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OCTOBER 2018
MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

Instructions to
(a) Write your NAME, CLASS and INDEX numbers in the spaces provided below.

(b) The paper consists of TWO sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL questions in Section I and ONLY five from Section II.
(d) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below
each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non – programmable silent 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
1. The area of a sector of a circle radius 2.1cm is 2.31cm2. Calculate the area of the minor segment of
this sector. (3 marks)

2. Find all the integral values of x which satisfy the inequalities.

(3 marks)4 + 10 x> 6 x − 5≤ 20 + 2x

3. Calculate the area of the shaded region below, given that AC is an arc of a circle centre B. Given
that
AB = BC = 14cm, CD = 8cm and angle ABD = 75o (3 marks)

B A

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4. Use logarithms to evaluate: (55·9) + (0·2621¿ 0·01177) 0.2 (3 marks)

5. A rectangular tank of base 24 m by 2·8 m and a height of 3 m contains 3,600 litres of water initially.
Water flows into the tank at the rate of 0·5 litres per second. Calculate the time in hours and minutes,
required to fill the tank. (3 marks)

6. A salesman gets a commission of 2.4% on sales up to sh100, 000. He gets an additional commission
of 1.5% on sale above this. Calculate the commission he gets on sales worth sh280, 000. (2 marks)

7. A point A is directly below a window. Another point B is 15m from A and at the same horizontal
level. From B the angle of elevation of the bottom of the window is 300 and the angle of elevation of
the top of the window is 350.Calculate the vertical distance
(a) From A to the top of the window. (1 mark)

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 (b) From A to the bottom of the window. (1 mark)

(c) From the bottom to the top of the window. (1 mark)

8. The figure below shows a rectangular container of dimensions 40cm by 25cm by 90cm. A
cylindrical pipe of radius 7.5cm is fitted in the container as shown.

90cm

25cm
40cm
Water is poured into the container in the space outside the pipe such that the water level is 80% the
height of the container. Calculate the amount of water, in litres, in the container correct to 3
significant figures. (4 marks)

9. Points A (-2, 2) and B (-3, 7) are mapped onto A’ (4, -10) and B’ (0, 10) by an enlargement. Find
a) The scale factor of enlargement.
b) The coordinates of the centre of enlargement. (4 marks)

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10. A cow is 4 years 8 months older than a heifer. The product of their ages is 8 years. Determine the
age of the cow and that of the heifer. (3 marks)

1 1
ax 3 − x 2 −x +2
11. The curve y= 2 has the stationary point at x= 2 . Find the value of a and hence the
x value of other stationary value. (3 marks)

12. Akinyi bought thirty cups and twenty spoons for shs4610. Wanjiku bought twenty two cups and
Fatuma bought ten spoons of the same type as those bought by Akinyi. Wanjiku paid shs3245 more
than Fatuma. Find the price of each cup and each spoon using matrix method. (4 marks)

13. A fruiterer bought 144 pineapples at sh100 for every six pineapples. She sold some of them at sh72
for every three and the rest at sh60 for every two. If she made a 65% profit, calculate the number of
pineapples sold at sh72 for every three (3 marks)

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14. The figure below shows a circle centre O. The line AB=28cm is a tangent to the circle such that
OA=OB and angle AOB = 1200.

Calculate to one decimal place:

a) The radius of the circle O (2 marks)

1200

A B

28cm
b) The total surface area of the shaded parts. (2 marks)

15. A contractor employs 40 men to do a piece of work in 60 days each man working 9 hours a day. He
is then requested to do the job in 48 days. How many more men working 10 hours a day does he
need to employ. (3 marks)

log 4 2 x=log 8 64
16. Solve the equation (2 marks)

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 SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer FIVE questions
17. The co-ordinates of the points P and Q are (1, -2) and (4, 10) respectively. A point T divides the line
PQ in the ratio 2:1.
a) Determine the co-ordinates of T (2 marks)

b) i)Find the gradient of a line perpendicular to PQ (1 mark)

ii) Hence determine the equation of the line perpendicular to PQ and passing through T
(3 marks)

iii) If the line meets the y-axis at R, calculate the area and perimeter of triangle ORT where O is
the origin. (4 marks)

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18. A school with n students planned to purchase a van costing shs2, 000,000. It was decided that each
student had to contribute an equal amount of money to meet the cost of the van. Forty students left
the school before contributing. Then, each of the remaining students had to contribute shs2500 more.
a. Form an equation in n and hence find the number of students who were in the school at the
beginning. (5 marks)

b. Before the students made their contribution the area MP agreed to pay 30% of the cost of the
bus. Calculate the amount each student contributed. (3 marks)

c. The students’ contribution consisted of the amount they received from members of the public
and from their parents. These amounts were in the ratio 5: 17. Calculate the total amount the
students received from their parents. (2 marks)

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19. The diagram below shows a circle ABCD centre O and radius 10cm. The chord BD is 16cm. BED is
an arc of a circle centre A. the shaded region is enclosed by arcs BCD and BED.
C
Find:
E
a) The length of AB (3 marks)

B D

b) The perimeter of the shaded region A (4 marks)

c) The area of the shaded region (3 marks)

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20. A triangle ABC is such that AB=b and AC=c. M is on AB such that 3AM=AB and N is on AC such
that AC:NC=4:1

a. Write the following in terms of b and c. (3 marks)

i. BC

ii. MN

iii. BN

b. Given that BC produced intersects MN produced at L and ML= h MN and BL =k BC

where h and k are constants, write AL in two ways hence find their values. (5 marks)

c. Show that the points M, N and L are collinear. (2 marks)

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21. A particle travelling in a straight line passes a fixed point O on the line with a speed of 0.5m/s. The
acceleration a m/s2 of the particle t seconds after passing O is given by a = 1.4 – 0.6t.
a) Find the time when the particle comes instantaneously to rest. (5 marks)

b) Find the total distance travelled by the particle between t=0 and t=10seconds. (5 marks)

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22. The number of passengers on a certain regular weekday train service of 50 occasions was

165 141 163 153 130 158 119 187 185 209
177 147 166 154 159 178 187 139 180 143
160 185 153 168 189 173 127 179 163 182
171 146 174 149 126 156 155 174 154 150
210 162 138 117 198 164 125 142 182 218
a. Reduce this data to a grouped frequency table by completing the table below
(2 marks)
Class Frequency

110 – 119
120 – 134
135 – 154
155 – 159
160 – 169
170 – 189
190 – 194
195 – 204
205 – 224

b. Using your frequency table, calculate

i. The median (3 marks)

ii. The Mean (2 marks)

c. On the graph below, draw a histogram to represent the data (3 marks)

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23. A closed solid is made by joining together a cylinder of radius 14cm and a frustum of radius 14cm
on one end and 3.5cm on the other end. The length of the cylinder is 49cm and the length of the
frustum is 18cm. The container rests on a horizontal surface and is exactly half full of water.
18

14
3.5

49

a) Calculate the volume of the water (5 marks)

b) Calculate the surface area of the inside of the container that is in contact with the water.(5 marks)

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 3
y= −x−x 2
24. Calculate the area bounded by the curve 4 and the lines y = 0, x=−2 . 5 and x=0 . 5 using
a) Mid – ordinate rule with a total of 3 strips. (3 marks)

b) Trapezoidal rule with a total of 3 strips. (3 marks)

c) Integration. (4 marks)

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