QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.

Name ……………………………………………………………Date………………….. Time 30mins

CUBES ,SQUARES,ROOTS AND RECIPROCALS
3 10
1. Use reciprocal table to evaluate
21.4
+ 0.036
(3marks)

1
45 . 73 +
2. Use table of cubes and reciprocals to evaluate. 0 . 07897 (3marks)

3
54 . 22 +
3. Use the tables of squares, square roots and reciprocal to evaluate √ 0 .003045 (3marks)

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4. Use the square, square root, and reciprocal table to evaluate to 4 d.p (4marks)
√ 0. 008 − 10
0 .375 37 .5 2

5. Evaluate using reciprocal, square and square roots tables only. (4marks)

√ (445 . 1×10−1 )2 +1
0. 07245

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name …………………………………………………………Date………………….. Time 1hr
INDICES AND LOGARITHMS
2
x 4 x−3
1. Find the value of x which satisfies the equation.16 =8 (3marks)

2.
( )
1 n
Solve for n in 49
×( 343 )−1 =7
(2marks)

3. Solve for x in the equation 2(3x -1) x 8(x-1) = 256 (3marks)

4. Solve for x in 3-2x+1 -10(3-x) + 3 = 0, without using tables. (3marks)

5. Solve for m in the equation 125(m+1) + 53m = 630 (3marks)

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6. Using logarithm tables only evaluate (4marks)

√ 3 . 361×0 . 054
24 . 5−12 .1

7. √
36 .72×( 0 . 46 )2
3

Use logarithms tables only evaluate 185 . 4 (4marks)

8. √
sin 60 38 1
3

Use logarithm tables only to evaluate 4 . 87×0. 03723 (4marks)

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 0
0.0738 sin 30.36
9. Use logarithms, correct to 4 decimal places, to evaluate. (4marks)
log 3.2

3
10. The product of a and √ b is 31.59. Given that logarithm of a is 2.6182. Find using logarithm the
value of b. to 4 significant figures. (4marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ……………………………………………………Date……………….. Time 30mins
GRADIENT AND EQUATIONS OF STRAIGHT LINES
1. A line L1 is perpendicular to the line L2, whose equation is 4y – 8x – 3 = 0 and passes though a
point A(3,2). Find the equation of L1 leaving your answer in the form ax + by = c (3marks)

2. A line passes through the points A (2, 6) and B (4, -8). Find the equation of the
a. Line AB. (2marks)

b. The perpendicular bisector of line AB. (3marks)

3. Determine the acute angle the line 2y + 3x = 6 makes with the x – axis (2marks)

4. Find the acute angle to 2d.p .between lines 3y – 4X – 6 =0 and the line 2y = 2X + 3 = 0.(3marks)

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 5. A straight line passes through A (-2,1) and B(2,-k). The line is
a. Parallel to a line 3y + 2x = 5.
b. Perpendicular to 3y + 2x = 5.
Determine the value of k and hence the equation of AB in each case. (3marks)

6. Find the equation of a line passing through ( 2,1) and perpendicular to the line which makes 45 o
with the x-axis. (4marks)

7. The lines 4ax = 3y + 12 and 7bx —2 = 3y are parallel. Find the ratio a:b (3marks)

8. A line L1 passing through (1,2) is parallel to a line whose gradient is 5. Find the equation of line L1

(2marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ……………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 50mins
REFLECTION AND ROTATION
1. Triangle PQR has vertices at P(2,3),Q(1,2) and R(4,1), while triangle P 1Q1R1 has vertices at
P1(-2,3),Q1(-1,2), R1 (-4,1).
a. Draw triangle PQR and P1Q1R1 on a grid. (4marks)

b. Find the equation of the mirror line. (2marks)

c. On the same plane, draw and state the coordinates of triangle P11Q11R11 the image of PQR,
under reflection on line y + x=0 (3marks)

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 2. A triangle ABC has its vertices A(3,4) B(1,3) and C(2,1). Draw ∆A1B1C1 the image of ∆ABC under a
rotation of -90o about (0,0) (2marks)

3. Triangle ABC, with vertices A( 1,3), B(1,1) and C ( 2, 1) is given a half – turn about (2,0) to A 1B1C1.
The image is then given a half turn- about (0,0) to map onto AIIBIICII
Draw A1BICI and AIIBIICII on the same axes and state the coordinates of A1B1C1 and AIIBIICII
(6marks)

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 4. In the figure below, triangle AI BI CI is the image of triangle ABC under a rotation centre O.
By construction, find and label centre O. Hence determine the angle of rotation. (4marks)

5. The figure is a triangle ABC. Use a pair of compasses and ruler only to rotate it about +60 0 about
point X (5marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name …………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 30mins
SIMILARITY AND ENLARGEMENT
1. Two similar cylindrical containers are such that the larger one has a capacity of 810 litres and the
smaller one has a capacity of 240litres. If the height of the smaller one is 1.2 metres, find the
height of the larger tank. (3marks)

2. The surface area of a spherical ball is increased by 21% after pressure was pumped in.
(a) Find the circumference of the original ball if the one with increased pressure has a
circumference of 55cm. (2marks)

(b) Calculate the percentage increase in volume of the ball. (2marks)

3. A container 18cm high holds 225cm3. Calculate the volume of a similar container which is 72cm
high. (3marks)

4. (a) In the diagram below find the length of EC if BC = 12 cm.

(b). Given that the area of triangle DCE is 27 cm2, find the area of ABED. (4marks)

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 5. Two similar containers have a base area of 1500cm2 and 240cm2 respectively. Calculate the
volume of the large container in litres given that the volume of the smaller one is 500cm 3(4marks)

6. Under an enlargement center (2,1) the image of P (1,-1) is P`(4,5). Determine the scale factor of
the enlargement (4marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 25mins
TRIGONOMETRIC RATIOS
1. From the roof of a house, a boy can see an avocado tree which is 20m away from the house. He
measures the angle of elevation of the top of the tree as 21 0 and the angle of depression of the
bottom of the tree as 310. Find the height of the avocado tree. (3marks)

2. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point P on the horizontal ground is 24.5 o. From
another point Q, five metres nearer to the base of the tree, the angle of elevation of the top of the
tree is 33.2o. Calculate to one decimal place the height of the tree. (4marks)

3. A girl at the top of a cliff 30metres high observes two boats S and T out in the sea. The boats and
the foot of the cliff are on a straight line. The angles of depression from the girl to S and T are 42 0
and 270 respectively. Calculate the distance between the two boats (4marks)

4. Given that Cos X = 3/5

(i) Cos (90 – X) (1mark)
(ii) Tan2X + Sin2X (2marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 1 hr.
AREA OF TRIANGLE, QUADRILATERALS AND POLYGONS
1. Find the area of the shaded region in figure below given that AD = 15 cm, BE = 3 cm, AB = 8 cm and
< DAB = EBC = 900 (3marks)

2. The beacons marking the corner boundaries of Tom’s farm are located at OABC as shown below,
OA = 50m, OB = 80m, AB = 37m OC = 67m. Find the size of the farm in hectares. (4marks)

3. Given that in triangle XYZ, YZ = 13.4 cm, XY = 5cm and <XYZ = 57.7o, find;
i. The area of the triangle. (2marks)
ii. The length XZ. (2marks)

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 4. Find the area of a regular pentagon if the distance from the centre of pentagon to any of the
vertices is 8cm (3marks)

5. Given that the parallel sides of AB and DC of a trapezium ABCD are 4 cm apart. If AB = 8cm and
DC= 5 cm, determine the area of ABCD. (2marks)

6. The figure below shows a triangle field. Calculate the area of the field, in m 2 (3marks)

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 7. A triangular piece of land PQR has side PQ=50m, QR=75m and PR=95m
a. Calculate the area of the triangular piece of land PQR. (2marks)
b. Calculate the value of ∠PRQ. (3marks)
c. A new piece of land PQRS is a trapezium with PS// OR, whose area is three times that of
triangle PQR, Calculate the perimeter of PQRS. (5marks)

8. The diagram below (not drawn to scale) shows the cross – section of a regular hexagonal solid
metal prism of length 20cm. Calculate the area of the shaded region (5marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ……………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 50mins
AREA OF PART OF A CIRCLE
1. In the following figure, O is the centre of the circleand PQ = 24cm
Find
i. area of the sector POQ (2marks)
ii. area of the minor segment PQ (2marks)

2. The figure drawn below is a square ABCD of sides 36.75cm. The shaded area is formed out of two
segments. DCB and DKB. Find the area of the shaded region. (4marks)

3. The figure below shows two circles intersecting at C and D. The centers are A and B with radii 8cm
and 6cm respectively. AB = 10cm.

Determine;
i. Size of angle DAC (3marks)

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 ii. Size of angle DBC (3marks)

iii. Area of sector ACMD (2marks)

iv. Area of the shaded region (4marks)

4. Two circles with centres O1 and O2, have radii 7cm and 6cm respectively. The two circles intersect
at P and Q and the length of the common chord PQ is 10cm.Calculate the area of the shaded region
in the above diagram to 4 significant figures. (10marks)

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 5. Calculate the area of the shaded region below, given that AC is an arc of a circle centre B. Given
that AB = BC = 14cm, CD = 8cm and angle ABD = 75o
(3marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ……………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time
SURFACE AREA OF SOLIDS
1. A cone is made by cutting off a sector as shown below from a circle and gluing the straight edges of
the sector. The cone formed has a slant height 14cm and circular base of perimeter 11cm.
22
(Take ¿ )
7
a) Determine the value of θ (2marks)
b) The radius of the cone’s circular base to 1 d.p. (2marks)
c) The height of the cone. (2marks)
The cone is cut uniformly on a horizontal plane 1cm below the apex. Calculate the curved surface
area of the frustum so formed correct to 2d.ps.
(3marks)

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 2. A prism of length 20cm is represented by the diagram below whose cross section is an equilateral
triangle of side 7cm.Calculate
a. The area of the triangular end
b. The total surface area of the prism (4marks)

3. A toy rocket has a conical head of length 24cm, a cylindrical body of radius 7cm and length 20 cm,
and a hemispherical tail; using л= 22/7, calculate the total surface area of the toy (3marks)

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 4. The figure below represents a frustrum of a solid right pyramid on a square base. The vertical
height of the frustrum is 3cm. Given that EF=FG=6cm and that AB=BC=9cm.
Calculate;
(a) The vertical height of the pyramid (3marks)
(b) The surface area of the frustrum. (5marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ……………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 1hr 15 mins
VOLUME OF SOLIDS
1. A prism of length 20cm is represented by the diagram below whose cross section is an equilateral
triangle of side 7cm.Calculate the area of the triangular end and the volume of the prism.(3marks)

2. The diagram below represents a solid consisting of a hemispherical bottom and a conical frustrum
at the top.
a. Determine the value of x and hence the height of the cone. (2marks)
b. Calculate the volume of the solid (4marks)

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 3. The internal and external diameters of a circular ring are 8cm and 10cm respectively. Find the
volume of the ring if its thickness is 3.5 millimeters. (3marks)

4. PQRSV is a right pyramid on a horizontal square base of side 10cm. the slant edges are all 8cm
long. Calculate
a. The height of the pyramid (3marks)
b. Volume of the pyramid. (2marks)

5. The figure below represents a frustrum of a right pyramid on a square base. The vertical height of
the frustrum is 3cm. Given that EF=FG=6cm and that AB=BC=9cm.
Calculate;
i. The vertical height of the pyramid (2marks)
ii. Volume of the frustrum (3marks)

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 6. P Q C B shows a frustum of a right – circular cone. The top conical part APQ is chopped off. The
radius of the top and bottom circular parts of the frustrum is 7.5m and 12.5m. The centres M and
O of the top and bottom parts are 10m part.
a. Calculate the slant length QC of the frustum correct to 2 d.p (1mark)

b. calculate the volume of the frustrum (4marks)

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 c. If the frustrum is solid metal and is melted down and recast into a solid cylinder having a
radius 10.5m, calculate the height of cylinder correct to 3 d.p. (3marks)

7. A plastic water tank has a shape as shown below, with a frustrum of a cone on top, a cylindrical
body and a hemispherical bottom.Calculate the volume of the tank in m 3. (5marks)

8. A metallic sphere is immersed in water in a cylindrical container. This causes a rise in the level of
water by 7.5cm if the cylinder has a base radius of 7cm. Find the radius of the sphere to 2 d.p

(3marks)

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 9. A hemispherical bowl has internal and external radii 30cm and 32cm respectively. Calculate the
volume of the material used in making the bowl. (3marks)

10. The diagram below (not drawn to scale) shows the cross – section of a regular hexagonal solid
metal prism length 20cm. Calculate the volume of the material used to make the metal in cm 3.
(5marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ……………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 20mins
QUADRATIC EXPRESSIONS AND EQUATIONS
1. FactorizeX – y
2 2
(1mark)

Hence, find the exact value of15572 - 15472 (2marks)

2. Find the quadratic equation whose roots are -2 and 3. (2marks)

3. Using factorization method solve for x given that 6x2 + x – 1 = 0. (3marks)

4. A group of form two students each contributed equal amount to buy a book worth Kshs. 2,200.
Five students later withdrew and the remaining members had to contribute each shs.100 more so
as to be able to buy the book. If the original number of students was x
a. What was the original contribution by each member in terms of x? (1mark)

b. What was the new contribution by each in terms of x after the three withdrew? (2marks)

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 c. What is the value of x? (5marks)

d. How much more in percent did each contribute for the book? (2marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name …………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 30mins
LINEAR INEQUALITIES
1. Determine the values of X that satisfy the following inequalities and show on a number line
-3 –x ≤ 1/3 x -5>2/3 x – 6 (4marks)

2. Find the integral values of the following simultaneous linear inequalities.

x+2 x+6
≥ 5; < 4
2 4 (4marks)

3. Find the integral values of x of which (3marks)

5≤ 3x + 2 and
3x – 14 ≤ -2

4. Form the three inequalities that satisfy the given region R. Given lines A, B and C. (4marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 40mins
LINEAR MOTION
1. A matatu left A at 8.00 am and traveled towards B 406 km away at a speed of 84km/h. One and a
half hours later, it made a 30 minute stop over at a town M before proceeding at the same speed. A
bus left town B towards A at 56 km/h at 10.00am
Determine:

i. How far town M is from A (2marks)

ii. Calculate how far from B, the two vehicles met (4marks)

iii. At what time does the matatu arrive at B (2marks)

2. Wasike and Wanjala live 40km apart. Wasike starts cycling from his home at 8.00a.m toward’s
Wanjala’s house at 16km/h. Wanjala starts cycling towards Wasike’s house 30 minutes later at
8km/h. At what time did they meet? (4marks)

3. The figure below shows speed time graph of a journey. If total distance travelled in 80 second is
920m.
i. Calculate the acceleration during the first 15 seconds. (1mark)
ii. The distance travelled in the final 40 seconds. (2marks)

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 4. A bus and a matatu start from Nairobi to Kisii via Narok at the same time making a distance of
280km. The matatu averages 20km/h faster than the bus and reaches there 1 hour 36minutes
earlier. Determine the speed of the bus. (5marks)

5. A train 20m long is moving at an average speed of 52km/hr. Another train 30m long is moving in
the opposite direction at an average speed of 48km/hr. How long do the trains take to completely
pass each other? Leave your answer in seconds. (3marks)

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 6. John was driving at a steady speed of 90 km/hr and covered a section of the highway in 25
minutes. After a speed limit was imposed, he finds that, when traveling at the maximum speed
allowed, he takes 7 minutes longer than before to cover the same section. Find the speed limit.
(3marks)

7. A particle moving at a speed of 24m/s decelerates to a speed for 10 seconds then comes to rest
within the next 5 seconds. Calculate:
i. The total distance traveled by particle within this. (2marks)
ii. Its average speed. (1mark)

8. A car traveling at 104km/hr is 297m behind another car traveling at 71km/hr in the same
direction. How long does it take the faster car to overtake the slower one? (3marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 40mins
STATISTICS
1. The mean height of 6 boys was 150cm. When another boy joined the group the mean height was
increased by 2cm. What was the height of the seventh boy? (3marks)

2. Calculate the mean and the median from the data below
a. 148,159,163,158,166,155,155,179 and 158 (5marks)

b. X 30 35 36 41 50 51

F 4 12 18 11 4 1

3. The following distribution shows the masses to the nearest kilogram of 50 pupils in std 8.
Mass (kg) 26 – 30 31 – 35 36 – 40 41 – 45 46 – 50 51 – 55

Frequency 4 12 18 11 4 1

a. Calculate the median (3marks)

b. Calculate the mean (5marks)

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 4. The height of 36 students in a class was recorded to the nearest centimeters as follows.
148 159 163 158 166 155 155 179 158 155 171 172 156 161
160 165 157 165 175 173 172 178 159 168 160 167 147 168
172 157 165 154 170 157 162 173
a. Make a grouped table with 145.5 as lower class limit and class width of 5. (3marks)

b. Taking a scale of 2cm to represent 5cm on the x axis.

i. Draw a histogram for the above data hence
ii. Draw a frequency polygon for the data on the same axes (6marks)

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 5. The diagram below shows a histogram representing marks obtained in a certain test.

a. Develop a frequency distribution table for the data if the first class 5 -9 has a frequency of 8.

(3marks)
b. Estimate the mean (3marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name ………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 45mins
ANGLE PROPERTIES OF A CIRCLE
1. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle and OB bisects angle ABC given that angle BAC =
400, find angle ABO (3marks)

2. In the figure below the diameter AB of the circle is parallel to DC. DCE is a straight line and angle
BCE = 630. Calculate the angle DBC. (3marks)

3. O is the centre of the circle below and AB is parallel to DC. Angle ACD = 70 0 and angle ACB =
100.Calculate angles; ABC and OAD (4marks)

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 4. In the figure below O is the centre of a circle and PS is the diameter. QR is parallel to PS. If angle
PSQ = 25o and ∠ POT = 120o. Give with reasons the angles.

a. Angle QRP (2marks)

b. Angle PTO (2marks)

c. Angle QPT (2marks)

d. Angle QPS (2marks)

e. Angle PTS (2marks)

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 QUICK REVISION SERIES – Mathematics F2.
Name …………………………………………………………Date……………………….. Time 30mins
VECTORS
1. A translation maps triangle ABC onto A1B1C1, where A(1,-1), B( 3, 1) C ( 3,1) and C1 ( -1, 3).
Find the coordinates of A1 and B1. (2marks)

2. A parallelogram ABCD has the coordinates A (3,-2) B (2,3) and C ( -4,-2). Using vector method,
find the co-ordinates of point D. (3marks)

3. Given that a = (25) and b = (−12), find

i. |a| (2marks)

ii. |a−b| (3marks)

iii. |2 a+3 b| (3marks)

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 4. Given that a is parallel to b, express a in terms of b. (3marks)
a= ()
2
5
and b= ( )
−3
−7.5

5. Using the diagram below, state the column vectors of a,b and c and on the graph show/draw the
vector addition for:
i. a+b (2marks)
ii. a+2c (2marks)
iii. c-2b (2marks)

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