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Name of Candidate ____________________________________________ School _____________________

CHIRADZULU DISTRICT MOCK EXAMINATION.


2023 MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
Subject Number: M131/1
Wednesday, 22 March Time Allowed: 2 hours
8:00 – 10:00 am

PAPER 1
Instructions (100 marks)
1. This paper contains 13 pages. Please check. Question Tick if Do not write in
Number answered these columns
2. Answer all the 20 questions in this paper. 1
3. The maximum number of marks for each 2
answer is indicated against each question. 3
4
4. Write your answers in the spaces provided 5
on the question paper. 6
7
5. Calculators may be used.
8
6. All working must be clearly and neatly 9
shown, include relevant steps only. 10
11
7. Write your name and class at the top of 12
each page of your question paper in the 13
spaces provided. 14
8. In the table provided on this page, tick 15
16
against the question number you have
17
answered.
18
9. The blank page at the end you can use it if 19
necessary 20
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Page 2 of 13
1. Factorise completely 2x 2 y 2  13xy  15 (3marks)

1
2. If g ( x)  2 x 2  5, calculate g ( ) (3 marks)
2

3. The sides of a triangle are 2 48cm, 3 75 cm and 4 147cm . Calculate the perimeter of the
triangle, leaving your answer in a surd form. (4marks)
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Page 3 of 13
4. The height of a triangle is 6cm and its area is 12cm 2 . Calculate the base of a similar
triangle whose area is 48cm 2 . (5marks)

5. For what values of m is x  3 a factor of x 3  m 2 x 2  11x  15m ? (6marks)


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Page 4 of 13
[Link] 1 shows a circle JKLM. NMP is a tangent to the circle at M .and JNL is a straight line.

If angle LNP  30 0 and angle LMP  66 0 , calculate the value of angle JML. (6marks)
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Page 5 of 13
7. Make q the subject of the formula q 2  p 2 (a  q 2 ) (5 marks)

8. Given that the roots of a quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  0 are 5 and -7, find the values of
a and b in the equation. (6marks)
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Page 6 of 13
9. Figure 2 is a pie chart showing how water is used in a certain village per day.

If the village uses 324 litres of water per day, how much water is used in washing clothes?
(4 marks)

10. Given that points P (-1,4), Q (3,0), and R (2,a ) are collinear find the value of a. (5marks)
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Page 7 of 13
[Link] 3 is a speed time graph of a moving object.

Given that the acceleration for the first t1 seconds is 0.3ms-2, calculate the value of t1.
(3marks)

n 1
12. Solve the equation 32  256. (4marks)
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Page 8 of 13
13.a. The equation of a straight line is 2 x  3 y  7 . Find the equation of a line passing through
the mid-point of A (8,6) and B (2,4) parallel to the line 2 x  3 y  7. (5marks).

b. A box contains 8 blue pens 5 red pens and y black pens .If the probability that a pen
3
picked randomly from the box is blue or black is , calculate the value of y. (4marks)
4
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Page 9 of 13

 6( 2)
n 1
14. The nth term of a Geometric Progression (GP) is T n
.Calculate the sum of
the first eight terms of the progression. (6marks)

2 4 1 −2
[Link] that matrix K=( ) and matrix M= ( ) ,find matrix K-M2 (4marks)
3 0 6 4
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Page 10 of 13
16. Figure 4 shows unshaded region R described by four inequalities.

Write down three inequalities in addition to x  3 which define the region. (5marks)
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Page 11 of 13
[Link] a class of 50 students,24 study chemistry,6 study both chemistry and physics and 14 do
not study either of the two subjects. Calculate the number of students who study physics
only. (3marks)

18. The mass (m) of a cylindrical tin varies jointly with its height (h) and the square of its
radius (r). If the tin of 50cm high and of radius 2cm has a mass of 540g, find the mass of a
cylindrical tin 10cm high and of radius 4cm. (6marks).
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Page 12 of 13
19. The angles of elevation of the top of the tower from two girls: Anna(A) and Belita (B)
are 220 and 180 respectively. If the two girls are on the opposite sides of the tower and the
tower is 100m high, calculate the distance between the girls, giving the answer correct to the
nearest whole number. (7 marks)
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20. Figure 5 is a triangle ABC in which BD is perpendicular to AC, angle BAD = 600 and
angle BCD = 300.

If AB = 2 , without using a calculator, calculate the length of CD, giving the answer in
simplest surd form. (6marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER


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Given that the mass, m, varies jointly with the height, h, and the square of the radius, r^2, use the relation m = khr^2. Determine the constant k from the known mass, height, and radius of a reference tin, then apply it to compute the mass of the new tin with its dimensions.

Divide the number of pens of the desired type by the total number of pens to find the probability, ensuring all conditions provided (such as problem constraints) are satisfied in calculations.

Use the total probability formula, considering the known numbers of pens, to set up an equation that solves for the unknown quantity of black pens. Calculate based on the total probability of selecting a pen being blue or black.

First calculate the midpoint of the segment using the midpoint formula on the given points; then use the slope of the given line to write the equation of the parallel line using the point-slope form where slope remains constant.

The acceleration over the first t1 seconds being 0.3 ms^(-2) implies that the slope of the speed-time graph during this period is 0.3 ms^(-2). To determine t1, observe the change in speed over this interval and divide by the acceleration rate.

To determine the perimeter of the triangle, you add the side lengths while keeping them in surd form, which results in 48√2 + 75√3 + 147√4 cm.

Use the relationship between roots and coefficients: the sum of the roots equals -b/a and the product equals c/a, to set up equations and solve for coefficients a and b.

To find the sum of the first eight terms, calculate each term from T1 to T8 using the formula Tn = 6 - (n-1)^2 and then sum the values.

To define the shaded region in a plane, list inequalities that correspond to the boundaries given. These should describe the constraints on x and y that form the region. Check conditions such as angle constraints or other geometric properties as needed.

Using the angles of elevation and the height of the tower, trigonometric principles (tangent functions) allow you to set up equations to find the separation between observers, applying trigonometric identities where necessary.

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