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The document is an examination paper for the Botswana Examinations Council's Junior Certificate Mathematics Paper 2 for October/November 2024, consisting of various mathematical problems and instructions for candidates. It includes sections on sequences, geometry, probability, and algebra, with a total of 100 marks available. Candidates are required to show their workings and provide answers in specified formats.
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Save Mathematics Paper 2 For Later BOTSWANA EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL
JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
MATHEMATICS 13/2
Paper 2 October/November 2024
Marks: 100 Time: 2 Hours
Candidate
Full Names:
Centre Number: | J | C | ] Candidate Number:
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Write your full names and examination number in the space provided above,
2. Answer ALL questions.
3. _ ALL answers must be written in the spaces provided.
4. — Show all the necessary working.
5. Calculators may be used in this paper.
6. Use the value 7 in your calculator unless otherwise stated,
7. Ifthe degree of accuracy is not specified in the question and the answer is not exact,
give the answer to three significant figures. Give answers in degrees to one decimal
place.
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Answer all questions in this section.
4. Asequence of numbers is given as;
1,8, 15, 22, -eseoee
(a) Whats the fifth term of the sequence?
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(b) Write down, in terms of n, an expression for the n'* term of the sequence.
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2. The diagram below shows the positions of two points, U and V.
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The table below shows the predicted chances of rain for a particular week.
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday
72% 62% 50% 53% 42% 61% 59%
Tilly wants to visit a friend during the week when itis less likely to rain,
Which day should Tilly choose to visit her friend?
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Simplify 3k — 5m + 2(k + m).
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What is the median of the distribution; 24, 18, 23, 16, 24, 22, 172
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Complete the shape below such that the dotted line M is a line of symmetry.
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800 and an overtime allowance of P15 per hour.
Write a formula for wages, W, of a labourer who worked h hours of overtime in a
month, in terms of h.
(2)
8. On the pair of axes below, triangle B is the image of triangle A after a transformation.
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10. Calculate the length of the line segment CD with endpoints C (5,4) and D (-2,7),
44. Evaluate(>) (6 8).
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its journey.
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60
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Speed u
(km/h)
0 0.2 04 06
Time (hours)
(a) What was the speed of the train at 0.2 hours?
. km/h (1)
(b) Calculate the distance covered by the train during the first 0.3 hours.
.km (2)
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Make r the subject of the formula q = rt — 4t.
(2)
14.
Greenwich Mean Time, GMT, is 2 hours behind Central Africa Time, CAT, and
3 hours behind East Africa Time, EAT.
A game is scheduled to start at 3 pm CAT.
At what time will the game start in
(a) GMT,
(b) EAT?
15.
The population of a country was estimated to be 2.024 900 in 2011. In 2022 the
Population of the country was estimated to be 2 346 100.
Calculate
(a) _ the increase in the population of the country,
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‘Answer all questions in this section.
46. Solve the simultaneous equations,
3g-h=9
agth=5.
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d+5
as a single fraction.
d+ 2
47. Express 24
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18. A construction company charges Keeme P330 000 for building her house.
Keeme pays a deposit of P150 000.
(a) How much is her balance?
(1)
(b) The company charges 15% interest on the balance.
What is the total balance, including the interest, that Keeme owes the
company?
(2)
(c) An agreement is made that Keeme will pay the total balance, including interest,
in 12 equal monthly installments.
How much will Keeme pay every month?
(1)
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49. The diagram below shows an equilateral tringle FGH, with FG = GH = FH = 7om.
Nis the midpoint of GH and FIV is a line segment.
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NOT TO SCALE
7om
(a) Name the congruent triangles in the equilateral triangle above.
(1)
(b) Calculate
(i) _ the size of each interior angle of the equilateral triangle FGH,
sees (2)
(i) the length of FN,
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(iii) the area of triangle FGH.
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20. A taxi left Precious mall at 12.40 pm and arrived at Smile mall at 1.20 pm.
(a) Express 1.20 pm in 24-hour clock notation.
(1)
{b) How long, in hours, did the taxi take to move from Precious mall to Smile mall?
os hours (1)
{c) The taxi moved at an average speed of 32 km/h.
Calculate the distance, in km, the taxi covered from Precious Mall to Smile
Mall.
21. Solve the equation x? + 9x +8 = 0.
(3)
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22. Students in a class of 30 were asked how many siblings they each have. Their
responses are listed below.
0,1,4,
2, 1,0,
3,1,1
5,
4,
1
3,
5,
9,
Noe
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(a) Complete the frequency table below, showing the number of siblings each
student has.
Number of siblings | Number ee
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1
2
3 é
4
5
Total 30
(3)
(b) Astudent is chosen at random from the class.
What is the probability that the student has 3 siblings?
(1)
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student has.
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Number of siblings
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23. Dineo has 2 litres of juice. She pours all the juice into eight identical cuboid
containers up to half their capacity.
{a) Calculate the capacity, in cm®, of each container.
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{b) The cross-sectional area of each container is 34.2 cm?,
Calculate the height of each container.
(2)
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24. (a) In the space provided below construct triangle DEF with EF = 8.5 cm,
DE =5 cm and angle DEF = 55°.
(b) Construct the angle bisector of angle DEF of the triangle in (a).
(3)
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25. Lorato has x number of PS coins only.
(a) Write an expression in terms of x, for the total amount of money that Lorato
has.
(1)
(b) She buys some items worth P23.
Write down an expression in terms of x, for the amount of Money that Lorato
is left with.
(1)
(c) After buying the items worth P23, Lorato is left with P17.
Form an equation, in terms of x, to show this information,
(1)
(4) Solve the equation in (c) to find the number of PS coins Lorato had.
(2)
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26. The scatter diagram below shows the masses of a child, from birth to 42 months old,
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Mass (kg)
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Age (months)
(a) Drawa line of best fit on the scatter diagram.
(b) Use your line of best fit to estimate the mass of the child at 9 months.
(1)
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27. A straight-line L is drawn on the pair of axes below.
y-axis
a
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(a) What is the y-intercept of line L?
(b) Calculate the gradient of line L.
(c) Write down the equation of line L.
(2)
(1)
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SECTION C (20 Marks)
Answer all the questions in this section.
28. What is the next number in the sequence below?
7, 14, 42, 168, ...
a)
29. Write down a whole number between 10 and 20, which is not a sum of consecutive
whole numbers.
(1)
30. Write the missing number in the empty circle of the diagram below.
(2)
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31. Some numbers are written on the grid below. Each of the numbers written on the
squares in the first five columns is to be joined to its multiple written in one of the
‘squares in the last three columns using vertical and horizontal lines.
A line can only be drawn to pass through any of the squares once without crossing
another line.
34 9
3 8
17 5 49
7
4 25 | 22
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Complete the grid above. (3)
32. The ratioA:B=1:2,B:C
4,andC:D=8:9.
What is the ratio A: B: C: D in its simplest form?
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33. The diagram below shows triangle ABC with AB = AC = BC. Dis the midpoint of
side AC and DE is parallel to BC.
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(a) How many triangles are shown in the diagram above?
(b) Name two equilateral triangles and one isosceles triangle from the diagram
above.
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Isosceles triangle
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34. Dimpho has three PS coins, four P2 coins and seven P1 coins. He gives each of his
two sons some coins such that they each have an equal amount of money, and has
one coin left.
(a) How much did each son get?
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(b) Write down the number of the different coins each son got.
First son Second son
PS PS
P2 sees Pee ce acassner
le ee P41
(2)
35. The diagram below shows three adjacent rectangles. The area of each of the
rectangles is written inside the respective rectangle.
yom? 6cm
4om 3m
40 cm? 72 cm?
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Calculate the value of y, the area of the shaded rectangle.
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