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3 EOT ASSESSMENT 2023

MATHEMATICS

TIME : 2 hours

Instructions:

o Answer all the questions in both sections.

o Pay attention to the number of marks available for each question.
o Show all the working and explanation on the answer sheets provided.

Section a

1. The width of a rectangle is 𝑥 cm. the length of the rectangle is 3 cm

more than the width. Write down an algebraic expression in terms of x,
for
i) Area of the rectangle.
ii) Show that 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟑𝒙 − 𝟕 = 𝟎. If the rectangle is 7 cm2. (04)

2. Petra has shs.12,000 and Shakuru has nothing. They Both receive the
same money for doing a cleaning job. Now Petra has three times as much
as Shakuru. How much did they get for the job? (04)

3. The area of rectangle A is twice the area of rectangle B. find x.

A
7

B
x

2 3
(05)

4. State the intercept and gradient of the line 2𝑥 + 4𝑦 + 1 = 0. (03)

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 5. One third of the class is absent and 16 children are present. How many
children are in the class when no is absent? (04)

6. A causal worked 7 hours per day from Monday to Friday and 4 hours on
Saturday. The rate of pay from Monday to Friday is shs.5500 per hour
and on Saturday it is shs.8,500 per hour. How much did he get at the
end of the week? (04)

7. A computer personnel is hired out at rate of 500 shillings per minute.

How much will he be paid if works from 06:30am to 18:00 hours? (04)

8. The radius of a certain planet is 6.4 × 10 𝑚. Calculate the

circumference of the planet. Take (𝜋 = 3.14) give your answer in
standard form and to three significant figures. (04)

9. A car hiring business the advert is as follows

Car hire cost

10,000 per day & 2000 per

kilometer

Will pays a total of shs.378,000 when drives the car hired for 3 weeks.
How many kilometers does he drive each week? (04)

10. In an election, one candidate obtained (5.3452 X 10 4) votes and another

candidate obtained (7.6548 X 104) votes. If there where (2.5698 X 10 4)
voters who stayed home and didn’t vote. Find the number of registered
voters in the City. (04)

Section B
(Each question takes 15 marks attempt all)

11. The chart below shows the amount of money spent on different items
by the average households in certain household.

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 Shs (000) per week

a) How much money was spent on:

i) Transport ii) education iii) clothes
b) How much more money was spent on recreation than on health?
c) What is the total amount of money spent on food and restaurants?
d) What was the total amount spent on everything each week?

12.a) Factorise the quadratic expressions

i) 𝑥 − 25
ii) 𝑥 + 7𝑥 + 10 hence solve the equations

b) A school agric

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 13. The distance –time graph below describes the journey of two cars X and Y
between two stations A and B. Car X and car both reach point B 100km from From A
at 1100.

i) Calculate the speed of the car X between 0700 and 0800

ii) Calculate the speed of the car Y between 0900 and 1100
iii) Explain what is happening to the Car X between 0800 and 0900

b) Shakur walks 420m from his house to a shop in 7 minutes. He spends 5

minutes at the shop and then walks home in 6 minutes. Calculate the average
speed for the journey.

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