MATHEMATICS

GRADE 12|GCE
PAPER ONE
REVISION QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

SECOND EDITION

CHIPO KALIMINA
 CONTENTS
STUDY TIPS ....................................................................................................................... iii
BASIC ARITHMETIC ............................................................................................................. 1

BASIC ALGEBRA .................................................................................................................. 2

INDICES .............................................................................................................................. 6
COORDINATE GEOMETRY.................................................................................................... 8
FUNCTIONS ........................................................................................................................ 13

SET NOTATION .................................................................................................................... 20

ESTIMATION ...................................................................................................................... 22

MATRICES ........................................................................................................................ 27

SEQUENCES ....................................................................................................................... 31

EARTH GEOMETRY .............................................................................................................. 35

VARIATION ........................................................................................................................ 41

VECTORS ........................................................................................................................... 46

BEARINGS ......................................................................................................................... 49

MENSURATION ................................................................................................................. 54

RATIOS ............................................................................................................................. 59

TRIGONOMETRY ............................................................................................................... 62

CIRCLE THEOREMS ........................................................................................................... 66

COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC ............................................................................................ 71

COMPUTERS ................................................................................................................... 73
LINEAR PROGRAMMING ................................................................................................. 76

CALCULUS ....................................................................................................................... 83
GRAPHS OF FUNCTIONS ................................................................................................. 85
TIME GRAPHS .................................................................................................................. 90

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ECZ 2020 PAPER 1 ............................................................................................................ 98
GCE 2021 PAPER 1 ............................................................................................................. 111
ECZ 2021 PAPER 1 ............................................................................................................. 172

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 MATHEMATICS
GRADE 12|GCE
PAPER TWO
REVISION QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS

SECOND EDITION

CHIPO KALIMINA
 CONTENTS
STUDY TIPS ................................................................................................................. ii

ALGEBRA ............................................................................................................... 1

QUADRATIC EQUATIONS .......................................................................................... 7

MATRICES .............................................................................................................. 10

SETS .............................................................................................................. 13

PROBABILITY .............................................................................................................. 19

SEQUENCES AND SERIES .......................................................................................... 25

COMPUTERS ........................................................................................................... 35

VECTOR GEOMETRY .......................................................................................... 41

CONSTRUCTION AND LOCI .......................................................................................... 50

CALCULUS ........................................................................................................... 56

MENSURATION .......................................................................................................... 63

TRIGONOMETRY ........................................................................................................ 69

EARTH GEOMETRY ............................................................................................ 77

STATISTICS ........................................................................................................... 83

LINEAR PROGRAMMING .......................................................................................... 101

TRANSFORMATIONS .......................................................................................... 113

QUADRATIC FUNCTION .......................................................................................... 125

2020 GCE PAPER 2 .................................................................................................... 137

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 TOPIC 2 - BASIC ALGEBRA

1. 2016 SPECIMEN P1
Simplify 5(2a - 3b) – (6a – 2)

Step 1 - Start with the brackets and multiply 5

5 (2a - 3b) – (6a – 2) with (2a - 3b) and (-) with (6a - 2).
= 10a - 15b - 6a + 2 Step 2 - Group the like terms.

= 10a - 6a - 15b + 2 Step 3 - Subtract 6a from 10a.

= 4a - 15b + 2

2. 2017 P1
Simplify 3x - (y - 2x) - 3y
Step 1 - Start with the brackets and multiply
3x - ( y - 2x) - 3y (-) with (y - 2x).
= 3x - y + 2x - 3y Step 2 - Group the like terms .

= 3x + 2x - y - 3y Step 3 - Add 3x and 2x and subtract -3y from -y.

= 5x - 4y

3. 2017 G.C.E P1
Simplify 2a - 7b - 2(a - 3b)
Step 1 - Start with the brackets and multiply
2a - 7b -2 (a - 3b) (-2) with (a - 3b).
= 2a - 7b -2a + 6b Step 2 - Group the like terms .

= 2a - 2a - 7b + 6b Step 3 - Subtract 2a from 2a and add 6b to -7b.

= 0 - 1b
= -b NOTE: -1b = -b

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2. 2017 GCE P1
The diagram below shows a Cartesian plane with points A(6 , 6) ,
B(0 , -2) ,C (0 , 6) and D(6 , 0).

Find the
(a)equation of the line CD Data
(b)distance AB m=?
c =? C(0 , 6) D(6 , 0)
x1 y1 x2
(a) line CD y2

y2  y1 Step 1 - Write the formula to find the gradient and

m place the values.
x2  x1
0  6
 Step 2 - Subtract -6 from 0 and 0 from 6
6  0
 6
 Step 3 - Find m by dividing -6 by 6
6
m = -1
Step 4 - Write the formula to find the equation of
y = mx + c a straight line and place the values.
Step 5 - Multiply -1 by 0
= 6 = -1(0) + c
= 6 =0+c Step 6 - Group like terms

c =6
NOTE:
equation 1. y is 6 because the line cuts the y axis at 6
when x = 0.
y = -x + 6 2. -1x = -x

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3. 2018 GCE P1 x1 y1 x2 y 2

The coordinates of B and C are (2 ,5) and (4 ,-3) respectively. If M is the

midpoint of BC,what is the position vector of M?

 x  x2 y1  y 2  Step 1 - Write the formula to find the midpoint of a

M .P   1 ,  vector.
 2 2 
2  4 5  (  3)  Step 2- Substitue the values and then evaluate.
  , 
 2 2 
6 2
  ,  Step 3 - Divide 6 with 2 and 2 with 2.
2 2
 3,1 

OM = 3
Step 4 - Express the answer in column vector form.
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4. 2019 P1
-3
M is the point (0,5) and MN = , Find ON
4
MN = ON - OM Step 1 - Represent M moving N with the origin.

-3 x 0
= - Step 2 - Substitue the values and represent ON
4 y 5 with x and y .

-3 0 x
+ = y Step 3 - Move the numbers to the other side and
4 5 evaluate.
-3 x
=
9 y
-3
ON =
9

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 Soln
(a) y  3 x  2 (b) gf(x)  4(3 x  2)  1 (c) gf(-2)  12 ( 2)  7
y  2 3x  12 x  8  1  24  7

3 3  12x  7  31
y2
x
3
x2
f 1 (x) 
3

13 Chiyalwa estimated the length of a string as 15cm. If the true length of

the string was 14.6cm, find the
(a) absute error,
(b) relative error.
Soln
AE
(a) AE = Recorded value - True value (b) RE 
= 15 - 14.6 TV
= 0.4 0 .4 4 2
  
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14 (a) A point A(2, 4) is mapped onto A (-3, 5) by a translation T. Find the
translation T.
-3 4
(b) Integrate y = x - 3x + 5.
Soln
3 4
(a) Vector = image - object (b) y  x  3 x  5
-3 2 x 2 3x 5
= -    5x  c
5 4 2 5
-5
= 1 3
1   x  2  x 5  5x  c
2 5

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22 (a) Solve the equation 5x = x.
(b) The diagram below shows the sketch of the graph of y = -x 2 + 2x + 3
cutting the x-axis at A and B.

y = -x2 +2x + 3

Soln
(a) 5 x 2  x  0 (b)  x 2  2 x  3  0
x ( 5 x  1)  0  x2  3x  x  3
x  0, x (  x  3 )  1(  x  3 )
5x 1  0 ( x  1)(  x  3 )  0
5x  1 x  1  0,
1 x  1
x
5 x30
 x  3
b  2 x3
(c) x   1
2a  2 Cordinates of A = (-1, 0)
y  (1)2  2(1)  3
y  1 2  3
y 4

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 TOPIC 1 - ALGEBRA
1 .2016 P2
x 1
(a) Simplify
x2  1
x 1
=
x 2  12
x 1
= ( x  1)( x  1)

1
=
x+1

17k 2 51k 2
(b) Simplify 
20a 2 5a

17 k 2 5a
= 
20 a2 51k 2
17  k  k 5a
= 
20  a  a 51  k  k

= 17 5

20 a 51
1
=
12a

2 1
(c) Simplify 
2x  1 3x  1
2(3 x  1)  1(2 x  1)

(2 x  1)(3 x  1)
6x  2  2x  1

(2 x  1)(3 x  1)
6x  2x  2  1

(2 x  1)(3 x  1)
4x  3

(2x  1)(3x  1)

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 TOPIC 2 QUADRATIC EQUATION
1 .2016 P2
Solve the equation x² + 2x = 7,giving your answers correct to 2 decimal
places. x² + 2x - 7 = 0 a = 1 , b = 2 c = -7
b b 2  4 ac
x 
2a

2 2 2  4  1  (  7)

2 1
 2  32

2
 2  5 .656854249  2  5 .656854249
 or
2 2

x = 1.83 or x = -3.83

2. 2017 P2
Solve the equation 2x² = 6x + 3 giving your answer correct to 2 decimal
places. 2x² - 6x - 3 = 0 a = 2, b = -6 c = -3

b b 2  4 ac
x 
2a
 (  6)  (  6)2  4  2  (  3)

22
6 60

4

6  7 .745966692 or  6  7 .45966692
4 4

x = 3.44 or x = - 0.44

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 TOPIC 7 - COMPUTERS
1. 2016 P2
The program below is given in the form of a pseudo code.
Start
Enter radius
If radius < 0
Then display “error message” and re-enter positive radius
Else enter height
If height < 0
The display “error message” and re-enter positive height
Else Volume = 1 *  * square radius ∗ height
End if 3
Display volume
Stop
Draw the corresponding flowchart for the information given above.
Start

Enter , r

is yes
Error
r<0? “r must be positive”
no
Enter , h

is yes Error
h<0? “h must be positive”
no
1
V= π *r*r*h
3

Display Volume

Stop

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5. 2018 GCE P2

(a) (i) Construct triangle PQR in which PQ = 10cm, QR = 8cm and PQR
= 50°.
(ii) Measure and write the length of PR.

(b) On your diagram, within triangle PQR, construct the locus of points
which are
(i) equidistant from P and Q
(ii) equidistan t from PR and PQ
(iii) 5cm from R

(c) A point T within triangle PQR is such that it is 5cm from R and
equidistant from P and Q. Label point T.

(d) Another point X is such that it is less than or equal to 5cm from R,
nearer to Q than P and nearer to PQ than PR. Indicate by shading,
the region in which X must lie.

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(b)

y Age ≤ 30 ≤ 40 ≤ 50 ≤ 60
100
No of people 57 80 95 100

90
3
Q3   100  75
4
80 Q3  36
1
Q3 Q1   100  25
4
Q1  18
70
Number of
people
60
semi - interquartile range
1
50  Q 3  Q 1 
2
1
 ( 36  18 )
2
40 1
 (18 )
2
 9
30
Q1

20

10

10 20 30 40 50 60 x
Ages

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 (a) (i) x≥1 (c) P = 600x + 900y
(ii) x + y ≥ 10 (1 , 12) 600(1) + 900(12) = 11400
(iii) x + y ≤ 15 (3 , 12) 600(3) + 900(12) = 12600
(iv) y ≥ 2x (5 , 10) 600(5) + 900(10) = 12000
(v) y ≤ 12 (1 , 9) 600(1) + 900(9) = 8700
(3.4 , 6.6) 600(3.4) + 900(6.6) = 7980
y
Maximum profit
16 = 3 Single rooms 12 Double rooms.

14 2x

. .
y=

12

.
y = 12
D. rooms

10

.
.
8

x=1
4

6
2 4 8 10 12 14 16 x
x + y = 10 x + y = 15
single rooms

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