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Question 1:

a) Find the value of the following: (8 Marks)

2
3
2
÷ 1 =¿
7 ( 3−1
7
8) 1
×1 =¿
3 ( 2 1
)
1 +2 ÷ 5
3 5
4
5
1 3
− =¿
2 4

b) Express the following in the form (1 : n) correct to 3 significant figures when necessary (4 Marks)

5:9 1 1 3:7
:
4 5

c) Plan and solve. (8 Marks)

When the post arrived, Val has 3 first-class
letters and 4 second-class letters while Derek
had 5 first-class letters and 2 second class
letters. A letter is taken at random from each
patch
a) Draw the probability tree
b) Find the probability that both letter are
first-class
c) Find the probability that one second-
class and one first-class.
A card is chosen at random from an ordinary
pack of playing cards. A second card is chosen
from another ordinary pack of playing cards.
What is the probability that:
a) The first card is red
b) The second card is a black queen
c) The first card is red and the second
card is a black queen.
Question 2:
a) Expand the following (10 Marks)

5 (2 – 3a) (p – 3) (p - 5) (3x + 2y) (1 – 2z) (3x + 4) (3 – x) (x – 4) (3x + 5)

b) Factorize the following: (10 Marks)

15−5 x 2
x −2 x−15
2
x −10 x+ 21
2
2 x + 4 x+ 8 9−a
2

c) The length of 35 leaves taken from the same tree are given in the table below: (6 Marks)

Length, h (cm) 8 ≤ h <8.5 8.5 ≤ h < 9 9 ≤ h < 9.5 9.5 ≤ h < 10

Frequency 3 10 18 4

a) Estimate the mean length of the leaves. …………………………………………………………………………………………………

……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) Construct a cumulative frequency table and draw a cumulative frequency curve.
 c) Estimate the median length of these leaves: ……………………………………………………………………………………………
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Question 3:

a) Solve the following problems. Show your work clearly. (20 Marks)

1) Sam Nolan has a taxable income of 7600 a 2) A car bought at 12 000 depreciates in
year. How much tax should he pay if the value by 20% each year. Find its value
tax is 23%? after 3 years?

3) Under normal conditions, the school boiler
consumes 0.75 t of fuel a day and the
stock of fuel is sufficient to last for 12
days. A cold spell causes the consumption
rate to rise to 0.9t per day. How long will
the fuel last?
4) A bus journey of 120 miles cost $ 15.6
at the same rate per mile:
a) What would be the cost of
travelling 150 miles?

b) How far can you travel for $ 26?

 5) Mrs. Denham has a gross annual income of 6) Kyle spends $ 1.2 on a pen and 90 p on
$ 12 750 and allowances of $3 925. She a pencil. What is the ratio of the cost
pays tax at 23% on her taxable income. of the:
a) How much tax should she pay? a) Pen to the pencil

b) Pencil to the pen

b) Express tax as percentage of her gross
pay. (to the nearest whole number)
c) Pencil to the total

7) If it takes 21 men 4 days to mark out the 8) When a fireside rug is sold at $ 39
field in a stadium for an athletics meeting. the retailer suffered a loss of 40%.
How long will it take 12 men to do the same Find the buy-in price.
job?

9) a) find the interest payable after one year 10) A bookshelf will hold 360 books of
if $ 8 500 is invested at 5.25% a year. thickness 2 cm. how many copies of
National Geographic magazine will it
hold if each copy is 6 mm thick?

c) If the original sum, plus the interest

remain invested at the same rate, find
the total value of the investment at the
end of the second year?

Question 4: (14 Marks)

1) The table is based on a cricketer's scores in each innings during one season. Complete the table
then answer the questions below:

Score 0-19 20 – 39 40 - 59 60 – 79 80 – 99 100 - 119 120 - 139

Frequency 8 14 33 6 5 3 1
Cumulative
frequency
 a) How many innings did he play? ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) In how many innings did he score less than 60? ……………………………………………………………………
c) In how many innings did he score at least 40? ……………………………………………………………………….

2) Pedro has a faulty washing machine. He calls out the service engineer who repairs it. Complete his
bill below, give any value that is not exact to the nearest penny.

Cost item Fixed Labour (1.5 Parts Total VAT at 20% Total
charge hour at before VAT
42/H)
Value ($) 38.50 178.80

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