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MATHEMATICS PAPER II
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions. You should mark all your answers on the
MC Answer Sheet.
2. You should mark only ONE answer for each question. If you mark
more than one answer, you will receive NO MARKS for that
question.
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Answer Nos. 1-4 by referring to the cumulative frequency polygon given below.
50
40
30
20
10
0
20.5 30.5 40.5 50.5 60.5 70.5 80.5 90.5
Mark
1. How many students were there in the group?
A. 50 C. 55
B. 54 D. 60
A. 16 C. 39
B. 17 D. 38
3. If the passing mark was 50, how many students passed the test?
A. 22 C. 32
B. 23 D. 33
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4. If 4 of the students were given a prize in the test for their good scores, find
the minimum mark to get the prize.
A. 30.5 C. 78.5
B. 76.5 D. 90.5
3 y
5. Simplify x 3 y 2 4 .
x
A. y7 C. x 12 y 7
B. xy 8 D. x 17 y 8
A. –14 C. 5
B. 0 D. 14
A. x 4 + 9y 4 . C. x 4 – 9y 4 .
B. x 4 – 81y 4 . D. x 4 – 18y 2 x 2 + 81y 4 .
1 2 3
8. Make b the subject of the formula .
a b c
1 2c 2ac
A. b C. b
a 3 c 3a
3 1 c 3a
B. b 2 D. b
c a 2ac
5x x4
9. Simplify .
2( x 5) (5 x)
3x 8 3x 8
A. . C.
2 (5 x ) 2 (5 x )
3x 8 3x 8
B. . D. .
2( x 5) 2( x 5)
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10. In the figure, DBCE is a straight line. Find x.
A x
A. 55
B. 110
C. 120 x – 10 x – 20
D E
D. 130 B C
A D
A. 36
B. 40
C. 48 80
40 62
B M C
D. 58
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14. If each interior angle of a regular polygon is five times its exterior angle,
find the number of sides of the polygon.
A. 10 C. 14
B. 12 D. 16
15. In the figure, ABCDE is a regular pentagon and DEFG is a square. CDY is a
straight line. Find DYF.
A
A. 108 E F
B. 120
B
C. 63 Y
D. 72 D G
a f
A. 360.
B. 450.
b e
C. 540.
c d
D. 720. g
A. 120 A 180 – x
B. 116 G B
x + 10 x + 10
C. 106
F 140 140 C
D. 138
x x
E D
A. 32.5 x
x + 60
B. 35 x + 10
C. 36
x + 20 x + 40
D. 40 x + 30
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19. In the figure, ABCDE is a pentagon. BA and DE are produced to meet at F.
Find x and y.
B
A. x = 105, y = 123 A
102 x
B. x = 105, y = 114 36 F
C x
C. x = 108, y = 123 y x
E
D. x = 108, y = 114 D
b
20. If tan , then sin
a
a a
A. . C. .
a b2
2
a b2
2
b b
B. . D. .
a b2
2
a b2
2
B. 4
C. 3
B C
D 8
D. 2
22. A boy is flying a kite with a string of 27 metres long. The string makes an
angle of 30 with the horizontal. The boy's hands are 1 metre above the
ground. How high is the kite above the ground?
A. 12.5 m T2-06-45
27 m
B. 13.5 m
C. 14.5 m 30
D. 15.5 m 1m
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4 cos 3 sin
23. Given that tan x, express in terms of x.
3 sin 2 cos
4x 3 4x 3
A. C.
3 2x 3x 2
4 3x 4 3x
B. D.
3 2x 3x 2
1 1
24. (cos 1) =
sin tan
A. sin . C. sin 2 .
B. – sin . D. – sin2 .
1
25. If sin A cos A , then (sin A cos A)2
4
3 1
A. . C. .
4 2
5 3
B. . D. .
4 2
26. Given that sin 20 m and sin 70 n, then tan20
m n
A. . C. .
n m
n m
B. . D. .
m2 n2 m2 n2
A. tan 2 . 1
C. .
sin 2
1 1
B. . D. .
tan 2 cos2
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28. In the figure, the area of ABC is 2 3. Find the length of BC.
A. 4 A
B. 16
C. 3
60
D. 8 B C
29. In the figure, an arc of a circle of radius 12 cm and subtending an angle 135
at its centre is bent to form a circle of radius r cm, r=
A. 3.
B. 4.5.
C. 6.
135 r cm
12 cm
D. 9.
O
30. In the figure, a square of side 2 cm is inscribed in a circle. Find the area of
the shaded region.
A. ( – 4) cm 2 2 cm
2
B. (2 – 4) cm
C. (4 – 4) cm 2
D. (16 – 4) cm 2
31. The figure shows two sectors with the same centre O. If SQ = 2OS and
SOR = 45, find the ratio of the area of sector OSR to that of sector OQP.
Q
A. 1 : 2
S
B. 1 : 4
O 45
C. 1 : 8
R
D. 1 : 9
P
32. If the total surface area of a solid cylinder of base radius 4 cm is 80π cm 2 ,
find the height of the cylinder.
A. 3 cm C. 5 cm
B. 4 cm D. 6 cm
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33. An iron cube of side a cm is melted and recast into two identical iron
cylinders of length b cm each. The radius of each iron cylinder is
a3 a3
A. . C. .
2b 2b
a3 1 a3
B. . D. .
b 2 b
34. The radius of the wheel of a unicycle is 0.15m. If the wheel makes 50
revolutions, what is the total distance (correct to the nearest m) travelled by
the wheel?
A. 47 m C. 23.5 m
B. 15 m D. 141 m
A. 33 D
C
B. 35 5 4
C. 36
A 8 B
D. 40
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37. Given that a 0.3 and b 0.5 , evaluate ba .
A. 0.4 C. 0.04
B. 0.2 D. 0 .2
38. Which of the following sets of quantities represent the lengths of the sides
of a right-angled triangle?
I. 2 cm, 4 cm, 20 cm.
II. 7 cm, 24 cm, 25 cm.
III. 6 cm, 12 cm, 24 cm.
B. 12
C. 15
O
x
D. 21
A(8 , -2)
40. In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle and ADNL, NCPM are two squares. If the
area of ADNL is 49 cm 2 and that of NCPM is 25 cm 2 , find the length of BM.
A L B
T2-05-30
A. 5 cm ?
B. 21 cm 49 cm2
M P
25 cm2
C. 24 cm
D N C
D. 29 cm
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