REG NO : _______________________________________ CLASS: 4__
KINGDOM BUILDERS ACADEMY
2024/25 FORM 4 END OF TERM ONE EXAMINATIONS
MATHEMATICS
December, 2024 Subject Number: M131/I
Time Allowed: Hours
PAPER I
(100 MARKS)
Instructions
a. This paper contains 11 printed pages. Please check.
b. Answer all the 20 questions.
c. The maximum number of marks for each answer is indicated
against each question
d. Write your answers in the spaces provided on the question
paper
e. All your work must be clearly shown.
f. Calculators may be used
g. Write your examination number on top of each page
h. At the end of examinations, hand in your paper to the
invigilator
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1. Simplify (3 marks)
2. Factorise −8𝑥2 − 15𝑥 + 2 (4 marks)
3. Given that , calculate the
values of b and c (5 marks)
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4. Make the subject of the formula (5 marks)
5. In a circle, two parallel chords of a circle are drawn on opposite sides of the centre, if their
lengths are 8 𝑐𝑚 and 6 𝑐𝑚 and are 7 cm apart. Calculate the length of the radius
(6 marks)
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6. In the figure, AB and CD pass through the centre O of the circle. If ∠𝐸𝐵𝑂 = 400 and ∠𝐴𝑂𝐶
= 750
𝑥
𝐸
𝐶 750
𝑂 𝑦
𝐷
400
𝐵
Find the value of and (6 marks)
7. The sum of the first three terms of a Geometric Progression is and their product is 27.
Find the common ratio (5 marks)
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8. If two polynomials 2𝑥3 + 𝑘𝑥2 + 4𝑥 − 12 and 𝑥3 + 𝑥2 − 2𝑥 + 𝑘 leave the same
remainder when divided by 𝑥 − 3, find the value of k and the remainder
(5 marks)
9. Figure 2 shows the image 𝐴′𝐵′𝐶 of triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 after translation
If the translation vector was , in the same diagram draw triangle 𝐴𝐵𝐶 (4 marks)
10. Figure 3 shows a circle with centre O. A, B and C are points on the circumference of a
circle. DCE is a tangent to the circle. Angle 𝐴𝐵𝑂 = 270 and angle 𝐵𝐶𝐸 = 530.
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𝑨
𝑩
𝟐𝟕𝟎
𝑶
𝟓𝟑𝟎
𝑬
𝑫 𝑪
Calculate the size of angle ACO (5 marks)
11. Bill is 30 metres away from a Church. He looks at the top of the church’s spire at the angle
of 450 . If Bill’s eye level is 1.5 metres above the ground , how tall is the church
spire from the ground? (5 marks)
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12. A forest has an area of 4 𝑐𝑚 on a map with a scale of 1: 200000. Calculate the actual
2
area of the forest in 𝑘𝑚2 (4 marks)
13. Given the function 𝑓(𝑥) = (𝑥 − 3)2 + 1, calculate the value of x if 𝑓(𝑥) = 17
(4 marks)
14. Solve the equation −16𝑥 + 2𝑥2 = 37, giving your answer correct to two decimal places
(7 marks)
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15. If (0,1) is equidistant from 𝑃(5, −3) and 𝑅(𝑥, 6). Calculate the distance 𝑃𝑅 (6 marks)
16. The time required to process a shipment of goods at Wal-mart varies directly with the
number of goods and inversely with the number of workers assigned. If 15,000 items can
be processed by 8 workers in 10 hours, then how long would it take 12 workers to
process 20,000 items? (5 marks)
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17. Figure below shows a region M bound by inequalities
𝑴
𝟐
𝟑 𝒙
−𝟐 𝟔
Find four inequalities from the graph (4 marks)
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18. Solve the equation log(𝑥 + 2) + log(𝑥 − 1) = 1 (5 marks)
19. Without drawing the graph of the equation 𝑦 = 5 − 4𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 . Find the coordinates of the
turning point. (5 marks)
.
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20. Calculate the standard deviation of the data: 2, 7, 8, 3, 5 (6 marks)
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