FORM ONE HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT

1. A newspaper vendor has 18 bank notes with a total value of Ksh. 1800, if the notes are
either in Ksh. 200 or Ksh. 50 denominations calculate the number of Ksh. 50 notes he
has. (3marks)

2. In Blessed Church choir, the ratio of males to females is 2:3. On one Sunday service, ten
male members were absent and six new female members joined the choir as guests for the
day. If on this day the ratio of males to females was 1:3, calculate the number of regular
members the choir has.
(3marks)

3. Three similar pieces of timber of length 240cm, 320cm and 380cm are cut into equal
pieces. Find the largest possible area of a square which can be made from any of the
pieces cut.
(3marks)

4. Wanza sold a bag of potatoes for Sh. 420 and made a profit. If she sold it at Sh. 320, she
could have made a loss. Given that the profit is thrice the loss, calculate the cost price for
the bag of potatoes.
(3marks)

5. The average lap time for 3 athletes in a long distance race is 36 seconds, 40 seconds and
48 seconds respectively. If they all start the race at the same time, find the number of
times the slowest runner will have been overlapped by the fastest at the time they are all
together again.
(3 marks)
6. A Kenyan bureau buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below
Buying Selling
(In Kenya shillings) (In Kenya Shillings)
1 Hong Kong dollar 9.74 9.77
100 Japanese Yen 75.08 75.12
A tourist arrived in Kenya with 105,000 Hong Kong dollars and changed the whole
amount to Kenyan shillings. While in Kenya, she spent Ksh. 403 897 and changed the
balance to Japanese Yen before leaving for Tokyo. Calculate the amount, in Japanese Yen
that she received.
(3marks)
7. A minor arc of a circle of length 44cm subtends an angle of 120º at the centre of the circle
centre O. Calculate the radius of the circle
(3marks)

8. A father was three time as old as his son fifteen years ago and four times as old as his son
nineteen years ago. How old was the father when the child was born?
(4marks)
9. Security light poles have been erected along both sides of a street in Ringa town. The
poles are 50m apart along the left hand side of the road while they are 80m apart along
the right hand side. At one end of the road the poles are directly opposite each other. How
many poles will be erected by the time the poles are directly opposite each other at the

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 end of the road?
(3marks)
10. 32 girls and 52 boys were on an overseas learning trip, they were divided into groups of
equal number of people. Find the largest possible number that are in each group hence the
total number of groups
(3marks)

11. A surveyor finds that she needs 28 beacons placed 40m apart when she surveys the length
of a road. If she were to place the beacons 30m apart, calculate the number of beacons she
needs
(2marks)

12. Last year Kulundu was four times as old as his daughter Amina. In four years time the
sum of their ages will be 53. Determine their present ages
(3 marks)

13. An open rectangular box measures externally 32cm long, 27cm wide and 15cm deep. If
the box is made of wood 1cm thick, find the volume of wood used? (3
marks)
14. Judy needs to buy clothes costing Ksh. 324 each while Nyamboga needs to buy clothes
costing Ksh. 220 each. Their father would like to give them equal amount of money.
(a) Calculate the least amount of money that he can send to each of them so that the
money is fully utilized on clothes without any balance.
(2 marks)
(b) Find the total number of clothes both will buy (2
marks)
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15. The ratio of boys to girls in Agoro mixed secondary school is 4:5, one day of the boys
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and of the girls were absent. If 8 less pupils had been absent, of the school would
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have been present. Calculate the number of pupils in Agoro mixed on that day.
(3 marks)
16. Karim paid Kshs.160 for a blouse after getting a discount of 20%.The vendor made a
profit of 30% on the sale of this blouse. Calculate percentage profit the vendor would
have made if no discount was allowed.
(3 marks)
17. Jemima’s team entered a contest where teams of students compete by answering
questions that earn either 3 points of 5 points. Jemima’s team scored 44 points after
answering 12 questions correctly. Calculate the number of five-point questions the team
answered correctly.
(3 marks)
18. A sum of money is divided between three people, Tom, Mary and Lucy in the ratio 5:3:1.
If Mary has Ksh.700 more than Lucy, calculate how much Tom has. (3 marks)
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19. Given that72= p × q . By expressing 72 as a product of its prime factors, find the
values of p and q.
(3 marks)
20. Three bells ring at interval of 40 minutes, 45 minutes and 60 minutes. If they ring

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 simultaneously at 6:30a.m, at what time will they next ring together again for the third
time.
(3 marks)
21. Perform the following operation using number line. (2
marks)
( +4 ) −(−5 )
22. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below.

A businessman travelling from France arrived in Kenya with 19 500 Euros. He

(3 marks)