MASIKONDE SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM 4 MATHEMATICS SPEED TEST 7 - 16TH SEPT 2021

NAME…………………………………………………………..ADMNO………CLASS……….

1. Find the centre and radius of a circle whose equation is (3mks)

3 x 2+3 y 2 - 18x + 12y + 39 = 12

2. The diameter of a circle Centre O has its end points M (-1,6) and N (5, -2). Find the equation
of the circle in the form x2 + y2 + ax + by = c where a, b, c are constants (3mks)

3.A shopkeeper mixes sugar costing Ksh.40 per kg with another type which costs
Ksh.60 per kg. Find the ratio in which the two types should be mixed such that if the
mixture is sold at Ksh.55, a profit of 10% is realised. (3 mks)

4. A blender mixes two brands of Juice A and B to obtain 70mls of the mixture worth Ksh. 165
per litre. If brand A is valued at Ksh. 168 per 1 litre bottle and brand B at Ksh. 153 per 1 litre
bottle, calculate the ratio in which the brands A and B are mixed. (2mks)
5.Fifteen men working at the rate of 9 hours per day take 20 days to complete a job. Find the
number of days 27 men would take to complete the same job working at the rate of 10 hours a
day. (3mks)

6. If 2x + y = 2, find the ratio x: y (3mks)

3x +4y 5

7. The diagram below shows an equilateral triangle ABC of side 4cm. the shaded areas are
sectors of circles centres A, B, C with radii 1 cm. if a point is selected at random from the
triangle, find the probability that it lies in the unshaded region.
(3mks)

8. Maneno a victim from a tragic road accident has to get to a doctor to survive. The probability
that he uses a car to the hospital is 5/6, otherwise he is flown by a helicopter. If taken by a
car chance of getting a doctor is 0.25 and if taken by helicopter the chances are 2/3. If he
finds the doctor his chances of survival are 0.8, otherwise it is 0.1.

a) Draw a tree diagram to illustrate the above probability (2 mks)

b) Use the tree diagram above to find the probability that he:

i) Is taken to the hospital by a car and dies after the doctor’s treatment (2
mks)

ii) Is flown by the helicopter but does not survive (2 marks)

iii) Is taken to hospital by car and survives without treatment (2 marks)

iv) He survives (2 marks)

8.Three machines A, B, and C are set to work together. A working alone takes 6hrs to
complete the work, B takes 8hrs while C takes 12 hrs.

a) Find the time taken by A, B &C to complete the work while working together(3mks)

b) All the three machines started working at the same time, 40 mins later machine A broke
down B and C continued for another 1 hr before B ran out of fuel and therefore stopped
working for 20 mins while C continued. If B resumed working after 20mins
Find
i) The fraction of work left after machine A broke down. (2mks)
 ii) The fraction of work done by C working alone for 20 mins. (2mks)

iii) The total time taken for the work to be completed. (3mks)

8. (a) complete the table below for the function

Y = x3+4x2+7x+6 (give y values correct to 1dp) (2mks)

X -4.5 -4 -3.5 -3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 - 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2

0.5
X3 - -64 42.9 -27 -8 -1 - 0 0.1 1 3.4 8
91.1 0.1
2
4x 81 64 49 36 16 4 0 1 4 9 16
7x - -28 24.5 -21 -4 -7 3.5 0 3.5 7.5 10.5 14
31.5
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Y - -22.0 -22.4 -6.0 0.0 2.0 3.4 6 10.6 18.0 44
35.6
(b) Draw the graph of y =x3 +4x2+7x+6 for -4.5≤ x ≤ 2 on the grid provided below (using 1cm
rep 0.5 on x- axis (1cm rep 5 on y- axis) (3mks)

(c) Use your graph to solve the simultaneous equations (3mks)

i. y=x 3 + 4 x 2+7 x +6
ii. y=10 x +15

(d) Find a cubic equation in x whose roots are the x values you found in c above. (1mk)

(e) From your graph state the root of x 3+ 4 x 2 +7 x+ 6=0 (1mk)