Form 4

FULL NAME: ______________________________SCH CODE: _______________
GAICHANJIRU BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

P.O.BOX 447-01000, THIKA. MOBILE NO. 0723 763 835
E-MAIL: [email protected]
ANNUAL MATHEMATICS CONTEST

28 TH MAY 2023
FORM FOUR PAPER
1 HOUR 30 MINS
INSTRUCTIONS
 Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
 All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
 Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
 Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used,
except where stated otherwise.
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY
PAGE NO MARKS
2
3
4
5
6
7
TOTAL
60
Page 1 of 8
1. Use reciprocal and square root tables to evaluate, to four significant figures, the
expression:
(4 marks)
+√
2 0.032
√ 0.432 0.0765
2. The radius of a cone increase in the ratio 4:3 while it’s height decreases in the
ratio 3:4. Determine the percentage change in the volume of the cone
(3 marks)
3. One of three vertices of triangle ABC is A(2,-3). Point A is mapped onto A’(-4,7)
under a reflection on mirror line M. Find the equation of the mirror line M
(3 marks)
Page 2 of 8
4. The data below shows the age of 10 pupils picked at random in a primary school
6, 11, 13, 14, 8, 7, 12, 20, P and 9. If the εf x 2=1360.Determine the value of P
hence find the standard deviation to 3 decimal place
(4 marks)
cos ( 2 x−30 )
o
o
5. Solve for x =tan 45 (3 marks)
sin ( 3 x +10 )
o
6. The figure below shows an arc of a circle through three points A, B and C.
Calculate the coordinate of the centre of a circle.
(4 marks)
Page 3 of 8
7. A camp has enough food to last 10,000 refugees for 35 days. After 5 days 2500
more refugees arrived in the camp. If all are now put on half ration, how longer
will the food last?
(3 marks)
8. A school decided to buy at least 25 balls and hockey sticks for the department.
The numbers of hockey sticks were to be not more than 19 and the balls were to
be at least 9. A ball costs sh. 1,600 while a hockey stick costs sh. 3,600. The
school had ksh. 72,000 to purchase the balls and the hockey sticks. Using a to
represent the balls and m to represent the hockey sticks, write down four
inequalities that satisfy the information above. (4 marks)
9. The following is the graph of temperature against time. Find the average rate of
change between 1st and 3.5th seconds.
(3 marks)
Page 4 of 8
10. An arithmetic progression of 41 terms is such that the sum of the first five
terms is −1250 and the sum of the last five terms is −24650. Find The first term
and the common difference.
(4 marks)
11. The shaded region on the graph below show a dam in Murang’a county.
use trapezium rule with nine strips to estimate the area of the dam
(5 marks)
Page 5 of 8
2
12. In a science class of the class are boys and the rest are girls. 80% of the
3
boys and 90% of the girls are right handed. The probability the right handed
1
student will break a test tube in any sessions is and that for the left handed is
10
3
regardless of whether boy or girl.
10
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information (2
marks)
(b)Using the tree diagram drawn, find the probability that:
Page 6 of 8
(i) A student chosen at random from the class is left handed (2
marks)
(ii) A test tube is broken by a left handed student (2

marks)
(iii) A test tube is broken by right handed student (2

marks)
(iv) A test tube is not broken in any session (2

marks)
13. (a) A transformation matrix T1 (1.50 02) maps a triangle ABC onto A’B’C’.
another transformation T2 (32
−2
−1 )
maps triangle A’B’C’ into triangle A”B”C”. the
coordinates of point C”(10,8). Determine the coordinate of point C.

(5 marks)
Page 7 of 8
(b)The points O,A&B have the coordinates (0,0), (4,0) & (3,2) respectively.
Under a shear represented by the matrix

1 K
0 1 ( )
, triangle OAB is mapped onto
OAB’.
(i) Determine in terms of K, the coordinate of point B’. (2
marks)
(ii) If OAB’ is a right angle in which angle OB’A is acute, find two possible
value of K.
(3 marks)
Page 8 of 8

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FULL NAME: ________________SCH CODE: _

GAICHANJIRU BOYS HIGH SCHOOL

ANNUAL MATHEMATICS CONTEST

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

(b)Using the tree diagram drawn, find the probability that:

(ii) A test tube is broken by a left handed student (2

(iii) A test tube is broken by right handed student (2

(iv) A test tube is not broken in any session (2

coordinates of point C”(10,8). Determine the coordinate of point C.

Under a shear represented by the matrix

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