STATE HOUSE GIRLS SENIOR SCHOOL
CORE MATHEMATICS
HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
Time: 2 Hours
LEARNER’S DETAILS
Name: _______________________________________________________________________________________.
Teacher: ______________________________________________________________________________________.
Admission number: ________________________________. Date: __________________________________.
target: _______________________________. Signature: ________________________________.
INSTRUCTIONS TO LEARNERS
1. Fill in your details.
2. Answer all questions in Section A.
3. Answer any five questions in Section B.
4. Show all your working.
5. Use mathematical tables or a calculator where necessary .
SCORE GRID Section Q1 Q2 Q3a Q3b Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Section Total (40)
Marks (Max) 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 4 4 4 5 40
Learner Score
Section Q11a Q11b Q11c Q12a Q12b Q12c Q13a Q13b Q13c Q14a Q14b Q14c Q15a Q15b Q15c Q16a Q16b Q16c Q17a Q17b Q17c Section
Total
(60)
Marks 3 3 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 3 3 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 60
(Max)
Learner
Score
Section Max Marks Learner Score
A 40
B 60
TOTAL 100
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SECTION A: (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. A shopkeeper sold 15 boxes of sugar. If the number of boxes sold yesterday was 15, classify the number as even, odd,
prime, or composite. Explain your answer.
2. A machine produces 8 units per hour. Find the reciprocal of the production rate.
3. Determine whether the following numbers are rational or irrational:
(a) √49
(b) √2
4. Using a calculator, find the reciprocal of 0.25 and show your working in fraction form.
[Link] 53 × 54 as a single power of 5.
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25 ×23
6. Simplify .
24
7. Using logarithm tables, find log250 to 4 decimal places.
8. Simplify log100 + log0.1 using the laws of logarithms.
2
9. Evaluate (27)3 .
10. Expand and simplify (𝑥 + 3)(𝑥 − 5).
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SECTION B: 60 MARKS
Answer any five questions.
11. A trader invests Ksh 5000 in a business. The growth of the investment is modeled by the expression 𝐴 = 5000 × 2𝑛 ,
where 𝑛 is the number of months.
a) Evaluate 𝐴 after 3 months. (3 marks)
b) Express 23 × 24 as a single power and verify your answer. (3 marks)
c) Using logarithms, find the number of months 𝑛 required for the investment to reach Ksh 80,000. (6 marks)
12. A group of students is designing a rectangular garden. The area 𝐴 in square meters is given by 𝐴 = 𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 24.
a) Factorize the quadratic expression. (4 marks)
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b) Determine the possible values of 𝑥 if 𝐴 = 0. (4 marks)
c) Verify your solutions by substitution. (4 marks)
13. An engineer is analyzing load on a bridge. The load is modeled by 𝑃 = 10𝑥 .
a) If 𝑃 = 1000, find 𝑥 using logarithms to base 10. (4 marks)
106 ×102
b) Simplify using the laws of indices. (4 marks)
103
c) Evaluate (100)3/2. (4 marks)
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14. A student measures the side lengths of a cube as 𝑥 cm. The volume 𝑉 is 𝑉 = 𝑥 3 .
a) Express 𝑉 in terms of powers if 𝑥 = 2𝑦. (3 marks)
b) Simplify (32 )4 using the laws of indices. (3 marks)
c) If 𝑉 = 512, find 𝑥. (6 marks)
15. A store reduces the price of a TV from Ksh 45,000 to Ksh 36,000.
a) Calculate the fraction representing the discount. (3 marks)
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b) Express 45,000 − 36,000 as a factorized quadratic if necessary. (3 marks)
c) If the discount is repeated every year, express the price after 3 years using powers. (6 marks)
16. The population of a town grows according to 𝑃 = 5000(1.1)𝑡 , where 𝑡 is in years.
a) Find the population after 5 years. (4 marks)
b) Determine 𝑡 if the population reaches 10,000 using logarithms. (4 marks)
c) Simplify (1.1)3 × (1.1)2 using the laws of indices. (4 marks)
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17. A rectangle has length 𝑥 + 2 and width 𝑥 − 3. The area is 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 12.
a) Form a quadratic equation from the area expression. (4 marks)
b) Solve the quadratic equation by factorization. (4 marks)
c) Interpret the solutions in the context of the rectangle’s dimensions. (4 marks)
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