S475/1

SUBSIDIARY MATHEMATICS
Paper 1

2 2⁄3 hours

RESOURCE MOCK EXAMINATIONS

Uganda advanced certificate of education
SUBSIDIARY MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
2 hours 40 minutes

Instructions to candidates
➢ Answer all the eight questions in section A
➢ Answer only four questions from Section B with at least one question
from each part
➢ Any additional question(s) answered will not be marked
➢ Each question in Section A carries 5 marks while each question in
Section B carries 15 marks.
➢ All necessary working must be shown clearly.
➢ Begin each answer on a fresh sheet of paper.
➢ Graph paper is provided
➢ Silent, non-programmable scientific calculators and mathematical tables
with a list of formulae may be used.

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 SECTION A (40 MARKS)
(𝐴𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛)
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1. Simplify 3+2 in the form 𝑎 + 𝑏√𝑐 and hence evaluate (𝑎𝑐 − 𝑏) .
√2

(𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
2. A discrete random variable 𝑋 has a probability distribution as shown in
the table below.
𝑥 1 2 3 4 5
𝑃(𝑋 = 𝑥) 0.1 0.3 𝑦 0.2 0.15
Determine the;
(a) Value of 𝑦. (𝟎𝟐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
(b) 𝑃(𝑋 < 3/𝑋 ≥ 2). (𝟎𝟑 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

3. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement 𝑆𝑚 is

given by 𝑆 = 3𝑡 2 − 4𝑡 + 5 where 𝑡 is the time it takes. Find the;
(a) Displacement after 2 seconds. (𝟎𝟐 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
(b) Velocity after 5 seconds. (𝟎𝟑 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

4. A bag contains 5 red and 3 black beads. Two beads are randomly picked
from the bag in succession without replacement. Form the probability
distribution for the number of black beads picked. Hence find the
expected number of black beads picked. (𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

5. Solve the equation 2𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝛼 − 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝛼 = 4 for values of 𝛼 from 00 to 3600

inclusive. (𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

6. The speeds to the nearest kilometre per hour of 80 vehicles passing a

check point were recorded and grouped as in the table below
Speed (km/hr) 45 − 50 50 − 55 55 − 60 60 − 65 65 − 70
Number of vehicles 20 28 16 13 3
Estimate to the nearest kilometre the;
(i) Modal speed
(ii) Mean of the distribution.
(𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
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7. Given that matrix 𝑷 = ( ) and 𝑰 is a 2𝑋2 unit matrix, determine
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matrix 𝑸 such that 𝑃2 + 2 𝑸 = 4𝑰. (𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

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8. A biased coin is tossed 6 times. The coin is such that the ratio of the tail
to head is 2: 1. Find the probability of getting;
(i) At least 4 heads
(ii) Between 1 and 3 heads
(𝟎𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

(Answer only four questions from this section choosing at least
one from either parts)
PART ONE: PURE MATHEMATICS
9. The points P and Q have position vectors 𝑶𝑷 = −2𝒊 − 5𝒋 and
𝑶𝑸 = 𝒊 − 2𝒋 respectively. R is a point such that 𝑶𝑹 = 𝑶𝑷 + 𝜆𝑷𝑸.
(a) Find the;
(i) Value of 𝑶𝑷 𝑶𝑸
(ii) Angle between the two vectors 𝑶𝑷 and 𝑶𝑸
(b) Determine the;
(i) Vector 𝑷𝑸
(ii) Vector 𝑶𝑹 in terms of 𝜆
(iii) Value of 𝜆 for which 𝑶𝑹 is perpendicular to 𝑷𝑸.
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
10. The rate at which cars are being sold in a certain bond is directly
proportional to the number of cars present at any given time 𝒕 in months.
Initially, 20 cars were in the bond and after 4 months, the number
reduced to 10. If 𝑵 is the number of cars available at any time 𝒕, and 𝒌 is
a proportionality constant,
(i) Form a differential equation connecting 𝑵, 𝒕 and 𝒌.
(ii) Solve the equation in (i) above
(iii) Hence find the time taken for the number of cars in the bond to
reduce to 5.
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
11. Given that 𝛼 and 𝛽 are the roots of the quadratic equation
3𝑥 2 − 2𝑥 + 6 = 0,
(a) State whether it is a maximum or a minimum and give the value of 𝑥
for which this occurs.
(b) Find the value of 𝛼 2 𝛽 + 𝛼𝛽2
(c) Form a quadratic equation with integral coefficients whose roots are
𝛼 2 and 𝛽2 .
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

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12. A certain school wishes to take its S6 students for a picnic at a national
park. The school has hired a bus and a mini-bus to take the students. Each
trip of the bus costs 𝑆ℎ𝑠. 80,000 and that of the mini-bus costs
𝑆ℎ𝑠. 50,000. The bus has a capacity of 57 students and that of the mini-
bus is 19 students. The school provided 𝑆ℎ𝑠. 400,000 for hiring the
vehicles in order to transport all the 171 students in the class for the
picnic. The mini-bus must make more trips than the bus because it travels
faster. If 𝑥 and 𝑦 represent the number of trips made by the bus and mini-
bus respectively;
(a) Write down five inequalities representing the above information.
(b) Plot these inequalities on the same axes.
(c) By shading the unwanted regions, show the region satisfying all the
above inequalities.
(d) Find the number of trips each vehicle should make so as to spend the
least amount of money. Hence find the amount of money saved
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

PART TWO: STATISTICS

13. The average prices of a pineapple in each third of a year, over a period of
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3 3 years are given in UgShs is given in the table below
Year 𝟏𝒔𝒕 third 𝟐𝒏𝒅 third 𝟑𝒓𝒅 third
2010 4500 5000 5200
2011 5500 5700 6000
2012 6200 6500 6800
2013 7000 𝑥
(a) Calculate the 3-point moving averages fir the data
(b) On the same axes, draw the graph of the 3-point moving averages and
the raw data. Hence;
i) Comment on the trend of the price of pineapples over the
period.
ii) Estimate the value of 𝑥.
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)

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14. The table below shows the prices and weights of four commodities that
were consumed by a family in years 2006 and 2007
Price(UgShs)
Commodity 2006 2007 Weight
Matooke (per bunch) 3,000 8,000 4
Meat (per kilogram) 2,500 3,000 3
Milk (per litre) 300 400 1
Sugar (per kilogram) 1,500 1,800 2
(a) Taking 2006 as the base year, find for 2007 the;
(i) Price relative for each commodity
(ii) Simple aggregate index
(iii) Average weighted price index
(b) If the family spent UgShs.159,00 to buy these items in 2007, estimate
the amount the family spent on these commodities in 2006.
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
15. The table below shows the marks scored by ten candidates A to J in
written (𝑥) and oral interviews (𝑦)
Candidate A B C D E F G H I J
Score (𝑥) 50 84 70 60 65 90 80 72 76 92
Score (𝑦) 60 80 76 60 70 84 76 73 74 96
(a) (i) Draw a scatter graph for the data and on it draw the line of best fit
(ii) Comment on the relationship between the candidates’ scores in
written and oral interviews.
(b) Calculate the spearman’s rank correlation coefficient and comment on
your result at 5% levels of significance.
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
16. (a) A bakery produces loaves of bread whose weight is normally
distributed with mean 1,000𝑔 and standard deviation 40𝑔.
i. Find the probability that a randomly selected loaf has a weight
between 980𝑔 and 1,030𝑔.
ii. Assuming that the bakery makes 10,500 loaves, find the
approximate number of loaves with a weight that is at most
950𝑔.
(b)The marks in an examination were normally distributed with mean
𝝁 and standard deviation ẟ. 20% of the candidates scored less than 40
marks and 10% scored more than 75 marks. Find the values of 𝝁 and
ẟ.
(𝟏𝟓 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒔)
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