CONFIDENTIAL CS/OCT 2008/MAT020/021

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FINAL EXAMINATION
COURSE
COURSE CODE
EXAMINATION
TIME
MATHEMATICS FOR LIVING
MAT020/021
OCTOBER 2008
2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This question paper consists of eight (8) questions.
2. Answer ALL questions in the Answer Booklet. Start each answer on a new page.
3. Do not bring any material into the examination room unless permission is given by the
invigilator.
4. Please check to make sure that this examination pack consists of:
i) the Question Paper
ii) an Answer Booklet - provided by the Faculty
DO NOT TURN THIS PAGE UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO
This examination paper consists of 4 printed pages
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QUESTION 1
a) State the place value and the digit value of digit 7 in the following numbers.
i) 5701
ii) 75 615
(3 marks)
b) A large company plans to equip each office with 2 computers and out of every 4
offices with a colour printer. The computers cost RM2100 each and a printer costs
RM350. If the company has 36 offices, how much will it cost the company?
(4 marks)
c) Find the sum of the Least Common Multiple (LCM) and the Greatest Common Factor
(GCF) of 27, 45 and 54.
(4 marks)
QUESTION 2
a) Karim has RM50 and James has 2 of that amount while Lim has - of the amount
2 5
2
that James has. If they wish to give of their total sum to charity, what is the
5
amount donated?
(4 marks)
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b) Find the answer for + 0.72 x 2.
4.12
(4 marks)
QUESTION 3
a) Anita had RM250. She spent RM60 on a pair of shoes and some money on dinner.
If she still has 72.8% of the money left, how much did she spend on dinner?
(5 marks)
b) The cost prize of a wallet is RM25. It is sold for RM37. What is the percentage of
profit?
(4 marks)
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c) A bucket was filled with water until it was 55% full. Then, after 1 litres of the water
2
was poured away, the bucket was 40% full. What was the maximum capacity of the
bucket?
(5 marks)
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QUESTION 4
a) Mariah wants to sell 40.5 kg of dodol. If she wants to pack the dodol into packets of
0.5 kg each at RM6.00 per pack, find how much Mariah will earn by selling all the
dodol.
(4 marks)
b) The water level in the tank was 26 cm high. After one hour it dropped by 7 cm.
Three hours later it rose to 28 cm. How much did the water level rise in the three
hours?
(4 marks)
QUESTION 5
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a) If x = -2, y= 3 and z = - 1 , find the value o f - - x - 6x + 5xyz- xyv
(6 marks)
b) Irene gave RM450.00 to Ahmad, Zainoren and Shariff at the ratio of 2 : 3 : 3. If
Ahmad gave 40% of the amount of money he received to Zainoren, find the total
money received by Zainoren.
(5 marks)
c) The parking charge of a car park is RM3.50 for the first hour and RM2.00 for each
subsequent hour. If Kumar parks his car there for 7 hours, how much must he pay?
(4 marks)
QUESTION 6
a) Simplify each of the following expressions
i) 3y + 7x+ 12x- 6y+2
(3 marks)
I 6 A iej
(2 marks)
b) Solve the value of z for
5z + 3 z - 2 26
2 2 " 3 .
(5 marks)
c) Given that m=, express r as the subject of the formula.
K
(4 marks)
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QUESTION 7
a) Solve the following simultaneous linear equations
i) 2x + 3y = 7 and 5x - 2y = -1 1 .
(5 marks)
ii) 7p + 3 Q= 10 and 4p + 8c/ = 9.
(5 marks)
iii) x = 1 3and3x- 5y=2 4 .
(3 marks)
QUESTION 8
a) Given the function, y = x
2
- 5, find the value of y when x = -3.
(3 marks)
b) Given y = 4 - 2X
2
, complete the following table and hence sketch the graph of y.
X
y
-3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
(6 marks)
d) Given the equation of a line P is 3y = 2x + 8,
i) sketch the graph of the line P
(3 marks)
ii) find the slope of P
(2 marks)
iii) find the x and y intercepts of line P
(3 marks)
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