MATHEMATICS FORM THREE APRIL HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT 2024

1. Evaluate
 4of (4  15  5  3  4  2)
a)
84  7  3  5
22  (18) (15  (2)(6)
b) 
2 3
(8)  4  156  2of (43  30)
c)
(3)  (8)  2  6
2. Simplify completely:
3x 2  12
a)
3  (1  x)
4t 2  25a 2
b)
6t 2  9at  15a 2
3. A square room is covered by a number of whole rectangular slabs of sides 60 cm by 42 cm. calculate the least
possible area of the room in square meters.
4. Four metal rods have lengths of 216cm, 324cm and 270cm. The rods are cut into shorter pieces of the same
length such that there is no metal left. How many pieces were obtained?
5. 40 cm3 of water is poured into an empty measuring cylinder. A stone of mass 129g is put into the cylinder. If
the density of the mixture of the stone is 8.6g/cm3, find the new reading of the cylinder.
6. A liquid spray of mass 384g is packed in a cylindrical container of internal radius 3.2 cm. Given that the
density of the liquid is 0.6g/cm3, calculate to 2dp the height of the liquid in the container.
7. A cylindrical container of diameter 42cm and height 30cm is one-third full of water. The container is filled
using a smaller cylindrical can of radius 4.2 cm and height 10cm. determine the number of full cans required
to fill the container.
8. 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 shilling coins. Find the number of ten shillings coins that Mary has.
9. A positive two digit number is such that the product of the digits is 20.When the digits are reversed, the
number so formed is greater than the original number by 9.Find the number.
10. A triangle whose vertices are A(1,4), B(2,1) and C (5,2) is given the following transformations:
i) Reflection in the line y   x to A`B`C`
ii) A`B`C` is then given rotation of +900 about origin to get A``B``C``
  2
iii) A``B``C`` is then given a translation vector   to A```B```C```
 1 
iv) A```B```C``` is then given an enlargement scale factor -2 centre (0,0) to A````B````C````.
On the grid, plot triangle ABC and its images A``B``C``, A``B``C``, A```B```C``` and A````B````C````.
11. A cylindrical solid of length 20cm and radius 6cm is melted to form 12 similar conical solids of height 8cm.
determine the radius of each conical solid
12. The image of P(5,5) under an enlargement scale factor 2 is P`(8,7). Find the coordinates of the centre of
enlargement
13. The masses of two similar building blocks are 2.7kg and 800 grams respectively. Find the surface area of the
larger block if the surface area of the smaller block is 120 cm2
14. A frustum of height 24cm is obtained when a small cone of height 8cm is cut off from a larger cone. The
smaller cone has a volume of 200cm3. Determine the volume of the frustum.

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 15. A solid metallic ground peg consists of a conical part whose perpendicular height is 6cm and a cylindrical part
of height 15cm. The conical part and the cylindrical parts have a common radius of 2cm. This is as shown in
the figure below.

a) Calculate the volume of the peg (take π=3.142)

b) Find the total curved surface area of the peg.
c) If the peg is melted down and recast into a hemispherical solid, determine the radius of the hemispheres to 3
significant figures
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16. Solve the equation 6a  5  using completing square method.
a

17. A quadratic equation x 2  ax  b  0 has roots 1 and -5. Find the values of a and b
18. Given that 9 x 2  36 x  40  k is a perfect square, find the value of k
19. Find the points where the quadratic equation y  x 2  4 x  3 intersects with the straight line y  x  9  0
3 1
20. Simplify  leaving your answer in the form a  b c where a, b and c are rational numbers
7 2 7

21. Given that cos 

3
5
, find the values of
tan   cos
sin 
leaving your answer in the form
a
b
c d e f 
22. Calculate the percentage error in the volume of a cone whose radius is 9.0 cm and slant length 15.0 cm
2454  396
23. By rounding each number to the nearest tens, approximate the value of . Hence, calculate the
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percentage error arising from this approximation to 4 significant figures.
24. The length and width of a rectangular floor are given as 3.8m and 3.2m respectively. The dimensions are given
with 1.5% and 2% error respectively. Find the percentage error in calculating the area of the floor
25. Solve 3 sin x tan x  8 for 0  x  360
26. Solve without using mathematical tables or a calculator 4 sin(2x + 10°) = 3 for 0° ≤ x ≤ 360°
32.4  0.04352
27. Use tables to evaluate
cos 85.9
28. Find without using mathematical table or a calculator, the value of x which satisfy the equation;
log 2 ( x 2  9)  3 log 2 2  1
29. Solve for x in the equation log 2 x  log 4 x  log16 x  7
2 log 5  log12  log 3
30. Evaluate without using mathematical table or a calculator;
log 5 3125  4 log 5 5

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 31. Rono invested a sum of money Ksh P at 24 p.a. simple interest for 8 years and realized that he got the same
amount as Wekesa who invested Ksh 2P for 4 years at compound interest. Calculate the rate of interest p.a.
Wekesa enjoyed.
32. Jane deposited Ksh 24,000 in a fixed account. After 4 years the money accumulated to Ksh 45,000. If the bank
paid compound interest of r % p.a. compounded semi-annually, find r.
33. Nanjala invested Ksh560,000 in Pesa Bank for 5 years and earned a compound interest of Ksh189,406. Omedo
invested some money in a different bank at the same rate p.a for 3 1 years and earned a compound interest
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of Ksh 142,522. If Nanjala’s interest was compounded semi-annually, find the principal amount that Omedo
invested, to the nearest sh.10.
34. In the figure below, EB and DB are arcs with centres at A and C respectively. AB = BC = 5.4cm and
 EAB =  DCB = 720. Calculate the area of the shaded region EBD correct to four significant
figures.

35. A flag post 12 m long is fixed on top of tower. From a point on horizontal ground, the angles of
elevation the top and bottom of the flag post are 460 and 330 respectively.
Calculate;
a) The horizontal distance from the point on the ground to the base of the floor.
b) The total height of the tower and the flag post.
c) The shortest distance from the point on the ground to;
i) The top of the flag post.
ii) The top of the tower.
36. A school planned to buy x calculators for a total cost of Ksh 16,200.The supplier agreed to offer a
discount of Ksh 60 per calculator. The school was then able to get three calculators for the same
amount of money.
a) Write an expression in terms of x for the
i) Original price of each calculator
ii) Price of each calculator after the discount.
b) Form an equation in x and hence determine the number of calculators the school bought
c) Calculate the discount offered to the school as a percentage
37. Motorbike A travels at 10 km/h faster than motorbike B whose speed is x km/h. Motorbike A takes
11/2 hours less than the motorbike B to cover a 180 km journey.
a) Write an expression in terms of x for the time taken to cover the 180 km journey by: i)
Motorbike A
ii. Motorbike B
b) Use the expressions (a) above to determine the speed, in km/h, of motorbike A.
c) For a journey of 48 km, motorbike B starts 10 minutes ahead of motorbike A.
Calculate in minutes, the difference in the time of their arrival at the destination.

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 38. The figure below shows a speed-time graph of a journey by car. The car starts from rest and
accelerates at 2 3 m / s for t seconds until its speed is 22m/s.
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It then travels at this speed for 40 seconds since starting at which point it brakes, bringing it
uniformly to rest. The total journey is 847m long and takes T seconds.
Calculate
a) The value of t.
b) The distance traveled during the first t seconds.
c) The value of T.
d) The final deceleration.
39. Below is a histogram drawn

Using the histogram shown above, complete the frequency table below
Class boundary Frequency
0.5 – 2.5 2
2.5 – 4.5 6
4.5 – 6.5
6.5 – 9.5
9.5 – 13.5
13.5– 14.5
40. Draw a line AB = 8cm which is a side of triangle ABC
a) Using a pair of compasses and ruler only construct:
i) Triangle ABC in which BC = 10cm and CAB  90 ;

ii) A rhombus BCDE such that CBE  120

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 iii) A perpendicular from F, the point of intersection of the diagonals of rhombus, to

meet BE at G. Measure FG;

iv) A circle to touch all sides of the rhombus

b) Determine the area of the region in the rhombus that lies outside the circle
41. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle and PS is a diameter of the circle. QR is parallel to
PS. If angle PSQ = 250 and angle POT = 1200. Find the sizes of the given angles giving reasons for
each.

a) Angle QRT
b) Angle QPT
c) Angle POR
d) Angle PTR
42. In the figure below, find the inequalities which describe the unshaded region

43. Jamats earned a fixed monthly salary in the year 2020. In November of that year, he spent 25% of his
monthly salary. In December, he spent 40% more than what he spent in November.
a) If his total expenditure for the 2 months was Ksh 96000, what was his salary in the month of
November 2020?
b) Determine how much he spent in December.
c) In January 2021, He received a 5% increase in his monthly salary and reduced his expenditure
compared to the December expenditure in ratio 2 : 5. Determine how much he spent in January
2021.
44. The coordinates of points P and T are (1,-2) and (3,6) respectively. A point Q divides line PT in the
ratio 3: -1.
a) Determine the coordinates of point Q.
b) Find the gradient of the line perpendicular to PQ
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 c) Hence determine the equation of the line perpendicular to PQ and passing through T, in the form
y  mx  c
d) If the Perpendicular line meets y – axis at R. Calculate the distance TR to three significant figures
e) Point N is on OQ such that NQ = 3ON. Determine the equation to the line parallel to PQ but
passing through point N.

45. The figure below shows two equal circles of radius 7 cm each with centres at X and Y. The two
circles are in contact at Q.

Given that  AXD =  BYC=1200 and lines AB, XQY and DC are parallel, calculate the area of;
a) The minor sector XAQD
b) The trapezium XABY.
c) The shaded region.
46. In the figure below (not drawn to scale), AB = 8cm, AC = 6cm, AD = 7cm, CD = 2.8cm and angle CAD = 500

Calculate to 2 decimal places;

a) The length of BC
b) The size of angle ABC
c) The size of angle CAD
d) The area of triangle ABD
47. A triangle ABC is such that AB = 12cm, angle CAB = 450 and angle ABC = 600. Calculate the area of the
triangle
48. The figure below represents a trapezium. AB = 18cm, BC = 8.9cm and AD = 9.8cm and angle
ADC=500, and angle BCD = 570.

Find correct to one decimal place:

a) The length of DC.
b) Perpendicular distance between AB and DC
c) The area of the trapezium

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