THE MATHEMATICS GURUS EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

121 – MATHEMATICS – Form 1

Jan. 2022 – 2 1/2 hours

Name: ……………………………………………………………….. Admission Number: …………………………

Student’s Signature: …………………………...………………….... Date: ………………………Class:………......

Instructions 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.
(c) This paper consists of two sections; Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the 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 19 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.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

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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 the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator ,evaluate:

− 2 (5 + 3) − 9 ÷ 3 + 5
− 3 + − 16 ÷ − 8 × 4
(3 marks)

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2. Wafula uses a of his land for planting maize, for beans and of the remainder for grazing. He still
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has 10 hectares of unused land. Find the size of Wafula’s land. (3 marks)

3. ¤ 7¤ as a fraction
Express 0.40 (3 marks)

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4. Simplify the expression:

3𝑥 + 4 𝑥 + 1 2𝑥 + 8
+ − (3 marks)
4 2 3

5. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below.

Curreny Buying(Ksh) Selling(Ksh)

1 US Dollar 113.04 113.24
1 Euro 128.00 128.22

Olunga on arrival in Kenya to play for Harambee Stars against Uganda Cranes he converted 6000 Euros
into Kenyan Shillings. During his stay in Kenya he spent Kshs. 260,000 and converted the remaining
amount into US Dollars before travelling back to England.Find how many US Dollars he got? (3 marks)

6. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 4𝑥 ◦ while its exterior angle is (𝑥 − 20) ◦ . Find the
number of sides of the polygon (3 marks)

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7. Use a number line to work out the following:

(i) 3 + (−4) (2 marks)

(ii) 5 − (−2) (2 marks)

8. Four men can build a stone wall 32 metres long in 12 days. What length of wall can eight men, working
at the same rate,build in eight days. Give your answer to 4 significant figures (3 marks)

9. A cylindrical can of diameter 20 cm and height 60 cm is filled with water using a cylindrical jar of diameter
10 cm and height 8 cm. How many jarfuls will fill the can? (4 marks)

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10. In fourteen years’ time, a mother will be twice as old as her son. Four years ago, the sum of their ages
was 30 years. Find how old the mother was, when the son was born. (3 marks)

11. The LCM and GCD of three numbers are 2520 and 6 respectively. If two of the numbers are 72 and 180,
find the least possible value of the third number. (3 marks)

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12. The diagonal of a rectangular garden measures 11 metres while its width measures 6 metres. Calculate
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the perimeter of the garden. (3 marks)

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13. Given that the ratio 𝑥 : 𝑦 = 2 : 3,find the ratio (5𝑥 − 2𝑦) : (𝑥 + 𝑦) (3 marks)

14. A customer paid Ksh. 5 880 for a suit after she was allowed a discount of 2% on the selling price. If the
discount had not been allowed, the shopkeeper would have made a profit of 20% on the sale of the suit.
Calculate the price at which the shopkeeper bought the suit. (3 marks)

15. Three police posts X, Y and Z are such that Y is 50 km on a bearing of 060◦ from X while Z is 70 km
from Y and on a bearing of 300◦ from X

(a) Using a suitable scale, draw a diagram to represent the above situation. (3 marks)

(b) Determine the distance, in km, of Z from X. (1 mark)

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16. 1600 cm3 of fresh water of density 1 g/cm3 are mixed with 1400 cm3 of sea water of density 1.25 g/cm3 .
Determine the density of the mixture correct to two decimal places. (3 marks)

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SECTION II(50 marks)

Answer any five questions in the spaces provided.

17. (a) Complete the table below for the equation 3𝑦 + 2𝑥 = 21 (2 marks)

𝑥 −6 −3 0 3 6
𝑦 11 3
(b) On the grid provided,draw the graph of 3𝑦 + 2𝑥 = 21. Use a scale of 1 cm represent 2 unit on both axes.
(3 marks)

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(c) Use your graph to find the value of;

(i) 𝑦 when 𝑥 = −1.5; (1 mark)

(ii) 𝑥 when 𝑦 = 4 (2 marks)

(d) Write down the co-ordinates of the points where the line cuts the axes. (2 marks)

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18. The following measurements were recorded in a field book using XY as the base line. XY = 400 m.

Y
C 60 340
300 120 D
240 160 E
220 160 F
B 100 140
A 120 80
X
(a) Using a scale of 1:4000, draw an accurate map of the farm. (4 marks)

(b) Determine the actual area of the farm in hectares. (4 marks)

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(c) If the farm is on sale at sh. 80 000 per hectare, find how much the farm costs. (2 marks)

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19. (a) A watch which loses a half-minute every hour was set to read the correct time at 0745h on Tuesday.
Determine the time, in the 12 hour system, the watch will show on the following Saturday at 2145h.
(3 marks)

(b) The table below is the travel time table for Nairobi to Mombasa passenger train.Use it to answer
the questions that follow.
STATION Arrival time Departure time
Nairobi 1930h
Athi River 2025h 2030h
Sultan Hamud 2310h 2315h
Makindu 2335h 2340h
Kibwezi 0010h 0015h
Mazongaleni 0045h 0050h
Mtito Andei 0155h 0240h
Voi 0450h 0505h
Mariakani 0745h 0750h
Mazeras 0810h 0815h
Mombasa 0950h
(i) How long does the train take from Athi River to Kibwezi. (2 marks)

(ii) How long does the train take from Nairobi to Makindu. (1 mark)

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(iii) Find the total time taken for the whole journey. (2 marks)

(iv) If the distance from Nairobi to Mombasa is 530 km, determine the average speed of the
train.
(2 marks)

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20. A business lady bought 100 quails and 80 rabbits for Sh. 25,600. If she had bought twice as many quails
and half as many rabbits she would have paid Sh. 7,400 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 (2 marks)

(b) Find the cost of each item. (3 marks)

(c) Calculate the profit she made from the sale of the 100 quails and 80 rabbits (3 marks)

(d) What percentage profit did she make from the sale of the 100 quails and 80 rabbits. (2 marks)

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21. (a) In the year 2001, the price of a sofa set in a shop was Kshs. 12,000. A total of 240 sofa sets were
sold that year. In the year 2002, the price of each sofa set increased by 25% while the number of
sets sold decreased by 10%. Calculate the percentage increase in the amount received from the
sales. (4 marks)

(b) Maina harvested 180 bags of unprocessed rice. Each bag had a mass of 70 kg. He sold all his rice
to a rice dealer who then processed the rice. After processing the mass of the rice decreased in the
ratio 11:12.
(i) Determine the total mass that was lost after processing. (3 marks)

(ii) The rice dealer sold the rice to Mwende, who then repackaged the rice in 50 kg bags.
Mwende then transported the rice in a pickup that could carry a maximum of 33 bags per
trip. If the cost of hiring the pickup for one trip was Ksh. 4000, calculate the total amount
of money spent in transporting the rice. (3 marks)

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22. Find the area of the sector of a circle of radius 3 cm if the angle subtended centre is 140◦ .
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(b) A minor arc of a circle subtends an angle of 105◦ at the centre of the circle. If the radius of the
circle is 8.4 cm, find the length of the major arc. (4 marks)

(c) Calculate the surface area of a closed rectangular tank measuring 5.4 cm long, 3.6 cm wide and
1.8 cm high (3 marks)

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23. A soda depot had 30816 sodas which were packed in crates. Each crate contained 24 sodas. The mass of
an empty crate was 2 kg and that of a full crate is 12 kg.

(a) How many crates were there? (2 marks)

(b) What was the total mass of empty crates? (2 marks)

(c) What was the total mass of sodas alone? (2 marks)

(d) A lorry was hired to transport the crates at a cost of sh. 5 per crate of soda and a loading fee of
sh.100 per trip. The lorry could only carry 107 crates per trip. How much money was spent on
transporting all the crates? (4 marks)

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24. A salesman is paid a commission of 2% on goods worth over Ksh.100000. He is also paid a monthly
salary of Ksh.12000. In a certain month, he sold 360 pairs of shoes at Ksh.500 each pair.

(a) Calculate the salesman’s earning that month. (3 marks)

(b) The following month, his monthly salary was increased by 10%. His total earnings that month
were Ksh.17600. Calculate the Find:
(i) total amount of money received from the sales of the shoes that month. ; (5 marks)

(ii) number of pairs of shoes sold that month. (2 marks)

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Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.).

MATHEMATICS
ALT A
FORM ONE
Sep. 2022

Name……………………………….……………. Index Number:…….……………....

Candidate’s Signature……………………… Date……………………..Stream:…………..

Instructions 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.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the 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 14 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.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section I

Section II

Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided

1. Evaluate without using a calculator (3 marks)

31 2 1 5
   25
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4 2 5 3 8

2. Express 0.512 as a fraction. Give your answer in its simplest form. (2 marks)

3. Albert visits the school library every 8 days. Chris visits the school library every 14 days. Both the
students visited the library in 1st August 2022. If Danny wishes to meet up with the two students the
next time they will visit the library, determine the earliest date this will be possible? (3 marks)

2x 1 4x  5 5
4. Solve the equation   (3 marks)
5 10 2
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0.0625  2.56
5. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator evaluate (3 marks)
0.25  0.08  0.5

6. Angie car uses 12 litres of fuel for every 100 kilometres.

a) Calculate the distance, in km, she can travel on a full tank of 57 litres. (2 marks)

b) Calculate how much, correct to the nearest shilling, the fuel will cost Angie for a journey of
450km given that the fuel price is sh 159.9 per litre. (2 marks)

7. a) Express the following numbers correct to 2 significant figures.

(i) 0.003928 (1 mark)

(ii) 5896 (1 mark)

b) State the number of significant numbers in the numbers below

(i) 8.7010 (1 mark)

(ii) 0.02005 (1 mark)

8. James, John and Job shared Ksh 40 500 between themselves. The ratio of the money James and John
received was 3 : 7 and the ratio of the money that John and Job received was 2 : 1. How much
money did Job receive? (3 marks)
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9. Evaluate, without using a calculator: (3 marks)

8   4 3   2 12  3  3
   

10. Mr Kamau uses 125 of his monthly income on household bills, 92 on food, 181 on transport, 203 on
education and saves the remaining. If Mr Kamau’s monthly income is Ksh. 68 400, find the amount
that he can save in a year. (3 marks)

11. A rectangular container is 33cm by 22cm by 20cm. Find the maximum number of cubes of length
5cm that can be placed into the container. (3 marks)

12. Using prime factorization method, evaluate 7056 , giving the answer in prime factors form.
(3 marks)
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13. Hannah took a flight at 0935h from Singapore to Dubai, then took the next available flight from
Dubai to Geneva. The table below shows the flight durations
Duration
Singapore to Dubai 7h 30min
Dubai to Geneva 7h 5min
a) If it took her 16h 10min to reach Geneva from Singapore, how long did Hannah wait for her next
flight at Dubai airport? (2 marks)

b) Hannah reached Geneva on the same day at 1845h local time. Determine the time difference
between Singapore and Geneva. (2 marks)

14. Determine the length of the arc, giving the answer in terms of  (2 marks)
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15. a) Express 12600 as a product of its prime factors (1 mark)

b) Given that 14700  22  3  52  72 . The greatest number that will divide, 12600, 14700 and x
exactly is 70. What is the least possible value of x given x  70 (2 marks)

16. Use table of squares and square roots to evaluate: (4 marks)

16.142  0.529
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SECTION II (50 Marks)

Answer any five questions in this section
17. The attendance at a party consisted of 35 men, a number of women and some children. The number
of women was one and half that of the children present.
a) If there are a total of 65 participants, how many women attended the party? (3 marks)

b) During the party, each child took one bottle of soda, the men took two bottles each while some
women took two and others three. Given that five crates each containing 24 bottles of soda were
consumed, how many women took two bottles of soda each? (4 marks)

c) Each crate of soda was bought for shs. 580 plus a deposit of sh. 10 per bottle incase it breaks. How
much money did the party organizers pay at the soda depot? ( 3 marks)
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18. A solid is formed by mounting 2 identical cylinders on a rectangular prism as shown in the figure
below. The cylinders have a diameter of 3.5 cm and a height of 9 cm. The cuboid is 14 cm long, 6
cm wide and has a height that is 23 the height of the cylinder.

(Taking   227 )
a) Find the volume of the solid. (3 marks)

b) Find the total surface area of the solid (4 marks)

c) Given that the density if the material used to make the solid is 1.56g/cm3, determine the mass of
the solid to the nearest grams. (2 marks)
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a) Expand and simplify (2 marks)
6a  3a 1  2b   b  2b 1  a 

b) Express the following expression as a single fraction in its simplest form (2 marks)
a  m a  2m a  m
 
2 3 4

4 xy  3x  8 y 2  6 y
c) Simplify the expression (3 marks)
x  2y

d) Five years ago, a woman was four times as old as her daughter. In four years time, the woman
will be two and half times as old as her daughter. Find their present ages. (3 marks)
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20. Three partners, Amani, Furaha and Nehema, contributed a total capital of Ksh 750 000 to start a
business. Amani contributed 13 of the money, Furaha contributed 52 of the money and Nehema
contributed the rest. After some time, the business realized a profit of 36% of the capital. The profit
was taxed at the rate of 15%. After taxation, each partner received Ksh 20 000 of the profit. The
remainder of the profit was shared among the three partners in the ratio of their contributions.
Calculate:
a) The amount of money contributed by Nehema. (3 marks)

b) The profit realized after taxation. (3 marks)

c) The amount of money Furaha got more than Nehema. (4 marks)

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a) Use substitution method to solve the simultaneous equations: (3 marks)
4x  y  9
5x  2 y  8

b) Use elimination method to solve the pair of simultaneous equation below. (3 marks)
3x  2 y  8
4x  3y  5

c) A blouse and 3 T-shirts cost sh 1280. 4 blouses and 5 T-shirts cost sh 3230. Determine the cost
of 21 T-shirts? (4 marks)
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a) Halima bought a dress for sh 480 and sold it to a customer at a profit of 50%. When selling the
dress, she had allowed her customer a 10% discount on the marked price. Determine the marked
price of the dress? (3 marks)

b) A salesman is paid a salary of Ksh 32 000 per month. He also gets a commission of 7.5% for
sales above sh 50 000. In a certain month, he earned a total of Ksh 38 375. Calculate the value of
his sales that month. (4 marks)

c) A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currency as shown below.

Buy(ksh) Sell(Ksh)
1 Chinese Yuan 17.62 18.40
100 Japanese Yens 88.19 89.65
A Chinese tourist arrives in Kenya with 100 000 Yuan which he converts to Kenya shilling. While in
Kenya he spends 75% of the money and on his departure, he converts to remaining amount to
Japanese Yens. Determine how much Japanese Yens he received to the nearest Yen.
(3 marks)
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23.
a) Write down
(i) A square number between 30 and 40 (1 mark)

(ii) The number three million, three hundred and thirty (1 mark)

(iii) The next cube number after 64 (1 mark)

(iv) The five factors of 16 (1 mark)

(v) A common multiple of 6 and 8 (1 mark)

(vi) A prime number between 20 and 30 (1 mark)

b) From the numbers, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21 and 25, write down:
(i) The prime number (1 mark)

(ii) The number that is both a perfect square and a factor of 100 (1 mark)

(iii) The number that is a multiple of both 5 and 2 (1 mark)

(iv) Two numbers such that one is one and a half times the other (1 mark)
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24.
a) A chef spends 1 34 hours in the kitchen. The ratio of the times she spends preparing ingredients,
cooking and decorating her dishes is 7 : 2 :5 respectively.
Calculate
(i) The time, in minutes, she spends cooking. (3 marks)

(ii) The percentage of time she spends decorating her dishes. (2 marks)

b) In 2014, the restaurant had 22 500 customers.

(i) In 2015, the restaurant had 10% less customers than in 2014. Calculate the number of
customers the restaurant had in 2015. (2 marks)

(ii) In 2014, the number of customers was 20% more than in 2013. Determine the ratio of the
2013 customers to that of the 2015 customers in its simplest form. (3 marks)
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TOP JOINT EXAMINATION

121 - MATHEMATICS - FORM 1

Jun.2022 – 2 ½ hours
____________________________
Name…………………………………………Admission number………………
Candidate signature……………stream ……………………date………………
_______________________________
Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the space provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the space provided.
(c) This paper consist of two sections; section I and section II
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions in section II
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the answer at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.
(f) Marks may be given to correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used,
except stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consist of 12 pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer questions in English.
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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
17 18 19 20 21 Total

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SECTION 1(50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided
1. Evaluate.
(3mks)
3 3 1 1 1 2
𝑜𝑓 {7 5 − 3 (1 4 + 3 3) ÷ 2 5}
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2. Illustrate the following on a number line and give the answers.

i. (−5) − (+3) (2mks)

ii. (+3) − (−7) (2mks)

3. Find the total value of the digit 5 in the number 1,805,292. (1mk)

i.Find the difference between the total value of 8 and 9 . (2mks)

ii.Write in words the result in (i). (2mks)

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4. Without use of calculators ,show the quotient and the remainder in. (3mks)
0.5675
0.05×0.04

5. Find the missing number if 73[ ]8 is divisible by three. (2mks)

6. Convert 0 ∙ 3∙ 46∙ into fraction. (3mks)

7. Find the least number of pieces that can be cut from 30m,60m and 90m. ( 3mks)

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8. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is 93 .Find the fourth number. (3mks)

9. Two numbers are 𝑥 and 𝑦 are related by the equation 𝑦 = 1.6𝑥.If the product of the
lowest common multiple and the H.C.F of x and y is 100,000.Find the L.C.M of x and y
given that L.C.M is five times the value of y. (3mks)

10. An integer n is three quarters of another integer with a difference of 20. Find the integers.
(4mks)

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11. whitney has 42 coins whose total value is Ksh 144.There are twice as many 5 shillings
coins as 10 shillings . The rest are one shilling coins. Find the number of ten shillings that
whitney has. (4mks)

12. Use prime factorization method to evaluate. (3mks)

128×6561
√
13122×81

13. Arrange the following fraction in descending order. (3mks)

1 3 2 3
, , 𝑎𝑛𝑑 1 8
8 6 7

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14. Express the following as a single fraction in it’s simplest form. (3mks)
2𝑥−3 𝑥−2 1−𝑥
− −
3 3 4

15. The bells ring at an interval of 15 minutes ,30minutes and 45minutes respectively.Find
the last time the bells rung together if they will ring together again at 11:20Am. (3mks)

16. The three angles of a triangle are (2𝑥 − 10)° , (3𝑥 − 30)° 𝑎𝑛𝑑(𝑥 − 20)° ,find the exact
sizes of angles of a triangle. (3mks)

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SECTION II(50 marks)

Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
17. A farmer has ksh 7500 hactares of land to be shared among his three sons.The youngest
1 1 1
son got 5 of the land.The second son got 3 of what the young one got and the eldest got 2
of the remainder .Calculate.

a. The size of land the

i. The eldest son got (2mks)

ii. The youngest son got. (2mks)

iii. The total share got by the second son and the eldest . (2mks)

b. The size of land the father remained with expressed as a percentage to the shared
land.

(4mks)

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18. A rectangular field has 0.7m longer length than its width, given that the length id
14.5m,
a. Find its perimeter when the width of the rectangle is reduced by 0.5m (3mks)

b. If the the length of rectangle is by 10% and width reduced by 20%,find .

i.The new measurement of the rectangle. (2mks)

ii. The new perimeter of the rectangle . (2mks)

iiii.The area of the rectangle formed in cm to 2dp. (3mks)

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19. A minibus with a capacity of 24,charges ksh 200 from town P to Q.The minibus can still
accommodate 5 more passengers as an overload ,The distance between P and Q is
100km.The cost of one liter of petrol is ksh 150,The minibus consumes a litre for every
5km.Calculate.
a. The amount the minibus gained in return.
i. If it does carry the extra five passengers. (2mks)

ii. If it carries the five extra people on normal passengers (2mks)

iii. Calculate the amount they paid for fuel. (2mks)

b. If the minibus carries the extra five passengers on a different occasion ,it has to pay a
penalty of ksh100 per check point,they exist five check points from P to Q.Calculate
i. The amount of money the minibus will have to pay for carrying extra five
passengers.
(2mks)

ii. The amount of money lost if the minibus overloads (2mks)

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20. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, Construct a triangle ABC in which line
AB=7.5cm,BC=6cm and angle ABC is 105° .measure AC. (4mks)

a. Construct a circle touching the vertices of the triangle and measure the radius (3mks)

i. Using the radius in a above , Calculate the area of the circle to 1d.p. (3mks)

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21. A carton box measures 60m by 36m by 72m,a shopkeeper decides to pack tins of jam of
radius 3cm with a height of 12cm.Calculate the maximum number of tins that can be
packed in the carton box without remainder. (4mks)

b. If a tin costs ksh 250 each, Calculate the total amount needed to buy the tins. (3mks)

c. Given that during transportation 20 tins busted and were not sold ,Calculate the cost of
the remaining tins. (3mks)

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121 - MATHEMATICS - Form 1

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1 1 4+3 7
1 +3 =4 =4
4 3 2 12
1 55 5 275
× × =
3 12 12 432
3 38 275
1. 𝑜𝑓 ( − )
8 5 432
3 15041
𝑜𝑓
8 2160
3521
=2
5760

2.

5000
𝑖𝑖).
800,000 − 90 = 799,910
3.
𝑖𝑖𝑖).
𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑦 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒
𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑛𝑑, 𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑒𝑛

0.5675 × 10,000
0.05 × 0.04 × 10,000
5675
4. 5×4
15
= 283
20
𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 15
𝑞𝑢𝑜𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 283

7 + 3 + 𝑥 + 8 = 18,21,24,27
𝑥=0
5. 𝑥=3
𝑥=6
𝑥=9

𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑟 = 0.346346
10𝑟 = 3.46346
100𝑟 = 34.6346
1000𝑟 = 346.346346
6.
10000𝑟 − 𝑟 = 999𝑟
346.346346 − 0.346346 = 346.0000
346
𝑟=
999
 30 = 2 × 3 × 5
60 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 5
7.
90 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5
23 × 3 × 5 = 360

𝑥, 𝑥 + 2, 𝑥 + 4, 𝑥 + 6 = 93
3𝑥 = 81
8.
𝑥 = 27
4𝑡ℎ 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 = 27 + 8 = 35

250
9. 2000 × = 400
250

3
𝑛 = 𝑛 − 20
10. 4
4𝑛 = 3𝑛 − 80
𝑛 = −80
3
× 80 = −60
4
−80, −60

10𝑥 + 10𝑥 + 42 − 3𝑥 = 331

11.
17𝑥 = 289
𝑥 = 19

128 = 27
6561 = 38
13122 = 2 × 38
81 = 34
12.
27 × 38
2 × 38 × 34
26
= 4
3

1 3
× 100 × 100
13. 8 6
2 11
× 100 × 100
7 8
 4(2𝑥 − 3) − 4(𝑥 − 2) − 3(1 − 𝑥)
12
14. 7𝑥 − 7
12
7(𝑥 − 1)
12

15 = 3 × 5 30 = 2 × 3 × 5
45 = 3 × 3 × 5 3 × 2 × 3 × 5 = 90
15.
90
= 1ℎ𝑟 30𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑠 1120 − 0130 = 9.50𝑎𝑚
60

(2𝑥 − 10)° + (3𝑥 − 30)° + (𝑥 − 20) = 180°

6𝑥 − 60 = 180
16. 6𝑥 = 240
𝑥 = 40°
70°, 90°, 20°

1
𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡
5
1 1 1
2𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 =
3 5 15
1 1 1 4
𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 ( + ) =
2 15 5 15
1 1 11
𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 =
2 15 30
11
× 7500 = 2750ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠
30
17. 1
𝑖𝑖). × 7500 = 1500
5
1
𝑖𝑖𝑖). × 7500 = 500
15
500 + 2750 = 3250 ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠
11 1 1 19
𝑖𝑣). 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 = + + =
30 5 15 30
11
𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 × 7500 = 2750
30
2750 2
× 100 = 36 %
7500 3
10
 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ = 14.5 − 0.7 = 13.8
𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ = 13.8 − 0.5 = 13.3
𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 2(𝑙 + 3) 2(14.5 + 13.3) = 55.6𝑐𝑚
𝑏).
110
× 14.5 = 15.95𝑐𝑚
18. 100
80
× 13.3 = 10.64𝑐𝑚
100
𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ 15.95
𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ 10.64𝑐𝑚 𝑖𝑖). 2(10.64 + 15.95)
= 53.18𝑐𝑚 𝑖𝑖𝑖𝑖).10.64 × 15.95
= 169.708𝑐𝑚2
10

24 × 200 = 4800 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 1𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒 = 5𝑘𝑚 100𝑘𝑚

= 20 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠
𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙 = 20 × 150 = 𝑠ℎ 3000
4800 − 3000 = 1800 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑖𝑖)
24 + 5 = 29 29 × 150 = 5800
5800 − 3000 = 2800
19.
𝑖𝑖𝑖).
1𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒 5𝑘𝑚 100𝑘𝑚 = 20 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠
20 × 150 = 3000𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠
𝑏).
1 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 = 100 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠 5 × 100 = 500
𝑖𝑖).
5800 − (3000 + 500) = 2,300 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑠

10

60 36 72
× ×
6 6 12
= 10 × 6 × 6 = 360 𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑠

20. 𝑏).
360 × 250 = 90,000

𝑐).
(360 − 20)250 = 8500

10
21.