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MATHEMATICS (ICSE – Class X Board Paper 2018)
Two and Half Hour. Answers to this Paper must be written on the paper provided separately. You will not be allowed to write during the first 15 minutes. This time is to be spent in reading the question paper.
The time given at the head of this Paper is the time allowed for writing the answers. Attempt all questions form Section A and any four questions from Section B. All working, including rough work, must be clearly shown and must be done on the same sheet as the rest of the Answer. Omission of essential working will result in the loss of marks.
The intended marks for questions or parts of questions are given in brackets [ ].
Mathematical tables are provided.
SECTION A [40 Marks]
(Answer all questions from this Section.)
Question 1:
(a) Find the value of and
if
[3]
(b) Sonia had a recurring deposit in a bank and deposited Rs. 600 per month for
years. If the rate of interest was
per annum, find the maturity value of this account. [3]
(c) Cards bearing numbers are kept in a bag. A card is drawn at random from this bag. Find a probability of getting a card which is:
(i) a prime number
(ii) a number divisible by
(iii) a number that is multiple of
(iv) an odd number [4]
Question 2:
(a) The circumference of the base of a cylindrical vessel is and its height is
. Find the
(i) radius of the cylinder
(ii) volume of the cylinder (use
) [3]
(b) If and
are three consecutive terms of an A.P., find the value of
. [3]
(c) is a cyclic quadrilateral. Given that
and
, calculate
(i)
(ii)
(iii) [4]
Question 3:
(a) If ) and
are factors of
, find the values of
and
. [3]
(b) Prove that [3]
(c) Using a graph paper draw a histogram for the given distribution showing the number of runs scored by 50 batsman. Estimate the mode of the data. [4]
Runs Scored | 3000-4000 | 4000-5000 | 5000-6000 | 6000-7000 | 7000-8000 | 8000-9000 | 9000-10000 |
No. of Batsman | 4 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
Question 4:
(a) Solve the following inequation, write down the solution set and represent it on a real number line.
[3]
(b) If the straight lines and
are perpendicular to one another, find the value of
. [3]
(c) Solve and give your answer correct to two decimal places. [4]
SECTION B [40 Marks]
(Attempt any four questions from this Section.)
Question 5:
(a) The term of a G.P is
and the
term is
. Find the first term and the common ratio of the series. [3]
(b) A man invests Rs. 22500 in Rs. 50 shares available at discount. If the dividend paid by the company is
, calculate:
(i) The number of shares purchased
(ii) The annual dividend received
(iii) The rate of return he gets on his investment. Give your answer correct to the nearest whole number. [3]
(c) Use graph paper for this question (Take 2 cm = 1 unit along both and
).
is a quadrilateral whose vertices are
and
.
(i) Reflect quadrilateral on the y-axis and name it as
(ii) Write down the coordinate of and
(iii) Name two points which are invariant under the above reflection
(iv) Name the polygon [4]
Question 6:
(a) Using the properties of proportion, solve for . Given that
is positive
[3]
(b) If ,
and
, find
. [3]
(c) Prove that [4]
Question 7:
(a) Find the value of k for which the following equation has equal roots.
[3]
(b) On a map drawn to a scale of , a rectangular plot of land
has the following dimensions.
;
and all angles are right angles. Find :
(i) the actual length of the diagonal of the plot in km
(ii) the actual area of the plot in sq. km [3]
(c) and
are the vertices of the triangle
,
is a point on
such that
. Find the coordinates of
. Hence find the equation of the line passing through the point
and
. [4]
Question 8:
(a) Rs. 7500 was divided equally among a certain number of children. Had there been 20 less children each would have received Rs.100 more. Find the original number of students. [3]
(b) If the mean of the following distribution is 24, find the value of . [3]
Marks | 0-10 | 10-20 | 20-30 | 30-40 | 40-50 |
No. of Students | 7 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
(c) Using ruler and compass only, construct a such that
and
and
(i) Construct a semi-circle of
(ii) Construct a cyclic quadrilateral , such that
is equidistant from
and
. [4]
Question 9:
(a) Priyanka has a recurring deposit account of Rs. 1000 per month at per annum. If she gets Rs. 5550 as interest at the time of maturity, find the total time for which the account was held. [3]
(b) In ,
is parallel to
and
(i) Find
(ii) Prove that and
are similar
(iii) Find, [3]
(c) The following figure represents a solid consisting of a right circular cylinder with a hemisphere at one end and a cone at the other. Their common radius is
. The height of the cylinder and cone is each
. Find the volume of the solid. [4]
Question 10:
(a) Use remainder theorem to factorize the following polynomial.
[3]
(b) In the figure given below is the center of the circle. If
and
. Find the value of
giving reasons. [3]
(c) The angle of elevation from a point
of the top of the tower
,
high is
and that the tower
from the point
is
. Find the height of the tower
, correct to the nearest meter. [4]
Question 11:
(a) The term of an A.P. is 22 and
term is 66. Find the first term and the common difference. Hence find the sum of the series to 8 terms. [4]
(b) Use graph paper for this question
A survey regarding height (in cm) of 60 boys belonging to Class 10 of a school was conducted. The following data was recorded:
Taking 2 cm = height of 10 cm along one axis and 2 cm = 10 boys along the other axis draw an ogive of the above distribution. Use the graph to estimate the following:
Height in cm | 135-140 | 140-145 | 145-150 | 150-155 | 155-160 | 160-165 | 165-170 |
No of boys | 4 | 8 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
(i) the median
(ii) the lower quartile
(iii) if above 158 cm is considered as a tall boy in a class, find the number of boys who are tall in the class. [6]