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Sa Ba aagaonaee 9 om Favs ROE in SPs Be a 8 eres Bo inc Scona. Gan Dapartins ian ey hibe owl 2 qsan eo1¢ GOSH OD (HDs cog) Boa, 211 eqa@as sda) Gungis singrt usps (engroem ood ules, 2011 [Link] General Cerificate of Education| (Ord. Level) Examination, December 2011 omoa I Se wae soni gsto I BIG wang forsvaiect Mathematics I Two hours Ee hacen | Mgnt i i Index No. : lee For Marking Examiner’s use only Question Numbers Marks ‘This paper consists of 8 pages. al 1-10 Write your sider Number’ correctly i appropriate place on this page and pag Kok Answer all questions on this question! paper| itself. t# Use the space provided under| each) question for working and writing the answer. Marks will be awarded as follows: One mark each for questions 1-10 ana| two marks each for questions 11-30 in part A Ten marks each for questions in part Toral ‘Marked by ‘A blank paper (an overland paper) gan be| obtained for rough work from the supervisor fon your request Checked by Marks checked by Chief Examiner PartA ‘Answer all questions on this qu If the price of 8 pens is 72 rupees, find the price pf one pen. tion paper itself. 2 If y-5 find the value of y. 3. Simplify : 0.1 x 0.1 4. Find’ the value of @ in the figure. O° 5. What is the loss that has to be borne when a chair which is bought for 450 rupees has to be sold for 425 rupees? | 6. Simplify : 4_3 a-a 7. Express 2.081 in millilitres. '& The pie chart represents information obtained from al group of students about their favourite sport. Which sport is the favourite of the least number of students? Coa we 008 9. What is the probability of obtaining an odd number when a fair die with the numbers 1 to 6 marked ‘on its, faces is tossed up once? 70, What is the perimeter of the triangle in the figure’ [See page three of die task can they comple fertain task. If two such men work for 2 days, what fraction If a water pump lkes 24 suiuutes to fill to fill half the tank? . The marks abfeined\ by} 9 yhateptscwhio 8 10 Find a) Gi) the range the mode of these marks. 16. Factorize: 2 -a4+x+a ount of 8% is given on the mark an item which was sold for 368 rupees, 4. . From the following expressions, select ahd write down all the expressions that give the answer 4y. 20+y) Cyr” 2y x 2y 2y + 2y 2427 ind the value of x based on the inforspetion in the figure. 80°! of a tank, how many minutes will it take the pump 2. 3 faced ja gertainytest aregiven jbelow. Sey Orme ek price when an item is sold. Find the marked price of ee [See page four 18. ‘The figure denotes a semi-circle with centre O. If C value of x, 19. Make s the subject of v¥=u? +2as. A B=96°, find the Ye 20, Find the value of 2ig5+lg8—ig2. 21. What is the G)_ gradient i) equation of the straight line through A and B given in the figure? | | | | | 22, The figure denotes 2 regular hexagon ABCDEF. Give reasons as. jo-why AC = FB. i E. D | P. ig r B 23. Determine for which value of the radius, the numerical the numerical value of its area. value of the circumference of a circle equals 24, Indicate the solutions of the inequality x-2>—3 on oases reuse enemas etaeRREATRNENGNNN 1 number line given below. [See page five 25. In the circle with centre Q illustrated in is a tangent through C, The points D and find the magnitde of ADC. the figure, AC is a chord and EF B are on the circle. If ACE = 60°, A imap has been drawn to the scale 1: 26. (What is the actual distance in ai Gi) By what Jength is an eectual distan Be ‘The figure dengtes.a sector of ac OPQR. . 4 Hat ground ave given in the figure. 30. Find three consecntive positive a perfect cube. In the figiwe, AB = em, FD = Som anki AD = Sem. Find the length of AC. ‘aight road AB und the location C of a D which is 61 fiom the rosd ant 10.000. represented by lcm in the map? of 250 metres represented in the map? AB —S ie diys 10cm. If OP = 8 cm, find the area of the rectangle R| Mire rere ice, 4m from the straight road, both of which are located Indicate by sketching on the figure, how the location of \d Sm from the tree can be found, “& B and ¢ such that a+b is a perfect square and b+c is scene veo nonnmsetos ttn anna aeaneanSAnNSA [See page six Part By ‘Answer all questions on this question paper itself. 1. Mala bought a stock of mangoes. % of the stock je spoilt, % of the unspoilt mangoes were raw. Mala sold the remaining portion of unspoilt ripe (®) What fraction of the total stock of mangoes was unspoilt? (i) What fraction of the total stock of mangoes was sold? ii) There were 400 fruits in the stock that was boight. If Mala sold the unspoilt ripe mangoes at Rs 10 per fruit, how much did she eam by sdlling the mangoes? (iv) By selling the mangoes, Mala made 20% moré than the amount she spent to buy the stock. Find the price at which she bought the stock a mangoes. jangoes. 2. A sketch of a rectangular shaped netball court is given in the figure. 4 D () Find the perimeter of the netball court. (ii) Find its area. (iii) It is required to draw a semi-circular goal circle igside the court. The centre P of the goal circle should be at the mid-point of AB. Further, the goal circle should meet AB at the two points which are 2.6 m from A‘and B respectively. Draw a sketch of such a goal circle on the above figure and note down its radius. (iv) Two goal circles as mentioned in (iii) above arg located on both sides of a netball court. If the centre player is not allowed to enter the gosl circles, show that the area of the court in Which she can move is 374.54 m?, (Take =e B $30 mn sii seston eminence etd) (See page seven 3s by investing money in the ratio 4:5 @ IA in ested 20.000 rupees, in the business. If the remain they invested in the bus (®) Sunil’s father sent 340 Buro to Sui Pounds? (Take that 1 Euro equals 1 Sri Lankan rupees.) how much did B invest? Gi) A profit of 6000 rupees was nade by the end of the year, 10% of which was re-invested ing amount was divided between the two in the ratio that find separately the amounts that A and B received. jl who lives in Great Britain, What is its value in Sterling 145 Sri Lankan rupees and that 1 Sterling Pound equals 170 R (An incomplete tree diagram I If the novice wins the first row Gi) if he loses the first round, the r computer game, the player has to drive a motor car two rounds. In any round, cither the player wins the round or lose! The probability that a novice wins the first round is corresponding probabilities on represent this information is given below. Write down the the branches. Find the probability that a novice Gii) loses both rounds. (iv) wins exactly one round. write down the set (AUB)! by nonce aeons above tree diagram to include down the corresponding proba (ie € = (1.23345,6,7, 8 9) A (Multiples of two less than 10) B (Prime numbers lets than 10), win lose nf, the probability that he will win the second round is &, and ptobability that he will win the second round is : Extend the the probabilities of win/lose of the second round and write lities on the branches. listIng its elements. (See page eight ‘The rainfall values in millilitres at a certain location, collected during 30 days by the meteorological department are given below. 10 34 45 23 22 37 34 35 25 12 cc) 46 39 29 47 29 37 35 38 4a (i) What is the minimum and the maximum rainfall feceived during the 30 days? (i) An incomplete frequency table including tally marks Complete this table. 2 24 7 32 3 33 3 55 7 a5 prepared for the above data is given below. Class Interval Tally mark Frequency 7 (Rainfall_ mm) lumber of days) | 10 - 20 i 2 20 - 30 | 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 MW 3 (ii) Add a cumulative frequency columfistosthe above) (iv) Using the information in the frequency table, draw the cumulative frequency curve on the following coordiniatd, Blau / Cumulative frequency table and complete it. frequenc; aUENeY 25; - 2 t PEEEEEEEEE PEE 15 { + ot : H - CELE EEEEEEEEEE EE fs Of o0) 20 © (v) Find the median rainfall during the period, acc Rainfall ding to the cumulative frequency curve. lead acento a) eee a 1 Eek rarer egal ro aes terse tee iets Be Be peetie 62 £2 Omar checamicatoner St simi oa iat dh phan Etta. Sr as Demat saa Gungis gongs ush0 \(engroem go) utes, 2011 y@etus {gaa emg cada og (moms ee) Bmioe, 2011 ~ ectsB8 LL General Certificate of Educatlon| (Ord. Level) Examination, December 2011 i odes i 2x2 09208 CBnlq BoB i | semi i Broni@) wens pusrevepte apeiura) BD epcs Mathematics Ti Two hours and thirty minutes Answer ten questions selecting five qilestions from Part A and five questions from Part B. | h question carries 10 mark. ‘The volume of a right civcular cone of base radius x and height h is }xr7h. ‘The volume of a sphere of radius r if $9? Part A Answer|five questions only. 2 (al; ‘The annual interest rate paid [by ‘The annual interest rate for | a company in which Rs 10 shates fixed deposits in a bank is 9%. | | can be bought for Rs 12 is 11Pb. | Anula invested Rs 60000 to buy shafes in the above company while Nimala opened a fixed deposit for the same amount in the abdve batik i (® How many shares did Anula bby? Gi) What is\Antlg's /Aptuat fingoing froin shis? Gii) What is the total amount in Nimnala's account at the end of the first year? (iv) Who had gained more by the dnd of the first year? How much was the gain? (b) ‘The annual rates percentage charged by, a certain urban council is 12%. If 1500 rupees is paid as. | rites for a quarter for a ccitain house, find the assessed annual value of the house. y, | 2. (@) The graph of a quadratic function dfawn on the interval 25x54 is given in the figure, Using the graph, write down () the value of the function when be= 2. (ii) the coordinates of the minimum] point of the graph. (iii) the interval of values of x on which the function is negative and decreasing. (iv) the values of a and b, if this quadratic function is y=(e-a@) @-5). (b) (i) Write down the quadratic functibn y, of which the coefficient of x? is equal to 1, anjl the roots of y = 0 are 0 and 4, Write down the minimum value of the function after re~ organizing the equation in () (jj above in the form yak? +h. awe [see page two Gi) (®) The breadth of a thin rectangular metal sheet is| () Express the length of the sheet in terms Gi) If the area of the sheet is 12 square units, P4dx-2 = 0, (iii) Solve the above equation by completing tf (+2) units, Its length is twice its breadth. fx. show that x satisfies the quadratic equation e square or by any other method. (Take J6 =2.45.) 4. (@ 1 costs 65 rupees to buy one mandarin and 3 ghavas. 4 guavas can be bought for the price | of 3 mandarins. ] (@ Construct a pair of simultaneous equations jto represent the above information by taking | the price of a mandarin as Rsx and the price of a guava as Rsy. | (ii) By solving the above simultaneous equatiois, find the price of a mandarin and the price | of a guava. | ii) Find the number of mandarins and gauvas tHat can be bought for Rs 50 without a balance. | 3.2 4 10 0 b) Ie AZ| in ® (01 sh B( 6 # o): find = and 5. Information on the telecasting times of 40 advertisements shown during 2 certain television programme, is\ given inthe-following-table, Telecasting time (seconds) |i0 - 14] 14- 18] 18 - 2] 23 ~ 26] 26 - 30]30 - 34[34 - 3 Number of advertisements | 04 06 08 io | os [| o# | os @ Gi) Gi) Which telecasting time interval does the most Find the mean. telecasting time in seconds of at Accordingly, if 100 advertisements are to be t calculate the expected telecasting time of the a Rs 600000 is spent for the production of tht Rs 20000 is charged per minute to telecast an adv station be expected to make from the above pi (iv) (@) One end of a wire of length 10m is tied to tH ground. The point R lies on the straight line QS, of elevation of P from R is 57° SO’. (@ Copy the figure and include the given in (ii) Find the height of the tower. Gil) Find the angle of elevation of P from S. (& Three cities A, B and C are situated such that from A and C lies 60 km from B on a bearing of| of the three cities and show that the distance umber of advertisements fall into? advertisement. ecast during such a television programme, ivertisements to the nearest minute. television programme in (iii) above and irtisement. How much profit can the television. gramme? PQ shown in the figure, and the other end is tidd to @ point S on the le top P of the tower , m from Q. The angle mation in it. : Stan, @ lies 40 km from A on a bearing of 045° 1135? from B. Draw a sketch of the positions tween the cities A and C is 20VI3km. age three . Part B Ansher five questions only. 7. (a) There are 12 seats in the first row of @ certain theatre. The remaining rows are arranged £0 that each row contains 5 seats nore than the preceeding row. (i) How many seats are there jp the fifth row? | Gi) How many seats are there ip total in the first 20 rows? (iit) This theatre has exactly 21 rows arranged in the above manner. The manager claims that ‘an audience of 130) take their seats, then all the seats will be occupied. Is this true/ false? Give reasons for youl answer. (U) It is observed that a certain type pf germ on a glass slide spreads and occupies at the end of cach day, an area which is twite the area it occupied at the end of the previous day. If, | ut the end of the ficst day, the getm occupied an area of 3 mm? on the slide, find the area te which the yeim tial spread by|the end of the sixth day. 8. Using only a straight edge with a cm/nm} scale and a pair of compasses and showing the construction lines cleanly, (i) construct a fine segment .1B such that AB = 9.0 cm, and the angle BAP such that BAP =60° and AP = 8 em. (i) bisect BAP. Construct the circle that touches the lines AB and AP and has its centre at the point O lying 4.5 cm from A. Mebsuresitsradius and write it down, ii) construct another tangent to this circle from the point.B, and produce it to meet AP at the point C. (iv) What is thd above birdle With-respéct to the thiagle ABC? 9. Eis the mid-point of AC and D is the mid-point of BC of the traingle ABC in the figure, Further, F is the mid-point of AD. A (Copy the figure and produce BF and DE to meet at the point G. E Write down the theorem that asserts that BA//DE. a Show that AABF = ADGF. 5 Show that ABDG is a parallelogran}. Prove that DE = EG. D are equal. NAAT NATTA STERN ST AT Show that the areas of the triangles A\ GB and ADC [see page four } are athletes. An incomplete Venn diagram, ‘AC and RD produced meet at E on the smaller circle. in terms of x. (@) Ac Gi) CBE (ii) COE (iv) ECO 111. There are 210 grade ten students in a mixed school, 90 of whom are female. Of the female students, 20 are swimmers and 28 Swimmers ~} to represent information on the students! in 10. Two circles with centres P and Q intersect at the poihts C and D as shown in the figure. AB is a diameter of the larger circle. (a) Let PAC =x. Providing reasons, write the following angles () Show that the radii CP and CQ are perpendicuJar to each other. 38 35 this grade is shown here. (i) Copy the given Venn diagram and shade the region denoting the male athletes. (i) Show that the volume of the cone is aj. obtained by melting the cone. SS Gat ten stuns} | Athletes |__ Female students 12, (@) The height of a solid right circular metal cone of base radius @ is 3a. ) Find the volume of one such metal sphefe in terms of a. (b) Simplify by using the logarithm tables: Sa i) If there are\70 athletespin this grade, how manly maleathletes are there? Gii) How many \nale suidents are) neither athletes nok swimuners? (iv) By taking the number of female students who afe only athletes as x, construct an equation for the total number of female students in grade’ ten and find x by solving it. (x) Find how many female students are swimmers|as well as athletes. Gi) Find how many solid spheres of radius © can be made without waste from the metal | | 1 t

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