Truncation means cutting off numbers to the given decimal places or significant figure, ignoring the rest.
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Determine the population of a town four years ago if the present population is 800 000 and the annual population growth rate of the town...
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Determine the population of a town four years ago if the present population is 800 000 and the annual population growth rate of the town is 5%.
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November 7, 2017
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A school bursar wishes to obtain the sum of the following amounts of money paid in as school fees for three students by the CDF:...
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A school bursar wishes to obtain the sum of the following amounts of money paid in as school fees for three students by the CDF: Ksh 10860, Ksh 49105 and Ksh 7352, the bursar estimates the sum by first rounding each of the amounts to 3 significant figures.
(a) Determine the estimated sum
(b) Determine the percentage error in this estimate
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November 7, 2017
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A solid metal cuboid 1.5 m long, 0.4 m wide and 0.25 m high of material of density 7.5g/cm3. Calculate it's mass in Kilograms. ...
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A solid metal cuboid 1.5 m long, 0.4 m wide and 0.25 m high of material of density 7.5g/cm3. Calculate it's mass in Kilograms.
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November 7, 2017
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The marked price of a modern camera is Kes 24, 000. A trader sold it to a customer at a 10% discount. If the trader...
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The marked price of a modern camera is Kes 24, 000. A trader sold it to a customer at a 10% discount. If the trader still made a profit of 20% on the cost price, what was its cost price?
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November 6, 2017
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A rectangular water tank has a base measuring 4m by 2.5m. This tank has water to a height of 90cm. Water is then pumped into...
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A rectangular water tank has a base measuring 4m by 2.5m. This tank has water to a height of 90cm. Water is then pumped into this tank continuously from 2240 hours to 2330 hours at the rate of 1.2 litres per second. Find the new depth of water in the tank after this period of time giving your results in metres.
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November 6, 2017
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The price of an article was raised by 10% and a week later the new price was lowered by 5%. What was the new price...
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The price of an article was raised by 10% and a week later the new price was lowered by 5%. What was the new price if the original price was sh. 100?
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October 27, 2017
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An insurance company reduced its annual premium for a policy by 12.5% to sh. 750. What was the previous amount of premium?
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An insurance company reduced its annual premium for a policy by 12.5% to sh. 750. What was the previous amount of premium?
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October 27, 2017
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It cost Robert 150% more to rent his house than it used to 10 years ago when the rent was sh. 15000 per month. How...
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It cost Robert 150% more to rent his house than it used to 10 years ago when the rent was sh. 15000 per month. How much rent does he pay now?
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October 27, 2017
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A mason was paid sh. 36000 to completely build a house. What was the total cost of the building if this amount constituted 15% of...
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A mason was paid sh. 36000 to completely build a house. What was the total cost of the building if this amount constituted 15% of the cost?
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October 27, 2017
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What percentage is 0.002 cm?
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What percentage is 0.002 cm?
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October 27, 2017
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In a quality control survey 4.5% of all parts of a machine were declared sub-standard. If there were 81 sub-standard parts, how many...
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In a quality control survey 4.5% of all parts of a machine were declared sub-standard. If there were 81 sub-standard parts, how many parts were analysed?
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October 27, 2017
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David’s shamba is 24 hectares in area six hectares is used for pasture and coffee in the rest. What percentage of his shamba is under...
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David’s shamba is 24 hectares in area six hectares is used for pasture and coffee in the rest. What percentage of his shamba is under coffee?
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October 27, 2017
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A shopkeeper bought a cup for sh. 36 and sold it later for sh. 48. What was the percentage gain?
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A shopkeeper bought a cup for sh. 36 and sold it later for sh. 48. What was the percentage gain?
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October 27, 2017
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A man pay 10% more for his bus fare from home to work than he used to pay two years ago. If he pays sh....
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A man pay 10% more for his bus fare from home to work than he used to pay two years ago. If he pays sh. 40, how much was he paying then?
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October 27, 2017
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A pair of trouser was being sold at sh 1600 but was sld for sh 1200. What was the percentage decrease?
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A pair of trouser was being sold at sh 1600 but was sld for sh 1200. What was the percentage decrease?
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October 27, 2017
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A foreign government donated sh. 70.1 billion while the Kenya Government contributed sh. 300 million towards a project. Of the total 11.2 million was used...
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A foreign government donated sh. 70.1 billion while the Kenya Government contributed sh. 300 million towards a project. Of the total 11.2 million was used to pay the experts, sh. 700000 for purchase of stationary and sh. 14.0 million for the acquisition of machinery. How much money remained unused ? state your answer in words.
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October 27, 2017
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Find the length of a square whose area is 0.0081 cm^2.
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Find the length of a square whose area is 0.0081 cm^2.
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October 27, 2017
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Ken bought q oranges and discovered that 2% were bad. How many oranges were fit for consumption?
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Ken bought q oranges and discovered that 2% were bad. How many oranges were fit for consumption?
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October 27, 2017
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A farmer has 3 containers of capacity 48 litres, 36 litres, and 30 litres. Find the capacity of (a) The smallest vessel that can be filled by each one...
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A farmer has 3 containers f capacity 48 litres, 36 litres, and 30 litres. Find the capacity of
a. The smallest vessel that can be filled by each one of them an exact number f times.
b. The largest container that can be used to fill each one of them an exact number of times.
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October 27, 2017
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Four cisterns in a public lavatory are designed to flush at intervals of 5, 8, 10,15 seconds. After how many minutes will they flush together?
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Four cisterns in a public lavatory are designed to flush at intervals of 5, 8, 10,15 seconds. After how many minutes will they flush together?
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October 25, 2017
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