MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION

DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS
LUNDAZI BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL
GRADE 11 MATHMATICS MID-TERM 1-TEST-2018
Instructions: -attempt all questions. Duration: 2hours

-calculators are not allowed. Total marks: 80 marks.

-present your answers clearly and properly to earn marks.

“Fortune favours the prepaid”

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Q1 (a) find the fraction which is exactly half way between 9 and 9. [1]

(b) Estimate the value of √5000, giving your answer correct to one significant figure. [2]
(c)

A solid cone, C, is cut into two parts, X and Y, by a plane parallel to the base.
The lengths of the sloping edges of the two parts are 3𝑐𝑚 and 2𝑐𝑚. Find the
Ratio of (i) The diameters of the bases X and C. [1]
(ii) The areas of the bases of X and C. [1]
(iii) The volumes of X and Y. [1]
(d) An algorithm is a sequence of steps taken to solve a problem and a pseudo code is a
Description of what an algorithm must do. To compute the volume of a cone, volume
1
is given by 𝑉 = 3 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ. Write an algorithm in pseudo code to calculate the volume of a cone. [3]

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Q2. (a) Evaluate 30 × 42 [1]

(b) The 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the sequence is 7 − 2𝑛. Write down the 23𝑟𝑑 term of this sequence. [1]
(c) (i) The first five terms of another sequence are 4,7,10,13,16. Write down the expression

for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of this sequence. [1]

4 7 10 13 16
(ii) The first five terms of another sequence are 1 , 4 , , , .
9 16 25

(a) Write down the next term in the sequence. [1]

(b) Write down the expression, in terms of 𝑛, for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of this sequence. [2]
(d) Factorise (𝑎 − 2𝑏) − 3𝑐(𝑎 − 2𝑏) [1]

10
2 3 1 28
Q3. (a) (i) Given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( 1 ) and that 𝐴𝐵 = ( ), find 𝑝 and 𝑤. [2]
1 𝑤 2 𝑝 24

28
(ii) Evaluate (100 200) ( ) [2]
24
(b) Solve (i) 4(𝑥 − 0.3) = 3(𝑥 − 𝑜. 2) [2]
(ii) 8 − 3𝑡 > 14 + 𝑡 [2]
(c) The population of a city is given as 280 000, correct to the nearest ten thousand.
State the absolute error in the given value. [1]
(d) The dimensions of a rectangular card are 7𝑐𝑚 by 4𝑐𝑚, correct to the nearest centimetre.
Calculate the smallest possible perimeter of the card. [2]

Q4. (a) (i) Write 5 × 10−2 as a fraction [1]

𝑥−2 𝑥+3
(ii) Solve + =1 [2]
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(b) (i) Linda’s hieght is 1.52𝑚 correct to the nearest centimetre.
State the lower bound of her hieght. [2]
(ii) The length of Linda’s paces is 0.55𝑚. she walks at a constant speed of 2 paces per second.
Calculate the distance in kilometres, that she walks in one hour. [2]
(c) The diagram below shows the positions of A and B. Find the bearing of
(i) A from B [1]
(ii) B from A [1]

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Q5. (a)

Write down the letters of all the shapes which have;

(i) Exactly one line of symmetry. [2]
(ii) Rotational symmetry of order 2. [2]

2 8 𝑛
(b) (i) It is given that 3 , 𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 39
are equivalent fractions. Find the value of 𝑑 and the value of 𝑛. [2]

(ii) Factorise 7𝑥 2 − 63. [2]

(c) A football stadium has 13492 seats. During a season, Lundazi United football team played
26 matches and every seat was sold for each match. At each match a seat costs k18.80. By
Writing each value correct to one significant figure, estimate the total amount of money
Paid to watch these matches during a season. [2]
(d) A car decelerates uniformly from 20𝑚/𝑠 to 5𝑚/𝑠 in 25𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠. Calculate the retardation. [2]

Q6. (a) (i) The first five terms of a sequence are 1,3,6,10,15. The 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of this sequence is
1
𝑛(𝑛 + 1). Find the 19𝑡ℎ term. [2]
2

(ii) Write down an expression, in terms of 𝑛, for the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the sequence
3,6,10,15,21, …. [1]
(b) Given that 2, 𝑥, 10 are three consecutive terms of an AP. Evaluate 𝑥. [2]
(c) (i) State the order of rotational symmetry of a regular decagon. [2]
(ii) On the vein diagram shade the set (𝐴ʼ ∪ 𝐵ʼ) ∩ 𝐶. [2]
3
(iii) Evaluate √0.008 [2]
3 2
(d) Express as a single fraction − [3]
2𝑡−1 𝑡+2

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Q7. (a) (i) Calculate 5% of 280 000. [2]
(ii) A dealer sold a painting for k800.00. She made a profit of 25% on the price
She paid for it. Calculate the price she paid for the painting. [2]

(b) Look at this pattern 12 − 02 = 1

22 − 12 = 3

32 − 22 = 5

42 − 32 = 7
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(i) Write down the 8𝑡ℎ term of the line. [1]

(ii) Write down the 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of the pattern. [2]

(iii) Use the pattern to find 3002 − 2992 . [2]

(c) The prism below has a regular pentagon as its cross section.

How many planes of symmetry does it have? [2]

(d) The plan of a field has a scale of 1𝑐𝑚 to 5𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠. Express the scale in the form of 1: 𝑛. [2]

Q8. (a) Calculate the sum of the integers from 10 to 40. [2]
(b) Study the pseudo code below and draw its corresponding flow chart. [3]
Start

Enter; integer 𝑥

IF 𝑥 < 0, THEN

Display “error message” and re-enter positive integer 𝑥

ELSE

output square root of integer 𝑥

ENDIF

Stop

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