SEPTEMBER EXAMINATION
SESSION 2024
MATHEMATICS 0580
Paper 2 Non-calculator (Extended)
1 hour 30 minutes
SPECIMEN PAPER
You must answer on the question paper.
You will need: Geometrical instruments
INSTRUCTIONS
● Answer all questions.
● Use a black or dark blue pen. You may use an HB pencil for any diagrams or graphs.
● Write your name in the boxes at the top of the page.
● Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
● Do not use an erasable pen or correction fluid.
● Calculators must not be used in this paper.
● You may use tracing paper.
● You must show all necessary working clearly.
INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 80.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].
[Turn over
1. y = mx + c
Find the value of y when m = − 3 , x = − 2 and c = − 8 .
y = .......................................... [2]
2. Simplify 2p − q − 3q − 5p
.......................................... [2]
3. Here are the heights, in cm, of 18 children.
98 90 84 102 115 91
88 91 108 110 97 93
90 89 103 95 92 106
Show this information in an ordered stem and leaf diagram.
[3]
1
4. Simplify (3x 2y 4)
3
.......................................... [2]
5. Simplify 2x 2 × 5x 5
.......................................... [2]
6.
The diagram shows a triangle drawn between a pair of parallel lines.
Find the value of x and the value of y.
x = .................................................
y = ................................................. [3]
2
7. 120 students choose what they want to do when they leave school.
Their choices are shown in the table.
Choice Number of students
University 57
Training 45
Work 18
Complete the pie chart to show this information.
Label each sector clearly.
[3]
8. Find the number of sides of a regular polygon with interior angle 162°.
.......................................... [2]
3
9.
Triangle ABC is isosceles.
Angle ABC = 32° and AB = AC .
Find angle BAC .
Angle BAC = ................................. [3]
10. Expand and simplify.
(3x − 7) (2x + 9)
.......................................... [2]
11. Expand.
a ( a 3 + 3)
.......................................... [2]
4
12.
Triangle ABC is isosceles.
AC is parallel to BD.
Find the value of a and the value of b .
a = ..............................................
b = .............................................. [2]
13. A regular polygon has an interior angle of 176°.
Find the number of sides of this polygon.
.......................................... [3]
5
14. One month, Gretal spent a total of $360 on presents.
1
She spent of this total on presents for her parents.
5
2
She spent of the remaining money on presents for her friends.
3
She spent the rest of the money on presents for her sisters.
Calculate the percentage of the $360 that she spent on presents for her sisters.
............................................. % [4]
2 1 2
15. Work out + × .
3 4 3
Write down all the steps of your working and give your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
.......................................... [4]
6
16.
AB = BC and ABD is a straight line.
Find the value of x .
x = ................................................. [2]
17. (a) Factorise 5p +pt .
.......................................... [1]
(b) Factorise completely 21a 2 + 28ab .
.......................................... [2]
t
(c) Make t the subject of the formula y = − 2a
3
.......................................... [2]
7
18. (a) Expand and simplify.
6(2y − 3) − 5(y + 1)
.......................................... [2]
(b) Expand the brackets and simplify.
(2p + 3) (3p − 2)
.......................................... [2]
19.
(a)
Complete the statements.
a = ............................................... because ............................................................................................. [2]
b = ............................................... because .............................................................................................. [2]
8
(b) A pattern is made using identical rectangular tiles.
Find the total area of the pattern.
.......................................... [4]
1
20. Collette has $136 and spends half of her money on clothes and of her money on books.
5
Calculate the amount she has left.
$ ............................................... [3]
9
21. The diagram shows a garden in the shape of a rectangle.
All measurements are in metres.
The perimeter of the garden is 32 metres.
Work out the value of x .
.......................................... [4]
22. Express 56 as the product of its prime factors.
.......................................... [2]
10
23. At noon the temperature in Maseru was 21°C.
At midnight the temperature had fallen by 26 °C.
Work out the temperature at midnight.
............................................. °C [3]
24.
32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
From the list of numbers, write down
i) a multiple of 8, [1]
ii) a square number, [1]
iii) a prime number. [1]
25. Complete the list of factors of 36.
1, 2, ............................................. , 36 [2]
26. Here is a list of numbers.
2
21 13 31 121 51 0.7
3
From this list, write down
i) a prime number, [1]
ii) an irrational number. [1]
27. The Earth has a surface area of approximately 510 100 000 km2.
Write this surface area in standard form.
.......................................... km2 [1]
11
28. In 2018, Gretal earned $32 000.
She paid tax of 24% on these earnings.
Work out the amount she paid in tax in 2018.
$ ................................................ [2]
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