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MARY’ GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL – THIGIO

FORM 3 MATHEMATICS
DECEMBER HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2024
1. The measurements of the radius and height of a cylinder are given as 8cm and 9.5cm
respectively. Calculate the percentage error in the volume of the cylinder. (3mks)
2. Make t the subject of the formula x=
3. Use logarithms to evaluate
√3 3ℎ (t −ℎ)

t
(3mks)
(4 Marks)

4. The income tax rates in a certain year are as shown below.

Income (k₤ p.a) Rate (KSh. per ₤)

1 – 4200 2
4201 – 8000 3
8001 – 12600 5
12601 – 16800 6
16801 and above 7

Omar pays Sh. 4000 as P.A.Y.E per month. He has a monthly house allowance of KSh.10800
and is entitled to a personal relief of KSh. 1,100 per month. Determine:
(i) his gross tax per annum in Kshs (2 Marks)
(ii) his taxable income in K₤ per annum (2 marks)
(iii) his basic salary in Ksh. per month (4marks)
(iv) his net salary per month (2 marks)
5. The table below shows the income tax rate for a certain year
Income Tax P.M (Kshs.) Tax Rate %

1 - 11 180 10

11 182 - 21 714 15

21 715 - 32 248 20

32 249 - 42 781 25

42 782 and above 30

In a certain month, Mr Zakayo paid a net tax of Ksh 26 416. He was entitled to a monthly
personal relief of Ksh 1 648. He also paid insurance premiums amounting to 18 200 and was
entitled to an insurance relief at 15% of premiums paid, subject to a maximum of Ksh 2 000
per month. He also lived in a company house for which he paid a nominal rent of 5 200 per
month. Other taxable allowances amounted to sh. 22 400.
a) Calculate Mr Zakayo’s monthly gross tax (2 marks)
b) Calculate Mr Zakayo’s total taxable income in that month (4 marks)
c) Calculate Mr Zakayo’s net monthly income. (4 marks)
6. W varies directly as the cube of x and inversely as y. Find W in terms of x and y given that W =
80 when x = 2 and y = 5. (2 Marks)
7. Quantity Q partly varies as quantity R and partly varies inversely as the square of R. Given that
Q= 3 when R = 1 and Q = 5 when R = ½
(i) Find an equation connecting Q and R. (3mks)
(ii) Find the value of Q when R = 3/2 (2mk)

8. Without using tables or calculators, find the value of t in

2
log (t+5)– log (t −3)= (3mks)
3

9. Simplify and rationalize the expression giving your answer the expression giving your answer is
the form of a+ b √ c where a, b and c are constants (3mks)
11 5
−
7 − √ 3 7+ √3

10. (a) Expand (1 – 2 x)6 in ascending powers of x upto x3. (2mks)

(b) Hence evaluate (1.02)6 to 4 d.p. (2mks)

11. (a) Fill the table below for the function y=2 x 2 +6 x – 5, for− 4 ≤ x ≤ −3 (2 Marks)

X -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
Y

(b) (i) Draw the curve for y=2 x 2 +6 x – 5, for − 4 ≤ x ≤ 3 on grid given (2 Marks)
(ii) On the same axes, draw line y=7 x +1 (3 Marks)
2
(c) Determine the values of x at the points of intersection of the curve y=2 x +6 x – 5 and line
y=7 x +1 (1mk)
(d) Use the graph to solve the equation 0=2 x 2 +6 x – 5 (2Marks)
12. A quantity Z varies directly as the square of x and inversely as the square root of y. If x
increases by 20% and y decreases by 36%, find the percentage change in Z. (3mks)

13. a) Expand the expression in ascending order powers of x, leaving the coefficients as
fractions in their simplest form. (2 Marks)
(b)Use the first three terms of the expansion in (a) above to estimate the value of 1.055 .
(2 Marks)
3 2
14. The table below shows values of x and some values of y for the curve; y=x +3 x – 4 x – 12 in
the range − 4 ≤ X ≤2.
(a) Complete the table by filling in the missing values of y. (2 mks)
X -4.0 -3.5 -3.0 -2.5 -2.0 -1.5 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1 1.5 2.0

Y -4.1 -1.1 -2.6 -9.4 - -7.9

13.1

(b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of y=x 3 +3 x 2 – 4 x – 12 for − 4 ≤ X ≤2.
Use scale; Horizontal axis 2cm for 1 unit and vertical 2 cm for 5 units. (3 mks)
 (c ) Using the graph in (b) above, solve the equations;
i) x 3 +3 x 2 – 4 x – 12=0 (1 mk)
3 2
ii) x +3 x – 5 x – 6=0 (4 mks)
15. Find the inverse of the matrix ( )
2 1
3 1
. Hence solve the simultaneous equations given below.
y + 2x = 11
3x + y = 15 (4mks)
16. Ruth deposited sh.20,000 in fixed deposit account for a period of 1 ½ yrs. The bank pays
compound interest quarterly basis. At the end of this period her account had Shs.46,200.
Determine the rate at which interest was paid per annum (3mks)
17. The position vectors of A and B are given as a = 2i – 3j + 4k and b = -2i – j + 2k
respectively. Find to 2 decimal places, the length of vector AB. (3
Marks)
18. The figure below shows a triangle ABC inscribed in a circle. AC = 10cm, BC = 7cm and
AB = 10cm.

(a) Find the size of angle BAC. (2mks)

(b) Find the radius of the circle. (2mks)
(c) Hence calculate the area of the shaded region. (6mks)
19. If OA= 3i+2j-4k and OB=4i+5j-2k, P divides AB in the ratio 3:2. Determine the modulus of
OP leaving your answer to 1 decimal place. Given that O is the origin (4mks)
20. A parallelogram ABCD has the coordinates A(3,-2) B(2,3) and C(-4,-2). Using vector method
find the co-ordinates of point D. (3mks)
21. The figure below shows a circle centre O in which line QOT is a diameter. Angle QTP = 460,
angle TQR = 750 and angle SRT = 380, PTU and RSU are straight lines.

Determine the following, giving reasons in each case:

(a) angle RST (2 Marks)
(b) angle SUT (2 Marks)
(c) angle PST (2 Marks)
(d) obtuse angle ROT (2 Marks)
(e) angle SQT (2 Marks)
22. A two digit number is formed from the first four prime numbers.
(a) Draw the table to show the possible outcomes. (2 Mark)
(b) Calculate the probability that a number chosen from the two digit numbers is an even
number. (1 Mark)
23. Three quantities x, y and z are such that x varies partly as y and partly as the inverse of the
square of Z . When x = 6, y = 3 and z= 2. When x = 8, y = 5 and z= 1. Find the value of x
when y = 10 and z= 8 (4mks)
24. Find the radius and centre of the circle whose equation is 3x2 + 3y2 – 12x + 18y – 9 = 0.
(3mks)
25. An arithmetic progression has the first term as x and the common difference as d,
(a) Write down in terms of x and d, the 3rd , 9th and 25th terms of the progression. (1mk)
(b) The progression is increasing and the 3rd, 9th and 25th terms forms the first three consecutive
terms of a geometric series. If the sum of the 7th and twice the 6th term of the arithmetic
progression is 78, calculate:
(i) The first term and the common difference of the A.P (6mks)
(ii) The sum of the first nine terms of the A.P (3mks)
26. In what ratio should grade P of tea costing sh. 450 per kg be mixed with grade Q of tea costing
sh. 350 per kg so that a profit of 10% is made by selling the mixture at sh. 451 per kg? (3mks)
27. In the figure below, ABCD is a trapezium. AB is parallel to DC, diagonals AC and DB intersect
at X and DC = 2AB, AB= a, DA = d, AX = kAC and DX = hDB, Where h and k are constants.

(a) Find in terms of a and d

(i) BC. (1mk)
(ii) AX. (2mks)
(iii) DX. (1mk)
(b)Determine
(i) The values of h and k. (5mks)
(ii) The ratio in which X divides BD. (1mk)
28. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, express
√3 in surd form and simplify
1− cos 30 °
(3 Marks)
29. A bag contains 5 red, 4 white and 3 blue beads. Two beads are selected at random.
(a) Draw a tree diagram and list the probability space. (3 Marks)
(b) Find the probability that
(i) The last bead selected is red. (2 Marks)
(ii) The beads selected were of the same colour (2 Marks)
(iii) At least one of the selected beads is blue (3 Marks)
30. Simplify fully the expression (3 marks)
2 2
6 x −9 xy +3 y
2 2
12 x − 3 y
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31. By rounding each number to the nearest tens, approximate the value of , Hence
66
calculate the percentage error arising from this approximation to 4 significant figures. (3 Marks)

( 2 0
) 5
( )0
32. Given that sin x+10 −cos x +20 =0 . Without using mathematical tables or a calculator,
3 6
determine tan ( x+5 ).
0
(4mks)
33. In the figure below QT is a tangent to the circle at Q. PXRT and QXS are straight lines. PX =
6cm, RT = 8cm, QX = 4.8cm and XS = 5cm.

Find the length of QT (3 marks)

34. The dimensions of a rectangle are 40cm by 45cm measured to a 5% error. Find the relative error

35. Solve the equation sin(5𝑥 − 20)° = −0.8660 for values of 𝑥 between -90° and 90°. (3marks)
in the area of this rectangle. (3mks)

36. The figure below shows a belt passing round two pulleys of centres A and B. The radii of the
pulleys are 4cm and 6cm respectively and the distance between them is 25cm.Calculate the total
length of the belt. (4mks)

37. In the diagram below, PQ = 10cm, and the radius of the circle centres P and Q are 2cm and 4cm
respectively, calculate the length of the transverse common tangent SR. (3 Marks)
R

P Q

38. A tank has two inlet taps P and Q and an outlet tap R. When empty, the tank can be filled by tap
P alone in 41 2 hour or by tap Q alone in 3 hours. When full, the tap can be emptied in 2 hours
by tap R.
(a) The tank is initially empty. Find how long it would take to fill up the tank:
(i) If tap R is clossed and taps P and Q are openned at the same time. (2 Marks)
(ii) If all the three taps are openned at the same time. (2 Marks)
 (b) The tank is initially empty and the three taps are opened as follows:-
P at 8.00 a.m.
Q at 8.45 a.m
R at 9.00 a.m
(i) Find the fraction of the tank that would be filled by 9.00 a.m. (3 Marks)
(ii) Find the time the tank would be fully filled up. (3 Marks)
39. The points P, Q and R lie on a straight line. The position vectors of P and R are 2i + 3j + 13k
and 5i – 3j + 4k respectively. Q divides PR internally in the ratio 2:1.
(a) Find the position vector of Q. (2mks)
(b) show that P,Q and R are collinear (3mks)
40. Two variables r and v are known to satisfy a relation R=k V n, where k and n are constants. The
table below shows data collected from an experiment involving the two variables R and V.
V 3 4 5 6 7 8
R 27 48 75 108 147 192
a. Complete the table of log v and r given below, by giving the value to 2 decimal
places.
Log V
Log R
b) On the grid provided draw a suitable straight line graph to represent the relation
n
R=k V

c) Find the gradient of the line

d) Find the values of the constants n and k.