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Form 2 Mathematics Question Paper

Form 2 Mathematics 

Course:Secondary Level

Institution: Kcse question papers

Exam Year:2011



1.Use logarithms to evaluate to 4 significant figures
((0.5241)^2 × 83.59)/?0.3563






2.In a certain company 20 men working 12 hours a day can complete a certain job in 20 days. Determine how long it would take 30 men working at the same rate for 8 hours to complete the job.





3.Simplify
{3/5+1/10 (2 1/2-3/7)of 1 1/2-5}








4.A line which joins points P (-3, 6) and Q (-1, w) is perpendicular to another line whose equation is 2x-3y =6.find the value of w.




5.solve for x in the equation
?16?^(2x-1)=25/100




6.Four interior angles of a hexagon are 100°, 140°, 125° and 105°.the 5th is four times the 6th .find the interior angle.




7.Solve using tables square root ,cubed and reciprocals
2/v0.3142+5/(1.031^2 )






8. A bank rate for changing Euros (€) to Kenya shillings are shown below
Kenya Bank buys Bank sells
Euro 54.2 58.6
A German tourist changes €800 at the beginning of his trip. At the end of the trip, he remained with Ksh.7000, which he converted back to Euros (€) which he had gained over ksh. by ksh.1.40.how many Euros did he get (leave your answer to the nearest whole number)




9. Find the equation of the line parallel to the line x+2y=4 and passes though (2,1)



10. Simplify;
25/36-1 1/2÷(?0.5)?^4×(1/100 )^0×?0.01?^(-2)





11.3 partners’ Winona, Omwomo and Jose contributed ksh.200, 000. Ksh.300,000 and ksh.500,000 respectively and bought a matatu.the 3 agreed that one quarter of the profit from the matatu at the end of each month would be saved for emergencies; one fifth of the remainder would be used for buying spare parts and repairs. The rest would be shared among them in the ratio of their contribution.during the month of August the matatu realized Ksh.124, 800 profits. Determine:
How much money was used for buying spare parts and repairs






The following year the profit margin increased by 50%.calculate the share of each of each of the partners




12. The bearing of points A and B from C is 80° and N30° E respectively .point X due East of B and due North of A .it’s further given that AB=BC=40km.
Using a scale of 1cm to represent 5km,make a scale drawing to show the relative position of A,B,C and X









Use your diagram to find;
The distance of C from A

The bearing and distance of point X from C


The bearing of A from B


13. Calculate the area of the shaded region between the areas CP and RQ of circles centers O in the figure below given that OQ 12cm and OP 8cm (Takep=22/7)








14. Draw a triangle ABC with coordinates A(1,1) B(2,2) and C(3,1) on the grid below.
Draw an image A’ B’ C’ of triangle ABC under a reflection on the line x=0
Write down the coordinates of A’B’C’
REFLECT A’B’C’ in the line y=0 to give A’’B’’C’’ and state its coordinates
Write down the equation of the line of symmetry of triangle A’’B’’C’’










15. Evaluate:
(25-(-12))/(-3) (12+(-5)(-4))/2






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