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MATHEMATICS PAPER 2
MARCH 2024
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

MATETE SUB COUNTY CLUSTER

EXAMINATIONS 2024
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 Write your name, index number and school in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
 This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
 Answer ALL questions from section I and ANY FIVE from section II
 All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
below each question.
 Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces
below each question.
 Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be
used, except where stated otherwise.

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 22 23 24 TOTAL

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 SECTION 1 (50 Marks)
Answer All the Questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. Given that √5 + 3 = a + b √c where a, b and c are integers, find the values of a, b and
c
√5 – 2
(2mks)

2. A quantity M varies inversely as the square of another quantity N. When M = 0.625,

N = 4.
Determine the value of M when N = 0.2 (3mks)

2�2 −72 � −4
3. Simplify; 2�2 −7�−30
+ 2�+5 (4mks)

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 3 �+�
4. Make r the subject of the formula: p= �
(2mks)

5. A box contains x red pens and (x – 8) identical blue pens. The probability that a red pen
is picked at random from the box is 0.6. find the total number of pens in the box (3mks)

6. The figure below shows a kite ABCD. AB = AD = 15cm and BC = CD.

Given that BD = 18 cm and the area of the kite is 270cm2, find the length BC of the kite
(3mks)

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 7. Without using calculator or mathematical tables, evaluate (3mks)
5
6
Log10 64 + Log10 50 – 4 Log10 2

8. A basketball team scored the following points in 6 matches: 10, 12, 14, 16, 28 and 30.
Using an assumed mean of 15, determine the standard deviation of the scores correct to 2
decimal places. (4mks)

9. The equation of a circle is x2 + y2 – 4x + 6y + 4 = 0. On the grid provided below, draw

the circle (4mks)

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 10. The cash price of a smart phone is kshs.30,000. Wafula bought the phone by paying a
deposit of kshs.2,000 followed by 8 equal monthly instalments. Given that the dealer
charges interest at the rate of 4.4% per month, calculate the amount Wafula paid monthly
as instalment. (Answer to the nearest shillings) (4mks)

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 11. The length and width of a rectangle are given as 4.5 cm and 2.5 cm respectively.
Calculate the percentage error in calculating
a) The area of the rectangle (2mks)

b) The perimeter of the rectangle (2mks)

12. The figure below shows a circle with two intersecting chords AB and CD

Given that AX = 5cm, XB = 4cm and CX = 2cm find the length of the chord CD. (2mks)

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 13. In a mathematics contest, there are 30 questions to be answered. Every question correctly
answered scores 3 points; a question wrongly answered scores 1 point whereas, a
question not answered scores -1 point.
i) What is the maximum point of the contest (1mk)

ii) Lydia answered 18 questions correctly, 5 questions wrongly and the rest were not
attempted. How many points did she get? (2mks)

3
14. Solve for � given that sin2 � − 2 ���� − 1 = 0 ; for 00 ≤ � ≤ 3600 (3mks)

15. The graph below shows the variation between temperature and time for a cooling liquid.
Determine the average rate of cooling between the second and tenth minutes (3mks)

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 16. In the figure below, K, L, M and N are points on the circumference of the circle, centre O.
The points K, O, M and P are on a straight line. PN is a tangent to the circle at N.
Angle KOL = 1300 and angle MKN= 400

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 Find the value of the following angles
a) MLN (1 mk)

b) LNP (2mks)

SECTION II (50 Marks)

Answer Any Five questions from this section in the spaces provide
17. A dealer mixes three types of paints A, B and C in the ratio A:B = 3:5 and B:C = 1:3. The
cost of each type of paint A, B and C are ksh.92, kshs.115 and kshs.138 respectively. The
mixture is to contain 60 litres of paint C.

a) Find the ratio A : B : C ( 2mks)

b) Find the number of litres of paint B in the mixture (2mks)

c) Find the cost per litre of the mixture (3mks)

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 d) Find the profit made if the mixture is sold at kshs.152.40 per litre (3mks)

18. The income tax rates of a certain year were as shown in the table below
Monthly Taxable income (kshs.) % tax (kshs)
0 – 9680 10
9681 – 18800 15
18801 – 27920 20
27921 – 37040 25
Over 37040 30

That year, an employee’s monthly earnings were as follows;-

Basic salary kshs. 28,600

House allowance ksh.15,000
Medical allowance kshs.3,200.
Transport allowance kshs.1,540
The employee was entitled to a monthly tax relief of kshs1056.

a) Calculate the employee’s taxable income per month (2mks)

b) Calculate the employee’s

i) Gross tax per month (4mks)

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 ii) Net tax per month (2mks)

c) In addition to the net tax, the following deductions are made from the employee’s
gross income every month.
NHIF kshs.500
Education insurance scheme kshs.1200
WCPS 2% of her basic salary

Calculate the employee’s monthly earnings after all the deductions (2mks)

19. The table below shows value of x and some values of y for the function
y = x3 – 2x2 – 9x + 8 for -3 ≤ � ≤ 5.

x -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
y=x3- 2x2 – 9x + 8 10 8 -10

a) Complete the table by filling the values of y (2mks)

b) On the grid below, draw a graph of y = x3 – 2x2 – 9x + 8 for -3≤ � ≤ 5 (3mks)

Use the scale; 1 cm represents 1 unit on x – axis
2 cm represents 10 units on y – axis

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 c) Use the graph to solve the equation
i) x3 – 2x2 – 9x + 8 = 0 (1mk)

ii) x3 – 2x2 – 11x + 6 = 0 (4mks)

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 20. a) The 5th term of an AP is 82 and the 12th term is 103.
Find
i) the first term and the common difference (4mks)

ii) the sum of the first 21 terms of the AP (2mks)

b) A farmer decides to save his money by making bank deposits every month. Each
month’s deposit is 10% more than the deposit of the previous month. The deposit for the
5th month was kshs.1,464.1
Determine
i) the deposit the farmer made in the 1st month (2mks)

ii) the total amount of money in the bank after 1 year (answer to the nearest shilling)
(2mks)

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 21. The marks scored by 40 students in the Geography exam were as shown in the table
below.

Marks 42 -46 47 - 51 52 - 56 57 - 61 62 - 66 67 – 71

No of students 3 4 10 12 3 3

Cumulative
frequency

a) Complete the table by filling in the values of cumulative frequency (1mk)

b) On the grid provided, draw a cumulative frequency curve (ogive curve) to represent
the data (3mks)

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 c) Determine from the curve

i) The medium mark (1mk)

ii) The pass mark of the exam if 21 students passed (2mks)

iii) The probability that a student picked at random from the class scored above
60 marks (3mks)

22. Points A (60oN, 070E) and B (600N, 530W) are on the surface of the earth.
A plane flew from A due west to B at an average speed of 180 knots
a) Determine
i) The distance covered by the plane (1mk)

ii) The time of flight (2mks)

b) From B, the plane flew due south to point C a distance of 4260 nm from B
i) Find the position of point C (3mks)

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 ii) Find the arrival time at C (local time) given that the plane left A on Monday
0000 hrs local time and flew at the same speed for the entire journey. (4mks)

23. In the figure below OA = a, OB =b and BX meets oy at C. CX: OA = 1:2 and

BY :YA = 1:3

a) Express in terms of a and b

i) BA (1mk)

ii) OY (2mks)

iii) BX (1mk)

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 b) Given that OC = hOY and BC = kBX . Determine the values of the scalars h and k
(6mks)

24. A trapezium PQRS with vertices P QRS with vertices P ( 2,2), Q (6,2), R(6,4) and S( 2,8)
−1 0
is mapped onto P1Q1R1S1 by a transformation matrix M =
0 1
a) Find the coordination of P1Q1R1S1 (2mks)

b) On the grid provided draw PQRS and its image P1Q1R1S1 (2mks)

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 c) i) On the same grid draw P11Q11RIISII with vertices P11(1,-1), QII (3, -1), RII(3, -2) and
SII(1, -4) (1mk)
ii) Describe a matrix of transformation that maps P Q R S onto P Q R S
1 I I I II II II II
(2mks)

iii) Determine the matrix of transformation that maps PIIQIIRIISII onto PQRS (3mks)

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