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MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

TIME: 2 HOURS 30 MINUTES

MWEINI CLUSTER FORM FOUR TERM 2 2021

KENYA CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (KCSE)

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
 Write your name, admission number , Signature and write date of examination in the
spaces provided
 The paper contains two sections. Section I and Section II.
 Answer ALL the questions in section I and any five questions in section II.
 Answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
below each question.
 Show all steps in your calculations below each question.
 Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
 Non programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical table may be
used, except where stated otherwise.

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

SECTION I
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

Marks

SECTION II
GRAND TOTAL
Question 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

Marks
 SECTION1 (50marks)

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

1. Evaluate √ , correct to four decimal places, hence write the answer in

standard form. (3 marks)

2. Two numbers p and q are such that p3 x q = 189. Find p and q. (3 marks)

3. A trader bought maize for Ksh 20 per kilogram and beans for Ksh 60 per kilogram. She
mixed the maize and beans and sold the mixture at Ksh 48 per kilogram. If she made a
60% profit, determine the ration maize : beans per kilogram in the mixture. (4 marks)
4. In the triangle ABC below, BC=12CM, ˂ABC=80˚ and ˂ACB=30˚.
A

B C
Calculate; correct to 4 significant figures the area of triangle ABC. (3 marks)

5. Given that the exterior angle of a regular hexagon is x, find the size of each interior angle
of the hexagon
(2 marks)

6. Use logarithms to evaluate √ (4 marks)

7. A line L is perpendicular to the line y = 1. Given that L passes through (4,11),
find:
a. Gradient of L; (1 mark)

b. Equation of L in the form y = mx + c where m and c are constants. (2 marks)

8. Convert (2 marks)

9. A garden is in the shape of a right angled triangle. The length of the shortest side is 17m
and the area of the garden is 246.8m2. Calculate the length of the longest side of the
garden. (3 marks)
10. The diagram below shows a region R bounded by three lines L1, L2 and L3

Form the three inequalities that satisfy the given region R. (3 marks)

11. Murimi and Naliaka had each 840 tree seedlings. Murimi planted equal number of
seedlings per row in x rows while Naliaka planted equal number of seedlings in (x+1)
rows. The number of tree seedlings planted by Murimi in each row were 4 more than
those planted by Naliaka in each row. Calculate the number of seedlings Murimi planted
in each row. (4 marks)
12. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below:
Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)
1 Sterling Pound (£) 130.10 130.54
1 South African Rand 9.52 9.58
A businessman on a trip to Kenya had £50,000 which he converted to Kenya shillings.
While in Kenya, he spent 80% of the money and changed the balance to South African
Rand. Calculate, to the nearest Rand, the amount he obtained. (3 marks)

13. Use the mid-ordinate rule with six strips to find the area bounded by the curve
, the lines x-axis. (3 marks)

14. Given that a =( ) ( ) ( ) (3 marks)

15. A triangle T with vertices A (2, 4), B (6, 2) and C (4,8) is mapped onto T' with vertices
A'(10,0), B'(8,-4) and C'(14,-2) by a rotation.
a. On the grid provided draw triangle T and its image. (2 marks)

b. Determine the centre and angle of rotation that maps T onto T' (2 marks)

16. A construction company employs technicians and artisans. On a certain day 3 technicians
and 2 artisans were hired and paid a total of Ksh 9,000. On another day the firm hired 4
technicians and 1 artisan and paid a total of Ksh 9,500. Calculate the cost of hiring 2
technicians and 5 artisans in a day. (3 marks)
 SECTION II (50 marks)

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

17. Two lines L1: and L2: intersect at point A.

a. Find the coordinates of A. (3 marks)

b. A third line L3 is perpendicular to L2 at point A. Find the equation of L3 in the form

where m and c are constants. (3 marks)

c. Another line L4 is parallel to L1 and passes through (-1, 3). Find the and y intercepts
of L4. (4 marks)
18. The masses, in kilograms, of patients who attended a clinic on a certain day were
recorded as follows:-
38 52 46 48 60 59 62 73 49 54
49 41 57 58 69 72 60 58 42 41
79 62 58 67 54 60 65 61 48 47
69 59 70 52 63 58 59 49 51 44
67 49 51 58 54 59 39 59 54 52

a) Starting with the class 35 – 39, make a frequency distribution table for the data.
(2 marks)

b) Calculate:
i. The mean mass; (3 marks)

ii. The median mass (3 marks)

c) On the grid provided draw a histogram to represent the data. (2 marks)

19. A solid S is made up of a cylindrical part and a conical part. The height of the solid is
4.5m. The common radius of the cylindrical part and the conical part is 0.9m. The height
of the conical part is 1.5m.
a. Calculate the volume, correct to 1 decimal place, of solid S. (4 marks)

b. Calculate the total surface area of solid S. (4 marks)

c. A square base pillar of side 1.6m has the same volume as solid S. Determine the
height of the pillar, correct to 1 decimal place. (2 marks)
20. In the figure below (not drawn to scale), AB = 11cm, BC=8cm, AD=3cm, AC=5cm and
˂DAC is a right angle.

B
A 11cm

Calculate, to one decimal place;

a. The length DC (2 marks)

b. The size of ˂ADC (2 marks)

c. The size of ˂ACB (3 marks)

d. The area of quadrilateral ABCD (3 marks)

21. The corner points A, B, C, and D of a ranch are such that B is 8km directly East of A and
C is 6km from B on a bearing of 30˚. D is 7km from C on a bearing 0f 300˚.
a. Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 1 km, draw a diagram to show the positions of A,
B, C, and D. (4 marks)

b. Use the scale drawing to determine:

i. The bearing of A from D (1 mark)

ii. The distance BD in Kilometres (2 marks)

iii. The perimeter of the ranch in Kilometres (3 marks)

22.
a. Given that A = ( ) and B =( ), find values of x for which AB is a
singular matrix. (4 marks)

b. Mambo bought 3 exercise books and 5 pens for a total of Kshs 165. If Mambo had
bought 2 exercise books and 4 pens, he would have spent Kshs 45 less. Taking x to
represent the price of an exercise book and y to represent the price of a pen:
i. Form two equations to represent the above information. (1 mark)

ii. Use matrix method to find the price of an exercise book and that of a pen.
(3 marks)

iii. A teacher of a class of 36 students bought 2 exercise books and 1 pen for each
student. Calculate the total amount of money the teacher paid for the books
and pens. (2 marks)
23. An institution intended to buy a certain number of chairs for Kshs 16,200. The supplier
agreed to offer a discount of Kshs 60 per chair which enabled the institution to get 3 more
chairs. Taking x as the originally intended number of chairs,
a. Write an expression in terms of x for;
i. Original price per chair (1 mark)

ii. Price per chair after discount (1 mark)

b. Determine:
i. The number of chairs the institution originally intended to buy (4 marks)

ii. Price per chair after discount (2 marks)

iii. The amount of money the institution would have saved per chair if it bought
the intended number of chairs at a discount of 15% (2 marks)
24. The equation of a curve is given as
a. Find:
i. The value of y when x=2 (2 marks)

ii. The equation of the tangent to the curve at (4 marks)

iii. Determine the turning points of the curve. (4 marks)