NAME …………………… …………………………………Adm NO ………………………….
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SCHOOL.……………………………………………………CANDIDATE’S SIGN……...…………
MATHEMATICS ALT. A
AUGUST /SEPTEMBER-2025
IKUU BOYS’ HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
FORM THREE
MATHEMATICS ALT. A
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and Adm number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper consists of two sections. Section I and Section II.
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and Section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.
f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used
except where stated otherwise.
h) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
i) This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
j) Candidates must check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no question(s) is/are missing.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
SECTION II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Grand Total
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SECTION I: (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided`
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1. If 4x -10x+k is a perfect square find the value of K. (2 mks)
2. A rectangle has a length of 6.7cm and is 3.1cm wide measures to the nearest 0.1cm. Find the
percentage error in the calculation. (3 mks)
3. Solve for x in log (7x+2)-log(x-1) =1 (3 mks)
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4. In the figure below AB is a tangent to the circle BCD is a straight line. AB=12cm and DC =10cm.
Find the length CB.
5. Two variables P and Q are such that P varies partly as Q and partly as the square root of Q.
Determine the equation connecting P and Q. When Q=16, P=500 and when Q = 25, P = 800
(4mks)
6. Mr Mbarwa invested kshs 20000 in a financial institution that paid compound interest at the rate
of 6% p.a. if the interest is compounded semi-annually find the amount after 2years. (3 mks)
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7. Make k the subject of the formula in (3 mks)
x( k x)
T
K 1
8. Given that x=2i+j-2k, y= -3i+4j-k and z =5i + 3j+2k and that P= 3x-y+2z, find the magnitude of
vector p to 3 significant figure (4MKS)
9. Using matrix method solve the equations (3 mks)
2x -3y =7
4x +3y = 5
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10. From point A the angle of elevation of the top of a tree is 25 0 from another point B which is 10m
from the base of the tree the angle of elevation of the top of the tree is 36.5 0. Determine the
distance between A and B. (3 mks)
11. (a) Expand (1-2x)8 up to the forth term. (2 mks)
(b) Use your expansion to find the value of 0.988 to 4 decimal places. (2 mks)
12. Express in surd form and simplify by factorizing the denominator. (3 mks)
1 cos 30 0
1 sin 60 0
13. Eighteen labourers dig a ditch 80m long in 5 days. How long will it take 24 labourers to dig a
ditch 64 m long? (3mks).
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14. A straight line passing through point ( )is perpendicular to the line whose equation is
2y + 3x = 11 and intersects x axis and y axis at A and B respectively. Determine the equation of the
Second line and hence write down the co-ordinates of A and B. (3 mks)
15. A bus left Kitale at 8.00 a.m. and travelled towards Lodwar at an average speed of 80 km/h. At 8.30
a.m a car left Lodwar towards Kitale at an average speed of 120km/h. Given that the distance between
Kitale and Lodwar is 400km. calculate the time the two vehicles met. (3 mks)
16. Wanyama on arrival in Kenya to play for Harambee Stars against Uganda Cranes converted 6000
Euros into Kenyan Shillings. During his stay in Kenya he spent Kshs. 260,000 and converted the
remaining amount into US Dollars before travelling back to England. Using the exchange rates
below, find how many US Dollars he got? (4 mks)
Currency Buying Selling
(Kshs.) (Kshs.)
1 US Dollar 96.20 96.90
1 Euro 112.32 112.83
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SECTION B (50 marks)
ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
17. (a) Fill he graph below for the function y=x2-3+2 (2 mks)
X -1 0 1 2 3 4
2
X 1 9
3x 3
2 2
y 6 0 6
(b) Draw the graph of Y=x -3x+2 for 1 x 4 on the grid provided
2
(4 mks)
(c) Use your graph to solve the equation
(i) x2 -3x+2 = 0 (1 mk)
(ii) x2 – 3x+1 = 0 (1 mk)
(iii) x2 -4x =0 (2 mks)
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18 The the table below shows how Income tax is charged on annual income at the rates shown below.
Taxable Income K£
Rate (shs per K£)
1 – 1500
2
1501 – 3000
3
3001 – 4500
5
4501 – 6000
7
6001 – 7500
9
7501 – 9000
10
9001 – 12000
12
Over 12000
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A certain headmaster earns a monthly salary of Ksh. 8570.. He is entitled to tax relief of Kshs.
150 per month.
(a) How much tax does he pay in a year. ( 6 mks)
(b) From the headmaster’s salary the following deductions are also made every month;
W.C.P.S 2% of gross salary
N.H.I.F Kshs. 1200
House rent, water and furniture charges Kshs. 246 per month.
Calculate the headmaster’s net salary.
(4 mks)
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a) Find A-1, the inverse of matrix A = ( ) (2 mks)
b) Banda sells white and brown loaves of bread in his kiosk. On a certain day he sold 6 white loaves
Of bread and 5 brown ones for a total of Ksh. 520. The next day he sold 4 white loaves and 7
Brown ones for a total of Ksh. 530.
i. Form a matrix equation to represent the above information. (1 mk)
ii. Use matrix method to find the price of a white loaf of bread and that of a brown
loaf of bread. (3 mks)
c) A school canteen bought 240 white loaves of bread and 100 brown loaves of bread. A discount of
10% was allowed on each white loaf whereas a discount of 13% was allowed on each brown loaf of
bread. Calculate the percentage discount on the cost of all the loaves of bread bought.
(4 mks)
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20. In the trapezium ABCD shown belowAB=3DC, AB= b , AD= a . M divides DC in the ration 3:1
~ ~
and N is the midpoint of BC, AN and BM intersect at X. AX= l AN and BX= kBM.
(a) Express BM in terms of b and a (2 mks)
~ ~
(b) Express AX in terms of b , a and k. (2 mks)
~ ~
(c) Express AX in terms b , a and h and k. (3 mks)
~ ~
(d) Hence obtain the values of h and k. (3 mks)
(e) Determine the ratio in which X divides BM. (1 mk)
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21. The quantity P varies directly as Q and inverserly as the sqaure of R. When P=12.5, Q=10 and
R=2.
(i) Obtain the formula connecting P and Q. (2mks)
(ii) What is the value of r when n=10 and q=8 (2 mks)
(b) Three quantities P,Qand R are such that P varies directly as the square of Q and inversely
as the squareroot of R.
(i) Given that P=20 when Q=5 and R=9. Find P when Q=7 and R=25 (3 mks)
(ii) If Q increases by 20% and R decreases by 36%. Find the percentage change in P.
(3 mks)
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22. The bearing of Kisumu from Thika is 2580. The two towns are 400km apart. On a straight line,
Embu is 140km from Thika on a bearing of 0250.
(a) Draw a sketch diagram showing the relative position of the three towns. (3 mks)
(b) Calculate the distance between Kisumu and Embu. (3 mks)
(c) What is the bearing of Kisumu from Embu. (4 mks)
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23. The 2nd and 7th terms of an AP are -5 and 10 respectively, Find;
(a) (i) The common difference. (3 mks)
(ii) The 1st term (1 mk)
(iii) The sum of the first 16 terms (2 mks)
(b) (i) If 75, k and 12 are three consecutives terms of a G.P, find the possible values of k.
(3 mks)
(ii) The 5th term of the GP (1 mk)
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24. A sector of angle 1080 is cut from a circle of radius 20 cm. It is folded to form a cone.
Calculate:
(a) The curved surface area of the cone. (2 mks)
(b) The base radius of the cone. (2 mks)
(c) The vertical height of the cone. (2 mks)
(d) If 12 cm of the cone is chopped off to form a frustrum as shown below.
12cm
Calculate the volume of the frustum formed. (2 mks)
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