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121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER1
2½HOURS

MECSJOINTEXAMINTIONS2023
TERMONE-KenyaCertificateofSecondaryEducation

MATHEMATICS
PAPER1
2½HOURS

InstructionstoCandidates
1. Writeyourname,Admissionnumberandclassinthespacesprovided.
2. Signandwritedateoftheexaminationinthespacesprovided.
3. ThepapercontainsTWOsections:SectionIandII
4. AnswerALLquestionsinsectionIandSTRICTLYANYFIVEquestionsfromsectionII.
5. Allworkingandanswersmustbewrittenonthequestionpaperinthespacesprovidedbeloweachquestion.
6. Showallthestepsinyourcalculations,givingyouranswersateachstageinthespacesbeloweachquestion.
7. Marksmaybeawardedforcorrectworkingeveniftheansweriswrong.
8.Thispaperconsists16printedpages.Thecandidatesshouldchecktoascertainthatallthepagesare
printedasindicatedandnoquestionismissing.
9. Non-
programmablesilentelectroniccalculatorsandKNECMathematicaltablesmaybeusedexceptwherestated
otherwise.

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

SectionII GRAND TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

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SECTIONI(50marks)

Answerallthequestionsinthissection

1. Thesumoffourconsecutiveoddintegersislessthan64.Determinethefirstfoursuchintegers.
(3marks)

2. Solvetheequation (3marks)
2 1 1
− =
t−1 t +2 t

3. MoseshastwentyshillingsmorethanJane.AfterhespendsaquarterofhismoneyandJane⅕of
hers,theyfindthatJanehas10shillingsmorethanMoses.Howmuchmoneydidbothhave?
(4marks)

4. Thesumofinterioranglesoftworegularpolygonsofsiden-1andnareintheratio4:5.Calculate;

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 (i) Thesizeofinteriorangleofthepolygonwithside(n-1) (2marks)

(ii) Thesizeofexteriorangleofthepolygonwithside(n-1)
(1mark)

5. ThefigurebelowisarhombusABCDofsides4cm.BDisanarcofcirclecenterC.GiventhatABC
=1380.Findtheareaofshadedregioncorrectto3significantfigures.
22
(Takeπ= )
7
(3marks)

6. Findthegreatestcommonfactorof x 3 y 2 and4 xy 4.Hencefactorisecompletelytheexpression

3 2 4
x y −4 xy . (3Marks)

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7. ThefigurebelowisapartofthesketchofatriangularprismABCDEF.
E
F

AB
Completethesketchbydrawingthehiddenedgesusingbrokenlines.(3marks)

()
n
1 242
8. Withoutusingcalculator,solvefornintheequation1- = (3marks)
3 243

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9. GiventhatOA= (−2
10 ) andOB=( )andthatthemagnitudeofABis13units,findthepossibleva
x
−2
luesofx. (3marks)

10. Alitravelledadistanceof5kmfromvillageAtovillageBindirectionofN60 0E.Hethen

changeddirectionandtravelledadistanceof4kminthedirectionof135 0tovillageC.
a) Usingascaleof1cmtorepresent1.0kmrepresenttheinformationonanaccuratediagram.
(2marks)

b) Usingscaledrawingin(a)abovedetermine
(i) ThedistancebetweenAandC(1mk)

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(ii) ThebearingofAfromC(1mk)

11. Threenumbersp,qandraresuchthat p3 ×q 2 × r=2250 .Findp,qandr.

(3marks)

12. AbusstartsofffromKitaleat9.00a.mandtravelstowardsKakamegaataspeedof60km/
hr.At9.50a.m,amatatuleavesKakamegaandtravelstowardsKitaleataspeedof60Km/
h.Ifthedistancebetweenthetwotownsis150km,howfarfromKitalewillthetwovehiclesmeet
? (3marks)

13. FindtheinequalitiesthatsatisfytheregionRshowninthefigurebelow.(3marks)

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14. AdealersellsacertainsparepartforKshs650,makingaprofitof30%.Themanufacturerreduc
esthepricetothedealerbyKshs50andthedealerreduceshissellingpricebythesameamount.
Findthedealer’snewpercentageprofit.
(3marks)

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15. Ataxitravellingat20m/sacceleratesuniformlyandin4seconds,itsvelocityis30m/
s.itmaintainsthisvelocityforanother5secondsbeforedeceleratinguniformlytorestafter3se
conds.Calculatethetotaldistancetravelledbythetaxiduringthejourney.
(3marks)

16. Thelengthofarectangleis(x +3)cm.Ifthewidthoftherectangleistwothirdsitslengthandthepe

rimeteris40cm,finditswidth.(3marks)

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SECTIONII
Answeronlyfivequestionsinthissection
17. AsalesagentsearnsabasicsalaryofKshs.20,000permonth.Inaddition,heisentitledforacom
missionforsalesinexcessofKshs.200,000asfollows:

Sales Commission
0-200,000 0%
200,001-300,000 1.5%
300,001-400,000 3.0%
400,001-500,000 4.5%
Above500,000 6.0%

(a) OnthemonthofApril2019,hertotalsaleswereKshs.558,200.Determinehistotalearnings
thatmonth. (4marks)

(b) OnthemonthofMay2020,hissalesincreaseintheratio6:5,CalculatehistotalearningsonM
ay2020tothenearestshilling. (3marks)

(c) OnthemonthofJune2020histotalearningswereKshs.39,800.Calculatethedifferenceinh
istotalsalesinmonthsofMayandJune. (3marks)

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18. (a)Amanstanding20mawayfromabuildingnoticesthattheanglesofelevationofthetopandbo
ttomofaflagpolemountedatthetopofthebuildingare640and620respectively.Calculateto1d.
p.theheightoftheflagpole.
(4marks)

b)TheanglesofelevationofthetopofatreefromPandQwhichare30mapartare22 0and
320respectively.Giventhatthetwopointsareonthesamesideofthetreeandona
Straightline,determinetheheightofthetree. (6marks)

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19. Twosecuritypersonnelweretogetherataroadjunction.Eachhadawalkietalkie.Themaximu
mdistanceatwhichonecouldcommunicatewiththeotherwas2.5km.Oneofthepersonnelwal
keddueEastat3.2km/hwhiletheotherwalkeddueNorthat2.4km/
h.ThepersonnelwhoheadedeasttravelledforxkmwhiletheonewhoheadedNorthtravelledfo
rykmbeforetheywereunabletocommunicate.
(a) Drawasketchtorepresenttherelativepositionsofthepolicemen. (1mark)

(b) (i)Fromtheinformationaboveformtwosimultaneousequationsinformofxandy.
(2marks)

(ii)Findthevalueofxandy. (5marks)

(iii)Calculatethetimeinminutestakenbeforethesecuritypersonnelwereunable
tocommunicate. (2marks)

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20. ABCDisarectanglewithAasthepoint(-3,1).
(a)IfABisparalleltotheline3 y−x=4 ,findtheequationoflineAB.
(2marks)

(b)FindtheequationoflineAD. (2marks)

(d) IfChascoordinates(2,6),findtheequationsofthelineBCandCDintheform
x y
+ =1
a b
(4marks)

(e) FindthecoordinatesofB (2marks)

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21. Thefigurebelowshowsarectangularsheetofmetalwhoselengthistwiceitswidth.

Anopenrectangulartankismadebycuttingequalsquaresoflength60cmfromeachofitsfourcorn
ersandfoldingalongthedottedlinesshowninthefigureabove.Giventhatthecapacityofthetankso
formedis1920litresandthewidthofthemetalsheetusedwasxcm;
a) (i)Expressthevolumeofthetankformedintermsofxcm. (3marks)

(ii)Henceorotherwiseobtainthelengthandwidthofthesheetofmetalthatwasused.
(3marks)

b) Ifthecostofthemetalsheetperm2isKshs1000andlabourcostformakingthetankis300perho
ur.Findthesellingpriceofthetankinordertomakea30%profitifittook6hourstomakethetan
k. (4marks)

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22. a)TheratioofJuma’sandAkinyi’searningswas5 :3.Juma’searningsrosetoKsh8400afteranincreas
eof12%.CalculatethepercentageincreaseinAkinyi’searningsgiventhatthesumoftheirearningswa
sKsh.14100 (6mark

(b)JumaandAkinyicontributedallthenewearningstobuymaizeatKsh1175perbag.Themaizewast
hensoldatksh1762.50perbag.Thetwosharedallthemoneyfromthesalesofthemaizeintheratioofth
eircontributions.CalculatetheamountthatAkinyigot.(4marks)

23.a)GiventhatA= (32 43 )findinverseofA(1mark)

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 b) Twocolleges,UtaliiandHudumapurchasedbeansandrice.Utaliibought90bagsofbansan
d120bagsofriceforatotalofsh360000.Hudumabought200bagsofbeansand300bagsofr
iceforatotalofsh850000.UsetheinverseofAobtainedin(a)abovetofindthepriceofoneba
gofeachitem.(6marks)

c) Thepriceofbeanslaterdecreasedintheratio4:5whilethatofriceincreasedby20%.Abusi
nessmanbought20bagsofbeansand30bags0frice.Howmuchdidhepay?
(3marks)

24.Thefigurebelowshowsamodelofasolidintheshapeofafrustumofaconewitha
hemisphericaltop.

70cm

28cm 60cm
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 Thediameterofthehemisphericaltopis70cmandisequaltothediameterofthetopofthefrust
um.Thefrustumhasabasediameterof28cmandaslantheightof60cm.
(a) Calculatetheareaofthehemisphericalsurface. (1mark)

(b) Calculatetheslantheightoftheconefromwhichthefrustumwascut. (4marks)

(c) Calculatethetotalsurfaceareaofthemodel. (5marks)

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