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2015 Kitui West Sub-County Mock

Mathematics Paper 2

SECTION A (50 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section.
1.

Write the expression below in surd form and rationalize the denominator.

4 marks

2.

State the centre and the radius of the given equation of a circle.
x2 – 6x + y2 + 10y + 25 = 0

3 marks

3.
Two fruit juices A and B are mixed together. Juice A costs sh. 50 per litre and Juice B cost sh. 80 per litre. Find the ratio of A and B in the mixture if the mixture costs sh. 59 per litre.

3 marks

4.
i) Expand upto the fifth term. (2 marks)
ii) Hence use your expansion to calculate (2.5)5 to 3 decimal places. (2 marks)

4 marks

5.
Find the value of x in log10 (2x − 1) + log10 3 – log10 (8x − 1)

2 marks

6.
In the figure below ADE and AB are tangent to the circle at D and B respectively.
Angle DAB = 400 and angle CDE = 650
Giving a reason for your answers, find the size of:
(a)∠ADB (1 mark)


(b)∠ABC (2 marks)

3 marks

7.
Find the equation of a normal to the curve y = 2x2 – 4x + 2 at point (3, 1).

3 marks

8.
Change the subject of

4 marks

9.
Solve for the values of x where 0 < x < 360o in the equation given by:
4 – 5 cos x − 2 sin2 x = 0

3 marks

10.
If a = 3 i + 2j + 5k and b = i – j – k find |2a - 3b |

3 marks

11.

Evaluate

4 marks

12.

Find the standard deviation of the given data.

Marks out of 20

1 - 5

6 - 10

11 - 15

16 - 20

No.of students

3

7

6

4

4 marks

13.

Find the inverse of hence solve the simultaneous equations.

2x + 5y = 34
x + 2y = 21

3 marks

14.

The first four terms of a GP are 81, m, n, 3. Find the values of m and n.

3 marks

15.

Five people can build four huts in 28 days. Find the number of people working at the same rate that will build 10 similar huts in 16 days.

3 marks

16.

In the figure below ABCDE, AB = 2.5cm, AE = 10cm, ED = 5.2cm and DC = 6.9cm. Construct the locus of points equidistant from CD and CB.

2 marks

17.

Use 6371 km for the radius of the earth.
Find the distance from A (45oN, 63oW) to C (45oN, 107oE) in:
i) km (4 marks)

ii) nm (3 marks)


Two pilots X and Y started from A at the same time. X flew to C at a speed of 600km/h while
Y flew to B(60S,630W) at a speed of 400km/h. Who arrived first at their destination and by how
many hours? (4 marks)

10 marks

18.

a) Using a ruler and a pair of compass only, construct a triangle LMN where LM = 8cm,
MN = 6cm and LMN = 37.50. (3 marks)

b) i) Mark the two points P1 and P2 which are 5cm from M and equidistant from LN and LM.

(3 marks)
ii) Q is inside triangle LMN such that its distance from M is less than 5cm and it is nearer
to LN than to LM. Shade the region in which Q must lie. (4 marks)

10 marks

SECTION B (50 Marks)

Answer any five questions in this section.
19.

a) x varies as the cube of y and inversely as the square root of z, and x = 6 when y = 3 and z = 35.
i) Find the equation connecting x, y and z. (2 marks)


ii) Find x when y = 7 and z = 9. (2 marks)

Find y when x = 8 and z = 16 (2 marks)

b) If y is increased by 20% and z decreased by 36%, find the % increase in x. (4 marks)

10 marks

20.

A married couple intends to have 3 children. They consult an expert who tells them that the probability of a male birth is 0.6.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this occurrence. (2 marks)

(b) Find the probability that:
i) All the three children will be female. (2 marks)


ii) At least a male is born. (2 marks)


iii) At least 2 will be females. (4 marks)

10 marks

21.

The table below shows the analysis of examination marks scored by 160 candidates.

Marks (%)

1-10

11-20

21-30

31-40

41-50

51-60

61-70

71-80

81-90

91-100

No. of candidates

2

6

15

22

36

34

20

15

6

4

(b)Draw a cumulative frequency curve for the data. (4 marks)

(b) State the modal class. (1 mark)

(c) Use the graph to estimate:
(i)The quartile deviation.

(ii)How many candidates passed if a mark of 35% and above was a pass? (2 marks)

10 marks

22.

a) Complete the table below for y = sin 2x and y = (2x + 300) giving values to 2dp.

x

0

15

30

45

60

75

90

105

120

135

150

165

180

Sin 2x

0

0.87

-0.87

0.0

Sin (2x+300)

0.5

0.50

-1.0

0.5

b) Draw the graph of y = 2x and y = (2x + 300) on the same axis. (4 marks)


c) Use your graph to solve sin (2x + 300) – sin 2x = 0 (1 mark)

d) Describe the transformation which maps the wave sin 2x onto the wave of sin (2x + 30) (2 marks)

e) State the amplitude and period of y = a cos (bx + c) (1 mark)

10 marks

23.

Use the taxation rates table below to answer the questions that follow.

Taxable income in K£p.a

Rate % per K£

1 – 4500

4501 – 7500

7501 – 10500

10501 – 13500

13501 – 16500

Over 16500

10

15

20

25

30

40

A civil servant is entitled to a monthly personal relief of Ksh. 3000 and her tax (PAYE) is ksh. 9000 per month. She is deducted NHIF ksh. 350 per month. WCPS ksh. 800 and co-op shares ksh. 1200 per month. Calculate:
(a) The civil servant’s total deduction per month. (1 mark)

(b) Total tax per month. (1 mark)

(c) The civil servant’s annual gross salary (6 marks)


(d) The civil servant’s basic salary if her monthly house allowance and medical allowances are ksh.10000 and ksh. 2000 respectively. (2 marks)

10 marks

24.

An electronics dealer in Wote town wishes to purchase radios and TV sets. He can buy at most 30 of both items. On average, a radio and TV cost sh. 4000 and sh. 12000 respectively and he has sh. 240000 to spend. The number of TV sets should be at most twice the number of radios. He must buy more than 5 TV sets.
(a) Form all inequalities to represent above information. (4 marks)


(b) Graph the inequalities in (a) above. (4 marks)

(c) If the dealer makes a profit of sh.600 and sh.1000 per radio and TV set respectively, find the maximum possible profit. (2 marks)

10 marks

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