Mathematics mixed Questions

1. a) Calculate the exact value of

+5 4 mrks

b) Write the value of 0.428 x 2.75

i) exactly in decimal form

ii) to two decimal places

iii) to two significant figures. 3 mrks

c) A company sells its printers to customers in order to make profit of 25%. Calculate

i) the price a customer pays for a printer which a company bought for $1 700

ii) the price the company paid for a printer which was sold to a customer for $2 500.

5 mrks

2. Factorize completely:

i) 3xy - x

ii) 4a2 - 9

iii) (x -y)2 - x + y 5mrks

3. The floor of a room is in the shape of a rectangle. The floor is c meters long. The width
of the floor is 2 meters less than its length.

i) State, in terms of c

a) the width of the floor

b) the area of the floor.

ii) If the area of the floor is 15m2, write down an equation in c to show this
information.

iii) Use the equation to determine the width of the floor. 7 mrk
4. Machinery costing $25, 000 depreciates to a value of $23 125 at the end of the first year.
Thereafter, depreciation is calculated at the rate of 10% per annum.

Calculate

a) the percentage depreciation for the first year

b) the value of the machinery after two years

c) the average rate of depreciation over the first three years as a

percentage of $25 000. Give your answer to 1 decimal place. 10 mrks

5.

3.5m

1.5m
[ Take π = 3.142]
[curve surface of cylinder = 2π r h ]

The diagram above, not drawn to scale, represents an open metal container. The cross-section
of the container is a semi-circle of diameter 1.5m. The length of the container is 3.5m.

a) Write down the radius of the cross-section of the container. 1 mrk

b) Calculate, in m2 to two decimal places

(i) the area of the cross-section of the container.

(ii) the outer curved surface area of the container.
(iii) the total outer area of the container. 6 mrk

c) Calculate the capacity, m2, of the container. 1 mrk

d) Water is poured into the container at the rate of 30 litres per minute.
Calculate the length of time, in minutes, it would take to fill the container. 3mrk

[1m3 = 1000l]
6. a) Solve the equations

i) 6x - 8(x + 3) = 10 3 mrks

ii) 3a - 2b = 12
2a + b = 1 4 mrks

b)

given that AB = C, calculate the value of x. 3 mrks

c) The universal set U = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9}

A= {0, 1, 2, 7, 9}
B = {3, 4, 5}
C = {2}

i) Draw a Venn Diagram to represent the above information.

ii) List, using set notation, the member of the set A' ∩ B'. 6mrks

7. a) Q, R and S are three point on level ground. S is due east of Q and QS = 45 metres.
The bearing of R from Q is 042 and the bearing from R is110°.

i) Draw a diagram to show this information indicating clearly the bearings and
distances given.

ii) Calculate the bearings of R from S.

iii) Calculate, in metres, the distance RS, giving your answers correct to 2 significant
figures.

10 mrks

8.
 B A P
40°

C T

In the diagram above, not drawn to scale, ABCT is in a circle. A and BT are diameters.
TP, the tangent at T, meets BA produced at P, so that <APT = 40°

Calculate, giving reasons for all statements, the size of

i) <BTP

ii) < BAT

iii) <ABT

iv) <ACT