MATHEMATICS – ORDINARY LEVEL

PRE-MOCK – PAPER 2

Answer ALL questions in this section.

1. I) 3 girls each bought a cooker of different brands. Each of them had a discount of 11%
on the respective displayed prices. The total amount of discount for all of them was
84,150 Frs. Given that the discount on each cooker was proportional to the life span of
the cooker which is 54 months, 72 months, and 78 months respectively.
a. Calculate the discount granted on each cooker.
b. Determine the displayed price on the cheapest cooker.
c. Find how much the girl who bought the cheapest cooker paid.
II) Consider the polynomial P ( x ) =( 4 x +5 ) ( x+ 2 )=¿
a. Factorize P( x ) completely
b. Expand, simplify and arrange P( x ) in the form
P ( x ) =ax 2+ bx+ c where a , b , c ∈ Z
c. Solve in ℝ the equation P ( x ) =0
2. The functions f and g are defined as f :→ x−1 , g :→ x2 −4 Find
i. g(−7)
ii. g[ f ( x ) ]
iii.Construct a table of values for g[ f ( x ) ] for which −3 ≤ x ≤ 4
iv. Taking 1 cm for 1 unit on both axis, draw the graph of y=g [ f ( x ) ] . Using your graph of
y=g [ f ( x ) ] .
v. Solve the equation y=0.
3. A room measuring 5 m by 6 m is to be tiled with square tiles of sides 25 m each. Given
that one tile cost 400 FCFA . Find:
a. To the nearest whole number the total number of tiles to be used.
b. The total cost of tiles used in tilling the whole room.
4. The figure shows a Venn diagram.
Let ε ={ x : x is a student ∈Omega College }
G= { x : x is a girl } S= { x : x is a student who can swim }T ={ x : x is a bright student }

The 8 regions formed by the intersection of these sets are marked a−h. Which regions
best represent the following sets of students?
i. {x : x is a bright student whoca n ' t swim}

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 ii. {x : x is a bright boy who can swim }
iii. { x : x is a girl ,not bright who can not swim }
iv. {x : x is a boy ,not bright who can swim }
v. {x : x is a boy who can swim }
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5. Find the value of x for which 2 =
8
2 2
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a. Given the vector ⃗p= −1 ∧⃗q = −6 , find 3 ⃗p + q⃗

b. The number of questions answered by a student in a Mathematics test is directly

proportional to the square root of the time taken in minutes.
Given that a student answered 2 questions in 36 mins, find:
i. An equation linking the time and number of questions answered.
ii. The constant of proportionality.
iii.The time taken to answer 5 questions.
6. a. Factorize completely:
i. x 2+ 5 x + 4
ii. 25 a2 −30 a+9
iii. 49 x 2−81 y 2
b. The length and width of a rectangle are ( x +3 ) m and ( x−2 ) m respectively. If the area
of the rectangle is 2 m2 . Find x
c. The operation ¿ is defined on Q , the set of rational numbers by:
x +3 y
x∗y = . Given that 5∗a=20. Find the value of “a”
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7. The sum of two numbers and their squares gives 90.
a. Find these numbers.
b. Given that ax 2 +6 x+ c=0 has ( x +1) and (2 x+ 4) as factors:
i. Find the values of a and c
ii. Factorise the equation ax 2 +6 x+ c=0 completely.
iii. Hence solve the equation ax 2 +6 x+ c=0

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