SECTION A: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION

1. Evaluate
3/
5- 1 2/5 ÷ 1¾ of 2 1/3
12
/17 of (1 3/7 – 5/8 x 2/3 ) (3marks)

2. Find the value of x in the following equations: ( 9/36) -2x = ( 1/32 ) 3x – 4 (4marks)

3. Two lines L1 and L2 intersect at a point P. L1 passes through the points (-4,0) and (0,6). Given
that L2 has the equation: y = 2x – 2, find, by calculation, the coordinates of P.
(3
marks)

4. The length of a rectangle is (3x + 1) cm, its width is 3 cm shorter than its length. Given that
the area of the rectangle is 28cm2, find its length (3 marks)

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5. Simplify the expression 15a2b – 10ab2
3a2 – 5ab + 2b2 ( 3 marks)

6. that x is an acute angle and cos x = 2 5, find without using mathematical

5
0
tables or a calculator, tan ( 90 – x) . (3 marks)

7. Two matrices A and B are such that A= k 4 and B = 1 2

3 2 3 -4
Given that the determinant of AB = 10, find the value of k. (3 marks)

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8. Line BC below is a side of a triangle ABC and also a side of a parallelogram BCDE.

Using a ruler and a pair of compasses onlyBconstruct: C

(i) The triangle ABC given that ABC = 1200 and AB= 6cm (1mark)

(ii) The parallelogram BCDE whose area is equal to that of the triangle ABC and

point E is on line AB (3marks)

9. Water and ethanol are mixed such that the ratio of the volume of water to that of ethanol is

3: 1. Taking the density of water as 1 g/cm3 and that of ethanol as 1.2g/cm3, find the mass in

grams of 2.5 litres of the mixture. ( 3 marks)

10. A Kenyan bureau buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below
Buying Selling
(In Kenya shillings) In Kenya Shillings

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 1 Hong Kong dollar 9.74 9.77
100 Japanese Yen 75.08 75.12
A tourists arrived in Kenya with 105 000 Hong Kong dollars and changed the whole amount
to Kenyan [Link] in Kenya, she pent Kshs 403 897 and changed the balance to
Japanese Yen before leaving for Tokyo. Calculate the amount, in Japanese Yen that she
received.
(3 marks)

11. Point T is the midpoint of a straight line AB. Given the position vectors of A and T
are i− j + k and 2i+ 1 ½ k respectively, find the position vector of B in terms of i, j
and k. (3marks)

12. Solve the following inequalities and represent the solutions on a single number line:
3 – 2x < 5
8≤ -3x + 4
(3marks)

13. Solve the equation log (x+24) – 2log3 =log (9-2x) + 2 (3marks)

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14. The figure below represents below represents a prism of length 7 cm
AB = AE = CD = 2 cm and BC – ED = 1 cm

Draw the net of the prism ( 3 marks)

15. The marked price of a car in a dealer’s shop was Kshs 450,000. Wekesa bought the car at 7%
discount. The dealer still made a profit of 13%. Calculate the amount of money the dealer
had paid for the car. (3 marks)

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16. The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is four times the size of the
exterior angle. Find the number of sides of the polygon. ( 3 marks)

SECTION B: ANSWER ANY FIVE QUESTIOS IN THIS SECTION

17. In the figure below DA is a diameter of the circle ABCDE centre O, radius 10cm.
AB=BC and angle DAC= 360

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 E

O A
3

C
a) Giving reasons, find the size of the angle;
(i) CDB; (2mks)

(ii) DBC (2mks):

(iii) DOC (2mks)

(iv) OCA (2mks)

(v) DEB (2mks)

18. (a) Complete the table below for the missing values of y, correct to 1 decimal place.
(2 marks)

X 00 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800 2100 2400

2 Cos (½X− 30º) 2.00 1.73 0.52

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 2Cos 2Xº -2.00 2.00 -1.00

(b) On the same axes, draw the graphs of y = 2 Cos (½X− 30º) and y = 2Cos 2Xº
for 00 ≤ x ≤ 2400 .
Take the scale 1 cm for 300 on the x- axis 1 cm for 0.5 units on the y – axis
( 5 marks)

(c) Use the graph to solve the equations:

(i) 2 Cos (½X− 30º) = 1.1
(ii) Cos 2Xº − Cos (½X− 30º) = 0 ( 3 marks)

19. A bus left Mombasa and traveled towards Nairobi at an average speed of 60km/hr. after
2½ hours; a car left Mombasa and traveled along the same road at an average speed of
100km/ hr. If the distance between Mombasa and Nairobi is 500km, Determine

(a) (i) The distance of the bus from Nairobi when the car took off
( 2 marks)

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 (ii) The distance the car travelled to catch up with the bus (4 marks)

(b) Immediately the car caught up 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)

20. The coordinates of triangle PQR are P(-1, 3), Q (-3, 4) and R (-2, 1). Draw triangle PQR
(1mks)
a) Draw P ‘Q’R’ the image of PQR under a rotation of +90 about (0, 0).
0

(2mks)

b) Draw  P “Q”R’’ the image of P ‘Q’R’ under a reflection in the line y = − x.

(2mks)

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 c) Draw  P’’’Q”’ R’’’ the image of P’’Q’’R’’under a rotation of -900 about (0, 0)
(2mks)

d) Describe a single transformation that maps PQR onto P’’’Q”’R’’’ (2mks)

e) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral Q”Q”’Q’.

(1mks)

21.. a) Using trapezoidal rule, estimate the area under the curve Y= ½ x2 – 2 for 0 x

6. use six strips. (5mks)

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 b) (i) Assuming that the area determined by integration to is the actual area, calculate

the percentage error in using the trapezoidal rule. (5 mks)

22. The diagram below represents a pillar made of cylindrical and regular tetrahedral parts.
The diameter and height of the cylindrical part are 1.4m and 1m respectively. The side of
the regular tetrahedral face is 0.5m and its height is 3.2m.

0.5m

3.2m

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 1m

1.4m

a) Calculate the volume of the :

i) Cylindrical part (2marks)

ii) Tetrahedral part (3marks)

b) An identical pillar is to be built but with a hollow cylindrical region whose cross-
section radius is 0.2m. The hollow region extends from top of the tetrahedral part
to the base of the cylindrical part.
(i) Calculate the volume of the pillar (3marks)

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 (ii) The density of the material to be used to make the pillar is 2.7g/cm3. Calculate
the mass of the new pillar. (2marks)

23. Four towns P, R, T and S are such that R is 80km directly to the north of P and T is on a

bearing of 290º from P at a distance of 65km. S is on a bearing of 330º from T and a

distance of 30 km.

Using a scale of 1cm to represent 10km, make an accurate scale drawing to show the

relative position of the towns.

(4marks)

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 Find:

(a) The distance and the bearing of R from T (3marks)

(b) The distance and the bearing of S from R (2marks)

(c) The bearing of P from S (1mark)

24. A cylindrical water tank can be filled to a depth of 2.1metres by a pipe P in 2 hrs.

Pipe Q takes 7hrs to fill the tank to the same depth. Pipe R can empty this amount of

water in 6hrs.

(a) i) Starting with an empty tank, P runs alone for one hour. How many centimeters

deep will the water in the tank be?

(2 marks)

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 ii) Having run for an hour in (i) above, Pipe P continues to run for additional 20

minutes after which it’s turned off. The remaining two pipes are left open

with pipe R left to run for 4 hours while pipe Q runs for 2 hours. What will the

depth of water in the tank be?

(4marks)

b) If the tank was initially 6.5m full and the three pipes are open, how long will it take to

fill the tank such that only a third of the initial height of the tank remains empty?

(4 marks)

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