BRIGHT WAY HILL SCHOOL
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
MATHEMATICS P425/2
END OF TERM EXAMINATIONS 2025
INSTRUCTIONS:
All items are compulsory and carry equal score:
ITEM ONE
The Government of Uganda sponsors students who perform exceptionally well in the UACE
examinations to pursue further education at the university level.
However, to ensure that it is supporting truly outstanding individuals, the government requires that
the spread of student scores (standard deviation) be at least 10 points, and that only those who
score above the average will qualify for the scholarship.
Additionally, it is noted that the most frequently achieved score for this year will be used as the
cutoff point for the following year.
The data below represent the performance scores of the students under consideration
Points 5 -< 7 7 -< 9 9 -< 12 12-< 15 15-< 17 17-< 20
Number of Students in (100’) 25 32 17 50 12 9
TASK
Help the government determine whether to go ahead and fund the students using the given data.
How many points must a student score in order to qualify for the scholarship?
Using a suitable statistical diagram, identify the cutoff points for next year.
ITEM TWO
Mr Kyambadde a renown baker in kyebando bakes several wheat products. He noted that In 2020,
the price index of wheat using 2019 as the base was 180. In 2021, the price index using 2020 as the
base year was 150
Additionally, below is his annual expenditure for some time back in 2002 and 2003.
TASK
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As a mathematics student calculate,
1. the price index in 2021 using 2019 as the base year?
2. the weighted aggregate price index taking 2002 as the base year
3. In 2003, the restaurant spent shs. 450,000/=. Using the weighted aggregate price index, find
how the restaurant could have spent in 2002
The price index of an article in 2000 based on 1998 was 130. The price index for the article in 2005
based on 2000 was 80. Calculate
(a) Price index of the article in 2005 based on 1998. (104)
(b) Price of the article in 1998 if the price of the article was 45,000 in 2005.
ITEM 3
Bwaise is a place very known for carpentry as they are the leading producers of furniture in the
[Link] of the carpenters wishes to make a cubic centre table of volume [Link] length of
the table was 3m more than the width, and the breadth was 5m more that the width.
Still in Bwaise, Carpenters operate under a cooperative that manages daily collections and
shares revenues between the workshop owner, and the driver. On a particular day, the total
daily collection from sales is calculated using a formula that results in a rational function.
The cooperative's accountant needs to distribute the earnings fairly among stakeholders.
The formula for the day’s total net income is:
3 X +5
f ( X )=
( X+ 2)( X +1)
To determine how much the workshop owner and the carpenter should receive, the
accountant wants to split this income formula into simpler components.
Task;
(a) Help the carpenter to ascertain the actual dimensions of the centre table
(a) If on a good the cooperative collects 40000UGX, how much shall be earned by the workshop
owner and the carpenter
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