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Form 4 Mathematics
The displacement, s metres, of a moving particle from a point O, after t seconds is given by, s = t3 – 5t2 + 3t + 10
a) Find s when t =2. b) Determine: i. The velocity of the particle when t = 5 seconds; ii. The value of t when the particle is momentarily at rest. c) Find the time, when the velocity of the particles is maximum.
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Form 2 Mathematics
Two towns, A and B are 80km apart. Juma started cycling from town A to town B at 10.00 am at an average speed of 40 km/h. Mutuku started his journey from
town B to town A at 10.30 am and travelled by car at an average speed of 60 km/h. a) Calculate: i. The distance from town A when Juma and Mutuku met; (5 mks) ii. The time of the day when the two met. (2 mks) b) Kamau started cycling from town A to town B at 10.21 am. He met Mutuku at the same time as Juma did. Determine Kamau’s average speed. Form 4 Mathematics
A trader bought 2 cows and 9 goats for a total of Ksh 98, 200. If she had bought 3 cows and 4 goats she would have spent Ksh 2,200 less.
a) Form two equations to represent the above information. b) Use matrix method to determine the cost of a cow and that of a goat. c) The trader later sold the animals she had bought making a profit of 30% per cow and 40% per goat. i. Calculate the total amount of money she received. ii. Determine, correct to 4 significant figures, the percentage profit the trader made from the sale of the animals Form 3 Mathematics
(a) solve the equation;
(b) The length of a floor of a rectangular hall is 9m more than its width. The area of the floor is 136m2.
i. Calculate the perimeter of the floor. ii. A rectangular carpet is placed on the floor of the hall leaving an area of 64m2. If the length of the carpet is twice its width, determine the width of the carpet. Form 1 Mathematics
A farmer had 540 bags of maize each having a mass of 112kg. After drying the maize, the mass decreased in the ratio 15:16.
a) Calculate the total mass lost after the maize was dried. b) A trader bought and repacked the dried maize in 90 kg bags. He transported the maize in a lorry which could carry a maximum of 120 bags per trip. i. Determine the number of trips the lorry made. ii. The buying price of a 90 kg bag of maize was Ksh 1,500. The trader paid Ksh 2,500 per trip to the mket. He sold the maize and made a profit of 26 %. Calculate the selling price of each bag of the maize. Form 2 Mathematics
Given the inequalities x – 5 ≤ 3 x – 8 < 2 x – 3.
a) Solve the inequalities; b) Represent the solution on a number line. Form 2 MathematicsForm 2 Mathematics
A cylindrical pipe 2 ½ metres long has an internal diameter of 21 millimetres and an external diameter of 35 millimetres. The density of the material that makes the pipe is 1.25 g/cm3.
Calculate the mass of mass of the pipe in kilograms. (Take π = 22/7). Form 2 Mathematics
A triangle ABC is such that AB = 5 cm, BC = 6 cm and AC = 7 cm.
a) Calculate the size of angle ACB, correct to 2 decimal places. b) A perpendicular drawn from A meets BC at N. calculate the length AN correct to one decimal place. Form 2 Mathematics
A straight line passes through points (-2, 1) and (6, 3).
Find: a) equation of the line in the form y = mx + c; b) the gradient of a line perpendicular to the line in (a) Form 1 Mathematics
The interior angles of an octagon are 2x,1/2?, (x + 40)0, 1100, 1350, 1600, (2x + 10)0 and 1850.
Find the value of x. Form 1 MathematicsForm 1 Mathematics
A number m is formed by writing all the prime numbers between 0 and 10 in an ascending order. Another number n is formed by writing all the square numbers between 0 and 10 in a descending order:
a) Find m – n; b) Express (m – n) as a product of its prime factors. Form 3 Mathematics
Given that sin (x + 20)0 = - 0.7660, find x, to the nearest degree, for 00≤ x ≥ 3600.
Form 2 Mathematics
Chelimo’s clock loses 15 seconds every hour. She sets the correct time on the clock at 0700h on a Monday. Determine the time shown on the clock when the correct
time was 1900h on Wednesday the same week. Form 4 MathematicsForm 1 Mathematics
A wholesaler sold a radio to a retailer making a profit of 20%. The retailer later sold the radio for Ksh 1,560 making a profit of 30%. Calculate the amount of money the
wholesaler had paid for the radio. Form 2 Mathematics
The production of milk, in litres, of 14 cows on a certain day was recorded as follows
22, 26, 15, 19, 20, 16, 27, 15, 19, 22, 21, 20, 22 and 28. a) The mode; b) The median. |
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