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2010 - GRADE 10 HOLIDAY MATHS ASSIGNIMENT (2)

The document is a Grade 10 Maths holiday assignment for Highland High School, containing various mathematical problems across multiple topics including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics. Students are instructed to answer all questions, which involve calculations, simplifications, evaluations, and problem-solving. The assignment covers a wide range of concepts such as fractions, equations, percentages, and Venn diagrams.

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2010 - GRADE 10 HOLIDAY MATHS ASSIGNIMENT (2)

The document is a Grade 10 Maths holiday assignment for Highland High School, containing various mathematical problems across multiple topics including arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and statistics. Students are instructed to answer all questions, which involve calculations, simplifications, evaluations, and problem-solving. The assignment covers a wide range of concepts such as fractions, equations, percentages, and Venn diagrams.

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HIGHLAND HIGH SCHOOL

GRADE 10 MATHS HOLIDAY ASSIGNIMENT


INSTRUCTIONS: - Answer all the questions

1. Find the value of


(i) 24/5  2/5
(ii) 7 – (-4.5)
(iii) 5.5 + 5 x 0.4
(iv) 114  0.03

2. Express as a single fraction


(a) x - x + x
4 7 14
(b) 3 - 2,
P -1 1- p
(c) 3 - 1 – 2x
2 4x
(d) x – 1 - 2x – 3
3 5

3. Evaluate (a) 4a – (b + c), when a = 3, b = -4 and c = 2


c
(b) Given that a = 3, b = 2 and c = 4, find the value of a + b
b c
(c) Given that a = 3, b = -5 and c = 4, find the value of
(i) ab²
(ii) a – 2b - c²
(iii) 9a + 2c
b
(d) Given that P = -2, q = 8 and r = 12, evaluate

(i) r–q
(ii) q² - pr
__
(iii) ³√q

4 Solve the following equations


(a) 3(m – 5) = 7 – 2(m – 3)
(b) x – 7 = 1 + 3x – 2
3 5
(c) (x + 3)² = 64
(d) 6x – 7 = 2x + 5
_____
(e) √3y – 2 = 1

5 (a) Express 65% as a fraction in its lowest terms.


(b) Express 0.0245 in scientific notation correct to 2 significant figures
(c) Express 0.06 as a common fraction in its lowest terms.
(d) Express 3 as a decimal.
25
(f) Arrange the following in ascending order: ⅞, ¾, 1 , 41%, 1.25
6

6 Evaluate the following


(a) 5² + 5¹

1
(b) (⅔)² x (⅔)¹ x (⅔)º

(c) If x⅓ = 27 , find the value of x


8
(d) Solve for x in the following equations
(i) (5²)x = 625
(ii) 2x = 1 ,
8ˉ²
(iii) 2x³ = 16
7 Factorise completely
(a) 3w² - 12
(b) 4 – 16x²
(c) mn – km – hn + hk
(d) at² - 4a + 2t² - 8
(e) 2x² + x – 3

8 (a) In the diagram below, ABC is a triangle in which BĈD = 102° and E is a point on
AB such that AE = EC and BĈE = EĈA.
Calculate B
(i) BȆC
(ii) BCA

102°
A
C D
(b) In the diagram, BCD is an isosceles triangle, with BD = BC and BDC = 56°.
HAB is parallel to GEDC.
H A B

56°
G E D C
Calculate
(i) CBD
(ii) HAF
(iii) GEF

(c) In the quadrilateral PQRS, PQ is parallel to ST, PS is parallel to QR, PS = SR,


PQT = 65° and SPU = 20°. PUR is a straight line.

P S
20°

65°
Q T R

Calculate
(i) QTS
2
(ii) QPR
(iii) RUS

(d)Find the number of sides of a regular polygon whose exterior angle is 45°.
(e) The figure below shows a regular hexagon ABCDEF. Find the size of BÂE.
A F

B E

C D

9 Solve the simultaneous equations


(i) 2x = 5y
x – 2y = 5

(ii) 0.2x – 0.3y = 0.4


0.4 + 0.2y = - 0.8

(iii) 4x + 3y = 12
2x – 5y = -13.5

10 The pie chart below represents 40 people.

C D

B 108° 45° A

(a) What angle represents 1 person?


(b) How many people are represented by sector B?
(c) Sector C represents 7 people. Find its angle.
(d) How many people does sector D represents?

11 (a) Find 30% of $25


(b) Calculate ⅜ of 12 metres, giving your answer in centimeters.
(c) Make the letters indicated in brackets as subjects of the formula
(i) P=q–t (t)
3t
(ii) a = 3a + b (a)
b

12 In a mathematics test Musonda scored 36 out of 60.


(a) What percentage of marks is Musonda’s score?
(b) If the percentage needed to pass the test is 45%, what is the pass mark?

13 A prize fund of K660,000 is divided as follows:


3
- The first prize is half the fund
- The second prize is two thirds the first prize
- The third prize is what remains.
Calculate the prizes.

14 Simplify the following


(i) 9a – 15
9a² - 25

(ii) 3y² - 48
y² - y - 20

(iii) 8πr² - 2πr4


4πr + 2πr²

15 (a) In a class of 40 pupils, 16 like Physics, 17 like Mathematics, 24 like Chemistry


and the rest like other subjects not stated.
5 like all the three subjects
4 like Mathematics and Physics only
6 like Physics and Chemistry only
3 like Mathematics and Chemistry only
(i) Illustrate this information on a clearly labeled Venn diagram
(ii) Hence or otherwise find
I. The number of pupils who like one subject only
II. The number of pupils who do not like any of the three subjects

(b) Given that E = {x: - 8 ≤ x ≤ 8, x  integers} and A, B and C are subsets of E, such that

A = {x: -7  x  7}
B = {x: -5  x  1}
C = {x: -1  x  4}
List the elements of
(i) BC
(ii) A(BC)

(c) Use the set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram

A B

16 (a) Maimbo and Mainza share K12, 700,000 left by their deceased mother in the ratio 3:2. Find how
much each one of them will get.

(b) Given that 20% of the population of a small town is 60,000, find the population of the town.

(c) On a certain day, the exchange rate was US $1 to K3, 750 and British £1 to K5, 250.
Based on these rates, what would be the cost in dollars of a car costing £900?

17 Mrs. Mweenda is a small scale farmer who grows sunflower and makes cooking oil out of it. Last year she
produced 150 litres of cooking oil and put it into 750ml bottles.
(a) How many bottles of cooking oil did she fill?
(b) A shopkeeper Mr. Nkonde bought all of Mrs. Mweenda’s bottles of cooking oil at a total cost of K800, 000.
He sold each bottle at K5, 000.
Calculate his
(i) Total profit
(ii) Percentage profit

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