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P425/1
PURE MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
13th November, 2024.
3 HOURS
END OF TERM III EXAMINATION
Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education
PURE MATHEMATICS
Senior Five
Paper 1
3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS
 Answer all the eight questions in section A and any five from section B
 Any additional question(s) will not be marked
 All working must be shown clearly
 Begin each question on a fresh page
 Silent,non programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables with a
list of formulae(log books) may be used provided no additional formulae are
manually written in by the students.

SECTION A (40 marks)

1) Solve 3(32� )+2(3x ) − 1 = 0 (05marks)

2) Solve the equation 4cos � − 2 cos 2� = 3 ��� 0 ≤ � ≤ � ( 05marks)

3) If the roots of the equation a�2 + �� + � = 0 differ by 4.Show that

�2
4�
= (4a + c) (05 marks)
1 tan−1 �
4) Evaluate 0 1+�2 �� (05 marks)
5) A curve is defined by the following parametric equations
x = t2 -t y = 3t + 4
Find the equation of the tangent to the curve at the point(2,10)
(05 marks)
6) Given that one of the root of the equation 4�2 − 12� + � = 0 is k+4i
where k and o are real constants.Find the values of k and p. (05 marks)

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7) If log8 � − log16 �2 + 3 log32 � = 2.6 , ���� �ℎ� ����� �� � (05
marks)
8) Sketch the curve y=�2 (3 − �) and hence find the area enclosed by
the curve and the lines x=0 and x=3. (05 marks)

SECTION B (60 marks)

(Answer any five questions from this section)
9) Find the values of x and y in
� � 6+2�
2+3�
−
3−2�
=
1+8�
(06 marks)
b) Given that � − 1 + � = � − 2 Show that the cartesian equation of
the locus is y = x − 1 (06 marks)

10) When f(x)= �3 -ax+b id divided by x+1. The remainder is 2 and x+2 is
a factor of f(x) .Find the values of a and b. (06 marks)
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b) If the rooots of the equation � + 2x +3 = 0 are α and β, form the
equation whose roots are �2 − � ��� �2 − � (06 marks)

�2 −8�+5 �� ��+�
11. Given that (2�+1)(�2+9) = (2�+1) + (�2+9)
Find the values of A,B and C
3 �2 −8�+5 1 �
Hence show that the 0 (2�+1)(�2 +9) dx= 2
ln 7 −
3
(12 marks)

tan4 �−6 tan2 �+1

12) Show that cos 4� = tan4 �+2 tan2 �+1 (06 marks)
b) Find all values of θ in the interval 00 ≤ θ ≤ 3600 for which
4cos � sin � + 15 cos 2� = 10 (06 marks)

13) Opio wishes to enclose a rectangular piece of land of area

1250c�2 whose one side (length) is bound by a straight bank of a
river.Find the least possible length of the barbed wire required.
(05 marks)
�2 +1 �� −4�
b) Differentaite �2 −1
with respect to x to show that �� = (�2−1)2
(03 marks)
c) Show the curve �3 − �3 −4x2 + 3y = 11x + 4
−11
has x stationary points given by x=1 and x= 3 (03 marks)

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END OF TERM III EXAMINATION

SENIOR TWO
PHYSICS
Time allowed: 1:45 mins
Instructions:Attempt all items
Item 1
Mary prepared milk tea for her daughter Sarah early in the morning for she put it in
a vacuum flask to prevent it from becoming cold.Sarah being caught up by time she
forgot to take her tea in an effort of arriving early to school.On coming back in that
evening ,She noticed that the tea had become cold even though the plastic cover
was still on
Using your knowledge of physics
i. Explain the mode of operation of a vacuum flask clearly stating how each part is
used to minimise heat loss. (4 marks)
ii. Explain why Sarah suddenly found her milk tea cold in the evening although it
was still covered. (1 mark)

Item 2
Learners in a certain school want to determine the temperature of a liquid at certain
intervals but can’t do so accurately as the thermometer available to them has no
caliberations. The following lengths,measured by a liquid in glass thermometer,were
recorded in a table at different intervals as shown below.
Where the thermometer is placed in Length of the liquid column(cm)
Pure melting ice �� = 4
steam from pure boiling water �100 = 30
Water meant for bathing �� = 16.2
Hint: Water meant for bathing is between �� � �� ��� �
�

As Physics learner, help the learners:

a. Determine if the water is warm enough for bathing. (3 marks)
b. Understand why mercury is preferred to water when using a liquid in glass
thermometer. (2marks)

Item 3
At Roko construction site in Kawempe district casual labourers were required to
raise construction materials to the 3rd level which was 2400m from the ground, They
requested for a crane consisting of a pulley system of velocity ratio 7. The operator
raised a total load of 40,000N using an effort of 8000N.
Task :
As a learner of physics;
a) Draw a diagram to illustrate the pulley system contained in the crane. (2 marks)
b) Determine the efficiency of the pulley system. (3 marks)

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c) During construction, the rope of the pulley system suddenly broke and the load
was observed falling downwards from the top of the building to the ground.
Determine the maximum velocity with which the load hits the ground. (3 marks)
d) Explain why the efficiency of machines is always less than 100% and state how it
can be improved. (3 marks)
ii) State any two applications of pulleys in our daily life. (2 marks)

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DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
END OF TERM III EXAMS 2024
S.1 PHYSICS
TIME ALLOWED 1:40 MINS
Instructions:Attempt all items
Item 1
Mr.Kato the CEO of Pearl of africa hotel has a large piece of land on which he
wishes to construct an additional swimming pool besides the main building as to
improve on his accomodation facilities.
He constructed a swimming pool with dimensions 800 cm by 500 cm by 180
cm .After two months of using the swimming pool he realized that there were very
many waste materials in it such as polythene bags,stones,wood,clothes and pieces of
metal in the water. In an attempt to clean the pool he decided to use 20 litre
jerrycans to drain all the water from the simming pool.
Given 1?3=1000 l
Task As a physics student;
a) Determine how many jerrycans will be used to drain the swimming pool .
(04 marks)
b) Briefly explain why some materials were seen floating as others sunk in the pool
with relevant examples
(04 marks)
c) Explain any suitable safety precautions Mr.Kato must put in place during the
usage of the pool.
(02 marks)

Item 2
Jane and John are siblings living in a mountainous village. One day, their mother
asked them to go down to the river to fetch water for washing their dirty
blankets.They left home barefooted each with their own jerrycan.On their way, it
started to rain, making the ground slippery and hard to walk on. This caused them to
struggle to reach the river because they didn’t understand what was happening or
how to handle it. While collecting water Jane accidently dropped her jerry can and it
was swept away by the fast moving river, which was flowing north with a force of
120 N At the same time the wind blew the jerrycan eastwards with a force of
50N.Confused about how to stop the jerrycan, they couldn’t catch it, so they used
John’s jerrycan tpo collect the water instead. When they began washing the blankets
with just water, they noticed that the dirt was taking a long time to come out,they
wondered hoe to make the washing easier.
Support Diagram
120N

50N

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Task
Using your knowledge of Physics, Help Jane and John understand why;
a) They struggled to walk steadily on the wet ground and how can they
overcome this challenge.
b) How they can wash the dirt out of their blankets with ease.
c) Determine the resultant force they needed to apply to stop the
jerrycan from being carried away.

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DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
END OF TERM III EXAMS 2024
S.1 MATHEMATICS
TIME ALLOWED 1:40 MINS
Instructions: Attempt all items
Each learner is to be provided with one graph paper
Item 1
In a mathematics test marked out of 30 marks,the following marks were scored
by 30 learners in a class.
10 12 17 15 14 11 8 12 19 15
12 9 15 10 16 14 12 18 14 13
13 15 12 19 9 14 12 13 12 17
Present the data in a tally chart and use it to determine the modal score.
(05 marks)

Item 2
Ssali wanted to obtain a land title for his plot of land but was not sure of the size of
the piece of land that he hard.On checking the district sketch map, he found out that
the numbers defining the corners of Opio’s land were as follows (0,5), (5,0), (0,-5),
(-5,0), (-5,0),(3,4),(4,3),(-3,-4),(-4,-3),(-3,4),(-4,3),(3,-4) and (4,-3)
Task
a) Help the Ssali to describe the shape of his land according to the measurements
made. (05 marks)
Hint :Join the points using a smooth curve
B What is the area of Ssali’s land if the measurements on the district map were
made in centimeters? (03 marks)
b) What is the perimeter Mr.Ssali’s piece. (02 marks)

Item 3
In an election, candidate A got 70% of the total valid votes, 20% of the total votes
were declared invalid .If the total number of votes is 600000, Find the number of
votes that candidate B obtained. (05 marks)

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