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RAZI PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOL
2024 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION MOCK EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS
Subject number: M131/I
Wednesday, 24th April Time allowed: 2 hrs
8:00-10:00
PAPER I
(100 marks)
Instructions
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2. Answer all the 20 questions in this 2
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each answer is indicated against each 6
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4. Write your answers in the spaces 9
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5. Calculators may be used.
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6. All working must be clearly shown.
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Factorise 108a 2 3b c .
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1. (4 marks)
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2. Without using a calculator, rationalise the denominator of . (5 marks)
2 5 8
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a y 1
3. Make y the subject of the formula . (5 marks)
a y 3
1
4. Prove that a n . (4 marks)
an
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5. In the figure 1, Q, A and C are points on the circle, centre O. BOQ and BCA
are straight lines, OAC 66o and OBC 32o.
.
O
32o 66o
B C A
Figure 1
Calculate the value of QCA. (5 marks)
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6. The sum of the ages of a mother and a son is 70 years. 7 years ago, the ratio of
their ages was 5 : 2. If the age of the mother is 6 years less than the age of a
father, find the age of the father. (6 marks)
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7. If the lateral surface area of a cube is 324 cm2, find the total surface area.
(4 marks)
8. If g : x x 2 x and h : x 2 x 1, find gh(x). (4 marks)
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9. Figure 2 shows a straight line intersecting the parabola y x 2 x 2 at a point
B (0, 2) and C.
Find the x co-ordinate of point C. (6 marks)
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10. In an arithmetic progression, the sum of the first, seventh and sixteenth terms is
forty. Find the sum of the first fifteen terms. (5 marks)
11. Simplify the vector expression RS PS QP. (4 marks)
1 2
12. Factorise completely n 2 n 9. (5 marks)
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13. Figure 3 shows a circle with O as a centre. Chord CD is parallel to diameter AB.
A .
O
B
35o
C D
E
Figure 3
If DCB = 35o, find the value of angle CED. (5 marks)
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14. Solve the equation log 3 4 x 1 1 2 log 3 2 x . (7 marks)
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15. Figure 4 shows the speed-time graph of an object which travels at a constant
speed of 36 m/s and then slows down at a rate of 12 m/s2, coming to rest at time t
seconds.
36 .
Speed
(m/s)
O
. Time (s)
.
6
.
t
Figure 4
Find the total time, t taken by the object. (5 marks)
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a b b a
16. Find the value of a and b if . (3 marks)
b a a b
17. The intensity of light on a screen varies inversely to the square of the distance
between the screen and the light source. If a screen is illuminated by a light
source 20 m away, the intensity is one fifth of what required.
Where should the light be placed? (5 marks)
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18. Figure 5 below shows a region P bounded by four inequalities.
y
5 .
3 .
P
2
. O
. .
5 x
Figure 5
Write down the three inequalities bounding the region P in addition to x y 5.
(5 marks)
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19. Solve the equation 5 x 2 8 x 1, giving the answer correct to three significant
figures. (6 marks)
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20. Given that x 3 1, show that 3 1. (6 marks)
x
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