Form 4 Maths

19/7/2015

Revisions
1.

Round off 5961 correct to two significant figures

2.

Express 765 000 as a number in the standard form

3.

5.4 X 102
6
3 X 10

4.

The area of a rectangular piece of land is 73 000m2 . If its length is 1.2 X 102 m, then its width in m is

5.

Solve the equation p (p + 5) = 24

6.

Factorise 36x2 25 in the simplest form

7.

In a class consisting of x pupils, 10 are girls. On a certain day, one of the boys in the class was absent.
The number of boys present on that day was..
A. x 9

B. 9 x

C. x -10

D. x 11

8.

Given that the universal set = { p, q, r,s, t}, X = {p, r, s, t} and Y = {q, r, s}, then n ( X Y)

9.

Given that {2,3} is a subset of the set P, which of the following cannot be set P?
A.

10.

{2, 7, 3}

B.

{3, 5, 2}

C.

{2, 7, 9}

D. { 6,2, 3}

In the figure 1 below the lines AB and PQ are parallel. The equation of the line PQ is 5x 2y + 3 = 0
Determine the values of h and k if the equation of AB is 2y + hx + k = 0
y
B
P
(0,5)
x
A
Q

11.

In the figure 2 below ABC is a straight line. Find the coordinates of A if A is on the y-axis
y
X C (-10,8)
X B (-5,2)
x
A

12.

Given that (2, 9) is the point of intersection of the straight line y = 5x + h and y = 2x + k. The values of h
and k
A. h = 2; k = 3

13.

B. h = -1; k =5

C. h = -2; k =3

D. h = -1; k = -2

Figure 3 shows a set of data where x represents an integer. The mean for the data is 9. Calculate the
difference between the mode and median
5, x, x, 12, 10, 15
A. 1

14.

B. 1.5

D. 7

The table 1 below shows the marks and frequency. If the median is 3, calculate the maximum value of y
Marks
Frequency
A.
4

15.

C. 5.5

1
7
B.

2
8
8

C.

3
5
7

D.

4
y

5
6

6
6

10

A box contain 15 red cards, 3 blue cards and several yellow cards. A card is chosen at random from the
1
9

box. The probability of choosing a blue card is

. Find the probability of choosing a yellow

card____
16.

Figure 4 shows some cards marked with letters are put into a box.
S

A card is picked at random from the box. The probability that the card is marked with a vowel is ____
17.

A class has 28 girls and a number of boys. A pupil is picked at random from the class. The probability of
picking a girl is

7
8 . How many boys are there in the class?

18.

P
J

144

40

Find the angle JKL

19.

In the figure 6, KLM is a tangent to the circle, with centre O at L

N

20.

48

26

In figure 7, two circles touch each other at point V. WS is a common tangent to the two circles whose
centres are O and P respectively. TOW and QPS are straight lines. Find the values of x and y.

Section B
1.

2.

Figure 8 shows a parallelogram ABCD and O is the origin. Given that the gradient of the straight line
BC is 1 and y-intercept of the straight line CD is 36. Find
a)

the value of r

b)

the equation of straight line CD

c)

the x-intercept of the straight line CD

a) State whether the following statement is true or false

-5 > -3 and 12 are multiples of 3
b) Write two implications based on the statement below
2k 1 > 9 and only if k > 5
c) Given that the total interior angle of a regular polygon of n sides is (n 2) X 180 . Make
conclusion
by deducting on the size of the total interior angles of a regular pentagon.
d) Complete the premise in the following argument
Premis 1 : ____________________________________
Premis 2 : David is not offered a scholarship

Conclusion: David does not do well in the examination

3.

4.

The length of a rectangular plot of land is 12 cm more than its width. The area of the land is 189 cm2.
a)

Form a quadratic equation in the term of x

b)

Solve the equation, and hence find the length and width of the plot of land.

The Venn diagram below shows =E F G . On the diagrams provided, shade the following sets
a) E G '

b)

5.

The data in figure 9 shows the length in cm of 40 pieces of ribbons in a box

152

156

140

162

163

158

163

153

153

173

163

153

157

156

146

162

165

162

163

158

174

150

175

165

164

148

155

166

168

159

145

160

156

172

169

170

141

173

160

178

(a) Using the data in figure 9 and class interval of 5cm, complete the table 2
Length (cm)

Upper boundary

Frequency

Cummulative
Frequency

(b) State the modal class

(c) Use a graph paper to answer this part of question
i.

Using a scale of 2cm to 5cm on the horizontal axis and 2cm to 5 pieces of ribbons on the vertical
axis, draw an ogive for the data.

ii.

Hence find the median

iii.

Explain briefly the meaning of median