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F2 MATHEMATICS

Term 1

NAME: ……………………………………………………….CLASS: ……ADM NO: …...SCHOOL:………

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED BELOW EACH QUESTION

SECTION 1(50 MARKS)

1. Evaluate [3 Marks]

2. A matatu travelling at 56 Km/h take 2 ½ hours to move from town A to town B.

Find the distance between towns A and B. [2 Marks]

3. Determine the gradient and the co-ordinates of the and intercepts of the line whose
equation is [3 Marks]
4. Find the correct 3s.f the value of

+ + [2
Marks]

5. Without using mathematical tables, evaluate [3 Marks]

6. The diagonals of a rhombus measure 9.2 cm and 7.5 cm respectively. Calculate the area of the
rhombus [2 Marks]
7. A man is three times as old as his daughter. In twelve years time he will be twice as old as his
daughter. Find their present age. [3 Marks]

8. Use logarithm tables to evaluate [4 Marks]

9. An artisan has 63Kg of metal of density 7000Kg/m3. He intends to use it to make a rectangular
pipe with external dimension 12 cm by 15 cm and internal dimension 10 cm by 12 cm. calculate
the length of the pipe in metres. [4 Marks]

10. Determine the equation of a line that passes through (-2,5) and is parallel to the line whose
equation is [4 Marks]

11. Use the elimination method to solve the simultaneous equations

[4 Marks]
12. A trader sold a wrist watch for sh. 3,150 after giving a 10% discount. Find the marked price of
the watch. [2 Marks]

13. Express as a fraction in its lowest form [3 Marks]

3.

14. Seven people can build five huts in 30 days. Find the number of people working at the same rate
that will build nine similar huts in 27 days. [3 Marks]

15. The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is five times the size of the exterior angle.
Find the number of sides of the polygon. [3 Marks]
16. Line AB below shows a side of triangle ABC. BC= 5cm and angle ABC = 60

A B

a. Using a ruler and compass only, complete the triangle ABC. [2 Marks]

b. From C construct a perpendicular to meet line AB at point N. Measure length CN in cen-

timetres [2 Marks]

c. Determine the area of triangle ABC [1 Mark]

SECTION B [50 MARKS]

17. Complete the tables below for the equations of the lines + 4 and
 a. +4
-2 0 2

y 4
-3

b. using one big square to represent 1 unit on y – axis and 2 big squares to represent 1 unit

on – axis, draw the lines + 4 and

[5 Marks]

c. use your graphs to solve the simultaneous equations

[1 Mark]

18. a school hall measure 10m long, 7m wide and 4m high. All its inside walls and ceiling are
painted.
Calculate,

i. the total surface area painted

 ii. the cost of painting at 200/= per square metre. [10 Marks]

19. a bird flies from tree P to another tree Q which is 50m on a bearing of 030 from P. from Q
the bird flies 80m due west to another tree R and finally flies due south to another tree S which
is on a bearing of 120 from P.

a. using the scale 1cm = 10m, construct an accurate scale drawing showing the positions of
P,Q,R, and S [5 Marks]

b. by measurement from your scale drawing determine;

 i. the distance and bearing of R from Q [2 Marks]
ii. the distance and bearing of S from R [2 Marks]
iii. the distance of S from P [1 Mark]

20. a. On a Cartesian plane plot and draw the triangle ABC, A(1,2), B (1,6), C (5,5) [2 Marks ]
b. Draw the image of triangle ABC after reflection on the line y=
c. Draw A B"C" the image of ABC after reflection along y – axis
[2 Marks]
d. Draw A B"C" the image of A'B'C' after rotation through -180 about the origin
[2 Marks]
e. Determine the mirror line that makes A'''B"'C"' the image of triangle ABC [2 Marks]
21. The table shows recordings from surveyors’ field book.

B
280

E25 200

160 B 80

C70 120

100 D 50
 A
a. Draw a sketch diagram from the data in the field book [2 Marks]

b. Given that the recordings are in metres, determine the area of the land in hectares.
[8 Marks]