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COMPOUND PROPORTIONS AND RATES OF WORK

MIXTURES QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1. Two types of tea which cost ksh.200 per kg and ksh 250 8kg = 5x 200 + 3 x 250

20kg costs = × 20
(5 x 200 + 3 x 250)
per kg are mixed so that their weights are in the ratio 5:3
8
= 4375
respectively. Calculate the cost of 20kg of the mixture. (3
marks)

3 x 560 + 11Q
= 670
3+
2. A mixture contains two powders P and Q with masses in

11
the ration 3: 11. If the mixture costs sh.670 per kg and
1680 + 11Q = 670 x 14
powder P costs sh.560 per kg, find the cost of a kg of
11Q = 7700
powder Q

65
a) Litres of alcohol = x 120 = 78
3 A solution whose volume is 120 litres is made up of 35%

litres
water and the rest alcohol. When y litres of alcohol is
100
78 + y
added the percentage of water drops to 15%
= 0.85
120 + y
78 + y = 102 + 0.85y
(a) Find the value of y (4mks)

0.15y = 24
Y = 160, litres
(b) The new solution is diluted further by addition

238
of seventy litres of water. Calculate the
b) = 100
350
percentage of alcohol in the resulting solution
(2mks) = 68%
c) Volume of water in Original sol
35
= 20 x
(c) A blend is made by mixing 10 litres of the
solution in (b) above with 20 liters of the original =100
7
Volume of alcohol in In the original solution
= 20 – 7 =
solution. Calculate in the simplest form, the ratio

13
of water to that of alcohol in the blend

Volume of water in solution (b) above

(4mks)
32
x 10 = 3.2
100
2600
4. A coffee dealer mixes two brands of coffee, x and y to 40 = 65
obtain 40kg of the mixture worth Ksh. 2,600. If brand x
is valued at Ksh. 70 per kg and brand y is valued at Ksh.
55 per kg. Calculate the ratio in its simplest form in
which brands x and y are mixed. (4mks) = 2: 3
1 5 0x 10
5. Kiprono buys tea costing sh112 per kilogram and sh 132 ���� =
0
per kilogram and mixes them, then sells the mixture at sh =125
120
112�+132�
= 120
150 per kilogram. If he is making a profit of 25% in each
x+y
112x + 132 = 120x + 120y
kilogram of the mixture, determine the ratio in which he

12y = 8x
mixes the tea. (3 marks)
X 12 3
= = X: y
= 3: 2

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 a). Alcohol vol. in the mixture
60
= 100 � 80 = 48 �𝑖����
6. A solution whose volume is 80 litres is made 40% of water

48
and 60% of alcohol. When litres of water are added, the

New proportion of alcohol = + �

80
percentage of alcohol drops to 40%

= 100
48 40
� = 40
(a) Find the value of x ( 4 marks)
80+x
b). % of alcohol in the new solution is
48 48
(b) Thirty litres of water is added to the new solution.
x 100 = x100 = 32
120 + 30 150
Calculate the percentage

(c) If 5 litres of the solution in (b) is added to 2 litres of the c). Alcohol volume in the mixture in litres
original solution, calculate in the simplest form, the ratio of = 5x 22 60
+ 2x
100 100
= 1.6 + 1.2
water to that of alcohol in the resulting solution. (4mks)

= 7 − 2.8) ∶ 2.8
(4.2 ∶ 2.8)

100 270
Cost = X324 = = 54 Per Kg
120 5
7. Kamau sold a mixture of two types of coffee which were

50� + 60�
costing Sh.50 per kg and Sh.60 per kg at Sh.324 for 5kg of

x + y = 54
the mixture after making a profit of 20%. Find the ratio of
the mixture. (3mks)

54x + 54y = 50x + 60y

4x = 6y
X 6 3
= = X: y = 3: 2
y 4 2
3.5
(a) i) x 50 = 1.75
100
8. Wainaina has two dairy farms. A and B. Farm A produces
4.75
x 30 = 1.425
milk with 3 ½ percent fat and farm B produces milk with 4
100
Total = 3.175kg
¾ percent fat.

3.175
(ii) x 100% = 3.96875%
80
(a)Determine

=
(i) The total mass fat in 50 kg of milk from farm A

3.969%
and 30 kg of milk from farm B
x
(b) No of fat kg 50 = x 100 = 4
(ii) The percentage of fat in a mixture of 50 kg of milk from A

x = 2kg
and 30 kg of milk from B

fat
(b) Determine the range of values of mass of milk from farm

Let 𝐾� �� 𝐴 be Y And �� of B be (50-Y)

B that must be used in a 50 kg mixture so that the mixture

3.5� 4.75
may have at least 4 percent fat.
+ kg of B ((50 − �) = 2
100 100
3.5y + 237 .5 − 4.75y = 200
-1.25y = -37.5
y = 30
A = 30kg
B = 20kg
0.7x450 + 0.9x = 0.75(450 + x)
0.9x − 0.75x = 450(0.75 − 0.7)
9. An industrialist has 450 litres of a chemical which is 70% pure.

0.15x = 0.05x450
He mixes it with a chemical of the same type but 90% pure so

0.
as to obtain a 75% pure. Find the amount of the 90% pure
05
x = x 450
chemical used.
0.15
x = 150

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x+y x
100 = 84
10. Rose cocoa beans cost Sh.60 per kg while Wairimu beans
cost Sh.90 per kg. In what ratio should they be mixed such

12x + 18y = 14x + 14y

that by selling the mixture at Sh.84 per kg, a profit of 20%
2x = 4y
X: y = 2: 3
is made. (3 marks)

Cost price = = 152.50

11. A dealer has two types of grades of tea, A and B. Grade A

Cost price = 152.50

costs sh 140 per kg. Grade B costs sh. 160 per kg. If the

Profit = 180 – 152.50

dealer mixes A and B in the ratio 3:5 to make a brand of tea

=
which he sells at sh. 180 per kg, calculate the percentage
profit that he makes. (3 marks)
27.50
% profit = = 18.03%

100 per packet. Find the ratio at which she should mix them 120 x100(� + �) = 80� + 100�
12. A coffee trader buys two grades of coffee at sh. 80 and sh.
120
96x + 96y = 80x + 100y
so that by selling the mixture at sh. 120 per packet, a profit
16x = 4y
of 25% is realised. (3 marks)

= 16 =
� 4 1
y 4
x: y 4= 1:
Original cost of 1kg of Mixture
x = 55
110
A shopkeeper mixes sugar costing Sh.40 per kg with

100
13. another type which costs Sh.60 per kg. Find the ratio in
x = 55x110 = 50
which the two types should be mixed so that if a kilogram 100

50x + 50y = 40x + 60y

of the mixture is sold at Sh.55, a profit of 10% is realised. (3
marks)

10x = 10y
Ratio 1: 1

The cost of maize flour and millet flour is Ksh. 40 Original cost of 1kg of Mixture
x = 52.90
11 5
14
and Ksh. 100
x = 52.90x = 46
100
52 respectively. Calculate the ratio in which they 115
were 46x + 46y = 40x + 52y
mixed if a profit of 15% was made by selling the
mixture at 6x = 6y
ksh. 52.90 per kilogram. (3mks) Ratio 1: 1

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15. The cost of 2 brands of coffee A and B per
120% = 72
kilogram are 100 ?
59.40 and Sh.72 respectively. The two brands are 120 x72 = 60
100

mixed in Cost price = 60

the ratio x:y and sold at a profit o9f 20% above the 40x +
72y
cost. If x + y = 60
the selling price per kilogram mixture is Ksh.72. 60� + 60 � = 40� + 72 �
find the
value of x and y(3mks) 20� = 12 �
�: � = 3: 5
16. A trader bought grade A tea at sh. 150 per kg and grade B 120% = 144

100
100% =120 x144 = 120
at sh. 100 per kg. She mixed them to make a blend. Which
she sold at a profit of 20%. If the selling price was sh. 144

150� + 100�
per kg. Find the ratio in which she mixed grade A to grade

x+y = 120
B.

120x + 120y = 150x + 100y

30x = 20y
X: y = 2:
3
Ration 2: 3
17. An industrialist has 450 litres of a chemical which
is 75% pure. He made the chemical by mixing two
brands: brand A which is 70% pure and brand BLet the volume of brand A be x and brand B
which if 90% pure. Find the amount of the 90%
pure chemical used. (3marks)
be y
x + y = 45 (i)
0.7x + 0.9y = 0.75(x + y)
− 0.05x =
−0.15y
� = 3�
(𝑖𝑖)
. : 3� + � =
450
18. A trader mixes 3 sacks of sugar which cost Shs. 900 × 3 = 2700
700 × 5 = 3 500
900 per 6200
sack of 60kg with 5 sacks of sugar which costs
Shs. 700 per
Total kg mixed 3 × 60 = 180
sack of 70kg. He sells the mixture at Shs. 950 per 5 × 70 = 350
sack of 530
80kg. Calculate the profit or loss the trader
makes. kg
(3 marks)
530
× 950 =
80 6293.75

6293.75 − 6200.00 = 93.75

= 93.75
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100 1375
144 x165 =12
19. A trader mixes imported sugar costing Kshs 100 per
kilogram with local sugar costing Kshs 150 per kilogram.
150 1375
1375
12 : 12 -100
When he sells the mixture at Kshs 165 he makes a profit

-
of 44%. Find the ratio in which he mixes the two types of
sugar. (3 marks)
17:7

5
a) mass of maize 8
in x 72 = 45kg
20 The mass of a mixture A of beans and maize is 72kg. The
ratio of beans to maize is 3:5 respectively
8
(a) Find the mass of maize in the mixture b) Beans in A and B17= x 170 = 80kg
(b) A second mixture of B of beans and maize of mass
9
or maize =7 x 170 = 90kg
98 kg in mixed with A. The final ratio of beans to
maize is 8:9 respectively. Find the ratio of beans to

Mixture B beans 80 – 27 = 53kg

maize in B

Maize 90 – 45 = 45kg

Ratio 53 ∶ 45

1.778:
1
(a) A : B : C
1(3 2)
21. Three hundred and sixty litres of a homogeneous paint is
(1 2)2
3:2:4
made by mixing three paints A, B, and C. The ratio by

A : B : C = 3 : 2:4
volume of paint A to paint B is 3:2 and paint B to paint
3
A = x 360 = 120litres
9
C is 1:2. Paint A costs sh. 180 per litre, paint B sh.240

2
B = x 360 = 80litres
per litrre and paint C sh. 127.50 per litre. Determine:
9
4
(a) The volume of each type of paint in the mixture.
C = x 360 = 160litres
(5mks) 9

3 2 4
b)Amount = x 180 + x 240 + x
(b) The amount of money spent in making one litre of the
127.50
9 9 9
mixture. (3mks)
= 60 + 53.33 = 56.67
= shs. 170
(c) The percentage profit made by selling the mixture at

(c)profit = 221 – 170 = 51

sh.221 per litre. (2mks)

51
% = x
100
170
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RATES OF WORK QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

1
1. Jane and Mary can dig a shamba in 12 and 15 days
1 day Jane =
12
respectively. Jane did the work for three days alone and
1
1 day Mary =
she was joined by Mary on the 4th day and both of
15
i) The proportion of the work Jane had done before she
them worked for next two days. Find
1
�12
3 =
1
i)
ii) The work they had done in the first 5 days. (3 mks)
was joined by Mary. (2 mks)
4
1 1 2(4+5) 3
iii) The work remaining undone by the end of the first ii) ( + )2= =
15 12 60
10
iv) After five days they were joined by John who can
five days. (1mk)
3 1 11
( +
10
)4 =
20
11
dig the shamba alone in 10 days. How long will the
9
three take to clear the remaining proportion of work.
iii) (1- ) =
20
(4 mks)
20
1
iv) John 1 day =
10
1 1 1
1
( + + ) =
10 15 12
a) 1⁄ + 1⁄ - 1⁄ = 7⁄
4 6 8 24
Time taken = 24⁄7 minutes
2. Tap A can fill a bath in 4min. Tap B can fill the same bath

(a) Calculate how long it would take to fill the bath if all b) 7⁄24 x2 = 14⁄24
in 6min and tap C can empty the bath in 8min.

Fraction emaining 5⁄12 A and B running

(b)
the taps were left running. (2 marks)
together fills
Calculate how long it would take to fill the bath
1⁄ x 1⁄ = 5⁄ in 1 min
4 6 12 12
if
all taps were left running for 3min after which tap C is Time taken12 x
5
5

Odajo Oronyi Nyamohanga

closed. (2 marks)
1 1 1
3. Three people Odajo, Oronyi and Nyamohanga working

x y z
together, take 30 min to do some work. Odago and Oronyi

1 1 1 1
together would take 40 minutes, Odago and Nyamohanga

+ +
together would take 45 minutes. How long would each
=
x y z 30
take working alone. (3 marks)

+ y = 40
1 1 1
x

+ z = 45
1 1 1
x
Nyamohanga 30 = 40 - 120= =
1 1 4- 3 1
120
120 minutes
Oronyi =30 45- = =
1 1 3- 2 1
90 90
90 minutes
Odajo = 30 -120 90- =
1 1 1 1

Let onduso take x days

mogaka takes (x + 5)
days
4. Mogaka and Onduso working together can do a piece of
1 1 1
+
work in 6 days, Mogaka, working alone takes 5 days
=
x x+5 6
longer than Onduso. How many days does it take Onduso
6 (x + 5) 16x = x(x + 5)
to do the work alone?
X 2 − 7x − 30 = 0
(x − 10) (x + 3) x = 10 or − 3
Onduso takes 10 days

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5. A cylindrical petrol tank can be filled by tap P in 6 hours. a) Fraction filled by tap P in61h =
1
Fraction emptied by outlet tap in12
1h =
The same tank can be emptied when full in 12 hours by tap

Fraction filled when the 1 two taps open in 1h

Q starting with the tank emptying both taps P and Q turned
1
= -
on at the same time and tap Q is turned off after 4 hours.
6 12
1
Find:
1
fraction filled in 4 hrs = x4 =
12
3
(a) The time taken to fill the tank. (6 mks)
1
(b) The capacity of the tank if the first tap delivers a
2
Fraction remaining 1- =
total of 1260 litres. (4 mks)
3
3
2 1
Time taken to fill remaining part = ÷
= 4hrs
3 6
Total Time taken = 4 + 4 = 8hrs
(b) 1260 = 8hrs
a). Total rate of flow in litres = 120 + 150
=
6. A water vendor has a tank of capacity 18 900 litres. The

27olitres/min
tank is being filled with water from two pipe A and B
1 8 90 0
Time taken =270
which are closed immediately when the tank is full.
Water flows at the rate of 150 000cm3/minute through
b). i). part of tank filled in 25min = 270x
25
pipe A and 120 000cm3/minute through pipe B.

=
(a)If the tank is empty and the two pipes are opened at

6750
the same time, calculate the time it takes to fill the

Time taken to fill remaining part

tank (3 marks)
1 8 900 −
=
(b) On a certain day the vendor opened the two pipes
A and B to fill the empty tank. After 25 minutes be 67 5 0
270-20
= 48.6min
opened the outlet tap to supply water to his customers at
an average rate of 20 litres per minute. Total time taken to fill tank
= 25 + 48.6
= 73.6 min
(i) Calculate the time it took to fill the tank on that day

ii). Total inflow into tank

(4 marks)

= 270�73.6
(ii) The vendor supplied a total of 542 jerricans, each

= 19872
containing 25 litres of water, on that day. If the water

water wasted = 19872 -(542x25)-6300

that remained in the tank was 6300 litres, calculate, in
litres, the amount of water that was wasted (3 marks) = 22 litres

1 1 1
A tank can be filled by a tap A in 20 minutes. Both in 1 min = - =
The same tank can be emptied when full in 30 20 30 60
7.
minutes by tap B. Both taps are turned on at
the same time and B turned off after 10 1
minutes starting with an empty tank. Find the 1
time taken to fill the tank. In 10 mins = x10 =
60
(3marks 6
A working above
5 2
x20 = 16 mins
) 6 3
Machine A can do a piece of work in 6 1 1 7
hours while machine B can do the same work Work done by A = 3 x =
in 9 hours. Machine A was set to do the piece 2 6
8.
of work but after 3 ½ hours, it broke down and
machine B did the rest of the work. Find how 12
long machine B took to do the rest of the
work. 7 5
(3marks) Remaining work = 1- =
12
12
5 1 45
Time taken by B = ÷ =

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 Two taps A and B can fill a water bath in 8 in 2 min A
minutes and 10 minutes respectively. Tap A is
opened for 2 minutes then closed. Tap B is later
9.
opened for one minute then closed. How long In 1 min B
will the two taps take running together to fill
the remaining part of the water 1 1 7
Both = + =
bath? 4 10 20
(3marks)
Remaining = 20
1- =
7 13
20
1 1 9
Both in 1 min = + =
8 10 40
13 9 26
Time = ÷ =
20 40 9
Three men working 8 hours daily can complete a Men increase in the ratio 10: 3
piece of work in 5 days. Find how long it will
take 10 men
working 6 hours a day to complete the same
Days decreases the ratio 3: 10
10.
Hours decrease in the ratio 6: 8
Days increase in the ratio 8: 6
8 3
work. (3mks x
x5
6 10

11. A cold water tap can fill a bath in 9 minutes

while a hot water tap can fill it in 6 minutes. 1 min =9
1
+
1
=
5

The drainage pipe can empty it in 4 minutes. 6 18

The cold and the hot water taps are left
running for 2 minutes after which all the three 2 min =18 x2 = 9
5 5

taps are left running. Find how long it takes to

fill the bath. (3mks)
Remainder = 91- =
5 4
9
5 1 1
3 Taps in 1 min = - =
18 4
36
1
1 min =
36
? 4=
9

= x36 = 16 minutes
4
9

5 8
x x3
12 5
12. Five men working for eight hours daily complete a
2 Days
piece of work in three days. How long will it take
twelve men working for five hours daily to complete
the same piece of work. (3 marks)

No of workers increased in 5: 3
No of days decreased in 3: 5
13. It takes 30 workers 6 days working 8 hours a day to
18
New no of days = 3/5 � 6 =
harvest maize in a farm. How many days would 50
Days
5
workers working 6 hours a day take to harvest the
maize? (3mks) No. of hrs. decreased in 6 ∶ 8
No. of days increased in 8 ∶ 6
18
8
New no. of days = x = 4.8 Days
5
14. Three men working for 8 hours a day take 6 days to dig 3 8 45
� 4� 6 � = 36 ����
a trench 9metres long. How long would 5 men working 5 9
4 hours a day take to dig a trench 45 metres long.(3mks)

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a). i). Fraction filled in 1hr

2 1 5
15. A tank has two inlet taps P and Q and an outlet tap R. when
= + =
9 3 9
empty, the tank can be filled by tap P alone in 4 ½ hours or
4
Time taken = 51 hour�
by tap Q alone in 3 hours. When full, the tank can be

ii). Fraction filled in 1

emptied in 2 hours by tap R.

hour
The tank is initially empty. Find how long it would take to fill
up the tank
5 1
= –1
=9
(i) If tap R is closed and taps P and Q are opened at
2
the same time ( 2 marks)
18
b) The tank is initially empty and the three taps are opened Time taken = 18 hours
(ii) If all the three taps are opened at the same time (2mks)

2 1
1
as follows
�). i). = x1x x
9 3
P at 8.00 a.m.
4
2 1 11
Q at 8.45 a.m.

= +
R at 9.00 a.m.
=
9 12 36
(i) Find the fraction of the tank that would be filled by
ii). Time taken after 9.00 amTo fill up the
9.00 a.m (3 marks)
tank
(ii) Find the time the tank would be fully filled up. (3mks)

1
16. An inlet tap can fill an empty tank in 6 hours. It takes 10 Fraction filled by inlet tap in 1h
6
=
Fraction
1 filled when the two taps open in 1h
=
hours to fill the tank when the inlet tap and an outlet
10
Fraction emptied by outlet tap in 1h
tap are both opened at the same time. Calculate the time
the outlet tap takes to empty the full tank when the inlet
1 1 1
= 6 − 10 = 15
Time for outlet tap to empty the tank = 15h
tap is closed. (3 marks)

1 2
a) A & B is 1 hr = =
2.5
17. Farmer has two tractors A and B. The tractors, working
5
together can plough a farm in 2 1/2h. One day, the

b). part done in 1 hr 10 min

tractors started to plough the farm together. After 1 h

= 5 -6 =15
2 7 7
10 min tractor B broke down but A continued alone
and completed the job after a further 4 h.
Remaining = 1- 15 =
Find: 7 8

(a) The fraction of the job done by the tractors,

15
8 1 2
c). Time. A does x =
working together for one hour
(b) The fraction of the job done by tractor A and B 15 4 15
15
Time taken by1 A = =
7
broke down
(c) The time each tractor working alone would 2
2
2 2
B Takes =4 −
have taken to plough the farm.
=
34% of 15000 = 5,100
N∶ K∶ M
18. Three juakali artisans Nyundo, Karai and Moto, invested
15,000 – 5,100 = 9,900
sh 1200, sh1,800 and sh 3000 respectively in their
2
= x 9900 =
business. They agreed that 34% of the profits would be

1980
10
divided equally among them, and the ratio of their

5100 ÷ 3 = 1700
investments.

(a) How much did Nyundo receive at the end of one 1980 + 1700 = Sh. 3,680
year when the total profit realized was sh 15,000?

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27 x 4 x 60 = 6480cm3
6480 = 60 � 30 �ℎ
19. Water flows from a tap. At the rate 27cm3 per second,
6480
h = 1800 = 3.6cm
into a rectangular container of length 60cm, breath 30

=20�� + 3.6�� = 23.6��

cm and height 40 cm. If at 6.00 p.m. the container was
half full, what will be the height of water at 6.04 pm?
(3 marks)

20. A rectangular tank of base 2.4 m by 2.8 m and a height of Cap of the tank = 3.4 x2.8 x 3
x 1000
3m contains 3,600 liters of water initially. Water flows
into the tank at the rate of 0.5 litres per second. Calculate = 201160litres
the time in hours and minutes, required to fill the tank Amount needed = 20160 − 3600
(4 marks) = 16560 litres
16560
Time =
5 2 1
8 x6 x 1 = 7 2 hrs
21. A group of 5 people can do a piece of work in 6 hours.
Calculate the time a group of 8 people working at half the
rate of the first group would take to complete the same

480
work. (3mks)
22. A farmer feeds every two cows on 480 kg of hay for four 1 Cow feeds on
2x4
in 1day
= 60��
No of cows to feed on 20160 in 6 weeks
days. The farmer has 20160 of hay which is just enough
to feed his cows for 6 weeks. Find the number of cows in
2 0 1 60
= = 8
cows
the farm
(3marks) 60x6x7

5
(�) 6.16 � 10 � � 3600 = 554,400��3
2
23. Water flows through a circular pipe of cross-section area
554, 400
6.16cm2 at a uniform speed of 10cm per second. At 6
30000xd
=
a.m., water starts flowing through the pipe into an empty
30000 30000
depth = 18.48��
rectangular tank of base area 3m2.

(b) (6.16 x 10) –

(11.6)
(a) What is the depth of the water in the tank at 8.30

61.6 – 11.6
a.m.?
= 50cm3 per second
(3marks)
Volume of tank = 3 x1.2
= 3.6m3
(b) If the tank is 1.2 meters high and has a hole at the
3 . 6 � 1 0 0 00 0 0 50 � 𝑡
=
bottom through which water leaks at the rate of
11.6 cm3 per second, determine the time at which 50
50
t =
the tank will be filled. (4marks)

Volume = 0.6 x 10000 x 3

=
24. A pool of water with surface area of 0.6ha has a uniform

18,000m3
depth of 3m. A pipe drains the pool at the rate of 200

1m3 =
litres per second. How many hours does it take to empty
1000litres
the pool? (3marks)
18,000 x 1000
= 18,000,000litres
18 , 00 0, 0 00
200
= 90000�������

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N ∶ M
7∶ 8
25. Two business partners Nzau and Masese contributed
30% of 86400 = 25920
sh.112,000 and sh 128,000

25920 ÷ 2 = 12960
7
Respectively, to start a business. They agree to share
� 25920 =
12096
their profits as follows;
15
8
x 25920 =
30% to be shared equally
13824
15
12960 + 12096 = 25056
30% to be shared in the ratio of their contributions

12960 + 13824 = 26784

Nzau = sh 25056
40% to be retained for the running of the business.

If their total profit for the year 1989 was sh.86400 Masese = sh 26784

40
(ii) 100 x 86400
calculate

(i) The amount received by each partner (6marks) = sh.

ii) The amount retained for running the business
(2marks) 34560
Copper zinc tin
3 2
26. Two alloys, A and B, are each made up of copper, Zinc
3
and Tin. In Alloy A, the ratio of copper to zinc is 3:2 and
5
the ratio of zinc tin is 3:5.
9 6 10
Copper: zinc: tin = 9: 6: 10
(a) Determine the ratio, copper: zinc: tin in alloy A
(2marks) Mass of tin
10
= 250 � 25 = 100��
Mass of zinc and tin in alloy B:
(b) The mass of alloy A is 250kg. Alloy B has the same
70
Mass of copper 100= × 90 = 63
mass as alloy A but the amount of copper is 30%

mass of zinc and tin

less than that of alloy A.

= 250 –
Calculate:

63
=
(i) The mass of tin in alloy A (2marks)

187
(ii) The total mass of zinc and tin in alloy B

Amount of alloy in A and B:

(3marks)

Mass of tin in alloy B

8 � 187
= 11
(c) Given that the ratio of zinc to tin in alloy B is 3:8,
= 136
Difference:
determine the amount of tin in alloy B than in alloy

136 – 100 =
A. (3marks)

27. A dam containing 4158m3 of water is to be drained. A pump Volume flow per day
=
3.14 x(3.5�10−2 )2 �1.5�8�3600
is connected to a pipe of radius 3.5cm and the machine

=
operates for 8 hours per day. Water flows through the pipe

166.25m3 /day
at the rate of 1.5m per second. Find the number of days it

= No. of days to drain the dam

takes to drain the dam. (3mks)

= = 25 Days
4158
166.2

= 𝟐𝟓𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬.

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No of minutes
3.2 x 2.5 x 2 x
28. Water flows from a pipe at the rate of 250 litres per minute.
1000
=
250
If the pipe is used to drain a tank full of water measuring
3.2m by 2.5m by 2m, how many minutes would it take to = 64 Minutes
drain the tank completely? (3 marks)

(a) Volume of water delivered per second

22
29. Water is flowing through a cylindrical pipe at the speed
= x 1.4 x 1.4 x 1.2 x 100
7
of 1.2m/s. If the pipe has an internal radius of 1.4cm,

= 739.2
Calculate

(b) 150 x 200 x x = 739.2 x 60 x 60

(a) The volume of water delivered by the pipe per

739. 2 x 3600
second in cm3 (Take  = 22/7) (2mrks)
x =
150x20
(b) The depth to which the pipe fills a rectangular

0
tank of base dimensions 1.5m x 2m in one hour to the
= 88.7cm
nearest 0.1cm. (3mrks)
3000
(c) Volume out per sec =
(c) The time taken, to the nearest second for the

60
pipe to fill a 50 litre bath tub (initially empty) which has
=
a hole at the base that drains the tub at the rate of 3

50cm3
litres per minute. (5mrks)

Net volume = 739.2

– 50
=
689.2
let the time taken be t
689.2t = 50
000cm
1
x fills of tank in 1 hour
3
30. Pipe x can fill an empty tank in 3 hours while pipe y can

1
be emptied by pipe z in 8 hours. pipe x and y are opened y fills6 of tank in 1 hour
fill the same tank in 6 hours. When the tank is full, it can

1
z empties of tank in 1 hour
8
at the same time when the tank is empty. If one hour later

1 1
1
pipe z is also opened, find the total time taken to fill the

x & y open will fill + = of tank in

1 hour
tank. (4 marks)

3 6
2
1 1
remaining fraction = 1 − =
2 2
1 1 1 3
both will fill + − = of tank in
1 hr
3 6 8 8
time taken by x, y and z to fill ½ of
remaining tank