KCSE MATHEMATICS QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS ~ Topically Analyzed
Form 4 Mathematics
(b) Mambo bought 3 exercise books and 5 pens for a total of Ksh 165. 1f Mambo had bought 2 exercise books and 4 pens, he would have spent Ksh 45 less. Taking x to represent the price of an exercise book and y to represent the price of a pen:
(i) Form two equations to represent the above information. (ii) Use matrix method to find the price of an exercise book and that of a pen. (iii) A teacher of a class of 36 students bought 2 exercise books and 1 pen for each student. Calculate the total amount of money the teacher paid for the books and pens.
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Form 1 Mathematics
The comer points A, B, C and D of a ranch are such that B is 8km directly East of A and C is 6km from B on a bearing of 30°. D is 7km from C on a bearing of 300°.
(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 1km, draw a diagram to show the positions of A, B, C and D. (b) Use the scale drawing to determine: (i) the bearing of A from D; (ii) the distance BD in kilometres. Form 4 MathematicsForm 2 Mathematics
A solid S is made up of a cylindrical part and a conical part. The height of the solid is 4.5 m.
The common radius of the cylindrical part and the conical part is 0.9 m. The height of the conical part is 1.5 m. (a). Calculate the volume. correct to 1 decimal place, of solid S. (b). Calculate the total surface area of solid S. A square base pillar of side 1.6 m has the same volume as solid S. Determine the height of the pillar, correct to 1 decimal place. Form 2 Mathematics
The masses, in kilograms, of patients who attended a clinic on a certain day were recorded follows.
(a) Starting with the class 35 — 39, make a frequency distribution table for the data.
(b) Calculate: (i) the mean mass; (ii)the median mass (c) On the grid provided below draw a histogram to represent the data Form 2 Mathematics
Two lines L1: 2y — 3x- 6 = 0 and L2: 3y + x — 20 = 0 intersect at a point A.
(a) Find the coordinates of A. (b) A third line L3 is perpendicular to L2 at point A. Find the equation of L3 in the form y = mx + c, Where m and c are constants. (c) Another line L4 is parallel to L1 and passes through (—1,3). Find the x and y intercepts of L4 Form 2 MathematicsThe figure below shows a model of a roof with a rectangular base PQRS PQ = 32 cm and QR = 14 cm. The ridge XY = 12 cm and is centrally placed. The faces PSX and QRY are equilateral triangles M is the midpoint of QR. Calculate (a) (i) the length of YM (ii) The height of Y above the base PQRS (b) The angle between the planes RSXY and PQRS (c) The acute angle between the lines XY and QS Form 3 MathematicsThree quantities P,Q and R are sure that P varies directly as the square of Q and inversely as the square root of R. (a) Given that P = 20 when Q = 5 and R = 9, find P when Q and R = 25 (b) If Q increases by 20% and decreases by 36%, find the percentage increase in P. Form 4 Mathematics
A particle moves in a straight line. It passes though point O at t = O with velocity v= 5m/s. The acceleration a m/s2 of the particle at time t seconds after passing through O is given by a = 6t + 4
(a) Express the velocity v of the particle at time t seconds in terms of t (b) Calculate (i) The velocity of the particle when t = 3 (ii) The distance covered by the particle between t = 2 and t = 4 Form 3 MathematicsTriangle ABC is the image of triangle PQR under the transformation (b) Triangle ABC in part (a) above is to be enlarged scale factor 2 with centre at (11, -6) to map onto A’B’C. Construct and label triangle A’B’C’ on the grid above. (c) By construction find the coordinates of the centre and the angle of rotation which can be used to rotate triangle A’B’C’ onto triangle A” B” C”, shown on the grid above. Form 3 Mathematics
(a) Given that the matrix
Find A-1 the inverse of A (b) Kimtai bought 200 bags of sugar and 300 bags of rice for a total of Kshs. 850,000. Buya bought 90 bags of sugar and 120 bags of rice for a total of Kshs. 360,000. If the price of a bag of sugar is Kshs x and that of rice is Kshs. Y, (i) Form two equations to represent the information above (ii) Use the matrix A-1 to find the prices of one bag of each item. (c) Kali bought 225 bags of sugar and 360 bags of rice. He was given a total discount of Kshs. 33, 300. If the discount on the price of a bag of rice was 2%, calculate the percentage discount on the price of a bag of sugar. Form 1 MathematicsFor electricity posts, A,B,C, and D stand on a level ground such that B is 21 m on a bearing of 0600 from A, C, is 15 m to the south of B and D is 12 m on a bearing of 1400 from A.
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Form 3 Mathematics
The first, fifth and seventh terms of an arithmetic progression (AP) correspond to the first three consecutive terms of a decreasing Geometric Progression (G.P.)
The first term of each progression, is 64, the common difference of the AP is d and the common ratio of the G.P. is r a i) Write two equation involving d and r ii) Find the values of d and r (4 mks) b) Find the sum of the first 10 terms of i) The arithmetic progression(A.P); ii)The Geometric Progression (G.P) Form 4 Mathematics
A quadrilateral with vertices at K (1, 1), L (4, 1), M (2, 3) and N (1, 3) is transformed by a matrix
a) Determine the coordinates of the image
(b)On the grid provided draw the object and the image. c)i)Describe fully the transformation which maps KLMN onto K’L’M’N ii) Determine the area of the image d) Find a matrix which maps K’L’M’N’ onto KLMN. Form 4 Mathematics
The gradient function of a curve is given by the expression 2x + 1. If the curve passes through the point ( -4, 6);
a)Find i)The equation of the curve ii)The value of x at which the curve cuts the x – axis b) Determine the area enclosed by the curve and the x – axis Form 4 Mathematics
A tourist took 1 hour 20 minutes to travel by an aircraft from town T(3°S, 35°E) to town U(9°N, 35°E, ). (Take the radius of the earth to be 6370km and π = 22/7)
(a) Find the average speed of the aircraft. (a) After staying at town U for 30 minutes, the tourist took a second aircraft to town V(9°N, 5°E), The average speed of the second aircraft was 90% that of the first aircraft Determine the time, to the nearest minute, the aircraft took to travel from U to V. (c) When the journey started at town T, the local time was 0700h. Find the local time at V when the tourist arrived. Form 1 Mathematics
A water vendor has a tank of capacity 18 900 litres. The tank is being filled with water from two pipes A and B which are closed immediately when the tank is full. Water flows at the rate of 150 000cm3/minute through pipe A and 120 000 cm3/ minute through pipe B.
(a) If the tank is empty and the two pipes are opened at the same time, calculate the time it takes to fill the tank (b) On a certain day the vendor opened the two pipes A and B to fill the empty tank. After 25 minutes he opened the outlet tap to supply water to his customers at an average rate of 20 litres per minute. (i) Calculate the time it took to fill the tank on that day. (ii) The vendor supplied a total of 542 jerricans, each containing 25 litres of water, on that day. If the water that remained in the tank was 6300 litres, calculate, in litres, the amount of water that was wasted. Form 4 Mathematics
The figure ABCDEF below represents a roof of a house AB= DC = 12m, BC=AD = 6 m, AE=BF = CF = DE = 5 m and EF= 8m
a) Calculate correct to 2 decimal places, the perpendicular distance of EF from the plane ABCD
b) Calculate the angle between i)The planes ADE and ABCD ii)The line AE and the plane ABCD, correct to 1 decimal place iii)The planes ABFE and DCFE, correct to 1 decimal place. Form 3 Mathematics
In the figure below, P, Q, R and S are points on the circle with centre O. PRT and USTV are straight lines. Line USTV is a tangent to the circle at S. Z.
RST = 50° and Z. RTV = 150°.
a) Calculate the size of
i)<QRS ii)<USP iii)<PQR b) Given that RT = 7 cm and ST = 9 cm, calculate to 3 significant figures i)Length of line PR ii)The radius of the circle Form 1 Mathematics
A garden measures 10 m long and 8 m wide. A path of uniform width is made all round the garden. The total area of the garden and the path is 168 m2.
(a) Find the width of the path. b) The path is to be covered with square concrete slabs. Each corner of the path is covered with a slab whose side is equal to the width of the path. The rest of the path is covered with slabs of side 50cm. The cost of making each corner slab is Sh 600 while the cost of making each smaller slab is Sh 50. Calculate; (i) the number of the smaller slabs used. (ii) the total cost of the slabs used to cover the whole path. Form 3 MathematicsForm 3 Mathematics
Farmer has two tractors A and B. The tractors, working together can plough a farm in 2 1/2h. One day, the tractors started to plough the farm together. After 1 h 10 min tractor B broke down but A continued alone and completed the job after a further 4 h.
Find:
Form 4 Mathematics
(a)On the grid provided, draw a graph of the function y = 1/2 x2 - x + 3 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 6.
b) Calculate the mid ordinates for five strips between x = 1 and x = 6, and hence use the mid- ordinate rule to approximate the area under the curve between x = 1, x = 6 and the x = axis c) Assuming that the area determined by integration to be the actual area, calculate the percentage error in using the mid ordinate rule Form 4 Mathematics
The equation of a curve is y = 2x3 + 3x2.
a)Find i)The x – intercept of the curve ii) they-intercept of the curve b i)Determine the stationary points of the curve ii)For each point in (b) (i) above, determine whether it is a maximum or a minimum c) Sketch the curve. |
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