ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2 4028/2

Additional materials: NOVEMBER 2024 SESSION 2 hours 30 minutes

Answer paper
Geometrical instruments
Graph paper
Mathematical tables
Plain paper

TIME 2 hours 30 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the
answer paper/answer booklet.

Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B.

Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.

All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the
answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
If the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the
answer should be given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given to
one decimal place.

INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES

The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
Mathematical tables or electronic calculators may be used to evaluate explicit numerical
expressions.

This question paper consists of 8 printed pages

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 Section A [52 Marks]

Answer all questions in this section

1. (a) Find the Highest Common Factor (HCF) of 96 and 120 [3]
(b) On a certain day the temperature rose -5°C to +27°C.
Calculate the rise in temperature. [2]
(c) If r = 4,2 × 105 and q = 7 × 10-3, evaluate qr.
Leave the answer in standard form. [2]
(d) Simplify 3√7 + √14 × √2
Leave the answer in surd form [2]

2. (a) Write down the order of matrix (2 8). [1]

5 0 56 −4
(b) Matrix A = ( ) and matrix B = ( )
−8 9 −80 2
Evaluate,
1
(i) 𝐴 −2𝐵 [2]

(ii) 𝐴𝐵 [2]

𝑥−1 6
(c) The matrix ( ) is singular.
2 𝑥+3

(i) Form an equation in x and show that it reduces to x2 +2x – 15 = 0. [2]

(ii) Solve the equation x2 +2x – 15 = 0. [3]

3. (a) The selling price of a certain model of a mobile phone is $2 760, 00 including a Value
Added Tax (VAT) of 15%.
(i) Calculate the price of the mobile phone excluding Value Added Tax. [2]
(ii) The exchange rate of Zimbabwean dollars ZWL($) to Botswana Pula (P) on a certain
day was ZWL$ 9,00 TO 1 Pula.
Find the cost of the mobile phone in Pula [2]
 (iii) A sales person is paid 3,5% commission for each same model of mobile phone sold.
Calculate the total commission the sales person gets when 23 such mobile phones are
sold. [3]

(b) Electricity consumed by a household in a month is charged using the following

consumption bands.

Calculate the cost of 375 units bought by a household. [3]

4.

The diagram shows an athletics filed. It is made up of a rectangle ABCDE and two semi-circles
each of radius 31,8m.
AB = 100m.
(In this question take π to be 3,142)
(a) Calculate
 (i) length of arc BCD, [2]
(ii) perimeter of the athletics field, [2]
(iii) total area of the athletics field to the nearest m2, [3]
(iv) cost of covering the whole athletics field with grass, if it costs $620 /m2. [2]
(b) On a map the length AB is represented by a line 4cm long.
Find the scale used to draw the athletics field in the form 1: n, where n is an integer. [2]

5. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper

Use ruler and compasses only for all constructions and show clearly all construction lines
and arcs.
(a) Construct a triangle ABC in which BC = 10,5 cm, 𝐴𝐵̂ 𝐶 = 90° and 𝐵𝐴̂𝐶 = 30°.
(b) Construct locus of points
Equidistant from AB and AC, [2]
3 cm from BC. [2]
(c) Measure and write down the length of AB. [1]
(d) A point R is inside the triangle, nearer to AB than AC and less than 3 cm from BC. Shade the
region in which R lies. [2]

Section B [48 Marks]

Answer any four questions from this section
Each question caries 12 marks
6. (a) Factorise completely
(i) a2 + ay – ax – xy [2]
(ii) x2y2 – 9 [2]

3𝑥−5
(b) The length of a regular hexagon is 𝑐𝑚.
2

The perimeter of the hexagon is 15cm

Find the value of x. [4]
(c) Given the formular V = kr2h
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(i) find V when k = , r = 3.5 and h = 15 [2]
7

(ii) Express r in terms of k, v and h [2]

7. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper

A particle moves such that the velocity, v m/s after t seconds is given by v = t2 – 5t +10.

The following is an incomplete table of corresponding values of t and v

t 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
v 10 6 4 4 6 m 16

(a) Calculate the value of m. [1]

(b) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 1 unit on the t axes and 2cm to represent 2 units on the v
axes, draw the graph of v = t2 – 5t +10. [4]
(c) Use the graph to find the
(i) minimum velocity reached by the object [1]
(ii) acceleration at t = 1 [2]
(iii) range of values of t when velocity was less than 7m/s [2]
(iv) distance travelled by the particle from t = 2 to t = 4 [4]

8. The table gives a frequency of marks obtained in a mathematics test by a class of 100 learners.
Mark 0 ≤ 𝑥 < 10 10 ≤ 𝑥 < 20 20 ≤ 𝑥 < 30 30 ≤ 𝑥 < 40 40 ≤ 𝑥 < 50
Frequency 7 13 31 37 12

(a) Answer this part of the question on a sheet of graph paper.

Using a scale of 2cm to represent 10 units on both axes draw a frequency polygon for the
distribution. [5]
(b) State the modal class [1]
(c) Calculate an estimate mean mark of the distribution [3]
 (d) State the class interval in which the median mark is found. [1]
(e) One learner is picked at random from the class. Find the probability that the learner's mark
is greater than or to 10 but less than 40 [2]

9. A dress maker specialises in making trousers and skirts for school uniforms. He has 18m of
cloth. Let x be the number of trousers and y the number of skirts produced.

(a) Each skirt requires 0.5m of cloth and a pair of trouser requires 0.75m of cloth. Form an
inequality in x and y and show that it reduces to 2𝑦 + 3𝑥 ≤ 72. [2]
(b) To meet the demand of customers the dress maker should make at least 6 pairs of trousers
and at least 10 skirts. Write down two inequalities that satisfy these conditions. [2]
(c) The number of skirts should be more than the number of trousers. Form another inequality
that satisfies this condition. [1]
(d) Point (x; y) satisfies all the conditions given. Show by shading the unwanted region the
regions in which (x; y) lies. Use a scale of 2cm to represent 5 units in both axes for
0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 30 and 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 40. [5]
(e) Each skirt makes a profit of $120 and each pair of trousers makes a profit of $300. Calculate
the maximum possible profit the dress maker can get. [2]

10. Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper

Use a scale of 2cm to represent 2 units on both axes for −8 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 10 and −6 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 10.
(a) Triangle ABC has vertices at A(4;2), B(4;4) and C(7;4).
Draw and label triangle ABC. [1]
2
(b) Triangle A1B1C1 is the image of triangle ABC after a translation by a vector ( )
−5
Draw and label triangle A1B1C1 [2]
(c) Triangle A2B2C2 is the image of triangle ABC under a reflection in the line 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 2
(i) Draw line 𝑦 = 𝑥 + 2 [1]
(ii) Draw and label triangle A2B2C2 [2]
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1 −2 2
(d) A transformation S represented by matrix ( ) maps triangle ABC onto triangle
0 1
A3B3C3.
(i) Draw and label triangle A3B3C3. [3]
(ii) Describe fully the single transformation, S, that maps triangle ABC onto

A3B3C3. [3]

11.

PQRS is a parallelogram, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

𝑃𝑄 = 𝑎; ⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑆 = 𝑏.
M is the midpoint of SR
(a) Express the following in terms of a and or b
(i) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑅𝑄 [1]
(ii) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑄𝑆 [1]
(iii) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑀 [1]
(iv) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑅 [1]
(b) (i) If ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ express ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑄𝑁 = k𝑄𝑆 𝑃𝑁 in terms of a, b and k.
Show that ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑁 = (1 − 𝑘)𝑎 + 𝑘𝑏. [2]

(ii) If ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑁 = ℎ𝑃𝑀⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ , express ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑃𝑁 in terms of h. [1]

(iii) Use the results from b(i)b and b(ii) to find the values of h and k. [4]
 𝑀𝑁
(iv) Write down the numerical value of . [1]
𝑁𝑃

12.

In the diagram P, Q, R and S are points on the circumference of a circle centre O. PST is a
̂ = 65°, 𝑅𝑆̂𝑇 = 100° and 𝑃𝑄̂ 𝑂 = 40° .
straight line, 𝑄𝑃𝑆
(a) Find
(i) 𝑄𝑅̂ 𝑆 [2]
(ii) Reflex 𝑄𝑂̂𝑆 [2]
(iii) 𝑂𝑄̂ 𝑅 [2]
(iv) 𝑃𝑆̂𝑂 [2]

(b) State the name given to the region enclosed by the chord PQ and minor arc PQ. [1]
(c) The interior angle of a polygon are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 4 : 5 : 6
(i) State the name of the polygon [1]
(ii) Calculate the size of the largest interior angle. [2]