Name: ________________________________________ Adm No: ____________Class: _____
ST. TERESA’S MANUNGA GIRLS’ SECONDARY
FORM 2 MID-TERM 1 2025 EXAM
121 MATHEMATICS
FEBRUARY 2025
MATHEMATICS
Time: HOURS
Instructions to Candidates
1. Write your name and adm. number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. This paper consists of two sections: Section l and Section II
3. Answer all questions in section l and any five questions from Section II.
4. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the
spaces below each question.
5. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
6. Non- programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables
may be used.
FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY
Section I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total
GRAND TOTAL
Section II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total
This paper consists of 14 printed pages. Candidates should check the
question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that
no questions are missing.
SECTION I
Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided below each
question
1. A number is such that when it is divided by 24 and 84 the remainder is
always 7. Find the number.
(3 marks)
2. In a fundraising event, James gave of the total amount contributed while
Rosemary gave times more than James. If the rest of the crowd gave a total
of , find the contribution of Rosemary. (3 marks)
3. Without using mathematical tables or calculators, evaluate: (3 marks)
4. Given the ratio , find the ratio (3 marks)
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5. Solve for : (3 marks)
6. Evaluate without using a calculator: (3 marks)
7. Express the following in standard form: (2 marks)
a)
b)
8. Use table of squares and square roots to evaluate: (3 marks)
√
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9. Three bells are programmed to ring after an interval of 15 minutes, 25 minutes
and 50 minutes. If they all rang together at , when will they ring next
together? (3 marks)
10. Use logarithms to evaluate: (4 marks)
11. Solve the simultaneous equation: (3 marks)
12. Find the equation of a line passing through points ( ) and ( ) in the
form . (3 marks)
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13. Use reciprocal tables to evaluate: (3 marks)
14. Write the index or logarithmic notation of the following: (4 marks)
a)
b)
[Link] the prime factors of and to evaluate: (3 marks)
√
√
16. In fourteen years’ time, a mother will be twice as old as her son. Four years
ago, the sum of their ages was years. Find how old the mother was when the
son was born. (4 marks)
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SECTION II
Answer ANY FIVE (5) questions in this section in the spaces provided below each
question
17.
a) Complete the table below. (2 marks)
b)
i) On the grid provide below and using the same axes, draw the lines
and . (3 marks)
ii) Hence, use your graph to solve the simultaneous equations: (2 marks)
c) By use of substitution method, solve the simultaneous equations:
(3 marks)
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18. Two tanks are similar in shape. The capacities of the tanks are
and respectively.
a) Find the height of the smaller tank if the height of the larger is tall.
(4 marks)
b) Calculate the surface area of the larger tank if the smaller tank has a
surface area of (3 marks)
c) Two similar cylinders have the ratio of their volumes as Find the ratio of
their surface areas. (3 marks)
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19.
a) Using a compass and a ruler only, construct triangle where angle
, and Measure (4 marks)
b) Juma paid for a book after being allowed a discount of . The
seller still made a profit of on the sale. What profit would the trader
have made if no discount was allowed? (3 marks)
c) The interior angle of a regular polygon exceeds the exterior angle by .
Find the number of side of the polygon. (3 marks)
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20. A straight line passes through point ( ) and ( ).
a) Find the equation of (3 marks)
b) Find the equation of line , a line perpendicular to at ( ) (3 marks)
c) Another line is parallel to and passes through point ( ). Determine
the equation of (3 marks)
d) Deduce the of line .
(1 mark)
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21.
a) Simplify : (2 marks)
b) Simplify: ( ) (2 marks)
c) If , find the value of: . (2 marks)
d) In a fundraising committee of people, the ratio of men to women was
. Find the number of women required to join the existing committee so
that the ratio of men to women is changed to (4 marks)
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22.
a) A certain amount of money was shared among three children in the ratio
. The largest share was . Find the:
i. Total amount of money. (3 marks)
ii. Difference in the money received as the largest and the smallest
shares. (3 marks)
b) An arc subtends an angle of at the centre of the circle radius .
Find the length of the arc in meters. (4 marks)
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23. A saleslady is paid a commission of on goods sales worth over
She is also paid a monthly salary of In a certain month, she sold
handbags at each.
a) Calculate the saleslady’s total income that month. (3 marks)
b) The following month, the saleslady’s salary increased by . Her total
earnings that month were .
i. Find the total amount of money she received from the sales of the
handbags that month. (5 marks)
ii. Find the number of handbags sold that month. (2 marks)
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24.
a) A cylinder of radius and height has the same volume as a
given cube. Find the length of the side of the cube to 1 decimal place.
(4 marks)
b) Simplify :
i. √ (3 marks)
ii. √ (3 marks)
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