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Name: ____________________________________________Admission Number: _______________ Class: ____________

KANYAWANGA HIGH SCHOOL

Mathematics Department
FORM 2 TERM 1, 2025
End-Term 1 Mathematics Exam 2 hours
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above
2. The paper contains two sections: Section I and II.
3. Answer all questions in section I and the five questions from section II.
4. All workings and answers must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
5. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
6. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
7. 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
17 18 19 20 21 Total GRAND
TOTAL

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SECTION I (50 MARKS)

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

1. (a) Evaluate 94325 – 34625 ÷ 25 (1 mark)

(b) Write the total value of the digit 2 in the result obtained in (a) above. (2 marks)

2. Use the table of reciprocals to work out: + (3 marks)

3. Use factor method of finding cube roots to work out: (3 marks)

4. Without drawing, determine whether the following pair of lines are parallel. (3 marks)
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2x + 3y– 8 = 0
21 – 4x = 6y

5. Solve for x in the equation 27(x + 1) = (3 marks)

6. Convert to a fraction in its simplest form 0.755555…… (3 marks)

7. Solve the simultaneous equations 3a + 2b = 13 (3 marks)

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5a – 3b = 9

8. The sum of interior angles of a regular heptagon. (3 marks)

9. A Kenyan Non- Governmental organization (NGO) company received a donation of

340,000 US Dollar . The money was converted into Kenyan shillings in a bank which
buys and sells foreign currencies as follows.
Buying(in Ksh) Selling (in Ksh)
1 US Dollar $ 158.40 162.50
100 Japanese Yen 90.80 92.30
(a) Calculate the amount of money in Kenya shillings the NGO received. (1 mark)

(b) The NGO used 80% of the donation to buy a machine from Japan.
Calculate the cost of the machine to the nearest Japanese Yen. (2 marks)

10. Using a pair of compass and ruler only, construct a triangle PQR such that PQ = 7.0 cm;
PQR = 450 and PR = 8.4 cm. Measure the lengths QR. (4 marks)

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11. Solve for x given – = (3 marks)

12. An arc of the sector is given as 33 cm. The angle at the centre is º. If the radius is
35 cm. Determine the value of . (3 marks)

13. A faulty watch loses 2 seconds every minute. It is set to read correct time om Monday
at 8.00 am. What time will it show on Friday noon of the same week. (3 marks).

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14. A prism has a triangular uniform cross-section . The sides of the triangle are each
2 cm. If the length of the prism is 3 cm. Draw an accurate net of the prism. (4 marks)

15. Find the area of a triangle of sides 11 cm, 12 cm and 11 cm.

Give your answer correct to four significant figures. (3 marks)

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16. Two doctors A and B work at a chicken pox vaccination centre. Doctor A take 4 minutes to
vaccinate a patient while doctor B takes 3 minutes to vaccinate a patient. At what tine will the
two doctors finish vaccinating 168 patients if they start working at 7.38 am. (4 marks)

SECTION II (50 MARKS)

Answer ALL THE FIVE questions in this section in the spaces provide
17. (a) Triangle T1 has vertices at A( (1, -1), B(3, -1) and C(1, 2)
Draw triangle T1 on the grid below. (2 mark).

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(b) Reflect triangle T1 in the line x = 0 to obtain its image T2. Draw and state the
coordinates of T2 ; A’B’C’. (3 marks).

(c) T2 is given a positive quarter turn about the origin, to obtain its image T3; A’’B’’C’’.
Draw and state the coordinates of T3 (3 marks).

(e) State triangles that are

(i) directly congruent. (1 mark)

(ii) Oppositely (indirectly) congruent. (1 mark)

18. (a) Complete the tables below for the equations x + 2y = 5 and 2x + y = 7.
(i) x + 2y = 5 (2 marks)

x -1 1 3
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(ii) 2x + y = 7 (2 marks)
x 1 2 4

(b) On the grid provided below, plot the point and draw the two lines. (5 marks)

(c) From yours graph, what is the solution to the simultaneous equations:
x + 2y = 5 and 2x + y = 7. (1 mark)

19. A line R passes through the points (2, 3) and (1, 6).

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(a) Find the gradient of line R. (1 mark)

(b) Find the equation of R in the form y = mx + c (3 marks)

(c) A line P is perpendicular to line R at (1, 6). Find the equation of line P in the form
y = mx + c (3 marks)

(d)) Find the x-intercept and the y-intercept of line P. (2 marks)

20. A school P is 0400 and 30 km from a school R. A dispensary D is 1400 and 27 km from
school R. Village Q is 0300 and 40 km from D.

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(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 5 km, draw an accurate scale diagram showing the positions
of P, R, D and Q (4 marks)

(b) Use your scale diagram to determine the distance in km between

(i) P and Q (2 marks)

(ii)v R and Q (2 marks)

(c) Use your scale diagram to determine

(i) the bearing of Q from R (1 mark)

(ii) the bearing of D from Q (1 mark)

21. A farmer’s milk container has a rectangular base of sides 44 cm by 49 cm and a height of
120 cm.
(a) Calculate the capacity of this container. (2 marks)
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(b) A cylindrical container of height 20 cm and base radius 7 cm is used to fill the tank with milk.
(i) Calculate the volume of the cylindrical container. (2 marks)

(ii How many full cylindrical containers will fill the tank with milk. (2 marks)

(c) One day the farmer did not get enough milk to fill his milk container. He got 62 cylindrical
containers full of milk. What fraction of the milk container was not filled with milk. (4 marks)

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