KISII SCHOOL FORM TWO 2022

SEPTEMBER HOLIDAY MATHEMATICS ASSIGNMENT

1. From the roof of a house, a boy can see an avocado tree which is 20m away from the

house. He measures the angle of elevation of the top of the tree as 21 0 and the angle
of depression of the bottom of the tree as 31 0. Find the height of the avocado tree.

(3marks)
2. A man walks directly from point A towards the foot of a tall building 240m away. After
covering 180m, He observes that the angles of elevation of the top of the building is
450.Determine the angle of elevation of the top of the building from A (4marks)
3. Two vertical columns A and B of height h and 2h respectively stand on level ground
and are 100m apart. Two points P and Q are d meters apart, the elevation of the top
of A and B from point P are 350 and 280 respectively and the elevation of top of B from
point Q is 750
Calculate
(a) The vertical heights of the two columns in meters (7 marks

(b) The distance PQ in meters (3 marks)

4. A bus service number 4 leaves a terminus every 15 minutes. Services 8 and 3 leaves
after every 20 and 30 minutes respectively. If all the three services leave together at
6.00 am, what is the earliest time the three buses will leave together again? ( 3 marks)

5. Use tables of reciprocals and square roots to evaluate. ( 3 marks)

2 1.06
√ +
0.5893 846.3

6. A Line passes through A (1, 1) and B(x, y). The mid-point of AB is (3, 5). If line BC is
perpendicular to AB, find the equation of line BC. (3marks)

7. Elvis exchanged Ksh.600,000 to Sterling pounds. After settling the bills worth £1200,
he changed the balance to Euros. He then purchased goods worthy 200 Euros. Using
the exchange rates below, calculate his balance in Kenyan shillings. ( 3 marks)
 Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)
1Sterling 114.20 114.50
1 Euro
pound 101.20 101.30

8. It takes 40 road construction workers 8 days working 10 hours a day to complete a

section of a road. How many days would 60 road construction workers working 8 hours
a day take to complete the same section of the road working at the same rate?
(3 marks)
9. A solid cylinder with radius 7 cm and height 5 cm is melted down and recast into a
spherical ball. Calculate to 2 decimal places the radius of the ball. ( 3 marks)
10. Find the value of 𝒏 in 4 𝑛+1
+2 2𝑛+1
= 384. (3 marks)
11. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is (𝑥 − 50) and the interior angle is
0

(2𝑥 + 20)0 . Find the number of sides of the polygon (3marks)

12. Find 𝑥if cos(3𝑥 − 30 ) = sin(7𝑥 + 50 ).
0 0
(2 marks)

13. Find the mass of a wooden beam 4m long, 25cm wide and 18cm deep if the density
of the wood is 625kg/m3.

( 3 marks)

14. The surface areas of two cylindrical water tanks are 50 m2 and 162 m2 respectively.
Given that the volume of water in the second tank is 36 450 cm3, find the volume of
water in the first tank if it’s half full (4 marks)
15. Find the equation of a straight line L1 that passes through the points P (−6, −3) and
Q (1, 3) in the form 𝑎𝑦 + 𝑏𝑥 = 𝑐 where a, b and c are constants. ( 2 marks)

(b) A second line L2 is parallel to L1 and passes through (2, −3). Find the equation of L2 in the form
𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐. (2 marks)

(c) A third line L3 passes through (2, 3) and is perpendicular to L1. Find the equation of L3 in the
form 𝑎𝑦 + 𝑏𝑥 = 𝑐 (2 marks)

(d) find the coordinates of R the point where L1 and L3 intersect. (4 marks)