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MATHEMATICS C Class: ..................
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TIME: 2 ½HRS

ALLIANCE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

FORM 1 NOV/DEC HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) The paper contains TWO Sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II.
(d) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
below each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) KNEC Mathematical tables may be used except where stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 13 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
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 Total GRAND TOTAL

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 SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. Work out the following, leaving your answer in its simplest form. (3 marks)
(4  −2)  3 − (−8) + 18
3  8  2 − (2 − 10)

2. Express 576 and 5184 each as a product of its prime factors. (2 marks)

576
Hence evaluate; (2 marks)
5184

3. A Kenyan commercial bank buys and sells foreign currencies at the rate shown below.

Buying Ksh Selling Ksh

1 Euro 118.30 118.60
1 UAE Dirhams 27.40 27.50

A French tourist arrived in Kenya with 7000 Euros. She converted the whole amount to the
local currency. While in Kenya she spent Ksh 124,100 and changed the balance to UAE
Dirhams before leaving for Dubai. Calculate the amount, in UAE Dirhams that she received?
(4 marks)

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4. On the grid below, draw triangle ABC whose vertices are A ( -2, 0 ) , B ( 3, - 2 ) and C ( 4, 4 ) .
Hence calculate the area of triangle ABC. (4 marks)

5. Find the value of x : (3 marks)

5x + 2 − x 7 x − 2
− =
4 2 3

6. Find the mass of steel bar in kilograms if the bar is 125cm long, 10cm wide and 2cm thick. The
density of the steel bar is 7.7 g / cm3 . (3 marks)

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7. Tabithas’ clock loses 15 seconds every hour. She set the correct time on the clock at 0830 hrs
on a Friday. Determine the time shown on the clock when the correct time was 1630hrs 3 days
later on Monday. (4 marks)

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8. Represent 2.83 as a fraction in its simplest form. (3 marks)

9. The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 1440°. Find the number of sides
of the polygon. (2 marks)

2 3 1 1
of  − + 
3 5 6 2
10. Evaluate (3 marks)
2 1 3 1
2  −
5 2 5 7

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 11. Using line AB below,
ˆ = 30 .
(a) Construct a line AC such that BAC
0
(1 mark)
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(b) Use the line AC to locate a point P such that AP = AB . (2 marks)
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12. Three metallic bars of length 400 cm, 600 cm, and 720 cm are cut into equal pieces. Find the
largest possible area of a square which can be made from any of the three bars. (3 marks)

13. Simplify (2 marks)

x 2 + xc + bx + bc
3x + 3c

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14. Five men working six hours a day take eight days to fill a trench. How long does it take 3 men
working eight hours a day to fill the same trench. (2 marks)

15. An arc of length 5  5cm subtends an angle  at the centre of a circle of radius 3  5cm . Find the
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size of angle  . (Use  ꓿ ) (2 marks)
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16. The diagram below represents a right rectangular based pyramid of 5 cm by 4 cm. The slant
edge of the pyramid is 6 cm. Draw and label the net of the pyramid. (3 marks)

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 SECTION 11 (50 MARKS)
Answer any five question in this section in spaces provided.
17. Three business patners Bela, Joan and Trinity contributed Kshs. 180,000, Ksh 120,000 and
Kshs. 240,000 respectively to start a business. They agreed to share the profits as follows:
30% to be shared equally
30% to be shared in the ratio of their contributions
40% to be retained for the running of the business.
If at the end of the year, the business realized a profit of Ksh1,350,000
Calculate:
a) The amount of money retained for running the business at the end of the year.
(1 mark)

b) The difference between the amounts received by trinity and Bela.

(6 marks)

c) Express Joan’s share as percentage of the total amount of money shared between the
three partners. (3 marks)

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18. (a) Complete the following tables for the given equations (2 marks)
x
y = 2x +1 y = −2
2

−2 −1 0 1 −2 0 2 4
1 −2

x
(b) Draw the lines y = 2 x + 1 and y = − 2 on the grid provided below (4 marks)
2

(c) Hence, use the graph above to solve the simultaneous equations (2 marks)

y = 2x +1
x
y = −2
2

x
(d) Write down the co-ordinates of the x and y-intercept of the line y = −2. (2 marks)
2

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19. A sales person is paid a commission of 3 % on goods worth over Ksh 100000. She is also
paid a monthly salary of Ksh 12000.In a certain month , she sold 360 handbags at Ksh
1500 each .
(i) Calculate the sales persons earnings that month (3 marks)

The following month ,the sales woman’s monthly salary was increased by 10% . His
total earnings that month were Ksh 23700 . Calculate ;
(ii) The total amount of money received from the sales of handbags that month
(5 marks)

(iii) The number of handbags sold that month .

(2 marks)

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20. From the kitchen K of AGHS the administration office A is 80 m on a bearing of 0550 . The
computer lab C is 55 m on a bearing of 3100 from administration A. The sanatorium S is west of
the computer lab C and directly north of the bakery B. Given that the bakery is 66 m and on a
bearing of 3130 from the kitchen K.
(a) Draw a scale diagram to represent the relative positions of the 5 points at AGHS.
(scale 1 cm represent 10 m)
(5 marks)

(b) Use the scale diagram in (a) above to find

(i) The distance and bearing of the computer lab C from the bakery B.
(2 marks)

(ii) The distance and bearing of kitchen K from the computer lab C.
(2 marks)

(iii)The distance of the administration A from the bakery B.

(1 mark)

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21. The figure below shows a cross –section of a solid bridge which is 10m long , 5m wide and 4
m high.

(i) Calculate the area of the semi-circle in m 2 . (3 marks)

(ii) Find the surface area of the face ABCD m 2 . (4 marks)

(iii) From the cross-section in (ii) above, obtain the volume of the solid
bridge in m3 . (3 marks)

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22. The table below shows the measurements of a coffee plantation in meters made by a surveyor in
his field book. Use AB=300m as the baseline.
(a) Draw a scale diagram of the coffee plantation. Use a scale of 1cm to represent 25 m.
(4 marks)

B
300
To E 75 250
200 100 to D
To C 125 150
A

(b) Calculate the Area of the coffee plantation in hectares (6 marks)

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23. a)Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct quardrilateral PQRS. PR = 6 cm.

b) Locate vertex Q of the quadrilateral PQRS such that < 𝑅𝑃𝑄 = 60° and < 𝑅𝑃𝑄 = 45°
Complete triangle PQR and hence measure length PQ. ( 5 marks)

c)Diagonal QS, which is 10 cm long, intersects with diagonal PR at a right angle.

Complete the quadrilateral PQRS. (5 marks)

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24. A certain wholesale shop, June bought 3 skirts and 8 blouses at Ksh 2860. She also bought 4
skirts and 2 blouses of the same quality at another wholesaler and paid Ksh 780 less.
(a) Let the cost of one skirt be x and that of one blouse be y and form two equations to
represent the information above. (2marks)

(b) Solve the equation in (a) above to determine cost of a skirt and a blouse. ( 4 marks)

(c) June runs a retail shop and she sold each skirt at 525 and each blouse at Ksh 250.
Calculate the percentage profit after the sales of all the skirts and blouses. ( 4 marks)

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