Mathematics Form 3 Term 1 Opener 2022 QN

Name:……………………………………………………… ADM No:………... Date:…………..
TERM I
FORM 3
MATHEMATICS
Time: 2 Hours
TEACHER.CO.KE
MATHEMATICS
Time: 2 Hours
Instructions To Candidates
Write your name, class and admission number in the space provided at the top of this page.
This paper has two sections: Section 1 and Section II
Answer all questions in section I and any three questions in section II
All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer at each stage in the space below each
question.
Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
Non-Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical Tables may be used
except where stated otherwise.
For examiners use only
GRAND
TOTAL
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SECTION I (40MKS)
(Answer all questions from this section)
1. Use logarithms to evaluate (3mks)
4.73 ×22.41
82.3
2. Solve for x in log 3 81=x (3mks)
3. Use tables of cubes and reciprocals to evaluate (4mks)
0.1
√2 0.498+
0.0351

4. When a number is divided by 8, 9 and 6 the remainders are 7, 8 and 5 respectively. Find the
number.
(3mks)
5. A line with gradient -3 passes through (3, k) and (k, 8). Find the value of k and hence the
equation of the line, where a, b and c are constants. (4mks)
6. In a fundraising committee of 45 people, the ratio of men to women is 7: 2. Find the number
of women required to join the committee so that the ratio of men to women is changed to
5: 4. (3mks).

7. The marked price of a car in a dealer’s shop was Ksh. 450 000. Simiyu bought the car at 7%
discount. The dealer still made a profit of 13%. Calculate the amount of money the dealer
had paid for the car to the nearest thousands. (4mks)
8. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 3x0 while that of exterior is (x-20)0. Find
the number of sides of the polygon. (3mks)
9. The GCD and LCM of three numbers are 3 and 1008 respectively. If two of the numbers are
48 and 72, find the least possible value of the third number. (3mks)

10. A straight line through A(2, 1) and B(4, m) is perpendicular to the line whose equation is
3 y=5−2 x . Determine the value of m. (3mks)
11. Two similar solids have surface areas of 48cm2 and 108cm2 respectively. Find the volume of
the smaller solid if the bigger one has a volume of 162cm3. (3mks)
12. Given that cos ( x−20 ) °=sin ⁡(2 x +32)° and that x is an acute angle, find tan ⁡(x−4)°
(4mks)

SECTION II (30MKS)
(Answer any 3 questions from this section)
13. The coordinates of a triangle ABC are A(1, 1) B(3, 1) and C (1, 3).
(a) Plot the triangle ABC. (1 mark)
(b) Triangle ABC undergoes a translation vector (22). Obtain the image of A' B'
C ' under the transformation, write the coordinates of A' B' C'. (2
marks)
(c) A' B' C' undergoes a reflection along the line X = 0, obtain the coordinates and
plot on the graph points A" B" C", under the transformation (2 marks)
(d) The triangle A" B" C" , undergoes an enlargement scale factor -1, centre
origin. Obtain the coordinates of the image A'" B"' C"'. (2 marks)
(e) The triangle A"' B"' C"' undergoes a rotation centre (1, -2) angle 1200. Obtain
the coordinates of the image Aiv Biv Civ. (2
marks)
(f) Which triangles are directly congruent. (1 mark)

14. A country bus left town A at 11.45 am and travelled towards town B at an average speed of
60km/hr. A matatu left town B at 1.15 pm on the same day and travelled towards town A
along the same road at an average speed of 90km/hr. The distance between the two towns is
540 km. Determine
(a) The time of the day the two vehicles met. (4marks)
(b) How far from town A they met. (2marks)
(c) How far from town B the bus was when the matatu reached town A (4marks)

15. The table below shows the mass to the nearest gram, of 101 mango seeds in a research
station.
Mass(gram) 10 -14 15 -19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 -34 35 – 39

Frequency 2 14 33 35 14 3
(a) State the modal class. (1mark)
(b) Calculate to 2 decimal places:

(i). The mean mass (4marks)
(ii). The difference between the median mass and the mean mass. (5marks)

16. A helicopter is stationed at an airport H on a bearing of 060o and 800km from another airport
P. A third airport J is on a bearing of 140o and 120km from H.
a. Using a scale of 1cm represents 100km;
i. Show the relative positions of P, H and J (3mks)
ii. Determine the distance between P and J (2mks)
iii. State the bearing of P from J (2mks)
(b) A jet flying at a speed of 103km/h left J towards P. The helicopter at H also took off
towards P at the same time. Find the speed at which the helicopter will fly so as to arrive
at P 12 minutes later than the jet. (3mks)

17. Given that y=2 x 2 +3 x−7 for -4≤ x ≤ 3
a. Complete the table below (2mks)
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
2x2 32 18 2 18
3x -9 -3 3 6
-7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7
y 4 -5 -7 7
b. Draw the graph y=2 x 2 +3 x−7 for −4 ≤ x ≤3 (3mks)
c. Use the graph to find the roots of the equation

i. 2 x 2+3 x−7=0 (2mks)
ii. 2 x 2+ 4 x−9=0 (3mks)

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Name:……………………………………………………… ADM No:………... Date:…………..

This paper has two sections: Section 1 and Section II

Answer all questions in section I and any three questions in section II

For examiners use only

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(Answer all questions from this section)

1. Use logarithms to evaluate (3mks)

2. Solve for x in log 3 81=x (3mks)

3. Use tables of cubes and reciprocals to evaluate (4mks)

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(Answer any 3 questions from this section)

(f) Which triangles are directly congruent. (1 mark)

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(b) How far from town A they met. (2marks)

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Mass(gram) 10 -14 15 -19 20 - 24 25 - 29 30 -34 35 – 39

(a) State the modal class. (1mark)

(b) Calculate to 2 decimal places:

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ii. Determine the distance between P and J (2mks)

iii. State the bearing of P from J (2mks)

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b. Draw the graph y=2 x 2 +3 x−7 for −4 ≤ x ≤3 (3mks)

c. Use the graph to find the roots of the equation

ii. 2 x 2+ 4 x−9=0 (3mks)

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