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121/2
MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
July/August 2010
2 ½ Hours

NYAMIRA NORTH DISTRICT JOINT EVALUATION TEST

121/2
MATHEMATICS
Paper 2
July/August 2010
2 ½ Hours

Instructions to candidates.
1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
2. Sign and write the date of examination in the space provided above.
3. The paper contain two sections: Section I and section II
4. Answer All the questions in section I and strictly any five questions from section II.
5. All answers and working must be written in the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
6. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
7. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used,
except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.

Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

Section II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Grand Total

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 This paper consists of 16 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
Ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
SECTION I ( 50 MARKS)
Attempt ALL questions in this section
1. Using logarithm tables evaluate. (4mks)

2. Simply the following expression by reducing it to a simple fraction. (3mks)

3. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 156°.Find the number of sides of the polygon.
(2mks)

4. Solve the following simultaneous equations. (4mks)

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5. Without using tables evaluate (4mks)
Log 147 – log 27
Log 14- log 6

6. A hollow cylindrical object is 80 cm long. The inner radius is 3 cm and outer radius is 3.5 cm.
a) Calculate the volume of the material used to make this hollow object. (Take  =3.142)
(2mks)

b) If the density of the material used to make the hollow object is 1.5g / cm3, find the mass of
the material in kilograms. (2mks)

7. Find the centre and radius of a circle whose equation is given as 3x2 + 3y2 + 18y – 24x – 72 = 0
(3mks)

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8. Make V the subject of the formula. (3mks)

9. Solve the equation for 0o  x  180o (3mks)

10. . P divides AB internally in the ratio 3: 2. write down the

coordinates of P (3mks)

11. The value of 0.373737… was corrected to 2 significant figures as 0.37. Find the percentage error
in the correction made. (2mks)

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12. a) Expand and simplify the binomial expression. (2mks)
(2 – x)6

b) Use the expansion upto the term in x2 to estimate 1.996 . (2mks)

13. The figure below shows a vertical pole QR of height 2 metres 85 centimetres standing on a
horizontal ground. When the sun is at an elevation of ° the pole casts a shadow PQ that is 5m
6.5 cm long. Find the value of . (3mks)

14. The sides of a triangle were measured and recorded as 8cm, 10cm and 15cm.
Calculate the percentage error in its perimeter, correct to 2 dp. (3mks)

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15. A man is twice as old as his son. 10 years ago the ratio of their ages was 5:2. Find their present
age. (3mks)

16. Find the point on the curve y = x2 – 3x + 6 at which the gradient is 3 and find the equation of the
tangent to the curve at this point. (3mks)

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 SECTION II ( 50 MARKS)
Answer ONLY FIVE questions.
17. The cost of a minibus was Sh. 950,000. It depreciated in value by 5 % per year for the first two
years and by 15 % per year for the subsequent years
a) Calculate the value of the minibus after 5 years. ( 3mks)

b) After 5 years the minibus was sold through a dealer at 25% more than its value to Mr. X.
If the dealer’s sale price was to be taken as its value after depreciation, calculate the
average monthly rate of depreciation for the 5 years. (7mks)

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18. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only
a) Construct a triangle PQR in which PQR = 30°,  QRP = 120° and QR = 3.5cm.(4mks)

b) Construct a circumcircle of the triangle. (3mks)

c) Measure the radius of the circle and use it to find the area of the circle drawn. (3mks)

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19. A solution whose volume is 80 litres is made up of 40 % water and 60 % alcohol. When X litres
of water are added, the percentage of alcohol drops to 40 %.
a) Find the value of x. (4mks)

b) Thirty litres of water is added to the new solution. Calculate the percentage of alcohol in
the resulting solution. ( 2mks)

c) If 5 litres of the solution in (b) above is added to 2 litres of the original solution
Calculate in the simplest form, the ratio of water to that of alcohol in the resulting
Solution. (4mks)

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20.

In the figure above ABC is a tangent to the circle centre O. DOG is a diameter, angle DGF = 60°,
angle DBC = 48° and angle DFE = 25°.Giving reasons, find the size of angles:

(i) <FED (2mks)

(ii) Obtuse (2mks)

(iii) < EBD (2mks)

(iv) < BCD (2mks)

(v) <OBE (2mks)

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21. In the figure along side AIBICI is the image of triangle ABC under a shear with line y = 4
invariant.

a) Given A(-3,6) draw the object triangle ABC. (3mks)

b) Triangle AIBICI is mapped onto triangle AIIBIICII by a transformation represented by the

(ii) Describe fully the transformation represent by

c) AIII(-3,2),BIII(-6,-3) and CIII (-9,-2) are the vertices of the image of AIIBIICII under a
transformation R.
(i) Draw triangle AIIIBIIICIII. (2mks)

(ii) Describe transformation R fully. (2mks)

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22. a) Each month, for 40 months Amina deposited some money in a saving scheme.
In the first month she deposited Sh. 500. Thereafter she increased her deposits by Sh. 50
every ,month.

Calculate:-

(i) The last amount deposited by Amina. (2mks)

(ii) Total amount Amina had saved in the 40 months. (2mks)

b) The average of the first and the fourth terms of a G.P is 140. Given that the first term is 64,
Find the common ratio. (3mks)

c) A point (-5,-4) is mapped onto (-1,-1) by a translation.

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23. Nyabero makes two types of shoes: A and B. He takes 3 hours to make one pair of type A and 4
hours to make one pair of type B. He works for a maximum of 120 hours to make x pairs of type
A and y pairs of type B. It costs him sh. 400 to make a pair of type A and Sh. 150 to make a pair
of type B.

His total cost does not exceed Sh. 9000.He must make 8 pairs of type A and more than 12 pairs of
type B.

a) Write down four inequalities representing the information above. (4mks)

b) On the grid provided, draw the inequalities and shade the unwanted regions. (4mks)

c) Nyabero makes a profit of Sh. 40 on each pair of type A and Sh. 70 on each pair of
type B shoes.
Use the graph in part (b) above to determine the maximum possible profit he makes.
(2mks)

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24. The table below shows the records obtained from the books of a surveyor. The measurement are
in meters.

G
280
F 50 250
200 E 40
150 D 100
C 120 100
40 B 50
A

Taking the measurements to represent a known field, sketch and determine the area of the field in
hectares. (1mk)

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