S.3 END OF TERM ONE EXAMINATION 2010 ST DANIEL COMBONI S.S.

S MATANY MATHEMATICS PAPER P/456/1 TIME: 21/2 Hrs Instruction: attempt all questions in section A and five in section B 1. Without using tables or calculator evaluate. a) 3.1422 3.042 b) 1.21 x 10-2 x 40 2.2 x 11 2. Given that a2 b2 = 62 and (a+b) = 21, find the values of a and b (2mks) (2mks) (4mks)

3. The diagonals of a rhombus are 20cm and 48cm respectively. Determine the length of the sides of the rhombus (4mks) 4. Factorise 8a2 18b2 completely. 5. Use logarithms to evaluate 780 x 0.25 correct to 2 decimal places 1.09 6. if A= 2 0 0 2 B= 4 2 8 6 , find det (A,B) (4mks) (4mks)

7. Fine the equation of the line passing through the points (2, -1) and ( 5, 8) 8. Given that f (x) = ax 7 and f(8) = 17, find the value of; i) a ii) f(4)

9. The pie chart below shows the fruits popularly sold in a daily super market in Kampala.
Bananas Pineapples 96 120 Mangoes Apples 54

If 420 apples were sold on a given day, determine; i) The total number of fruits that were sold that day (2mks) ii) How many mangoes were sold that day? (2mks)

10. There are enough chicken feeds to feed 360 chicken for 21 days, find how many more chicken wound be needed for the same feeds to last 15 days (4mks) SECTION B (60MKS) 11. a) given the function f(x) = x+3, g(x) = 1 2x, determine the value of x for which 2 5 fg(x) + gf(x) = 0 b) Express x2 x in the form (x + p)2 + q. hence solve the equation x2 x - = 0 (6mks)

12. a) Find the point of intersection of the lines y=2x 3 and y= -x 3, calculate the area of triangles enclosed between the two lines and the x axis. b) Find the equation of the line which is a perpendicular bisector of the line passing through points A(5 , 4) and B(3 , 8). 13. a) A man gave half of his welfare allowance to his wife, 1/5 to each of his two sons and the rest to his daughter. Find: i) ii) The fraction given to his daughter. His welfare allowance. If each son was given Shs 16,000/( 5mks) (7 mks)

b) The difference between the valves of Y when X=6, and when X=10 is 16. The square of X, find the equation relating X and Y, 14. Four students; Kale, Linda, Musa and Naana went to a stationary shop. - Kale bought 4 pens, 6 counter books and 1 graph book - Linda bought 10 pens and 5 counter books - Musa bought 3 pens and 3 graph books - Naana bought 5 pens, 20 counter books and 8 graph books.

The cost of a pen, a counter book and graph book were Shs 400, 1,200 and 1,000 respectively. a) (i) Write a 4x3 matrix for the items bought by the 4 students ii) Write a 3x1 matrix for the cost of each item b) Use the matrices in (a) to calculate the amount of money spent by each student (3mks) (6 mks)

c) If each student was to buy 4 pens, 10 counter books and 6 graph books, how much money could be spent by all the four students? (3 mks) 15. a) the lines ax + 2y = 3 and ax by = 5 intersect at (1 , 2). Find a and b. b) If 4 1 x -1 x y = 4 8 Determine the values of x and y (5 mks) (7 mks)

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