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GRADED TOPICAL APPROACH

TO
“O” LEVEL MATHEMATICS
A competence based curriculum
Revision items with solutions

S.1 – S.4
With current updates

c2 = √𝑎2 + 𝑏 2

2ND EDITION, 2024.

Isingoma Damyano Amooti
BS. ED(UCU), DES (KYU)
(0782467650 / 0780804678)
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 SOME SAMPLE ITEMS IN THIS BOOK

SECTION A: (40 SCORES)

Answer all items in this section.

Item.1 (20 scores)

Denis wants to start a cake project but he has no idea about this project. He wants to make many cakes
and realise a profit. He decided to visit a friend with an idea about the project who guided him as
follows:
- The cost of Oven, marketing and other expenses is shs 60,000.
- The total cost of all expenses on each cake made is shs 500 plus the number
of cakes made.

He realizes that he has to ride 4km east from home and then 3km south at an average speed
of 10kmh-1 to reach the market, however, the friend informed him that there was a direct
route that connects Denis’s home to the market. The customers in the market always need
these cakes at 8:00 AM.
Task;
(a) Help Denis to find the number of cakes he should make and the amount he should sell
each cake so that he does not make a loss.
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(b) What distance does he have to cover by the direct route?

(c) Basing on calculations, advise Denis on the time he should set off from home in order
to reach the market on time.

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Item.2 (20 scores)

Twakowa tukole self− help group of civil servants has a membership of ten people.
Altogether they save £ 400 per month. The group lends to the members basing on their net monthly
income after the income tax deductions.
Income tax is deducted according to the schedule in the table below:

INCOME (SHS) RATE (%)

000000 – 235000 0
235001 – 335000 10
335001 – 410000 20
Above 410000 30

An application for a loan from Akello who earns a gross income of Shs 850,000 has been
approved for processing. If Twakowa tukole self−help group lends 5 times the net
income of a worker which is recovered in;
Either;
12 equal monthly installments at an interest rate of 5% per annum compounded for years.
Or;
Making a deposit followed by 5 equal monthly installments of Shs 524032.5 per month.
Task;
(a) Establish Akello’s net income, hence determine the amount to be approved for processing.

(b) How much money does one who pays by the;

(i) First option pay per installment?
(ii) Second option pay as deposit?
(c) Giving a reason for your answer, which option of loan repayment do you advise
Akello to opt for?

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 SECTION: B (40 SCORES)

This section consists of two parts; I and II.

Part I
Answer one item from each part.

Item.3 (20 scores)

A school head teacher is thinking of how he can boost the mathematics department of your school.
He can either add another teacher or buy more books or both. He has decided that he will do both if the
average performance for this year’s performance for the 40 students is lower than that of the previous
which was 𝟒𝟕. He asked the department to give a test and these were the student’s marks.

50 71 40 48 61 70 30 62
44 63 60 51 55 25 32 65
54 45 65 50 45 40 25 45
48 45 30 38 30 28 24 48
30 48 28 35 50 48 50 60
He also visited the library and found out that the previous candidates used three books for
their revision. Longhorn, Baroque or Math Clinic. From the librarian’s records it is
clear that all the candidates that did not use any book failed the subject greatly.
Out of the 𝟑𝟓 candidates this year 𝟏𝟑 used Longhorn, 𝟐𝟎 used Baroque and 𝟏𝟕 used
Math Clinic. 𝟗 used Longhorn and Math Clinic, 𝟑 used Longhorn and Baroque while 𝟖
used Baroque and Math Clinic only. The records show that 𝟐 used all the three books.
He observed that he should replace one book type of the three with Fountain publisher since
no student read it only alone.

Task:
(a) (i) Help the head teacher group the marks to make an informed decision on the fate
of the department and defend it.
(ii) Display the students’ marks in groups on a simple statistics diagram.
(b) (i) Help the head teacher identify the book he should replace and explain why?
(ii) Find the probability that a student selected from the class failed.

Item.4 (20 scores)

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 Three schools from a Gayaza region want to participate in the National Schools
Football Sports Gala to be held in Lyantonde district playground. Unfortunately, none
of the schools has a school bus and they want to hire a bus for the one day for the
activity. The bus charges Shs 25,000 per km moved. The three schools through there
Sports master agreed to share the cost of the bus equally amongst themselves. One that
day they hired a bus from your school in Gayaza and they set off at 𝟒: 𝟑𝟎𝒂𝒎 and
increased the speed gradually to 𝟗𝟎𝒌𝒎/𝒉𝒓 reaching Mpigi at 𝟔: 𝟒𝟓𝒂𝒎. From there
the bus driver maintained this same speed for 𝟐¼ hours reaching Masaka.
From Masaka the he reduced slowly in speed reaching Lyantonde at 𝟗: 𝟑𝟎𝒂𝒎.
The games started at 𝟏𝟎: 𝟎𝟎𝒂𝒎 sharp and each team played six games.
School A won 𝟑 games, drew 𝟐 and lost 𝟏 game. School B won 𝟒 games and lost 𝟐
games. School C won 2 games and drew 𝟒 games. The organizers award three points for
a win, one point for a draw and no point for a loss. They declared these schools the first
three schools in order of their points they obtained from the games. They were to
receive the prize money of sixteen millions five hundred thousand shillings.
Task:
(a) Find how much each school paid for the bus.
(b) Decide the cash prize for each school.
Part II;

Answer one item from each part.

Item.5 (20 scores)

Traffic Jam is a major problem along the roads leading to Kampala city centre, especially during
the rash early morning hours of the day. A private hospital in the city centre has only two of the key
workers in their emergency unit staying within the hospital facility.
Four stay at Mukono while another two stay at Gayaza and have to beat the traffic jam to
get to work early every morning.
A chance that one is delayed due to the jam along Gayaza or Mukono road is 0.25.
The supervisor of the emergency unit is to recommend to management, a change of the
accommodation policy for the emergency unit staff, if less than four of those who stay
outside the facility arrive early any morning.
Task:
(a) What is the chance of a worker arriving early any morning?
(b) Help the emergency unit supervisor to make a recommendation to the
management of the hospital.

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Item.6 (20 scores)
You are experiencing water shortages in your area. The area Member of Parliament has
been approached by the local council for help.
Below are two similar tanks the Government has decided to give to each village through
the office of the member of parliament and 72 villages are to benefit from the
Government program.

The smaller tank has a capacity of 20000 litres and costs shs 100,000. It is also observed
that the cost is directly proportional to the capacity and the dimensions are doubled.
Task;
(a) Determine the capacity of the bigger tank.
(b) Help the area member of parliament to estimate the cost of this project.
END.

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 ANSWERS TO SAMPLE ITEMS
Item.1
(a) Let x = number of cakes made.
Cost per cake = 500 + number of cakes.
500 + x
Thus, x (500 + x) = 60000.
x2 + 500x − 60000 = 0.
x = 100
or x = −600.(Disregard).
Take x = 100 cakes.
Denis should sell each cake at least Shs 500 + 100 = Shs 600.

(b) Home 4km

Direct route 3km

Market

Distance by direct route = √42 + 32

= √16 + 9
= 5km

𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
Time taken = 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑

5
= 10 x 60
= 30 minutes.
Set off time = 8:00 – 30 minutes
= 7:30AM.
Item.2
(a) Net income = Shs 693000, Amount aproovd for processing = Shs 3465000
(b) (i) ( Amount per installment = Shs 318346.875)
(ii) (Deposit = Shs 1200000)
(c) First option;
Reason: Amount per installment is easily affordable by a member of the group.
Second option:
Reason: It takes a shorter period to pay back the loan (5months).

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Item 3. (a) (i)
C.I Tallies f x fx C.B
20 − 24 I 1 22 22 19.5 −24.5
25 − 29 IIII 4 27 108 24.5 – 29.5
30 − 34 IIII 5 32 160 29.5 – 34.5
35 − 39 II 2 37 74 34.5 – 39.5
40 − 44 III 3 42 126 39.5 – 44.5
45 − 49 IIII IIII 9 47 423 44.4 – 49.5
50 − 54 IIII I 6 52 312 49.5 −54.5
55 − 59 I 1 57 57 54.5 – 59.5
60 −64 IIII 5 62 310 59.5 – 64.5
65 − 69 II 2 67 134 64.5 – 69.5
70 −74 II 2 72 144 69.5 – 74.5
Ʃ f = 40 Ʃ f x = 1870

Ʃ 𝑓𝑥
Average performance = Ʃ𝑓
1870
= 40
= 46.75
Since this years’ average performance (46.75) is lower than that of last year (47),
the head teacher needs to add another teacher and also buy more books.
Note: This question requires a lot of care. The candidate’s response may vary basing
on the class interval used.

(ii) A simple statistic diagram showing students’ marks. (Histogram)

Note: In 3(a)(ii) above, a student may either draw a histogram or an Ogive.

(b) (i) n(Ʃ) = 35, n(L) = 13, n(B) = 20, n(M) = 17.

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 n(LnM) = 9, n(LnB) = 3, n(BnMn L’) = 8. n(LnBnM) = 2.
Let n(LnBnM) = x.
n(Ʃ) =35.

n(L) = 13 n(B) = 20

a 1 c

7 2 8

n(M) = 17 x

a = 13− (7+2+1)
a = 3.
b = 17 – (7+2+8)
= 0.
c = 20 – (2+8+1)
c = 9.
x = 35 – (13+0+8+9)
x = 5.
A neat Venn – diagram
n(Ʃ) =35.

n(L) = 13 n(B) = 20

3 1 9

7 2 8

n(M) = 17 5

The head teacher should replace Math clinic with Fountain publisher.
Because no student read it only alone. i.e n(MnL’nB’) = 0.
(b) (ii) 5 students failed.
𝑁𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠
P(fail) = 𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠
5
P(fail) =
35
𝟏
=
𝟕

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Item 4.
3 2 1
(b) Performance matrix = [4 0 2]
2 4 0
3 x 3.

3
Award matrix = [1]
0
3 x 1.

3 2 1 3
Overall performance = [4 0 2] [1]
2 4 0 0

9+2+0
= [12 + 0 + 0]
6+4+0

11
= [12]
10
Teams A, B and C obtained 11 points, 12 points and 10 points respectively.
Team B won the Gala.
Total points = 11+12+10
= 33.
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Team A received x 16500000 = Shs 5500000.
33
12
Team B received x 16500000 = Shs 6000000.
33
10
Team C received x 16500000 = Shs 5000000.
33
Note: Accept any other method that leads to similar results.

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Item.5
(a) Let M = a worker stays at Mukono
G = a worker stays at Gayaza.
B = a worker beats the traffic jam.
D = a worker is delayed by the traffic jam.
4 2
P(M) = =
6 3

2 1
P(G) = 6 = 4
1
P(D) = 0.25 = 4
P(B) + P(D) = 1.
3
P(B) = 1 − 0.25 = 0.75 = 4
A tree diagram;

If E represents a worker arriving early any morning:

Then; P(E) = P(MnB) + P (G n B ).
2 3 1 3
= (3 x 4) + (3 x 4)
P( E ) = ¾.

(b) Let the number of people who came early morning bey,
𝑦 3
=
6 4

4y = 18
y = 4.5

Since 4 people are able to arrive early morning in any day, there is no need
to change the accommodation policy for the emergency unit.

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Item.6
1
(a) L.S.F = 2 , (Because the dimensions are in the ratio 1:2)

1 3
V.S.F = [ ]
2
Let the capacity bigger tank be VB
20000 1
=
𝑉𝐵 8

VB = 20000 x 8
VB = 160000 litres.
(b) Cost is directly proportional to capacity.
100000 = k x 20000, k is a constant of proportionality
k = 5.
When VB = 160000,
Cost of bigger tank = 5 x 160000.
= 800000.
Cost per village = 100000 + 800000.
= Shs 900000.
Total cost of the project = 72 x 900000.
= Shs 64800000. END

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