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    This document provides an exam for Maryhill High School's S5 Subsidiary Maths class. It consists of 13 questions across two sections. Section A contains 5 questions testing topics like simplifying expressions, evaluating logarithms, properties of geometric and arithmetic progressions, and operations on matrices. Section B contains 8 multi-part questions involving data analysis, time-motion problems, properties of sequences, matrix algebra, and force diagrams. Students have 2 hours and 40 minutes to complete as many questions as possible.

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    This document provides an exam for Maryhill High School's S5 Subsidiary Maths class. It consists of 13 questions across two sections. Section A contains 5 questions testing topics like simplifying expressions, evaluating logarithms, properties of geometric and arithmetic progressions, and operations on matrices. Section B contains 8 multi-part questions involving data analysis, time-motion problems, properties of sequences, matrix algebra, and force diagrams. Students have 2 hours and 40 minutes to complete as many questions as possible.

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    MARYHILL HIGH SCHOOL

    BEGINNING OF TERM 3 EXAMINATIONS 2019


    S5 SUBSIDIARY MATHS
    TIME: 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES

    Attempt all questions in section A and any four questions in section B.

    SECTION A
    1. a) Simplify using the law of indices
    (16(¾) n ÷ 8(5/3)n) x 4(n+1)

    b) Evaluate (0.04)-3/2.

    2. Given that log102 = 0.3010 and log105 = 0.6990. Find the value of log25.

    3. The first term of a G.P is 16 and the fifth term is 9. What is the value of the seventh
    term?

    4. a) Given that matrices P = 3 0 and Q = 1 2 .


    1 -2 5 0

    Find matrix R such that R = P2 + Q2.

    b) the determinant of matrix R.

    5. Find the value of


    a) 6!
    b) In how many ways can we arrange 2 letters picked from letters A, B, C, D and E?

    6. The table below shows the marks scored by students in a subsidiary maths test.

    Mark (%) 20 30 40 50 60 70
    Number of students 4 8 10 9 5 2

    a) State the median


    b) Calculate the mean mark.

    7. The table below shows prices of Items and their weights in the year 2005 and 2009.

    ITEM Price (Shillings) Weights


    2005 2009
    Feeding 80,000 96,000 5
    Rent 51,000 60,000 3
    Fuel 22,000 32,000 1

    Use 2005 as the base year, calculate the weighted aggregate price index for 2009.
    8. A train starts from rest at station A and accelerates uniformly at 2ms-2 for 5 seconds
    and moves at a constant speed for 6 seconds and decelerates uniformly to rest for 4
    seconds to station B. Find the total distance covered by the train.

    SECTION B

    9. The table below represents the weights of 50 patients who visited a certain health
    centre in May 2019.

    Weight frequency
    40 – 50 10
    50 – 60 16
    60 – 70 24
    70 – 80 30
    80 – 90 14
    90 – 100 6

    a) Calculate
    i) mean weight
    ii) modal weight
    ii) the number of patients who weight between 55kg and 85kg.

    b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the


    i) median weight
    ii) Interquartile range of weight.

    10. The sales (in thousand of shillings) of a mobile phone company for a period 2012 to
    2014 are given in the table below.

    YEAR QUARTERS
    1 2 3 4
    2012 1235 1242 1410 1400
    2013 1275 1270 1450 1480
    2014 1302 1280 1510 1500

    a) Calculate the 4-point moving average


    b) On the same axes plot graphs of the sales and moving averages. Comment on the
    trend of the graph.
    c) Use your graph to estimate the sales for the first quarter of 2015.

    11. a) The first term of an AP is -12 and last term is 40. If the sum of the progression is
    196. Find
    i) the number of terms
    ii) the common difference

    2
    b) i) Find the sum of the first 8 terms of a G.P progression where the 1st term 2 and the
    common ratio is 3.
    ii) Find the sum to infinity of terms in a G.P whose 1st term is 18 and common ratio is ⅓.

    12. a) Find the possible values of x such that AB = BA where

    A = x2 3 B = 3 6
    1 3x 2 x

    b) Find the value of x for which the matrix has no Inverse.

    x–2 1

    2 x-2

    c) Solve the following equations using the matrix method.


    x – 3y = 3
    5x – 9y - 11 = 0

    13. A car initially moving at a speed of 80ms-1 decelerates uniformly and attains a
    velocity of 40ms-1 for 205 and comes to rest in the next 30s. Sketch a velocity time graph
    and use it to calculate the average velocity.

    Forces of magnitude 2√2N, 4N and 6N act on a body at angles 40o, 240o and 330 with the
    positive x-axis. Draw a clear force diagram and use it to find the magnitude of the
    resultant force and its direction.

    END

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