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FRIENDS SCHOOL KAIMOSI BOYS
FORM 3 HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
DECEMBER 2024
MATHEMATICS PP1
NOTE: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY.
SECTION I
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL
Marks
SECTION II
Question 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL
Marks TOTAL__________
This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated
and no questions are missing.
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SECTION I (Answer all the questions from this section)
1. Evaluate -12÷(-3)x4 –(-10) (3mks)
-6x 6 ÷3 (-10)
2. Use a mathematical table to evaluate
1
4.28 0.01677 5
(4mks)
0.00523
3. 146 passengers were transported by a bus and a matatu where the bus made 2 trips only and
matatu 4 trips, each carrying to capacity. If the matatu had 2 trips only, the bus would have made
an extra trip, but with 29 passengers less than its capacity. Form a pair of simultaneous equations
and find the capacity of the bus and matatu (4mks)
4. Use factor method to find the square root of 1764 (2mks)
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5. Without using a calculator evaluate (3mks)
21/3 – 12/3 ÷5/9
4
/7 of 21/3 – 22/7
6. A bus left town P at 1730h and arrived at town Q at 2300h where it stayed for ¾ hours. The bus
then journeyed from town Q to town R taking 61/2hours. How long did the whole journey take
from P to R. (3mks)
7. Fresh water of density 1g/cm3 was mixed with ocean water of density 1.2g/cm3. Given that
100cm3 of fresh water was mixed with 200cm3 of ocean water, calculate the density of the
mixture (3mks)
8. Solve for y in the equation
27y + 33y – 5 = 49 (3mks)
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9. A number x is such that when divided by 27,30 or 45, the remainder is always 5. Find the
smallest value of x (3mks)
10. The difference between the exterior and interior angle of a regular polygon is 100 0. Determine
the number of sides of the polygon (3mks)
11. The diagonal of a rectangular garden measures 21m while the width measures 13m. Calculate the
perimeter of the garden and give your answer to four significant figures. (3mks)
12. Use tables of cubes, cube roots and reciprocal, correct to four significant figure to evaluate
(4mks)
5
3.479
3
0.01732 1
3
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13. In the figure below BCFE is a parallelogram <FCD =1200 and <FBC =500. Find the value of
X and Y (2mks)
14. Find the equation of the perpendicular to the line x+2y = 4 that passes through the point (3,2) .
Express your answer in the form y = mx+c (3mks)
15. A cone has a radius of 8cm and slant height 17cm. Calculate the volume of the cone to one
decimal place. (3mks)
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16. The figure below represent a model of a solid structure in the shape of a cone with a hemisphere
top. The diameter of the hemispherical part is 70cm and is equal to the diameter of the cone. The
slant height of the cone is 100cm.
Calculate
(a) The surface are of the hemispherical shape to one decimal place (2mks)
(b) The surface area of the curved part of the cone to one decimal place. (2mks)
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17.On the grid provided draw the graph of Y = 2x2 ÷ 3x+1 for -4≤x≤ 3. (6mks)
(b)Use your graph to solve the equation (2mks)
(i)2x2 +4x -3 =0
(ii) 2x2 – x -4.5 = 0 (2mks)
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18.The figure below shows a frustum of a right pyramid whose top face is a rectangle of side 3cm by
5cm and the bottom face is also a rectangle of side 6cm by 10cm. The perpendicular distance
between the top and bottom face (height) is 25cm.
Calculate to 1dp
(a) The volume of the frustrum (6mks)
(b) The surface area of the frustrum (4mks)
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19. Joan is a sales lady earning a salary of ksh.30,000 and a commission of 6% for the sales in excess of
ksh. 100,000. If in June 2016 she earned a total of ksh.48,000 in salaries and commission.
(a) Determine the amount of sales she made in that month (3mks)
(b) If the total sales in the month of July and August increased by 18% and then dropped by 25%
respectively. Calculate
(i) Jane’s commission in the month of July (4mks)
(ii) Her total earning in the month of August (3mks)
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20. The marked price of a television set is 25,600. On cash payment, a customer is given a discount of
5% on the marked price. The T.V can also be bought on hire purchase terms by a deposit of sh. 12640
and 16 equal monthly installments of sh. 1450 each. Calculate.
(i) Cash price of the television set (2mks)
(ii)The hire purchase value (3mks)
(iii) Calculate the rate of compound interest charged per month for hire purchase terms (4mks)
(iv)The difference between cash price value and hire purchase value (1mk)
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21. The figure below shows a circle centre O and cyclic quadrilateral ABCD angle ACD = 40 0 angle
DAC = 200 and AOC is a straight line.
Giving reasons for your answer find the size of
(a) Angle ADB (2mks)
(b) Angle BAC (2mks)
(c) Angle ACD (2mks)
(d) Angle CBD (2mks)
(e) Reflex angle AOB (2mks)
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22. The figure below is a triangle AOB in which OA = a and OB =b. M and N are points on OA and OB
respectively such that OM:MA = 1:3 and ON:NB =2:1
(a) Express the following vectors in terms of a and b
(i) BM (1mk)
(ii) AB (1mk)
(iii) AM (1mk)
(b) Lines AN and BM intersect at X such that AX = hAN and BX = KBM. Express OX in two different
ways and find the value of h and k (6mks)
(c)OX produced meets AB at Y such that AY: YB = 3:2. Find AY in terms of a and b. (1mk)
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23. In a mixed school there are 420 boys and 350 girls. The probability that a girl passes her exams in
the school is 4/7 while that of a boy passing is 5/8 . the probability of a girl being made a prefect is 2/11
while that of a boy is 1/8.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above information (3mks)
(b) Find the probability that a student selected at random.
(i) Is a boy passes exam and not a prefect (2mks)
(ii) Is a girl and passes exam and a prefect (2mks)
(iii) Passes exam and not a prefect (3mks)
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24. If the angle MBN = 720, AM = 12cm and MB = 8cm, calculate
Calculate.
(a) The size of angle MAN (3mks)
(b) The length of MN (2mks)
(c) The area of the shaded region (4mks)
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