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MATHEMATICS

October/November 2016

Time 2½ hours

NTIMA, NYAKI MUNICIPALITY FORM ONE END YEAR

EVALUATION - 2016
MATHEMATICS
Paper - 121/1
October/November 2016
Time: 2½ hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and Admission number in the spaces above.
2. Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
3. This paper contains two sections. Section I and II.
4. Answer all questions in section I and section II.
5. All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
6. Show all the steps in your calculations giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided below
each question.
7. Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
8. Non-programmable silent calculators may be used and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used, ex-
cept where stated otherwise.

EXAMINER’S 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

Question 17 18 19 20 21 TOTAL

Marks

Grand Total
This paper consists of 13 printed pages
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the
printed pages are printed as indicated and no questions are missing.
NNM - 2016 1 (RK) FORM 1 - MATHEMATICS
 SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. Express 5184 and 9 in their prime factors hence evaluate 5184 leaving yours answer in prime
factors. 9 (4 marks)

2. Three bells ring at intervals of 30 minutes, 35 minutes and 40 minutes. The bell will next ring together
at 2325hours. Find the time the bells had last rang together in 12 hour-clock system. (4 marks)

3. Evaluate. (−8) × 4 + 96 ÷ 4of (−36 + 30)

(−5) − (−8) × 2 + 7

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4. The money collected in a fundraising was used as follows. One seventh was used to pay girls fees and
two thirds of the remainder was used to pay fees for boys. If shs 300,000 remained, how much
money was raised? (3 marks)

5. Evaluate the following. leaving your answer in decimal form. 1.23× 8.4 × 0.35 (3 marks)
0.56× 2.87

6575 + (0 .3278 )
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6. Use of squares and square root to evaluate . Give your answer to 2.d.p.
(4 marks)

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7. Simplify y+3 y−7 y−5 (3 marks)
− +
3 4 2

8. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a triangle ABC such that BC = 4.2cm Ac=5.4cm
and ∠ABC=60°. Measure the length of AB. (3 marks)

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9. In the figure below ABCD is a rectangular and the arc DEC is a semicircle.
E

D C

3.2m

A B
2.8m
Calculate the perimeter of the figure in centimeters (Use π = 22/7) (3 marks)

10. The area of a sector of a circle of radius 21cm is 231cm². The arc of the sector subtends an angle θ at
the centre of the circle. Find the value of θ. (3 marks)

11. The figure below shows a triangular prism of sides 2cm by 3cm by 3cm and a length of 6cm.(4 marks)
C D
m
3c

A 3cm
F
2c
m

B 6cm E

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12. A bus left Nairobi for Mombasa at 2030 Hrs and arrived at Mtito at 0300Hz and stopped for 30
minutes and took 2 hours 45 minutes to arrive at Mombasa. Find in 12 hour -clock system, the time
the bus arrived in Mombasa. (2 marks)

13. Solve for x (3 marks)

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x + 12 x + 9 = 4 x + 5

14. A foreign exchange bureau bought and sold foreign currencies as shown below.
Currency Buying Kshs Selling Kshs
1 US dollar 82.00 82.74
1 Sterling pound 118.60 120.00

A tourist arrived in Kenya from US with 6500 US dollars. She converted the amount into Kenya
shillings. While in Kenya she spent 65% of the amount and converted the remainder to sterling
pounds. Calculate the amount of money she received in sterling pounds. (4 marks)

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15. Kshs 270 was divided among 3 boys and 2 girls giving each girl 3 times as much as each boy.
Calculate the amount each boy got. (2 marks)

16. In the figure below ABCD is a rhombus. AE = AD and angle BCD=80°. Find the size of angle BDE.
D (3 marks)
C
80°

E
A B

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 SECTION II
Answer all the questions on the spaces provided.

17. Three business partners Peter, John and Mary contributed shs 400,000, shs 300,00 and shs 500,000
respectively to start a business. They agreed to share 30% of the profits equally. They also agreed to
put back 40% into business each year and the remaining 30% to be shared among the partners in the
ratio of their contribution. At the end of the first year, the business realised a profit of shs 360,000.

a) Calculate the amount of money put back into the business. (1 mark)

b) Calculate the amount of money received by each partner. (7 marks)

c) Express the amount of money received by Mary as percentage of total amount of money shared
equally. (2 marks)

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18. Three shopping centres X, Y and Z and such that the bearing of Y and Z from x are 075° and 105°
respectively. The distance XY = 60km and XZ = 85km. A police post (P) is due west of Y and due
North of Z.

a) Using a suitable scale, draw a diagram to show the relative position of X, Y, Z and P. (3 marks)

b) From the diagram determine the distance:

i) YP (2 marks)

ii) ZP (2 marks)

c) Determine the bearing of

i) Y from P (1 mark)

ii) P from X (1 mark)

iii) Z from Y (1 mark)

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19. Fill in the blank spaces of the table of values of the following linear equations.

a) 3y - x = -12 (1 mark)
x -3 0 3
y

b) 2y - 3x = -8 (1 mark)
x -1 1 2
y
c) On the same axes, draw the graph of 3y - x = -12 and 2y - 3x = -8 (5 marks)

d) State the co-ordinates of the point of intersection of the two lines. Hence state the solutions of the
simultaneous equations 3y - x = -12 and 2y - 3x = -8. (3 marks)

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20. The figure below represents a solid cuboid ABCDEFGH with a rectangular base. AC=26cm,
AB=24cm and CH=30cm
E H

F G 30cm

D C
m
26c
A 24cm B

a) Determine the length of BC (1 mark)

b) Calculate the surface are of the cuboids. (3 marks)

c) Calculate the volume of the solid. (2 marks)

d) Given that the density of the material is 5.6g/cm³ calculate the mass in kilograms. (2 marks)

e) Determine the number of such cuboids that can fit exactly in a container measuring 300cm by 240cm
by 200cm. (2 marks)

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21. A sales lady is paid a commission of 4% on goods worth over shs 100,000. She is paid a monthly
salary of shs 20,000. In a certain month, she sold 300 calculators at Ksh 800.

a) Calculate the saleslady's earning that month. (3 marks)

b) The following month the monthly salary was increased by 10%. Her total earning that month was
Kshs 34,000
Calculate
i) Total amount of money received from the sales of the calculators. (5 marks)

ii) The number of calculators sold that month. (2 marks)

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