121/1__________MATHEMATICS_____________ PAPER 1A

ALT A

- 2 Hours 30 Minutes

Name……………………………………………………………………………………….Class & Number……………………..

Candidates signature…………………………………………………………………Date……………………………………..

Instructions to Candidates
a) Write your name, class and class number in the spaces provided above.
b) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
c) Answer all the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II.
d) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
provided below each question.
e) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
f) Non-programmable silent electronic calculator and KNEC mathematical tables may be
used, except where stated otherwise.
g) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
h) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
For examiner’s use only
Section 1
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

Percentage

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 SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all the questions
2 1 1 1
4 5 +6 5 ÷2 3 −1 5 of 2

( )
3
1 1
−−
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate 4 2 (3 marks)

62 n−3 7776
=3
2. Given that √ 6 √ 6÷6n−2 find the value of n. (3 marks)

3. The base of a right pyramid is a rectangle of length 80cm and width 60cm. Each slant edge of the
pyramid is 130cm. Calculate the volume of the pyramid. (3 marks)

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4. In the figure below ABCDEF is a uniform cross section of a solid. Given that FG is one of the visible
edges of the solid, complete the sketch showing the hidden edges with broken lines. (3 marks)
G

F E

A D

B C
3
6 (log 2 √ 16+2)
5. without using tables or calculators. (3 marks)

6. A statue has a total surface area of 125 cm2 and a mass of 6.25 kg. Find the mass of a model of the statue
if the model has a total surface area of 0.45 cm 2 without using a calculator. (3 marks)

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 x 2−9 y 2
2 x 2 −7 xy +3 y 2
7. Simplify the expression (3 marks)

8. The lengths of three wires were 300m, 360m and 840m. Pieces of wire of equal length were cut from
the three wires. Calculate the least number of pieces obtained. (3 marks)

21 √15
9. The perimeter of a triangle is 42cm, one side is of length 14cm and the area is cm2. Calculate the
lengths of the other two sides. (4 marks)

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10. a) Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only to construct a quadrilateral PQRS in which PQ=5cm,
PS=3cm, QR=4cm, ∠ PQR = 1350 and ∠ SPQ is a right angle. (2 marks)

b) The quadrilateral PQRS represents a plot of land drawn to a scale of 1: 4000. Determine the actual
length of RS in metres. (2 marks)

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11. Given that OA = ¿ and OB = ¿ , find the coordinates of a point M which lies on line AB and that
2AM = 3BM (3 marks)

12. Two towns R and S are 245km apart. A bus travelling at an average speed of 60km/h left town R for
town S at 8.00 a.m. A truck left town S for town R at 9.00 a.m. and met with the bus at 11.00 a.m.
Determine the average speed of the truck. (3 marks)

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13. In the parallelogram WXYZ below, WX = 10cm, XY = 5cm and ∠ WXY = 1500. The unshaded part is a
sector of a circle whose radius is 5cm and centre is at point W.

Z Y

5cm

1500
W 10cm X
Calculate the area of the shaded region. (3 marks)

14. Use reciprocal, squares and cube root tables only to evaluate
2
√3 0 .3025 2+ 0. 0247
, correct to 2 decimal places without using a calculator.
(3 marks)

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 15. A photograph print measuring 24cm by 15cm is enclosed to form a frame. A uniform space of width x
cm is left in between the edges of the photograph and the frame. If the area of the space is 270cm 2, find
the value of x. (3 marks)

16. A German tourist visited Kenya with 2500Euros and 3300US dollar currencies which he converted to Kshs
upon arrival. While in Kenya he spent two fifths and the balance split in the ratio 2: 1 and then converted
back to Euros and US dollars respectively. Determine the nearest whole number the Euros and the Dollars
received. Use the rates provided below.
(4marks)

EURO US$
Buy 102.00 85.00
Sell 106.25 86.25

SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.
17. Two vertices of a triangle ABC are A(3, 6) and B(7, 12)

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a) Find the equation of AB (3 marks)

b) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of line AB. (4 marks)

c) Given that AC is perpendicular to AB and the equation of line BC is y=−5 x +47 , find the
coordinates of C. (3 marks)

18. The figure below shows two triangles ABC and BCD with a common base BC = 3.4cm. AC=7.2cm,
CD=7.5cm and ∠ ABC = 900.
The area of triangle ABC = Area of triangle BCD
A D
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 Calculate, correct to one decimal place:
(a) The area of triangle ABC (3 marks)

(b) The size of ∠ BCD (3 marks)

(c) The length of BD (2 marks)

(d) The size of ∠ BDC (2 marks)

19. The figure below shows a composite solid with a hemispherical bottom and a conical top. The mid-
section is a frustum having the same radius as the cone at the top and same radius as the
hemisphere at the bottom. The radius of the cone is 8.4cm and its vertical height is 6.3cm.

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 22 6.3
π=
Use 7 in the calculations below.
8.4
The ratio of the volume of the cone to frustum to
hemisphere is 12: 33: 4

a) Calculate the radius of the hemisphere. (3 marks)

b) Calculate the height of the frustum. (3 marks)

c) The total surface area of the whole solid. (4 marks)

20. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle; ACG and EDG are straight lines. FOC is the
∠ ∠ ∠ ∠
diameter. AFO=510, ACB=220, AEG=880 and AGE=340.

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 Calculate the following angles. Give reasons for your working. G
B
C 340
220

O
D

510
F
880

a) Angle EDC E (2 marks)

b) Angle FOE (2 marks)

c) Angle ACE (2 marks)

d) Angle DEC (2 marks)

e) The ratio of minor arc BC to minor arc AB. (2 marks)

21. A saleswoman is paid a commission of 8.5% on goods sold worth over shs500 000. She is also paid
monthly salary of shs82 000. In a certain month she sold 40 computers at shs 20,000 each.
a) Calculate the saleswoman’s earnings that month. (3 marks)

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 b) The following month, the saleswoman’s monthly salary was increased by 15%. The rate of
commission was also increased by 5%. Each computer was now sold at a discount of 10%. Her
total earnings that month were shs146 065. Calculate
i. The total amount of money received from the sales of computers that month. (3 marks)

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

iii. How much more total earnings she would have received if there was no discount on the
computers. (2 marks)

22. (a) A train starts from rest at station A and is uniformly accelerated until it reaches a speed of
108km/h. It then travels until it stops at station B. The magnitude of this retardation is twice the
magnitude of the initial acceleration. The distance between the stations is 12km and the time taken
for the journey is 10 minutes. Find,

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i. The time spent in each of the three stages of the journey. Give your answer in minutes
(2 marks)

ii. The initial acceleration in km/h2. (2 marks)

iii. The final retardation in km/h2. (2 marks)

(b) A cyclist who averages 24km/hr leaves a town X at 0700hours. A car averaging 72km/hr leaves X
by the same road half an hour later. It goes to Y, 90km away, stays there for 15 minutes then returns by
the same road. How far from X does the car meet the cyclist for the second time? (3 marks)

23. The following are masses of 30 students in a form 4 class.

a) Complete the columns of the table as shown to enable you answer the questions below

Mass (kg) Frequency Class boundaries Class width Frequency

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 density
40 – 43 4 39.5 – 43.5 4 1

44 – 49 5

50 – 59 12

60 – 63 6

64 – 69 3

b) Draw a histogram and a frequency polygon on the same diagram to represent this information.
(5 marks)

c) Estimate the mean and median of the distribution. (2 marks)

24. Two vertical columns A and B of height h and 2h respectively stand on level ground and are 100m
apart. Two points P and Q are d metres apart, the elevation of the top of A and B from point P are
350 and 280 respectively and the elevation of top of B from point Q is 75 0
. B

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Calculate
a) The vertical heights of the two columns in metres ( 5 marks)

b) The distance PQ in metres (3 marks)

c) The elevation top of A from Q (2 marks)

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