MINISTRY OF GENERAL EDUCATION

ZAMBIA ASSOCIATION FOR MATHEMATICS

EDUCATION (ZAME)
LUNDAZI BOARDING SECONDARY SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS SENIOR QUIZ QUESTIONS

INTER-HOUSES QUIZ COMPETITION

HELD ON 23RD FEBRUARY 2018

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 S/N QUESTION ANSWER
1. In one attempt only. The ratio of two spheres is 3: 4. What is the ratio of 𝟐𝟕: 𝟔𝟒
their volumes?
2. In one attempt only. What is the inverse of a function 1 𝟏
𝑥 𝒙
3. In one attempt only. Calculate the exact value of sin 30° ÷ cos 60° 𝟏
4. What is the sum of integer numbers from 1 to 100 inclusive? 𝟓𝟎𝟓𝟎
5. In one attempt only. A netball team played 4 matches, obtaining a mean 𝟓
score of 8. In the first three matches, they scored 9, 10 and 8. What was the
score in the fourth match?
5 3 1 0
6. In one attempt only. If 5 = 1, 3 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1 = 1. What is 0 ? 𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒆
/𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒅
7. In one attempt only. Add 37.5𝑘𝑔 and 5.2𝑔, giving your answer in 𝟑𝟕. 𝟓𝟎𝟓𝟐
Kilograms.
8. In one attempt only. What is the value of √0.04 × √0.01 × √0.16 𝟏
𝟎. 𝟎𝟎𝟖 𝒐𝒓
𝟏𝟐𝟓
9. In one attempt only. The difference between two supplementary angles is 𝟏𝟏𝟒°𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟔𝟔°
48°. What are the angles?
1
10. In one attempt only. Evaluate 20 + 83 − 50 𝟐
11. A triangle of base 5𝑐𝑚 long has an area of 10𝑐𝑚2. Calculate the area of a 𝟒𝟎𝒄𝒎𝟐
similar triangle of base 10𝑐𝑚.
12. In one attempt only. There two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a 𝟑
duck and one duck in the middle. What is the minimum number of ducks?
1
13. In one attempt only. What is the scientific notation of 200? 𝟓 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑

14. A shopkeeper sold a pair of shoe for 𝑘176. He made a profit of 10%. 𝒌𝟏𝟔𝟎
Calculate the cost price of the shoe.
15. √3 𝟑
In one attempt only. Find the value of 𝑎2 if 𝑎 = 2
𝟒
16. In one attempt only. What is the full value of square root of 5000? √𝟓𝟎𝟎𝟎
17. In one attempt only. How many cubic centimetres are there in 1𝑚3 ? 𝟏 𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝟎𝟎𝟎
18. In one attempt only. What is the value of −50 −𝟏
𝑥−𝑦
19. in one attempt only. What is the value of 𝑦−𝑥 −𝟏

20. In one attempt only. What is the complement of 90° and the supplement of 𝟎
180°?
21. The sum of two consecutive integer numbers is 33. What are these two 𝟏𝟔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝟏𝟕
numbers?
22. In one attempt only. How many lines of symmetry does a scalene triangle 𝟎 𝒐𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒏𝒆
have?
23. 3
If tan 𝜃 = and 0° < 𝜃 < 90°. Determine the value of cos 𝜃. √𝟒𝟎
√40
𝟕
24. 𝑡+𝑎 𝒂 + 𝒃𝒚
In one attempt only. Given that 𝑦 = 𝑡−𝑏 express 𝑡 in terms of 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑦. 𝒕=
𝒚−𝟏
25. The first and second odd numbers are 1 and 3 respectively. What is the 50𝑡ℎ 𝟗𝟗
odd number?

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 26. In one attempt only. A plane flies from point A to point B on a three-figure 𝟐𝟔𝟎°
bearing of 080°. On what three figure bearing does it fly from point B back
to point A?
27. In one attempt only. What is log 10 − log 5 𝐥𝐨𝐠 𝟐
28. In one attempt only. What name is given to the equation 𝑦 = 0? 𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
29. There is enough food for 15 men in a camp to last for 20 days. If 5 more men 𝟏𝟓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔
come in camp on the first day, how long can the food take?
30. In one attempt only. A set Q has 256 subsets. How many elements are there 𝟖
in se Q?
31. The sine of a certain angle is 0.6 and the cosine of the same angle is 0.8. 𝟑
what is the tangent of this angle as a fraction in its simplest form? 𝟒
32. A cyclist arrived at town R from Q after a journey which lasted one and half 𝟎𝟖: 𝟒𝟎
hours. What time did he start off from Q if he arrived at 10: 10 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠
33. In one attempt only. Given that 4−2 is the reciprocal of 4𝑛 . What is the 𝟐
value of 𝑛?
34. The line L has gradient −0.7. The line M is perpendicular to line L. Find the 𝟏. 𝟒𝟑
gradient of line M correct to 2 decimal places.
35. In one attempt only. What is the relative error of 5.5 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠, giving your 𝟏
answer as fraction. 𝟏𝟏𝟎
36 In one attempt only. Given that −2, 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4 are three consecutive terms of 𝒙=𝟏
an AP. What is the value of 𝑥?
37. 2 𝟐
In one attempt only. An equation of a straight line AB is 3𝑦 + 3 𝑥 = 5. −
What is the gradient of the line AB? 𝟗
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38. In one attempt only. What is 64 to the power of negative two-thirds? 𝟒
39. The radius of a cone is given as 𝑟 = 3.5 ± 0.5𝑐𝑚. Find the tolerance of this 𝟏. 𝟎𝒄𝒎
measurement.
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40. In one attempt only. Evaluate √−0.000064 −𝟎. 𝟎𝟒

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