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FORM 3
MATHEMATICS
EXAM 1 TERM 3 2019
PAPER 2
2 ½ HOURS
ST MARY’S MUNDIKA HIGH SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
2 ½ HOURS
Instructions to Students
1. Write your name, Admission number and class in the spaces provided.
2. This paper contains TWO sections: Section I and Section II
3. Answer ALL questions in section I and STRICTLY ANY FIVE questions from Section II.
4. All working and answers must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
5. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
6. Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
7. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used except
where stated otherwise.
8. This paper consists of 14 printed papers. Students should check to ascertain that all papers are printed
and that no page is missing
For Examiner’s use only
Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL
GRAND TOTAL
Section II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL
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SECTION 1 (50 marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. Use logarithms in all steps to evaluate. (4 marks)
4.532 x 67.45
√ 0.4562
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2. Given that B = √ M 2+ A 2 make M the subject of the formula. (3 marks)
3. Maize and millet costs Sh. 45 and Sh. 56 per kilogram respectively. Calculate the ratio in
which they were mixed if a profit of 20% was made by selling the mixture at 66 per
kilogram. (3 marks)
4. The product of the digits in a two digit number is 24. Four times the ten digit exceeds the
unit digit by 10. Find the number. (3 marks)
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5. Find the integral values of x for which; 5 3x + 2 and 3x – 14 -2 (3 marks)
6. Use tables to find;
a) i) 4.9782 (1 mark)
ii) The reciprocal of 31.65 (1 mark)
b) Hence evaluate to 4.S.F the value of
4.9782 – 1/31.65 (2 marks)
7. Three quantities P, Q and R are such that P varies directly as Q and inversely as the square
root of R. When P = 8, Q = 10 and R = 16. Determine the equation connecting P, Q and R
(3 marks)
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p
8. Given that p=132.4 andq=6.62. Determine the percentage error in the quotient of
q
(3
marks)
9. Solve for x in the following equation (3 marks)
Sin (1/2x - 100) = Cos 2x
10. Muga bought a plot of land for Sh 280,000. After 4 years, the values of the plot was
495,000. Determine the rate of appreciation, per annum, correct to one decimal place
(3 marks)
11.Simplify the expression below in the form of a+ b√ c (3 marks)
√3−√ 2
√ 3+ √ 2
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12. a) Expand and simplify 1+ x (1 mark)
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b) Use the expansion in (a) above up to the fourth term to estimate the value of ( 1.025 )6
(2
marks)
13. In the diagram below, BT is a tangent to the circle at B. AXCT and BXD are straight lines.
AX = 6cm, CT = 8cm, BX = 4.8cm and XD = 5cm.
D
5cm
C 8cm T
6cm
A X
4.8cm
Find the length of BT. (3 marks)
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14. Form the quadratic equation whose roots are x = 3 and x = 2. Give your answer in the
form ax2 +bx +c =0 . (3 marks)
( )
2
2x x
15. Find the values of x for which the matrix has no inverse (3 marks)
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16. Solve for x in the equation. log 8 ( x +6 ) −log 8 ( x−3 )=
3
(3 marks)
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SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer ONLY FIVE questions from this section in the spaces provided
17. Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 20 hours and 71/2 hours respectively. A drainage pipe C
can empty the tank in 10 hours. The tank is initially empty. Pipes A and B are both opened
at 8:00 a.m. for 21/2 hours.
a) Find the fraction of the water in the tank at 10:30 a.m. (3 marks)
b) After the 21/2 hours, pipe C is opened and the three pipes run for 6 hours. What
fraction of the tank is empty at the end of the 6 hours (3 marks)
c) Pipe A is closed after the 6 hours and pipe B and C continue to run. Find the time the
tank would be fully filled up (4 marks)
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18. a) Find A-1, the inverse of matrix A = (23 34 ) (2 marks)
b) Kantai bought 200 bags of sugar and 300 bags of rice for a total of Sh 850,000. Buya
bought 90 bags of sugar and 120 bags of rice for a total of Sh 360,000. If the price of a bag
of sugar is Sh x and that of rice is Sh y,
i) Form two equations to represent the information above (2 marks)
ii) Use the matrix A-1 in (a) to find the price of one bag of each item (3 marks)
c) Kali bought 225 bags of sugar and 360 bags of rice. He was given a total discount of
Sh 33,300. If the discount on the price of a bag was 2%, calculate the percentage
discount on the price of a bag of sugar (3 marks)
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19. The fourth, seventh and sixteenth term of an arithmetic progression are in geometric
progression. The sum of the first six terms of the arithmetic progression is 12.
Determine the
(a) First term and the common difference of the arithmetic progression. (5 marks)
(b) Common ratio of the geometric progression. (2 marks)
(c) Sum of the first six terms of the geometric progression. (3 marks)
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20. In the figure below, M and N are points on OB and BA respectively such that OM: MB =
2:3 and BN: NA = 2:1. ON and AM intersect at X
(a) Given that OA = a and OB = b, Express in terms of a and b
(i) ON (2 marks)
(ii) AM (1 mark)
(b) Given that OX = hON and AX = kAM where h and k are scalars
(i) Determine the constants k and h (6 marks)
(ii) The ratio which X divides AM. (1 mark)
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21. In a Science class of the class are boys and the rest are girls. 80% of the boys and 90%
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of the girls are right handed. The probability that the right handed student will break a
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test tube in any session is and that for the left handed student is ,regardless of
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whether boy or girl.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information. (2 marks)
(b) Using the tree diagram drawn, find the probability that:
(i) A student chosen at random from the class is left handed (2 marks)
(ii) A test tube is broken by a left handed student. (2 marks)
(iii) A test tube is broken by a right handed student. (2 marks)
(iv) A test tube is not broken in any session (2 marks)
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x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
22. a) x3 -27 -1 0 8 64
-2x2 -18 -8 0 -2 -18
-4x+7 19 11 7 -5
y -26 -1 7 -2 23
Complete the table below for the equation y = x3 – 2x2 – 4x + 7. (2 marks)
b) Using the scale 1 square to represent 1 unit on the x – axis and 1 square to represent
5 units on the y – axis, draw the graph of y = x3 – 2x2 – 4x + 7. (3 marks)
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c) Use your graph to estimate the roots of the equation
(i) x3 – 2x2 – 4x + 7 = 0 (3 mark)
(ii) x3 – 2x2 – 4x + 2 = 0 (2 marks)
23. The cash price of a laptop was Ksh 60,500. On hire purchase terms, a deposit of Ksh
8,000 was paid followed by 11 monthly installments of Ksh 6,000 each.
(a) Calculate:
(i) The cost of a laptop on hire purchase terms. (2 marks)
(ii) The percentage increase of hire purchase price compared to the cash price
(2
marks)
(b) An institution was offered a 5% discount when purchasing 25 such laptops on
cash terms. Calculate the amount of money paid by the institution. (2 marks)
(c) Two other institutions X and Y, bought 25 such laptops each. Institution Y bought
the laptops on cash terms with no discount by securing a loan form a bank. The
bank charged 12% p.a compound interest for two years. Calculate how much
more money institution Y paid than institution X. (4 marks)
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24. The income tax rates of a certain year were as shown in the table below
Monthly taxable income in Tax rate percentage (%)
Kenya shillings in each shilling
0 – 9680 10
9681 – 18800 15
18801 – 27920 20
27921 – 37040 25
37041 and above 30
In that year, Shaka’s monthly earnings were as follows:
Basic salary Ksh 28600
House allowance Ksh 15000
Medical allowance Ksh 3200
Commuter allowance Ksh 540
Shaka was entitled to a monthly tax relief of Ksh 1056
a) Calculate the tax charged on Shaka’s monthly earnings (6 marks)
b) Apart from income tax, the following monthly deductions were made;
Health insurance fund Ksh 500
Education insurance Ksh 1200
WCPS 2% of Basic salary
Calculate Shaka’s monthly net income from his employment (4 marks)
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