Mathematics P2 Questions and Answers - Mangu High School Trial Mock Exams 2021/2022

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
2. Sign and write date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3. This paper consists of two sections; Section I and Section II.
4. Answer All questions in Section I and only Five questions from section II
5. All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each question.
6. Show all the steps in your calculations giving answers at each stage in the spaces provided below each question.
7. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
8. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used except where stated otherwise.
9. Candidates should answer questions in English.

For examiner’s use only.
Section I

Section II

GRAND TOTAL  ________

QUESTIONS

SECTION 1 (50 MARKS)
Attempt all questions.

1. Factorise x² – y², hence evaluate 3282² - 3272² (3mks)
2. Find cos x – Sin x, if tan x= ¾ and 90º≤ x ≤360º (3mks)
3. Expand [1-2x]⁶ up to the fourth term. Hence use your expansion to evaluate (1.02)⁶ to four decimal places. (4mks)
4. The average of the first and fourth terms of a GP is 140. Given that the first term is 64. Find the common ratio. (3mks)
5. Make b the subject of the formula. (3mks)
   A = √   bd  
           b² - d
6. Two variables P and Q are such that P varies partly as Q and partly as the square root of Q. Determine the equation connecting P and Q. When Q=16, P=500 and when Q = 25, P = 800 (4mks)
7. Calculate the interest on sh 10,000 invested for 1 ½ years at 12 % p.a. Compounded semi-annually. (3 mks)
8. Given that x=2i+j-2k, y= -3i+4j-k and z =5i + 3j+2k and that P= 3x-y+2z, find the magnitude of vector p to 3 significant figure (4mks)
9. Eighteen labourers dig a ditch 80m long in 5 days. How long will it take 24 labourers to dig a ditch 64 m long? (3mks).
10. The expression 1+ ^x/₂ is taken as an approximation for √1+x. Find the percentage error in doing so if x = 0.44 (3mks)
11. The matrices A = [3 0] and B = [a  b]  are such that AB = A + B Find a, b, and c. (3mks)
                                [0 4]              [0  c]
12. Simplify (3mks)
    2x² – x-1
       x² – 1
13. On map of scale 1:25000 a forest has an area of 20cm². What is the actual area in Km² (3mks)
14. In the figure below, DC = 6cm, AB = 5cm. Determine BC if DC is a tangent. (3mks).
    
15. Evaluate without using logarithm tables.
    3 log₁₀ 2 + log₁₀ 750 – log₁₀ 6 (3mks)
16. A bag contains 10 balls of which 3 are red, 5 are white and 2 green. Another bag contains 12 balls of which 4 are red, 3 are white and 5 are green. A bag is chosen at random and a ball picked at random from the bag. Find the probability that the ball so chosen is red. (4mks).

SECTION II (50 MARKS)
Answer any five questions in this section.

17. Income tax is charged on annual income at the rates shown below.
    Taxable Income K£            Rate (shs per K£)
    1 – 1500                                       2
    1501 – 3000                                 3
    3001 – 4500                                 5
    4501 – 6000                                 7
    6001 – 7500                                 9
    7501 – 9000                                10
    9001 – 12000                              12
    Over 12000                                 13
    A certain headmaster earns a monthly salary of Ksh. 8570.. He is entitled to tax relief of Kshs. 150 per month.
    1. How much tax does he pay in a year. ( 6 mks)
    2. From the headmaster’s salary the following deductions are also made every month;
       W.C.P.S 2% of gross salary
       N.H.I.F Kshs. 1200
       House rent, water and furniture charges Kshs. 246 per month.
       Calculate the headmaster’s net salary. (4 mks)
18.                                
    1.                                
       1. Taking the radius of the earth, R = 6370 km and π = ²²/₇ calculate the shorter distance between the two cities P (60ºN , 29ºW) and Q (60ºN, 31ºE) along the parallel of latitude. (3mks)
       2. If it is 1200Hrs at P, what is the local time at Q. (3mks)
    2. An aeroplane flew due South from a point A (60ºN, 45ºE) to a point B. The distance covered by the aeroplane was 800km. Determine the position of B. (4mks).
19. Triangle PQR whose vertices are p(2,2), Q(5,3) and R(4,1) is mapped onto triangle P'Q'R' by a transformation whose matrix is
    1 -1
    -2 1
    1. On the grid draw PQR and P'Q'R'. (4mks)
    2. The triangle P'Q'R' is mapped onto triangle P''Q''R'' whose vertices are P''(-2,-2), Q''(-5,-3) and R'' (-4,-1)
       1. Find the matrix of transformation which maps triangle P'Q'R' onto P''Q''R''.(2mks)
       2. Draw the image P''Q''R'' on the same grid and describe the transformation that maps PQR onto P''Q''R''. (2mks)
    3. Find a single matrix of transformation which will map PQR on to P''Q''R''.(2mks)
20.                                    
    1. Complete the table for y = Sin x + 2 Cos x. (2mks)
       

       X	0	30	60	90	120	150	180	210	240	270	300
       Sinx	0			1.0		0.5		-0.5			-0.87
       2 cos x	2			0		-1.73		-1.73			1.0
       Y	2			1.0		-1.23		-2.23			0.13

    2. Draw the graph of y = Sin x + 2 cos x. (3mks)
    3. Solve sinx + 2 cos x = 0 using the graph. (2mks)
    4. Find the range of values of x for which y < -0.5 (3mks).
21. A bag contains 3 red, 5 white and 4 blue balls. Two balls are picked without replacement. Determine the probability of picking.
    1. 2 red balls 2mks
    2. Only one red ball 2mks
    3. At least a white ball 2mks
    4. Balls of same colour. 2mks
    5. Two white balls 2mks
22.                              
    1. Draw the graph of the function 2mks
       y = 10+3x – x² for –2≤x≤5
    2. use of the trapezoidal rule with 5 stripes, find the area under the curve from x = -1 to x = 4. 4mks
    3. Find the actual area under the curve from x = -1 to x = 4. 2mks
    4. Find the percentage error introduced by the approximation. 2mks
23. The figure below is a cuboid ABCDEFGH such that AB = 8cm, BC = 6cm and CF 5cm.
    Determine
    1. the length
       1. AC (2mks)
       2. AF (2mks)
          
    2. The angle AF makes with the plane ABCD. (3mks)
    3. The angle AEFB makes with the base ABCD. (3mks)
24. A manager wishes to hire two types of machine. He considers the following facts.
                                                                 Machine A              Machine B
    Floor space                                              2m²                      3m²
    Number of men required to operate          4                          3
    He has a maximum of 24m2 of floor space and a maximum of 36 men available. In addition he is not allowed to hire more machines of type B than of type A.
    1. If he hires x machines of type A and y machines of type B, write down all the inequalities that satisfy the above conditions. 3mks
    2. Represent the inequalities on the grid and shade the unwanted region. 3mks
    3. If the profit from machine A is sh. 4 per hour and that from using B is kshs8 per hour. What number of machines of each type should the manager choose to give the maximum profit? (4mks)

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