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This document is a mathematics examination paper for Senior Two students at St. Patrick’s High School, consisting of four items with specific instructions for candidates. The questions involve practical applications of mathematics, including budgeting, interest calculations, currency exchange, and data representation. Candidates must attempt three items, with the first two being compulsory, and are required to show their working and explanations on provided answer sheets.

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S2 Maths Test Paper with Solutions

This document is a mathematics examination paper for Senior Two students at St. Patrick’s High School, consisting of four items with specific instructions for candidates. The questions involve practical applications of mathematics, including budgeting, interest calculations, currency exchange, and data representation. Candidates must attempt three items, with the first two being compulsory, and are required to show their working and explanations on provided answer sheets.

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MATHEMATICS

Paper 1

31st March 2025


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2 hours

NAME:…………………………………………………………………………SIGN …………

ST. PATRICK’S HIGH SCHOOL-HOIMA


SENIOR TWO
MATHEMATICS

Paper 1
2 hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

x This paper contains four (4) items


x Attempt 3 items in this paper in total
x Item one and item two are compulsory
x Between item three and item four attempt one item
x Begin each question on a fresh page
x All necessary working and explanations should be written on the answer sheets provided
x Graph papers are provided

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY


ITEM ATTEMPTED 1 2 3/4

SCORES

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ITEM ONE
A woman whose husband lives abroad has been sent money for their two children with
instructions on how to spend the money. She has received two million three hundred and
eighty thousand shilling only with 40% to be used for the son’s fees and ½ of the
remainder on the daughter’s fees, ugx 100,000 is to be used for transport to school and Page | 2
the rest given to the children for their shopping. She has asked you for help on how to
allocate the money as instructed but she decided that she would give the children their
total amount for them to shop for what they want.
Of the children, the girl asks her brother that they should play a game where the winner
will get 3 parts while the loser gets 2 parts of the shopping money. The girl has her card
with the number 7 and asks the brother to randomly pick a card out of five cards each
with digits in binary base. He is required to convert the number on his card to decimal
base. If his number turns out to be greater than that of her sister then he wins. The boy
picks a card with the number 1101.
Task
(a) Show how you can help the woman to determine the different amount as she has
been instructed.
(b) Who of the children will get the most amount of pocket money and how much will
it be?

ITEM TWO
A man borrowed UGX 4,800,000 from the bank at a simple interest of 20% and he was to
pay back by the end of 3 years. The years are almost coming to an end but he has not
made the required amount yet.
He decides to sell his car at UGX 14,000,000 to raise the money to pay the loan. The
buyer he got asked for a discount of 10% of the amount, the broker charges a commission
of 5% on the amount sold. The LC I also requested for UGX 450,000 to sign the
agreements. He is also sure if the amount he will remain with will be enough to cover the
loan.
TASK
(a) (i) How much loan amount is he to pay to the bank?
(ii) Will he be able to pay back the loan amount if sells the car?

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ITEM THREE
A student from a university in USA is planning to come to Uganda for research. He
wants to go to Gulu and Kisoro districts, he has US dollars 8200 that he will use during
his stay and will be required to exchange it for Uganda shillings at an exchange rate of 1
dollar for UGX 3800. He contacts a company that can fly him to his destinations. On Page | 3
arrival, the company informs him that they will fly from Entebbe to Gulu a distance of
275 km on a bearing of 3400, from Gulu to Kisoro the distance is 390 km away on a
bearing of 2190. From Kisoro, they will fly directly back to Entebbe.
The plane charges UGX 25,000 from every kilometer of distance covered.
Task
(a) How much will the students get in Uganda shillings after exchange?
(b) Determine the cost of transport that the students will have to spend
ITEM FOUR
The authorities on your area have realized that the time taken by house hold in for
treatment at the village. Health Centre is becoming unbearable due to long queues. This
has resulted into numerous quarrels among locals in a bid to get treatment. They were
informed by the district authorities that the budget an only cater for addition of a health
hospital in a community whose average waiting time for treatment is above 3hours 30min
On a given day, the chairperson LC III led a team that collected data for the time taken
by 40 people in waiting for treatment at the hospital and is presented ss shown below.

3 4 6 4 3 1 3 4 6 5
2 4 6 4 3 3 4 6 4 3
2 3 5 6 5 2 3 6 5 5
2 3 7 5 4 2 4 7 5 3

Task
(a) Represent the above information above in a tabular format that give easy
understanding of the information.

(b) Help the team to present the information on a bar chart that would make the
district authorities better understand the situation.
(c) Describe with reason the situation using a bar chart you have down.
(d) Analyze the information and advise the local authorities on whether the
community deserves a bore hall. EnD
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The sale price after a 10% discount is UGX 12,600,000. The broker’s 5% commission on this is UGX 630,000, leaving UGX 11,970,000. After paying UGX 450,000 for agreement fees, he has UGX 11,520,000. Since this amount exceeds the loan repayment requirement of UGX 7,680,000, he can repay the loan fully .

The total loan repayment is calculated as Principal + Interest. The interest for 3 years is 4,800,000 x 20% x 3 = UGX 2,880,000. Hence, the total repayment amount is UGX 7,680,000 .

The community waiting time averages less than the required threshold, thus not meeting criteria for immediate infrastructure investment like a borehole, suggesting patience for advisory improvement rather than structural, contingent on a policy reevaluation .

The total distance is 275 km from Entebbe to Gulu, 390 km from Gulu to Kisoro, and 445 km from Kisoro back to Entebbe (calculated as part of a navigational triangle). The total distance is 1,110 km, with a cost of UGX 25,000 per km, resulting in a total cost of UGX 27,750,000 .

The woman should first allocate 40% of UGX 2,380,000 for the son's fees, which is UGX 952,000. The remainder is UGX 1,428,000, of which half, UGX 714,000, should be spent on the daughter's fees. UGX 100,000 should be set aside for transport, leaving UGX 628,000 for the children's shopping .

The conversion results in UGX 31,160,000, calculated by multiplying US$8,200 by UGX 3,800 .

Past district records showing a significant reduction in time-related grievances post-provision of boreholes validate consideration for borehole installations as preventive health measure improvements over other slower operational changes or where reported goodwill turns ineffective .

The binary number 1101 converts to decimal 13, which is greater than 7, so the boy wins. The shopping money is UGX 628,000. As the winner, he receives 3 parts out of a total of 5 parts, equating to 3/5 of UGX 628,000, which is UGX 376,800 .

The waiting times convert to 12 units (hours and minutes to similar time units for each) with a sum for all patients of 170 units. Dividing by 40 patients gives an average of 4.25, equivalent to 3 hours and 15 minutes, justifying the addition of a health facility by being over 3.5 hours .

A bar chart visually highlights waiting time frequencies, making trends evident, such as peak times, enabling policymakers to immediately grasp congestion points, unlike the tabular form which necessitates manual computation and comparison .

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