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KASNEB SYLLABUS
GENERAL OBJECTIVE
This paper is intended to equip the candidate with knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable him/her
to apply mathematical and statistical skills in business transactions.
7.0 LEARNING OUTCOMES
A candidate who passes this paper should be able to:
CONTENT
7.1Equations
7.2 Matrices
Buying and selling; discounts, profit and loss, margins and mark-ups
Commissions and salaries: piece and hourly rates, gross and net pay, PAYE
Bills calculations; water and electricity /
Simple and compound interest
Depreciation and appreciation of assets
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Hire purchase
Foreign exchange
7.4 Elementary statistics
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Weighted index numbers; Laspeyres, Paasche's, Fishers ideal and Marshall- Edgeworths
methods (both price and quantity index numbers)
Limitations of index numbers
Emerging issues and trends
7.9 Emerging trends
CONTENT
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Chapter 1: Equations5
Chapter 2: Matrices....31
Chapter 3: Commercial mathematics.52
Chapter 4: Elementary statistics.....77
Chapter 5: Descriptive statistics....109
Chapter 6: Set theory.146
Chapter 7: Basic probability theory...176
Chapter 8: Index numbers .....205
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CHAPTER 1
EQUATIONS
Linear and Quadratic Equations
Equations often express relationships between given quantities (the knowns) and quantities yet to
be determined (the unknowns). By convention, unknowns are denoted by letters at the end of the
alphabet, x, y, z, w, , while knowns are denoted by letters at the beginning, a, b, c, d, . The
process of expressing the unknowns in terms of the knowns is called solving the equation. In an
equation with a single unknown, a value of that unknown for which the equation is true is called
a solution or root of the equation. In a set simultaneous equations, or system of equations,
multiple equations are given with multiple unknowns. A solution to the system is an assignment
of values to all the unknowns so that all of the equations are true. Two kinds of equations are
linear and quadratic.
LINEAR EQUATIONS
It takes the form
y = a + bx
y = 20 + 2x
y = 5x
y = 15-0.3x
=
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The answer is x = - 1
Check the solution by substituting -1 in the original equation for x. If the left side of the equation
equals the right side of the equation after the substitution, you have found the correct answer.
Left side: 5(-1) - 6 = - 11
Right side: 3(-1) - 8 = - 11
Exercise
Solve each of the following equations.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
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4x - 6y = 12
2x + 2y = 6
To solve a system of equations graphically, graph both equations and see where
they intersect. The intersection point is the solution.
First, solve each equation for "y =".
4x - 6y = 12
2x + 2y = 6
slope = -1
y-intercept = 3
slope =
y-intercept = -2
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CHAPTER 2
MATRICES
Definition of Matrix
A matrix is a collection of numbers arranged into a fixed number of rows and columns. Usually
the numbers are real numbers. In general, matrices can contain complex numbers but we won't
see those here. Here is an example of a matrix with three rows and three columns:
The top row is row 1. The leftmost column is column 1. This matrix is a 3x3 matrix because it
has three rows and three columns. In describing matrices, the format is:
Rows X columns
Each number that makes up a matrix is called an element of the matrix. The elements in a matrix
have specific locations.
The upper left corner of the matrix is row 1 column 1. In the above matrix the element at row 1
col 1 is the value 1. The element at row 2 column 3 is the value 4.6.
Matrix Dimensions
The numbers of rows and columns of a matrix are called its dimensions. Here is a matrix with
three rows and two columns:
Sometimes the dimensions are written off to the side of the matrix, as in the above matrix. But
this is just a little reminder and not actually part of the matrix. Here is a matrix with different
dimensions. It has two rows and three columns. This is a different "data type" than the previous
matrix
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TYPES OF MATRICES
Row Matrix
Column Matrix
Rectangular Matrix
A rectangular matrix is formed by a different number of rows and columns, and its dimension is
noted as: mxn.
Square Matrix
Zero Matrix
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In an upper triangular matrix, the elements located below the diagonal are zeros.
In a lower triangular matrix, the elements above the diagonal are zeros.
Diagonal Matrix
In a diagonal matrix, all the elements above and below the diagonal are zeros.
Scalar Matrix
A scalar matrix is a diagonal matrix in which the diagonal elements are equal.
Identity Matrix
An identity matrix is a diagonal matrix in which the diagonal elements are equal to 1.
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CHAPTER 3
COMMERCIAL MATHEMATICS
Introduction
Commercial mathematics is concerned with mathematics used in the practical world of
commerce and in everyday life. It includes topics like percentage, discounts, profit & loss,
banking, shares and dividends and taxes.
This section comprises:
percentage,
discount, profit and loss, and
margin and markups
commissions and salaries
Simple interest.
compound interest
depreciation and appreciation of assets
hire purchachase
foreign exchange
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10% = (
100%),
If the merchant makes a profit, the formula for calculating the profit percentage is:
. .
profit%=(
. .
.
100)%
.......[1]
If the merchant makes a loss, the formula for calculating the loss percentage is:
loss%=(
. .
. .
.
100)%
.......[2]
Of course, you can always use only Eq. [1], in which case if there is a negative value for the
profit percentage, it is equivalent to a loss percentage.
Example 1
If toys are bought at Ksh.80 each, and sold at Ksh.89 each, what is the profit percentage?
C.P. of the toy = Ksh.80; S.P. of the toy = Ksh.89
The profit %
= (
= (
. .
. .
.
100)%
100)% =
100 = 11.25%
Example 2
I sell 20 articles for the same money as I paid for 25. What is my profit percent on my outlay?
Let the cost of each article I purchased be x.
The money spent in purchasing 25 articles is 25x, while for 20 articles the money spent is 20x.
However, 20 articles are sold for the cost of 25, i.e. the S.P. of 20 articles is 25x, for which the
C.P. was 20x.
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the profit %
= (
. .
. .
.
100)%
= (
100)=25%
100)%=(M.P.S.P.M.P.100)%
.......[4]
Sometimes, some merchants offer successive discounts on the M.P. In such cases, the first
discount is calculated on the M.P. and is subtracted from it. The next discount is calculated on
the resulting amount from the previous step and is again subtracted from it to yield the next
amount of the article. These steps are continues till all discounts are used up, and the final
amount obtained is the S.P. of the article.
Gross profit is the total profit made by the merchant in a transaction, without deducting any
taxes and/or expenses. After making the deductions for taxes and/or expenses from the gross
profit, what remains is the net profit.
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CHAPTER 4
ELEMENTARY STATISTICS
Introduction
Statistics have become an important part of everyday life. We are confronted by them in
newspapers and magazines, on television and in general conversations. We encounter them when
we discuss the cost of living, unemployment, medical breakthroughs, weather predictions, sports,
politics and the state lottery. Although we are not always aware of it, each of us is an informal
statistician. We are constantly gathering, organizing and analyzing information and using this
data to make judgments and decisions that will affect our actions.
In this unit of study we will try to improve the students understanding of the elementary topics
included in statistics. The unit will begin by discussing terms that are commonly used in
statistics. It will then proceed to explain and construct frequency distributions, dot diagrams,
histograms, frequency polygons and cumulative frequency polygons. Next, the unit will define
and compute measures of central tendency including the mean, median and mode of a set of
numbers. Measures of dispersion including range and standard deviation will be discussed.
Following the explanation of each topic, a set of practice exercises will be included.
There are several basic objectives for this unit of study. Upon completion of the unit, the student
will be able to:
The material developed here may be used as a whole unit, or parts of it may be extracted and
taught in various courses. The elementary concepts may be incorporated into general
mathematics classes in grades seven to twelve, and the more difficult parts may be used in
advanced algebra classes in the high school. Depending upon the amount of material used,
several days or several weeks may be allotted to teach the unit.
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Branches of statistic
The subject is divided into two general categories
1. Descriptive statistics
2. Inferential statistics
In descriptive statistics one deals with methods used to collect, organize and analyze numerical
facts. Its primary concern is to describe information gathered through observation in an
understandable and usable manner. Similarities and patterns among people, things and events in
the world around us are emphasized.
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Inferential statistics takes data collected from relatively small groups of a population and uses
inductive reasoning to make generalizations, inferences and predictions about a wider
population.
Data Collection Methods
Data collection is a process of collecting data using different methodologies. It is a very
important topic of statistics as well as mathematics. The data collections are known as, any
information collected from some person or some other ways to get news. Data collection can be
defined as a term which is used to explain the process of preparing and collecting data, such as, a
part of a process improvement. The purpose of data collection is to collect important information
to keep on record for further use, to make important decisions about different issues, and to pass
vital information on to others.
What is Data Collection Methods?
The data collection is to collect important information to keep on record for further use, to make
important decisions about different issues, and to pass vital information on to others.
In terms of the method of data collection that will be used for the study, there are mainly two
types of data:
Primary data
Secondary data
Primary Data
They are collected afresh and for the first time, and thus happens to be original in character.
They are the most original data and mostly have not undergone any sort of statistical test.
Secondary Data
They are those that has already been collected by someone else and which has been already been
passed through the statistical process. They are not pure and have undergone some treatment at
least once.
Data Edition:
After collecting the required data, either from primary or secondary means, the next step leads to
edition. Editing is a process by which the data collected is examined to discover any error and
mistake before it is presented. It has to be understood before hand it self to what degree the
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CHAPTER 5
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Introduction
Statistics is the art and science of getting information from data or numbers to help in decision
making.
As a science, statistics follows a systematic procedure to reach objective decisions or solutions
to problems.
As an art statistics utilizes personal judgment and intuition to reach a solution. It depends on
experience of the individual involved. It is more subjective.
Statistics provides us with tools that aid decision making. For example, using statistics we can
estimate that expected returns and associated risks of a given investment opportunity.
Statistics involves collection of data, analysis, presentation and interpretation of data.
There are various types of summary measures including averages and measures of dispersion.
An average is a figure which represents the whole data. It removes all unnecessary details and
gives a clear picture of the data under investigation.
Definitions of key terms
Statistical inference is deduction about a population based on information obtained from a
sample drawn from it. It includes:
point estimation
interval estimation
hypothesis testing (or statistical significance testing)
prediction
Measures of central tendency are single numbers that are used to summarise a larger set of
data in a distribution of scores. The three measures of central tendency are mean, median, and
mode.
Measures of dispersion These are important for describing the spread of the data, or its
variation around a central value. Such measures of dispersion include: standard deviation,
interquartile range, range, mean difference, median absolute deviation, avarage absolute
deviation (or simply average deviation)
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Variance is the sum of squared deviations divided by the number of observations. It is the
average of the squares of the deviation of the individual values from their means.
Skewness describes the degree of symmetry in a distribution. When data are uni-modal and
symmetrical, the mean, mode and median will be almost the same value.
Kurtosis describes the degree of peakedness or steepness in a distribution.
Statistics has two broad meanings
1.
Statistics refers to the mass of components or measures such as the mean, mode,
standard deviation etc. that help in describing the characteristics of a given set of
data or distribution. In this respect, statistics is simply, numerical facts about a given
situation.
This is the original meaning of statistics. Governments were the first organisations to
collect vital statistics such as death rates, birth rates, economic growth etc.
2.
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collection of objects or subjects for which we want to make a decision e.g. the
number of customers of a supermarket; the number of students in public universities,
the number of matatus in Nairobi, the number of employees in campus, the number
of hospitals in Nyeri.
ii. Decide whether to use a census or a sample study. A census entails studying each
and every element in a population. A sample study entails studying a portion of the
population
iii. Decide the data collection techniques to use e.g. observation, questionnaires,
interviews, Internet pop-ups etc.
iv. Identify the data analysis technique to be used.
After data is collected, it is analysed so as to enable us make decisions. Data analysis involves
the following:
Organisation of data- This enables us to check for completeness, accuracy and reference.
Organising data can also involve coding the data for ease of analysis.
Data presentation Diagrams, graphs, tables etc. are used to present data so asto highlight the
visual impression of the data. The kinds of graphs and charts used will depend on the audience.
Type of graphs and charts may also be determined by type of information being presented
Statistical inference
The four steps above are referred to as descriptive statistics. Descriptive statistics helps us to
organise, summarise and present data in a convenient and informative way.
Inferential statistics, on the other hand, enables us to draw conclusions about the characteristics
of a population. Because most studies depend on samples, we use the sample results to draw
conclusions about the population from which the sample was drawn. The process of making
conclusions about the population based on sample statistics is known as sample inference.
Use sample statistics
Based on the statistical inference, then we answer the question or make the decision or solve the
problem that we set out to do.
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CHAPTER 6
SET THEORY
A set can be defined as a collection of things that are brought together because they obey a
certain rule.
These 'things' may be anything you like: numbers, people, shapes, cities, bits of text ..., literally
anything.
The key fact about the 'rule' they all obey is that it must be well-defined. In other words, it
enables us to say for sure whether or not a given 'thing' belongs to the collection. If the 'things'
we're talking about are English words, for example, a well-defined rule might be:
'... has 5 or more letters'
A rule which is not well-defined (and therefore couldn't be used to define a set) might be:
'... is hard to spell'
Requirement of a set
1. A set must be well defined i.e. it must not leave any room for ambiguities e.g sets of all
students- which? Where? When?
A set must be defined in terms of space and time
2. The objective (elements or members) from a given set must be distinct i.e each object must
appear once and only once, Must appear but not more than once
3. The order of the presentation of elements of a given set is immaterial
4. e.g 1,2,3 = 1,3,2 = 3,2,1
Types of Sets
In set theory, there are different types of sets. All the operations in set theory could be based on
sets. Set should be a group of individual terms in domain. The universal set has each and every
element of domain. We are having different types of sets. We will see about the different types
of sets.
Different Types of Sets
There are different types of sets in set theory. They are listed below:
Universal Set
Empty set
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Singleton set
Finite and Infinite set
Union of sets
Intersection of sets
Difference of sets
Subset of a set
Disjoint sets
Equality of two sets
Universal Set
The set of all the 'things' currently under discussion is called the universal set (or sometimes,
simply the universe). It is denoted by U.
The universal set doesnt contain everything in the whole universe. On the contrary, it restricts us
to just those things that are relevant at a particular time. For example, if in a given situation
were talking about numeric values quantities, sizes, times, weights, or whatever the
universal set will be a suitable set of numbers (see below). In another context, the universal set
may be {alphabetic characters} or {all living people}, etc.
Singleton Set:
For example:
A = {x : x is neither prime nor composite}
It is a singleton set containing one element, i.e., 1.
B = {x : x is a whole number, x < 1}
This set contains only one element 0 and is a singleton set.
Let A = {x : x N and x = 4}
Here A is a singleton set because there is only one element 2 whose square is 4.
Let B = {x : x is a even prime number}
Here B is a singleton set because there is only one prime number which is even, i.e., 2.
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Finite Set:
A set which contains a definite number of elements is called a finite set. Empty set is also
called a finite set.
For example:
The set of all colors in the rainbow.
N = {x : x N, x < 7}
P = {2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, ...... 97}
Infinite Set:
The set whose elements cannot be listed, i.e., set containing never-ending elements is
called an infinite set.
For example:
Set of all points in a plane
A = {x : x N, x > 1}
Set of all prime numbers
B = {x : x W, x = 2n}
Note:
All infinite sets cannot be expressed in roster form.
For example:
The set of real numbers since the elements of this set do not follow any particular pattern.
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CHAPTER 7
BASIC PROBABILITY THEORY
Introduction
Probability is a measure of likelihood, the possibility or chance that an event will happen in
future.
It can be considered as a quantification of uncertainty.
Uncertainty may also be expressed as likelihood, chance or risk theory. It is a branch of
mathematics concerned with the concept and measurement of uncertainty.
Much in life is characterized by uncertainty in actual decision making.
Probability can only assume a value between 0 and 1 inclusive. The closer a probability is to zero
the more improbable that something will happen. The closer the probability is to one the more
likely it will happen.
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Mutually exclusive event - A set of events is said to be mutually exclusive if the occurrence of
any one of the events precludes the occurrence of other events i.e. the occurrence of any one
event means none of the others can occur at the same time e.g. the events head and tail are
mutually exclusive
Collectively exclusive event - A set of events is said to be collectively exclusive if their union
accounts for all possible outcomes i.e. one of their events must occur when an experiment is
conducted.
Favourable events refer to the number of possible occurrences of a given event in an
experiment e.g. if we pick a card from a deck of 52 cards the number favorable to a red card is
26, in tossing coin the number favourable to a head is one.
Independent events Events are independent if the happening or non-happening of one has no
effect on the future happening of another event. E.g. in tossing two times of a coin, the outcome
of 1st toss does not affect 2nd toss.
Equally likely events Events are equally likely if the happening of one is not favored over the
happening of others. In tossing a coin the tail and head are equally likely.
OTHER CONCEPTS
Unconditional and conditional probabilities with unconditional probability we express
probability of an event as a ratio of favourable outcomes to the number of all possible outcomes.
A conditional probability is the probability that a second event occurs if the first event has
already occurred.
Joint probability joint probability gives the probability of the joint or simultaneous
occurrence of two or more characteristics.
Marginal probability is the sum of two or more joint probabilities taken over all values of one
or more variables. It is the probability that the results when we ignore one or more criteria of
classification when computing probability.
Probability is used throughout business to evaluate financial risks and decision-making.
Every decision made by management carries some chance for failure, so probability analysis is
conducted formally.
In many natural processes, random variation conforms to a particular probability distribution
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known as the normal distribution, which is the most commonly observed probability
distribution.
Laws of Probability
1. Rules of Addition
a) Special rule of addition
If two events A and B are mutually exclusive the probability of one or other occurring is equal to
the sum of their probability
P (A or B) = P (A) + P (B)
P (A or B or C) = P (A) + P (B) + P(C)
Illustration
An automatic plastic bag - a mixture of beans, broccoli and other vegetables, most of the bags
contain the correct weight but because of slight variations in the size of beans and other
vegetables. A package may be slightly under or overweight. A check of 4,000 packages of past
reveals the following:
Weight
Event No of packages
Underweight
A
B
C
Satisfactory
Overweight C
100
3600
300
What is the probability that a particular package will be either underweight or overweight?
The two events are mutually exclusive
P (A or C) = P (A) + P (C)
P(A) =100/4000
P(C) =300/4000
P(A or C) =400/4000 = 1/10 =0.1
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CHAPTER 8
INDEX NUMBERS
Introduction
An index is a numerical figure which measures relative change in variables between two periods.
The index numbers are important because they show that the value of money, securities,
commodities is fluctuating i.e. appreciating or depreciating accordingly as the index numbers of
prices are rising/falling. A rise in the index numbers of prices will signify deterioration in the
value of money and vice versa.
Index number classification will depend on variables they are intended to measure. An index is
used to measure changes, which have occurred. Share indexes are used to measure changes,
which have occurred for shares in specific stock exchange e.g. stock indices measures the
changes of price or value changes where the value changes are brought about by changes in the
capitalization of the share in the exchange. NSE index is based on share trading of 20 companies,
which are considered very active. The 20 companies account nearly 30% of NSE capitalization.
- A fall in NSE share index represents a fall in market price per share. Arise in NSE index
represent arise in the market price per share.
- An index may act as an indicator of activities in NSE the higher the demand of the share, the
higher is it market price and as a result the higher will be index.
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Computation procedure
When construction of an index number involves a single commodity it is called simple index
numbers. There are two methods/procedures for construction of simple index numbers
a) Fixed base method
b) Chain base method
year
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
price
8
10
12.5
18
22
25
Solution:
P0 = 8
1991_______8 8 100 = 100%
1992________10 8 100 = 125%
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