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Student Name: _______________________________________________________________ Form 2 ___

MARANATHA GIRLS CAPITAL ACADEMY


JUNIOR CERTIFICATE EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS

Time Allowed: 2 hours


8:00 – 10:00 am

Instructions

1. This paper contains 13 printed


pages. Please check.

2. Write your Name at the top of the


question paper and on all other
sheets.

3. This paper has two sections, A and


B. In section A there are ten short
answer questions while in section B
there are three restricted essay
questions.

4. Answer all the 13 questions in the


spaces provided.

5. Use of electronic calculators is


allowed.

6. The maximum number of marks for


each answer is indicated against
each question.

7. In the table provided on this page,


tick against the question number you
have answered.
Student Name: ______________________________________________________ Form 3 ___

Question Tick if Do not


Number answered write in
these
columns

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12

2
6x 2q x
1. Simplify ÷ (3 marks )
5 pq 25 p

2. Given that a=1, b=-3 and g=5, evaluate g (b 2 – a) ( 4 marks)

1
3. Simplify ( x)2 x 4× ( 3 marks )
2

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4. Find the LCM of 3x2y, 10xy3 and 20xy2 ( 3 marks)

5. Given that U = {a, b, c, d, e, f}, set A = {a, b, c, d, e} and set B = {b,


c, d}. Using this information, draw a Venn diagram. (4 marks)

6. Given that the angles at a point are 2x 0, (3x0 + 2)0 and (x – 2)0,
calculate the value of x. ( 4 marks )

7. Simplify 2245 + 1135, giving the answer in base ten. (4 marks )


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1
8. Make t subject of the formula P = a - t ( 3 marks )
2

9. The exterior of a regular polygon is four times its interior angle.


Calculate the number of sides of the polygon.

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7
10. The fraction is obtained when the number x is added to both
10
2
the numerator and denominator of the fraction . Find the value of x.
5
( 6 marks )

11. Find the eighth term of the sequence 14, 17, 20, 23 ( 4 marks )

12. Given that a business lady has 2 cars, 3 bicycles and 4


motorcycles for hire, find the probability that a bicycle is picked for
hire. (3 marks)

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13. A trader bought 30 kg of chalimbana groundnuts at k800 per kg
and 20kg of malimbana groundnuts at k900 per kg. He mixed the
groundnuts and sold the mixture at a profit of 30%. Find the cost of the
mixture per kg. (4 marks).

14. The following data shows the number of chickens kept by five
households in a certain village: 20, 21, 9, 10, 30.
a. Calculate the mean number of chickens (3 marks)

b. Find the median number of chickens. ( 2 marks )

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15. A student, who had m books, lost 4 of them. After dividing the
remaining books by 2, he found that there were less than 7. Find the
value of m. ( 5 marks )

4.31 x 21.4
16. Use logarithms to simplify , giving your answer to two
7.21
significant figures. ( 5 marks )

17. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construction triangle


DEF in which DE=DF 6cm and EF=7cm. in the same diagram, construct
an circumscribed circle of triangle DEF.(7 marks ).

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18. A boy is 3 years older than his young brother who is d years. If
the product of their ages is 88 years, calculate the age of the boy. ( 5
marks )

19. The volume of a cylindrical tin is 528cm 3. If the height of the tin
is 14cm, find the radius of the tin, giving the answer correct to 1
22
decimal place. (Take π = ). (5 marks)
7

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20. In figure 2 AB is a parallel to MCD, angle ABE =angle ABC= y ∘,
and angle BCD =40 ∘

Figure 2

Calculate the size of the reflex angle EBC.

(4 marks)

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21. The table below shows values of x and some corresponding
values of y for the equation y = -x.

X -2 0 2
Y 0 -2

a. Complete the missing value of y in the table. ( 1 mark )


b. Using a scale of 2cm to represent 1 unit on both axes, draw the
graph of y = - x on the graph paper provided
c. Use the graph to find the value of x when y = 1,5

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22. Solve the equation k2 = 10k – 25 ( 4 marks )

r +2 1
23. Solve the equation + = 1 ( 4 marks )
3 2

24. An agent got a commission of k2000 on sales of policies. If the


rate of commission is 20 %, calculate the amount of policies sold. ( 3
marks )

25. The value of abicycle depreciated by 7% in the first year. At the


beginning of the second year of the bicycle was k93000. Calculate the
original value of the bicycle. ( 4 marks )

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26. Simplify 21103 – 22023 + 10213, leaving your answer in base 3 ( 3
marks )

27. The table below shows rate of income tax an employment pays
at a company.

Income per Rate of tax


month
First k4800 0%
Next k9600 10%
In excess 25%
Calculate the income tax payable by a person who receives k24400 per
month. ( 6 marks )

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END OF QUESTION PAPER

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