NAME…………………………………………………………………………CLASS…………

ADM NO……………………. DATE: …………………… SIGN: …………………….………

121/1
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
TIME: 2½ HOURS

EASTERN CLUSTER 2024

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

JULY/AUGUST 2024
121/1
MATHEMATICS PAPER 1

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) This paper consists of two sections; Section I and Section II.
d) Answer All questions in Section I and only Five questions from section II
e) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
f) Show all the steps in your calculations giving answers at each stage in the spaces provided
below each question.
g) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
h) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be
used except where stated otherwise.
i) This paper consists of 15 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
m) Candidates should answer 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

GRANDTOTAL

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 Section I; Attempt all questions in this section
1. Work out the following leaving your answer in simplest form;
−4 × 2+48 ÷ 2 of (−21+15)
(3 marks)
(−5 )−(−2 ) ×2+7

2. All even numbers below 9 were arranged in ascending order to form a number.
(i) Write the number formed. (1 mark)

(ii) What is the value of the third digit in the number formed? (1 mark)

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3. Find all the integral values of x which satisfy the inequality −2 x <1− x ≤ 2−x
3 3
(3 marks)

2 2
2 y −3 xy −2 x
4. Simplify 2 3 (3 marks)
4 x y −x

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5. Solve for x in the equation 9 x 32 x+1=243 (3 marks)

6. The figure below is a trapezium (not drawn to scale) in which PS//QR, PS=15 cm,
QR=20 cm, RS=8 cm and angle QRS=35°. Calculate the area of the trapezium. (3 marks)

P
S

Q 35°
R

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 7. A prison warden on a watch tower sees a bridge 120 M away on a bearing of 230° and a
bus station 80 M away on a bearing of 090°. Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20m, draw
a scale diagram to represent the information given. (2 marks)

Use the scale diagram to find the bearing of the bridge from the bus stop. (2 marks)

8. Find the equation of a line whose x-intercept is -3 and y-intercept is 6 in the form
y=mx+c (2 marks)

9. Given that tan Ө=2.4 and without using mathematical tables or a calculator find
cos2Ө+sin2Ө (3 marks)

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10. KCB Bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown below.

Currency Buying (Kshs) Selling (Kshs)

1 US Dollar 157.0000 157.7824

1 S.A Rand 8.3591 8.4033

A tourist arrived in Kenya with 6,200 US Dollars and changed the whole amount to
Kenya shillings. While in Kenya he spent shs. 202,235 and changed the rest to South
African Rands before leaving for South Africa. Calculate the amount in S.African rands
that he received to the nearest Rand. (3 marks)

11. Given the column vectors p= (−34), q=(−4

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) and r=(96) and that a=2p - 34 q + 23 r
(a) Express a as a column vector and hence calculate its magnitude to 2 d.p. (3 marks)

(b) A translation vector T maps a point A (2,3) onto A’ (4,4). Find the translation vector
T. (1 marks)

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12. The line below shows the diagonal of a rhombus PQRS. Given that QS=5 cm, complete
the rhombus and hence find PQ. (4 marks)

P R

13. A man walks for 40 minutes at 60km/hr. He then travels by minibus 2 hours at 80 km/hr.
Finally, he travels by bus for one hour at 60 km/hr. Find his average speed for the whole
journey. (3 marks)

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14. Find the matrix p given that (21 03) + p = (20 31) (2 marks)

15. Solve the following simultaneous equations (4 marks)

y=5−2 x
2
y=x −2 x +1

16. Lessons in Tigoni Primary and Tigoni secondary take 30 minutes and 40 minutes
respectively. The two bells ring simultaneously at 7.50 am. How many times will they
ring together if the lessons begin at 7.50 am and end at 3.50 pm? (4 marks)

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SECTION II. ATTEMPT ANY 5 QUESTIONS FROM THIS SECTION

17. The diagram below represents a solid that has a conical part and a hemispherical part.
The radii of both parts is 5 cm and the slanting height of the conical part is 13 cm.
Use π=3.142

(a) Find the surface area of the solid to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)

(b) Calculate the volume of the solid to 2 decimal places. (4 marks)

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 (c) Given that the solid is made of material of density 2500 kg/m3, determine the mass of
the solid in grams to the nearest gram. (3 marks)

18. Peter wants to make a grass lawn outside his house. He also wants to make a path of
uniform width all round the lawn. The path will be covered with square concrete slabs.
(a) If the total area of the lawn and the path is to be 486m2 but the lawn alone should be
30m long and 12.6m wide, find the width of the path. (4 marks)

(b) He intends to cover each corner of the path by a slab whose side is equal to the width
of the path. The other slabs will be of side 60 cm. Determine the total number of slabs
that she will use. (3 marks)

(c) He has identified a supplier of the slabs who will sell to him each corner slab at Sh.
350 and the other slabs Sh. 100 each. Find the total amount of money he will spend in
buying the slabs. (3 marks)

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19. (a) On the grid below, draw a triangle whose vertices are A(4,0), B(5,3) and C(2,2). (1
mark)

(b)Triangle ABC undergoes an enlargement of scale factor 2 about (3,4). On the same
grid in (a) above, draw triangle A’B’C’, the image of triangle ABC after the
enlargement. State the coordinates of A’B’C’ (3 marks)

(c)Triangle A”B”C” is the image of triangle A’B’C’ after a negative quarter turn
about the origin. Draw triangle A”B”C” and state its coordinates. (3 marks)

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 (d)The final image is obtained when triangle A”B”C” is reflected on the line x=y.
Draw triangle A”’B”’C”’, the final image. State the coordinates of triangle
A”’B”’C”’. (3 marks)
20. The figure below represents a model of a tower VPQR. The horizontal base PQR is an
equilateral triangle of side 9cm. The length of the edges are VP=VQ=VR=20.5cm. Point
M is the midpoint of PQ and VM=20cm. Point N is on the base and vertically below V.

(a) Calculate the length RM. (2 marks)

(b) The height of the model. (3 marks)

(c) The angle between

(i) Plane VPQ and the base. (2 marks)

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 (ii) Line VR and the base. (3 marks)

21. In a Mathematics test, 40 students scored the following marks;

43 39 59 56 58 63 71 40 72 66 47 38 51 50 61 64 61 46 82 64
32 78 29 32 45 80 70 57 52 46 45 39 58 72 41 55 56 53 66 63
(a) Using a class size of 5, and 25-29 as the first class, draw a frequency distribution
table for the data above. (3 marks)

Class Midpoint Tally Frequency fx Cf

x

Σf= Σfx=

(b) State the modal class. (1 mark)

(c) Calculate the mean of the data. (3 marks)

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 (d) Calculate the median score. (3 marks)
22. John’s plot is in the shape of a pentagon ABCDE shown below. It is such that AB//ED,
<ACB=72°and <ADE=56°. AD and BE intersect at C, AD=320m and AC:CD=5:3.

(a) Find the length of AC. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the perpendicular distance between edges AB and DE. (2 marks)

(c) Find lengths BC and AB. (4 marks)

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(d) Find the area of triangular portion ABC. (2 marks)
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23. Find the area bounded by the curve y=3 x −4 x +2 and the line x=2, x=5 and the x axis.
(a) Using mid-ordinate rule with 6 strips. (4 marks)

X 2.0 2.25 2.5 2.75 3.0 3.25 3.5 3.775 4.0 4.25 4.5 4.75 5.0

(b) Calculate the exact area of the region. (3 marks)

(c) Calculate the percentage error in calculating the area to 4 decimal places. (3 marks)

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24. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement from a given point is
given by s=t 3−3 t 2 +3 t where t is the time in seconds. Find:
(a) The displacement of the particle at t=3 seconds. (2 marks)

(b) The velocity of the particle when t=3 seconds. (2 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. (3 marks)

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