REVISION MATHEMATICS PAPER I (456/1) S.

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PAPER
ONE
TIME: 2½ HOURS APRIL 2012

Instructions:
 State the degree of the accuracy of your answer when using tables or calculator.

SECTION A: (40 Marks)

1. Use the matrix method to solve the following simultaneous equations.

4x = y + 7
6x + 5y = 17 (4 marks)

2. Simplify 5√5 - 2√10 + √125 (4 marks)

3. Find the smallest angle in a triangle whose sides are in the ratio 8 : 10 : 14
(4 marks)

4. A 2 x 2 matrix transforms the unit vectors 1 and 0 onto vectors

0 1
2 and 3 respectively
1 2

Find the image of point T(7, -4) using the same transformation (4 marks)

5. Given that cos x = 0.2, where x is acute, find:

a) sin x b) tan x
Without using a calculator or mathematical tables (4 marks)

6. The triangle shown has an area 5 cm2. Find the length of PR

R

30o
P Q
4 cm (4 marks)

7. The table below shows the frequency distribution of marks obtained by 20

students in a continuous assessment test (CAT)

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 Marks (x) 1 2 3 4 5
Frequency (f) 5 3 6 2 4

Find: a) the mean mark.

b) the median mark. (4marks)

8. Given that 82n x 3m = 36, find the value of m and n. (4 marks)

9. On a map whose scale is 1 : 30,000, a rectangular farm measures 3 cm by

4cm.Calculate the perimeter of the farm in metres. (4 marks)

10. If n(A) = 10 and n(B) = 6, what are the greatest and least possible values of:

i) n(AUB) ii) n(AnB)? (4 marks)

SECTION B:

11. Draw the graph of the curve y = x2 – 4x for -2≤ x ≤ 5.

a) Use your graph to solve the equations.
i) x2 – 4x – 3 = 0 ii) x2 – 5x + 2 = 0
b) Find the minimum value of the curve and the value of x for which it occurs.
c) For what range of values of x is x2 – 4x < 0 ? (15 marks)

12. In the figure shown PQ = 6 cm, QR = 4 cm, ST = 6 cm and RS = 10 cm.

UQ is parallel to TR.
a) Show that triangle PQU is similar to triangle PRT.
b) Find the length of the line: i) UV ii) VQ
P

U V Q

T S R
c) If the area of triangle PRT is 40 cm2, calculate:
i) the area of triangle PUQ ii) the size of angle PRS

13. The table below shows the income tax of a certain country for government
employees. This is applied after the allowances have already been
deducted.

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 Taxable Monthly Income in Shs. Tax Rate % per Month
1 – 100,000 0
100,001 – 200,0000 5
200,001 – 300,000 10
300,001 – 450,000 20
450,001 – 550,000 30
550,001 and above 50

A married employee has a gross monthly income of Shs.600,000 and is entitled to the
following allowances.
Marriage Shs120,000 per annum
Housing and transport 10% of the gross monthly income
Medical care Shs.240,000 per annum. Calculate;
a) the amount he pays as monthly income tax (P.A.Y.E)
b) his net monthly income.

14. A triangle PQR has vertices P(2,5) Q(2,2) and R (4,3). The image of PQR under the
3 0
transformation whose matrix is T =  1 
 2

1 1 1
is P Q R .

a). Find the coordinates of the vertices P1Q1R1

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b) P1 Q1 R1 is now transformed by an enlargement of scale factor  and
2
centre (0,0) to form P11 Q11 R11.

c) Find the coordinates of the vertices P11 Q11 R11.

d) Plot PQR and P11 Q11 R11 on the same graph

e) Find the single matrix that maps PQR to P11 Q11 R11 and use it to find the area of
P11 Q11 R11.

15. A factory produces three types of portable radio sets called Sanyo, National
and Haiwa. A sanyo set contains 1 transistor (T), 10 resistors (R) and 5
capacitors (c). A National set contains 2T, 18R and 7C. A Haiwa set
contains 3T, 24R and 10C. Arrange this information in matrix form.
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If the factory’s monthly out put is 100 Sanyo, 200 National and 80 Haiwa
sets, find its monthly requirements of capacitors, resistors and capacitors.

Transistors cost Sh 10,000/=, resistors Sh 5,000/= and capacitors Sh

20,000/=. Find, by matrix multiplication, the cost of these components.
a) for each set b) per month.

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