BOTSWANA EXAM INATIONS COUNCI L

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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE LOCAL EXAMINATIONS SYNDICATE
Botswana General Certificate of Secondary Education

MATHEMATICS 0563/03
Paper 3 October/November 2009
2 hours 30 minutes
Additional Materials: Answer paper Graph paper (2 sheets)
Electronic calculator Mathematical Tables (optional)
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READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

0- Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.

Start each question on a fresh side of the page.
Write your centre number, candidate number and name on each sheet of answer paper you use.
Answer all questions.
All working must be clearly shown. The working should be done on the same sheet as the rest of
the answer. Marks will be given for working which shows that you know how to solve the problem even if you
get the answer wrong.
At the end of the examination, fasten all ol your work securely together using the string provided.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.
The total of the marks for this paper is 125.
Electronic calculators may be used.
lf the degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and if the answer is not exact, the answer should be
given to three significant figures. Answers in degrees should be given to one decimal place.
ln any question where the value of rr is required, use the value from your calculator or take n as 3.142.

This document consists of 12 printed pages.

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The price list of some food items is written on a piece of paper.

Part of the list is torn off as shown below.

Cooking oil

(a) What is the cost of 5.25 kg of sweets? tzl

(b) A customer pays a total of W7 .20 for cooking oil and 2kg of sweets.
How many litres of cooking oil did the customer buy? l3l
(c) The price of a litre of cooking oil is reducedby 20Vo.
What is the new price of a litre of cooking oil? t2l

(d) After an increase of l5%o, sugar cost P6.44 per kg.

What was the cost per kg before the increase? t3l

(a) Make r the subject of the formula

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(b) Solve the equation

24*t = 2b.
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(c) Express 4_5 as a single fraction. t3t

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Given the sequence -1, -1, l, 5, I I ..., find

(a) the next term, tl1

(b) an expression for the zth term, 12t

(c) the 30th term ofthe sequence. tlI

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(a) In^the diagram, the points S,T, (J,V and W lieon the circumference of a circle.
SW=41'.

State, with a reason, the size of

(i) sfv, 121

(ii) swv. t2l

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(b) The diagram below shows the position vectors OA =pand OC =9.

(i) Express AC in terms of p and/or q. tzl

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(ii) Given that3 AB - BC , express OB in terms of p and/or q.
Give the answer in its simplest form. t3t
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(a) The diagram below shows a rectangular floor KLMN.

KL= NM = 16.5m and Nr( = ML= 10.3m.
All measurements are correct to I decimal place.

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? (i) Write down the lower bound for the length KL.
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(ii) Calculate the lower bound for the perimeter of the floor.
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(b) The diagram below shows a triangular plot peR.
PQ ='7 .8m, PR = 19.5 m and ePR = ll7" .

(i) Calculate the length of QR.

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(ii) The plot is to be cleared at P4.80 per square metre.

Calculate

(a) the area to be cleared,

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(b) the cost of clearing the plot.
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The diagram below shows a rectangular wall of height (x + 2)m and length (5x - 2) m.
A rectangular mirror measuring xm by (2x - l) m is fixed on the wall.

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(a) Express, in terms of r, the area of

(i) the wall, tl l

(ii) the mirror. tll

(b) The area of the wall surrounding the mirror is to be painted.
Express, in terms of x, the area to be painted. t1l

(c) The area to be painted is 15 m2 .

(i) Form an equation in x for this information and show that it reduces to

3* +9x- l9 = 0. l,2l

(ii) Solve the equation 3* + 9x- 19 = 0, giving the answers to 2 decimal places. tst
(iii) Calculate the length of the wall. 121
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Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

The table below shows the heights, hcm, and the corresponding masses, rnkg, of 6 athletes.

Height (ftcm) 165 r56 150 170 145 162.5

Mass Qrzkg) 76 7 t.5 70 78.5 66.5 76

(a) Using a scale of 2cm to represent 5 units on each axis, draw a horizontal axis for 140 < /z < 180 and
a vertical axis for55 < rn < 85.
On the axes, plot the scatter graph of height against mass. I3l

(b) Describe the correlation between the heights of the athletes and their masses. tll
(c) Draw the line of best fit. I1l
(d) (i) Calculate the gradient of the line of best fit. tl l

(ii) What does the gradient represent? t t I

(iii) Find the equation of the line of best fit. l;,2)

(e) Using the line of best fit, or otherwise, estimate the mass of an athlete whose height is l58cm. tll
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Modisi and Kabelo each make prepaid calls and contract calls.
The cost cif a prepaid call is Px nelminute anS!-the cost of a contract call is Py per minute.

(a) Modisi makes a 2-minute prepaid call and a 5-minute contract call. '
0 Write down an expression, in terms of x and y, for the total cost of Modisi's calls. tl1
(ii) The total cost of the calls is P9.
Write down an equation in terms of x and y for the total cost of Modisi's calls. tll
(b) Kabelo makes a 3-minute prepaid call and a 7-minute contract call at a total cost of Pl3.
Write down an equation in x and y for the cost of Kabelo's calls. t21

(c) Solve simultaneously the equations obtained in parts (a) (ii) and (b). t31

(d) How much does a contract call cost per minute? Il t

A triangular campsite ABC is such that AB =250m,8C = 194m and AC = 152m.

(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20m, draw a scale diagram of the campsite. t3l

(b) Measure and write down the size of BAC. t1t

(c) A control tower 7is to be constructed such that it is along the shortest route from C to AB.The tower
is also the same distance away from AC as it is from AB.

Show by construction

(i) the shortest route from C to AB, tll

(ii) the locus of points that are the same distance from AC as they are from AB. tll
(d) Mark and label the position of the control tower 7n t1t
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10 The diagram below shows drawing pins A and B. The pins have circular heads which are divided into
sectors.
Pin A is divided into four sectors P, Q, R and S in the ratio of l:2:3:4.
Pin B is divided into five sectors T, tJ,V,W and X in the ratio of l:5:6:2:2.

Pin A Pin B

Pin A is spun such that it rests on one of its sectors.

Calculate the probability that it rests on

(a) sector S, IU
(b) either sector P or sector p. Lzl

Pin B is also spun such that it rests on one of its sectors.

Calculate the probability that

(c) pin A rests on sector P and pin B rests on sector Z, 121

(d) one pin rests on its smallest sector and the other rests on its largest sector. t3l
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11 The diagram below shows a chocolate bar in the form of a prism of length 7.6cm.Its cross-section is a
sector of radius 4.9 cm and angle of 45'.

(a) Show that the area of the cross-section of the bar is 9.43 cm2.
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(b) Calculate the volume of the chocolate bar.

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(c) Show that the length of the arc of the cross-section is 3.g5 cm.
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(d) Calculate

(i) the curved surface area,

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(ii) the total surface area of the bar.
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(e) How many such chocolate bars will fit in a cylindrical container of diameter 9.8 cm and height
7.6cm?
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t2 (a) Two similar boxes are such that the dimensions of one are 1|times those of the other.

(i) The suface area of the material used to make the smaller box is 105 cm2.
Calculate the surface area of the material used to make the larger box. tzl
(ii) The capacity of the larger box is 297 cm3 .
Calculate the capacity of the smaller box. t2l

(b) A telephone booth of height I .7 m is in the form of a triangular prism ABCDEF as shown below.
AC = 1.2m, BC = 2.15 m and ,qCO = 30" .

(i) Describe the plane of symmetry of the telephone booth. [11

(iD A support SD is such that S is the point on BC which is closest to A.

Calculate

(a) the length of AS, t2)

(b) the length of SD, t2)

(c) the angle between the plane ABC and SD. tzl
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13 Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of graph paper.

An ox, with a mass of l60kg, was bought and entered a feedlot where it was kept for a period of 8 weeks.
The mass, mkg,of the ox was recorded at certain times, / weeks, over the S-week period.
The results are shown in the table below.

Time
0 I2 I 1+ 2 "'l J j-L
-2 4 5 6 7 8
(r weeks) '1
Mass r60 146 139 135 134 137.5 141 152 166 t92 214 224 226
(mke)

(a) Using a scale of 2cm to represent I week on the horizontal axis and 2cm to represent 20kg on the
vertical axis, plot the points from the table for 100 < m < 240.
Join the points with a smooth curve. l4l I
(b) Use the graph to estimate the value of r at which the mass of the ox is equal to its mass at the time it
entered the feedlot. t ll
(c) (i) An average of P22 per week was spent on feeding the ox whilst in the feedlot.
How much money was spent on feeding the ox over the S-week period? Il I

(ii) At the start of the 8-week period, the ox was bought for P2960.
At the end of the 8-week period, the ox was sold at PI8.50 per kg.
Calculate the overall amount of money gained, taking into account the feeding of the ox. l2l
(d) (i) Bydrawingatangent,estimatethegradientof thegraph att=3. l3I
(ii) State another value of r at which the tangent to the graph has the same gradient. Il I

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