NAME:…………………………………………………………………..ADM:………….CLASS:……….

MATHEMATICS
FORM 3
MID TERM 1 EXAM, 2025
TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINUITES
Section 1: Answer all questions in this section
1. Solve for x: 2 x-3 x 8x2+2=128 (3mks)

2. Five shirts and four pairs of trousers cost a total of sh 6160. Three similar shirts and a pair of
trousers cost sh 2800. Find the cost of four shirts and a pair of trousers. (4mks)

3. Solve the equation 6X2-13x+6=0 . Using the completing the square method. (3mks)

4. The length of an arc of a circle is 1/5 of its circumference. If the area of the circle is 346.5cm 2. find
the:
(a) The angle subtended by the arc at the centre of the circle. (2mks)

(b) Area of the sector enclosed by this arc. (2mks)

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5. Use logarithms to evaluate 3 1.23 x 0.0468 (4mks)
0.7782

(4mks)

6. A perpendicular line is drawn from a point (1,2) to the line 3y+2x+1=0. Find the equation of the
perpendicular in the form ay+bx+c=0 (3mks)

7. Solve the equation of Oo< x <360o (3mks)

8. The sum of the ages of three sisters Rhoda, Tabitha and Sally is 39. Years. Sally is twice as old as
Tabitha and one and half times as old as Rhoda. Determine their ages. (3mks)

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9. The length and breadth of a rectangular card were measured to the nearest millimeter and found to
be 14.5cm and 10.6cm respectively. Find the percentage error in its area. (3mks)

10. Evaluate without using tables.

11. Given that sin x = 0.8 and x is an acute angle. Find tan x without using mathematical tables or a
calculator. (3mks)

12. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 3xo while the exterior angle is (x-20)o. Find the
number of sides of the polygon. (3mks)

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13. Wanjiru, Atieno and Jeptoo shared the profits of their business in the ratio 3:7:9 respectively. If
Atieno received sh 60,000. Find how much the business realized. (3mks)

14. The volumes of two similar solid cylinders are 4752cm3 and 1408cm3. If the area of the curved
surface of the smaller cylinder is 352cm2. Find the curved surface area of the larger cylinder.
(3mks)

15. A classroom measures (x+2)m by (x-5)m. If the area of the classroom is 60m2. Find its dimensions.
(3mks)

16. Find the value of m and n given that (2mks)

M
-1 -2 2 = 3
1 1 n

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 Section 2
Answer all questions in this section
17. Three solids, a cylinder, a sphere and a cone, are such that their radii are equal. It is also given that
their surface areas are the equal. If the volume of the sphere is 904.9cm3. Find the volume of;( Give
your answers to 4 s.f)
a) The cylinder (6mks)

b) The cone. (4mks)

18. (a) A small filed was surveyed and the measurements recorded in the surveyor’s filed book as in the
table below.(AF=100M)

F
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 E 30 65
50 40 D
C 20 30
20 25 B
A

(i) Using a scale of 1cm to 10m , make an accurate drawing of the map of the filed. (4mks)

(ii) Find the area of the field. (3mks)

b)Assuming that the baseline used in (a) runs in a northerly direction, give the position of D, relative to A,
using bearing and distance. (3mks)

19. The heights of trees seedlings in a nursery were measured and recorded as in the table below.
Height x cm 0-5 6-15 16-25 26-45 46-75

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 No of 7 46 71 64 11
seedlings
(a) Calculate the mean height. (5mks)

(b) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 5 units along the horizontal axis, and a scale of 2cm to
represent 5 units along the vertical axis, draw a histogram to represent the distribution. (5mks)

20. (a) Complete the table below for the equation y=x2+3x-6 given -6<x<4

X -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
Y 12 -6 -6 22
2
(b)using a scale of 1cm to represent 2 units in both axes draw the graph of y=x +3x-6
(c) Use the graph to solve the quadratic equations.
(i) X2+3x-6=0 (2mks)
(ii) X2+3x-2=0 (3mks)
21. (a) In the figure below O is the centre of the circle whose radius is 6cm and PQ is 9cm.

P
Q

Calculate the area of major segment. (7mks)

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(c) Find the area of a triangle ABC with sides 7cm, 9cm and 11cm long. (3mks)

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