F2 Maths TQ
F2 Maths TQ
F2 Maths TQ
TOPICAL QUESTIONS
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FORM TWO
TOPIC 1
NUMBERS
1. Use logarithms to evaluate
3 36.15 x 0.02573
1,938
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7. Solve for x in the equation
32(x-3) ÷8 (x-4) = 64 ÷2x
2/3
0.032 x 14.26
0.006
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13. Find the value of m in the following equation
(1/27m x (81)-1 = 243
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TOPIC 2:
EQUATIONS OF LINES
1. The coordinates of the points P and Q are (1, -2) and (4, 10) respectively.
A point T divides the line PQ in the ratio 2: 1
(a) Determine the coordinates of T
(b) (i) Find the gradient of a line perpendicular to PQ
(ii) Hence determine the equation of the line perpendicular PQ and
passing through T
(iii) If the line meets the y- axis at R, calculate the distance TR, to
three significant figures
2. A line L1 passes though point (1, 2) and has a gradient of 5. Another line
L2, is perpendicular to L1 and meets it at a point where x = 4. Find the
equation for L2 in the form of y = mx + c
3. P (5, -4) and Q (-1, 2) are points on a straight line. Find the equation of
the perpendicular bisector of PQ: giving the answer in the form y =
mx+c.
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points A and B. Point A on the x-axis while point B is equidistant from x
and y axes.
5. A line with gradient of -3 passes through the points (3. k) and (k.8). Find
the value of k and hence express the equation of the line in the form a ax
+ ab = c, where a, b, and c are constants.
6. Find the equation of a straight line which is equidistant from the points
(2, 3) and (6, 1), expressing it in the form ax + by = c where a, b and c are
constants.
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9. Find the equation of the line which passes through the points P (3,7) and
Q (6,1)
10. Find the equation of the line whose x- intercepts is -2 and y- intercepts
is 5
11. Find the gradient and y- intercept of the line whose equation is 4x – 3y –
9=0
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TOPIC 3
TRANSFORMATIONS
1. A translation maps a point (1, 2) onto) (-2, 2). What would be the
coordinates of the object whose image is (-3, -3) under the same
translation?
11. In the figure below triangle ABO represents a part of a school badge.
The badge has as symmetry of order 4 about O. Complete the figures to
show the badge.
3. A point (-5, 4) is mapped onto (-1, -1) by a translation. Find the image of
(-4, 5) under the same translation.
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clockwise through 900 about the origin. Find the coordinates of this image.
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Draw the image A”B” C”D” and state its coordinates.
(c) Describe a single transformation that maps A” B”C”D onto ABCD.
8. on the Cartesian plane below, triangle PQR has vertices P(2, 3), Q ( 1,2)
and R ( 4,1) while triangles P” q “ R” has vertices P” (-2, 3), Q” ( -1,2)
and R” ( -4, 1)
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(a) Describe fully a single transformation which maps triangle PQR onto
triangle P”Q”R”
(b) On the same plane, draw triangle P’Q’R’, the image of triangle PQR,
under reflection in line y = -x
(c) Describe fully a single transformation which maps triangle P’Q’R’
onto triangle P”Q”R
(d) Draw triangle P”Q”R” such that it can be mapped onto triangle PQR
by a positive quarter turn about (0, 0)
(e) State all pairs of triangle that are oppositely congruent
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TOPIC 4:
MEASUREMENT
1. A solid cone of height 12 cm and radius 9 cm is recast into a solid sphere.
Calculate the surface area of the sphere.
3. In the figure below BAD and CBD are right angled triangles.
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4. A cylinder of radius 14 cm contains water. A metal solid cone of base
radius 7 cm and height 18 cm is submerged into the water. Find the
change in height of the water level in the cylinder.
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(a) Write down an expression for the octagon in terms of x and y
(b) Find the value of x
(c) Find the area of the octagon
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9. Two sides of triangles are 5 cm each and the angle between them is 120 0.
Calculate the area of the triangle.
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12. The internal and external diameters of a circular ring are 6 cm and 8cm
respectively. Find the volume of the ring if its thickness is 2 millimeters.
13. A wire of length 21 cm is bent to form the shape down in the figure
below, ABCD is a rectangle and AEB is an equilateral triangle.
(2mks)
14. The length of a hallow cylindrical pipe is 6 metres. Its external diameter
is 11 cm and has a thickness of 1 cm. Calculate the volume in cm3 of the
material used to make the pipe. Take π as 3.142
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16. A cylindrical piece of wood of radius 4.2 cm and length 150 cm is cut
length into two equal pieces.
Calculate the surface area of one piece (Take π as 22/7 )
17. The figure below is a model representing a storage container. The model
whose total height is 15 cm is made up of a conical top, a hemispherical
bottom and the middle part is cylindrical. The radius of the base of the
cone and that of the hemisphere are each 3 cm. The height of the
cylindrical part is 8cm.
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(a) Find the width of the path
(b) The path is to be covered with square concrete slabs. Each corner of
the path is covered with a slab whose side is equal to the width of the
path.
The rest of the path is covered with slabs of side 50 cm. The cost of
making each corner slab is Kshs 600 while the cost of making each
smaller slab is Kshs 50.
Calculate
(i) The number of smaller slabs used
(ii) The total cost of the slabs used to cover the whole path
Calculate the area of the curved surface of the solid in contact with
water, correct to 4 significant figures
20. Two cylindrical containers are similar. The larger one has internal cross-
section area of 45 cm2 and can hold 0.945 litres of liquid when full. The
smaller container has internal cross- section area of 20 cm2
(a) Calculate the capacity of the smaller container
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(b) The larger container is filled with juice to a height of 13 cm. Juice is
then drawn from is and emptied into the smaller container until the
depths of the juice in both containers are equal.
Calculate the depths of juice in each container.
(c) On fifth of the juice in the larger container in part (b) above is further
drawn and emptied into the smaller container. Find the difference in
the depths of the juice in the two containers.
22. A metal bar is a hexagonal prism whose length is 30 cm, the cross
section is a regular hexagon with each side of length 6 cm
Find
(i) The area of the hexagonal face (3mks)
(ii) The volume of the metal bar (2mks)
23. A cylindrical water tank of diameter 7 metres and height 2.8 metres
(a) Find the capacity of the water tank in litres
(b) Six members of family use 15 litres each per day. Each day 80
litres are sued for cooking and washing and a further 60 litrese are
wasted.
Find the number of complete days a full tank would last the family
(2mks)
(c) Two members of the family were absent for 90 days. During
the 90 days wastage was reduced by 20% but cooking and
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washing remained the same. Calculate the number of days a full
tank would now last the family
25.A pyramid of height 10cm stands, on a square base ABCD of side 6 cm.
(a) Draw a sketch of the pyramid
(b) Calculate the perpendicular distance from the vertex to the side
AB.
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TOPIC 5
QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
1. Simplify
2x – 2 ÷ x–1
6x2 – x – 12 2x – 3
4. Simplify completely
3x2 – 1 – 2x + 1
x2 – 1 x+1
6. Factorize a2 – b2
Hence find the exact value of 25572 - 25472
7. If x2 + y2 = 29 and x + y = 3
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(a) Determine the values of
(i) x2 + 2xy + y2
(ii) 2xy
(iii) x2 – 2xy + y2
(iv) x–y
9. (a) Write an expression in terms of x and y for the total value of a two
digit number having x as the tens digit and y as the units digit.
b) The number in (a) above is such that three times the sum of its
digits is less than the value of the number by 8. When the digits
are reversed the value of the number increases by 9. Find the
number xy.
10. Simplify the expression 2a2 – 3 ab – 2b2
4a2 – b2
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13. Expand the expression ( x2 – y2) ( x2 + y2) ( x4 – y4)
14. The sum of two numbers x and y is 40. Write down an expression, in
terms of x, for the sum of the squares of the two numbers.
Hence determine the minimum value of x2 + y2
16. Four farmers took their goats to the market Mohamed had two more
goats than Ali Koech had 3 times as many goats as Mohamed. Whereas
Odupoy had 10 goats less than both Mohamed and Koech.
(i) Write a simplified algebraic expression with one variable.
Representing the total number of goats
(ii) Three butchers bought all the goats and shared them equally. If
each butcher got 17 goats. How many did Odupoy sell to the
butchers?
17. Find the value of x which satisfies the equation 162x = 84x – 3
18. Mary has 21 coins whose total value is Kshs 72. There are twice as many
five shillings coins as there are ten shillings coins. The rest one shilling
coins. Find the number of ten shilling coins that Mary has.
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19. Simplify the expression
x- 1 - 2x + 1
x 3x
Hence solve the equation x – 1 - 2x + 1 = 2
x 3x 3
22. Three years ago Juma was three times as old as Ali. In two years time the
sum of their ages will be 62. Determine their present ages.
23. Simplify
x - 2 – 2x + 20
x+2 x2 – 4
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TOPIC 6
INEQUALITIES
1. Find the range of x if 2≤ 3 – x <5
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(b) Represent the inequalities graphically
(c) Use the graph to determine the integral values of x and y which
give
(i) The cheapest holiday
(ii) The longest distance traveled
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TOPIC 7
CIRCLES
1. In the figure below CP= CQ and <CQP = 1600. If ABCD is a cyclic
quadrilateral, find < BAD.
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(a) Calculate the size of
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Find the following angles, giving reasons for each answer
(a) QST
(b) QRS
(c) QVT
(d) UTV
4. In the figure below, QOT is a diameter. QTR = 480, TQR = 760 and
SRT = 370
Calculate
(a) <RST
(b) <SUT
(c) Obtuse <ROT
5. In the figure below, points O and P are centers of intersecting circles
ABD and BCD respectively. Line ABE is a tangent to circle BCD at
B. Angle BCD = 420
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(a) Stating reasons, determine the size of
(i) <CBD
(ii) Reflex <BOD
(b) Show that ∆ ABD is isosceles
6. The diagram below shows a circle ABCDE. The line FEG is a tangent
to the circle at point E. Line DE is parallel to CG, < DEC = 28 0 and
< AGE = 320
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Calculate:
(a) < AEG
(b) < ABC
7. In the figure below R, T and S are points on a circle centre O PQ is a
tangent to the circle at T. POR is a straight line and QPR = 200
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TOPIC 8
LINEAR MOTION
1. Two towns P and Q are 400 km apart. A bus left P for Q. It stopped at
Q for one hour and then started the return journey to P. One hour after
the departure of the bus from P, a trailer also heading for Q left P. The
trailer met the returning bus ¾ of the way from P to Q. They met t
hours after the departure of the bus from P.
(a) Express the average speed of the trailer in terms of t
(b) Find the ration of the speed of the bus so that of the trailer.
2. The athletes in an 800 metres race take 104 seconds and 108 seconds
respectively to complete the race. Assuming each athlete is running at
a constant speed. Calculate the distance between them when the faster
athlete is at the finishing line.
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4. Two towns A and B are 220 km apart. A bus left town A at 11. 00 am
and traveled towards B at 60 km/h. At the same time, a matatu left
town B for town A and traveled at 80 km/h. The matatu stopped for a
total of 45 minutes on the way before meeting the bus. Calculate the
distance covered by the bus before meeting the matatu.
5. A bus travels from Nairobi to Kakamega and back. The average speed
from Nairobi to Kakamega is 80 km/hr while that from Kakamega to
Nairobi is 50 km/hr, the fuel consumption is 0.35 litres per kilometer
and at 80 km/h, the consumption is 0.3 litres per kilometer .Find
i) Total fuel consumption for the round trip
ii) Average fuel consumption per hour for the round trip.
6. The distance between towns M and N is 280 km. A car and a lorry
travel from M to N. The average speed of the lorry is 20 km/h less
than that of the car. The lorry takes 1h 10 min more than the car to
travel from M and N.
(a) If the speed of the lorry is x km/h, find x (5mks)
(b) The lorry left town M at 8: 15 a.m. The car left town M and
overtook the lorry at 12.15 p.m. Calculate the time the car left
town M.
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along the same road at an average speed of 100 km/ hr. If the distance
between Mombasa and Nairobi is 500 km, Determine
(a) (i) The distance of the bus from Nairobi when the car took
off (2mks)
(ii) The distance the car traveled to catch up with the bus
(b) Immediately the car caught up with the bus
(c) The car stopped for 25 minutes. Find the new average speed at
which the car traveled in order to reach Nairobi at the same
time as the bus.
9. A passenger notices that she had forgotten her bag in a bus 12 minutes
after the bus had left. To catch up with the bus she immediately took a
taxi which traveled at 95 km/hr. The bus maintained an average speed
of 75 km/ hr. determine
(a) The distance covered by the bus in 12 minutes
(b) The distance covered by the taxi to catch up with the bus
10. The athletes in an 800 metre race take 104 seconds and 108 seconds
respectively to complete the race. Assuming each athlete is running at
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a constant speed. Calculate the distance between them when the faster
athlete is at the finishing line.
11. Mwangi and Otieno live 40 km apart. Mwangi starts from his home at
7.30 am and cycles towards Otieno’s house at 16 km/ h Otieno starts
from his home at 8.00 and cycles at 8 km/h towards Mwangi at what
time do they meet?
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