SECTION A (50MKS)
Instructions.
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.
- Use logarithms to evaluate. (4mks)
√415.2 x 0.0761
135 - Three similar bars of length 200 cm , 300cm and 360 cm are cut into equal pieces. Find the largest possible area of square which can be made from any of the three pieces.(3mks)
- A triangle has vertices A(2,5), B(1, −2) and C(−5,1). Determine:
- The equation of the line BC. (3mks)
- The equation of the perpendicular line from A to BC. (3mks)
- The ratio of the radii of two spheres is 2:3. Calculate the volume of the first sphere if the volume of the second is 20cm3. (3mks)
- Without using a mathematical table or calculator solve the following. (3mks)
3√0.729 x 409.6
0.1728 - Three boys shared some money, the youngest boy got ½ of it and the next got 1/9, and the eldest got the remainder. What fraction of money did the eldest receive? If the eldest got sh 330, what was the original sum of money? (4mks)
- Ten men working 6 hours a day take 12 days to complete a job. How long will it take 8 men working 12 hours a day to complete the same job? (3mks)
- An electric pole is supported to stand vertically by a tight wire as shown below. Find the height of the pole and leave to 2 decimal places. (3mks)
- From a window 25m above a street, the angle of elevation of the top of a wall on the opposite side is 15°. If the angle of depression of the base of the wall from the window is 35° find:
- The width of the street. (2mks)
- The height of the wall on the opposite side. (2mks)
- Simplify: (2mks)
253/2 x 9½ x 22
52 x 32 - Solve the in equality: (3mks)
2x – 1 ≤ 3x + 4 < 7 – x - Solve the following: (3mks)
x2 + 3x – 54 = 0 - The figure below shows a circle with centre O and radius 5cm. if ON= 3cm, AB = 8cm and <AOB= 106.3°. Find the area of shaded region. (3mks)
- Expand and simplify: (2mks)
4(q + 6 ) + 7 (q – 3) -
- The length of a rectangle is three times its breadth. If its perimeter is 24cm what is the length of the rectangle. (2mks)
- Area of rectangle. (2mk)
SECTION B
Answer any two questions.
- A rectangular tank whose internal dimensions are 1.7m by 1.4m by 2.2m is filled with milk.
- Calculate the volume of milk in the tank in cubic metres. (2mks)
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- The milk is to be packed in small packets. Each packet is in the shape of a right pyramid on an equilateral triangular base of side 16cm. The height of each packet is 13.6cm. Calculate the volume of milk contained in each packet. (3mks)
- If each packet was to be sold at sh 25 per packet, what is the sale realized from the sale of all exact packets of milk. (5mks)
- A triangle ABC with vertices A(−2,2), B (1, 4) and C(−1, 4) is mapped on to triangle A’B’C’ by a reflection in the line y = x + 1.
- On the grid provided draw:
- Triangle ABC (1mk)
- The line y = x + 1 (2mks)
- Triangle A’B’C’ (3mks)
- Triangle A’’B’’C’’ is the image of triangle A’B’C’ under a negative quater turn, with the centre of rotation as origin (0, 0). On the same grid draw triangle A”B”C” (4mks)
- On the grid provided draw:
- The following measurements were obtained while measuring a coffee field. The measurements were entered in a field book as follows:
- Taking the baseline XY = 400 m. draw the map of the coffee field using a scale of 1cm represents 40m.
- Calculate the area of the coffee field. (5mks)
- The figure below represents a right pyramid. On a square base of side 3cm. the slant edge of the pyramid is 4cm.
- Draw the net of the pyramid. (2mks)
- Calculate the surface area of the pyramid. (4mks)
- Calculate the volume of the pyramid to 2 decimal places. (4mks)
MARKING SCHEME
- Use logarithms to evaluate. (4mks)
√415.2 x 0.0761
135
- Three similar bars of length 200 cm , 300cm and 360 cm are cut into equal pieces. Find the largest possible area of square which can be made from any of the three pieces. (3mks)
- A triangle has vertices A(2,5), B(1, −2) and C(−5,1). Determine:
- The equation of the line BC. (3mks)
- The equation of the perpendicular line from A to BC. (3mks)
- The equation of the line BC. (3mks)
- The ratio of the radii of two spheres is 2:3. Calculate the volume of the first sphere if the volume of the second is 20cm3. (3mks)
- Without using a mathematical table or calculator solve the following. (3mks)
3√0.729 x 409.6
0.1728
- Three boys shared some money, the youngest boy got ½ of it and the next got 1/9, and the eldest got the remainder. What fraction of money did the eldest receive? If the eldest got sh 330, what was the original sum of money? (4mks)
- Ten men working 6 hours a day take 12 days to complete a job. How long will it take 8 men working 12 hours a day to complete the same job? (3mks)
- An electric pole is supported to stand vertically by a tight wire as shown below. Find the height of the pole and leave to 2 decimal places. (3mks)
- From a window 25m above a street, the angle of elevation of the top of a wall on the opposite side is 15°. If the angle of depression of the base of the wall from the window is 35° find:
- The width of the street. (2mks)
- The height of the wall on the opposite side. (2mks)
- The width of the street. (2mks)
- Simplify: (2mks)
253/2 x 9½ x 22
52 x 32
- Solve the in equality: (3mks)
2x – 1 ≤ 3x + 4 < 7 – x
- Solve the following: (3mks)
x2 + 3x – 54 = 0
- The figure below shows a circle with centre O and radius 5cm. if ON= 3cm, AB = 8cm and <AOB= 106.3°. Find the area of shaded region. (3mks)
- Expand and simplify: (2mks)
4(q + 6 ) + 7 (q – 3)
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- The length of a rectangle is three times its breadth. If its perimeter is 24cm what is the length of the rectangle. (2mks)
- Area of rectangle. (2mk)
SECTION B
Answer any two questions.
- The length of a rectangle is three times its breadth. If its perimeter is 24cm what is the length of the rectangle. (2mks)
- A rectangular tank whose internal dimensions are 1.7m by 1.4m by 2.2m is filled with milk.
- Calculate the volume of milk in the tank in cubic metres. (2mks)
-
- The milk is to be packed in small packets. Each packet is in the shape of a right pyramid on an equilateral triangular base of side 16cm. The height of each packet is 13.6cm. Calculate the volume of milk contained in each packet. (3mks)
- If each packet was to be sold at sh 25 per packet, what is the sale realized from the sale of all exact packets of milk. (5mks)
- The milk is to be packed in small packets. Each packet is in the shape of a right pyramid on an equilateral triangular base of side 16cm. The height of each packet is 13.6cm. Calculate the volume of milk contained in each packet. (3mks)
- Calculate the volume of milk in the tank in cubic metres. (2mks)
- A triangle ABC with vertices A(−2,2), B (1, 4) and C(−1, 4) is mapped on to triangle A’B’C’ by a reflection in the line y = x + 1.
- On the grid provided draw:
- Triangle ABC (1mk)
- The line y = x + 1 (2mks)
- Triangle A’B’C’ (3mks)
- Triangle A’’B’’C’’ is the image of triangle A’B’C’ under a negative quater turn, with the centre of rotation as origin (0, 0). On the same grid draw triangle A”B”C” (4mks)
- On the grid provided draw:
- The following measurements were obtained while measuring a coffee field. The measurements were entered in a field book as follows:
- Taking the baseline XY = 400 m. draw the map of the coffee field using a scale of 1cm represents 40m.
- Calculate the area of the coffee field. (5mks)
- Taking the baseline XY = 400 m. draw the map of the coffee field using a scale of 1cm represents 40m.
- The figure below represents a right pyramid. On a square base of side 3cm. the slant edge of the pyramid is 4cm.
- Draw the net of the pyramid. (2mks)
- Calculate the surface area of the pyramid. (4mks)
- Calculate the volume of the pyramid to 2 decimal places. (4mks)
- Draw the net of the pyramid. (2mks)
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