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Section I
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Section II
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SECTION I
Attempt ALL questions in this section.
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1. A certain fraction given as is multiplied by another fraction such that the final result gives
11907 b
a perfect cube. Determine the values of a and b if they represent the least possible integers.
(3 marks)
2. Simplify the expression given by {3 marks}
6vu 2 − 6vu
3v 2 u 2 − 3v 2 u 3
3. Given that cos 2(  − 75 ) 0 = sin 13 ( + 25) calculate the exact value of 

0
(3 marks)
4. Solve the inequality and represent the solution on a number line. (3 marks)
4 x + 10
6 - 4x  x <
3
5. A straight line L1 passes through a point M which is the mid – point of AB where A (− 1,−3) and
B (− 3,5) . L1 is perpendicular to the line L2 whose equation is y + 5 x = 0 . Calculate the distance of

point M from the line L2. (3 marks)
6. Use logarithms tables to evaluate: {3 marks}
0.00576 2 x (9.31)1/3
(4.261)2 + 0.00869
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7. Find the values of RT given that the triangles RPQ and RST are similar. (2 marks)
8. Calculate the values of x and a in the equation given below (4 marks)
24x −1  243x −1 = 2 a  33a −6
9. Mr. Kirui earns a basic salary of sh. 12,000 per month. In addition he is also paid a commission of
2½ % for sales above sh. 15,000. In a certain month, he sold goods worth sh. 140,000 at a discount
of 5%. Calculate his total earning that month. (3marks)
10. Using a pair of compasses and ruler only construct a triangle ABC in which AB=6cm,  CAB=750
and BC=8cm. (2 marks)
Without any measurement, divide the line AB into 7 equal parts and hence locate a point X such
that AX: XB = 4: 3 (2 marks)
11. Water flowing at a rate of 2m/sec through two pipes of diameter 3cm and 5cm respectively deliver
water to a 6 cm diameter pipe. Calculate the speed of flow in the 6 cm pipe if all are kept full. Give
your answer in m/sec (3 marks)
12. In the circle O is the centre, angle DAB=880. Arc AB is twice arc AD.
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Calculate angle AOB. (2 marks)
A O
13. Without using a calculator, determine the perimeter of a rhombus whose diagonals are 6.624 cm and
10.52cm. (Mathematical tables can be used) (3 marks)
14. A line AB,8m long is divided into 2 parts, AC and CB such that AC: CB = 3: 5. A further point D
divides CB in the ratio n : 1 . If AD: DB = 19: 5, find the value of n . (3 marks)
15. A train 88m long moving at x km/h overtakes a second train moving at 56km/h in the same direction.
a. Given that the first train takes 13.2 seconds to pass a passenger in the second train Calculate
the speed of the first train. (2 marks)
b. Calculate the length of the second train if it passes the other one completely in 22 12 seconds.
(2 marks)
16. The graph of y = ax2 + bx + c passes through the origin. The gradient of the tangent when x = 1 is 4
and when x = 2 is 5. Find the values of a, b and c. (3 marks)
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SECTION II answer ANY 5 questions in this section
(50 marks)
17. A triangular piece of land ABC has sides AB=100m, BC=150m and AC=190m.
a) Calculate the area of the triangular piece of land ABC (2 marks)
b) Calculate the value of angle ACB. (3 marks)
c) A new piece of land ABCD is a trapezium with AD//BC whose area is three times that of triangle
ABC, calculate the perimeter of ABCD. (5 marks)
18. From the top A of a building 125m above a street, the angle of elevation of the top B of a second
building on the opposite side is 18036’and the angle of depression of the base of the second building
from A is 390 48’
a. Calculate the width of the street (3 marks
b. Calculate the height of the wall on the opposite side (2 marks)
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c. A taut extension string connects points A and B. A bird spots an insect sitting at a point X on
the string. X is three quarter way from A. The bird’s landing at X causes vertical sag of 50cm
on X. Calculate the angle depression of X from B after the sag. (5 marks)
19. A school with n students planned to purchase a van costing Ksh. 2,000,000. It was decided
that each student had to contribute an equal amount to meet the cost of the van. Forty students left
the school before contributing. Then, each of the remaining students had to contribute Ksh 2500
more.
a) Form an equation in n and hence find the number of students who were in the school at the
beginning. (4 marks)
b) Before the students made their contribution, the area MP agreed to pay for 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)
20. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle. A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of the
circle. A; O, X and C are points on a straight line. DE is a tangent to the circle at D.
Angle BOC = 480 and angle CAD = 360.
a. Giving reasons in each case, find the value of the following angles:
a) Angle CBA. (2marks)
b) Angle BDE (2marks)
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c) Angle CED (2marks)
b. It is also given that AX = 12cm, XC = 4cm and DB = 14cm and DE = 15cm.Calculate

a) DX (2marks)
b) AE (2marks)
21. 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 with a class intervals of 10 passengers starting
with 110 - …….etc (3 marks)
Use the data in your frequency table to

b. Estimate the mean number of passengers on a particular occasion (3 marks
c. Estimate the range of marks of the middle 80% of the class. (4 marks)
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22. Three variables p, q and r are such that p varies directly as q and inversely as the square of r.
a. When p = 18, q = 24 and r = 4.
Find p when q = 30 and r = 10. (4marks)
b. Express q in terms of p and r. (1mark)
c. If p is increased by 20% and r is decreased by 10% find:

i) A simplified expression for the change in q in terms of p and r. (3marks)
ii) The percentage change in q. (2 marks)
23. a) Using construction, locate the centre of rotation that will map triangle ABC onto triangle A’B’C’
in the figure below. Fully describe this transformation (4 marks)
B’
A C
A'
C’
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b)Draw is a triangle with vertices at A (− 2,6), B (2,3) and C (− 2,2) on the grid provided
(1 mark)
On the same axes draw the following images:
i) A’B’C’ the image of ABC under a reflection in the line x = −1 (1 mark)
ii) A”B”C” the image of A’B’C’ under an enlargement with centre at (1,1) and a
scale factor of − 1 (1 mark)
i) A’”B”’C”’ is the image A”B”C” of under 1800 rotation about B” (1 mark)
24.(a) The equation of a curve is given by y = x + x − 6 x .

3 2
− 1 + 19
Show that the value of x at the minimum turning point is (3marks)
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(b) The displacement x metres of a particle moving along a straight line after t seconds is
given by x = 4t + 2t2 – t3
(i) Find its initial acceleration (2marks)
(ii) Calculate the time when the particle was momentarily at rest.
(2marks)
(c) (i) Find the values of x where the curve y = x 2 (x - 2) crosses the x-axis. (1mark)
(ii) Hence find the area enclosed by the curve y = x 2 (x - 2), the lines x = 0, x = 2 2 and
3
the x-axis. (2marks)
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Section I
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Section II
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SECTION A (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. Without using a calculator evaluate

5x6 + (-76)÷4+27÷3
(-5)÷3 x (-4) (3marks)
2. ( a) Express 2268 in terms of its prime factors (1mark)
(b) Hence determine the smallest positive number x such that 2268x is a perfect square.
(2marks)
3. Elvis arrived in Kenya with 5000 sterling pound, he exchanged it to Kenya Shilling and spent
sh. 267 100. Before jetting out of the country, he exchanged the balance into Euros. Using the
exchange rates below, calculate the amount he obtained in Euros in Kenya shillings. (3marks)
Currency Buying Selling

1 Sterling pound 114.20 114.50
1Euro 101.20 101.30
4. Simplify the expression (3marks)

2
2x +3x-2
x3- 4x
5. When two wires of length 179m and 234m are divided into pieces of equal lengths a
remainder of 3m is left in each case. Find the least number of pieces that can be obtained.
(3marks)
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6. Without using calculator, solve for n in the equation
1 𝑛 242
1-( ) = (3marks)
3 243
7−𝑦 9−2𝑦 1
7. Solve for y in the equation - = (3marks)
4 3 2
8. Two similar solids have surface area of 48cm2 and 108cm2 respectively. Find the volume of
the smaller solid if the bigger solid has a volume of 162 cm3 (3 marks)
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9. Use reciprocal table only to evaluate (3marks)
0.325
√0.25
Hence, evaluate to 1.d.p
0.325
10. A plot measuring 1.2m by 19.1 m is surrounded by a path 0.5m wide. Find the area of the
path in square metres. (3marks)
11. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 600 more than its exterior angle, find the number
of sides of the polygon. (3marks)
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12. In the figure below ABCDE is a cross-section of a solid. The solid has a uniform cross-
section. Given that AP is an edge of the solid, complete the sketch showing the hidden edges
with a broken lines. (3 marks)
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13. If tan x= find without using tables or calculator the value of
√3
Sin (90-x)+ cos (90-x) leaving your answer in simplified surd form (3marks)
14. A line perpendicular to the line 3y-2x=2 passes through the point (-3,2). Determine the
equation of the line and write it in the form ax +by = c where a, b, and c are constant.
(3marks)
15. The circle below whose area is 18.05cm2 circumscribes triangle ABC where AB = 6.3cm, BC
= 5.7cm and AC = 4.2cm. Find the area of the shaded part. (4 Marks)
4.2cm
6.3cm
5.7cm
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C
B
16. In a book store, books packed in cartons are arranged in rows such that there are 50 cartons
in the first row, 48 cartons in the next row, 46 in the next and so on.
(a) How many cartons will there be in the 8th row? (2 Marks)
(b) If there are 20 rows in total, find the total number of cartons in the book store.(2 Marks)
SECTION II (50 Marks)

Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.
17. The figure below represents a sector of a circle radius r units. The area of the sector is
61.6 cm2 and the length of the arc AB is one tenth of the circumference of the circle from
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which the sector was obtained. ( Take 𝜋 = 7 )
a) Calculate;
i) the angle 𝜃 subtended by the sector at the centre. (2 marks)
ii) The radius r of the circle. (3 marks)
b) If the sector above is folded to form a cone;

i) Calculate the base radius of the cone. (2 marks)
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ii) The volume of the cone. (3 marks)
18. Two factories A and B produce both chocolate bars and eclairs. In factory A, it costs
Kshs x and Kshs y to produce 1 kg of chocolate bars and 1 kg of eclares respectively. The
cost of producing 1 kg of chocolate bars and 1 kg of eclairs in factory B increases by the
ratio 6:5 and reduce by the ratio 4:5 respectively.
a) Given that it costs Kshs 460 000 to produce 1 tonne of chocolate bars and 800kg
of eclares in factory A and Kshs 534 000 to produce the same quantities in factory
B, form two simplified simultaneous equations representing this information.
(3 marks)
b) Use matrix method to find the cost of producing 1 kg of chocolate bars and 1 kg
of eclaires in factory A. (5 marks)
c) Find the cost of producing 100 kg of chocolate bars and 50 kg of eclaires in

factory B. (2 marks)
19. The following measurements were recorded in a field book of a farm in metres (xy = 400m)
Y
400
C60 340
300 120D
240 100E
220 160F
B100 140
A120 80
x
(a) Using a scale of 1cm representing 4000cm, draw an accurate map of the farm.(3 Marks)
(b) If the farm is on sale at Kshs. 80,000.00 per hectare, find how much it costs.(7 Marks)
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20. The figure below shows a velocity-time graph of an object a which accelerates from rest
to a velocity of V m𝑠 −1 then decelerated to rest in a total time of 54 seconds.
a) If it covered a distance of 810 metres;

i) Find the value of V. (2 marks)
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ii) Calculate its deceleration, given that its initial acceleration was 1 3 𝑚𝑠 −2
(2 marks)
b) A bus left town X at 10.45 am and travelled toward town Y at an average speed of
60 km/h. A car left town X at 11.45 am on the same day and travelled along the
same road toward Y at an average speed of 100km/h. The distance between town
X and town Y is 500km.
i) Determine the time of the day when the car overtook the bus. (3 marks)
ii) Both vehicles continued towards town Y at their original speeds. Find how
long the car had to wait in town Y before the bus arrived. (3 marks)
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21. In the diagram below, two circles, centres A and C and radii 7cm and 24cm respectively
intersect at B and D. AC = 25cm.
(a) Show that angle ABC = 900. (3 Marks)
(b) Calculate
(i) the size of obtuse angle BAD (3 Marks)
(ii) the area of the shaded part (4 Marks)
22. (a) a straight line L1 whose equation is 9𝑦 − 6𝑥 = −6 meets the x-axis at Z. Determine
the coordinates of Z. (2 marks)
(b) A second line L2 is perpendicular to L1 at Z. Find the equation of L2 in the form 𝑎𝑥 +

𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐, where ,b and c are integers. (3 marks)
(c) a third line L3 passes through the point (2,5) and is parallel to L1. Find:
i) The equation of L3 in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐, where a, b and c are integers.
(2 marks)
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ii) The coordinate of point R at which L2 intersects L3. (3marks)
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 4OA=3OQ. Line OP produced to R is such as
OR=5OP.
a) Find vector RA. (3 marks)
b) Given that point L is on PQ such that PL: LQ=12:5, find vector RL. (4 marks)
c) Show that R, L and A are collinear. (2 marks)
d) Find the ratio of RL:LA. (1 marks)
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24. Five points, P, Q, R, V and T lie on the same plane. Point Q is 53km on the bearing of
0550 of P. Point R lies 1620 of Q at a distance of 58km. Given that point T is west of P
and 114km from R and V is directly south of P and S400E from T.
a) Using a scale of 1:1,000,000, show the above information in a scale drawing.
(3 marks)
b) From the scale drawing determine:

i) The distance in km of point V from R. (2 marks)
ii) The bearing of V from Q. (2 marks)
iii) Calculate the area enclosed by the points PQRVT in squares kilometers.
(3 marks)
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Section I
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Section II
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Grand
Total
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SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. A normal year has 365 days while a leap year has 366 days. Find the number of days from the beginning of
1900 to end of 2000. (2 marks)
2. Find the exact value 2. 2̇ + 3.24̇ in its simplest form. (3 marks)
3. A mirror line maps point (4,3) onto (-2,7). Find the equation of the mirror line in double intercept form.
(4 marks)
4. The average lap time of 3 cars in a racing competition is 36 seconds, 40 seconds and 48 seconds respectively.
If they all start the race at the same time, find the number of times the slowest car will have been overlapped
by the fastest at the time they all cross the starting point together again.
(4 marks)
5. The table below shows patients who attend a clinic in one week and were grouped by age as shown in
the table below.
Age x years 0≤ x < 5 5≤ x < 15 15≤ x < 25 25≤ x < 45 45≤ x <
75
Number of patients 14 41 59 70 15
On the grid provided draw a histogram to represent the distribution. (3 marks)
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6. Three farmers, Formula-One, Method-Two and Way-Three are to share a grazing field. Formula-One has 5
cows, Method-Two has 7 cows and Way-Three has 4 cows. The three grazed for 3 days, 2 days and 4 days
respectively. The owner of the field charged them ksh. 9000 which they were to share proportionately. How
much money did Formula-One contribute?
(3 marks)
3𝑥+5 2𝑥+8
7. a) Simplify the expression − . (1 mark)
2𝑥 3𝑥
3𝑥+5 2𝑥+8 4
b) Hence solve − = (2 marks)
2𝑥 3𝑥 5
8. A solid in the shape of a regular nonagon with distance from the centre to any vertex as 10cm and length
3.5m has a density of 3.2𝑔𝑐𝑚−1 . Calculate to 3 significant figures the mass of the solid in kilograms.
(4 marks)
3𝑛+1 −3×3𝑛−1
9. Find the exact value of (3 marks)
4×3𝑛+2
10. Use tables of natural tangents and square roots to find

a) 𝑡𝑎𝑛72.630 (2 marks)
b) √0.5479 (1 mark)
c) Hence evaluate 𝑡𝑎𝑛72.630 + √0.5479 (1 mark)

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 2  − 3  5 1
11. Given the column vectors a =   , b =   and c =   and that p = 2a − b + c . Find the magnitude of
 4  − 9 − 7 3
p to 3 significant figures. (3 marks)
12. Using the grid below, solve the simultaneous equations below (3 marks)
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 9 𝑎𝑛𝑑 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 13
13. Under an enlargement with scale factor +2, point 𝑃(2,9) is mapped onto 𝑃′(−5,3). Determine the co-
ordinates of the centre of enlargement. (3 marks)
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14. A businessman sells two types of mobile phones Samsung and Nokia. The price of one Samsung and one
Nokia is ksh. 2000 and ksh. 1600 respectively. He wishes to have at least 20 mobile phones. The number of
Samsung phones, should be less or equal to the number of Nokia phones. He has ksh. 96 000 to spend. If he
buys x Samsung phone and y Nokia phones, write down the inequalities for the above situation.
(3 marks)
15. Complete the figure below to show a rotational symmetry of order 3 about point O.
(3 marks)
16. Solve for 𝛼 in 2𝑠𝑖𝑛(2𝛼 + 20) − 2𝑐𝑜𝑠(−𝛼 − 30) = 0 (2 marks)
SECTION II (50 MARKS)

(Answer ANY FIVE questions in the spaces provided)
17. The distance between Kipsigis Girls and Mbita School is 240km. During the Champions Jet 1 result release
at Kipsigis Girls, Mbita School ferried their students using two buses, Scania and Isuzu. The Scania bus
travelled 20km/h faster than the Isuzu bus whose speed was 𝑥𝑘𝑚/ℎ.
a) Write an expression in terms of x for the time taken to cover the distance by;
i. Isuzu bus (1 mark)
ii. Scania bus (1 mark)
b) The Isuzu bus left Mbita at 7.00 am. and 36 minutes later, the Scania bus left Mbita for Kipsigis. The
two vehicles reached Kipsigis Girls at the same time. Form an equation in 𝑥 hence find the speed of
Scania bus. (5 marks)
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c) During the return journey, the two buses left Kipsigis at the same time and maintained their original
speeds. The Scania bus developed a puncture after covering 100km which took 20 minutes to mend.
If the two buses arrived at Mbita at the same time, find the average speed of Scania bus from the
point where the tire was mended. (3 marks)
18. Sol is a sales lady with a company that pays her a basic salary of sh. 30,000 per month. She is also given
commission on goods sold as follows,
0% for the first sh. 100,000
3% on the sales above sh. 100,000 up to sh. 300,000
7.5% of sales above sh. 300,000
a) During the month of May, she sold 400 calculators at sh. 1250 per calculator. Calculate:
i. How much she collected from the sale of calculators. (2 marks)
ii. Her total earnings for the month of May. (3 marks)
b) During the month of June, each calculator was sold at a discount of 16.8%. If Sol received a total of sh.
52,500 as her earnings, find the total number of calculators sold during the month of June.
(5 marks)
19. Two quadratic curves intersect at points (−2,0) and (4,0).

a) Determine the equations of the curves in the form 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐. (4 marks)
b) Using trapezium rule with 6 strips, estimate the area bounded by the curves. (4 marks)
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c) Estimate the area in (b) above using mid-ordinate rule with 3 trapezia. (2 marks)
20. A, B, C, D and E are such that B is 88 km on a bearing of 0620 from A. C is 120 km on a bearing of 1420
from B. D is 𝑆380 𝑊 of C at a distance of 90km. E lies directly South of A and directly west of D. Using a
scale of 1: 2,000,000;
a) Determine the relative positions of A, B, C, D and E. (4 marks)
b) Find the bearing and distance of (4 marks)

i. E from C
ii. D from A
c) Find the area covered by A, B,C D and E in square kilometers. (2 marks)
21. The diagram below represents square based pyramid standing vertically. AB = 12 cm,PQ = 4
cm and the height of the pyramid PQSV is 10 cm.
(a) If PQRSV is a solid, find the volume of material used to make it.
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(b) Find the;
(i) Height of the frustum ABCDPQRS.
(ii) Volume of the frustum.
(c) The liquid from a hemisphere is poured into ABCDPQRS. Find the radius correct to 4 significant
figures of the hemisphere if the liquid from hemisphere filled the solid completely.(𝜋 = 3.142)
22. The equation of a curve is given as 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 6𝑥 2 + 9𝑥 + 20.

a) Find ;
i. the 𝑦 − 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 of the curve. (2 marks)
ii. the stationary points of the curve. (3 marks)
b) For each stationary point in (a) (ii) above, determine its nature. (2 marks)
c) Sketch the curve. (2 marks)
23. The figure below shows a quadrilateral ABCD. ABD is a right angled triangle. Given that 𝐴𝐵 = 12𝑐𝑚,
𝐵𝐶 = 10𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐷 = 8𝑐𝑚, and angle 𝐷𝐵𝐶 = 115°.
D C
8cm 10cm
115°
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A 12cm B
Calculate to one decimal place:
a) The length BD (2marks)
b) The length CD (3marks)
c) The angle BCD (2marks)
d) The area of the quadrilateral ABCD (3marks)
24. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle TOR is the diameter and PRV is tangent to the circle at R.
Given that <SUR = 250, <URP = 600, TU = UX is parallel to the diameter; giving reasons calculate;
a) <TOU (2 marks)
b) <XUP (2 marks)
c) <STR (2 marks)
d) Reflex <SXU (2 marks)
e) <RPU (2 marks)
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SIGNATURE.................................................. DATE..................................
121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
21/2 HOURS

SERIES 5
CONTACT US ON: 0724351706/0726960003
Instructions to candidates
a.Write your name and index number 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 I, II.
d.Answer all the questions in section 1 and any five questions from section II.
e.All working and answers must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
f. Show all steps in your calculations, giving answers at each stage in the spaces provided below
each question.
g. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
h. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used.
i. This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
j. 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
Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
marks
SECTION II
Questions 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Grand

Marks
1.Evaluate
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1 3 2 1
(2 − )  3  2
4 4 3 5. (3mks)
4 1
1 1
6 4
2. Use square roots, reciprocal and square tables to evaluate to 4 significant figures the expression
1
2 2
(0.06458)2 + ( ) (4mks)
0.4327
3. Three similar 21-inch television sets and five similar 17-inch television cost Ksh.129, 250. The
difference between the cost of two 21-inch television sets and four 17-inch television sets is Ksh. 22,000.
Calculate the price of a 21-inch television set and that of 17-inch television set. (3mks)
4. Three numbers, 1400, 1960 and n, have a G.C.D and L.C.M of 70 and 22 x 52 x 72 x 11 respectively.
Find the least possible value of n (3mks)
5. Find the equation of a straight line which is equidistant from the points A (2,3) and B (6,1)
(3mks)
6. Solve for x in the equation. (3mks)

9(2𝑥−1) x 3(2𝑥+1) = 243
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7. An open rectangular box measures externally 32cm long, 27cm wide and 15cm deep. The box is made
up of metal 1cm thick. If it has a mass of 1.5kg, what is the density of the box to 4 significant figures?
(3mks)
8. Using the three quadratic identities

only factorize and simplify: (3mks)
(𝑥 − 𝑦)2 − (𝑥 + 𝑦)2
(𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 )2 − (𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 )2
9. An airplane leaves point A (600S,

100W) and travels due East for a distance of 960 nautical miles to point B. determine the position of
B and the time difference between points A and B. (3mks)
10. A salesman earns 3% commission

for selling a chair and 4% commission for selling a table. A chair fetches K£ 75. One time, he sold
ten more chairs than tables and earned seven thousand, two hundred Kenya shillings as commission.
Find the number of tables and chairs sold. (3mks)
11. A Kenyan company received US Dollars

200,000. The money was converted into Kenya shillings in a bank which buys and sells foreign
currencies as follows:
Buying Selling
(in Kenya shillings) (in Kenya shillings)
1 US Dollar 77.24 77.44
1 Sterling Pound 121.93 122.27
a) Calculate the amount of money, in Kenya shillings, the company received. (1 marks)
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b) The company exchanged the Kenya shillings calculated in (a) above, into sterling pounds to buy a
car from Britain. Calculate the cost of the car to the nearest sterling pound. (2 marks)
12. Tap A fills a tank in 6 hours, tap B fills it in 8 hours and tap C empties it in10 hours. Starting with an
empty tank and all the three taps are opened at the same time, how long will it take to fill the tank?
(3 marks)
13. The length of a rectangle is increased by 20% while the width is decreased by 10% . Find the
percentage change in area.
(3 marks)
14. In the figure below, AC is an arc of a circle centre D. Angle ADC = 600, AD = DC = 7cm
and CB = 5cm.
Calculate
a) The area of triangle ADB
(2 marks)
b) The area of the shaded region.

(2 marks)
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15. Solve 4 ≤ 3𝑥 – 2 < 9 + 𝑥 , hence list the integral values that satisfies the inequality.
(3 marks)
2𝑥 − 1 −3
16. A transformation whose matrix is given by ( ) maps a triangle with area 8 cm2 onto
2 𝑥
another triangle with area 72 cm2, calculate the value of 𝑥 (3 marks )
SECTION II
17. The distance between two towns A and B is 760 km. A minibus left town A at 8:15a.m and traveled
towards B at an average speed of 90km/h. A matatu left B at 10:35a.m and on the same day and travelled
towards A at an average speed
of 110km/h.
(a)(i) How far from A did they meet? (4mks)
(ii) At what time did they meet? (2mks)
(b) A motorist starts from his home at 10:30 a.m on the same day and traveled at an average speed of
100km/h. He arrived at B at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the distance from B to his home.
(4mks)
18. The income tax rates in a certain year are as shown below.
Income (k₤ – p.a Rate (KSh. per ₤)

1 – 4200 2
4201 – 8000 3
8001 – 12600 5
12601 – 16800 6
16801 and above 7
Omar pays Sh. 4000 as P.A.Y.E per month. He has a monthly house allowance of KSh.10800 and is
entitled to a personal relief of KSh. 1,100 per month. Determine:
(i) his gross tax per annum in Kshs (2 Marks)
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(ii) his taxable income in K₤ per annum (2 marks)
(iii) his basic salary in Ksh. per month (2marks)
(iv) his net salary per month (2 mark
19. The parents of a certain mixed secondary school decided to buy a school van worth Ksh. 900,000.
Each student was to contribute the same amount of money. 50 students were transferred from the school;
as a result, each if the remaining students had to pay Ksh. 600 more.
a) Find the original number of the students in the school. (5mks)
b) Find the percentage change in contributions per student. (3mks)
c) If the ratio of boys to girl in the school was 11: 7 find the amount money contributed by boys
alone. (2mks)
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20. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only construct triangle ABC such that angle BAC= 900,
AC= 5 cm and BC = 10 cm. (3 marks)
(a) Circumscribe a circle on the triangle ABC constructed above (3 marks)
(b) Measure the radius of the circle (1 mark)
(c) Find the difference in the area of the circumcircle and the triangle. (3 marks)
21. The coordinates of a triangle ABC are A(1, 1) B(3, 1) and C (1, 3).
(a) Plot the triangle ABC. (1 mark)
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(b) Triangle ABC undergoes a translation vector ( ). Obtain the image of A' B'
2
C ' under the transformation, write the coordinates of A' B' C'. (2 marks)
(c) A' B' C' undergoes a reflection along the line X = 0, obtain the coordinates and plot on the graph
points A" B" C", under the transformation (2 marks)
(d) The triangle A" B" C" , undergoes an enlargement scale factor -1, centre origin. Obtain the
coordinates of the image A'" B"' C"'. (2 marks)
0
(e) The triangle A"' B"' C"' undergoes a rotation centre (1, -2) angle 120 . Obtain
the coordinates of the image Aiv Biv Civ. (2 marks)
(f) Which triangles are directly congruent. (1 mark)
1 1
22.The figure below shows triangle OPQ in which OS = OP and OR = OQ. T is a point on QS such
3 3
3
that QT = QS P
4
S
T
O Q
R
(a) Given that OP = p and OQ = q, express the following vectors in terms of p and q.
(i) SR ̃ Mark)
(1 ̃
̃
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(ii) QS (2 Marks)
̃
(iii) PT (2 Marks)
̃
(iv) TR (2 Marks)
̃
(v) show that point PTR are collinear. (3mks)
23 (a) (i) Fill the table below for the function.
y = 2x2 + 5x – 12 for -8 x  4 (2 marks)
X -8 -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
2x2 128 18 2 32
5x -40 -15 5 20
-12 -12 -12 -12 -12
Y 76 -9 -5 40
(ii) Using the table, draw the graph of the function y = 2x2 + 5x – 12. Use the scale 1cm to 1 unit on
the x-axis and 1cm for 10 units for the y – axis (4 mark
b) Use the graph drawn above to solve the following equations.
(i) 2x2 + 5x – 12 = 0 (2 marks)
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(ii) 3 – 7x – 3x2 = 0 (2 marks)
24. The displacement, 𝑆 meters of a moving particle after t seconds is given by 𝑆 = 2𝑡 3 −

5𝑡 2 + 4𝑡 + 3
Determine:
(a) The velocity of the particle when 𝑡 = 4 seconds (3marks)
(b) The value of 𝑡 when the particle is momentarily at rest (3 marks)
(c) The displacement when the particle is momentarily at rest (2 marks)
(d) The acceleration of the particle when 𝑡 = 10 seconds

(2 marks)
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(a) Write your name, admission number and class in the space provided above.
(b) Write the name of your school, the date of examination and sign 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 15 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.

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
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SECTION I (50 Marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.
•
1. (a) Express 2. 3 as a fraction. (1 mark)
• 3 1
(b) Hence evaluate 2. 3 − (3 4 ÷ 4 2) without using a calculator. (2 marks)
2. Solve the inequality 3𝑥−2 ≥ 1 and express the solution on a number line. (3 marks)
3 2
3. (a) Given that 𝑨 = ( ) and that 𝑨𝑩 = 𝑰, find B. (2 marks)
4 1
(b) Hence solve the pair of simultaneous equations:

3𝑝 + 2𝑞 = 7
4𝑝 + 𝑞 = 6 (2 marks)
4. Simplify the expression: (3 marks)

4𝑡 2 𝑘 − 9𝑏 2 𝑘 3
3𝑏𝑘 2 − 2𝑡𝑘
5. A wholesaler sold a woofer to a retailer making a profit of 20%. The retailer later sold the woofer for
Ksh. 15 600 making a profit of 30%. Calculate the amount of money the wholesaler had paid for the
woofer. (3marks)
6. In the figure below (not drawn to scale), AB is parallel to DE. DE bisects angle BDG, DCF=600 and
CFG =1100.
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Calculate the following angles giving reasons in each case.

(a) CDF (2marks)
(b) ABD (1mark)
7. In the figure below, 𝑶𝑿 = −4𝒊 + 6𝒋 and 𝑶𝒀 = 12𝒊 − 6𝒋. M is the mid – point of XY and 𝑶𝑵: 𝑵𝒀 =
1: 2.
Calculate the magnitude of NM correct to 1 decimal place. (4 marks)
8. The figure below shows a rhombus PQRS with PQ = 9 cm and SPQ = 60o. SXQ is a circular arc, centre
P.
Calculate the area of the shaded region correct to two decimal places. (Take 𝜋 = 3.142). (4 marks)
9. Using tables of reciprocals and square roots only, evaluate: (3 marks)

4
1
− √216.3
0.05984
10. A school with 840 students has enough food to last them 91 days. If an extra 70 students join the school,
how many days less will the food last? (3 marks)
11. A bus takes 40 minutes, 45 minutes and 48 minutes to travel from town P to town S via towns Q and R
respectively. If the bus is to arrive in town S on Tuesday 1.07 a.m., find the time it should depart from
town P. (3 marks)
12. A truck left P for Q at an average speed of 60 km/hr at 8.30 a.m. At 9.18 a.m., a car also left P for Q via
the same route as the truck. If the car caught up with the bus at 11.42 a.m., calculate the speed of the car
in km/hr. (3 marks)
1 0
13. Given that sin(4𝑥 − 5)0 − cos (2 𝑥 − 50) = 0, find the value of 𝑥. (2 marks)
14. The internal dimensions of a container at the port are 13.8 m by 2.4 m by 3.0 m. The container is filled to
capacity with large cubical boxes of equal sizes. Calculate the least number of the cubical boxes in the
container. (3 marks)
15. The expression 9 − 30𝑥 + 𝑎𝑥 2 is a perfect square, where a is a constant. Find the value of a. (3 marks)
16. The base ABCD of a right pyramid is a square of side 3 cm. The lengths of the slant edges AV, BV, CV
and DV are 4 cm each.
(a) Draw the net of the pyramid. (2 marks)
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(b) State the number of planes of symmetry of the pyramid. (1 mark)

Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.
17. A salesman dealing in mattresses earns a basic salary and commission as follows:
Value of sales Percentage commission
Up to Ksh. 150 000 0
Above Ksh. 150 000
First Ksh. 85 000 3
Next Ksh. 85 000 4
Above Ksh. 320 000 5
(a) In the month of November 2022, the salesman earned a basic salary of Ksh. 35 000 and he sold 90
mattresses at Ksh. 4 000 each. Calculate:
(i) His total sales in the month of November 2022. (1 mark)
(ii) His total earnings that month. (3 marks)
(b) In December 2022, his basic salary was decreased by 10%. If he received a total earning of
Ksh. 36 970 in that month.
Calculate:
(i) Total sales in December. (5 marks)
(ii) The number of mattresses sold in December. (1 mark)
18. The ages in years for 30 doctors that attended a medical camp was represented in the frequency polygon
below.
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(a) Using the values obtained from the polygon above, calculate the mean age correct to the nearest year.
(3 marks)
(b) Given that the modal class is 42 – 46;

(i) Draw a frequency distribution table for the data represented in the frequency polygon above.
(2 marks)
(ii) Hence calculate the median age. (3 marks)
(c) Calculate the percentage of the doctors who are at least 47 years old. (2 marks)
19. A straight line L1 is given as 𝑎𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 𝑐 where 𝑎 and 𝑐 are constants and cuts the x and y axes at (2 ,0)
and (0, 3) respectively.
(a) Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑐, hence write equation of L1 in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐 where m and c are
constants. (3 marks)
(b) The line L1 is perpendicular to another line L2 that passes through the point (3, 5). Find the
coordinates of the point of intersection of L1 and L2. (3 marks)
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(c) Line L3 is parallel to L2 and passes through point (2, 5). Find:
(i) The equation of L3 in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐 where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integers. (2 marks)
(ii) The x and y intercepts of L3. (2 marks)
20. 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 bearing to the nearest degree of airport D from C. (3 marks)
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21. The table below shows the values of 𝑥 and some values of 𝑦 for the curve 𝑦 = − 2 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 6
for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 7.
𝑥 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
𝑦 −6 0 2
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(a) Complete the table hence draw the graph of 𝑦 = − 2 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 6 for 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 6 on the grid below.
(4 marks)
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(b) Using the graph, solve the equations:

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− 2 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 6 = 𝑥 − 6 (2 marks)
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(c) Estimate the area bounded by the curve 𝑦 = − 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 6 and the line 𝑦 = 𝑥 − 6 using the
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trapezium rule and seven ordinates. (4 marks)
22. A square ABCD with vertices at A(1, 1), B(4, 1), C(4, 4) and D(1, 4) is mapped onto a square A′ B′ C ′ D′ with
vertices at 𝐴′ (−1, −1), B′ (−4, −1), C ′ (−4, −4) and D′ (−1, −4).
(a) On the grid provided below, draw the squares ABCD and A′ B′ C′ D′ . (2 marks)
(b) Describe:
(i) A rotation that maps the square ABCD onto A′ B′ C′ D′ . (1 mark)
(ii) An enlargement that maps the square ABCD onto A′ B′ C′ D′ . (1 mark)
(c) The square A′ B′ C′ D′ is mapped onto A″ B″ C″ D″ by a reflection in the line 𝑦 = 0. A translation

⃗ maps the vertex C″ onto C‴ (1, −1). On the same axes:
vector ⃗𝑽
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(i) Draw the square A″ B″ C″ D″ . (1 mark)
(ii) Draw the square A‴ B‴ C‴ D‴. (4 marks)
(d) Identify the type of congruency between the squares ABCD and A‴ B‴ C‴ D‴ . (1 mark)
23. 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 𝜋 to be 7 , calculate correct to one decimal place:
(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)
24.The velocity v m/s of a moving particle at time t seconds is given by 𝑣 = 11𝑡 − 2𝑡 2 − 5

(a) Find:
(i) The velocity of the particle when 𝑡 = 2 seconds. (1 mark)
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(ii) The instants when the particle is momentarily at rest. (3 marks)
(b) Find:
(i) The time taken by the particle to attain maximum velocity. (2 marks)
(ii) The maximum velocity attained. (1 mark)
(c) Calculate the distance travelled by the particle during the third second. (3 marks)

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INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper consists of two sections. Section I and Section II.
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions in Section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided
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) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
i) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
j) Candidates must check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no question(s) is/are missing
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
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
1 MATHEMATICS 121/1 Turn Over

SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Attempt All Questions in this section
1. Find the value of y given that (3 marks)
− 2(5 + 3) − 9  3 + 5
=1
− 3  −5 y + 2 y  4
2. The length of a minute hand of a clock is 3.5cm. What will be the time if from 10.15am it sweeps
through an area of 19.25cm2? (4marks)
3. Use reciprocal, square and square root table to evaluate to 4 significant figures, the expression
1
+ 4.346 2 (3marks)
24.56
4. Given that sin (90-x)0 =0.8, where x is an acute angle, find without using mathematical table the
value of 2 tan x+cos(90-x) (3marks)
5. Find the equation of the tangent and the normal to the curve y = 2 x 3 − 3x 2 + 6 at the point (2,10)
(4marks)
2 y 2 + 3xy − 2 x 2
6. Simplify (3marks)
x2 − 4y2
7. Find greatest integral value of x which satisfies

2 x + 3 8 − 3x 5 x + 6
  (3marks)
2 5 3

8. One of the roots of the equation x 2 + (k + 1)x + 28 = 0 is 4. Find the values of k and hence the
second root (4marks)
9. Solve for x in the following without using a calculator or mathematical table.

9 x (27 ( x−1) ) = tan 30 o (3marks)
10. A shear parallel to the x-axis maps point (1, 2) onto a point (5, 2). Determine the shear factors and
hence state the shear matrix (invariant line is y=0) (3marks)
11. A solid is in the shape of a right pyramid on a square base on side 8cm and height 15cm. A
frustum whose volume is a third of the pyramid is cut off. Determine the height of the frustum.
(3 marks)
12. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 20o more than three times the exterior angle. Determine
the number of sides of the polygon (2marks)
3
13. Three fifths of work is done on the first day. On the second day of the remainder is completed.
4
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If the third day of what remained id done, what fraction of work still remain to be done.
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(3marks)
14. A two-digit number is such that the sum of the digits is ten. If the digits are reversed, the new
number formed is less than the original number by 18. Find the number (3marks)

15. In the figure bellow,  CBD= 2  CAD. Find the value of x (3marks)
16. Two boys, Ababu and Chungwa, on the same side of a tall building are 100m apart. The building
and the two boys are in a straight line and the angles of elevation from the boys to the top of the
building are 30o and 20o respectively calculate the height of the building. (3marks)

Attempt only five Questions from this section
17. A business lady bought 100 quails and 80 rabbits for sh25600. If she had bought twice as many
rabbits as half as many quails she would have paid sh7400 less. She sold each quail at a profit of
10% and each rabbit at a profit of 20%.
a) Form two equations to show how much she bought the quails and the rabbits. (2marks)
b) Using matrix method, find the cost of each animal. (5mrks)
c) Calculate the total percentage profit she made from sale of the 100 quails and 80 rabbits.
(3marks)
18. A(3,7) B(5,5), C(3,1), D(1,5) are vertices of a quadrilateral

a) On the grid provided below, plot ABCD on a Cartesian plan (2marks)
 − 6
b) A1B1C1D1 is the image of ABCD under a translation T   plot A1B1C1D1and state its
− 9
coordinates (2marks)
11 11 11 11 1 1 1 1
c) Plot A B C D the image of A B C D after a rotation about (-1,0) through a positive quarter
turn. State its coordinates. (3marks)
111 111 111 111 11 11 11 11
d) A B C D is the image of A B C D after a reflection in the line y=x+2. Plot
A111B111C111D111 and state its coordinates (3marks)

19. The figure below shows a velocity time graph of a journey of a car. The car start from rest and
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accelerates at 2 m / s 2 for t seconds until it is 22m/s
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Brakes are applied bringing it uniformly to rest. The total journey is 847m long. Find.
a) The value of t, the acceleration time (2marks)
b) The distance travelled during the first t seconds. (2marks)
c) The value of x, the deceleration time (4marks)
d) The rate of deceleration (2marks)
20. The diagram below shows a histogram representing the mass of some pupil in a school.
a) Prepare a frequency distribution table of the data (3marks)

b) From the table above, estimate
i) The mean mass of the pupils to 3 s.f (3marks)
ii) The median mass (3marks)
iii) How many pupils were 40kg and above (1marks)
21. In the figure below OY:YA=1:3 AX:XB=1:2 OA= a and OB= b . N is the point of intersection of
~ ~
BY and OX
a) Determine
i) OX (2marks)
ii) BY (1mark)
→ → →
b) Give that BN = k BY and ON=hOX, express ON in two ways in terms of a b, h and k
~ ~
(3marks)
c) Find the value of h and k and hence show that O,N and X are collinear (4marks)

22. Using a ruler and a pair of compass only, construct triangle XYZ where XY is 6cm and XYZ is
135o and YZ=7cm (2marks)
a) Measure XZ (1mark)
b) Drop a perpendicular from Z to meet line XY at K , measure ZK. (2marks)
c) Bisect line XY and let the bisector meet line XZ at Q (1mark)
d) Join Q to Y and measure angle XQY (2marks)
e) Find the area of triangle XYZ (2marks)
23. Four towns are situated in such that a way that town Q is 500km on a bearing of 120o from P.
Town R is 240 km on a bearing of 210o from town P, while town S is due north of town Q and
due east of town P
a) Draw a sketch diagram showing the relative position of P,Q,R and S (scale:1cm :100km)
(3marks)
b) Find by calculation
i) The distance QR (1mark)
ii) The distance QS (2marks)
iii) The angle PRSQ (2marks)
iv) The area of triangle PQS (2marks)

24. The figure below shows a sketch of the graph of y = x 2 + 6 .
a) Estimate the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the line x =-4 and x=4 using
i) The trapezium rule with 8 sides (3marks)
ii) The mid- ordinates rule with and strips (3marks)
b) What percentage error is caused by estimating the area of the curve using the mid ordinates rule as
in a (ii) above (4marks)
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1. Without using a calculator evaluate (3 marks)
−2(−5 + 8) − 9 ÷ 3 − 5
−3 × −5 + −2 × 4
2. (a) use mathematical tables to find the:

(i) The square of 86.46 (1 mark)
(ii) The reciprocal of 27.56 (1 mark)
(b) Hence or otherwise calculate the value of; (2 marks)

86.462
27.56
3. The sum of the interior angles off an n – sided polygon is 14400. Find the value of n and hence
deduce the name of the polygon. (3 marks)
4. Two containers have base areas of 750cm2 and 120cm2 respectively. Calculate the volume of the
larger container in litres given that the volume of the smaller container is 400cm 3.
(3 marks)
−1 −3 −2
5. Given that the column vectors 𝒂 = ( ) , 𝒃 = ( ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒄 = ( ) and that 𝑷 = 2𝑎 −
4 −2 −1
4𝑏 + 3𝑐. Express P as a column vector. (3 marks)
6. Solve the following inequalities and represent the range of values of x on a single number line.
(3 marks)
5 − 3𝑥 > −7
𝑥 − 6 ≤ 3𝑥 − 4
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7. The cost of a car outside Kenya is US $ 4800. You intend to buy one such car through an agent
who deals with Japanese Yen. The agent will charge 15% commission on the price of the car and
further 72 220 Japanese Yens for shipment of the car. How many Kenya shillings will you need to
send to the agent to obtain the car given that:
1 US $ = 117.20 Japanese Yens
1US $ = Kshs 72.34 (3 marks)
8. Two numbers p amd q are such that p3 × q = 189. Find p and q (3 marks)
9. Evaluate without using mathematical tables. (3 marks)
0.0128
1000 (√ )
200
10. Simplify the following expression by reducing it to a single fraction. (3 marks)

2𝑥 − 3 𝑥 − 2 1 − 𝑥
− −
3 2 4
11. Thirty men working at a rate of 10 hours a day can complete a job in 14 days. Find how long it
would take 40 men working at the rate of 7 hours a day to complete the same job.(3 marks)
12. The figure below shows a circle centre O and radius 6cm. sector OAB subtends an angle of 100 0
at the centre of the circle as shown.
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Calculate to 2 decimal places the area of the shaded region. (Take π = ) (3 marks)
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13. Use the prime factors of 1764 and 2744 to evaluate (3 marks)
√1764
3
√2744
14. A rectangular block is 50cm long and 15 cm wide. If its mass is 18kg and its density is 2.4g/cm 3,
find its height. (3 marks)
15. A triangle ABC is such that AB = 12cm, and AC = 17cm. if its area is 512cm 2, find the size of
angle BAC (3 marks)
16. (a) Find the greatest common divisor of the terms 9𝑥 3 𝑦 2 and 4𝑥𝑦 4 (1 mark)
(b) Hence factorize completely the expression (2 marks)

3 2 4
9𝑥 𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑦

Answer FIVE questions ONLY from this section
2 2
17. A straight line 𝑦 = 𝑥 − meets the x – axis at point T.
3 3
(a) Determine the coordinates of T. (2 marks)
(b) A second line L2 is perpendicular to line L1 at T. Find the equation of line L2 in the form 𝑎𝑥 +
𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐 where a, b and c are constants. (3 marks)
(c) A third line L3 passes through (−4,1) and is parallel to L1. Find;
(i) The equation of line L3 in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐 (2 marks)
(ii) The coordinates of point S at which L3 intersects L2. (3 marks)
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1 2
18. A particle moves in a straight line so that its velocity is given by 𝑉 = 𝑡 − 3𝑡 + 7 where
2
t is time in seconds. Find:
(a) The velocity after 8 seconds. (2 marks)
(b) The acceleration when t = 0 (2 marks)
(c) The minimum velocity attained. (2 marks)
(d) The distance travelled in the first 2 seconds. (4 marks)
19. The points AI B I C I are the images of 𝐴(4, 1), 𝐵(0, 2)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶(−2, 4) respectively under a
1 1
transformation represented by the matrix M = ( ).
1 3
(a) Write down the coordinates of AI B I C I (3 marks)
(b) AII B II C II are the images of AI B I C I under another transformation whose matrix is N =
2 −1
( ). Write down the co – ordinates of AII B II C II (3 marks)
1 2
(c) Transformation M followed by N can be replaced by a single transformation P. determine the

matrix for P. (2 marks)
(d) Hence determine the inverse of matrix P. (2 marks)
20. The distance between two towns A and B is 460 km. a minibus left town A at 8.45 am and
travelled towards Bat an average speed of 65km/hr. A matatu left B at 10.55 am on the same day
and travelled towards A at an average speed of 80km/hr.
(a) How far from town B did they meet? (4 marks)
(b) At what time did the two vehicles meet? (2 marks)
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(c) A motorist started from his home at 9.15am on the same day and travelled to B at an average
speed of 120km/hr. he arrived at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the distance from B
to his home. (4 marks)
21. A paper cup is made in the shape of a frustum of a cone with an open top of diameter 10.5cm
and a sealed bottom of diameter 7cm. it has a depth of 12cm, calculate:
(a) The total surface area of the cup. (6 marks)
(b) The capacity of the cup to the nearest deciliter. (4 marks)
22. The table below shows the marks scored by form four students in a mathematics test in Bidii
secondary school.
Marks (%) 40 − 44 45 − 49 50 − 54 55 − 59 60 − 64 65 − 69 70 − 74
No of students 3 30 29 33 13 1 1
(a) State the modal class. (1 mark)
(b) Using an assumed mean of 57, calculate:

(i) The mean (3 marks)
(ii) The standard deviation. (3 marks)
(c) Find the mark scored by the 50th student. (3 marks
23. The figure below shows triangle XYZ in which line XY = 5cm, line YZ = 13.4cm and the size of
angle XYZ = 57.70
(a) Calculate the length of line XZ (4 marks)
(b) Calculate the size of angle XZY (4 marks)

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(c) Calculate the size of angle YXZ to 4 significant figures (2 marks)
24. Four towns P,Q,R and S are such that town P is 200 km West of Q. Town R is at a distance of
80km on a bearing of 0490 from P. Town S is due East of R and due North Of Q.
(a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20km, make an accurate scale drawing to show the relative
positions of the towns. (4 marks)
(b) Find:
(i) Determine the bearing of S from P (1mark)
(ii) Determine the distance of Q from S (2 marks)
(iii) Determine the bearing of Q from R (1 mark)
(iv) Determine the distance of R from S (2 marks)
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1 A cuboid has a length of 9.75cm, width of 4.5cm and exact height of 3.2cm. Calculate the relative
error in the volume of the cuboid. (3 marks)
2 Find the value of x in the equation. (3 marks)

log 3 (3𝑥 − 3) − 3 = 2log 3 (𝑥 − 1)
3. A businessman deposited Ksh. 80,000 in a savings account at the beginning of the year, which pays
10.5% interest per annum compounded quarterly. Find the amount in the account at the beginning of 5th
year. (3 marks)
4. Two quantities 𝑄 and 𝑅 are such that 𝑄 varies partly as 𝑅 and partly varies as the square root of R.
Determine the equation connecting Q and R given that 𝑄 = 500 when 𝑅 = 16 and 𝑄 = 800 when 𝑅 = 25.
(3 marks)
5. The position vectors of points A and B are 𝒂 = 3𝒊 − 2𝒋 + 4𝒌 and 𝒃 = −2𝒊 + 𝒋 respectively. A point R
divides line AB externally in the ratio 3: 1. Find the position vector of R in terms of 𝒊, 𝒋 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒌.
(4 marks)

4 cos 𝑥−1
6. (a)Show that the equation 2 sin 𝑥 = can be expressed in the form
tan 𝑥
6 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 − cos 𝑥 − 2 = 0 (2 marks)
(b)Solve the above equation for −1800 ≤ 𝑥 ≥ 1800 (2 marks)
7. Given that 𝐴 = (𝑅 – 𝑟) (𝑅 + 𝑟). Make R the subject of the formula. (3 marks)
8. The following data represents the ages in years at which pupils were admitted into standard four in a local
primary school: 12, 10, 9, 11, 13,11. Calculate the standard deviation of their ages.
(3 marks)

1 80𝑥−44𝑥 2 −12𝑥 3
9. Evaluate : ∫0 𝑑𝑥 (4 marks)
16𝑥−12𝑥 2
1 1
10. Find the radius and the coordinates of the center of the circle whose equation is 2 𝑥 2 + 2 𝑦 2 = 3𝑥 −
5𝑦 − 9 and hence draw the circle in the grid below. (4 marks)
sin 450
11. Simplify 1−𝐶𝑜𝑠 300 leaving your answer in the form 𝑎√𝑏 + √𝑐 where a, b and c are rational
numbers. (3 marks)
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 10
12. Solve the simultaneous equations given (4 marks)
𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 = 8

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13. Expand the expression(𝑥 − 2𝑥) in ascending powers of x and hence state the constant term.
(2 marks)
14. Construct a tangent through the point X on the circumference of the given circle
15. A tank has two inlet pipes A and B. A fills the tank in three hours while be does so in six hours. Pipe
R, the outlet pipe empties a full tank in 4hrs. The inlet pipes are opened at the same time and left running for
1.5 hrs. R is then opened and all are left running until the tank is full calculate the total time it takes to fill the
tank. (4 marks)
16. Every time a frog jumps forward it jumps half of the previous jump. If the frog initially jumped 20.2
cm calculate the length of the 6th jump and the total distance covered.
(3 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in this section
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17. (a) Complete the table below for the functions of 𝑦 = 2 sin 2 𝑥 and 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 to 2 d.p
(2 marks)
𝑥0 0 90 180 270 360 450 540 630 720 810 900
1
𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥
2
𝑦 = sin 𝑥
1
(b) On the same axes, draw the graphs of 𝑦 = 2 sin 2 𝑥 and 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 (use 2 units to represent one unit
on the y- axis and 1 unit to represent 900 on the x axis)
(4 marks)
1 1
(c) Use the graph to solve the equation sin 2 𝑥 − 2 sin 𝑥 = 0. (2 marks)
1
(d)Describe fully the transformation that maps 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 onto 𝑦 = 2 sin 2 𝑥
(2 marks)
18. A and B are two points on the latitude 520 𝑁. The two points lie on the longitudes 300 𝐸 and 1500 𝑊
respectively.
(a)Calculate the:
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(i) distance in km from A to B along the parallel of latitude. (Take 𝜋 = 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 = 6370 𝑘𝑚)
(3 marks)

(ii) shortest distance in nautical miles from A to B along the great circle via North pole.
(2 marks)
(b) An aircraft took 46 hours to fly from point A to B along the parallel latitude. Given that it took off from
A on Monday 11:34am. Calculate:
(i) the speed of aircraft in knots. (3 marks)
(ii) time and the day of arrival in B. (2 marks)
19. A commercial plane at Wilson Airport is assigned a pilot and a co-pilot for efficient running on
daily basis. The pilot must work for more than 2 hours daily. The hours worked by the co-pilot must
be more than one-third the hours worked by the pilot. The total hours worked by both should not be
more than 12 hours. The number of hours done by the pilot and twice the number of hours done by the
co-pilot should be more than 10 hours. By taking x and y to represent the hours worked by a pilot and a
co-pilot respectively
(a) Write down four inequalities to represent the above information. (4 marks)
(b) Use the grid to represent the inequalities in (a) above. (4 marks)

(c) A pilot is given Ksh.4500 allowance while a co-pilot pilot is given Ksh.3,200 pocket allowance
using a search line or otherwise determine the minimum allowance they earn in a day.
(2 marks)
20. Mr. Moneyman earns a basic salary of sh 12560 and house allowance of sh 2,800 per month. Being a
civil servant, he is deducted ksh 2640 for National housing which is exempted from taxation. He has also
another tax exemption of ksh 360 which is deducted for the National Social Security Fund and he is entitled
to a monthly personal relief of sh 1056.
(a) Calculate his taxable income per annum (3 marks)
(b) The table below shows the tax rates during that year. Use the table to calculate his PAYE.
(5 marks)
Taxable income per year (sh) Rate (sh for every sh. 20)
1 – 72600 2
72601 – 145 200 3
145 201 – 217 800 5
217 801 – 290 400 7

(c)The following deductions are also made from his monthly income:
Cooperative shares Ksh. 750.00
Cooperative loan Ksh. 575.50
Service charge Ksh. 185.00
Determine Mr. Moneyman’s net monthly salary (2 marks)
1 7 3 1
21. In the figure below OP = 2 𝒂 + 𝒃, 𝑶𝑹 = 𝒂 − 𝒃, 𝑹𝑸 = 𝑘𝒃 + 𝑚𝒂, where k and m are scalars 2PS
2 2 2
= 3SR
(a)Express as simply as possible in terms of a and b each of the following vectors.
(i) PR (1 mk)
(ii) PS (1 mk)
(iii) OS (1 mark)
(b) Express OQ in terms of a, b, k and m (2 marks)
(c)If Q lies on OS produced with 𝑶𝑸: 𝑶𝑺 = 5 ∶ 4, find the value of k and m.

(5 marks)

22. Draw a line AB 8 cm. (1 mark)
a. draw the locus of point T above line AB such that angle ATB =900
(2marks)
b. the locus of C above AB such that triangle ACB = 9.6 cm². Label two points M and N in the loci of
both T and C such that M is nearer to A than B and N is nearer to B than A.
(2marks)
c. find the area enclosed by the locus of T and the locus of C. (3 marks)
d. find the probability that a point chosen at random in the area enclosed by AB and the locus of T is
also found in the area enclosed by the locus of T and the locus of C.
(2marks)
2 −1 1 3
23. Two transformations 𝑇1 and 𝑇2 are given by matrices 𝑇1 = ( ) and 𝑇2 = ( ). T is a single
1 1 −1 2
matrix of transformation equivalent to 𝑇1 followed by 𝑇2
a. find T. (2marks)
b. points A(−1, 1), 𝐵(1, 2) and 𝐶(0, 3) is mapped onto 𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′ under T. find the coordinates of
𝐴′ , 𝐵 ′ , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 ′ (2marks)
c. The following figure represents a triangle ABC with vertices A(-4, 5), B(-2, 2) and C(2, 2). If the vertex
B(-2, 2) is mapped onto 𝐵 ′ (-2, -2) by a shear with the y-axis invariant, draw a triangle 𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′ the
image of triangle ABC under the shear.

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3marks
A 5
2 C
B
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
-3
d. Find the matrix that represent the sheer above 3marks
24. A football match is such that a win garners three points a draw garners one point and a match lost earns
no point. The probability of team winning is 40% lose is 45% and a draw 15% if the team plays two games:
a. draw a probability tree diagram to represent all the possible outcomes.
2marks
b. the probability that:

i. they earn six points. (2 marks)
ii. they win at least one match. (2 marks)
iii. they will have at most two points. (2 marks)
iv. they will garner more than one points. (2 marks)

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1. An irregular 6 sided polygon has two of its interior angles equal to 2x each, three angles equal to x each and
one side equal to 20o
Calculate the value of x (3marks)
2. The diagonals of a parallelogram are 20cm and 28.8cm. The acute angle between the diagonals is 62o.
Calculate the area of the parallelogram. (3marks)
3. A mobile phone seller gets a commission of shs 250 on every mobile phone that he sells. In a given month
he got 33,000 shillings.
a. How many phones did he sell that month (1mark)
b. If this commission is 2% what is the sale price of each mobile phone. (2marks)
4. Given that Sin x=3/4, without using tables or calculators, find.

a. Cos xo (2marks)
b. Tan (90-x)o (1mark)

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5. Solve the simultaneous equation

2log y = log2 + log t
2y =4t (4marks)
6. Evaluate without using tables or a calculator

100-1.5 x 320.2 (3marks)
7. The angle subtended by the major arc at the center of the circle O is twice the angle substended by the minor
arc at the center. If the radius of the circle is 3.5cm. Find the length of the minor arc.
(3marks)
8. Two trains T1 and T2 travelling in the opposite directions on a parallel tracks are just beginning to pass one
another. Train T1 is 72m long and is travelling at 108km/hr. Train T2 is 78m long and is travelling at
72km/hr. Find the time in seconds the two trains take to completely pass one another
(3marks)

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9. The angle of depression of a chick from the hawk on top of a vertical tree 8m tall is 28o. On seeing the
hawk, the chick moves directly towards the base of the tree to a point P such that the angle of elevation of
the hawk from P is 32o. Calculate the distance moved by the chick.
(4marks)
10. Find a 2 x 2 matrix m such that (3marks)

1 3 4 -6 1 7
m + =
2 -1 20 3 -2
11. Given that a=1.2, b =0.02 and c =0.2 Express ac +b in the form m/n where m and n are integers
(3mark)

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12. The line passing through the point P(-1,3w) and Q(w,3) is parallel to another line whose equation is 2y -3x
=9 .
Write down the co-ordinates of P and Q (3marks)
13. A certain volume of solution has a mass of 2.2kg with density of 0.8g/cm3. Calculate the volume of the
solution in liters (3marks)
14. The graph below shows frequency densities for the masses of same 200 students selected from a class. Use
it to answer the questions that follows.
(a) Complete the frequency distribution table below. (2 marks)
Mass in kg

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frequency
(b) State the modal frequency (1mark)
15. Calculate the area bounded by the curve y=x2, the line y= -1 and the lines x=0 and x=3 using trapezoidal
rule with 7 ordinates (correct to 3 d p)
(3marks)
16. Mutai imports rice from United States at the initial cost of 500 US dollars per tonnes. He then pays 20% of
this amount as shopping costs and 10% of the same amount as custom duty. When the rice reaches
Mombasa he has to pay 6% of the initial cost to transport it to Nairobi. Given that on the day of this
transaction the exchange rate was 1 us dollar =kshs 76.60. calculate the total cost of importing one tonne of
rice up to Nairobi in Kenya shillings.(3mks)

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Answer only 5 questions from this section.
17. (a) On the Cartesian plane given below, draw the quadrilateral ABCD with vertices A( 6,6), B(2,2) C(4,-6)
and D(8,0). (1mrk)
-6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
B11 -1
-2 C11
A11 -3
-4 D11
-5
-6
a. Draw the image A1B1C1D1 of ABCD under an enlargement scale factor ½, center origin. State the
coordinates of A1B1C1D1 ( 3mrks)
b. Describe the transformation that maps A1B1C1D1 onto the given image A11B11C11D11
(2mark)
c. Rotate A11B11C11D11 about center (-2,-1) through a positive quarter turn to get A111B111C111 D111. State
the co-ordinates of A111B111C111D111 (3marks)

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d. State a pair of quadrilaterals that are oppositely congruent. (1mark )
18. On a certain day, Mwema bought plates worth Kshs 1200. On another day, Mrs. Mwema spent the same
amount of money but bought the plates at a discount of 20% per plate.
a. If Mwema bought a plate at Kshs x, write down a simplified expression for the total number of plates
bought by the two people (3marks)
b. If Mrs. Mwema bought 6 plates more that her husband, find how much each spent on a plate.
(5marks)
c. Find the total number of plates bought by the family (2marks)
19. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct triangle ABC such that lines AB=5.5cm,
BC=4.8cm and AC =6.8cm, Construct circle passing through vertices A, B and C
(6 marks)
a. Measure the radius of the circle (1mark)
b. Measure the angle substended at the center of the circle by chord AC

(1mark)
c. Hence calculate the area of the triangle AOC (2marks)

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20. A particle P moves in a straight line such that t seconds after passing a fixed point Q , its velocity is given
by the equation 2t2 -10t +12
Find
a. The values of t when P is instantaneously at rest. (2marks)
b. An expression for the distance moved by P after t seconds. (2marks)
c. The total distance travelled by P in the first 3 seconds after passing point Q
(2marks)
d. The distance of P from Q when acceleration is zero. (4marks)
21. The figure below shows a model of a pillar to be constructed at the Canterbury. The model consists of a
circular base of diameter 21cm and a uniform hexagon stand of sides 6cm and height 20cm.

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a. Calculate the cross-sectional area of the hexagon to 2dp. (3marks)
b. Calculate the total volume of the model to 2dp. (3marks)
c. If the height of the red pillar is 52m and the constructor uses two bags of cement for every 500m3 of the
construction. Calculate the least number of bags of cement required
(4marks)
22. The diagram below shows a triangle OPQ in which QN: NP=1:2, OT: TN=3:2 and M is the mid-point of
OQ.

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(a) Given that OP=P and OQ =q. Express the following vectors inters of p and q
(i) PQ (1mark)
(ii) ON (2marks)
(iii) PT (2marks)
(iv) PM (1mark)
(b) (i) Show that points P,T and M are collinear (3marks)
(ii) Determine the ratio MT ; TP ( 1mark)
23. The diagram below shows a triangle ABC Circumscribed in a circle with AB=12cm BC=12cm, BC=15cm
and AC=14cm

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Calculate to 4 significant figures

(a) The angle ACB (3marks)
(b) The radius of the circle (3marks)
(c) The area of the shaded region (4marks)
24. If Nick gives a quarter of the money he owns to Tom, Tom will have twice as much as Nick. If Tom gives
q shillings to Nick, then Nick will have thrice as much as Tom. Taking the initial amount owned by Nick
and Tom to be x and y respectively;
a. Express y and q in terms of x (7marks)
b. Given that Nick’s initial amount was Kshs 40,000. calculate

the value of q (1mark)
c. The initial amount owned by Tom (2marks)

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1. Simplify the expression {2(−𝑥 + 3𝑦) − 0.5(2𝑥 − 𝑦)}. (2 marks)
2
1 1.2+2 −0.8̇51̇
3
2. Solve for K in the equation = 1 . (4 marks)
K +0.1
2
3. The scale diagram below shows the relative positions of three towns P, Q and R drawn to a scale of
1: 100,000.
By construction locate the common sercurity camp D which is equididtant from three towns hence state its
distance from town P. (3 marks)
−𝑚 −0.5
4. Given that matrix A=( ) is a singular matrix solve for m. (2 marks)
1 2
5. The figure shows triangle ABC and x and y are two exterior angles and angle ABC=nº.
3
Given that x + y = 220° calculate the value of n. (3 marks)
3 𝑘 2 𝑙 32
6. Solve for k and l in the equation(4) × (3) = 27. (4 marks)
7. Mama Mboga added a stock of tomatoes to her stall. She tried grouping the tomatoes into piles of either 3
tomatoes, 4 tomatoes or 5 tomatoes before selling and realized that when piled in 3s she remained with 1
tomato while when she puts them into the piles of 4 tomatoes 2 remained in her basket and 3 tomatoes when
distributed in piles of 5 tomatoes. Determine how much more she could have if she finally chose to sell
them in piles of 3s istead of 5s if each pile of 5 was to be sold at Kshs.45 and Kshs.30 for piles of 3s and the
remainder in each case she took to for her personal consumption. (4 marks)
16x
8. Evaluate given that x and y are positive integers and 2𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 3. (2 marks)
256y
4
9. The figure below is a square in which arcs of radius 3cm each have been made from its corners as shown.
Calculate the area of the shaded region leaving your answer in terms of 𝜋. (2 marks)
10. The figure below is a velocity time graph for a car.
Calculate the maximum velocity attained by the car if covered a distance of 270m within the first 20s of its
journey. (2 marks)
11. Mercy spent a total of Ksh. 196 on buying 3 exercise books and 5 pens. If she could have bought 2 exercise
books and 8 pens, she could have spent Ksh. 28 more. Taking Ksh. x to be the cost of one exercise book and
Ksh. y to be the cost of each pen use the grid provided to solve for x and y. (4 marks)
(Use 1cm to represent Ksh. 5 in both axes)
5
x= y=
12. The figure below shows the correct time when Peter set his faulty watch on a Monday morning.
Determine the time, in 24 hour clock system, it showed at noon Friday the
following week if it looses 4 seconds every hour.
(4 marks)
13. The graph below shows a section of a curve 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐
Given that the line T is a tangent to the curve at point K determine its equation. (4 marks)
6
14. After selling a bag of potatoes at Sh. 420 Paul made some profit. If he could have sold it at Sh. 320 he could
have made a loss. Given that the profit is thrice the loss calculate the amount of money he paid for the bag
of potatoes. (3 marks)
15. After planning to buy a certain number of cartons of a fruit juice for a total of KShs.30,000 the price of each
carton was lowered by KShs.100 and this enabled an hotelier to purchase 10 more cartons of the juice.
Determine the original number of cartons of juice he planned to purchase. (4 marks)
16. Without using calculator or mathematical table evaluate sin(90 − 𝜃) °tan (90 − 𝜃)° given that
√7
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 = . (3 marks)
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SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer any five questions from this section
17. A line L1 with equation – px + 2y = 3 passes through the point (-3,1). Calculate:
(a) the value of p (2 marks)
(b) the size of the obtuse angle which line L1 makes with x-axis (4 marks)
(c) the equation of line L2 parallel to L1 and passes through (2,6) in form of y=mx +c. (2 marks)
(d) the equation of the line L3 perpendicular to L1 at (-3,1). Give your answer in the form ax + by = c.
(2 marks)
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18. The figure below shows a traditional artifact made of wood. It consist of outer cylindrical surface radius
22
9cm and a frustum of the top radius 7cm and bottom radius 4cm, height 6cm (Take π = 7 )
(a) The surface of the model is to be painted including the inner frustum surface. Determine the total area
painted to 2 decimal places (6 marks)
(b) Calculate the volume of wood used to the model (4 marks)
19. Below is a histogram showing the performance of a class in an internal Maths Contest .
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(a) If the frequency of the first class is 10, develop a frequency distribution table from the histogram above.
(3 marks)
Marks Frequency
5-9 10
(b) State the modal class (1 mark)
(c) Use the histogram above to determine:-

(i) The median mark to four significant figures. (3 marks)
(ii) The mean mark (3 marks)
20. Onyango and Wairimu bought some items from hardware. Onyango bought 11 bags of cement, 40 Iron
sheets and 6 litres of paint while Wairimu bought 14 bags of cement, 30 Iron sheets and 5 litres of paint.
The prices of a bag of cement, a piece of iron sheet and a litre of paint were sold for Ksh. 90, Ksh.50 and
Ksh.70 respectively.
(a) Represent:
(i) The number of items bought by Onyango and Wairimu using 2 x 3 matrix. (1 mark)
(ii) The price of the item bought using 3x1 matrix. (1 mark)
(b) Using the matrices in (a) above to determine the total expenditure incurred by each person hence the
difference in their expenditure. (3 marks)
(c) Amani and Wafula also bought bags of cement and Iron sheets. Amani bought 36 bags of cement and 23
iron sheets and paid Ksh. 8,160 while Wafula bought 50 bags of cement and 32 Iron sheet and paid Ksh.
11,340. Use the matrix method to determine the price of a bag of cement and apiece of Iron sheets.
(5 marks)
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21. The displacement, s metres, of a moving particle after t seconds is given by

S = t3 +6t2 - 9t + 5
Determine:
(a) The velocity of the particle when t = 2seconds (3 marks)
(b) The value of t when the particle is momentarily at rest. (3 marks)
(c) The displacement when the particle is monetarily at rest. (2 marks)
(d) The acceleration of the particle when t = 4seconds (2 marks)
22. Four pegs A, B, C and D are on the vertices of a plain field. B is 360 m north of A and D is420
m east of A. The bearing of C from B is 120° and the bearing of D from C is S25°E.
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 60 m, represent the information on a scale drawing. (5 marks)
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(b) Using the scale drawing, determine

(i) Compass bearing of C from A. (1 mark)
(ii) The distance between C and D. (1 mark)
(iii) The perimeter of the region enclosed by the four pegs. (3 marks)
23. In the diagram below, the coordinates of points A and B are (1, 6) and (15, 6) respectively). Point N is on OB
1
such that OB: BN = 3:-1. Line OA is produced to L such that 3OL = OA
(a) Find vector LN (2 marks)
(b) Given that a point M is on LN such that LM: MN = 3: 4, find the coordinates of M. (3 marks)
(c) If line OM is produced to T such that OM: MT = 6:1

(i) Find the position vector of T (2 marks)
(ii) Show that points L, T and B are collinear (3 marks)
24. (a) On the grid, plot triangle ABC in which A (2,1), B(1,5) and C(5,2) (1 mark)
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(b) Rotate ABC to A′ B′ C′ through +90 about (0,0) and state the coordinates of A′ B′ C′ . (2 marks)
(c) Reflect A′ B′ C′ to A′′ B′′ C′′ in the line line y-x =0. (2 marks)
(d) Find the image of A′′ B′′ C′′ under enlargement scale factor -2 about (0,0) hence state the coordinates
A′′′ B′′′ C′′′ . (2 marks)
(e) State pairs of triangles above that are:

(i) oppositely congruent. (2 marks)
(ii) directly congruent . (1 mark)

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SECTION I(50marks)
Answer all the questions in this section
1. Without using a calculator evaluate. (3marks)
1 1
2 3 − 1 5 𝑜𝑓 4
1 1 2
− (− 3)
4
2. A piece of rectangular plot measuring 27m by 16m is to be divided into smaller rectangular units
leaving no remainder. Calculate the highest number of smaller units whose dimensions are each
greater than 1m that can be obtained from the plot.
(3marks)
3. Given that 𝑥=1.3̇13̇, find the exact value of . (3 marks)
4. Using the grid provided below, solve the simultaneous equation (3 marks)
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3 x − 4 y = 10
5x + 7 y = 3
5. Write the following ratios in ascending order

2:3, 15 :16 , 7 : 6 , 13:15 (3 marks)
6. Under an enlargement, the image of the points

A ( 3,1) and B (1, 2 ) are A' ( 3, 7 ) and B' ( 7,5 ) . Find the centre and scale factor of enlargement.
(4 marks)
7. A Kenyan businessman intended to buy goods worth US dollar 20,000 from South Africa. Calculate the
value of the goods to the nearest south Africa (S.A) Rand given that 1 US dollar = Ksh 101.9378 and 1
S.A Rand = Ksh 7.6326. (3marks)
8. Solve for x in the following equation. (3marks)

𝑠𝑖𝑛450
4x (8x - 1) = 𝑐𝑜𝑠450
9. From a viewing tower 40 metres above the ground, the angle of depression of an object on the ground
is 36o and the angle of elevation of an aircraft vertically above the object is 48o. Calculate the height of
the aircraft above the objet on the ground.
(3marks)
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10. Solve the equation 2𝑥² + 3𝑥 = 5 by completing the square method.
(3marks)
11. The mean of five numbers is 20. The mean of the first three numbers is 16. The fifth number is
greater than the fourth by 8. Find the fifth number. (3marks)
12. Simplify: (3 marks)

3 2 −1
𝑥 − 𝑥𝑦
[ ]
𝑥4 − 𝑦4
13. The figure below ABCDE is a cross-section of a solid ABCDEPDRST. The solid has a uniform cross-
section. Given that AP is an edge of the solid, complete the sketch showing the hidden edges with a
broken line.
(3 marks)
14. In the circle below, O is the centre, angle DAB = 870 and acute angle A0D=620. CD is a tangent to the
circle at D.
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Calculate the size of;
i) Angle ABD. (2marks)
(ii) Angle ADC (1mark)
(iii) Angle ADB (1mark)

𝑏2
15. Given that log a = 0.30 and log b = 0.48 find the value of log 𝑎 . (3marks)
16. The area of a rhombus is 60cm2. Given that one of its diagonal is 15cm long. Calculate the perimeter of
the rhombus. (3marks)
SECTION II (50marks)
Answer 5 questions only in this section
17. Three business partners Abila, Bwire and Chirchir contributed Ksh120,000, Ksh 180,000 and Ksh
240,000 respectively to boost their business. They agreed to put 20% of the profit accrued back into
the business and to use 35% of the profits for running the business. The remainder was to be shared
among the business partners in the ratio of their contribution. At the end of the year, a gross profit of
Ksh225,000 was realised.
a. Calculate the amount.
(i) Put back into the business. (2marks)
(ii) Used for official operations. (1mar
b. Calculate the amount of profit each partner got. (4marks)
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c. If the amount put back into the business was added to individual’s shares proportionately of
their initial contributions, find the amount of Chirchir’s new shares.
(3marks)
18. One day Mr. Makori bought some oranges worth Ksh 45, on another day of the same week his wife
Mrs.Makori spent the same amount of Money but bought the oranges at a discount of 75 cents per
orange
a) If Mr.Makori bought an orange at Kshs x, write down and simplify an expression for the total
number of oranges bought by the two in the week. (3marks)
b) If Mrs.Makori bought 2 oranges more than her husband, find how much each spent on an orange.
(5 marks)
c) Find the number of oranges bought by the two. (2 marks)
19. Two lines L1:2y – 3x -6 = 0 and L2 = 3y + x – 20 = 0 intersect at a point A.

a) Find the coordinates of A (3 marks)
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b) A third line L4 is perpendicular to L2 at point A. Find the equation of L3 in the form y = mx + c,
where m and c are constants. (3 marks)
c) Another line L4 is parallel to L1 and passes through (-2, 3). Find the x and y intercepts of L4
(4 marks)
20. The mases to the nearest kilogram of some student were recorded in table below
Mass (kg) 41-50 51-55 56-65 66-70 71-85
Frequency 8 12 16 10 6
Height of 0.2
rectangle
a). Complete the table above to 1 decimal (2 marks)
b) On the grid provided below, draw a histogram to represent the above information
(3 marks)
c) Use the histogram to

i) State the class in which the median mark lies. (1 mark)
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ii) Estimate the median mark (2 marks)
iii) The percentage number of students with masses of at least 74kg.

(2marks)
21. Use a ruler and compass only for all the constructions in this question.
a) Construct a triangle XYZ in which XY= 6cm, YZ =5cm and angle XYZ= 1200.
(2marks)
b) Measure XZ and angle YXZ. (2 marks)
c) Construct the perpendicular bisector of XZ and let it meet XZ at M. (1 mark)

d) Locate a point W on the opposite of XZ as Y and that XW = ZW and YW =9cm and hence complete
triangle XZW. (2 marks)
e) Measure WM and hence calculate the area of triangle XZW. (3 marks)

22. The diagram below shows the speed time graph for a bus travelling between two stations, the bus
starts from rest and accelerates uniformly for 75 seconds. It then travels at constant speed for 150
seconds and finally decelerates uniformly for 100 seconds.
(a) Given that the distance between the two stations is 5225 m . Calculate
(i) maximum speed in km/h attained by the bus. (3 marks)
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(ii) the acceleration of the bus (2 marks)
(b) A van left Nairobi at 8.00 a.m and travelled towards Mombasa at an average speed of
80 km/h . At 8.30 am a car left Nairobi and travelled along the same road at an average
speed of 120km/h.
(i) Calculate the distance covered by the car to catch up with the van. (4 marks)
(ii) Find the time of the day when the car caught up with van. (1 mark)
23. While designing the water circulation system, planners of an estate used assumption that each
housing unit in the estate will require at least 0.32m3 of water per day. To satisfy this need, they are to
use a water pipe of radius 8cm to distribute the water. The water will be flowing in the pipe for only
14 hours a day at the rate of 24cm/s.
a) Determine the amount of water to the nearest litres, supplied in one hour.
(3marks)
b) What is the maximum number of housing units that can be supported by the water circulation
system? (Assume that a housing unit requires at most 0.32m3 of water per day).
(2marks)
c) Each housing unit will pay a flat rate of sh. 280 per month for the supply of water. If the number of
housing units in the estate is to be maximum and all end up being occupied, calculate the amount
of money that will be collected in a month.
(2 marks)
d) The maximum number of housing units were constructed and all got occupied. The estate ended
up using on average 0.35m3 of water per housing unit per day. How much longer was the water
pumped per day to satisfy the estate’s water demand?
(3marks)
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24. The equation of the curve is y = x3 − 2 x 2 − 1
(a) Determine
(i) the stationary points (4marks)
(ii) the nature of the stationary points in (a) (i) above (2 marks)
(b) Determine
(i) the equation of the tangent to the curve at x = 1 (2marks)
(ii) the equation of the normal to the curve at x = 1 (2marks)
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Answer ALL questions in the section in the space provided.
−12 (−3)𝑥4−(−20)
1. Evaluate – 6 𝑥 6 3+(−6)
(2 Marks)
1 2
2. Mr. Owino spends 4
of his salary on school fees. He spends 3
of the remainder on food and a fifth of
what is left on transport. He saves the balance. In certain month he saved Sh. 3400. What was his salary?
(3 Marks)
3. Simplify: (3 Marks)
2 2
2y − 3xy − 2x
4y2 − x 2
4. Find x if 32𝑥+3 + 1 = 28 (2 Marks)
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5. A watch loses 8 seconds every hour. It was set to read the correct time at 1100 h on Sunday. Determine
the time, in a 12-hour system, the watch will show on the following Thursday when the correct time is
0500 h. (3 marks)
6. A salesman gets a commission of 2.4% on sales up to Sh. 100,000. He gets additional commission of 1.5%
on sales above this. Calculate the commission he gets for sales worth Sh. 280,000. (3 Marks)
7. A rectangle whose area is 96m 2 is such that its length is 4metres longer than its width.
Find
(a) It dimensions (2 Marks)
(b) Its perimeter (1 Mark)
0
8. The sum of interior angles of a triangle is given by [10x-2y] while that of a hexagon is given by
0
[30x+24y] .Calculate the values of x and y (3 Marks)
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9. In triangle ABC below, AC = BC, AB is parallel to DE, AB = 15cm, DE = 7.5cm and BE = 6cm.
C
D E
A B
Calculate
(a) Length CE (2 Marks)
(b) Area of quadrilateral ABED. (2 Marks)
10. A measuring cylinder of base radius 5cm contains water whose level reads 6cm high. A spherical object
is immersed in the water and the new level reads 10cm. Calculate the radius of the spherical object
(3 Marks)
11. Using a ruler and pair of compasses only, construct triangle ABC in which AB = 6cm, BC = 8cm and
angle ABC = 450. Drop a perpendicular from A to BC to meet line BC at M. Measure AM and AC.
(4 Marks)
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12. In a book store, books packed in cartons are arranged in rows such that there are 50 cartons in the first
row, 48 cartons in the next row, and 46 in the next and so on.
(a) How many cartons will there be in the 8 th row? (2 Marks)
(b) If there are 20 rows in total, find the total number of cartons in the book store. (2 Marks)
13. Draw the net of the solid below and calculate the total surface area of its faces. (3 Marks)
V
10cm
10cm
10cm
10cm
D 6cm C
6cm 6cm
6cm B
A
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14. Solve the following inequalities and state the integral values. (3 Marks)
2𝑥 − 2 ≤ 3𝑥 + 1 < 𝑥 + 11
15. Solve for θ in the equation Sin (2θ -15) = Cos 3θ. Hence find the value of Cos(θ +40) (3 Marks)
16. A translation maps triangle ABC onto A 1B1C1 where A[1,-1], B[2,2], C[3,1] and C 1[-1,3]. Find,
i. Translation vector (1 Mark)
ii. The coordinate of A1 and B1 [2 Marks]
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Section II (50 Marks):
Answer any FIVE questions in this section in the spaces provided.
17. The distance between towns A and B is 360km. A minibus left town A at 8.15 a.m. and traveled towards
town B at an average speed of 90km/hr. A matatu left town B two and a third hours later on the same day
and travelled towards A at average speed of 110km/hr.
(a) (i) At what time did the two vehicles meet? (4 Marks)
(ii) How far from A did the two vehicles meet? (2 Marks)
(b) A motorist started from his home at 10.30 a.m. on the same day as the matatu and travelled at an
average speed of 100km/h. He arrive at B at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the distance
from A to his house. (4 Marks)
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18. Karis owns a farm that is triangular in shape as shown below.
250m 440m
A 320m B
(a) Calculate the size of angle BAC (2 Marks)
(b) Find the area of the farm in hectares (3 Marks)
(c) Karis wishes to irrigate his farm using a sprinkler machine situated in the farm such that it is
equidistant from points A, B and C.
(i) Calculate the distance of the sprinkler from point C. (2 Marks)
(ii) The sprinkler rotates in a circular motion so that the maximum point reached by the water jets is the
vertices A, B and C. Calculate the area outside his farm that will be irrigated. (3 Marks)
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19. A ship leaves port M and sails on a bearing of 050 0 heading towards island L. Two Navy destroyers sail
from a naval base N to intercept the ship. Destroyer A sails such that it covers the shortest distance possible.
Destroyer B sails on a bearing of 20 0 to L. The bearing of N from M is 100 0 and distance
NM = 300KM. Using a scale of 1cm to represent 50km, determine: -
(i) The positions of M, N and L. (3 Marks)
(ii) The distance travelled by destroyer A (3 Marks)
(iii) The distance travelled by destroyer B. (2 Marks)
(iv) The bearing of N from L. (2 Marks)
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20. A number of people agreed to contribute equally to buy books worth KSh. 1200 for a school library. Five
people pulled out and so the others agreed to contribute an extra Shs. 10 each. Their contributions enabled
them to buy books worth Shs. 200 more than they originally expected.
(a) If the original numbers of people was x, write an expression of how much each was originally to
contribute. (1 Mark)
(b) Write down two expressions of how much each contributed after the five people pulled out.
(2 Marks)
(c) Calculate the number of people who made the contribution. (5 Marks)
(d) Calculate how much each contributed. (2 Marks)
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21. Two lines L1, 2y - 3x - 6 ═ 0 and L2, 3y + x- 20 = 0 intersect at a point A.
a) Find the coordinates of A. [3marks]
b) A third line L 3 is perpendicular to L 2 at point A. Find the equation of L 3 in the form y = mx + c

where m and c are constants. [3marks]
c) Another line L4 is parallel to L1 and passes through [-1,3]. Find the x and y-intercept of L 4.
[4marks]
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22. The vertices of triangle PQR are P (0,0), Q (6, 0) and R (2, 4)
(a) Draw triangle PQR on the grid provided. (1 mark)
(b) Triangle P Q R is the image of a triangle PQR under an enlargement scale factor − 12
and centre (2, 2). On the same grid draw triangle P Q R and write down its coordinates.
(3 marks)
(c) On the same grid draw triangle PQR  the image of triangle PQ R under a positive quarter
turn about point (1, 1). (3 marks)
(d) Draw a triangle P

Q 
R the image of triangle PQ R under reflection in the line y = 1.
(2 marks)
(e) State the type of congruence between triangle PQ 

R and triangle P Q R . (1 mark)
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23. The table shows marks obtained by 100 candidates at Goseta Secondary School in Biology examination.
Marks 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85-94
Frequency 6 14 24 14 x 10 6 4
(a) Determine the value of x (1 Mark)
(b) State the modal class (1 Mark)
(c) Calculate the median mark (4 Marks)
(d) Calculate the mean mark (4 Marks)
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24. In the triangle below, P and Q are points on OA and OB respectively such that OP:PA=3:2 and
OQ: QB =1:2 AQ and PQ intersect at T. Given that OA= a and OB= b
~ ~
(a) Express AQ and PQ in terms of a and b (2mks)

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(b) Taking BT=kBP and AT=hAQ where h and k are real numbers.
(i) Find two expressions for OT in terms of a and b (2mks)
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(ii) Use the expressions in b (i) above to find the values of h and k. (5mks)
(c) In what ratio does T divide AQ.? (1mk)
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SECTION I – 50 Marks
1. A transport company operates three types of trucks whose load capacities are 3.2 tonnes, 8tonnes and 10
tonnes. Calculate the least possible mass in tonnes that the company can transport with the three trucks.
(3 marks)
2. Use tables of square roots and reciprocals only to evaluate (3 marks)

3
− √0.4036
0.5217
3. A line that passes through the point (−3, 5) makes an angle of 53.130102350 with the x-axis. Find the
equation of the line in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐, where m and c are constants. (3 marks)
4. A bag of rice costs Ksh 12,500, a bag of beans costs Ksh 15,200 and a bag of maize costs Ksh 8,750. A
school buys 20 bags of rice, 30 bags of beans and 45 bags of maize in a term.
(a) Represent
(i) the cost of each bought as a 3 × 1 matrix (1 mark)
(ii) the number of bags of each as a 1 × 3 matrix (1 mark)
(b) Hence calculate the total cost that the school spent in buying the items. (2 marks)
5. The figure below shows the net of a right cone. The radius of the circular bas is 10.5 cm.
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Calculate the slant height of the cone. (2 marks)
6. The points M and N have coordinates (2, −1) and (−4, 3) respectively. A point R divides line MN
externally in the ratio 3: 2. Find the of modulus of OR, correct to four significant figures. (4 marks)
7. Fifteen men working for eight hours a day can complete a certain job in exactly 24 days. For how many
hours a day must sixteen men work in order to complete the same job in exactly 20 days?
(3 marks)
8. A measuring cylinder of base diameter of 10 cm contains water whose level reads 5 cm high. A spherical
solid marble is immersed in the water and the new level reads 9 cm. Calculate the radius of the marble
(3 marks)
9. An irregular polygon has 𝑛 sides. Its interior angles are such that two of them are right angles while the
exterior of each of the remaining angles is 300. Find the value of 𝑛 and hence the sum of the interior angles
of the polygon. (3 marks)
10. A train moving at 120 km/h approaches a bridge 50 m long which is 120 m away. If the train takes 9
seconds to completely cross the bridge, determine the length of the train in metres. (3 marks)
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11. Sarah, a saleslady earns a basic salary of Ksh. 25,000 and a commission of 7.5% for the sales in excess of
Ksh. 100,000. In May 2023 she earned a total of Ksh. 48,700 in salaries and commissions. Determine the
amount of sales that she made in that month. (3 marks)
12. The figure below shows part of a circle that touches the side LM externally and tangentially at a point T.
(a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, locate the point T on LM. (2 marks)
(b) Measure the radius of the circle. (1 mark)
13. Simplify the expression (3 marks)

𝑎2 − 𝑏 2
𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 − 𝑎 − 𝑏
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1 1
14. Ruth paid rent which was 10 of her net salary. She used 3 of the remaining amount to make a down payment
for a plot. She gave mother Ksh. 2,500 and did shopping worth Ksh. 7,500 herself. She saved the remainder
which was Ksh. 12,500. How much was the down payment that she made?
(3 marks)
15. A photograph print measures 24 cm by 15 cm is enclosed in a frame. A uniform space of width 𝑥 cm is left
between the edges of the photograph and the frame. If the area of the space is 270 cm2, find the value of 𝑥.
(4 marks)
16. Solve for 𝑥 in the equation (3 marks)

1
49(𝑥−3) × 2401(1−𝑥) =
343𝑥
SECTION II – 50 Marks
Answer any five questions in this section.
17. A school plans to construct a basketball court. The court has an area of 225 m2 and a thickness of 40 cm.
The court is to be made of a concrete mixture of ballast, sand and cement in the ratio of 4: 5:1 respectively.
The density of the concrete is 2.4 g/cm3.
(a) Calculate the mass, in tonnes of cement used to make the court. (4 marks)
(b) If the cement is supplied in bags of 50 kg, how many bags of cement are used to make the court?(1
mark)
(c) (i) Calculate the mass of ballast used to construct the court. (2 marks)
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(ii) If the ballast is charged at Ksh. 43,500 per trip of a truck that carries 25 tonnes, find the cost of
ballast incurred. (3 marks)
18. The histogram below represents the marks scored by learners at Zeraki School in a Mathematics contest.
(a) If the frequency of the first class is 10, develop a frequency distribution table from the histogram above.
(3 marks)
Marks Frequency
5–9 10
(b) Find the total number of students who sat for the contest. (1 mark)
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(c) From the histogram, determine:
(i) the mean mark; (3 marks)
(ii) the median mark. (3 marks)
19. The figure below shows a triangle ABC and its image triangle A′B′C′ after a transformation M.
(a) Describe M fully. (3 marks)
(b) A′′B′′C′′ is the image of A′B′C′ after a rotation of +900 about (0, 0). On the same axes, draw
A′′B′′C′′
(2 marks)
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(c) A′′′B′′′C′′′ undergoes an enlargement, centre (0, 1) and scale factor −1. Draw A′′′B′′′C′′′ on the same
pair of axes and state its coordinates. (3
marks)
(d) Name the type of congruency between the following triangles (2 marks)
(i) ABC and A′B′C′
(ii) A′′B′′C′′ and A′′′B′′′C′′′
20. Five towns A, B, C, D and E are such that B is on a bearing of 0460 and a distance of 8 km form A. The
bearing and distance of C from B are S400E and 101 km respectively. Towns D and E is 5.8 km from C and
on a bearing of 1250 from A such that E is closer to A than D.
(a) Using the scale of 1: 100 000, show the relative positions of the towns A, B, C, D and E. (4 marks)
(b) Use the scale drawing to determine:

(i) the distance between A and D (2 marks)
(ii) the compass bearing of B from E (1 mark)
(c) Two police patrol vehicles leave B and C simultaneously. The one from B travels due south while the
one from C travels on a bearing of 2700. The two vehicles meet at T.
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(i) On the scale drawing, locate the position of T. (2 marks)
(ii) How far is D from T? (1 marks)
21. An open box is to be made out of a piece of a square cardboard of sides 18 cm by cutting off equal squares
of side 𝑥 cm from the corners and turning up the sides.
(a) Sketch the box formed, showing its dimensions in terms of 𝑥 (2 marks)
(b) (i) Calculate the height of the box for which the volume of the box will be maximum (4 marks)
(ii) Hence calculate the maximum volume. (2 marks)
(c) The box is to be filled with cubes of uniform dimension. Calculate the least number of cubes that can fill
the box completely. (2
marks)
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22. The figure below shows the cross-section of the swimming pool at Kisumu Boys High School with the
given measurements. The swimming pool is 20 m long
(a) Calculate the capacity of the swimming pool. (4 marks)
(b) The adult side of the pool is to be drained of the water in for maintenance. The water is pumped out
through two cylindrical pipes: A and B with diameters 40 cm and 50 cm respectively. The pumps drain
the water at the rates of 35 cm/minute and 42 cm/minute respectively.
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(i) Calculate the volume of water drained by the two pipes in one minute. Use 𝜋 = 7 . (3 marks)
(ii) Find the time, to the nearest hour that its take to completely drain the pool. (3 marks)
23. The figure below shows the model of a tent ABCDEFGHJK for use in a scouting camp. AB =5 m, BC = 8
m and CK = 3.5 m. GHJ and FEK are equal triangular faces such that GH = GJ = FE = FK = 3 m.
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(a) Calculate the vertical height of the tent, correct to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)
(b) A lamp L is installed at the midpoint of GF. Calculate the angle of elevation of the lamp from C
(3 marks)
(c) Calculate the obtuse angle between the line GF and BD. (2 marks)
(d) Calculate the volume of the tent. (2 marks)
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24. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle. Angle OQS = 460 and TOQ is a straight line.
(a) Calculate the sizes of the following angles, give reasons in each case:
(i) QOS (2 marks)
(ii) STQ (2 marks)
(iii)QRS (2 marks)
(b) If the radius of the circle is 4.5 cm, calculate the area of QTS, correct to 4 significant figures.(3 marks)
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1. Evaluate without using tables or a calculator. (3 marks)
2
3 of (1 12 + 34 ) − 14  18  161
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5 (3 14 −1 83 )  (2 12  5 13 )
2. Find the value of yin the following equation. (3 marks)

 1   1 
3 −1      y = 243
 27   27 
3. In the figure below O is the centre of the circle and AOB is a straight line. Find the
value of x and y. (3 marks)
54°
9 x² − y²
4. Simplify 2 y ² −7 xy + 3 x ² (3 marks)
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5. Determine the inequalities that define the unshaded region marked R in the diagram
below.
6
6
R
2
-2 8
x y
6. The straight line L1 with equation a + b = 1 passes through (4, 0) and (0, -15)
a. Formulate the equation of the line in the form y=mx + c (2 marks)
b. Another line parallel to line L 1 passes through (4, 5) what is its equation in the form ax +
by = c (2 marks)
7. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 156°. Find the number of sides of the
polygon. (2 marks)
8. Musyoka mixes Basmati rice costing shs 150 per kg with pishori rice costing shs 170 per
kg in the ratio of 3 : 2 respectively. At what price must he sell the mixture per kg
inorder to make a 40% profit. (3 marks)
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9. Given that Sin = and that Ѳ is obtuse, determined Cos Ѳ without using tables or a
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calculator. (3 marks)
10. Six men working 3 hours a day can lay 300 bricks. How many more bricks can 12 men
lay, working 2 hours a day at double the rate of the first group? (3 marks)
 2 5 8
11. The position vectors of A, B and C are OA =  , OB =   and OC =   show that A, B
and C are collinear. (3 marks)  5 12  19 
12. Solve the equation for the value of x. (3 marks)

8 x +1 + 2 3 x +1 = 160
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13. Use logarithms to evaluate (4 marks)
1
0.367  7324
2
3
2.365− 2.121
14. 3g of metal A of density 2.7g/cm³ is mixed with 1.6cm³ of metal B of 3.2g/cm³.

Determine the density of the mixture. (3 marks)
15. Use reciprocal tables to evaluate and solve for xin the equation (4 marks)
1 2 3
= +
x 0.125 0.008
16. Kamau is paid on commission by his employer. He gets a commission of 10% for selling
goods worth shs 10,000. For any sale beyond shs 10,000 he gets a commission of 7.5%.
In the month of September he was paid shs 7750. Calculate the total value of goods
sold by Kamau in that month. (3 marks)
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17. The figure below shows a histogram representing marks obtained by 80 students in a
test 3.5
Frequency Destiny
2.5
1.5
0.5
4.5 9.5 14.5 18.5 24.5 29.5 34.5 39.5

Marks
a) Construct a frequency distribution table for the data shown on the histogram. (4 marks)
b) State the modal class. (1 mark)
c) Calculate the mean mark. (3 marks)
d) Find the median (2 marks)
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18. A vehicle starting from rest attains a velocity of 15mls after it has been travelling for 6
seconds with a constant acceleration. It continues at this speed for 15 seconds. Then it
slows down with constant retardation until it comes to rest in a further 9 seconds.
i) From this information draw a velocity time graph. (2 marks)
ii) What is the acceleration of the vehicle. (2 marks)
iii) What is the retardation. (2 marks)
iv) Find the distance travelled in the total time 30 seconds. (2 marks)
v) Find the average speed for the whole journey. (2 marks)
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19. The displacement S metres of a particle from a fixed point in motion at any given time
(t) seconds is given by s = 3t + 3/2 t² - 2t³
a) Find the initial acceleration. (3 marks)
b) Calculate
i) the time when the particle was momentarily at rest. (2 marks)
ii) its displacement by the time it comes to rest momentarily. (2 marks)
c) Calculate the maximum speed attained. (3 marks)
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20. The diagram
2cm
below represents the cross section of a solid prism of length 8cm
3cm 3cm
5cm
(a) Calculate the volume of the prism. (3 marks)
(b) Given that the density of the prism is 5.75gcm-³, calculate its mass in grams. (2 marks)
(c) A second prism is similar to the first one but it made of a different material. The volume
of the second prism is 246.24cm³. Calculate the area of the cross-section of the second prism.
(3 marks)
(d) Given that the ratio of the mass of the first prism to that of the second is 2.5, find the
density of the second prism. (2 marks)
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21. Milk in a cool factory is stored in a rectangular tank whose internal dimensions are 1.7m
by 1.4m by 2.2m. On one day the tank was 75% full of milk.
(a) Calculate the volume of milk in the tank in litres. (3 Marks)
(b) The milk is packed in small packets which are in the shape of a right pyramid on an
equilateral triangle of side 16cm. The height of each packet is 13.6cm. Each packet is sold
at Sh. 30. Calculate:-
(i) the volume of milk in milliliters in each packet to 2 significant figures. (4 Marks)
(ii) the exact amount of money that was realized from the sale of all packets of milk.
(3 Marks)
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22. The vertices of triangle PQR are P(O,O), Q(6,0) and R(2,4).
(a) Draw triangle PQR on the grid provided. (1mk)
(b) Triangle P’Q’R’ is the image of a triangle PQR under an enlargement scale factor, ½ and
centre (2,2). Write down the co-ordinates of triangle P’Q’R’ and plot on the same grid.
(2mks)
(c) Draw triangle P”Q”R” the image of triangle P’Q’R’ under a positive quarter turn, about
points (1,1) (3mks)
(d) Draw triangle P”’Q”’R”’ the image of triangle P”Q”R” under reflection in the line y = 1. (2mks)
(e) Describe fully a single transformation that maps triangle P”’Q”’R”’ onto P’Q’R’. (2mks)
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23. a) Find the inverse of matrix ( )
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b) A trader bought 8 cows and 12 goats for a total of Ksh.294,000. If he had bought 1
more cows and 3 more goats he would have spend Ksh.337,500. Form two equations to
represent the above information. (2 marks)
2 4
c) Use inverse of matrix ( ) to determine the cost of a cow and that of a goat.
3 5
(4 marks)
d) The trader sold the animals he had bought making a profit of 40% per low and 45%
per goat. Calculate the total amount of money he received. (2 marks)
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24. Complete the table given below for the equation y = -2 ² + 3 + 3 for the range -2  x 
3.5 by filling in the blank spaces. (2 marks)
 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
y -6 1 -2 -11
a) Use the values from the table above to draw the graph of y = -2 ² + 3 + 3. (3 marks)
b) Use your graph to:

(i) Determine the integral values of  in the graphs range which satisfy the inequality 2 ²
- 3 - 3  3. (3 marks)
(ii) Solve -4² + 4 + 10 = 0. (2 marks)
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Answer all questions in this section.
1. Evaluate the following; (3 marks)
1 2 4
(8 2 − 6 3) ÷ 9
2 1 1
𝑜𝑓 6 4 + 1 4
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2. Simplify; (3 marks)
2 1
−
27 3 16 4
( ) ×( )
125 81
3. In a covid-19 vaccination centre, teachers may receive their jabs from either of the two doctors stationed at
the two tents. On an average, one doctor takes 2 minutes while the other doctor takes 3 minutes to serve one
teacher. If the two doctors start to serve the teachers at the same time, find the shortest time it takes to
vaccinate a total of 300 teachers. (3 marks)
4. Simplify the expression; (3 marks)

6𝑎2 + 𝑎𝑏 − 2𝑏 2
4𝑎2 − 𝑏 2
5. Solve for 𝜗 if sin(2𝜗 − 50°) = cos(𝜗 + 10°). (3 marks)
2
6. The velocity 𝑉 𝑚/𝑠 of a particle projected into space is given by the formula V = 5t2 − 2t + 9 where 𝑡 is the
time in seconds elapsed since projection. Determine the acceleration of the particle when 𝑡 = 4 seconds.
(3 marks)
7. The interior angles of a heptagon are (2𝑦 + 35)°, 100°, 135°, 150°, 125,(3𝑦 + 25)°, and (2𝑦 − 20)°. Find
the value of y. (3 marks)
8. Two similar cylinders have diameter of 14 cm and 42 cm. If the larger cylinder has a volume of
12 474 𝑐𝑚3 ,find the volume of the smaller cylinder. (3 marks)
9. The figure below shows a circle centre O, PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral and QOS is a straight line. Angle
PRQ is 70°.
Giving reasons for your answers, find the size of

(a) Angle POQ (1 mark)
(b) Angle PRS. (2 marks)
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10. Solve for x and state the integral values. (4 marks)
1
23 − 2𝑥 > 𝑥 + 2 ≥ − 4 𝑥 − 3
11. Given that 𝑎̃ = 3𝑖 − 2𝑗 + 3𝑘 and 𝑏̃ = 2𝑖 − 4𝑗 − 3𝑘 where 𝒊, 𝒋 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒌 are unit vectors. Find |2𝑎 + 2𝑏|
(3 marks)
12. Use the exchange rates below to answer this question

Buying (Kshs) Selling (Kshs)
1 US dollar ($) 105.00 105.40
1 UK Sterling Pound (£) 145.20 145.75
A tourist arrived in Kenya from Britain with 7,800 UK£. He converted the whole amount of money to
Kenya Shillings. While in Kenya, he spent 70% of this money and changed the rest to US $. Calculate the
amount of money to the nearest dollar that he received. (3 marks)
13. Construct triangle ABC in which BC = 6 cm, AB = 4.5 cm and angle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 = 135°.Drop a perpendicular
from point B to line AC and determine the shortest distance from point B to line AC.
(4 marks)
14. Use tables of cubes, cube roots and reciprocals to find the value of; (3 marks)
1
4 5 3
+ ( )
(8.63)3 34.46
15. A juice seller blends three types of juices P, Q and R in the ratios 𝑃: 𝑄 = 3: 4 and 𝑄: 𝑅 = 1: 2. The
blend contains 16.8 litres of R
a) Find the ratio P: Q: R (1 mark)
b) Find the required capacity of P in the blend (3 marks)

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16. A hawker bought 1948 sweets on the first day and sold 570 sweets on the same day. On the second day he
sold 204 sweets more than the first day. On the third day he added 650 sweets to his stock. He sold all the
sweets on the same day at the price of Sh. 5 each. Calculate the amount of money he received on the third
day. (3 marks)

Instruction: Attempt any Five questions only in this section in the spaces provided.
17. (a) A triangle with vertices 𝐴(−4,2) 𝐵(−6,6) and 𝐶(−6,2) is enlarged by a scale factor −1 and center
(−2,6) to produce triangle 𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′ . Draw triangle ABC and 𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′ and state its coordinates.
(4 marks)
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(b) Triangle𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′ is then reflected in the line 𝑦 = 𝑥 to give triangle 𝐴′′𝐵 ′′ 𝐶 ′′ . Draw 𝐴′′𝐵 ′′ 𝐶 ′′ and state its
coordinates . (3 marks)
(c) If triangle 𝐴′′𝐵 ′′ 𝐶 ′′ is mapped on to 𝐴′′′𝐵 ′′′ 𝐶 ′′′ whose coordinates are 𝐴′′′ (0, −2), 𝐵 ′′′ (4, −4), and
𝐶 ′′′ (0, −4) by a rotation. Find the center and angle of rotation. (3 marks)
18. The table below shows heights of 50 students.
Height (cm) 150 − 154 155 − 159 160 − 164 165 − 169 170 − 174 175 − 179
Number of 5 13 12 𝑥 7 3
students
a) Determine the value of X. (1 mark)
b) Calculate the mean height (4 marks)
c) (i) On the grid provided, draw a histogram to represent the above information. Use a scale of 1 cm to
represent 5 students and 2 cm to represent 5 cm. (2 marks)
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(ii) On the histogram, draw a vertical line to show where the median mark lies. (3 marks)
19. The figure below shows a test tube used to store laboratory reagents during a research study.
One of the study reagents was filled into the test tube up to 80% full.
Calculate:
a) The volume of the reagent in the test tube. (3 marks)
b) The height of the reagent in the test tube. (3 marks)
c) The total surface area of the tube in contact with the reagent. (4 marks)
20. A bus left Mombasa and travelled towards Nairobi at an average speed of 60km/hr. After 2hrs and 30
minutes, a car left Mombasa to Nairobi and travelled along the same road at an average speed of 100km/hr.
If the distance between Mombasa and Nairobi is 500km.
a. Determine
i. The distance of the bus from Nairobi when the car took off. (2 marks)
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ii. The distance the car traveled to catch up with the bus. (4 marks)
b. Immediately the car caught with the bus the car stopped for 25 minutes. Find the new average speed at
which the car traveled in order to reach Nairobi at the same time as the bus
(4 marks)
21. The velocity of a particle after t seconds is given by 𝑉 = 𝑡 2 − 2𝑡 + 4.

(a) Use the mid ordinate rule with six strips to estimate the displacement of the particle between t = 1 and
t = 13 (3 marks)
(b) Determine;
i. The exact area of the particle between t = 1 and t = 13. (3 marks)
ii. Acceleration of the particle at t = 4 (2 marks)
(c) Calculate the percentage error arising from the estimated area in (a) above.
(2 marks)
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22. A shopkeeper planned to buy some fridges from a sum of 1.8 million shillings. Before she could buy the
fridges, the price per unit was reduced by Sh. 4 000. As a result she was able to buy five more fridges using
the same amount of money as originally planned.
a) Determine the number of fridges that the shopkeeper bought. (6 marks)
b) If two of the fridges purchased got damaged while in store and the rest were sold making a profit of
20 %, calculate her profit per fridge. (4 marks)
23. The equation of a line 𝐿1 is 3𝑦 − 2𝑥 = 10

a) Find in form of 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐 where m and c are constants,
i. The equation of line 𝐿2 passing through point N (-5,2) and parallel to 𝐿1 . (2 marks)
ii. The equation of 𝐿3 perpendicular to 𝐿2 at M (1, −8). (3 marks)
b) Find the angle of inclination of the line 𝐿2 with the horizontal (2 marks)
c) Find the magnitude of MN (3 marks)
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24. The diagram below shows a garden in the shape of a quadrilateral PQRS in which 𝑃𝑄 = 𝑆𝑅 =
120𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 45 𝑚, 𝑃𝑄𝑅 = 𝑆𝑃𝑄 = 90° and 𝑄𝑅𝑆 = 135°
(a) Calculate to 1 decimal place:

(i) The size of angle QPR. (3 marks)
(ii) The length PS (4 marks)
(b) Calculate the area of the garden in hectares, correct to 3 decimal places. (3 marks)
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ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
3 5 2 1
(1 − )+ 𝑜𝑓 1
7 8 3 5
1. Simplify 3 5 4 1 (4mks)
+1 ÷ 𝑜𝑓 2
4 7 7 3
2. A straight line ax + by = 16 passes through A (2, 5) and B (3, 7). Find the values of a and b
(3mks)
2−𝑥−𝑥 2
3. Simplify (3mks)
3𝑥 2 −2𝑥−1
4. ≤ 𝑥 ≤ = 900
Solve for X where 0
sin 2𝑥 − cos(𝑥 − 30) = 0 (2mks)
5. Solve for X in
2𝑥 − 4 ≤ 3𝑥 + 2 < 10 − 𝑥
Hence represent your solution on a number line (3mks)
6. Two similar cylindrical solids have heights of 18 cm and 24 cm. The volume of the larger cylinder is
320cm3, find the volume of the smaller cylinder (4mks)
2
7. Solve for X
3𝑥−2
1
𝑋 1
8 𝑥 16 2 =
4
(3mks)
8. A quantity P varies jointly as Q and inversely as on the square root of R. If Q is increased by 10% and R
is reduced by 19%, find the percentage change in P (3mks)
9. Okedi sold goods whose marked price is sh. 340,000 at a discount of 2%. He was paid sh. 16660 as
commission for the total sales. Calculate the percentage rate of commission
(3mks)
10. The interior angle of a regular polygon is three and a half times the exterior angle. Determine the sides
of the polygon (3mks)
2 3 −1 3
11. Give that A = ( ) , 𝐵 ( ) ;find matrix C where AC = B (3mks)
1 4 2 −1
12. Amoit bought 2 pens and 5 exercise books at a cost of sh. 275. Allan bought 4 such pens and exercise
books from the same shop at a cost of sh. 415 by letting sh. X and y to be the costs of a pen and a book
respectively, find the cost of each item (4mks )
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13. Okech left some money in his will to be shared amongst his wife, son and daughter in the ratio 4:3:2
respectively. If the daughter received sh. 120,000 less than the mother’s share, find the total amount of
money Okech left in his will. (2mks)
3
√0.125
14. Use tables of reciprocals to find the reciprocal of 0.3758. Hence find the value correct to 4.S.f
0.3758
(4mks)
15. A major sector of a circle subtends an angle of 150 at the centre. The radius of the circle is 7cm and the
centre is at O as shown
If the sector is folded into a conical shape, calculate the radius of the cone correct to 1 d.p
(3mks)
16. A Kenyan bank buys and sells currencies at the exchange rates below
Currency Buying (ksh) Selling (ksh)
1 euro 147.87 148.00
1 us dollar 74.22 74.50
An American tourist arrived in Kenya with 24,000 Euros. He converted all the euros to Kenya shillings at the
bank. He spent a total sh. 200,000 while in Kenya and converted the rest into US dollars at the bank. Find the
amount in dollars that he received. (3mks)
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SECTION II (50MKS)
ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
17. The diagonals of a rectangle P, Q, R, S intersect at (5, 3). Given that the equation of line PQ is 4y - 9x
=13 and that of line PS is y -4x =5
a) The co-ordinators of P (3mks)
b) The co-ordinates of R (2mks)
c) The equation of line RQ (2mks)
d) The equation of a perpendicular line drawn to meet PR at (5,3) (3mks)
18. A bus left Malaba town at 6.00am and travelled at an average speed of 80km/h towards Nairobi which is
510km away. At 6.30am a salon car left Nairobi the same day following the same route and travelled at
average speed of 100km/h towards Malaba. After 1 hour, the car had a puncture which took 15minutes
to repair before proceeding with the journey;
Determine
a) The distance covered by the bus in 30minutes (1mks)
b) The time of the day when car met the bus. (6mks)
c) The distance from Nairobi to the point where the car met with the bus (2mks)
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d) The time of the day to the nearest minute when the bus got to Nairobi (1mk)
19. Points P, Q and R are a straight line on a level ground. An electricity pole is erected at P with a point X
and Y on it. From point X, the angle of depression of point Q is 48o while the angle of depression of R
from Y which is 3m above X is 60o
a) Illustrate the position of X, Y, P and R by sketching. (1mk)
b) Hence calculate to 1 d.p.

i) The length XP (3mks)
ii) The distance YQ (2mks)
iii) The distance PQ (2mks)
iv) The angle of elevation of Y from R given that PR = 8cm (2mks)
20. a) The figure shows a velocity- time graph of a car
Velocity m/s
60
5 25 30 time (sec)
i) Find the total distance covered by the car in metres (3mks)
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ii) Calculate the deceleration of the car (3mks)
b) A lorry left kisumu at 8.00am and travelled towards the Nakuru at an average speed of 72km/h. At
8.30am a matatu left kisumu and followed the lorry at an average speed of 96km/h.
Determine the time of the day when the matatu caught up with the lorry (4mks)
21. The date below shows marks scored by 48 students in a geography exam.
Marks % 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89

Students 6 10 x 9 12 2
a) Determine the value of x (2mks)
b) State the modal class (1mk)
c) Calculate the (3mks)

i) Mean mark
ii) Median mark (4mks)
22. a) Complete the table below for the equation Y = x2 + 3x -6 where −7 ≤ ×≤ 4

x -7 -6 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
7
y 4 6 -2
(3mks)
b)Using the scale 1 cm to represent 1 unit on the X- axis and 1cm to represent 2 units on the Y - axis,
draw the graph of y = x2 + 3x-6 for −7 ≤ ×≤ 4 (4mks)
c) Use your graph to solve for x in

x2 + 3x-6 =0 (2mks)
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d) State the;
i) Turning point of the curved (1mk)
ii) Equation of the line symmetry (1mk)
23. the figure shows triangle ABC inscribed in a circle where AC = 10cm, BC = 7cm and AB =11cm
22
Calculate correct 1 d p ( 𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝜋 = )
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a) The size of the angle CAB (4mks)
b) The radius of the circle (2mks)
c) Hence, find the area of the shaded region (4mks)
ABCDEFGA is a belt tied around two wheels whose centres are O and Q forming a pulley system.
22
Given that Q =36cm, AO = 5cm BQ = 7cm. calculate correct 1 d.p (𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = 7 )
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a) Angle AOQ (3mks)
b) The length of the belt in contact with

i) The wheel whose centre is O (2mks)
iii) The wheel whose centre is Q (2mks)
c) The length of AB, hence the total length of the belt (3mks)
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Section I(50 Marks): Answer ALL questions in the section in the space provided.
−12 (−3)𝑥4−(−20)
1. Evaluate (2 Marks)
– 6 𝑥 6 +(−6)
1 2
2. Mr. Owino spends4 of his salary on school fees. He spends3of the remainder on food and a fifth of what
is left on transport. He saves the balance. In certain month he saved Sh. 3400. What was his salary?
(3 marks)
3. Simplify: (3 Marks)
2𝑦 2 − 3𝑥𝑦 − 2𝑥 2
4𝑦 2 − 𝑥 2
4. Find x if32𝑥+3+ 1 = 28 (2 Marks)
5. The circle below whose area is 18.05cm2 circumscribes triangle ABC where AB = 6.3cm, BC = 5.7cm
and AC = 4.2cm. Find the area of the shaded part. (4 Marks)
A
4.2c
m
6.3c
5.7c
m C
B
6. A salesman gets a commission of 2.4% on sales up to Sh. 100,000. He gets additional commission of 1.5%
on sales above this. Calculate the commission he gets for sales worth Sh. 280,000. (3 Marks)
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7. A rectangle whose area is 96m2 is such that its length is 4metres longer than its width.
Find
(a) It dimensions (2 Marks)
(b) Its perimeter (1 Mark)
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8. Give sin (90 – a) = 2find without using trigonometric tables the value of cos a . (2 Marks)
9. In triangle ABC below, AC = BC, AB is parallel to DE, AB = 15cm, DE = 7.5cm and BE = 6cm.
C
D E
A B
Calculate
(a) Length CE (2 Marks)
(b) Area of quadrilateral ABED. (2 Marks)
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10. A measuring cylinder of base radius 5cm contains water whose level reads 6cm high. A spherical object
is immersed in the water and the new level reads 10cm. Calculate the radius of the spherical object
(3 Marks)
11. Using a ruler and pair of compasses only, construct triangle ABC in which AB = 6cm, BC = 8cm and
angle ABC = 450. Drop a perpendicular from A to BC to meet line BC at M. Measure AM and AC.
(4 Marks)
12. In a book store, books packed in cartons are arranged in rows such that there are 50 cartons in the first
row, 48 cartons in the next row, 46 in the next and so on.
(a) How many cartons will there be in the 8th row? (2 Marks)
(b) If there are 20 rows in total, find the total number of cartons in the book store. (2 Marks)
13. Draw the net of the solid below and calculate the total surface area of its faces. (3 Marks)
V
10cm
10cm
10cm
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6cm C
D
0 0
14. Town X is 20km in a bearing of 060 from Y, and Z is 30km in the direction 150 from Y. Using the
scale 1cm represents 5km, find by scale drawing:
(a) the bearing of Y from Z. (2 Marks)
(b) the distance of X from Z. (2 Marks )
15. Solve for x in 22𝑥 - 18 x 2𝑥 = 40 (3 Marks)
16. Oketch sells his car to Jane and makes a profit of 20%. Jane sells the same to Issa at Sh.180, 000, making
a loss of 10%. Determine the price at which Oketch bought the car. (3 Marks)
Section II (50 Marks):

Answer ANY five questions in this section in the spaces provided.
17. The distance between towns A and B is 360km. A minibus left town A at 8.15 a.m. and traveled towards
town B at an average speed of 90km/hr. A matatu left town B two and a third hours later on the same day
and travelled towards A at average speed of 110km/hr.
(a) (i) At what time did the two vehicles meet? (4 Marks)
(ii) How far from A did the two vehicles meet? (2 Marks)
(b) A motorist started from his home at 10.30 a.m. on the same day as the matatu and travelled at an
average speed of 100km/h. He arrive at B at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the distance
from A to his house. (4 Marks)
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18. Karis owns a farm that is triangular in shape as shown below.
250 440
A B
320
(a) Calculate the size of angle BAC (2 Marks)
(b) Find the area of the farm in hectares (3 Marks)
(c) Karis wishes to irrigate his farm using a sprinkler machine situated in the farm such that it is
equidistant from points A, B and C.
(i) Calculate the distance of the sprinkler from point C. (2 Marks)
(ii) The sprinkler rotates in a circular motion so that the maximum point reached by the water jets is the
vertices A, B and C. Calculate the area outside his farm that will be irrigated. (3 Marks)
19. A ship leaves port M and sails on a bearing of 0500 heading towards island L. Two Navy destroyers sail
from a naval base N to intercept the ship. Destroyer A sails such that it covers the shortest distance possible.
Destroyer B sails on a bearing of 200 to L. The bearing of N from M is 1000 and distance
NM = 300KM. Using a scale of 1cm to represent 50km, determine:-
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(i) the positions of M, N and L. (3 Marks)
(ii) the distance travelled by destroyer A (3 Marks)
(iii) the distance travelled by destroyer B. (2 Marks)
(iv) the bearing of N from L. (2 Marks)
20. A number of people agreed to contribute equally to buy books worth KSh. 1200 for a school library. Five
people pulled out and so the others agreed to contribute an extra Shs. 10 each. Their contributions enabled
them to buy books worth Shs. 200 more than they originally expected.
(a) If the original numbers of people was x, write an expression of how much each was originally to
contribute. (1 Mark)
(2 Marks)
(c) Calculate the number of people who made the contribution. (5 Marks)
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(d) Calculate how much each contributed. (2 Marks)
21. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, draw a parallelogram ABCD, such that angle DAB = 750.
Length AB = 6.0cm and BC = 4.0cm.From point D, drop a perpendicular to meet line AB at N.
(7 Marks)
(i) Measure length DN (1 Mark)
(ii) Find the area of the parallelogram. (2 Marks)
22. The following measurements were recorded in a field book of a farm in metres (xy = 400m)
Y
400
C60 340
300 120D
240 100E
220 160F
B100 140
A120 80
x
(a) Using a scale of 1cm representing 4000cm, draw an accurate map of the farm. (3 Marks)
(b) If the farm is on sale at Kshs. 80,000.00 per hectare, find how much it costs. (7 Marks)
23. The table shows marks obtained by 100 candidates at Goseta Secondary School in Biology examination.
Marks 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-84 85-94
Frequency 6 14 24 14 x 10 6 4
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(a) Determine the value of x (2 Marks)
(b) State the modal class (1 Mark)
(c) Calculate the median mark (2 Marks)
(d) Calculate the mean mark (5 Marks)
24. In the diagram below, two circles, centres A and C and radii 7cm and 24cm respectively intersect at B and
D. AC = 25cm.
(a) Show that angle ABC = 900.

(3 Marks)
(b) Calculate
(i) the size of obtuse angle BAD (3 Marks)
(ii) the area of the shaded part (4 Marks)

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1. The difference between two numbers is 4 and their product is 165. What is the sum of their
reciprocals (4 marks)
2. Solve for x and y in the equation:

4𝑥 (27)𝑦 = 72 (2 marks)
3. Simplify completely: (4 marks)

1 𝑥+6
–
𝑥−5 2𝑥 2 − 9𝑥−5
4. Equal squares as large as possible are ruled off on a rectangular board 54cm by 78cm. find the
number of those squares (3 marks)
5. A regular polygon has an interior angle of 150° and a side of length 10cm.
(a) find the number of sides the polygon has (1 mark)
(b) Find the area of the polygon (3 marks)
6. The line passing through the points P (5, b) and Q (2, 3) is perpendicular to the line 4y + 3x = 1.
Determine the value of b (3 marks)
7. Solve the simultaneous equations below by matrix method (4 marks)

Log 2 (2x + 5y) = 4
Log17 (3x + 4y) = 1
8. The cost of a pair of shoes was Ksh. 800. A dealer raised the price by 10% and later reduced it by
20%. What is the current price of the pair of shoes (2 marks)
2
√5
9. Given that sin∝= , where ∝ is an acute angle, find without using mathematical tables:
3
(a) tan2 ∝ - sin2∝ (2 marks)
(b) sin (90 - ∝)° (1 mark)
1 7
10. Given that position vector OT = ( )and the column vector TN = ( ), find the position vector
−4 10
ON (2 marks)
11. A pupil stands 20m away from a flag post. The angle of elevation of the top of the post is 30°. Find
how far he has to walk towards the post for the angle of elevation to be 82°. (Assume the ground
between him and the post is flat. Give the answer to one decimal place (3 marks)
12. A cone 80mm high has mass 7Kg. A frustrum of this cone is formed by cutting off the top 30mm
of the cone as shown below. Find the mass of the frustrum (4 marks)
13. 10 million shillings was shared by three brothers. Salat got ¼ . Kipgwen got ½ . While Sang’ got
1
. The remainder was donated to a children home. How much was donated to children home
5
(3 marks)
14. The figure below is a velocity – time graph for a car.
3
Find the total distance travelled by the car (2 marks)
15. Find the integral values of x which satisfy the compound inequality (3 marks)
3x - 2≤8 + 5x>12 + 6x
16. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

(a) Construct triangle ABC in which BC = 8cm, angle ABC= 112.5° and angle BAC = 45°
(2 marks)
(b) Drop a perpendicular from A to meet CB produced at P. Measure length AP and find the area of
the triangle ABC (2 marks)

Answer only five questions in this Section
17. A swimming pool is 20m by 12m and it slopes gently from a depth of 1m at the shallow end to a
depth of 3m at the deep end.
(a) Calculate the volume of water in the swimming pool (in m3) when it is full. (3 marks)
(b) If the swimming pool is to be drained by a pump which removes water at the rate of 2.5m3 per
minute, how long will it take this pump to drain the swimming pool it was full? Give your answer
in hours (3 marks)
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(c) If the sides of the swimming pool and the floor are to be covered with square tiles of side 20cm,
find to the nearest 100, the number of tiles required (4 marks)
18. The position vectors of A, B and C are A = 3i -2j, B = - 6i+4j and c = -9i -3j.
(a) State the column vectors
(i) AB (2 marks)
(ii) CB (2 marks)
(b) Find the distance from A to C (2 marks)
(c) Find the coordinates of the midpoint of AC (2 marks)
1
(d) If C’ is the image of C under translation vector ( ) find the coordinates of C’ (2 marks)
−3
19. The points A’B’C’ are the images of A(4,1) B(O,2) and C(-2,4) respectively under a transformation
1 1
represented by the matrix m = ( )
2 3
(a) Write down the coordinates of A’B’C’ (3 marks)
(b) A”B”C” are the images of A’B’C’ under another transformation whose matrix
2 −1
N=( ). Write down the co-ordinates of A”B”C” (3 marks)
1 2
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(c) Transformation M followed by N can be replaced by a single transformation P. Determine the
matrix for P (2 marks)
(d) Determine the inverse of matrix P (2 marks)
20(a) Find the equation of a straight line which is perpendicular to 3y – 5x = 5 and passes through the
point of intersection of the lines 2x + y = 5 and x – 2y = 0 (5 marks)
2
(b) A straight line y = 2⁄3 𝑥 − 3 meets the x axis at point T.
(i) Determine the coordinates of T (2 marks)
2
(ii) Determine the acute angle between the line y = 3 𝑥 − 2⁄3 and x – axis (2 marks)
(iii)Find the y –intercept of line y = 2⁄3 𝑥 − 2⁄3 (1 mark)
21. Bujumba secondary school intends to buy a certain number of chairs for Ksh. 16200. The supplier
agreed to offer a discount of Ksh. 60 per chair which will enable the school to get 3 chairs more.
Taking y as the originally intended number of chairs.
(a) Write an expression in terms of y for:
(i) Original price per chair (1 mark)
(ii) Price per chair after discount (1 mark)
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(b) Determine:
(i) The number of chairs the school originally intended to buy (4 marks)
(ii) Price per chair after discount (2 marks)
(iii) The amount of money the school would have saved per chair if it got the intended number of
chairs at a discount of 15%. (2 marks)
22. The figure ABCD is a quadrilateral in which AB=7cm, angle DAB = angle ABC = 90°. Angle APD
= 76°. Point P lies on AB such that AP = 2cm and PB is 5cm. length BC=1cm. AB produced meets
DC produced at Q.
Calculate to one decimal place

(a)The length AD (1 mark)
(b) The size of angle CPD (2 marks)
(c) The area of quadrilateral ABCD (2 marks)
(d) The length BQ (2 marks)
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(e) The area of triangle CDP (3 marks)
23. Andai recorded data on observation of time spent by a local university’s first year bachelor of
commerce students in the library as follows:
Time spent in 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60
minutes
Cumulative 70 170 370 470 500
frequency
Calculate:
(a) The mean (4 marks)
(b) The median (3 marks)
(c) On the grid provided, draw a frequency polygon from this data (3 marks)
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24. The displacement S metres of a moving particle after t seconds is given by S = 2t3 – 5t2 + 4t + 3.
Determine:
(a) The velocity of the particle when t = 4 seconds. (3 marks)
(b) The value of t when the particle is momentarily at rest (3 marks)
(c) The displacement when the particle is momentarily at rest (2 marks)
(d) The acceleration of the particle when t = 10 seconds (2 marks)
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Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. Without using tables or calculator, evaluate the following. (3mks)

-
8 + ( 13) x 3 – ( 5)
- -
-
1 + (-6) ÷ 2 x 2
2. The straight line through the points D (6, 3) and E (3, -2) meets the y – axis at point F. Find the co-
ordinates of F. (3 mks)
3. The circle below whose area is 18.05cm2 circumscribes a triangle ABC where AB = 6.3cm,BC = 5.7cm and
AC = 4.2cm. Find the area of the shaded part to 2 dp. (3 mks)
4. A number n is such that when it is divided by 27, 30, or 45, the remainder is always 3. Find the smallest
value of n. (3 mks)
5. The actual area of an estate is 3510 hectares. The estate is represented by a rectangle measuring 2.6cm
by 1.5cm on the map whose scale is l: n. Find the value of n. (give your answer in standard form)
(3 mks)
2
6. Find the obtuse angle the line y – 2x = 7 makes with the x – axis (2 mks)
 − 5  4  6 1 1
7. Given the column vector p =  , q =   and r =   and t = 2 p − q + r
~  3  ~  − 8 ~
 − 9 ~ ~ 2 ~ 3~
(i) Express t as a column vector (2mks)
~
(ii) Calculate the magnitude of vector t in (i) above correct to two decimal places. (2mks)
~
8. Muthoni went to a shop and bought 50 packets of milk and 25 packets of salt all for Kshs.200.00. She
sold the milk at a profit of 28% and the salt at a profit of 24% thereby making a net profit of Kshs.53.50.
Find the cost price of a packet of milk and a packet of salt. (3 mks)
9. The angles of elevation from two points A and B to the top of a storey building are 480 and 570
respectively. If AB = 50m and the point A and B are opposite each other; Calculate;
a) The distance of point A to the building (3 mks)
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b) The height of the building (1 mks)
10. Find x if 32x+3 + 1 = 28 (2 mks)
(4 x + 2 y ) 2 − (2 y − 4 x) 2
11. Simplify as simple as possible (3 mks)
(2 x + y ) 2 − ( y − 2 x) 2
12. The cost of a camera outside Kenya is US$1000. James intends to buy one camera through an agent who
deals in Japanese Yen. The agent charges him a commission of 5% on the price of the camera and
further 1260 Yen as importation tax. How much in Ksh. Will he need to send to the agent to obtain the
camera, given that:- (3 mks)
1 US$= 105.00 Yen. 1 US$= Kshs.63.00
13. State all the integral values of x which satisfy the inequality
3x + 2 2 x + 3 4 x + 15
  (3mks)
4 5 6
14 Without using a protractor, construct a triangle ABC such that angle ABC = 1350, AB = 4.6cm and
BC =6.1cm. Measure AC and angle ACB (4 mks)
4
15. Without using mathematical tables or calculators, find the volume of a container whose base is a regular
hexagon of side 3 cm and height 2 3 cm (3 mks)
16. Below is a net of a model of a three dimensional figure. The lengths AB = BC = AC = 6.0cm and
lengths AF = FB = BD = CD = CE = AE = 8.0cm.
a) Draw the solid when the net is folded by taking ABC as the base and the height 5cm. (3 mks)
b) State the name of the figure drawn ;………………………………………………………. (1 mk)

Answer only five questions in this section in the spaces provided.
17. The distance between towns A and B is 360km. A minibus left A at 8.15am and traveled towards B at an
average speed of 90km/hr. A matatu left B two and a third hours later on the same day and traveled
towards A at an average speed of 110km/hr.
a) i) At what time did the two vehicles meet? (4mks)
ii) How far from A did the vehicles meet? (2mks)
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b) A motorist started from his home which is between A and B at 10.30am on the same day and
travelled at an average speed of 100km/hr. He arrived at B at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the
distance from A to his house. (4 mks)
18. Consider the vessel below
a) Calculate the volume of water in the vessel. (Take π = 3.142) (2mks)
b) When a metallic hemisphere is completely submerged in the water, the level of the water rose by
6cm. Calculate:
i) the radius of the new water surface. (2mks)
ii) the volume of the metallic hemisphere (to 2 d.p.) (3mks)
iii) the diameter of the hemisphere (to 1 d.p) (3 mks)
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19.The American government hired two planes to airlift football fans to Qatar for the World cup
tournament. Each plane took 10½ hours to reach the destination.
Boeing 747 has carrying capacity of 300 people and consumes fuel at 120 litres per minute. It makes 5
trips at full capacity. Boeing 740 has carrying capacity of 140 people and consumes fuel at 200 liters per
minute. It makes 8 trips at full capacity. If the government sponsored the fans one way at a cost of 800
dollars per fan, and the fans pays for the return ticket. Calculate:
(a) The total number of fans airlifted to Qatar. (1mk)
(b) The total cost of fuel used if one litre costs 0.3 dollars. (5mks)
(c) The total collection in dollars made by each plane. (2mks)
(d) The net profit made by each plane. (2mks)
20. The following data shows the length of trees grown in Mau Forest measured to the nearest cm by
a research team. Use the given data to answer the given questions.
230 240 250 253 260 253 274 238 263 260 231 284 257 260
275 271 257 267 255 265 241 256 256 257 260 262 234 259
263 244 254 248 281 240 247 236 256 282 242 246 277 238
250 279 252 269 284 271 249 273
(a) Arrange the data in a frequency distribution table with a class interval of five and starting with
the class of 230 – 234,… (6mks)
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(b) Using the frequency distribution in (a) above and 257 as an assumed mean, find:-
(i) Mean of the data. (2mks)
(ii) The standard deviation of the data. (2mks)
21.Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, draw a triangle ABC such that AB = 5cm,
BC = 8cm and angle ABC = 600. Measure AC and angle ACB. (5mks)
a) Locate point O in triangle ABC such that OA = OB = OC. Using O as the center and radius OA draw
a circle (3mks)
b) Construct a perpendicular from A to BC to meet BC at D. Measure AD, hence find the area of
triangle ABC. (2mks)
22.Three brick layers have to lay a total of 5400 bricks . The average number of bricks they can lay in an hour
are in the ratio 5:6:9.If the slowest man lays 60 brick in an hour. Calculate;
(a) How many bricks each of the other two men lay in an hour. (4mks)
(b) How many of the bricks each man will lay to complete the work if they are all employed for the same
number of hours. (6mks)
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23.Four towns P, Q, R and S are such that town Q is 120km due east of town P. Town R is 160km
due North of town Q. Town S is on a bearing of 330o from P and on a bearing 300 o from R. use a
ruler and a pair of compasses only for all your constructions.
a. Using a scale of 1cm to represent 50km, construct a scale drawing showing the positions
P, Q, R and S. (6mks)
b. Use the scale to determine

i. The distance from town S to town P. (1mk)
ii. The distance from town S to town R. (1mk)
iii. The bearing of town S from town Q. (2mks)
24. A carpenter constructed a closed wooden box with internal measurements 1.5m long 0.8m wide and 0.4m
high. The wood used in constructing the box was 1.0cm thick and had a density of 0.6g/cm3.
(a) Determine the:
(i) Volume in cm3 of the wood used in constructing the box. (4 mks)
(ii) Mass of the box in kg correct to 1 d.p (2 mks)
(b) Identical cylindrical tins of diameter 10cm height 20cm with a mass of 120g each were packed in the box.
Calculate the:
(i) Maximum number of tins that were packed (2 mks)
(ii) Total mass of the box with the tins in kg. (to 1d.p) (2 mks)
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(d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any five questions from Section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces
provided below each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
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SECTION A (50 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. A piece of wire 10cm long is to be cut into two parts. If the parts are bent to form a square and a circle
respectively, find the length each of the two parts, and hence find the radius of the circle formed, if the sum
of their areas is minimum. (4 marks)
2. In 2022, the cost of processing a bag of wheat was Ksh 250, and this was divided between electricity costs
and labour in the ratio 2:3. In the year 2023, the cost of electricity doubled, while the cost of labour
increased by x%. Calculate the value of x given that the cost of processing a bag of wheat in 2023 is 425.
(2 marks)
3. A triangle PQR is such that the equation of line PQ is 3y-2x - 11 =0, while that of line QR is 2y - 3 = -3x.
Find the coordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines. (3 marks)
4. Three quantities b, n and m are such that b varies directly as the product of m and n, and inversely as the
square root of the difference of n2 and m. Form an equation connecting b, n and m. Express n in terms of b,
m and k, where k is the constant of proportionality. (3 marks)
5. The locus of points 3 cm away from a point (m,m) passes through the point (2,5). Find the value of m.
(3 marks)
6. Using a ruler and pair of compasses only, construct triangle MNP in which MN = 5cm, NP = 4.4cm and
angle PNM = 450. Draw a circle passing through all the vertices of the triangle and measure its radius.
(3 marks)
7. The deviations from the mean of a set of data are given as -4, -1, x2, 1, x, and -2. Find the value of x, hence
find the standard deviation of the data, given that x is positive. (3 marks)
8. Two parallel chords of length 4.6cm and 6.8cm are on the same side of a circle of radius r cm. calculate the
radius of the circle, correct to four significant figures, given that distance between the two chords is 2cm.
(3 marks)

9. A piece of land is in the shape of a quadrilateral ABCD such that side AB=AD=50m, < DAB= 1000, < ABC
= 870 and < ADC = 790Determine the length of barbed wire that would go around the land to the nearest
metre. (4 marks).
10. OABC is parallelogram in which OA =a and OC =c. Y is the mid-point of OC, and AY meets OB at X. X
divides line OB and AY in the ratio 3:4 and 1:2 respectively. Find OB in terms of a and c.
(3 marks)
11. Simplify without using tables or calculators: (3 marks)

sin 4800 −cos 7650
tan 2250 −cos⁡(−3300 )
12. Use the first four terms of the expansion (2𝑎 + 𝑏)8 to find the value of 2.058 correct to 4 significant
figures. (3 marks)
13. Bazu owns a total more than 10 buses and matatus combined. There are four more matatus than buses,
and the buses are not more than 8 in number. By taking x to represent the number of buses, write down
all the inequalities for the information and hence state all possible solutions of x.
(3 marks)
14. Two similar metallic cylinders have masses of 64g and 125g respectively. The smaller cylinder has a
volume of 21.56cm3. The larger cylinder is molded into a sphere of radius r. Find the value of r correct to 3
decimal places. (3marks)
15. A ship is observed from the top of a cliff 200 m high in a direction N180E at an angle of depression of 150.
Thirty minutes later, the same ship is observed in a direction S720E at an angle of depression of 100. Find
the distance travelled in the 30 minutes assuming that the ship travelled along a straight line.
(4 marks)

16. A right pyramid VABCD has its vertex at V and a rectangular base ABCD. AB= 8cm, BC=6cm and all the
slant edges of the pyramid are 10cm. Find the angle between plane VBC and plane VAD correct to two
decimal places. (3 marks)
SECTION B (50 MARKS)

Answer only FIVE questions in this section in the spaces provided
17. The table below shows the income tax rate for a certain year
Income in Ksh. p.m Tax rate(%)

1 – 11180 10
11181 – 21714 15
21715 – 32248 20
32249 – 42781 25
42782 and above 30
In a certain month, Mr Zakayo paid a net tax of Ksh 26416. He was entitled to a monthly personal relief
of Ksh 1648. He also paid insurance premiums amounting to 18200 and was entitled to an insurance
relief at 15% of premiums paid, subject to a maximum of Ksh 2000 per month. He also lived in a
company house for which he paid a nominal rent of 5200 per month. Other taxable allowances
amounted to sh. 22400.
a) Calculate Mr Zakayo’s monthly gross tax (2 marks)
b) Calculate Mr Zakayo’s total taxable income in that month (4 marks)
c) Calculate Mr Zakayo’s net monthly income. (4 marks)
𝑥(𝑥−2⁡)
18. The equation of a curve is given as 𝑦 = ⁡ (𝑥−1)−1 .
a) Sketch the curve. (7 marks)
c) Determine the exact area bounded by the curve and the x-axis. (3 marks)

19. Water flows through a cylindrical pipe of diameter 2.8cm at a speed of 25m/min.
a) Calculate the volume of water delivered by the pipe per minute in litres. (3 marks)
b) A cylindrical storage tank of depth 2.5m is filled by water from this pipe and at the same rate of flow.
Water begins flowing into the empty storage tank at 8:00am and is full at 2:00pm. Calculate the area of
the cross section of this tank in m2. (4 marks)
c) A family consumes the capacity of this tank in one month. The cost of water is sh. 150 per 1000 litres
plus a fixed maintenance charge of sh. 200. Calculate this family’s water bill for a month.
(3 marks)
20. The second, 4th and 7th terms of an AP form the first three consecutive terms of a GP.
a) Find the common ratio of the G.P (5 marks)
b) The first term of the GP if the common difference of the AP is 3 (2 marks)
c) The seventh and the fifth terms of the G.P form the first two consecutive terms of an AP. Find the
sum of the first 20 terms of the AP formed. (3 marks)
21. Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only for all constructions in this question.
(a) Construct parallelogram ABCD such that <ABC = 67.50, BA = 7.8cm and CB = 5.6cm. (3
marks)
(b) Construct a perpendicular from A to meet DC at E. Measure AE, hence find the area of the
parallelogram. (2 marks)

(c)On the same side of AB as C and D, construct the locus of points P such that < APB = 450 (2 marks)
(d) Identify by shading the unwanted region, the locus of points R such that AR > 2.8 cm, AR≤ RB and <ARB
≥ 450. (3 marks)
22. In a form 4 chemistry classes consisting of both boys and girls, 2/5 of the students are girls. 2/3 of the boys
and 7/10 of the girls are right handed. The probability that a right-handed student breaks a conical flask in
any practical session is3/7 and the corresponding probability of a left-handed student is 4/9, independent of
the student’s gender.
a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above information (2 marks)
b) Determine the probability that a student chosen at random from the class is left handed and does
not break a conical flask during a practical session in simplest form.(3 marks)
c) Determine the probability that a conical flask is broken in any chemistry practical session in
simplest form. (3 marks)
d) Determine the probability that a conical flask is not broken by a right-handed student in the
simplest form. (2 marks)
23. A farmer wishes to grow two crops, maize and beans. He has 70 acres of land available for this purpose. He
has 240 man-days of labour available to work out the land and he can spend up to sh. 180,000. The
requirements of the crops are as follows:
Maize Beans
Minimum number of acres to be sown 10 20
Man – day per acre 2 4
Cost per acre in sh. 3,000 2,000
Profit per acre in sh. 15,000 10,000
a) If x and y represent the number of acres to be used for maize and beans respectively, write down in
their simplest form, all the inequalities which x and y must satisfy. (2 marks)

b) Represent the inequalities on the grid provided (5 marks)
c) Profit per acre of maize and beans is sh. 15,000 and 10,000 respectively. Draw a suitable search line
on the graph and use it to find the number of acres to be used for maize and beans so as to give
maximum profit. (2 marks)
d) Find the maximum profit. (1 mark)
24. The table below gives values of P with corresponding values of G.
P 90.1 223.3 371.2 693.3 4450.1 11000
G 60 105 147 226 780 1500

a) Using the data from the table above, draw a suitable straight line graph given that P and G are
connected by the equation log 𝑃 = nlog 𝐺 + log 𝐾 (5 marks)
b) Use the graph to determine:
i) The values of k and n (3 marks)
ii) The value of P when G is 113 (1 mark)
iii) The value of G when P is 400 (1 mark)

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Section 1 (50 Marks)
1. Simplify: (3marks)
5+3√3
5−3√3
𝟐 𝟑 𝟐 −𝟑
2. Give that P = (𝟏 𝟐) and Q = (−𝟏 𝟐
), Find PQ hence solve the equation (3 marks)
2x – 3y = 5
-x + 2y = -3
𝑑𝑦
3. The gradient function of a curve is given by 𝑑𝑥 = 𝑥²- 8𝑥 + 2
If the curve passes through the point (0, 2) find its equation (3marks)
4. Njau borrowed sh 500,000 from a bank which charged interest at 20% p.a compounded
quarterly. If he repaid the loan after 2½ years, calculate the total amount paid
(3marks)
5. In the figure below XY= 8cm and O is the centre of the circle
O
A B
X Y
2
Determine the area of the circle if angle AOX=150 (3marks)
6. A student at a certain college has 60% chance of passing an examination at the first attempt.
Each time a student fails and repeats the examination his chances of passing are increased by
15%. Calculate the probability that a student in the college passes an examination at the third
attempt. (4marks)
7. The product of three consecutive positive even numbers is 960 more than the product of the
largest and square of the smallest. Find the numbers. (3marks)
8. Expand and simplify (1-3x)5 up to the term in x3. Hence use your expansion to estimate (0.97)5
correct to 4 decimal places. (4marks)
9. A ship leavers an island (50N, 450E) and sails due west for 120 hours to another island. The
average speed of the ship is 27 knots. Find the position of the second island.
(3marks)
10. A variable y varies as the square of x and inversely as the square root of z. Find the percentage
change in y when x is increase by 5% and z reduced by 19%. (3marks)
11. Solve the equation 2 sin(4x-30)0 = -1 for the range 00≤ x ≤ 1800 (3marks)
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12. Find the area bounded by the curve y = x2 and the lines x = -3 and x = 2 using the mid ordinate
rule. (Use five strips). (3marks)
13. Under a shear with x-axis invariant, the point A (4, 3) is mapped onto A’ (10, 3). Find the
coordinates of B’ under this shear if point B is (2, 5) (4marks)
14. The figure below shows a rectangular sheet of dimensions 20cm by 15cm. equal squares of
side x cm are cut from two adjacent corners and the resulting flaps bent to form the tray of a
shovel. Find the value of x for which the volume of the tray is maximum. (4marks)
1+𝐶² 𝑟
15. If V2 =√ + 3, make C the subject of the formula. (3marks)
𝑅²
16. The coordinates of P and Q are (4, -1,3) respectively. A point T divides PQ externally in the
ratio 9.2. Find the coordinates of T. (3marks)

Answer any five questions in this section.
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17. The table below shows the times in seconds taken by 50 entrants in the hearts of 100 metres
free style swimming competition.
Time in seconds 41.0-41.8 41.9-42.7 42.8-43.6 43.7-44.5 44.6-45.4 45.5-46.3 46.4-47.2
Frequency 0 3 5 8 12 13 7 2
a) Draw accumulative frequency curve (4marks)
b) Use your graph to estimate

(i) The median (2marks)
(ii) The second and sixth deciles (2marks)
(iii) The number of swimmers who recorded between 42.05s and 46.05 s.
(2marks)
18. A certain number of people agreed to contribute equally to buy a book worth sh 1200 for a
school library. Five people pulled out so the others agreed to contribute an extra sh 10 each.
Their contribution enabled them to buy a book worth sh 200 more than they originally
expected.
a) If the original number of people was x write an expression of how much each was to
contribute. (1mark)
(2marks)
(c ) Calculate how many people made the contribution. (5marks)
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(d) State how much each contributed. (2marks)
19. Plot the points the triangle ABC whose coordinates are A (-6, 5), B (-4, 1) and C (3, 2).
a) Given that A ( -6, 5) is mapped onto A¹(-6, -4) by a shear with y-axis invariant;
(i) Draw triangle A¹ B¹ C¹ only one hits the target the image of triangle ABC under this
shear. (3marks)
(ii) Determine the matrix representing this shear. (2marks)
b) Triangle A¹B¹C¹ is mapped onto A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹by a transformation defined by the matrix
(i) Draw triangle A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹. (3marks)
(ii) Describe fully a single transformation that maps ABC onto A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹. (2marks)
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20. A new tailoring business makes two types of garments A and B. The number of type A
garments made are x and that of type B y. Each garment A requires 2½ metres of material while
each garment B requires 2 metres of material daily for the production of both garments but produce
less than 80 garment s of type A and more than 60 garments of type B. in addition the ratio of
production of y to x must be less than 5:3. (3marks)
(a) Write down 4 inequalities satisfying the above information (3 marks)
(b) Represent the inequalities on the same graph. (4 marks)
(c) If the business makes a profit of sh. 7.50 on garment A and a profit of sh 5.00 on garment
B. How many garments of each type must the business produce in order to make maximum
profit?
State the profit (2 marks)
21. Without using a protractor, construct line XY = 8cm

a) Construct the locus of all points R such that ∠𝑋𝑅𝑌 = 60° (4 marks)
b) Construct the locus of all points P such that the area of triangle XPY is 16 𝑐𝑚2 .(3 marks)
c) Mark all the points where the locus of R intersects the locus of P with the letters
A,B,C and D (3 marks)
22. In the figure below, QT = a and QP = b.
Q b P
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T x
R S
(a) Express the vector PT in terms of a and b. (1mark)
(b) If PX = kPT, express QX in terms of a, b and k, where k is a scalar. (3marks)
(c) If QR = 3a and RS = 2b, write down an expression for QS in terms of a and b(1mark)
(d) If QX = tQS, use your result in (b) and (c) to find the value of k and t. (4marks)
(e) Find the ratio PX : XT. (1mark)
23. The 2nd, 7th and 27th term of an AP are the first three consecutive terms of a GP. The 13th
term of the AP is 38. Determine
(a) The first term and the common difference of the AP. (4marks)
(b) The sum of the first 40 terms of the arithmetic series. (3marks)
c) The sum of the first 6 terms of the geometric series. (2marks)
24. The figure below shows a frustrum ABCDEFGH of a right pyramid AB = 24cm BC = 10cm,
FG = 18cm, GH = 7.5cm and AF = BG = CH = DE = 15cm
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Find
(a) The height of the pyramid. (2 marks)
(b) (i) The triangle between AH and the base ABCD. (3 marks)
(ii) The angle between the planes ABGH and ABCD. (3 marks)
(i) The angle between the planes ABHE and ABCD. (2 marks)
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Answer all the questions
 −4  2 3
1. Find matrix X given that 𝑨𝑿 − 𝑿 =   where 𝐴 =   (3 marks )
 − 10   − 2 4
2. The cost of providing a commodity consists of transport, labour and raw material in the ratio
8: 4: 12 respectively. If the transport cost increases by 12 % labour cost 18 % and raw materials
by 40 %, find the percentage increase of producing the new commodity (3 marks)
8 4 2 11
3. Find the number of terms in the series − + − .................− 1 (3marks)
81 27 9 16
(2 + 3 ) 4
leaving your answer in the form a + b c where a, b

(2 − 3 )
4. Using binomial expansion simplify 4
and c are rational numbers (3marks)
5. The figure below shows external intersection of two chords SM and NK which are produced to
meet at P. Given that SOK is the diameter of the circle and that SM=15cm, MP=18cm and
PK=22cm
M 18 P
S 15
O 22
K
x
N
a). Calculate the value of x representing length of chord NK. (1 marks)
b). Calculate the radius of the circle (2marks)
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6. Determine the equation of a circle if the coordinates of the end points of its diameter are
A( −4,4) and B(6,−12) leaving your answer in the form of ax2 + by 2 + cx + dy + e = 0 where a, b,
c, d and e are integers. (3 marks)
𝑟 1+𝑐 2
7. Make ‘c’ the subject of the formula if 𝑣 2 = 3 + √ ( 3marks)
𝑟2
8. Find the area enclosed by the curve𝑦 = 81 − 𝑥 2 and the 𝑥 −axis using mid-ordinate rule with 9
strips. ( 4marks)
9. Without using a calculator or tables, find the value of x in (3marks)

1 1
log 2.5   − 1 − log 2.5 (x ) = 3 log 2.5   − log 0.5 2
 x  x
10. Solve for 𝜗 in the equation 6𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜗 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜗 − 4 = 0in the range
−1800 ≤ 𝜗 ≤ 1800 (3 marks).
11. Wambua deposited 6,400 in an investment account which pays 30% interest rate per annum
compounded semi – annually for 3 years. Muinde invested one and a half times that of Wambua
1
at 12 2 % per annum simple interest for 6 years. Find whose investment earned more interest
and by how much give your answer to the nearest shilling. (3marks)
12. (a) Expand and simplify the binomial expression. (2 Marks)
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1 5
(2 − 𝑦)
2
(b) Use the first four terms of the simplified expression in (a) above to evaluate to 5 significant
figures. (1.98)5. (2 Marks)
5.27  cos2 82.48

13. Use logarithms to evaluate 3 (3marks)
log 6.7
14. Form the quadratic equation whose roots are x = -5/3 and x = 1 (2 marks)
15. A biased coin is weighted such that its tail is twice as likely to appear as the head. Find the
probability that that a tail and a head appear when the coin is tossed twice. (3marks)
16. Line BC below is a side of a triangle ABC and also side of a parallelogram BCDE.
B C
Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only construct:

(i) The triangle ABC given that ABC = 1200 and AB = 6 cm. (1 mark)
(ii) The parallelogram BCDE whose area is equal to that of the triangle ABC and point
E is on line AB. (3 marks)
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Answer only five questions from this section
17. ABCD is a quadrilateral with coordinates 𝐴 (2, 1), 𝐵 (3, 2), 𝐶 (3, 4) and 𝐷 (0, 3). ABCD is
mapped onto A’B’C’D’ under transformation T given by a shear with x – axis invariant such
that A’ (4, 1).
a) Determine the 2 𝑥 2 transformation matrix representing T and hence determine the
coordinates of B’, C’ and D’. (2 marks)
b) A’B’C’D’ is transformed to A”B”C”D” under a transformation H such that A” (− 6,−9) and D”

(− 12,−15) Determine the 2𝑥2 matrix representing H and hence determine the coordinates of
B” and C” (3 marks)
c) A”B”C”D” mapped onto A”’B”’C”’D”’ under a transformation V representing a reflection in

the line y = −x . Determine the 2𝑥2 matrix representing V and hence determine the coordinates
of A”’B”’C”’D” (3 marks)
18. The following table shows heights of 200 seedlings of the same species measured to the
nearest cm.
Height(cm) frequency
70- 79 7
80-84 30
85-89 66
90-94 57
95-99 27
100-109 13
a) Calculate the:-
i) Quartile deviation 3marks
b) Standard deviation using a working mean of 102 3marks
c) Draw an ogive curve representing the above information and use it to determine the percentage
number of seedling whose height ranges between 85≤H≤93. (4marks)
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19. In order to ensure optimal health a lab technician needs to feed the rabbits on a daily diet
containing a minimum of 24grams of fat, 36grams of carbohydrates and 4grams of protein.
Rather than order rabbit food that is custom blended it is cheaper to order food X and food Y
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and blend them for an optimal use. One packet of food X contains 6grams of fat ,12 grams of
carbohydrates ,2 grams of proteins and costs Sh 50.While one packet of food Y contains
12grams of fat,12 grams of carbohydrates,1 gram of proteins and it costs Sh 60
a). Form all the inequalities to represent the information above. ( 4 marks).
b). Graph all the inequalities (4marks )
c). Determine the number of packets of type X and Y feed that should be used for optimal health
at minimum cost. ( 2marks)
20. Mr Kibet’s PAYE per month is ksh 29,522. The ratio of his basic salary to taxable allowances
is 13: 9. He is housed by his employer and pays a norminal rent of ksh 9000. His taxable pay
is his gross pay plus 15% of his gross pay less the norminal rent. He is entitled to a personal
relief of ksh 1056 per month.The following tax rates are used in the tax computation.
Income per annum (k£ per Rates (Ksh per K£)
annum)
1-5808 2
5809-11280 3
11281-16756 4
16753-22224 5
22225 and over 6
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Calculate:
a) His basic salary per month 7marks.
b) The percentage change in his PAYE if his taxable pay increases by 10% 3marks
21. A group of students wish to build up a pile of toy bricks so as to have 2 bricks in the top
row,4 bricks in the second row, and 6 bricks in the third row and so on. If they have 3000
bricks
a) How many rows can they complete and how many bricks are they left with? (4marks)
b) Calculate the least number of bricks they should add to have all bricks used with no remainder?
(2marks)
c) Counting from the top, the 3rd row, 9th row, 27th row and so on form a geometric progression.
If rows forming this progression are to be summed up, calculate the total number of bricks
forming this arrangement after the number of bricks in (b) above have been included.(4marks)
22. P and Q are two pints on latitude 60°𝑆.Their longitudes are 30°𝐸 and 150°𝑊 respectively.
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Find to one decimal place :( Take the radius of the earth = 6370𝑘𝑚 and 𝜋 = 7 )
a) The distance in km between P and Q along the parallel of latitudes. (2marks)
b) The shortest distance along the earth’s surface between P and Q. (3marks)
c) A weather forecaster reports that the center of a cyclone at (30°S 120°W) is moving due south
at 24 knots. How long will it take to reach a point (45°S, 120°W). ( 2marks)
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d) A plane leaves P at 1400ℎ𝑟s to Q at a speed of 900 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑠 along the shortest route. Determine
the time at Q when the plane arrived. (3marks)
23. A curve is represented by the following function; 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 2. Use the curve to

answer the following questions;
𝑑𝑦
a). Find ( 1 mark)
𝑑𝑥
b). (i). Determine the values of the stationery points of the curve. ( 4marks)
( ii). Determine the nature of each stationery point on the curve ( 2 marks)
c). In the space provided, sketch the curve of 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 − 4𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 − 2 ( 3 marks)
24. Three quantities A,B and C are such that A varies directly as the square root of B and
inversely as the square of C.
a). Given that 𝐴 = 4 when 𝐵 = 64 and 𝑐 = 5, find
i). The law connecting 𝐴, 𝐵 and 𝐶 ( 4 marks)
ii). 𝐴 when 𝐵 = 16 and 𝐶 = 10 ( 2 mar ks)
b). If 𝐵 is increased by 44% and 𝐶 decreased by 20%, find the percentage change in A. (4 marks)
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SERIES 4
121/2 MATHEMATICS ALT. A Paper 2

TIME : 2½ HOURS
Name: ………………………………………………………………... Adm No: ………………....
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(a) Write your name, Adm. Number and stream in the spaces provided at the top of this
page.
(b) This paper consists of TWO sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any five questions from Section II.
(d) Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the
spaces provided below each question.
(e) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(f) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables
may be used, except where stated otherwise.
(g) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(h) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

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
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Section I (50 Marks)
Answer all the questions from this section
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1. Solve the equation: 1 + 2 cos (3 𝑥 + 300 ) = 0 for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3600 (3 marks)
2. A rectangular block has a square base whose side is exactly 8 cm. Its height is measured to the
nearest millimetre as 3.1 cm. Find the percentage error in calculating its volume. (3 marks)
3. If 𝑎 = √7 + √5 and 𝑏 = √7 − √5 find;
(a) The product 𝑎𝑏 (1 mark)
(b) 𝑎2 − 𝑏 2 (2 marks)
4. Draw line 𝐴𝐵 = 3 𝑐𝑚, P is a variable point such that < 𝐴𝑃𝐵 = 600 . Draw the possible
location of point P. (3 marks)
5. Use the first four terms of the expansion (1 − 𝑥)8 to evaluate (0.95)8 correct to 3 decimal
places. (3 marks)
2
1
𝑥 2 𝑦−2 4
6. Make y the subject of the formula 𝑥 = ( 4𝑦−3 ) (3 marks)
7. Tap A can fill a bath in 5 minutes. Tap B can empty a full bath in 10 minutes. Both taps are
opened at the same time. After 5 minutes, tap B is closed. How long will it take tap A to fill the
bath completely from then. (3 marks)
8. Kola bought a television set on hire-purchase by paying a down payment of ksh. 5000 and
monthly instalments of ksh. 1250 for 2 years. If interest rate charged was 12% p.a, what is the
carrying charge to the nearest hundreds? (3 marks)
9. Use matrix method to for x and y in the following sets of equation.

2𝑦 − 3𝑥 = −4 𝑎𝑛𝑑 2𝑦 = 5𝑥 (3 marks)
𝑥 𝑥
10. Solve for x given that log(5𝑥 − 10) − log (15) = log 40 − log (20) 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑥 ≠ 0 (3 marks)
11. Nine men have heights of 185, 179, 181, 181, 173, 182, 184, 178 𝑎𝑛𝑑 176 all in cm. Using an
assumed mean of 180, calculate the variance to 4 significant figures. (3 marks)
3
1
12. Given that 𝒂 = 𝟏𝟎𝒊 + 𝟔𝒋 − 𝟕𝒌 and 𝒃 = 𝟐𝒊 + 𝟖𝒋 + 𝟒𝒌, find |2𝒂 + 2 𝒃| (3 marks)
13. A farmer has 1000 m of fencing wire to fence a rectangular enclosure. Find the greatest
possible area this farmer can fence. (3 marks)
14. The acceleration of a particle a m/s2 is 2𝑡 − 3 m/s2. Given that the particle has a velocity of 2
m/s after 1 second. Find its displacement in the fourth second. (4 marks)
15. In the figure below, chords PQ and RS intersect externally at T.
Given that PQ = 4cm, QT = 6cm and RS = 3cm, find RT. (3 marks)
16. In a shooting practice three soldiers A, B and C aim at a target. The probabilities of A, B and C
hitting the target are 1/3, 1/4 and 1/2 respectively. The three soldiers shot at the target only once;
one after the other. What is the probability that the target was hit only once? (4 marks)
Section II (50 Marks)
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Answer any five questions from this section.
17. A ship sends a radio signal saying she is in distress and giving her position as(600 𝑁, 450 𝑊).
The signal is picked up by a ship A at(600 𝑁, 300 𝑊) and a ship B at(600 30′ 𝑁, 450 𝑊). Both
ships move at a speed of 25 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑠.
(a) Calculate the length of time that each captain should indicate that it will take to come to the
rescue, assuming that A sails due West and B sails due south. (6 marks)
(b) If the distressed ship is drifting due East at 5 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑡𝑠. Find the new position she should radio
call 16 hours later. (2 marks)
(c) Find the local time and day at 𝑋(600 𝑁, 300 𝑊) when the local time at 𝑌(00 , 300 𝐸) is
0045H on Monday. (2 marks)
18. Two hundred people were asked how much water they drink per day. The table below shows
the results.
Amount of water (X litres) No. of people Cumulative frequency
0 < 𝑥 ≤ 0.5 8
0.5 < 𝑥 ≤ 1 27
1 < 𝑥 ≤ 1.5 45
1.5 < 𝑥 ≤ 2 50
2 < 𝑥 ≤ 2.5 39
2.5 < 𝑥 ≤ 3 21
3 < 𝑥 ≤ 3.5 7
3.5 < 𝑥 ≤ 4 3
(a) Develop a cumulative frequency column (1 mark)

(b) On the grid provided below, draw a cumulative frequency curve using a scale of 2 cm for one
litre on the x – axis and 1 cm for 20 people in the y- axis. (3 marks
(c) Using your graph;

(i) Find the median (1 mark)
(ii) The quartile deviation (2 marks)
(iii) Find the number of people who consumed at least 2.6 litres per day. (1 mark)
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(iv) Find the percentage number of people who did not drink enough water given that the
doctor recommends at least 1.8 litres per day. (2 marks)
19. Triangle ABC with vertices 𝐴(2,4), 𝐵(2,9) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶(6,2) undergoes a transformation T denoted
−0.6 0.8
by the matrix ( ) to obtain triangle 𝐴1 𝐵1 𝐶1 .
0.8 0.6
(a) Draw triangle ABC and its image under T on the same axes. (4 marks)
(b) Describe the transformation T fully. (1 mark)
(c) Under another transformation M, triangle 𝐴1 𝐵1 𝐶1 is mapped on to triangle 𝐴2 𝐵2 𝐶2 with

𝐴2 (−2, −4), 𝐵2 (−6, −7)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶2 (2, −6). Find the matrix of transformation M (4 marks)
(d) Describe the single transformation that maps triangle 𝐴2 𝐵2 𝐶2 onto triangle ABC (1 mark)
20. A relief organization has to transport at least 80 people and at least 18 tonnes of supplies to a
site. There are two types of vehicles available; type A and type B. type A can carry 900 kg of
supplies and 6 people while type B can carry 1350 kg of supplies and 5 people. There are at
most 12 vehicles of each type available. By taking x to represent the number of vehicles of type
A and y to represent the number of vehicles of type B.
(a) Write down all the four inequalities to represent the above information. (4 marks)
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(b) On the grid provided, draw all the inequalities in (a) above. (4 marks)
(c) Use the graph in (b) above to determine the least number of vehicles of each type required
at the site. (2 marks)
21. An arithmetic progression has the first term (a) and common difference (d).
(a) Write down the third, the ninth and twenty fifth terms of the AP. (1 mark)
(b) The AP is increasing and the 3rd, 9th, and 25th terms form the first three consecutive terms of
the GP. If the sum of the seventh term and twice the sixth terms of the AP is 78, calculate:
(i) The first term and the common difference of the A.P. (4 marks)
(ii) The common ratio of the GP (2 marks)

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(iii) The sum of the first nine terms of the A.P. (3 marks)
22. In the figure below E is the midpoint of BC. AD: DC 3:2 and F is the meeting point of BD and
AE.
a) If AB = b and AC = c, find:
i) BD (2 marks)
ii) AE (2 marks)
b) If BF = t BD and AF = n AE. Find the value of t and n. (5 marks)
c) State the ratio of BD to BF. (1 mark)
23. The table below shows income tax rates

Monthly taxable pay (k£) Rate of tax ksh per £
1- 435 2
436 – 870 3
871 – 1305 4
1306 – 1740 5
Excess over 1740 6
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A company employee earns a monthly basic salary of Ksh 28,000. He is also entitled to the
following monthly allowances: house allowance of Ksh 9000, a medical allowance of sh 2000 and a
commuter allowance of shs 1480.
(a) Calculate his total income tax. (5 marks)
(b) He is entitled to a personal tax relief of Ksh 1056 per month. Determine the net tax.
(1 mark)
(c) If he received a 50% increase in his total income, calculate the corresponding percentage
increase on the income tax. (4 marks)
24. The equation of a curve is given y = x3 + 4x2 – 2
a) Determine the coordinates of the turning points of the curve, correct to 1 decimal
place and state their nature (4 marks)
b) Use the equation of the curve to complete the table below. (1 mark)
x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1
y -2 6 1
c) i) On the grid provided, use the solutions in part (a) and the values in
the table in part (b) to draw the curve for −4 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1. (3 marks)
ii) Use the graph to solve the equation x3 + 4x2 – 2 =0 (2 marks)
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121/2
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PAPER 2
21/2 HOURS
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a. Write your name and index number 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 I, II.
d. Answer all the questions in section 1 and any five questions from section II.
e. All working and answers must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
f. Show all steps in your calculations, giving answers at each stage in the spaces provided below each
question.
g. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
h. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used.
i. This paper consists of 13 printed pages.
j. 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
Questions 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
marks
SECTION II
Questions 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
Marks Grand
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1. Use logarithms only to evaluate, correct to 4 decimal places. (4 marks)
3 0.4591 × 7.8052
√
629.3
2. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, evaluate, leaving your answer in the form 𝑎√𝑏 + 𝑐
, where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integral values (3 marks)
0
tan 60
1 − cos 300
3. Calculate the percentage error in the volume of a cone of radius 7.0 cm and height 20 cm.
(3marks)
4. Make 𝑄 the subject of the formula (3 marks)

3𝑎 + 2𝑏𝑄 2
𝑥=
𝑄2 − 2
5. The figure below, O is the centre of the circle. P joined to Q passes through O
(a) Calculate the radius and centre of the circle. (2 marks)
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(b) Express the equation of the circle in the form (𝑥 − 𝑎)2 + (𝑦 − 𝑏)2 = 𝑟 2
(2 marks)
6. Apudo wants to buy a computer on hire purchase. The cash price of the computer is Kshs. 40,000. Apudo
makes a down payment of Kshs. 14, 000 followed by 16 equal monthly instalments of Kshs. 2,625.
Calculate the rate of compound interest per month correct to 2 decimal places.
(3 marks)
7. Without using logarithms table or calculator, solve for x in;

log 5 – 2 + log (2x + 10) = log (x - 4) (3 marks)
8. (a) Expand (3+x)6 up to the terms in x3 (1 marks)
(b) Use the expansion in (a) above to estimate (2.97)6 correct to 4 decimal places. (2 marks)
9. The value of a piece of land was Ksh. 400000 five years ago. Currently the piece of land is valued at Ksh.
587731.20. Find the annual rate of appreciation of the piece of land.
(3marks)
10. Given that Cos 2x°=0.8070, find x to 1 decimal place when 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 360° (3marks)
11. Use completing of the square method to solve: 2𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 4 = 0 (3 marks)
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12. An arc length of 18.5 cm subtends an of angle of 1.2c at the centre of the circle. Find the diameter of the
circle to one decimal place. (3 marks)
13. Fatima bought maize and beans from Kami. She mixed the maize and beans in the ratio
3: 2 she bought the maize at sh.90 per kg and the beans at sh.150 per kg. If she was to make
a profit of 30% what would be the selling price of 1kg of the mixture. (3mks)
14. Solve for x given that the following is a singular matrix. (3mks)
1 2
( 2 )
𝑥 𝑥+3
15. The figure below shows a circle centre O. AB and PQ are chords intersecting
externally at a point C. AB=9cm, PQ=5cm and QC =4cm, find the length BC.
(3marks)
16. A body is moving along a straight line and its acceleration after t seconds is (5 – 2t) ms-2. Its initial velocity
Vms-1 is 4ms-1. Find V in terms of t. (3marks)
SECTION II ATTEMPT 5 QUESTIONS ONLY
17. The table below represents marks scored in a mathematics test.

Marks 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79
No. of 2 6 7 13 6 4 2
students
Using an assumed mean of 44.5, Determine

i) Mean marks for the test (3 marks)
ii) Standard deviation (4 marks)

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iii) Determine the pass mark if 30% of the students failed the exam. (3 marks)
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18. (a) (i) Taking the radius of the earth, R=6370km and 𝜋 = 7 , calculate the
shortest distance between two cities P(600N, 290W) and Q(600N, 310E) along
the parallel of latitude. (3marks)
(ii) If it is 1200hrs at P, what is the local time at Q (3marks)
(b) An aeroplane flew due south from a point A(600N, 450E) to a point B, the
distance covered by the aeroplane was 8000km, determine the position of B.
(4marks)
18. In the figure below , O is the centre of the circle.PQR is a tangent to the circle
at Q. Angle PQS=280, angle UTQ=540 and UT=TQ
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Giving reasons, determine the size of
(a) Angle STQ (2mks)
(b) Angle TQU (2mks)
(c) Angle TQS (2mks)
(d) Reflex angle UOQ (2mks)
(e) Angle RQU (2mks)
20. An arithmetic progression AP has the first term a and the common difference d.
(a) Write down the third, ninth and twenty fifth terms of the AP in terms of
a and d. (2mks)
(b) The AP above is increasing and the third, ninth and twenty fifth terms
form the first three consecutive terms of a geometric progression (G.P).
The sum of the seventh and twice the sixth term of AP is 78. Calculate
(i) The first term and common difference of the A.P (5mks)
(ii) The sum of the first 5 terms of the G.P (3mks)
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21. (a) complete the table for the curves y = 3sin (2x + 300) and y = Cos2x ,use the range 0  x  1800
X 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 165 180
y=3sin (2x+30) 1.5 3 1.5 - -2.60 -1.00 1.5
1.5
y=Cos 2x 1 0 -0.866 -0.866 -0.5 0.866 1
(b) Using the scale Horizontal axis 1cm represent 300, vertical axis 1cm represent 1 unit, draw the graphs of
y = 3 Sin (2x + 30) and y = Cos 2x (4 Marks)
(c)Use your graph to solve the equation 3Sin (2x + 30) = Cos 2x (1 Mark)
(d)Determine the following from your graph

(i) Amplitude of y = 3Sin (2x + 30) (1 Mark)
(ii) Period of y = 3 Sin (2x + 30) (1 Mark)
(iii) Period of y = Cos 2x (1 Mark)
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22. The probability of Patrick passing his exam is 0.8 that of James is 0.6 while that of Lewis is 0.2.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above information (2 marks)
(b) Use your tree diagram to find the probability that;

i) Exactly two students pass in the exam (2 marks)
ii) At most two students pass the exam (2 marks)
iii) Only one student passes the exam (2 marks)
iv) At least one passes in the exam (2 marks)
23. A Quantity P varies partly as the square of m and partly as n. When p= 3.8, m = 2 and n = -3, When p =
- 0.2, m = 3 and n= 2.
a) Find
i) The equation that connects p, m and n (4marks)
ii) The value of p when m = 10 and n = 4 (1mark)
b) Express m in terms of p and n (2marks)
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c) If P and n are each increased by 10%, find the percentage increase in m correct to 2 decimal place.
(3marks)
24. A trader bought 8 cows and 12 goats for a total of ksh.294, 000. If he had bought 1 more cow and 3 more
goats, he would have spent ksh.337, 500.
a. Form two equations to represent the above information. (2mks)
b. Use matrix method to determine the cost of a cow and that of a goat. (3mks)
c. The trader sold the animals he had bought making a profit of 40% per cow and 45% per goat.
i. Calculate the total amount of money he received. (3mks)
ii. Determine his profit in Kenyan shillings. (2mks)
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121/2
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Paper 2
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Time: 2 ½ Hours
SERIES 6
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1. Write your name, stream, admission number and index number in the spaces provided above.
2. The paper contains two sections, Section I and II
3. Answer all questions in section I and ONLY any FIVE questions from section II.
4. All answers and working must be shown on the question paper in the spaces below each question
5. Show all steps in your calculations, giving answers at each stage
6. Marks may be given for each correct working even if the answer is wrong
7. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used.
FOR EXAMINERS 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
This paper consists of 18 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages
are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
Page 1 of 9 Mathematics Paper 2

SECTION I
Answer all the questions in the spaces provided (50 marks)
1. The expression x2 + 10x + c + 2 = 0 is a perfect square. Find the value of c if it is a scalar. (2mks)
2. Muya was asked to truncate 7/9 to 3 significant figures. He rounded it off instead to 3 decimal places.
Calculate the percentage error resulting from his rounding off. (3mks)
3. The co-ordinates of a point A is (2, 8, 3) and B is (-4, -8, -5). A point P divides AB externally in the ratio
7: -3.
Find the co-ordinates of P (3mks)
4. In a triangle XYZ, XY = 2cm, YZ (2√3-1) cm, and angle YXZ = 600. Determine Sine XZY giving your
answer in the form m + √3, where M and N are integers (4mks)
n
5. Find the independent term of x in the expansion of (x3 – 2/X3) 6 (3mks)
6. Solve for x: (log3x)2 – ½ log3 x= 3/2 (3mks)
7. The cash price of a T.V set is Ksh.13,800. Walter opts to buy the set on hire purchase terms by paying
deposit of Ksh.2,280. If simple interest of 20% p.a is charged on the balance and the customer is required
to pay by monthly installments for 2 years, calculate the amount of each installment. (3mks)
8. Make x the subject of the formula ax = 3r - x2 (3mks)

2 2
9. Calculate the area under the curve y = 3x2 + 8 and bounded by lines; y = 0, x = 1 and x = 6, using the
mid-ordinate rule with 5 strips. (3mks)
10. A circle is tangent to the y – axis and intersects the x- axis at (2,0) and (8,0). Obtain the equation of the
circle in the form x2 + y2 +ax +by +c = 0, where a, b and c are integers (4mks)
11. A variable y varies as the square of x and inversely as the square root of z. Find the percentage change in
y when x is changed in the ratio 5:4 and z reduced by 19% (3mks)
12. Solve for X in the equation:

2 Sin2x – 1 = Cos2x + Sin x, for 00 ≤ x ≤ 3600 (3mks)
13. A die is biased so that when tossed, the probability of a narrator of a number n showing up, is given by
p(n) = kn where k is a constant and n = 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 (the numbers of the faces of the die)
i) Find the value of k (1mk)
ii) If the die is tossed twice, calculate the probability that the total score is 11 (2mks)
14. In the figure below, the tangent ST meets chord VU produced at T. Chord SW passes through the Centre,
O of the circle and intersects chord VU at X. Line ST = 12cm and UT = 8cm.
S T
U
O
W
a. Calculate the length of chord VU (1mk)
b. If VX : XU = 2 : 3, Find SX (2mks)
15. Dota measured the heights in centimeters of 104 trees seedlings are shown in the table below
Height 10 - 19 20 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 - 69 70 - 79
No. of Seedlings 9 16 19 26 20 10 4
Calculate the quartile deviation (4mks)
16. Given that the ratio x:y = 2:3, find the ratio (5x – 2y) : (x +y) (2mks)
SECTION II
Answer ONLY five questions in this section (50 marks)
17. A curve is represented by the function, y = 2x3 + 3x2

a) Find: (i) the x-intercept of the curve (2mks)
(ii) the y-intercept of the curve (1mk)
b) (i) Determine the stationary points of the curve of the curve (3mks)
(ii) For each point in b(i) above, determine if it is maximum or minimum (2mks)

c) Sketch the curve in the space below ( 2mks)
18. Use ruler and a pair of compasses only in this question

a) Construct; (i) triangle ABC in which AB = 8.5cm, BC = 7.5cm and <BAC = 300 and <ABC = 1050
(3mks)
ii) a circle that passes through the vertices of triangle ABC. Measure the radius (3mks)
iii) the height of triangle ABC with line AB as the base. Measure the height. (2mks)
b) Determine area of the circle that lies outside the triangle (2mks)
19. a) Complete the table below, giving your values to 2 decimal places (2mks)
x 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 210 240 270 300 330 360
(2cos x) -1 0 -2 -3 -2 -1 0 1
Sin x 0 1 0.50 0 -1 0
b) Draw the graph of y= (2 co x) – 1 and y=sin x on the grid provided below. Use the scale 1cm
represent 300 horizontal 2 cm represent 1 unit vertically and 2cm for 1 unit on the y-axis (4 mks)
c) Use the graph to solve:
i) (2cos x) – 1 = -1.5 (1mk)
ii) 2 cos x – sin x =1 (2mks)

d) State the amplitude of the wave y=2cos x – 1 (1mk)

20. A bag contains blue, green and red pens of the same type in the ratio 8:2:5 respectively. A pen is
picked at random without replacement and its colour noted.
a) Determine the probability that the first pen picked is
i) Blue (1mk)
ii) Either green or red. (2mks)
b) Using a tree diagram, determine the probability that
i) The first two pens picked are both green (4mks)
ii) Only one of the first two pens picked is red. (3mks)
21. A and B are two points on the earth’s surface and on latitude 300N.The two points are on the
longitude 400W and 1040E respectively.
Calculate
(a) (i) The distance from A to B along a parallel of latitude in kilometres. (3mks)
(ii) The shortest distance from A to B along a great circle in kilometre (4mks)
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(Take  = and radius of the earth =6370km)
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(b) If the local time at B is 8.00am, calculate the local time at A (3mks)

22. Lengths of 100 mango leaves from a certain mango tree were measured t the nearest centimeter and
recorded as per the table below,
Length in cm 9.5-12.5 12.5-15.5 15.5-18.5 18.5-21.5 21.5-24.5
No. of Leaves 3 16 36 31 14
Cumulative
frequency
a) Fill in the table above. (2 mks)

b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve from the above data. (3 mks)

b) Use your graph to estimate
i) The quartile deviation of the leaves (3mks)
ii) The number of leaves whose lengths lie between 13cm and 17cm. (2mks)
1
23. a) Use the trapezium rule with 7 ordinates to estimate the area enclosed by the curve 𝑦 = 2 𝑥 2 + 3
and the lines x = 0, x = 6 and the x-axis. (4 mks)
b) Determine the exact area bounded the curve and the lines in section a) above (3 mks)
c) Calculate the percentage error from the trapezoidal rule (3 mks)
24. A manufacturer sells two types of books X and Y. Book X requires 3 rolls of paper while Book Y
requires 21/2 rolls of paper. The manufacturer uses not more than 600 rolls of paper daily in making both
books. He must make not more than 100 books of type X and not less than 80 of type Y each day
a) Write down four inequalities from this information (4mks)
b) On the grid provided, draw a graph to show inequalities in (a) above (3mks)
c) If the manufacturer makes a profit of sh 80 on book X and a profit of sh 60 on book Y, how many
books of each type must it make in order to maximize the profit. (3mks)

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INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper consists of two sections. Section I and Section II.
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions in Section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided
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
h) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
i) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
j) Candidates must check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no question(s) is/are missing
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
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 A (50MARKS)
Answer All Questions in this section
1. The area of a rectangle is 48.4cm2 and its length is 9.37cm. Calculate the percentage error in
width (3marks)
2. The base of a triangle is (3x − 2) cm. The height of the triangle is 5cm shorter than its base. Given
that the area of the triangle is 25cm2. Find length of the base. (4marks)
3. Find the area of the triangle shown below (3marks)
4. Express the following expression in surd form and simplify by rationalising the denominator
2
(3marks)
1 − tan 30
5. Solve for x in the expression (log 2 x )2 + log 2 x 3 = 10 (3marks)
6. The table below is part of the tax for monthly income for the year 2007
Monthly income (ksh) Rate %
Under ksh 10165 10
From 10165 but under ksh19741 15
From 19741 but under ksh29317 20
In that year, John’s monthly gross tax was Ksh 2885. Calculate his monthly income
(3marks)

7. A quantity E is partly constant and partly variaes as square root of F.
i) Write down an equation connecting E and F where K and C are constants respectively.
ii) If F=25 where E=22 and F=49 when E=28. Find the value of K and C (3marks)
7
 1 
8.a) Expand 1 + x  in ascending power of x (1mark)
 2 
7
 1 
b) Using the first four times of the expansion in (a) above estimate the value of 1 
 30 
(2marks)
9. Find the number of terms of the series 5+8+11+14+17+……….. that will give a sum of 2183
(3marks)
 4 − 3
10. Find the inverse of the matrix M =   hence find the co-ordinates of the point at which
2 1 
line 4 x − 3 y = 4 and 2 x + y = 7 intersect (3marks)
11. A trader mixed grade I, II and III of coffee in the ratio 2:3:5 respectively. Grade I cost Sh650 per
kg, grade II costs sh 500 per kg and grade III costs sh 420 per kg.
a) Find the cost of one kg of the mixture (2marks)
b) If the trader sold the mixture at a profit of 20% calculate the selling price of 3kg of the mixture
(2marks)
12. Solve for the equation 4 cos2 x = 5 − 4 sin x for 0 o  x  360 (3marks)

13. The figure below has a cross-section of the prism which is an isosceles triangle of side AE= 8cm,
DE= 8cm and AD=6cm, where AB=20cm
a) If G is the midpoint of side BC find

i) GF (1mark)
ii) AG (1mark)
b) The angle between line DF and plane ABCD (2marks)
14.a) Construct triangle PQR in which PQ=QR=5cm and angle PQR=90o (2marks)
b) Draw the locus of S which moves in such a way that it is always on the same side of PR as Q and
^
angle P S R = 45 o (1mark)
sin (3x − 60 )
1
15. Determine the amplitude and period in the function y = (2marks)
2
16. Two towns P and Q are located on the equator such that P is due east of Q. The distance between
the two towns is 1920nm. If the latitude of p is 50oE. Determine the longitude of Q(3marks)
SECTION B (50 MARKS)
Answer any five questions from this section
17. The cost of Jane’s car at the beginning of year 2000 was sh 750,000. It depreciated in value by 7%
per year for the first 3 years, by 8% for the next two years and 11% per year for the subsequent
years.
a) Find the value of the car at
i) The start of the year 2003 (2marks)
ii) The end of year 2007 (3marks)
b) At the beginning of 2008, Jane sold the car through Mary,s dealers at 22% more than its actual
depreciated value to Lucy. Taking Mary’s sale price as the car’s value after depreciation. Find the
average monthly rate of depreciation for the 8years. (5marks)
18. MNP is a triangle with vertices M,(2,2),N(2,-2) and P(-1,-4). Draw the triangle MNP.
(1mark)
a) If vertex N(2,-2) is mapped to N (5,-2) by a shear with x-axis invariant, draw triangle M1N1P1,
1
the image of triangle MNP under the shear. (2marks)
b) Find the matrix that represent the shear in (a) above (2marks)
0 1 
c) A transformation where matrix is T =   maps triangle M1N1P1 onto M11N11P11. Draw the
 1 1 . 5 
11 11 11
triangle M N P (3marks)
d) Describe fully a single transformation that maps triangle M11N11P11 back onto triangle MNP and
give its transformation matrix. (2marks)

19. Complete the table below for the equation y = x 3 − 3x 2 − 5 x + 7 (2marks)
x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y -32 8 7 0 -8 32
b) Draw the graph of y = x 3 − 3x 2 − 5 x + 7 (3marks)
c) Use your graph to estimate the roots of the equation x 3 − 3x 2 − 5x + 7 = 0 (2marks)
d) Use your graph to solve the equation x 3 − 3x 2 − 10 x + 17 = 0 (3marks)
20. The table below shows marks scored by 40 students in a test

Marks 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90
frequency 1 5 8 12 7 4 2 1
a) Calculate the upper quartile and lower quartile (4marks)
b) If 30% of students failed the test, find the pass mark (3marks)
c) The pass mark was set at 25 marks. How many students passed the test. (3marks)
21.) The diagram below shows two intersecting circles with centres X and Y. HG is a tangent to the
circle centre X at C. Angle GCE=70o and angle CEF=130o. Given that CB=5cm, BA=4cm,
AE=12cm and radius DY=6cm.

a) Determine
i) Angle DXE (2marks)
ii) Length DE (2marks)
iii) Angle DYE (2marks)
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b) Calculate the area of the shaded region (take  = ) (4marks)
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22.a) Wekesa has two fair tetrahedral solids one red and other green. The faces of red solid are
numbered 1to 4 while the faces of green solid are numbered 2,3,5 and 6. He tosses the two solids
at the same time and recorded the number that is the bottom face of each solid. If k is the number
that is at the bottom face of red solid while t is the number that is at the bottom face of green
solid, find the probability that
i) 2k+t=7 (1mark)
ii) (2k+t) is at most 9 (1mark)

iii) 2k  t (2marks)
b) In a group of 40 people, 10 are healthy and every person of the remaining 30 has either high blood
pressure, a high level of cholesterol or both. Given that 15 have high blood pressure, 25 have
high level of cholesterol and x have both. If a person is selected at random from this group. What
is the probability that he/ she
i) Has high pressure only (2marks)
ii) Has high level of cholesterol only (1mark)
iii) Hass high blood pressure and high level of cholesterol (1mark)
iv) Has either high blood pressure or high level of cholesterol (2marks)
23. A company was contracted to transport 1200 tonnes of sand. The company used type A and type
B trucks to do the job. Each type A truck carries 10 tonnes of sand per trip while B curries 15
tonnes per trip. The total number of trips must not be less than 70 and type B truck must make at
least twice as many trips as type A truck while the later must make not less than 10trips. Taking x
to represent the number of trips made by type A trucks and y to represent the number of trips
made by type B trucks
a) Write down all the inequalities representing the above information (4marks)
b) Represent the inequality graphically (4marks)
c) The company makes a profit of sh2000 per trip made by each type A truck and sh 3000 per trip
made by each type B truck.
i) Using a search line, determine the number of trips each type of truck must be made to maximise
the profit (1mark)
ii) Hence calculate the maximum profit (1mark)

24.a) Find the area of the region bounded by the cuver y = x 3 − x and the axes between the point x=-1
and x=1 (4 marks)
b) At a certain instant a body is moving in a straight line at 20cm/s. Its acceleration during the first
5seconds of the subsequent motion is (30-6t) cm/s2 where t is the time in seconds. After 5 seconds
it travels with a constant speed. Find
i) Its velocity after 2seconds (2marks)
ii) The greatest velocity attained (2marks)
iii) The distance travelled in 10 seconds (2marks)
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a) Write your Name and Index Number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
c) This paper contains TWO sections: section I and section II
d) Answer all the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions from section II.
e) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
f) Show al the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
g) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
h) 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 GRAND TOTAL
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL
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SECTION 1: (50 MARKS)
Answer ALL the Questions in this section in the spaces provided.
1. Use logarithm table to evaluate: (4mks)
(0.0246)2 x 142
3 0.002 x 1.14
2. Expand the expression: (3√2 + 5) (3√2 – 5). Hence work out the following: (3mks)
4 – 3
3√2 + 5 3√2 – 5
3. Expand (2 + 1/5x)8 up to the term in x3. Use your expansion to evaluate (2.04)8 correct to 4
decimal places. (4mks)
4. Evaluate without using mathematical tables or calculators: (2mks)

2 Log105 – ½ Log1016 + 2 Log1040
5. Make r the subject in the formular: (3mks)

s = rt
(r2 – t)
6. The nth term of a sequence is 2n + 1.

(i) State the first four terms of the sequence. (1mk)
2
(ii) Determine the sum of the first 40 terms of the series. (2mks)
7. If matrix A = 1 2 Find B given that A2 = (A + B). (3mks)

4 3
8. In the figure below QT is a tangent to a circle at Q. PXRT and QXS are straight lines. PX =
6cm, RT = 8cm, QX = 4.8cm and XS = 5cm.
Find the length of:

(a) XR (2mks)
(b) QT (2mks)
9. A circle whose equation is (x – 1)2 + (y – k)2 = 10 passes through point (2,5). Find the
coordinates of the two possible centres of the circle. (3mks)
10. A machine A can do a piece of work in 6 hours while machined B can do the same work in 9
hours. Machine A was set to do the work but after 3½ hours it broke down and machine B
did the rest of the work. Find how long machine B took to do the rest of the work. (2mks)
3
11. The marks of 80 students in a Mathematics test are shown in the table below.
Marks 0-9 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-100
No. of students 8 10 15 14 11 8 7 5 2 0
Find the quartile deviation of the marks. (4mks)

(Give your answer to the nearest whole number)
12. Solve for x in the equation:

3cos2x + sin x + 1 = 0 For 0 < x < 360 (3mks)
13. A stone is thrown vertically upwards from Point O. After t seconds the stone is S metres from
O. Given that S = 29.4t – 4.9t2, find the maximum height reached by the stone. (3mks)
14. A blender mixes two brands of Juice A and B to obtain 70mls of the mixture worth Ksh. 165
per litre. If brand A is valued at Ksh. 168 per 1 litre bottle and brand B at Ksh. 153 per 1 litre
bottle, calculate the ratio in which the bands A and B are mixed. (2mks)
15. A quantity y varies partly as the square of X and partly as X. When y = 20, x = 2 and when
y = 36 x = 3. Determine the equation relating y and x. (3mks)
16. The image of a point Q(1,2) after a translation is Q1(-1,2). What is the co-ordinate of the
point R whose image is R1(-3, -3) after undergoing the same translation?
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Answer any five questions in this section
17. The table below shows monthly income tax rates.

Monthly taxable pay K£ Rate of tax Kshs per K£
1 – 342 2
343 – 684 3
685 – 1026 4
1027 – 1368 5
1369 – 1710 6
Over 1710 7
A government employee earns a monthly salary of Ksh. 24,200 and is provided with a house
at a nominal rent of Ksh. 700 per month.
(a) Calculate the employee’s taxable pay in K£. (2mks)
(b) Calculate the total tax. (4mks)
(c) The employee is entitled to a personal relief of Kshs. 1056 per month; and a monthly
insurance relief at the rate of 15% of the premium paid. Calculate the net tax paid by the
employee if the monthly premium amounts to Kshs. 2,400 for life insurance cover.(3mks)
(d) Calculate his / her net pay that month. (1mk)
18. In the diagram M is the midpoint of XZ. OX = p + 2q. Oz = 7p – 2q and ZY = 3Kq + Mp where
k, and m are constants.
(a) Express the following in terms of p and q.

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(i) XZ (2mks)
(ii) XM (1mk)
(iii) OM (1mk)
(b) Express OY in terms of p, q, k and m. (2mks)
(c) If y lies on OM produced with OY:OM = 3:2. Find the values of k and m. (4mks)
19. The figure below shows a net of solid. The dimensions AC = CB = BA = 5cm, AF = 10cm
and the triangles ABC and DEF are equilateral and equal.
(a) Taking BCDE as the base of the solid, draw a proportionately well labelled solid that can
be made from the net. (2mks)
(b) Name the solid formed. (1mk)
(c) Using the figure, calculate:-

(i) The angle between line CF and the plane BCDE. (3mks)
(ii) The angle between lines BD and DF. (3mks)
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(iii) The angle between the planes BCDE and CDFA. (1mk)
20. The position of two towns P and Q are given to the nearest degree as P(450N, 200W) and
Q(450N, 1600E).
Find:
(a) Shortest distance between the two towns in:-
(i) Kilometres (take radius of the earth as 6370km) (3mks)
(ii) Nautical miles. (Take π = 22/7) and the earth’s radius = 6370km. (2mks)
(b) A ship leaves town P and sails due east for 120 hours to another town R at an average
speed of 27 knots.
(i) Calculate the distance between the two towns in nautical miles. (2mks)
(ii) Find the position of town R. (3mks)
21. The parallelogram OABC has vertices (0,0), (1,0), (4,2), (3,2) respectively.
(a) (i) OABC is mapped onto O1A1B1C1 by a reflection on the line y = x. Draw and label the
image O1A1B1C1. (2mks)
(ii) State the matrix which represent this reflection. (1mk)
(b) O1A1B1C1 is mapped onto parallelogram O A2B2C2 by a rotation through 1800 about O.
(i) Draw and label O A2B2C2 on your diagram. (2mks)
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(ii) Describe the transformation that maps O A B C onto O A2B2C2 (1mk)
(c) OABC is mapped onto the rectangle O A3B3C3 by a shear X axis invariant. If the co-
ordinates of B3 are (1,2), find:-
(i) The co-ordinates of C3. (2mks)
(ii) The matrix representing the shear. (2mks)
22. A farmer has at least 50 acres of land on which he plans to plant potatoes and cabbages.
Each acre of potatoes requires 6 men and each acre of cabbages requires 2 men. The
farmer has 240 men available and he must plant at least 10 acres of potatoes. The profit on
potatoes is Ksh. 1000 per acre and on cabbages is Ksh. 1200 per acre. If he plants x acres
of potatoes and y acres of cabbages:
(a) Write down three inequalities in x and y to describe this information. (3mks)
(b) Represent these inequalities graphically. (4mks)
(c) Use your graph to determine the number of acres for each crop which will give
maximum profit and hence find the maximum profit. (3mks)
23. (a) Complete the table below for the function:

y = x2 – 3x + 5 (2mks)
x 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
y
(b) Use the mid-ordinate rule with six ordinates to estimate the area enclosed by the curve of
the functions y = x2 – 3x + 5, x – axis and the lines x = 2 and x = 8. (3mks)
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(c) Find the exact area of the region described in (b) above. (3mks)
(d) If the mid-ordinates rule is used to estimate the area under the curve between x = 2 and
x = 8, what will be the percentage error in the estimation? (2mks)
24. In a triangle ABC, AB = 17cm, BC = 28cm and AC = 34cm.

Find:-
(a) (i) BAC (3mks)
(ii) Using the angle BAC in (a) (i) above, find the area of triangle ABC. (2mks)
(iii) The radius of its circumcircle that can be drawn on the triangle. (2mks)
(b) A stone is hung from a horizontal beam by two strings. The longer string makes an
angle of 420 with the horizontal and is 3.2m long. If the shorter string makes an angle of
600 with the horizontal, calculate its length. (3mks)
420 600
3.2m
Stone
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each question.
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each question.
Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL
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17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL
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SECTION I: (50MKS)
ATTEMPT ALL THE QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION
1 Solve for n in ( log2 n)2 = log2 n4 – log2 8 (3marks)
2 Make x the subject of the formula (3marks)

2x + r x
n
n =
4 r
b 6
3 In the expansion of (a - ) , the tern independent of a is 735. Find the value of b. (3marks)
92
4 The absolute errors of the radius and height of a cylinder are 3mm and 2mm respectively. If the
actual radius and height are 8cm and 9.5cm respectively. Calculate the percentage error in the
volume of the cylinder (3marks)
 0 1
5 A point (a,b) undergoes a transformation represented by the matrix   followed by another
 −1 4
 0 1
transformation represented by the matrix N   . Determine the value of (a b) if the final
 −1 0
image is (4, 5) (3marks)
6 Solve for x in the internal -  ≤ x ≤  c for which 2 Cos2 x – Sin x =1 (3marks)

7 The cash price of an iPhone 12 pro is kshs.125, 000. Ngeti bought the iPhone on hire purchase
terms by paying a deposit of ksh 70,000 and the balance by 24 equal monthly instalments of ksh
3000. Find the rate of interest charged per annum to 4 significant figure (3marks)
48
8 Without using calculators or mathematical tables express (3marks)
2 − Cos750
9 The table below represents a relationship between 2 variables Q and R connected by the equation
Q =aR +b. where a and b are constant
R 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
Q 2.7 3.4 4.0 4.8 5.6 6.2
(a) On the grid provided draw the line of best fit for the data. (3marks)
(b) Use your graph to find the value of b. (1marks)
10 Mr. Ngetich a police constable in the police service pays a net tax of ksh. 5,499 after a relief of
ksh. 2,256 in a month. Using the below of income tax rates in Kenya in a certain year. Calculate
Ngetichs gross salary during the month if he enjoys a non- taxable travel allowance of ksh 15,000
(4marks)
Monthly taxable income (ksh) Taxable
Up to 16680 10%
16681- 28900 15%
28901- 51920 20%
11 Given that y is inversely proportional to xn and k is constant proportional and that x=2 when y = 4
½ and x = 3 when y = 1⅓. Find the values of n and k. (3marks)
12 The position vectors of A, B and C are a , b and c respectively. Point C divides AB externally in
the ratio 5:2. Express c in terms of a and b (3marks)
13 A right angled triangle has the length of its shorter sides as (2x +4) and (8x + 8). If the length of
the hypotenuse is 10x, find its area (4marks)
14. In what ratio should grade A tea costing sh 180 per kg be mixed with grade B tea costing sh 300
per kg to produce mixture which when sold at sh 270 per a profit of 20% is realized. (3mks)
15. Draw a line PQ Of length 7cm. On one side of the line PQ, construct the locus of point R
such that the area of triangle PRQ is 10.5 cm2 on this locus locate two position of R, R1 and R2
such that <PRQ=PR2Q =900 . Measure R1 R2. (3mks)
16. The diagram below shows a sketch of a circle drawn on a Cartesian place such that it cuts the
axes or x=-1.5,x=6.5,y=-2.5 and y=5.5.
a) Find the co-ordinate of the centre of the circle. (1mk)
b) Find the radius of the circle in sued form. (1mk)
c) find the equation of the circle in the form ax2+ay2+bx+y+d. (2mks)
17. a) A sequence is formed by adding corresponding terms of an AP and GP. The first second
and third term of the sequence formed after adding the first three terms of the sequence
are 14,34 and 78 respectively. Given that the first term of the AP is a and the first term of
the GP is b and that the common difference of the AP. (5mks)
b) The second and third terms of a geometric progression are 24 and 12(x+1) respectively.
Given that the sum of the first three terms of the progression is 76,find the whole number
value of x and hence the first term. (5mks)
18. a) Complete the table below. (2mks)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
x -180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0 60 90 120 150 180
2cos x -2.0 -1.73 -1.00 2.00
sin (2x-300) 1.00 -0.5 1.00
b) On the graph provided below on the same axis draw the graph of y=2cox and
y=sin (2x-300) for -1800 < x< (take the scale 1cm for300 on the x axis and 2cm for
1unit on the y=axis. (5mks)
c) Use your graph to estimate the value of x for which Cos x-½ Sin (2x300) =0 (2mks)
d) Use your graph to state the amplitude and period of the function y=sin(2x-300). (2mks)
19. A pentahedron with faces marked 6,5,1,2 and 7 is biased so that when rolled, the probability of a
number t showing up, is given by P (t) = K (t) where K is a consant. If the pentrahedron is rolled
twice, find the probability that the total score is 8. (4marks)
b) The probability of the three horses X, Y and Z jumping over a fence are 0.5., 0.2 and
0.3respectively
i) Draw a tree diagram to represent the information (1mark)
ii) Find the probability that all the horses jump successfully (1mark)
iii) Find the probability that only one horse jumps successfully (2marks)
iv) Find the probability that at most one horse misses to jump over the fence (2marks)
20. The position of three cities P, Q, and Rare (150N 200W) ,(500N , 200W) and (500N 600E)
respectively.
a) Find the distance in nautical miles between
i) Cities P and Q (2marks)
ii) Cities P and R, via city Q (3marks)

b) A plane left city P at 0250h and flew to city Q where it stopped for 3 hours then flew to
city R, maintaining a speed of 900 knots throughout .Find.
i) The local time in city R when the plane left city P (3marks)
ii) The local time (to the nearest minute) at city R when the plane landed at R (2marks)
21. The marks scored by 40 Mathematics students were shown in the table below.
Marks 42-46 47-57 52-56 57-61 62-66 67-71
Number of students 3 4 10 12 8 3
a) State the upper class limit of the modal class (1mark)
b) Estimate the standard deviation. (3marks)
c) If the pass mark is 55% how many students passed? (3marks)
d) Find the range of marks scored by the middle 50% of the students (3marks)
22. Karuku, Jaoko and Ezra contributed a total of Ksh.3, 579,000 to purchase a van .The ratio of
Karuku’s contribution to Jaoko’s contribution was 4:3 while Ezra’s contribution to Karuku’s
contribution was 5:7
a) Determine the amount each contributed towards the project (4marks)
b) The van purchased had a capacity of 14 seats including the driver’s seat and charges Ksh. 650
from Migori to Kisumu. The van operates from Migori to Kisumu and back to Migori on a daily
basis for six days per week .On a daily basis, Ksh 10,000 collected is used in fencing the van,
31% of the remainder is set aside for maintenance and drivers salary and the rest is saved for the
owners which will be divided in the ratio of their contribution .Determine:
i) The amount saved for the maintenance of the van after 56 weeks if the driver was paid a
total of Ksh 268,800 (3marks)
ii) The amount each received after 56 weeks (3marks)
23. Use the line below to construct triangle ABC such that BC= 5.3cm and angle ABC=750.
(2marks)
Locate point M that is equidistance from points A, B and C (2marks)
0
Construct the locus of P such that angle APC+ Angle ABC= 180 (2marks)
Construct the locus of Q to meet the locus of P at R such that angle ABQ=CBQ (1mark)
Measure MR (1mark)
Shade the region S inside the triangle such that angle ABS≤ angle CBS and AS≥CS (2marks)
24. A school has to take 560 people for a tour .There are two types of buses available. Type X and
type Y. Type X can carry 70 passengers and type Y can carry 40 passengers. They have to use at
least 10 buses of each type must not be less than 3.
a) Form all linear inequalities to represent the above equation (3marks)
b) On the grid provided draw the inequalities and shade the unwanted region (3marks)
c) If the charges for hiring the buses are;

Type X; Shs 40,000
Type Y: Shs 30,000
i) Use your graph to determine the number of buses of each type that should be hired to
minimize the cost (3marks)
ii) Find the minimum cost
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Answer all questions in this section
1 A cuboid has a length of 9.75cm, width of 4.5cm and exact height of 3.2cm. Calculate the relative
error in the volume of the cuboid. (3 marks)
2 Find the value of x in the equation. (3 marks)

log 3 (3𝑥 − 3) − 3 = 2log 3 (𝑥 − 1)
3. A businessman deposited Ksh. 80,000 in a savings account at the beginning of the year, which pays
10.5% interest per annum compounded quarterly. Find the amount in the account at the beginning of 5th
year. (3 marks)
4. Two quantities 𝑄 and 𝑅 are such that 𝑄 varies partly as 𝑅 and partly varies as the square root of R.
Determine the equation connecting Q and R given that 𝑄 = 500 when 𝑅 = 16 and 𝑄 = 800 when 𝑅 = 25.
(3 marks)
5. The position vectors of points A and B are 𝒂 = 3𝒊 − 2𝒋 + 4𝒌 and 𝒃 = −2𝒊 + 𝒋 respectively. A point R
divides line AB externally in the ratio 3: 1. Find the position vector of R in terms of 𝒊, 𝒋 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒌.
(4 marks)
3
4 cos 𝑥−1
6. (a)Show that the equation 2 sin 𝑥 = can be expressed in the form
tan 𝑥
6 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑥 − cos 𝑥 − 2 = 0 (2 marks)
(b)Solve the above equation for −1800 ≤ 𝑥 ≥ 1800 (2 marks)
7. Given that 𝐴 = (𝑅 – 𝑟) (𝑅 + 𝑟). Make R the subject of the formula. (3 marks)
8. The following data represents the ages in years at which pupils were admitted into standard four in a local
primary school: 12, 10, 9, 11, 13,11. Calculate the standard deviation of their ages.
(3 marks)
1 80𝑥−44𝑥 2 −12𝑥 3
9. Evaluate : ∫0 𝑑𝑥 (4 marks)
16𝑥−12𝑥 2
4
1 1
10. Find the radius and the coordinates of the center of the circle whose equation is 2 𝑥 2 + 2 𝑦 2 = 3𝑥 −
5𝑦 − 9 and hence draw the circle in the grid below. (4 marks)
sin 450
11. Simplify 1−𝐶𝑜𝑠 300 leaving your answer in the form 𝑎√𝑏 + √𝑐 where a, b and c are rational
numbers. (3 marks)
𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 10
12. Solve the simultaneous equations given (4 marks)
𝑥 2 − 𝑥𝑦 = 8
1 6
13. Expand the expression(𝑥 − 2𝑥) in ascending powers of x and hence state the constant term.
(2 marks)
14. Construct a tangent through the point X on the circumference of the given circle
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15. A tank has two inlet pipes A and B. A fills the tank in three hours while be does so in six hours. Pipe
R, the outlet pipe empties a full tank in 4hrs. The inlet pipes are opened at the same time and left running for
1.5 hrs. R is then opened and all are left running until the tank is full calculate the total time it takes to fill the
tank. (4 marks)
16. Every time a frog jumps forward it jumps half of the previous jump. If the frog initially jumped 20.2
cm calculate the length of the 6th jump and the total distance covered.
(3 marks)

Answer any FIVE questions in this section
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17. (a) Complete the table below for the functions of 𝑦 = 2 sin 2 𝑥 and 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 to 2 d.p
(2 marks)
𝑥0 0 90 180 270 360 450 540 630 720 810 900
1
𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥
2
𝑦 = sin 𝑥
1
(b) On the same axes, draw the graphs of 𝑦 = 2 sin 2 𝑥 and 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 (use 2 units to represent one unit
on the y- axis and 1 unit to represent 900 on the x axis)
(4 marks)
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1 1
(c) Use the graph to solve the equation sin 2 𝑥 − 2 sin 𝑥 = 0. (2 marks)
1
(d)Describe fully the transformation that maps 𝑦 = sin 𝑥 onto 𝑦 = 2 sin 2 𝑥
(2 marks)
18. A and B are two points on the latitude 520 𝑁. The two points lie on the longitudes 300 𝐸 and 1500 𝑊
respectively.
(a)Calculate the:
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(i) distance in km from A to B along the parallel of latitude. (Take 𝜋 = 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑢𝑠 = 6370 𝑘𝑚) (3
marks)
(ii) shortest distance in nautical miles from A to B along the great circle via North pole. (2 marks)
(b) An aircraft took 46 hours to fly from point A to B along the parallel latitude. Given that it took off from
A on Monday 11:34am. Calculate:
(i) the speed of aircraft in knots. (3 marks)
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(ii) time and the day of arrival in B. (2 marks)
19. A commercial plane at Wilson Airport is assigned a pilot and a co-pilot for efficient running on
daily basis. The pilot must work for more than 2 hours daily. The hours worked by the co-pilot must be
more than one-third the hours worked by the pilot. The total hours worked by both should not be more
than 12 hours. The number of hours done by the pilot and twice the number of hours done by the co-
pilot should be more than 10 hours. By taking x and y to represent the hours worked by a pilot and a
co-pilot respectively
(a) Write down four inequalities to represent the above information. (4 marks)
(b) Use the grid to represent the inequalities in (a) above. (4 marks)
(c) A pilot is given Ksh.4500 allowance while a co-pilot pilot is given Ksh.3,200 pocket allowance
using a search line or otherwise determine the minimum allowance they earn in a day.
(2 marks)
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20. Mr. Moneyman earns a basic salary of sh 12560 and house allowance of sh 2,800 per month. Being a
civil servant, he is deducted ksh 2640 for National housing which is exempted from taxation. He has also
another tax exemption of ksh 360 which is deducted for the National Social Security Fund and he is entitled
to a monthly personal relief of sh 1056.
(a) Calculate his taxable income per annum (3 marks)
(b) The table below shows the tax rates during that year. Use the table to calculate his PAYE.
(5 marks)
Taxable income per year (sh) Rate (sh for every sh. 20)
1 – 72600 2
72601 – 145 200 3
145 201 – 217 800 5
217 801 – 290 400 7
(c)The following deductions are also made from his monthly income:
Cooperative shares Ksh. 750.00
Cooperative loan Ksh. 575.50
Service charge Ksh. 185.00
Determine Mr. Moneyman’s net monthly salary (2 marks)
1 7 3 1
21. In the figure below OP = 2 𝒂 + 𝒃, 𝑶𝑹 = 𝒂 − 𝒃, 𝑹𝑸 = 𝑘𝒃 + 𝑚𝒂, where k and m are scalars 2PS
2 2 2
= 3SR
(a)Express as simply as possible in terms of a and b each of the following vectors.
(i) PR (1 mk)
(ii) PS (1 mk)
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(iii) OS (1 mark)
(b) Express OQ in terms of a, b, k and m (2 marks)
(c)If Q lies on OS produced with 𝑶𝑸: 𝑶𝑺 = 5 ∶ 4, find the value of k and m.

(5 marks)
22. Draw a line AB 8 cm. (1 mark)
a. draw the locus of point T above line AB such that angle ATB =900
(2marks)
b. the locus of C above AB such that triangle ACB = 9.6 cm². Label two points M and N in the loci
of both T and C such that M is nearer to A than B and N is nearer to B than A.
(2marks)
c. find the area enclosed by the locus of T and the locus of C. (3 marks)
d. find the probability that a point chosen at random in the area enclosed by AB and the locus of T is
also found in the area enclosed by the locus of T and the locus of C.
(2marks)
2 −1 1 3
23. Two transformations 𝑇1 and 𝑇2 are given by matrices 𝑇1 = ( ) and 𝑇2 = ( ). T is a single
1 1 −1 2
matrix of transformation equivalent to 𝑇1 followed by 𝑇2
a. find T. (2marks)
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b. points A(−1, 1), 𝐵(1, 2) and 𝐶(0, 3) is mapped onto 𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′ under T. find the coordinates of
𝐴′ , 𝐵 ′ , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐶 ′ (2marks)
c. The following figure represents a triangle ABC with vertices A(-4, 5), B(-2, 2) and C(2, 2). If the
vertex B(-2, 2) is mapped onto 𝐵 ′ (-2, -2) by a shear with the y-axis invariant, draw a triangle 𝐴′ 𝐵 ′ 𝐶 ′
the image of triangle ABC under the shear.
3marks
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6
A 5
2 C
B
1
-5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -0 1 2 3 4 5
-1
-2
d. Find the matrix that represent the sheer above 3marks

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24. A football match is such that a win garners three points a draw garners one point and a match lost earns
no point. The probability of team winning is 40% lose is 45% and a draw 15% if the team plays two games:
a. draw a probability tree diagram to represent all the possible outcomes.
2marks
b. the probability that:

i. they earn six points. (2 marks)
ii. they win at least one match. (2 marks)

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iii. they will have at most two points. (2 marks)
iv. they will garner more than one points. (2 marks)
SECTION I(50 marks)

1. In calculating the volume of a cone a student had an error of 0.1% in  , 0.3% in the height and 0.4%
in the radius, calculate the relative error involved in calculating the volume of the cone.
(3 marks)
2. Solve for in x the equation 12 log 2 81 + log 2 ( x 2 − 3x ) = 1 (3 marks)
3. The length of a rectangle is three times its breadth. If the breadth is decreased by 2m and the length
increased by 4m, the area of the rectangle is decreased by a third. Find the area of the original
rectangle. (3 marks)
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4. Two parallel chords of length 4.4 cm and 9 cm are in a circle of radius7.5cm. Calculate the
distance between the two chords given that they are on different sides of the centre. (3
marks)
5. A square based pyramid has a height 50cm.The sloping edges make an angle of 75◦ with the base.
Find the volume of the pyramid. (3marks)
6. Calculate the mean absolute deviation of the set of data below:

1, 6, 4, 7, 3, 8, 4, 6, 5, 2. (3 marks)
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7. Given the position vectors OA = 4i + 8 j − 2k and OB = 6k − 4i − 2 j . Point C divides AB in the

ratio of 3: −1 . Find the modulus of OC Give your answer to 2 d.p. (3 marks)
8. Below is a circle centre O.
Find the equation of the circle in the form ax 2 + by 2 + cx + dy + e = 0 where a, b, c, d and e are integers.
(3 marks)
9. Tractor A can plough a peace of land in 4 12 h o u r s while tractor B can do the same amount of
work in 7 12 hours. Both tractors began to plough the piece of land but after 2 hours tractor A
broke down and B had to clear the remaining work. The two tractors are operated by different
owners. The whole work was valued at Ksh.13 500 and was shared proportionally to workdone.
Calculate the amount of money received by the owner of tractor B.
(4 marks)
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10. The gradient of the curve y = 2x2 + c at the point (p, 5) equals −8 .Find thevalues of p and c.
(3 marks)
11. A theatre is designed so that the next row of seats has d less seats than the row behind. The first row
has a seats while the tenth row has 435 seats. There are 25 rows of seats in all. The entire theatre
contains 9000 seats. Find the values of a and d. (3 marks)
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12. Find the value of a if 
a
(2 x + 4)dx = 25 (4 marks)
13. The figure below shows part of the a curve which passes through point A (3,8)
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Determine the instantaneous rate of change at A. (3 marks)
14. Pascal earned an interest of Ksh 2 122 312 after seven years on an investment project which paid
13% per annum interest compounded semi-annually. Find the amount Pascal invested to the
nearest thousand (3 marks)
dl
15. The rate of growth of a great white shark, ,is inversely proportional to the square root of its age, t
dt
years. When a shark is four years old, its growth rate is 0.14m/year. A newborn shark is 1.2m
long. Determine the length of a 25-year old shark. (3 marks)
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16. The figure below represents the curve of the function y = 1 + P sin dx for the range
−250  x  550
Determine the values of P and d (3 marks)

Answer ANY FIVE Questions from this Section
17. The figure below shows a model of a house, with a hip top EFGHIJ as its roof. The edge IJ = 7
cm is centrally placed above the plane EFGH. Given that AB = 13 cm, AD = 11 cm, DE = 10
cm and EJ = FJ = HI = GI = 9 cm.
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Calculate to two decimal places
(a) The length EB. (2 marks)
(b) The angle that line EB makes with the plane ABCD. (2 marks)
(c) The angle between plane JEF and plane ABCD. (2 marks)
(d) The angle between plane ADI and plane ABCD. (4 marks)
18. The figure below shows triangle PQR and its image P'Q'R' under a transformation matrix T
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(a) Determine the matrix of transformation that maps triangle PQR onto triangle P'Q'R'.
(3 marks)
(b) Describe the transformation T fully. (2 marks)
(c) Triangle PQR is mapped onto triangle PQR by a transformation defined by the matrix
 −2 0 
 
 0 −2 
(i) Draw triangle PQR on the same grid (3 marks)
(ii) Find a single matrix that maps triangle PQR onto triangle PQR (2 marks)
19. The figure below shows a semi-circle centre (5, 0) and radius 5 units.
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a) Estimate the area of the semi-circle using:

(i) Trapezoidal rule with 5 strips (4 marks)
(ii) Mid –ordinate rule with 5 rectangles (4 marks)
b) Find in terms of  , the percentage error in the area of the semi-circle when mid-ordinate rule
is used as in (a)(ii) above. (2 marks)
20. Mairura has to transport 42 tonnes of potatoes to the market in a day. A lorry and a trailer are
available. The lorry can carry 4 tonnes of potatoes per trip while the trailer carries 6 tonnes of
potatoes per trip. A lorry uses 2 litres of fuel per trip while a trailer uses 4 litres of fuel per trip.
The two vehicles are to use less than 24 litres of fuel. The number of trips made by the lorry should
be less than the number of trips made by the trailer. The lorry should make more than 4 trips.
(a) Taking x and y to represent the number of trips made by lorry and trailer respectively, write the
inequalities that represent the above information. (4 marks)
(b) On the grid provided, plot the inequalities in (a) above. (4 marks)
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(c) If a lorry makes a profit of Ksh 35 000 per trip and a trailer makes a p r o f i t K sh.28 000
per trip, using a search line or otherwise, determine the maximum profit made by Mairura
(2 marks)
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21. Bag A contains 4 red balls and 5 white balls while bag B contains 6 red balls and 4 white ones.
(a) A bag is picked at random and a ball is picked, find the probability that the ball is white.
(2 marks)
(b) A ball is removed from A and placed in bag B. Two balls are then picked from B at random one at a
time without replacement; find the probability that the two balls are of the same colour.
(4 marks)
(c) Three boys and three girls sit in a row of six seats. Find the probability that:-
(i) Three girls sit together. (2 marks)
(ii) The girls and boys sit in alternative seats. (2 marks)
22. (a) A point Q is 2610nm to the east of P(0◦, 155◦E). Find the longitude of Q. (3 marks)
(b) The position of three cities are A(15◦N, 20◦W ),B(50◦N, 20◦W ) and R(50◦N, 60◦E). A plane left
city A at 0250hrs and flew to city B at where it stopped for 3hours then flew on to city C,
maintaining a speed of 900 knots through-out. Calculate;
(i) the total distance covered by the plane from city A to R via C. ( 3 marks)
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(ii) the local time(to the nearest minute) at city R when the plane arrived. (4 marks)
23. The table below shows income tax in a certain year.
Monthly taxable income in Ksh. Tax rates

0 - 12 298 10%
12 299 - 23 885 15%
23 886 - 35 472 20%
35 473 - 47 059 25%
47 060 and above 30%
In that year, Kamau earned a basic salary of Ksh.45,000 per month. He also enjoyed the following
allowances. House allowance Ksh.35 000, Commuter allowance Ksh.10 000, Medical allowance Ksh
15 000. He has an insurance scheme for which he pays a monthly premium of Ksh.22 000. He is
therefore entitled to a relief of 15% of the premium paid. He contributes 10% of his basic salary to a
pension scheme, which is exempted from taxation. He was entitled to a personal relief of Ksh.1 280
per month.
Calculate;
(a) Kamau’s monthly taxable income. (2 marks)
(b) The tax payable by Kamau that month. (5 marks)
(c) The following deductions are also made from Kamau’s salary every month.
(i) N.H.I.F of Ksh.320
(ii) Cooperative society shares of Ksh.6 000
(iii) Union dues of Ksh.200.
Calculate Kamau’s net monthly salary (3 marks)
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24. The figure below shows the edges AB = 90 m and AC = 60 m of a trapezoidal field ABCD drawn to
scale. Angle DAB = 45◦.
Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only;
(a) Complete trapezium ABCD such that angle ABD = 75◦ (3 marks)
(b) Locate by construction a region R within the trapezium and on the same side of AB as CD which
satisfy the conditions below.
(i) R is such that BR ≥ CR (2 marks)
(ii) the area of triangle ARD is at least 450 m2 (3 marks)
(iii) R such that angle ARB is at least 90◦ (2 mar

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SECTION I: 50 MARKS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
1. Solve for x in the equation
2Sin2x - 1 = Cos2x + Sinx for 0x360 (3 Marks)
3 5
2. (a) Expand (1 + 𝑥) upto the fifth term (2 Marks)
(b) Hence use your expansion to evaluate the value of (2.5)5 to 3 d.p.
(2 Marks)
3. Make p the subject of the formula (3 Marks)

𝑝 − 3𝑢
𝐸 + 𝑚 = 𝑚 + √
𝑦 − 3𝑚𝑝
4. A object A of area 10cm2 is mapped onto its image B of area 60cm2 by a transformation
whose matrix is given by
𝑥 4
P= { }. Find the possible value of (3 Marks)
3 𝑥+3
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5. A variable Z varies directly as the square of X and inversely as the square root of Y. Find
the percentage change in Z if X increased by 20% and Y decreased by 19%
(3 Marks)
6. A circle whose equation is (x – 1)2 + (y – k)2 = 10 passes through point (2,5). Find the
coordinates of the two possible centres of the circle.(3marks)
7. Juma deposited Sh. 45 000 in a bank which paid interest at 12% p.a compounded
monthly. Calculate the amount of interest after 3 years
(3 Marks)
4 3
8. (a) Find the inverse of the matrix ( ) (1 Mark)
3 5
(b) Hence solve the simultaneous equation below using matrix method
(3 Marks)
4x + 3y = 6
5y + 3x – 5 = 0
𝑃
9. Given that P=4+√2 and Q=2+√2 and that =a+b√𝑐 , where a, b and c are constants,
𝑄
find the values of a, b and c. (3 marks)
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10. Find the value of 𝑥 that satisfies the equation:
𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (𝑥 + 24) − 2 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 (9 − 2𝑥)
(3 marks)
11. Under a shear with x-axis invariant the point (3,2) is mapped onto (-2,2). Find the
image of point (4,4) under the same transformation.(3marks)
12. The data below shows the marks obtained by ten students in a test.
71, 55, 69, 45, 65, 57, 71, 82, 55, 50
Find the quartile deviations. (3 marks)
13. A bag contains 4 green, 9 purple and 18 blue balls. The balls are identical except for the
colour. Two balls are picked at random, one at a time without replacement, find the
probability that, a blue ball and a green ball are picked.
(3 marks)
14. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = x2 + 2x + 3 at the point where the
gradient is equal to 4. (3 marks)
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15. The radius of a spherical ball is 2.5cm correct to one decimal place. Calculate the
percentage error in calculating the surface area of the ball
(3 marks)
16.
The above diagram represents a wooden prism. ABCD is a rectangle. Points E and F are
directly below C and B respectively. M is the mid-point of CD. AB = 8 cm, BC = 10 cm
and CE = 4.5 cm. Calculate the Angle CAE makes with the plane ADEF
(3marks)
SECTION II: 50 MARKS
ANSWER ANY 5 QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

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17. In the figure below, 𝑶𝑨 = 𝑎̃𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑶𝑪 = 𝑐̃. 𝑪𝑩 = 3𝑶𝑨 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝐶𝐷 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜 3: 1
(a) Express the following vectors in terms of a and c only:

(i) AB (1 mark)
(ii) OD (2 marks)
(b) Given that OE=hOD and AE=kAB where h and k are scalars express OE in two
different ways hence find the scalars h and k. (5 marks)
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(c) If OC produced meets AB produced at F, find OF . (3 marks)
18. (a) The 5th term of an AP is 82 and the 12th term is 103. find:
(i) the first term and common difference. (3marks)
(ii) the sum of the 21 terms. (2 marks)
(b) A stair case was built such that each subsequent stair has a uniform difference in
height. The height of the 6th stair from the horizontal floor was 85 cm and the height of
the 10th stair was 145. Calculate the height of the 1st stair and the uniform difference
in height of the stairs. (3 marks)
(c)During the construction of the staircase, each step was supported by a vertical
piece of timber. If the staircase has 11 stairs, calculate the total length of timber
used. (2 marks)
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19.(a) Complete the table below given that 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 12 for −4 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5
(2 marks)
X -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Y 8 12 12
(b) On the grid provided below, draw the graph of 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 12 for −4 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5
Scale: 1 cm represents 1 unit on the x – axis and 1 cm represents 2 units on the y – axis.
(4 marks)
(c)Using your graph, to Solve the equation 𝑥 2 − 3 𝑥 − 10 = 0 (2 marks)
ii. State the range of values of x for which −𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 12 ≥ 0 (1 mark)
(d) Estimate the coordinates of the turning point of the curve 𝑦 = −𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 12

(1 mark)
20.An aircraft leaves town 𝑃(30° 𝑆, 17° 𝐸)and moves directly to town 𝑄(60° 𝑁, 17° 𝐸) . It then
moved at an average speed of 300 knots for 8 hours westwards to town R. Determine;
(a) The distance PQ in nautical miles. (3 marks)
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(b) The position of town R. (3 marks)
(c) The local time at R if the local time at Q is 3:15 p.m (2 marks)
(d) The total distance moved from P to R in km. Take 1nm=1.853 km

(2 marks)
21. Using a ruler and compasses only.

(i) Construct a parallelogram ABCD such that AB = 10cm, BC = 7cm and angle ABC =
105º. (3 marks)
(ii) Construct the loci of P and Q within the parallelogram such that 6cm. 𝐴𝑃 ≤ 4𝑐𝑚
and 𝐵𝑄 ≤ 6𝑐𝑚 (3 marks)
(iii)Calculate the area within the parallelogram but outside regions bounded by the loci
of P and Q. (4 marks)
22. Below is the histogram representing marks obtained in Mathematics test
Page 8 of 10
(a) Develop a frequency distribution table for the data (3 Marks)
(b) Using an assumed mean of 60.5 find the mean. (3 marks)
(c) Calculate Standard deviation. (4marks)
23.(a) Use the mid ordinate rule with 5 strips to estimate the area bounded by the curve
𝑦 = 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 4, 𝑥 = −2, 𝑥 = 3 and 𝑥 − 𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑠 (3 marks)
(b)Calculate the exact area above (5 marks)
(c) Find the percentage error involve in using the mid-ordinate role.
(2 marks)
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24. Eldoret Airport is planning to build a fire fighting plant on a space of 250m2. Two
types of machines are to be installed, machine x which occupies a space of 5m2 and
machine Y which occupies 10m2. The airport can have a maximum of 40 machines
at a time. At most 15 machines of type Y are used at any given time.
a) Write down three inequalities other than x>0, and y>0. (3marks)
b) On the grid below, show the region satisfying the given conditions.
(4marks)
c) The profit from a type x machine is Ksh 1000 and that of type y is Ksh 4000.
Use the graph to obtain the number of machines of each type that should be
installed to obtain maximum profit. Calculate the maximum profit.
(3marks)
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Do all questions in this section
1. 1. The position vectors of three points P, Q, and R are such that , and
. Show that the points P, Q and R lie on a straight line. (3 marks)
2. The figure below shows a circle with segments cut off by a triangle whose longest side XY is the largest
possible chord of the circle. XY=14 cm and XZ=YZ
Calculate the area of the shaded part, correct to 2 decimal places. Use π = (3 marks)
3. Find the values of and in the expression below. Do not use a calculator or mathematical tables.
(3 marks)

4. A glass of juice of 200 ml content is such that the ratio of undiluted juice to water is 1: 7 Find how many
diluted glasses can be made from a container with 3 litres undiluted juice. (3mks)
5. Moraa bought and beans from a wholesaler. She then mixed the maize and beans the ratio 4:3 she brought
the maize as Kshs. 12 per kg and the beans 4 per kg. If she was to make a profit of 30% what should be the
selling price of 1 kg of the mixture? ( 4 marks)
6. The line y = mx – 1, where m is a constant , passes through point (3,1). Find the angle the line makes with
the x – axis. (3marks)

7. In the figure below CP= CQ and <CQP = 160 0. If ABCD is a cyclic quadrilateral, find < BAD. (3marks)
8. The eye of a scout is 1.5m above a horizontal ground. He observes the top of a flag post at an
angle of elevation of 200. After walking 10m towards the bottom of the flag post, the top is observed at
angle of elevation of 400. Calculate the height of the flag post (4 mks)
dy
9. The gradient function of a curve is  2 x  3 . If the points (2,5) lie on this curve, Find the value of y
dx
when x = -1. ( 3marks)
10. Find the radius on the center of a circle whose equation is given by as x 2  y 2  3x  2  0 (2marks)

11. The sum of the first eight terms of an arithmetic progression is 212 and sixth term is ten times the 2 nd term.
Find the first term (a) and common ratio (d). (4marks)
12. Point P divides line MK in the ratio 4:5. Find the co-ordinates of point P if K is point (-6,10) and M is
point (3,-8) (3mks)
13. Find the following indefinite integral  8x5 – 3x dx (3mks)

x3
14. A metal rod, cylindrical in shape has a radius of 4 cm and length of 14 cm. It is melted down and recast
into small cubes of 2 cm length. Find how many such cubes are obtained ( 3mks)

15. The period of the function below is 540 0
(a) Find the value of (2 mark)
(b) Determine the maximum displacement of the curve over the x-axis. (1 mark)
16. The table below represents a relationship between two variables and , connected by the equation
where and are constants.
On the grid provided, draw the line of best fit for the data. (3 marks)

Answer only five from this section questions in this section
17. Aggie’s earnings were as follows:
 Basic salary – Ksh. per month

 House allowance – Ksh. per month
 Transport allowance – Ksh. per month
 Medical allowance – Ksh. per month
In that year, income tax was charged as shown in the table below
Taxable Income Tax Rate
Kenya Pound (K£) per (Ksh per
annum K£)
1 – 6,000 2
6,001 – 12,000 3
12,001 – 18,000 4
18,001 – 24,000 5
24,001 – 30,000 6
30,001 – 36,000 7
Excess of 36,000 8
Aggie was entitled for a tax relief of Ksh. 18,000 for that year.
(a) Calculate
(i) Aggie’s taxable income in K£ per annum. (2 marks)
(ii) Aggie’s pay as you earn. (5 marks)

(a) Aggie is deducted the following monthly:
 Provident fund – Ksh. 1,000

 Loan Repayment – Ksh. 6,250
 Union dues – Ksh. 500
 NHIF – Ksh. 1,000
 Cooperative shares – Ksh. 3,000
Calculate her net monthly salary in Ksh. (4 marks)
18. In the figure below AOC is a diameter of the circle centre O; AB = BC and < ACD = 25 0, EBF is a
tangent to the circle at B.G is a point on the minor arc CD.
(a) Calculate the size of
(i) < BAD ( 3 marks)
(ii) the Obtuse < BOD ( 3 marks)

(iii) < BGD ( 2 mark)
(b) Show the < ABE = < CBF. Give reasons ( 2 marks)
19. The histogram below represents the marks scored by learners at Bonchari School in a Mathematics
contest
(a) If the frequency of the first class is 10, develop a frequency distribution table from the histogram
above.

(3 marks)
Marks Frequency
5–9 10
(b) Find the total number of students who sat for the contest. (1 mark)
(c) From the histogram, determine:
(i) the mean mark; (3 marks)
(ii) the median mark. (3 marks)

20. A triangle with vertices , and is mapped onto triangle whose vertices
are and by a transformation .
(i) Find the transformation matrix represented by M. (3 marks)
(ii) The coordinates of C (2 marks)
(a) Triangle is the image of under a reflection in the line . Find the coordinates
of . (3 marks)

(b) Determine a single matrix of transformation that maps triangle onto . (2 marks)
21. A cargo plane leaves an airport P(60 0N, 200E) and flies due west to airport Q(60 0N, 250W). 100
minutes later, it then flies due South for 5400 nautical miles to airport R.
(a) Find the position of airport R. (2 marks)
(b) Calculate the total distance that the plane travelled between airports P and Q via R in kilometres. Use
the radius of the earth R=6370 km and π = . (3 marks)
(c) If the average speed of the plane was 600 knots, calculate the total time that the plane was airborne.
(3 marks)

(d) If the plane arrived at Q on Sunday 0215 hours. At what time and day did it leave airport P?
(2 marks)
22. The figure below shows a portable kennel
(a) Calculate
(i) The total surface area of the walls and the roof ( include the door as part of the wall)
(3marks)
(ii) The total area of the roof (2marks)

(b) The cost of roofing is Kshs 300 per square metre and that of making walls and floor Kshs 350 per
square metre. Find the cost of making the kennel (3marks)
(c) Find the cost of roofing another kennel whose dimensions are 50% more than those of given kennel.
(2marks)
23. (a) Excellent Boys High School relies entirely on three sources of power: Kenya Power, a school
generator, and a solar system. The probabilities that the three sources are working at any given time
are , and respectively. Calculate the chance that:
(i) There is power in the school. (2 marks)

(ii) Only two sources are providing power to the school at a given time. (3 marks)
(b) The table below shows the number of Form 1 students per stream and the percentage that do a foreign
language as an optional subject
Stream Number of Percentage that

students do Foreign
Languages
Blue 40 15
Green 56 25
Pink 45 20
Yellow 60 40
A form 1 student is selected at random. Determine the probability that she:
(i) is from stream Blue or Yellow (2 marks)
(ii) is from Green or Pink and does not take any foreign language as an optional subject
(3 marks)

24. The table below shows values of y = a Cos (x – 15) and y = b sin (x + 30)
X 0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150
a Cos(x-5) 0.97 0.71 0.5 -0.5 -0.71
b sin(x+3) 1.00 2.00 1.00 0.00
(a) Determine the values of a and b (2mks)
(b) Complete the table (2mks)

(c) On the same axes draw the graphs of y = across(x – 15) and y = b sin(x + 30) (4mks)
(d) Use your graph to solve ½ cos (x – 15) = sin(x + 30) (2mk)

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1. The position vectors of three points P, Q, and R are such that 𝒑 = 2𝒊 + 3𝒋 + 4𝒌, 𝒒 = −𝒊 − 2𝒋 + 𝒌 and
𝒓 = 5𝒊 + 8𝒋 + 7𝒌. Show that the points P, ,Q and R lie on a straight line. (3 marks)
2. Find the constant term in the expansion of the binomial (2 marks)

1 6
(𝑥 2 − )
𝑥
3. The figure below shows a circle with segments cut off by a triangle whose longest side XY is the largest
possible chord of the circle. XY=14 cm and XZ=YZ
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Calculate the area of the shaded part, correct to 2 decimal places. Use π = (3 marks)
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4. Make 𝑡 the subject of the formula (3 marks)

ℎ𝑡 2
𝑚=√
𝑡 2 + 2𝑤
2
5. The table below represents a relationship between two variables Q and R, connected by the equation Q =
𝑘R + 𝑐 where 𝑘 and 𝑐 are constants.
R 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6

Q 6.2 5.6 4.8 4.0 3.4 2.7
(a) On the grid provided, draw the line of best fit for the data. (3 marks)
(b) Use the graph in (a) above to find the value of 𝑐 (1 mark)
6. The mass (M) of a cylinder varies jointly as the square of the radius (𝑟) and inversely as the square root of
the height (ℎ). If the radius is reduced by 25% and the height increased by 21%, calculate the percentage
change in the mass of the cylinder.
(3 marks)
7. A school buys a lawn mower at Kshs. 48,000. The lawn mower depreciates in value at a rate of 15% per
annum for the first year. Thereafter, the rate of depreciation annually is 10% for the subsequent years. Find
the time it will take its value to be half the buying price. (3 marks)
8. The figure below shows two circles.

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Find the value of 𝑥 if the difference of their areas is given by 20π cm2 (3 marks)
9. Use trigonometric identities to show that (2 marks)

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tan θ + =
tan θ sin θ cos θ
10. Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑏 in the expression below. Do not use a calculator or mathematical tables.
(3 marks)
√48 6
+ = 𝑎√5 + 𝑏√3
2 √5 − √3
11. An auditorium is designed so that the next row of seats has 𝑑 less seats than the row behind it. The first
row has 𝑎 seats while the tenth row has 435 seats. There are 25 rows of seats in all. The entire auditorium
contains 9000 seats. Find the values of 𝑎 and 𝑑. (3 marks)
12. The period of the function below is 5400

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𝑦 = sin(𝑘𝜃 − 40)0
3
(a) Find the value of 𝑘 (1 mark)
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(b) Determine the maximum displacement of the curve over the x-axis. (1 mark)
13. Ujenzi Quarries Limited is contracted to supply ballast for the construction of a health centre. The
construction is estimated to use 144 tonnes of ballast. The firm intends to use two trucks; Fuso and Faw to
transport this ballast. A Fuso truck can carry 8000 kg of ballast while the Faw truck can carry 12,000 kg of
ballast per trip. The Fuso truck should make less than 9 trips and the Faw truck should make at most twice
the number of trips made by the Fuso truck. The total number of trips should be at least 10 trips. By letting
𝑥 and 𝑦 to represent the Fuso and Faw trucks respectively, write down all the inequalities to represent the
above information. (4 marks)
14. The figure below shows a circle centre O, with two parallel chords AB and CD. Chord CD is produced to E
and EF is a tangent to the curve at F. The radius of the circle is 5 cm, AB = 8 cm and chords AB and CD
are 5 cm apart.
Calculate correct to 1 decimal place:

(a) The length of the chord CD. (2 marks)
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(b) The length FE if DE = 2 CD. (2 marks)
15. The ratio of Ali’s wages to Ben’s earnings is 5:3. If Ali’s earnings increase by 12%, his new earning
becomes Ksh. 5,040. Find the corresponding percentage change in Ben’s earnings if the sum of their new
earnings is Ksh. 8,145.
(4 marks)
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16. Below is a line segment XY. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only construct the locus of a variable
point P above XY such that angle XPY ≥ 600 and the area of XPY > 8.75 cm2.
(4 marks)

Answer any five questions in this section
17. A triangle 𝐓 with vertices A(2, 3), B(5, 3) and C(4, 1) is mapped onto triangle 𝐓′ whose vertices are
A′(−4, 3), B′(−1, 3) and C′(𝑥, 𝑦) by a transformation 𝐌.
(a) Find:
(i) The transformation matrix represented by 𝐌. (3 marks)
(ii) The coordinates of C′ (2 marks)
(b) Triangle 𝐓′′ is the image of 𝐓′ under a reflection in the line 𝑦 − 𝑥 = 0. Find the coordinates of 𝐓′′.
(3 marks)
(c) Determine a single matrix of transformation that maps triangle 𝐓 onto 𝐓′′. (2 marks)
18. A cargo plane leaves an airport P(600N, 200E) and flies due west to airport Q(600N, 250W). 100 minutes
later, it then flies due South for 5400 nautical miles to airport R.
(a) Find the position of airport R. (2 marks)
(b) Calculate the total distance that the plane travelled between airports P and Q via R in kilometres. Use
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the radius of the earth R=6370 km and π = 7 . (3 marks)
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(c) If the average speed of the plane was 600 knots, calculate the total time that the plane was airborne.
(3 marks)
(d) If the plane arrived at Q on Sunday 0215 hours. At what time and day did it leave airport P?
(2 marks)
19. Aggie’s earnings were as follows:

• Basic salary – Ksh. 38,000 per month
• House allowance – Ksh. 14,000 per month
• Transport allowance – Ksh. 8,500 per month
• Medical allowance – Ksh. 3,300 per month
In that year, income tax was charged as shown in the table below
Taxable Income Tax Rate
Kenya Pound (K£) per (Ksh per
annum K£)
1 – 6,000 2
6,001 – 12,000 3
12,001 – 18,000 4
18,001 – 24,000 5
24,001 – 30,000 6
30,001 – 36,000 7
Excess of 36,000 8
Aggie was entitled for a tax relief of Ksh. 18,000 for that year.
(a) Calculate
(i) Aggie’s taxable income in K£ per annum. (2 marks)
(ii) Aggie’s pay as you earn. (5 marks)
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Aggie is deducted the following monthly:
• Provident fund – Ksh. 1,000

• Loan Repayment – Ksh. 6,250
• Union dues – Ksh. 500
• NHIF – Ksh. 1,000
• Cooperative shares – Ksh. 3,000
Calculate her net monthly salary in Ksh. (4 marks)
20. (a) Kisumu Boys High School relies entirely on three sources of power: Kenya Power, a school generator,
4 3 2
and a solar system. The probabilities that the three sources are working at any given time are 5, 4 and 3
respectively. Calculate the chance that:
(i) There is power in the school. (2 marks)
(ii) Only two sources are providing power to the school at a given time. (3 marks)
(b) The table below shows the number of Form 1 students per stream and the percentage that do a foreign
language as an optional subject
Stream Number of Percentage that

students do Foreign
Languages
Blue 40 15
Green 56 25
Pink 45 20
Yellow 60 40
A form 1 student is selected at random. Determine the probability that she:

(i) is from stream Blue or Yellow (2 marks)
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(ii) is from Green or Pink and does not take any foreign language as an optional subject
(3 marks)
21. Three ships X, Y, and Z are approaching a harbour H. X is 16 km from the harbour and due East. Y is 14
km from the harbour on a bearing of 1300, and Z is 26 km to the West of Y and on a bearing of 2400 from
the harbour.
(a) Sketch the relative positions of X, Y, Z, and H. (2 marks)
(b) Calculate the distance of Y from Z correct to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)
(c) The bearing of X from Y to the nearest one degree. (3 marks)
(d) A patrol ship P is sighted such that it is equidistant from ships X, Y and Z. Calculate the distance of P
from H. (2 marks)
22. The table below shows the distribution of marks scored by 80 students in a Maths Olympiad contest.
Marks 1– 11 – 21 – 31 – 41 – 51 – 61 – 71 – 81 –
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Number
of 3 5 7 9 11 15 14 10 6
Students
(a) Using an assumed mean of 55.5, calculate the mean mark. (4 marks)
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(b) On the grid provided, draw an ogive to represent the information above. (2 marks)
(c) Use the ogive in (b) above to:

(i) Determine the number of students who scored 60% and above. (2 marks)
(ii) Find the interquartile range. (2 marks)
23. Kajiado county government has two water supply points with pipes A and B. Pipe A pumps at the rate of
2.1 m/s and has a radius of 10 cm while pipe B pumps water at a rate of 1.4 m/s and has a radius of 12 cm.
The water is pumped into a reservoir tank with a circular base of diameter 28 m and a height of 15 m. Use
22
π= 7.
(a) Calculate the capacity of water in litres that is supplied in one hour by both pipes A and B.
(3 marks)
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(b) The time in hours that it takes the reservoir tank to be three-quarters full. (3 marks)
(c) Find the time it takes the full tank to reduce to 25% in height if a discharge pipe C of radius 15 cm
drains the tank at the rate of 1.05 m/s. (4 marks)
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24. (a) Use the trapezium rule with seven ordinates to estimate the area bounded by the curve 𝑦 = 3 𝑥 2 − 3 and
the lines 𝑥 = −1, 𝑥 = 5 and the 𝑥-axis (4 marks)
(b) Calculate the exact area in (a) above by integration. (4 marks)
(c) Hence calculate the percentage error in using the trapezium rule (2 marks)
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1. Use logarithms to evaluate; (4 marks)
1
415.3 × 0.0152 3
( )
sin 75°
2. The base and perpendicular height of a triangle measured to the nearest ccentimetre are 12 cm and
8cm respectively. Find the absolute error in calculating area of the triangle
(3 marks)
2 5
3. (a) Expand (3 + 𝑥) up-to the term 𝑥 4 . (1 mark)
(b) Hence estimate the value of (3.5)5 to 4 s.f. (2 marks)
4. Find the radius and centre of the a circle whose equation is 3𝑥 2 + 3𝑦 2 − 12𝑥 + 18𝑦 = 9
(3 marks)
5. An aero plane leaves town A(40˚N, 155˚W) for town B(40˚N, 25˚E) using the shortest route at a speed
of 300 knots. Calculate the time it takes to travel from A to B.
(3 marks)
1 1
6. The third term and the sixth term of a geometric series are 3 3 and 11 4 respectively. Calculate the;
a) Common ratio (2 marks)
2
b) First term (1 mark)
7. The graph below is part of a straight line obtained from initial equation 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 𝑛 . Use the graph to
calculate the values of a and n. (4 marks)
2 3 −1 3
8. Given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( ), find matrix C where 𝐴𝐶 = 𝐵. (3 marks)
1 4 2 −1
9. A quantity P is partly constant and partly varies inversely as square of t. P = 6 when t = 6 and P = 18
when t = 3. Find t when P = 11. (3 marks)
10. A mobile phone can be purchased in cash Ksh. 30,000 or by paying Ksh. 1,750 for 24 months. Calculate
the rate of interest charged on instalment buying. Give your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
(3 marks)
11. Solve for 𝑥 in 3 log 3 𝑥 + 4 = log 3 24 (3 marks)

3
12. Solve for x in the equation
6 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2 𝑥 − cos 𝑥 − 5 = 0 for 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 360° (3 marks)
13. Two brands of tea costing Sh. 160 and Sh. 140 per kilogram respectively are mixed in the ration 2: 3 by
mass. The mixture is sold at Sh. 240 per kilogram. Find the percentage profit made.
(3 marks)
3 1
14. Triangle 𝐴′ 𝐵′𝐶′ is the image of triangle ABC under transformation represented by the matrix ( ). If
5 4
the area of triangle 𝐴′ 𝐵′𝐶′ is 140 𝑐𝑚2 , find the area of triangle ABC
(3 marks)
15. Given that PR = 2cm, PN = 12cm and PM = 3cm. Find the length of:
(i) PS (2 marks)
(ii) PQ (1 mark)
4
1
16. Given that tan 𝑥 = , find the value of 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑥 + cos 𝑥. (3 marks)
√3

Answer any Five questions only in this section.
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17. In a science class, 3 of the class are boys and the rest are girls. 80% of the boys and 90% of the girls are
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right handed. The probability that the right handed student will break a test tube in any session is 10 and
3
that for the left handed student is 10 ,regardless of whether boy or girl.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information (2 marks)
(b) Using the tree diagram drawn, find the probability that:
(i) A student chosen at random from the class is left handed (2 marks)
(ii) A test tube is broken by a left handed student. (2 marks)
(iii) A test tube is broken by a right handed student. (2 marks)
(iv) A test tube is not broken in any session (2 marks)
18. In a triangle ABC, E is the midpoint of BC, D is a point on AC such that AD: DC = 3: 2 and F is the
point of intersection of AE and BD. Vectors 𝐴𝐵 = 𝑏̃ and 𝐴𝐶 = 𝑐̃
̃ and 𝒄̃ only
(a) Express the following vectors in terms of 𝒃
(i) AE (2 marks)
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(ii) BD (1 mark)
(b) By expressing vectors BF in two ways, find the ratio BF: FD given that BF = hBD and AF = tAE
where h & t are constants (5 marks)
(c) Hence find vector BF in terms of b and c only (2 marks)
19. The table below shows the rates at which income tax is charged on annual income.
Annual taxable income Rates (Sh per K£)
(K£)
1 − 2800 3
2801 − 4600 5
4601 − 7200 6
7201 − 9000 7
9001 − 11 800 9
11 801 − 13 600 10
Over 13 600 12
A company employee earns a basic monthly salary of Ksh. 18 600 and a house allowance of 15% of his
basic salary. If the employee is married and claims a monthly family relief of Sh. 250, calculate;
a) His annual taxable income in Kenya pounds. (2 marks)
b) His net salary per month. (8 marks)
20. The marks obtained by 50 students in an examination were recorded in the table below
Marks 0 − 9 10 − 19 20 − 29 30 − 39 40 − 49 50 − 59 60 − 69 70 − 79
Number 3 6 10 12 9 5 3 2
of
student
Using 44.5 as the assumed mean, calculate
(i) The actual mean mark (4 marks)
(ii) The standard deviation to 2 decimal place (3 marks)
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(iii)The quartile deviation (3 marks)
21. Given that 𝑦 = 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛2𝑥 and 𝑦 = 3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑥 + 45°)

(a) Complete the table below: (2 marks)
𝑥 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° 120° 140° 160° 180°
2 sin 2𝑥 0 1.97 0.68 −0.68 −1.73 −1.28 0
3 cos(𝑥 + 45°) 2.12 1.27 −0.78 −2.46 −2.72 −2.12
(b) Use the data to draw the graph of 𝑦 = 2 sin 2𝑥 and 𝑦 = 3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 (𝑥 + 45°) for 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤
180° on the same axis on the grid provided below. (5 marks)
(c) State the amplitude and period of each curve (2 marks)
(d) Use the graph to solve the equation 2 sin 2𝑥 − 3 cos(𝑥 + 45°) = 0 for 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 180°
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(1 mark)
22. VABC is a pyramid standing on an equilateral triangular base ABC whose sides are 6 cm. VO is the
perpendicular height. 𝑉𝐴 = 𝑉𝐵 = 𝑉𝐶 = 15 𝑐𝑚.
Calculate to 2 d.p.
a) Height VO. (3 marks)
b) The inclination of VAB to ABC. (2 marks)
c) The inclination of VB to ABC. (3 marks)
d) The volume of the pyramid. (2 marks)
23. A small scale farmer wishes to buy some sheep and goats for rearing. Sheep cost Sh 400 and a goat cost
Sh.300.The farmer has enough space for only 20 animals and may spend at most Sh. 6 800. The number
of goats should not exceed twice the number of sheep.
a) By letting x and y to represent the number of sheep and goats he can buy respectively, write
down all inequalities from the above information. (4 marks)
b) Represent the inequalities on the grid provided (4 marks)
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c) From your graph, find the maximum number of animals he can buy at the lowest cost
(2 marks)
24. The displacement of a particle S metres, t seconds after passing a fixed point O is given by 𝑆 = 3 +
2𝑡 − 5𝑡 2 .
Calculate:
a) The displacement of the particle 2 seconds later (2 marks)
b) The time taken for the particle to return to O (3 marks)
c) The maximum displacement of the particle (3 marks)
d) The initial velocity of the particle (2 marks)
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SECTION 1 (50 MARKS) Answer all the questions in this section
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
1. Use a calculator to find V if = - (2mks)
𝐕 𝟐𝟑.𝟗 𝟑𝟖.𝟒𝟓
2. Solve for X in Log (7X – 3) + 2 Log 5 = 2 + Log (X+3) (3mks)
3. A quantity P is partly constant and partly varies as the square of Q. when Q = 2, P = 40 and when Q
= 3, P = 65. Determine the equation connecting P and Q (3mks)
𝟏
4. Expand (1 - )𝟔 up to the fourth term; hence use your expansion to evaluate 0.9966 correct to 4
𝟐𝑿
decimal places. (4mks)
√𝟓+ 𝟑
5. Simplify . Give the answer in the form of a + b√𝒄 where a, b and c are integers
√𝟓− 𝟐
(3mks)
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6. Given that X-5, X-3 and 2X-3 are three consecutive terms of a geometric progression, find the
possible values of X and the ratio (2X+1):(X+2) (4mks)
7. The figure below is a segment of a circle cut off by a chord AB. Line CD is a perpendicular bisector
of chord AB.
C
If AB is 24cm and CD is 8cm, calculate the radius of the circle. (3mks)

A B
D
8. By completing the square, solve for x in the equation 2x2 -6 = x. (3mks)
𝐛 − 𝐛𝒙𝟐
9. Given that y = make x the subject (3mks)
𝐜𝒙𝟐 − 𝐚
10. The base and height of a right-angled triangle are 4cm and 5cm respectively. Calculate the
percentage error in its area. (3mks)
𝟓 𝟑
11. Given that P = ( ), find ;
𝟔 𝟒
a. Its inverse (1mk)
b. The value of x and y if P(𝒙𝒚) = (𝟑𝟐) (3mks)
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12. The equation of a circle is given by x2 + y2 + 6x – 10y -30 = 0. Determine the radius and center of
the circle (3mks)
13. Find the value of X which satisfies the equation 52x - 6×5x + 5 = 0 (3mks)
14. A scooter mixes oil and petrol in the ratio 5:19. If petrol costs Ksh. 130 per liter and oil costs Ksh.
250 per liter, find the cost of a liter of the mixture. (2mks)
15. Solve the pair of equations simultaneously (4mks)

2x – y = 3
x2 – xy = -4
16. The cash price of a water pump is Ksh. 38,000. Mr. Ahero opts to buy the pump on hire purchase
terms by paying a deposit of Ksh. 6,500 and 24 equal monthly installments. Calculate the amount
of each installment, if simple interest of 20% p.a is charged.
(3mks)
SECTION II (50 MARKS): Attempt any five questions in this section

17. The first term of an arithmetic sequence is equal to the first term of the geometric sequence. The
second term of the arithmetic sequence is equal to the fourth term of the geometric sequence,
while the tenth term of the arithmetic sequence is equal to the seventh term of the geometric
sequence.
a. Given that a is the first term and d is the common difference of the arithmetic sequence while r is
the common ratio of the geometric sequence, write down two equations connecting the arithmetic
and geometric sequences. (2mks)
b. Find the value of r that satisfies the geometric sequence (4mks)
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c. Given that the tenth term of the geometric sequence is 5120, find the values of a and d
(2mks)
d. Calculate the sum of the first 20 terms of the arithmetic sequence (2mks)
18. Three quantities R, S and T are such that R varies directly as S and inversely as the square of T.
a. Given that R = 480 when S = 150 and T = 5, write an equation connecting R, S and T
(3mks)
b. Find,
i. the value of R when S = 160 and T = 1.6 (3mks)
ii. the percentage change in R if S increases by 5% and T decreases by 20%

(4mks)
19. The table below shows income tax rates

Monthly income in Kenya shillings Tax rate % in each
(Ksh)
Up to 9680 shilling 10 %
From 9681to18800 15 %
From 18801 to 27920 20 %
From 27921 to 37040 25 %
From 37041 and above 30 %
In that year Okumu’s salary amounted to K£ 45,000 p.a and he received allowances totaling Ksh.
300,000 p.a. He was entitled to:-
(i) Monthly personal relief of Ksh. 1,056
(ii) Monthly insurance relief at the rate of 15% of the premium paid
Okumu paid a monthly premium of Ksh. 2,500 towards his life insurance policy
Calculate
(a) His gross monthly income in Ksh (2mks)
(b) The monthly income tax he pays (5mks)
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(c) His net monthly income, if his other monthly deductions were: - Ksh. 4,800 to HELB, Ksh.
5,000 to his co-operative and Ksh. 2,800 towards a bank loan repayment.
(3mks)
20. Square OABC with vertices O(0,0),A(2,0), B(2,2) and C(0,2) is mapped onto O’(0,0), A’(2,0), B’(5,2)
𝒂 𝒃
and C’(3,2) by the matrix T = ( )
𝒄 𝒅
a. Find T (3mks)
b. Draw O’A’B’C’ and reflect it on the line x + y = 0 to obtain O”A”B”C” (4mks)

(attach graph paper)
c. What single matrix P maps OABC to O”A”B”C” (3mks)
21. In the triangle PQR below L and M are points on PQ and QR respectively such that PL: LQ = 1:3 and
QM: MR = 1:2, PM and RL intersect at X. Given that PQ = b and PR=c,
P
L
x
Q R
M
a. Express the following vectors in terms of b and c.
i. QR (1mk)
ii. PM (1mk)
iii. RL (1mk)
b. By taking PX = hPM and RX = kRL where h and k are constants find two expressions of PX
in terms of h, k, b and c. Hence determine the values of the constants h and k.
(6mks)
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c. Determine the ratio LX : XR (1mk)
22. During a traffic crackdown, 1,000 motor cycles were sampled. 250 of these were found to lack
necessary driving gear, 200 had no valid insurance and 300 lacked the driving license. Taking the
sample to represent all motorcycles in the country;
a. Represent the information in a tree diagram (3mks)
b. Find the probability that, a motorcyclist at any given time

i. Has no driving license (3mks)
ii. Lacks a valid insurance but is in proper driving gear and has a valid driving license
(2mks)
iii. Has none of the offence (2mks)
23. In the figure below, K L M and N are points on the circumference of a circle centre O. The points K,
O, M and P are on a straight line. PQ is a tangent to the circle at N. Angle KOL = 1300 and angle
MKN = 400
M
O
Find the values of the following angles, stating the reasons in each case:
a. <MLN (2mks)
b. <OLN (2mks)
Q
c. < LNP (2mks)
d. <MPQ (2mks)
e. <KNQ (2mks)
24. Complete the table below for y = Sin 2x and y = Sin(2x+30)0 giving values to 2 d.p
(1mk)
X 0 0 0 15 30 45 60
0 0 0 0 75 90 1050 1200 1350 1500 1650 1800
0 0
Sin 2x 0.00 0.87 -0.87 0.00

Sin (2x+30)0 0.50 0.50 -1.00 0.50
a. Draw the graph of y = Sin 2x and y = Sin(2x+30)0 on the same axis (4mks)
b. Use your graph to solve Sin(2x+30)0 - Sin 2x = 0 (1mk)
c. Describe the transformation which maps the wave Sin 2x onto the wave Sin (2x +30)
(2mks)
d. State the amplitude and period of y = a cos (bx +c) (2mks)
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Section I(50 Marks): Answer ALL questions in the section in the space provided.
SECTION I
1. Use logarithm tables correct to 4 significant figures to evaluate. (3 Marks)
2. Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of line PQ where the co-ordinates of P and Q are P (-2, 8)
and Q (4, 7). (3 Marks)
3. The surface areas of two spheres are 36cm2 and 49cm2. If the volume of the smaller sphere is 20.2cm3,
calculate the volume of the larger one. (2 Marks)
4. The marked price of a shirt is Sh. 800. A customer buys the shirt after being given a discount of 13%.
The seller then realizes that he made a profit of 20% on this sale. Find how much the seller had bought
the shirt. (2 Marks)
5. In the grid provided below, show the region R that is satisfied by the three inequalities given below.
Y6 – x
yx + 4
y2 (4 Marks)
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6. The radius of a cone increases in the ratio 4:3 while it’s height decreases in the ratio 3:4. Determine the
percentage change in the volume of the cone. (3 Marks)
7. Solve for x in the equation (3 Marks )

Log (5x + 75) – 2 Log 3 = Log (2x – 9)
8. Given that a = 3i – 2j + 3k and b = 2i - 4j – 3k where i, j and k are unit vectors,find |2a + 3b| (3 Marks)
˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜
9. Make x the subject of the formula in
a=
Hence find the value of x when a = 2 and b = 6. (4 Marks)
10. In the figure below, BT is a tangent to the circle at B. AXCT and BXD are straight lines. AX = 6cm,
CT = 8cm, BX = 4.8cm and XD = 5cm. (Figure not drawn to scale)
D
5cm
6cm X x C 8cm T
A
4.8cm
B
Find the length of
(a) XC (2 Marks)
(b) BT (2 Marks)
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11. Simplify + leaving your answer in the form a + b , where a, b and c are rational numbers.
(3 Marks)
12. A quantity y varies partly as another quantity x and partly as the square of x. When x = 20, y = 45 and
when x = 24, y = 60.
(a) Express y in terms of x (3 Marks)
(b) Find x when y = 75 (1 Mark)
13. Expand upto the term in . Use your expansion to estimate the value of to 3 decimal
places. (4 Marks)
14. A pipe 3.0m long was cut into three pieces. The first piece and the second one were measured as 1.3m
and 0.94m respectively. Find the limits within which the length of the third piece lies. (3 Marks)
15. A coffee blender has two brands of coffee, Tamu and Chungu. A kilogram of Tamu costs Sh. 70 while a
kilogram of Chungu costs Shs. 64. In what ratio should he mix the two brands to make a blend which
costs Shs. 68 per kilogram? (2 Marks)
16. Find the centre and radius of a circle whose equation is x2+ y2+ 8x + y2 – 2y – 1 = 0 (3 Marks)
SECTION II (50 Marks): Answer ANY FIVE questions in this section in the spaces provided.
17. In a Science class of the class are boys and the rest are girls. 80% of the boys and 90% of the girls are
right handed. The probability that the right handed student will break a test tube in any session is and
that for the left handed student is regardless of whether boy or girl.
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(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent this information. (2 Marks)
(b) Using the tree diagram drawn, find the probability that:
(i) A student chosen at random from the class is left handed (2 Marks)
(ii) A test tube is broken by a left handed student. (2 Marks)
(iii) A test tube is broken by a right handed student. (2 Marks)
(iv) A test tube is not broken in any session (3 Marks)
18. Matrix P is given by

(a) Find P-1 (2 Marks)
(b) Two institutions, Katulani High School and Nthia High School purchased beans at Sh. b per bag and
maize at Sh. m per bag. Katulani purchased 8 bags of beans and 14 bags of maize for KSh. 47,600.
Nthia purchased 10 bags of beans and 16 bags of maize for KSh. 57,400.
(i) Form a matrix equation to represent the information above. (2 Marks)
(ii) Use matrix P-1to find the prices of one bag of each item. (3 Marks)
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(c) The price of beans later went up by 5% and that of maize remained constant. Katulani bought the
same quality of beans but spent the same total of money as before on the two items. State the new
ratio of beans to maize. (3 Marks)
19. James’ earning are as follows:-

Basic salary Sh. 38,000 p.m
House allowance Sh. 14,000 p.m
Travelling allowance Sh. 8,500 p.m
Medical allowance Sh. 3,300
The table for the taxable income is as shown below.
Income tax in K£ p.a Tax in Sh. per pound
1 600 2
6001 12000 3
12001 18000 4
1001 24000 5
24001 30000 6
30001 36000 7
36001 42000 8
42001 48000 9
Over 48000 10
(a) Calculate James’ taxable income in K p.a. (2 Marks)
(b) Calculate James’s P.A.YE if he is entitled to a tax relief of Sh. 18000 p.a. (4 Marks)
(c) James is also deducted the following per month:-

NHIF Sh. 320
Pension scheme Sh. 1000
Co-operative shares Sh. 2000
Loan repayment Sh. 5000
Interest on loan Sh. 500
(i) Calculate James’ total deduction per month in KSh. (2 Marks)
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(ii) Calculate his net salary per month (2 Marks)
20. Three consecutive terms of a geometric progression are , and 81 respectively.

(a) Calculate the value of x (3 Marks)
(b) Find the common ratio of the series. (1 Mark)
(c) Calculate the sum of the first 4 terms of this series. (3 Marks)
(d) Given that the fifth and the seventh terms of the G.P form the first two consecutive terms of an
arithmetic sequence, calculate the sum of the first 20 terms of the sequence. (3 Marks)
21. A tank has two inlet taps P and Q and an outlet tap R. When empty, the tank can be filled by tap P alone
in 4 hour or by tap Q alone in 3 hours. When full, the tap can be emptied in 2 hours by tap R.
(a) The tank is initially empty. Find how long it would take to fill up the tank
(i) If tap R is closed and taps P and Q are opened at the same time. (2 Marks)
(ii) If all the three taps are opened at the same time. (2 Marks)
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(b) The tank is initially empty and the three taps are opened as follows:-
P at 8.00 a.m.
Q at 8.45 a.m
R at 9.00 a.m
(i) Find the fraction of the tank that would be filled by 9.00 a.m (3 Marks)
(ii) Find the time the tank would be fully filled up (3 Marks)
22. In the figure below M and N are points on OQ and QP such that OM:MQ = 2:3 and QN : NP = 2:1. ON
and PM intersect at X. ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜
˜
P
O N
X
M
Q
(a) Given that OP = p and OQ = q. Express in terms of p and q
(i) ON ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ ˜ (2 Marks)
˜
(ii) PM (2 Marks)
˜
(b) Given that OX = hON and PX = kPM where h and k are scalars,
˜ values
(i) Determine the ˜ of h and
˜ k. ˜ (5 Marks)
(ii) Determine ratio in which X divides PM. (1 Mark)
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23. The figure below shows a circle centre O, PQRS is a cyclic quadrilateral and QOS is a straight line.
R
S
700
P Q
Giving reasons for your answers, find the size of

(a) Angle PRS (2 Marks)
(b) Angle POQ (2 Marks)
(c) Angle QSR (3 Marks)
(d) Reflex angle POS (3 Marks)
24. (a) Complete the table below for y = x3 + 4x2 – 5x - 5 (2 Marks)

x -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2
y = x3 + 4x2 – 5x - 5 19 -5
(b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of y = x3 + 4x2 – 5x – 5 for -5  x  2 (3 Marks)
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(c) (i) Use the graph to solve the equation x3 + 4x2 – 5x – 5 = 0 (2 Marks)
(ii) By drawing a suitable straight line on the graph, solve the equation (3 Marks)
x3 + 4x2 – 5x – 5 = -4x - 1
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Section A. (50mks)
1. Find the value of x that satisfies the equation. (3mks)

log (2𝑥 − 11) − log 2 = log 3 − log 𝑥
2. The base and the height of a right angled triangle were measured as 6.4𝑐𝑚 and 3.5𝑐𝑚 respectively.
Determine to 1 decimal place the percentage error in calculating the area of the triangle. (3mks)
3. The figure below shows a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB = 8cm, DC =12cm < 𝐵𝐴𝐷 = 450 <
𝐶𝐵𝐷 = 900 and < 𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 300
D
12cm
A 450 300 C
8cm
B
a. The length of BD. (1mk)
b. The size of angle 𝐴𝐷𝐵 . (2mks)
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4. Simply the expression leaving the answer in the form 𝑎√𝑏 + 𝑐 where a, b and c are integers.
√5+ √3
(3mks)
5. (a) Expand (1 + 𝑥)7 up to the 4th term (1mk)
(b)Use the expansion in part (a) above to find the approximate value of (0.94)7 to 3 decimal places.
(2mks)
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6. A variable P varies directly as 𝑡 3 and inversely as the square root of 𝑆. When 𝑡 = 2 and 𝑆 = 9 𝑃 =
16. Determine the equation connecting 𝑃, 𝑡 and 𝑆 hence find 𝑃 when 𝑆 = 36 and 𝑡 = 3. (3mks)
3 𝑥 1 2
7. Given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( ), Find the values of 𝑥 for which AB is a singular matrix.
𝑥+1 2 3 0
(4mks)
8. Use completely the square method to solve

3𝑥 2 + 8𝑥 − 6 = 0 Correct to 3 significant figures. (3mks)
9. In the figure below the tangent 𝑆𝑇 meets chord 𝑉𝑢. Produced at T. chord 𝑆𝑊 passes through the centre
𝑂 of the circle and intersect chord 𝑉𝑢 at 𝑥. Line 𝑆𝑇 = 12𝑐𝑚 and 𝑢𝑇 = 8𝑐𝑚
𝑆 12𝑐𝑚 𝑇
8𝑐𝑚
𝑂 𝑢
𝑥
𝑉
𝑊
a. Calculate the length of chord 𝑉𝑢. (1mk)
b. If 𝑤𝑥 = 3𝑐𝑚 and 𝑉𝑥: 𝑥𝑢 = 2: 3 . find 𝑆𝑥
10. Make 𝑛 the subject of the formula.

𝑟 𝑀
= (2mks)
𝑃 √𝑛−1
3
11. The equation of a circle is given by 𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 + 𝑦 2 − 2𝑦 − 4 = 0. Determine the centre and radius of the
circle. (3mks)
12. The 5th term of an AP is 82 and the 12th term is 103.

Find
(i) The first term and the common difference. (2mks)
(ii) The sum of the first 21 terms. (2mks)
13. Use matrices to solve the simultaneous equation. (3mks)

2𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 39
5𝑥 + 2𝑦 = 81
14. Solve the following pair of simultaneous inequalities and illustrate the value on a number line. (3mks)
3𝑥 − 1 > −4
2𝑥 + 1 ≤ 7
15. A triangle has sides 10cm, 7cm and 9cm. find

(i) The area. (2mks
(ii) The size of angle < 𝐵𝐴𝐶. (2mks
16. A plot of land is valued at sh 1,250,000 due to increase in demand its appreciates at the rate of 6%
every six months. What will be its value after 3 ½ years. (3mk
Section B (50mks)
Answer any five questions from this section on the spaces provided.
17. In a mixed school there are 420 boys and 350 girls. The probability that a girl passes her exams in the
4 5 2
school is 7 while that of a boy passing is 8 . The probability of a girl being made a prefect is 11 while
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that of a boy is 8.
(a) Find the probability that a student picked at random.
(i) Is a boy and passes the exam and is not a perfect. (3mks
(ii) Is a girl, a prefect and passes the exam. (3mk
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(iii) Is not as prefect and passes the exam. (4mks)
18. The table below shows some values of the curves.

𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥 and 𝑦 = 3 cos 𝑥
a. Complete the table for the values of 𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥 and 𝑦 = 3 cos 𝑥 correct to 1 decimal place.
(2mks)
0
𝑥 0 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 2400 2700 3000 3300 3600
0
𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥 0 1 2 1 0 −1 −1.7 0
𝑦 3 1.5 0 −2.6 −1.5 3
= 3 cos 3
b. On the grid below draw the graph of 𝑦 = 3 cos 𝑥 and 𝑦 = 2 sin 𝑥 for 00 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3600 (5mks)
c. Use the graph to find the values of 𝑥 when 3 cos 3 − 2 sin 𝑥 = 0 (2mks)
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d. Find the difference in amplitude of 𝑦 = 3 cos 𝑥 and 𝑦 = 2 cos 𝑥 (1mk)
19. In the figure below , 𝑂𝑃 = 𝑃 , 𝑂𝑄 = ⏟

𝑞 𝑃𝑄 ∶ 𝑄𝑅 = 1: 1 and 𝑂𝑄: 𝑄𝑆 = 3: 1
S
Q
O p T
a. Determine, in terms of 𝑃 and 𝑞

(i) 𝑃𝑄 (1mk)
(ii) 𝑅𝑆 (2mks)
b. If 𝑅𝑆: 𝑆𝑇 = 1: 𝐾 and 𝑂𝑃: 𝑃𝑇 = 1: 𝑛

Determine.
(i) 𝑆𝑇 in terms of 𝑃, 𝑞 and 𝐾. (2mks)
(ii) The values of 𝐾 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛. (5mks)
20. Using a ruler and a compass only construct.

a. Triangle P𝑄𝑅 such that PQ = 6cm , < 𝑃𝑄𝑅 = 600 and < 𝑅𝑃𝑄 = 450 (4mks)
b. Locate the point A in the triangle when is equidistant from all the three sides of triangle 𝑃𝑄𝑅.
(3mks)
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c. Find the distance of A from the sides of the triangles. (1mk)
d. Drop a perpendicular height to 𝑃𝑄 and Measure its height. (2mks)
21. The figure below represents a cuboids EFGHJKLM in which EF= 40cm FG=9cm and GM= 30cm. N is
the midpoint of LM.
J M
N
K L 30
H G
9
E 40 F
Calculate correct to 3 significant figures

a. The length of GL. (2mks)
b. The length of FJ. (3mks)
c. The angle between EM and the plane EFGH. (3mks)
d. The angle between the planes EFGH and ENH. (2mks)
22. The table below shows income tax rates for a certain year.
Monthly income in Kshs Tax rate in each shillings
1 – 9400 10%
9401 – 18000 15%
18001 – 26600 20%
26601 – 35600 25%
35601 – 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 30%
A monthly tax relief of Khs 1172 was allowed. Opunyi’s taxable income in the last band was Ksh
3,200 in month.
a. Calculate
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(i) His taxable income per month. (2mks)
(ii) The amount of tax he paid in a month. (5mks)
(iii) Opunyi’s salary included a medical allowance of Shs 8000. He contributed 6% of his
basic salary to a sacco. Calculate his net pay.
(3mks)
23. The masses of 100 patients in a hospital were distributed as shown in the table below.
Mass 0–9 10 – 20 – 30 – 40– 50 – 60 – 69 70 – 80 – 90 –
(Kg) 19 29 39 49 59 79 89 99
Frequenc 3 7 8 9 12 18 25 10 6 2
y
a. State the modal class. (1mk)
b. Calculate
(i) The mean mass of the patients. (3mks)
(ii) The standard deviation of the distribution. (3mks)
c. Find the interquartile range for the data. (3mks)
24. OABC is a parallelogram with vertices O (0, 0) A (2, 0) B (3, 2) and C (1, 2).
−2 0
𝑂1 𝐴1 𝐵1 𝐶 1 is the image of OABC under transformation matrix
0 −2
a. Find the co-ordinates of 𝑂1 𝐴1 𝐵1 𝐶 1 . (2mks)
8
b. On the grid provided draw OABC and 𝑂1 𝐴1 𝐵1 𝐶 1
(2mks)
1 0
c. Find 𝑂11 𝐴11 𝐵11 𝐶 11 the image of 𝑂1 𝐴1 𝐵1 𝐶 1 under the transformation matrix (2mks)
0 −2
(i) On the same grid draw 𝑂11 𝐴11 𝐵11 𝐶 11 . (1mk)
d. Find the single matrix that map 𝑂11 𝐴11 𝐵11 𝐶 11 onto OABC. (3mks)
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1. Use logarithms to evaluate (4mks)
3 24.36 × 0.066547
√
1.482
2. Express the following in surd form and simplify by rationalizing the denominator (3mks)
1
𝑐𝑜𝑠60°−𝑠𝑖𝑛45°
3. Make q the subject of the formula (3mks)

3 𝑛𝑞−𝑚
P= √
𝑞
4. Without using logarithms tables or calculator evaluate (3mks)

3
log10 96 + 4 log10 625 − log10 12
5. The volume V of a cylinder varies jointly as its height, (h) and the square of its radius, (r), calculate the
percentage increase in its volume V, when radius increases by 5% and height, h increases by 10%. (3
mks)
6. Chords AB and CD in the figure below intersects externally at Q. If AB=5cm BQ=6CM and DQ=4cm,
calculate the length of chord CD ( 2mks)
3
7. Jane can do a piece of work in 4 days while Mary can do the same piece of work in 7 days. Mary and Jane
did the job together for two days before Jane fell sick. Mary was left to complete the job. How long did it
take to do the job (3mks)
8. Solve the equation below in the range 𝜃 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 180° (3mks)
2 sin (3x+10) = -1.674
9. Expand and simplify (3x –y)4 hence use the first three terms of the expansion to approximate the value of (6
– 0.2)4 (3mks)
10. The prefects body of a certain school consists of 7 boys and 5 girls. Three prefects are to be chosen at
random to represent the school at a certain function at Nairobi. Find the probability that the chosen prefects
are boys. (2mks)
11. The sides of a triangle were measured and recorded as 8.4 cm, 10.5 cm and 15.32 cm .Calculate the
percentage error in it’s perimeter 2d.p. (3marks)
12. A(3,2) and B(7,4) are points on the circumference of a circle. Given that chord
AB passes through the centre of the circle determine the equation of the circle. (4marks)
13. Use matrix method to determine the co-ordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines.
(3mks)
3x-2y=13
2y+x+1=0
14. The sum of two numbers is 9. The sum of the square of the number is 41. Find the numbers (4
Marks)
15. Draw a line DF=4.6cm. Construct the locus of a point K above DF such that the angle DKF=90°, (3mks)
16. A right pyramid has a rectangular base of 12 cm by 16cm. its slanting lengths are 26 cm.
Determine:
(a) The length of AC (1 mk)
(b) The angle AV makes with the base ABCD. (2 mks)
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17. (a) An arithmetic progression is such that the first term is -5, the last is 135 and the sum of the
progression is 975. Calculate:
i. The number of terms in the series (4mks)
ii. The common difference of the progression (2mks)
(b) The sum of the first three terms of a geometric progression is 27 and first term is 36.
Determine the common ration and the value of the fourth term (4 marks)
18. A′(−6,0), B′(−2,−3) and C′(−2,0) are the vertices of the image of triangle ABC under a
1 −2
transformation described by the matrix 𝐌=( )
0 1
(a) Determine the coordinates of triangle ABC (3 marks)
(b) (i) On the same grid, draw triangles ABC, A′B′C′ (2 marks)
(ii) Describe fully the transformation M (1 mark)
(c) Triangle A′′B′′C′′ is the image of triangle A′B′C′ such that A′′(0,6), B′′(6,2) and C′′(0,2)
(i) Draw triangle A′′B′′C′′on the same axes (1 mark)
(ii) Find a single matrix of transformation that maps triangle ABC onto triangle A′′B′′C′′ (3 marks)
19. In the triangle PQR below, L and M are points on PQ and QR respectively such that PL : LQ = 1 : 3
and Qm : mR = 1 : 2. Pm and RL intersect at X. Given that PQ = 𝒃̃ and PR = 𝒄̃
P
L
X
M
R
Q L m XP R
a) Express the following vectors in terms of 𝒃̃ and 𝒄̃ .
i) QR (1 mark)
ii) Pm (1 mark)
iii) RL (1 mark)
b) By taking PX = kPm and RX = hRL where h and k are constants. Find two expressions of PX in
terms of h, k, b and c. Hence determine the values of the constants h and k. (6 marks)
c) Determine the ratio LX : XR. (1 mark)
20. The curve given by the equation y = 𝑥2 +1 is defined by the values in the table below.
a) Complete the table by filling in the missing values.
X 0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 5.0 5.5 6.0
Y 1.0 2.0 5.0 10.0 17.0 26.0 37.0
b) Sketch the curve for y = 𝑥2 + 1 for 0 ≤ x ≤ 6
c) Use the mid-ordinate rule with 6 ordinates to find the area of the region bounded by the curve y
= 𝑥2 + 1, the axis the lines x = 0 and x = 6 (2mk)
d) Use method of integration to find the exact value of the area of the region in (C) above. (2mk)
e) Calculate the percentage error involved in using the mid- ordinate rule to find the area. (2mk)
21. The table below shows the taxation rates for income earned.
Income in Ksh p.m Tax rates %
1 – 9680 10
9681 – 18800 15
18801 – 27920 20
27921 – 37040 25
Excess over 37041 30
In that year, Mr. Hamisi paid a net tax of KSh. 5,512 per month. He gets a house allowance of
KShs. 10,000, medical allowance of KShs. 2400 and acting allowance of KShs. 2820 per month.
He was entitled to a monthly personal relief of KShs. 1162. He has a life insurance policy for
which he pays a monthly premium of KSh. 1,500 and claims a relief at a rate of 10% of the
premium paid per month. The following deductions also made every month.
(i) N.H.I.F. KSh. 320
(ii) Co-operative society shares KSh. 6000
(iii) Union dues KSh. 200
(a) Calculate Mr. Hamisi’s monthly basic salary in KSh. (7 Marks)
(b) Calculate his net monthly salary. (3 Marks)
22. The table below gives the marks obtained in a mathematics test by 47 students.
Marks 41-45 46 -50 51-55 61-65 66-70

No. of 3 7 14 13 7 3
students
a) (i) Fill in the missing class (1mark)

(ii) State the modal class (1 mark)
(b) Draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent the above data. (3 marks)
(c) Use your graph to estimate
(i) Median (1 mark)
(ii) Lower quartile (1 mark)
(iii) Upper quartile (1 mark)
(d) Calculate the quartile deviation (2 marks)
23. An aircraft leaves town P (30oS, 17oE) and moves directly towards Q (60oN, 17oE). It then moved at
an average speed of 300 knots for 8 hours Westwards to town R. Determine
a) The distance PQ in nautical miles. (2 marks)
b) The position of town R. (4 marks)
c) The local time at R if local time at Q is 3.12p.m (2 marks)

d) The total distance moved from P to R in kilometers. (Take 1nm = 1.853km) (2 marks)
24. A certain uniform supplier is required to supply two types of shirts: one for girls labeled G and the
other for boys labeled B. The total number of shirts must not be more than 400. He has to supply
more of type G than of type B. However the number of type G shirts must not be more than 300 and
the number of type B shirts must not be less than 80. By taking x to be the number of type G shirts
and y the number of type B shirts.
(a) Write down in terms of x and y all the inequalities representing the information above. (4 marks)
(b) On the grid provided draw the inequalities and shade the unwanted regions. (4 marks)
(c) Given that type G costs Ksh500 per shirt and type B costs Ksh. 300 per shirt
(i) Use the graph in (b) above to determine the number of shirts of each type that should be made to
maximize profit. (1 mark)
(ii) Determine the maximum profit (1 mark)

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1. Use logarithms, correct to 4 decimal places, to evaluate (4mks)

3 83.46𝑥0.0054
√
1.522
2. Given that the ratio of x:y = 4:5, find to the simplest form the ratio of (7x-2y):(x+2y)
(2mks)
3. Ruto bought a plot of land for Ksh.280,000. After 4 years, the value of the plot was Ksh.495,000.
Determine the rate of appreciation, per annum, correct to one decimal place.
(3mks)
4. The height in centimeters, of 100 tree seedlings in a tree nursery are shown in the table below.
Height(cm) 10-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69

Number of trees 9 16 19 26 20 10
Find the quartile deviations of the heights. (3mks)
5. The equation of a circle is given by 4x2-12x+4y2- 8y - 3= 0. Determine the coordinates of the centre of
the circle and the radius of the circle. (4mks)
√48
6. Simplify the expression , leaving the answer in the form a√𝑏 +c where a, b and c are integers
√5+√3
(3mks)
7. In the figure below R, T and S are points on a circle centre O. PQ is a tangent to the circle at T, POR is a
straight line and <QPR = 200.
Giving reasons find the size of < 𝑅𝑆𝑇 (2mks)
1 5
8. a) Expand the expression (1 + 2 𝑥) in ascending powers of x, leaving the coefficients as fraction in
their simplest form. (2mks)
b) Use the first three terms of the expansion in (a) above to estimate the value of (1.05)5
correct to 4 significant figures (2mks)
3𝑑(𝑡−𝑑)
9. Make t the subject of the formula in s = √ (3mks)
8
10. A trader bought maize for Ksh 20 per kilogram and beans for Ksh 60 per kilogram. She mixed the maize
and beans and sold the mixture at Ksh 48 per kilogram. If she made a 60% profit, determine the ratio of
maize:beans per kilogram in the mixture. (3mks)
11. The cash price of a digital television is Ksh. 27,500. A customer decided to buy it on hire purchase terms
by paying a deposit of Ksh 17,250. Determine the monthly rate of compound interest charged on the
balance if the customer is required to repay by six equal monthly instalments of Ksh. 2,100 each.
(3mks)
12. The first, the third and the seventh terms of an increasing arithmetic progression are three consecutive
terms of a geometric progression. If the first term of the arithmetic progression is 10, find the common
difference of the arithmetic progression. (4mks)
13. The lengths of two similar pieces of wood were given as 12.5 m and 9.23 m. Calculate the absolute error
in calculating the difference in length between the two bars. (3mks)
1
14. Solve for x given that 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 8 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 (2𝑥 − 4) = 5 (3mks)
3
15. In nomination for a committee, two people were to be selected at random from a group of 3 men and 5
women. Find the probability that a man and a woman were selected. (2mks)
16. Pipe A can fill an empty tank in 3 hours while, pipe B can fill the same tank in 6 hours. When the tank is
full it can be emptied by pipe C in 8 hours. Pipe A and B are opened at the same time when the tank is
empty. If one hour later, pipe C is opened, find the total time taken to fill the tank.
(4mks)

Answer only five questions in this section in spaces provided
17. The table below shows the income tax rates for a certain year.
Monthly taxable income in Ksh Tax rate (%) in each shilling
1-11,180 10
11,181-21,714 15
21,715-32,248 20
32,249-42,782 25
Over 42,782 30
i. During the year, Njuguna’s monthly income was as follows: Basic salary Ksh 40,000,
House allowance Ksh 11,090 and Commuter allowance Ksh 7,000.
Calculate a) Njuguna’s total monthly taxable income. (1mk)
b) Total income tax charged on Njuguna’s monthly income (4mks)

ii. Njuguna’s net monthly tax was Ksh. 10,750.80. Determine the monthly tax relief allowed.
(1mk)
iii. A proposal to expand the size of the first income tax band by 50% while retaining the size of the
next three bands was made. The tax rates would remain as before in each band. Using the
proposal, calculate:
a) the tax Njuguna would pay in the first band. (2mk)
b) the tax Njuguna would pay in the last tax band. (2mks)
𝟑 𝒙 𝟏 𝟐
18. a) Given that A=[ ] and B= [ ], find the values of x for which AB is a singular matrix.
𝒙+𝟏 𝟐 𝟑 𝟎
(3mks)
b) Otieno bought 3 exercise books and 5 pens for a total of Ksh 165. If Otieno had bought 2 exercise
books and 4 pens, he would have spent Ksh 45 less. Taking letter e to represent the price of an exercise
book and letter p to represent the price of a pen
i. Form two equations to represent the above information. (2mks)
ii. Use matrix method to find the price of an exercise book and that of a pen. (3mks)
iii. The principal of Njabini boys decided to reward 36 students each with 2 exercise books and one
pen. Calculate the total amount of money he paid. (2mks)
19. Three quantities X, Y and Z are such that X varies directly as the square root of Y and inversely as the
fourth root of Z. When X=64, Y=16 and Z= 625.
i. Determine the equation connecting X, Y and Z. (4mks)
ii. Find the value of Z when Y=36 and X=160 (2mks)

iii. Find the percentage change in X when Y is increased by 44% and Z decreased by 19% correct
to one decimal place. (4mks)
20. The figure below shows a parallelogram OPQR with O as the origin, OP = p and OR= r. Point T
divides RQ in the ratio 1:4. PT meets OQ at S.
a) Express in terms of p and r the vectors

i. OQ (1mk)
ii. OT (1mk)
b) Vector OS can be expressed in two ways; i) OS= mOQ ii) OS= OT + nTP, where m and n are
constants. Express OS in terms of
i. m, p and r (1mk)
ii. n, p and r (1mk)
Hence find the

iii. value of n and m (5mks)
iv. ratio OS:SQ (1mk)
21. A quadrilateral ABCD has vertices at A(1,1), B(4,2), C(1,3), D(2,2).

a) Draw ABCD on the grid provided (1mk)
𝟏 𝟎 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟎 −𝟏
b) Give that X=[ ] Y=[ ] V=[ ]. Find the coordinates of A1B1C1D1,
𝟎 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 −𝟏 𝟎
A11B11C11D11 and A111B111C111D111 the images of ABCD under combined transformation VXY.
Show all your working of coordinates below;
i. Coordinates of A1B1C1D1 and draw it on the grid. (2mks)
ii. Coordinates of A11B11C11D11 and draw it on the grid. (2mks)

iii. Coordinates of A111B111C111D111 and draw it on the grid. (2mks)
c) Showing your working find a single matrix that will map ABCD onto A111B111C111D111. (3mks)
22. a) Complete the table below for 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 +4𝑥 2 −5x−5 (2mks)
X -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2
𝑦 = 𝑥 3 +4𝑥 2 −5x−5 19 -5
b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of 𝑦 = 𝑥 3 +4𝑥 2 −5x -5 for -5 ≤ x ≤ 2 (3mks)
c) i) Use the graph to solve the equation 𝑥 3 + 4𝑥 2 −5x - 5 = 0 (2mks)

ii) By drawing a suitable straight line graph, solve the equation
𝑥 3 +4𝑥 2 −x-4 = 0 (3mks)
23. A polytechnic planned to buy 𝑥 lockers for a total cost of Ksh 16,200. The supplier agreed to offer a
discount of Ksh 60 per locker. The polytechnic was then able to get three extra lockers for the same
amount of money.
a) Write an expression in terms of 𝑥, for the:
i) Original price of each locker; (1mk)
ii) Price of each locker after the discount. (1mk)
b) Form an equation in 𝑥 and hence determine the number of lockers the polytechnic bought.
(5mks)
c) Calculate the discount offered to the polytechnic as a percentage (3mks)
24. i) Using ruler and compasses only construct triangle ABC such that AB=4 cm, BC= 5cm and
<ABC=1200. (3mks)
ii) Measure AC (1mk)
iii) On the same diagram draw a locus of points equidistant from point A and point C and label the locus
as 𝐿1 . (1mk)
iv) Draw on the same diagram a locus of points 𝐿2 equidistant from point C and point B and lable the
locus as 𝐿2 (1mk)
v) label the point where 𝐿1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿2 meet as O. Using O as a centre draw a locus of points 𝐿3 touching
points A, B and C. Measure the length from point O to 𝐿3 . (2mks)
vi) Draw the locus of points 𝐿4 equidistant from line AC and Line AB. Extend 𝐿4 to meet line BC and
lable where they meet point D. Measure the length AD. (2mks)

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