s.

2 practice questions

Exercise 1.
1. I‟m thinking of a number. I subtract 6 and multiply by -4. The answer is -8. What is
my number?

2. What is y if: (a) 3(y + 4) = 15. (b) 5(y + 3) = 55.

(𝑒+7)
3. Find e if: =4
3

4. Find g when: (a) 3(g – 1) = 21 (b) 12(g – 6) = 108

5. I think of a number and multiply it by 4; the result is the same as if I added 24 to the
original number. Find the number.

6. Solve the equations: (a) 29 = 7p + 8 (b) ½ x + 5 = 13

(c) 5 ½ = t + 1¼.

7. The sum of the angles of a polygon of n sides is (n – 2) 1800. Find the number of
sides if the sum is1,2600.

8. A man, who is x years old now, has a son aged 5. In seven years the father will be 4
times as old as his son will be then. How old is the father now?

9. The perimeter of a rectangle is 44 cm. If the breadth is x cm and the length (x + 2)

cm, find the length and the breadth.

10. A rod 30 m long is broken into two pieces, one of the length is x m and the other

(x – 4) m. Find x.
 11. A boy starts out from a town A to cycle towards a town B, 90 km away at an
average speed of 16 km/h. At the same moment a motorist leaves B and travels
towards A at an average speed of 56 km/h. After how many hours do they meet?
12. A cyclist sets out along a certain road at an average speed of 16 km/h. Half an hour
later a motorist starts from the same place to overtake him. If the motorist‟s average
speed is 48 km/h, find how many kilometers he must go before he overtakes the
cyclist.

Exercise 2

13. Find the solutions of the following inequalities and illustrate the solution on a number
line:
(i) 4x + 1 > 7x – 5 (ii) 2(x + 3) ≥ 5(x – 4)

(ii) 7x – 6 ≥ 4 + 17(x – 5) (iv) -7 < 3x + 2 < x + 5

(v) -2x + 1 < x – 5 < 5 – x.

14. Show the region in which 3x + 4y < 12 by shading out the unwanted region.
15. Find the region of the Cartesian plane which contains. points whose coordinates
satisfy the following inequalities: x ≤ 4; 2y + x ≥ 4 and 4y – 3x ≤ 8

16. Show on a graph the region defined by the inequalities.

(a) y < x, 5y > x, x + y ≤ 6
(b) 10. y ≤ x + 1, x ≤ 0, y + 2 > 0
(c) 11. x ≥ 0, y > 0, x + y < 3

(d) 12. x ≥ 4, y ≥ 3, x +y < 13, 6x + 5y ≥ 60

 17. Give the inequalities that define the unshaded region shown below.

Exercise 3.
18. Find the image of the point (5, 2) under reflection in the y axis.

19. Find the image of point (-1, 2) under reflection in the line x = 2.
20. After a point has been reflected in the x axis, its image is at (3, 2). Find the coordinates
of the object point.

21. The point P (-2, 4) is reflected in the line x = 0. Find the coordinates for P' the image of
P.

22. The points A (4, 2) and B (1, 3) are reflected in the line y = x. Find the coordinates of A'
and B', the images of A and B.

23. A reflection maps the point (5, 5) onto the point (1, 5). Find the equation of the mirror
line.
24. A (3, 3); B (3, 1); C (5, 1) and D (5, 3) are the vertices of a square ABCD. On the same
axes draw ABCD and its image A'B'C'D' under reflection in the line
x = 2. State the coordinates of A', B', C' and D'.
25. Find the image of each of the following points after a reflection in the lines:

(a) y = x (b) y + x = 0
(i) (4, 4) (ii) (3, 1) (iii) (-5, 5) (iv) (-4, 6)

Exercise 4.
SECTION A

1. Work out 0. 6̇ 3̇ + 0. 1̇1̇ 𝑎𝑠 a fraction. (04 marks)

2. ) Express 𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒 as a product of its prime factors and hence find

√𝟏𝟎𝟐𝟒. (04 marks)

3. Given that 𝟏𝟎𝟓𝒏 = 𝟐𝟏𝒕𝒆𝒏 , find the base n. (04 marks)
4. A reflection maps the point (5,5) onto the point (5, -1). Find by scale
drawing the equation of the mirror line. (04 marks)
1
5. The representation fraction on a map : find the area of a lake
250,000

(in 𝑘𝑚2 ) which is represented on the map by an area of 4.6𝑐𝑚 2

(04 marks)
6. Given the sets:
𝐴 = {𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑛 30}
𝐵 = {𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 28}
Find: a) 𝑛(𝐴𝑛𝐵1)
b) 𝑛(𝐴1 𝑛𝐵) (04 marks)

𝑨𝟐 + 𝑩𝟐
7. Given that; 𝑨 ∗ 𝑩 = , find;
𝟏𝟎𝑩

a) −𝟖 ∗ 𝟒
 b) 𝟕 ∗ (−𝟖 ∗ 𝟒 ) (04 marks)
8. Solve the inequality:

4(𝑥 − 1) ≥ 10 − 3𝑥 (04 marks)

9. Solve the equation:

(𝑥 − 1) (5 − 2𝑥) (𝑥 + 6 )
= + (04 marks
3 15 5
10. Find the smallest number of oranges which can be given to: Tom,
Jimmy and Mary so that each of them gets 75, 90 and 120
respectively. (04 marks)

SECTION B
11. a) Plot the points A (5.2, 4.8), B (7.6, -0.3), C (-1.9, -0.3) and D (-1.9, -
4.8) on the
Cartesian plane. Find the area of the figure formed.
(use a scale of 1cm to represent 1 unit)
b) Draw on the same graph the line passing through (-4, 0), (0, 4) and
the other line passing through (2, 0), (0, -3). State the coordinates of
the point of intersection. (12 Marks
12. a) Study the graph below.

𝑦 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠

I I
-3 3 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠

-2
I
 Find the inequality representing the shaded region.
(04 marks)

b) By shading the un wanted regions, show the region which satisfies the
inequalities:

3
𝑦 > 𝑥−3
2

𝑥 ≤2
2
𝑦 > 𝑥+2
3
𝑦 ≥ −𝑥 − 3

13. a) Triangle ABC with vertices A(-2,-7), B(-1,-11), and C(1,-7) is rotated
through positive quarter turn (+90°) about a point (1,-4) to give
𝐴𝐼 𝐵 𝐼 𝐶 𝐼 .
(i) Draw the same axes triangles ABC and 𝐴𝐼 𝐵 𝐼 𝐶 𝐼 .
(ii) Write the coordinates of 𝐴𝐼 , 𝐵 𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 𝐼

b)Triangles 𝐴𝐼 𝐵 𝐼 𝐶 𝐼 in (a) above is mapped onto triangle 𝐴𝐼𝐼 𝐵 𝐼𝐼 𝐶 𝐼𝐼 by

a reflection in the line 𝑦 = −𝑥

i. Draw on the same axes in (a) above, the triangle 𝐴𝐼𝐼 𝐵 𝐼𝐼 𝐶 𝐼𝐼 .

ii. Write the coordinates of 𝐴𝐼𝐼 , 𝐵 𝐼𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 𝐼𝐼

14. (a) Solve the simultaneous equations:

4𝑦 − 2𝑥 = −8
5𝑦 − 3𝑥 = −10
(b) The figure below shows a rectangle XYWZ with 𝑋𝑌 = (3𝑥 + 2),
𝑥
𝑌𝑊 = (4𝑦 − ), 𝑊𝑍 = (𝑥 + 4𝑦) and 𝑋𝑍 = (4𝑥 − 8)
2
 (𝑥 + 4𝑦)
Z W

(4𝑥 − 8) 𝑥
(4𝑦 − )
2

X Y
(3𝑥 + 2)

(i) Find the values of x and y.

(ii) Hence find the perimeter of the rectangle
(12 marks)

𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟎𝟓𝟔 × 𝟏𝟓𝟔𝟎
15. (a) Evaluate without using tables or calculator
𝟎.𝟓𝟐 × 𝟏.𝟒
(04 Marks)
(b) The pie chart below represents the food preferred by senior two
students.

If the number of students who prefer cassava is 120:

(i) Determine the total number of senior two students.
(ii) Find the number of students who prefer millet. (04 marks)

(c) A sum of money is divided into two parts in the ratio 5:7.

If the larger amount is sh.6300, find the smallest amount.(04 marks)

16. Using a ruler, a pencil and a pair of compasses only,
(a) Construct a triangle ,ABC , with AB = 8cm, angle CAB = 90° and
angle ABC = 60° (04 marks)
(b) (i) Measure and record the distances AC and BC
(II) Calculate the area of the triangle ABC (04 marks)
(c) Circumscribe triangle ABC and measure its radius. (04 marks)
17. (a) A Ugandan bought a car from Japan for Ush. 6000,000. How much
did he pay for the car in Japanese yen if 1 Japanese Yen = 1.13 US
dollars and 1 US dollar = Ush.1720.
(b) DE senior buys 200 items at a total cost of Sh. 600,000. He sells
150
Of them at a profit of 25% and the remainder at a loss of 8%.
(i) find the amount of his net profit.
(ii) Express his net profit as a percentage of his initial cost of all
items. (12 marks)
18. Find the equation of the mirror line in each of the following:
(a) P (4, 3) is mapped onto P1(8, 3)
(b) Q (6, -2) is mapped onto Q1 (6, -2)
(c) R (-9, 3) is mapped onto R1 (-1, -3)
(d) S (3, 2) is mapped onto S1 (-3, 8).

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