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1990 PAPER ONE 13. Given that log10a = 1.621 and log10b = 1.152 ,
evaluate log10a + log10b1/2
SECTION A 14. Two men leaving a point B, walk in opposite directions
0.42  360 along a straight road with the same speed. Given that
1. Evaluate the first man takes four minutes to walk 100 metres.
14000 Find the distance from B walked by the second man in
2. Solve the inequality 2x + 4 ≥ 5x – 5 2.5 minutes?
3. Without using tables, find (32)2/5 x (2)-4 15 14 cm
4. The points P(8,11) and Q(12,19) lie on a line which is
parallel to another line passing through 0(0,0). Find the
Equation of the line through 0(0, 0). 40 cm

5. A chord of a circle of radius r centimeters is 10cm long

and subtends an angle of 1300 at the centre. Find r correct
7 cm
to two decimal places.
6. The diagram above represents a light circular pail with a
circular base of radius 7cm and a circular top of radius
14cm. The pail is 40cm high. Find the capacity of the
pail.
In parallelogram ABCD, AB = 2 cm, BC = 3cm and
AC = 4cm. Find the size of angle ABC. SECTION B
 3    5 16 (a)
7. Given that a    , b    , and
  2  4  A
 1
c =  
  5
Find the length of a + b + c. 6cm

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8. In the figure below, OP = p, OQ = q, PY = PQ and X
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is mid-point of OP. Find XY B C
In the diagram above ABC is an isosceles right–angled
Y triangle. The shaded area is bounded by the circular arcs.
The outer arc is a semi-circle with AC as diameter and the
inner arc is a quarter of a circle with centre B. Find the
area of the shaded region.
3 x
9. The transformation described by the matrix   (b) D C
 y 3
maps the point A(3, 5) onto the point A1 (6, 8), find the
values of x and y.
10. Mr. Mugabi put Shs 2,400 in his savings account at E
the Bank. The Bank’s simple interest rate was 5% per
annum. Find the number of years he should leave the A B
money in the Bank in order to be able to receive a total
In the figure above AB and CD are targets to the circle at
sum of Shs 2,700.
points B and D respectively. ABCD is a parallelogram
11. Given that α*b = ab2 + b –a, evaluate 0.01 x 150. with AB = 4.5cm and BC = 6.3cm. Find (i) the radius of
Correct to 3 significant figures. the circle
(ii) The length of the chord DE.
12 N
17. (a) Given the equation ax2 + bx + c = 0, (a ≠ 0) derive

N A  b  b 2  4ac
the formula ; x 
2a
for finding the roots of the above equation. Use the
B C formula to solve the equation 3x2 + 14x – 24 = 0
In the diagram shown, angle ABC is 500. Determine the
bearing of B from A.
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(b) To print wedding cards at the diamond printery one 1990 PAPER TWO
has to pay a deposit of Shs 50 and an amount which is
directly proportional to the number of cards to be SECTION A
printed. The table below gives the total cost c, required
to print d cards. 1. Given the sequence
d 1 3 6 8 1 4 9 16
, , ,
c 100 200 350 450 4 9 16 25
Find (i) c in terms of d. Write down the seventh term (2 marks)
(ii) The total cost of printing 248 cards. 2 2
2. Factorize 25 – (x + 2xy + y ) (3 marks)
18. A port B is 2.5 km East of Port C. A navigator 3. Given that cos   513 and that  lies between 00
observes that the bearing of C from his ship is 3100 and and 1800. Find without using tables the values of
that of B is 0180. By an accurate scale drawing or
(i) sin 
otherwise; find the position and the bearing of the ship (3 marks)
from B. given that the ship begins to sail at a speed of 10 (ii) tan 
kmh-1 on the bearing of 2410. Find by drawing or 4. Find, without using tables, the square root of 2500 x
otherwise the bearing and the position of the ship from C 1764. (2 marks)
after 48 minutes. 5. A map is drawn to a scale of 1:250,000. Find actual
19. In a class of 53 students 30 study chemistry, 20 study distance in km, of a piece of a road represented by
physics, and 15 study mathematics. 6 study both 3.6cm on the map. (3 marks)
chemistry and Physics, four study both mathematics and 6. The functions f and g are defined as follows;
Chemistry, 5 study both Physics and Mathematics. All 1
f ( x)  , g ( x)  x 2  1 . Find the value of x
students study at least one of the subjects. 2x  6
(a) Find the number of students who study all the three such that fg (x) is meaningless.
subjects? 7. Solve the simultaneous Equations
(b) A student is selected at random from the class, find the
-x + 2y =10
probability that:
y–4=x (3 marks)
(i) He studies physics only.
(ii) He studies physics but not mathematics. 8. The following are the percentage marks obtained by
20. (a) Using matrix methods find the values of x and y ten pupils in a mathematics test.
which satisfy the equations. 12, 3, 39, 61,40,10,28,40,15,52.
2x – y = 1 Find the probability of a pupil selected at random from
3x + 2y = 12 this group having obtained a mark below the mean
mark. (3 marks)
 3  1
(b) Given that M    ,find a matrix N such that 9. The position vectors of the vertices of a triangle ABC
4 6   2  5 2
are OA   , OB    and OC    . Find the area of
14 0  0
  0
   4
MN   
 0 14  the triangle.(2 marks)
Hence or otherwise find the inverse matrix for M.
10. Petrol costs Shs 0.85 per litre in U. S. A. Find the
 6 1
21. (a) Given the vectors, PQ   , QR    and the price of petrol in pound sterling (₤) if $1= ₤ 0.48.
  8  5 (2 marks)
point Q(2,3) find:
1 7
(i) PR 11. Given that a   , b    Find the number x and y
(ii) The coordinates of the point P.  6 9
(b) The positions of the three points in a plane are L(-3, such that xa  yb   15 
4), M(8, -5) and N(x, 3). Given that OL is parallel to  24 
MN, where O is the origin, find the value of x.
22. Draw on the same coordinate axes the graphs of 12. E D
y = 2x2 – 3x ……………………… (i)
F
y = 3(2x – 3)…………………….. (ii)
(a) Using your graph, find the points of intersection of x
(i) and (ii).
(b) Find a quadratic Equation whose roots are the x- A B C
coordinates of the points you stated in (a) The figure above shows a rectangle ACDE in which
AB : BC  5 : 3 . Given that AC=12cm, find x
13. Find the matrix A such that
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1 0  3 1 (b) By shading the unwanted regions, show clearly the
AP   , Where P    (3 marks) region R which satisfies the inequalities
0 1   1 3 x+y≤3
14. Given that x  y  10 and a  b  3, evaluate y≥x–4
10 3 y ≥ –3x
 (2 marks) Given that P(x, y) = 5x + 4y, find the two positive
yx ba
values of P(x, y) in R for which x =1 and y is an
15. Express 2.3 as a rational number (3 marks) integer.
20. The table below shows the frequency distribution
of weights in kg of luggage for 100 passengers
SECTION B boarding the Uganda air lines plane traveling from
3 12  1 5 6  311 Dubai to Entebbe.
16. (a) Evaluate
1 34  7 23  3 56 Weight (kg) Frequency
(b) In the triangle XYZ, YZ  5.5cm, XZ  3.7cm and 50 – 54 1
XY  7.8 . Find 55 – 59 2
(i) sinXYZ 60 – 64 5
(ii) The radius of the circumcircle of the triangle XYZ. 65 – 69 11
70 – 74 21
17(a) A shirt and a pair of trousers were each sold at 75 – 79 20
6000. The shirt was sold at a profit of 25% and 80 – 84 17
the pair of trousers was sold at a loss of 20%. 85 – 89 10
Find the percentage loss on both articles. 90 – 94 6
95 – 99 4
(b) A total of 1200 exercise books is to be shared by
four classes, 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D. Senior 4A is 100 –104 2
105 – 109 1
given 1 of books, of the remainder 2 is to go Find;
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to 4B.The other two classes share the remainder (i) The mean weight.
with 4C getting 60 more books than 4D. Find the (ii) The median weight.
fraction of the total number of books obtained by (iii) The model weight
4D.
18. Use graph paper for this question. 21. (a) The daily cost per child in a Kampala family is
Scale: 1cm to 1 unit on the x-axis. partly constant and partly inversely proportional to the
1cm to 0.5 units on the y-axis. number of children in the family. Given that the cost
(i) Plot the triangle PQR: P(1,2), Q(0,0), R(2,0). per child for a family of 10 is Shs 350 and for a family
(ii) Write down the coordinates of PQR as a 2 by 3 of 20 is Shs 300, find the cost per child for a family of
matrix A. (i) 50 children
(iii) Multiplying A on the left, by T1 the transformation (ii) n children
(b)
1 2
matrix.   to give the image of triangle PQR y 5 P(x, y)
0 1 4
under T1. 3
(iv) Plot P'Q'R' 2 Q(1, 2)
(v) Find the coordinates of P"Q"R", the image of
1
 2 0 x
P'Q'R' under T1 whose matrix is   O 1 2 3 4 5
 0 2
(vi) Plot P" Q" R" In the figure above the point P moves in the plane in
(vii) Write down the matrix of a single transformation such away that its distance from (0, 0) is Equal to its
which would map PQR onto P"Q"R". distance from Q. find the locus of P in terms of x and y.
19. Use graph paper. Draw x and y axes for:
x – axis from -3 to +5
y – axis from -4 to +6.
On both axes use 1cm: 1unit.
(a) Draw and label the graphs of the following lines:
(i) x + y = 3
(ii) y = x – 4
(iii) y + 3x = 0
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SECTION A
1. Without using tables or calculator, evaluate
C (3 marks)
A
3 log102 + log 1020 – log101.6
O 2. Given f(x) = (x – 3)2, find the values of x such that
f(x) = 16. (3 marks)
B
The figure above shows a regular tetrahedron VABC 3. Factorize x3 – xy2 (2 marks)
with VA = 6cm. 4. Express the recurring decimal number 0.3636 as a
Calculate fraction.
(i) The height of V above the base ABC. 5. y
(ii) The angle between the edge VA and the base 4
ABC. y=x+1
(iii) The volume of the tetrahedron.
x+y=4
1
-1 4 x
Copy the above diagram and show the region satisfying
the inequalities.
y  x  1, x  1  4 and y  0 (4 marks)
Solution
For y < x + 1, the boundary line is y  x  1 taking
point (0, 0), LHS = 0, RHS=1 since LHS <RHS hence
point (0,0) is in the wanted region.
For x + y < 4, the boundary line is x  y  4 taking
point (0, 0), LHS = 0. RHS = 4 since LHS < RHS,
hence point (0, 0) is still in the wanted region. Hence
we have;

6. Given that operation  is defined by L  M = the

smaller of the two numbers L and M, find -3  (4  3)
(2 marks)
7. A man bought a shirt at 20% discount. If he paid Shs
2,000, find the original price of the shirt.
8. Find all the integers x that satisfy the inequality
7 x 2  63
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9. Given that tan   5 , calculate without using  4 1  x   4 
12 (b) If       .
tables or calculator, the value of cos   sin   x  1 y   8 
(3 marks) Determine the values of x and y
C 17. (a) By plotting suitable graphs on the same axes, find
the solution of the equations.
-3x + 2y = -16
x+y=7
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(b) Plot the graph of x2 − 5x − 24 for -5 ≤ x ≤ 10 use your
graph to find the roots of the equation x2 – 5x – 24 =
0
θ
 18. Using a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses only,
A 12 B
(i) Construct a triangle PQR with angles RPQ = 600,
AC2 = 52 +122 PQR = 450 and PQ = 8.4 cm, measure the length
= 25 + 144 = 169 of PR and QR.
AC = 13 (ii) Construct the line ST 12.6cm long bisecting and
12 5 perpendicular to QR and meeting PQ at T. What is
cos  sin   
13 13 the size of angle STQ?
7 (iii) Join S to R and Q. Draw the circle circumscribing
 the triangle QRS. From your diagram determine
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the radius of the circle.
10 19. Copy and complete the table below showing the
D number of senior four candidates of a certain school
O who passed a zonal mock examination in
mathematics.
Marks x f fx
A C
135 35-39 37 60 2220
O 40-44 ___ 72 ____
B 5
In the diagram above O is the centre of the circle. 45-49 47 ___ 3760
Given that angle ABC=1350 find the angle ADC and 50-54 52 ___ 2600
the reflex angle AOC. (3 marks) 55-59 ___ 48 ___
60-64 ___ 35 ___
11. The mean of three numbers is 3 and the sum of the
65-69 ___ ___ 2010
smallest and the middle numbers is 5. Find the largest
70-74 ___ 25 ___
number. (3 marks)
75-79 ___ ___ 924
12. The scale of a map is 1cm: 20km. Two towns on 80-84 ___ 5 ___
the map are 5cm apart. A man driving a car covers this 85-89 ___ 2 ___
distance in 80 minutes. Find his speed in kmh-1. 90-94 ___ 1 ___
E2 ∑f=420 ∑f x =____
13. Given that E = 1.42 ×102, D =144×106 and V 
D (a) State:
.Find v in the scientific form (i) the class width.
14. The bearing of P from C is 0600. What is the (ii) the modal class
bearing of C from P? (b) if a distinction was awarded for a score of 70 or
more marks, determine the percentage number of
15. A spider made the following four moves OA = candidates who passed with distinctions.
 2  3   4 2 (c ) Calculate the mean mark.
 3  , AB =  1  , BC =  0  and CD =  8  . What
        20. Three points P, Q and R in a plane have position
single vector is equivalent to these four movements?  4 1 12 
vectors p =   , q    and r   
6  2 0
respectively .
SECTION B a) Find:
 1 2 9 9 (i) The lengths of PQ, QR and PR.
16. (a) Given the matrices A   , B  (ii) The size of the angle QPR
 4 6 1 1 (iii) The area of triangle PQR
5 0 b) Given that S is the midpoint of QR, find:
and C    Find (ABC)-1
 1 4  (i) The coordinates if S,
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(ii) The equation of the line through S having the
same gradient as PQ 1991 PAPER TWO
21. A plane flew west from Entebbe (E) at the speed of SECTION A
200kmh-1 for 1 12 hours to reach Kasese (K). At Kasese 3 x  9 x 1
1. Simplify (3 marks)
it altered its course and flew North-East to Moroto (M) 27 x 1
at 150kmh-1. The total time when the plane was in air 2. Without using tables or calculators, evaluate 5.2 x
was 5 hours. (3.752 – 1.252) (3 marks)
(i) By using a scale drawing determine the distance and 3. Given that f(x) = x2 + 1 and g(x) =x − 1, find the
bearing of Entebbe from Moroto. (Use the scale 1cm to value of a for which fg (a)  gf (a ) (3 marls)
50km). 4. Given that the operation * is defined by the relation
(ii) On its way to Moroto the plane passed over Soroti a*b = a + b + ab, evaluate 2 * (1 * 3)
which is North of Entebbe. Estimate the distance N
between Soroti and Moroto. 5.
(iii) If the plane flew back to Entebbe via Soroti at the S
speed of 200kmh-1, determine the time it took to fly 1000 8cm
from Moroto to Entebbe.
22. Two transformations T1 and T2 are represented by R T
3 1 3 1 In the diagram above determine the length of the
matrices   and   respectively. A point
 2 4  4 2 perpendicular NT from T to RS. (Correct your answer
P(a, b) in the plane under T1 followed by T2 is mapped to 2 s.f) (3 marks)
into the point P(a + 2, 12b + 48). Find the values of a 6.
and b and the coordinates of the image P1. Q

O P

In the diagram above, the length of the minor arc PQ is

equal to diameter of the circle. Determine the obtuse
angle POQ where O is the centre of the circle. (4
marks)
7. Given that x : y = 6:4 and that x + y = 30, determine
the value of y. (3 marks)
 5   2
8. It is given that OP    and OQ    . Find the
 3 5
magnitude of QP. (3 marks)
 2 4  a   24 
9. Given that       , find the values of a
 1 0  b   6 
and b . (2 marks)

 
10. Given that R  4m xn k 3 express x in terms of
R, m, n and k. (2 marks)
11. A number is selected at random from the set B =
{3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21}. Find the probability that
the number is even.
12.
A

y 540
D
x
C B
In the diagram above AB is the diameter of the circle
and DA and DC are tangents to the circle at A and C
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respectively. Given that angle CAB = 540, find the
19. (a) The height of a right cone is 12cm and the angle
values of x and y. (3 marks)
at the vertex of the cone is 300. Find the surface area of
the cone. Take  =3.14
13 The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is
O
one and a half times the exterior angle. Find the (b)
number of sides of the polygon.

14. When the rays of the sun make an angle of 300 with
a horizontal ground the length of the shadow of a pole L P Q
on the ground is 10cm. find the height of the pole.
(2 marks) 0 70
0
3cm 15
15. Find the median of the following numbers 27, 28, 10cm
04, 19, 11, 32, 10, 46, 03, 14. (2 marks)
M X N
SECTION B The diagram above shows a triangular prism LMNOPQ
of length 10cm and edge LM=3cm. LX is
perpendicular to MN such that MLX  150 and
MLN  850 . Find the volume of the prism.
P S
20.
4cm
0.
A D
Q R
9cm
0.
12cm
B C
0.
The above diagram is a cuboid with the dimensions as
shown.
Calculate
(i) the length QC
(ii) The length PC
16 (iii) PCQ and
In the figure above find all the inequalities satisfying (iv) The angle between the planes PQC and PQRS.
the un shaded region OPQ. Determine the maximum 21. Asabat, Bitumoko and Cholimar form a trade
value of 2 x  3 y over the region OPQ. partnership. Asabat contributes Shs 750,000, Bitumoko
Shs 500,000 and Cholimar Shs 900,000. Twenty
17. In a senior four class of 30 students, 18 play percent (20%) of the annual gross profits are to remain
football (F), 15 play volleyball (V) and 13 play hockey as development capital and a monthly taxation of Shs
(H). The number of students who play all the three 10,000 is to be paid by each share holder.
games equals the number of those students who do not The net profit is shared in the ratio of the initial
play any of these games. Ten students play both F and contribution of the shareholders.
V, and 3 play only H and V. If at the end of the first year the partnership recorded
Determine; gross profits amounting to Shs 3,160,000, how much
(i) The number of students who play all the three did each member get as his net profit?
games. 22. At Jenga-mwili supermarket, Ali bought 5 trays of
(ii) The number of those who play only one game. eggs and 7 kg of Irish potatoes at Shs. 11,800. Moses
(iii) The probability that a student selected at random bought 6 trays of eggs and 8kg of Irish potatoes at Shs.
from the class plays two or more of these 14,000. If Shs t and Shs p are the prices of a tray of
games. eggs and a kg of potatoes respectively,
18. Plot the points A (-2, 1), B (-1, 2), C(2, 2) and D (0, (i) Write two equations to describe the purchase of
-1) on a graph paper. The quadrilateral ABCD is the two men.
enlarged to another one whose points are P (1, 3), Q (ii) By combining the two equations to a matrix form
(3, 5), R (9, 5) and S(5, -1) respectively. determine the cost of purchasing each item.
(i) Determine the coordinates of the centre T and (iii) How much would Dulu pay for 2 trays of eggs and
the scale factor of the enlargement. 2 kilograms of Irish potatoes?
(ii) Determine the area of the quadrilateral PQRS.
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The diagram above shows a circle with centre O. Given
1992 PAPER ONE that POR  140O and POQ  120O . Determine
the angle of triangle OQR.
SECTION A
1 2 0.56 a 14. Find the image of the point (2, 1) under the
1. Express   in the form , where a and b
6 9 0.64 b reflection in the line y  x
are integers. 15. Given that cos  0.599 and 0 o    90 o , find in
degrees, the value of Ө.
2. Factorise ax 4  a completely
3. A man borrowed Shs 200,000 from the bank at a
simple interest rate of 2.5% per annum. He paid back
SECTION B
the money in 24 Equal monthly installments over a 16. Copy and complete the table for the relation
period of two years. How much money did he pay y  x  2
every month? (i)
x -7 -6 -5 -4 -3
1
4. Given that log125 x  log125 5 x  , y 4
3
Find the values of x. -2 -1 0 1 2 3
4 25
5 B
D
17. The following is a frequency table for the weights,
in kg, of adult patients who visited a certain doctor in a
A C
E certain week.
In the figure above AD: AB = 4 : 5 and DE is parallel Weight (kg) Frequency
to BC. Find the ratio of the areas of the triangle ADE 50-54 3
and the quadrilateral BCED. 55-59 5
60-64 8
6. Solve the inequalty  x  16  3 x (2 marks) 65-69 11
7. In a group of 10 people, 7 people speak English, 4 70-74 21
speak French and 2 speak neither of the two languages. 75-79 19
How many people speak both languages?
80-84 18
6 85-89 11
8.  a 3  b 3 , find the values of a and b.
3 2 2 3 90-94 4
3 (i) Calculate the mean weight of the patients.
9. Given the function f ( x)  , find the value of x (ii) If the above data is representative of the type of
4x  3
for which f(x) = 3. patients that visit the doctor. Find the probability that
1 the weight of the first patient in the next week belonged
10. Given that xy  x 2 y , evaluate 323 to the model class.
3
4 y  4 6
11. Given that 1 3   7 7 , 18. A transformation represented by the matrix  
 x 2 1 2
Find the values of x and y. maps the vertices A, B, C of a triangle onto the
12. The numbers 3, 4, 5 are arranged in a random order points A1 (6, 2)
so as to form a three-digit number. No digit is B1 (16, 7) and C1 (22, 9) respectively.
repeated in a number formed. Find
(i) Write down the possibility space for the numbers (i) The coordinates of A, B and C.
formed. (i) The determinant of the matrix.
(ii) Determine the probability that the number (ii) The areas of ABC and its image
formed is not odd. A1 B1 C1.

19. Mukasa is to travel from station A to station B,

13 400km a part, on the bearing of 0650. On his start of the
journey, he makes a mistake and sets off on a bearing
of 0560 and moves for 300km. Using scale drawing
(i) Determine how far he then is from station B.
(ii) If he is to move to station B from where he is, on
what bearing should he set off?
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(iii) If his speed is 80kmh-1, determine the time wasted (iii) By shading the unwanted region show the region
due to the mistake made at the start of the satisfying all the inequalities.
journey? (iv) If all the available money for transport is to be
used, list all the possible number of trips that each
20 (a)
vehicle will make. (Assume that for each trip a
vehicle makes it must be full).
(v) Find the greatest number of students that can be
transported.

In the figure above BN is perpendicular to AC. Find

the ratio of the area of triangle ABN to that of ABC.
(b)

Using the information given in the diagram above,

(i) Find in terms of b the area of CDEK.
(ii) Show that area of RBKT is equal to 6b – 6.
Given that the area of RBKT is three times the area of
ARTE, find the value of b and hence the dimensions of
CDEK.
21.
V

P R

Q
The figure above shows aright pyramid standing on a
horizontal rectangular base PQRS. Given that PQ =
6cm, QR = 8cm and V is 12cm vertically above the
horizontal base PQRS. Find:
(i) The length of VQ.
(ii) The angle between VQ and the horizontal base.
(iii) The angle between the planes VPQ and VSR.
22. A school lorry and a school bus are to be used to
transport students to a certain function. The capacities
of the lorry and the bus are 50 and 70 students
respectively. The number of students to attend the
function should not exceed 350. Each trip made by the
lorry or the bus cost Shs 3,000/=. The money available
for the transportation is Shs 18,000/=. The number of
trips made by the lorry should not exceed that made by
the bus. If x and y are the number of trips to be made
by the lorry and the bus respectively.
(i) Write down five inequalities representing this
information.
(ii) Plot these inequalities on the same axes.
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Solution
1992 PAPER TWO Note: for roots (a, b), the quadratic equation in x is
given by:
(x − a)(x − b) = 0
SECTION A So for (−2, 3), the quadratic equation is given by:
(x − 2) (x − 3) = 0
1. Simplify 20.1− .623 ÷0.23 (2 marks) (x+2) (x − 3) = 0
x(x − 3)+2(x-3) = 0
  3 x2 − 3x+2x − 6 = 0
2. If the position vector of point A is   and
 2  x2 − x-6 = 0
 5 13. Factorize 20x2y2+xy-1
BA    , find the position vector of B(2 marks)
 2  3a a  8 
14. If the determinant of the matrix  
  6 a  2
3. In a group of 22 tourists visiting Uganda it was
is zero. What are the values of a? (3 marks)
found that 12 had been to Karuma falls and 11 to
Entebbe zoo. Find the minimum possible number of
15. The total weight of a train with n coaches is T. The
tourists who had visited both the falls and the zoo.
weight of the engine alone is E and the average weight
(2 marks)
of the coaches is A. Write down an equation
connecting T, E, n and A. (1 mark)
1 1
4. Given that h( x )  2
and k ( x)  9,
2x  9 x
evaluate kh (-1) (4 marks)
SECTION B
16. (a) A farmer bought a machine at sh. 2,200,000/-. If
5. the machine depreciates at the rate of 15% per
annum, find the value of the machine after two
years.
(b) In a certain country the income tax is levied as
follows;
A person’s monthly gross income has certain
allowances deducted from it before it is subjected to
taxation. (this includes family relief and insurance
value).
The allowances are as follows
In the figure above AD is perpendicular to BC. Married man sh 1,800
AD  DB. AC = 4cm and CAD =300. Find AB Unmarried man sh 1,200
(4 marks) Each child below eleven years sh 500
Each child above eleven but
6. In a certain class there are 72 boys. If the ratio of the Below eighteen years sh 700
number of girls to the total number of pupils in the Insurance premium sh 1,200
class is 3:7, find the number of girls in the class.
Peter earns sh 64,000. He is married with 3 children of
x x-5
7. Given that 81 =( 3 ) find the value of x
1 ages between eleven and eighteen years and 2 children
below eleven years.
8. Given that tan x = 3 4 and 00 ≤ x ≤ 3600. Without
using tables or calculator, find the possible values of Given that he is insured and has claimed transport
cos x + sin x (4 marks) allowance of sh 1,700, calculate the income tax he pays
under the income tax rates below;
Taxable income rate (%)
9. Express 4.454 as a national number. 0-10,000 10
10,001- 20,000 25
10. An insect moves along straight lines from point 20,001- 30,000 30
A(2, 0) to point B(0, 3) and finally to point C(5, 4). 30,001- 40,000 45
How far away is the insect from its starting point? 40,001 and above 50
11. The scale of a map is 1:25000. The distance 17. (a) The solution of the simultaneous equations 2ax
between two schools on the map is 8cm. find the actual + by = -4 and bx +3ay = 1 where a and b are constants
distance, in km, between the two schools. is x =1 and y = 2.
Find the value of a and b.
12. Form a quadratic equation whose solution set is (-
2, 3)
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 3 1  7 5 Mukasa joined him? (Express your answers in
(b) Given that A    and B   2
minutes)
 2 4  1 3
(i) Show that det(AB)=det(A) det(B) 22. From a point P on the top of a cliff 150m high , two
(ii) Hence write down det(A2) ships A and B are observed on the bearings of 2400
(iii) A geometrical figure of area 18cm2 is and 1500 respectively.
transformed by the combined matrix AB. Find If B is 720m from A on the bearing of 1200, calculate
the area of the transformed figure. the angles of depression of A and B from P.

18.
C D
F
E
B
b
~

O A
a
~
In the diagram above OA = a and OB = b; 2OD = 5OB
and AC = 3AB, E and F are midpoints of OD and
AC respectively. Find in terms of a and b , the
vectors ED, OF, and CD

19. A circle passes through the points A(-3.5, 1) B(0.5,

5) and C(4, 3).
(i) Using 2cm to represent one unit, plot the points
A, B and C on a graph paper.
(ii) By construction find the centre and radius of the
circle.
(iii) Calculate the area of part of the sector (segment)
cut off by the line segment AB.

20. Of the 35 candidates in senior four, 13 registered

for Biology (B), 20 registered for History (H) and 17
registered for Fine Art (A).
If 9 registered for both Biology and Fine Art and
n(B∩H) = 3, n(B∩H∩A) = 2 and n(H∩A∩B1) = 8,
represent these information on a venn diagram.
From the diagram
(a) Find
(i) the number of candidates who registered for
History only.
(ii) the number of candidates who registered for at
least two of the three subjects.
(b) Which of the subjects had to be taken with at least
one other subjects?
(c) How many candidates did not take any of the three
subjects?

21. When Mukasa was 5km from home and walking at

2 12 kmh-1 on his way to visit his aunt 15km from his
home, his brother Musoke decided to run after him at
4mkh-1.
(i) When and where did Musoke catch up with
Mukasa?
(ii) If Musoke continued to run at the same speed, how
long did he have to wait at his aunt’e home before
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(ii) Describe fully a single transformation which maps
1993 PAPER ONE ABC onto A11B11C11.
SECTION A  4  1
12. (a) Find the inverse of A   
1. Given that f ( x)  px  3 and f (5)  33 , find the 2 3 
value of (i) p, (ii) f(-2). (4 marks) (b) Tom bought 2 eggs and 3 tomatoes at a total cost of
2. A rectangular piece of land is 12m by 15m. Find the Shs 370. The cost of 4 tomatoes is Shs 90 more than
area of the land in cm2 on a map whose scale is 1:500. that of one egg.
(i) Write down this information as a pair of
3. Given that 4 px2  a  L express x in terms of a, L simultaneous equations.
and p. hence determine the values of x for which a = 4, (ii) Find the cost of one egg.
p = 4/3 and L = 2. (4 marks) (iii) Calculate the cost of one tomato.
4. In a class, 15 pupils play cricket, 11 play hockey, 6 (iv) Determine the number of eggs and tomatoes Shs
play both games and every one plays at least one of the 1470 fetched if twice as many tomatoes as eggs
games. were obtained.
Find (i)The number of pupils in the class. 13.
(ii) The probability that a pupil picked at P 3a T Q
random plays only one game. (4 marks)
~
S
3b V
5 ~

In diagram above PQ = 4PT; 2PS = PV; 3RS = 2RT;

PT = 3 a and PR = 3 b
~ ~
(a) Express in terms of a and b.
(i) RS
The diagram above shows a circle inscribed in a (ii) PV
square ABCD of side 2x and a square EFGH (iii) RQ
inscribed in the circle. Find the expression for the (b) Find the ratio of RV to RQ
area of the shaded region.
6. Astick 10cm long on a 0.57m high plat form rests 14. In a country with a population of 14,000,000
against a vertical wall making an angle of 400 with a people, 55% are females, 45% of the male population
horizontal ground. Find the height of the top of the are employed and 25% of the females are employed.
stick above the ground. Find:
(i) The male population in the country.
7. The lengths of the sides of a right angled triangle are (ii) The female population unemployed.
a, 2a - 1, and 2a + 1. Find the value of a and hence the (iii) The ratio of the male population employed to the
sides of the triangle. (a > 0) female population employed.
(iv) The total number of people employed in the
8. The image of (0, 2) under an enlargement scale country.
factor 3 is (4, 6). Determine the centre of enlargement.
 3 x 15
S
9. Given that matrix A   
 y 4
det(A) = 3x +12, determine the value of x and y. O
P 50O
6cm
10. Determine the equation of the line passing through
the points (2, 1) and (3, 3) T
(a) In the above diagram PT and PS are tangents to the
SECTION B
circle with centre O. if
11. Triangle ABC has its vertices at A(2,0), B(4 , 0)
and C(4 ,3). The triangle is given a positive quarter turn OT = 6cm and angle POT=500. Calculate the area of
about (0, 0) to produce AIBICI the image of ABC; the shaded region. (Take  =3.14).
followed by a reflection in the line x + y = 0 to produce
A11B11CI1, the image of AIBICI . (b) Two Equal circles of radius 5cm intersect at right
(i) Determine the co-ordinates of A1B1C1 and angles.
A11B11C11.
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(i) Find the distance between the two centers of the
1993 PAPER TWO
circles.
SECTION A
(ii) Calculate the area of the common region of the
1. Determine the values of k for which the expression
circles. k2  k 6
is zero
16. k 2
y 2. A fair die is tossed once. Find the probability that
(i) The die shows a number greater than two.
(ii) An odd or even number less than four shows up.
3. Two right angled triangles ABC and PQR are
20 similar.
Number of students

Given that angle ABC=angle PQR=900

AB =10cm, BC = 6.5cm and QR = 52cm,
Find PQ .

10 4. Factorise completely x - x2 + y + y2 (4 marks)

5.

29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 79.5 x

Study the bar graph given above showing the ranges of

marks obtained by students in a certain math test
(i) Determine the number of students who sat the
test.
(ii) Write down class groups and their frequencies. The figure above shows a circle centre O
(iii) State the modal and median class. circumscribing a triangle ABC.
(iv) Use your results in (ii) above to calculate the
Determine (i) The reflex angle AOB.
mean mark obtained in the test.
(ii) An expression of y in terms of x (4 marks)
17. Draw the graph of the curve y  cos 3 x
for 0o  x  150o . Using your graph determine the 6. Solve the simulatenous equations
values of x(00≤ x ≤1500) for which 4cos3x  3  0 3x + 4y = 20
x +2y = 0 (4 marks)

7. The images of I(1,0) and J(0,1) under a

transformation represented by a 2x2 matrix are I1(2,0)
and J1(0,3) respectively. Determine the coordinates of
K1, the image of K(1,1) under the same matrix
transformation. (4 marks)

8. The coordinates of the points P and Q are (2, 3) and

(4, -1) respectively. Calculate the length of PQ.
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(ii) Give the modal class for the grouped data in (i)
above.
(iii) Calculate the mean length of the leaves
14. A line whose end points are P(1, 3) and Q(3, 4)
undergoes a rotational transformation. The images of
the endpoints of line PQ are P1 and Q1 respectively.
(i) Draw the line and its images in the same set of
axes using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit.
(ii) Find the centre and angle of the rotation.
(iii) Determine the image of PQ when its image P1 Q1
further undergoes a rotation of 1200. State the size
of angle formed between PQ and the image of P1
Q1.
. 15.
The graph above shows motion of a lorry from Tako’s
home to the city, O to C.
(i) How far did the lorry travel in the first two hours?
(ii)For how long did the lorry have a stop over?
(iii) Determine the average speed of the lorry for the
journey from home to the city.

10. Without using a calculator, evaluate 3

0.002406 to
3 decimal places.

SECTION B
In the diagram above, OP = p , OQ = q and OT = t . R
11. Plot on the same axes the graphs of xy = 24, for 1≤ ~ ~ ~
x ≤24 and x + y = 12 and T are mid-points of OQ and PR respectively.
Using your graph (i) Express t in terms of p and q .
(i) Find the coordinates of the points of intersection ~ ~ ~
of the line and the curve. (ii) Given that OP is parallel to QS such that
(ii) Estimate the area enclosed between the line and
the curve. OP  2QS , find OS in terms of p and q
~ ~
(iii) Taking O as the origin and P(0, 8) and Q(6, 4)
12. A plane flies 540 km from station A to station B determine the lengths of OS and PS .
on bearing 0600 . From B it travels 465 km to station C
on bearing of 150, From C it heads for station D 360km 16. Using compases and ruler only, construct a triangle
away on bearing of 2650. ABC in which AC = 8cm, AB = 6cm and angle BAC =
(i) Draw to scale a diagram showing the route of the 300.
plane (use the scale 1cm:5km) On the same side AC construct a triangle such that AS
(ii) (ii)From your diagram determine the distance and = SC and BS = 8cm. A point K is on the same side of
bearing of station A from station D. BS as C. Its distance from BS is the same as the
(iii) Determine how long it would take a plane distance of C from BS.
traveling at a speed of 400kmh-1 to travel direct Construct the locus of K.
from station A to station C. Given that angle BKS = 900, find by construction two
13. The following results were obtained in an possible positions K1 and K2 of K. Measure K 1K 2 .
experiment to measure the lengths of leaves from
the stalk to the a pex (to the nearest tenth of a cm) 17. A manufacturer makes two types of hoes A and B.
6.6 8.5 7.4 10.8 11.2 9.1 8.7 9.9 The following conditions apply to daily production.
12.4 10.0 6.5 7.3 12.8 8.2 6.4 8.9 (i) Each type of A costs sh 3000/- and each type of
8.9 8.1 8.3 9.0 7.6 7.1 8.8 10.4 B costs sh. 5000/- and the manufacturer has a
11.7 9.2 10.2 9.8 9.5 12.3 6.2 8.8 maximum of sh. 450,000/= available.
7.0 7.9 9.3 6.9 7.7 6.2 8.6 7.4 (ii) Due to labour shortage the production of type A
plus four times that of B should not exceed 160.
(iii) A study of the market recommended that the
(i) Starting with 6.0-6.9 as the first class and using
number of type B produced should not exceed
classes of Equal length draw up the freqnency table for
twice the number of type A produced.
the data in (i) above.
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(a) Given that x hoes of type A and y hoes of type
B are made, write down three inequalities a
part from x ≥0, y ≥ 0, satisfying the above
1994 PAPER ONE
conditions. SECTION A
(b) Show graphically the region containing the
points satisfying the above conditons. 1. (i) Express 108 as a product of its prime factors.
(c) Taking x + 2y as a suitable expression for the 8
manufacturer profit, find the number of each 4 2  2 3  161 / 2
(ii) Simplify
type of hoe that should be made to obtain the 83
greatest profit. ky 2
2. x ,y and z are connected by the relation x  ,
z
where k is a constant. Given that x = 6 when y = 1000 and
z = 9, find the value of z when x =2 and y = 5. (Give your
answer in standard form)

3.

110O
A D

B
C
In the figure above, O is the centre of the circle and
ABC is a straight line BD = CD and angle AOD=1100.
Find the size of angle (i) DBC (ii) BDC

4. Betty and Alex are to share 144 oranges, with Betty

getting twice as many oranges as Alex. Find how many
oranges each will get.

5. Two areas on a map represented by two rectangles

OABC and OPQR are similar with length AB
corresponding to PQ = 42cm, and OC to OR; and
width BC = 5cm corresponding to QR = 20cm and AO
corresponding to PO.
(i) Determine the length of AB.
(ii) If the width QR = 20cm on the map measured on
actual ground is 50km, state the scale of the map.

6. Given that f ( x)  x  2 x 2 and gf ( x)  3  x determine

an expression for gf (x). Hence evaluate gf(-2).
7. y is known to be inversely proportional to the square
of x. when x = 2, y = 2. Find the value of x when y =
32.
8. In a showroom, the price of a car is given as Shs
5,800,000. During sale, a discount of 15% is
allowed.
(a) How much does a customer pay for a car?
(b) After the car has been bought, in the first year its
value deprecates by 25% and by 20% during the
second year. Find the price of the car after (i) one
year (ii) two years.
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9. Given that log10 7  0.845 and log10 2  0.301 , use Score on die 1 1 6 6
 49  Score on coin 4 6
this information to find log10   Hence determine 4 6
 64  Quotient
49 Find the probability that a player wins
the value of giving your answer to 3 significant
64 (i) The first prize
figures. (4 marks) (ii) The second prize
(iii) The third prize
10. A and B are two matrices such that (iv) None of the prizes given that there are only three
1 3    1 2 prizes.
A  ,B   
4 11  1 3
14. The points A(1, 5): B(4, 2):C(11, 5) and D(4, 8) are
Find: (i) matrix P = (AB)
vertices of a quadrilateral ABCD.
(ii) P-1
(i) Find the lengths of the sides of the quadrilateral.
SECTION B Hence state the name of the quadrilateral.
11(a)The table below shows a sample of ages (to the (ii) Given that AC meets BD at a point I, find the
nearest tenth of a year) of patients randomly selected coordinates of I and show that the points A, I and C
from a group of patients who sought medical treatment are collinear.
at a certain clinic during a certain week (iii) Find the area of the quadrilateral
0.6 2.0 18.0 3.4 19.0
15.0 16.3 14.0 7.0 12.2 y
18.9 5.9 1.5 12.0 9.0 8 D(4, 8)
5.0 12.8 17.0 7.7 0.2
8.0 14.0 5.4 15.8 17.8
5.5 11.4 6.0 6.9 16.0 5 A(1, 5) I(4, 5) C(11, 5)
10.0 0.8 13.6 11.0 3.9
13.0 9.0 6.6 10.9 4.0 2
(i) Form a frequency distribution table for the ages B(4, 2)
having equal class intervals of 5 years and starting
0
with 0.0 − 4.9 class. State the modal class of the 4 11 x
distribution
15(a) N
(ii) Draw a histogram (bar chart) to show the data
b) The mean of four numbers is 25, their median is 23. 5cm 6cm
if the largest number exceeds the smallest by 30, and
the largest number is one and a half times the second 𝜃°
L
largest number, determine the four numbers 𝛽°
M
12. (a) Show by shading the unwanted regions the region 0
In the above figure angle MNK = 90 , NM=6cm and
satisfying the inequalities y  2 x  1 and y  3
NL = 5cm. Calculate the value of sin  o  cos  o ,
(b) Find the equation of the line through the points A(2,
7) and B(5, 13). The points A and B are reflected in correct to two significant figures.
the line x = y. (b)

(i) Determine the coordinates of A1 and B1 the images of

A and B respectively.
(ii) Find the equation of the line through A1 and B1.
13. In a certain game a die and a coin are each thrown
and tossed once respectively. One side of the coin is
labeled T(tail) and the other H(head). The number
which appears on the upper face of the die is the
players’ score. In addition, if a tail appears the player The figure above shows a container EFGH (part of a
receives a score of 4, and a score of 6 when a head cylindrical can) used by shopkeepers for scooping out
appears. The score obtained by tossing a coin is then sugar from a sack. Calculate the
divided by the score obtained by throwing a die. If this (i) Maximum volume of sugar the container can scoop
quotient is a prime number a player takes the first 22
prize. A player takes the second prize if his quotient is (volume of a cylinder is  r2h,  = )
7
a recurring decimal and a third prize if the quotient is a
(ii) Ratio of the volume of the cut-off piece of the
triangular number.
cylindrical container to that of the container EFGH.
Copy and complete the table below giving the
possibility space of the game 16. (a) Mr. Kapere deposited Shs 2.421 million on his
savings account at the bank at a compound interest
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rate of 8.5% per annum. Determine the number of 1994 PAPER TWO
years his money will take to accumulate to Shs 2.85
million. SECTION A
(b) The following is an advertisement of a canon 1. Convert
photocopier. (i) 0006 hours to the 12 hours time
(ii) 250 US dollars ($) to pounds sterling (£). If 1 US $
GET YOURSELF A PHOTOCOPIER = Ush 980 and 1(£) = U.sh 1750 (4 marks)
CHEAPLY WHILE STOCK LASTS:
TERMS: CASH AT USH 960,000
 3  5
OR HIRE PURCHASE: DEPOSIT 15% OF 2. Given that OP    , and PQ    Where O is the
MARKED PRICE AND PAY EITHER 7 1
USH. 75,000 WEEKLY FOR 12 WEEKS origin, find
OR USH. 245,000 MONTHLY FOR 4 (i) The position vector of Q.
MONTHS. (ii) OQ (4 marks)

Calculate:
3. Given that f (x) = ax2 + bx, f (1) = 5 and f(2) = 14,
(i) The saving a customer would make by buying
find the values of a and b. (4 marks)
the photocopier on cash terms rather than
weekly hire purchase.
(ii) The percentage profit made on the monthly hire
purchase if the wholesale cost of a photocopier 4.
is 17.5% below the cash prize.
17. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,
(i) Construct a triangle ABC where AB = 3cm and AC
= 5cm and angle ABC = 900 O
(ii) Bisect the triangle ABC and let the point at which 120°
the angle bisector cuts line AC be the centre of
enlargement of triangle ABC. Using the centre, A B
69.8
enlarge ABC by a linear scale factor of -2 to form mm
A1B1C1.
(iii) Determine the area of the figure ABCA1B1C1 In the figure above, AB is a chord of the circle whose
centre is O. Angle AOB is 1200 and AB = 69.8mm.
Calculate the radius of the circle. (Give your answer to
3 sf) (4 marks)
5. In a certain game Bob scored the following points 3, 12,
2, 8, 0, 3, 5 and 7. Determine the median and mean of
the points Bob scored in the game. (4 marks)

 2  2 3 2 
6. Given matrices P , Q   
0 1   4  1
 3  4
and R    . Determine
1 2 
(i) P.Q + R
(ii) The determinant of (P.Q + R)

7. Given two sets A and B such that

n( A)  12, n( B )  13, n( A  B )  20 and n( )  24 ,
find,
1
(i) n( A  B )
(ii) n( A  B' ), where ε is the universal set and B1
represents the complement of B. (4 marks)
8. Find the solution set of the equation
2x2 + x – 10 = 0 (4 marks)
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9. An observer at a point A sees an object on a bearing
of 1000. Another observer at point B sees the same
object on bearing of 1500. Given that the distances of
the object from A and from B are equal. Determine
the bearing of A from B. (4 marks)

SECTION B
11. On the same axes draw the graphs of
y = x3 − 2 and y = 3x + 2: for -3 ≤ x ≤ 3
From your graph, estimate In the diagram above AD is parallel to OC and OA
(i) The value for x3 − 2 = 0 parallel to BD. 30C=50B. E is the point where AC
(ii) The solution of the equation x3 − 2 = 3x + 2
meets BD . AE: EC = 3 :2
12. Find (i) in terms of the vectors a and b, the vectors AC,
DC, ED, AE and OE.
(ii) The ratio BE : ED.

15. (a) The speed at which water comes out of a pipe

is inversely proportional to the cross-sectional area of
the pipe. Given that water comes out of a pipe of cross-
section 5cm2 at the speed of 1ms-1, determine the
difference in the cross-section of two pipes from which
water comes out at speed of 0.8ms-1 and 1.2ms-1.
In the figure above, a pyramid whose base ABCD is a
b) A circle of radius 2cm and centre O, has points A, B
rectangle of sides 8cm by 6cm has slanting edges AE and C along its circumference. A and C are joined to
= DE = BE = CE = 6cm.F is the point of intersection form chord AC such that it subtends an angle of 800 at
of the diagonals of the rectangle. G is a point on EF point B, calculate the perimeter of the region enclosed
2 between the chord AC and the major arc ABC.
such that FG = FE .Find
3
(i) angle AEC 16. The distance from Lira to Kampala is 380km. A
(ii) The lengths EF and AG bus leaves lira at 0730 hours and travels non stop to
(iii) The angle which each of slanting planes makes Kampala at 60kmh-1. At 0850 hours a Pajero car leaves
with the base. Kampala and travels towards Lira at a steady speed of
120kmh-1.
On the same axes draws distance–time graphs showing
13. The unit square OIKJ where O(0,0), I(1,0), K(1,1) the journey of both vehicles. Hence or otherwise
and J(0,1) is reflected in the line y = -x to give image determine when and at what distance from Lira they
OI1K1J1. meet. If the bus then increases its speed by 10km-1,
(i) Calculate the time at which the bus arrived in
(i) Obtain the matrix of transformation R for this Kampala.
reflection. (ii) Determine the difference in the times of arrival
(ii) Use R to find the image points of OI'K'J'. of two vehicles (Use scales of 2cm to represent
If OI'K'J' is then enlarged by a linear scale factor of -2 50km and 2cm to represent 1 hour).
at the origin to give OI"K"J", find
(iii) The matrix E for the Enlargement.
17. The table below shows the tax structure on taxable
(iv) The coordinates of the image OI"K"J"
income of citizens in the working class of a certain
(v) The area of OI"K"J"
country.
(vi) The matrix which maps OI"K"J" back to OIKJ.
Income (sh) per annum Tax rate (%)
14. (i) 1st sh 80,000 7.5
(ii) Next sh 80,000 (160,001-240,000 12.5
(iii) Next sh 80,000(160,001-240,000 20.0
(iv) 240,001- 320,000 30.0
(v) 320,001- 400,000 36.5
(vi) 400,001- 480,000 45.0
(vii) 480,001- and above 52.6
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A man’s gross annual income is sh 964,000. The 1995 PAPER ONE
allowances including insurance accrued to him were;
(i) Housing sh 14,500 per month. SECTION A
(ii) Marriage: one tenth of his gross annual income 1. Without using tables or calculator evaluate
(iii) Medical sh 50,700 p.a. 2 / 5 2
(iv) Transport sh 10,000 per month  8   5 
  . 1 / 2 
(v) He has to pay an insurance premium of sh 68,900  125  8 
per annum. 2. The functions f(x), and g(x) are defined as f(x) = x +
(vi) Family allowances for only four children at the x2
following rates sh 3,400 for each child above the 2, and g ( x )  .
4
age of 18, 4,200 for each child above 10 but below
Find the values of x for which fg(x) = 3
18 years and sh 5,400 for each child below 9 years.
3. Juma takes 10 days to dig a certain piece of land.
Given that he has a family of five children with
John takes 15 days to dig the same piece of land.
three of them below the age of 8, one 16 and the
Assuming that both work at the same rate, determine
elder child 20 years, determine;
the number of days they will both take do dig the same
(a) His taxable income.
piece of land if they work together.
(b) The income tax he pays annually as a
percentage of his gross annual income. 4. Given that log10 x 2.304 and log10 y  2.872 , find the
value of x 1 / 4 y 1 / 2 . Correct to 2 decimal places.

15
5. Given that tan   , calculate without using tables
8
or, calculate the value of 4 cos   sin 

6. Find the equation of the line which is the

perpendicular bisector of the line passing through
the points A(3, 4) and B(1, 10).
7. If matrices M and N are such that
 2 1 12 0 
M    and MN    . Find matrix N.
 2 3  0 12 
8. The mean weight of a class of 30 boys is x kg. When
two boys with a total weight of 150kg are absent, the
mean weight of those present is 2kg less than the mean
weight of the whole class. Find the value of x.
9. Given 5  20  a 5 Determine the value of a.
5

SECTION B
 3   1.5 
10. If vectors a   , b   
~
  2 ~  3 
1
Find the length of a 3 b
2~ ~
A B
11.
2m
C M D
E F
G H

In a seminar, the high table CD which is 3m long is

used by guest speakers. The table is placed in front of
and parallel to wall AB. Some chairs are arranged
behind the high table with the front legs of each chair
occupying 0.5m along CD. Participants are seated on
chairs arranged in circular form placed in front of the
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high table along the arcs EF, GF, and IJ of circles (b) Represent Aggrey’s and Bob’s journeys on the
whose centers are the point O along AB as shown in same distance time graph.
the diagram above. The chairs are also arranged such
that each occupies 0.5 m of the length along the arcs.
Given that the perpendicular line from O bisects CD at 16. A flag mast slants towards the west at an angle of
point M and CE = EG = GI = 2M 130 to the vertical. From a point M to the east and 20
(i) Find the angle COD metres away from the foot F of the mast, the angle of
(ii) The maximum number of guest speakers that elevation of the top P of the mast is 350. From another
can get seated at the seminar. point N to the west of the mast the angle of elevation of
(iii) The maximum number of participants that can the top P is 220. If M, F and N are on level ground,
get seated in chairs arranged along the arcs. determine to 4 significant figures.
(correct your answers (number of people to the (i) The vertical distance of the top P from the ground.
nearest whole number) (ii) The distance of the foot of mast F from N.
(iii) The length PF.
12. A circle passes through the points
P(0.5, -3), Q(2, 4.7) and R(4.5, 1).
17. A triangle ABC where A, B and C are the points (2, 3) (6, 3)
(i) Plot and join the points P, Q and R on a graph and (4, 6) respectively is given a transformation represented
paper. (Use 2 cm to represent one unit on either  0  3
by the matrix M    followed by the matrix
side).
 1 2 
(ii) By construction determine the centre and radius
of the circle.  2 3
N    to give the final image A1, B1 and C1
(iii) Calculate the area of the minor segment cut off  1 0 
by the chord PQ.
(i) Find the image points A1, B1 and C1
13. The monthly salaries of 300 employees working in (ii) Describe the single matrix transformation that
a certain bottling company are as follows; is represented by the combined matrix
Salary range Number of employees
transformation M followed by N.
(iii) Obtain a single matrix that would map A1, B1
26001 – 36000 56
and C1 back onto ABC.
36001 – 46000 74
46001 – 56000 82
56001 – 66000 38
66001 – 76000 25
76001 – 86000 15
86001 – 96000 10
(i) Represent this data on a histogram.
(ii) Calculate the mean monthly salary.
(iii) Estimate the median salary.

14. On the same axes draw the graphs of the lines y –2x
= 1, and y + 3x = 6 for -3  x  3. Use your graphs to
solve the equations.
y − 2x – 1 = 0
y + 3x – 6 = 0

15. Aggrey and Bob are to travel from town A to town

B ridding on a bicycle and motorcycle respectively.
When Aggrey is 21km away from town A and ridding
at a steady speed of 18.5kmh-1, Bob sets off for town B
on his motor cycle at a steady speed of 36kmh-1. Bob is
1
expected to ride for 3 hours to reach town B.
4
(a) Calculate:
(i) The distance between A and town B.
(ii) When and where Bob will catch up with
Aggrey.
(iii) How long Bob will take waiting for Aggrey to
join him in town B.
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1995 PAPAR TWO 9. Determine the solution set of the inequality =
x2 2
SECTION A 2
<
4x  2x 3
2 x  8 x 1
1. Simplify
16 x 1 10. A three digit number is formed using each of the
2 Q digits 2, 4 and 6 only once. List the possible numbers
that are formed. Calculate the probability that the
number formed is greater than 430.
132°
O

P 120° SECTION B
11. The figure below shows the marks in percentage
R obtained by candidates in an English test.
43 70 50 35 64 62 50 53
The diagram above shows a circle centre 0 46 62 65 83 59 54 58 64
circumscribing a triangle PQR. Given that angle 52 54 32 59 48 54 35 48
POQ=1320 and angle POR=1200, find the angles of 40 58 64 40 71 74 55 70
triangle PQR. 72 48 75 45 55 40 57 55
(i) Starting with 30 as the lower class limit of the
3. Given that f(x) = 1
1 x first class and using equal class intervals of 5
(i) find f(2) marks, form a frequency distribution table for this
(ii) State the value of x for which f(x) is not defined. data.
(ii) Plot a cumulative frequency curve for the data.
4. A butcher sells 5kg of meat at sh 7,000. If the cost of Use your data to estimate the median mark.
meat is increased by 25%, determine how much (iii) Calculate the mean mark using an assumed mean
kilograms of meat can be bought with the same amount of 57%.
of money after the increase. 12. (a) A line passes through the points (a, o) and (o,
y
b). Find the Equation of the line.
5 y=x+5
A
(b) Given that a line, L passing through the point (0, 2)
B is perpendicular to the line 2y = 5x + 3, find the point
of intersection of the line L with the line 2x = 3y - 5.
13.

O x
C 2 units

In the diagram above the Equation of the line AB is y –

5 = x and C is 2 units from 0. Find the area of OABC.
2
6. Solve the Equation 106 x  (20  0.5) x
 4.5 1   2  1
7. Given the matrix A    and B   ,
 0 7 3 1 
find matrix M such that
3M-2I = 2A-B, where I is an identity matrix of order 2. The diagram above shows a solid object with a regular
pentagonal base ABCDE of side 20cm and centre 0.
The vertex V is vertically above 0 and VO = 30cm.
8. (i) Find angle BCO.
(ii) Calculate the length OC.
(iii) Obtain the length of VC and the angle at which it
is slanting to the horizontal (give your answer correct
to a decimal of a cm)

In the figure above OA = a ; OB = b 3AD=AB 14. Using a ruler and a pair of compass only, construct
~ ~

Find OD in terms of a and b . a triangle ABC such that AC =9.6 cm, BC = 4.8cm
~ ~ and the angles, BAC=300 and ABC=900. D is a point
on BC produced 2.7cm away from AB . Construct
angle BDE = 450 with DE =10.1cm. join the points A
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to D and B to E, construct a circle circumscribing 1996 PAPER ONE
triangle ACD such that it also passes through the point
E. SECTION A
Measure: 1. Without using tables or calculator, evaluate
(i) Lengths AB and BE. 32.1352  17.8652 (4Marks)
(ii) Angle ADC. 0.7135
(iii) The radius of the circle. 2. A car’s petrol tank is three quarters full at the
beginning of a journey. If the car uses two-thirds of a
15. Sarah bought a four-inch mattress (a mattress tank-full of petrol for the journey, what fraction of a
whose thickness is 4 inches). She then went to John, a tank full remains at the end of the journey?
tailor, and bought a cloth which can exactly fit the On returning the car refuels such that at the end of the
mattress as a cover. John sold her 4.6m2 of cloth while return journey the car is one-fifth tank full. What
according to John’s experience the 4.6m2 of cloth was fraction of a tank full of petrol was bought?
exactly enough to cover all the sides of the mattress.
(a) Given that 1 inch is approximately 2.5cm; the 3. Without using tables or calculator, simplify
width of the mattress is w cm and length 2w cm, 1 a
find w. log10 16  2 log10    log10 a 2
2 5
(b) If she paid the mattress and its cover cloth Uganda
shillings 52,500 and 36,500 respectively, calculate
in pounds sterling, ₤, given that 1 United States 4. Given that 124n= 52ten, determine the value of the
dollar $ is equivalent to U Shs 950 and 1₤ = 1.8$, natural number n.
the 1
5. In a class of boys and girls, the average age is 15
(i) Price of the mattress. 2
(ii) Total cost of the mattress and its cover. years. The class has 12 boys whose average age is
3
16 years. Find the size of the class if the average
16. 4
B age of girls is 15 years.
12cm
A 6. y
12cm y=4
C 12cm O A B
C y=x
y = 12x
C
In the figure above, AB and ACC are targets to the circle
at points B and C respectively. O is the centre of circle. O C x

Given that AB  BC  AC = 12cm. Determine In the diagram above OABC is a trapezium formed
(i) The obtuse angle BOC. above the x-axis by the intersections of lines y = x, y =
(ii) The radius of the circle. 4 and y =12 − x.
(iii) The area of minor sector BOC and hence the area
of the shaded region. 7. Find the solution set of the equation x  32  4 2

17. A soccer club wishes to intensively train its top 8. Two right cones are similar with linear scale factor
and second division players by residential training in 2. If the larger cone has radius of 14cm and height of
preparation for soccer league tournaments. The cost of 27cm, calculate the volume of the smaller cone. (Take
maintaining a player is sh 60,000 and sh 45,000 per top 22
  , volume of cone = 1 × height × base area
and per second division player respectively. The club 7 3
has a maximum of sh 1,800,000 for the residential
training. One and a third times the number of top 9. Three points O, P and Q in the same plane have
players must not exceed the number of second division position vectors
players. Given that the club can only train up to 35  0  4 8
players who must be selected from the two divisions of O   , p   , and q    . Find the coordinates
 0 7 9
players.
of R, the mid-point of PQ and the distance of R from
(i) Write down the set of inequalities representing the
O.
above information.
(ii) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10 units on each
10. Two mirrors M1 and M2 are placed 12cm a part
axis, draw on the same axes graphs for these
parallel to each other. An object O is placed 4cm
inequalities.
away from M2. If M1 (0) denotes the image, O1 of O
(iii) Shade out the unwanted regions and find the
after a reflection of O in M1, determine the distance
maximum number of players from each division the
club can train.
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from O of M2 [(M1 (O)], the image, O11, of O1 after a 15. Draw on the same co-ordinate axes, graphs of
reflection of O1 in M2. y  x2 x  3 and y  2x  1 for  3  x  4
(i) Using your graph, determine the points of
SECTION B intersection y  x2 x  3 and y  2x  1
11. In a certain trading centre there are 56 shops, 28 of (ii) Use your graph to find the roots of
which sell soft drinks, 24 sell food stuffs and 32 sell 2 x 2  3x  0
textiles. 10 shops sell both food stuffs and soft drinks, 16.
6 sell both food stuffs and textiles and 4 shops sell all Scores Class Mark Frequency Frequency X Class Mark
the three categories of commodities; both food stuffs
and textiles and 4 shops sell all the 3 categories of 40-49 _ _ 450
commodities. 50-58 _ 16 _
(a) (i) Represent this information on a Venn diagram. 59-67 63 _ 1575
(ii) Determine the number of shops which sell 68-76 _ _ 864
both soft drinks and textiles only. 77-85 _ 13 _
(b) If a customer is to choose a shop at random, 86-94 90 4 360
what is the probability that the shop he goes to ______ _________
sells
(i) At least two of these categories of commodities. The table above shows the number of students who
(ii) Only one of the three categories of commodities. passed an end of year English promotional examination
12. Using a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses only, in terms of mark scores.
(i) Construct a triangle ABC, where (a) Study the table and the information available
BC = 7.2 cm, AC = 8.4 cm and angle to complete the missing details.
ABC = 750. Measure AB and angle ACB. (b) (i) State the class interval of the scores.
(ii) Draw a circle circumscribing triangle ABC. (ii) Calculate the average score of the marks.
State the radius of the circle. (C) If all the above students were promoted and
represented 4/5 of the class, find the number of
13. (a) Two saloon cars A and B are hired to carry students in the class who sat the examination.
people going to attend a wedding ceremony. With six
trips each, the two cars can carry 60 people. A total of 17. A plane flew due west from air strip A at a speed
62 people can be transported if A makes seven trips of 280 kmh-1 for ¾ hours before reaching air strip
and B makes five trips. Determine the number of B. It then altered its course and flew North-west to
people each car can carry per trip. airport C at 220kmh-1. From there, it flew on a
(b) Otim and Mukasa stay in the same home. When 1
bearing of 060oto air strip D at 240 kmh-1 for 1
Otim walks from home to school at a constant speed of 2
5.4 kmh−1, he arrives 10 minutes early. When Mukasa hours. The total time of flight between the four air
walks at a constant speed of 3.6kmh−1, he arrives late 1
by 15 minutes. Calculate how far the school is from strips was 4 hours.
their home. 2
(i) By scale drawing, determine the distance and
14. A food Aid Agency carried out a survey to bearing of A from D. (use a scale of 1cm to
ascertain the average monthly expenditure on food by a 50km).
family in a certain urban centre. The expenses on food (ii) Determine the total distance of flight from A to
were found to be in two parts; a constant expenditure D and hence the average speed for the journey.
and another part varying as the square of the number of (iii) If the plane flew directly back to A at a speed
children in the family. of 200kmh-1, determine how long it took to fly
A family of 3 children needed Shs19,000/= while that back to A.
of 5 children needed Shs31,000/=.
(a) Write down an expression for the total
expenditure on food, E, Spent per month by a
family with n children.
(b) What is the monthly food expenditure for
(i) A childless family?
(ii) A family with 4 children?
(c ) How many children are in a family which
needs an average food expenditure of
Shs39,250/- per month?
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1996 PAPER TWO a ( u ) + b( v ) = w
~ ~ ~

SECTION A 10. Express 0.891 as a rational number in its simplest

terms.
1. Given that a*b = a2 − b2, find the value of x in
x 3  74 SECTION B
2. A
P
540
6.5cm
9m
4.2cm
S 6m T
B C
D
In triangle ABC above, AD = 4.2cm is the altitude,
angle BAC = 540 and Q R
11. U
AB = 6.5cm. Find:
The diagram above shows part of a rafter of a building.
(i) The size of angle CBA QR is parallel to ST. PQR is an isosceles triangle with
(ii) Length AC Q and R as base angles. U is the mid-point of QR.
3. Given that y varies as the cube of x and y = 8 when x PS : SQ  3 : 2, ST = 6cm and PR = 9m.
= 4, find the value of x when y = 1. Calculate the;
4. Solve the equation 3x 2  7 x  2  0 (i) Lengths of QR, TR and PU
5. If x : y : z  2 : 3 : 5 , determine the value of z when: (ii) Size of angle PQU.
(i) x  y  z  200 (iii) Area of DPQR.
(4 marks)
(i) y  84
12. (a) If x3 = 3.375, use tables to find the value of x;
6. A 16cm correct to three significant figures.
B
(b) Given that log102 = 0.3010 and
log103 = 0.4771, find without using tables or calculator,
h 17cm the value of:
17cm (i) log1072
(ii) x if log10x = 1.6020
C 13. A builder makes concrete blocks by mixing cement
The diagram above shows a right circular cone and sand in the ratio 1 : 20 . From every 3 buckets of
ABC of vertical height h cm and slant side AC = mixture he makes 2 blocks, one bucket of cement costs
BC =17cm and base diameter AB = 16cm. sh3,000/= and one bucket of sand sh 25/-. Find the cost
Find: of cement and sand required to make 6,300 blocks.
(i) h (b) A grocery sells two kinds of meat products A
(ii) The capacity of the cone. and B. Athieno bought 4 kg of A and 6kg of B
(Use  =3.142, volume of cone= 1 h × (base paying a total of sh 5280/=, Namusisi bought 5kg
3
of A and 3kg of B at a total cost of sh 4,440/-.
area)
7. When a cyclist has traveled a distance of 105km (i) Write down two equations to describe
in 1 23 hours, he cycles at an average speed of Athieno’s and Namusisi’s purchase.
(ii) By combining the two Equations in matrix
54kmh-1 for further 2 13 hours. Calculate the form, determine the cost of 1kg of each
average speed for the; meat product.
(i) First 1 23 hours (iii) How much would Mugisha pay for 6kg of A
(ii) Whole journey and 5kg of B.

8. Using matrix methods, determine the values of x 14. In a certain school there are 87 students in S.3.
and y which satisfy the equations. Of these 43 play hockey, 42 play football and 47
2y – 4x + 2 = 0 play volleyball, 15 play hockey and volleyball, 17
3x – 2y = 5 (4 marks) play volleyball and football and 21 play hockey
and football. Each student plays at least one of the
  2  1    3
9. If U   , V    and W =   , Find the three games while x students play all the three
 4    3  4 games.
value of a and b such that
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(i) Represent this information in a Venn diagram, Use these inequalities to draw a suitable graph showing
showing clearly the number of students in the region which satisfies them. From your graph,
each region. determine the numbers of Coca-cola and Pepsi tops
(ii) Write down an equation in x and hence find x. which should be made to obtain the maximum profit.
(iii) If a student is chosen at random from the class, Hence find the maximum profit.
what is the probability that he plays exactly
two games?
(iv) Find the number of students who play at least
two of these games.

15. (a) Copy and complete the table below of values of

4
S  t  3  where S is the distance covered (in
t
m) by a particle from a fixed point P after t
seconds.
S 5.5 1.17 1.1 1.33 3.67
t 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0
(b) Draw a graph of S against t for t = 0.5 to t = 6.0
inclusive. (Use 2cm to represent one unit of t and 4cm
to represent one unit of S)
From your graph estimate:
(i) The times when the particle will be 3cm from P.
(ii) For how long the particle will be less than 2m
away from P.
(iii) The distance the particle travels between t = 2.5
and t = 4.5 seconds.
(iv) The speed of the particle between t = 0.5 and t =
2.5 seconds.
A
16.

a
~
M
B
O b D
~

C
E
In the figure above OA = a and OB = b , 3OB = 2BD
~ ~
, M is a point on AD such that MD : AM = 1 : 2,
OC = 3CE = 3AM
(i) Express the vector AD, BM and DC in terms
of vectors a and b .
~ ~
(ii) Show that AD: OE = 3 : 8
17. A factory makes two kinds of bottle tops “Coca-
cola” tops and “Pepsi tops”. The same equipment can
be used to make either. In making Coca-cola tops one
man can supervise 10 machines and this batch will give
a profit of pounds sterling (₤) 50 per week. Pepsi tops
yield a profit of ₤250 a week, using 25 machines and 8
men. There are 200 machines and 40 men available. By
taking x batches of coca-cola tops and y batches of
Pepsi tops, write down inequalities for;
(i) The number of machines used.
(ii) The number of men employed.
(iii) An expression for profit P.
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(i) Coordinates of the vertices of the image
1997 PAPER ONE triangle.
(ii) Ratio of the area of triangle ABC to the area of
SECTION A triangle A1 B1 C1.
(b) Plot on the same axes triangle ABC and its image.
1. A teacher awards two marks for each correct answer (c) Determine the matrix of the transformation
plus three marks as an incentive for test attendance. If which maps A1B1C1 back to ABC.
Q is the number of questions attempted and M the total 12. The table below shows the marks scored in an
marks a candidate gained in the test. English test marked out of 100 by students of S.2 in
(i) Write down a relation between Q and M. a certain school.
(ii) What is the maximum mark score for a test Score f(x)
with only nine questions? 0-19 2
x3 x 2 x 1 20-39 6
2. Solve for x in   
5 3 2 3 40-49 12
3. Otti takes 6 days to plough a certain piece of land. 60-79 9
Mpoza takes 12 days to plough the same piece of 80-89 1
land.
Assuming that both work at the same rate, how long (i) Represent this information on a bar-chart.
will the two men take to plough the piece of land if (ii) Use the frequency table above to estimate the
they work together? median and mean mark score.
13. Fifty-two students of S.3 in a certain school were
4. Given that f(x) = px – 4and f(3) = 14, find: interviewed to find out how many of them had ever
(i) The value of P. visited the towns of Arua, Kasese or Mbale. Only 4 had
(ii) f (1) visited neither towns. It was found out that an equal
number of students had visited Arua and Kasese of
5. Factorise a 2  2ab  5a  2b  4
whom 12 had visited both Arua and Kasese. 24
 2  - 5  6  students altogether had visited Mbale of whom 11 had
6. Given the vectors p   , q    and r    ,
 3 3   2 visited both Mbale and Arua and 13 had visited Mbale
Find the length of (p + q + r ). and Kasese. Eight had visited all the towns,
(a) Present this information on a Venn diagram.
7. Given that log10 x  1.699 and log10 y  1.913 , (b) How many students in the class had
evaluate without using tables or calculator (i) visited Kasese
log10 x  log10 y1/ 3 (ii) Not visited Arua?
1 3 (c) Given that three students are taken at random from
8. Simplify  the class, what is the probability that they belong to the
3 2 3 2
set of students who only visited two towns?
9. The numbers 0, 1 and 2 are arranged in a random
14. Using matrix methods find the values of x and y
order so as to form two digit and three-digit numbers.
which satisfy the equations.
No digit is repeated in a number formed.
2x − 3y = 12
(i) Write down the possible numbers that can be
x + 2y + 1 = 0
formed.
(ii) Find the probability that a two-digit number  3  2
(b) given that matrix A    , find a matrix B
formed has the same numerical value as the  4 5 
three-digit number formed 7 0
10. Given that H denotes half turn about the origin and such that AB   
X denotes reflection in the X-axis, find a single 0 7
transformation to XH on the points of the unit Hence otherwise find the inverse matrix of A.
square.
15 E
8cm

SECTION B D C
11. The vertices of triangle ABC; A(1, 0); B(1, 2); C(5,
2) are mapped onto the triangle A1 B1 C1 by the 5cm
0
F
1 0 60
transformation whose matrix M    A 5cm B
 2 4 The figure shows a pyramid whose base ABCD is a
(a) Find the rhombus of sides 5cm and whose acute angle is 600.
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AE = DE = CE = BE = 8cm. F is the point of 1997 PAPER TWO
intersection of the diagonals of the rhombus. Find
(i) Length EF (ii) Angle AEB (iii) The angle each of SECTION A
the slanting planes makes with the base.
1. A musical tape costs pounds sterling (₤) 8.95. Given
16. (a) The length of the sides of an equilateral triangle that the exchange rates are US dollar $1.56= ₤1.00 and
ABC is x units. Ug sh. 1045 = 1$, find the equivalent cost of the
3 musical tape in
(i) Show with the help of the triangle that sin600 = (i) U.S dollar.
2
(ii) Without using tables or calculator, find the value of (ii) Ug. Shillings ( 4 marks)
 sin 60 0
2
2. Determine the area of figure enclosed by the x-axis,
0
 
 sin 30 0  tan 60  the line 2x + y = 8 and the reflection of this line in the
  y-axis.
(b) Draw the graph of y = cos3x for 0  x  1500 3. The scale of a map is 1:200,000. Two trading centres
on the map are 4.5cm a part. Determine in km the
17 actual distance between the two trading centres.
0.8m
1 a 
4. Under the matrix transformation   , the point
2.0m b  4
P (3, -2) is mapped on the point P1(-1, 17). Find the
values of a and b. (3 marks)
1.0m
The figure above shows an open metallic water tank 5. Four athletes ran a 100m races. Their times taken to
made of material which is 2.0 cm (0.020m) thick. The complete the race in second(s) were 16.5, 13.6, 10.8
metal used for making he tank costs Shs 100 for every and 12.4.
50cm3 (5 x 10-5 m3). (i) Write down the median, in (s) of the four times.
(i) Find the cost of making this tank. (ii) Calculate the time taken by a fifth athlete, if the
(ii) If the tank is to be filled with water at a fee mean of all the five times was 13.4 seconds.
of 5 cents (Shs 0.05) per litre, determine
6.
(in Shs) the cost of filling the tank. (1m3 =
y
106 litres).
12
11 1
A
10
9
8
C1
7 B1
6
5
4
3
2 C B
1
0
-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 x
A
-2
In the graph A'B'C' is the image of ABC under an
enlargement with scale factor f. Determine the
(i) Value of f.
(ii) Co-ordinates of the centre of enlargement.

7.
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SECTION B
11 (a)

From the point O on level ground MON, between two

The pie chart shows the percentage of people living in buildings, A and B, the angles of elevation of the tops
three L.C.1 zones I, II and III of a certain village. The of buildings A and B are 380 and 540 respectively.
sector representing people living in zone II is 18% Building B, h metres high, is 2m higher than building
while the one representing those living in zone I is
A and MO = 24m.
42%. If the number of people living in zone III is 240,
Calculate:
find the
(i) Population of the village. (i) The height of building A.
(ii) Number of people who live in zone I. (ii) How far building B is from point O.
Solution (b) A ship is observed moving away from the top of a
(i) Let x = population of the village cliff which is 80m high. Within a time span of 10s the
The percentage of people living in zone III is angle of depression decreases from 300 to 200.
100 − 60 = 40% Determine the distance covered within this time range.
40 x Hence find the speed of the ship in meters per second
  240
100 (ms-1)
240 100
x 12 (a) A dispenser produces medicine in two different
40
sized cylindrical plastic cans. The cans are similar.
= 600
The area of the bottom of the small can is 12cm2 and
Therefore the population of the village is 600
that of the bottom of the large can is 48cm2, given
42
(ii) People who live in zone I =  600 that the small can holds 100ml of the medicine,
200 calculate;
= 252
Hence the number of people who live in zone one is (i) How much medicine is contained in the large
252. can.
8. A blouse and skirt were each sold at sh. 12,420. On (ii) The height of the large can.
the blouse a profit of 15% was realized while on the (b) The dispenser uses exactly half of the medicine
skirt a loss of 12.5% was recorded. Calculate the of the small can and then mixes it thoroughly with
percentage loss on both articles. 37.5 ml of distilled water to obtain a mixture for
treatment of patients. Calculate the height (in cm) of
9. the mixture in the small can.
13. A
F
O
a a B
~

C A
b D b G
~
B O C
In the figure above OA = b ; F and G are points on
In the figure above, O is the centre of the circle and b = ~

1180, find the value of a. AC such that AF: AB=3:4 and AG:AC=2:3,
respectively. D is a point on OA such that OD: DA =
10. Mukasa, Kaija and Obita are to share sh. 90,000 in FB : BG =1:2.
the ratio 3:4:5, respectively. Calculate the amount
each will receive. ( 4 marks)
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(i) Express AG and AC in terms of AB. Hence find in uniform rate of 2ms-2 while taxi B moves as shown in
terms of vectors a and b the vectors; AB; AC; DG the table below.
~ ~
and OF. Time (S) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
(ii) Determine the ratio DG: OC Velocity (ms-1) 0 0.5 1.5 4 10 15 18 19.5
Using suitable scales, draw on the same axes the
14. (a) The line y = 2x meets the line x = 3 at the point velocity-time graphs find the,
A. (c) Time the two taxis have Equal speeds and state
(i) Give the coordinates of A. the magnitude of that speed.
(ii) If the x-axis is the axis of symmetry of triangle (d) Difference in the speeds of the two taxis after a
OAB, find the coordinates of B. period of 6 seconds.
(iii) Find the equation of OB. (e) Distance covered by taxi A by the way of
(iv) Write down the inequalities for a point (x, y) estimating the area under curve described by the
inside the triangle OAB. motion of taxi A for a period of 85.
(b) Calculate the area of triangle PQR where P is (3, 3),
Q is (4, -1) and R(-8, -4).

2m
15.
A D

2xm
B C

2xm
The diagram shows four rectangles A, B, C and D
which together form a square of side 2xm. Given that,
one side of D is 2m, and that the area of A+D is 4m2,
express the other side of D in terms of x.
Given also that area of A + B + C is 11m2. Show that
4x3 = 11x + 4.

16. The position vector of a point (x, y) is written as the

 x
column vector   . A geometrical transformation is
 y
represented by the equation.
 x1   a b  x 
 1     
 y   c d  y 
a) Write down the image of (1, 0) and (0,1) under
this transformation.
b) Show that the image of (1, 0) under a rotation of
 3 1
+300 about the origin is  ,  and find the
 2 2
image of (0,1) under the same rotation.
c) Using your answers to part (a) and (b) above or
otherwise, write down the matrix M of this
rotation.
d) Calculate M2 and write down the coordinates of
the image of (1, 0) and (0,1) under the
transformation of M2.
Explain your answer geometrically.

17. When traffic lights flash green, two taxis A and B

move off from rest in the same direction and on a
straight road. The speed of taxi A increases at a
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i. All the three different colour faces
1998 PAPER ONE ii. At least one of each of the three colour faces.
c) If a cube is picked at random what is the
SECTION A probability that it is grey or blue `only?
1. (a) Without using tables or calculator evaluate 12. Sixty 13–year old senior one students from a
14 × 398 – 198 × 14 (2 marks) certain school were tested to find their resting Pulse-
(b) Factorise completely 2a2-32 rates and the following figures were obtained for a
 12 number of beats per minute.
2. Given that tan  = and  lies between 00 and
5 72 70 66 74 81 70 74 53 57 62
1800. Find, without using tables or calculator the values 58 92 74 67 62 91 73 68 65 80
of sin  and cos  . 78 67 75 80 84 61 72 72 69 70
76 74 65 84 79 80 76 72 68 63
3. Kato bought a car and sold it to Tom at a loss of
25%. If his selling price was sh. 3.6 million, find the 82 79 71 86 77 64 72 56 70 67
cost price of the car. 76 56 86 63 73 70 75 73 81 64

4. The image of the point (4, -7) under an enlargement a) By arranging the data in classes of 50 - 54, 55 -
of scale factor -2 is (1, 2). Determine the coordinates of 59, etc make frequency a table.
the centre of enlargement. (3 marks) b) Draw a bar Chart displaying the given data.
c) Using your grouped data, calculate the mean and
5. Given that f(x) = x2 and g(x) = (x – 1), determine median pulse-rate,
fg(x). Hence evaluate fg(-1) 13. A plane flies from air strip K due north for 350km
to air strip R. it then flies on a bearing of 2950 for
6. A family spends its income on the following items in 250km to airstrip N. From there it flies on a bearing of
a month. 0900 for 500km to another airstrip M.
Item Food Rent Transport Others a) Draw a sketch diagram to show the route of the
Amount (sh) 35,000 12,000 10,000 15,000 plane. Hence draw accurate diagram using a scale
Show the family’s expenditure in a pie-chart. of 1cm to represent 50km.
7. Use the matrix method to solve the pair of b) From your diagram, find the distance and bearing
simultaneous equations. of airstrip K from M.
2x − 3y = 7 c) If the plane flies back to airstrip K by the direct
14 + 4y = 5x route, and it travels at an average speed of
250kmh-1, find the time (in hours) taken for the
8. Soma college school is located on a stretch of land of whole journey.
area 22.5km2. On a certain map its area is 3.6cm2.
Determine the scale of the map. 14.

9. Two dice are thrown once. Find the probability that

both dice show even number.

10. Given that curve y = 2x2 + 3x and y = 5x + 4,

determine the coordinates of the points of intersection
of the curve and the line

SECTION B The diagram shows a piece of wood of uniform cross-

section PQRS in which OPQR is a rectangle and ORS
11. Faces of 52 small wooden cubes are to be painted
is a quadrant of a circle, centre, O. the other rectangles
either grey, blue or yellow. Of the cubes, 15 have all
are PQYK and PXZS.
their faces painted grey, and 9 all faces blue. There are
6 cubes with grey and blue faces, 10 with yellow and Given that PQ =15cm, PO = 10cm and QY=40cm,
calculate (giving your answers correct to 3 s.f), the
blue and 7 cubes with grey and yellow faces. The cubes
(a) Area of the cross section PQRS
whose faces are all yellow are four more than those
(b) Volume of the wood.
whose faces are all blue. Given that G is the set of
(c) Total surface area of the piece of wood (Take
cubes with at least a grey face, B that of cubes with at
least a blue face and Y the cubes with at least a yellow
 = 3.142)
face. 15 (a) Copy and complete the following table of values
for the curve y=(x-1) (x-3) between x = -1 and x = 5.
a) Represent all the above information in a Venn X -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
diagram. Show any remaining information x-1 0 2
b) Find the number of cubes with
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x-3 0 1998 PAPER TWO
y = (x-1) (x-3) 0 0
(b) Using the values in (a) Draw the graph of y= (x-1) SECTION A
(x-3) for -1≤x≤5
(c) Use your graph to solve 1. Without using a calculator or tables, simplify
(i) x2 - 4x + 3 = 0 4 13  2 14
2 12 
(ii) x2 - 4x + 1 = 0 4 16
(d) From your graph find the 2. By expressing each of the numbers in the form
(i) Range of values for which (x-1) (x-3) <0
a × 10n, where n is an integer, evaluate 0.24
(ii) Minimum value of the function. 0.0006
9
16. Towns A and B are a distance of 138km from each
other. Dick leaves town A for town B cycling at a
3. Express  
in the form a b  c , where a,
5 2
steady speed of 24kmh-1. When he has traveled a b and c are integers.
distance of 18km from A, Bob sets off from the
same spot Dick started, cycling steadily at 30kmh-1. 4. Find the unknown values in the arrow diagram for
a) Find when and where Bob over took Dick. the mapping x  2(x + 1) given below.
b) If Bob maintained his speed even after over taking 5 12
dick determine how long it took him waiting for p 16
Dick to join him. q 22
c) Given that Dick then increased his speed such that 11 24
they both arrived in town B at the same time; by 13 r
how much did Dick increase his speed immediately
5. TM is a tangent drawn from a point T to a circle,
after he was overtaken?
centre O, and radius 8 cm. if OM = 17cm, calculate the
17. Supporters of a certain soccer team wish to length of TM.
accompany their team for a soccer match. They are to
travel by a taxi and a mini-bus. The capacity of the taxi
is 18 people while that of the mini-bus is 27 people.  1 2  2  1
6. Given that A   , B  , find AB –
The number of supporters to go will not exceed 108.   2 1  -1 2 
Each trip the taxi and mini-bus make, costs sh.24,000 BA
and sh. 30,000 respectively. The money contribution
for transportation of the supporters is sh. 240,000. The 7. If A and B are two sets of objects and n(A) = 10,
number of trips made by the taxi should not exceed n(B) = 7, n( A  B )  13 . n( A  B)1  2 , find
those made by the mini-bus by more than 2. If x and y (a) n ( ) , where  , is the universal set
are the number of trips made by the taxi and mini-bus (b) n( A  B )
respectively.
a) Write down five inequalities representing the 8. M is the mid-point of the line PQ , where P is (2, 6)
above information. and Q(-8, 2). Calculate the distance of M from the
b) Plot on the same axes the above inequalities. point R(1, 0).
c) By shading the unwanted region, show the region 9. Without using tables or calculator, evaluate log1040
satisfying all the inequalities. + log1050 − log1020
d) List the possible number of trips each vehicle will
make, given that all the money for transport is to be
10. OAB is a triangle with position vectors OA = a
used. ~
e) What is the greatest number of supporters that was OB = b . Express in terms of a and b the position
transported? ~ ~ ~

vector of OC, where C divides AB in the ratio 1:2

SECTION B
11. By using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,
construct a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB =
AC  AD = 8cm. Angle ABC=600 and BAD=1200.
(c) Identify the type of quadrilateral. Bisect angle
ACB. Let the bisector meet AB at E and DA
produced at F. Construct a circle circumscribing
triangle AEF.
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(d) Measure the distance from the centre of circle O to (c) Angle of elevation of P from C.
the vertex B. What is the radius of the circle?
16. H G
12. Mbarara is about 260 km away from Kampala. An E F
express bus leaves Kampala for Mbarara at 6.45 a.m 12cm
-1
traveling at a steady speed of 52kmh . A commuter
taxi leaves Kampala 1 13 hours later and travels non- D
-1
C
stop at a speed of 84kmh . Draw on the same axes
A B
distance-time graphs showing the journey of the two 16cm
vehicles. The figure ABCDEFGH is a rectangular box with
[Use scales of 2cm to represent 30km and 2cm to square ends BCGF and ADHE of side 12cm. AB =
represent 1 hour]. Hence or otherwise determine the 16cm. Calculate the
time and distance from Kampala when the (a) Lengths BD and BH.
commuter overtakes the bus. If the bus then (b) Angle between lines BH and plane ABCD.
increases its speed by 20kmh-1 (c) Angle between planes CFH and BCGF.
Calculate the 17. A certain country’s income tax structure is such
(a) Time when the bus arrives in Mbarara. that a person’s gross monthly income has certain
(b) Differences in the times of arrival of the two allowances deducted from it before it is subjected to
vehicles. taxation. The allowances spelt out are as follows;
Marriage allowances one-twentieth of the gross
13 V monthly income.
Family relief and Insurance sh. 120,000 per annum.
Water and electricity sh. 12,500 per month.
13cm Housing sh. 35,000 per month.
Medical (self and family) sh. 240,000 per annum.
A Transport sh. 800 per day.
O 5cm B Family allowance for four children only at the
The figure above shows a right circular cone AVB. The
following rate; sh. 5,800 for each child above the age
radius of the base is 5cm and the slanting edge 13cm.
of 16, sh. 7,200 for a child above 10 years but below 16
a. Calculate angle AVB.
years and sh. 9,000 for a child below 10 years. Joy has
b. Find the:
a family of four children with two of them below the
i. Volume of the cone.
age of 9, the elder child is 20 and the other 14 years.
ii. Total surface area of the cone [take 
Given that she earns sh. 680,000, calculate
=3.142].
14. The points A(-2, 1), B(-2, 4), C(1, 4) and D(1,1) are (a) The taxable income and the income tax she pays
vertices of a square ABCD. The images of A, B, C under the income tax rates below.
and D under a reflection in the line x – y = 0 are A', Taxable income (sh) Tax rate %
B' and D'. The points A', B', C' and D' are then 0-15,000 8.50
mapped onto the points A", B", C" and D" 15,001-84,000 16.50
respectively under an enlargement with scale factor 84,001-170,000 24.00
2 and centre of enlargement the origin O(0, 0). 170,001-285,000 30.00
285,001-435,000 37.50
a) (a)Write down the matrices of the reflection Above 435,000 48.50
and enlargement.
b) Find the coordinates of the points (b) Determine the percentage of her gross monthly
i. A', B', C' and D' income paid in tax.
ii. A", B", C" and D"
c) Determine the matrix of a simple
transformation that would map ABCD onto
A", B", C", D"
15. Three points A, B and C lie on the same level
ground. A vertical pole NP stands in between points
A and B such that AN =21m. Angle BAC=720 and
AC =21m. The angles of elevation of the top of the
pole, P from A and B are 180 and 570 respectively.
Calculate the
(a) Height of the pole NP.
(b) Length AB.
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1999 PAPER ONE (c) A circle passing through the points P, T and R.
Measure the radius of the circle.
SECTION A
1. Without using a calculator or tables, simplify 12. Kampala and Mbale are about 229km a part. A
1
3 mini-bus heading for Kampala leaves Mbale at 8.55a.m
40.04
2
 8(4 1 )(16) 4 with a steady speed of 56kmh-1. At 9.40a.m, a saloon
car traveling at 80kmh-1 leaves Kampala and travels
2. By writing each of the number in the form a  10n steadily towards Mbale. Using scales of 2cm to
where n is even, find the square root of 0.25 × 0.64. represent 20km and 2cm to represent 1 hour, draw on
3. Show that 18  50  72  2 2 the same axes distance- time graphs showing the
journeys of the mini-bus and the car. Hence or
4. Given that f(x) = ax2+4x and f(3) = 21, find the value
otherwise determine when and at what distance from
of a. Hence find f(-1)
Kampala the two vehicles will meet given that the
5 A 12cm B mini-bus then increases its speed by 14kmh-1, calculate
300 the
(i)Time when the mini-bus arrives in Kampala
O (ii) Difference in the time of arrival of the two
vehicles.
13
In the figure above, AB=12cm is a tangent to a circle,
at A. Angle OBA=300. Find the
(i) Length of OB.
(ii) Radius of the circle.
 0 1 1 2 
6. Matrices P    and Q    are used to
  1 1  0  1
map the point A(3, -2) onto A1. What are the co-
ordinates of A1 under the matrix transformation Q
followed by P.

7. P and Q are two sets of objects such that n( )  12 ,

ABCDE is a right solid cone. CE = 10cm,
n( P  Q)  5 , n(Q)=8 and n( P  Q)1 = 3 Find
 = 300,
(a) n( P  Q) CD : DE = 2 : 3. The cone BCD was cut off.
(b) n(P) Calculate the:
8. R is a point which is 13 units from the origin O. If its (i) Total surface area of the remaining portion ABDE.
x-coordinate is 12, find the possible values of the y- (ii) Volume of the cone BCD.
coordinate.
14. The points P(0, 2), Q(1, 4) and R(2, 2) are vertices
5 2
9. Evaluate log a b , without using tables or calculator, of a triangle PQR. The images of P, Q and R under a
if loga = 0.234, log b = 1.185 reflection in the line x-y = 0 are P', Q' and R'
respectively. The points P', Q' and R' are then mapped
12  4 onto the points P", Q" and R" respectively, under an
10. Given that OA= a    OB= b   
~ 6 ~ 1 enlargement with scale factor -2 and centre of
enlargement O(0, 0).
Calculate the length of AB.
(a) Write down the matrix for the
(i) Reflection
SECTION B (ii) Enlargement
11. Using a ruler and pair of compasses only construct. b) Determine the coordinates of the points
^
(i) P', Q' and R'
(a) a quadrilateral PQRS such that Q R S  45 0 , (ii) P", Q" and R"
QR =4.5cm, RS = 6.0cm, SP = 7.5cm and c) Find the matrix of a single transformation which
would map triangle PQR onto P" Q" R"
PQ =10.5cm
Solution
(b) Point T on QR produced such that PT  ST
0 1
(a) (i) Matrix of reflectionin the line y = x is  
join the point P, S and T. Measure length PT 1 0
and angle PTS
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(ii) Matrix of enlargement with scale factor -2 and Water and electricity sh.15,000 per month
 2 0  Relief and insurance sh. 180,000 per annum
centre O(0,0) is   Housing allowances sh. 40,000 per month
 0  2 Medical sh. 300,000 per annum
P Q R P' Q' R' Transport allowance sh. 36,000 per month
 0 1  0 1 2   2 4 2  Family allowances for four children only. For children
b) (i)    
 1 0  2 4 2   0 1 2  in the age bracket 0 to 10 years sh. 12,500/- per child;
Hence P'(2, 0), Q'(4,1) and R'(2, 2) between 10 and 18 years sh. 8,250/- per child; and over
18 years sh.5,000 per child.
P' Q' R' P" Q" R" (a)Calculate the man’s taxable income and the
  2 0  0 4 2    4  8  4  income tax he pays, given that he has three
(ii)     children, two of whom are aged between 0 and
 0  2  0 1 2   0  2  4 
10, and the other child 13 years.
Hence P"(-4, 0), Q"(8, -2) and R"(-4, -4) (b)What percentage of his gross income goes to tax?
c) Single matrix that maps PQR onto P", Q" and R"
 0 1   2 0   0  2 
   
 1 0  0  2    2 0 
15. The points P, Q and R are on level ground, a
vertical flag pole ST stands between P and Q such that
Q is 12m away from S, the base of the pole. The angles
of elevation of T from P and Q are 610 and 150
respectively. If angle PQR = 22.60 and QR = 13cm,
calculate the
(a) Height of the flag pole ST.
(b) Length PQ
(c) Angle of elevation of T from R.
16.

The figure ABCDEFGH is a rectangular box with

square ends BCFG and ADEH of side 9cm, AB=12cm.
Calculate:
(a) Length AC and AG,
(b) The angle between the line AG and plane
ABCD.
(c) The angle between the planes DEG and
ADEH.

17. The table shows the tax structure on taxable income

of a certain working class of people.

Income (sh) per month Tax rate (%)

0-30,000 10.0%
30,001-90,000 16.5%
90,001-190,000 23.5%
190,001-340,000 32.0%
340,001-500,000 40.0%
Above 500,000 49.5%
An employee earns sh. 750,000. His allowances
include;
Marriage allowances one-fifteenth of his gross monthly
income
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1999 PAPER TWO all faces painted white are three more than those with
all faces black.
SECTION A Given that G represents the set of cubes with at least a
1. (a) Without using tables or calculator evaluate 0.25 × green face, W represents that of cubes with at least a
2195 – 1795 × 0.25 (2 marks) white and B represents the cubes with at least a black
face.
(b) Factorize completely 27-3x2 (2 marks)
2. Given that sin  = 0.500, find the two possible values (a) Represent the above information in a Venn diagram,
of  , what would be the two values of  if sin  = - showing the remaining information.
0.500 . (b) Find the number of cubes with
(i)All the three different colour faces.
3. The price of a car in a show room is sh. 6.4million. (ii)At least one of each of the three colour faces.
A 7.5% cash discount is allowed when a customer pays (c) If the cube is picked at random, what is the
cash for the car, while on hire purchase basis a probability that it is black or white only?
customer, pays sh. 1.65 million per installment for four
months. Determine how much a customer saves by 12. The table below shows ages of 120 students
paying cash for the car than purchasing it by hire entering senior one.
purchase. Age: 12.5-12.9 13.0-13.4 13.5-13.9 14.0-14.4 14.5-
years 14.9
4. Under an enlargement of scale factor 3, the image of No. of 8 35 52 17 8
(1, 3) is (4, 5). Find the coordinates of the centre of students
enlargement. (a) State the (i) class with
(ii) Modal class
5. If g ( x )  2 x and f ( x)  x  3 ,find gf (x) . Hence (b) Determine the mean and median age of the
students.
evaluate gf ( 2)
13. Three points A, B and C on the same horizontal
6. The number of visitors accommodated per night by a
level are such that B is 150km from A on a bearing of
certain hotel was recorded over a period of a month.
0600. The bearing of C from A is 1250. The bearing of
The figures are given in the table below.
C from B is 1600.
No. of visitors 0-<10 10-<20 20-<30 30-<40 40-<50 (a) By scale drawing, using 1cm to represent 25km.
No. of nights 2 8 12 5 3 Find the distance of C from
Using a scale of 1cm to represent 2 nights and 1cm to (i) A
represent 10 visitors, display the given data on a bar- (ii) B.
graph. Use your bar-graph to estimate the modal (b) An aeroplane flies from A on a bearing of 3400 at
number of visitors accommodated by the hotel. (5 300kmh-1. After 40 minutes of flying, the pilot
marks) changes course at point D and flies directly to C at the
same speed. Include in your diagram in (a) above the
7. Use the matrix method to solve the pair of route of the plane. Hence find the
simultaneous equations. (i) Time (in hours) the plane takes to travel from A to
x + 4y = 4 C.
9y – 5x = 9 (ii) Bearing of D from C.

8. A piece of land measures 33.6m by 16.5m. Find the 14. Three solids, a sphere, a right cone and a right
area of the land, in cm2, on a map whose scale is cylinder are of equal surface area and the radii of their
1:120. circular sections are also equal. Given that the volume
9. In a certain game a die is thrown once. When a 1 or of the sphere is 288  cm3, find the
6 appears that player wins and when a 3 or 4 appears (i) Radius of the sphere.
the player loses. Determine the probability that a (ii) Height of the cylinder.
player neither wins nor loses. (3 marks) (iii) Length of the slant slide of the cone.
Hence calculate the volume of the:
10. Find the coordinates of points of intersection of the (iv) Cylinder
curve y = x2 - 3 and the line y = 5x – 9. (v) Cone.
4 2
[Take  =3.142, volume of sphere =  r and
SECTION B 3
11. Faces of 36 small wooden cubes are to be painted 1 2
volume of cone =  r h.
either green or black or white. Of these, 10 cubes have 3
all their faces painted green and 6 have all their faces Surface area: sphere = 4  r2; Cone (curved surface
painted black. There are 5 cubes with green and white, area) =  rl; where l is length of slant side].
8 white and black and 4 green and black. Cubes with
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15. (a) Copy and complete the following table of values 2000 PAPER ONE
for the curve y = x2 - 2x - 6 and
y = 4x-5 for values of x between x = -4 and x = 7. SECTION A
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Without using tables or calculator evaluate
x2 16 9 16 25 36 49
-2x 8 - 4 2 - -2 - - - - -12 -14 30.25 2  30.15  30.25
2
x -2x-6 18 - 2 - - - - -3 - - 18 29 0.0025
4x - - -8 -4 0 - 8 - - - 24 28 2. Given that x2 - y2 = 135, and x - y = 9. Find the values
y = 4x-5 -21 - -13 - -5 - - - - - 19 23 of x and y.
3. Given the sets:
(b) On the same axes plot the graph of the curve
A= {all natural numbers less than 30}
y =x2-2x-6 and the line y = 4x - 5 for -4≤ x ≤7
B= {all prime numbers between 10 and 30}
(c) Using your graph estimate the
Find (i) n{AB1}
(v) Coordinates of the points of intersection of the
(ii) n{A1∩B}, where A1 and B1 are complements
curve and the line.
of sets A and B, respectively.
(vi) Roots of the equation y= x2 –2x – 6= 0
4. Solve the simultaneous equations
16. Otim and Mukasa wish to travel to the next trading
4y - 3x = 2
centre which is 30.8km away. They will travel by their
2y + 1 = 2x
bicycles. When Otim had covered 9km, traveling
steadily at 4kmh-1, Mukasa started riding at a steady 5. A straight line passes through the origin and the
speed of 7kmh-1 from where Otim started. Both point (1, -1). Find the equation of the line
Mukasa and Otim maintained their cycling speeds until
Mukasa overtook Otim. 6. Shs. 6,000 is to be shared among David, Daniel and
a. Find the time and distance at which Mukasa Diana. Daniel is to get one and half times as much as
overtook Otim. David, while Diana is to get three and half times as
b. Given that Mukasa then reduced his speed and much as David. Determine the ratio in which the
maintained the new speed till he arrived at the money is to be shared.
trading centre, there by arriving 0.6 hours later
than if he had maintained the 7kmh-1 speed. 7. Given the points L(3, 4) and M(7, 7), Find the:
i. Calculate by how much he reduced his speed. (i) Vector LM
ii. For how long was he in the trading centre (ii) Lengh of LM
before Otim joined him?
17. A wildlife club in a certain school wishes to go for 8. By removing the brackets factorize completely y(ay
an excursion to a national park. The club has hired a – x) + x(y – ax)
mini-bus and a bus to take the students. Each trip for
the bus is sh. 50,000 and that of a mini-bus sh. 30,000. 9. In the figure below PQ is parallel to RS. Angle
The bus has a capacity of 54 students and the mini-bus SVW=550. UV is perpendicular to TW. Determine the
18 students. The maximum number of students allowed values of the angles labeled a and b.
to go for the excursion is 216. The number of trips the T U
bus makes do not have to exceed those made by the
mini-bus. The club has mobilized as much as sh.
P
a b
Q

30,000 for transportation of the students. If x and y

represent the number of trips made by the bus and R S
mini-bus respectively. V 55O
W
(iii) Write down five inequalities representing the 10. Find the value of x, correct to 2 decimal places,
above information. given that 3x = 5
(iv) Plot these inequalities on the same axes
(v) By shading the unwanted region, show the region
satisfying all the above inequalities. SECTION B
(vi) List the possible number of trips each vehicle can 11. Using a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses only,
make. Construct a triangle PQR, where angle QPR = 1350,
(vii) State the greatest number of students who went PQ = 8.4cm and QR = 12.5 cm. state the length of PR.
for the excursion. S and T are points such that TS bisects QR,
where T is on QR and, S on the same side as
PQ. Draw circle to circumscribe the points P, Q,
R and S. Measure and state the
(i) Length ST
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(ii) Radius of the circle. 15. The table below shows the speed (vms-1) of a
car after time (t s)
12. (a) Express 1.24 as a fraction in its simple form. vms-1 0 15 28 42 48 35 0
(b) If S  kd (l  d ) express l in terms of d, k and s. time(ts)
3 2
(c) Express in the form p  q r , (iv) Plot a speed – time graph showing the motion
3 2 of the car.
where p, q and r are constant. (v) Use the graph to estimate the:
(c) Speed of the car at t = 6s.
13. The diagram below shows the allocation of the (d) Times when the speed of the car is 32.5
members of the board of governors of a school to ms-1.
different committees? (e) Distance traveled between time interval
n(production)=8 t = 10s to t = 14s.
n(academic)=8
2 (vi) Describe the motion of the car between
2 x (iv) t = 10s and t = 14s
(v) t = 14s and t = 20s
y 2 z
(d) By drawing a tangent to the curve at t = 17s,
- estimate the rate of speed at that instant.
1
n(finance)=7 16. The diagram below shows a square of side 12
(iv) Determine the values of x, y and z. cm and four congruent isosceles triangles,
(v) What is the total number of members on the representing the net of a pyramid on a square base.
board of governors? B
(vi) What is the probability that a member chosen
at random from the members of Board of C D
governors belong to.
(iv) Both finance and production committee.
(v) Only one committee?

14. The data below represent the times in seconds

of an oscillation of a given pendulum as recorded
by different students.
A
10.3 9.7 10.2 9.8 10.1 Given that AB  CD = 40cm, calculate the:
9.9 10.1 9.9 10.1 10.2 a)
10.3 10.0 10.2 10.1 9.8 (i) Height of the vertex of the pyramid from the
9.9 10.1 10.0 10.1 9.9 square base.
10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 9.9 (ii) Angle between a triangular face and the base of
9.8 9.8 10.0 9.9 10.2 the pyramid
(a) The frequency table below was drawn out to (iii) Volume of the pyramid.
represent the above data. b) If the pyramid is cut horizontally at a vertical
Copy and complete the table height of 2.6cm from the square base, and the upper
Time(s) x Freq.(f) Cum. Freq x(f) part of the pyramid containing the vertex is thrown
9.7 __ 1.0 __ away, what volume remains?
9.8 4.0 5.0 __ 17. (a) Customs duty and purchase tax are levied on
9.9 __ __ __ certain imported goods as follows
10.0 3.0 __ __ Customs duty = 35% of the value of the good.
10.1 __ __ __ Purchase tax =15% of (value + duty)
10.2 __ __ __ Find the total amount levied on an electric kettle valued
Shs. 40,000. Hence calculate the percentage rate for the
10.3 __ __ __
two taxes combined.
 f  ___  fx =_ (b) A man borrowed Shs. 39.6 million from a housing
(b) Use the table to finance company to build a commercial house at a
(i) State the modal time of oscillation. compound interest rate of 10.5% per annum. He has to
(ii) Calculate the mean and median times of repay the loan and interest within two years in 8 equal
oscillation. instalments.
Calculate
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(i)Total amount of money the man paid the 2000 PAPER TWO
company.
(ii)Interest he paid on the loan. SECTION A
(ii) Amount he paid per installment.
a 2  b2  2ab
1. Given that a  b 
a b
i) 4 * 3 (02 marks)
ii)8 * (4 * 3) (02 marks)
2. In the diagram below angle ABC=500. What is the
bearing of B from A. (04 marks)
N

0
B 50 C

1 x 5
3. Solve the inequalities  
2 6 2
4. In a triangle ABC, angle BAC =1500, AB = 5cm and
AC = 4cm, calculate the area of the triangle ABC.

8
5. Given that cos  for 00≤  0≤1800,
17
Find without using tables or calculator, values of sin 
and tan  .
6. Given that f ( x)  x 2  3 and g ( x)  x  1 , find the
value of a for which fg (a )  gf (a )
1
7. Without using tables or calculator evaluate (0.008) 3

8. A pole is fixed on horizontal ground. The angle of

depression of the foot of the pole from the top of a
cliff 57.7m high is 300. Find how far away the foot
of the cliff is from the pole.
9. Two coins have each one side labeled H and the
other T. they are together tossed once.
Write down the possibility space. Find the
probability that the labels on the two coins are
different.
 3a a  6 
10. Given the matrix M    , find the values
  6 a  2
of a for which the determinant of M is zero.

SECTION B
11. Draw the graph of the curve x 2  2 x  1 for
 3  x  3 . Use your graph to find the solutions of the
following equations.
(i) x 2  2 x  1  0
(ii) x 2  x  6  0
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15. The diagram below shows a hollow right cylinder
12. The image of the vertices P(2,3); Q(2, 2) and R(4,2) PQRSTU of negligible thickness, Part of which has
of a triangle PQR under a rotational transformation been cut off as shown below.
are P1(-1, 2), Q1(0,2) and R1(0,4) respectively. The If the radius of the circular end is 50cm, RS =150cm
image of PQR, P'Q'R' then undergoes a further
rotation of 520 to give the image P"Q"R". and PQ  TU =20cm,
(i) Represent triangle PQR and its images on the
same coordinate axes. (Use a scale of 2cm to 1 U
unit). C
(ii) Determine the centre and angle of rotation of
PQR. S
(iii) Find the coordinates of the final image P"Q"R". C
State the angle formed between PQR and
P"Q"R". Q 20cm P 150cm
13. In triangle ABC L, M and N are the mid-points of C C C C
50cm
BC,CA and AB respectively. AM= m; AN = n and C
3AG = 2AL. Find: R
C of the cross-section PQR
(i)The area
(a) Express in terms of vectors m and n. the vector (ii)How much water (in litres) would fill this container
(i) AB [use  =3.14].
(ii) AC
(iii) BC 16. On a shore running from east to west are two ports
(iv) BG P and Q which are 18km apart. A town R on an island
on the same level as P and Q is on a bearing of 2300
(v) GM
from P and 1400 from Q respectively. A pilot flying a
b) Show that B, G and M lie on a straight line and plane above port P observes town R at an angle of
3BG  2BM depression of 60. Calculate the
14. The cumulative frequency graph below shows the (i)Distances PR and QR
marks scored by 150 students in an end of term (ii)Vertical height of the plane above P.
examination marked out of 80 marks. Study the (iii)Angle of elevation of the plane from port Q.
graph and use it to:
17. The table below shows the tax structure on taxable
160 income of employees of a certain industry.
Number of
candidates140 Income (sh) per month Rate (%)
18,001-36,000 8.75
120 36,001-54,000 12.50
54,001-72,000 18.00
100
72,001-108,000 24.50
80
108,001-180,000 30.00
Above 180,000 40.50
60 An employee earning a gross income of sh. 425,000 a
month is allowed the following.
40
Allowance Amount (sh)
Transport and lunch 45,000 per month
20
Housing 80,000 per month
Water and electricity 2,100 per month
0 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Marks
Annual medical 900,000 per annum
a) Estimate the; Marriage 1 th
of gross monthly
(i) Median mark 20

(ii) Number of students who obtained distinction if 60 income

marks and above are distinction scores. [NB. A month is taken to be 30 days and a year 360
(iii) Number of students who scored 30 or less marks. days]. The employee is allowed a family allowance for
(iv) Pass mark if 92 students passed the examination. any three of his children according to age distribution.
b) Construct a table of the frequency distribution of the Age Shs
students’ performance. Hence calculate the mean 0-12 6,000
mark. 13-18 4,500
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19-21 2,500 2001 PAPER ONE
Given that this employee has a family of five children
with the older child aged 22, the other 15 years and the SECTION A
rest aged between 2 and 12 years, calculate the 1. Given that Q = I2Rt , make I the subject.
employee’s. Hence evaluate I for Q = 1000, t = 20, and R =2
(i) Total monthly allowance
2. In the figure below, AC  AD  BD , angle DAC =
(ii) Taxable income
(iii) Income tax 480. Find the size of angle x. (4 marks)
Determine the percentage of the employee’s income
that goes to tax. 1 x  3   23
3. Given that       , Find the values of x
1 1  y   7 
and y. (4 marks)

4. A floor measuring 2.5m is to be covered by square

tiles measuring 25cm each. Find the number of tiles
that will be needed to cover the floor.

5. A chord of length 6cm is 4cm from the centre of a

circle. Determine the circumference of the circle.

6. Without using tables or calculator, solve for x in the

1
equation 32 x   4 x 3  2 24 (4 marks)
8
7. Find the discount on a bicycle priced Shs 64,000 but
sold off at a discount of 7 1 2 %. How much was paid
for it?
 4 1
8. In a parallelogram OBCA, OA    and OB   
1
   3
, where O is the origin.
Find (i) vector BC
(ii) The co-ordinates of C (4 marks)

9. Given that log10x = 2.852, and

1
x 2
log10y = 2.581. Use tables to evaluate
y
Connect to 3 significant figures. (4 marks)

10. A triangle PQR whose area is 12cm2 is mapped

onto its image A1B1C1 by a transformation
2 1
represented by the matrix   . Find the area of
 3 4
A1B1C1 (4 marks)

SECTION B
11. (a)Given that functions
x3 1  2x
f ( x)  , g ( x)  , determine the value of
2 5
x for which fg(x) + gf(x) = 0. (6 marks)

(b) Express x2– x– 3 4 in the form (x + p)2 +q. Hence

solve the equation x2– x– 3 4 = 0 (6 marks)
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12. (a) Find the point of intersection of the lines respectively. The image of triangle KLM further under
y  2 x  3 and y = -x − 3. Calculate the area of triangle  2 0
goes transformation represented by matrix  
enclosed between the two lines and the x-axis. (6  0 2
marks)
Find (i) The coordinates of vertices K, L and M.
(ii) The coordinates of K", L" and M"
(b) Find the Equation of the line which is a
(iii) A single matrix of the transformation which
perpendicular bisector of the line passing through
would map triangle K" L" M" back onto triangle KLM.
points A(5, 4) and B(3, 8).
(12 marks)
13. Using a ruler, pencil and pair of compasses only,
17. A whole saler wishes to transport 870 crates of
construct triangle ABC such that AB = 8cm, angle
soda from a factory. He has a lorry which can carry 150
ABC = 600 and BAC = 450.
crates at a time and a pick-up truck which can carry 60
Construct the perpendicular from C onto AB to meet
crates at a time. The cost of each journey for the lorry
it at D. Measure the length CD.
is Shs. 25, 000 and for the pick-up Shs. 20,000. The
Draw a circle circumscribing triangle ABC.
pick-up makes more journey than the lorry because it
Measure its radius.
travels faster. The amount of money available for
Find the area of triangle ABC. (12 marks)
transporting the soda is Shs. 220,000.
14. The following table shows the marks obtained in a
(i)Write down five inequalities, representing the above
mathematics test by S.5 students in a certain school.
information.
50 53 31 56 38 (ii)Plot a graph for the inequalities, shading out the
33 39 51 38 41 unwanted regions.
69 57 63 50 54 (iii)How many journeys should the lorry and the pick-
40 41 45 48 64 up make so as to keep the transport cost as low as
59 61 55 36 52 possible. State how much money the wholesaler
saves by making these journeys.
Using class internal of 5 marks, make a frequency
distribution table, starting with the 30-34 class.
Use your table in (i) above to estimate the mean mark.
State the modal class.
Draw a histogram for the data. Use it to estimate the
modal mark. (12 marks)

15. In a certain school there are 50 students who play

three games, namely Chess, Tennis and Volleyball,
24 play Chess, 26 play Tennis and 29 play
Volleyball, 9 play both chess and volleyball, while
13 play both tennis and volleyball, 11 play both
Chess and Tennis. Each of these students play at
least one of the three games.
(a) Represent the above information on a Venn
diagram.

(b) Find;
(i) How many students play all three games?
(ii) The number of students who play only one
game.
(iii) The probability that a student selected at
random plays only tennis.
(iv) The probability that a student selected at
random plays only two of the games.

16. A transformation represented by the matrix

 6  4
  maps the vertices of triangle KLM onto its
2 1
image vertices K1(8, 3), L1(32, 11) and M1 (2,2)
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2001 PAPER TWO x -4.0 -3.5 -3.0 -2.5 -2.0 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
2x2 8 0.5
SECTION A 5x -10 2.5
-3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3
1. Find the H.C.F of 18, 42 and 48. (4 marks)
y -5
2. Without using tables or calculator evaluate
1 1
2 (i) On the same axes and using the same scales plot the
 8 3
16 2  64 3   (4 marks) graphs of y  x  1 and y  2 x 2  5 x  3
 125 
3. A television set costs British pound sterling (₤) 220. (ii) Using your graph solve the Equation x 2  2 x  2
Given the exchange rates:
13. In the figure below OL = 4.5cm, PM =3cm NM =
One United States dollar (1 US$) = ₤0.75, and
1 U$ = USh.1, 800, determine the cost of the set in 4cm and LN = 7.5cm.
Uganda shillings. (4 marks) L
4. Using a number line, find the integral values of x
M
which satisfy the sets
{3x > 2x + 5} ∩ { 3x < 32 – x}
O N
5. In the table below, y is known to be inversely P
proportional to x. Find:
y P 45 12 (i) lengths ON and OP
x 5 8 q (ii) The radius of the circle
Find the values of p and q (4 marks) (iii) Area of OLMP
6. Olga bought a motor cycle and sold it to Okello at a 14. In the figure below, vector PQ = s, PR  r ,
~ ~
loss of 25%. If he sold it at Shs. 1, 200,000, find
how much money Olga paid for it.(4 marks) 2QT  3TR and PU : UQ  2 : 3
R
x 1 x 1
7. Solve the Equation  (4 marks)
2x  5 3 T
r
8. Express 0. 321 as a fraction (4 marks) ~

9. A cylindrical tank of diameter 1.4m and length 2m s

P ~ Q
has a capacity of 3.08m3. Find the radius and height of U s
~
a similar tank of capacity 83.16m3.(4 marks)
10. The table below shows the age of pupils in a (a) Find in terms of vectors r and s , vectors
~ ~
certain class. (i) QR (ii) QT (iii) PT
Age (years) 11 12 8 (b) Show that UT is parallel to PR
No. of pupils a 10 a
If the mean age of the pupils is 10, find the value of a 15. In a certain country, income tax is computed after
(4 marks) deducting the following allowances.
Type of allowances Amount UShs
SECTION B Marriage 10,000
Single 4,000
11 (a) The length of a rectangular floor is 8 meters
more than its width. If the area of the floor is 65m2, Each child above 10 but below 20
find the dimensions and perimeter of the floor. years. 3,000
(6 marks) Each child under 10 years 2,000
(b) In the figure below ABCD is a rectangle. AB Omoja is married with 3 children, two below 10 years
of age and the other child 12 years old. Mbili is single
=10cm, AD  AX = 6cm and xy is an arc of a
but has two depedents aged 11 and 15 years. Each
circle, centre D.
month Omoja and Mbili earn gross incomes of Shs.
A X B
130,000 and 120,0000 respectively. The income tax is
calculated as follows.
D C Ush % age tax
Y 1st :01-10,000 20%
Calculate the area of the shaded region. (Take  =3.14)
Next:10,001-50,000 15%
(6 marks)
Rest:50,001 and above 10%
12. Given the Equation of a curve y  2 x 2  5 x  3 (a) Calculate the
(i) Taxable income for Omoja and Mbili.
(i) Copy and complete the table below. (ii) Income tax for Omoja and Mbili.
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b) Express the total income tax for each man as
percentage of their respective taxable incomes. 2002 PAPER ONE
16. A helicopter flies from Moroto due South for SECTION A
300km. It then flies on a bearing of 2550 for 350km. 1. Without using tables or calculator evaluate
From there is flies on a bearing of 0200 for 400km. (a) 3.1422 – 3.042 × 3.142 (2 marks)
(i) Draw an accurate diagram showing the journey of the (b) 1.21 × 10-2 × 40
helicopter using a scale of 1cm to represent 50km. 2.2×11 (2 marks)
(ii) From your diagram, find the distance and bearing of 2. Given that a2 – b2 = 63 and (a + b) = 21 find the
Moroto from the final position of helicopter. values of a and b .
(iii) Given that the helicopter flies at a steady speed of
200kmh-1, find how long the whole journey took. 3. Given that p= {the square of all prime numbers} and Q
= {the first ten square numbers}.
Write down the members of (P∩Q) (4 marks)
17. The diagram below shows a right pyramid with a
rectangular base ABCD AB =16cm, BC =12cm 4. Solve the pair of simultaneous Equations
and each slant edge of length 26cm. 2x + 3y = 8
V 2y – x = 3 (4 marks)
26cm 5. A straight line of gradient -1, passes through the
point (3, -2)
D (a) Determine the Equation of the line.(2 marks)
C
(b) Through which point does the line cut the y-axis?
(2 marks)
O 12cm
6. Three boys John, Michael and Tom share Shs 4,000.
A B Given that Tom gets six times as much as Michael and
16cm
John gets half of what Tom gets, find how much
Calculate the
money each boy gets.
(i) Height of OV above the base.
(ii) Angle between line VB and the base. 7. Two points P(5, 2) and Q(2, 4) are in a plane. Find
(iii) Angle between the planes BCV and ABCD. the
(a) Coordinates of M, the mid-point of PQ
(b) OM , where O is the origin (2 marks)
8. Factorise completely 16 x 3 y  2 y (4 marks)
9. In the diagram below, C and O are centers of two
intersecting circles. Angle CQS= 370

T
x
S R
C
37 0
O
Q y
P
N
Find the values of x and y (4 marks)
10. Without using tables or calculator, evaluate
4 log10 2  log10 48  log10 30 (4 marks)

SECTION B
11. Using a ruler, pencil and pair of compasses only,
(a) Construct a triangle ABC, where angle ABC=1050,
BC = 9.2cm and AC = 12cm. Measure and state
length AB and angle BAC.
(b) Draw a circle circumscribing triangle ABC. State
the radius of the circle.
12. The Venn diagram below shows representation of
members of a community council to three different
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committees of Finance (F), Production (P) and (c)Estimate the mean using a working mean of 47.
Security (S) 16. The base of a right pyramid is a rectangle 10.0cm by
n (P)=10 n(F)=10 8.0cm and the slant edges are each 13cm.
Calculate the;
2 a 3 (a)Total surface area of the pyramid.
(b)Angle between two opposite slanting sides of the
c 3 b
pyramid whose base length is 10.0cm.

1
17 (a) Customs duty and purchase tax levied on certain
n(S) =7 imported commodities are calculated as follows;
Determine the values of a, b and c . Customs duty: 30% of the value of the commodity.
Find the:
Purchase tax: 20% of (value + duty)
(i) total number of members that make up the
community council. Calculate the total amount of money levied on a
(ii) number of members who belong to more than commodity valued at Shs 18,600. Hence determine
one committee. the percentage rate for the two taxes combined.
Given that a member is chosen at random from the (b) A company borrowed 14.85 million shillings to
council members, what is the probability that the boost its business. The bank rate is 12% compound
member belongs to interest per annum. The company had to repay the
Only one committee loan and interest within two years. It is to repay
Not more than two committees? these bank dues in six Equal installments. Calculate
the
13. (a) Express 1.252525 as a fraction. (i) Total amount the company paid to the bank.
(b) Given that 2g – e = 3g(g – e), express g in terms of (ii) Interest the company paid to the bank.
e in its simplest form. (iii) Amount of money the company paid per
4 3 installment.
(c) Express in the form a  b c , where a ,
4 3
b and c are constants.
14. The distance d(m) traveled by a car after time t(s) is
given by the following table.
d(m) 0.0 10.0 22.0 29.0 31.5 36.0
t(s) 0 2 54 7 8 10
(a) Plot a distance – time graph to show the motion of
the car. (Use scales: 2.0cm to 1.0 sec and 2.0cm to
5.0m on the horizontal and vertical axes
respectively)
(b) Use your graph to estimate
(i) The distance the car had traveled after t = 4s.
(ii) At what time the car had covered 34.0m.
(iii) The average speed of the car between
t = 3s and t = 7s.
15. The marks obtained by a class of 40 pupils in
an English test are given below.
50 71 40 48 61 70 30 62
44 63 60 51 55 25 32 65
54 62 65 50 45 40 25 45
48 45 30 38 30 28 24 48
30 48 28 35 50 48 50 60
(a) Using a class internals of 5 marks, construct a
frequency table starting with the 20-24 class
group.
(b)Represent this information on a histogram. Use
the histogram to estimate the model mark.
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2002 PAPER TWO a) Determine in terms of p and q , the vector (i) OX
~ ~
SECTION A (ii) OY (iii) OZ (iv) XY (vi)YZ
r 2  s2 b) Hence or otherwise show that x, y and z lie on a
1. Given that r * s  , find
10s straight line. State the ratio of the lengths XY and
(a) 4*–8
(b) 7*(4* −8) YZ .
2. Express the bearing South South-East (SSE) in 13. The end points of line AB whose coordinates are A
degrees. (4 marks) (3, -1) and B (4, -3) undergo a rotational transformation
1x x to give the image line A'B' with A'(1,3) and B'(3,4)
3. Solve the inequality  5  1  (4 marks)
4 2 respectively.
a. Plot the line AB and its image on the same set of
 3  2
4. Given that OA    , OB    , where OA and axes using a scale of 2cm to 1 unit.
 5  0 b. Determine the centre and angle of rotation of the
OB are position vectors of A and B respectively, find line.
the area of the triangle OAB. c. Find the new image A"B" of AB when its image
5 A'B' further undergoes a rotation of 1280. State the
5. Given that tan  = , without using tables or size of the angle formed between AB and A"B".
12
calculator , find the value of cos  -sin  . (4 marks) 14. The cumulative frequency graph below shows
1 marks scored by 180 students in an end of year
6. Given that f ( x)  3 x  5 find the value of x such examination marked out of 80 marks. Study the
2
that f(x) = 10. graph and use it to.
7. Without using tables or calculator find 4 40.0081 180

160
8. K, L and M are three points on a circle of radius 8cm
such that KLM is an equilateral triangle. What is the 140
shortest distance of any side of the triangle from the
centre of the circle? 120
Number of candidates

9. Two dice are thrown up at once. What is the 100

probability that the sum of the scores on the dice is
less than 8? 80

1 3   1 2 60
10. Given that matrices A   , B   
 4 11  1 3 40
Find (a) P = A.B
(b) P–1 (4 marks) 20

SECTION B 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 Marks
11(a) Copy and complete the table below a)
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 Estimate the
2
x -2 (i) Median mark.
(ii) Number of students who scored 30 or less marks.
-x2+6
(iii) Number of students who obtained distinction if 61
b) Plot on the same axes the graphs of y = x2 –2 and or more marks were distinction scores.
y = 6 – x2, for -4 ≤ x ≤ 4 (iv) Pass mark of the examination if 94 students passed.
Using your graphs solve the equation x2-2 = 6-x2 b) Construct a table of the frequency distribution of the
students’ performance. Hence calculate the mean
12. In a triangle OPQ, x is a point such that mark
2
OX  OP and Y the mid point of PQ . The point 15. Three towns A, B and C lie on the same level
3 ground. Town B is 15km away from Town C. the
Z on OQ is such that OQ  QZ . Given that OP= p bearings of towns B and C from A are 0600 and 1500
~
respectively. The bearing of C from B is 2000. To a
and OQ = q . pilot flying an aircraft above A, the angle of
~
depression of C is 7.50. Calculate the:
a) distances AB and AC .
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b) vertical height of the aircraft above A.
c) Angle of elevation of the aircraft from B.
2003 PAPER ONE
16. A rectangular swimming pool is constructed such SECTION A
that when the pool is completely full, the shallow
end is 1 metre deep and the deeper end is 4 metres 2  33
2
1. Simplify (4 marks)
deep. The pool is 25 metres long from the shallow 2  4  36  18
end to the deep end and 20 metres wide.
63  28
(a)Calculate the: 2. Simplify as far as possible
175  63
(i)Inclination of the floor of the swimming pool to the
3. The diagonals of a rhombus are 20cm and 48cm
horizontal.
respectively. Determine the length of the side of the
(ii)Volume of the water (in m3) that can fill the pool.
rhombus. (4 marks)
(b)Starting with the pool empty, a tap which delivers
water at a rate of 400 litres per minute is used to fill the
pool. How long (to the nearest hour) will the pool take 4. Factorize 8a 2  18b 2 completely (4 marks)
to fill? 8a2 – 18b2 = 2(4a2 – 9b2)
= 2(22a2 – 32b2)
17. In a certain school a teacher’s salary includes the = 2(2a + 3b)(2a – 3b)
following tax-free allowances. 780  0.25
5. Use logarithm tables to evaluate correct
1.09
Type of allowances Amount
to 2 decimal places. (4 marks)
Legally married teacher Shs. 10,000/-
Each child under 10 years Shs. 2,500/-  2 0  4 8
A , B   
Each child above 10 years Shs. 2,000/-  0 2   2 6  ,Find det(A.B)
6. If
PTA Shs. 50,000/- 7. Find the equation of the line passing through the
Head of department/ subject Shs. 10,000/- points (2, -1) and (5, 8) (04 marks)
Class teacher Shs. 5,000/-
House master/mistress Shs. 5,000/- 8. Given that f(x) = ax – 7and f(8) = 17, find value of
Unmarried teacher Shs. 6,000/- (i) a
(ii) f(4) (4 marks)
Mr. Mugisha and Ofuti are senior teachers in this 9. The pie-chart below shows the fruits popularly sold
school. Mr. Mugisha is married with two children in a daily super market in Kampala.
under 10 years and one child above 10 years. He is also
a class teacher and head of mathematics department. pineapples
Mr. Ofuti is single but has two children under 10 years 1200 Apples
and is also a house master and a class teacher. Their 540
960
gross incomes at the end of the month are each
Bananas
subjected to a “PAYEE” (Pay As You Earn) which has Mangoes
the following rates.
For the fist Shs. 10,000 taxable income the tax is 20% If 420 apples were sold on a given day, Determine,
while the rest is taxed at 15%. At the end of the month (i) The total number of fruits that were sold that day.
Mr. Mugisha’s gross income was Shs 150,000 and (ii) How many mangoes were sold that day
Ofuti’s gross income Shs 130,000
10. There are enough chicken feeds to feed 360 chicken
Calculate the:
for 21 days. Find how many more
a) Taxable income for each teacher.
chicken would be needed for the same feeds to last
b) Tax paid by each teacher.
15 days. (4 marks)
c) Tax paid as a percentage of the gross income for each
teacher.
SECTION B
11. The figure below shows a rectangular piece of
paper ABCD which has been folded along EF such that
C maps onto G.
B F 4cm C
3cm
( x  2)cm G E

A (2x+3) cm D
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Given that EC = 3cm and FC = 4cm, AB = (x +2) cm teachers who teach Physics and chemistry is Equal to
and AD = (2x + 3)cm. that of those who teach chemistry but not Physics.
(a) Find: (a) Represent the above information on a Venn
(i) The area of triangle ECF. diagram
(ii) An expression for the area of shaded region
ABFGED in terms of x. (b) Find the number of teachers who teach
(i) Mathematics only.
(b) If the shaded area is 43cm2, show that 2x2 + 7x – 49 (ii) Physics only.
= 0. Hence find the length of AD (12 marks) (iii) None of the three subjects.
(c) Find the probability that a teacher picked at random
12. Using a pair of compasses and a ruler only, teaches only one or none of these subjects.
Construct triangle PQR, such that angle PQR = 600,
QR = 9.0cm, PR = 8.5cm. Measure the length QP , 16. The distance between two towns A and B is 432 km.
A lorry traveling at a steady speed of 72kmh -1 leaves
Bisect the sides PQ and PR . Produce the line bisectors town A at 6:45 a.m. for town B. one and a half hours
to intersect at point M. later, a minibus leaves town A at a steady nonstop
Using M as the centre, draw a circle to circumscribe speed of 108kmhr-1 heading for town B.
triangle PQR. Measure the radius of the circle. Hence (a) On the same axes, show the journeys of the two
calculate the area of the circle. (Correct to 2 significant vehicles (use scales of 2cm to represent 40km and
figure) (12 marks) 2cm to represent 1hour)
13. A retail trader ordered for shirts from a Kampala (b) Use your graph to estimate the:
wholesale shop as follows; (i) Time and distance from town A when the mini-
Size bus overtakes the lorry.
olour Small Medium Large Extra large (ii)Times when the two vehicles arrive in town A
Blue 0 40 20 0 (iii) Differences in the times of arrival of the two
Green 30 0 25 0 vehicles
Yellow 0 20 0 10
17. A farmer plans to plant an 18hectare field with
Given below is the cost for each size of shirt.
carrots and potatoes. The farmer’s estimates for the
Size
project are shown in the table below.
Small Median Large Extra large
Carrots Potatoes
Cost (UShs) 3000 3600 4200 4800 Harvesting cost
Shs 95, 000 Shs 60,000
(a) Write down a per hectare
Number of
(i) 4 × 3 matrix for the order of the shirts made. working hours
12 days 4days
(ii) 4 × 1 cost matrix. Expected profit
Shs 228,000 Shs 157,000
(b) Given that the trader had to pay a tax of 17% of the per hectare
cost of shirts purchased, find his expenditure on the
The farmer has only Shs 1,140,000 to invest in the
order. (12 marks)
project. The total number of working days is 120.
14. The table below shows the marks scored by 90 By letting x represent the number of hectares to be
students in a test marked out of 50 marks. planted, with carrots and y the number of hectares to be
Marks Frequency(f) planted with potatoes,
15-19 1 (a) Write down inequalities for;
20-24 13 (i) Cost of the project
25-29 29 (ii) Working days
30-34 25 (iii) Number of hectares used in the project
35-39 19 (iv) The possibility that the field will at least be used
40-44 3 for planting either carrots or potatoes
Represent the above on a histogram. Use your (b) Write down an expression for the profit, P, in terms
histogram to estimate the mode. of x and y
Calculate the mean mark of the test using a working
mean of 27. (c) (i) on the same axes plot graphs of the inequalities
in (a) and (b) above, shading out the unwanted
15. A school has a teaching staff of 22 teachers. 8 of regions
them teach Mathematics, 7 teach Physics and 4 teach (ii) Use your graph to determine how the farmer
Chemistry. Three teach both Mathematics and Physics should use the field to maximize profit. Hence find
and one teaches Mathematics and Chemistry. No the farmers maximum profit.
teacher teaches all the three subjects. The number of
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2003 PAPER TWO

SECTION A
1. Without using tables or calculator evaluate
1 1
1 2
 1  3
   
 16   64 
2. Without using tables or calculator, evaluate
7.46 2  2.54 2 (4 marks)
3. Given that a*b= a 2  (ab) , find (1*4)*3

4. Use logarithm tables to find the square root of

0.0576.

5. Given that y is directly proportional to x3 and that y

is 250 when x = 10, find the equation connecting x and
y. hence find the value of y when x = 4.

6. Given that A = x: -2 ≤ x ≤ 1 and B = {x: 0 < x ≤ 5}

represent A  B on a number line. State A  B.
(4 marks)

7. A student wrote (p + q)2 as p2 + q2. Find the

percentage error the student made in evaluating (p +
q)2 when p = 7 and q = 3. (4 marks)
8. A lake of area 120km2 is represented by the area of
4.8cm2 on a map. Find the length (in km) of a
horizontal road measuring 6cm on the map.
9. Mary is five years younger than John and Peter is
twice as old as Mary. The sum of their ages is 49. Find
Peter’s age. (4 marks)

10. A box contains green, blue and red balls. The

1
probability of picking a green ball from the box is
5
1
and that of a blue ball . What is the probability of
2
picking a red ball from the box?

SECTION B
11. In the diagram below ABCD is a rectangle in which
BC = 4acm and CD = a cm. P and Q are points on AB
and AD respectively. Such that AP = AQ = 3cm.

A 3cm Q D
3cm
P a

B 4a C
(i) Find the sum of the areas of triangles BCP and
CDQ in terms of a.
(ii) Given that the area of triangle PQC is 40.5cm2,
find the value of a
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(iii) Express the area of triangle PCQ as a ratio of the H G
area of the rectangle ABCD.
E M
F
12. On the same coordinate axes, draw the curve y =
4x2 for -2 ≤ x ≤ 2 and the line y=1, show by shading D C
the unwanted region, the region represented by
(i) y > 1 A
8cm B
(ii) y < 4 - x2
Hence state the integral coordinates of the points which Find:
lie in the region {y >1  y < 4-x2} (i)Area of triangle HAM
(ii)Angle between HAM and the plane AEHD
13. In a sports field, four points A, B, C and D are such (iii)Volume of the remaining part of the cube after the
that B is due south of A and due west of D, AB = tetrahedron has been cut off
10.8m, BD = 18.8m, CD = 16.6m.  BAD = 600, 
CDB = 400 and  BCD=800. A vertical pole created at 17. The monthly income tax system of a country is
D has a height of 4.8m. given as below.
Basic pay (U Shs.) Tax (%)
(a)(i) Draw a sketch of the relative positions of the 1st 0-150,000 Free
points on the sports field. Next:15,1000-250,000 10.0
(ii) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 2m, draw an Next:251,000-350,000 12.5
accurate diagram to show the relative positions of the Next:351,000-450,000 16.0
points and the pole. Next:451,000-550,000 22.5
(b) Find the: Next:551,000-650,000 30.5
(i) Distances BC and AD
(ii) Bearing of B from C. An allowance in excess of Shs. 80,000 is subjected to a
(iii) Angle of elevation of the top of the pole from B. tax of 25% of the monthly allowance. Two employees
(c) If an athlete runs from point A through points B, C A and B are such that A earns a basic monthly pay of
and D and back to A in 16 seconds, find the athlete’s Shs. 355,000 and a top up allowance of Shs. 185,000
average speed. per month while B earns only a basic ,monthly pay of
Shs 540,000.
14. In a triangle ABC, M and D are midpoints of (i) Who of the two employees pay more monthly?
AC and CN respectively. N is appoint on AB such Income tax than the other and by how much?
that AN = 3NB
(ii) Express employee A’s Income tax as a percentage
If AB = p and AC = q, express the following vectors in
of his monthly earnings.
terms of vectors p and q
(i) AM
(ii) AN
(ii) ND
(b) Show that MD is parallel to AB and that MD: AB =
3:8

15. Town B can be reached using two different routes.

Using a shorter route, it takes the driver 2hrs 26min.
the driver covered the first xkm at an average speed of
54km-1 and then covered the remaining ykm at an
average speed of 37.5km-1. using the second route,
which is 5km longer than the shorter route, it takes the
driver 2hrs 12min at an average speed of 60km-1
(i) Show that the time taken using the shorter route is
given by the equation 25x  36 y  3285
(ii) Form an equation in terms of x and y that represents
the time taken using the second route.
(iii) Find how long it would take a driver traveling at a
steady speed of 65kmh-1 to move from town A to
town B by the shorter route
16. The diagram below shows a cube ABCDEFGH of
sides 8cm and EM = MF. A tetrahedron AMHE is cut
off the cube.
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A B
2004 PAPER ONE 15cm

SECTION A D 44cm C

33  92  1251 / 3 If it was curved in such a way that AD and BC

1. Simplify (4 marks) come together to form a hollow cylindrical figure,
93 find the volume of the cylindrical figure formed.
2 (b) A rectangular piece of cardboard measuring 27cm
2. If = a  b , find the values of a and b.
3 2 long and 15cm wide rests against a vertical wall as
shown in the diagram below.
3. ABCD is a quadrilateral in which angles ABC and C
CDA are 900 each. If AB = 6cm. AC = 10cm and
CD= 5cm. Find
(a) Length BC B
(b) Angle ACD
4. Factorize x 3  9xy 2 completely (4 marks)
 2 2 1 1  27cm
5. Given that A    and B    Find:
 1 3 1 2  D
15cm
(a) The matrix P such that AB = P Y 250
(b) P-1 ( 4 marks) X
A
6. Use the fact that log10 2  0.301 and x = 4, to find
If angle DAY = 250, find the length of C above the
the value of log10x2. (4 marks) ground
2
x
7. Given that f ( x)   5 , find the value of x for 12. Using a pair of compasses and ruler only
3
which f(x( = 17 (4 marks) Construct triangle ABC such that
BC =10.6cm and angles ACB = 750 and ABC = 600,
8. Find the Equation of the line passing through the Construct a circumcircle of triangle ABC with O as its
points (-1, 3) and (4, 2) (04 marks) centre.
(c) Measure lengths AB and AC and the radius of the
9. A food store has enough food to feed 200 students circle. (12 marks)
for 15 days. For how long will the food last if 50
students join the group? 13. Three secondary school football teams X, Y and Z
qualified for a football tournament which was
10. The pie-chart below represents the number of played in two rounds with other teams. In the first
students who attend various courses in a round:
commercial college. Team X won one game, drew one and lost three games.
Team Y won three and lost two games.
TOURISM Team Z won two, drew and lost one game in the
500 MARKETING second round.
400 Team X won two, drew two and lost one game.
CATERING
1500 Team Y won four and drew one game while team Z
ACCOUNTANCY won three games, drew one and lost one.
(a) Write down
If the number of students studying Accountancy is 120. (i) a 3×3 matrix to show the performance of the three
(a) Determine the student population of the college. teams in each of the two rounds.
(b) Find the number of students who study (ii) A matrix which shows the overall performance of
marketing. the teams in the two rounds. (4 marks)
(b) If three points are awarded for a win, two points for
a draw and no point for a loss, use matrix
SECTION B multiplication to determine the winner of the
tournament.
11. (a) The diagram below shows a rectangle ABCD of
(c) Given that Shs. 475,000 is to be shared by the three
length 44cm and width 15cm.
teams according to the ratio of their points scored in
the tournament. Find how much money each team
will get.
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14. The distance from town A to town B is 360 km. An (b) If the parking charges for a pick-up is Shs 500 and
express bus leaves town A at 6:30a.m and travels at a that for a min-bus is Shs 800 per day, find how
steady speed of 80kmh-1 towards town B. At the same many vehicles of each type should be parked in
time, a taxi Omnibus leaves town B traveling non-stop order to obtain maximum income. Hence find the
towards town A at a steady speed of 100kmh-1. On the maximum parking income per day. (3 marks)
same axes draw a distance time graph for the journeys
of the two vehicles. Use a scale of 2cm to represent 1
hour and 2cm to represent 50kmh-1.
From the graph;
(i) Find the difference in the time of arrival of the bus
and the taxi.
(ii) Determine when and at what distance from town A
the two vehicles will meet.

15. A packet has 60 different vitamin tablets. Each

tablet contains at least one of the vitamins A, B and C.
Twelve of the tablets contain only vitamin A. Seven
contain vitamin B only and eleven contain only vitamin
C. Six contain all the three vitamins.
Giventhat n(A'∩B∩C) = n(B'∩A∩C) = n(C'∩A∩B),
find the:
(i) Number of tablets that contain vitamin A.
(ii) Probability that a tablet picked at random from the
packet contain vitamin C.
(iii) Probability that a tablet picked at random from the
packet contains both vitamins A and B.
16. The table below shows the weight (in kg) of 40
students of a class and their corresponding cumulative
frequencies.
Weight(kg) cumulative Freq.
30-34 2
35-39 7
40-44 12
45-49 21
50-54 28
55-59 34
60-64 38
65-69 40

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve, use your

graph to estimate the
Median weight of the students.
25th and 75th percentile weights.
(b) Calculate the mean weight of the students.

17. A private car park is designed in such away that it can

accommodate x pick-ups and y min-buses at any given
time. Each pick-up is allowed 15m2 of space and each
min-bus 25m2 of space. There is only 400m2 of space
available for parking. Not more than 35 vehicles are
allowed in the park at a time. Both types of vehicles are
allowed in the park. But at most 10 min-buses are
allowed at a time.
(a) (i) Write down all the inequalities to represent the
above information.
(ii) On the same axes plot graphs to represent the
inequalities in (i) above, shading out the
unwanted region.
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standing up right on horizontal ground. Find the length
2004 PAPER TWO of his shadow, correct to 2 significant figures.
SECTION A
1.. Express 784 as a product of prime factors. Hence
find the square root of 784. SECTION B
2. If the exchange rate of a Kenya shilling to Uganda 11 (a) At the beginning of the year, a customer
shilling is 1K.sh = 24 Ush, and an American dollar to deposited sh 1,900,000 in a bank which offers a
Uganda shilling is $1 = Ush 1,950. How many compound interest rate of 2.75% per four months. Find
American dollars would one get in exchange for Ksh how much interest he earned at the end of the year.
9,750? (b) A cooking oil factory offers a trade discount of 2% to
3. In the diagram below, BC is a tangent to the circle its customer. It also offers a 1% cash discount to any
with centre O and angle BAO=300.(4 marks) customer who pays cash for the oil bought. If the
factory price for a 20 litre jerrican of cooking oil is sh
x0 B 30,000, find the amount of money a customer saves by
paying for 100 jerricans of the oil.

y0 12. The coordinates of the vertices of a triangle OAB

A 300
O C are O(0, 0), A(1, 0) and B(1, 1)
a) Find the co-ordinates of the image formed when:
 3
Find the size of the angles x and y. (i) Triangle OAB undergoes a translation of   to
2
 
4. Given that the representative fraction of a map is 1
form O A B .1 1

1  2 0 
, find the length of a horizontal road on the (ii) OAB is transformed by the matrix   to
250,000
 0  3
map whose length on the ground is 66.25km long.
form O11A11 B11.
b) (i) plot triangle OAB and its images on the same
2 b graph
5. The transformation described by the matrix  
 c 3 (ii) Use your graph to find the area of O11A11 B11
maps the point P(-1, 3) onto its image p1(10,8).Find the 13. Two cyclists C1 and C2 start at the same time from
values of b and c trading centre P travelling to trading centre Q which
are 24km a part. Cyclist C1 starts at a steady speed of
6. In the figure below, DE = 8.0cm, BC =12.0cm and 10kmh-1 greater than that of cyclist C2 who also travels
at a steady speed. When C1 has covered half the
BD = 5.0cm. distance, he delays for three quarters of an hour, after
A
which he travels at a speed 25% less his original speed
and arrives in trading centre Q fifteen minutes earlier
than cyclist C2.
a) Determine the speeds of cyclists C1 and C2.
D 8.0cm E b) If cyclist C2 started from trading centre Q at the
5cm same time as cyclist C1 started from trading centre P,
B 12.0cm C both of them traveling non-stop on the way, find how
V far from Q the two cyclists would meet. After how long
Given that DE is parallel to BC , find length AD . would they meet?

7. Solve the equation 3x2 +10x=8 14. (a) Plot the graph of y = 3x2 + 2x − 16 for values x:
8. Given that 133n = 43ten, find the value of n. −3≤x≤3
b) Use your graph to solve the equation
9. A fair die with faces marked 1,2,3 …., 6 and a fair 3x2 + 2x – 8 = 0
coin with one side showing a court of arms (C) and 3x2 + 2x – 16 = -8
the other side a fish (F) are tossed together once. 15. The bearing of tower A from point O is 0600 and
Construct a possibility space showing all the possible
that of tower B from O, 2000 OA =24km and OB
out comes. Find the probability that a six and a fifth
=33km. tower C is exactly half way between towers A
will show up.
and B.
10. The angle of depression of the sun’s rays to a man’s
head is 140. If the man whose height is 1.7m, is
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a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 5km, draw an
accurate diagram showing the positions of the 2005 PAPER ONE
towers.
b) Use your diagram to find: SECTON A
i. Distances AB and OC . 1. Write down the next term of each of the given
ii. The bearing of tower B from tower A. sequences.
iii. The bearing of tower C from O. (i) 2, 3, 1, 4, 0,…
c) Find: (ii) 1, 4, 20, 120,….
i. The average speed of a cyclist who takes 2 14 2. Without using tables or calculator find the value of
hours to travel directly from A to B. i. Cos7800
ii. How long it takes another cyclist to travel from ii. Sin3900
A and B via O at a steady speed of 4.5kmh-1
faster than that of the cyclist in (c) (i) above. 3. Without using tables or calculator simplify
16. The diagram below shows a quadrilateral OSRQ. 30  35
OS = q , OP = p and SX = k(SP) 6 7
~ ~
q
O ~
S 4. At lunch time a certain hotel received 80 customers.
p Of these 45 had a posho (P) meal and 50 had matooke
P
~
X (M).
(i) Represent this information in a Venn diagram.
(ii) Find the number of people who had a meal of both
Q R P and M.
(i) Express vectors SP and OX in terms of p , q and k.
~ ~
5. If the point (2, -1) undergoes a translation
(ii) If OQ = 3 p and QR = 2OS, and OX=lOR, find  11 
 represented by the matrix   , find the image of
the values of k and l. hence find the ratio SX: XP.   4
(12 marks) P. (4 Marks)
17. In the diagram below VABCD is a pyramid with a
rectangular base ABCD and V, the vertex, O is the 6. Calculate the simple interest on Shs 96,000 for 10
centre of the base ABCD. months at rate of 8 13 % per annum.
AB = 8m, BC = 6m, VC  VB  VA  VD =13m. M
7. Using mathematical tables evaluate
is a point on VO such that 3 MV  OV . M is also the 3
(0.48) 5 correct to 2 dp.
centre of base EFGH of a small pyramid VEFGH
similar to VABCD which is to be cut off from the
original pyramid VABCD. 8. A stretch of land on a map of scale 1:15,000 has an
area of 300cm2. Determine the actual area of the
V
land in km2.
13m
9. A floor measuring 6m × 4m is to be covered with
H G square tiles measuring 50cm each. Find the cost of
E M F covering the floor, if the price of a dozen of tiles is
Shs. 15,000.

10. Show that the points (3x, -2y), (2x, y) and (0, 7y) lie
on a straight line.
D
C

SECTION B
6m
O 11. (a) Express x + x – 12 in the form (x + a)2 + b.
2

Hence solve the Equation x2 + x – 12 = 0

A B b) Given that functions f(x) = x 2 3 , and
8m 1 2 x
g(x) = 5 , determine the values x for which
Find the (i) Dimensions of the base EFGH.
(ii) Height of pyramid VABCD. 9  24x  8 x 2
fg ( x) 
(iii) Volume of the remaining part of pyramid VABCD 10
when VEFGH is cut off.
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12. (a) Use matrix method to solve the following pair (ii) If Mugisha spends sh. 6,000 to buy n pens and n
of simultaneous equations. rulers. Find the value of n.
x y 3 (b) A pick up van can be bought by cash at Shs.
3x  2 y  1 8,750,000 or can be bought on hire purchase by
b) A transformation maps (1, 2) onto (-1, 4), and (2, 3) paying 25% deposit of cash price and 12 monthly
onto (-1, 7). Find the matrix of this transformation. installment of sh.600,000 per month.
Hence determine the image of (3, 0) under the Calculate:
transformation. (i) Cost of pick up by hire purchase.
(ii) Extra money paid for the pick-up by hire purchase
13. Using a ruler, pencil and pair of compasses only, than by cash.
Construct a triangle ABC such that AB =8.7cm, AC = 17. A transport company has 8 lorries of 8-tonnes
10.6cm and angle BAC=600. carrying capacity each, and 5 lorries of 10-tonnes
Inscribe a circle on the triangle ABC, capacity each. There are 12 drivers available. The
Construct a perpendicular from B onto AC to meet it company was contracted to transport 480 tonnes of
at point D. cement from the factory to a town on a given day. The
8-tonne lorries can make 6 journeys in a day and the 10
Measure length BC and the radius of the cycle.
tonne lorries 4 journeys a day. The costs of using an 8-
Measure BD and calculate the area of triangle ABC. tonne lorry and a 10-tonne lorry are sh. 40,000 and sh.
60,000 respectively.
14. The figure below shows a hollow pipe of external (i) Write down the inequalities to represent the
diameter 16mm, internal diameter 10mm and length above information
50cm. (ii) Plot a graph for the inequalities, shading out the
unwanted regions
(iii) From your graph, find the number of 10-tonne
and 8-tonne lorries the company used, keeping its
costs as minimal as possible

Dd 50cm

(i) Calculate the surface area (in cm2) of the pipe

correct to 2 dp. (use  =3.142)
(ii) What would be the surface area of a similar pipe of
length 150cm, external diameter 48mm and
internal diameter 30mm.
15. The table below shows the marks obtained in a
chemistry test by 54 students in a certain school.
54 49 60 58 54
60 51 57 56 54
53 59 56 52 55
57 62 54 54 56
48 51 52 55 58
65 55 54 57 61
(a) Using class width of 3 marks and starting with the
class of 48 – 50, make a frequency distribution
table.
b) Use your table to
(i) draw a histogram.
(ii) determine the median and mean mark.

16. (a) Okello bought 3 pens and 2 rulers from a

bookshop at shs. 3,150. Mukasa bought 2 pens and 3
rulers from the same bookshop at sh. 2,850.
(i) Find the cost of each pen and a ruler.
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2005 PAPER TWO 10. The angle of elevation of the top of a flag pole to a
policeman of height 1.7m is 200. If the policeman is
SECTION A standing at a distance of 16m from the pole on level
ground, find the approximate height of the flag pole,
1. Find the highest common factor (HCF) of 18, 45 and correct to 2 significant figures.
42.

2. When thirty times a number is increased by 32, the SECTION B

result is equal to twice the square of the number.
Find the number. 11. Mr. Lwanga and Mr. Okot were each given Uganda
shillings 980,000 at the beginning of 1999. Mr.
3. If the exchange rate for a French Franc to a pound Lwanga exchanged his money to United States dollars
sterling is £1 = 9.00 Francs and £1 =$1.53 (American and then banked it on his foreign currency account at a
dollars), find how many American dollars one would compound interest rate of 2% per annum, while Mr.
get in exchange for 1,000 Francs. Okot banked his money without exchanging it, at a
compound interest rate of 12% per annum. The
4. In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle. exchange rates in 1999 and 2000 were Ug. Sh 1,250
and Ug. Sh1,500 to a dollar respectively. If Mr. Okot
AB and CB are tangents to the circle. Angle
withdrew sh. 120,000 at the end of 2000.
ABC=540. (04 marks)
C (i) Calculate the amount of money (in Ug.sh) each
man had in the bank at the end of 2000.
(ii) Who had more money and by how much?
D O 540 B
12. Two cyclists C1 and C2 begin travelling at the same
time from town A to town B, 18 km a part. C1 travels at
A a steady speed of 15 kmh-1 faster than that of cyclist C2
Find angle ADC who also travels at a steady speed. When C1 has
covered half the distance, he delays for half an hour,
1 after which he travels at a speed 20% less his original
5. The representative fraction of a map is . speed. He arrives in town B 15 minutes earlier than
250,000 cyclist C2.
Find the area of a lake (in km2) which is represented on
the map by an area of 4.6cm2. (i) Determine the speeds of the two cyclists C1 and
C2.
6. If 135n = 75ten, find the value of n (ii) If cyclist C2 started from town B while C1 at the
same time started from town A and all the two
7. Use matrix method to solve the pair of simultaneous travel non-stop, determine the distance from town
equations. A where the two cyclists will meet. After how
2x – y = 8 long will they meet?
4x – 3y = 14 (04 marks) 13. Using suitable scales, plot on the same axes the
5x
8. In the figure ABC, AB = 6cm, = 2cm, CD = graphs of y = 2x2 and y =  5 for -2≤ x ≤ 3. Use
2
4cm and CE = 5 cm. your graphs to estimate the solutions of the
C equations.
5cm 4cm (i) 4x2 − 5x − 10 = 0
E D (ii) 6x2 + 10x −30 = 0n Correct to 2dp
2cm
14. Town B is 100km away from town A on bearing of
1350. Town D is on a bearing of 0900 from town B,
A B 124km a part. Town C 160km away from town D is on
6cm
bearing 0300 from D.
If is parallel to AB , find length AE Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20km, make an
accurate drawing to show the relative positions and
9. A fair coin with one side showing court of arms (A)
distances of towns A, B, C and D.
and other side showing a cow (C) is tossed twice. Find
Determine the:
the probability that at least a cow (C) will show up in
a. Shortest distance and bearing of town C from A.
the two tosses. (04 marks)
b. Distance and bearing of town B from town C.
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15. a) (i) Find the images of the points A(1, 4), B(1,1)
8cm
and C(2, 1) of a triangle ABC under a
transformation L whose matrix is  1 0 
0 1  
1 1 1
(ii) Plot triangle ABC and its image A B C on the
same graph. Describe the matrix transformation L.
hence deduce the matrix transformation which would
map triangle A1 B1C 1 onto triangle ABC.
b) Triangle A1 B1C 1 is mapped onto triangle
A11B11C 11 by matrix transformation M =  1 0 
 0 1 12cm
11
(i) Find the coordinates of A B C . 11 11
Calculate the volume of the remaining solid [Use  =
(ii) Plot A11 B11C 11 on the same graph in (a) (ii) above. 3.142].
Use your graph to describe a single transformation
that will map triangle ABC onto triangle A11 B11C 11 .
Hence find the single matrix transformation which
maps triangle ABC onto A11 B11C 11 .
(ii) The single transformation that maps ABC onto
A11B11C 11 is half turn about the origin (0, 0). Single
equivalent matrix.
M . L
 1 0   1 0    1 0 
     
 0  1  0 1   0  1 

16. In a triangle OAB, OA = a , OB = b . A point L is

~ ~
on the side AB and M on the side OB. OL and AM
3
meet at S. AS = SM and OS = OL.
4
Given that OM = xOB and AL = yAB. Express the
vectors,
(i) AM and OS in terms of a, b and x.
(ii) OL and OS in terms of a , b and y. hence find x
~ ~
and y.
B

a M
S
L
~
~
O A
b
~
17. The figure below shows part of a solid right circular
cone whose original height was 20cm before part of
its top was cut off. The radius of the base is 12cm
and that of the top is 8cm. A circular hole of radius
8cm was drilled through the centre of the solid as
shown.
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12. (a) (i) Plot on a graph the triangle ABC whose
2006 PAPER ONE vertices are (1, 1), (3, 2) and (2, 4) respectively.
(ii) On the same graph, enlarge the triangle ABC using
SECTION A (-1, -1) as the centre of enlargement and a scale factor
3 1 of 2 to obtain its image A 1 B1 C1 .
1. Simplify
12 2  168 (iii) State the coordinates of A 1 B1 C1 the image of
27  18 triangle ABC.
1 1
6 2

2. Solve for x in the equation (x + 2)(x – 4)<x2 – 6 (b) Using your graph, find the area of the triangle ABC.
1 3 Hence, determine the area of the triangle A 1 B1 C1 .
3. Express in the form a+ b 3 . Hence (12 marks)
2 3
1 3 13. Using a pair of compasses and ruler only;
evaluate correct to 3 significant figures if 3
2 3 a) (i) Construct triangle ABC, such that AB  10.0cm ,
= 1.732. BC  9.2cm ABC  1050 .
(i) Measure length AC
4. A trader made a 35% profit after selling a goat at sh (b)(i) construct an inscribed circle of triangle ABC with
45,900. How much profit did the trader get? center O
(ii) Measure the radius of the circle (12 marks)
5. Simplify Log75+2Log2-log3
14. A poultry farm has three units; A, B and C. unit A
6. Find the values of a and b such that produces 30 trays of eggs and 20 broilers every month.
Unit B produces 40 trays of eggs and 15 broilers and
 3 b   7a   43 
      unit C, 35 trays of eggs and 10 broilers during the same
 4 a  2   30  period. If a tray of eggs costs Shs 3,000 and a broiler
7 Shs 4,000.
7. A line of gradient passing through the point Q (3,
9 a) (i) Represent the above information in matrix form
4), cuts the y-axis at a point P. Find the coordinates of of order 3 × 2 for the eggs and broilers.
P. (ii) Form a 2 × 1 cost matrix produced on the farm for
the eggs and broilers.
8. The height of a small box is 2cm and its volume (iii) Find the sales of the farm if all eggs and broilers
10cm3. If the height of a similar box is 6cm, what is were sold.
its volume? b) If the farm charges a 17% VAT, find the total income
from the sales of the farm every month.
9. The points: A, B, and C and D are on the  eggs broilers 
 
circumference of a circle of centre O and  ADC A  30 20 
=300. Find the values of the marked angles a and b. (4 a) (i) 
B 40 15 
marks)  
 C  35 
10 
15  x 2 15. (a) An FM radio commercial section charges fees
10. Solve the equation x = (4 marks)
2 for any radio announcements as follows; the first ten
words Shs 5,000 and any additional word Shs 100
each. Find the total charge for the announcement
SECTION B below
11. Shown below are marks obtained by 50 candidates “Mr. John Musoke, the chairman organizing committee
in a certain S.4 mathematics mock examination. of the wedding preparatory meetings of Mr. James
25 30 29 60 72 59 40 40 62 70 Lima and Miss Vanessa Tukko announces the
40 39 62 65 40 59 39 43 80 21 cancellation of the wedding meetings which were
58 29 19 25 30 32 56 59 40 55 scheduled to begin on Wednesday, 11th August, 2004
69 90 81 50 31 45 60 20 51 49 at Kalori gardens, national theatre, Kampala. Any
31 30 56 58 50 50 50 60 40 70 inconveniences caused are highly regretted. A new
(i) Construct a grouped frequency table having class date and venue for the meetings will be announced
intervals of 10 marks, beginning with the 15-24 class later”.
group.
(ii) Use your grouped frequency table to calculate the b) Mr. Ronald Anguyo bought a car at Shs 4,500,000.
mean mark of the mock examination. The car depreciates at a rate of 12% per annum. After 2
(b) Represent the above mock results on a histogram years, Ronald decided to sell the car to his friend at
and use it to estimate the mode.
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25% less of the value of the car then. Find the price at
which his friend bought the car.
2006 PAPER TWO
16. At a graduation party, the guests are to be served SECTION A
with beer and soda. At least twice as many crates of
1. Simplify (i) 1 14  2 12  1 34
beer as crates of soda are needed. A crate of beer
contains 25 bottles and a crate of soda contains 24 (ii) 2 12  3 13 1 65 (4 marks)
bottles. More than 200 bottles of beer and soda are x 4 2
needed. A maximum of Shs 500,000 may be spent on 2. Solve for x in 
beer and soda. Assume a crate of beer costs Shs 40,000 2 x
and that of the soda costs Shs 15,000. 3. An examination is marked out of 130 marks. If Rita
obtained 60% in the examination, how many marks did
a) (i) Form inequalities to represent the above she get out of 130?
information.
4. Given that p{x, y}:2x − 3y≤6} and Q={x, y}:x + y <
(ii) Represent the above inequalities on the same
0}
axes.
Show by shading the unwanted region, the region
(iii) By shading the unwanted region, represent the
representing P  Q . (4 marks)
region satisfying the inequalities in (a) (i) above.
b) From your graph, find the number of crates of beer 22.60
5. Use logarithm tables to evaluate
& soda that should be bought if the cost is to be as low 47.80  0.329
as possible. Find the amount that was paid for these correct to 2 decimal places.
crates of beer and soda.
6. Evaluate 5600  80,000, leaving your answer in the
17. form a × 10n where 1 ≤ a < 10 and n is an integer
B 21m C
7. In a home work marked out of 20, a group of pupils
10m obtained the following marks:- 15, 20, 18, 17, 8, 18,
6m 16, 20, 18, 17, 12 and 19. Find the mode and median
marks.
A B
8. Under an enlargement of scale factor 3, the image of
The figure ABCD shows a plot of land in form of a the point P(0, 3) is P1(4, 5). Find the coordinates of the
centre of enlargement.
trapezium. Lengths BC  6m, CD  21m and 
DA  10m. 9. Express 0.3 8 as a fraction in its simplest form.
(a) Find the
(i) Length AB of the plot 10. A fair die is tossed only once and the number which
(ii) Area of the plot. (6 marks) appears on its top face noted. What is the probability of
a top face showing?
(b) The diagram below shows road AO intersecting road (i) A number greater than 4?
OB at 900 at point O. the two roads are also (ii) An odd number or prime number?
connected to A and B by an arc-like shaped road
measuring a quarter of a circle 70m in radius. SECTION B
A 11. Draw graphs y = 2x2 + 3x – 3 and y – 7x + 3 = 0 for
-3 ≤ x ≤ 3 using a scale of 1cm: 2 units for the vertical
6m axis and 1cm: 0.5 units for the horizontal axis. Using
70cm
your graph find the

O B (a) Point of intersection of the line and the curve.

Find the distance saved by a motorist who goes through (b) Gradient of the curve between the points of
the arc-shaped road instead of going through AO and intersection of the line and the curve.
OB.
12(a) At a certain point on the level ground the angle of
elevation of the top of a tower T is 280. At another
point 100 metres away from the first point, the angle
of elevation is 350. Find the two expressions for the
height of the tower, hence find the height of the tower
and give your answer to the nearest metre.
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b) If cosx = -0.634 for 900 < x < 2700, find the two Shs 15,000 for each child aged 12
possible values of x. (5 marks) Children and below.
Shs 12,000 for each child
13. A helicopter left Kampala at 06:00 hours and flew between age 15 and 18 inclusive.
on a bearing of 0900, at a velocity of 300 kmh-1. It Lunch Shs 60,000
landed at Nairobi Airport at 08 30 hours. At exactly
09 00 hours, it left Nairobi Airport and flew on a Transport Shs 110,000
bearing of 3400 at the same original velocity. It then Medical 1th
of gross monthly income.
landed at Kitgum Airstrip at 12 00 hours. Using 10
graphical construction and a scale of 1cm: 100km,
find the 1th
Marriage of gross monthly income.
a) Distance of Kitgum from Kampala. 25
b) Bearing of Kampala from Kitgum.
1th
Housing of gross annual income.
14. Two cars A and B start off from rest at the same 100
time moving in the same direction on a straight road. The man is married with five children of whom two are
The speeds of the two cars in ms-1 are shown in the aged 12 and below, the other two aged 21 and 24 and
table below. the other aged 17. The following tax structure is
t(s) 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 applicable on the taxable income in excess of Shs
Speed of car 30,000.
0 4.5 9.0 13.5 18.0 22.5 27.0 Taxable income (Shs) Rate (% ages)
A(ms-1)
Speed of car 00001–30,000 Free
0 2.0 5.0 10.5 23.0 27.0 28.5
B(ms-1) 30,001–130,000 8.0
130,001–260,000 14.5
Using a suitable scale, draw on the same axes the 260,001–380,000 23.0
velocity-time graphs of cars A and B. From your graph
find the 380,001– 490,000 28.5
a) Time taken when the two cars have equal speed and 490,001– 590,000 35.0
the magnitude of that speed. 590,001 and above 42.5
(NB: A month has 30 days and a year 360 days)
b) Different in speed after a period of 9 seconds. Calculate:
a) The man’s (i) Total monthly allowance
c) Distance covered by car A by way of estimating the (ii) Monthly taxable income
area under the curve described by car A for the 12 (iii) Monthly income tax
seconds. b) The percentage of his gross annual income that goes
to tax. (12 marks)
15. OAB is a triangle, OA= a , and OB = b . Points C
~ ~
17.
and E are points on lines OA and AB such that they
divide the lines OA and AB in the ratios 1:2 and 3:1
respectively. Point D lies on OE such that OD  2DE .
A
a
~
C
E
O D
b
~
B
a) Find the vectors AB and CB in terms of vectors a
~
and b . The figure above (in thick, heavy lines) shows a
~
b) Show that the points B, D and C lie on a straight lampshed ABCD bounded by circles of radii 15cm and
line. 25cm. The slanting side AB is 30cm. If the lampshed
was cut from an original figure OABCD, of a complete
16. A man earns a gross annual income of Shs cone, calculate the;
10,500,000. He is entitled to the following monthly a) (i) Slanting length of the cone OAB.
allowances. (ii)The angle formed by producing CD and BA to O.
b) (i) Vertical height of the lampshed.
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(ii) Volume of the lampshed. (12 marks)
2007 PAPER ONE
SECTION A
 
1. Express 2. 3 6 as improper fraction in its simplest
form.

a a 1
2. If a  14, b  8 and   b, find the value
c 2c
of C.
3. A line is given by the equation 45  15 x  3 y  0
Find the co-ordinates of its x – intercept.

4. Given that f ( x)  2 x  4 and g ( x)  x  5 , find

fg (x). Hence evaluate fg (4).
2
 ax 
5. Expand the expression: a1  
 2
6. A butcher sells 5Kg of meat at she 10,000. If the
cost of meat is increased by 20%, find the weight
of meat which can be bought at shs3,600.

7. The data given below represents the ages in years of

30 Senior four students of a certain school:
Ages 15-17 18-20 21-23 24-26
Number of
students
7 11 9 3

Use the table above to draw a histogram and state the

modal class.
8. Triangle ABC with vertices A(0, 0), B(1, 0) and
C(1,1) underwent two transformations represented
 2
by T2T1. If T1 is a translation represented by  
3
and T2 is a reflection in the x-axis, find the co-
ordinates of the final image of the triangle.
1 2   1  2
9. Given A    and B    , evaluate
3 4   0 1
 A  B2
10. Study the diagram below
C
B

6 cm 8 cm

A
D
E
If AD=12, find the area of the shaded region.

SECTION B
1 x
11 (a) Given that   1, solve for x.
3x  4 x 1
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(b) Solve the simultaneous equations
x2  4y2  4 16. A manager of an industry earns a gross salary of
Shs2,000,000 per month, which includes an
y  x 1 allowance of Shs500,000 tax free. The rest of her
12. Using a pencil, a ruler and a pair of compasses income is subjected to an income tax which is
only, construct a triangle ABC in which AB = calculated as follows:
9.2cm, angle CAB= 450 and angle ABC=750 7.5% on the first Shs 800,000
(a) Measure the length of BC 12.5% on the next Shs 500,000
(b) Draw a circumscribing circle through the points 20% on the next Shs 100,000
A, B and C. 30% on the next Shs 60,000
(c) Measure the radius of the circle. 35% on the remainder.

13.(a) In the figure below, vectors OA = a and OC = (a) Find her taxable income.
1 (b) Calculate her monthly income tax.
c, CD  OA and AB  3OC . (c) Express her monthly income tax as a percentage
3 B of her monthly gross salary.

17. In the figure below, ABCDH is a right pyramid

on a square base ABCD of side 5m. Each of the
C D slanting edges is 5m.

c A

O A
a 5 cm
5 cm
(i) By expressing vectors in terms of a and c, Find
OD, AB and OB. D
C
(ii) Show that points O, D and B are collinear.
(b) Points A and B have co-ordinates (0,-1) and (-6,
&) respectively. A 5 cm
Find:
(i) AB 5 cm
(ii) the magnitude of AB B
Calculate the:
14. In a certain school, a simple of 100 students was (a) height of the pyramid, correct to two decimal
picked randomly. In this sample, it was found out places.
that 78 students play Netball (N) 82, play (b) angle between the plane HBC and the base.
Volleyball (V), 53 play tennis (T) and 2 do not play
(c) Volume of the pyramid, correct to one decimal
any of the three games. All those that play tennis
place.
also play Volleyball. 48 play all the three games.
(a) Represent the given information on a Venn
diagram.
(b) How many students play both Netball and
Volleyball but not Tennis?
(c) If a student is picked at random from the sample,
what is the probability that the student plays two
games only?

15 (a) Draw a table showing the values of Sin

2for 0 0    90 0 , using values of  at
intervals of 150

(b) Use the table in (a) above, a horizontal scale of

2cm for 150 and a vertical scale of 2cm for
0.5units to draw a graph of sin 2  .
(c) From the graph, find the values of Ө for which
sin 2 Ө = 0.6
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(b) A positive integer r is such that Pr2 = 168, where
2007 PAPER 2 p is such that 3  p  5 . Find the integral values
SECTION A of r.
a b 1 2
1. If a * b   , evaluate * 12.(a) Find the length marked x in the diagram x in the
b a 2 3 diagram below correct to two significant figures.
2. Make C the subject from the expression: A

b 
2 x
2
a b  c2
D
3. the point R(10,7) is reflected in the line y = x to 35o
given point S. Given that M is the mid-point of RS.
420
Find the co-ordinates of M. B
C 12 cm
4. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 13cm,
24cm and 13cm. (b) A dog tied a silk rope 4.5m long is tethered to a
5. Given the sets: tree stamp 2.5m from a straight path. For what
A = {All natural numbers less than 30} distance along the path is one in danger of being
B = {All prime numbers between 10 and 30} bitten by the dog?
Find (a) n(A∩B') 13. By shading the unwanted regions, show the region
(b) n(A'∩B) which satisfies the inequalities.
1
Where B stands for the complement of the set B. x+y3
y>x–4
 2 4  3 1  8 6  y + 7x  - 4
6. If    k     , Find the area of the wanted region.
 3 3   0 n    3  1
find the values of k and n 14. The table below show the weight in Kilograms of
28 children sampled in a Primary School:
7. Use the prime factor method to find the cube root Weight(kg) Number of children
of 3375. 15-19 2
8. In a Revenue Authority Department, the tax 20-24 4
earned income is calculated as follows: 25-29 7
The first shs120,000 is tax free and the remaining 30-34 3
income is taxed at 25%. Find the tax payable on
35-39 5
an earned income of:
(a) Shs100,000 40-44 6
45-49 1
(b) Shs440,000 (a) State the modal class
9. Given that V is inversely proportional to t2 and V (b) Calculate the cumulative frequency and
= 25 when t = 2 find V when t = 5. (i) hence, estimate the median weight correct to one
decimal place,
10. The figure below shows a net of a cone which
(ii) Calculate the mean weight of the children
can be folded to form a right circular cone.
(iii) find the probability that a child selected at
random from the school weighs 40kg and above.
15. (a) Musa is a businessman who deals in an
agricultural produce business. Visited four
markets in a certain week:
In market A he bought 3 bags of beans, 5 bags of
2100 maize, 10 bags of potatoes and 3 bags of millet,
In Market B, he bought 1 bag of beans, 4 bags of
12 cm

potatoes and 2 bags of millet,

In market C he bought 5 bags of beans, 1 bag of
maize,
In market D he bought 4 bags of beans, 3 bags of
Calculate the radius of the cone formed. maize, 6 bags of potatoes and 1 bag of millet. He
bought eash bag of beans at Shs 45,000, a bag of
SECTION B maize at Shs30,000, a bag of potatoes at shs
11. (a) Given that 212n = 25nine, find the base that n 15,000 and a bag of millet at Shs 50,000. He later
represents. sold all the produce he had bought at shs 50,000
per bag of beans, Shs35,000 per bag of maize,
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shs18,000 per bag of potatoes and shs55,000 per
bag of millet.
2008 PAPER ONE
(a) Form a 4 × 4 matrix to show the produce Musa SECTION A
bought from the four markets. 1. Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) and the
(b)(i) Form a cost matrix for the price of the produce, Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 54 and 84.
(ii) By matrix multiplication, find the amount of 2. The pie-chart represents yields of beans from three
money spent on the produce in each market. fields A, B and C.
(c) Find also the amount of money he got from the
sale of the produce.
(d) Find Musa’s profit.
120
150
16. Town A is 170Km from town B. A Tata lorry left 0
0
town B for town A at 8:25am and travelled at a
steady speed of 40kmh-1. A saloon car left town C
A for town B at 8:55am. And travelled at a
steady speed of 80kmh-1.
(a) Calculate the: If the total yield of beans was 300 sacks, calculate the
(i) distance from town A to the point at which the number of sacks got from field C.
two vehicles met. 3. Express 2 log 3 18  log 3 31  log 3 6 2  1 as a
single logarithm log 3 Q . (04 marks)
(ii) time at which the two vehicles met.
3 1
(b) Just as they met, the Tata lorry driver increased 4. Given that P =   1  , find a matrix P -1 such that
3
the speed by 10kmh-1. Find the difference in their

-1
PP = I where I is the identity matrix of order 2.
times of arrival at their destinations.
5. Study the graph below:
17. The figure QRSTUV below, is a plan of Mr. y
Rukidi’s farm. The area marked A is in form of an 6
equilateral triangle, area B is
rectangular and C is a semi-circle.
4
RQ  14m and RS  100m
Q
2

-6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8
x
R V

-2

-4
100 m B
-6

Find the inequality representing the shaded region.

S U

T
Find the:
(a) length QT which divides the farm into two
equal parts, 3

(b) area of the farm  16  4

6. Evaluate  
(c) length of barbed wire required to fence Rukidi’s  81 
farm. 1 1 1
7. Solve for w: w  6  2w  5  1  w
5 15 3
8. Given that f(x) = 2x – 5, find
(a) f(-2)
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(b) f -1(x) Calculate the:
9. In the triangle BCD, AD=15cm, BD = 25cm, AB = AC (i) deposit musaka must make.
and AB is perpendicular to CD. (ii) Amount of money musaka will have to pay the
bank after two years.
B
(iii) Total money which musaka will spend to buy the
house.

13. A club held swimming tests in Crawl (C),

25cm Backstroke (B) and Driving (D) for 72 members. Those
who passed Crawl were 49, 30 passed Backstroke and
30 passed Driving. 5 passed Crawl and Backstroke but
not Diving. 4 passed Backstroke and Diving but not
Crawl. 6 passed Crawl and Diving but not Backstroke.
14 passed all the three tests.
(a) draw a venn diagram to represent the given
C D information.
A 15cm
(b) use the venn diagram to find the members who:
Find the length of CB correct to one decimal place. (i) Passed the Crawl test only.
10. In the diagram below O is the centre of the circle and (ii) Did not pass any test.
angle BOD = 1640 (c) If a member is picked at random, what is the
probability that the member passed two tests only?
A 14. Given that the points A has co – ordinates (-8,6).
12 
O Vectors AB =   and M is the mid – point of AB.
4 
1640 (a) Find the
B D
(i) column vectors AM.
(ii) co – ordinates of M
(iii) magnitude of OM.
15. (a) a unit square whose vertices are O(0,0), i(1,0),
C j(0,1) and k(1,1) is transformed by rotating through a
Find positive quarter trun about the origin. Find the matrix for
(a) angle BAD this transformation.
(b) angle BCD (04 marks) 0 1 
(b) given T =   and
1 0 
SECTION B
1 0 
11. (a) The points (-1, q) and (r, 2) lie on the line y = 2 – M =   , find the:
x. Find the values of q and r. 0 1
(b) In the figure below, P is 4 units from O. the equation
of the line MN is 4y + x = 12. (i) image of the points A(0,3) and B(5,3) under the
transformation TM. (04 marks)
y (ii) matrix of transformation which will map the images of
4y + x = 12
N A and B back to their original positions.
M
16.(a) Copy and complete the table below for the
equation y = 2x2 – 3x – 7
-
x 1½ -1 -½ 0 ½
2
2x 2 0
O 4 units x -3x 3 0
P
-7 -7 -7
Find the area of OPMN. y -2 -7
12 (a) Adikini bought a television set for which the cash
price was shs:599,000. she bought the television set 1 1½ 2 2½ 3
on a hire purchase scheme and had to pay an extra
shs:71,000. if shs made eight equal monthly
instalments, how much did she pay per month?
(04 marks)
(b) musaka wants to buy a house which is priced at shs:
56,000,000. a deposit of 25% of the value of the (b) Plot the points (x, y) obtained from the completed
house is required. A bank will lend him the rest of the table on a graph paper using 2 cm to represent 1 unit
money at a compound interest of 15% per annum and on the x – axis and 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the y –
payable after two years. axis. Hence draw a graph for y = 2x2 – 3x – 7.
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(c) Use your graph to solve the equation
2x2 – 3x – 8 = 0 2008 PAPER TWO
17. (a) The dimensions of a rectangle are 60 cm by 45 SECTION A:
cm. if the length and width are each reduced by 10%, 1  1 1
calculate the percentage decrease in area. 1  8  2 
(b) A container has a volume of 6400 cm3 and a surface 2  3 2
Simplify:
area of 8000 cm2. find the surface area of a similar 1  1 2
container which has a volume of 2700 cm3. 1 of 1  1 
5  4 3
2. Factorise completely:
2p2q3 – pq3 + pq – 2p2q

3. Simplify

3  10 13  6  10 5 
2

. Give your answer in

80
standard form.
 2 1 
4. Given the vectors QR =   , ST =   and SR =
4  6  
  4
  , find the vector QT.
 3
4x  2 y p
5. If x  2 y  2 , express p in terms of x and y.
2
6. Given that D = {All odd numbers less than 20} and M=
{All multiples of three less than 20}, find n(D∩M).
3
7. Find the equation of the line of gradient and
5
passing through the point (3, 4).

8. A farm is on a piece of land whose area is 5.6km2.

What would be the area of this farm in cm2 on a map
whose scale is 1: 40,000?
9. A forex Bureau buys one US dollar at Ug.shs 1,900 and
sells one pound sterling at Ug.shs3, 450. Atim wants to
exchange 3,000 US dollars to pound sterlings. How many
pound sterlings will she get?

10. Two points A (5, 1) and B(6, 0) are given a

3 1
transformation defined by the matrix   . Find
1 0
the Co-ordinates of their images.

SECTION B
11.(a) A man gave half of his welfare allowance to his
wife, 1 to each of his two sons and the rest to his
5
daughter.
Find
(i) the fraction given to the daughter.
(ii) his welfare allowance if each son was given shs:
16,000.
(b) The difference between the values of y when x = 10 is
16. Given that y is inversely proportional to the square of
x, find the equation relating x and y.
12. The table below shows the weights in kilogrammes of
thirty pupils.
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48 44 32 52 54 44
53 38 37 35 53 46 (a) If x and y represent the number of trips made by the
59 51 32 37 49 42 lorry and the tipper truck respectively.
48 59 52 40 54 46 (i) Write down five inequalities to represent the given
45 62 35 54 48 35 information. (04 marks)
(ii) Plot these inequalities on the same axes, shading the
(a) Construct a frequency table with a class width of 5 unwanted regions. (05 marks)
starting from the class of 30 – 34. (b) Use table in (a) to: (b)(i) From your graph in (a)(ii)above, list all the possible
(i) Estimate the mean weight of the pupils. (ii) Draw a numbers of trips, that each vehicle can make so as to
histogram and use it to estimate the modal weight of the maximise the total tonnage of sand transported.
pupils. (ii) Find the number of trips by each vehicle that made the
greatest total tonnage. (03 marks)
13. Four students; Kale, Linda, Musa and Naana went to a
stationary shop.
17. The figure below shows a cuboid ABCDEFGH in
Kale bought 4pens, 6 counter books and 1 graph book.
which BC = 8cm, BF= 6cm and CD = 5 cm. K is the
Linda bought 10pens and 5 counter books.
mid-point of AB.
Musa bought 3 pens and 3 graph books.
Naana bought 5 pens, 2 counter books and 8 graph books.
E H
The costs of a pen, a counter book and a graph were shs:
400, shs: 1,200 and shs: 1,000 respectively. F G
(a)(i) Write a 4  3 matrix for the items bought by the
four students.
(ii) Write a 3  1 matrix for the costs of each item. D
(b) Use the matrices in (a) to calculate the amount of K
money spent by the each student.
(c) If each student was to buy 4 pens, 10 counter books B C
and 6 graph books, how much money would be spent by
all the four students? Find the:
(a) (i) length AG.
14.(a) The lines ax + 2y = 3 and (ii) Angle which AG makes with the planes ABCD.
ax – by = 5 intersect at (1, 2). Find a and b. (08 marks)
4 1  x   4  (b) angle between planes KGH and FGHE.
(b) If       , determine the values of
x 1 y   8 
x and y. (07 marks)
15. In the figure below, QXRYP is a semi-circle with
centre O and radius 10cm. MN is parallel to the
diameter QP. Angle XOQ = 400.
R
M X Y N

400
Q O P
10cm
Find the
(a) length of:
(i) the arc XRY. [take π = 3.14]
(ii) MQ
(iii) MX (09 marks)
(b) Perimeter of the given figure

16. A school constructed an office block which required 34

tonnes of sand. The school hired a lorry and a tipper
truck with capacities of 7 tonnes and 5 tonnes
respectively to transport the sand. The cost per trip
either by lorry or by tipper truck was shs: 30,000. The
money available for transportation was shs: 180,000.
The trips made by the lorry did not exceed those made
by the tipper truck.
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c) Find the probability that a student selected at
2009 PAPER ONE random from the group liked only one of the foods
SECTION A 12. Triangle ABC with vertices A(2, 1), B(4, 4) and C(2,
1. use factors to evaluate 4) is reflected in the line is reflected in the line is
617 × 793 + 786 × 793 + 597 × 793 reflected in the line y = 0 to get triangle A'B'C'.
2. Determine the solution of the inequality Triangle A'B'C' is then given a negative quarter turn
x2 − x − 6 < 0 about the origin to get triangle A"B"C"
a) i) Draw the three triangle on the same graph paper
 p ii) Write down the coordinates of A'B'C' and A"B"C"
3. Given that log p = 2.476 and log q = 1.811 , find log  2  b) Use your graph to describe fully the transformation
q 
which maps A"B"C" back onto ABC
4 p 1 3 p 1 5  2 p
4. Solve for p in the equation  
3 2 4 13. a) Given the points P(2, 4) and Q(−4, 8), find the
x  1 (i) Coordinates of the midpoint of the line segment PQ
5. Find g(3) given that g 1  x  
x 3
2 16
(y ) (ii) Equation of the line with gradient passing through
6. Evaluate 1
when x = 16 and y = 8 2
(9 x ) 2 the midpoint of PQ
 2 3 b) Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the
7. Given the matrix A    , find a matrix B such
5 7 line y − 5x = 2 and the curve y = 2x2 + 5
1 0 14. A motor company had an advertisement as shown
that A + B =  
0 1 below:
8. The table below shows the number of goals scored by a
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team in a series of football matches.
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Number of goals 1 2 3 4 5
Number of matches 3 4 1 x 2 CASH: SHS. 8.5 MILLION
If the mean number of goals is 3, find x CASH DISCOUNT: 8% OF THE CASH VALUE
9. Find the length of BC in the diagram below
A HIRE PURCHASE: DEPOSIT 60% OF THE
10 0
550 VALUE AND PAY 7 MILLION PER
MONTH FOR 3 MONTHS
12cm

B C D a) Calculate the saving Chris would make if he bought

10. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle and the vehicle by paying cash rather than by hire purchase.
angle AOC = 140° b) Chris bought the vehicle by hire purchase and then
B sold it at 35 million after one year. Find the percentage
loss he made
O 15. a) Copy and complete the table below
A 1400 C - -1.0
x 2.0 -1.5 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3
D 2
2x -8 -2 -0.5 0 -2 -4.5 -8 -18
Find: (i) angle ABC 3x -6 -3 -1.5 0 3 4.5 6 9
(ii) angle ADC 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
SECTION B y -8 1 4 6 7 6 4 -3
11 A group of 55 students were asked if they liked the
b)i) Use the completed table in (a) above to draw a graph
food; Matooke (M), Posho (P) or Rice (R). 19 liked
of y = 6 + 3x − 2x2 for values of x for −1 ≤ x ≤ 3.
Matooke, 24 liked Posho and 25 liked Rice. 3 liked
Matooke and Rice only. None of the students liked Use 2 cm to represent one unit on the x-axis and 1 cm
Matooke and Posho only. 4 students disliked all the to represent one unit on the y-axes
foods. ii) On the same axes, draw a line whose equation is y =
a) Represent the given information on a Venn diagram. 2x
b) Find the umber of students who liked: c) Use the graph in (b) above to solve the equation 6 + x
(i) all the three types of food − 2x2 = 0
(ii) Matooke only
(iii) Posho only
(iv) Rice only
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8 4 2009 PAPER TWO
16. Given the vectors a = , b =   and c =   , find:
11  5  SECTION A
(i) a + 2 b + c.
(ii) the length of a + 2 b + c. 3  1 32
1
6
1. Simplify (04 marks)
6  12  2
3 125
(b) the position vectors of D and E are   and  
 4  11 2. Find the equation of a line which passes through the
point (0,5) and is parallel to the line 3x – y = 7
respectively. M is on DE such that DM : DE = 2:3. (04 marks)
Find:
(i) DE C
3. Given A  2
(ii) DM, B
(iii) The position vectors of M (i) express B in terms of A,  , and C
(ii) find the value of B if C= 240,  = 3.14 and A = 12.56
17. A rectangle of length (4x − 1) cm and breadth 2x cm (04 marks)
has an area of 10cm2. (ii) Substituting for C = 240,  = 3.14 and
Find: A = 12.56, we have
a) the value of x
b) its length and breadth 4  240  (3.14)2
c) its perimeter B = 60
(12.56)2
4. If set F = {All factors of 12} and set T = {All triangle
numbers less than 20}
F = {1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12}}
Find the members of F  T. Hence find n(F  T).

5. Factorise completely 2ab − 3 + 2a − 3b

(04 marks)
6. A translation T maps A (−2, 3) onto A1 (−6, 10). Find
the image B1 of B(5,4 ) under the translation T
1
7. Express with a rational denominator
5 2
8. The price of an article is shs 24,000. If a discount of
12% is given, calculate the selling price of the article
(04 marks)
 2  8
9. Given that OA =   , OB =   and M is a point
 2  4
on AB such that AM : MB  1:1 find;
(i) AB
(ii) AM (05 marks)
10. If an area of 4cm2 on a map represents an area of
576km2 on land, find the Representative Fraction
(R.F) of the map? (04 marks)

SECTION B
11. (a) The ages of Lacor and Nankya are in the ratio 4 :
1.After 6 years, the ratio of their ages will be5 :
2. Find their present ages. (06 marks)
(b) Ouma takes 20 days to plough a garden. Mukasa
takes 30 days to plough the same garden. How
long will it take the two men to plough the
garden if they worked together?
12.The diagram below shows a circle with centre O and
radius 10.5 cm. Two tangents PR and PS are drawn
from a point outside the circle .Angle POR = 600 and
PO = intersects the circle at Q
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(i) number of assemly lines for each type of bicycle
R that should be operated so as to produce the highest
total number of bicycles per day
10.5cm
cm 600 Q P (ii) highest total number of bicycles that can be
produced per day.
O
16. (a) Find the values of x and y given that:
S  4 3
1 3 2   x 2    39 25
Calculate the: 10 y 
(a) lengths ot the tangents (04 marks)  
(b) area bounded by the tangents and the arc SQR. (b) Given that matrix P =  2 2  , find a matrix Q

 22   3 4
 Use    (08 marks)
 7  such that PQ =  2 0  .Hence find the inverse of
 
13. Agroup of students obtained the following marks in a 0 2
Maths test. matrix P.
28 35 94 78 70 56 57
58 60 76 77 62 84 66 17. The figure below shows a prism ABCD with an
67 68 69 70 51 64 73 isosceles right- angled triangle as the cross- section
74 75 61 62 54 80 83 and a horizontal rectangular base ABCD.
88 90 41 47 64 70 75 E
(a) (i) Form a grouped frequency table for the data
starting from the Class 20−29.
(09 marks) F
(ii) Represent the marks obtained in the Maths test on D
a bar chart ( 03 marks) C
14. (a) Solve the following simultaneous equations
x − 2y = 12 10cm
A
x = 12 + 2y (05 marks) 8cmm B
(b) In a certain supermarket, a school bag costs b mm
shillings and a pair of shoes costs S shillings. Kato Calculate the
bought 3 school bags and 2 pairs of shoes at shs (a) Lengths of
103,00 and Atim bought 5 school bags and 1 pair (i) AF
of shoes at shs 132,000. (ii) BE (05 marks)
Find the cost of: (b) angle between BE and the base ABCD
(i) a school bag (05 marks)
(ii) a pair of shoes (07 marks) (c) Volume of the Prism (02 marks)

15. A bicycle factory assmbles two types of bicycles;

Roadmaster and Hero on different assembly lines. An
assembly line for Roadmaster occupies an area of
60m2 and that of Hero occupies an area of 30m2 of
the floor space. The floor space available for all the
assembly lines is 420m2. The assembly line for
Roadmaster needs 10 men to operate it and that of
Hero needs 16men to operate it. The assembly lines
need a maximum of 120 men to operate them

(a) if x and y represents the number of assembly lines for

Roadmaster and Hero respectively

(i) form four inequalites to represent the given

information
(ii) draw graphs on the same axes to represent the
inequalities in (i) a bove. Shade the unwanted regions
(04 marks)

(b) The assembly line for Roadmaster produces 30

bicycles per day and that of Hero produces 20
bicycles per day. Find the:
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The transformation P1 is represented by the matrix
2010 PAPER ONE  0 1 and P2 by matrix  0.5 0  .
SECTION A 1 0 
 
 0 0.5 
 
1. If 125n = 82ten, find n. (a) Find the coordinates of the vertices of:
2. In a group of 29 girls, 22 liked Rice (R) and 18 liked (i) triangle A'B'C' the image of ABC under P1,
Matooke (M). All the students liked at least one of the (ii) triangle A''B''C'' the image of A'B'C' under P2
foods. How many liked both? (b) Show on the same axes the three triangles ABC, A'B'C'
3. Solve the inequality: 10 – 3x < 4(x – 1). and A''B''C''
(c) Use your graph in (b) above to describe fully the
4. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, transformations represented by
21.35  41.35  21.352 (i) P1 (ii) P2
evaluate:
0.02
5. Two quantities y and x are related by the equation y = a 14. (a) A student had his photograph of dimensions 30cm by
+ bx. When y = 4, x = 2 and when y = 6, 20cm framed with uniform border. If the area of the
x = 4. Find the values of a and b. border is 216cm2, how wide is the border?
(b) A cone has a radius of 7cm and vertical height of
3
6. Given that sin   and α is obtuse, without using 30cm. Find:
5
(i) it’s volume,
mathematical tables or calculator, find the values of
(ii) the volume of another similar bigger cone which
cosα and tanα.
22
has linear scale factor 2. [use π = ]
7. A shopkeeper bought an item at Shs5,500 and sold it at 7
30% more than the buying price. Find the shopkeeper’s: 15. (a) Find the equation of the line passing through a point (2,
(a) selling price, 0) and perpendicular to the line joining the points (–10,
(b) profit. 3) and (6, –9)
5 6  (b). A triangle PQR has vertices with coordinates P(3, –
8. Given the matrix P   2
 , find P .
 2 2  1), Q(7, 6) and R(0, 2). Find the equation of its line of
9. Use tables or logarithms to evaluate: symmetry.
0.0875  0.0243 16. A hawker sells handkerchiefs at Shs500 each. He sold
0.003142 50 handkerchiefs in the first week. In the second week,
10. Solve the following pairs of simultaneous equations he sold 20% more than in the first week. In the third
5x – 9y = 1 week he sold 10% more than in the second week. Each
4y – 2 = x week he receives a commission of 8% on the price of
the first 20 handkerchiefs sold, and 12% for any
SECTION B handkerchief sold in excess of 20.
11. The following table shows marks obtained by 40 pupils (a) Express the number of handkerchiefs sold in the 3rd
in a Mathematics test. week as a percentage of the number sold in the first
11 17 35 34 42 45 28 46 week.
16 21 14 36 41 31 49 37 (b) Calculate the commission he received in the third
20 33 37 38 18 38 39 27 week.
26 28 40 33 43 32 29 47 (c) If in the fourth week the hawker received a
commission of 2,000/-, calculate the number of
29 32 41 24 44 35 36 23
(a) Draw a frequency distribution table for marks handkerchiefs he sold in that week.
starting with a class of 10 – 14. 17. In the diagram below, OA = a, OB = b, OB  BC = 1 :
(b) State the
3, 3OF = 2OA and E divided AC in the ratio 3 : 2.
i. class interval, A
ii. modal class.
(c) Calculate the: F
i. mean mark, E
ii. median mark. a

12.(a)(i) Determine the range corresponding to the domain O b B C

{-3, -2, 0, 1, 3, 4} for the mapping x ⟶x2 + 1 Express the following vectors in terms of a and b:
(ii) Represent the mapping in (i) on an arrow (a) BC.
diagram. (b) CA.
(b) Given the functions h(x) = x + 2, g(x) = x2 and
f(x) = -x; find the values of x for which g[h(x)] = (c) BE.
f(x). (d) FE.

13. A triangle with vertices A(2, 4), B(6, 4) and C(1, 6),
undergoes two successive transformations P1 and P2.
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(i) total time taken for the speed-boat to move from
2010 PAPER TWO M to P.
SECTION A (ii) speed-boat’s average speed for the whole
1. Express 0.341666... in the form p/q, where q ≠ 0. journey.
3 1
12. The Venn diagram below shows the members of a
2. Solve for x in 32 5  x 2  2 . District Council who sit on three different committees
of works (W), Production (P) and Finance (F).
3. Given two points P(4, 5) and Q(-2, 9), find the equation
of the line through P and Q. n(W) = 12 n(P) = 13
z 3
4. Simplify 20  45  125 . Give your answer in the 3
form a b where a and b are constants. 2
(04 marks) y x
5. A rectangle 6cm long and 5cm wide is enlarged so that
4
its area becomes 270cm2. Find the linear scale factor of 1
the enlargement. (04 marks)
n(F) = 12
6. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle, angle (a) Determine the values of x, y and z.
JKQ = 40° and KOQ is a straight line (b) Find the total number of members who
J i. make up the District Council
ii. belong to more than one committee
(c) Given that a member is selected at random from
Q
the District Council, find the probability that the
p member belongs to only two committees.
n
40° O
2 4 4( x  4)
K 13. (a) Express   in the form
( x  4) ( x  3) ( x2  x  12)
a
Find the angles marked n and p. (04 marks) (05 marks)
( x  b)
(b) A mini-bus travels from Migyera to Kampala, a
2 7
7. Given that a =   , b =   and m = a + 2b, find the distance of 156km, at a certain average speed of
9 2   Vkm/hr. On the return journey, it increases the average
magnitude of m. (04 marks) speed by 4km/hr and takes 15 minutes less. Find the
average speed V from Migyera to Kampala.
2
8. If n  x  2  , express m in terms of n and x. 14. The table below shows the time (t) in seconds and
 4m  1 
velocity (V) in m/s of an object.
3
9. A function f ( x)  . Find the values of x for t(s) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
1  x2
V(m/s) 0.0 1.0 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.0 0.0
which f(x) = 4. (04 marks)
(a) Using a scale of 2 cm to represent one second on the
10. Three girls; Auma, Asiimwe and Nakato shared Shs horizontal axis and 4 cm to represent 0.5 m/s on the
10,500. Nakato got twice as much as Asiimwe and vertical axis, plot the values of t and V and join the
Asiimwe got twice as much as Auma. Find how much points with a smooth curve.
money Asiimwe got. (b) Use your graph in (a), to find the
i. times at which the speed of the object is 0.8m/s,
SECTION B ii. acceleration of the object when the time is 2
11. A speed-boat sets off from an island M on a bearing seconds.
of 080° to an island X at an average speed of 150 kmh– (c) If the total distance covered by the object was 7.5m,
1
. Island X is 450 km from island M. At X, it alters its what was its average speed?
course to a bearing of 200° and maintains the average
speed of 150 kmh–1 for 3 hours until it reaches island 15. (a) Without using mathematical tables or calculator,
Y. It then moves to island P which is west of island M find the value of
at an average speed of 200 kmh–1. Island P is 400 km 2log1050 + log1080 – log102.
from island M.
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 50km, construct a (b) (i)Find the prime factors of 150.
scale drawing to show the route of the speed-boat. (ii) Use your result in (i), find log10150, given that
(06 marks) log105 = 0.6990, log103 = 0.4771 and log105 =
(b) Use the scale drawing in (a) above to find the 0.3010.
distance PY.
(c) Calculate the
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16. (a) Solve the following simultaneous equations using
the matrix method 2011 PAPER ONE
5x + 2y = 5,
SECTION A
3x – 0.2y = 10. 3x
1. Make p the subject of the formula S  1
2y  p .
2 1 1 5
(b) Given that P   , Q


 2 3  and 2. Solve for n in the inequality n  1  n  3  n  2 .
 3 2    2 4 3
4 3
R =   find: 3. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle. Angle
 1 2  ABO = 43° and angle OAC = 62°.
(i) QR – P A
(ii) the determinant of QR – P 62°
C
17. Mr. Oketcho’s monthly salary is shs900,000 which
B 43°
includes the following allowances:
O
Water and electricity 20,000 x
Relief and insurance 30,000
Housing allowance 50,000
Medical allowance 25,000 Find the value of x.
Transport allowance 28,000 4. Point A(0, 3) is reflected in the line y + x = 0. Find the
Marriage allowance 20,000 coordinates of the image A'
Family allowance 5. A box contains 5 black balls and 3 red balls. Two balls
(for only 4 children): are randomly picked one after the other without
– From 0 to 9 years replacement. Find the probability that both balls are
20,000 per child
red.
– Between 9 and 16 years 15,000 per child
– Over 16 years 6. Given that a*b = ab2, find the value of
10,000 per child
(i) 2 * 5
Mr. Oketcho has five children; two of whom are aged (ii) a if a*3 = 63.
between 0 and 9 years, one aged 14 years and the other
7. Solve the equation 2x2 + x – 1 = 0.
two are over 16 years. The income tax structure is shown
5 4
in the table below: 8. Find the inverse of matrix B =  .
3 2
Taxable income per 9. In the figure below, AD is perpendicular to BC,
Tax rate %
month in shillings. AD = DB, AC = 4 cm and andle CAD = 30°.
01 – 50,000 10.0 C
50,001 – 110,000 20.0
110,001 – 200,000 24.5 D
200,001 – 350,000 35.0 4cm O

350,001 – 600,000 40.0

Above 60,000 49.0 30°
(a) Calculate Mr. Oketcho’s A B
i. taxable income Find the length of AB.
ii. income tax.
(b) Express the income tax as a percentage of his 10. Use the grouped frequency distribution table below to
monthly gross salary. answer the questions that follow.
Class Frequency Cumulative
frequency
30 – 39 19 –
40 – 49 21 –
50 – 59 19 –
60 – 69 12 –
70 – 79 08 –
80 – 89 01 –
(a) Complete the cumulative frequency column
(b) Determine the median class.
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SECTION B 0 4 
15.(a) The matrix   is pre-multiplied by the
 3 1 
2 2
11. (a) Given that a – b = 16 and a + b = 8, determine
the values of a and b..
 x  8 
(b) Two taxis, a Nissan and a Toyota transported column matrix   to give   . Find the values
students from Jinja to Kampala. When the Nissan  y  x
had made 3 journeys, the Toyota had made 4, and of x and y.
they had transported 116 students altogether. When  2 3
the Nissan had made 2 journeys and the Toyota 5, (b) Given that matrix P =   and
they had transported 110 students. If each journey 1 2
made was at full capacity, find the capacity of each  2 3 
taxi. Q  , find
 1 2 
12. Using a pencil, a ruler and a pair of compasses only, (i) PQ
(a) (i) Construct a triangle PQR in which PQ = 6.5cm, (ii) a 2 × 2 matrix R such that QR = P
angle PQR = 30° and angle QPR = 120°. S is a
point on the opposite side of RQ as P such that 16. A rectangle ABCD has vertices A(1, 0), B(3, 0), C(3,
angle RQS = 90° and RS = 12cm. 1) and D(1, 1). Rectangle ABCD is mapped onto
(ii) Measure the length of RQ and SQ. rectangle A'B'C'D' by the transformation matrix
(b) (i) Draw a circle that passes through the points P, 2 0
Q and S.  .
(ii) Measure the radius of the circle 0 2
(a) Find the coordinates of A'B'C'D'.
13. The histogram below shows the marks scored by 40
(b) Rectangle A'B'C'D' is mapped onto A''B''C''D''
students in a test.
with vertices at A"(2, 0), B"(6, 0), C"(10, 2) and
D"(6, 2). Find the matrix of transformation.
(c) Find a single transformation matrix which maps
rectangle ABCD onto A''B''C''D''.

17. A company wishes to transport at least 480 mattresses

from its stores to one of its sales point. It has two
types of trucks, A and B. Truck A can carry 40
mattresses at a cost of shs30,000 per trip. Track B
can carry 60 mattresses at a cost of shs45,000 per
trip. There is shs600,000 available for transport. The
number of trips made by A should not exceed 12.
Those made by B should not exceed twice the
number of trips made by A.
(a) If x and y are the trips made by A and B
respectively, write down four inequalities
satisfying the given inequalities.
(a) Use the histogram to construct a grouped
frequency distribution table. (b)(i) On the same axes, draw the graphs of the
(b) Calculate the mean mark. inequalities and shade the unwanted regions.
(ii) Find all the possible number of trips made by
14. (a) Factorise completely the following expressions each truck so that the transport cost is
(i) a2 + b2 – 4 + 2ab, minimised.
(ii) a2 – 5a – 36 + am + 4m
(b) Given that x + y = 10 and xy = 5, find the values
of:
1 1
(i) 
x y
1
(ii) y
x
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both Rugby and Basketball. The number of students
2011 PAPER TWO who play Soccer only is equal to twice the number of
SECTION A students who play Rugby only. All the students play at
1. Convert 5.272727… to a fraction. least one of the games.
2. Given that F = {all factors of 24} and G = {all factors
(a) Represent the above information on a Venn
of 30}, find n(F'∩G) where F' is the complement of F. diagram.
3. Find the equation of a line whose gradient is  1 and (b) Find the number of students:
2 (i) who play all the three games.
passes through the point (-4, 5). (ii) in the group.
(c) If a student is chosen at random from the group,
4. A sales woman earns a basic salary of shs120,000 and find the probability that the student plays at least
a commission of 8% of the month’s total sales. If the two games.
month’s total sales were shs1,350,000, find her income
for that month. 13. (a) Given that f(x) = 4x – 3, find
5. Simplify: log 15 – 2 log 10 + log 60. (i) f (2),
(ii) f -1(x),
6. If m is directly proportional to the square of n and n = (iii) f -1(-1)
2 when m = 1, find the value of m when n = -5.
(b) Given that g(x) = x2 + 1 and h(x) = x – 3, find
7. Find the point of intersection of the lines 3x + 2y = 6 the value of x for which gh(x) = hg(x).
and x + y = 4.
14. Lugazi is 45 km from Kampala. Kintu set off at 0815
8. The diagram below shows the net of a right triangular hours from Kampala riding a bicycle at 15 km/hr.
pyramid. Kintu’s bicycle broke down at 0915 hours and he was
delayed for 45 minutes. He then walked back to
a Kampala and reached at 1230 hours. Ojok set off at
6cm

0915 hours from Kampala, riding a bicycle and reached

b 8cm Lugazi at 1200 hours.
(a) On the same axes, draw the graphs showing the
8cm

journeys of Kintu and Ojok.

(b) Use your graph in (a) to find:
(i) How far from Kampala Kintu was when his
c bicycle broke down.
Find the lengths marked a, b, and c. (ii) The speed at which Kintu walked back to
Kampala.
9. Given that S(-2, 6) and T(3, 3) are two points, find the (iii) Ojok’s average speed.
coordinates of R if OR = 4OS + 13 OT and O is the (iv) The time when the two men met.
origin. (v) The distance from Kampala where the two men
met.
10. A cylinder has a radius of 3 cm and a height of 5 cm. 15. In the figure below, OA = a and OB = b. 3OB =
Find the area of the curved surface.
2BD. P is a point on AD such that. OC = 3CE =
3AP.
SECTION B A P D
11. (a) Hellen won shs42 million in a lottery. She shared
the money with her parents in the ratio 5:2
respectively. Find how much money she gave her
a
parents.
b
(b) Without using mathematical table or a calculator,
simplify O E
1 C
64 3
1
(a) Express the following vectors in terms of
27 3 vectors a and b:
(c) Given that 15 = 3.873, 6 = 2.450 and 10 = (i) AD.
3.162, without using a calculator, evaluate to two (ii) AP.
significant figures (b) Show that AD : OE  3:8
3 2 16. Paul and Mary invested shs600,000 each in a
.
5 2 savings society for 2 years. Paul opted for simple
interest while Mary opted for compound interest.
12. A group of students was asked what game they play. It Both interests were at 12% per annum.
was found out that 20 play Rugby (R), 30 play Soccer (a) Find the interest earned by each of them
(S) and 15 play Basketball (B). 6 play both Rugby and (b) Who earned more interest and by how much?
Soccer, 4 play both Soccer and Basketball and 5 play
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17. The figure below shows a right pyramid on a
2015 PAPER ONE
rectangular base ABCD. AB = 16cm and BC = 12
cm. V is 24 cm vertically above the base ABCD.
SECTION A
V 1. Given that a*b = a b , find the value of (2*4)*16.
2. Two towns A and B are such that the bearing of B
from A is 085°. Find the bearing of A from B.
3. The pie chart below represents the subjects taught by

24cm
45 science teachers.
D C

O 12cm
Mathematics
Physics
A 16cm B
Calculate the: 112°
80°
(a) volume of the pyramid. 72°
(b) angle between AV and the base ABCD.
(c) angle between the planes ADV and BCV. Chemistry

Determine the number of teachers who teach

Mathematics.
4. Make b the subject of the equation t  20  a  b 2
2 2 
5. Given that  -1
 , determine A .
 3 4 
6. Determine an inequality which is represented by
the unshaded region on the graph below:

7. (a) Plot the point A (4, 2) on a graph.

(b) Find the coordinates of the image of the point A
after a rotation of + 90° about (l, -1 )
8. Solve the equation: 3 (2a  1)  5 (a  5) .
4 6
9. In the figure below, PQ is a diameter and O is the
centre of the circle. Angle PRS = 23°.
S
F
x 50°

P Q
O

Calculate the value of the angle marked x.

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10. A coin and a regular tetrahedron with faces 15. A school hired a bus and a mini-bus to transport
numbered from 1 to 4 are tossed. students to a study tour. Each trip of the bus cost
(a) Construct a table showing all the possible Sh 40,000 and that of the mini-bus cost Sh25,000.
outcomes. The bus has a capacity of 42 students and the
mini-bus 14 students. All the 126 students
(b) What is the probability of getting a tail and a
contributed a total of Sh 200,000 and had to go for
number greater than 1?
the tour. The mini-bus had to make more trips than
SECTION B the bus. If x and y represent the number of trips
11. (a) Copy and complete the following table for the made by the bus and the mini-bus respectively;
curve y = -2x2 + x + 1 (a) write down five inequalities representing the
given information
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
(i) plot the inequalities on the same axes.
-2x2 -18 -2 -8
(ii) by shading the unwanted region, show the
x -3 -1 2
region satisfying all the inequalities.
1 1 1 1
(c) Use the graph to find the number of trips each
y -20 -2 -5
vehicle should make so as to spend the least
(b) Using the values in your completed table, amount of money.
draw the graph of y = 2x2 + x + 1.
16. Triangle ABC with vertices A(1, 2), B(2, 6) and C(4, 2)
(c) Use your graph to solve the equation is mapped onto triangle A'B'C' by a reflection in the
6 – x – 2x2 = O. line x + y = 0. Triangle A'B'C' is then mapped onto
12. A motor cyclist travelled 8 km up a hill at a speed triangle A''B''C'' by a transformation whose matrix is
of x km/h. On the return journey down the hill, his  2 5
.
speed was (x + 4) km/h. The difference in time  4 5 

between the uphill and downhill journeys was 10
minutes. (a) Use I(1, 0) and J(0, 1) to find the matrix of
(a) Write down an expression for the time taken reflection in the line y + x = 0.
for the (b) Find the coordinates of
(i) uphill journey.
(ii) downhill journey. (i) A', B' and C'.
(b) (i) Using expressions in (a), form a quadratic (ii) A'', B'' and C''.
equation for the difference in time for the (c)Determine a matrix for the single
two journeys. transformation which maps A''B''C'' back
(ii) Solve the quadratic equation. onto ABC.
(c) What was his average speed for the uphill and 17. In the diagram below, ABCD is a rectangle with CF
downhill journeys? =10 cm, EF= 8 cm, angle BFC = 50° and angle
EFA = 52°.
 x  7 x  x 1 0  . B C
13. (a) Matrix A =   and B  
 3 0  2 2
10 cm
If C = A + B, find the value of x for which the 50° 8cm
determinant of matrix C is 2.
F
(b) Solve the following simultaneous equations 10 cm
using the matrix method. 52°
3x + 2y = 8
3y + 4x = 11 A E D
14. The table below shows the ages of 50 people
treated for tuberculosis (TB) at a health centre. Calculate the:
86 85 56 59 67 62 63 50 91 62 (a) the length
56 27 50 54 80 61 52 52 16 28 (i) BC
66 46 55 58 56 77 26 40 42 51 (ii) AB
35 45 68 51 49 40 93 84 79 63 (b) the area of triangle CEF
52 53 25 93 27 71 66 52 30 12
(a) Construct a frequency table starting with the class
10 19.
(b) Use the frequency table to calculate the;
(i) mean age of the people treated for TB.
(ii) median age of the people treated for TB.
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end of a certain month the business made Sh
2015 PAPER TWO 480,000. Determine the amount each got from
SECTION A the business.
2
 8  3 12 (a) A mapping is defined by f(x) = x2 – x + 3.
1. Simplify   Determine the range of the mapping whose
 27  domain is {-3, 0, 1, 2}.
2. Find the equation of the line through the point R(5, (b) Given that h(x) = 3x - 5 and g(x) = x2, find hg(-
9) and parallel to the line joining the point S(15, -2) 2).
to the point T (-3,4). (c) If f(x) = 2x + 5, find the value of f-1(11).
3. Amina bought a television set (TV) at a discount of 13. In the diagram below, OA = a, OB = b, BC = 20A
5%. The market price of the TV was Sh320,000. and 30B = 20E. F is a mid-point of BC. G divides
How much did she buy the TV? AC in the ratio 2:1.
4. Given that P (2, 3) and Q (5, 8) are two points in a C
plane, determine the;
(a) vector PQ.
A F
(b) magnitude of PQ.
5. Solve: log10(7x + 2) – log10(x – 1) = 1 a
6. The function h(x) = bx2 + 4x. If h(-1) = 3, find the E
value of b. O b B

7. In a class of 15 students, 7 like Mathematics, 9 like (a) Express in terms of a and b the vectors:
English and 2 like neither Mathematics nor English. (i) CB
Find the number of students who like both (ii) AC
Mathematics and English. (iii) BE
(b) Show that G, F and E are collinear.
8. The capacity of a cylindrical tin is 2 litres. Its radius 14. Two towns A and Bare 200 km apart. A Tata lorry
is 8 cm. Find its height. left town A at noon and travelled at a speed of 50
1 km/hr for one hour. It stopped for 30 minutes then
9. A line has gradient and passes through the point continued to B at a speed of 60 km/hr. An Isuzu
2 lorry left town B at 12:30 p.m. and travelled for one
(-4, 7). Find the coordinates of the point at which
hour at a speed of 40 km/hr. It then changed and
the line cuts the y-axis.
travelled at a speed of V km/hr and arrived at town
10. The figure below shows a cone whose base radius is A at 4:30 p.m.
12 cm and perpendicular height OV is 20 cm. (a) Using scales 2cm to represent 20km and 4cm
Determine the to represent one hour, draw distance-time graphs
showing the journeys for the two lorries on the
same axes.
(b) U se the graphs to estimate the;
(i) distance from A to the point where the
two vehicles met.
(ii) time at which the two vehicles met.
(iii) time of arrival for the Tata lorry at town
B.
(iv) speed (V) of the Isuzu lorry.
(i) slant height PV
15. (a) A worker's gross salary is Sh 200,000 per
(ii) area of curved surface of the cone. month. If Sh 130,000 is tax-free and the rest is
SECTION B taxed at 10%, what is the worker's net pay per
month?
11. (a) A map has a scale of 1:250,000. The area of the
(b) Mr Odoi and Mrs Kaiso are money lenders.
swamp on the map is 12 cm2. What is the
Mr. odoi lends money at a simple interest rate
actual area of the swamp in km?
of 15% per annum. Mrs Kaiso lends money at a
(b) In a business John gets a fixed pay of Sh compound interest rate of 15% per annum. A
80,000 and Daniel gets Sh 60,000 per month. trader wants to borrow Sh 500,000 for 2 years.
The remainder is shared among John, Daniel Which of the two lenders would be cheaper and
and Tom in the ratio 2:3:5 respectively. At the by how much?
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15. A restaurant supplies food to 129 factory workers.
It found out that 72 workers like matooke (M), 50
like potatoes (P) and 32 like rice (R). 15 like
matooke and rice. 18 like matooke and potatoes. 7
like potatoes and rice. 44 like matooke only. 10
dislike all the three types of food.
(a) Represent the given information on a Venn
diagram.
(b) Find the number of workers who like all the three Calculate angles p and q.
types of food. 5. An object at (0, 0) undergoes a translation A   5 
 
 12 
(c) Find the probability that a worker chosen at
3
random from the factory likes at most two types of then allowed by translation B    .
food. 6
17. The diagram below shows a piece of wood of uniform (a) Find a single translation equivalent to the two
cross-section ABCD in which ABCD is a rectangle translations A and B.
(b) How far is the object from (0, 0)?
and ADE is a semi-circle of diameter AD. BC =
5x  2 7 x  2
20cm, AB = 10cm and CH = 50cm. 6. Solve the equation;  3
3 5
7. Two fair coins are tossed.
(a) Construct a table showing all the possible
outcomes.
(b) What is the probability of getting at least a tail?
5 7
8. Find the inverse of the matrix A    .
 3 2 
9. Determine the inequality which is represented by the
unshaded region on the graph below.
Calculate the:
(a) area of the cross section ABCDE.
(b) volume of the wood.
(c) total surface area of the piece of wood.
[Take π = 3.14]

2016 PAPER ONE

SECTION A
1. Make a the subject of the
expression 10. A pilot in a plane at an altitude of 500 m above the
a 2 horizontal ground sees a camp at an angle of
c depression of 15°. Find the horizontal distance the
(a  b)(a  b) pilot would have to fly so that the plane is directly
2. The pie chart below shows the various clubs that 40 above the camp.
students belong to:
SECTION B
11. A manager of a restaurant spent Shs29,000 to
purchase 4 kg of rice and 7 kg of irish potatoes. Later
he increased each of the above quantities by 1 kg thus
increasing his expenditure by Shs5,000.
(a) Writ down two equations that represent the
manager's purchases.
(b) Use your equations to find the cost of rice and
irish potatoes per kilogramme.
Determine the number of students in the wildlife club. (c) How much would the manager pay for 10 kg of
3. Given that a*b = a + b + ab, rice and 15 kg of irish potatoes?
(a) evaluate 3 * 5. 1 x   x   5
(b) find the value of n, when 7 * n = 23. 12. (a) Solve the equation 3    
4. The circle below has its centre at O.  y  1  2 y   9 
0 1 2 1
(b) Given that M    and N   
3 0  3 2
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(i) calculate N2 and MN. there are executive seats. Executive seats are priced at
(ii) find the value of the scalar k if N2 + kN= MN. Shs 15,000 each. Ordinary seats are priced at
13. In the figure below, MNOP and MQRS are squares. Shs10,000 each. At least Shs 1,000,000 should be
MN = x cm and QN = y cm. collected at each show to meet the expenses.
(a) Taking x as the number of executive seats and y
as the number of ordinary seats, write down five
inequalities from the given information.
(b) Represent the inequalities on a graph.
(c) From your graph, find the number of seats of
each kind which must be sold to give the
maximum profit.

(a) If the area of the rectangle QNOT is 1 cm2 less

than area of MQRS, show that y2 – 3xy + x2 = 1. 2016 PAPER TWO
(b) Given that y = 3 cm, find the appropriate value SECTION A
of x. 1. Given that h(x) = 3x – 2, find the value of
(c) Calculate the area of rectangle PTRS.
(i) h(-2).
14. The following table shows the marks scored by 36
(ii) x when h(x) = 7
students in a Mathematics test.
Marks Frequency 2. Josephine obtained 95% in a test which was marked
out of 80 marks. How many marks did she score out
30 -39 4
of 80?
40-49 6
3. The Venn diagram below shows the number of
50- 59 3 students who play tennis (T) volleyball (V) and
60-69 12 football (F).
70-79 2
80- 89 5
90-99 4
(a) Calculate to 2 decimal places the
(i) mean mark.
(ii) median mark.
(b) Find the probability that a student picked at
random scored below 50.
15. (a) Copy and complete the table below for
y = (3x + 1)(2x − 5). Find:
X -1 0 I 2 3 4 (a) the number of students who play only one
3x+ 1 -2 4 10 game.
2x − 5 -7 -3 1 (b) n(V∪F∩T')
Y 14 -12 10 4. A straight line passes through the points (-2, 5) and
(a) Use your completed table to draw a graph of y = (2, -3). Determine the equation of the line.
(3x + 1)(2x − 5) with a scale of 2 cm for 1 unit
5. The volume of a sphere is 2000 cm3. Calculate the
on the x-axis and 2 cm for 5 units on the y-axis.
volume of a similar sphere whose radius is half of
(b) Draw on the same axes the line y = 5.
(c) Use the two graphs in (b) and (c) to solve the that of the given sphere.
equation 6x2 – 13x – 10 = 0 ab 2 4 2
16. (a) The image of P(6, 3) after a reflection is P'(3, 6). 6. Given that  , find the values of a,
c 4 2
(i) Plot the points P and P' on a graph paper.
(ii) Construct the line of reflection. Hence find the b and c.
equation of the line of reflection. 7. The coordinates of points A and B are (-4, -5) and
(b) The image of ABCD under a matrix of transformation (x,y) respectively. The coordinates of the midpoint
 1 0  is A'B C'D'. The coordinates of the image are of AB are (-3, 1). Determine the values of x and y.
  8. The position vectors of A and B are a and b
 2 1 
A'(1, 0), B'(4, -6), C'(4, -4) and D'(1, 2). Determine respectively. A point X is on AB such that
the coordinates of A, B, C and D.
4 AX  3AB . Find the position vector of X, in
17. The manager of a cinema hall wishes to divide the
seats available into two classes executive and terms of a and b.
ordinary. There are not more than 120 seats available. 9. An examination body pays its setters Shs100,000 as
There must be at least twice as many ordinary seats as basic fee and Shs8,000 for each question set. A
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withholding tax of 6% is deducted from a setter's (iii) the time the pick-up reached town Q.
gross pay. Okot set ten questions. How much was 3 
his net pay? 2 12    1 14 
13. (a) Evaluate 5 
10. The figure below shows a vertical pole, CP of
3
height 5 m standing on a rectangular horizontal slab 1 18 
4
ABCD. AB = 4 m and BC = 3 m. PA is a wire that (b) A lake occupies an area of 43.75 km2. What
supports the pole. would be its area in cm, on a map whose
scale is 1: 250,000?
14. (a) Given that T= {2,5,6,8,9, 10, 12, 13} illustrate
on papygrams the relations:
(i) “Greater than by 3.”
(ii) “Factor of.”
(b) If f(x) = x + 13 and g (x) = log10(x + 2), find
(i) the value of x when (x) = O.
(ii) gf(85).
15. (a) A bank in a certain country buys and sells
foreign currency as follows:
Currency Buying (Shs) Selling (Shs)
1 US. Dollar (S) 2,900 3,000
Calculate the angle between the wire PA and the 1 Pound Sterling(£) 4,650 4,700
slab ABCD.
A tourist arrived in that country with S4500. She
SECTION B
converted all the dollars to shillings at the bank.
11. A group of 84 tourists were asked whether they
During her stay she spent Shs 9,900,000 and
had ever visited Gulu, Mbarara or Soroti. The
then converted the remaining shillings to Pound
number of tourists who had visited Gulu was equal
Sterling. Calculate the amount she received in
to the number of tourists who had visited Mbarara.
Pound Sterlings.
54 had visited Soroti. 14 had visited Soroti and
(b) A generator is being sold in cash or on hire
Gulu only. 12 had visited Soroti and Mbarara
purchase. Its cash value is Shs894,000. On hire
only. 16 had visited Gulu and Mbarara only. 13
purchase, a deposit of 50% of the cash value is
had visited all the three towns. 8 had not visited
made and followed by equal monthly
any of the towns.
instalments of Shs65,000 for 8 months.
(a) Represent the given information on a Venn
Calculate the money saved when one buys the
diagram.
generator in cash rather than on hire purchase.
(b) How many tourists had
(i) visited Mbarara? 3  4
16. Given that OP =   , PQ =   , OR =
1
2 OQ
(ii) not visited Gulu? 4  8 
(c) Given that a tourist is selected at random,
and S is a point on PQ such that , find
what is the probability that the tourist had
visited two towns only? (a) OR
12. Towns P and Q are 100 km apart. A pick-up starts (b) (i) PR
from town P at 5.00 am at a steady speed of 30 (ii) |PR|
krn/h for 1 hour. It increases its speed to 100 km/h (c) OS
until it reaches town Q. At 5.30 am, a taxi starts 17. The diagram below shows a lampshade made out
from town Q towards P at a steady speed of 60 of the lower part of a cone. The base radius is
krn/h until it breaks down 1½ hours later. 28cm, the top radius is 12 cm and the slant height
(a) On the same axes, draw distance-time graphs is 20 cm.
for the pick-up and the taxi. (Use scale 2cm:
30 minutes on the horizontal axis and 2cm :
10 km on the vertical axis)
(b) Use your graphs to find
(i) the time the taxi and the pick-up passed
each other and how far they were from P.
(ii) how far the taxi was from town Q when it
broke down.
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Calculate the;
(a) height h, of the lamp shade.
(b) surface area of the lampshade. (Use π = 3.14)