Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
PRE-MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2024
121/1 MATHEMATICS Paper 1
April/ MAY 2024 – TIME 𝟐 ½ Hours
Name: …………………………………………………... AdmNo:
……….…… Class: ………………Candidate’s Signature: …….
…… Date: …../05/2023
Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name, admission number and class 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 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.
(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
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
SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. Evaluate 4.41 2.21 (2 marks)
2. Given that log10 2 0.3010 and log10 3 0.4771 without using tables or calculator find log 0.036
correct to 4 significant figures. (3 marks)
3. Simplify
ax 2a 5x 10
8 2x2 . (3 marks)
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4. Solve the equation sin 150 x for which x is acute. (3 marks)
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cos12x
5. Under an enlargement, the image of the points
A3,1 and B1, 2 are A' 3, 7 and B' 7, 5 . Find
the centre and scale factor of enlargement. (4 marks)
6. A shopkeeper bought a bag of sugar. He intends to repack the sugar in 40 g , 250 g and 750 g .
Determine the least mass in grams of sugar that was in the bag. (3 marks)
7. Solve for x and y in 33y 32x 6561 and 22x 23y . (4 marks)
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8. The figure below shows a regular tetrahedron PQRS.
Draw its net and measure the length of the straight path of PS through the midpoint T
over the edge QR. (3 marks)
9. The figure below shows three circles touching each other externally.
If the centres of the circle form a triangle with sides of length 9 cm, 8 cm and 7 cm, calculate
the radii of each the circles. (3 marks)
10. A Kenyan company received M Us dollars. The money was converted into Kenya Shillings in
a bank which buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below.
Buying (Kshs) Selling (Kshs)
1 Sterling Pound 125.78 126.64
1 US Dollar 75.66 75.86
a) If the company received Kshs.15, 132, 000, calculate the amount, M Us Dollars. (2 marks)
b) The company exchanged the above Kenyan shillings into Sterling pounds to buy a car in
Britain. Calculate the cost of the car to the nearest Sterling Pound. (2 marks)
11. A bus travelling at an average speed of x km/h left station at 8.15 am. A car, travelling at an
average speed of 80km/h left the same station at 9.00 am and caught up with the bus at 10.45 am.
Find the value of x . (3 marks)
12. The position vector of points A and B are 10i 6 j and 5i respectively. Calculate
9k k AB
leaving your answer in surd form. (3 marks)
13. Solve the inequality 5 2x 1 x and represent the solution on a number line (3 marks)
x2 2 3
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14. Use tables of reciprocals and square roots to evaluate
0.521 0.4036 (3 marks)
15. Two farmers Salat and Ahmed share a grazing field. Salat puts 120 cows for 18days and Ahmed
puts 150 cows for 16 days. If the rented land was charged Kshs.8 550, how much should Ahmed
pay if they share proportionally? (3 marks)
16. Construct triangle XYZ in which XY = 4.5 cm, YZ = 6 cm and XZ = 5.5 cm. Construct a circle that
touch ZY, XY and XZ produced and also opposite to YXZ. (3 marks)
SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer only five questions from this section in the spaces provided
17. A salesman dealing in mattresses earns a basic salary and commission as follows:
Commission
For sales up to Ksh 150 000 0%
For sales above Ksh 150 000
First Ksh 85 000 3%
Next Ksh 85 000 4%
Any amount above Ksh 320 000 5%
(a) In the month of January 2023, the salesman earned a basic salary of Ksh 45 000 and he sold
110 mattresses at Ksh 5 000 each. Calculate:
(i) His total sales in the month of January 2023. (1 mark)
(ii) His total earnings that month. (3 marks)
(b) In the month that followed, his basic salary was decreased by 10%. If he received a total earning
of Ksh 47 450 in that month, calculate:
(i) Total sales that month. (4 marks)
(ii) The number of mattresses sold in that month. (2 marks)
18. In the figure below, PQRSTU is a regular hexagon.
(a) Describe fully:
(i) A reflection that maps SCR onto SCT. (1 mark)
(ii) An enlargement that maps SCR on PCU. P(2 marks)
(iii) A rotation that maps SCR to UCT. (3 marks)
(b) The PQC is reflected on the line RU. The image of PQC under the reflection is then
rotated through an angle 1200 about point C. Determine the images of P and Q:
(i) Under the reflection. (2 marks)
(ii) After the two successive transformations. (2 marks)
19. A cylindrical tin of radius 7 cm contains water to a height of 19 cm. When a conical solid of
radius 14 cm is fitted into the cylindrical tin to a depth of 18 cm as shown in the figure below, the
water completely fills the space between the cylindrical tin and part of the cone inside the tin.
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(a) Taking to be , calculate correct to one decimal place:
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(i) The volume of part of the cone that is not in contact with water. (3 marks)
(ii) The surface area of part of the cone that is not in contact with water. (4 marks)
(b) Calculate the height of the cylindrical tin. (3 marks)
20. The figure below shows a trapezium on a Cartesian plane with the co-ordinates A( p, 3) B(2, 5) ,
,
C(x, y) and D(5, 2) . Line AD is parallel to BC.
Given that the line AB makes an angle of 450 with the positive x axis
(a) Determine the equation of line AB in the form y mx (2 marks)
c
(b) State the value of p in the coordinates of point A (2 marks)
(c) Find the equation of BC in the form ax by
(2 marks)
c
(d) Given that the gradient of CD 5. Find its equation hence coordinates of point C. (4 marks)
21. Two aeroplanes T1 and T2 leave airport A for airports B and D respectively. Aeroplane T1 flies on a
bearing 050o at an average speed of 300 km/hr for 40 minutes. Aeroplane T2 flies on a bearing
120o at an average speed of 360 km/hr for 45 minutes. An airport C is directly south of B and east
of A.
(a) Calculate the distance between:
(i) Airports A and B. (1 mark)
(ii) Airports A and D. (1 mark)
(b) Calculate the distance correct to four significant figures between:
(i) Airports A and C. (2 marks)
(ii) Airports C and D. (3 marks)
(c) Calculate the true bearing to the nearest degree of airport D from C. (3 marks)
22. The figure below shows a frequency polygon representing the scores of Form 4 students in a
Mathematics Test.
a) Generate the Frequency Distribution of the data under the columns given below in the
table below.
(5 marks)
Marks Frequency (f) Mid points ( x ) fx c. f.
b) State the modal class. (1 mark)
c) Estimate
(i) the mean mark (2 marks)
(ii) the median mark (2 marks)
23. In the diagram below, the coordinates of points O, P and Q are (0, 0), (2, 8) and (12, 8) respectively.
A is a point on OQ such that 2OA OQ . Line OP is produced to R is such as OR 3OP .
a) Find vector RA . (3 marks)
b) Given that point L is on PQ such that PL : LQ 2 : 3 , find RL . (4 marks)
vector
c) Show that R, L and A are collinear. (3 marks)
24. In the figure below, ABCD is a trapezium in which AB = 17 cm, AD = 16 cm and angle ABC
= 1500. AB is parallel to DC and AB = BD.
(a) Calculate the area of triangle ABD (2 marks)
(b) Calculate correct to two decimal places:
(i) The length BC (2 marks)
(ii) The length AC (3 marks)
(iii) The size of
angle ACD (3 marks)
