KERICHO TEA BOYS

HIGH SCHOOL
FORM 1 SERIES 2 EXAMS
MATHEMATICS
TIME: 2 HOURS

NAME………………………………………………………….

ADM NO ………………….. CLASS…………………………………

DATE…………………

Attempt all the questions in the spaces provided.

1. Work out:
(a) (-7) + (-4) = (4 mks)

(b) (-20) ÷ (+4) =

(c) (+18) x (-2) =

(d) (+10) – (+7) =

2. Use square and square root tables to evaluate: 3.474 + √1287
2
(3mks)

3. Arrange the following fractions in descending order. (3mks)

2/3, 8/9, 7/12, 5/7

4. Express the following recurring decimal into a fraction.

(i) 0.375 (3mks)

.
(ii) 0.6 (2mks)
5. A bus service number 4 leaves a terminus every 20 minutes. Service bus 8 and 3
leaves ever 25 and 30 minutes respectively. If all the three services leave together at
6.00 A.M, at what other times during day time do they leave together? (4mks)

6. A man spends 1/3 of his salary on rent and 2/5 of the remainder on food. He
saves the rest of his Income. If his savings amount to sh.4,200, find his income.
(3mks)

7. Write in words 27707807. (1mk)

8. The sum of three consecutive whole numbers is 84. Find the numbers. (3mks)
9. A number n is such that when it is divided by 27, 30 or 45, the remainder is 3.
Find the smallest value of n. (3mks)

10. Use the number line to perform the following operations.

a) (-10)-(-3) (1mk)

b) (+1)-(-8) (1mk)

c) (-3)+(-4) (1mk)

11. If x=-2, y=-6 and z=4, find the values of:

a)2y-3x+z (2mk)

b) 4xy / z (2mks)
12. Solve 2/5 of (6 − (1 + ) × )(3mks)
2
5
1
2
2
3
1
3
1/
5

13. A farmer has 165 orange trees on his farm. 38 trees have 97 oranges each, 79 trees
have 176 oranges each, the rest have 59 oranges each. How many oranges are there
altogether? (3mks)

14. Express x+1 2 / - x - 1/3 as a single fraction (3mks)

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15. Given that 1.05 = 1 b. Find the value of a and b (3mks)

16. On a certain day, a student measured the temperature inside a deep freezer and
found that it was -3°C while the room temperature was 24°C. What was the temperature
difference between the room and the deep freezer? (2mks)

17. Using tables find the:

a) Square of 4.973 (2mks)

b) Squareroot of 0.146 (2mks)

18.An integer p is two-thirds of another and their difference is 10. Find the two

integers. (3mks)
 19. Check whether 7544 is divisible by 6 (3mks)

20. Work out:

1 ¼ + 2 3/5 - 4/5 of 3 1/3 (3mks)

21. Test whether the following numbers are divisible by 11. (6mks)
(i) 8260439

(ii)8151

(iii)4132
22. Find the square root of each of the following using factor method.
(a) 1764 (2mks)

(b) 625 (2mks)

(c) 441 (2mks)

23. Without using a calculator, evaluate the following leaving your answer as a simple
fraction. (3mks)

(a) (−4)(−2)+ (−12)+ (+3) + -20+(+4)+(-6)

-9-(-15) 46-(8+2)-2

(b) 5/6 of (41/3 -35/6)____

5/12 x 3/25 +1 5/9 – 2 1/3
24. Express 1.93 + 0.25 as a single fraction. (3mks)

25. Mr. Kimanthi keeps Turkeys and chicken. The number of turkeys exceeds the
number of chickens by 6. During the outbreak of a disease, ¼ of the chicken and 1/3
of the turkeys died. If he lost total of 30 birds, how many birds did he have
altogether? (4mks)
 26. Four farmers took their goats to the market. Salim had x goats, Mohammed two
more goats than Salim and Koech had 3 times as many goats as Mohammed
whereas Okoth had 10 goats less than both Mohammed and Koech. (a) Write a
simplified expression with one variable, representing the total number of goats.
(3mks)

(b) Three butchers bought all the goats and shared them equally. If each butcher got
17 goats, how many did Okoth sell to the butchers? (3mks)
27. Melisa ate 1/5 of her birthday cake and gave 2/3 of the remainder to her friends.
The rest was kept for her two sisters who were absent. If the two sisters shared their
piece equally, what fraction of cake did each sister eat? (3mks)

28. A company registered a gross profit of five billion, three hundred and sixty eight
million, five hundred and seventy nine thousand and seventy nine shillings. Round
off this figure to the nearest hundred million and express it in standard form. (3mks)

29. Find the square root of 1764 using factor method. (3mks)