MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTER DEPERTMENT

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS MID TERM BREAK ASSIGNMENT GRADE 10 – 2021

ADDITIONAL MATHEMATICS 4030/4037

Additional materials:
Silent electronic calculators
Answer papers

OCT 2021 MID TERM BREAK

INSTRUCTION:
 Answer all the questions
 Only neat work to be submitted, written on plain papers
 Show all the necessary workings
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1. QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS AND INEQUALITIES

a. Find the range of values of for which [3]
b. Express in the form ( ) , where and are constant. Hence, find the
minimum value of [4]
c. Find the value of the constant p for which the line is a tangent to the curve
. [4]
d. Find the range of values of for which the line intersects the curve
at two distinct points. [4]
e. Find the range of values of for which the line – meets the curve
. [4]
f. Find the range of values of for which the line – does not meets the curve
. [4]
g. Given that ( ) , express ( ) in the form ( ) , where
and are constants. Hence sketch the graph of ( ). [5]
 h. The equation of a curve is given by , where a is a constant. Given that

this equation can also be written as ( ) , where b is a constant, find

(i) the value of a and of b,

(ii) the minimum value of y. [5]

2. EXPONENTS AND LOGARITHMIC FUNCTIONS

Solve the equations

a. [3]
b. [3]
c. ( ) ( ) [4]
d. Solve the equation ( ) ( ). [4]
e. Using appropriate substitution solve the equation . [5]
f. ( ) ( ). [4]
g. . [5]
h. Solve the simultaneous equations

[5]

3. REMAINDER AND FACTOR THEOREM

a. Factorise the following:

i.
(ii)
(iii)

b. Find the value of , given that the expression is exactly divisible by ( )

[3]
c. Solve the equation [4]
d. Given that ( – ) and ( – ) are factors of the polynomial – b.
i. Find and [4]
ii. Find the third factor [1]
 e. A function is such that ( ) . When ( ) is divided
by – , the remainder is 3. When ( ) is divided by , the remainder is 6.
Find the value of a and of b. [5]
f. is exactly divisible by and the remainder is – 20 when it is divided by
, find the value of and of and then factorise the expression. [5]
g. The expression and leaves the same remainder when divided by
. Find the three possible values of .

4. ARITHMATIC AND GEOMETRIC PROGRESSION

a. In an arithmetic progression, term is times the term and the term is more than
the term. Find
(i) the first term and the common difference [3]
(ii) the sum of the first 15 terms of the progression [2]
b. Given that the sum to infinity of a geometric progression is and the sum of the first three terms

is , find the first term and the common ratio [4]