THE SUCCESS PATH POST MOCK EXAMINATION COUNCIL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

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MATHEMATICS
- Alt A –
Sept/Oct. 2024 – 2 Hours 30 minutes
121 / 1 - Mathematics Paper 1
Monday 2 ND Sept. 2024
Time: 8.00 a.m  10.30 a.m

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

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

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name, Index number and class in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your 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 15 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(i) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s 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 22 23 24 Total
Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 Marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1.96
1. Express 19 600 and 42 875 as a product of their prime factors hence evaluate; 3
12.5
42.875
(3 marks)

2. The size of a rectangular table measures 96 cm and 114 cm. The table top is to be fitted with largest
possible tiles which will fit into the space without a remainder. If each tile cost Kshs.25, find the total
cost of tiles used to fit the table top. (4 marks)

3. Five years ago, Ruth was four times as old as her son Benjamin. In seven years time, the sum of their
ages will be 64 years. Find the age of Ruth when Benjamin was 2 years old. (3 marks)

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4. Three interior angles of an irregular polygon are  3x  5 ,  2 x  66  and  5 x  41 while the remaining
six interior angles are 130o each. Find;

(a) the sum of interior angles of the polygon. (1 mark)

(b) the value of x. (2 marks)

5. A green grocer distributed his bags of cabbages as follows. A certain hospital received a quarter of the
total number of bags. A nearby school received half of the remainder. A greengrocer received a third of
what the school received. What remained were six bags more than what the greengrocer received. How
many bags of cabbages did the farmer have? (3 marks)

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6. Solve for x and y ; 2 y 3  32 x  y  2592 (3 marks)

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7. Use reciprocal and square tables to evaluate, to 4 significant figures, the expression;  8.7652
18.56
(3 marks)

8. From the view of a window 32 m above the ground, the top of a monument is at an angle of elevation of
62.5o. Given that the windows building is 61 m from the monument, find the height of the monument to
the nearest metre. (3 marks)

a 4b3  a 2c 4  b  2c3
9. Given that a  3, b  4 and c  2 , evaluate; (3 marks)
a 3b3c3

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10. A matatu left Kisii for Kisumu at 11:48 a.m. at an average speed of 60 km/h. A car left Kisumu at 1:08
p.m. on the same day and travelled towards Kisii along the same route as matatu and met the matatu at
2:30 p.m. Given that the distance between Kisii and Kisumu is 300 km, find the difference in speed of
the two vehiles. (4 marks)

 2  c
11. The position vectors of points A and B are   and   respectively. Given that OA is parallel to
6  3 
OB , find the magnitude of AB. (3 marks)

12. A Kenyan bank bought and sold Japanese Yen when the rates are as shown below.

Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)

100 Japanese Yen 98.00 98.40

A Kenyan businessman who travelled to Japan converted Ksh 806 880 to Japanese Yen. He spent 75%
of the amount and then converted the balance into Kenyan shillings at the same bank when the buying
rate increased by 1.2% while the selling rate increased by 1.5%. Calculate the amount of money in
Kenya Shillings that he received from the bank. (3 marks)

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13. Line PQ below is produced to a point R. Construct a line PS such that angle SPQ = 30° .Using the line
5
PS divide the line PQ into 5 proportional parts and use it to identify a point T such that PQ = PT .
7
(3 marks)

14. A cylindrical solid of radius 12 cm and length 15 cm floats lengthwise in water to a depth of 4 cm as
shown in the figure below.

Calculate the area of the curved surface of the solid in contact with water, correct to 4 significant figures.
(3 marks)

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15. The number of boys and girls who sat for success path Mock examination 2024 are in the ratio of 4:5
respectively. The students who registered for Post Mock exams were 5000, this is 10% increase in
candidature compared to those who did Mock exams. If boys who registered for post Mock exams were
400 more than those who did Mock exams, find the ratio of girls to boys who did post mock exams.
(3 marks)

16. The figure below shows triangle ABC and its image ABC under a transformation T. Describe
transformation T and hence draw triangle ABC the image of ABC under reflection in the mirror
line K. (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 Marks)

Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.

17. A solid consist of a frustum and a hemispherical base. The height of the solid is 39.75 cm. The top and
bottom radii of the frustum are 10.5 cm and 15.75 cm respectively. Find;
(a) The slant height of the cone from which the frustum was cut. (3 marks)

(b) The volume of the solid to 1 decimal place. (3 marks)

(c) The total surface area of the solid to 3 significant figures. (4 marks)

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18. The gradient to the curve y  2 x 2  mx  54 at a point where x  1 is 7 .

(a) Find the value of m. (2 marks)

(b) Find the area bounded by the curve y  2 x 2  mx  54 and the line y  7 x  42 using;
(i) Trapezium rule with 7 strips. (5 marks)

(ii) Mid – ordinate rule with 7 strips. (3 marks)

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 4 1 1.5 3.75 

19. (a) Given that A    and B    . Find the value of p given that AB is a singular matrix.
0 1   p 10 
(4 marks)

(b) An industrial company Q bought 7 litres of chemical of type A and 12 litres of chemical of type B at
Kshs.20 800 while company T paid Kshs.20 640 for 9.5 litres of chemical of type A and 6.8 litres of
chemical of type B.
(i) Form a simplified matrix equation to represent the above information. (2 marks)

(ii) Use matrix method to find the cost of one litre of each kind of the chemicals. (4 marks)

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20. A businessman introduced a new product and carried out some market research. The table below is a
summary of the ages of people who say they will buy the product.

Age (x) years Frequency Cumulative Frequency

20  x  25 8 8
25  x  35 A 22
35  x  50 12 34
50  x  55 11 B
55  x  70 15 60

(a) Find the values of A and B. (1 mark)

(b) (i) On the grid provided below, draw a histogram to represent the information provided in the
table. (3 marks)

(ii) Use the histogram to estimate the median age. (3 marks)

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21. An irregular pentagon below, represent the shape of a forest PQRST. The length RS = ST, TR = 103 km,
TP = 46 km, QR = 102 km, angle TPQ = 72o and angle PTQ is a right angle trinangle.

(a) Find the length of TQ to the nearest kilometer. (2 marks)

(b) Find the reflex angle PTS correct to one decimal place. (4 marks)

(c) Find the area of the forest to four significant figures. (4 marks)

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22. Four war ships F, G, H and M are on sea, such that G is located on a bearing of 055 o at a distance of 50
km from ship F. Ship H is 75 km on a bearing of 130 o from ship G. ship M is on a bearing of 240o from
H at a distance of 72 km from ship F.
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 10 km, show relative positions of ships F, G, H and M.
(4 marks)

(b) Using the scale diagram, find;

(i) Bearing of M from G (1 mark)

(ii) Distance of M from H (1 mark)

(iii) Distance of H from F (1 mark)

(c) Find area enclosed by the lines joining position of the war ships F, G, H and M. (3 marks)

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23. The equation of line AB in the figure below is y  3 x  5 and A is the point  0, a  . Line PQ is parallel
to AB and AP = 7 units.

(a) Find the value of a. (1 mark)

(b) Write down the equation of PQ. (3 marks)

(c) Given that Q is equidistant from x and y axes and point B is on the line x  1 , find;
(i) The coordinates of point Q. (2 marks)

(ii) The equation of perpendicular bisector of line BQ in the form y  mx  c where m

and c are constants. (4 marks)

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24. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement S meters from a given point is
S  t 3  6t 2  2t  3 where t is time in seconds, find

(a) The displacement of the particle when t  3 (2 marks)

(b) The velocity of the particle when t  4 seconds. (3 marks)

(c) The value of t when the particle is momentarily at rest (3 marks)

(d) The acceleration of the particle when t  4 seconds (2 marks)

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