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THE MATHEMATICS GURUS EXAMINATION

Kenya Certificate of Secondary education

121/2 - MATHEMATICS - FORM 3

Jan. 2022 – 2 ½ hours

NAME_______________________________________________ Adm No___________
CLASS _________________candidates signature _______________ DATE_________

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CANDIDATES

 Write your name and Class and admission number in the spaces provided above
 Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above
 This paper contains two sections; Section 1 and Section 11.
 Answer all the questions in section I and only five questions from Section II
 Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
below each question.
 Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
 Non-Programmable silent calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used
EXCEPT where stated otherwise.
 This paper contain 16 printed pages.
 Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are provided
as indicated and that no question is missing.
FOR EXAMINERS’S USE ONLY
Section 1

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

Marks

Section 1I

Question 17 18 19 20 21 22 13 24 Total Grand

Marks Total

FORM 3 OPENER

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SECTION A( 50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section

1. Find the percentage error in the area of the rectangle whose exact width is 5.0cm and has
a length of 14.0cm. ( 3mks)

2. Solve for 𝑥 ( 3mks)

log 6𝑥
1 + log 𝑥 (𝑥 + 1) = log 𝑥

3. The co ordinates of the point A and B are (−9, −1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 (−1, 4)respectively.In what
ratio does the point 𝑃(3,2),divide AB. (3mks)

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4. Two solid spherical balls with centers 𝑋 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑌 touch each other externally. The ball lie
inside and in they are in contact with a hemisphere bowl of center 𝑃.If 𝑋𝑌 = 16𝑐𝑚 𝑌𝑃 =
19𝑐𝑚 and 𝑃𝑋 = 21𝑐𝑚, Calculate the radius of the hemisphere. ( 3mks)

5. The three sides of a right angle triangle are (𝑥 − 1), (2𝑥 + 8)𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑦𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒
(3𝑥 + 1),find the length of the longest side. (3mks)

6. After how long will a certain amount of money take to double itself if its compounded
semi annually at a rate of 12%. (3mks)

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2 1 1 0
7. Find the inverse of the matrix C where 𝐴 ( ),𝐵 ( ) if 𝐶 = 𝐴 + 𝐵. (3mks)
1 1 2 1

8. Make 𝑥 the subject of the formula. ( 3mks)

𝑛 𝑡+𝑘𝑥
𝐻= √
𝑡−𝑘𝑥

9. A flower garden is in form of a trapezium as shown below. Find the area of the garden in
hectares. (4mks)

9𝑚

17𝑚 10𝑚

30𝑚

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10. Given that 4𝒑 − 3𝒒 = (10

5
) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝒑 + 2𝒒 = (−14
15
),find the value of p and q (3mks)

11. The 𝑛𝑡ℎ term of an A.P sequence is given by the general term 3𝑛 − 1.

a. Find the first term and the common difference. ( 2mks)

b. Find the sumof the first 100 terms . ( 2mks)

12. An arc of a circle 9.42cm subtends an angle of 107.93° at the centre of the circle,
calculate the diameter of the circle to the nearest 1cm.(Take 𝜋 = 3.142). (3mks)

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5 3
13. Simplify − leave your answer in form of 𝑎 + 𝑏√𝑐 ( 3mks)
√5−√2 √5−√2

14. Solve the following equation. ( 3mks)

√3
sin(2𝑥)° = for 0° ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 180° .
2

15. The number (𝑚 − 1),5,10, 𝑚 − 1, 𝑛 + 2, 𝑛 − 1, 𝑚, 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛 have a mode of 5 and a mean

of 7.Find the median of the numbers. (4mks)

16. Constrcuct a circle of radius 2cm with centre P,draw a produced line fromP to X such
that PX=6cm.Construct tangents to the circle from a point P. ( 3mks)

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SECTION II.(50 marks)

Answer any five questions from this section

17. Complete the table. ( 2mks)

𝑥∘ -180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180

𝑦 = 𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑥 + 30∘ ) -0.5 0.5 -0.5
𝑦 = cos(𝑥 − 30∘ ) -0.9 0.9 -0.9

b. On the grid use the same graph to draw the graph of,𝑦 = sin(𝑥 + 30)∘ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = cos(𝑥 − 30)∘
(4mks)

c. Use your graph to solve for x in sin(𝑥 + 30)∘ = cos(𝑥 − 30)∘ (2mks)

d. Find the angles where 𝑦 = 0.8 (2mks

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18. The table below shows the income tax rates for the year 2021.

𝑇𝑎𝑥𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑝. 𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟 20/− 𝑇𝑎𝑥 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝐾𝑠ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑟 20/−

1 − 5808 2

5809 − 11280 3

11281 − 16752 4

16753 − 22224 5

22224 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑣𝑒 6

In the year 2021, Berkeley’s monthly earnings were as follows:

Basic Salary 𝐾𝑠ℎ 22,600

House allowance 𝐾𝑠ℎ 12000

Medical allowance 𝐾𝑠ℎ 2880

Transport allowance 𝐾𝑠ℎ 340

Mansur was entitled to a monthly personal relief of 𝐾𝑠ℎ 1156 .Every month the following
deductions are made.

NHIF 𝐾𝑠ℎ 1500

Sacco share contribution 𝐾𝑠ℎ 3000

Calculate :

a. Berkeley’s taxable income per year per 20/-. ( 1mk)

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b. Calculate the total tax per year in shillings. (6mks)

c. Net salary for the month. (3mks)

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19. 𝑃, 𝑄 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅 are three quantities such that 𝑃 varies directly as the square of 𝑄 and inversely
as the square root of 𝑅.

i. Given that 𝑃 = 12 when 𝑄 = 24 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅 = 36 find 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 27 𝑎𝑛𝑑 121 .

(4mks)

ii. If 𝑄 increase by 10% and 𝑅 decreases by 25%,find the percentage increase in 𝑃.

(3mks)

b. If Q is inversely proportional to the square root 𝑃 and 𝑃 = 4 when 𝑄 = 3. Calculate the value
of 𝑃 when 𝑄 = 8. ( 3mks)

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20. At St.Ignatius parents agreed to contribute equally towards a construction of a form four
class dormitory, the construction needed 𝐾𝑠ℎ 2,000,000 to be completed. However 40
parents did not contribute and instead they disappeared and closed their phones. As a result
the remaining parents were to contribute Ksh 2,500 more upon the agreed amount of
money.
a.) Find the number of parents in the school. ( 5mks)

b.) If 45% of the value of construction was funded by the County governor. Calculate the
amount of contribution that would be made by each of the remaining parents.

( 3mks )

c.) If 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = 17,find the value of ( 2mks)

9𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑦 + 𝑦 2

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3𝑥 𝑥
21. Given that 𝐴 = ( ) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 =
𝑥+2 2
1 2
( ) , 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑥 for which AB is an invertible matrix.
3 0
( 4mks)

b.) The cost of 8bags of beans and 14bags of maize is 99600/-,if the cost of 12bags of beans and
16 bags of maize is 120,000.

i.Form a matrix equation to represent the above information. ( 3mks)

ii.Find the cost of each bag of maize and beans. (3mks)

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22. The first ,fifth and seventh terms of an A.P form the first three terms of a decreasing G.P
respectively. Given that the first term of each progression is 64.

a.write two equations involving common ratio of G.Pand common difference of AP. (4mks)

b.) Find the sum of the first 24 terms of the Arithmetic Progresssion (AP) . ( 3mks)

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c). Find the number of terms for which the sum of the G.P is 127 8. ( 3mks)

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23. Find the length AB of a triangle ABC ,such that 𝑎 = 5.5𝑐𝑚, 𝑏 = 7.5𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠ 𝑎𝑡 𝐴 =
44°.

( 3mks)

ii.Find the radius of the circumscribed circle on the triangle ABC. (2mks)

b. Find the area of the shaded part, given that the radius of the circle is 6cm and AB=8cm .

( 5cm)

A B

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24. In the figure below PQRS is acyclic Quadrilateral. Given that TPX is a tangent at P and O
is centre of the circle.RQX is a straight line with angle𝑅𝑃𝑄 = 50° and angle 𝑃𝑅𝑆 = 25° .

T P X

Giving reasons in each case, find:

a. Angle PRQ (2mks)

b. Angle PSR (2mks)

c. Angle PXQ (2mks)

d. Angle TPS (2mks)

e. Angle POS (2mks)

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