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MATHEMATICS STARTS WITH

PAPER ONE(1)
A QUICK LOOK AT MATHEMATICS PAPER 1 SYLLABUS D
(4024/2) FINAL EXAMINATION QUESTIONS (2016– 2019)
WITH ANSWERS

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 SENIOR SECONDARY MATHEMATICS PAPER ONE
2016 -2019
1. INDICES
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(a) Evaluate (-1) × 2 . (2019 November)
(c) Solve the equation 8x = 128. (2019 November)
(b)Evaluate 30×33+31. (2019 July)
(d) Evaluate  81 .
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3
(2019 July)
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(e) Evaluate 8 3 . (2016 October)

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(f) Evaluate 27 3 . (2018 July)

(g) Solve the equation 22x-1=16-2x. (2018 July)
(h) Evaluate 50 + 51. (2016 October)
(i) Find the value of x0 × 23 (2018 October)
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(j) Solve the equation x 3  4. (2018 October)

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 0
 81  4  81 
(k) Evaluate     . (2017 November)
 16   16 
x
(l) Given that x=3.2 x 34 and y = 4x32, evaluate . (2017 July)
y

2. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
(a) Solve the equation (x-1)(2x+5)=0. (2019 November)
(b) Solve the equation 2x2+5x-3=0. (2019 July)
(c) Solve the equation (2x -1)2 = 25. (2018 July)
(d) Solve the equation x2 = 3x. (2016 October)
(e) Solve the equation 2x2 = 8. (2018 October)
(f) If y = (1-2x)(1+x)-2, find the values of x for which y=-2, (2017 November)
(g) Solve the equation 25x=5. (2017 July)
3. ALGEBRA
(a)Simplify 4x2+2y2-xy-6x2+2xy. (2019 November)
(b) Simplify 4-2(b-a) -1. (2019 July)
(c) Factorize completely 4ab+6ac-6bd-9cd. (2019 November)
(d) Factorise completely 32x2 – 5o. (2019 July)
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 (e)Simplify 4(x+2y)-(3x-8y). (2018 July)
(f) Factorise completely 5x2 – 5. (2018 July)
(g) Simplify 3(a+5) –a(a-2). (2016 October)
(h) Factolise completely km- 6ln + 3kn – 2lm. (2016 October)
(i) Factolise completely 18 – 2x2. (2018 October)
(j) Expand and simplify (c + 3)2. (2018 October)
(k) Simplify 3x-(y-2x) -3y. (2017 November)
(l) Factorise completely ax2y -4ay3. (2017 November)
(m) Simplify 2a-7b-2(a-3b). (2017 July)
x2 1
(n) Factorise completely 2
 . (2017 July)
4y 9

4. SETS
(a) Shade (AUC)’∩B in the Venn diagram. (2019 November)
(b) Set A ={prime numbers less than 12}. List set A. (2019 November)
(c) The Venn diagram below shows three sets A, B and C. (2019 July)

Use set notation to describe the shaded region.

(d)Given that E= {0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}, A={2,3,6,8} and B={3,6,7,9}, list (A∩B)’. (2019 July)
(e) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the Venn diagram below. (2018 July)

(f)Given that E={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8}, A={1,2,3,4} and B={2,3,4,5,6}, list (AuB)’. (2018 July)
(g) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the diagram below. (2016 October)

(h) Given that E={a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}, A= {a,b,c,d} and B= {b,c,d,e,f}, list (AUB)’. (2016 October)
(i) Use set notation to describe the shaded region in the diagram below.

(j) The Venn diagram below shows set A and B. List A’ПB. (2018 October)
(k) Shade B’∩(A∩C) in the Venn diagram . (2017 November)
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 (l) Given that E={2,4,6,8,10,12}, A={4,8,12} and B={2,10,12}, list A’∩B. (2017 November)
(m) On the Venn diagram , shade the region defined by A’∩(BUC). (2017 July)
(n) Given that E = {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), A={1,8} and B={2,3,4,5,6,7}, list (AUB)’. (2017 July)

5. SOCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC

(a)A company declared a dividend of K1.50 per share. Musalala has 600 shares in the company.
How much will she get? (2019 November)
(b) A company’s working capital consists of 450, 10% preference shares of k50.00 each and 700
ordinary shares of k10.00 each. After 6 months, the company declared a dividend of K5 750.00.
How much dividend will be paid to each ordinary shareholder? (2019 July)
(c) Ngiwezi invested K14 500.00 in a business firm. The condition was that if she left her shares
in the firm for 12 months, a profit of 5% would be added to her shares. How much will she get at
the end of 12 months? (2018 July)
(d) The dividend due on 1000 shares at the end of a financial year is K2 250.00. If the annual
dividend rate is 3% of the share value, calculate the value of each share. (2016 October)
(e) Floyd had 125 shares in a company. At the end of a financial year, the company declared
dividend of K3.00 per share. How much was due to Floyd? (2018 October)
(f) A businessman bought 300 company shares at K60.00. The nominal price was K30.00. How
much does he pay for the shares? (2017 November)
(g) Maphone Manufacturing company paid a total dividends of K12 600.00 at the end of 2015
on 6000 shares. If Magula owned 200 shares in the company, how much was paid out in
dividends to her? (2017 July)

6. SEQUENCES AND SERIES

(a) Given that 17+m +27+… are consecutive terms of an Arithmetic Progression, find the
Arithmetic mean, m. (2019 November)
(b) For the sequence 11, 13, 15, …, find the formula for the nth term. (2019 November)
(c) For the sequence -10, -7, -4, -1, …, find the (2019 July)
th
(i) 17 term,
(ii) sum of the first 20 terms.
(d) The first three terms in an arithmetic progression are 5,7 and 9. Find the (2018 July)
(i) Common difference,
(ii) Sum of the first 12 terms.

(e) The first and second terms of an arithmetic progression are 100 and 95, respectively. Find the

(2016 July)
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 (i) Tenth term,
(ii) Sum of the first ten terms.

(f) For an arithmetic progression 16, 25, 34, 43, 52, ……, write down the (2018 October)

(i) Next term,

(ii) nth term.

(g) For the sequence 25, 22, 19, 16, …, find the (2017 November)

(i) formula for the nth term,

(ii) sum of the first 20 terms.

(h) For the sequence 11, 13, 15, 17, …, find the 13th term. (2017 July)

(i)If the arithmetic mean of 5 and c is 11, what is the value of c? (2017 July)

7. MATRICES
The transpose of a matrix A is (-1 4 5). Find the matrix A. (2019 November)
1 
 
(b) Given that (1 2 3) x  24 , find the value of x. (2019 November)
 
5 
 2  1 1 0  4 
(c) Given that R =   and S =  , (2019 July)
 1 3    2 1 1 
Find (i) ST,
(ii) RS.
 5  1  1 
(d) Given that C =   and D =  , express CD as a single matrix. (2018 July)
2 1    2
1 3 4
 
(e) The transpose of a matrix P is  2 5 1  . Write down the matrix P. (2018 July)
3 0 1
 
 5  2
 
(f) Express  1 2  3 4 2  as a single matrix. (2016 October)
3 1 
 
 4  1
(g) Find the transpose of the matrix B   , (2016 October)
2 5 

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  1 4 0   1 4 5 
  
(h) Express  2 1 1  2 2 3  as a single matrix. (2018 October)
 3 2 4  0 1  2 
  
 3  1 0
 
(i) Given that matrix M=   2 1 3  , find MT. (2018 October)
 0  1 2
 
 1 2 3
 3 2 1  
(j) Given that A =   and B =  3 2 1  , find (2017 November)
 4 3 0  0 1 0
 
(i) AT,
(ii) AB as a single matrix.

 2 x  4   14 
(k) Given that       , find the value of x. (2017 July)
  5 1  3    17 

(l) If AT = (1 -2 3 -4 5), write the matrix A.

8. PROBABILITY
(a) A number is chosen at random from the set {1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}. Find the probability that it
is a perfect square. (2019 November)
(b) There are 4 blue and 5 white marbles in a bag. What is the probability of randomly picking a
white marble? (2019 July)
(c) In a game, the probability of a player losing is 0.3. What is the probability of a player winning
the game? (2018 July)
(d) There are 45 green and red marbles in a bag. Given that the probability of choosing a green
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marble is , calculate the number of green marbles in the bag. (2016 October)
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(e) A box contains 5 green , 3 yellow and 6 red beads of the same type. Find the probability of
picking a yellow bead at random from the box. (2018 October)
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(f) The probability that Chakupaleza will go for remedial lessons on a particular day is .What
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is the probability that she will not go for her remedial lessons on that particular day? (2017
November)
(g) A die and a coin are rolled and tossed, respectively. What is the probability of getting a five
and a tail? (2017 July)
9. MENSURATION
(a) The diagram below shows a sector AOB. Arc AB subtends an angle of 21: at the centre O.

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  22 
Given that the area of the sector is 14.85 cm2, calculate the radius.  
 7  (2019 November)
(b) The diagram below shows a sector of a circle with centre O and radius 4.2 cm. Angle AOB =Ѳ.

Given that the area of the sector AOB is 9.24 cm2, find the value of ϴ. (2019 July)
(c) The diagram below shows a sector AOB of a circle with centre O and 7 cm. The area of the
2  22 
sector is 25 cm 2 .   Calculate angle AOB. (2018 July)
3  7 

(d) In the diagram below, MN is an arc of a circle whose centre is O and radius 21cm. (2016
October)

 22 
  7 
Given that angle MON =120:, calculate the area of a sector MON.  
(e) In the diagram below, OPQ is a sector of a circle whose centre is O, radius x cm and angle
POQ = 800. (2018 October)

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  22 
  7 
Given that the area of the sector OPQ is 308 cm2, calculate the value of x  
(f) The diagram below is a sector with center O and radius 7cm. Angle at O is 2700

 22 
  7 
Calculate area of the sector.  

(g) The curved surface area of a cone is 88cm2. Given that the base radius 4cm, calculate the slant height
 22 
of the cone.    , A  rl  (2017 July)
 7 

10. EARTH GEOMETRY

(a)The diagram below shows the positions of towns A, B and C on the earth’s surface. (2019
November)

(i) If it is 08 20 at A, what time is it at C?

(ii) A plane flies from A to B at a speed of 400 knots. How long does the journey take if
AB = 4 800nm?

(b) The diagram below shows point A(60:N,30:W), B(30:S,30:W) and C(30:S,75:E).(2019 July)

(i) If the local time at B is 15 00, what is the local time at C?

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 (ii) It takes a plane 6 hours to fly from A to B. What is its speed in knots?

(c) The difference in longitude between town A and town B is 105:.B is west of A. A family at A
was watching a football match at 16 00 hours. At what time did a family at B watch the same
match? (2018 July)

(d) The distance between P and Q is 3600nm. If an aeroplane flies from P to Q at 600 knots, how
long will it take? (2018 July)

(e) Mogadishu and Kinshasa are on longitudes 45:E and 15:E respectively. If it is 11 30 hours in
Mogadishu, what time is it in Kinshasa? (2016 October)

(f) What is the shortest distance over the Earth’s surface between A(32:N, 8:W) and B(40:N,
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172:E)? *R = 6370km,   ] (2016 October)
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(g) A plane leaves a town P(00, 300W) and flies due East to a town Q(00, 500E) in 3 hours. The
distance between P and Q is 4800nm. (2018 October)

(i) Calculate its average speed,

(ii) If the plane leaves P at 06 00 hours, what time will it arrive at Q?

(h ) Town L is on (00, 300W) and town K is on (00, 600E) as shown in the diagram. (2017 November)

(i) If a radio quiz is scheduled to start at 1200 hours at l, find the time at which the people
at K will be listening to the quiz.
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(ii) What is the distance between L and K in kilometres? [R = 6370km,   ]
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(i) A soccer match kicked off at 14 oo hours at A(200N, 300E). What would be the kick off time of
the soccer match at B(200N,150W)? (2017 July)

(j) Two towns P and Q are on the same longitude. Given that P is (400N,150W) and PQ is 7200nm,
find the position of Q. (2017 July)

11. APPROXIMATIONS
(a) The length of a piece of wire is measured as 4.5 cm. Calculate (2019 November)
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 (i) The tolerance,
(ii) The relative error.

(b) The Length of a piece of wire is 15.2 cm, correct to 1 decimal place. What is the relative error
of the length of the piece of wire? (2019 July)
(c) The mass, m, of a block of wood is 876.4g, correct to 1 decimal place. Complete the
statement in the in the answer space below. …………….≤ m ≤ ……………….. (2019 July)
(d) A piece of timber measures 5.25cm long. Calculate the relative error of the measurement.
(2018 July)
(e) The length of a wire is 5.2cm, correct to 1 decimal place. What is its maximum possible
length? (2016 October)
(f) Find the percentage error of the mass of a bag of sugar that weighs 10.00kg, correct to 2
decimal places. (2016 October)
(g) The mass (m) of a bag of mealie meal is 25 kg. Complete the statement in the answer space.
…………….. ≤ m ≤ …………………… (2018 October)
(h) The length of a line is 8 cm. If this is recorded as 8.2 cm, calculate the percentage error.
(2018 October)
(i) Misozi and Filamba estimated the length of a line to be 9cm and 10cm respectively. If the true
length of the line was 9.6cm, find (2017 November)
(i) Misozi’s absolute error,
(ii) Filamba’s percentage error.
(j) A bag of potatoes has mass (15.4±0.05)kg. (2017 July)
(i) Find the tolerance of this mass.
(ii) Write down the relative error of the mass, as a fraction, in its simplest form.
12. CIRCLE THEOREMS
(a) In the diagram below, A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of a circle, centre O.
Angle DAT= 40:, angle BDC=30: and AT is a tangent to the circle at A. Calculate (2019
November)

(i) Angle CBD,

(ii) Angle BAC,
(iii) Angle AOB.

(b) In the diagram below, A,B C,D and E are points on the circumference of the circle with centre
O. DE=AD, angle ACB=20: and angle AOE= 80:. Find (2019 July)

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 (i) Angle ADE,
(ii) Angle DAE,
(iii) Angle BAD.

(c) The diagram below shows a circle with a tangent RWS. The points V,W,X and Y are on the
circle such that angle XYW = 44:, angle VWY = 54: and angle SWV = 39:. Calculate(2018 July)

(i) Angle RWX,

(ii) Angle XVW,
(iii) Angle YXW.

(d) In the diagram below, PR is a diameter of a circle with centre O. Q and S are points on
the circumference. The tangent to the circle at the point P meets QS produced at T, angle
PQS 260 and angle QPR =420. Calculate (2016 October)

(i) Angle PRS,

(ii) Angle PRQ,
(iii) Angle PTQ.

(e) In the diagram below, O is the centre of the circle A, B, C and D are points on the circumference. AD
produced meets the line from C at E such that CD = DE and angle AOC = 1200. (2018 October)

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Calculate angle

(i) ADC,
(ii) ABC,
(iii) DEC.

(f) In the diagram below, A,B,C,E AND F are points on the circumference of a circle. Angle FBD = 700 AND
angle AEF = 200. (2017 November)

(i) Explain why AD is the diameter.

(ii) Find
 Angle ACF
 Angle DEF.

(g) In the diagram below, points A, B, C and D are on a circle. BD is the diameter of the circle. Angle ACB
= 420, angle CAD = 330 and the lines AC and BD intersect at X. Find (2017 July)

(i) Angle CBD,

(ii) Angle ACD,
(iii) Angle AXB.

13. TRIGONOMETRY

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 (a) In the diagram below, BCD is a straight line, AB = 12 cm, AC= 20cm and angle ABC = 90:.
(2019 November)

Find the value of cosACD.

(b) The diagram below shows triangle KLM in which KL= 16 cm, angle KLM=150: and its area is
32 cm2. Calculate the length of LM. (2019 July)

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(c) Given a right angled triangle XYZ where <Z is 90: and sinX = , find the value of cosX.
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(2018 July)
(d) The diagram below shows triangle PQR in which PQ = 12cm, QR = 10cm and angle PQR =
150:. Calculate the area of triangle PQR. (2016 October)

(e) In diagram below, AC =10 cm, angle ABC = 900 and angle BAC = 300. (2018 October)

Calculate BC.

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(f) It is given that ΔPQR below is right angled at R. QR = 4cm and tan QPR = . Find sin PQR.
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(2017 November)

(g) The diagram below shows triangle ABC in which AC =18cm, angle CAB=300 and angle ABC
=900. Calculate the length of BC. (2017 July)

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 14. VARIATION
(a)a varies directly as b and as the square of c and a = 30 when b = 2.5 and c = 2.
Find the (2019 November)
(i) value of k, the constant of variation,
(ii) value of a when b = 2 and c = 3,
(iii) values of c when a = 300 and b = 4.

(b) Given that y varies directly as x and inversely as the square of z, and that y = 10 when x = 32
and z = 4, find (2019 July)

(i) the value of k, the constant of variation,

(ii) y when x = 20 and z = 5,
(iii) z when x = 9 and y = 5.

(c) Two variables x and y have corresponding values as shown in the table below.

X 2 3 A
Y 20 40 104
2
Given that y varies directly as (x +1), find the (2018 July)

(i) constant of variation, k,

(ii) equation connecting y and x,
(iii) values of a.
(d) It is given that w varies directly as the square of x and inversely as y. (2016 October)
(i) write an expression for w, in terms of x, y and a constant k.
(ii) if x= -6, y = 12 and w = 15, find k.
(iii) Find the value of y when x = 8 and w = 20.
(e) Y varies directly as the square of x and y = 96 when x = 4. Find the (2018
October)
(i) Value of the constant k,
(ii) Value of y when x = 5,
(iii) Values of x when y = 24.
(f) It is given that t=kv2, where k is the constant of variation. (2017 November)
V 1 B 5
T 4 36 A
Use the information given in the table to find the
(i) Value of k,
(ii) Value of a,
(iii) Values of b.
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 (g) The table below shows the relationship between two variables x and y. It is given that y
varies inversely as the square root of x, where x is positive. (2017 July)
Y 2 8 8
9
X 16 1 a
(i) Write an expression for y in terms of x and the constant of variation k,
(ii) Find the value of
a) k,
b) a.
15. TRANSFORMATION
(a) The diagram below shows two triangles A and B. (2019 November)
Describe fully the transformation which maps triangle A onto triangle B.

(b)A point R(-3,1) is mapped onto a point S(2, -1) by a translation T. Express T as a column
Vector. (2019 July)
(c) In the diagram below, triangle ABC IS mapped onto triangles STU by a combined
transformation. (2018 July)

Name the two transformations that map triangle ABC onto triangle STU.
(d) The diagram in the answer space below shows triangle P on the Cartesian plane. Given that
triangle P is mapped onto triangle Q by a reflection in the line y = -x, draw and label triangle.
(2016 October)

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(e) The diagram below shows ΔA. If ΔA is mapped onto ΔB by a translation T    , draw ΔB

  2
on the answer space below. (2018 October)

(h) The kite in the diagram in the answer spacehas coordinates (0,0),(2,1),(5,0) and (2,-1).
Draw the image of the kite after a reflection in the line y = x.

(L) The diagram below shows two triangle ABC and A’B’C’ ON THE XOY plane.

Describe fully the single transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle A’B’C’.

16. BEARINGS
(a) In the diagram below, A, B and C are three points on level ground. The bearing of B from A is
062: and angle ABC = 128:. C is due east of A. (2019 November)

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 Find the bearing of
(i) C from B,
(ii) A from C.

(b). The diagram below shows Mr. Moenda’s trip. He travels on a bearing of 141: from A to B.
He the decides to continue with his trip from B on a bearing of 255: to C. The
angle BCA = 35:. Find bearing of (2019 July)

(i) A from B
(ii) A from C.
(c) In the diagram below, a cyclist starts from town W and cycles on a bearing of 216: to
town P. She then leaves town P and cycles on a bearing of 296: to Z. Z is west of W. (2018
July)

Calculate
(i) Angle PWZ
(ii) Angle WPZ.

(d) The diagram below shows a equilateral triangle ABC. A is due North of B and CN is
parallel to BA. Find (2016 October)

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 (i) Angle BCN,
(ii) The bearing of C from A.
(e) In the diagram below, F is due east of E, angle GEF = 600 and angle EFG = 400. Calculate
the bearing of (2018 October)

(i) F from G,
(ii) E from G.

(f) Two boats X and Y leave port P at the same time. X travels on a bearing of 1590 and Y travels on a
bearing of 2150 as shown in the diagram below. After sometime, X and Y are at points such that angle
PYX = 410. Find the (2017 November)

(i) Bearing of X from Y,

(ii) Bearing of P from X.

(g) A,B and C are three points on level ground. B is on a bearing of 0700 from A and C is on a bearing of
1300 from B. Calculate the bearing of (2017 July)

(i) A from B,
(ii) B From C.
17. SYMMETRY
(a) the diagram below shows a plane figure made up of congruent semi circles. Angle AOB =90:.
Describe fully the symmetry of the figure. (2019 November)

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 (b) The diagram below shows a prism, with a base that is a regular hexagon. (2019 July)

How many planes of symmetry does it have?

(c) The diagram below shows a regular hexagonal prism. (2018 July)

State the number of planes of symmetry.

(d) The diagram below shows a right pyramid with a square base ABCD and apex P.

How many planes of symmetry has the pyramid? (2016 October)

(e) The diagram below shows a triangular prism with AB = BC = AC = DE = EF = DF and AD = BE = CF.

State the number of planes of symmetry of the prism. (2018 October)

(f) The diagram below shows a cone with apex V and radius r. (2017 November)

How many plane of symmetry has the cone?

(g) The diagram shows a regular hexagonal prism. (2017 July)
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 What is the order of rotational symmetry about the indicated axis?

18. COMPUTERS AND CALCULATORS

(a) In the answer space below is an incomplete program written in pseudo code for calculating
the volume V of a cuboid, given the length, L, base, b, and the height, h. Complete the program
by filling in the blank spaces with appropriate statements. (2019 November)
Begin
Enter …………………………………………………
V = ……………………………………………………
Output V
End
(b) In the answer space below is an incomplete program written in pseudo code for calculating
the mean (m) of 10 numbers whose sum is S. Complete the program by filling in the blank
spaces with appropriate statements. (2019 July)
Start
Enter …………………………………………
M = …………………………………………….
Output m
Stop.
(c) The diagram in the answer space below is an incomplete flow chart to calculate cosX for the
triangle shown below. Complete the flow chart below by writing the appropriate statements in
the blank symbols. (2018 July)

(d) ) In the answer space below is an incomplete simple program pseudo code for calculating
and outputting the volume of a cylinder V, given the base radius r and the height h, . Complete
the program by filling in the blank spaces with appropriate statements (2016 October)
Begin
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 Enter ……………………………………………………………………………..
V = …………………………………………………………………………
Output V
End
(e) In the answer space below is an incomplete program in pseudo code to calculate the
circumference of a circle of latitude x0, given the radius R of the earth. Complete the program
by filling in the blank spaces with appropriate statements. (2018 October)
Begin
Enter ………………………………………………
C = ………………………………………………….
Output C
End.
(f) The diagram below is an incomplete program flow chart to calculate the curved surface area,
S, of a cone with base radius r and slant height l. Complete the flow chart below by writing the
appropriate statements in the blank symbols. (2017
November)

(g) The diagram below shows a flow chart for a program to calculate tax on an income.

Complete the table in the answer space below.

Income Tax
K2 900.00

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 K5 000.00

19. FUNCTIONS
(a) The functions f and g are defined by f(x) = 2x-3 and g(x) = 3x. Find (2019 November)
(i) F-1(x),
(ii) gf(x)
(iii) gf(2)

3x  5
(b) The functions f and g are defined as f(x) = 2x + 1 and g(x) = . Find (2019 July)
2

(i) f-1(x),
(ii) fg(x),
(iii) fg(4).
3x  2
(c) Given that f(x) = 8x and g(x) = , find (2018 July)
4
(i) F-1(x),
(ii) An expression for fg(x),
(iii) The value of x for which fg(x) = 20.

(d) Given that f(x) = 2x – 5 and g(x) = x + 3, Find (2018 October)

(i) F-1(x),
(ii) F-1(-10),
(iii) Gf(3)
5x  4
(e) Given that f(x)= and g(x) = x-1, Find (2016 October)
5
(i) F-1(x),
(ii) F-1(-2),
(iii) fg(x), in its simplest form.

(f) The functions f and g are defind by f(x) = 2x +1 and g(x) = 5x-1. Find (2017 November)

(i) g-1(x),
(ii) fg(x),
(iii) fg(-3).
x 1
(g) The function g and f are defined as g:x 
 and f : x 
 3x  5. Find (2017 July)
2
(i) g-1(x),
(ii) x, if f(x) =g(x),
(iii) g-1f(x).
20. COORDINATE GEOMETRY
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 (a) In the diagram below, A is the point (0,4) and B is the point (2,0) and O is the origin.
Find the equation of a straight line through O which is parallel to the line AB. (2019 November)

(b) A and B are points with coordinates (-3, 3) and (5, 9) respectively. Find the length AB. (2019
November)
(c) Find the gradient of a line which passes through (-5, 3) and (-4, 1). (2019 July)
(d) The equation of line A is 3x+2y=10. Line B is parallel to line A and passes through the point
(4,6). Find the equation of the line B. (2019 July)
(e)A straight line passing through A(3,2) and B(5,y) has gradient -2.Find the value of y.(2019 July)
(f) The coordinates of B and C are (2,5) and (4,-3) respectively. If M is the mid-point of BC, what
is the position vector of M? (2018 July)
(g) Find the equation of a line which is parallel to 2x+y =3 passing through (-2, 3). (2018 July)
(h) Find the gradient of the straight line whose equation is 3y + x = 5. (2016 October)
(i) Find the equation of the straight line passing through (-4, 4) and is perpendicular to the
x
straight line whose equation is y   1. (2016 October)
7

(j) Z is a point (-1,8) and M is a point (2 , 12). Find the magnitude of ZM . (2018 October)
(k) Find the equation of a straight line passing through (1, 5) and (2, 10). (2018 October)
(l) The point (5, 2) is the midpoint of a straight line joining A(x, 9) and B(3, y). Find the value of x
and the value of y. (2018 October)
(m) The gradient of the line joining the points (-2,k) and (k, -14) is 2. Calculate the value of k.
(2017 November)
(n) The equation of a straight line L is given by 2y = 4x – 5. Find the equation of the line passing
through (-2, 3) and perpendicular to line L. (2017 November)
(o) The diagram below shows a Cartesian plane with points A(6, 6), B(0, -2), C(0, 6) and D(6, 0).
Find the (2017 July)

(i) Equation of the line CD,

(ii) Distance AB.
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 21. SIMILARITY AND CONGRUENCY
(a) The heights of two similar cylinders are 4cm and 6cm. If the volume of the smaller cylinder is
48cm3, find the volume of the larger cylinder. (2019 November)
(b)The ratio of the volumes of two similar solids is 64:27. The surface area of thhe smaller solid
is 180 cm2. What is the surface area of the bigger solid? (2019 July)
(c) The ratio of the heights of two containers that are geometrically similar is 2:3. If the surface
area of the smaller container is 80cm2, find the surface area of the larger container. (2018 July)

(d) The scale of a map is 1:20 000. The actual area of residential plots is 60km2. Calculate the
area of residential plots on the map in square centimetres. (2018 July)

(e) The base areas of two containers that are geometrically similar are 80cm2 and 180cm2,
respectively. If the capacity of the larger container is 54 litres, calculate the capacity of the
smaller one. (2016 October)

(f) A cylinder with diameter 2cm has a volume of 5cm3. Find the volume of a similar cylinder
with diameter 8 cm. (2018 October)

(g) The ratio of the surface area of two cubes is 16:25. What is the volume of the smaller cube, if
the volume of the bigger cube is 500 cm3? (2017 November)

(h) Two tins are geometrically similar. If the ratio of their volumes is 27:64, find the ratio of their
curved surface areas. (2017 July)

22. LINEAR PROGRAMMING

(a) Write down the three inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the diagram
below. (2019 November)

(b) Write four inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the diagram below. (2019 July)

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 (c) In the diagram below, R is the unshaded region. (2018 July)

Write three inequalities which describe the region R.

(d) On the XOY plane below, region R is unshaded. (2016 October)

Write the four inequalities that define the region R.

(e) On the XOY plane below, region R is unshaded. (2018 October)

Write the three inequalities that define the region R.

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 (f) Write down the four inequalities that define the unshaded region R, on the diagram below.
(2017 November)

(g) Write the four inequalities that define the unshaded region R on the XOY plane below. (2017
July)

23. VECTORS
  3 
(a) M is the point (0, 5) and MN    . Find ON . (2019 November)
4
  3
(b) The vecter PQ =   . Given that the point P is (1, 4), find the coordinates of the point Q.
 2 
(2019 July)
  
(c) On the diagram in the answer space, OP  p and OQ  q . Given that OR  p  q , draw

a directed line segment OR on the same diagram. (2016 October)


(d) The points P and Q have coordinates (2, 4) and (-3, 1) respectively. Express PQ as a column
vector. (2017 November)

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  3 
(e) Given that a   , find a . (2017 July)
  4

24. QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS

(a) The sketch shown below represents the graph of the curve y=x2-4x+3, passing through the
points A, B and C. Find the (2019 November)

(i) Coordinates of the points B and C,

(ii) Minimum value of y.

(b) A function y = (1+x)(x-2). (2019 July)

(i) Sketch the graph of the function .

(ii) Find the minimum value of y.

(c) The diagram below shows a sketch of a graph which meets the x-axis at -4 and 2. (2018 July)

Find the

(i) Equation of the graph,

(ii) Coordinates of the turning point.

(d) The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of y = 3-2x-x2, passing through P, Q and R. Find
the (2016 October)

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 (i) Equation of the axis of symmetry of the graph ,
(ii) Coordinates of the turning point of the graph.
(e) The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of y = 2+x-x2 passing through the points E and
G.

Find the (2018 October)

(i) Coordinates of E and G,
(ii) Maximum value of y.
(f) The sketch shown below represents a section of the curve y= x(x-2). (2017 November)

(i) Find the coordinates of the points where the curve cuts the x-axis.
(ii) What is the minimum value of the function?
(g) The diagram below shows a sketch of the graph of y=x2-6x+8, cutting the x-axis at B and C.
(2017 July)

(i) Find the coordinates of B and C.

(ii) Find the coordinates of the turning point of the graph.
25. TRAVEL GRAPHS
(a) (a)The diagram below is the speed time graph of a car. The car starts from rest and accelerates
uniformly at 2 m/s2for t seconds until it reaches a speed of 16 m/s. It then travels at 16 m/s for
40 seconds, after which it comes to rest in a further 10 seconds. (2019 November)
Find the
(i) Value of t,
(ii) Distance travelled in the last 50 seconds,
(iii) Speed of the car when t = 53 seconds.

(b) The diagram below shows a speed time graph of an object. It starts from rest and accelerates
uniformly for 2 seconds until it reaches a speed of 10m/s. It moves at this constant speed for 6
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 seconds then accelerates until it reaches a speed of V m/s after 5seconds. Finally it retards for
the next 8 seconds until it comes to a halt. Calculate the (2019 July)
(i) Acceleration during the first 2 seconds,
(ii) Value of V if the retardation in the last 8 seconds is 3 m/s2,
(iii) Average speed for the whole journey.

(c) The diagram below shows the speed- time graph of a particle. The particle started off from
rest and accelerated uniformly for 10 seconds. It then travelled at a constant speed for 20
seconds and then decelerated to rest. (2018 July)

(i) Find the speed V the particle reached if its acceleration was 2m/s2 in the first 10
seconds.
(ii) Given that the total distance covered was 750m, find the value of t in the diagram.
(iii) What was the speed at 40 seconds?
(d) The diagram below is the speed time graph of a particle. The particle accelerates uniformly
from a speed of V m/s to a speed of 5v m/s in 20 seconds. (2016 October)

(i) Find an expression in terms of v, for acceleration.

(ii) The distance travelled by the object from 0 seconds to 20 seconds is 80m. Find the
value of v.
(iii) Find the speed at t = 15 seconds.
(e) The diagram below is a speed time graph of a particle which accelerates uniformly from rest
for 12 seconds until it reaches a speed of 24 m/s. It moves at a constant speed for a further 12
seconds before it accelerates uniformly for another 6 seconds to a speed of V m/s. (2018
October)

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 (i) Calculate its acceleration for the 12 seconds.
(ii) Find the distance which the particle covered in the 24 seconds.
(iii) Given that the total distance covered was 600 m, calculate the value of V
(f) The diagram below shows a speed-time graph of a car journey. (2017 November)

(i) Find the acceleration during the first 5 seconds.

(ii) If the total distance travelled was 825m, find the value of T,
(iii) Find the average speed for the whole journey.
(g) The diagram below shows the speed time graph of a 100m sprinter who accelerates uniformly
for 3 seconds until he reaches a speed of 12m/s. He maintains the speed for 7 seconds and
then uniformly retards for a further 4 seconds and comes to a stop. (2017 July)

Calculate the
(i) Acceleration during the first 3 seconds,
(ii) Retardation at the end of his race,
(iii) Distance he covered in the first 10 seconds.
26. CALCULUS
 3x 
 8x  5 dx.
2
(a) Find (2019 November)
3x 3 1
(b) Find the integral of  5 x  2 with respect to x. (2019 July)
2 x
4 -3
(c) Integrate 3x -4x with respect to x. (2018 July)
 6 x 
 5 dx.
2
(d) Find
(2016 October)
dy
(e) Given that y =2x3- 5x2+4x +2, find (2018 October)
dx
1 3
(f) Differentiate Y  x  5 x 2  2 x with respect to x. (2017 November)
3
(g) Find the derivative of y= 2x3-2x2-3x +1, with respect to x. (2017 July)

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 ANSWERS
1. INDICES
a). 8 b). 7/3 c). 30 d). 27 e). 4 f). 9 g).1/10
h). 6 i). 8 j). 64 k). 5/3 l). 7.2
2. QUADRATIC EQUATIONS
a). 1 or -5/2 b) ½ or -3 c). 3 or -2 d). 0 or 3 e). 2 or -2 f). 1/2 or -1 g). 1/2
3. ALGEBRA
2 2
a). 2y -2x + xy b). 3-2b+2a c). (2b+3c)(2a-3d) d). 2(4x-5)(4x+5) e). x+16y
2 2
f). 5(x-1)(x-+1) g). 5a - a + 15 h). (k-2l)(3n+m) i). 2(3-x)(3+x) j). c +6c+9) k). 5x-4y
l). ay(x-2y)(x+2y)
o).  x  1  x  1 
m). x=-5 n). –b
 2y 3  2 y 3 
4. SETS
a). b).{2,3,5,7,11} c). (AUB)’∩C d). {0,1,2,4,5,7,8,9} e). (AUB)∩C’ f). {7,8}
g). (PUR)∩C h). {g,h} i). (BUC)’∩A j). {4} k). l). {2,10}
m). n). { }
5. SOCIAL AND COMMERCIAL ARITHMETIC
a). k900.00 b). K5 c).k15225.00 d). k2.25 e). k375.00 f). k18 000 g). k420.00
6. SEQUENCES AND SERIES
a). 22 b). 2n+9 c). (i)38 d) (i) 2 e). (i) 55 f). (i) 61 g). (i) 28-3n (ii) -70 h). 35 i). 17
(ii) 370 (ii) 192 (ii) 775 (ii) 9n+7
7. MATRICES

  1 b). 4  1  2 7  1 2 3 f).  6 3

     4 1  9 d).    
a).  4  c).(i)  0 1  (ii)   0 e).  3 5 0 
5  4 1    5 3  1   4 1 1
     
g).  7 12 17   3 2 0   3 4 k). 2  
 4 2        
  h).  0 11 11 i).   1 1  1 j). (i)  2 3   
 1 5  1 20 13 0 2  1 0  1 
   3  
l).   2 
 9 11 11   3 
(ii)    
13 14 15    4
 5 
 
8. PROBABILTY
3 5 7 d). 18
a). b). c). e). 3 f). 3 g). 1
10 9 10 14 10 12
9. MENSURATION
0 0 2 2
a). 9cm b). 60 c). 60 d). 462cm e). 21cm f). 115.5cm g). 7cm
10. EARTH GEOMETRY

a). (i)13 20hrs (ii) 12hrs b) (i) 22 00hrs c). 09 00hrs d). 6hrs e). 09 30hrs f). 20020km
(ii) 900 knots
0 0
g). (i) 1600knots (ii) 14 20hrs h). (i) 18 00hrs (ii) 10010km i). 11 00hrs j). (80 S, 15 W

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 11. APPROXIMATION

1 1 c). 1 e). 5.25

a). (i) o.1 (ii) b). d).
90 304 876.35≤m≤876.45 1050
f). 0.05% g). 24.5≤m≤25.5 h). 0.63% 1 1
i). (i) 0.6 (ii) 4 % j). (i) 0.1 (ii)
6
308
12. CIRCLE THEOREM
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
a). (i) 60 (ii) 30 (iii) 100 b). (i) 40 (ii) 70 (iii) 50 c). (i) 44 (ii) 44 (iii) 93 d). (i) 26 (ii) 48
0
(iii) 22
0 0 0 0 0 0
e). (i) 60 (ii) 120 (iii) 30 f). (i) because <DEA=90 g). (i) 33 (ii) 48
0 0 0
(ii) 20 (iii) 110 (iii) 75
13. TRIGOONOMETRY
2
b). 8cm d). 30cm e). 5cm g). 9cm
a). 4 c). 3 f). 3
5 5 5
14. VARIATION
2
a). (i) 3 (ii) 54 b). (i) 5 (ii) 4 c). (i) 4 (ii) y=4x +4 kx 2 e). (i) 6 (ii) 150
(iii) -5 or 5 (iii) 3 or -3 (iii) 5 or -5 d). (i) w= (ii) 5 (iii) 16 (iii) 2 or -2
y
f). (i) 4 (ii) 100 (iii) 3 or -3 k
g). (i) y  (ii) 8 (ii) 81
x
15. TRANSFORMATION

a). Translation  5  c). Translation d). e). h). l). Reflection

  6 b).   Reflection mirror line
T    
 2
x=1
 2 
16. BEARINGS

a). (i) 1140 (ii) b). (i) 3210 c). (i) 540 d). (i) 1200 e). (i) 500 f). (i) 760 g). (i) 2500
2700 (ii)400 (ii) 1000 (ii) 120 0
(ii) 3300 (ii) 3390 (ii) 3100
17. SYMMETRY

a). order of b). 7 c). 7 d). 4 e). 4 f). infinite g) 6

rotation is 4
18. COMPUTERS AND CALCULATORS

a). l,b,h b). S , c). enter x,y,z d). r,h e). R,x f). r,l g). o
v=lbh m=s/10 cosx=(z*z+y*y-x*x)/2yz πr*r*h 2πRcosx A=πrl 600

19. FUNCTIONS

x3 x 1 x x5 5
a). (i) (ii)6x-9 (iii)3 b).(i) (ii)3x-4 c). (i) (ii)6x-4 d). (ii)
2 2 8 2 2
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 5x  4  14 5x  1 x 1 9
e). (i) (ii) (iii) f). (i) (ii)10x-1 g)(i)2x+1 (ii) (iii)6x-9
5 5 5 5 5
(iii) -31
20. COORDINATE GEOMETRY

a). y=-2x b). 10 c). -2 d). 2y+3x=24  3  g). y+2x=-

e). -2
h). 
1
f).   1
1 3
i)y=7x+32 j). 5 k).y=5x l). (7,-5) m). -6 n). 2y+x=4 o). (i) y+x=6 (ii)10
21. SIMILARITY AND CONGRUENCY

a). b). c). d). e). f). g). h).

162cm3 320cm2 180cm2 1500cm 2
16l 320cm3 256cm3 9 : 16
22. LINEAR PROGRAMMING

a). y≤6 b). y < 6 c). y ≤ x d). y ≥ 3 e).x ≥ -3 f). x ≤ 4 g). y ≤ -1

y>x-2 x≤2, y>-x 4y+x ≥ 8 y ≤7, x ≥ 2 3y ≥ 2x + 6 y≤ 6, x ≥-1 x<2, y≤ 3
y+3x ≥ 6 y ≤ 2x + 4 3y+5x ≤ 40 y + x < 12 Y+x≤7 y≥x-2 y≤x +2

23. VECTORS

  3 b).(-2, 6) c).   5 e). 5units2

a).   d).  
 9    3

24. QUADRATIC FUNCTIONS

a). (i)B(1,0) b). (i) c). d). (i) x=-1 e).(i)E(-1,0) f).(i)O(0,0) g).(i)B(2,0)
C(3,0) (ii) -2.25 (i)y=x2+2x-8 (ii) (-1, 4) G(2, 0) A(2, 0) C(4, 0)
(ii) y=-1 (ii) (-1, -9) (ii) y=2.25 (ii) y=-1 (ii) (3, -1)

25. TRAVEL GRAPHS

a). (i) 8sec b).(i) 5m/s2 c). d).(i) e). (i)2m/s2 f). (i)6m/s2 g).(i)4m/s2
(ii) 720m (ii)24m/s (i)20m/s 4v (ii) 432m (ii) 45sec (ii) 3m/s2
m / s2
(iii) 8m/s (iii) (ii)55 sec 20 (iii)32m/s (iii) 55m/s (iii)102m
251 (iii)12m/s 4
m/s (ii) m / s
21 3
16
(iii) m / s
3
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 a).x3+4x2-5x+c 3x 4 5 x 2 1 3x 5 d).2x3-5x+c e) 6x2-10x+4
b).   c c).  2 x 2  c
8 2 x 5
f). x2-10x-2 2
g). 6x -4x-3

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