easytvet.com Name: Tndex No: —ss 1301311, 1308/311, Candidate's Signatu H304/311, 1309/311 MATHEMATICS June/July 2012 Date; ‘Time: 3 hours THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL, CRAFT CERTIFICATE IN CARPENTRY AND JOINERY CRAFT CERTIFICATE IN MASONRY CRAFT CERTIFICATE IN PLUMBING CRAFT CERTIFICATE IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION MATHEMATICS 3 hours INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided abave Sign and write the date of the exemination in the spaces provided above. You should have the following for this examination: Drawing instrauments. Answer any FIVE of the follawing EIGHT questions. All questions carry equal marks, Mavinaim marks for each part of a question are ax shown. Answer ALL the questions in the spaces provided on this question paper For Examiner's Use Only hing t |e es ae eee a). eae ‘Marks ‘This paper consists of 16 printed pages. ‘Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing, (©2012 The Kerwa National Examinations Councils, ‘Turn overeasytvet.com (2) Simplify the following giving the answer with positive indices. Tiab* an 18% @ Sab wi) (55 2a'b (33) @maks) (b) Solve for x in the following equations. (log-log Qx-1)=1 ; (i) loge +togy=3 Dogin+y) =5 (12 marks) | 1301/3911, 1304-5/311, 1309/3141 2easytvet.co! im. 2 (a) ()_— Make C the subject of the formula = fe al ages (w-st) (ii) Determine the value of C in (i) when 2 = 50, L = 10, R =2 and w = 20. 7 marks) (b) (i) Asarresult of inflation a trader increases prices in the ratio of 19:7. Determine | the price of a radio marked at Kshs.4370. (i) A mixture of eopper, tin and phosporus is dame in the ratio by mass 18$:14:1, Find the mass of copper in the mixture of mass 27.2 kg. (6 marks) 1301/31, 1304-5/311, 1309/31 4easytvet.com (©) Aquantity y is inversely proportional to the cube of d. When y= 5, d= 0.05. Find the value ofd when y = 20. (7 marks) ES (a) —_ Asolid right pyramid on a square base of side Sem has the slant side of length 14 cm. Find correct 10 2 places of decitnal its (i) vertical height (it) Surface area (UL marks) 1301/311, 1304-5/311, 1309/31 5 ‘Turn overeasytvet.com (b) Figure 1 shows a liquid in-2 test tube in the shape of a eylinder with a hemispherical bottom, The radius is 2 em and the height is 11 cm, Figure | Ifthe height of the liquid in the tube is 10 em measured from its lowest point, calculate (i) the volume of the Tiquid (i) the mass of the liquid given that the density of liquid is 0.8 gem? (9 marks) 1301/31, 1304-S/311, 109/311 7 Turn overeasytvet.com 4, Plot the graph of'y = 4x° + 4x - 3 for values of x between x = -3 tox =2. ‘Use the graph to solve the equations: @ dx pdx -3=0 Gi) 4e+4x-7=0 Gil) 24 4x-5=0 (20 marks) / | | | | } j | | 1301/311, 1304-S/311, 1309/311 8 i a1301/31, 1304-5/311, 1309/31 9 ‘Turn evereasytvet.co! 3. (a) Given the matrices a-—< a=() 73) Find A+B Gi) (aby (4 marks) (>) Use matrix method to solve the following simultaneous equations 3x (9 marks) 1301/31, 1304-5/311, 1309/31 10easytvet.com (©) ‘The sum of two numbers is 9-and the sum of their squares is 53. Find the numbers. (7 marks) 6 (a) Given that x isan acute angle and cos x= Ze. Find without using tables o calculator. (sine ve Gi) tan (00~x) (3 marks) 1301/311, 1304-5/311, 1309/31 uw ‘Turn overeasytvet.co! (>) Solve the following trigonometrie equation, 4 sin?8 + 4 cos O= 1 for 0° = 6 < 360°. 3) (©) Amemployce cams a basic xalary of Kshs.40,000 and is entitled to.n house allowance of Kshs.20,000 and travelling allowanee of Kshs.5,000 The table below shows 2 monthly income tax rates Monthly taxable pay Rate of tax Ke Kshs per ke 1-342 343 - 684 685 - 1026 1027 - 1368 1369-1710 over 1710 The employee is entitled to a personel tax reliefof Ksh.220, The following deductions are made from his salary per month, 1301/3911, 1304-5311, 1309/3111 2easytvet.com Cartoan Kshs.8,000 Health insurance fund Kshs.3,000 Retirement Benefit fund Kshs. 1,800 Calculate his net monthly salary. (11 marks) 7. (a) Figure 2 shows triangle OAB, P divides AB in the ratio 7:4, Figure 2 Given that, OA =a. and OB = b express OP in terms of gq and b (6 marks) 1301/31, 1304-5/311, 1309/3811 13 Turn overeasytvet.com| (6) Figure 3 shows.a system of forees ucting on a particle. Figure 3 Use the method of resolution of forces to calculate: (i) the magnitude of the resultant force. (ii) the direction of the resultant fore (14 marks) 1301/31, 1304-5311, ef 1309/11 14easytvet.com § (a) The production in a certain factory depends entirely on the operation of twa engines A and B. The probability of engine A failing is 0.2. The probability of engine B failing is 0.1 Calculate the probability th (i) both engines are working; )) there is no production in the factory: only one engine is working. (9 marks) 1301311, 1305/31, 1309/31 15 Daneeasytvet.com (b) The number of accidents that took place in a certain town in August 2011 was recorded as shown in table 1, Table 1 | No. of accidents 25 | 69 10-13 14-17] is-2t [No. of days x [6 ii 0 | 4 Determine () the mean number of accidents per day. (i) the median (iti) the modal class (11 marks) 1301311, 1304-5/31 1309/3811 16