2007 E.

C MATHEMATICS MODEL EXAMINATION GRADE 10

DIRECTIONS: THIS BOOKLET CONTAINS MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION

FOR GRADE 10. THE EXAMINATION CONTAINS 60 ITEMS. THERE IS

ONLY ONE BEST ANSWER FOR EACH ITEM. CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER

FROM THE SUGGESTED OPTIONS AND WRITE THE LETTER OF YOUR

CHOICE ON THE ANSWER SHEET.

You are allowed to work on the exam for 3 hours.

x, y
2
1. If x=2 x3x7 and y=5x11 then the Gcf is ?
A) C) 1
B) O D) 4620
2. If 2 < x < Y < 5 and X and y are natural numbers, then which of the

following is not true?

A) LCm (x, 4) x Gcf (x, 4) = 4x
B) X and Y are relatively prime
C) X and Y are twin prime
D) The sum of x and y is a prime number
3. The n-side regular polygon figure have 5 the lines symmetry then the

measure of each interior angle is?

A) 1080 C) 36o
B) 5400 D) none
4. The number of sides a regular polygon of octagons?
A) 7 C) 8
B) 9 D) 10
5. If X and Y are irrational numbers, then which of the following is

necessarily true?
A) XY is an irrational number
B) X Y is an irrational number
C) X+Y is an irrational number
D) None
TS BC , TS
6. In the figure below || AT = (x+1) cm, AB = 2xcm, = 6cm and

BC = 10cm the valve of X is ? A

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A) 14 cm C) 10cm
2
cm
5
B) 5 cm D) T S

B C

7. Which of the following is not true ?

3

4
o
A) rad = 135 C) 4o 151 3011 = 4.2583
B) 5400 = 3rad D) 11 = 600
8. In the figure shown below, 3x,2x,x,4x,x and 7x are the exterior angles of

the hexagonal polygon what is value of x ?

A) 400 C) 300 3x
4x
0 0
B) 10 D) 20 X 4x

7X X

9. If the initial point A(1,4) and the terminal point B(-5,1), then what is the

U
position Vector of magnitude
6
U
U 3 5
A) = C) =3
U
U
B) = -6i + -3j D) =4
10. Let the initial point of A (-1,4) and the terminal point of B (1,6) then the

direction of the position vector is ?

A) = 600 C) = 300

B) = 450 D) = 56.60
11. Which of the following expression is a polynomial function?
A) f(x) = 2x C) f(x) = 2x-1

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x
B) f(x) = D) f(x) = x2
12. If a polynomial function P is given by P(x) = (x-1) (1+x (x-x3) then which

one of the following statement is correct about P(x)?

A) Degree of p(x) is 5 C) The constant term is -1
B) The leading coefficient P(x) =-1 D) all
x 2 5 x 6

13. What is the universe for the equation log2 =3

A) (-3, -2) C) (- , -3) u (-2, )
B) [-3, -2] D) (- , 3] u [2, )
14. The solution set of inequalities /X/ /
A) (- , -1] u [1, ) C) (-1, 1]
B) [-1, 1] D) none

15. Which of the following is not true about the graph of Y = tan


2
A) The Domain is { / }, n= 1, 3, 5, 7 . . . .
B) The Range is the set of real numbers
C) Tangent function is odee function
D) None
1
2
16. If in f(x)=sin = and in the first quadrant then what is the value of

cos
2
1
2 2
A) B)
3 1
2 3
B) D)
17. Which of the following expression is exponential function

A) f (x = ax, for a C) f (x = ax for a >0

B) f (x) = x2 for x D) f (x) = 2x +1 for x
18. Which of the following is true?

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log 53
e
A) ln = -1 C) 5 =3
x
B) lnx = loge for x>0 D) all
19. If the line 4x y= -1 and Ky -x =2 are perpendicular lines then the

value of K is?
1
2
A) 2 C)
B) -4 D) none
20. A Frustum whose upper and lower bases are circular regions of radii

2cm and 6cm respectively, the length of the frustum con 3cm what is

lateral surface area of frustum?

A) 52 cm2 C) 26cm2 2cm
2cm

B) 102 cm2 D) 40 cm2 3cm
x
21. What is the value of X If log = -2
A) 0.001 C) 0.01 6cm
B) -0 .01 D) none
22. If f(x) = ax, 0<a<1 then which of the following is not correct?
A) f (x) > | if and only if X < 0 C) 0<f(x) < |iff x>o
B) f(x) = | if and Only if X = 0 D) none
23. which of the following is the solution set of the equation |x-1| = |3-2x|
4
,2
3
A) C) {4, -2}
4 3 ,2
B) D) {-4, -2}
x y 1
2 x ky 2
24. If the system of equation has infinite solution, then the

value of kis?
A) 2 C) -1
B) -2 D) 1
CM BL AN
25. In the figure shown below, , and are the median of a ABC,

If AN = 8cm, OM=5cm and BO =4cm find OL C

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A) 6cm C) 3cm L o N
1
cm
3
B) 2cm D)
A M B
2 8
1
log
16
26. Simplified form of is
5
8
A) C) -10
5 10
8 10
B) D)
27. If logx = -1.2014 then the characteristics of logx is ?
A) -2 C) -1
B) 0.7986 D) 0.2014
28. If the line 2x y=4 and kx +2y =1 are parallel line then the value of k is?
1
4
A) 4 C)
1
4
B) -4 D)
29. What is the lateral surface area of a regular square pyramid of height

8cm if its base has edge of length 12cm?

A) 120cm2 C) 240cm2
B) 320 cm2 D) 110cm2
CD
30. In right angle triangle ABC shown below is altitude to the

AB
hypotenuse , if AC = 10 units and AD =8 unit what is the length of

BD
? B
6 9
5 2
A) units C) units D
4
3
B) 18 units D) units C A

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25
3 25
5
31. What is the solution of the equation
A) C) 0
B) 1 D) 5

1
2
32. Which of the following is true about the multiplicative inverses of
1
2
A) C) -2
B) 2 D) 1
33. Which of the following is not a rational number?
1
7

7 28
7 2 28 8
A) C)
1
27 3 3
3 3 3 3
B) D)
34. If the measure of the angle formed by the lines of two chords intersect

outside the circle, PA =5cm, Px=7cm and Py =10cm then what is the

AB
length of ? A B
A) 14cm C) 12cm P X Y
B) 9cm D) 7cm
35. Which of the following reference angle equal with 450
A) 11250 C) -3150
B) -10350 D) all
36. Which of the following is equal to tan x for all valve of X
sin X
cos x
A) C) (tan(-x))
sin x Sin x
cos x cos x
B) D)
37. If n(A) = 18, =15 and n(A/B) =12 then which of the following is not true?
A) n(AUB) =27 C) n(B/A) =3
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B) n (AnB) =6 D) n (A B) = 21
38. Which of the following is necessarily true?
C C
A) A B ACB C) ACB A B
C
B) A B A=B D) ACB = A B
39. If f and g are any two polynomial function which of the following not

always polynomial function?

3
f3
A) F + g C)
2
f
B) f3 g2 D)
40. If the slope of the line m=4 and containing the point P(1, -3) then which

of the following equation is true?

A) Y-3 = 4 x -1 C) Y+3 = 4x-1
B) Y= 4x+2 D) Y+3 = 4(x-1)
41. The solution set of inequalities -2x-8 4x-2x+1
A) (-1, 1) C) [-1.1]
,1] [1,
B) D) [1, )
42. The line passing through the points P(-2,4) and (1,3) then which is the

gradient of the line

1
3
A) 3 C)
1
3
B) -3 D)
43. In the given frequency distribution of a population function which of

the following is not true?

V 1 2 3 6
A) The F 1 2 2 2 mean is 2

C) the median is 2.5

B) The mode are 2 and 3 D) the probability of getting above 2
value is 3
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44. In tossing three coins at once what is the probability of getting #one

head and two tails;?

1 1
4 3
2 3 4 8
A) B) C) D)

x 2
8 1

2 2
45. If then the value of x is ?
8 2
5 7
A) C)
2
8
5 7
B) D)
46. Given the polynomial function p(x)=(x-1)4(x2+2x-3)(x2-1) what is the

multiplicity of root 1?
A) 4 B) 6 C) 2 D) none
47. Which of the following is not true?
2
x x
, y 0
y y
A) C) If x<y<0 then /x+y/ = /x/+/y/
2
x y
B) = x+y D) none
2
1
3
4
2x
48. If log = log + loga
then what is the value of x
1 1
2 16
A) C)
4
1 1
2 2
B) D)
cos 30
sin 60
49. Which of the following value is equal to
sin
A) 380 cos 520 C) sin2 40 + cos2 40

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cos 50 tan 20
cos 40 sin 20
B) Tan 400 - D) - sec 20
50. Which one of the following relation is represented by the shaded region

shown on the figure below? Y

A) {(x, y) : Y x-1 and x 0 1
B) {(x, y): Y x+1 and Y > 0 -1 X
C) {(x, y) : Y x+1 and x 0
D) {(x, y) : Y x+1 and x 0

51. Let A = {{2,o}} , B={0,2} then which of the following is true?

A) P(A)={,{2,0}} C) n(A) =n(B)
C
B) A B D) ACB
52. Which of the following relation is a function?
A) R={(x, y) : y>x} C) R= {(x, y) : Y = yx+1}
B) R={1,3),(2,5), (1,9),(5,7)} D) R={(x,y) :y =4}
2
53. If one root of the quadratic equation x -kx+3=0 is 1 then the valve of k

is?
A) 4 B) 4 C) 2 D) -2
54. In the parallelogram below ABCD, AB= 4cm AD = 6cm and m(D) =450

then the altitude of parallelogram? A D

2 2
A) 2 C) 12 450
2 3
B) 6 D) 3 B C
1 3 1 3

1 3 1 3
55. The simplified form of
A) 0 C) -1
2 3
B) 1 D)
56. In tossing three coins what is the number of members of the event Two

tails and one head

A) 2 B) 3 C) 4 D) 5

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57. In a recent survey of 400 worker in a company 100 were listed as

smokers and 150 as chewers of gum, 75 were listed as both smokers and

gum chewers. Find out how many worker are neither smokers nor gum

chewers.
A) 725 C) 225
B) 625 D) 325

x3 x
2x 2x 4 ,
2
58. For the polynomial which of the following is false?
A) The degree of polynomial 4 C) The constant term 0
B) The leading coefficient -2 D) none
59. Which of the following is not true about the figure below?
A o D
E

B C

AE EC
A)

B) <DAE <BCE

C) ADB BEC

D) BEC DEA
60. If Birr 1 is invests at rate 10% compounded semiannually

(2times a year) then what is the amount at the end of the 2 nd year ?
2 2
41 21

40 20
A) birr C) birr
2
20
birr
21
B) D) (0.01)2 birr

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