MATER SPEI COLLEGE
BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
Botswana Senior Secondary Education
CANDIDATE
NAME
CLASS
MATHEMATICS II 1237/01
Paper 1 FORM 5 END OF FEBRUARY 2025
2 hours
Candidates answer on the Question Paper
No additional materials are needed.
INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your name and class in the boxes at the top of the page.
• Write in dark blue or black pen.
• Write your answer to each question in the spaces provided.
• You may use HB pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
• Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
• Do not write in any barcodes.
• Electronic calculators may be used.
• You must show all necessary working clearly; no marks will be given for unsupported answers from
a calculator.
• Give non-exact numerical answers correct to 3 significant figures, or 1 decimal place for angles in
degrees, unless a deferent level of accuracy is specified in the question.
INFORMATION
• The total marks for this paper is 80.
• You may lose marks if you do not show your working or if
you do not use appropriate units.
• The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each
question or part question.
This document consists of 13 printed pages and 1 blank page.
[Turn over
2
3
1 The equation of a circle C, with centre O, is:
(x - 3)² + (y + 2)² = 25
(a) Find the coordinates of the centre O.
(.......... , ..........)[1]
(b) Find the radius of C.
....................
[1]
(c) Show the point (6, 2) lies on C.
[2]
2 A circle has centre (5, 2) and radius 4.
(a) Write down the equation of the circle.
........................................
[2]
(b) Does the point (7, 4) lie on the circle?
........................................[2]
[Turn over
4
3 Factorise x3 – 19x2 + 103x – 165.
................................................. [4]
4 The value of a car is $8000.
Each year the value of the car decreases exponentially by 25%.
Calculate the value of this car after 3 years.
$ ................................................. [2]
5 Amir invests $1500 in an account.
The account pays compound interest at a rate of r % per year.
At the end of 8 years the value of his investment is $1656.73 .
Find the value of r.
r = ................................................ [3]
5
6 Express 3x − 13
in partial fractions.
(3 x − 1 )2
................................................. [3]
7 Expand and simplify.
(x + 3) (x + 5) (2x + 1)
................................................. [3]
[Turn over
6
8 The table shows the areas, in km 2, of the four largest rainforests in the world.
Rainforest Area (km2)
Amazon 5 500 000
Congo 2 000 000
Atlantic 1 315 000
Valdivian 250 000
(i) Find the area of the Valdivian rainforest as a percentage of the area of the Amazon rainforest.
.............................................. % [1]
(ii) Write, in its simplest form, the ratio of the areas of the rainforests Valdivian : Atlantic : Congo.
....................... : ...................... : ...................... [2]
(iii) The Amazon rainforest has 60% of its area in Brazil and 10% of its area in Colombia.
1
43 % of the remaining area of the rainforest is in Peru.
3
Find the percentage of the Amazon rainforest that is in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
.............................................. % [3]
7
27
(iv) The area of the Amazon rainforest represents of the total area of rainforest in the world.
50
Calculate the total area of rainforest in the world.
Give your answer correct to the nearest 100 000 km2.
......................................... km 2 [3]
(v) In the world, 60.7 hectares of rainforest are lost every minute.
Calculate the total area, in hectares, of rainforest that is lost in 365 days.
Give your answer in standard form.
................................... hectares [3]
[Turn over
8
9 A company makes scientific calculators and graphic calculators.
Each day they make x scientific calculators and y graphic calculators.
These inequalities describe the number of scientific and graphic calculators they make each day.
x 1 180 y G 90 x + y G 240
(a) Complete these two statements.
The company makes fewer than ...................... scientific calculators each day.
The company can make a maximum of ...................... calculators each day. [2]
(b) Scientific calculators cost P120 to make.
Graphic calculators cost P180 to make.
Each day the company spends at least P27000 making calculators.
Show that 2x + 3y H 450 .
[1]
9
(c) The region R satisfies these four inequalities.
x 1 180 y G 90 x + y G 240 2x + 3y H 450
By drawing four suitable lines and shading unwanted regions, find and label the region R.
y
250
200
150
100
50
0 50 100 150 200 250 x
[7]
(d) Scientific calculators are sold for a profit of P100.
Graphic calculators are sold for a profit of P300.
Calculate the maximum profit made by the company in one day.
P ............................................. [2]
[Turn over
10
10 Write 3x2 – 30x + 63 in the form a(x + b)2 + c where a, b and c are integers.
[3]
11 By completing the square, solve x2 + 10x – 3 = 0.
Give your answers in surd form.
[5]
12 Simplify
3x - 2 - 3xy + 2y
1 - y2
[4]
11
13 A worker is saving for a down payment on a house. If the down payment will be P40 000 and
she can earn 5% interest on her savings, how much must she set aside today to make the down
payment in 10 years?
[3]
14 Solve 3x² – 11x – 13 = 0
Give your solutions correct to 2 decimal places.
[5]
[Turn over
12
15 Solve the simultaneous equations
6x + 8y − 2z = 750
18x − 2y + 4z = 1100
4x − 4y + 2z = 100
x= ………….. y= ………….. z= …………..
[5]
13
16 Solve the following equations.
(a) log 2 x 2 + log 16 x = 18 [4]
(b) e 2x + 1 - 10e -2x - 1 = 3 [4]
