UCE MATHEMATICS PAPER 2 2013 guide

SECTION A (40 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1 2
(0.25)2 𝑥 ( )
64
1. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, simplify (128)−2
. (04 marks)
2. Given that M = {the five multiples of 3) and S = {the first five square numbers}, find
(a) M∩S
(b) nM∩S)
−6 4
3. The position vector of P and Q are ( ) and ( ) respectively.
15 5
Find the magnitude of PQ. (04marks)
4. A line whose gradient is 3, passes through the point (2, 1). Find the
(a) equation of the line
(b) y-intercept (04marks)
2.4 𝑥 102
5. Simplify
6.0 𝑥 10−3
2
6. Given the f(x) = 3x + 5 and g(x) = ; find
𝑥−5
(a) gf(x)
1
(b) gf( ) (04marks)
2
7. Find the distance between the points (5, 9) and (-7, 2). Give your answer to one decimal place
(04marks)
8. A traveller had £800. She exchanged into Uganda shillings (Ug. Shs.) at a rate of £1 for Ug. Shs.
3,200. She used Ug. Shs. 720, 000 in a hotel. How much money in Ug. Shs. Did she remain with?
(04marks)
9. Two similar plastic containers have capacities of 2 litres and 54 litres. If the height of the big
container is 87 cm, find the height of the small container. (04 marks)
10. A scale on a map is 1; 500,000. What distance in kilometres does 2 centimetre on the map
represent?

SECTION B (60MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks.
11. If h(x) = px + 3 and that h(4) = 23.
(a) Find the value of
(i) p
(ii) h(0)
(iii) h(-5) (07marks)
 (b) determine
(i) h-1(x)
(ii) h-1(13) (05 marks)
12. A quantity p is partly constant and partly varies as the square of q. when q = 2, p =40; when q =
3, p = 65.
(a) Form an equation relating p and q. (08 marks)
(b) Determine the values of q when p = 100. (04 marks)
13. (a) Peter deposited shs. 2,500,000 in a bank which offers a compound interest of 15% per
annum. How much money did he have in the bank at the end of two years? (05 marks)
(b) The cash price of a radio is shs. 720,000. It can be bought on a hire purchase terms by
marking a deposit of 30% of the cash price and then paying 8 monthly instalments of shs.
85, 000 each.
(i) Find the cost of the radio on hire purchase term
(ii) How much more does one pay on hire purchase rather than on cash term? (07
marks)
14. In a class of 40 students, 18 play Hockey (H), 15 play Tennis (T) and 22 play Football. 7 play
hockey and tennis. 9 play tennis and football. 8 play hockey and football. 4 play all the three
games.
(a) Represent the given information on a Venn diagram. (06marks)
(b) Find the number of students who do not play any of the three games. (02 marks)
(c) Find the probability that a student chosen at random plays only
(i) one game
(ii) two games (04marks)
15. A cyclist sets off from town A at 4.00am at a speed of 20kmh-1 to go to town B, 100km away. A
motorist also sets off from town a at 7;30am at a speed of 100kmh-1 to go to town B. Find
(a) distance from town A when the motorist overtakes the cyclist. (06 marks)
(b) time when the motorist overtakes the cyclist (03marks)
(c) time the cyclist reached town B (03marks)
16. A quadrilateral OABC has points P, Q and R on OA, OB and OC respectively. OA = 3OP, OB = 5OQ
and OC = 2OR, OP = p, OQ = q and OR = r.
(a) Express the following vectors in terms of p, q, and r.
(i) PQ
(ii) AB
(iii) BC
(iv) CA (09marks)
(b) Given that OABC is a parallelogram, show that 3p -5q + 2r = 0 (03 marks)
17. In the figure below, PQRST is a right pyramid with a rectangular base. PQ = 24cm, QR = 18cm.
the slanting edges are 25cm each.
 Calculate the:
(a) Height of the pyramid, (06marks)
(b) Angle between the slanting face QRT and the base (03 marks)
(c) Volume of the pyramid. (03marks)

Solutions
SECTION A (40 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1 2
(0.25)2 𝑥 ( )
64
1. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, simplify (128)−2
. (04 marks)
1 2
(0.25)2 𝑥 ( ) 1 2
(128)−2
64
= (0.25)2 𝑥 ( ) 𝑥(128)2
64
25 2 1 2
= ( ) 𝑥 ( ) 𝑥 (27 )2
100 64
1 2 1 2
= ( ) 𝑥 ( ) 𝑥 (27 )2
4 64
1 2 1 2
= ( 2 ) 𝑥 ( 6 ) 𝑥 (27 )2
2 2
= 2−4 𝑥 2−12 𝑥 214
1 1
= 2−2 = =
22 4
2. Given that M = {the five multiples of 3) and S = {the first five square numbers}, find
No. Multiple of 3 (M) square No. (S)
1 1x3=3 12 = 1
2 2x3=6 22 = 4
3 3x3=9 32 = 9
4 3 x 3 = 12 42 = 16
5 5 x 3 = 15 52 = 25
M = {3, 6, 9, 12, 15}
S = {1, 4, 9, 16, 25}
(a) M∩S= {9}
(b) nM∩S) = 1
−6 4
3. The position vector of P and Q are ( ) and ( ) respectively.
15 5
Find the magnitude of PQ. (04marks)
PQ = OQ – OP
4 −6 10
=( ) − ( ) = ( )
5 15 −10
|𝑃𝑄| = √102 + (−10)2 = √100 + 100 = √200 = 14.142 = 14.14 (2𝐷)
4. A line whose gradient is 3, passes through the point (2, 1). Find the
(a) equation of the line
Let a point with coordinates (x, y) line on the line

𝑦−1
Gradient = =3
𝑥−2
y – 1 = 3(x – 2)
y – 1 = 3x -6
 y = 3x - 5
(b) y-intercept (04marks)
the line cuts y-axis when x =
y = 0 -5 = -5
hence y- intercept = (0, -5)
2.4 𝑥 102
5. Simplify
6.0 𝑥 10−3
2.4 𝑥 102 24 1
= 𝑥 102 𝑥 𝑥 103 = 4 𝑥 104
6.0 𝑥 10−3 10 6
2
6. Given the f(x) = 3x + 5 and g(x) = ; find
𝑥−5
(a) gf(x)
2 2
gf(x) = g(3x + 5) = =
(3x + 5) −5 3𝑥
2
∴ gf(x) =
3𝑥

1
(b) gf( ) (04marks)
2
1 2 4 1
gf( ) = 1 = =1
2 3 3 3
2
7. Find the distance between the points (5, 9) and (-7, 2). Give your answer to one decimal place
(04marks)
Let points be P(5, 9) and Q(-7, 2).
Distance between two points = √(𝑥2 − 𝑥1 )2 + (𝑦2 − 𝑦1 )2
PQ = √(−7 − 5)2 + (2 − 9)2
= √(−12)2 + (−7)2
= √144 + 81
= √193 = 13.9 (1D)
8. A traveller had £800. She exchanged into Uganda shillings (Ug. Shs.) at a rate of £1 for Ug. Shs.
3,200. She used Ug. Shs. 720, 000 in a hotel. How much money in Ug. Shs. Did she remain with?
(04marks)
9. Two similar plastic containers have capacities of 2 litres and 54 litres. If the height of the big
container is 87 cm, find the height of the small container. (04 marks)
𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑐𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 54
V.S.F = = = 27
𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 2
3
L.S. F = √27 = 3
ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑏𝑖𝑔 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 87
But L.S.F = = =3
ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑟 ℎ
87
h= = 29𝑐𝑚
3
hence height of the small container is 29cm
10. A scale on a map is 1: 500,000. What distance in kilometres does 1 centimetre on the map
represent?
1cm = 500,000cm
500,000
1cm = = 5𝑘𝑚
100,000
SECTION B (60MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section. All questions carry equal marks.
11. If h(x) = px + 3 and that h(4) = 23.
(a) Find the value of
(i) p
h(4) = 4p + 3 = 23
 4p = 20
p=5
(ii) h(0)
5(0) + 3 =3
(iii) h(-5) (07marks)
h(-5) = 5(-5) + 3
=-25 + 3 = -22
(b) determine
(i) h-1(x)
let y = 5x + 3
5x = y – 3
𝑦−3
x=
5
-1 𝑥 −3
h (x) =
5

(ii) h-1(13) (05 marks)

13 −3
h-1(13) = =2
5
12. A quantity p is partly constant and partly varies as the square of q. when q = 2, p = 40; when q =
3, p = 65.
(a) Form an equation relating p and q. (08 marks)
p = a + kq2
Substituting q = 2 and p = 0
a + k(2)2 = 40
a + 4k = 40 ……….. (i)
Substituting q = 3 and p = 65
a + k(3)2 = 65
a + 9k = 65 ……… (ii)
Subtracting (i) from (ii)
5k = 25
k=5
Substituting for k = 13 in eqn. (i)
a + 4(5) = 40
a = 20
Hence the equation
p = 20 + 5q2
(b) Determine the values of q when p = 100. (04 marks)
100 = 20 + 5q2
5q2 = 80
q = √16 = ±4
Hence q = 4 and q = -4
13. (a) Peter deposited shs. 2,500,000 in a bank which offers a compound interest of 15% per
annum. How much money did he have in the bank at the end of two years? (05 marks)
With compound interest
𝑟 𝑛
A = p(1 + )
100
15 2
= 2, 500,000 (1 + )
100
= shs. 3,306,250
 (b) The cash price of a radio is shs. 720,000. It can be bought on a hire purchase terms by
marking a deposit of 30% of the cash price and then paying 8 monthly instalments of shs.
85, 000 each.
(i) Find the cost of the radio on hire purchase term
30
Cost = 𝑥 720,000 + 8 𝑥 85,000
100
= 216,000 + 680,000
= shs. 896,000
(ii) How much more does one pay on hire purchase rather than on cash term? (07
marks)
Extra money paid = 896,000 – 720,000 = shs. 176,000
14. In a class of 40 students, 18 play Hockey (H), 15 play Tennis (T) and 22 play Football. 7 play
hockey and tennis. 9 play tennis and football. 8 play hockey and football. 4 play all the three
games.
(a) Represent the given information on a Venn diagram. (06marks)
Summary
n(E) = 40, n(H) = 18, n(T) 15, n(F) = 22, n(H∩ 𝑇) = 7, n(T∩ 𝐹) = 9, n(H∩ 𝐹) = 8,
n(H∩ 𝑇 ∩ 𝐹) = 4

T only = 15 – (3 + 5+ 4) = 3
H only = 18 – (3 + 4 + 4) = 7
P only = 22 – (4 +4 + 5) = 9

(b) Find the number of students who do not play any of the three games. (02 marks)
18 + 3 + 5 + 9 + x = 40
35 + x = 40
x =5
hence the number of students that do not play any of the three is 5
(c) Find the probability that a student chosen at random plays only
(i) one game
(ii) Students that play one game = n(H) only + n(T) only + n(F) only
= 7 + 3 + 9 = 19
19
Probability for the student chosen =
40
(iii) two games (04marks)
Students that play two games = n(H∩ 𝑇), n(T∩ 𝐹) = 9, n(H∩ 𝐹) = 8
= 3 + 4 + 5 = 12
12 3
Probability that a student plays two games = = = 0.3
40 10
15. A cyclist sets off from town A at 4.00am at a speed of 20kmh-1 to go to town B, 100km away. A
motorist also sets off from town a at 7;30am at a speed of 100kmh-1 to go to town B. Find
Using graphical approach.

(a) distance from town A when the motorist overtakes the cyclist. (06 marks)
88km
(b) time when the motorist overtakes the cyclist (03marks)
4
8:30 + 𝑥 30 8:54am
5
(c) time the cyclist reached town B (03marks)
9:00am
16. A quadrilateral OABC has points P, Q and R on OA, OB and OC respectively. OA = 3OP, OB = 5OQ
and OC = 2OR, OP = p, OQ = q and OR = r.

(a) Express the following vectors in terms of p, q, and r.

 (i) PQ = PO + OQ = -p + q
(ii) AB = AO + )B = -3OP +5OQ = -3p + 5q
(iii) BC = BO + OC
= -(-3p +5q) + 2OR
= 3p -5q + 2r
(iv) CA (09marks)
CA = CO + OA
= -2r + 3p
(b) Given that OABC is a parallelogram, show that 3p -5q + 2r = 0 (03 marks)

OB = OA + AB

5q = 3p + 2r

 3p + 2r -5q = 0
17. In the figure below, PQRST is a right pyramid with a rectangular base. PQ = 24cm, QR = 18cm.
the slanting edges are 25cm each.

Calculate the:
(a) Height of the pyramid, (06marks)
PR2 = 242 + 182 = 576 + 324= 900
PR = √900 = 30cm
OR = 15cm

Height OT = √252 − 152 =√625 − 225 =√400 = 20cm

(b) Angle between the slanting face QRT and the base (03 marks)
 20
tanα =
12
20
α= tan−1 ( ) = 590
12
(c) Volume of the pyramid. (03marks)
1 1
Volume = 𝐿𝑤ℎ = 𝑥 24 𝑥18 𝑥 20 = 2, 880 cm3
3 3

Thank you

Dr. Bbosa Science