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MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
July/Aug. 2017
2½ hrs

Uganda Certificate of Education

MOCK EXAMINATIONS

MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
Answer all questions in section A and any five questions from section B.
Any additional question (s) answered will not be marked.
All necessary calculations must be shown clearly with the rest of the answer..
Therefore, no paper should be given for rough work.
Graph paper is provided.
Silent non – programmable scientific calculators and Mathematical tables with a list of
formulae may be used.

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SECTION A: (40 marks)
Answer all questions in this section.

√5−2
1. Express in a form a+ b √ c where a , b and c are integers and hence find the
√ 5+2
values of a , b and c . (04 marks)

2. Find the equation of line passing through the mid point of AB where A(−1, 2) and
B(5 ,−8) which is perpendicular to the line y=2 x +9. (04 marks)

3. Two sets C and T are defined by; C={ First seven composite numbers },
T ={ First seven triangle numbers }
Find;
❑
(a) CnT ,

(b) n ( C n T ). (04 marks)

4. A function h ( x )=2 x 2+5 , determine the values of a for which h(a)=23

(04 marks)

5. When Betty is offered a discount of 35 % on a television, she pays s h s 546,000.

Calculate the market price of the television. (04 marks)

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6. A hemispherical bowl has capacity of 3 2 litres. Find its radius in centimetres.
(04 marks)

7. A point Q lies on the line y=12 and it is 13 units from the origin. Determine the
possible coordinates of Q . (04 marks)

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8. The representative fraction of a map is 200,000 , if a land of area 60 km2 is to be
represented on this map, find the area of this land in cm2on the map. (04 marks)

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9. In the diagram below, ABCDEF is a triangular prism of rectangular base ABCD
where AB=10 cm, BC=5 cm, AF=BF=CE=DE=13 cm.

Calculate the total surface area of the prism ABCDEF . (04 marks)

10. (−5)
A point T has position vector 7 , find the coordinates of a point P if the column

( )
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vector PT = −1 . (04 marks)

SECTION B: (60 marks)

Answer any five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks.
x +3 x
2 +2
11. (a) Simplify x+ 2 x . (05 marks)
2 −2

(b) Use mathematical tables of logarithm to evaluate (√ 5.8918.54

4 ×0.0821
). (07 marks)

12. In a certain class, the optional subjects are Political (P), Accounts ( A) and French
(F). From this class, 38 students take at least one of the optional subjects above. 5
take only A , 4 take only P, 8 take only F , 7 take all the three optional subjects.
21 students do not take A , 28 do not take P while,17 do not take F .

Using a Venn diagram;

(a) Determine the number of students who
(i) do not take any of the optional subjects above,
(ii) take French,
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(iii) are in the class. (10 marks)
(b) If a student is picked at random from this class, find the probability that he
takes Accounts but not Political. (02 marks)

13. The table below shows the velocity ( V ∈m s−1 ) of a body after time
(t in seconds).

Time (s) 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0
Velocity (m s−1) 0.00 0.45 1.30 2.50 4.05 5.15 5.60 5.85

(a) Using a scale 2 cm representing 1 second and 4 cm representing 1 m s−1, draw a

velocity time graph of the body. (05 marks)
(b) Use your graph in (a) above to estimate the;
(i) velocity of the body after 1.8 seconds,
(ii) time for which the velocity of the body is 4.75 ms−1. (04 marks)
(c) Determine the distance covered by the body between t=2 S and t=3 S .
(03 marks)

14. (a) A machine valued s h s 2.4 millions depreciates at a rate of 25 % per year. Find
its value and the depreciation after 2 years. (05 marks)

(b) A company pays monthly salary of shs 400,000 to its employees. It also gives
employees commission upon sales as indicated in the table below;

Sales (U shs) Commission ( % )

First 200,000 18.0

Next 500,000 25.3

Any extra sales 30.2

Annet sold 80 items in a month at shs 10,000 each. Find her total income in
that month. (07 marks)

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15. In the diagram below, OABC is a parallelogram with OA=a, OC =c ,
CD=DE , DE : CB=1:3 and AB: BG=2 :1.

(a) Express in terms of a and c the vectors;

(i) DA ,

(ii) DG . (06 marks)

(b) Show that O , E and G are collinear and hence find the ratio OE : EG.
(06 marks)

16. (a) Two functions f (x) and g(x ) are defined by f (x)=2 x – 1,
g(x )=ax +b and gf (x )=10 x+3 , find the;

(i) values of a and b ,

(ii) value of x for which f (x)=g (x). (05 marks)
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(b) A function h( x) has its inverse h ( x )= 2 x +3 .

Determine the;
(i) function h( x),
(ii) value of h(−1),
(iii) value of x for which h( x) is meaningless. (07 marks)

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17. The diagram below represents a cuboid ABCDEFGH with AB=1.2 m,
BC=0.9 m, ADEF is a square and O is the point of intersection of AC and BD.

(a) Find the distances;

(i) BE,

(ii) OH . (05 marks)

(b) Determine the angle formed between;

(i) line BE and the base,
(ii) plane BDH and the base. (04 marks)

(c) Calculate the capacity of the cuboid above in litres. (03 marks)

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