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 TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
2. COASTAL REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
3. EASTERN REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
4. NAIROBI REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
5. NORTH EASTERN REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
6. NYANZA REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
7. RIFT VALLEY REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
8. WESTERN REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS

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 CENTRAL REGION

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 CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS’
JOINT PREMOCKS
121/1 MATHEMATICS ALT. A Paper 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS

Name: ………………………………………………………………... Adm No: ……….……

Index Number: …….……………... Candidate’s Signature: …….………......

School………………………………………………….Stream …………………………...

Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name, Adm. Number and stream in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
(b) This paper consists of TWO sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any five questions from Section II.
(d) Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the
spaces provided below each question.
(e) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(f) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables
may be used, except where stated otherwise.
(g) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
(h) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(i) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

Section II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Grand
Total

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 SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. A normal year has 365 days while a leap year has 366 days. Find the number of days from the
beginning of 1900 to end of 2000. (2 marks)

2. Find the exact value 2. 2̇ + 3.24̇ in its simplest form. (3 marks)

3. A mirror line maps point (4,3) onto (-2,7). Find the equation of the mirror line in double
intercept form.
(4 marks)

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4. The average lap time of 3 cars in a racing competition is 36 seconds, 40 seconds and 48
seconds respectively. If they all start the race at the same time, find the number of times the
slowest car will have been overlapped by the fastest at the time they all cross the starting point
together again.
(4 marks)

5. The table below shows patients who attend a clinic in one week and were grouped by age as
shown in the table below.

Age x years 0≤ x < 5 5≤ x < 15 15≤ x < 25≤ x < 45≤ x <
25 45 75

Number of patients 14 41 59 70 15

On the grid provided draw a histogram to represent the distribution. (3 marks)

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6. Three farmers, Formula-One, Method-Two and Way-Three are to share a grazing field.
Formula-One has 5 cows, Method-Two has 7 cows and Way-Three has 4 cows. The three
grazed for 3 days, 2 days and 4 days respectively. The owner of the field charged them ksh.
9000 which they were to share proportionately. How much money did Formula-One
contribute? (3 marks)

3𝑥+5 2𝑥+8
7. a) Simplify the expression − . (1 mark)
2𝑥 3𝑥

3𝑥+5 2𝑥+8 4
b) Hence solve − =5 (2 marks)
2𝑥 3𝑥

8. A solid in the shape of a regular nonagon with distance from the centre to any vertex as 10cm
and length 3.5m has a density of 3.2𝑔𝑐𝑚−1 . Calculate to 3 significant figures the mass of the
solid in kilograms. (4 marks)

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 3𝑛+1 −3×3𝑛−1
9. Find the exact value of (3 marks)
4×3𝑛+2

10. Use tables of natural tangents and square roots to find

a) 𝑡𝑎𝑛72.630 (2 marks)

b) √0.5479 (1 mark)

c) Hence evaluate 𝑡𝑎𝑛72.630 + √0.5479 (1 mark)

 2  − 3  5 1
11. Given the column vectors a =   , b =   and c =   and that p = 2a − b + c . Find
 4  − 9 − 7 3
the magnitude of p to 3 significant figures. (3 marks)

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12. Using the grid below, solve the simultaneous equations below (3 marks)
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 9 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 13

13. Under an enlargement with scale factor +2, point 𝑃(2,9) is mapped onto 𝑃′(−5,3). Determine
the co-ordinates of the centre of enlargement. (3 marks)

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14. A businessman sells two types of mobile phones Samsung and Nokia. The price of one
Samsung and one Nokia is ksh. 2000 and ksh. 1600 respectively. He wishes to have at least 20
mobile phones. The number of Samsung phones, should be less or equal to the number of
Nokia phones. He has ksh. 96 000 to spend. If he buys x Samsung phone and y Nokia phones,
write down the inequalities for the above situation.
(3 marks)

15. Complete the figure below to show a rotational symmetry of order 3 about point O.

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16. Solve for 𝛼 in 2𝑠𝑖𝑛(2𝛼 + 20) − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠(−𝛼 − 30) = 0 (2 marks)

SECTION II (50 MARKS)

(Answer ANY FIVE questions in the spaces provided)
17. The distance between Kipsigis Girls and Mbita School is 240km. During the Champions Jet 1
result release at Kipsigis Girls, Mbita School ferried their students using two buses, Scania
and Isuzu. The Scania bus travelled 20km/h faster than the Isuzu bus whose speed was
𝑥𝑘𝑚/ℎ.
a) Write an expression in terms of x for the time taken to cover the distance by;
i. Isuzu bus (1 mark)

ii. Scania bus (1 mark)

b) The Isuzu bus left Mbita at 7.00 am. and 36 minutes later, the Scania bus left Mbita
for Kipsigis. The two vehicles reached Kipsigis Girls at the same time. Form an
equation in 𝑥 hence find the speed of Scania bus.
(5 marks)

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 c) During the return journey, the two buses left Kipsigis at the same time and
maintained their original speeds. The Scania bus developed a puncture after covering
100km which took 20 minutes to mend. If the two buses arrived at Mbita at the same
time, find the average speed of Scania bus from the point where the tire was mended.
(3 marks)

18. Sol is a sales lady with a company that pays her a basic salary of sh. 30,000 per month. She is
also given commission on goods sold as follows,
0% for the first sh. 100,000
3% on the sales above sh. 100,000 up to sh. 300,000
7.5% of sales above sh. 300,000
a) During the month of May, she sold 400 calculators at sh. 1250 per calculator. Calculate:
i. How much she collected from the sale of calculators. (2 marks)

ii. Her total earnings for the month of May. (3 marks)

b) During the month of June, each calculator was sold at a discount of 16.8%. If Sol
received a total of sh. 52,500 as her earnings, find the total number of calculators sold
during the month of June.
(5 marks)

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19. Two quadratic curves intersect at points (−2,0) and (4,0).
a) Determine the equations of the curves in the form 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐. (4 marks)

b) Using trapezium rule with 6 strips, estimate the area bounded by the curves. (4 marks)

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 c) Estimate the area in (b) above using mid-ordinate rule with 3 trapezia. (2 marks)

20. A, B, C, D and E are such that B is 88 km on a bearing of 0620 from A. C is 120 km on a

bearing of 1420 from B. D is 𝑆380 𝑊 of C at a distance of 90km. E lies directly South of A
and directly west of D. Using a scale of 1: 2,000,000;
a) Determine the relative positions of A, B, C, D and E. (4 marks)

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 b) Find the bearing and distance of (4 marks)
i. E from C

ii. D from A

c) Find the area covered by A, B,C D and E in square kilometers. (2 marks)

21. The diagram below represents square based pyramid standing vertically. AB = 12 cm,PQ = 4
cm and the height of the pyramid PQSV is 10 cm.

(a) If PQRSV is a solid, find the volume of material used to make it.

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 (b) Find the;
(i) Height of the frustum ABCDPQRS.

(ii) Volume of the frustum.

(c) The liquid from a hemisphere is poured into ABCDPQRS. Find the radius correct to 4
significant figures of the hemisphere if the liquid from hemisphere filled the solid
completely.(𝜋 = 3.142)

22. The equation of a curve is given as 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 20.

a) Find ;
i. the 𝑦 − 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 of the curve. (2 marks)

ii. the stationary points of the curve. (3 marks)

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 b) For each stationary point in (a) (ii) above, determine its nature. (2 marks)

c) Sketch the curve. (2 marks)

23. The figure below shows a quadrilateral ABCD. ABD is a right angled triangle. Given that
𝐴𝐵 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 10𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐷 = 8𝑐𝑚, and angle 𝐷𝐵𝐶 = 115°.

D C

8cm 10cm

115°

A 12cm B

Calculate to one decimal place:

a) The length BD (2marks)

b) The length CD (3marks)

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 c) The angle BCD (2marks)

d) The area of the quadrilateral ABCD (3marks)

24. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle TOR is the diameter and PRV is tangent to the
circle at R.

Given that <SUR = 250, <URP = 600, TU = UX is parallel to the diameter; giving reasons
calculate;

a) <TOU (2 marks)

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 b) <XUP (2 marks)

c) <STR (2 marks)

d) Reflex <SXU (2 marks)

e) <RPU (2 marks)

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 CENTRAL REGION SCHOOLS’
JOINT PREMOCKS
Featuring Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)

𝟏𝟐𝟏/𝟐 − MATHEMATICS − 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝟐

𝟏
ALT A 𝟐 𝟐 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬

NAME……………………………….……………. …INDEX NUMBER….…………….

CLASS…………CANDIDATE’S SIGNATURE………………..DATE…………………

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the answers at each stage in the spaces provided below
each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used, except where
stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and
that no questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section I
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟔 𝟕 𝟖 𝟗 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟔 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥

Section II
𝟏𝟕 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟗 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟑 𝟐𝟒 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥
Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. The expression 𝐚x 2 − 60x + 18 is a perfect square, where 𝐚 is a constant. Find the value of
𝐚. (2 marks)

2. A rectangular plot of land has length of 125.8 m and an exact width of 84 m. Find the
percentage error in calculating area of the plot correct to 3 decimal place. (3 marks)

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3. Find the area of a sector of radius 10.5cm subtended by an angle of 3 𝜋 𝐶 at the center.(3 marks)

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4. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, evaluate; (3 marks)

sin 45° + cos 30°
tan 30°

1 1
log 625 + log125
5. Simplify the logarithmic expression; 2 3 (3 marks)
1
log100 − log16
2

6. A man who deposited Sh.50,000 in an investment account compounded semi-annually had at a

total amount of Sh.70,925 after three years. Calculate the rate of interest per annum to the
nearest whole number. (3 marks)

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7. A quantity 𝑃 is partly constant and partly varies as the square of Q. If Q = 2 when P = 9 and
Q = 4 when P = 33, find the value of P when Q = 1.5. (4 marks)

8. Expand ( 3x − y ) and simplify hence evaluate (1.5 − 0.2 ) .

4 4
(4 marks)

9. A committee of 3 people is to be chosen randomly from 5 men and 3 women. If every gender
must be represented in the committee, find the probability of choosing more women than men.
(3 marks)

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10. An inlet tap can fill an empty tank in 8 hours. It takes 12 hours to fill the tank when the inlet
tap and an outlet tap are both opened at the same time. Calculate the time the outlet tap takes
to empty the full tank when the inlet tap is closed. (3 marks)

11. The table below shows the relationship between the quantities P and Q.

P 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Q 2.4 5.2 8.4 11.6 14.0 17.6 20.4

(a) On the grid provided, draw a line of best fit. (2 marks)

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(b) Using the graph, find the law connecting P and Q. (1 marks)
12. Solve the equation 8Sin2x = 12Cosx for O ≤ x ≤ 3600. (4 marks)

13. In a transformation. An object with an area of 6 cm2 is mapped onto an image whose area is
4 x−1
36 cm2 . Given that the matrix of the transformation is ( ), find the value of x.
2 x
(3 marks)

14. The gradient of curve at any given point is given by 2 x 2 − 4 , given that the curve passes
through (1, 2 ) , find the equation of the curve. (3 marks)

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15. AB is a fixed line segment 6cm long. Point P moves on one side of the plane of AB such that
<APB is always 600. Construct the locus of P. (3 marks)

16. The figure below represents a cuboid ABCDEFGH. AB = 32 c𝑚, BC = 24 cm and CF =

12 cm.

Given that M is the mid-point of EF, calculate the angle between AM and plane ABCD,
correct to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer only five questions from this section in the spaces provided.

17. The table below shows income tax rates for the year 2023

Taxable Income in Kshs per month Tax Rate (%) per month
1 − 15000 0
15001 − 27000 10
27001 − 37000 15
37001 − 45000 20
45001 − 50000 25
Above 50000 30

In November 2023, Silas earned a basic salary of Sh. 38 320. In addition, he was entitled to a
house allowance of Sh. 12 800 per month and medical allowance of Sh. 6 850. He also has a
non – taxable risk allowance of Sh. 5 000 per month. He contributes to a provident fund of
Sh. 3 500. He also has tax relief of Sh. 1 480 monthly.
(a) Calculate Silas’ taxable income in that month. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate Silas’ Pay As You Earn (P.A.Y.E) for November 2023. (5 marks)

(c) In the month of December 2023, Silas’ tax in the last band was Sh. 2 556. Calculate his
net salary in December. (3 marks)

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18. In the figure below PQR is a tangent to the circle at point Q <SQR = 540, <VTQ = 410 <UST
= 220 and <SUT = 400.
T

U
400 410

X
V S

540
Q

Giving reasons, find the value of

(i) <PQV

(ii) <UVT

(iii) <PQT

(iv) <SUV

(v) <QXS

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19. (a) The first term of an Arithmetic Progression (AP) is 3. The sum of the first 6 terms of the
AP is 78.
(i) Find the common difference of the AP. (2 marks)

(ii) Given that the sum of the first n terms of the AP is 406, find n. (2 marks)

(b) The 2nd , 4th and 7th terms of another AP form the first three terms of a Geometric
Progression (GP). If the common difference of the AP is 2, find;
(i) The first term of the GP; (4 marks)

(ii) The sum of the first 7 terms of the GP, to 4 significant figures. (2marks)

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20. In the figure below C is a point on AB such that BA = 3BC and D is the mid – point of OA.
OC and BD intersect at X. Given that OA = a and OB = b.

(a) Write down in terms of a and b the vectors;

(i) AB (1 mark)

(ii) OC (2 marks)

(iii) BD (1 mark)

(b) If BX = hBD , express OX in terms of a, b and h . (1 mark)

(c) If OX = kOC , find h and k. (3 marks)

(d) Show that B, X and D are collinear. (2 mark)

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21.Triangle A’B’C’ is the image of triangle ABC with vertices A(3,-1), B(1,3) and C(4,2)
−0.6 −0.8
transformation represented by matrix M = ( )
−0.8 0.6
(a) Find the coordinates of triangle A’B’C’. (2 marks)

(b) (i) on the grid below draw Triangles ABC and A’B’C’. (2 marks)

(ii) describe fully the transformation M. (2 Marks)

(c) Triangle A”B”C” is the image of triangle A’B’C’ and a transformation represented
2 −1
by the matrix N = ( )
−4 3
(i) Find the coordinates of Triangle A”B”C” and draw on the same axis.
(2 marks)

(ii) Determine a single matrix that maps triangle ABC onto triangle A”B”C”.
(2 marks)

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22. The position of two towns P and Q are given as P(40°N, 10°W) and Q(40°N, 170°E).
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(use 𝜋 = 7 , 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ = 6371𝑘𝑚).
(a) Find the difference in longitude between the two towns. (1 mark)

(b) Find the shortest distance from P to Q in Kilometres correct to two decimal places.
(2 marks)

(c) (i) A ship sailed from town P towards town R which is directly east of P covering a
distance of 2000km. Determine the position of R. (3 marks)

(ii) If the ship departed P at 2.00pm, sailing at an average speed of 150 knots, find the
local time at R when the ship arrived. (4 marks)

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23.The masses of 64 hybrid goats in a ranch in Laikipia were recorded as follows:

Mass in kg 15 − 19 20 − 24 25 − 29 30 − 34 35 − 39 40 − 44
No. of goats 9 12 21 15 5 2

(a) On the grid provided, draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent the above
information. (4 marks)

(b) Use your graph to estimate:

i) The median (1 mark)

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ii) The number of goats that were overweight if 36 kg is the recommended healthy
weight. (2 marks)

iii) The range of weight of the middle 40% of the goats. (3 marks)

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24. The dimensions of a rectangular flow of a proposed room are such that
- The length is greater than the width but at most twice the width
- The sum of the width and length is more than 4 meters but less than 10 meters
If x represents the width and y the length.
(a) Write inequalities to represent the above information. (4 marks)

(b)Represent the inequalities in (a) above on a linear programming diagram.(4 marks)

(c) Using the integral values of x and y, list all the possible dimensions of the floor
hence find the maximum possible area of the floor. (2 marks)

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 COASTAL REGION

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NAME:……………………………………………………… INDEX NO:…………………………
SCHOOL:………………………………………………….. DATE:……………………………….
SIGN:………………………………..

121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS

COASTAL REGION SCHOOLS’

JOINT PREMOCKS
121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of two sections: Section l and Section II.
3. Answer all questions in section l and five questions from Section II.
4. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
5. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
6. Non- programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

This paper consists of 15 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

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 SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section.
2 1 + 3  5 of 2 2
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate, 4 5 6 5 , leaving your answer as a fraction in
1 7
10
its simplest form. ( 3mks)

2. Find the equation of a perpendicular bisector of a line AB if the coordinates of A and B are
(-4,-2) and (6,2) respectively. (3mks)

3. Use squares, squares roots and reciprocal tables only to evaluate the following giving your answer
correct to 2 decimal places. (4mks)
1 3
+
√31.47 8.542

4. Find the integral values of x for which: (3mks)

-6 < 3x + 3
14 – 3x >2

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5. Pipe A empties a full tank in 8 hours, pipe B empties in 6 hours and pipe C empties in 3 hours. If
all the three pipes are open for 30 minutes and then pipe A closed , How long will it take to
empty a full tank. (3mks)

6. Without using a calculator or mathematical table, evaluate. (3mks)

2 3
8 3 +4 2

−3
4
16

7. A man on top of a tower 300m sees two cars P and Q on a straight level road.
The angle of depression of P was 48° and that of Q was 28°. Calculate the
distance between the two cars. (Give your answer to 2d.p.). (3 marks)

8. Two trains T1 and T2, traveling in opposite directions on parallel tracks are just beginning to pass
one another. Train T1 is 72metres long and is traveling at 108km/hr.T2 is 78 metres
Long and traveling at 72km/hr. Find the time in seconds the two take to completely pass one
another. (4mks)

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9. In the figure bellowed and EA are tangents to the circle at D and A.DC is parallel to AB and
<BDC = 510. Calculate the value of x. (3mks)

10. Two similar containers have base areas 25cm2 and 324cm2 respectively. Calculate the Capacity
of the larger container correct to one decimal place if the capacity of the smaller
one is 8cm3 (3mks)

11. Solve for  and y in the simultaneous equation. (4 marks)

32 x 3y = 27
2 - y x 2 = 32

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 • •
𝑎
12. Given that 1. 0 5 = 1𝑏, Find the values of a and b. (3mks)

13. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies using the rates shown below.
Buying Selling
(Ksh) (Ksh)
1 Euro 86.25 86.97
100 Japanese Yen 66.51 67.26
A Japanese traveling from France arrives in Kenya with 5000 Euros, which he converts to Kenya
shillings at the bank. While in Kenya he spent a total of Ksh.289,850 and then converted the
remaining Kenya shillings to Japanese Yen at the bank. Calculate the amount of Japanese Yen
that he received. (3 mks)

14. All prime numbers between ten and twenty are arranged in descending order to form a number.
a) Write down the number (1mk)

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 b) State the total value of the third digit in the number formed in (a) above. (1 mark)

15. If log 2=0.30103 and log 3=0.47712 find the logarithm of 36 without using tables or calculators.
(3mks)

16. The diagram below represents a right pyramid on a square base of side 3 cm. The slant
Height of the pyramid is 4 cm.

a) Draw a net of the pyramid (2 marks)

b) On the net drawn, measure the height of a triangular face from the top of the Pyramid
( 1 mark)

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 SECTION 11(50 MARKS)
Answer only FIVE questions from this section.
17. The figure below shows two circles of radii 10.5cm and 8.4cm and with centres
A and B respectively. The common cord PQ is 9cm.

(a) Calculate angle PAQ. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate angle PBQ. (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the area of the shaded part. (6 marks)

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18. B is 102km on the bearing of 112° from A. C is 94km on the bearing of 062° from B D is 073°
from A and 336° from C.
(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20km,draw a diagram to show the positions of A,B,C
and D. (6mks)

b) Using your diagram, determine;

i) The bearing of B from D and A from C. (2mks)

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 ii) The distance AC and BD (2mks)

19. A group of people planned to contribute equally towards a water project which needed kshs.
2,000,000 to complete. However, 40 members of the group withdrew from the project. As a result,
each of the remaining members were to contribute ksh 2500 more.

(a) Find the original number of members in the group. (5mks)

(b) Forty five percent of the value of the project was funded by Constituency Development
Fund (CDF). Calculate the amount that would be made by each
of the remaining members of the group. (3mks)

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 (c) Members contribution were in terms of labour provided and money contributed. The ratio
of the value of labour to the money contributed was 6:19, calculate the total amount of
money contributed by the members (2mks)

20. A bus left Kisumu at 9:30 a.m towards Nairobi at an average speed of 81 km/hr. A matatu left
Nairobi at 10.10 a.m at an average speed of 72km/hr. The distance between Kisumu and Nairobi
is 360km.
(a) Determine
(i) The time taken before the two vehicles met. (3mks)

(ii) The distance between the two vehicles 40 minutes after meeting. (2mks)

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 b) A car left Kisumu towards Nairobi at 9.50 a.m at an average speed of 90 km/hr.
Determine
i) The time when the car caught up with the bus. (3mks)

ii) The distance of Nairobi from the place where the car caught up with the
bus. (2mks)

21. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only.

(i) Construct line AB = 6cm. (1 mark)

(ii) Construct triangle DAB where angle DAB = 75° and AB = BD. (2 marks)

(iii) Complete the parallelogram ABCD. (1 mark)

(iv) Drop a perpendicular from A to BD and hence find the area of the
parallelogram. (3 marks)

(v) Construct a circle to touch line BC, AB produced and DC produced.

Measure its radius. (3 marks)

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22. A surveyor recorded the measurements of a field in a field book using lines AB 260m as shown
below.

B
130 R 40
70 Q10
50 P20
S50 10
A
a) Sketch the map of the field. (4mks)

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 b) Find the area of the field in hectares. (6mks)

23. A trader sold an article at sh.4800 after allowing his customer a 12% discount on the marked price
of the article. In so doing he made a profit of 45%.
a) Calculate
(i) The marked price of the article. (3 marks)

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 (ii) the price at which the trader had bought the article (2marks)

b) If the trader had sold the same article without giving a discount. Calculate the percentage
profit he would have made. (3 marks)

c) To clear his stock, the trader decided to sell the remaining articles at a loss of 12.5%
calculate the price at which he sold each article. (2mks)

24. The distances S metres from a fixed point , covered by a particle after t seconds is given by the
equation, S= t3 – 6t2 + 9t +5
a) Calculate the gradient to the curve at t = 0.5 seconds. (3mks)

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 b) Determine the values of S at the maximum and minimum turning points of the curve.
(4mks)

c) On the space provided, Stretch the curves of S = t3 – 6t +9t + 5 (3mks)

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 COASTAL REGION SCHOOLS’
JOINT PREMOCKS
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
Time: 2 Hours
NAME………………………………………………………ADM NO…………………………

SCHOOL………………………………………………SIGN……………….DATE…………

121/2
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
TIME: 2 HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

a) Write your name, index number and date in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
b) Write name, admission number and class in the spaces provided above.
c) This paper contains TWO sections: section I and section II
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and only five questions from section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
provided below each question.
f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used
except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY:

Section I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

Section II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

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 (SECTION I 50MARKS)
Attempt all the questions from this questions.
1. The length of a rectangle is 8.3cm and its width is exactly 5. 45cm.Calculate the percentage error
in its area, correct to four significant figures. (3marks)

4√5+3√2
2. Express in the form a + b√𝑐 where a and b are improper fractions.
√5−√2

(3marks)

3. Make P the subject of the formula. (3marks)

𝟒 𝑹 𝟐 −𝑲
=√
𝒅 𝑷𝟐

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4. Two blends of tea costing Ksh 120and Ksh 150 per kilogram were mixed and the mixture sold at
Sh 171.60. As a result a profit of 30% was made. At what ratio were they mixed. (3marks)

5. A singular matrix M is given as shown, Find the possible value of T and hence write down the
two possible matrices.

𝑇−1 2
M= [ ] (3marks)
𝑇 𝑇+2

6. Given that the position vectors of A is 3i -2j-k and that of B is i-3j+2k.

Find:

(i) AB in terms of i, j, and k (2marks)

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 (ii) The magnitude of AB correct to 2 decimal places. (2marks)

1
7. a) Expand (1 − 2 𝑥)5 up to the 4th term. (2marks)

b) Use your expansion above to evaluate (0.96)5 to four significant figures. (2marks)

8. Solve the equation 2 sin (2x-30º) = -1 for 0º ≥ x ≥360º (3marks)

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9. Calculate the semi-interquartile range of (3marks)

3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 8, 5, 7, 9

10. Solve for x in the equation. (3marks)

log 3 (7𝑥 + 3) − log 3 (2 − 𝑥) = 1

2 1
11. The original area of an object after two successive transformations given by the matrices ( )
3 5
3 2
and ( ) in that order becomes 168 square units. Find the original area of the object.
0 1
(3marks)

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 12. What is the smallest number of terms that can be added so that the sum of 1+4+16+64+
is more than 25,000. (3marks)

13. The figure below is a graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 4.

𝑦 = 𝑥2 − 4

-4

Calculate the exact area bounded by the curve, x – axis and the lines x= 0 and x= 3

(3marks)

14. The points with coordinates (5, 5) and (-3, -1) are the ends of the longest chord of a circle centre
D. Determine

i) the coordinates of D. (1mark)

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 ii) the equation of the circle in the form of 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0 Where a, b, and c are
constants. (2marks)

15. Quantity Q partly varies as quantity R and partly varies inversely as the square of R.

Given that Q = 3 when R = 1 and Q = 5 when R = ½.

Find the equation connecting Q and R. (3marks)

16. The diagram drawn below is a triangle in which AB = 7cm, BC = 6cm and AC = 5cm.

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 On the diagram show the locus of P such that AP > 3cm and that P is nearer to A than B.

Shade the region where p can be found. (3marks)

SECTION II (50 MARKS)

Answer any five questions in this section
17. ABC is a triangle with vertices A (-7, 2) B (-2, 1) and C (2, 8). A1B1C1 is the image under
−1 0
transformation.[ ]
0 −1
a. (i) Find the co-ordinates of A1B1C1 (2marks)
1 1 1
(ii) On the grid provided draw ABC and A B C (2marks)

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b. (i) Find the co-ordinates of A11B11C11 the image of a triangle A1B1C1 under

0 −1
transformation matrix. [ ] (2marks)
−1 0
(ii) On the same grid draw A11B11C11 (1marks)

c. (i) Find the single matrix that maps A11B11C11 onto A1B1C1 (2marks)

(ii) Describe the transformation represented by the matrix in c(i) above (1mark)

18. The table below shows income tax rate for the year 2020.

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Taxable income (Ksh per Month) Tax rate (Ksh per Ksh 20)

1 – 12,000 2
12,001 – 22,500 3
22,501 – 33,000 4
33,001 – 43,500 5
43,501 – 54,000 6
54,001 and over 7
Musa was earning a basic salary of Ksh 48,200 per month. He was entitled to the following allowances
per month:

House allowance Ksh 12,000, medical allowances Ksh 4,200 and a non-taxable transport allowance of
Ksh 5,200. He is entitled to a personal relief of Ksh 1,054 monthly. Calculate:

(a) Musa’s monthly taxable income (2marks)

(b) Musa’s monthly net tax. (5marks)

(c) The following deductions were also made from his salary per month. NHIF Ksh 3,000,

Bank loan –Ksh 9,500, WCPS Ksh 760. Determine his net monthly pay. (3marks)

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 19. In the triangle OAB, ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑶𝑩 = 𝒃 ⏟ , 𝑶𝑨
⏟ =𝒂
⏟. Point N is on OB such that the ratio ON:NB=1:2 and the
point M divides AB in the ratio 1: 3 line OM and AN intersect at point X.

(a) Express in terms of vectors ⏟

𝑎 and ⏟
𝑏,

(i) ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑂𝑁 (1mark)

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
(ii) 𝑂𝑀 (2marks)

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ =h 𝑂𝑀
b) Further given that 𝑂𝑋 ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and OX =kAX, where k &h are scalars,

⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ in two different ways.

(i) Express 𝑂𝑋 (2marks)

(ii) Find the value of k and h. (4marks)

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(c) Find the ratio AN: NX (1mark)

20. The figure below shows a plan of a roof with rectangular base ABCD.AB =26cm, BC

=16cm and the ridge PQ which is centrally placed above the base is 10cm. The faces

ADP and BCQ are equilateral triangles. M is the mid -Point of BC.

Calculate:

(a) the length of QM (2marks)

(b) the vertical height of p above the base. (2marks)

(c) the angle between line AP and the plane ABCD. (3marks)

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(d) the angle between plane APQB and the base. (3marks)

21. The supply of milk in Tharaka-Nithi county depends on two companies; Brookside and Tuzo. The
2
probability that Brookside supplies milk on a certain day is 3 while the probability that Tuzo supplies
5
milk on the same day is 8.

(a) Represent this information on the tree diagram. (2marks)

(b) i) Find the probability that there is no milk on that day (2marks)

ii) Only one company supplies milk on that day. (3marks)

iii) There is milk supply on that day. (3marks)

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 22
22. The towns on the earth surface are P(35ºN,140ºW) and Q(35ºN,40ºE). (Use π = and the radius of
7
the earth R = 6370km)

(a) Calculate the shortest distance between P and Q in the nautical miles. (2marks)

(b) Calculate the time taken by the plane to travel from town P to Q at a speed of 500knots.

(2marks)

(c) A point B is westwards of Q; at a distance of 3408.05km. Find the longitude of B.

(3marks)

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(d) A plane leaves point B above at 11.20 am local time and travels eastwards to Q at a speed

of 3000km/hr. At what time does it land at Q. (3marks)

23. The diagram below shows a circle centre O. PQ is the tangent to the circle at C. Angle

DCQ= 46º and angle BAC =27º.

Find giving reasons the size of each of the following angles.

a) Angle OAD (2marks)

b) Angle DBO (2marks)

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c) Angle ACD (2marks)

d) Angle BDA (2marks)

e) Reflex angle BOC (2marks)

24. Jackie makes two types of dresses A and B. She takes 3hours to make one pair of type A

and 4 hours to make one pair of type B. She works for a maximum of 120 hours to make

X pair of type A and Y pairs of type B. It costs her Ksh 400 to make a pair of type A and

Ksh 150 to make a pair of type B. Her total cost does not exceed Ksh 9,000. She must

make at least 8 pairs of type A and more than 12 pairs of type B.

(a) Write down four in equations representing the above information. (4marks)

(b) On the grid provided draw the in equation and shade the unwanted region. (4marks)

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(c) If she makes a profit of Ksh 400 on each pair of type A and Ksh 700 on a pair of type B

dresses. Use the graph in part (b) above to determine the maximum profit that she makes.

(2marks)

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NAME………………………………………………….. ADM NO……………………………………..
SCHOOL……………………………………………….. CANDIDATES SIGN……………………….
CLASS…………………………………………………. DATE………………………………………..
121/1
MATHEMATICS
TIME: 2½HOURS

EASTERN REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT

PREMOCKS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)
FORM FOUR
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name, class and admission number in the spaces provided above
2. Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3. This paper consists of two sections I and II.
4. Answer all the questions in section I and only five in questions from section II.
5. All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below question.
6. Show all steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces provided.
7. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
8. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used expect when
stated otherwise

FOR EXAMINER’ S USE ONLY

SECTION 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

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SECTION I
Answer all the questions in this question
1. Without using a calculator or a mathematical table, evaluate. (3marks)
1 1 1 1 2
of 3 + 1  2 − 
2 2 2 2 3
3 1 1
of 2 
4 2 2

2. Three bulbs are programmed at intervals of 35, 45 and 65 seconds. What is the earliest time they will
light up simultaneously if the last time they did this was at 10.17am? (3marks)

3. Use logarithm tables to evaluate. (4marks)

10332  (31.4) 2
1

0.235Log8

4. Given triangle A1B1C1 is an image of ABC after rotation .Find the centre and angle of rotation.
(3marks)

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5. Simplify the expression: (3marks)
12 x 2 − 16 xy + 4 y 2
2 y 2 − 18 x 2

6. Find all the integral values which satisfy the inequality. (3marks)
2 1
− 3 − x  x + 2 x + 4
3 3

4 13
7. Find the value of  given that tan600 +5Sin  − 5Cos  = tan 60 0 (3marks)
5 15

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8. Solve the following equation. (4marks)
343  7 2 x
2401 7 x  7 x −1

9. Some mangoes are to be distributed among some children. If each receives 8 mangoes, there will be
2 mangoes left. If 8 mangoes are added to the original number of the mangoes and redistributed to the
children, each will receive 9 mangoes. Find the number of children. (2marks)

10. The figure below represents a right angled triangular plot of land PQR.PS is perpendicular to QR.If
angle PQR=600 and PS is 6.5cm.Find the area of the plot. (Answer in 1 d.p) (3marks)

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11. Two interior angles of an irregular polygon are each 1440 the rest are 1320 .Find the number of sides
of the polygon. (3marks)

12. Find the coordinates of the object RST whose image R1S1T1 is R1 (2, 3) S1 (4, 1) T1 (4, 5) after a
0 − 1
transformation under the matrix.   (3marks)
1 0 

13. One diagonal of a rhombus is three quarters the length of the other diagonal, if the rhombus has an
area of 96cm2 .Find the perimeter of the rhombus. (3marks)

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14. A conical flask with radius 10cm and height of 15cm is half full of water. A stone was placed inside
and water rose to ¾ of the flask. Find the volume of the stone to 3 s.f. (4marks)

15. It would take 30men, 16days to dig a trench 480m long.Find how many more men would be required
to dig 720m long trench in 20 days. (3marks)

16. Given that A (-18, -19), B (-2, - 1) and C (18, 9), express AB and BC as column vectors. Hence show
that the points A, B and C are collinear. (3marks)

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 SECTION B (50MARKS)
ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
17. The line L1 whose equation is 2x+hy =k cuts x-axis at x=6 and cuts the y-axis at x=12, Find;
(a) The values of the constant h and k. (3marks)

(b) The gradient of the line L1. (1mark)

(c) Equation of line L2 which is perpendicular to L1 and passes through point (-2,-5).Giving your answer
in double intercept form. (3marks)

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(d) The coordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines. (3marks)

18. A certain matatu ferrying tourists through a National park has a capacity of 43 passangers.It charges
ksh 170 per trip. The vehicle however can overload by 5 more passengers but will have to pay an
extra charge of ksh 200 in every of five view points along the route .The matatu consumes 1.5litres of
petrol per every kilometer and pump price is ksh 40 per litre .The distance covered in each trip is 40
km.
(a) Calculate the amount the matatu owner makes in a round trip when the matatu is not overloaded.
(2marks)

(b) How much is lost by overloading the vehicle in each trip. (2marks)

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(c) Express as a percentage the profit when overloaded over the profit made at capacity in a single trip
(give your answer in1 d.p) (3marks)

(d) If the fuel price is increased by ksh 30 per litre. What is the reduction on profits on normal capacity
for a single trip. (3marks)

19. The height of 36 students in a class were recorded to the nearest centimeter as follows.
147, 168, 157,172, 165, 154, 170,157,167
161,160,157,165,165,175,173,172,178
147,168,157,172,165,154,170,157,167
155,159,173,168,160,172,156,167,171
(a) Make a frequency distribution table using a class interval of 5 starting with the class 145-149.
(2marks)

(b) From the table above, calculate;

(i) The mean height (3marks)

(ii) The median height. (3marks)

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(c) Draw a frequency polygon to represent the data. (2marks)

20. In the figure below O1 and O2 are the centre of the circles whose radii are 10cm and 16cm
respectively. The circles intersect at P and Q and angle PO1O2=320 .Calculate the area of the;

(a) Sector
(i) PO1Q (2marks)

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(ii) PO2Q (2marks)

(b) Calculate the area of intersecting region. (3marks)

(c) Calculate the area of shaded region. (3marks)

21 Lisa bought 5 pencils and 6 books from a bookshop at ksh 1800.Njoroge bought 4 pencils and 3
books at ksh 540 less.
(a) Form two equations in terms of P and b to represent a pen and a book respectively to express the
information above. (2marks)

(b) Write the equation in (a) above as a matrix. (1mark)

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(c) Using matrix method find the price of one pencil and one book. (7marks)

22. A bus and a car left Kisumu for Nairobi a distance of 600km at 6.00am.The bus travelled at an
average speed of 80km/hr while the car travelled at an average speed of 120km/hr. After 48minutes
, the car developed a mechanical problem which took 54minutes to fix.
(a) How long did the car wait before the bus got to where it developed mechanical problem? (2marks)

(b) Find how far from Kisumu the car caught up with the bus. (3marks)

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(c) At what time of the day did the car caught up with the bus. (3marks)

(d) How long did the car wait before the bus arrived in Nairobi. (3marks)

23. From points A and B on the same side of a building and on a level ground, the angles of elevation of
the top of the building are 240 and 380 respectively .If the distance between A and B is 57m.
(a) Form two expressions for the height of the building. (2marks)

(b) Calculate to the nearest 1 decimal place.

(i) The height of the building. (4marks)

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(ii) Find the difference in the distance between the top of the building and the points A and B. (4marks)

24. The displacement S meters of a moving particle after t seconds is given by s=2t3-5t2+4t+2.
Determine
(a) The velocity of the particle at t=2seconds. (2marks)

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(b) The value of t when the particle is momentarily at rest. (3marks)

(c) The displacement when the particle is momentarily at rest. (3marks)

(d) The acceleration of the particle when t=5 seconds. (2marks)

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NAME …………………… …………………………………ADM NO ………………………….…….

SCHOOL.……………………………………………………CANDIDATE’S SIGN……...……………

CLASS............................................ DATE……………………………………..

121/2
MATHEMATICS ALT. A
Paper 2
Time: 2 ½ Hours

EASTERN REGION SCHOOLS’

JOINT PREMOCKS
FORM FOUR EXAM
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.(K.C.S.E)
MATHEMATICS ALT. A
Paper 2
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper consists of two sections. Section I and Section II.
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions in Section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.
f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used
except where stated otherwise.
h) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
i) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
j) Candidates must check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no question(s) is/are missing
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

SECTION II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total

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 SECTION I (50MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. The third term of a geometrical progression is 2 and the fifth term is 18. Find the possible values
of the common ratio and the second term in each case. (4marks)

2. A plot of land was valued at sh. 1.5 million at the start of 2008. The plot appreciated by 18%
during 2008. If in every year after 2008 it appreciated by 12% of its previous year’s value. Find
a) The plot’s value at the start of 2009. (1mark)

b) The plot’s value at the end of 2012. (2marks)

3. A bag contains 3 yellow, 4 black and 5 green beads. Two beads are drawn at random from the
bag, one after the other without replacement. Find the probability that at least one is yellow.
(2marks)

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4. The tangent to the circle x2 + y2 – 2x - 6y + 5 = 0 at the point (3,4) meet the x-axis at p. Find the
coordinate of P. (3marks)

5. In a school trip there were x buses and y luxury vans. Each bus was hired at Ksh. 1000 and could
carry 60students. Each van was hired at Ksh. 2000 and could carry 30 students. Express the
following statements as inequalities in x and y.
i) There must be vans.
ii) There should be at least 3 buses.
iii) The school should not spend more than Ksh. 18,000 on the trip.
iv) Not more than 420 students are to go on the trip. (4marks)

6. The position of an airport P and Q are (600N 450W) and Q (600N K0E). It takes a plane 5 hours to
travel due east from P to Q at an average speed of 600 knots. Calculate the value of K.
(3marks)

Sin150 o − Cos330 0
7. Without using tables or a calculator, evaluate leaving your answer in the
tan 420
form a b + c where a,b and c are constants. (3marks)

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  5x 2 
8. T in a transformation A represented by the matrix   under T, a square of area 10cm2 is
 − 3 x 
2
mapped onto a square of area 110cm . Find the value of x. (3marks)

9.a) Draw a line MN = 7cm and show the locus of a point P which is such that MPN = 900.
(2marks)

b) On the locus of P in the diagram in (a) above, locate the locus of T which is such that it is
equidistant from M and N. (1mark)

10. Point T divides the line MN externally in the ratio 5:2 taking the position vectors of M and N to
8  5 
   
be M=  − 12  and N =  − 6  respectively. Find the coordinates of T. (2marks)
15  0 
   

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11.a) Expand (3 + x)7 in ascending power of x up to the term in X4. (1mark)

b) Use the expansion above (a) to find the value of (2.97)7 correct to 3 d.p. (2marks)

12. Two taps A and B, when opened at the same time can fill a tank in 3 hours and 36minutes. Tap A,
working alone takes 3 hours longer than B to fill the tank. How many hours does it take tap A to
fill the tank. (3marks)

13.a) ABC is a triangle in which BC = 17cm, CA = 9cm, AB = 10cm. Without using tables or
calculators, calculate as fraction in simplest form Cos A. (2marks)

b) Calculate also without using tables or calculators, the area of triangle BC. (2marks)

14. If x is angle in the first quadrant such that 18 cos2 x + 27 sin x = 25. Find tan x without using
tables or calculators. (3marks)

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15. In the figure ABC is a tangent to circle BDEF at B. BC = 17cm, DC = 10cm and BG = 15cm.
Chord FD intersect chord BE at G and FG: GD = 1:5.

Find the length of

a) FD (1mark)

b) GE (2marks)

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16. The following table has some values of x and y for the function y = x3 + 3 for the interval
−3 x  2
x -3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
y 12 9.25 7 5.25 4 3.25 3 3.25 4 5.25 7
3
a) Use the values to draw the graph of the function y = x + 3 on a grid. (2marks)

b) Use the mid- ordinate rule to estimate the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the lines x = -
3 and x = 2. (2marks)

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 SECTION II (50MARKS)
Answer ANY FIVE questions only.
17.a) The mass of a cylinder of a given material varies jointly as the square of the radius and as the
height. If the radius is increased by 20% and height by 10%. What is the percentage increase in
mass? (3marks)

b) Several companies were invited to an inspirational talk by a popular businessman. The charge m,
in shillings per person for attending the talk is partly fixed and partly inversely proportional to the
total number of people p, in a company that will attend the talk.
i) Express m in terms of p. (1mark)

ii) 60 people from company A attended the talk and their total charge was sh. 30,000. 80 people from
company B attended the talk and their total charge was sh. 36,000. What was the charge per
person for company C if 75 people from the company attended the talk? (4marks)

iii) When a person that had already paid the full amount decided not to attend and requested for a
refund, he/she was only to be refunded the fixed charge. 25% of some people from company D
requested for a refund after they decided not to attend the talk. The talk organizers refunded them
and were left with 22,800. Determine the number of people from the company D that had initially
paid the attendance. (2marks)

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 1
18.a) Solve for A in = 2 cos A for 0 0  A  360 0 (2marks)
cos A

b) Complete the table below and use it to answer the questions below. (2marks)
x -180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180
2cosx 1.73 0
Sin2x -0.87 0
i) Draw the graph of y = sin 2x and y = cos x on the same set of axes using a scale of 1cm for 300 on
x-axis and 2cm for 1unit on y-axes. (4marks)

ii) Estimate the values of x for which

a) 2 cos x – sin 2x = 0 (1mark)

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b) 2 cos x = - 0.6 (1mark)

19.a) The figure below is a circle centre O and radius 6cm. if the area of the sector OPQ = 4п cm2.
Calculate the size of angle PRQ. (2marks)

b) In the figure below ABCDE is a pentagon inscribed in a circle centre B. CB is parallel to DAF
and AB = CD = DE. Angle BAD = 720 and BFA = 380. Giving reasons in each case, determine
the following angles.

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i) ABF (2marks)

ii) BDA (2marks)

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iii) BCD (2marks)

iv) DAE (2marks)

20.a) A particle starting from rest at a point O moves in a straight line such that its velocity V m/s after
t, seconds is given by V = 6t – 2t2. Calculate the distance travelled by the particle between t = 2
and t = 5. (3marks)

b) The acceleration of a particle a m/s2 of an object that starts moving from rest at time t seconds is
given by a = 2t – 6. If the initial velocity is 15m/s.
i) Give an expression for the objects velocity. (2marks)

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ii) Find the velocity at t = 3sec. (1mark)

iii) Give an expression in terms of t for the object’s displacement. (1mark)

iv) Determine its total displacement in 2nd and 3rd seconds. (2marks)

c) Find the minimum velocity that the object attained. (1mark)

21. The following table shows the ages in a years of 70 people that attended a conference.
Age in 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 5-59 60-64 65-70
years
Frequency 3 5 7 9 11 15 14 6
a) Calculate
i) Mean (2marks)

ii) Standard deviation (2marks)

b) On the grid provided, draw an ogive for the data. (3marks)

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c) Use your graph to find
i) Median (1mark)

ii) The inter quartile range. (1mark)

iii) The 35th percentile (1mark)

22. A tetrahedron has equilateral triangular base ABC of side 10cm. The vertex V is such that
VA= VB = VC= 8cm. Calculate
a) The height of the pyramid. (2marks)

b) The angle between the planes ABC and BCV. (2marks)

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c) The angle between AV and the base ABC. (2marks)

d) The angle between planes ACV and BCV. (3marks)

e) The volume of the pyramid. (1mark)

23. The table below shows income tax rules that were used in 2023.
Income (sh per month) Rate %
1 - 10164 10
10165 – 19740 15
19741 – 29316 20
29317 – 38892 25
Over 38,892 30

From January to June that year Janet’s monthly taxable earnings amounted to sh. 32,500.
a) Find the gross tax on her monthly earnings. (3marks)

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b) Janet was entitled to the following tax reliefs.
Monthly personal relief of sh. 1,162
Monthly insurance relief at the rate of 15% of the premium paid subject to a maximum relief
amount of sh. 5,000 per month.
How much tax did she pay in a month if she paid a monthly premium of sh. 2,900 towards her life
insurance policy? (2marks)

c) In June 2023, she received additional earnings that were taxed at 25% in each shilling. If she paid
31.55% more tax that month. Find the percentage increase in her earnings. (5marks)

24. The coordinates of the vertices of a rhombus ABCD are A(3,4), B(5,1), C(3,-2), D(1,1).
a.(i) Find the co-ordinates of vertices of its image A1B1C1D1 under the transformation defined by the
1 − 2 
matrix   (2marks)
0 1

ii) Draw the object and its image on a grid. (2marks)

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iii) On the same grid draw the image AIIBIICIIDII of AIBICIDI under the transformation given by
 0 − 1
  (2marks)
 1 0 
b(i) Describe the transformation that map AIIBIICIIDII back onto AIBICIDI. (1mark)

ii) Find the matrix of transformation that map AIIBIICIIDII onto AIBICIDI (1mark)

iii) Find a single matrix which will map ABCD onto AIIBIICIIDII. (2marks)

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 NAIROBI REGION

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Name: _____________________________________________ Adm No: ____________Class: _____

NAIROBI REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT

PREMOCKS
121/1 MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
Time: 2 ½ HOURS

Instructions to Candidates

1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of two sections: Section l and Section II
3. Answer all questions in section l and any five questions from Section II.
4. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
5. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
6. Non- programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
SECTION I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

This paper consists of 16 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that
all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

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 SECTION I
6𝑋 2 +35𝑋−6
1. Simplify the expression. (3 Marks)
𝑋 2 −36

2. The ratio of the lengths of the corresponding sides of two similar rectangular water tanks is 3:5. The
volume of the smaller tank is 8.1m2. calculate the volume of the larger tank (3 Marks)

3. Express 5.5̇ as a mixed number. (3 Marks)

4. Sixteen men working at the rate of 9hrs a day can complete a piece of work in 14 days. How many
more men working at the rate of 7 hours a day would complete the same job in 12 days
(3 Marks)

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 4 2 1 3
1 ÷ 𝑜𝑓2 −
5 3 4 10
5. Evaluate 5 22 2 (4 marks)
+ ×1
6 39 11

6. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 108o larger than the exterior angle. How many sides has the
polygon? (3 Marks)

7. Mr.Wanyama has a plot that is in a triangular form. The plot measures 170m, 190m and 210m, but the
altitudes of the plot as well as the angles are not known. Find the area of the plot in hectares.
(3 Marks)

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8. A Japanese tourist entered Kenya with Kshs.500,000 Japanese Yen which he converted to Kenya
currency. While in Kenya, he spend Kshs.16200 in all. He then converted all the remaining money into
Euros before leaving for Italy. If he carried out all his transactions at the Stanbic bank using rates
shown below, calculate to the nearest Euro, how much money he left Kenya with. (Do not use
mathematical tables for this question). (3 Marks)

Buying (Kshs) Selling Kshs)

100 Japanese Yen 66.35 66.05

1 Euro 78.15 77.85

9. Solve the equation 9 x+1 ×3 2x + 1= 243 (3 Marks)

10. Use mathematical table to evaluate. (4 marks)

2849 x 0.00574
4 36.89 ÷ 0.023

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11. By use of matrix method, solve the simultaneous equations; (3 Marks)
6x + 4y = 36
x + 3y = 13

12. Wangechi whose eye level is 182cm tall observed the angle of elevation to the top of her house to be
32º from her eye level at point A. she walks 20m towards the house on a straight line to a point B at
which point she observes the angle of elevation to the top of the building to be 40º. Calculate,
correct to 2 decimal places the
a) distance of A from the house (3 Marks)

b) The height of the house (1 Marks)

5
13. Given that tan x = 12 find the value of the Cos (90-x) without using mathematical tables or calculator. (2
Marks)

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14. Given that:- ~r = 5i – 2j and m~= -2i +~6j – k are the position vectors for R and M respectively. Find the
~ ~ ~~ ~
length of vector RM (3 Marks)

3
15. The equation of a line is 5 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 6. Find the equation of a line passing through point (1,2) and
perpendicular to the given line. (3 Marks)

16. Draw the solid whose net is shown below. (3 Marks)

4cm
4cm

4cm 4cm 4cm

4cm
4cm

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 SECTION II (50 MARKS)

17. a) Complete the table for the function y = 1 – 2x – 3x2 for -3 ≤ x ≤ 3. (2 Marks)

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y -20 1 -15

b) Using the table above, draw the graph of y = 1 – 2x – 3x2 (Scale 1 cm represent 0.5 units on x-axis and
1 cm rep 4 units on the y – axis on the grid provided. (3 marks)

c) Use the graph in (b) above to solve.

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 (i) 1 – 2x – 3x2 = 0 ( 2 Marks)

(ii) 2 – 5x – 3x2 = 0 (3 Marks)

18. The diagram below shows the speed-time graph for a bus traveling between two towns. The bus starts
from rest and accelerates uniformly for 50seconds. It then travels at a constant speed for 150seconds
and finally decelerates uniformly for 100seconds.

Speed m/s

Time in seconds

Given that the distance between the two towns is 2700m, calculate the ; a) maximum speed the bus
attained

i. m/s (3 Marks)

ii) km/h (1Marks)

(b) acceleration (2 Marks)

(c) distance the bus traveled during the last 50seconds ( 2 Marks)

(d) time the bus takes to travel the first half of the journey. ( 3 Marks)

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19. Three businessmen Langat, Korir and Koech contributed shs.160,000, Shs.200,000 and shs.240,000
respectively and started a business. They agreed that 30% of the profit each year will go to expenses,
15% of the reminder would go back to the business. The rest of the profit would be shared in the ratio
of their contribution. At the end of the first year, the business realized a profit of kshs.60,000.

Calculate how much;

(a) (i) Langat received ( 4 Marks)

(ii) Korir received ( 2 Marks)

(iii) Koech received ( 2 Marks)

(b) Express what Korir received as a percentage of the total profit ( 2 Marks)

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20. Four ships are at sea such that a streamliner S is 150km on a bearing of 025° from a cargo

ship C. A trawler T is 300km on a bearing of 145° from the cargo ship and a yacht Y is due

West of C and on a bearing of 300° from T.

a) Using a scale of 1cm= 50km, draw on accurate scale drawing showing the positions of S, C, T

and Y. ( 5 Marks)

b) By measurement from your scale drawing determine:

i) The distance and bearing of Y from S ( 3 Marks)

ii) The distance ST (1 marks)

iii) The distance YT ( 1 Marks)

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21. The height of 50 athletes in Moi University team were shown below:

Height (cm) 150-159 160-169 170-179 180-189 190-199 200-209

Frequency 2 9 12 16 X 4

i) Determine the value of X (2 Marks)

ii) State the modal class (1 Mark)

iii) Calculate the mean height of the athletes. (4 marks)

iii) Calculate the median height. (3 Marks)

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22. 12cm of a cone is chopped off to form a frustrum as shown below. Given that the r=8cm and R =14cm

Calculate
a) The height of the cone from which the frustrum was cut. (3marks)

b) The surface area of the frustrum. (use 𝜋 = 3.142) (4marks)

c) The volume of the frustum.( use π=3.142) (3marks)

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 23. a) Plot triangle ABC such that A(1,2), B(2,4) and C(4,3). If triangle ABC is given a rotation centre(0,1)
through +900, state the coordinates of the image A’B’C’. Hence plot A’B’C’ on the same axis. (4 Marks)

b) Triangle A’B’C’ is reflected in the line y= -1 to give A’’B’’C’’. State the coordinate of A’’B’’C’’ and plot it
on the same axis.
(3 Marks)

c)A’’B’’C’’ is given by an enlargement centre (-5,-7) scale factor 2 to obtain A’’’B’’’C’’’. State the
coordinates of A’’’B’’’C’’’ and plot it on the same axis. (3 Marks)

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24. Two circles of radii 21cm and 28cm intersect as shown below. Given that length XY=16cm

21cm 28cm
A X
B

a) Calculate;
i) Angle XAY (2 Marks)

ii) Angle XBY (2 Marks)

b) Calculate the area of the shaded region. (6 Marks)

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 NAIROBI REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT
PREMOCKS
Featuring Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)

𝟏𝟐𝟏/𝟐 − MATHEMATICS − 𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝟐

𝟏
ALT A 𝟐 𝟐 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬

NAME……………………………….……………. …INDEX NUMBER….…………….

CLASS…………CANDIDATE’S SIGNATURE………………..DATE…………………

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the answers at each stage in the spaces provided below
each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used, except where
stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and
that no questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section I
𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓 𝟔 𝟕 𝟖 𝟗 𝟏𝟎 𝟏𝟏 𝟏𝟐 𝟏𝟑 𝟏𝟒 𝟏𝟓 𝟏𝟔 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥

Section II
𝟏𝟕 𝟏𝟖 𝟏𝟗 𝟐𝟎 𝟐𝟏 𝟐𝟐 𝟐𝟑 𝟐𝟒 𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥
Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. The expression 𝐚x 2 − 60x + 18 is a perfect square, where 𝐚 is a constant. Find the value of
𝐚. (2 marks)

2. A rectangular plot of land has length of 125.8 m and an exact width of 84 m. Find the
percentage error in calculating area of the plot correct to 3 decimal place. (3 marks)

1
3. Find the area of a sector of radius 10.5cm subtended by an angle of 3 𝜋 𝐶 at the center.(3 marks)

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4. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, evaluate; (3 marks)

sin 45° + cos 30°
tan 30°

1 1
log 625 + log125
5. Simplify the logarithmic expression; 2 3 (3 marks)
1
log100 − log16
2

6. A man who deposited Sh.50,000 in an investment account compounded semi-annually had at a

total amount of Sh.70,925 after three years. Calculate the rate of interest per annum to the
nearest whole number. (3 marks)

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7. A quantity 𝑃 is partly constant and partly varies as the square of Q. If Q = 2 when P = 9 and
Q = 4 when P = 33, find the value of P when Q = 1.5. (4 marks)

8. Expand ( 3x − y ) and simplify hence evaluate (1.5 − 0.2 ) .

4 4
(4 marks)

9. A committee of 3 people is to be chosen randomly from 5 men and 3 women. If every gender
must be represented in the committee, find the probability of choosing more women than men.
(3 marks)

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10. An inlet tap can fill an empty tank in 8 hours. It takes 12 hours to fill the tank when the inlet
tap and an outlet tap are both opened at the same time. Calculate the time the outlet tap takes
to empty the full tank when the inlet tap is closed. (3 marks)

11. The table below shows the relationship between the quantities P and Q.

P 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Q 2.4 5.2 8.4 11.6 14.0 17.6 20.4

(a) On the grid provided, draw a line of best fit. (2 marks)

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(b) Using the graph, find the law connecting P and Q. (1 marks)
12. Solve the equation 8Sin2x = 12Cosx for O ≤ x ≤ 3600. (4 marks)

13. In a transformation. An object with an area of 6 cm2 is mapped onto an image whose area is
4 x−1
36 cm2 . Given that the matrix of the transformation is ( ), find the value of x.
2 x
(3 marks)

14. The gradient of curve at any given point is given by 2 x 2 − 4 , given that the curve passes
through (1, 2 ) , find the equation of the curve. (3 marks)

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15. AB is a fixed line segment 6cm long. Point P moves on one side of the plane of AB such that
<APB is always 600. Construct the locus of P. (3 marks)

16. The figure below represents a cuboid ABCDEFGH. AB = 32 c𝑚, BC = 24 cm and CF =

12 cm.

Given that M is the mid-point of EF, calculate the angle between AM and plane ABCD,
correct to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer only five questions from this section in the spaces provided.

17. The table below shows income tax rates for the year 2023

Taxable Income in Kshs per month Tax Rate (%) per month
1 − 15000 0
15001 − 27000 10
27001 − 37000 15
37001 − 45000 20
45001 − 50000 25
Above 50000 30

In November 2023, Silas earned a basic salary of Sh. 38 320. In addition, he was entitled to a
house allowance of Sh. 12 800 per month and medical allowance of Sh. 6 850. He also has a
non – taxable risk allowance of Sh. 5 000 per month. He contributes to a provident fund of
Sh. 3 500. He also has tax relief of Sh. 1 480 monthly.
(a) Calculate Silas’ taxable income in that month. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate Silas’ Pay As You Earn (P.A.Y.E) for November 2023. (5 marks)

(c) In the month of December 2023, Silas’ tax in the last band was Sh. 2 556. Calculate his
net salary in December. (3 marks)

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18. In the figure below PQR is a tangent to the circle at point Q <SQR = 540, <VTQ = 410 <UST
= 220 and <SUT = 400.
T

U
400 410

X
V S

540
Q

Giving reasons, find the value of

(i) <PQV

(ii) <UVT

(iii) <PQT

(iv) <SUV

(v) <QXS

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19. (a) The first term of an Arithmetic Progression (AP) is 3. The sum of the first 6 terms of the
AP is 78.
(i) Find the common difference of the AP. (2 marks)

(ii) Given that the sum of the first n terms of the AP is 406, find n. (2 marks)

(b) The 2nd , 4th and 7th terms of another AP form the first three terms of a Geometric
Progression (GP). If the common difference of the AP is 2, find;
(i) The first term of the GP; (4 marks)

(ii) The sum of the first 7 terms of the GP, to 4 significant figures. (2marks)

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20. In the figure below C is a point on AB such that BA = 3BC and D is the mid – point of OA.
OC and BD intersect at X. Given that OA = a and OB = b.

(a) Write down in terms of a and b the vectors;

(i) AB (1 mark)

(ii) OC (2 marks)

(iii) BD (1 mark)

(b) If BX = hBD , express OX in terms of a, b and h . (1 mark)

(c) If OX = kOC , find h and k. (3 marks)

(d) Show that B, X and D are collinear. (2 mark)

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21.Triangle A’B’C’ is the image of triangle ABC with vertices A(3,-1), B(1,3) and C(4,2)
−0.6 −0.8
transformation represented by matrix M = ( )
−0.8 0.6
(a) Find the coordinates of triangle A’B’C’. (2 marks)

(b) (i) on the grid below draw Triangles ABC and A’B’C’. (2 marks)

(ii) describe fully the transformation M. (2 Marks)

(c) Triangle A”B”C” is the image of triangle A’B’C’ and a transformation represented
2 −1
by the matrix N = ( )
−4 3
(i) Find the coordinates of Triangle A”B”C” and draw on the same axis.
(2 marks)

(ii) Determine a single matrix that maps triangle ABC onto triangle A”B”C”.
(2 marks)

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22. The position of two towns P and Q are given as P(40°N, 10°W) and Q(40°N, 170°E).
22
(use 𝜋 = 7 , 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑎𝑟𝑡ℎ = 6371𝑘𝑚).
(a) Find the difference in longitude between the two towns. (1 mark)

(b) Find the shortest distance from P to Q in Kilometres correct to two decimal places.
(2 marks)

(c) (i) A ship sailed from town P towards town R which is directly east of P covering a
distance of 2000km. Determine the position of R. (3 marks)

(ii) If the ship departed P at 2.00pm, sailing at an average speed of 150 knots, find the
local time at R when the ship arrived. (4 marks)

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23.The masses of 64 hybrid goats in a ranch in Laikipia were recorded as follows:

Mass in kg 15 − 19 20 − 24 25 − 29 30 − 34 35 − 39 40 − 44
No. of goats 9 12 21 15 5 2

(a) On the grid provided, draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent the above
information. (4 marks)

(b) Use your graph to estimate:

i) The median (1 mark)

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ii) The number of goats that were overweight if 36 kg is the recommended healthy
weight. (2 marks)

iii) The range of weight of the middle 40% of the goats. (3 marks)

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24. The dimensions of a rectangular flow of a proposed room are such that
- The length is greater than the width but at most twice the width
- The sum of the width and length is more than 4 meters but less than 10 meters
If x represents the width and y the length.
(a) Write inequalities to represent the above information. (4 marks)

(b)Represent the inequalities in (a) above on a linear programming diagram.(4 marks)

(c) Using the integral values of x and y, list all the possible dimensions of the floor
hence find the maximum possible area of the floor. (2 marks)

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REGION

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 NORTH EASTERN REGION
SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
121/1 Mathematics Alt. A Paper 1
TIME: 2½ Hrs
Name: …………………………………….……. Index No: ……………

School: ……………………….. Signature: ………....... 121/1 - Mathematics

Morning
8.00am-10.30am
Instructions to candidates.
(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and II.
(d) Answer all the questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer at each stage in the space
provided.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may
be used, except where stated otherwise.
(h) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that no questions are
missing.
(i) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For examiner’s use only

SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL GRAND
TOTAL

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SECTION I (50MARKS):Answerall the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. Evaluate without using tables or calculators (3marks)
6
/7 of 14/3 ÷ 80 x -20/3
-2 x 5 ÷ (14 ÷ 7) x 3

2. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solution on a number line.
4– 3 ≤ 6x -1 < 3x + 8 (3marks)

3. Use tables of squares, cubes roots and reciprocals to evaluate; (4marks)

3 1
23.53- √(4411) +0.0071

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4. Triangle ABC has its vertices at A(3, 0), B(2,3) and C(5,1) if A΄(5, 0), B΄(3,6) and
C΄(9,2) is the image of ABC under enlargement. On the same axes and grid provided
below, determine the Centre of enlargement and linear scale factor. (3marks)

5. Phenny is a saleslady. She is paid Ksh 15,375 per month. She is also paid a commission
of 4 ½ % on the amount of money she makes from her sales. In a certain month, she earned a
total of Ksh. 28,875. Calculate the value of her sales that month. (3marks)

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6. The figure drawn below is a square ABCD of sides 36.75cm. The shaded area is formed
out of two segments. DCB and DKB. Find the area of the shaded region. (3marks)

7. Solve for x in the equation:32𝑥+1 + 4 × 32𝑥+1 − 45 = 0 (3 marks)

24𝑥 2 + 2ax−12𝑎2
8. Simplify the expression to its simplest form (3marks)
18𝑥 2 − 8𝑎2

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9. In the figure below, O is the centre of circle. Angle BCA=800 and angle CBO = 100.
Determine the size of angle CAB. (3marks)

10. A foreign exchange bureau in Mombasa buys and sells selected foreign currencies at the
rates shown in the table below.
Currency Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)
1 South African Rand 7.48 7.95
1 Chinese Yuan 20.03 20.20

A tourist arrived in Kenya from South Africa with 7,435,000 South African Rands. She
converted the whole amount to Kenya shillings through an agent at a commission of 2%.
While in Kenya, she spent 25% of this money and converted the balance to Chinese
Yuan. Calculate the amount of Chinese Yuan that she received. (3 marks)

𝑘 4 1 2
11. Two matrices A and B are such that A=( )and B= ( ) ,given that the
3 2 3 4
determinant of AB = 4, find the value of K. (3mks)

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12. The circle below whose area is 18.05cm2 circumscribes triangle ABC where AB = 6.3cm,
BC = 5.7cm and AC = 4.2cm. Find the area of the shaded part. (4Marks)

4.2cm
6.3cm

5.7cm
C
B

13. A boat is at point P, a distance of 100km from the bottom of a hill. The angle of elevation
of the top of the hill is 30o from P. The boat sails straight towards the hill to a point Q
from where the angle of elevation to the top of the hill is now 60o. Calculate the distance
PQ (3 marks)

14. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 1080 larger than the exterior angle. Determine
the number of sides of the polygon. (3 Marks)

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15. A piece of wire 18 cm long is to be bent to form a rectangle. If its length is x cm, obtain
an expression for its area. Hence calculate the dimensions of the rectangle with maximum
area from the expression (3marks)

16. A solid comprises of a cube ABCDEFGH of each side 2cm and a square based pyramid
EFGHV. The slant edges of the pyramid EV=FV=GV=HV=2cm. Draw the net of the
solid. (3marks)

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 SECTION II(50 Marks)
Answer only five questions from this section in the spaces provided
17. A bus left Kisumu at 6.00a.m and travelled towards Usenge Boys at an average speed of
100km/hr. At 6.30 am, a van left Usenge Boys and travelled towards Kisumu to receive
the bus with a number of students moving at an average speed of 125km/h.Given that the
distance between Kisumu and Usenge Boys is 500km Calculate:
a. The time the two vehicles met. (4marks)

b. On meeting, the bus proceeded with its journey but the van had a break of 30
minutes before proceeding for Usenge Boys. Calculate:
i. The time the bus arrived at Usenge Boys. (3marks)

ii. The time the van arrived at Usenge Boys (3marks)

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18. Complete the table below for the function y= x2– 3x + 6 in the range -2 ≤ x ≤ 8. (2mks)

X -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Y

a. Use the trapezium rule with 10 strips to estimate the area bounded by the
curve, y=x2- 3x + 6, the lines x = -2, x =8 and the x – axis. (3mks)

b. Use the mid – ordinate rule with 5 strips to estimate the area bounded by the
curve, y = x2 – 3x + 6, the lines x = -2, x = 8 and the x- axis. (3mks)

c. By integration, determine the actual area bounded by the curve y = x2 – 3x +

6, the lines x = -2, x = 8, and the x – axis. (2mks)

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19. The figure below is a right pyramid VEFGH with a square base of 8cm and a slant edge
of 20cm. points A,B,C and D lie and plane ABCD is parallel to the base EFGH.

a. Find the length of AB. (2marks)

b. Calculate to 2 decimal places.

i. The length of AC. (2marks)

ii. The perpendicular height of the pyramid VABCD. (2marks)

c. The pyramid VABCD was cut off. Find the volume of the frustrum
ABCDEFGH correct to 2 decimal places. (4marks)

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20. The figure below is triangle OPQ in which OP = p and OQ = q . M and N are points on
OQ and OP respectively such that ON = NP = 1:2 and OM: MQ = 3: 2.

(a) Express the following vectors in terms of p and q.

(i) PM. (2marks)

(ii) QN. (1marks)

(iii) PQ. (1marks)

(b) Lines PN and QN intersect at X such that PX = rPM and QX = tQN. Express
OX in two different ways and find the value of r and t. (4 marks)

(c) OX produced meets PQ at Y such that PY: YQ = 5: 3. Using the ratio theorem or

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otherwise, find OY in terms of p and q. (2 mark)

21. Complete the table below for the equation 𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 11 (2 Marks)

𝑥 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
2𝑥 2 32
3𝑥 -12
−11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11
𝑦 -9 16
(a) On the grid paper provided draw the graph of 𝑦 = 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 11 (3 Marks)

(b) On the same axes draw the graph of 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1 (2 Marks)

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 (c) Use your graph to solve the quadratic
(i) 2𝑥 2 + 3𝑥 − 11 = 0 (1 Mark)

(ii) 2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 − 12 = 0 (2 Marks)

22. A straight lineL1 passes through the points (8, -2) and (4,-4).
(a) Write its equation in the form ax + by +c = 0, where a, b and c are integers. (3Marks)

(b) If the line L1 above cuts the x-axis at point P, determine the coordinates of P.
(2Marks)

(c) Another lineL2, which is a perpendicular bisector to the line in (a) above cuts the y
axis at the point Q. Determine the coordinates of point Q. (3 Marks)

(d) Find the length of QP (2 Marks)

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23. A rectangular field measures 20 metres by 16 metres. A path of uniform width x - metres
is made all round it. This make the area of the field to reduce in the ratio 7 : 16.
a) Find an expression in x for the new length and the width (1mark)

b) Find the expression in x for the new area. (1mark)

c) Find the possible value of x (4 marks)

d) The remaining area of the field is divided among three siblings Abdi, Bor and Celine such
that the ratio of Abdi to Bor’s is 3 : 4 while that of Bor's to Celine's is 6 : 5. Find the
difference between the area of Celine’s share and Abdi's share.
(4marks)

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24. Using a pair of compass and ruler only construct.
(a) Triangle PQR in which PQ =5cm∠QPR = 300 and ∠PQR=1050. (3marks)

(b) A circle that passes through the vertices of the triangle PQR. Measure its radius.
(3marks)

(c) The height of triangles PQR with PQ as the base. Measure the height. (2marks)

(d) Determine the area of the circle that lies outsides the triangle correct to 2 decimal
places (2marks)

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NORTH EASTERN REGION

SCHOOLS’ JOINT PREMOCKS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
121/2 Mathematics Alt. A Paper 2
TIME: 2½ Hrs
Name: …………………………………….……. Index No: ……………

School: ……………………….Signature: ………......... 121/2 - Mathematics

Morning
Instructions to candidates 8.00am-10.30am

(a)
Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above
(b)
Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above
(c)
This paper consists of TWO sections: Section I and only five questions form Section II
(d)
Answer ALL the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II
(e)
All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
below each question.
Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
For Examiner’s use only

Section I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

Section II

17 19 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Grand

Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

1. Use logarithms to evaluate (4marks)

−2
 log 9  0.954 
 
 0.301  4.3 

2. AB is the diameter of the circle. Given that A(2, -3) and B(4, -7). Find the equation of
the circle in the form x 2 + y 2 − 2ax + 2by + c = 0 (3 marks)

3. A quantity P varies partly as the cube of Q and partly varies inversely as the square of
Q. When Q = 2, P = 108 and when Q =3, P = 259. find the value of P when Q = 6
(4 rmarks)

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(a) expand ( a − b )
5
4. (2 marks)

(b) Use the first three terms of the expansion in (a) the above to find the value of 1.975 to two
decimal place (2 marks)

5 . Simplify without using tables or calculator

Log749 x log327 ( 2 marks)

6. Water flows from a tap. At the rate 27cm3 per second, into a rectangular container of length
60cm, breath 30 cm and height 40 cm. If at 6.00 p.m. the container was half full, what will be the
height of water at 6.04 pm? ( 3 marks)

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7.) Figure below shows a square based pyramid ABCD .AV=BV=CV=DV=18 cm.

AB= 10 cm. Calculate the angle between the plane BVC and AVD. (3 marks)

18 cm

D C

10 CM

10 CM B

8.The roots of a quadratic equation are -3 and ½ . Form the quadratic equation in the form

ax2 + bx + c = 0 Where a, b, and c are constants ( 3 marks)

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9.Triangle ABC is mapped onto triangle A˚B˚C˚ by a transformation given by the matrix N=
3 1
( ) . If A˚B˚ = 4 cm , find AB ( 3 marks)
−1 1

10. Using log 2 = 0.3010 and log 3 = 0.4771 . Evaluate log 45 ( 3 marks)

11. The position of two towns A and B on the earth’s surface are (36◦N,49◦E) and ( 36◦N,
131◦W) respectively.
(a) Find the local time at A if the time at B is 12.35pm on Sunday. ( 1mk)

(b) Using 6370km as the radius of the earth, calculate the shortest distance between town A
and B (2mks)

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12. The first, the third and the seventh terms of an increasing arithmetic progression are
three consecutive terms of a geometric progression. In the first term of the arithmetic
progression is 10, find the common difference of the arithmetic progression.( 3Mrks)

13. A two digit number is made by combining any of two digits 1,2,3,4, and 5 at random. Find
the probability that the number formed is even ( 2marks)

14. The deviation d from the mean X of the set of data x are given below;

X 15 18 M 23 M+6 28 30
d -8 -5 Y 0 -y 5 7
a)
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b) Find the value of m and y ( 2 marks)

c) Calculate the mean a bsolute deviation of the data ( 2 marks)

15. Make y the subject o f the formula (3 marks)

q=m 𝑟 2 −𝑦 2
√
𝑦 2 −3

16. Solve the equation: 3 cos X = 2 Sin2 X where 0 ≤X ≤ 360 ( 3marks)

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Section II (50 marks) . Answer only five questions in this section in the spaces provided

17.The table below shows the analysis of examination marks scored by 160 candidates

Marks 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100
(%)

No of 2 6 15 22 36 34 20 15 6 4
candidates

a)Using an assumed mean of 45.5. calculate

I. The mean (3 marks)

II. The standard deviation (4 marks)

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b) Calculate the minimum mark for grade A if 40 student got grade A (3 marks)

18 .A and B are two points on latitude 400.The two points lie on the longitude 800W and 1000 E
22
respectively.(taking π= and R =6370 KM) .
7

(a) Calculate;

(i) The distance from A to B along the parallel of latitude (3mks)

(ii)The distance from A to B along the great circle (4mks)

(b) Two planes P and Q left A for B at 400 knots and 600 knots respectively. If P flew along the
great circle and Q along the parallel of latitude ,which one arrived earlier and by how much?

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Give your answer to the nearest minute. ( 3mks)

19. a).Complete the table below by filling in the blank spaces for the functions

1
y = sin(x +30) and y = cos x ( 2 marks)
2

X 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210

Y=sin 0.5 1 0.5 -0.87

(x+300)

1 1.00 0.71 0.00

Y = cos x
2

b. ) Using the scale,x-axis 1cm =30 ,y-axis 1cm=0.5 units, draw their graphs of the functions
on the same axes (5marks)

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c)Use your graph to solve

1
i. sin (x + 30) - cos x =0 (1 mark)
2

ii. sin ( x+ 30 ) = 0 (1 mark)

1
iii) cos x = -0.25 (1mark)
2

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20. The equation of a curve is y=3x2-4x+1

a) Find the gradient function of the curve when x=2 ( 2 marks)

b) Determine

i) The equation of the tangent of the curve at the point (2, 5) (2marks)

ii) The angle which the tangent to the curves at the point (2,5) makes with the horizontal line

(2mks)

iii) The equation of the line through the point (2, 5) which is perpendicular to the tangent in (b) i
above (3marks)

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21. The table shows income tax rates for the year 2023

Monthly income in Kenya shillings Tax Rate in each shilling

0 – 10164 10%
10165 – 19740 15%
19741 – 29316 20%
29317 – 38892 25%
38893 and above 30%
In a certain month of that year an employee’s taxable income in the fourth band was K£ 334.2

Tax relief of Ksh 1162 pm. Was allowed.

a)Calculate

i) The employees total taxable income in that month ( 3 marks)

ii) The P.A.Y.E. in that month ( 5 marks)

b)The employees income included taxable allowances a mounting to Kshs. 14000. The
employees contributed 6% of the basic salary to a co- operative society. Calculate the
employee net income for that month . ( 3 marks)

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2 1
22. The probability that Zora goes to school by boda boda is 5 and by a matatu is 4 . If she uses a
2 3
boda boda , the probability that she will be late is and if she uses a matatu . If she uses
5 10
3
other means of transport the probability of being late is 20

a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information ( 3 marks)

b)F ind the probability that she will be late for school ( 2 marks)

c)Find the probability that she will be late for school if she does not use a matatu ( 3 marks)

d)Find the probability that she will be late for school ( 2 marks)

23. The acceleration of a particle after passing a fixed point P is given by a = 3t-3. Given that
the velocity of the particle when t = 2 seconds is 5m/s, find:

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a). Its velocity:

i). In terms of t (3 marks)

ii). When t = 4 (2 marks)

b). The maximum velocity attained by the particle. (2 marks)

c). Its displacement during the third second. (3 marks)

24.A triangle ABC with vertices A(2,0), B(4,-2) and C(4,4) is mapped onto its image A 1B 1C
1 1 1/2
under a transformation represented by the matrix ( )
0 1

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a)i) State the coordinates of A1B1 C1 (2 Marks)

ii) On the grid provided plot triangle ABC and triangle A1 B1 C1 ( 2 marks)

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1 1/2
iii) Describe fully the transformation represented by the matrix ( ) ( 1 mark )
0 1

b)A11B11C11 is the image of triangle A1B1C1 under reflection on the line X= 0

Plot triangle A11B11C11 on the same grid and state the co-ordinates (2marks)

c)Find a single matrix that can map triangle ABC onto triangle A11B11C11 (3 mks)

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 NYANZA REGION

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NAME:……………………………………………………… INDEX NO:…………………………
SCHOOL:………………………………………………….. DATE:……………………………….
SIGN:………………………………..

121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS

NYANZA REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT

PREMOCKS
121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of two sections: Section l and Section II.
3. Answer all questions in section l and five questions from Section II.
4. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
5. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
6. Non- programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

This paper consists of 15 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

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 SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section.
2 1 + 3  5 of 2 2
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate, 4 5 6 5 , leaving your answer as a fraction in
17
10
its simplest form. ( 3mks)

2. Find the equation of a perpendicular bisector of a line AB if the coordinates of A and B are
(-4,-2) and (6,2) respectively. (3mks)

3. Use squares, squares roots and reciprocal tables only to evaluate the following giving your answer
correct to 2 decimal places. (4mks)
1 3
+
√31.47 8.542

4. Find the integral values of x for which: (3mks)

-6 < 3x + 3
14 – 3x >2

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5. Pipe A empties a full tank in 8 hours, pipe B empties in 6 hours and pipe C empties in 3 hours. If
all the three pipes are open for 30 minutes and then pipe A closed , How long will it take to
empty a full tank. (3mks)

6. Without using a calculator or mathematical table, evaluate. (3mks)

2 3
8 3 +4 2

−3
4
16

7. A man on top of a tower 300m sees two cars P and Q on a straight level road.
The angle of depression of P was 48° and that of Q was 28°. Calculate the
distance between the two cars. (Give your answer to 2d.p.). (3 marks)

8. Two trains T1 and T2, traveling in opposite directions on parallel tracks are just beginning to pass
one another. Train T1 is 72metres long and is traveling at 108km/hr.T2 is 78 metres

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 Long and traveling at 72km/hr. Find the time in seconds the two take to completely pass one
another. (4mks)

9. In the figure bellowed and EA are tangents to the circle at D and A.DC is parallel to AB and
<BDC = 510. Calculate the value of x. (3mks)

10. Two similar containers have base areas 25cm2 and 324cm2 respectively. Calculate the Capacity
of the larger container correct to one decimal place if the capacity of the smaller
one is 8cm3 (3mks)

11. Solve for  and y in the simultaneous equation. (4 marks)

32 x 3y = 27

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 2 - y x 2 = 32

• •
𝑎
12. Given that 1. 0 5 = 1𝑏, Find the values of a and b. (3mks)

13. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies using the rates shown below.
Buying Selling
(Ksh) (Ksh)
1 Euro 86.25 86.97
100 Japanese Yen 66.51 67.26
A Japanese traveling from France arrives in Kenya with 5000 Euros, which he converts to Kenya
shillings at the bank. While in Kenya he spent a total of Ksh.289,850 and then converted the
remaining Kenya shillings to Japanese Yen at the bank. Calculate the amount of Japanese Yen
that he received. (3 mks)

14. All prime numbers between ten and twenty are arranged in descending order to form a number.
a) Write down the number (1mk)

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 b) State the total value of the third digit in the number formed in (a) above. (1 mark)

15. If log 2=0.30103 and log 3=0.47712 find the logarithm of 36 without using tables or calculators.
(3mks)

16. The diagram below represents a right pyramid on a square base of side 3 cm. The slant
Height of the pyramid is 4 cm.

a) Draw a net of the pyramid (2 marks)

b) On the net drawn, measure the height of a triangular face from the top of the Pyramid
( 1 mark)

SECTION 11(50 MARKS)

Answer only FIVE questions from this section.

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17. The figure below shows two circles of radii 10.5cm and 8.4cm and with centres
A and B respectively. The common cord PQ is 9cm.

(a) Calculate angle PAQ. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate angle PBQ. (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the area of the shaded part. (6 marks)

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18. B is 102km on the bearing of 112° from A. C is 94km on the bearing of 062° from B D is 073°
from A and 336° from C.
(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20km,draw a diagram to show the positions of A,B,C
and D. (6mks)

b) Using your diagram, determine;

i) The bearing of B from D and A from C. (2mks)

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 ii) The distance AC and BD (2mks)

19. A group of people planned to contribute equally towards a water project which needed kshs.
2,000,000 to complete. However, 40 members of the group withdrew from the project. As a result,
each of the remaining members were to contribute ksh 2500 more.

(a) Find the original number of members in the group. (5mks)

(b) Forty five percent of the value of the project was funded by Constituency Development
Fund (CDF). Calculate the amount that would be made by each
of the remaining members of the group. (3mks)

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 (c) Members contribution were in terms of labour provided and money contributed. The ratio
of the value of labour to the money contributed was 6:19, calculate the total amount of
money contributed by the members (2mks)

20. A bus left Kisumu at 9:30 a.m towards Nairobi at an average speed of 81 km/hr. A matatu left
Nairobi at 10.10 a.m at an average speed of 72km/hr. The distance between Kisumu and Nairobi
is 360km.
(a) Determine
(i) The time taken before the two vehicles met. (3mks)

(ii) The distance between the two vehicles 40 minutes after meeting. (2mks)

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 b) A car left Kisumu towards Nairobi at 9.50 a.m at an average speed of 90 km/hr.
Determine
i) The time when the car caught up with the bus. (3mks)

ii) The distance of Nairobi from the place where the car caught up with the
bus. (2mks)

21. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only.

(i) Construct line AB = 6cm. (1 mark)

(ii) Construct triangle DAB where angle DAB = 75° and AB = BD. (2 marks)

(iii) Complete the parallelogram ABCD. (1 mark)

(iv) Drop a perpendicular from A to BD and hence find the area of the
parallelogram. (3 marks)

(v) Construct a circle to touch line BC, AB produced and DC produced.

Measure its radius. (3 marks)

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22. A surveyor recorded the measurements of a field in a field book using lines AB 260m as shown
below.

B
130 R 40
70 Q10
50 P20
S50 10
A
a) Sketch the map of the field. (4mks)

b) Find the area of the field in hectares. (6mks)

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23. A trader sold an article at sh.4800 after allowing his customer a 12% discount on the marked price
of the article. In so doing he made a profit of 45%.
a) Calculate
(i) The marked price of the article. (3 marks)

(ii) the price at which the trader had bought the article (2marks)

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 b) If the trader had sold the same article without giving a discount. Calculate the percentage
profit he would have made. (3 marks)

c) To clear his stock, the trader decided to sell the remaining articles at a loss of 12.5%
calculate the price at which he sold each article. (2mks)

24. The distances S metres from a fixed point , covered by a particle after t seconds is given by the
equation, S= t3 – 6t2 + 9t +5
a) Calculate the gradient to the curve at t = 0.5 seconds. (3mks)

b) Determine the values of S at the maximum and minimum turning points of the curve.
(4mks)

c) On the space provided, Stretch the curves of S = t3 – 6t +9t + 5 (3mks)

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NAME:……………………………………………………… STREAM………………..…..

INDEX. NO.…………………………………………………... DATE…………………….

SCHOOL…………………………………………………….. SIGNATURE………………..

121/2
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
TIME: 2 HOURS

NYANZA REGION SCHOOLS’ JOINT

PREMOCKS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education. (K.C.S.E)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

a) Write your name, index number and date in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
b) Write name, admission number and class in the spaces provided above.
c) This paper contains TWO sections: section I and section II
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and only five questions from section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
provided below each question.
f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used
except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY:

Section I

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

Section II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

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SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer ALL the questions in this section.
1. Use logarithms to evaluate:
3 45.3 ×0.00697
√
0.534
(4 marks)

1 6
2. a) Expand (1 − 𝑥) up to fourth term. (2 marks)
2

b) Use the expansion above to evaluate (0.98)6 (2 marks)

3. The data below represents the ages in months at which 11 babies started walking:
9,15 , 12, 9, 8, 13, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 10.
Calculate the interquartile range of the above data (3 marks)

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4. The fifth term of an arithmetic progression is 11 and the twenty fifth term is 51.

Calculate the first term and the common difference of the progression. (3 marks)

√3−2√2
5. If 3√2+√3
= 𝑎√𝑏 + 𝑐 Find the values of a, b and c. (3 marks)

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 6. In the figure below QT is a tangent to the circle at Q. PXRT and QXS are straight lines.
PX = 6cm, RT = 8cm, QX = 4.8cm and XS = 5cm.

Find the length of QT (3 marks)

7. Solve for x in the equation below:

Log 3(x + 3) = 3 log 3 + 2 (3 marks)

8. Pipe A can fill a tank in 2 hours, Pipe B and C can empty the tank in 5 hours and 6 hours respectively. How
long would it take:
a) To fill the tank if A and B are left open and C is closed. (2 marks)

b) To fill the tank with all pipes open. (2 marks)

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 1 3
9. A transformation is represented by the matrix [ ] . This transformation maps a triangle ABC of the area
4 2
12.5cm2 onto another triangle A′B′C′. Find the area of triangle A′B′C′.
(3marks)

10. Make P the subject of the formula XYP = QPX (3 marks)

11. The coordinates of the end points of diameter are A(2,4) B(−2,6). Find the equation of a circle in the form
ax2 + by2 +cx + dy + e = 0 (3 marks)

12. A bag contains 10 balls of which 3 are red, 5 are white and 2 green. Another bag contains 12 balls of which
4 are red, 3 are white and 5 are green. A bag is chosen at random and a ball picked at random. Find the
probability the ball so chosen is red. (3 marks)

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13. Use the trapezium rule with seven ordinates to find the area bounded by the curve 𝑦 = 𝑥 2 + 1 lines x = -2,
x = 4 and x – axis (3 marks)

14. Wanjiku pays for a car on hire purchase in 15 monthly instalments. The cash price of the car is Ksh.300, 000
and the interest rate is 15%p.a. A deposit of Ksh.75, 000 is made. Calculate her monthly repayments.
(3 marks)

15. The length and breadth of a rectangular floor garden were measured and found to be 4.1m and 2.2m
respectively. Find the percentage error in its area. (3 marks)

𝑑𝑦
16. The gradient function of a curve is given 𝑑𝑥 = 3x2 – 8x + 2. If the curve passes through the point, (2, –2), find
its equation. (3 marks)

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 SECTION II (50 MARKS)
Answer five questions only from this section
17. The following table shows the rate at which income tax was charged during a certain year.
Monthly taxable income in Ksh. Tax rate %
0 - 9860 10
9861 - 19720 15
19721 - 29580 20
29581 - 39440 25
39441 - 49300 30
49301 - 59160 35
over 59160 40

A civil servant earns a basic salary of Ksh.35750 and a monthly house allowance of sh.12500. The civil servant is
entitled to a personal relief of sh.1062 per month. Calculate:
a) Taxable income (2 marks)

b) Calculate his net monthly tax (5 marks)

c) Apart from the salary the following deduction are also made from his monthly income.
WCPS at 2% of the basic salary
Loan repayment Ksh.1325
NHIF sh.480
Calculate his net monthly earning. (3 marks)

18. a) Complete the table below for y=sin 2x and y=sin ( 2x + 30) giving values to 2d.p
X 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180
Sin 2x 0 0.87 -0.87 0

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 Sin ( 2x + 0.5 0.5 -1 0.5
30)

(2 marks)
b) Draw the graphs of y=sin 2x and y = sin (2x + 30) on the axis. (4 marks)

c) Use the graph to solve (1 mark)

d) Determine the transformation which maps (1 mark)

e) State the period and amplitude of (2 marks)

19. A plane S flies from a point P (400N, 450W) to a point Q (350N, 450W) and then to another point T (350N,
1350E).

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a) Given that the radius of the earth is 6370km find the distance from P to Q in Km.
22
(Take = ) (2 marks)
7

b) Find in nm
(i) The shortest distance between Q and T. (2 marks)

(ii) The longest distance between Q and T (to the nearest tens) (2 marks)

c) Find the difference in time taken when S flies along the shortest and longest routes if its speed is 420
knots (4 marks)

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20. The following table shows the distribution of marks obtained by 50 students.
Marks 45 – 49 50 – 54 55 – 59 60 – 64 65 – 69 70 – 74 75 – 79
No. of 3 9 13 15 5 4 1
students
By using an assumed mean of 62, calculate
a) the mean (5 marks)

b) the variance (3 marks)

c) the standard deviation (2 marks) `

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21. The diagram below represents a pyramid standing on rectangular base ABCO. V is the vertex of the
pyramid and VA = VB = VC = VD = 26 cm. M is the midpoints of BC and AC respectively. 𝐴𝐵 =
24 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐵𝐶 = 18 𝑐𝑚.

Calculate:-
a) The length of the projection of line VA on plane ABCD (2marks)

b) The angle between line VA and the plane ABCD. (2marks)

c) The size of the angle between the planes VBC and ABCD. (2marks)

d) The vertical height of the pyramid. (2marks)

e) The volume of the pyramid (2marks)

22. A parallelogram OACB is such that OA = a, OB = b. D is the mid-point of BC. OE = hOC and AE = kAD.

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(a) Express the following in terms of a, b, h and k.
(i) OC (1 mark)

(ii) OE (1 mark)

(iii) AD (1 mark)

(iv) AE (1 mark)

(b) Find the values of h and k. (4 marks)

(c) Determine the ratios:
(i) AE : ED (1 mark)

(ii) OE : OC (1 mark)

23. A uniform distributor is required to supply two sizes of skirts to a school: medium and large sizes.
She was given the following conditions by the school.
(i) The total number of skirts must not exceed 600.
(ii) The number of medium size skirts must be more than the number of large size skirts.
(iii) The number of medium size skirts must not be more than 350 and the number of large size
skirts must not be less than 150. If the distributor supplied  medium size and y large size
skirts.

(a) Write down, in terms of  and y, all the linear inequalities representing the conditions
above. (4mks)

(b) On the grid provided, represent the inequalities in (a) above by shading the unwanted

regions. (4mks)

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The distributor made the following profits per skirt.: Medium size = Sh.300., Large size = Sh.250.
Determine the maximum profit. (3mks)

24. (a) On the same diagram construct:-

i) Triangle PQR such that PQ = 9cm, PR = 7cm and triangle RPQ = 600 (2 marks)
ii) The locus of a point M such that M is equidistant from P and Q. (1mark)
iii) The locus of a point N such that RN ≤ 3.5cm. (1 mark)

b) On the diagram in part (a)

i)
Shade the region B, containing all the points enclosed by the locus on M and the locus of N such
that PM ≥ QM. (2marks)

ii)
Find the area of the shaded region in (i) above (4marks)

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 RIFT VALLEY REGION

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 Name……………………………………… Index No:…………………….ADM:….......
School…………………………………………………… Date ………………………….
Candidate’s Signature………………………

121 /1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
2 ½ HRS

RIFT VALLEY REGION SCHOOLS’

JOINT PREMOCKS
Kenya National Examination Council (K.C.S.E)

121 /1
2 ½ HRS

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
3. Answer ALL questions in section I and ONLY FIVE questions from section II
4. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
5. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answers are wrong.
6. Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used,
except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Section II GRAND
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL TOTAL

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 SECTION 1: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

1. Evaluate 5 ½ - 1 1/7 (1 1/5 + 9/10 ) + 1/3 of (2/3 ÷5/6) (3mks)

2. Simplify

6a 2 + 7ab + 2b 2
( 3mks)
4a 2 − b 2

3. A positive two digit number is such that the product of the digits is 20.When the digits are reversed ,
the number so formed is greater than the original number by 9.Find the number.

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 4. Three years ago,Juma was three times old as Ali.In two years time, the sum of their ages will be
62.Determine their current ages (2 mks)

5. A number n is such that when its divided by 3,7,11 or 13, the remainder is always one . Find the
number n. ( 2mks)

6. The size of each Interior angle of a regular polygon is seven times the size of the exterior angle.

Find the number of sides of the polygon. (2 mks)

7. Use reciprocal, square and square root tables to evaluate, to 4 significant figures, the expression. (4
marks)
2 5
−
(0.5245)2 √363.4

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 8. The surface area of two similar bottles are 12cm2 and 108cm2 respectively. If larger one has a volume of
810cm3.Find the volume of the smaller one. (3mks)

9. A solid block in the shape of a cylinder has a height of 14cm and weighs 22kg. If it is made of material
22
of density 5g/cm3, find the radius of the cylinder. Take = (3mks)
7

10. Find the value of x in the following equations: (3mks)

11. A line Ax +3y-6=0 is perpendicular to the line 5x+7y-k=0. If 5x+7y-k=0 passes through the point (4,3).
Determine the values of A and K (4mks)

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 12. Agnes paid rent which was 1/10 of her net salary. She used ½ of the remaining amount to make a down
payment for a plot. She gave her mother Kshs. 2,500 and did shopping worth Kshs. 7,500 for herself.
She saved the remainder which was Ksh. 12,500. How much was the down payment that she made.
(4mks)

13. A watch which loses a half-minute every hour was set to read the correct time at 0545h on Monday.
Determine the time, in the 12 hour system, the watch will show on the following Friday at 1945h.
(3 marks)

14. Use the exchange rates below to answer this question.

Buying Selling
1 US dollar 63.00 63.20
1 UK £ 125.30 125.95

A tourist arriving in Kenya from Britain had 9600 UK Sterling pounds (£). He converted the
pounds to Kenya shillings at a commission of 5%. While in Kenya, he spent ¾ of this money.
He changed the balance to US dollars after his stay. If he was not charged any commission for
this last transaction, calculate to the nearest US dollars, the amount he received.
(3 marks)

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 15. Solve the following inequality and show your solution on a number line. (3mks)
1
4x – 3 ≤ 2 (𝑥 + 8 ) < 𝑥 + 5

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 16. The table below shows marks obtained by a form four class in a certain school.

Marks (x) 8X9 9X11 11X13 13X16 16X20 20X21

No. of contents y 2 6 8 3 2 1

Use the table to represent the information on a histogram. (3 Marks)

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SECTION B: ATTEMPT ANY FIVE QUESTIONS

17. The figure below shows a cone from which a frustum is made. A plane parallel to the base cuts the
cone two thirds way up the vertical height of the cone to form frustum ABCD. The top surface radius of
the frustum is labelled r and the bottom radius R.
V

A D
r

R
A C
y
(a) Find the ratio r:R. (1 Mark)

(b) Given that r = 7cm, find R. (2 Marks)

(c) If the height VY of the original cone is 45cm. Calculate to the nearest whole number the volume
22
of the frustum. (Take 𝜋 = ) (4 Marks)
7

(d) The frustum represents a bucket which is used to fill a rectangular tank measuring 1.5m long,
1.2m wide and 80cm high with water. How many full buckets of water are required to fill the
tank. (3 Marks)

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 18. The displacement h metres of a particle moving along a straight line after t seconds

is given by h = -2t3 + 3/2 t2 + 3t

(a) Find the initial acceleration. ( 3 marks )

(b) Calculate
(i) The time when the particle was momentarily at rest. ( 3 marks )

(ii) Its displacement by the time it comes to rest momentarily. ( 2 marks)

(c ) Calculate the maximum speed attained. ( 2 marks )

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 19. (a) The figure below shows two intersecting circles. Circle DCB has its centre P while DAB
centre O.

Giving reasons, determine the size of:

a) Angle CBD (2 marks)

b) Angle ODB (2 marks)

c) Angle BAD (2 marks)

d) Angle ABC (2 marks)

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 e) Angle ODA (2 marks)

20. A car leaves town X for town Y 120 km away at an average speed of 80 km/hr at 8.30 a.m. At
the same time a bus leaves town Y for town X at an average speed of 60 km/hr. At 8.45 a.m., a
cyclist leaves town Y for town X at an average speed of 30 km/hr.

i. Calculate the time when the bus meets the car to the nearest minute. (3 marks)

ii. Calculate the distance between the car and the bus by the time the cyclist meets the car.
(4 marks)

iii. If the bus upon reaching town X stops for 10 minutes then starts its journey back to Y, Calculate
how far from X the bus meets the cyclist. (3 marks)

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 21. In the figure below, PQRS is a trapezium. Line PT and QS intersect at X and line QP is parallel to RS.QT =
a,QP = b,QR = 3QT,RS = 2QP,QX = tQS, and PX = kPT where k and t are constants.

Q b P
a
T X

R S

a) Find in terms of aandb:

(i) PT (1 mark)

(ii) PX (2 marks)

(iii) QS (1 mark)

b) Express QX in terms of: (2 marks)

(i)a, b, and t.

(ii)a, b andk

(c) Determine the value of k and t. (3 marks)

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 (d) Find the ratio PT:TX (1 mark)

22. Two circles with centres O and Q and radii 8cm intersect at points A and B as shown below.

Given that the distance between O and Q is 12cm and that the line AB meets OQ at X, find:
(a) the length of the chord AB. (3marks)

(b) the reflex angle AOB. (3marks)

(c) the area of the shaded region.  = 3.142 (4marks)

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 23. The diagram below shows a triangle ABC with A (3, 4), B (1, 3) and C (2, 1).

a) Draw A ′B′C′ the image of ABC under a rotation of +900 about (0, 0). 2mks

b) Draw  A″B″C ″ the image of A ′B′C ′under a reflection in the line y=x. 2mks

c) Draw  A″′B″′C″′ the image of ∆ A″B″C″ under a rotation of -900 about (0, 0). 2mks

d) Describe a single transformation that maps ABC onto  A′″B′″C′″. 2mks

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e) Write down the equations of the lines of symmetry of the quadrilateral BB″A′′′A′ . 2mks

24. Complete the table below for y = 14 − 5x − 2x 2 for the domain -5  x  3 (2 marks)

x -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
-5x 25 20 5 0 -5 -15
-2x² -50 -18 -2 0 -2 -8

-11 17 14 7
y
(b) Draw the graph of y = 14 − 5x − 2x 2 for the domain -5  x  3 (3marks

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 (c) Use your graph to solve the equations:
(i) 2x 2 + 5x − 14 = 0 (2mark)

(ii) 4 − 5x − 2x 2 = 0 (2marks)

d) Write down and simplify the equation in x which would be solved by drawing the line y=3x+2 on
the same axes as (b) above. (1mark)

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Name…………………………………Index No:…………………….ADM:…..........................
School……………………………… Date ………………..………. Class: ………………….
121/2
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
TIME: 2½ HOURS

RIFT VALLEY REGION SCHOOLS’

JOINT PREMOCKS
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATE’S:
1. Write your name, index number Adm. Number and school in the spaces provided at the top of
this page.
2. Sign and write the date of examination in spaces provided above.
3. This paper consists of two Sections; Section I and Section II.
4. Answer all the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions from Section II.
5. All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
below each question.
6. Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.
7. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
8. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used,
except where stated otherwise.
9. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated
and that no questions are missing.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY:

SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL GRAND TOTAL

This paper consists of 16 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain
that all pages are printed as indicated and that no pages are missing.

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 SECTION I: (50 MARKS)
Answer all the question in this section in the spaces provided:

1. Using logarithm tables only, evaluate

849.6  2.41
3 (4 marks)
3941

2. The transformation represented by the matrix

M= 0 1 maps a triangle ABC onto another triangle A1 B1 C1 of area 36cm2.
3 1
Find the area of triangle ABC (3mks)

3. ( )( )
Simplify 1 + 3 1 − 3 and hence evaluate
1
1+ 3
to 3 significant figures given

3 = 1.7321 . (3 marks)

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4. If (M + n) : (M – n) = 8: 3. Find the ratio M: n. (3 marks)

5. Find the values of x if; (3 mks)

3
log16 (7x – 14) – log16 (6 – 3x) = 2

6. Make q the subject of the formula:

nq − m
P=3 (3 marks)
q

7. The 3rd term of a geometric sequence is 20 and the 16th term is -160 Calculate the 8th term the
sequence (3mks)

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 A+B
8. If A = 2.3, B = 8.7 and C = 2.0 find the % error in . (3 marks)
C

9. Simplify:
2 2 +  − 6 1
+ (3 marks)
 −4
2
−2

10. Obtain the binomial expansion of (1 - 2)5 and use your expansion to evaluate [0.98]5 correct
to 5d.p. (3 marks)

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11. After being given a discount of sh.5 on every book James bought, he was able to buy 2 more
books than before he was given the discount, with sh.200. What was the price of one book
before the discount?
(4 marks)

12. Find the centre and radius of a circle with equation:

² + y² - 6 + 8y – 11 = 0 (3 marks)

13. A car was valued at Ksh.3000000 in January 2000. Each year its value decreased by 12% of
its
value at the beginning of the year. Find the value of the car in January 2004 giving your
answer correct to 4s.f. (3 marks)

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14. The figure below is a pyramid of a rectangular base PQRS of length 12cm and width 9cm.
The slanting edge has a length of 19.5cm. Determine the angle PO makes with base PQRS
O

19.5cm

S R

9cm
12cm
P Q

15. A point (-5, 4) is mapped onto (-1, -1) by a translation T. Find the image of (-4, 5) under the
same translation. (3 marks)

16. The gradient of the curve y = a² + b at the origin is equal to 8. Find the value of a and b
if the curve has a maximum turning point at  = 4. (3 marks)

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 SECTION II: (50 MARKS)

Attempt ONLY FIVE questions from this section.

17. Mr. Karambu is a civil servant in a ministry. He earns a monthly salary of sh.N and allowance
of sh.1271.all taxable. He is entitled to a monthly relief of sh.1056. The table below shows the rates
of taxation.
K£ P.a Rates %
1 - 5808 10
5.809 – 11280 15
11281 - 16752 20
16753 – 22224 15
22225 and above 30

When his salary was increased by 50% the net tax increased by 66.25 % to sh.9036 per month.
(a) What was his net tax in K£ p.a before the salary increase (2mks)

(b) Calculate his salary before the increase (5mks)

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 (c) Calculate the percentage increase in his net pay after the salary increase (3mks)

18. A transporter wishes to transfer 1000 bags of sugar to a go down. He has two types of lorries
to use. FTR with a capacity of 80 bags and a canter with the capacity of 20 bags. The canter
has to make at most twice as many trips as the FTR makes. The total number of trips made by
both lorries must be less than 30, and the canter has to make more than 10 trips.
(a) Write down all the possible inequalities to represent this information (take trips made by FTR
be x and trips made by canter be y) (4mks)

(b) Represent the information above on the grid provided (3mks)

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(c) The transporter makes a profit of sh 1800 per trip on FTR and sh 1000 per trip on canter.
Determine his maximum profit. (3 mks)

19. A plane S flies from a point P(40°N, 45°W) to a point Q(35°N, 45°W) and then onto a point
T((35°N, 135°E).
(a)Given that the radius of the earth is 6370km, find the distance from P to Q in km. (2 marks)

(b) Find in nm;

(i) the shortest distance between Q and T. (2 marks)

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 (ii) the longest distance between Q and T (to the nearest tens). (2 marks)

(c) Find the difference in time taken when S flies along the shortest and longest
routes if its speed is 420 knots. (4 marks)

20. The data below shows the masses in grams of 50 potatoes.

Mass (g) 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 75 - 84 85 - 94
No. of potatoes 3 6 16 12 8 4 1

(a) On the grid provided draw a cumulative frequency curve for the data.(4 marks)

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(b) Use the graph in (a) above to determine:
(i) The 60th percentile mass. (2 marks)

(ii) Percentage of potatoes whose masses lie in the range 53g to 68g. (3 marks)

(iii) Median mass. (1 mark)

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 4 7 
21. Matrix P is given by  
5 8
(a) Find the inverse of P. (2 marks)

(b) Two Schools Theri and Kimathi purchased beans at sh.B per bag and maize at sh.M per
bag. Theri purchased 8 bags of beans and 14 bags of maize for sh.47,600. Kimathi
purchased 10 bags of beans and 16 bags of maize for sh.57,400.
(i) Form a matrix equation to represent the information above. (2 marks)

(ii) Use the inverse matrix of P to find the prices of one bag of each item. (4 marks)

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(c) The price of beans later went up by 5% and that of maize remained constant. Theri bought
the same quantity of beans but spent the same total amount of money as before
on the two items. State the new ratio of beans to maize. (2 marks)

22. Mr. Karanja owns a bicycle which he sometimes rides to go to work. Out of the 21 working
days in a month he only rides to work for 18 days. If he rides to work the probability that he
is bitten by a rabid dog is 4 otherwise it is only 1 . When he is bitten by the dog the
15 13
probability that he will get treatment is 4 and if he does not get treatment the probability
5
that he will get rabies is 5 .
7
(a) Draw a tree diagram to show the events. (3 marks)

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(b) Using the tree diagram in (a) above determine the probability that
(i) Karanja will not be bitten by a rabid dog. (2 marks)

(ii) He will get rabies. (2 marks)

(iii) He will not get rabies. (3 marks)

23. In the figure below (not drawn to scale) AB = 8cm, AC = 6cm, AD = 7cm, CD = 2.82cm and
angle CAB = 50°.
D

2.82cm
C
7cm
6cm

50°
A B
8cm

Calculate (to 2d.p.)

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(a) the length BC. (3 marks)

(b) the size of angle ABC. (2 marks)

(c) size of angle CAD. (3 marks)

(d) Calculate the area of triangle ACD. (2 marks)

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24. Complete the table below for the functions y = sin 3  and y = 2 Cos ( + 400) (2 Marks)
0 00 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900
3 Sin 3 0 1.50 3.00 0.00 -3.0
0
2 Cos ( + 40 ) 1.53 1.29 0.35 -0.69 -1.29
(a) On the grid provided, draw the graphs of Y = 3 Sin 3  and y = 2 Cos ( + 40 ) on the same axis.
0

Take 1 cm to represent 100 on the x-axis and 4 cm to represent 2 unit on the y – axis. (5 marks)

(b) From the graph find the roots of the equation.

3 1
(i) Sin 3 = Cos ( + 400) (2 Marks)
4 2

(ii) 2 Cos ( + 400) = 0 in the range 0   900 (1 Mark)

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 WESTERN REGION

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Name…………………………………………………………..… Adm No………Class………

WESTERN REGION SCHOOLS’

JOINT PREMOCKS
MOCK EXAMINATIONS

121/1
Mathematics
Paper 1
2 ½ Hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
• Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
• This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
• Answer ALL questions in section 1 and ONLY FIVE questions from section II
• All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
• Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
• Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be
used, except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

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 SECTION I

1. Evaluate without using tables or calculator. (3 marks)

¼ of 2 + 3 ¾ ÷ 3/8 − 4 ½ x 3 1/3
2 4/5 x 13/7 − 4 ÷ 2/3 + 3/5 of 15

2. Using tables evaluate. (3marks)

1 3
+ √0.787 + (0.934)3
34.52

3. A tourist arrived in Kenya with US Dollars 3000 which he exchanged into Kenya shillings. He
spent Ksh. 75000 on hotel accommodation and Ksh.42500 on travel and other expenses. He
changed the remaining money into sterling pounds. Calculate how much money in sterling
pounds that he remained with using the following rates. (Leave your answer to the nearest 1£)

Buying(Kshs) Selling(Kshs) (3marks)

1 US dollar($) 78.45 78.95
1 Sterling pound(£) 120.27 121.04

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4. Solve for y in the equation 8 (2y – 1) x 32y = 16 (y + 1). (3marks)

5. Solve the equation: (3marks)

𝟏 (𝒙+𝟑)+ 𝒙 𝟏𝟏
=
𝒙 (𝒙+𝟑) 𝟐𝟖𝒙

6. Determine the equation of the normal to the curve y = 3x2 – 4x + 1 at the point (2, 5).

(3marks)

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 3 𝐾−1
7. given that AB = and CD = are parallel, find the value of K and hence evaluate |CD|
5 15

(3marks)

8. Make a the subject of the formula:

x = y +√𝑥 2 + 𝑎2 (3marks)

9. Find the equation of a straight line which is equidistant from the points A(2, 3) and B(6, 1). Express
𝑥 𝑦
your answer in the form + =1 where a and b are constant. (3marks)
𝑎 𝑏

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10. The GCD and LCM of three numbers are 3 and 1008 respectively. If two of the numbers are 48 and 72
respectively, find the least possible value of the third number. (3 marks)

11. Kamau salary increased from Ksh 16,800 to 18,00 in the month of April. State the ratio in
which it changed. What was the percentage change in his salary? Leave you percentage
answer to 4. s. figures. (3marks)

12. If tan X = 4/3 , find the value of sin2X + cos X without using tables or calculator. (3marks)

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13. The area of a rhombus is 60cm2. Given that one of its diagonal is 15cm long. Calculate the perimeter of
the rhombus. (3 marks)

14. If x is a positive integer find all the integral values of x given that: (3marks)

-3 < 2x + 4 < -3x + 9

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15. Solve for x in log3 (4 + 3x) + 3log33 – 2 = log3(x + 6) (3marks)

16. The figure below shows triangle ABC and its image A1B1C1 after the transformation. Describe the
transformation fully. (3 marks)

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 SECTION II

17. Consider points A (500N, 300E) and B (500N, 1500W) (Take 𝜋 = 22⁄7) and radius of the
earth R = 6370 km. Find:
(a) The distance between A and B along a parallel of latitude in:
(i) Kilometres (km) (3 marks)

(ii) Nautical miles (nm) (2 marks)

(b) The shortest distance from A to B in nautical miles. (3 marks)

(c) An aircraft takes 54 hours to fly between the two towns A and B along the great circle.
Calculate its speed in knots correct to 2 significant figures. (2 marks)

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18. A curve whose equation is 2y = 6-12x+9x2- 2x3 turns at points A and B.

a) Find the coordinates of a and b (5marks)

b) Determine the nature of points A and B (3marks)

c) Sketch the curve (2marks)

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19. Income tax is charged on annual income at the rate shown below.

Taxable income K£p.a Rate Ksh/£.

1-2300 2
2301- 4600 3
4601- 6900 5
6901- 9200 7
9201- 11500 9
11501 and over 10

Mr. Kipsoroi earn a basic salary of Ksh.15,000 per month and lives in a company house for which he
pays nominal rent of Ksh.1250 per month. He enjoys personal relief of Ksh.1056 per month and
insurance relief of Ksh.270 per month.

Calculate;

(a) His taxable income in K£.p.a. (3 marks)

(b) The amount of tax he pays per month in Kenya shillings. (5 marks)

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 (c) His net monthly salary in shillings. (2 marks)

20. The frequency distribution table below shows the marks scored by 117 form four candidates
of Sanga High School.

Marks 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 – 79

No. of students 13 14 18 20 23 17 12

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve of the distribution. (5marks)

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 (b) Use you graph to determine:
(i) The median (2 marks)

(ii) Quartile deviation (3 marks)

21. In the figure below OF is the radius of the circle centre O chords EDC and CB are extend to meet at A
and OE is perpendicular to DF at E. OF = 61cm, AB= 30cm, BC = 50cm, AD= 40cm.

a) Calculate the length of

i) DF ( 2marks)
ii) OE (2marks)

b) Calculate correct to 1dp

i) Size of angle EOF ( 2marks)
ii) The length of the minor arc DF ( 3marks)

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22. ABCDE is a right pyramid on a horizontal square base of side 10 cm. The slant edges are all 8 cm
long. Calculate;

(a) The height of the pyramid (3 marks)

(b) The angle between;

(i) A slant face and the base (2 marks)

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 (ii) A slant edge and the base (2 marks)

(c) The angle between the planes ABE and DCE (3 marks)

23. In the figure below OE = a , OB = b, OA : AE = 2 : 3

(a) Express AC and BE in terms of a and b. (2 marks)

(b) DC and kAC and BD = mBE. Determine the values of k and m by expressing DC in two
ways. (6 marks)

(c) Find the ratio of AD: DC. (2 marks)

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24. A theatre has seating capacity of 250 people. The charges are shs. 100 for ordinary seat and shs 160 for
special seat. It cost shs 16000 to stage a show and the theatre must make a profit. There are never more
than 200 ordinary seats and for a show to take place, at least 50 ordinary seats must be occupied; the
number of special seats is always less than twice the number of ordinary seats.

(a) Taking X to be number of ordinary seats and y to be the number of special seats, write down all
the inequalities representing the above information (2 marks)

(b) On the grid provided, draw a graph to show the inequalities in (a) above (4marks)

(c) Determine the number of seats of each type that should be booked in order to maximize the profit
( 2 marks)
(d) Calculate this maximum profit ( 2marks)

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Name……………………………………………………… Adm No……………Class………

WESTERN REGION SCHOOLS’

JOINT PREMOCKS
MOCK EXAMINATIONS

121/2
Mathematics
Paper 2
2 ½ Hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

• Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
• This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
• Answer ALL questions in section 1 and ONLY FIVE questions from section II
• All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
below each question.
• Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
• Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be
used, except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

SECTION I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

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SECTION A

1. Evaluate using logarithm (4 marks)

4.283x(0.009478) 2
log 9.814

2. Calculate the density of the material used to make a concrete culvert of mass 1million
grams, internal diameter 0.72m, thickness 70mm and length 2  10 −3 km (giving the
answer in kgm −3 and in standard form)
(3 marks)

3 1
3. Simplify + leaving the answer in the form a + b c , where a, b and c are
5−2 5
rational numbers (3 marks)

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 4. The figure below shows a circle center O, radius 10 cm. The chord PQ = 16cm. Calculate
the area of the unshaded region. (3 marks)

5. Solve the equation 3x2 + x – 4 = 0 by the method of completing the square. (3 marks)

6. Two towns A and B are 200m apart. From the top of A, the angle of elevation of the top
of B is 150. From the top of B, the angle of depression of the bottom of A is 400. Find the
height of A. (3 marks)

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 7. The first, the third and the seventh term of an increasing arithmetic progression are three
consecutive terms of a geometric progression. If the first term of the arithmetic
progression is 10, find the common difference of the arithmetic progression (3 marks)

8. Peter operates a printing firm and the cost of printing a book is partly constant and partly
varies as the number as pages. If a book has 200 pages, the cost in sh 400 and if it has
100 pages, the cost is sh 240. Find the cost of printing a book with 400 pages. (3 marks)

1 2
9. A and B are two matrices. If A = ( ) find B given that
4 3
A2 = A + B (3 marks)

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 8
 1 
10. Find the constant term in the expansion  3 x −  . Hence state it’s value ( 3 marks)
 2x 

𝑦
11. Given that x = 31.01, y = 12.9 and w = 0.0023. Calculate the percentage error of , give
𝑥𝑤
your answer to 4 dp. (3 marks)

12. Evaluate (3 marks)

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 13. A merchant blends 350kg of tea costing Sh. 84 kg with 140kg of tea costing Sh. 105 per
kg. At what price must he sell the mixture to gain 25% (3 marks)

14. Solve for x given that;

3 sin (3x – 200) = -2 for 00 < x < 1800 (4 marks)

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 15. 4x2- 10x + 4y2+ 12y-1 = 0 represents a circle centre C (a, b) and of radius K. Find the
values of a, b and K. ( 3 marks)

16. ABC is an equilateral triangle. P is a variable point on the same side of AB as C, and on
the same plane such that angle APB =60o. Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only to
construct the locus of P. Describe the locus of P fully. (3 marks)

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 SECTION B

17. Four buildings A, B, C and D stand on a level ground such that B is 240m on a bearing
of 600 from A. C is south east of B and east of A. D is 320m from C on a bearing of 1500
from A.

a) i) Use scales of 1 cm rep 40m draw accurately the points ABCD. (3 marks)

ii) Use the drawing to find the direction of B and D. (1 mark)

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 b) The height of building A is 200m and that of B is 80m. Determine the angle of depression
of the top of building B from the top of building A. (3 marks)

c) Enter the layout of Kamau’s plot shown below in a surveyor’s book. (Unit in metres)
(3 marks)

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 18. The table shows the marks obtained by 40 candidates in an examination

Marks 5-14 15-29 30-34 35-44 45-49

Frequency 2 12 7 15 x

(a) Find the value of x (2 marks)

(b) On the grid provided below draw a histogram to represent the data (5 marks)

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 (c)By drawing a straight line on the graph above determine the median mark
(3 marks)

19. The diagram below shows a bucket with top diameter 30cm and bottom diameter 20cm.
The height of the bucket is 28cm.

28cm

Find;

(a) The capacity of the bucket in litres. (5 marks)

(b) The area of the metal sheet required to make 100 such buckets, taking 10% extra
overlapping and wastage. (5 marks)

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 20. (a)

Giving reasons, determine the size of:

a) Angle CBD (2 marks)

b) Angle ODB (2 marks)

c) Angle BAD (2 marks)

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 d) Angle ABC (2 marks)

e) Angle ODA (2 marks)

21. A car leaves town X for town Y 120 km away at an average speed of 80 km/hr at 8.30
a.m. At the same time a bus leaves town Y for town X at an average speed of 60 km/hr.
At 8.45 a.m., a cyclist leaves town Y for town X at an average speed of 30 km/hr.

(a) Calculate the time when the bus meets the car to the nearest minute. (3 marks)

(b) Calculate the distance between the car and the bus by the time the cyclist meets the car.
(4 marks)

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 (c) If the bus upon reaching town X stops for 10 minutes then starts its journey back to Y,
Calculate how far from X the bus meets the cyclist. (3 marks)

22. Two bags A and B contain identical balls except for the colours. Bag A contains 4 red
balls and 2 yellow balls. Bag B contains 2 red balls and 3 yellow balls.
a) If a ball is drawn at random from each bag, find the probability that both balls are of
the same colour. (4 marks)

b) If two balls are drawn at random from each bag, one at a time without replacement,
find the probability that:
i) The two balls drawn from bag A or bag B are red (4 marks)

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 ii) All the four balls drawn are red (2 marks)

23. The figure below shows a cross-section of a tunnel.

y = cos x 0

1
a. 0  X
2

Determine the difference in area of the cross section if trapeziums rule rather than mid
ordinate rule was used using six strips to estimate the area. (10 marks)

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 24. (a) Draw the graph of the function below on the grid provided
y = 2x2 – 7x – 2 for the values of -1≤X≤6 (5 marks)

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 (b) From your graph determine the roots of the function. 2x2 – 7x – 2 = 0. (1 marks)

(c) By drawing a suitable graph of function y = 2x – 7 on the same axis, solve the
simultaneous equations y = 2x2 – 7x – 2 and y = 2x – 7. (4 marks)

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