Math Exam Prep: Sets & Functions
Math Exam Prep: Sets & Functions
TOPIC1: SETS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. Given E= {1, 2, k, p, m, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9}
3. Use set notation to describe the shaded region in each of the diagrams below.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
(b) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram below.
List (AUB)'
(b) On the Venn diagram in the answer space below shade the region defined by
A'∩(BUC)
(b) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the diagram below.
5. (a) The Venn diagram below shows sets A and B. list A'∩B.
E A B
.1 .3 .4
.8 .2 .5
.6
.7
(b) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the diagram below.
TOPIC2:INDEX NOTATION
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
⅔ ¼
(f) ( )-2 (g) ( )½ (h) ( )- (i) ( ) (j) √ )-2
½
(k) ( )0 – )- (l) ( √ )3 (m) b0 32
4. Solve
r
(a) 6m = 1 (b) 4b = 8 (c) 2-j = (d) = (e) ( ) = p9
⅓
(f) =100 (g) y3 = 16 (h) y =5 (i) (0.04)p=125
(n)
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
⅓
1. (i) Find the value of (ii) Solve the equation =4
⅔
2. (i) Evaluate 27 (ii) Solve the equation
-¼
3. (i) Evaluate ° (ii) Solve the equation
TOPIC3: ALGEBRA
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
(g)
(l) (m)
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
(e)
TOPIC4: MATRICES
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
(d)
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
4. (a) A cylinder of radius 8cm has a volume of 128cm 3, find the volume of a similar
cylinder of radius 6cm.
(b) A solid has a height of 15cm and a volume of 360cm 3. A similar solid has volume
9720cm3. Find its height.
5. Two heaps of rice are of similar shape and contain 128kg and 250g of rice
respectively. If the height of the bigger heap is 70cm, find the height of the smaller
one.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. (a) A cylinder with diameter 2cm has a volume of 5cm 3. Find the volume of a similar
cylinder with diameter 8cm.
2. The ratio of the heights of two containers that are geometrically similar is 2:3. If the
surface area of the smaller container is 80cm 2. Find the surface area of the larger
container.
3. The ratio of the surface areas of two cubes is 16:25. What is the volume of the
smaller cube, if the volume of the bigger cube is 500cm3?
4. (a) Two tins are geometrically similar; if the ratio of their volumes is 27:64, find their
ratio of their curved surface areas.
(b) The base areas of two containers that are geometrically similar are 80cm2 and
180cm2, respectively, if the capacity of the larger container is 54 litres. Calculate the
capacity of the smaller one.
TOPIC6: FUNCTIONS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. Given that g , find (i) (ii)
(ii) (iii)
(b) (c) .
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
TOPIC7: VARIATION
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
when
when
3.
X a 7 2
Y 2 b 1
The table above is for . Use the information in the table to find the
(a) Value of k
(b) Value of a
(c) Value of b
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4. Given that varies directly as the cube of m and that when , find
(a) The equation of variation
(b) , when
(c) when
5. varies inversely as and when find the
(c) when
6. Y varies inversely as x squared and when x = 3, y = 2. Find the value of
(a)
(b) when
(c) when
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
X 2 3 a
Y 20 40 104
2
3. It is given that , where k is the constant of variation.
v 1 B 5
t 4 36 a
Use the information given in the table to find the
(a) Value of k
(b) Value of a
(c) Value of b
4. The table below shows the relationship between two variables x and y. it is given that
y varies inversely as the square root of x where x is positive.
y 2 8
x 16 1 a
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. Floyd had 125 shares in a company. At the end of the financial year, the company
declared a dividend of K3.00 per share. How much was due to Floyd?
2. Ngiwezi invested K14500.00 in a business firm. The condition was that if she left
her shares in the firm for 12 months, a profit of 5% would be added to her shares.
How much will she get at the end of 12 months?
3. (a) A businessman bought 300 company shares at K60.00. The nominal price was
K30.00. How much does he pay for the shares?
(b) Mophone manufacturing company paid a total dividend of K12600.00 at the end of
2015 on 600 shares. If Magula owned 200 shares in the Company, how much was
paid out in dividends to her?
4. The dividend due on 1000 shares at the end of a financial year is K2250.00. If the
annual dividend rate is 3% of the share value, calculate the value of each share.
TOPIC9: ESTIMATION
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. The true value of the length of a square is 20cm. if this is recorded as 20.2cm, find
(a) The absolute error
(b) The relative error
2. The true value of the length of a rectangle is 5.5m. If this is recorded as 5m. find
(a) The absolute error
(b) The relative error
(c) The percentage error
3. If a square has a side of length 4cm, correct to the nearest centimeters, find
(a) The shortest possible length of the side
(b) The longest possible length of the square
(c) The smallest possible area of the square
(d) The largest possible area of the square.
4. The length of a wire is 6.0m, what is the
(a) Absolute error
(b) Relative error
5. The bag of sweet potatoes measures ( find
(a) The tolerance
(b) The relative error as a fraction in its lowest term
(c) The maximum mass of sweet potatoes.
6. If the radius of a circle is given as 25.2cm correct to the nearest centimeters, find the
limits of the radius, r, in the form…… ...
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. (a) The mass (m) of mealie meal is 25kg. Complete the statement in the answer
space……… ……….
(b)The length of a line is 8cm. if this is recorded as 8.2cm, calculate the percentage
error.
2. A piece of timber measures 5.25cm long. Calculate the relative error of the
measurement.
3. Misozi and Filamba estimated the length of a line to be 9cm and 10cm respectively. If
the true length of the line was 9.6cm, find
(a) Misozi’s absolute error
(b) Filamba’s percentage error
4. A bag of potatoes has mass
(a) Find the tolerance of this mass
(b) Write down the relative error of the mass, as a fraction, in its simplest form.
5. (a) The length of a wire is 5.2cm, correct to 1 decimal place. What is its maximum
possible length?
(b) Find the percentage error of the mass of a bag of sugar that weighs 10.00kg,
correct to 2 decimal places.
6. (a) The length of the wire is 7.3cm correct to 1 decimal place
(a) What is the minimum possible length?
(b) What is the maximum possible length?
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
EXAMINATION QUESTION
1. The scale of a map is 1:20, 000. The actual area of residential plots is 60km 2.
Calculate the area of residential plots on the map in square centimeters.
Find the
(a) Coordinates of A, B and C
A (b) Equation of the axis of symmetry
(c) The coordinates of the turning point
0 B C (d) The minimum value
B C
0
-3 4
Find the
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. The diagram shows a sketch of a graph which meets the x-axis at -4 and 2
Find the
2. The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of passing through the
points E and G
. Find the
4. The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of cutting the x-axis
at B and C.
0 B C
Q Find the
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
(a) Find the formula for the nth term of this progression.
(a) The first term (b) a formula for the nth term.
8. Form an arithmetic progression that has two arithmetic means between 3 and -21.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. For an arithmetic progression 16, 25, 34, 43, 52,………… write down
2. The first three terms in an arithmetic progression are 5, 7 and 9. Find the
4. (a) For the sequence 11, 13, 15, 17, …….., find the 13 th term
5. The first and second terms of an arithmetic progression are 100 and 95, respectively
find the
TOPIC13: MENSURATION
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. The diagram below shows a circle with radius 7cm and the sector OAXB which
subtends the angle 1200 at the centre 0. The length of a chord AB is 12cm.
Calculate
2. In the diagram below OAB is a sector of a circle whose centre is O, radius y cm and
Given that the area of the sector 0AB is 462cm2. Calculate the value of y
3. The diagram below shows a sector MON of a circle with centre O and radius 7cm. the
2
area of the sector is (
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. In the diagram below, OPQ is a sector of a circle whose centre is 0, radius xcm and
angle POQ=80o
Given that the area of the sector OPQ is 308cm2. Calculate the value of x ( )
2. The diagram below shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and radius 7cm. the
Calculate AOB
3. The diagram below is a sector with centre O and radius 7cm. angle at o is 270
7cm
07cm
270º
4. In the diagram below MN is an arc of a circle whose centre is O and radius 21cm.
Given that MON=120 . Calculate the area of the sector MON (Take to be ).
TOPIC14:COORDINATE GEOMETRY
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. (a) Given that A (-1, -2) and B (3, 1). Find the length of AB.
(b) A circle has centre at (1, 2). One point on its circumference is (-3,-1).
2. (a) Find the coordinate of the midpoint of (6, 1) and (2, 5).
(b) Find the coordinate of A, if the midpoint of AB is (3, -6) and point B is (8, -10).
3. (a) Find the gradient of the line segment join point A (-3, -9) and B (1, -1).
(b) A straight line passing through P (x, 2) and Q (3, 10) has gradient -2,
a) With a gradient of 2 and that passes through the point (-2, 4).
b) That passes through the points (2, 4) and (1, -2).
c) With a gradient of 2 and an x- intercept of 4.
d) With a gradient of and Y- intercept of .
5. (a) Find the equation of the straight line that passes through the point (2, 4) and is
parallel
to the line
(b) Find the equation of the straight line that is perpendicular to the line and
passes through the point (8, 7).
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. (a) The point (5, 2) is the midpoint of the straight line joining A (x, 9) and B (3, y). Find
the value of x and the value of y.
b) find the equation of a straight line passing through (1, 5) and (2,10)
2. Find the equation of a straight line which is parallel to 2x+y=3 passing through (-2,
3).
3. The gradient of the line joining the point (-2, k) and (k, -14) is 2. Calculate the value of
K.
4. The equation of a straight line L is given by . Find the equation of the line
passing through (-2, 3) and perpendicular to line L.
5. (a) Find the gradient of the straight line whose equation is .
(b)Find the equation of the straight line passing through (-4, 4) and is perpendicular
to the straight line whose equation is .
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. The diagram below is an incomplete program flow chart to calculate the radius r of
the circle of latitude N, Given the radius, R of the earth. Complete the chart flow
below by writing appropriate statements in the blank symbols.
Begin
Output r
End
2. In the answer space below, is an incomplete simple program pseudo codes for calculating
and out putting the sum of the arithmetic progression Sn, Given the number of terms n, the
first term, a and the common difference, d. Complete the program by filling in the blank
spaces with appropriate statements.
Begin
Enter______________
Sn =__________________
Output Sn
End
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. In the answer space below is an incomplete program in Pseudo code to calculate the
circumference of a circle of latitude ,given that the radius, R of the earth. Complete
2. The diagram in the answer space below is an incomplete flow chart to calculate
for the triangle shown below.
Complete the flow chart below by writing the appropriate statements in the blank
symbols.
Output Cosx
End
3. The diagram below is an incomplete program flow chart to calculate the curved
surface area, S of a cone with base radius r and slant height l.
Complete the flow chart below by writing appropriate statements in the blank symbols.
Begin
Output S
End
4. In the answer space below, is an incomplete simple program Pseudo code for
calculating and outputting the volume of a cylinder V, given the base radius r and the
height h. complete program by filling in the blank spaces with appropriate statements.
Begin
Enter ………………
V ………………..
Output V
End
TOPIC16:PROBABILITY
EXPECTED QUESTION
1) A bag contains 2 blue, 3 yellow and 5 green marbles of the same type. Find the probability
of picking a blue marble at random from the bag.
2. The probability of Justin becoming a president is . What is the probability of him not
becoming a president?
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. (a) A box contains 5 green, 3yellow and 6 red beads of the same type. Find the probability
of picking a yellow bead at random from the box?
(b) In a game, the probability of a player losing is 0.3. What is the probability of a player
winning the game?
(c)The probability that Chakupaleza will go for remedial lesson on a particular day is .
What is the probability that she will not go for her remedial lessons on that particular day?
2. (a) a die and coin are rolled and tossed, respectively. What is the probability of getting a
five and tail?
(b) There are 45 green and red marbles in a bag. Given that the probability of choosing a
TOPIC17:CALCULUS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
(b)
(c)
(d)
4. Integrate
5. Integrate the expression
6. Determine ∫
7. Find in terms of if =
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
TOPIC17:VECTOR GEOMETRY
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
3. The point P has coordinates (4, 6) and the point Q has coordinates (-5, 7). Express
PQ as a column vector.
4. Show that the points M (-1, -2), J (3, 6) and P(4, 8) are collinear.
5. The coordinates of D and E are (-3, 7) and (9, 3) respectively. Find the coordinates of
M the mid-point of D and E.
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. (a) Chihongo is a town on (53oS, 65oW) and Nyakuleng’a is another town on (53 oS,
19oE). A football match is scheduled to kick off at 15 30hours local time at Chihongo.
What will be kicking off time at Nyakuleng’a?
(b) Calculate the distance between two places A(30 oS, 12oE) and B (60oN, 12oE)
2. Two towns, P and Q lie on latitude 43o North, P is on longitude 23o West while Q on
Longitude xo East.
(a) If the difference in degrees between P and Q is 63o state the value of X.
(b) A Fifa World Cup Final match is scheduled to kickoff at exactly 15 00hours, local
time at Q. what will be the kick off time at P?
3. (a) An aeroplane flew from point A (60S, 30W) to point B(60S, 60E). Using as much of
the information given below as is necessary, find the distance covered by the aeroplane
o
in kilometers. { = 0.50, tan 60o=1.73o}.
(b) A plane flew North from A (28oS, 20oE) to town B(32oN, 20oE) in 9 hours. Find the
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. A plane leaves a town P (0o, 30oW) and flies due East to a town Q (0o, 50oE) in 3
hours. The distance between P and Q is 4800nm.
(a) Calculate its average speed
(b) If the plane leaves P at 06 00hours, what time will it arrive at Q?
2. (a)The difference in longitude between town A and town B is 105o.B is West of A. A family
at A was watching a football match at 1600 hours. At what time did a family at B watch the
same match?
(b) The distance between P and Q is 3600nm. If an aeroplane flies from P to Q at 600
knots, how long will it take?
3. Town L is on (0o, 30oW) and town K is on (0o, 60oE) as shown in the diagram.
(a) If a radio quiz is scheduled to start at 1200 hours at L, find the time at which the people
at K will be listening to the quiz.
4. (a) a soccer match kicked off at 1400 hours at A (20 oN, 30oE). What would be the kick off
time of the soccer match at B(20oN,15oW)?
(b) Two towns P and Q are on the same longitude. Given that P is (40 oN, 15oW) and PQ is
7200nm, find the position of Q.
5. (a) Mogadishu and Kinshasa are on longitudes 45oE and 15oE respectively. If it is 1130
hours in Mogadishu, what time is it in Kinshasa?
(b) What is the shortest distance over the earth’s surface between A(32oN,8oW) and
B(40oN,172oE)? [R=6370km, ]
TOPIC20:CIRCLE THEOREM
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. In the diagram below O is the centre of the circle A, C, B, D and T. BT is the diameter
of the circle and MN is the tangent to the circle. BTD = 42o and ABT = 32o
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle A, B, C and D are points on the
circumference. AD produced meets the line from C at E such that CD=DE and angle
AOC =120o
Calculate angle
2. The diagram shows a circle with a tangent RWS. The points N, W, X and Y are on
the circle such that XYW=44o, VWY = 54o and SWV = 39o.
(b) Find
(i) ACF
(ii) DEF
4. In the diagram below, points A, B, C and D are on a circle. BD is the diameter of the
circle. ABC = 42o, CAD = 33o and the lines AC and BD intersect at X.
Find
a) CBD
b) A D
c) AXB
5. In the diagram below, PR is a diameter of a circle with centre O. Q and S are points
on the circumference. The tangent to the circle at the point P meets QS produces at
Calculate
(a) PRS
(b) PRQ
(c) PTQ
TOPIC21: BEARINGS
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. (a) The bearing of point B from A is 129o. What is the bearing of A from B?
(b) In the diagram below, C is due south of A, AB =BC and the bearing of B from A is
110o
Find the
(a) Bearing of C and B
(b) Bearing of A from C
2. In the diagram below, C is due East of point A and due North of B. Angle BAC is 50o
Find the
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. In the diagram below, F is due East of E and angle GEF=60 o and angle EFG = 40o
(a) F from G
(b) E from G
2. In the diagram below, a cyclist starts from town W and cycles on a bearing of 216 o to
town P. she then leaves town P and cycles on a bearing of 296o to Z. Z is West of W.
Calculate
(a) PWZ
(b) WPZ
3. Two boats X and Y leaves port P at the same time. X travels on a bearing of 159 o
and Y travels on a bearing of 215o as shown in the diagram below. After sometime X
and Y are at points such that angle PYX = 41o.
Find the
(a) Bearing of X from Y
(b) Bearing of P from X
4. A, B and C are three points on level ground. B is on a bearing of 070 o from A and C is
on a bearing of 130o from B.
5. The diagram below shows an equilateral triangle ABC. A is due North of B and CN is
parallel to BA.
Find
(a) BCN
(b) The bearing of C from A
TOPIC22: TRIGONOMETRY
EXPECTED QUESTIONS
1. (a) The figure below shows ABC in which AC=5cm. Given that Sin B=0.5, Cos B=0.9
and tan B= 0.6, calculate the length of BC.
(b) In ABC, AB = 6cm, BC=5cm and AC = 8cm. Use the Cosine rule to show that
Cos C=
3.
In the triangle PQR, PQ =7cm, PR=10cm, QR =15cm and Sin PQR = . Find the
value of Sin PRQ, giving the answer as fraction in its lowest terms.
4. (a) In the diagram below, AC=10cm, BC =5cm and ACB =60 o. Given that Sin 60o =
0.366, Cos60o =0.5 and tan 60o =1.73, calculate the value of (AB)2
(b) In the diagram below, ABC is a straight line BC = 8cm, BD = 10cm and Sin ABD =
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. In the diagram below, AC = 10cm, angle ABC = 90o and BAC = 30o
Calculate BC
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2. It is given that PQR below is right angled at R. QR = 4cm and tan QPR
o
3. The diagram below shows triangle ABC in which AC = 18cm CAB = 30
3. Write down the four inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on
the diagram below.
4. Write the four inequalities that define the unshaded region R on the XOY
plane below.
Calculate
EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
1. The diagram is a speed –time graph of a particle which accelerates uniformly from
rest for 12 seconds until it reaches a speed of 24m/s. It moves at a constant speed
for a further 12 seconds before it accelerates uniformly for another 6 seconds to
speed of Vm/s.
(c) Given that the total distance covered was 600m, calculate the value of V.
2. The diagram below shows the speed-time graph of a particle started off from rest and
accelerates uniformly for 10 seconds. It then traveled at a constant speed for 20
seconds and then decelerated to rest.
(a) Find the speed v the particle reached if its acceleration was 2m/s2 in the first 10
seconds.
(b) Given that the total distance covered was 750m, find the value of t in the diagram.
(c) What was the speed at 40 seconds?
4. The diagram below is the speed-time graph of a particle. The particle accelerates
uniformly from a speed of vm/s to a speed of 5vm/s in 20seconds.
1. The diagram below shows a Cartesian plane with points A(6, 6), B(0, -2), C(0, 6) and
D(6, 0).
Find the
(a) Equation of the line CD
(b) Distance AB
2. The diagram below shows a right pyramid with a square base ABCD and apex P.
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