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KEVINS SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM TWO MATHEMATICS OPENER EXAM 2024 TERM I

NAME ________________________CLASS__________________ADM NO ______________

TIME 1 HOUR 15 MINS

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THE SPACES PROVIDED

−13+5−70 ÷ 5
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate (3marks)
9−14 ×−3÷ 21

2. Two light bulbs are set to light after every 40 seconds and 60 seconds respectively. If they light exactly
at the same time initially, calculate:

a) The time, in minutes, they will take to light again.(2 marks)

b) The number of times they would light together in the first half an hour.(1 mark)

3. On the following Cartesian plane provided, solve the simultaneous equations. (5marks)

4
y= x +2
3

3 y=x−3
4. A Forex bureau in Nairobi buys and sells selected foreign currencies at the rates given in the table
below

currency Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)

1 South African Rand 7.00 7.70
1 United Arab Emirates Dirham 36.14 37.50
A tourist arrived in Kenya from South Africa with 854600 south African Rand.He converted the whole
1
amount to Kenya shillings through an agent at a commission of 2% .while in Kenya he spent of this
4
money and changed the balance to UAE Dirham. Calculate the amount of UAE Dirham that he received.
(3 marks)

5. Four interior angles of a hexagon are 100° , 140° , 125° and 105° .the fifth interior angle is four times
the sixth angle. Find the fifth angle.(3marks)
6. The area of a rhombus is 60cm2.given that one of its diagonals is 15cm long; calculate the perimeter of
the rhombus (3marks)

7. A mathematics test has 20 questions .seven marks are awarded for each correct answer; two marks
are deducted for each wrong answer. Zero marks are given for each omitted question. A boy got 87
marks in the test.how many questions did he omit if all questions were compulsory? (4marks)

a
8. Express 0.43 2̇13̇in the form and state the values of a and b (3marks)
b

9. Determine the smallest value of digit P if the number 32P91 is divisible by 11 (2marks)

10. Four men can build a stone wall 36m long in twelve days. What length of the wall can eight men
working at the same rate build in eight days? 3marks)
11. Use factorization method to simplify the following expressions (2 marks)
2
x −4 x
x−4

22
12. The lengths of minor and major arcs of a circle are 110cm and 154 cm respectively. Taking π =
7
,find the radius and area of the circle (3marks)

13. using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a parallelogram PQRS such that PQ = 8 cm, QR
= 6cm and angle PQR = 135° . (3marks)

14. Modern coast bus left Kampala on Wednesday evening for Mombasa and arrived on Friday morning
as indicated in the travel timetable below

Arrival Departure
Kampala - 2015h
Malava 0430h 0655h
Nakuru 1325h 1455h
Nairobi 1840h 2030h
Mombasa 0500h -
Calculate

a)the time taken by bus to travel from

 i. Kampala to Malava (1mark)

ii. Malava to Nakuru (1mark)

iii. Nakuru to Nairobi (1mark)

iv. Nairobi to Mombasa (1mark)

b) The total travelling time between Kampala and Mombasa (2marks)

c) The total resting time during the whole journey (2marks)

d) The average speed for the whole journey given that the distance between Kampala and
Mombasa is 1,965 km.(2marks)