ROCKFIELDS SENIOR SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)

121/FORM 4 - MATHEMATICS
ALT. A
April holiday. 2024 – 2½ hours

Name: ………………………………………………Adm. No: ……….……

Stream…………………Candidate’s Signature: …….Date:…..………….
Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II.
(e) All answers and workings 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) 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) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicted and
that no questions are missing.
FOR EXAMINORS 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 22 23 24 TOTAL

Marks Grand
Total

1. Use logarithms to evaluate to 3 significant figures

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 (0.5241)2 x 83.59
3
0.3563 (4 mks)

2. Solve the equation

4 sin 2x = 5 – 4 cos2 x for 0° ≤ x ≤ 360° (3 mks)

3. The line passing through the points A (-1, 3K) and B (K, 3) is parallel to the line whose equation is
2y + 3x = 9. Write down the co-ordinates of A and B (3 mks)

4. Use tables of reciprocals only to work out;

3 + 13
0.6735 0.156 (3 mks)

5. The angle of elevation of the top of a tree from a point P on the horizontal ground is 24.5°. From
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 another point Q, five metres nearer to the base of the tree, the angle of elevation of the top of the tree
is 33.2°. Calculate to one decimal place, the height of the tree (4 mks)

6. Given the curve y = 2x3 + ½x2 – 4x + 1, find the equation of the normal to the curve at (1, -½) (4 mks)

7. A man bought a matatu at Kshs.400,000 in January 1999. It depreciated at a rate of 16% per annum. If
he valued it six months, calculate its value in January 2003 (3 mks)

8. A and B are connected by the equation B = KA + M where K and M are constants. The table below
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 shows the values of A and corresponding values of B

A 1.5 3.0 4.5 6.0 7.5

B 8 11 14 17 20

a) Draw a suitable straight line on the grid provided (2 mks)

b) State the values of K and M, hence express B in terms of A (1 mk)

9. a) Expand (2 – 1/5x)5 (2 mks)

b) Hence use the expansion to find the value of (1.96)5 correct to 3 decimal places (2 mks)

10. The figure below represents a square based solid with a path marked on it

A
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D
 Sketch and label the net of the solid (2 mks)

11. Find the value of y which satisfies the equation

Log 10 5 – 2 + log10 (2y + 10) = log10 (y – 4) (3 mks)

12. Two dice are thrown once and their sum noted. Find the probability that the sum is odd (3 mks)

13. T is a transformation represented by the matrix 5x 2 . Under T, a square of area 10cm2 is

x -3
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 mapped onto a square 110cm2. Find the values of x (3mks)

14. Simplify the following surds in the form of a + b c where a, b, and c are constants
(3 mks)
5 2
+
2 √ 2− √ 5 2 √ 2+ √ 5

15. The fourth terms of a G.P is 48 and the seventh term is 384. Find the common ratio and hence
calculate the sum of the first six terms (3mks)

16. The ratio of the lengths of the corresponding sides of two similar rectangular water tanks is 3: 5.
The volume of the smaller tank is 8.1m3. Calculate the volume of the larger tank (2 mks)

SECTION II (50 MARKS)

Answer any five questions from this section
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17. The table below shows monthly income tax rates
Monthly taxable pay in KE Rate of the tax (Kshs/ E)
1 – 342 2
343 – 684 3
685 – 1026 4
1027 – 1368 5
1369 – 1710 6
1710 and above 7

Mr. kamau who is a civil servant earns a onthly salary of Kshs.20000 and is provided with a house at
a nominal rent of Kshs.700 per month
a) Taxable pay is the employee’s salary plus 15% less nominal rent. Calculate Mr.Kamau’s
taxable pay (3 mks)

b) Calculate the total tax Mr. Kamau pays (3 mks)

c) Mr. Kamau is entitled to a personal relief of Kshs.600 per month. What was his net tax (2 mks)

d) Mr. Kamau has the following deductions made on his pay;

Loan repayment of Kshs.2100 per month
NSSF Kshs.200 per month
WCPS calculated at 2 % of monthly salary
Calculate Mr. Kipchokes net pay (2 mks)

18. On a line AB which is 10 cm long and on the same side of the line, use a ruler and a pair of
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 compasses only to construct the following.
a) Triangle ABC whose area is 20 cm2 and angle ACB = 90o (3 mks)
b) (i) The locus of a point P such that angle APB = 45o. (4 mks)
(ii) Locate the position of P such that triangle APB has a maximum area and calculate this
area. (3 mks)

19. Complete the table below for the functions y = cos x and y = 2 cos (x +30°) for 0° ≤ X ≤ 360°

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 X 0° 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 180° 210° 240° 270° 300° 330° 360°
Cos X 1 0.87 0.5 -0.5 0.87 -1.0 0.5 0 0.87 1
2 cos (x+ 1.73 0 -1.0 -2.0 -1.73 -1.0 1 1.73 2.00 1.73
30°)

a) On the same axis, draw the graphs of y = cosx and y = 2 cos (x + 30°) for 0°≤ X≤ 360°(4 mks)
b)

b) i) State the amplitude of the graph y = cos x° (1 mk)

ii) State the period of the graph y = 2cos (x + 30°) (1 mk)

c) Use your graph to solve

cos x = 2 cos (x + 30°) (2 mks)

20. The diagram below shows a frustum of a square based pyramid. The base ABCD is a square of
side 10cm. The top A1B1C1D1 is a square of side 4cm and each of the slant edges of the frustum is 5cm
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D1 C1

4cm
Determine the:
i) Altitude of the frustrum (3 mks)

ii) Angle between AC1 and the base ABCD (2 mks)

iii) Calculate the volume of the frustrum (5 mks)

21.
X

sa
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A M
 O

In the figure OACB is parallelogram in which M is the mid- point of AC and OM produced
meets BC also produced at X.
Given OA = a and OB = b

a) Express OC in terms of a and b (1 mk)

b) Find the values of r and s such that OX = rOM and CX = sBC (7 mks)

c) Hence determine the ratio BC:BX (2 mks)

22. Bot juice company has two types of machines, A and B, for juice production
Type A machine can produce 800 litres per day while type B machine produces 1600 litres per day.
Type A machine needs 4 operators and type B machine needs 7 operators
At least 8000 litres must be produced daily and the total number of operators should not exceed
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 41. There should be 2 or more machines of each type. Let x be the number of machines of type
A and y the number of machines for type B,

a) Form all inequalities in x and y to represent the above information (4 mks)

b) On the grid provided below, draw the inequalities and shade the wanted regions (4 mks)

c) Use the grid in (b) to determine the least number of operators required for the maximum
possible production (2 mks)

23. The positions o two towns A and B on earths surface are (60°N, 139°E) and (60°N, 41°W) respectively
a) Find the difference in longitude between A and B (2 mks)

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 b) Given that the radius of the earth is 6370km, calculate the distance between A and B in KM
(3 mks)

c) Another town C is 420km East of town B and on the same latitude A and B find the longitude
of town C (5 mks)

24. The table below gives the values of x and y for the curve y=x2 +1

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 X 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
y 1 2 10 17 37 50 82

a) Complete the table (1 mk)

b) Use the mid- ordinate rule to estimate the area enclosed by the curve y = x2 + 1. Use five coordinates
(3 mks)

c) Using integration, calculate the actual area in (a) above (4 mks)

d) Calculate the percentage error in the estimated area (2 mks)

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