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This is the ZIMSEC O-Level Mathematics question paper for Paper 2 from June 2014. Use it for exam practice under timed conditions. The paper code is 4028/2. Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes.
# ZIMBABWE SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL <br> General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
**MATHEMATICS**
**PAPER 2**
4028/2
JUNE 2014 SESSION
2 hours 30 minutes
Additional materials:
Answer paper
Geometrical instruments
Graph paper (3 sheets)
Mathematical tables
Plain paper (1 sheet)
TIME 2 hours 30 minutes
### INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name, Centre number and candidate number in the spaces provided on the answer paper/answer booklet.
Answer all questions in Section A and any three questions from Section B.
Write your answers on the separate answer paper provided.
If you use more than one sheet of paper, fasten the sheets together.
All working must be clearly shown. It should be done on the same sheet as the rest of the answer.
Omission of essential working will result in loss of marks.
If 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.
### INFORMATION FOR CANDIDATES
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question. Mathematical tables or electronic calculators may be used to evaluate explicit numerical expressions.
This question paper consists of 11 printed pages and 1 blank page.
Copyright: Zimbabwe School Examinations Council, J2014.
**Section A [64 marks]**
Answer all the questions in this section.
## Question 1
### (a)
Simplify
#### (i)
\(0,85-0,6\) giving your answer as a common fraction in its lowest terms,
#### (ii)
\(1 \frac{3}{4} \div 1 \frac{2}{5}+1 \frac{5}{8}\).
### (b)
Remove the brackets and simplify \((a+2)(a-3)-3(a-5)\).
### (c)
Giving your answer in standard form, find \(25 \%\) of \(3,168 \times 10^{-4}\).
### (d)
In the diagram, APX and BQY are parallel straight lines and AQ is the bisector of PQB.
Given that \(\mathrm{PAP}=31^{\circ}\), calculate APQ.
## Question 2
### (a)
Solve the following equations
#### (i)
\(0,3 x-1,7=1,8-0,4 x\)
#### (ii)
\(3 x=(-64)^{\frac{1}{3}}\)
### (b)
Factorise completely \(6 m^{2} n^{2}-m n-15\).
### (c)
Express as a single fraction in its simplest form
$$
\frac{x-4}{16-x^{2}} \div \frac{2}{x+4}
$$
## Question 3
The Venn diagram shows some information about all the 52 families in a village. C is a set of 37 families that have cattle, G is a set of 24 families that have goats and S is the set of 20 families that have sheep.
It is also given that 14 families have cattle and goats, 11 families have cattle and sheep, \(x\) families have all three types of animals and another \(x\) families have no animals.
### (a)
Find, in terms of \(x\), the number of families with
#### (i)
cattle only,
#### (ii)
goats only,
#### (iii)
sheep only.
### (b)
Find
#### (i)
the value of \(x\),
#### (ii)
the number of families with goats but have no cattle.
## Question 4
In the diagram, \(P, Q\) and \(R\) are three points on level ground. \(P Q=20 \mathrm{~m}\), \(\mathrm{PR}=30 \mathrm{~m}\) and \(\cos \mathrm{R} \hat{\mathrm{PQ}}=-\frac{1}{3}\).
If R is due south of Q, calculate
### (a)
\(\mathrm{R} \hat{\mathrm{P}} \mathrm{Q}\),
### (b)
the length of QR,
### (c)
\(P \hat{R} Q\),
### (d)
the three-figure bearing of Q from P correct to the nearest degree.
## Question 5
In the diagram, ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral. TA is a tangent at A and is parallel to DB. AC and BD intersect at P such that \(\mathrm{AP}=5 \mathrm{~cm}\).
### (a)
Given that \(\mathrm{TAD}=51^{\circ}\) and \(\mathrm{APD}=78^{\circ}\), calculate
#### (i)
\(\mathrm{A} \hat{\mathrm{C}} \mathrm{D}\),
#### (ii)
\(\mathrm{BAC}\),
#### (iii)
\(B \hat{C} A\).
### (b)
Write down the reason why \(\triangle \mathrm{APD}\) is isosceles.
### (c)
Calculate the length of AD.
### (d)
Name in the correct order, the triangle which is
#### (i)
similar to \(\triangle \mathrm{APD}\),
#### (ii)
congruent to \(\triangle \mathrm{ABP}\).
## Question 6
Answer the whole of this question on a sheet of plain paper.
Use ruler and compasses only for all constructions and show clearly all the construction lines and arcs.
### (a)
On a single diagram, construct
#### (i)
quadrilateral \(W X Y Z\) in which \(W X=5,3 \mathrm{~cm}, W \hat{X} Y=120^{\circ}\), \(\mathrm{XY}=5 \mathrm{~cm}, \mathrm{YZ}=9,1 \mathrm{~cm}\) and \(\mathrm{WZ}=8,5 \mathrm{~cm}\),
#### (ii)
the locus of points which are equidistant from
1. W and Y,
2. X and Z.
### (b)
Mark and label clearly, the point O, inside the quadrilateral WXYZ, which is equidistant from \(\mathrm{W}, \mathrm{X}, \mathrm{Y}\) and Z.
### (c)
#### (i)
Draw a circle centre O and radius OX.
#### (ii)
Measure and write down the radius of the circle.
### (d)
State the special name given to quadrilateral WXYZ.
**Section B [36 marks]**
Answer any three questions in this section.
Each question carries **12 marks**.
## Question 7
### (a)
Calculate the volume of a copper ball of radius 3 cm.
### (b)
The copper ball in (a) is melted and recast into cylindrical rods each of diameter \(0,3 \mathrm{~cm}\) and length 15 cm.
#### (i)
Calculate the volume of each rod.
#### (ii)
Find the number of copper rods that can be made from the copper ball.
### (c)
Each of the copper rods in (b) is bent to form a circular bangle. Calculate the radius of the bangle.
### (d)
If each bangle is to be coated with silver paint at a cost of 5 c per \(\mathrm{cm}^{2}\), calculate the total cost of coating all the bangles so formed, giving your answer correct to …