
(i) ADO [1] B
(ii) ACB [2]
(iii) DCA [1] D 72 O

C
(b) (i) Find the inverse of the matrix 2 1 [2]
6 4

(ii) If P = 5 -2 , and given that the determinant of matrix P is 21, find x [1]
3 x

(c) Given that A = 2 0 , B = x 0

6 1 1 y

(i) Find AB [2]

(ii) Given that AB = A – B, find the values of x and y [3]

12. (a) A survey was conducted on 120 pupils concerning the type of subjects they learnt in the past two
years. Their responses are given in the diagram below.

E ENG MATHS
5
x 8 28

6 4 y

16 20
 (i) Given that 46 pupils liked English, find the values of x and y. [2]

(ii) How many pupils liked only two subjects [1]

(iii) What is the fraction of pupils who liked none of the subjects [2]

(iv) What is the percentage of the pupils that liked all the subjects [2]

(v) How many pupils did not like English and Science
[1]

(vi) How many pupils liked either Maths or Science but not English [1]

(b) For the function f(x) = 2x – 3, where x ≠ 0

x

Find (i) f (-3) [1]

(ii) fˉ¹(x) [1]

(iii) fˉ¹ (4) [1]

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