MURANG’A HIGH SCHOOL

MATHS FORM 2 NOV/DEC HOLIDAY ASSGNMENT - 2024

3 2 1
𝑜𝑓−6+23 x 12
1. Given that
5
1 5 4 9 = 𝑛−2 find the value of n .
18−2+15 ÷ 10

2. Use square roots, reciprocal and square tables to evaluate to 4 significant figures the
2

 0.0432   
1 3 

2
expression.
 4.321 
3. A line passes through the points A(3, 4) and B(1, 4) . Find the equation of the
perpendicular bisector of line AB.
4. Find the values of x which satisfies the equation.
13 x 3
32x  16 4
2

5. Find the integral values of x that satisfy the inequality.

3x  4  8 x  1  2 x  13
6. Solve for x in the equation:
log 3 x  23  log 2 16  1  log 3 9  x

7. Maina and Otiende live 60km apart. Maina leaves his home at 9.00am cycling towards
Otiende’s house at 20km/h. Otiende leaves his home at 10.00am cycling towards Maina’s
house at 8km/h
a) At what time did they meet?
b) How far is the meeting point from Maina’s house?
 3  2  5 
8. Given that, a    , b    and c    , and that p  2a  3b  c . Find p
4  1  6 

9. Find the area of the triangle ABD below, given that lines AB = 23 cm, BC = 27 cm, AC =
20 cm, AD = 28cm and CAD  25

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10. The data below shows masses in grams of pieces of metal in a factory.
Mass x (g) 1 2 3 4 5 6
Frequency, 1 3 3m 2 4 2m
f

If the mean mass is 3.85g, find the value of m .

11. Simplify the expression

4x 2  y 2
3 y 2  7 xy  2 x 2

12. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies at the exchange rates shown below
Buying Selling
Kshs Kshs
1 Euro 133.98 134.00
1 US Dollar 110.13 110.50
An American arrived in Kenya with 2 000 Euros. He converted all the Euros to Kenya
shillings at the bank. He spent Ksh 251 020 while in Kenya and converted the remaining
Kenya shillings into US dollars at the bank. Find the amount in Dollars that he received.

13. The figure drawn below is a square ABCD of sides 36.75cm. The shaded area is formed
out of two segments. DLB and DKB.

Find the area of the shaded region.

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14. The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 10800. Calculate
(a) The number of sides of the polygon

(b) The size of the exterior angle of the polygon.

15. Three similar pieces of timber of length 2.4 m, 3.0 m and 3.6 m are cut into equal pieces.
Find the largest possible area of a square which can be made from any of the three pieces.

16. a) Complete the figure below so as to make the net of a cuboid ABCDEFGH.

b) Hence determine the surface area of the cuboid.

17. In the figure below AOC is a diameter of the circle centre O; AB = BC and ACD = 250.
EBF is a
tangent to the circle at B. G is a point on the minor arc CD.

(a) Calculate the size of:

(i) BAD

(ii) The obtuse BOD

(iii) BGD

(b) Show that ABE = CBF

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18. (a) Complete the table below for the function y  2 x 2  4 x  3 for the range 4  x  2 .
x 4 3 2 1 0 1 2
y 3 3 13

(b) Draw the graph of the function y  2 x 2  4 x  3 for the range  4  x  2 .

(c) Use your graph to estimate the roots of the equation 2 x2  4 x  3  0

(d) (i) On the same grid draw the line y  2 x  3

(ii) Find the points of intersection of the curve 2 x2  4 x  3  0 and the line y  2 x  3
(e) Hence or otherwise form a quadratic equation with roots in (d)(ii) above
19. The figure below represents a quadrilateral piece of land ABCDE divided into three
triangular plots. The lengths AB and CD are 76 m and 68 m respectively. Angle BAE =
410, BEC = 590 and ECD = 1160.

(a) Find to four significant figures:

(i) The length of EB.

(ii) The length of EC.
(iii) The perimeter of the piece of land.

(b) The plots are to be fenced with seven strands of barbed wire leaving an entrance of
2.7m wide to each plot. The type of barbed wire to be used is sold in rolls of lengths
580m. Calculate the number of rolls of barbed wire that must be bought to complete
the fencing of the plots.

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20. The vertices of triangle PQR are P (0,0), Q (6, 0) and R (2, 4)
(a) Draw triangle PQR on the grid provided.

(b) Triangle PQR is the image of a triangle PQR under an enlargement scale factor
 12 and centre (2, 2). On the same grid draw triangle PQR and write down its
coordinates

(c) On the same grid draw triangle PQR the image of triangle PQR under a
positive quarter turn about point (1, 1).

(d) Draw a triangle PQR the image of triangle PQR under reflection in the line
y  1.

(e) State the type of congruence between triangle PQR and triangle PQR .

21. The frequency table below shows the marks scored by the 50 pupils in a mathematics
test.

Marks 30  39 40  49 50  59 60  69 70  79 80  89 90  99
Number of 3 4 12 15 9 4 3
pupils

(a) State the modal frequency.

(b) Calculate the mean mark.

(c) Calculate the median mark.

(d) Draw a histogram and a frequency polygon

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22. Two aeroplanes, T and S leave an airport A at the same time. S flies on a bearing of 060
at 750km/h while T flies on a bearing of 210 at 900 km/h.
(a) Use a suitable scale, to draw a diagram showing the relative position of the
aeroplanes after two hours.

(b) Use your diagram to determine:

(i) the distance between the two aeroplanes.

(ii) the bearing of T from S.

(c) Aeroplane T later flew to the East at the same speed for one hour. Show its final
position on the diagram in (a) above.
Determine:
(i) Its final distance from A.

(ii) Its final bearing from S.

23. The diagram below represents a model of a pillar. The radii of the top and the base are
14 cm and 7 cm respectively. The height of the cylindrical part is 10cm while the height
of the whole pillar is 20 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the model in cm³.

(b) Calculate the mass of the material used to construct the pillar given that
the actual height of the whole pillar is 60m and the density of the material
used is 0.84g/cm³. (Give your answer in tonnes).

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24. The table below shows Kenya’s tax rates a certain year.

Income (K£ p.a) Tax rates ( Ksh Per £ )

1-5220 2
5221 – 10440 3
10441 – 15660 4
15661 – 20880 5
20881 and above 6

In that year Mr. Masika earned a basic salary of Ksh 26 000 per month. He is
entitled to a house allowance of Ksh. 15 000 per month and a medical allowance
of Ksh. 2 000 per month.
Calculate:
a) i) His taxable income per year in pounds.

ii) His monthly gross tax.

iii) The monthly net tax if he is given a relief of Kshs. 1 800 per
month.
b) Other deductions per month are as follows:
N.H.I.F Ksh 1 500, Cooperative loan Ksh 5 600, WCPS 2% of basic
salary, Coop shares Ksh 4 000 Find his monthly net pay.

25. Anthony spent one-quarter of his net January salary on school fees. He spent 25% of the
remainder on bills and one-ninth of what was left on transport. If he finally had Kshs. 15,800,
calculate Anthony’s net January salary.

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26. Find the values of x and y in 22𝑥 × 32𝑦 = 5184

27. A straight line is such that P(4, −3) and Q (2, 5), find the equation of the perpendicular
bisector of PQ in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐, where a, b and c are integral values.

28. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, simplify

1 1
log 625 + log 100
2 2
1
log 100 − 2 log 16

29. Simplify the algebraic expression

9𝑝2 − 𝑞 2
3𝑝2 − 4𝑝𝑞 + 𝑞 2
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30. Determine all the integral values of 𝑥 that satisfy the inequalities

3𝑥 − 5 < 7 − 𝑥 ≤ 𝑥 + 13
31. Simplify the expression below without using a mathematical table or a calculator, giving the
answer as 𝑝 + 𝑞√𝑟, where 𝑝, 𝑞 and 𝑟 are constants.

√7 + 3
√7 − 2

31. Solve for 𝑥 in the equation below for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 900

√3
sin(2𝑥 − 300 ) =
2

32. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle, OA=13 cm, AB=12 cm and AB is a tangent
to the circle at A. Use π=3.142 to calculate the shaded area correct to 2 decimal places

33. A Kenyan company received US dollars that it converted into Kenya Shillings in Bureau de
Change that buys and sells foreign currencies at the rates shown below.

Buying (Kshs) Selling (Kshs)

1 Sterling Pound 125.78 126.64
1 US Dollar 75.66 75.86
(a) If the company received Kshs. 15,132,000, calculate the amount it received in US dollars.

(b) The company exchanged the amount in (a) into Sterling pounds and bought a car. Calculate
the cost of the car to the nearest sterling pound.

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34. 5men can erect 2 cottages in 21 days, how many more men, working at the same rate, will be
needed to construct 6 cottages in the same period.

35. Two trains M and N are travelling in opposite directions along parallel railway lines. Train M
is moving at a speed of 72 km/h and is 20 m long. Train N travels at a speed of 54 km/h. Find
the length of train N if it took the two trains 9 seconds to completely pass each other

𝑐
36. Find the values of 𝑐 and 𝑑 if 0.49̇7̇ is equivalent to 𝑑, where c and d are integers.

37. A mother is 42 years old and her daughter is 25 years younger than her. After how many
years will the daughter’s age be half the mother’s?

38. The exterior angle of a regular polygon equals one-third of its interior angle. Calculate the
number of sides of the polygon.

39. Leakey, a salesman, earns a basic salary of Kshs. 20,000 per month and a commission of 8%
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on sales up to Kshs. 100,000 and a further commission of 22 % on sales above Kshs. 100,000.
In January 2021, he earned a total of Kshs. 48,000 in salaries and commissions.
(a) Determine the amount of sales he made in January.
(b) In the month of February, the total sales increased by 18%. Calculate his commission in the
month of February.

(c) In March, the total sales decreased by 25%, calculate his total earnings in March.

40. Using a ruler a pair of compasses only,

(a) Construct triangle ABC in which AB=5.3 cm, BC=7.4 cm and AC=8.5 cm
(b) Construct an escribed circle opposite angle ACB
(i) Measure the radius of the circle
(ii) Measure the acute angle subtended at the centre of the circle by chord AB
(c) Calculate the area of triangle OBA with O as the centre of the circle

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 41. Kisumu Concrete Products owns three lorries A, B and C. Lorry A has a capacity of 7 tonnes
and uses one litre of fuel for every 10 km. Lorry B has a capacity of 5 tonnes and uses one
litre of fuel for every 12 km, and lorry C has a capacity of 2 tonnes consuming a litre of fuel
for every 15 km. the company plans to transport materials with the lorries making 3, 7 and 9
trips respectively.
(a) Calculate the quantity of materials transported by each lorry.

(b) The materials are to be transported to a site 30 km from their yard. Calculate the amount of
fuel consumed by each lorry.
(c) The company’s expenses are as follows; fuel at Kshs 112 per litre, wages Kshs. 20,100 and
tear and ware at Kshs. 105,000
(i) Calculate the total fuel cost

(ii) If the lorries are hired at Kshs. 25,000, Kshs. 15,000 and Kshs. 10,000 per trip
respectively, calculate the company’s profit.

42. The figure below shows the internal dimensions of a laundry sink whose cross-section is a
trapezium

(a) Calculate the capacity of water that the sink can hold when full.

(b) The sink is filled with water using a cylindrical pipe of radius 10.5 cm at a rate of 10 cm per
minute.
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(i) Calculate the time to the nearest minutes it takes to fill the tank. Use π = 7

(ii) Water in the full sink is then drained into cylindrical containers of diameter 28 cm and
height 30 cm. How many cylinders are required to completely drain the sink?

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43. In the figure below, C is the midpoint of 𝐀𝐁 and D is a point on 𝑶𝑩 such that 𝐎𝐃: 𝐃𝐁 = 3: 2.
𝐎𝐂 and 𝐀𝐃 intersect at E.

Given that 𝑶𝑨 = 𝒂 and 𝑶𝑩 = 𝒃

(a) Express the following in terms of 𝒂 and 𝒃 only:
(i) 𝐀𝐃
(ii) 𝐎𝐂
(b) Given further that 𝑨𝑬 = 𝑠𝑨𝑫 and 𝑶𝑬 = 𝑡𝑶𝑪. Express 𝑶𝑬 in terms of:
(i) 𝒂, 𝒃 and 𝑠
(ii) 𝒂, 𝒃 and 𝑡
(c) hence find the values of 𝑠 and 𝑡

(d) State the ratio in which E divides 𝑨𝑫

44. Use logarithms only to evaluate

0.4271 × 609.3
√
80.082

45. A rectangular room measuring 7.8 metres by 6 metres is covered by a number of whole
square tiles with the largest possible dimensions. Calculate the least possible number of tiles
required.

46.Simplify completely (2𝑝 + 3𝑞)2 − (3𝑞 − 2𝑝)2

47. A line L1 has the 𝑥 and 𝑦 intercepts as −3 and −5 respectively.

(a) Find the equation of L1 in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐, where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integral values
(b) Another line L2 is perpendicular to L1 and cuts the 𝑥-axis at 4. Find the equation of in
the form
𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐
(c) Given that another line L3 is parallel to L2 and passes through point (5,6) , find the 𝑥 and
𝑦 intercepts of L3 .

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