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O Level Mathematics Paper 1 (CBC 2026)

Bachelor of sciences (BSC 1)

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University:
Makerere University

kizito peter2026/2027
This mathematics paper covers various topics including ratios, inequalities, probability,
and income tax calculations. It presents real-life scenarios such as managing a camping
site, agricultural planning, and financial assessments, requiring students to apply
mathematical concepts to solve practical problems.

P456/ 1
Mathematics
Paper 1
July/August,2026
2 hours :15 minutes.
INSTRUCTIONS TO
CANDIDATES:
This paper consists of two
sections A and B. It has six
examination items.
Section A has two
compulsory items.
Section B has two part I
and II . Answer one item
from each part.
Answer four examination
items in all.
All answers must be written
in the answer booklet(s)
provided.
Graph paper is provided.
Silent, non-programmable
calculatos and
mathematical tables with a
list of formulae may be
used.
.
SECTION A
Item one
Camping site attracts
visitor among which include
men , women and children.
On a certain day the
manager of the site
attendance as ratio. Men :
Women =5:4 and Women :
Children = 3:7 .in total 224
Children visited the
camping site that
[Link] , the manager
was not sure of the number
of men
and women who visited the
camping site that day.
In 2024 , the cost of a ticket
at the camp site for
children was at half price
that of adults and that for
adults costs UGX. 30000. In
order to attract more
customers, the manager
instructed the attendants to
set the ticket charges for
the year 2025 such that
their cost is less by 20% .
However the attendants
were not sure of the exact
costs to set for 2025.
Task.
a) Help the manager to find
the total number of men
and women who visited the
camping site.
b) Determine the amount
collected by the camping
site.
c) Determine the cost for
the ticket for children in
2025.
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P456/ 1

Mathematics

Paper 1

July/August,

2 hours :15 minutes.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

This paper consists of two sections A and B. It has six examination items.

Section A has two compulsory items.

Section B has two part I and II. Answer one item from each part.

Answer four examination items in all.

All answers must be written in the answer booklet(s) provided.

Graph paper is provided.

Silent, non-programmable calculatos and mathematical tables with a list of

Item one

Camping site attracts visitor among which include men , women and children.
On a certain day the

manager of the site attendance as ratio. Men : Women =5:4 and Women :
Children = 3:7 .in total 224

Children visited the camping site that day , the manager was not sure of the
number of men

and women who visited the camping site that day.

In 2024 , the cost of a ticket at the camp site for children was at half price
that of adults and that for

adults costs UGX. 30000. In order to attract more customers, the manager
instructed the attendants to

set the ticket charges for the year 2025 such that their cost is less by 20%.
However the attendants

were not sure of the exact costs to set for 2025.

Task.

a) Help the manager to find the total number of men and women who visited
the camping site.

b) Determine the amount collected by the camping site.

c) Determine the cost for the ticket for children in 2025.

Item two

Your father has just received money from the PDM program and wanted to
plant maize and g-nut seeds.

He wanted to plant at least 3 sacks of maize , not more than 8 sacks of g-nut
seeds and less than 12

sacks of maize and g-nut seeds altogether. The number of g-nut seeds sacks
he wanted to plant was

more than three quarters of the number of maize seeds sacks planted.

Task.
a) Write down mathematical inequalities to represent the conditions.

b) Show clearly the feasible region on the Cartesian plane.

c) If each sack of maize costs UGX. 40000 and that of g-nuts costs UGX.
80000, help your father

determine the number of sacks of each type of seeds that will minimize his
expenditure.

SECTION B

Part I

Item three

In each game played by all the teams in FIFA world cup 2026, afair coin is
tossed three times one after

another by a player in order to determine who starts the game. A player who
gets a heads in all the

three consecutive tosses will start the game. A box contains 6 Red and 4
Green marbles, a player picks

marble from the box , notices it's colour and then not replaced and thrown
away. The process is

repeated for the second time and stopped. Records shows that ateam that
picked all the two marbles

being of the same colour will win the game. However, if the marbles picked
are of different colours, the

team is knocked out of the game and rejected.

Task.

Help the players to determine the probability of;

a) being the first team to start the game

b) Winning the game.

c) getting knocked out of the game.

Item four.

Atour and travel agency wanted to find out whether to organize atour in the
cities of Dubai , Cairo and
Paris. The tour would only be organized if the probability of a person having
visited at least two cities

was less than 50%.

Task.

Help the accountant to determine;

a) Gross monthly income Anet earns

b) Portion of Anet's income that is available for taxation.

c) Percentage of Anet's income that goes to tax.

Item six.

Mugisha is a professional welder who is working with a manufacturing

to make affordable box with rectangular faces. The box is to be made from a
material whose area is to

422 square centimeters meters and it's base will measure 12 by 5. Mugisha is
finding it hard

to come up with sketch he will follow to arrange all the faces for the box to
fold and close and the height

of the box.

For each box , Mugisha is paid UGX. 950 and he was to make 500 boxes. He
has a plan of using all the

money he will be paid to buy a cow that he will sell after 2 years because he
targets to get UGX. 1600000

out of it. The cow appreciates at a rate of 80% per annum. But he doesn't
know if he will achieve his

target.

Task.

a) Help Mugisha to;

I) Provide the required sketch.

II) Calculate the height of each box.

b) Determine whether Mugisha's target will be achieved.

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