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 SECTION A: 40 MARKS

Answer all questions in this section.

Questions 1to 20 carry two marks each.

1. Work out: 124 - 45

124

- 45

79

2. Write in figures: Eighty thousand, ten.

80000

+ 10

80010

3. Simplify: 18x-5(3x+7).

18x-5(3x+7).

18x- 15x-35

3x -35

4. Given that set k ={ g , m, v , z }, find the number of subsets in set k

5. Workout -7 - -3 on the number line below.

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8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8

6. Find the sum of the 5th and 8th prime numbers.

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Eight prime number + 23

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14 2
7. Work out: ÷
15 5
14 2 14 5 7 2
÷ = x = =1
15 5 15 2 5 5

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8. A birthday party started at4:30 p.m. and lasted 2 hours. At what time did the party
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end?
2 ¾ hour = 2hrs 45minutes

4: 30

+ 2: 45

8 : 15 pm the party ended at 8:15pm

9. Show all the lines of folding symmetry in the figure below

10. A traders sold a pair of shoes at 32,800 making a profit of sh 1,200.

What was the cost price of the pair of shoes?

Cost price = Selling price – profit

= 32800 – 1200

= shs. 31600

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 11. In a car park there are 192 cars. The probability that a car picked at random from the
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pick is made in Japan is .
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How many cars are not made in Japan?
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The probability that a car is not made in Japan = 1 - =
8 8

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x 192=96
The number of cars not made in japan =
8
12. How many packets of 200 grams can be got be got from 2.6 kilograms of salt?

Convert 2.6kg to grams = 2.6 x 1000 = 2600g

Number of packets = 2600 = 13 packets

200

13. Given that a= -2, b=3 and c=4, find the value of b(a2+ c).

Substitute for a, b and c

b(a2 + c) = 3(-22 + 4)

Evaluate

3(-22 + 4) = 3(4+4) = 24

14. Work out: 1101two +111two

1101two

+ 111
15. Find the size of angle
two y the figure below.
10100 2y = 1300

y = 650

1300
y0

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 16. The Venn diagram below shows the prime factors of 12 and 18

Use it to answer the question that follows

F12 F18
21
22 32
31

Find the lowest common multiple of 12 and 18.

LCM= 21 x22 x31 x32= 36

17. Find the median of the numbers: 8, 10, 4, 1, 6 and 9.

Arrange the number in order starting with the smallest

1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10

since the total number is even, the average middle numbers 6 and 8 give the median

6+8
∴ the median = =7
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18. Bbosa has goat and sheep in the ratio of 3:2. It he has 24 goats, how many sheep does
he have?

Total ratio = 3+2 = 5

Let the total number of be Y

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Y = 24
5

Y = 40

The number of sheep = 40 – 24 = 16 sheep

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19. A bucket was full of water. When 4 liters were removed, it become . What is the
4 2
capacity of the bucket?

Let the capacity of bucket be X

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Multiply be 4 throughout
 3X -16 = 2X

20. In a poultry farm, eggs are packed into boxes into boxes which hold 144 eggs. How
many boxes of the same size are needed to pack 1,008 eggs?

total number of eggs

The numb er of packs=
the number of egge per pack

1,008
=
144

= 7 packs

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 SECTION B: 60 MARKS

Answers all question in this section.

Marks for each question are indicated in the brackets

21. In a class, 31 pupils play tennis (T) and (d + 5) play volley ball (V) only D pupils play both
games while 3 play neither of the games.
(a) Use the above information to complete the Venn diagram below. (02marks)

ɛ=

V
T

d+5 d 31 -d

(b) If 27 pupils play volleyball altogether, find the valve of d (02marks)

2d + 5 = 27

2d = 22

d = 11

22. (a) What number has been expanding red below?

(6x103)+ (2x101) +7x100) + (3x10-2) (03marks)

= 6000 + 20 + 7 + 0.03
= 6027.03
(b) Work out (8.5x14) +(8.5x16) (02 marks)

= 8.5(14 + 16)

= 8.5 x 30

= 255
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 23. The table below shows the rate at which different currencies were sold and bought in a
commercial bank during the month of September.
Use it to answer the question that following.

currency Selling in Ug. Sh. Buying in ug.sh.

1 US dollar ($)
1Euro (€) 3,600 3,650
1 Rwandese franc 4,000 4,020
4.0 5.0

(a) How many Euros Musa get for Ug. shs.603, 000? (02 mark)

Shs. 4,020 buy 1 Euro

603000
∴ shs. 60300 buy: =150 Euros
4020

(b) Amina came from Rwanda with 109,500 Rwandese francs and exchanged them for US
dollar. How many US dollar did she get from the bank? (03mark)

First find the money in Uganda shilling and the buy US dollars

1 Rwanda franc is equivalent to Ug shs. 5.0

∴ 109500 Rwandese fracs ≡ 5 x 109500

= 547500

Then buy UD dollar using Uganda shillings

Ug. Shs 3,650 buy 1 US dollar

547500
∴ 547500 will buy =150 US dollars
3650

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24. Bbosa filled container A below with drinking water, she served visitor with the water using
cups of size B shown in the diagram

A 50cm

B 10cm

7cm
28cm

Find the total number of full cups of water she served the visit

22
(Use π ) (06marks)
7 2
Volume of a cylinder = πr h
2
22 x 14 x 50 3
Volume of container A = =30800 cm
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22 x 3.5 x 3. 5 x 10 3
Volume of each cup = =385 cm
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volume of A 30800
Number of filled cups = = =80 cups
volume of thecup 385

25. A fruit seller sold the following number of mangoes in six days.

60, 35, 40, 28, 42, and 35.

(a) What is the modal number of mangoes sold? (01marks)

The modal number is the most common number = 35

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 (b) Work out the mean number of mangoes sold

(02marks)
∑ of the number
the mean=
number of items

60+35+ 40+28+42+35
¿ =40
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(c) By the end of the seventh day, the mean number of mangoes sold was 44. How many
mangoes were sold on the seventh day? (02 marks)

Let the number of mangoes sold on Sunday be Q

40 x 6+Q
44=
7

Q = 68 mangoes

26 In the figure below line AB is parallel to CD, Angle CTV = 44 and angle TQR=56. Study use it
to answer the questions that follow:

Q R
A B
560 g 0

0
k

C D
440 T

Find the size of

(a) Angle k (02mark)

Angle RTD = 440 (corresponding angles)

Angle RTD + k + 56 = 180

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 (b) Angle g (02mark)

g + angle RTD = 1800

g = 180 -44 =1360

27 The table below shows how a motor cyclist travelled from town R through towns Q and S
to town P.
Study and use it to answer the question that below

Town arrival departure

R 9:00 a. m
Q 9:30 a. m 9:42 a. m
S 10:35 a. m. 11:10 a. m
P 1:30 p. m

a. How long motor cyclist stay at town S (01mark)

11: 10

- 10: 35 35 minutes

35

b. Find time the motor cyclist took to travel from town R to town P (02mark)

Time taken = 12.00 -9.00 + 1.30 = 4hrs 30 minutes

c. If the distance from town R to town P is 180km, calculate the average speed of the
motor cyclist for the whole journey. (02marks)

Distance
Speed=
time

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= =80 km hr
= 9 9
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28. Bbosa sold his radio to Aguti at sh 63,000 making a loss of 10 %. Aguti later sold the radio
to chebet at a profit of 15%.

(a) Calculate the amount of money Bbosa paid for the radio.
(03marks)

Let the amount be Q

(100-10)%Q = 6300

6300 x 100
Q= =7000
90

(b) For how much money did Aguti sell the radio? (02 marks)

Let the selling price be P

( 100+15 ) 6300
P= =7245
100

Aguti sold the radio at Shs. 7245

29. Study the figure below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

10m

3m
A 4m B x

9m

5m
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 (a) Calculate the area of the figure (03mark)

Total area = Area of A + Area of B

=LxB + ½ bh

= (7 x 9) + ½ (4 x 3)

= 63 + 6

= 69 cm2

(b) Work out the perimeter of the figure. (03marks)

First, we find the value of X using Pythagoras theorem

X = √ 4 2+ 32=5 m

Perimeter = 10 + 5 + 5 + 7 + 9 = 36m

30. Two taps F and E are connected to water tank. Tap F can fill the tank in 2 hours while E can
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empty it in 3hours, one day when the tank was full of water; the taps were opened at the
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same time.

How long did it take to fill the tank?

Let the volume of the tank be V

V V 1
Rate of filling the tank = − = V
2 3 6

volume 1 1 6
Time take = = V ÷ V = =3 hours
rate 2 6 2
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31. A geometry set costs half as much as a book. A book costs shs 600 more than a fountain
pen. If the total cost of the three items is shs 6,900, find the cost of the geometry set.
(04marks)

Let the cost of geometry set = x

The cost of the book will be = 2x

The cost of fountain pen = 2x – 600

Total cost = x + 2x + 2x – 600 = 6900

5x = 7500

X = 1500

A geometry set cost shs. 1500

32 A plane flew from airport K to airport T on a bearing of 1200. The distance between K and T
is 600km. It then left airport T for airport R on a bearing of 2100. The distance between T and R
is 500km.

(a) Sketch journey made by the plane (04marks)

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made by the plane.

(04marks) K

(c) Find the bearing airport R from airport K = 1600 (01mark)

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