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    MATHEMATICS

    FORM ONE
    DECEMBER HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
    2023

    1. Evaluate, to 3significant figures (3marks)

    −87 .12÷2. 42+5 . 73×2. 1


    3. 9×11.16÷4 . 8
    2. A farmer has a piece of land measuring 840m by 396m. He divides it into square plots of equal size. Find the
    maximum area of one plot (3marks)
    3. A liquid spray of mass 384g is packed in a cylindrical container of internal radius 3.2 cm. Given that the
    density of the liquid is 0.6g/cm3, calculate to 2 dp the height of the liquid in the container (3marks)

    4.Otieno is six times as old as his son Omondi. In five years time, the difference between their ages will be 30
    years. Find the age of Otieno three years ago. (3marks)

    5.The LCM of two numbers is 328,600 and the GCD is 20. If one of the numbers is 1240, use prime
    factorization method, find the other number. (3 marks)

    6.On arrival to Kenya a Canadian tourist exchanged his Canadian dollars for Ksh 199 690. Given that the
    currency exchange rate was 1 Canadian dollar = Ksh 52.55 and that the bank charged him 5% commission, find
    the number of dollars he exchanged. (3 marks)

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    7. A man spent of his salary on food and of the remainder n electricity and water bills. He paid fees with
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    20% of his salary and invested 16% of what was left into a business. After taking a game drive on which, he
    spent Ksh 2000, he saved Ksh 5350. Calculate:

    (a) His total monthly earnings. (4 marks)

    (b) How much he spent on fees. (2 marks)

    (c) How much he invested. (2 marks)

    (d) The percentage of the salary saved. (2 marks)

    8. Every Sunday Alex drives a distance of 80km on a bearing of 0740 to pick up his brother John to go to
    church. The church is 75km from John’s house on a bearing of S500E. After church they drive a distance of
    100km on a bearing of 2600 to check on their father before Alex drives to John’s home to drop him off then
    proceeds to his house.

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    (a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 10km, show the relative positions of these places.
    (4 marks)

    (b) Use your diagram to determine:


    (i) the true bearing of Alex’s home from their father’s house. (1 mark)

    (ii) the compass bearing of the father’s home from John’s home. (1 mark)

    (iii) the distance between John’s home and the father’s home. (2 marks)

    (iv) the total distance Alex travels every Sunday. (2 marks)

    9. (a) A radio station tower was built in two sections. From a point 870m from the base of the tower, the angle
    of elevation of the top of the first section is 250 and the angle of elevation of the top of the second section is 400.
    What is the height of the top section of the tower? (5marks)

    (b)Two vertical poles on horizontal ground are 60m apart. The shorter pole is 3m high. The angle of depression
    of the top of the shorter pole from the top of the longer pole is 200. Using scale drawing, find the length of the
    longer pole. (5 marks)
    6.The attendance at a party consisted of 35 men, a number of women and some children. The number of
    women was one and a half that of the children present.
    a) If there are a total of 65 participants, how many women attended the party? (3mks)
    b) During the party, each child took one bottle of soda, the men took two bottles each while some women took
    two and others three. Given that five crates each containing 24 bottles of soda were consumed, how many
    women took two bottles of soda? (5mks)
    c) Each crate of soda was bought for sh.432 plus a deposit of sh.10 per bottle incase it broke. How much
    money did the party organizers pay at the soda depot?
    (2mks

    10. Three brothers Felix, William and Chris decided to buy a petrol tanker for transport. The dealer allowed
    them to pay 70% of the cost and clear the remaining in twelve equal monthly instalments. The marked price of
    the petrol tanker is Ksh 7.2million.The brothers raised the Ksh. 705,000 in the ratio 5:4:3 respectively.

    a) Determine

    i) The monthly instalment (2marks)

    ii) Williams contribution in the initial payment (2marks)

    b) The brothers made a profit of Ksh 4,320,000 from the business in one year. Their expenses were total
    monthly instalments and business expenses of ksh. 1,200, 000: Find

    i) Their net profit (3marks)

    ii) The difference between Felix and Chris’s share of the profit (3marks)

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