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Name.....................................................................Admission Number...................Stream.......
FORM TWO
MATHEMATICS (ALT A)
October 2018
2 ½ Hours

END YEAR EXAMINATION

ST MARY’S MUNDIKA HIGH SCHOOL
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
a. Write your name, Admission number and class , in the spaces provided at the top of this page
b. The paper contains two sections. Section I and Section II.
c. Answer ALL the questions in section I and all the questions in section II.
d. Answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
e. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
f. Non programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical table may be used, except
where stated otherwise.
g. This paper consists of 11 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing

h. Candidates should answer the questions in English.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

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

Marks

SECTION 1
SECTION II

Question 17 18 19 20 21 Total

Marks
TOTAL MARKS
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SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer provided ALL the questions in this section in the spaces.

1. Evaluate without using a calculator. (3 Marks)

5
6 ( 1
of 4 −3
3
5
6 )
5 3 5 1
x +1 ÷ 2
12 25 9 3

2. Find the range of values that satisfy the value of x if 2≤ 3 – x <5 (3 Marks)

4 −2
3 3
512 × 27
2 −2
3. Simplify 128 × 9 and leave your answer in power form (3 Marks)
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4. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 108 0 larger than the exterior angle. How many sides
has the polygon? (3
Marks)

5. A salesman is paid a salary of Sh. 10,000 per month. He is also paid a commission on sales
above Sh. 100,000. In one month he sold goods worth Sh. 500,000. If his total earning that
month was Sh. 56,000. Calculate the rate of commission. (3
Marks)

6. The G.C.D of two numbers is 12 and their L.C.M is 240 if one of the numbers is 60, Find the
other number (2 Marks)

7. The figure below is a velocity-time graph for a car. Use it to answer questions (a) and (b).
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(a) Find the total distance traveled by the car. (2 Marks)

(b) Calculate the deceleration of the car. (2 Marks)

8. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies at the exchange rates shown below.
Buying Selling
(KShs.) (KShs.)

1 Uuro 147.86 148.00

1 US Dollar 74.22 74.50

An American arrived in Kenya with 20 000 Euros. He converted all the Euros to Kenya shillings at
the bank. He spent KShs. 2,512,000 while in Kenya and converted the remaining Kenya shillings
into US Dollars at the bank. Find the amount in Dollars that he received. (3
Marks)

9. A solid metal cuboid 1.5m long, 0.4m wide and 0.25m high is made of material of density
7.5g/cm³. Calculate its mass in kg. ` (3 Marks)
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10. Use reciprocal and square tables to evaluate, to 4 significant figures, the expression.
1
−4 . 1512
0 .3654 (4 Marks)

11. Solve for y in the equation 8 (2y – 1) x 32y = 16 (y + 1). (3 Marks)

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1
12. A mother is now 2 times as old as her daughter Mary. Four years ago the mother was three
2
times the age of the daughter. Find the present age of the mother. (3
Marks)

13. The curved surface area of a cylindrical container is 1980cm2. If the radius of the container is

21cm, calculate to one decimal place the capacity of the container in litres
(3
Marks)

14. A straight line L1 passes through the point (3, -2) and is perpendicular to a line whose equation is
2y – 4x = 1. Find the equation of L1 in the form y= mx + c. (4 Marks)

2 2
15. Simplify the expression 3 a +4 ab+b (3 Marks)
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16. Calculate the area of the figure below and give your answer to four significant figures
(3
Marks)

SECTION II (50 MARKS)

Answer ALL The Five Questions in this Section
17. The base area of a cylindrical container is 72cm 2. The container is enlarged so that the new
container is similar to the old container and has a base area of 120cm2. Determine
i. The area scale factor of the enlargement (2 Marks)

ii. The linear scale factor (2 Marks)

iii. The volume scale factor (2 Marks)

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iv. Determine the radius of the old container if the radius of the new container is 20cm.
(2 Marks)

v. The capacity of the new container in litres Given that the capacity of the old container is
810cm3. (2 Marks)

18. Abdul bought five bulls and thirty goats at an auction spending a total of Kshs.117000. His
friend Ali bought four bulls and twenty five goats at the same auction and spent Kshs.22,250
less.
(a) Find the cost of each animal at the auction (5 Marks)

(b) Abdul later sold all his animals at a profit of 40% per bull and 30% per goat. Ali sold all
his animals at a profit of 50% per bull and 40% per goat. Determine who made more profit
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and by how much? (5

Marks)

19. A salesman is paid a commission of 2% on goods worth over Ksh.100000. He is also paid a
monthly salary of Ksh.12000. In a certain month, he sold 360 pairs of shoes at Ksh.500 each
pair.

(a) Calculate the salesman’s earning that month. (3 Marks)

(c) The following month, his monthly salary was increased by 10%. His total earnings that
month were Ksh.17600. Calculate

(i) The total amount of money received from the sales of the shoes that month. (5 Marks)
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(ii) The number of pairs of shoes sold that month. (2 Marks)

20. The distance between towns A and B is 360km. A minibus left A at 8.15am and traveled towards
B at an average speed of 90km/hr. A matatu left B two and a third hours later on the same day
and traveled towards A at an average speed of 110km/hr.

(a) (i) At what time did the two vehicles meet? (4 Marks)

(ii) How far from A did the vehicles meet? (3 Marks)

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(b) A motorist started from his home at 10.30am on the same day and travelled at an average
speed of 100km/hr. He arrived at B at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the distance
from A to his house. (3 Marks)

21. The diagran below shows two circles of radii 8 cm and 6 cm with centres A and B respectively. The
circles intersect at points P and Q. the lines AB and PQ are parpendicular to each other. The chord
PQ is 9cm.

Calculate to two decimal places:

(a) The size of angle PAQ (2 Marks)

(b) The size of angle PBQ (2 Marks)

(c) The area of sector APQ (2 Marks)

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(d) The area of sector PBQ (2 Marks)

(e) The shaded area (2 Marks)