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Kenya Certificate of Secondary School – Trial Examination

MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
2 ½ Hours

Instructions to Candidates

1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
2. Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
3. This paper consist TWO sections: section I and section II.
4. Answer all the questions in section I and five questions from 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 answers at each stage in the spaces
below each question.
7. Non-programmable silent calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used,
except where stated otherwise.
8. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed
as indicated and that no questions are missing.

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Section I
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Section II
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MATHS
SECTION 1 (50 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section

1. Evaluate (3 marks)
3 5 4 1
+
4
÷7 𝑜�
7
�2 3
5 2
3
(1 − )×
7 8 3

2. Solve for x and y, given that (3 marks)

3 �𝑥 4 �
3���
2�
= 72

3. Solve for x in the equation. (3 marks)

6 5
𝑥 -��+2 =1

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4. A polygon of n sides has half of the exterior angle 30 0 each and the rest 100 each.
Find the sum of the interior angles. (3 marks)

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5. Given that Cos x = . Without using mathematical tables or calculators,

√5
evaluate
and Simplify:

(a) Sin x leaving your answer in the form of a√b. (2 marks)

(b) Tan ( 90-x) (1 mark)

6. A tourist arrived in Kenya with 1890 sterling pounds. He converted the whole
amount to Kenya shillings. While in Kenya he spent Kshs 20,300. He changed the
rest of the amount to sterling pounds using the rates below.
Currency Buying Selling
1 sterling pound Ksh 108 Ksh 110
Calculate to the nearest sterling pound the amount that he got. (3 marks)

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7. A water pipe has an external radius of 4.9m and internal radius of 3.5m. Find the
mass of 20m of the pipe if it is made of material of density 25g/m3.Leave your
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answer to 1 decimal place. Use 𝜋 = 7
(3 marks)

8. The figure below shows part of a diagram of rotation symmetry order 3 about a
point O. Complete the diagram. (3 marks)

9. Solve 4x -3 ≤ 6x +1< 3x + 16. Represent the solution on a number line and state all
the integral values. (3 marks)

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10. Use a ruler and a pair of compass only, construct a parallelogram PQRS such that
PQ = 8cm PS = 4.5cm and angle QPS = 60o. Measure PR. (3 marks)

11. Use the trapezium rule to find the area bounded by the curve y = x3-54, the x – axis
and the lines x = 4 and x = 6. Use four trapezia. (3 marks)
12. Five tractors working 3 hours a day can take 2 days to cultivate 12 acres of land.
How many days would 3 tractors working 4 hours a day take to cultivate 60
acres of land. (3 marks)

13. A bus starts its journey from A towards B at 7.30 a.m. at a speed of 83km/hr. After
30 minutes, a salon car starts from A towards B at an average speed of 123km/hr.
At what time did the car overtake the bus. (4 marks)

14. In a typing competition, one person takes 4 minutes while the other person takes
6 minutes to type one page. How long will it take to type 60 pages. (3 marks)
15. The data below shows the ages of some students in a certain college.

Age in years 17-19 20-22 23-25 26-28 29-31

No of students 3 7 X 25 12

If the mean of the data is 25.8, find the value of X. (4 marks)

𝑋−1 𝑋
Given that [ ] is a singular matrix, find the possible values of x.
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16.

3𝑋 (3 marks)

𝑋
SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer any five questions in this section in the spaces provided.

17. A trapezium ABCD is such that line AB is 4x+y=9 and cuts the y axis at A. Line BC
is 3y=2x-1. Angle BCD=900. The x coordinate of the point C is 5.The line AD is
parallel to the line y=0.

A D

4x+y=9

90°

B 3y=2x-1 C(5,y)

(a) Find the coordinate of A. (2 marks)

(b) Find the coordinate of B (2 marks)

(c) Find the coordinate of C (1 mark)

(d) Find the equation of line CD in the form of y=mx+c (3 marks)

(e) State the equation of line AD (1 mark)

(f) State the coordinate of D (1 mark)

18. In a triangle OAB, OA=a and OB=b. M is on OA such that OM: MA= 1:3 and
AN:NB=2:1

x
M B

(a) Express in terms of a and b

(i) AB (1 mark)

(ii) BM (1 mark)

(iii) ON (2 marks)
(b) Given that BX=hBM and OX=kON by expressing OX in two ways. Find
the value of h and k. (4 marks)

(c) State the ratio in which B divides MX (1 mark)

19. (a) Complete the table below for the graph of y = x2 – 3x – 4 for -2  x  5
(2 marks)

X -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5
Y 6 -4 -6 6
(b) Draw the graph of y = x2 – 3x – 4 for -2  x  5 on the grid provided. (3 marks)

(c) Use the graph above to solve the following equations.

(i) x2 – 3x – 4 = 0 (2 marks)

( ii) x2 – 2x – 3 = 0 (2 marks)
(d) State the minimum point. (1 mark)

20. The figure below shows a solid of height 24cm with a hemispherical base whose

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radius is 5.6cm, cylindrical part whose height is 15cm and frustrum part whose
top radius is 2.1cm. Use 𝜋 = 7

(a) Determine the height of the frustum part. (1 mark)

(b) Determine the surface area of the frustum to 2 decimal places.
(4 marks)

(c) Determine the surface area of the solid to 2 decimal places. (3 marks)

(d) Calculate the volume of the frustum part of the solid to 2decimal places.
(2 marks)
21. The figure below represents a quadrilateral piece of land ABCD divided into
triangular plots. The lengths BE=50.6m, and CD=40m. Angle ABE=83 0 and angle
ACE=480 and angle ACD=1150.

A D

40m

B 50.6m E C

Calculate correct to 1 decimal place

(a) Length of AE (2 marks)

(b) The length AD (4 marks)

(c) The total area of the piece of land. (4 marks)

22. The diagram below shows the speed-time graph for a bus travelling between two
stations. The bus begins from rest and accelerates uniformly for 30 seconds. It then
travels at a constant speed for 60 seconds and finally decelerates uniformly for 40
seconds. Given that the distance between the two stations in 2375m.

y
Velocity (m/s)

0 30 90 130 x
Time (seconds)
Calculate:

(a) The maximum speed, in m/s the bus attained (3 marks)

(b) The acceleration (2 marks)

(c) The distance travelled during the last 20 seconds (2 marks)

(d) The time the bus takes to travel two thirds of the journey (3 marks)
23. Tap X fills a tank in 40 hours, tap Y fills it in 15 hours and tap Z fills the tank in 20
hours. The three taps are turned on together at 8:00a.m when the tank is empty for
5 hours, after which tap Z is turned off. Two hours later tap Y is turned off.

(a) Calculate the portion of the water in the tank after 5 hours. (3 marks)

(b) Determine the portion of water in the tank after 7 hours. (4 marks)

(c) Determine the time when the tank will be completely full. (3 marks)
24. A curve has the equation y=x3-6x2+9x+5.

(a) Find the point where the curve cuts the y axis
(2 marks)

(b) Determine the stationary points of the curve (4 marks)

(c) State the nature of the stationary points. (2 marks)

(d) Sketch the curve y=x3-6x2+9x+5. (2 marks)

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