MATHEMATICS FORM TWO APRIL HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2024

 12  3  4  20
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate
 6  6  3  6
22  14 4 2  6  12
2. Evaluate 
6  2 72  8  3
3. Agnes paid rent which was 1 of her net salary. She used 1 of the remaining amount to make a down
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payment for a plot. She gave her mother Ksh. 2,500 and did shopping worth Ksh. 7,500 for herself. She saved
the remainder which was Ksh. 12,500. How much was the down payment that she made?
4. Without using a calculator, evaluate, giving your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.
3 1  6 1  2 of 4 1
4 4 5 6
1 7  2 2 1
10 3 4
 
5. Given that 1. 0 5  1 a Find the values of a and b
b
6. Express + as a single fraction in simplest form
7. The lengths of three wires are 36m, 48m and 72m. Pieces of wire of equal lengths were cut from the three
wires; calculate the least number of pieces obtained.
8. A rectangle floor of a room measures 5.4 m long and 4.2 m wide. The room is to be covered with square tiles.
Calculate the minimum number of square tiles that can be used to cover the floor.
9. A business woman bought 300 oranges at Ksh. 10 for every twelve oranges. Twelve of them got bad but she
sold the remaining at Ksh.20 for every 18 oranges. Calculate the percentage profit
10. Three business people, Mutua, Kamau and Mwiti contributed a total of ksh.164,500 to start a retail business.
The ratio of contribution of Mutua to Kamau was 2 : 3, that of Kamau to Mwiti was 4 : 5. How much did
Mutua contribute?
11. Peter is paid a commission of 1.5% on goods worth over Ksh. 100 000. He is also paid a monthly salary
of Ksh. 11 000. In a certain month, he sold 350 handbags at Ksh 400 each.
a) Calculate Peters earning that month.
b) The following month, Peters monthly salary was increased by 10%, His total earnings that month was
Ksh. 17 380. Calculate:
i) The total amount of money received from the sales of handbags that month.
ii) The number of handbags sold that month.
12. In the year 2001 the price of a sofa set in a shop was Ksh. 12,000
a) Calculate the amount received from the sales of 240 sofa sets that year
b) In the year 2002 the price of each sofa set increased by 25% while the number of sets sold
decreased by 10%.
i) Calculate the percentage increase in the amount received from the sales
ii) If at the end of the year 2002, the price of each sofa set changed in the ratio 16:15.
Calculate the price of each sofa set in the year 2003.
c) The number of sofa sets sold in the year 2003 was p% less than the number sold in the year 2002.
Calculate the value of P given that the amounts received from the sales in the year were equal.
13. a) The ratio of Juma’s and Akinyi’s earnings was 5:3. Juma’s earnings rose to Ksh 8 400 after an increase of
12%. Calculate the percentage increase in Akinyi’s earnings given that the sum of their earnings was Ksh. 14
100
c) Juma and Akinyi contributed all the new earnings to buy maize at Ksh 1 175 per bag. The maize was then
sold at ksh 1 762.50 per bag. The two shared all the money from the sales of the maize in the ratio of their
contributions. Calculate the amount that Akinyi got.

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 14. Use square, square root and reciprocal tables only to evaluate the following giving your answer to four
significant figures.
2 2

34.46 8.672
15. Use the tables of squares, square roots and reciprocals only to evaluate,
 21.3
2 2

0.03412
16. Use logarithms correct to 4 decimal places to evaluate
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82.51  0.0062
a)
log 2.502

b) 3
0.074322  48.383
8458
17. 1.5litres of water (density 1g/cm3) is added to 5litres of alcohol (density 0.8g/cm3. Calculate the density of the
mixture.
18. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below:

Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)

1 Sterling pound (£) 130.10 130.54
1 South African Rand 9.52 9.58
A businessman on a trip to Kenya had £50,000 which he converted to Kenya shillings. While in Kenya,
he spent 80% of the money and changed the balance to South African Rand. Calculate, to the nearest
Rand, the amount he obtained
19. A saleslady earns a basic salary of Ksh. 8500. In addition she earns a commission of 12 % on sales made
above Ksh. 100000. In January she earned a total of Ksh. 68500. Calculate the value of goods she sold in
January.
20. Oketch sells his car to Jane and makes a profit of 20%. Jane sells the same to Issa at Ksh. 180000, making
a loss of 10%. Determine the price at which Oketch bought the car?
21. A cylindrical tunnel of diameter 14m and length 400m is to be excavated in a rock. Calculate:
a) The volume of the tunnel.
b) The weight (in tones) of rock excavated if 1m3 of the rock weighs 6000 kg.
c) The number of truck loads needed to carry away the rock if a truck carries 30 tonnes.
d) Determine the capacity of a cone whose base diameter is 14cm and vertical height 24 cm.
22. The sum of digits formed in a two digit number is 16. When the number is subtracted from the number
formed by reversing the digits, the difference is 18. Find the number
23. Mary has 21 coins whose total value is Ksh. 72. There are twice as many five shillings coins as there are ten
shilling coins. The rest are one shillings coins. Find the number of ten shillings coins that Mary has.
24. Moraa spends a total of sh. 970 on buying 3 text books and 5 pens. If had bought 2 textbooks and 8 pens she
would have saved sh. 90. Find the cost of one textbook.
25. A car park can accommodate cars and buses. On a particular day there were x buses and y cars in the
car park, giving a total of 500 vehicles. The parking area of a bus is 50 m2 and the parking area of a
car is 10 m2. On that day a total area of 8000 m2 was occupied by buses and cars.
a) Write down a pair of simultaneous equations, in their simplest form, to represent the above
information.
b) Solve the simultaneous equations to find the value of x and y.

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 c) There is a flat rate charge per day for packing. The flat rate for buses is 2 times that for cars. On
that day, an income of Ksh. 23 000 was earned by the company. Calculate the flat rate of the bus.
26. Kerubo bought 420 bananas at Ksh 20 for every 8 bananas. For every 70 bananas bought, she was given
one extra banana. She hired a cart for sh 50 to transport the bananas. During transportation 14 bananas got
spoilt and the remaining ones were sold.
a) Determine:
i) The total amount of money that Kerubo spent.
ii) The number of bananas sold.
b) Kerubo made a 60% profit after selling some of the bananas at Ksh 30 for every 5 and the rest at Ksh
10 for every 3. Calculate:
i) The number of bananas sold at Ksh 30 for every 5. (4 marks)
ii) The amount of money obtained from the bananas sold at Ksh 10 for every 3
27. Find the value of x in the equation 81x 1  3 4 x  246

28. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, evaluate

1
2  81  4
27 3
 
 16 
29. The sum of interior angles of two regular polygons of sides; n and n + 2 are in the ratio 3: 4. Calculate the sum
of the interior angles of the polygon with n sides
30. Two of the exterior angles of a polygon are each 54°. The remaining exterior angles are each 28°. Find the
number of sides of the polygon.
31. In the space provided, construct a parallelogram PQRS such that PQ=7 cm, QR =5 cm and ∠PQR=60°.
Measure the diagonal PR.
32. Construct line AB = 7cm, divide the line into 5 equal proportions and locate point R such AR  2 AB .
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33. A straight line L1 has its x−intercept and y−intercept as −4 and 6 respectively.
a) Write down the equation of line L1 in the form ax + by + c = 0 where a, b and c are integers
b) Another line L2 which is parallel to L1 passes through P(3,2k) and Q(–k,6). Find the value of k.
c) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector to the line joining points P and Q
d) Calculate the angle which the line L1 makes with the x-axis.
34. The line L1 whose equation is 2 x  hy  k cuts the x-axis at x = 3 and cuts the y − axis at y = 6, find
a) The values of the constant h and k,
b) The gradient of the line L1.
c) Equation of the line L2 which is perpendicular L1 and passes through the point (– 2, – 5), giving the
answer in the double intercept form.
d) The coordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines.
35. Two lines L1 with equation 2 y  3x  6  0 and L2 with equation 3 y  x  20  0 intersect at point A.
a) Find the co-ordinates of A
b) A third line L3 is perpendicular to L2 at point A. find the equation of L3 in the form y  mx  c
c) Another line L4 is parallel to L1 and passes through (−1,3), find the x and y intercepts of L4
36. A pilot intends to fly from A to D through B and C, B is 750km from A and on a bearing of N50°E.C is
on a bearing of N 40° W from B and their distance apart is 600km. D is on a bearing of S 85° W from C
and at a distance of 1050km.
a) Using the scale of 1cm for 100km, show the flight route.
b) If the pilot on its way back decides to fly directly from D to A;
i) By use of compass bearing find the direction of A from D
ii) Find the distance from D to A in kilometers.
iii) The plane flies at 500km/h. If it leaves D at 9.00a.m at what time did it arrive at A.
c) Using your diagram in (a) above,
i) Find the distance between A and C
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 ii) Find the compass bearing of A from point C
37. Three warships P, Q and R leave port X at 9:00am, ship P sails at a steady speed on a bearing of 070⁰, 100km
from port X, while ship Q sails on a bearing of 320⁰, 80km from X. Ship R is on a bearing of 150⁰ from port X
and due south of ship P.
a) Using a ruler and compasses only construct a scale drawing to show the position of P, Q, R and X
b) Use the scale drawing to determine
i) The distance and bearing of ship P from ship Q
ii) The distance of ship R from port X
iii) The distance of ship R from ship P
38. Triangle PQR has vertices at P (2,3), Q(1,2) and R(4,1), while triangle P1Q1R1 has vertices at P1(-2,3),
Q1(-1,2), R1 (-4,1).
a) Draw triangle PQR and P1Q1R1 on the grid provided below.
b) Describe fully a single transformation which maps triangle PQR onto triangle P1Q1R1.
c) On the same plane, draw triangle P11Q11R11 the image of PQR, under reflection on line y + x = 0
d) Describe fully a single transformation which maps triangle P11Q11R11 onto triangle P1Q1R1.
e) Draw triangle P111Q111R111such that it can be mapped onto triangle PQR by a positive quarter turn about
the origin
f) State all pairs of triangles that are oppositely congruent
39. a) The vertices of a quadrilateral are A(1, 2), B(4, 4), C( 3, 2) and D(5, 1). Draw quadrilateral ABCD on
the grid provided.
b) A’B’C’D’ is the image of ABCD under a reflection in the line x = 0. Draw A’B’C’D’ and state its
coordinates.
c) A”B”C”D” is the image of A’B’C’D’ after a positive quarter turn about the origin. Draw A”B”C”D”
and state its coordinates.
d) Draw A”’B”’C’”D’” is the image of A”B”C”D” under an enlargement centre ( 1,–3) scale factor –1.
40. In the figure below, AB is parallel to DE, AB = 10cm, DE = 4cm, DC = 6cm and AD = x cm. Find the value of
x.

41. In the diagram below, BC is parallel to DE and AC: CD 1: 2. If the triangle ABC has an area of 5cm2, find the
area of the trapezium BCED.

42. The diagonals of a rhombus measure 9.2 cm and 7.5 cm respectively. Calculate the area of the rhombus
43. Given that 𝑥=3 , 𝑦=−2 and 𝑧=−1, find the value of
4 xyz  2 xz 2  5 y
xy 3 z  3xz 3  4 y

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