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2024 M131/II

NSANJE DISTRICT MOCK

MALAWI SCHOOL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
Subject Number: M131/II
Thursday, 21 March Time Allowed: 2 hours
30 min.
8:00-10:30 am
PAPER II
(100 marks)

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Section A (60 marks)

1. a. Express with a rational denominator. (5 marks)

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b. Make p the subject of the formula in (4 marks)

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2. a. Factorise x3 – 2x2-5x +6 (5 marks)

b. Figure 1 is a circle center O. SO is perpendicular to PQ.

O
P Q

Prove that POSR is a cyclic quadrilateral. (5 marks)

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3. a. Express as a single fraction. (5 marks)

b. Given that = ( ) =( ) Find ( ) (5 marks)

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4. a. Given that .show that (4 marks)

b. A bag contains 3 black, 5 red and 4 white marbles. Two marbles are drawn from
the bag without replacement. Draw a tree diagram and label all the probabilities
for all the branches. (6 marks)

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5. a. A car accelerates uniformly from rest to 80 m/s in 8 seconds. It then decelerates
uniformly to 20 m/s in the next 6 seconds. Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 20
m/s on the vertical axis and 2 cm to represent 2 seconds on the horizontal axis,
draw a speed-time graph for the first 14 seconds. (4 marks)

b. Given that ( ) and ( ) where and are constants; and

( ) ( ) and ( ) Calculate the values of and . (6 marks)

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6. a. A line parallel to passes through y-axis at 3. Find the equation
in the form . (5 marks)

b. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only construct in the same diagram.
 A circle center O of radius 3 cm.
 A point P outside the circle such that OP = 10 cm
 A tangent PQ to the circle at Q
 Measure and state the length of PQ. (6 marks)

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Section B (40 marks)

Answer any four questions from this section in the spaces provided.

7. The table below shows some values of x and y for the equation
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x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
y -16 2 5 -1 -10
a. Complete the table of values (2 marks)
b. Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 1 unit on the horizontal axis and 2 cm to
represent 2 units on the vertical axis, draw the graph of – on the
graph paper provided on page 9. (4 marks)
c. Use your graph to solve the equation – (4 marks)

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8. An aeroplane leaves the airport P on a bearing of 23o and flies for 34 km to another
airport Q. It then leaves airport Q and flies on a bearing of 300 o to another airport R.
If the airports P and R are 68 km apart, calculate the value of angle PRQ. (10 marks)

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9. The first term of a GP exceeds the second term by 4 and the sum of the 2 nd and the

3rd terms is . Find the common ratio. (10 marks)

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10. Figure 4 below is a cube of sides 3cm.
A B

D C

E F

H G
Figure 4
a. Calculate the length AG.
b. The angle that AG makes the plane HEFG. (10 marks)

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11. A class of 100 students wrote tests in Mathematics, Chemistry and Physics.
The results of the tests were as follows;
 24 passed Mathematics and Physics;
 38 passed Mathematics and Chemistry;
 34 passed Chemistry and Physics;
 4 passed Physics only;
 10 passed Mathematics only;
 12 passed Chemistry only.
If 10 students failed all the three subjects and passed all the subjects.
Use a Venn-diagram to calculate the value of . (10 marks)

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12. A man has K4 500 to buy two types of fruits: mangoes and oranges. Mangoes
cost K100 each and oranges cost K150 each. .He plans to buy at least three of each
type and not more than thirty mangoes.

a. Taking x to represent number of mangoes and y to represent number of oranges,

write down four inequalities that satisfy the given information. (4 marks)
b. Using a scale of 2 cm to represent 10 units on both axes, draw the graph to show the
region represented by the inequalities by shading the unwanted region on the graph
paper provided on page 15. (4 marks)
c. Use your graph to find the maximum number of fruits he could buy. (2 marks)

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