Typical exam questions

FOR GRADE

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TYPICALLY EXAM QUESTIONS

1. Factorise 6𝑥 2 − 6 completely
2. If 2 + 7(2 − 𝑥) = 3𝑥 − 24, calculate the value of x
3 3 1
3. Simplify 1 4 − 6 + 2 2
1
4. Calculate the simple interest on K800 000 at 2 2 % per annum for 12 months

5. Express 45.345667 correct to:

i) 1 decimal place
ii) 4 significant figures
iii) 3 decimal places
6. Given that 128 = 2𝑛 × 24 . Find the value of n
7. Simplify 𝑥(2𝑥 − 1) + 2(𝑥 − 3)
8. Find the length of AC

b
20cm

B C
16cm D 5cm

9. Subtract −12𝑎 + 𝑏 from 25𝑎 − 𝑏

10. Mr. Mahale hires a boy to make beds in his backyard garden, they agree on paying him
K50 for making a single bed of onions and a K20 for making a single bed of cabbage.
How much in total will he pay the boy if the boy makes 10 beds of onions and 5 beds of
cabbage?
11. A rectangle polygon has 5 sides. What is the size of each interior angles?

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12. Keegan, a pupil at future fame academy recorded that the ratio of boys to girls in school
is 5:3. The total number of boys is 480, what is the total number of pupils in the school
4𝑥−2 𝑥−2
13. Express − as a single fraction
3 2

14. Solve the simultaneous equation

𝑥−𝑦 =3
3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 1
15. What is 310five ÷ 20five in base ten
16. Given that the point (p,4) lies on the line 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 3. Find the value of p
17. Express 25% as a fraction
18. Given that 𝑥 = 2, 𝑏 = 4, 𝑎 = 5, 𝑧 = 3. Find the values of the following
i). 2𝑎 + 3𝑏
4𝑎+𝑏
ii). 𝑥+𝑎𝑏

19. Factorize the following

i). 18𝑥𝑦 − 24𝑥
ii). 12𝑧 + 10
20. Simplify the following
i). 2(𝑒 + 5) + 3(𝑒 + 10)
ii). 5(2𝑑 + 3) + 15𝑑
21. Find the product of the following
i). -2 x 2
ii). -7 x (-2)
22. Round off the following to three decimal places (3dp)
i). 2.5652
ii). 0.00501
23. Mr. Staywell bought a cylindrical tank to store drinking water. The tank has a height of
22
70cm and a radius of 20cm. calculate its volume. Taking (𝜋 = )
7

24. The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 1080°. Calculate the size of each
interior angle
25. Given 𝑥 = −2, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 1, find the value of 4𝑥 2 − 3𝑥𝑦
26. Simplify −3𝑥 + 2𝑥 + 𝑥 − 𝑦

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27. Write 0.0078765 in standard form correct to 3 significant figures
28. Mr. Sikwinza invested K350 000 at 35% per annum. Calculate his simple interest after
120 months
12 3
29. Simplify 4𝑥 ÷ 6𝑥 2

30. Given that E = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, }, 𝐴 = {1, 2, 4, 5}, 𝐵 = {2, 4, 6, 7} and C =

{2, 3, 5, 7, 8}
i) Illustrate this information in a Venn diagram
ii) List the elements of the set (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)′ ∩ 𝐶
31. Mrs. Kibila recorded that a pupil scored 17, 43, 15, 22 and 18 in science weekly tests.
Find the mean of the scores
32. Solve the equation 2𝑥 + 13 = 3
33. Auntie prudence had K500.00, and bought the following items;
2kg soya chunks at K30.00
3 packets of onions at K10.00 each
2 bags of charcoal at K50.00 per bag
5kg beans at K10.00 per kg
i) How much did she spend altogether?
ii) How much was her change?
1 0 −2
34. Express ( )( ) as a single matrix
0 1 5
𝑚+𝑛
35. Given that 2 = 3+𝑚𝑛, make m the subject of the formula

36. Factorise completely 5𝑎𝑏 2 − 10𝑎𝑏

37. A bag contains 6 red marble and 3 blue marbles. A marble is picked at random from the
bag, find the probability that it is blue
38. Simplify 3𝑥 + 7 − 2(𝑥 − 3)
39. Mr. Inambao deposited K6 000.00 in a bank at a rate of 30% simple interest per annum
for 9 years. Calculate his interest.
40. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 7 − 3𝑥, find f(-3)
41. Write 0.03569 in standard form correct to 3 significant figures
𝑤+3
42. Given that 𝑥 = 2−𝑤, make w the subject of the formula

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43. Solve for x

C D

(𝑋 + 40)°

A (𝑋 − 10)° 𝑋°

44. Mr. Mukonda recorded the pupils marks scored in a class of 30 children as shown below
Marks 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Number of pupils 0 1 2 2 4 3 2 6 7 2 1

i) Find the mode

ii) What is the median mark
iii) What is the mean of the marks obtained
iv) find the percentage of the class of those who obtained more than half marks
𝑥 2𝑥−3
45. Solve the equation 4 − =3
6
46. Find the value of b if 32 x 3b = 81
22
47. Given that 𝜋 = , and 𝑉 = 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ. Find the volume of a cylinder whose radius is 3.5cm
7
and height is 15cm
48. Mr. Lubinda covered a distance of 410km on 40 liters. How much fuel will he need to
cover a distance of 32km
49. What is the supplementary of 110°

√𝑎𝑏
50. Make 𝑡 the subject of the formula, 𝑠 −𝑎 = + 𝑎2
𝑡
𝑝 +𝑞 8
51. Solve for the unknown ( )=( )
𝑝 +2𝑞 6
1 2 5 0
52. Given that A = ( ) and B = ( ), find AB
3 1 0 6
53. A ladder of length of 25m rests with one end against a vertical wall and the other end on
the ground. If the foot of the ladder is 15m from the wall, at what height above the
ground is the top of the ladder

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54. Solve the simultaneous equations
3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 12
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = −7
8𝑎3 𝑏3 𝑐 2
55. Simplify
2𝑎𝑏𝑐
𝑡(𝑛−1)
56. Given that 𝑑 = make n the subject of the formula
𝑛
57. Solve the inequation 5𝑥 − 7 ≥ 3𝑥 − 12
𝑥−2 𝑥+5
58. Express − as a single fraction
5 6
59. Solve for 𝑥, 3(2𝑥 + 1) = 17 − 2(𝑥 − 1)
60. Determine the size of 𝑥°

60° 𝑥°

120° 100°

3𝑎𝑏2 𝑐 ×𝑑 2
61. Simplify
𝑑 2 ×3𝑎𝑐 × 𝑏2
62. Solve the following equations
i) 3𝑞 + 2(𝑞 − 5) = 15
𝑥 𝑥
ii) + =5
3 4

63. Mr. Musiyalela bought a car for K14 000. He sold it a year later for K11 200. What
percentage of her money did she lose
64. The ratio of the length and breadth of a room is 3:2. Find the length if the breadth is
8.6meters
1
65. Solve 𝑥 − 1 2 = 3

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66. Find the size of angle x

40°

67. Find the value of 0.0396÷ 2.51 correct to 3 decimal places

68. What is the area of a field of measurements 4.15m by 2.14m?
69. Factorize completely 4𝑥𝑦 + 6𝑦
70. Convert 0.125 to bicimal
2 4 0 1 1
71. Given that A = ( ), B = ( ), C = ( ), find:
3 5 5 2 3
i) AB
ii) BC
iii) B – A
72. Solve the simultaneous equation
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 6
3𝑥 − 𝑦 = −1
1
73. If 𝑓(𝑥) = 10𝑥 − 15, 𝑓(− 2)

74. Find the value of the unknown a, b, c, and d given that

𝑎 𝑏 −2 1 12 16
3( )+( )=( )
𝑐 𝑑 3 5 18 10

75. A coin was tossed 50 times. The number of times when a tail and a head were obtained
was 32 and 18 respectively. Find the probability of getting:

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i) Head (H)
ii) Tail (T)
76. Taonga is paid K2.50 per hour for babysitting while the parents are away for work from
Monday to Friday. If Taonga is given 1 hour lunch break at 13:00hrs and that she starts
work at 06:00hrs and knocks off at 17:00hrs calculate Taonga’s wage received in two
weeks
2𝜋𝑥ℎ+2𝜋𝑟 2
77. Given that A= make 𝑥 the subject of the formula
ℎ2 −𝑦𝑥
3𝑥 3𝑦
78. Express as a single fraction 𝑥+𝑦 − 𝑥+𝑦
79. Solve for 𝑥

3𝑥 2𝑥

4𝑥

80. What is 75% of 2560

81. Jane is 𝑥 years old. Her sister is 8 years older and the brother is 12 years younger than
Jane. If their total age is 50, how old are they
82. Mr. Inambao took a loan of K3 000 to help pay for his car service. He arranges to pay
back the money over two years at a rate of 9% per annum
i) Calculate the simple interest that Mr. Inambao has to pay
ii) Calculate the total amount he has to pay
iii) If the total money that Mr. Inambao owes is to be paid back in monthly
installments over two years, how much will he pay each month?
83. Calculate the volume of a cylinder with a radius of 4cm and a height of 9cm
84. What is the density of a metal block that has a mass of 220g and a volume of 15cm3?
85. Solve the equation, 5(4𝑥 + 1) = 7(2𝑥 − 1)
86. Simplify 7𝑥 4 𝑦𝑧 2 ÷ 21𝑥 2 𝑧
25 ×42
87. Evaluate 24

88. In a triangle ABC, AB = 7cm, BC = 6cm. the height of A meets BC at N such that BN =
5cm. find the length of the side AC

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𝑥+2 𝑦
89. Given that = 𝑥−3 make y the subject of the formula
𝑦
3
90. Solve the inequality 4 𝑥 + 12 > 6

91. Find the lengths of the unknown sides

A

d 7cm b

B 4cm C 4cm D
3+9𝑥 4𝑥+1
92. Express as a single fraction −
5 3

93. Mibenje is preparing to go to the United States. He has K19 600 to convert to United
States dollars. How much will he get if the exchange rate is $1 = K9. 80
94. An arc PO of a circle of radius 5cm subtends an angle of 30° at the center O. find the area
of sector POQ
95. Find <ABC
A

(16𝑋 + 60)° (8𝑋)°

D B C

96. Write 833.000 in scientific notation

2 𝑥 7
97. Solve for 𝑥, 5 + 5 = 5

98. Mr. Hantobolo Hanfuti bought a vehicle costing K69 900 with VAT at 15% inclusive.
Calculate the cost of the vehicle before the VAT was added
99. On the XOY plane below
i) Plot the points A(-5,-5), B(-5,1), C(-2,3), D(1,1) and E(1,-5)
ii) Form a polygon by joining the points ABCDE

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iii) Draw the line y = -2
Y

-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

-1

-2

-3

-4

-5

100. Using a ruler and a a pair of compasses

i) Construct a triangle ABC where AB = 8.5cm, angle CAB = 45° and AC=
6.5cm
ii) Construct a perpendicular from C to AB meeting AB at T and measure CT
iii) Find the area of the triangle ATC

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ANSWERS

1. 6(𝑥 − 1)(𝑥 + 1) 28. K1,225, 000

2. 𝑥 = 4 29. 6x

15 30. i).
3. 4 U A B
4. K20,000 .1 .6

5. i). 45.3 – 1dp, ii). 45.35 – 4sig. fig.,

iii). 45.346 – 3dp .4

6. 𝑛 = 3 .5 .2
.3
.7
7. 2𝑥 2 − 𝑥 − 6
8. i). AD = 12cm, AC = 13cm
.8
9. 37𝑎 − 2𝑏 C
10. K600 .8
.9
11. 108°
12. 288 girls+480 boys = 768 pupils ii). (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)′ ∩ 𝐶 = {8}
5𝑥+2
13. 31. 23
6

14. 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = −2 32. 𝑥 = −5
15. 8 33. i). K210.00, ii). K280.00
16. 𝑝 = 0.5 −2
34. ( )
5
1
17. 4 𝑛−6
35. 𝑚 = 2𝑛−1
12
18. i). 22, ii). 11 36. 5𝑎𝑏(𝑏 − 2)
19. i). 6𝑥(3𝑦 − 4), ii). 2(6𝑧 − 5) 1
37. 3
20. i). 5𝑒 − 40, ii).25𝑑 + 15
38. 𝑥 + 13
21. i). -4, ii).14
39. K16,200
22. i). 2.565 ii). 0.005
40. 16
23. 88, 000cm3
41. 0.0357 – 3sig. fig.
24. 1355° 2𝑥−3
42. 𝑤 =
25. 22 1+𝑥

43. 𝑥 = 50°
26. – 𝑦
1
27. 7.88 × 10−3 44. i). 2, ii).5, iii). 5, iv). 60%

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45. 𝑥 = −30 3 −2 −3
ii). ( ) , 𝑖𝑖𝑖). ( )
11 2 −3
46. 𝑏 = 2
72. 𝑥 = 1, 𝑦 = 4
47. 577.5cm3
73. -20
48. 3.12 liters
5 5
74. 𝑎 = 3 , 𝑏 = 5, 𝑐 = 5, 𝑑 = 3
49. 70°
9 16
√𝑎𝑏+𝑎 75. i). 25 , 𝑖𝑖). 25
50.𝑡 =
𝑠−𝑎
76. K250.00
51. 𝑝 = 10, 𝑞 = −2
𝐴ℎ2 −2𝜋𝑟 2
77. 𝑥 =
5 12 2𝜋ℎ−𝐴𝑦
52. 𝐴𝐵 = ( )
15 6 3(𝑥−𝑦)
78.
53. 20m 𝑥+𝑦

54. 𝑥 = 2, 𝑦 = −3 79. 𝑥 = 36°

55. 4a2 b2c 80. 1920

𝑡 81. Jane she’s 18years, the sister26years
56. 𝑛 = 𝑡−𝑑
and the brother 6years
5
57. 𝑥 ≥ 2
82. i). K540, ii). K3,540, iii). K295
𝑥−37
58. 30
83. 425.57cm3
59. 𝑥 = 2 84. 14.67g/cm3

60. 𝑥 = 80° 85. 𝑥 = −2

𝑥 2 𝑦𝑧
61.1 86. 3
60
62. i). 𝑥 = ,𝑞 = 5 87. 16
7

63. 20% 88. AC = 9.22cm

64. 12.9cm 89. 𝑦 = √(𝑥 + 2)(𝑥 − 3)

9 90. 𝑥 ≥ −8
65. 𝑥 = 2
91. i). b = 9.84cm, ii). d = 5.74cm
66. 140°
4+7𝑥
67. 0.016 92. 15
2 93. K2,000
68. 8.88cm
69. 2𝑦(2𝑥 + 3) 94. 6.54cm2
1 95. 𝑋 = 5, ℎ𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 40°
70. 8
20 10 96. 8.33 × 105
71. i) ( ),
25 13 97. 𝑥 = 5

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98. K59,419
99.

C 4 Y

B 1 D

-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

-1

-2 𝑦 = −2

-3

-4

A -5 E

100. ii). CT= 4.9cm, iii) A=9.98𝑐𝑚2 C

6.5cm

45°
A T B
8.5cm

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