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

School ………………………………………………. Class ……………..…………………..

Candidate’s Signature………………………………. Date ………………………………….

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name, admission 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.
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38.75  0.07321
1 Use tables of logarithms to evaluate . (3 marks)
15.52

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2 The size of the interior angle of a regular polygon 6 times the size of its exterior angle. Calculate the
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sum of the interior angles of the polygon. (3 marks)

3 In the figure below, ABE is a right – angle triangle. AB is parallel to CD, AB = 10 cm, CD = 4 cm and
DE = 10.4 cm.

Calculate the length of AC hence find the area of the trapezium ABDC. (3 marks)
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4 Solve the equation 8 x  3  23 x1  40 . (3 marks)

5 A triangle ABC is such that AB = 30 cm, BC = 28 cm and AC = 26 cm. Calculate

(a) The area of the triangle ABC. (2 marks)

(b) The size of angle ABC correct to 1 decimal place. (2 marks)

6 In the figure below, triangle PQR  is the image of triangle PQR under a rotation centre O.

Locate the centre of rotation, O, hence find the angle of rotation. (3 marks)
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7 A Kenyan businessman intended to buy goods worth US dollar 25 000 from Japan. Calculate the value
of the goods to the nearest Japanese Yen given that,
1 US dollar = Ksh 132.50 and 100 Japanese Yen = Ksh 85.10. (3 marks)

8 Triangle ABC is mapped onto ABC by an enlargement P while ABC is mapped onto ABC by
another enlargement R.

Describe the enlargements:

(a) P (2 marks)

(b) R (2 marks)

1 
9 Solve the equation sin  x  18   cos x for which x is acute. (2 marks)
 3 
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10 Solve the inequality x  4  2  2 x  1  2 x  9 , hence illustrate the answer on a number line. (3 marks)

11 A bag of sugar can be repackaged in either 1.2 kg packets, 1.5 kg packets or 1.8 kg packets and sold for
Ksh 432, Ksh 535 or Ksh 640 respectively. Find:
(a) The minimum size of the bag of sugar. (2 marks)

(b) The maximum amount that can be obtained from the selling the repackaged sugar. (2 marks)

12 A translation T maps a point P  1,3 onto P  5, 2  and another point Q onto Q 1,1 . Find the

coordinates of Q. (3 marks)
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13 The length of a rectangle is 31 cm more than its width. The perimeter of the rectangle is 98 cm.
Calculate the area of the rectangle. (3 marks)

14 The figure below shows a minor segment of a circle of radius 10.5 cm that subtends an angle of 72 at
the centre of the circle.

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Calculate the area of the segment correct to 1 decimal place. Take π  . (3 marks)
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15 In the figure below, ABCDE is a uniform cross – section of a solid. Given that DJ is one of the visible
edges of the solid, complete the sketch showing the hidden edges with broken lines. (3 marks)

16 Two students Ali and Tami won some money in an Engineering Fair which they shared in the ratio 5:7
respectively. Ali spent Ksh 20 000 while Tami spent Ksh 18 000. Their balance was in the ratio 2:3.
How much did the two students win? (3 marks)
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SECTION II (50 marks)

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

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17 The equation of a straight line L is given as y  x .
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(a) Find;
(i) The equation of a line P that is parallel to L and passes through point A  5, 1 . Give your

answer in the form ax  by  c where a, b and c are integers. (2 marks)

(ii) The x and y intercept of line P. (2 marks)

(b) Line L intersects with another line x  y  4 at point B. Find:

(i) The coordinates of B. (3 marks)

(ii) The equation of a line perpendicular to L at point B. (3 marks)

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x4 5
18 (a) Solve the equation  by factorization. (4 marks)
9 2x 1

(b) The length of a rectangular floor is 3 metres less than twice its width. The area of the floor is 35 m 2.
Taking the width of the floor as x metres;
(i) Form an equation in x for the area of the floor hence find the dimensions of the floor.
(4 marks)

(ii) A square carpet is placed centrally on the floor leaving a margin of area 14.75 m 2. Calculate
the perimeter of the carpet. (2 marks)
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19 The figure below shows a container in the shape of a frustum with base and top radii measuring 30 cm
and 50 cm respectively. The container has a hemispherical lid whose radius is equal to the radius of the
top of the bucket. The height of the frustum is 48 cm.

Taking π  3.142 , calculate:

(a) The surface area of the container (5 marks)

(b) The container is filled with water to a height of 36 cm. Calculate:

(i) The radius of the water surface in the container. (2 marks)

(ii) The volume of water in the container. (3 marks)

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20 The figure below shows the speed – time graph of a car during a 5 – minute journey. The car covered a
distance of 5 250 metres during the journey.

Calculate:
(a) The maximum speed in km/h attained by the car. (3 marks)

(b) The acceleration of the car during:

(i) The first part of the journey. (2 marks)

(ii) The last part of the journey. (2 marks)

(c) The time taken by the car to travel the first half of the journey. (3 marks)
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21 Three poles A, B and C are on a level ground. Pole B is east of A while pole C is on a bearing 045 o
from B. The distance between A and B is 20 metres while the distance between B and C is 30 metres.
(a) Calculate:
(i) The area bounded by the edges connecting the poles A, B and C correct to 2 decimal places.
(3 marks)

(ii) The perpendicular distance from pole C to the edge AB produced. (2 marks)

(b) The height of the poles A, B and C are 12 metres, 6 metres and 10 metres respectively. Calculate:
(i) The angle of elevation of the top of pole A from the foot of pole B. (2 marks)

(ii) The angle of depression of the top of pole B from the top of pole C. (3 marks)
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22. The vertices A, B, C and D of a square are given as A( 3, 3), B( 1, 3), C( 1, 1) and D( 3, 1) .
(a) On the grid provided below, draw the square ABCD. (1 mark)

(b) On the same axes, draw the square:

(i) ABCD , the image of ABCD under an enlargement centre (1,1) and scale factor 2 .
(3 marks)
(ii) ABCD , the image of ABCD under 90 rotation about centre (4, 4) . (2 marks)
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(iii) ABCD , the image of ABCD under reflection in the line y  x . (2 marks)

(c) Describe the transformation that maps ABCD onto ABCD . (2 marks)
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23 The position vectors of points A and B are OA    and OB    . A point M is the mid-point of
 4   6 
AB and N is on OB such that ON:OB = 1:4.

(a) Find:

(i) The coordinates of M. (2 marks)

(ii) The magnitude of AB. (3 marks)

(iii) The column vector NM. (2 marks)

 x
(b) A translation T    maps point M onto M  1,5 . Determine the coordinates of B , the image
 y
of B under the translation vector T. (3 marks)
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24 Three warships A, B and C are at sea such that ship B is 400 km on a bearing of 030 from ship A.
Ship C is 750 km from ship B and on a bearing of 120 from ship B. An enemy ship E is sighted 1
000 km due south of ship B.

(a) Taking a scale of 1 cm to represent 100 km, locate the positions of ships A, B, C and E. (4 marks)

(b) Find:

(i) The bearing of C from E. (2 marks)

(ii) The distance between A and E. (2 marks)

(c) A point D is equidistant from the war ships A, B and C. On the scale drawing, locate the point D
hence determine the distance between ship E and point D. (2 marks)

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