RATES, RATIO, PROPORTION AND PERCENTAGE | RATES | FORM 1 LEVEL | PAPER 2 QUESTIONS | SECTION AA dam containing 4158m-cubed of water is to be drained. A pump is connected to a pipe of radius 3.5cm and the machine operates for 8 hours per day. Water flows through the pipe at the rate of 1.5m per second. Find the number of days it takes to drain the dam. (3mks)
 RATES, RATIO, PROPORTION AND PERCENTAGE | RATES | FORM 3 | PAPER 2 QUESTIONS | SECTION AAtieno is now four times as old as her daughter and six times as old as her son. Twelve years from now, the sum of the ages of her daughter and son will differ from her age by 9 years. What is Atieno’s present age? (3mks)
From a reservoir, water flows through a cylindrical pipe of diameter 0.2m at a rate of 0.35m per second.(a) Determine the number of liters of water discharged from reservoir in one hour. (4mks)
(b) The water flows from the reservoir for 18 hours per day for 25 days per month and serves a population of 2500 families. Determine the average consumption of water per family per month giving your answer to the nearest 100 litres. (4mks)
(c) The water is charged at the rate of sh.4.50 per 100 litres. Calculate the average water bill per family per month. (2mks)
Form 2 Mathematics
A rectangular water tank measures 2.4 m long, 2 m wide and 1.5 m high. The tank contains some water up to a height of 0.45 m.
(a) Calculate the amount of water, in litres, needed to fill up the tank (b) An inlet pipe was opened and water let to flow into the tank at a rate of 10 litres per minute.After one hour, a drain pipe was opened and water allowed to flow out of the tank at a rate of 4 litres per minute. Calculate: (i) the height of water in the tank after 3 hours; (ii) the total time taken to fill up the tank.
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Form 1 Mathematics
Three workers, working 8 hours per day can complete a task in 5 days. Each worker is paid Ksh 40 per hour. Calculate the cost of hiring 5 workers if they work for 6 hours per day to complete the same task.
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Form 1 MathematicsPipe a can fill an empty water tank in 3 hours while, pipe B can fill the same tank in 6 hours, when the tank is full it can be emptied by pipe C in 8 hours. Pipes A and B are opened at the same time when the tank is empty. If one hour later, pipe C is also opened, find the total time taken to fill the tank (4 marks)
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Form 2 Mathematics
A school water tank is in the shape of a frustum of a cone. The height of the tank is 7.2 m and the top and bottom radii are 6m and 12 m respectively.
(a) Calculate the area of the curved surface of the tank, correct to 2 decimal places. (b) Find the capacity of the tank, in litres, correct to the nearest litre. (c) On a certain day, the tank was filled with water. If the school has 500 students and each student uses an average of 40 litres of water per day, determine the number of days that the students would use the water.
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An industrialist has 450 litres of a chemical which is 70% pure. He mixes it with a chemical of the same type but 90% pure so as to obtain a mixture which is 75% pure.
Find the amount of the 90% pure chemical used
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Form 1 Mathematics
Eleven people can complete 3/5 of a certain job in 24 hours. Determine the time in hours, correct to 2 decimal places, that 7 people working at the same rate can
take to complete the remaining job.
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Form 1 Mathematics
Twenty five machines working at a rate of 9 hours per day can complete job in 16 days. A contractor intends to finish the job in 10days using similar machines
working at a rate of 12 hours per day. Find the number of machines the contractor requires to complete the job.
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Form 1 Mathematics
Two taps A and B can each fill an empty tank in 3 hours and 2 hours respectively. A drainage tap R can empty the full tank in 6 hours; taps A and R are opened for 5 hours then closed.
(a) Determine the fraction of the tank is still empty (b) Find how long it would take to fill the remaining fraction of the tank if all the three taps are opened
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Form 1 Mathematics
An inlet tap can fill an empty tank in 6 hours. It takes 10 hours to fill the tan kwhen the inlet tap and an outlet tap are both opened at the same time. Calculate
the time the outlet tap takes to empty the full tank when the inlet tap is closed.
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Form 1 Mathematics
A bus travels from Nairobi to Kakamega and back. The average speed from Nairobi to Kakamega is 80km/hr while that from Kakamega to Nairobi is 50km/hr, the fuel consumption is 0.35 litres per kilometer and at 80km/h, the consumption is 0.3 litres per kilometer .Find
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In January, Mambo donated 1/6th of his salary to a children's home while Simba donated 1/5th of his salary to the same children's home. Their total donation for
January was Ksh. 14 820. In February, Mambo donated 1/8th of his salary to the children's home while Simba donated 1/12th of his salary to the children's home. Their total donation for February was Ksh 8 675. Calculate Mambo 's monthly salary.
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Five people can build 3 huts in 21 days. Find the number of people, working at the same rate that will build 6 similar huts in 15 days.
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