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MATHEMATICS PP2 2HRS FORM
BOENIX
MID TERM TWO EXAM 30 3
GIRLS’
2025 MINS
HIGH
SCHOOL

STUDENT ADM
NAME NO.

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(a) Write your name, admission number, school and class in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer ALL questions in Section I and any five questions from Section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical Tables may be used.
(h) This paper consists of 17 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and
no questions are missing.

For Examiners’ Use Only

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

SECTION II

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Grand Total

SECTION I (50 Marks)

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2. A rectangular hockey field measures 90.0 metres long exactly 55 metres wide. The dimensions are used
to calculate the area of the field. Calculate the percentage error in calculating the area (3 marks)

3. Evaluate:
❑ (3 marks)
❑

√ 14 √ 14
4. If √7−√ 2 - √7 + √ 2 = a√ 7 + b √ 2
Find the value of a and b where a and b are rational numbers. (3mks)

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5. Given the column vectors.

express as a column vector and hence calculate its magnitude to 3

significant figures. (3 marks)

6. The figure below shows the cross-section of a concrete beacon used in metal fabrication with the
dimensions as shown (not drawn to scale).

Calculate the area of the shaded section. (4 marks)

7. Make p the subject of the formula (3 marks)

8. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies at the exchange rates shown below.
Currency Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)

1 Euro 147.56 148.00

1 US dollar 94.22 94.50

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 A tourist arrived in Kenya with 11,155 Euros. He converted all the Euros to Kenya shillings at the bank.
He spent Ksh. 1,130,200.50 while in Kenya and converted the remaining Kenya shillings into US dollars
at the bank. Find the amount in dollars that he received correct to 2 decimal places. (4 marks)

9. a)Find the inverse of the matrix ( 43 35) (1 mark)

(b) Hence solve the simultaneous equation using the matrix method (2 marks)
4x +3y = 6

3x + 5y = 5

10. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only construct triangle ABC such that BC=6cm, <ABC=75 o and
BCA=45o. Escribe a circle on line BA and BC. Measure the radius of the circle (4mks)

11. A two-digit number is such that the difference between the ones digit and the tens digit is 2. If the two
digits are interchanged, the sum of the new and the original number is 132. Find the original number
(3mks)

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12. Expand (x+3)4 and use it to solve (3.95)4 (3mks)

13. In the figure below, B, C, D and E are vertices of a circle. Angle CDE=3 a0 , angle AEB=64 0 and angle
0
BAE=a

Giving reasons, calculate the value of a . (3 marks)

14. A game of hockey is played in 4 quarters of 15 minutes each. There are two breaks of 3 minutes at the
end of the first quarter and a 5 minutes break at half time. A further 7 minutes is allowed for stoppages.
If the games started at 2005 hours, at what time does it end in 12 – hour clock system? (3
marks)

❑
15. Simplify the expression ❑ (3 marks)
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16. Solve for y in the following equation below: (4mks)
log4 y + log y 4 = 2

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 SECTION II (50 Marks)
Answer any five questions in this section
17. Income tax rates for the month of July 2023 were charged as follows:
Taxable Income (Ksh per month) Tax Rate (%)
1 – 15 000 10
15 001 – 27 000 15
27 001 – 39 000 20
39 001 – 51 000 25
51 001 and above 30

In that month, Amillo earned as follows: basic salary – Ksh 36 540, house allowance Ksh 15 000,
medical allowance – Ksh 3 080 and a non-taxable leave allowance of Ksh 8 880. Amillo was also
entitled to a personal relief of Ksh 1 065 per month and also pays an insurance premium of Ksh 2 400
per month of which he has a relief of 3% of the premium paid per month.
Calculate
(a) Amillo’s taxable income per month in Kenya shillings. (2 marks)

(b) Amillo’s PAYE for the month of July 2023 (5 marks)

(c) Calculate the net pay that month (3 marks)

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18. (a) Complete the below for the function y=2x2-3x-5 for -2 ≤ x ≤ 3. (2 marks)
X -2 -1 0 1 2 3

2x2

-3x

-5

(b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of y=2x2-3x-5 for -2 ≤ x ≤ 3. (4 marks)

(c ) Use your graph to find the roots of the equation 2x2 -3x – 5 = 0 (2mark)

(d) (i) On the same axes, draw the graph of y= -2x – 2 and find the values of x (2mark)

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19. The figure below shows a triangle PQR with a circle circumscribed to it. PQ = 5.9 cm, QR = 4.5 cm and
PR = 7.0 cm.

(a) Calculate the size of angle QPR, correct to the nearest degree; (3 marks)

(b) Calculate the area of triangle PQR correct to 2 decimal places; (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the radius of the circle, correct to 1 decimal place; (2 marks)

(d) Hence, find the area of the circle outside the triangle to 4 significant figures. (3 marks)

20. a) Given AB=singular matrix. Find the value of x (4mks_)

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 b) Coly bought 3 books and 5 pens and spent sh.165 while Alex bought 2books and 4 pens and spent sh
120.
i) Taking x to represent price of a book and y the price of a pen, form two equations to represent this
information (1mks)

ii) Find the values of x and y (3mks)

iii) A teacher of a class of 36 students bought 2books and a pen for each student. Calculate the amount
spent by the teacher altogether (2mks)

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21. In a Mathematics test, 48 students scored the following marks:

89 75 56 90 68 74 85 69 90 70 83 75 87 55 86 70 88 74 90 75 96 71 84 71 87 84 58 43 65 70 93 98 62
86 56 80 64 59 73 69 40 63 89 84 80 60 56 74

a. Using a class interval of 10 and starting with the least mark recorded, make a frequency distribution
table for the data. (2 marks)

b. Using the frequency distribution table in (a) above, calculate the mean mark. (4 marks)

c. Identify the median class. (1 mark)

d. calculate the median mark. (3 marks)

22. A quantity X varies partly as the square of Y and partly as Z. When X = 13, Y = 3 and Z = 5. Also, when
X = −5, Y = 1 and Z = 7

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 a. Find;
i. The law connecting X, Y and Z. (4 marks)

ii. The value of X when Y = 0.5 and Z = −10 (1 mark)

b. Express Y in terms of X and Z. (2 marks)

c. If X and Z are each decreased by 19%, find the percentage change in Y. (3

23. Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only for all construction in this question.
a) Construct quadrilateral PQRS such that PQ = 5cm, PS = 5cm and SR = 4.5cm, angle SPQ = 75° and
angle PSR = 90°. (4 marks)

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b) Drop a perpendicular from S to meet line PQ at N. Measure SN and calculate the area of the triangle
SPN. (3 marks)

c) Construct a circle passing through vertices P, Q and R of quadrilateral PQRS. Measure the radius of the
circle. (3 marks)

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24. In the figure below OA = p and OC = q. Vector AB = OC. Express in terms of unit vectors p and q the
4
vectors.

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a)

i) AC (1 mark)

ii) OB (1 mark)

iii) BC (1 mark)

b) Vector AC intersects with vector OB at X such that AX = tAC and OX = hOB. By expressing OX in
two ways in terms of t and h,
Find:
i) Scalars t and h (5marks)

ii) the ratio OB: BX (2 marks)

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