Maths
Maths
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5. Solve the quadratic equation 3K2—2k‒1=0. (a) (k=-1 or k= 3 ) (b) (k= 3 or k=
−1 −1 −2 1
) (C) (k=1 or k= ) (d) (k= or k= )
3 3 3 3
3 2 1
6. What must be added to k2‒113 to make it a perfect square (a) 4 (b) 9 (c) 3 (d)
4
9
7. Find the sun and the product of the equation whose roots are giving as 5x2-4x-
3 2 5 3 3 −2 6 −4
9=0 (a) 4 , 3 (b) 6 , 4 (c) 4 , 3 (d) 7 , 5
8. The area of a rectangle is 60cm2. The length is 11cm more than the width. Find
the width. Find the width (a) 15cm (b) 8cm (c) 9cm (d) 4cm
9. Calculate the percentage errors of a pole 125cm to the nearest centimeter (a) 3%
(b) 6% (c) 8% (d) 2%
10. In a triangle ABC c=530 b=3.56M c=4.28M calculate (a)41.60 (b) 390 (c) 840
(d) 76.5
11. The 6th term of a cup is 2000 find its first term if common ratio is (a) 0.12 (b)
0.002 (c) 0.36 (d) 1.45
12. How many terms are in the AP below; 80,83,----------- (a) 7 (b) 25 (c) 18 (d) 16
2 ×+ 11
16. For what value of X is the expression ×2+ x−20 not defined? (a) -5, 4 (b) 3,-5
(c) -4,2 (d) 6,-4
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17. If 2x+3y=4 and 3x-y=6 then x = (a) 0 (b) 2 (c) 1 (d) 2
18. Express the true bearing 2100 as compass bearing (a) S300W (b) S300W (c)
N300W (d) S600E
19. A bag contains 5 red balls four white balls and 3 red balls a ball is picked at
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random from the bag. What is the probability that it is either red or blue (a) 2
5 1 1
(b) 48 (c) 4 (d) 3
m 2−9 m2+2 m m+ 3
20. m2−m−6 x m2
(a) m+3 (b) (m-3)( m+3) (c) m2
21. Find the greatest values of which satisfy the equation 7x+13<2x (a) ‒3, ‒4, ‒5,
(b) ‒2, 6, 13 (c) ‒3, ‒6, ‒5, (d) ‒2, ‒7, ‒8,
22. Find TB
28. A box contains 5 blue balls, 3 black balls and 2 red balls of the same size. A ball is
seleted at random from the box and then replaced. A second ball is then selected.
Find the probability that they are one black ball and one red ball in any order.
29.
Find x in the diagram (a)4 27 (b) 6 (c) 3.5 (d) 5
30. Solve 3x-4=11 (a) 5 (b) 6 (c) ‒4 (d)
31. What is 1 3 4 18 in modular 5 (a) 2 ( mod 5) (b) 3 ( mod 5) (c) 1 ( mod 5) (d) 0
( mod 5)
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2. The probability that a seed germinates is 3 . If three of the trees are planted what
is the probability that
a) None germinate
b) At least one will germinate
c) Only one will germinate
3. An aeroplane flies due north from Kennedy Airport for 500km. It then flies on a
bearing a o60, for a further distance of 300km before over flying a road junction
calculate
a) The distance the aeroplane had to fly from Kennedy Airport then it was directly
above the road junction
b)The bearing of the aeroplane from Kennedy Airport at the instant
4. x2‒y2=27
x+y=3
b) (3-x), (6), (7‒5 x) are three terms of a G.P find 2 possible values for
2) x b) the first term c) the sum of first five