ADDIS KETEMA SUBCITY EDUCATION OFFICE MATHEMATICS MODEL

EXAMINATION FOR GRADE 12 TH FOR SOCIAL SCIENCE STREAM,2016 E.C/2024 G.C

TIME ALLOWED 3 HOURS
DIRECTIONS: FOR EACH OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, CHOOSE THE
CORRECT ANSWERS AND FROM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES AND CAREFULLY
BLACKEN THE LETTER OF YOUR CHOICE ON THE SEPARATED ANSWER SHEET
PROVIDED

1. Which one of the following is NOT the term of the sequence whose general term is given
by 𝑎𝑛 = (2)1−𝑛 where n is positive integer.
A. 20 B. 2−2 C. 21 D. 2−3
2. Which one of the following is not term of arithmetic progression whose few terms are
given by 2, 8, 14,….
A. 1526 B.644 C.86 D.1306
1 1
3. If the second and fifth terms of a geometric progression are − 2 and , respectively,
16

what is the sum of the first eight terms of the sequence

256 85 255 128
A. B. C. 256 D.
255 128 85

4. Which one of the following does not express the sum 22 + 42 + 62 + 82 + ⋯?

∞ ∞ ∞ ∞
A. ∑𝑗=0(2𝑗)2 B. ∑𝑛=0(2𝑛 + 2)2 C. ∑𝑖=1(2𝑖)2 D. ∑𝑘=1 2𝑘 2

5. For a given arithmetic sequence the sum 𝑆40 =1230 and 𝐴1 = 3, then 𝐴40 is equal to: -
A. 58.5 B. 140 C. 117 D.123
3 3 3 3069
6. How many terms of the sequence: 3, 21 , 22 , 23 , …are needed to give the sum ?
512
A. 6 B. 10 C.12 D. 8
7. Which one of the following series is NOT convergent?
10 20 40 ∞
̅̅̅̅
A. 0.47 B. 5− + − +… C. ∑∞
𝑛=1(0.75)
−𝑛
D. ∑𝑘=1(1.5)−𝑘
3 9 27

2 𝑛
8. The value of ∑∞ 𝑛=0 5 (3) is equal to: A. 15 B. 10 C. 5 D. 0
9. Every day a person saves 5 cents more than the amount he saved on the previous day.
His target is to save the total amount of 3225 cents by the end of 30 days. How much
cents must to be the starting saving to meet the target?
A. 35 B. 25 C. 50 D. 60
10. A flower 110 cm high is planted in a garden. At the end of the first year, the flower is 130
cm tall. There after the growth of the flower each year is half of its growth in the previous
year. What is the maximum height of the flower?
A. 130 cm B. 140cm C. 150cm D.120cm
11. Suppose a radioactive material loses one-third of its mass per year. If its current mass is
81g, then how much will its mass be just after 7 years?
128 1 128
A. 27 g B. 27g C. 27 g D. 81 g

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 12. A contest offers 10 prizes with a total value of Birr 13,250. If the difference in value of
between consecutive prizes is Birr 250, what is the value of tenth prize?
A. Birr 250 B. Birr 300 C. Birr 350 D. Birr 200
2
13. What is the average rate of change of a function f(x) =𝑥 + 3𝑥 + 1 on interval [1,4]?
A. 12 B. 8 C.6 D. 24
2
14. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 √2𝑥 + 12 what is the slope of the normal line to the graph of 𝑓 at 𝑥 = 2
?
1 1 1
A. − B. 18 C. 18 D. − 17
18
1
15. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 3 + 𝑏𝑥 − 5 has a relative minimum value of -6 at 𝑥 = 2 ,then the value(s) of
a and b are respectively?
A. -3 and -4 B. 4 and 3 C. 4 and -3 D. -3 and 4
1
16. If 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 2 + 𝑥 2 , then what is 𝑓 ′ (1) is equal to: -
1 √2 √2
A. − 2 B. − 2 C. 2 D. 0
17. Air being pumped in to a spherical balloon so that its volume increases at a rate of
50𝜋cm3/s. How fast is the radius of the balloon increasing when the diameter is 5cm?
A. 150𝑐𝑚/𝑠 B. 12𝑐𝑚/𝑠 C. 5𝑐𝑚/𝑠 D. 2𝑐𝑚/𝑠
2 2
18. An object is moving along the path y = 3 𝑥 .If the x-coordinate of the object is increasing
at a rate of 2 m/sec at instant when x = 9, what is the rate at which the y-coordinate is
increasing?
A. 24 m/sec B. 12 m/sec C. 18 m/sec D. 36m/sec
19. A man wants to enclose a rectangular field on three sides. The fourth side not has a fence
which is protected by a river. If he uses 400m long fence, what is the maximum area he
encloses
A. 40, 000 sq. meter B.30, 000sq.meter C.20, 000sq.meter D.16, 000 sq. meter
20. For a company, the total revenue R and the total cost C for yard maintenance of x homes
are given by R(x) = 1000𝑥 − 𝑥 2 ,and C(x) = 3000 + 20𝑥.Suppose that the company is
adding 10 homes per day at the moment when the 400th customer is signed. At that
moment, what is the change of total profit?
A. 2000birr per day C. 200 birr per day
B. 1800 birr per day D. 2500 birr per day
21. The displacement of a particle at any time t is given by s(t) = 𝑡 3 + 3𝑡 2 + 5𝑡 + 7.What is
acceleration of a particle at the end of 3 hrs., where S is in kilometers and t is in hrs.?
A. 24km/hr2 B. 18km/hr2 C. 12 km/hr2 D. 22km/hr2
22. A vehicle travels 80km/hr for 3 hr. How far has the vehicle traveled?
A. 240km B. 120 km C. 160 km D. 210 km
23. Find the area S of the region enclosed between the graph of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 − 1 ,the x-axis
and the y-axis in the interval [-1,2].
2 4 8 1
A. 3 B. 3 C. 3 D. 3
24. What is the area S of the region enclosed between the graph of
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥(𝑥 − 2)(𝑥 + 1) and the x-axis?
9 111 5 37
A. 4 B. 36 C. 12 D.12

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 2𝑥 3 +1
25. Which one of the following is equal to ∫ ( ) 𝑑𝑥 ?
𝑥2
1 1 1 1
A. 𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑐 B. 𝑥 2 − 𝑥 + 𝑐 4
C. 𝑥 + 𝑥 2 + 𝑐 D. −𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 𝑐
4 0 0
26. If ∫−2 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 = 4 and ∫−2[2 − 𝑓(𝑥)] 𝑑𝑥 = 10 ,then ∫4 𝑓(𝑥) 𝑑𝑥 is equal to:-
A. -10 B. 12 C. -12 D.10
27. Which one of the following is absolute measure of dispersion?
A. Coefficient of range C. inter-quartile range
B. Coefficient of variation D. mean
28. The following is the frequency distribution of a grouped data.
Class 3−7 8−12 13−17 18−22
interval
frequency 2 2 10 6
The inter-quartile range of the distribution is
A. 4.5 B. 3.5 C. 1.5 D. 5.5
29. Using the above frequency distribution of question number 28, what is the range of the
distribution?
A. 20 B. 25 C. 19 D.16
30. The following is the frequency distribution of a grouped data.
Class 3−7 8−12 13−17 18−22
interval
frequency 4 6 8 2
What is the mean of this data?
A. 13 B. 12 C. 21 D. 15
31. Based on distribution of question No 30, what is the mean deviation about the mean of
data?
A. 8 B. 10 C. 4 D.6
32. The given data 5, 8, 8, 11, 11, 11, 14, 16. What is the mean deviation about the median?
A. 2.75 B. 2.63 C. 2.5 D. 3
33. The solution set of sgn(𝑥 2 − 1)= -1 is_____________.
A. [-1,1] B. (-1,1) C. (−∞,-1] ∪[1,∞) D. (−∞,-1) ∪(1,∞)
34. If L1 and L2 are lines of slope -2 and 1 respectively, then the angle between them is
3
A. tan-1(-3) B.tan-1(3) C.tan-1(-2) D.tan-1(2)
35. A parabolic arch has a height of 20m and width of 36m at the base. If the vertex of the
parabola is at the top of the arch, at what height above the base is it 18m wide?
A. 18m B.15m C.20m D. 24m
2
36. Let 𝑃(𝑥): 𝑥 + 𝑥 is positive. Which of the following is equivalent to ¬(∃𝑥)𝑃(𝑥)?
A. (∃𝑥)¬(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 > 0) C. (∀𝑥)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 < 0)
B. (∃𝑥)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 ≤ 0) D. (∀𝑥)(𝑥 2 + 𝑥 ≤ 0)
37. The coefficients of a2b2 in the expression of ( 3𝑎 − 2𝑏)4 is equal to
A. -96 B. 81 C. -216 D. 216

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 38. Which of the following functions could most likely be drawn as in the figure below?

x x2 +2x x+1 x3 +2x

A. f(x) = x−2 B.f(x) = C. f(x) = x−2 D.f(x) =
x2 −4 x2 −4
39. Items produced by a certain company are subjected to two kinds of defects 𝐷1 and 𝐷2 .
Out of the total production, if 5% have defect 𝐷1 , 10% have defect 𝐷2 and 2% have both
defects, then what is the probability for an item to have defect 𝐷2 , given that it has defect
𝐷1 .
A. 0.2 B. 0.05 C. 0.1 D. 0.4
40. A three digited library identification card is to be printed from the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
and 5 in such a way that the first is non-zero and no number is to be repeated, how many
such cards can be printed?
A. 100 B. 120 C. 180 D. 150
41. Matrix A is a 3 by 3 square matrix and det(A)=12,then det(2A)=_______.
A. 144 B. 96 C.24 D.48
2𝑥 + 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 1
3
42. Which one of the following is the solution set of systems of equation { 𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 𝑧 = 2 ?
3𝑦 − 5𝑧 = 9
1 −3 1 3 −3
A. {(1, 2 , )} B. {(2 , 1, −1)} C. {(2 , −1,1)} D. {(−1, , 1)}
2 2

43. If Z = (1 + 𝑖)12 , then what is the simplest form of Z?

A. 64i B.-64 C.-64i D.64
4 3 2
44. If x+2 is a factor of 𝑘𝑥 − 2𝑥 + 4𝑥 − 8𝑥 − 8, then what is the value of k?
3 5
A. -4 B. -2 C. D.-
2 2
45. Suppose 𝑎 > 0, 𝑏 > 0 ,m and n are integers. Then which one of the following is Not
true?
𝑎−𝑚 𝑏𝑛 𝑎 𝑛 𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑚
A. = B. ( ) = C. = 𝑎𝑛−𝑚 D. (𝑎𝑥𝑏)𝑛 =𝑎𝑛 . 𝑏𝑛
𝑏−𝑛 𝑎𝑚 𝑏 𝑏𝑛 𝑎𝑛
46. The solution set of log 2 𝑥 + log 4 (𝑥 2 ) = 2 is__________
A. {2} B. {-2} C. {-2 , 2} D. {4}

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 47. Which one of the following is Not true about the graph of polynomial function
f(x) = 𝑥 4 − 5𝑥 2 + 4?
A. The graph intersect x-axis at four points.
3 3
B. The graph has minimum value at x = and x = − .
2 2
C. The graph has three turning points.
D. The graph has maximum value at x = 0.
48. Which one of the following is Not true?
A. |√3 − √5| =√3 − √5 C. |√7 − √3| =√7 − √3
B. |1 − √2| =−1 + √2 D. |3 − 4| =|7 − 6|
2
49. The solution set of =2𝑥 − 11𝑥 + 5 ≤ 0 is
1 1
A. (∞, −5] ∪ [− 2 , ∞) C. [2 , 5]
1 1
B. (−∞, −5) ∪ (− , ∞) D. (∞, ] ∪ [5, ∞)
2 2
50. Which one of the following is reason for saving
A. Save for retirement.
B. Save for vacation and other luxury items.
C. Save for sinking funds.
D. All are correct.
51. If sin 𝜃 < 0 and cos 𝜃 < 0 ,then 𝜃 is in quadrant_____
A. First B. fourth C. third D. fifth
52. What is equation of a line with x -intercept -3 and y- intercept 2?
A. 3x+2y+6 =0 C. -2x+3y+6 =0
B. 2x-3y+6=0 D. 3x-2y+6 =0
53. From the top of the building that is 20 m high , the angle of depression of the foot of a pole is
30° .When measured horizontally how far is the building from the foot of pole?
20 20
A. 20 m B. 3 m C. 2 m D. 20√3 m
√ √
54. The perimeter of a regular hexagon with radius 4 cm is_________.
A. 48 cm B. 24 cm C. 12 cm D. 36 cm
55. What is the surface area of spherical gas balloon with diameter of 20 m?
A. 1600𝜋m2 B. 400𝜋m2 C. 800𝜋m2 D. 600𝜋m2
56. Which one of the following is the volume of frustum of pyramid if the area of bases of the
frustum of pyramid are 81cm2 and 25cm2 and its altitude is 6 cm.
A. 53cm3 B. 106cm3 C. 302cm3 D. 1125cm3
3
57. The simplified form of the expression √108𝑥 5 𝑦 6 is equal to:-
3 3 3 3
A. 3𝑥𝑦 2 √4𝑥 2 B. 3|𝑥|𝑦 2 √2𝑥 2 C. 3|𝑥|𝑦 2 √4𝑥 2 D. 3x𝑦 2 √2𝑥 2
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 1
58. Which one of the following is the solution set of { ?
6𝑥 − 4𝑦 = −2
A. {(-2,1)} B. {(1,1)} C. {(-1,2)} D. { }
59. Suppose A and B are sets such that n(A) = 10, n(B) = 23 and n(A∩B) = 4. Then which
one of the following is Not true?
A. n(A∩ B ′ ) = 6 B. n(B\A) = 19 C. n(A∆B) = 26 D. n(A∪B) = 29

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 60. For the quadratic function f(x) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 ,a, b, c∈ ℝ and a ≠ 0 ,which one of
the following is true?
A. If a > 0, f(x) has a maximum value at the vertex.
B. If a < 0, f(x) has a minimum value at the vertex.
𝑏
C. The minimum value or maximum value of f is f(− )
2𝑎
𝑏 𝑏
D. The vertex of f(x) is at (− , 𝑓(− ))
𝑎 𝑎
9
A. If the ratio of the area of two similar polygon is , then what is the ratio of their
16
4 9 3 16
perimeter? A. B. C. D.
3 16 4 9
61. Given the set of data 5,6,6,7,7,8,9,10,11,11. What is the variance of this data?
A. 4.2 B. 3.2 C. 3.06 D. 2.06
62. Let u=(3,4) ,v(-2,1) and w =(5,-8) be vectors in a plane. Which of the following is the
sum of the three vectors?
A. (6,5) B. (6,-3) C. (10,-3) D. (8,-4)
200
63. The simplest form of 2𝑖 is equal to:
A. 2 B. -2 C. 2i D. -2i
64. A manufacturer of tents makes a standard model and an expedition model for national
distribution. Each standard tent requires 1 labour -hour from the cutting department
and 3 labour -hours from the assembly department. Each expedition tent requires 2
labour-hours from cutting and 4 labour- hours from assembly. The maximum labour -
hours available per day in the cutting department and assembly department are 32 and
84, respectively. If the company makes a profit of Birr 50 on each standard tent and
Birr 80 on each expedition tent, how many tents of each type should be manufactured
each day to maximize the total daily profit?
A. 6 standard and 20 expeditions C. 28 standard and 0 expedition
B. 20 standard and 6 expeditions D. 0 standard and 16 expeditions
65. In the circle O below o is the center of the circle. What is the measures of arc ADC?

A. 116° B. 232° C. 128° D. 64°

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