Assignment form 4 2025

1. Use reciprocals and square root tables to evaluate:- (3mks)

0.5 + 0.598

0.01565

2. Make M the subject of the formula: P = 2R M (3mks)

M–R

3. A hawker decided to deposit money in the Post Bank at the end of every week. His first deposit was
ksh.200 and the subsequent deposits were 120% of the previous deposit.

a) Find the amount the hawker deposited in the 10th week. (2mks)

b) Find the amount the hawker had deposited at the end of the tenth week. (2mks)

4. A student took the measurements of his classroom and gave the width as 7m and the length as 9m.
If there is an error of 2% in each measurement, determine the greatest value of x + y , if

x and y are the width and length of the classroom respectively. Give your answer to 4 decimal places.
(3mks)

5. A box contains 5 red; 3 yellow and 12 blue biro pens. Two biro pens are picked at random without
replacement. Find the probability that only one of the biro pens picked is blue.
(3mks)

6. a) Simplify the expression; P - P (2mks)

x–a x+a
 b) Use the simplified form of expression in (a) above to evaluate the following leaving your answer
in surd form.

14 - 14 (2mks) 7 –

12 7 + 2

7. In the diagram given below; construct a transverse common tangent to the two circles whose centres
are at A and B and radii are 2.2cm and 1.4cm respectively given that AB = 8cm.

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8. Without using tables or calculator; determine the positive value of x if:

2 log (x – 3) = 1 + log (x + 3) (3mks)

9. The cost per 500grammes of tea leaves from Chebut tea factory is sh. 150 while the same quantity at
Savani tea factory costs sh. 175. The two brands are mixed in the ratio 2:3. determine the selling price per
500grammes of the mixture if a profit of 20% is to be realised.
(3mks)

10. Find the centre and radius of the circle whose equation is:-
 4x2 + 4y2 – 104y + 56x – 152 = 0. (3mks)

11. Use binomial expansion to simplify; (Leaving your answer in surd form)

( 2 + 5 )4 – ( 2 – 5)4 (3mks)

12. A quantity P varies directly as the square of a second quantity x and inversely as a third quantity, r.
When x=4 and r=80; P = 12. Find the value of x when P=120 and r=5 given that X>0.
(3mks)

13. ABCD is a square of side 5cm. A point P moves inside this square so that AP<PB, <APB>900. Show by
construction, the locus of P. (3mks)

14. The figure below shows a right pyramid on a square base of side 10cm. The slant length of the
pyramid is 13cm. X is the mid-point of RS and OY is the perpendicular height of the pyramid.
 Determine;

(i) the length of XY (1mk)

(ii) the angle between the planes RSY and QRST. (2mks)

15. Mr. Kisaka traveling at 45km/h reached Town A 2 minutes earlier than Mr. Bii, but when Mr. Kisaka
traveled at 36km/h; he reached town A 2 minutes later than Mr. Bii. Both beginning their journey from
Kapsabet at the same time; find the distance from Kapsabet to town A.
(3mks)

16. The position of two cities on the earth surface are given as (400N, 1290W) and (600N; 510E). Taking
the radius of the earth as 6370km and π as 22/7, calculate the shortest distance between the two cities in
kilometers giving your answer to the nearest whole number. (3mks)

SECTION II ( 50 MARKS)

Answer any FIVE questions from this section

17. a) A commercial plot is valued at Ksh.500,000. Due to high rate of crime in the area, the value of the
plot depreciated at the rate of 10% per six months for 2 years. It then appreciated at the rate of 4% per
quarter year for the next 3 years. What was the value of the plot after 5 years.
(5mks)

b) Mr. Kireger bought a plot for shs.300,000 per hectare. The value of this plot appreciated at a rate
of 10% p.a. After two years, he sold the whole plot to a customer who paid him Ksh.500,000 per hectare. In
the transaction, he received sh. 274,000 more than the present value of the plot. Determine the size of Mr.
Kireger’s plot in hectares. (5mks)
18. The vertices of a triangle PQR are P(1,1), Q(4,1) and R(5,4)

a) Determine the coordinates of P1Q1 and R1, the image points of P, Q and R under rotation about
(1,2) at an angle of 1800. (2mks)

b) The triangle P1Q1R1 is given a transformation represented by the matrix T= -1 0 to obtain

triangle P111Q111R111. A second transformation represented by matrix 0 1

U = 2 0 maps P11Q11R11 to triangle P11Q11R11. On the same axes using the grid

0 -1 provided, draw the four triangles. (6mks)

c) Describe the single transformation represented by the successive transformations UT.

(2mks)

19. The table below shows the distribution of marks scored in a test by 100 form 4 students in one school
Marks 29<m< 34<m<39 39<m< 44<m< 49<m< 54<m< 59<m< 64<m<69 69<m<74 74<m<79
(m) 34 44 49 54 59 64

No. of 1 5 10 10 19 20 20 8 4 3
studen
ts

a) Using 57 as the assumed mean mark; calculate:-

i) the actual mean mark for the distribution. (4mks)

ii) the standard deviation (4mks)

b) If each mark is increased by 4, write down the:-

(i) new mean mark for the new distribution. (1mk)

(ii) the new standard deviation (1mk)

20. In the figure below, P is the midpoint of KL and X is the midpoint of the line KX produced meets ML at
N.
 Given that KM = m and MX = n, where m and n are vectors;

a) Express in terms of m and n:

(i) KP (2mks)

(ii) KL (2mks)

(iii) ML (2mks)

b) Given that KN = xKX and MN = yML, where x and y are scalars; find the ratio MN: NL.
(4mks)
22. The table below gives the values of x and y obtained from an experiment.

x 1 2 3 4 5 6

y 2.70 5.70 11.15 22.62 45.2 90.51

The variables are connected by a formula of the form y = A (b + x)

Where A and b are constants

a) Draw a suitable line graph for the above data. (5mks)

b) from your graph, find

(i) the values of A and b (3mks)

(ii) the value of x when y=24 (1mk)

(iii) the value of y when x=5.6 (1mk)

23. A, B and C are three towns. B is 220km to the North West of A and C is 100km to the East of B.

a) Sketch the positions of the three towns. (1mk)

b) Calculate

(i) the distance from A to C. (3mks)

(ii) the bearing of C from A. (4mks)

(iii) the bearing of A from C. (2mks)