MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, BOTSWANA

in collaboration with
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education
MATHEMATIGS 0563/03
Paper 3 October/November 2006

2 hours 30 minutes ,

Additional Materials: Answer paper Graph paper (3 sheets)

Electroniccalculator MathematicalTables(optional)
Geometrical instruments

Head the lollowing carefully before you start.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

Start each question on a fresh side of the page.
Write your centre number, candidate number and name on each sheet of answer paper you use.
Answer all questions.
Allworking must be clearly shown. The working shor.rld be done on the same sheet as the rest of
the answer. Marks will be given for working which shows that you know how to solve the problem
even if you get the answer wrong.
At the end of the examination, fasten all of your work securely together using the string provided.
Do not use staples, paper clips; highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total of the marks for this paper is 125.
Electronic calculators may be used.
lf the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer
should de given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given to one decimal
place. L

ln any question where the value of n is required, use the value from your calculator or take zr as
3.142.

This document consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.

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Mathematical formulae for paper 3

Surface area and volume of solids

Name of solid Total surface area Volume

cone nrZ + nrl \nrztt

pyramid { base area x height
sphere 4nr2 tor'

sinA_sinB-sinC
abc
a-b="
sinA sin B sin C

Area of a triangle '2- Lab sinC

Cosine Rule az =bz + c2 -Zbc cosA

. b2+c2-a2
cosA = 2b,

Statistics
E(x- 7\2 Ef (x - i\2
Variance = n Z,f

-,
Standard deviation (SD) = friliIice =

o*
n
-(i)' w.rr,
I/
.\l
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(uj' e shop charge s lX6oValue Added Tax (VAT) on all the goods it sells.

(i) A photocopier costs P4370 before VAL

Calculate its selling price. tzl
(ii) A computer is sold at P5998.30.
How much does it cost without VAT included? t3l

(b) A salesperson receives 37o of the sales before VAI as commission.

Calculate the sales if the person received a commission of Pl323. 12)

The population of a town was 7.8 x 104 and it was expected to double in twenty years.

(a) Calculate the population that was expected at the end of twenty years, giving the answer m
standar{ form. t2]
(b) Twenty years later, the actual poputation of the town was 1.49 x l0s.
What is the difference between the expected value and the actual value of the population? Give the
answer in standard form. lzl
(c) Calculate the actual percentage growth in the population during the twenty years. t3I

(a) Make r the subject of the formula

a(l + r\
'^-- t-r t3l

(b) lvrite
;IJ - *, as a single fraction. t3l

(c) Factorise 6a2 * ab - b2 completely. t21

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.. A triangular farm AEC is such that AB = 20km, AC _

= 14.2ym and OAC SA,.
(a) using a scare of I cm to represent
2km, construct a scare diagram
of the farm.
(b) (i) t3l
Measure and wrire down rhe
Iengrh af BC.
(ii) What is the acual length of BC? II]
(c) IU
Calculate the area of the farm.

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(d)
the same disrance from A
ffi1:H?J:lx'#iTi;*i,Tfl,i's and.c,zrnd is arso 3 km from.AB.
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5 Moso newspaper costs px per copy

and Lesedi newspaper costs pJ, per
copy.
(a) The National Library buys 3
copies of Moso and 4 copies
of Lesedi every week.
(i) write down an expression in terms of
-r and y for the total weekly
cost in pula.
(ii) If the total rveekly cost is Pt 7,
fom an equation in x and
I1l
) to represent this information. tr l
(b) The school Library spends a total
of P12qo. byr 2 copies of Moso
Form an equation in x and to and 3 copies of Lesedi every
;l represent this information, week.
p)
(c)(i)Solvetheequationsinparts(a)and(b)simuItaneously'
(iiy write down the price of t3l
a copy of Lesedi newspaper.
(d) Ill
It takes the National.Library weens
a to spend a ceftain ;
It takes the schoor Lituw;;#;to -- newspapers'
uullt'
spend the same r*fr:::'on
Find the Ieast possibr" uuiu" of the
amount. , [z]
Tiie diagram shows part of a circular measuring instrument with cenre O.
fhe instrument has a needle OA such that its tip rotates about O and OA= 8cm.
The tip of the needle moves from A to B such that AOB = 41 .8".

(a) Calculate

(0 the area of the minor sector A0B, 12]

. (ii) the shortest distance from A to B. t3l

(b) {i) Show that the length of the minor uc AB = 5.84cm, correct to 3 significant figures. t21
(lr) The tip of the needle takes 0.43 seconds to move from A to B.
Calculate the speed, in m/s, of the tip of the needle, I3l
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the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

,ldnswer

Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, drawx- andy-axes each from
-8 to 8.
(a) (i) Draw and label triangle A with vertices at (-2,0), (-2, 4) and (-4, 3),
tll
(ii) Draw and label triangle B with vertices at (-3, -1), (-7, -l) and (-6, I ). tll
(iii) Describe fully the transformation which maps triangle A onto triangle B.
tzl
(b) Rotate triangle B through 90o clockwise about (-6, -4).
Label the image C.
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(c) (i) Draw and label triangle D with vertices ar (5, 0), (7, l) and (7 , -3). t1l
(ii) Describe fully the transformation which maps triangle.4 onto triangle D.
[2]
(iii) Enlarge triangle D using scale factor *2 and centre (5, -2).
Label the image E.
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(d) Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle E onto triangle A. t3I
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I The frequency table below shows the heights, in centimetres, of a group of

! Id standard two pupils.

"t
Height (cm) Number of pupils

8l 2

83 I
85 6

86 4

87 3

(a) Find the probability that a pupil chosen at random is at least g6 cm tall.
t21
(b) Two pupils are chosen at random, one after the other from the group.
What is the probability that

(i) they are both 85cm rall,

t21
(ii) one is 8l cm tall and the orher is 87cm tall.
t3l
(c) showing your working clearly, calculate the variance of the heights,
t4l
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"rThe diagram below shows a conical shelter with base radius OC = Rcm,and slant height AC
The shelter is made of a conical plastic top and the rest is fibreglass. = le)syy1.
The base radius pB of the plastic top is

The ratio r: R=2:5.

(a) Show thatAB =79.6cm.

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(b) The outside surface area of the plastic top is 1 .6 m2.
Calculate the outside Surface area of the fibreglass in m2.
t41
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10 A machine prints pages in either black and white or in colour.

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(a) In one minute, the machine prints x pages in black and white.
Express, in terms of x, the time, in seconds, the machine takes to print one page
in black and white. [l]
(b) In one minute, the machine can print 2 more pages in black and white than in
colour.
Express, in terms of x,

(i) the number of pages the machine can print in colour in onJminute,
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(iD the time, in seconds, it takes the machine to print one page in colour.
t1I
(c) It takes 2'5 seconds more to print a page in colour than to print it in black and
white. ,

(i) Form an equation to represent this information and show that it reduces
to

x2-zx-4g=o. t3l
(ii) Solve the equarion * -X* 48 = 0.
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(iii) How long, in seconds, does the machine take to print 1 page in colour?
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11 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The length of 47 steel nails were measured to the nearest millimetre and the results
are shown in the table
below.

Length (mm) 39 - 44- 45-50 51--53

-s1:56 57 -6s
Number of
nails
10 t2 I 7 9

Thc boundaries fcr the firsi iwo classes arrc 38.5

\q,,
- 44.5 airti 44.5 - 50.5 respeciiveiy.
Write down the boundaries for the next three classes.
ttl
(b) Draw a histogram such that the lengths of the nails in the range 3g
rectangle of width 2cm and height 5 cm.
- 44cm arc represerited by a
t4)
(c) The Iongest 38Vo of thenails are rejected.
Estimate the length of the lougest nail thar is acceptable.
t3l
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12 T$.diurytT shows a concrete slab ABCDEF in the form of a right-angled triangular prism.
DEA = CFB = 90o, DE= 50cm, AE= l50cm and AB= 210cm as shown.
All measurements iue correct to the nearest 10cm.

D
50

(a) Write down the upper bounds for the lengths of

(i) DE, lll

(ii) AE, ttl
(iii) AB. tU
(b) Calculate. in m3, the upper bound for the volume of eonerete needed to nna-k-e tlre sla,b, I3l

(c) The concrete is a mixture of cement, sand and crushed stones in the ratio of 2 : 6: 7 by volume.
Calculate, in m3, the upper bound for the volume of cement needed to make the slab. t21

(d) The density of cement is l400kg/m3.

Calculate the upper bound for the mass of cement needed for the slab, t21

(e) Cernent is sold in 50kg bags.

How many bags of cement should be bought for the slab? t2)
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13 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

A city council plans to build shops and offices for rental.

(a) The number of shops to be built is.r and each will have a floor area of lZ5m2.
Express, in terms of x, the total floor area required for the shops.
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(b) The number of offices to be built is y and each will have a floor area of 50 m2.
Express, in terms of y, the total floor area required for the offices.
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(c) The council has only 75Am2 of land to build offiq:s and shops.
Write down an inequality in.r and y and show that it reduces to

5x+2y<30.
(d) The council wishes to rent out each shop for P10000 per month and each office for
P7000 per month.
The council expects to make at least P70000 per month from the rentals.
write down an inequality in x and y and show that it reduces to

10x+7y>70. t2l
(e) The council decides that there will be ai least one shop.
Write down another inequality to represent this information.
tll
(f) using a.scale of I cm to represent I unit on each axis, show, by shading the unwanted regions, the set
of points satisfying 5x + 2y € 30, lOx + 7y > 70 and the inequality in part (e).
t3l

G) How much money will the council make if they rent twice as many offices as shops? 121