Examination No: ………………………………….

MATHEMATICS
(100 MARKS)
Subject Number: P131
Time Allowed: 2hr
30mins
8:00 – 10:15 a.m
Date: _______/_______/2018

NAME OF CANDIDATE
___________________________________________________________________
(Surname first)
NAME OF
SCHOOL:______________________________________________________________________

SECTION A (40 Marks)

1. Convert 590 to Roman Numeral D. Two sides only are equal

A. CCCCCXC 5. Subtract 25.30 from 75.40 and divide the result
B. CCCXC by 0.5
C. DCX A. 100.2
D. DXC B. 50.10
2. 4664 Soldiers are to match in rows of 8. How C. 10.2
many rows will there be? D. 25.02
A. 37312 The following temperatures were taken every after
B. 583 2 hours from 6 am to 6 pm. The temperatures are
C. 582 as follows:
D. 573 12°𝐶, 10°𝐶, 12.5°𝐶, 15°𝐶, 37°𝐶 𝐴𝑁𝐷 12.5°𝐶. Use
Study the figure 1 and answer questions 3 and this information to answer questions 6 and 7.
4. 6. Find the mode temperature
A. 12°𝐶
B. 37°𝐶
C. 10°𝐶
D. 12.5°𝐶
7. Find the median temperature
A. 15°𝐶
B. 12.5°𝐶
3. Name the figure above C. 10°𝐶
A. KITE D. 25°𝐶
B. Square 8. Increase K800 by 11%
C. Rhombus A. K88
D. Parallelogram B. K712
4. Describe one property of the figure above C. 888
A. Adjacent sides are equal D. K888
B. Opposite angles are equal 9. If 2 bags of fertilizer cost K40100. Find the
C. All sides are not equal cost of 5 bags of fertilizer.
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A. K10250 ________________
B. K100250 A. 24km 525m
C. K1640 B. 525km 24m
D. K16040 C. 245km 252m
1 3 2 D. 24km 520m
10. Add 1 2 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡 𝑜𝑓 3 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 5
15. The capacity of a container is 12.5 litres. What
A. 3
1 volume of water cm3 can the container hold?
B. 1 2 A. 12.5cm3
1
C. 4 2 B. 1250cm3
1 C. 12500cm3
D. 2 10 D. 125000cm3
11. The price of a dress was reduced from K750 to 16. Find the duty to be paid on goods worth
K600. Find the discount percent K20500 at 25% duty.
A. 150% A. K51250.00
B. 50% B. K51.25
C. 20% C. K8200
D. 2% D. K5125
12. Find the perimeter of the following figure 17. The area of a parallelogram is 24m2. If the base
is 5m, what is its height?
A. 120m
B. 2.4m
C. 9.6m
D. 4.8m
18. Simplify 4𝑚 + 3𝑛 + 𝑚 − 𝑛 + 2𝑚
A. 6𝑚 + 3𝑛
B. 7𝑚 + 2𝑛
C. 3𝑚 + 2𝑛
D. 7𝑚 + 3𝑛
19. A pattern has 5 numbers. The fifth number is
A. 66cm 80. The next number is found by subtracting 6.
B. 52cm Find the first number
C. 84cm A. 98
D. 202cm B. 56
13. Mary underestimated a given distance by 15%. C. 104
John overestimated the same distance by 10% D. 74
and got 88m. What did Mary get? 20. Write the correct inequality symbol if the
A. 80m difference of q and 2 is greater than or equal to
B. 85m 11.
C. 76m A. 𝑞 + 2 ≠ 11
D. 110m B. 𝑞 − 2 ≠ 11
14. Km m C. 𝑞 − 2 ≤ 11
2 725 D. 𝑞 − 2 − 2 < 11
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SECTION B (60 MARKS)

21. a. Solve the equation 2𝑥 + 3𝑥 − 4𝑥 = 1

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(2 marks)
b. A tank is 25dm long, 15dm wide and 10dm deep. Calculate the capacity of the tank

(5 marks)
22. a. Mr. Banda bought 6 baskets of tomatoes at K780 each. He sold 3 of the baskets at K950 each, the other
2 at K1200 each. The sixth basket at K680 each. Find the total profit that Mr. Banda made.

(6 marks)
b. Find the smallest number that can be divided by 10 and 12 without leaving a remainder

(3 marks)

23. Construct a parallelogram ABCD with AB 7cm BC 4cm, angle ABC 70°

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(5 marks)
24. Study figure 3 below and answer the questions that follow

a. Identify any two shapes in the figure

(2 marks)
b. Calculate the perimeter of the figure

(3 marks)
c. Calculate the area of the figure

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(7 marks)
25. a. When a number m is reduced by 13, the result is 15. Calculate the number represented by m

(3marks)

The table shows the monthly premium per K10,000 for life insurance policy for 26-28 years olds.

Age Rate per K10,000 per month

26 K51.70
27 K51.80
28 K52.00

b. A man 28 years old and his wife 26 years want to insure their lives for K150,000 each. Find the total
monthly premium for the two

(5 marks)

26. Table 2 shows temperature (degrees celcius) (°𝐶) recorded from day 30 to day 110

Day 30 50 90 110
Temperature (℃) 15 35 25 25

i) Use the table to draw the line graph of temperature against day on the graph paper provided

(6 marks)
ii) From your line graph what was the temperature on day 70?

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(1 mark)
27. Benja started business on 1st July 2014 with K52000 in bank. During the month Benja’s transaction were
as follows:

2nd July withdrew K40,000

7th July bought maize K30,000
10 July sold maize K45,000
15th July banked K33,000

a. Prepare Benjas’ cashbook

(10 marks)

b. What was Benja’s capital on 1st August?

(2 marks)
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