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SOUTH EAST EDUCATION DIVISION

2025 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION
MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
Subject Number: M038/I
Thursday, 27th March Time Allowed: 2 hours
8:00 – 10:00 am

PAPER I
THEORY
(100 marks)

Instructions
1. This paper contains 10 printed Question Tick if Do not write in
number answered these columns
pages. Please check.
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2. Answer all the 20 questions in this 2.
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paper
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3. The maximum number of marks for 5.
each answer is indicated against 6.
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each question.
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4. Scientific calculators may be used. 9.
5. All working must be clearly shown. 10.
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6. Write your Examination Number and
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School Name at the top of each page. 13.
7. In the table provided on this page, 14.
tick against the question number you 15.
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have answered. 17.
8. Hand in your filled questions paper 18.
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to the invigilator when time is called
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to stop writing

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Answer all the questions.

1. Factorise completely 2 - 11xy + 5y ( 4 marks )

2. Without using a calculator, simplify (5 marks)

3. Make h subject of the formula in (3 marks)

4. Given that matrix A = B= and C = , evaluate B(A + C). (4marks).

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5. If 8, X, Y and 27 are four consecutive terms of GP. Find the values of X and Y. (5 marks)

6. Given that ( – 1)(x + C) is identical to +7 + 11x – 4. Find the values of B and C.

(5 marks)

7. Figure 1 shows a triangle ABC and its enlargements AI,BI,CI. Copy and complete the figure to
show in the same diagram the coordinates for the centre of enlargement. (4marks)
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8. Given that points P= (1, 3.1); Q= (3, 9.3) and R= (5, y) are collinear, find the value of y.
(5marks)

9. Figure 2 shows a circle ABCDE centre o in which angle BCD = .

Figure 2
Calculate the value of angle ADB. (4marks)
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10. From the top of a tower, the angle of depression of a car is . Given that the tower is 15 m
high, calculate the distance of the car from the foot of the tower, giving the answer in simplest
surd form. (5marks)

11. Two similar jugs have capacities of 2 litres and ¼ litre. If the height of a larger jug is 30cm, find
the height of the smaller jug. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places. (6marks)
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12. Figure 3 shows a solid of height QP made up of a cuboid and a right pyramid in which AD =
12cm, DC = 15cm, CH = 20cm and QP = 38cm.

Figure 3
Calculate the volume of the solid. (6marks)

13. The function f(x) = ax – b, where a and b are constants. Given that f (2) = - 13 and f (- 3 ) = 2,
find the values of a and b. (5marks)
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14. Figure 4 shows a graph of a straight line ST on a Cartesian plane which passes through a point
(1, 3). (5marks)

Figure 4
Find the equation of the line ST.

15. A quantity P varies directly as the square root of m and inversely as the cube of r.
Given that m = 16 and r = 2, P = 5. Find P when m = 225 and r = 5. (5marks)
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16. On the same axes, sketch the graphs to show the region bounded by the following inequalities
by shading the unwanted region.
X≤3
Y – 2x ≤ 4
Y˃1–x
Y˂5

(6 marks)
17. Figure 5 shows a circle WXYZ with centre O, angle ZWX = a and angle ZYX = 4a.
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Figure 5
Calculate the value of b. (5marks)
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18. The variance for a set of data whose deviations from the mean are – 6, - 2, - 1, x and 5 is 16.4.
Find the values of x. (5marks)

19. Solve the equation 2 - 4 = 0, leaving your answer to 2 decimal places. (5marks)
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20. A moving train accelerated from 15m/s to 25m/s in 5 seconds. It then changed to 10m/s in the
next 3 seconds. It travelled at this speed for 4 seconds before it came to a stop in the next 3
seconds.
(a) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 5 units on the vertical axis and 2 cm to represent
2 units on the horizontal axis, draw a speed – time graph for the train. (4marks)

(b) Use the graph to calculate the deceleration in the last 3 seconds. (2marks)
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