NAME…………………………….………….………CLASS…………HOUSE……….

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MATHEMATICS
FORM TWO
END OF TERM 2 EXAM
SEPTEMBER 2022
2 12 Hours
Instructions to students.
(a)Write your name, class and house in the spaces provided above.
(b) The paper consists of TWO sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL questions in Section I and ONLY five from Section II.
(d) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
below each question
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non – programmable silent calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used except
where stated otherwise.
(g)The paper consists 15 printed pages.

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 GRANT TOTAL

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total

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 SECTION 1 (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in the space provided below each question
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1. Without using mathematical tables or calculator, evaluate (3marks)
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2. The size of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 2520.Find the size of each exterior
angle. (3marks)

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3.Use logarithms to evaluate (3marks)
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4. Evaluate without using mathematical tables or calculator ÷ (3marks)

5. Find the equation of a straight line that passes through points P 𝑃(2, −1) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑄 (−3, 7).
Express your answer in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐, where m and c are constants. (3 marks)

6. Rehema is twice as old as her sister Nelly. If four years ago, Rehema’s age was three times the
age of Nelly, determine the sum of their ages in ten years time. (3marks)

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7.A rectangle ABCD is such that AC= 16 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐴𝐶𝐵 = 48°. Determine the perimeter
of the rectangle. (4marks)

8.The volumes of two similar cones are 24 cm3 and 81 cm3.If the base area of the smaller cone is
6.8 cm2, determine the base area of the larger cone. (3 marks)

9. A wall clock that loses 20 seconds after every hour was set to read the correct time on Tuesday
at 06 15. Determine the time the wall clock will read on Friday 01 25 h. (3 marks)

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10. A chord AB of a circle centre O is 13 cm long and makes an angle of 35° with the radius
AO . Calculate,
(i) the radius of the circle (2marks)

(ii) the area of triangle AOB (2marks)

11. The marked price of a blender was Ksh 10,500. A trader bought it at a discount of 15%. Find
the prize at which he must sell it in order to make a profit of 25%. (3marks)

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12.Solve for 𝜃 in the equation 𝑠𝑖𝑛(2𝜃 − 30)° = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃 + 20 ° (3marks)

13.Five people working at the same rate can repair 3 houses in 21 days. Find the number of days
fourteen people working at the same rate would take to repair 12 similar houses. (3marks

14. A water tank has a capacity of 15,000 litres and water flows into this tank through a
cylindrical pipe of diameter 14 cm at the rate of 10 cm per second. Determine the time it would
take to fill the tank. (3 marks)

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15. A Kenyan businessman had 12,000 dollars which he wanted to buy a car from Dubai, Using
the exchange rates below, determine the cost of the car in Dubai in Dirhams. (3marks)

Buying ( in Kenyan shillings ) Selling ( in Kenyan shillings )

1 US Dollar 119.17 119.97
1 Dirham 32.66 34.88

16.The diagram below represent a kite PQRS, in which PQ = 𝑃𝑆 = 8.5 𝑐𝑚, ∠𝑃 =

90°𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑃𝑅 = 20 𝑐𝑚. (3 marks)

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 SECTION 11 (50 MARKS)
Answer only five questions from this section.
17.The diagram below represents a pentagon ABCDE, in which ∠𝐴𝐵𝐶 = ∠𝐴𝐷𝐶 = 90°,
∠𝐵𝐴𝐶 = 31° 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐶𝐴𝐷 = 40°.

Calculate the:
a) Length of AD (2𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

b) Length of BC (2𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

c) Area of triangle AED. (3𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

d) The perimeter of the pentagon ABCDE. (3𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

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18. Four towns are such P, Q,R and S are such that town Q is 120 km due east of town P. Town
R is 160 km due north of town Q. Town S is on a bearing of 330° from P and on a bearing of
280° from R.
a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 25 km, show the positions of the four towns. (5 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

b) Determine the distance:

i) SP (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

ii) SR (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

c) What is the bearing of town S from town Q (1 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘)

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19. a) An equation of a straight line 𝐿 has a gradient of 5 and passes through the point (2, −3),
determine its equation ,express your answer in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐, where a, b and c are
integers (3𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

b) Another line 𝑙 is perpendicular to the line 𝐿 whose equation is 2𝑦 − 3𝑥 = 6 and passes

through the point (−1, 4). Find the equation of 𝐿 . (3𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

c)State the coordinates of the point of intersection of the pair of simultaneous equations
2𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 9 and 3𝑥 + 4𝑦 = 6 (4𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

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20.The diagram below shows two circles centers P and Q intersecting at A and B. The radii of the
circles center P, and Q is 6cm and 10 cm respectively. The length of the common chord PQ is
8cm.

Calculate
a) The size of ∠𝐴𝑃𝐵 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝐴𝑄𝐵. (3 marks)

b) The area of segment APB and AQB ( 6 marks)

c) The area of the shaded region. (1 mark)

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21. A quadrilateral T has coordinates whose vertices A(2,1), B(3,2), C(2,4) and D(1,2).
a) On the same axis draw and label quadrilateral T. (1 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘)
b) Quadrilateral T is mapped on to 𝑇 under a rotation 90° clockwise about the origin (0,0)
.Draw the quadrilateral 𝑇 on the same axis and state its coordinates. (3marks)

c) Quadrilateral 𝑇 is mapped onto 𝑇 under an enlargement center (0,0) scale factor -2. Draw
the quadrilateral 𝑇 and state its coordinates (3marks)

d)Quadrilateral 𝑇 is mapped onto 𝑇 under a reflection in the line whose equation is

𝑦 = 0.Draw quadrilateral 𝑇 and state its coordinates. (3marks)

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22. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only:
a) Construct a parallelogram PQRS, where 𝑃𝑄 = 10 𝑐𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 7𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝑃𝑄𝑅 =
150°. 𝐵𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡 ∠𝑃𝑄𝑅 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ∠𝑆𝑃𝑅 so that the angle bisectors meet at X. (6 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

b) Construct a perpendicular from X to meet PQ at M. Measure XM. (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

C) Calculate the area of the triangle PXQ. (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

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23.Two alloys A and B are made up of Copper, Zinc and tin. In alloy A, the ratio of Copper to
Zinc is 3:2 and that of Zinc to tin is 3:5.
a) Determine the ratio, Copper: Zinc: tin. in alloy A. (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

c) The mass of alloy A is 250 kg. Alloy B has the same mass as alloy A, but the amount of
Copper is 30% less than that of alloy A. Calculate:
i) The mass of tin in alloy A (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

ii) The total mass of Zinc and tin in alloy B (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

d) Given that the ratio of Zinc to tin in alloy B is 3:8, determine the amount of tin in alloy B than
in alloy A. (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)

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24. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from a point P which is 100m away from the
tower is 60°. From another point Q which is on the same side of the tower as P, the angle of
elevation of the top of the tower is 38°.
a) Draw a sketch to show the relative location of the tower, Points P and Q. (2 marks)

b) Calculate the height of the tower. (2 marks)

c) Calculate the distance of Q from the foot of the tower (3 marks)

d) From the top of the tower an aero plane was observed to be vertically above Q and at an angle
of elevation of 48° . Calculate its vertical height of the aero plane above Q. (3 marks)

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