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121/2
Mathematics
Form 3 mock
October 2018
Time: 2 Hrs

NASI JOINT EXAMINATIONS, 2018

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

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

Instructions to candidates.

a) Write your name, Admission number, in the spaces provided above.

b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper contains two sections: Section I and Section II.
d) Answer All the questions in Section I and any 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 your answers at each stage in the
spaces below each question.
g) Non – programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used,
except where stated otherwise.
h) This paper consists of 14 printed pages.
i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and no questions are missing.
j) 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
Gran
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Total

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Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided

SECTION 1 (50 marks)

1. The expression x2 + 10x + c + 2 = 0, where c, is a constant is a perfect

square. Find the value of c.
(2 marks)

2. Given that a = 3.25 and d = 2.5, find the percentage error in the sum of a +
d giving your answer correct to 2 decimal places.
(4 marks)

3. Simplify the expression below in the form (3

marks)

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4. Solve the following equations: log (15 - 5 ) – 1 = log (3 2) (3

marks)

5. A quantity P is partly constant and partly varies as the square of Q. Given

that P = 10 when Q = 2 and P = 15 when Q = 3. Write down the equation
connecting P and Q. (3marks)

6. Expand. ( 1 – 2x ) 5

(2marks)

b. Use the first 4 terms of your expansion in (a) above to estimate the value of
(0.98)5
(2marks)

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7. Make L the subject given that H =

(3 marks)

8. Determine the radius and coordinates of the centre of a circle whose

equation is
2x2 – 16y + 2y2 + 12x + 18 = 0 (3
marks)

9. Two taps A and B can fill a water bath in 8 minutes and 10 minutes
respectively. Tap A is opened for 2 minutes the closed. Tap B is later
opened for one minute then closed. How long will the two taps take running
together to fill the remaining part of the water bath?
(3marks)

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10. Using logarithm tables only, evaluate

(4 marks)

11. The figure below shows a circle centre O, with chords PQ and RS
produced to meet externally at T. Given RT=24cm, PQ=7cm, QT=9cm find
the length ST(2 marks)

12. Two bags A and B contain black and white balls. Bag A contains 5red 3
blue balls. Bag B contains 4 red and 4blue balls. A bag is picked at random
and two balls are picked without replacement. Determine the probability of
picking balls of the same colour. (3 marks)

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13. A shop sells its products on hire purchase which is 20% higher than
cash price. Makawiti bought a CD player by paying Kshs 5,100 down
payment and 15 equal monthly installments. If the cash price of the CD
player is Kshs 15, 000. Calculate the compound interest per month on the
purchase of the CD player correct to 2d.p (3 marks)

14. If OA = 3 i + 2j – 4k and OB = 4i + 5j – 2k, P divides AB in the ratio 3:-2.

Determine the modulus of OP leaving your answer to 1 decimal place.
Given that O is the origin.
(3 marks)

15.The distance between town A and B is 288km. A car travelling at 108km/h started from
town A at 11.35 a.m. and travelled to town B. At what time did the car reach its destination.
(Give your answer in 24 hr clock) (3 marks)

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16. Mr. Kimbo, a local retailer bought imported rice at sh. 56 per kilogram
and local rice at sh. 48 per kilogram. He wants to mix the two types of rice
so as to make a profit of 20%. If he sold the mixture at sh.120 per 2
kilogram packet, find the ratio the two types of rice was mixed.
(3 marks)

SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer only five questions from this section in the spaces provided

17. The 1st, the 7th and 25th terms of an arithmetic progression are the first
three consecutive terms of a geometrical progression. The 20 th terms of the
arithmetic progression is 22. Find:
(a) (i) the first term and common difference of the arithmetic progression.
(4 marks)

(ii) The sum of the first 40 terms of the arithmetic progression. (2

marks)

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(b) (i) the 10th term of geometric progression. (2

marks)

(ii) The sum of the first 10 terms of the geometric progression. (2

marks)

18. In the figure below, ABCDE is a pentagon inscribed in a circle. CX is a

tangent to the circle at C and EDX is a straight line < ADE = 34 0, <CAD =
400, AB = BC and BC is parallel to AD.

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Giving reasons in each case, determine:

a) <ABC
(2marks)

b) < ACD
(2marks)

c) <EAD (2
marks)

d) <CXD (2
marks)

e) Given that ED = 5cm and DX = 4cm, calculate length CX.

(2marks)

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19. In the figure below OAB is a triangle, OA =a, OB = b, point M lies on AB

such that AM:MB=1:3 and N lies on OB such that OB:BN = 7:-5. Line OM
and AN intersect at X.

(a) Express in terms of a and b;

(i) OM (2 marks)

(ii) AN (1 mark)

(b) Given that OX = kOM and AX = hAN where k and h are scalars. Express
OX in two ways hence find the values of h and k.
(6 marks)

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20. The table below shows the income tax rates charged during a certain
year.

Monthly Income Tax rates (kshs

(K per K )

0 – 506 2
507 – 1012 3
1013 – 1518 4
1519 – 2024 5
2025 – 2530 6
2531 – 3036 7
Above 3036 7.50

A bank manager earned a salary of ksh 55,240 and a house allowance of Kshs
30,600 per month. He is also paid Kshs 15,760 per month being other
allowances.
a) Calculate;
i) His monthly taxable income in K (2
marks)

ii) The gross tax payable (6

marks)

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b) The manager is entitled to personal tax relief of Kshs 1,312 per month.
Find his net monthly tax.
(2 marks)

21. A closed cylinder tank of diameter 7 meters has a total surface area of
110m2. The tank which is initially one-third full of water is filled by a pump
which pumps water at the rate of 2.5 litres per second.
a) Determine
i. The height of the tank (2
marks)

ii. The volume of water required to fill the tank in litres.

(3 marks)

i. The time in hours and minutes, to the nearest minutes it takes to fill the
tank.
(2 marks).

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b) Starting with the full tank a school uses water from this tank at the rate of
2400 litres per day. Find how many complete days it takes to use all the water
from the tank assuming that no more water is added.
( 3 marks)

22. A bag contains 6 red beads and 4 white ones. Two beads are
selected from the bag at random without replacement.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above information.
(2marks)

(b) Calculate the probability that:

(i) Both beads are white. (2
marks)

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(ii) Both beads are of the same colour. (2

marks)

(iii) At least a red bead is picked. (2

marks)

(iv) The two beads are of different colours. (2

marks)

23. (a)Three variables P, R and S are such that P varies directly as R

and inversely as cube of S. When R = 10, S = 2 and P = 2.5, find R
when P = 15 and S = 5.
(3 marks)

(b) Two variables P and L are such that P varies partly as L and partly varies
as the square root of L. Determine the relationship between P and L given

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that L = 16 when P = 500 and L = 25 when P = 800.

(4 marks)

(c) R varies as the square of S. If S is increased by 10%, find the ratio

of the new value of R to the original R.
(3 marks)

24. (a) Complete the table for the function y = x3 – 3x2 + 4 for .
(2 marks)
x -2 -1 0 1 2 3

y -16 4

Draw the curve of function y = x3 – 3x2 + 4 in the range on a grid

provided below. (3
marks)

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Use your graph to solve

(i) x3 – 3x2 + 4 = 0 (2
marks)

(ii) x3 – 3x2 + 2 = 0 (3
marks)

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