Bridging Business Mathematics Question Paper

Bridging Business Mathematics

Course:Business Mathematics

Institution: Eland College question papers

Exam Year:2008

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KABARAK UNIVERSITY
(ELAND COLLEGE)
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
BRIDGING CERTIFICATE COURSE IN MATHEMATICS
AUGUST 2008 EXAMINATIONS
COURSE CODE:
COURSE TITLE: BUSINESS MATHEMATICS
STREAM: BRIDGING
DAY:
DATE:
TIME:
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Choose any four questions all questions carry equal marks
Total Marks 702
1 a) define the following terms as used in number operation
i) Integers
ii) Real numbers
iii) Complex numbers
iv) Commutative law
ii) Distributive law
b) Convert the following decimal fractions to percents; 0.5, 0.525, 1.75, 0.131 and
0.668799
(25 marks)
2 a) The owner of Tuchman shop has invested Kshs 200000 in the shop which has
been running for the past two years. In the first year, the net income amounted to
Kshs 45000 and in the second year, the net income was 48% of the original
income. By what percent did the shop earnings increase or decrease during the
second year?
b) what number when increased by 18% gives 895
(25 marks)
3 the total sales in a hardware store for last month was 600000shs with farm
implements department having sales of 300000ksh.if monthly expenses amounted
to Kshs 80000,how much of these should be allocated to the farm implements
department (25marks)3
4 Allan had the following income and expenditure for his clinic during the past
year. Salaries Kshs 524000,rent Kshs 70000,fees Kshs 1,395000,supplies used
Kshs 67000 payroll taxes Kshs 43000 utilities 60000 obtain the net income or
loss.
(25 marks)
5 In a partnership between mol and Joe, each had an investment of Kshs 2,000,000
and 4000000 respectively as at January. On 1st July mol withdrew 1,250,000 and
then invested 2500000shs on 1st September .Joe invested another 1,300,000as on
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st June and Kshs 1220000 on 1st October. use the ratio of their investment to
divide the net income of Kshs 3,000,000
(25 marks)
6 Bolingo Company pays employees in one of its manufacturing departments shs60
for each of the articles produced. One of the workers in the department produced
the following quantities of articles: Tuesday, 86 articles Wednesday125 articles
Thursday 155 articles and Friday 96 articles find the gross pay of the worker for
the week.
(25 marks)

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