PREDICTION 1

Evaluate;

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(
1 10 6 1 16 11
3 + − of +
2 157 13 4 21 15 )
( + )−
1 8 5
11 13 7 91
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(3 marks)
2 Three bells ring at intervals of 9 minutes, 15 minutes and 21 minutes respectively. The bells will next
ring together at 11:00 p.m. Find the time the bells had last rang together. (3 marks)
3 The exterior and interior angles of a regular polygon are x 10 and 3x  50 respectively.
Calculate the sum of the interior angles of the polygon. (4 marks)
4 (a) Solve the inequality   8 5x   3 2x  4, hence illustrate your answer on a number line. (3 marks)
(b) State the integral values in (a) above. (1 mark)
5 A Kenyan commercial bank buys and sells foreign currencies at the rate shown below.
Buying  Kshs  Selling  Kshs 
1 Euro 145.30 145.60
1 UAE Dirhams 36.68 36.92

A French tourist arrived in Kenya with 7000 Euros. She converted the whole amount to the local
currency. While in Kenya she spent Kshs.426,380 and changed the balance to UAE Dirhams before
leaving for Dubai. Calculate the amount, in UAE Dirhams that she received? (3 marks)
2 2
9 t +25 a
6 2 2
Simplify the expression;. (3 marks)
6 t +19 at +15 a

7 During a practical exam, Jenny broke 4 beakers and 3 test – tubes while Sam broke 2 beakers and 5
test – tubes. If Jenny was charged Kshs.475 and Sam Kshs.325 for breakages. Find the cost of each
beaker and each test – tube. (3 marks)
8 Solve for y in the equation;1252 y5  25y4  625 (3 marks)
9 A football match lasts 90 minutes with a break of 15 minutes at half – time. If the referee allows five
minutes extra time for injuries and stoppages. At what time does a match which kicks off at 4:30 p.m.
end? (2 marks)

10 The mass of a solid cone radius 14 cm and height 18 cm is 4.62 kg. find its density in g/cm3. (3 marks)

11 given that OA= (−2

10 ) (−2X )
, OB= and that the magnitude of AB is 13 units find the possible value of x

12 In the figure below, AB = 6 cm, BE = 4 cm, CD = 9 cm, BE is parallel to CD and angle ABE = angle
ACD = 90o. Calculate the length of BC. (3 marks)
13 The figure below shows histogram of a certain set of data obtained from mathematics test.
Develop a frequency distribution table from the histogram. (3 marks)
14 Use tables of reciprocals and square roots only to evaluate; 3 216.2
0.05584
 (3 marks)
15 Given that sin 2  x 15  cos inbox 3  x  25 .  Find the exact value of sin 3x. (3 marks)
16 A triangular plot of land ABC is such that AB = 34 m, AC = 66 m and BAC = 96.7 ,  calculate the
length of BC to three significant figures. (3 marks)
SECTION II (50 Marks)
Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.
17 (a) A line L1 passes through the points 4, 5 and 6,7 . Find;
(i) equation of L1 in the form y  mx c where m and c are constants. (3 marks)
(ii) x and y – intercepts of L1. (2 marks)
(b) Another line L2 is perpendicular to L1 and passes through the point 21, 7 .  Find the equation of
L2 in the form ax  by  c where a, b and c are integers. (2 marks)
(c) Find the point of intersection of L1 and L2. (3 marks
18 The diagram below shows the speed – time graph for a bus travelling between two stations. The bus
begins from rest and accelerates uniformly for 30 seconds. It then travelled at a constant speed for 60
seconds and finally decelerates uniformly for 40 seconds.
Given that the distance between the two stations is 2090 m, calculate;
(a) The maximum speed, in km/h the bus attained. (3 marks)
(b) The acceleration. (2 marks)
(c) The distance travelled during the last 20 seconds. (2 marks)
(d) The time the bus takes to travel the first half of the journey. (3 marks)
19 The diagram below shows a conical vessel which a conical vessel which stands vertically. The vessel
contains water to a depth of 30 cm. The radius of the water surface in the vessel is 21 cm.
Taking ;
(a) Calculate the volume of the water in the vessel in cm3. (2 marks)
(b) When a metal sphere in completely submerged in the water, the level of water in the vessel rises
by 6 cm. calculate;
(i) the radius of the new water surface in the vessel. (2 marks)
(ii) the volume of the metal sphere in cm3. (3 marks)
(iii) the radius of the sphere. (3 marks)
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20 given that p= (86 59)

(b) Matawi bought 8 T-shirts and 5 pairs of shorts at a total cost of ksh. 4400. Had he bought 6
T-shirts and 9 pairs of shorts, he would have spent ksh. 1000 more.
(i) Form two equations to represent the above information (2 marks)
(ii) Use the matrix method to determine the cost of a T-shirt and a pair of shorts (3 marks)
(c) Three months later the price of a pair of shorts went up. Matawi bought 5 T-shirts and 5 pairs of
shorts at a total cost of ksh.3650. Find the percentage increase in the price of a pair of shorts.
(3 marks)
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21 Five points P, Q, R, V and T lie on the same plane. Point Q is 53 km on a bearing of N 55 E of P.
Point R lies S18 E o of Q at a distance of 58 km. Given that point T is West of P and 114 km from R
and point V is directly South of P and S 40 E from T.
(a) Using the scale 1cm to represent 10 km, draw a diagram showing the relative positions of the five
points. (5 marks)
(b) From the scale drawing determine
(i) The distance, in km of point V from R. (1 mark)
(ii) The bearing of point V from Q (1 mark)
(c) Determine the area enclosed by the points PQRVT in square km. (3 marks)
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22 The figure below, the graphs of y  2x2  4x 16 and y  2x  4 intersect at points A and B.
(a) Find the coordinates of points A and B. (4 marks)
(b) Estimate the area bounded by the curve y  2x2  4x 16 and the line y  2x  4 using:
(i) Trapezium rule with 6 ordinates. (3 marks)
(ii) Mid – Ordinate rule with 5 strips. (3 marks)
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23 USE GRAPH BOOK

A square ABCD has vertices A5,5, B4,5 , C4,4and D5,4.

(a) On the grid below, draw the square ABCD. (1 mark)
(a) On the same axes, draw AB C D    , the image of the square ABCD under a transformation described as
enlargement, centre (4,3) and scale factor 3. (2 marks)
(b) The square A B C D     with the vertices A (1,  5), B (4,  5), C (4,  2) and D (1,  2) is the image of
AB C D     under a rotation. On the same axes, draw the square A B C D     hence describe the rotation.
(4 marks)
(c) On the same axes, draw the square A B C D    , the image of A B C D     under reflection in the line

y0.
(1 mark)
(d) State a pair of squares that are:

(i) Directly congruent (1 mark)

(ii) Oppositely congruent (1 mark)

24 The equation of a curve is y  x2 3 x
(a) Find:
(i) The x  intercept of the curve (2 marks)
(ii) The y  intercept of the curve . (1 mark)
(b) (i) Determine the stationary points of the curve. (3 marks)
(ii) For each point in (b)(i) above, determine whether it is a maximum or a minimum.
(2 marks)
(c) Sketch the curve
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4. The length and width of a rectangular sheet of paper measured to the nearest millimetre are 29.7 cm
and 13.4 cm respectively. Calculate to four significant figures, the relative error in area of the paper.
(3 marks)
5. The data below shows ages of 8 players in a football academy;
6, 8, 7, x, 13, 11, 9, 6
The mean age for the 8 players is 9. Find the mean absolute deviation of the data. (4 marks)
6. Make N the subject of the formula;
m8
G hN
W
N

 (3 marks)
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7. Solve for y in the equation tan y  cos y for 0  y 180 . (4 marks)
8. The figure below shows a circle centre A 1,  2 passing through point P 3,  1 . Find its equation in
the form x2  y2  ax by  c where a, b and c are integers. (3 marks)
9. Tap K can fill a tank in 2 hours 48 minutes while tap N can empty the tank when full in 4 hours. The
two taps were opened at 9:00 a.m. At what time will the tank be full? (3 marks)
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10. Expand 2 34 hence simplify 2 34 2 34 (3 marks)
11. The table below shows the relationship between the quantities P and Q.

P 0 1 2 3 4 5 6

Q 2.4 5.2 8.4 11.6 14.0 17.6 20.4

(a) On the grid provided, draw a line of best fit. (2 marks)

(b) Using the graph, find the law connecting P and Q. (2 marks)
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12. Radido bought a ‘tuk – tuk’ on hire purchase terms. The cash price of the ‘tuk – tuk’ is Kshs.500 000.
He made a down payment of Kshs.140 000 and paid monthly instalments of Kshs.25 000 for two years.
Calculate the monthly rate at which compound interest was charged. (3 marks)
13. The figure below shows a graph of the function; y  x2  4x
Calculate the exact area of the shaded region. (3 marks)
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14. The image of triangle ABC with vertices at A1,3 , B  2,1 and C1, 5 under a transformation M
is A6,1 , B  2,2and C10,1 respectively. Determine the matrix of transformation M.
(3 marks)
15. Samwel wanted to buy some text – books for his top students with a budget of Sh 15 000. Before the
purchase, the price of each book rose by Sh 150. As a result, he was able to buy five books less with
the same amount of money. Calculate the total number of books samwel was able to buy. (3 marks)
16. (a) On the space provided below, draw a circle centre O, radius 3.2 cm (1 mark)
(b) A point X is 9 cm from the centre O, construct a tangent to the circle passing through X. (2 marks)
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SECTION II (50 Marks)
Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.
17. (a) A carpenter wishes to make a ladder with 18 cross – pieces. The cross – pieces are to reduce
uniformly in lengths from 90 cm at the bottom to 39 cm at the top. Calculate:
(i) the length in centimetres of the eleventh cross – piece from the bottom. (3 marks)
(ii) the total length of all the cross – pieces used to make the ladder. (2 marks)
(b) The average of the third and fourth terms of Geometric Progression (G.P.) is 22.5 while the second
term of the same G.P. is 60. Find the first term and the common ratio of the Geometric Progression
(G.P.). (5 marks)
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18. The marks obtained by 50 candidates were recorded in the table below.

09 10 19 20 29 30 39 40 49 50 59 60 69
Marks
      

6 8 12 9 7 5 3 Frequency

(a) Draw a cumulative frequency curve to represent the above data. (4 marks)
(b) Use your graph to estimate;
(i) median. (1 mark)
(ii) quartile deviation. (3 marks)
(iii) the probability that a candidate scores above 40 marks. (2 marks)
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19. (a) Construct a triangle XYZ in which XY = 7 cm, YZ = 7.2 cm and XZ = 4.2 cm. Measure angle
XYZ. (3 marks)
(b) A point R is located inside triangle XYZ such that;

(i)
(ii) XR  2 cm
R is closer to X than Y
(iii R is closer to XY than XZ
) XRY 120  
(iv)

Label and shade the locus of R. (7 marks)

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20. The positions of two towns on the surface of the earth are given as A 45 S, 20 W     and
B 45 S, 80 E    .
Find;
(a) the difference in longitude. (2 marks)
(b) the distance between the two towns leaving your answer in a simplified surd form in;

kilometres; taking R = 6370 and = 22

(i) 


 
7
  (3 marks)
(ii) nautical miles. (2 marks)
(c) the local time in town A when it is 8:20 a.m. in town B. (3 marks)
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21. In the figure below C is a point on AB such that BA = 3BC and D is the mid – point of OA. OC and
BD intersect at X. Given that OA = a and OB = b.
(a) Write down in terms of a and b the vectors;
(i) AB (1 mark)
(ii) OC (2 marks)
(iii) BD (1 mark)
(b) If BX hBD, express OX in terms of a, b and h . (1 mark)
(c) If OX kOC, find h and k. (4 marks)
(d) Show that B, X and D are collinear. (1 mark)
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22. The figure below shows a tetrahedron PQRV. PQ = QR = RP = 12 cm and VP  VQ  VR 15 cm .
Calculate to one decimal place:
(a) Height of the tetrahedron. (3 marks)
(b) Angle between VQ and the base PQR. (2 marks)
(c) Angle between VPQ and the base PQR. (2 marks)
(d) Angle between VPQ and VQR. (3 marks)
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23. The table below shows income tax rates for the year 2023

1 15000
0


15001 27000
10


27001 37000
15


37001 45000
20


45001 50000
25


Above 50000 30

Taxable Income in Kshs per month Tax Rate (%) per month

In November 2023, Jecky earned a basic salary of Sh. 34 320. In addition, he was entitled to a house
allowance of Sh. 12 000 per month and medical allowance of Sh. 6 450. He also has a non – taxable
risk allowance of Sh. 6 000 per month. He contributes to a provident fund of Sh. 7 500. He also has tax
relief of Sh. 1 180 monthly.
(a) Calculate Jecky’s taxable income in that month. (2 marks)
(b) Calculate Jecky’s Pay As You Earn for November 2023. (5 marks)
(c) In the month of December 2023, Jecky’s tax in the last band was Sh. 2 556. Calculate his net salary
in December. (3 marks)
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24. (a) Complete the table given below by filling in the blank spaces. (2 marks)


1.00 2.00 1.73
2 sin 2 30 1.0 1.7 2.0 1.0
1.73 0 0
yx 0 3 0 0
  


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0 15 30 45 60 75 90 105 120 135 150 180 x
5

4 cos 2 2.00 4.00 2.00

4.0 2.0
yx 0 0 2.00 4.00
0 0
   

(b) On the grid provided, draw on the same axes, the graph of y  4 cos 2x and y  2sin 2  x 30 for
0o  x 180o . Take the scale, 1 cm for 15o on the x – axis and 1 cm for 1 unit on the y – axis.
(5 marks)
(c) From the graph:
(i) State the amplitude of y  4 cos 2x (1 mark)
(ii) Find the period of y  2sin 2  x 30 (1 mark)
(d) Use your graph to solve the equation 4cos 2x  2sin 2  x 30  0 (1 mark)