PART A – OBJECTIVES

Instruction: Each question is followed by four options lettered A to D. Find out the correct option for
each question and shade in pencil on your answer sheet the answer space which bears the same letter to
the option you have chosen. Give only one answer to each question.

1. If P = ( ), Q = ( ) and PQ = k( ), find the value of k.

A. – 5/4
B. – 4/5
C. 4/5
D. 5/4

2. Rationalize:
√
A. √
B. √
√
C.
√
D.
3. If | | | | , find the value of the constant k, where k 0.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
4. If where , evaluate ).
A. 4/5
B. 3/5
C. – 3/5
D. – 4/5
5. If the determinant of the matrix ( ) , find the value of x.
A. – 2
B. – 1
C. 1
D. 2
6. A fair coin is tossed three times. Find the probability of obtaining two heads.
A. 1/8
B. 3/8
C. 5/8
D. 7/8
7. If B = ( ), find .

A. ( )

B. ( )

C. ( )

D. ( )
8. A box contains 14 white balls and 6 black balls. Find the probability of first drawing a black ball
and then a white ball without replacement.
A. 0.21
B. 0.22
C. 0.30
D. 0.70
9. If P = ( ) and Q = ( ), find PQ.

A. ( )

B. ( )

C. ( )

D. ( )

10. Given that P = ( ) and Q = ( ), find (2P – Q).

A. ( )

B. ( )

C. ( )

D. ( )
11. The diameter of a sphere is 12 cm. Calculate, correct to the nearest cm³, the volume of the
sphere, [Take π = 22/7].
A. 903 cm³
B. 904 cm³
C. 905 cm³
D. 906 cm³
12. Evaluate √ √ √
A. √ √
B. √ √
C. √ √
D. √ √
13. In XYZ, | | , ∠YXZ = 52º and ∠XZY = 90º. Find, correct to the nearest centimetre,
| |.

A. 31 cm
B. 25 cm
C. 20 cm
D. 13cm
14. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point 27 m away and on the same horizontal
ground as the foot of the tree is 30º. Find the height of the tree.
A. 27 m
B. 13.5√ m
C. 13.5√ m
D. 9√ m
15. Calculate the surface area of a sphere of radius 7 cm. (Take ).
A. 154 cm²
B. 616 cm²
C. 143 cm²
D. 86 cm²
16. The surface area of a sphere is 616 cm², what is the volume of the sphere?
(Correct to two significant figures, Take .
A. 14 cm³
B. 210 cm³
C. 1, 400 cm³
D. 2,100 cm³
17. Calculate the total surface area of a hemisphere with radius 3 cm.
A. 9 cm²
B. 18 cm²
C. 27 cm²
D. 54 cm²
18. What will be the volume of a hemisphere of diameter 21 cm?
A. 808.5 cm³
B. 1617.0 cm³
C. 2425.5 cm³
D. 7276.5 cm³
19. The volume of a hemispherical bowl is ⁄
A. 4.0 cm
B. 5.6 cm
C. 7.0 cm
D. 3.8 cm
20. A ladder leans on a wall of a building at an angle of 45º. If the length of the ladder is 5m, find
the height of the wall at which the ladder touches it. (Leave your answer in surd form).
A. √ m
B. √ m
C.
√
D. √ m
21. The angle of elevation of a bird in the air from a hunter standing on the ground is 35º. If the
hunter is 1.4 m tall and the bird is 81.7 m away along the hunter’s line of sight, how high, correct
to 1 decimal place, is the bird from the ground?
A. 48.3 m
B. 58.8 m
C. 68.3 m
D. 71.1 m
22. In triangle PQR, q = 8 cm, r = 6 cm and Calculate the value of p.
A. √ m
B. m
C. √ m
D. m

23. Evaluate | |

A. 4
B. – 2
C. – 4
D. 2
24. Alero starts a 3 km walk from P on a bearing 023º. She then walks 4 km on a bearing 113º to Q.
What is the bearing of Q from P?
A. 26º52’
B. 58º8’
C. 76º8’
D. 90º
25. Find the bearing of a point X from Y. If the bearing of Y from X is 110º.
A. 070º
B. 250º
C. 290º
D. 310º
26. In the figure below, ̂ , ̂ and XY = 8 cm. Calculate YZ.

A. 16√ cm
B. 8√ cm
C. 4√ cm
D. 2√ cm
27. In the diagram, /QR/ = 5 cm, ̂ and ̂ Find /PS/, leaving your answer in surd
form.

A. √
B. √
C. √
D. √
28. ABCD is a quadrilateral such that /AD/ = 13 cm, /CD/ = 12 cm, /AB/ = 3 cm, ∠ACD = 90º. What is
the length of the side BC?

A. 4 cm
B. 5 cm
C. 10 cm
D. 12 cm
29. A 1.8 m tall man observes a bird on top of a tree. If the man is 21 m away from the tree and his
angle of sighting the bird is 30º. Calculate the height of the tree.
A. 10.50 m
B. 11.48 m
C. 12.13 m
D. 13.92 m
30. A boat sails 24 km from a port X on a bearing of 065º and thereafter 10 km on a bearing of 155º.
What is the distance of the boat from X?
A. 34 km
B. 30 km
C. 26 km
D. 14 km
31. Q is 32 km away from P on a bearing of 042º and R is 25 km from P on a bearing of 132º. Calculate
the bearing of R from Q.
A. 122º
B. 184º
C. 190º
D. 226º
32. In ABC, a = 8 cm, b = 12 cm, C = 82º. Find c.
A. 6.73 cm
B. 13.45 cm
C. 29.92 cm
D. 33.46 cm
33. Three towns X, Y and Z are such that Y is located 50 km away from X on a bearing of 065º. Z is
100 km away from X on a bearing of 305º. The distance between Y and Z is
A. √
B. √
C. √
D. √
34. The bearing of Z from Y in question 33 is approximately
A. 319º
B. 286º
C. 221º
D. 041º
35. Calculate the angle marked P in the diagram below, given that ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ ∠ .

A. 48.6º
B. 40.0º
C. 30.0º
D. 24.0º
36. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle, ̂ and ̂ . Calculate ̂

A. 35
B. 45
C. 55
D. 125
37. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle and ̂ . Find y.

A. 280
B. 240
C. 80
D. 20
38. In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle PQR. ̅̅̅̅ is produced to S. If ̂
̂ and ̂ , find .

A. 72
B. 108
C. 144
D. 216
39. In the figure below, ̂ and ̂ . Find ̂ .

A. 84
B. 64
C. 46
D. 44
40. In the cyclic quadrilateral below, find the angle ̂

A. 110°
B. 90°
C. 50°
D. 100° [40 marks]
PART B – ESSAY

Instruction: Answer any two (2) questions from this part

QUESTION 1

a. Explain the following types of matrix with an example of order 3 x 3.

i. Square matrix;
ii. Identity matrix;
iii. Symmetry matrix;
iv. Skew-symmetry matrix;
v. Singular matrix. [5 marks]

b. If | | , find the values of x. [5 marks]

QUESTION 2
a. Three poles are situated at points A, B, and C on the same horizontal plane such that the bearing
of B from A is 060º and the bearing of C from B is 130º. If | | | | ,
calculate:
i. the distance | | correct to three decimal places;
ii. the bearing of C from A, correct to the nearest degree.

√ √
b. If √ , find the values of a and b.
√ √

QUESTION 3

a. A box contains 5 red, 7 blue and 4 green identical bulbs. Two bulbs are picked at random from the
box without replacement.
Calculate the probability of picking;
i. same colour of bulbs;
ii. different colour of bulbs;
iii. at least one red bulb.

b. In the diagram below, | | | | and ∠PRS = 50º. Calculate ∠PQR.