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Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
121/1 MATHEMATICS Paper 1
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OCTOBER 2023 – 2½ hours

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

Date: ……………...…Signature: ……………….
Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name, admission number and stream 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) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces provided below each question.
(f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(g) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used, except where stated
otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions
are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English

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 Grand Total

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total

SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided:

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 1. Evaluate correct to 4 significant figures; (3marks)
1 1
4 × 6+ ÷ 0.05+
25 5
(−3 ) ÷ (−6 ) + ( 23 )−6 of 3

2. Given that tan65 0=3+ √ 5, determine without using mathematical tables nor calculator tan25 0, leaving
your answer in the form a+ b √ c , where a, b, and c are rational numbers. (3marks)

3. Use mathematical tables to find y, correct to four significant figures. (4marks)

1 1 1
= −
y 24.1 13.1

4. The three sides of a right angled are ( x−1 ) , ( 2 x +8 ) and the hypotenuse ( 3 x+ 1 ), find the area of the
triangle. (3marks)

1 1
5. In August, Michael donated th of her salary to a children’s home while Ali donated th of his salary
6 5
to the same children’s home. Their total donation for August was Kshs 11,200. In September, Michael
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donated th of her salary to the children’s home while Ali donated th of his salary to the children’s
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home. The total donation for September was Kshs 6,000. Calculate Ali’s monthly salary. (3marks)

6. A salesman is paid a salary of Sh. 10,000 per month. He is also paid a commission on sales above Sh.
100,000. If in one month he sold goods worth Sh. 500,000 and his total earnings amounted to Sh.
56,000. Calculate the rate of commission. (3marks)

7. A line L1 passes through point ( 3 , 5 ) and has a gradient of 5. Another line L2, is perpendicular to L1 and
meets it at a point where x=1. Find the equation for L2 in the form of ( y=mx+c ). (3marks)

8. Two similar solids have surface areas 108 cm2 and 192 cm 2 respectively. Find the volume of the smaller
solid if the bigger one has a volume of 512 cm3. (3marks)

9. Solve; 4 ≤3 x−2< 9+ x

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 Hence list all the integral values that satisfy the inequality. (3marks)

10. Simplify the expression; (3marks)

2
6 b−3 ab−2 a+ a
2 2
a −9 b

x
16
11. Evaluate y given that x and y are positive integers and2 x−4 y=3. (3marks)
256

2
1.2+2 −0. 8̇5 1̇
1 3
12. Solve for K in the equation = (3marks)
K 1
+0.1
2

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 13. The angle of elevation of the top of the tower from the foot of a building is 43.4 0 . The angle of
depression of the top of the building from the top of the tower is 15.20. The building and the tower are
30m apart. Find
a) The height of the tower. (2marks)

b) The height of the building. (2marks)

14. A triangle T with vertices A ( 2 , 4 ) , B ( 6 ,2 )∧C ( 4 , 8 ) is mapped onto a triangle T ' with vertices
' ' '
A ( 10 ,0 ) , B ( 8 ,−4 )∧C ( 14 ,−2 ) by a rotation.
a) On the grid provided draw triangle T and its image T '. (2marks)

b) Determine the center and angle of rotation that maps T onto T '. (2marks)

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 15. A bus travelling at an average speed of x km/h left station at 8.15 am. A car, travelling at an average
speed of 80km/h left the same station at 9.00 am and caught up with the bus at 10.45 am. Find the value
of x. (3marks)

16. A point R ( 0 , 2 ) has its image ( R' ( 4 ,6 ) ) under an enlargement with scale factor 3. Find without drawing,
the center of enlargement. (3marks)

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 SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer any five questions from this section
17. A line L1 with equation – px +2 y=3passes through the point (-3, 1). Calculate:
(a) the value of p
(2marks)

(b) the size of the obtuse angle which line L1 makes with x-axis (4 marks)

(c) The equation of line L2 parallel to L1 and passes through (2, 6) in form of y=mx +c. (2 marks)

(d) The equation of the line L3 perpendicular to L1 at (-3, 1). Give your answer in the form ax + by = c.
(2
marks)

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 18. The diagram below shows two intersecting circles of radii 20cm and 15cm such that their centers A and
B are 30cm apart.

Calculate to 2 decimal places;

a) The area of the sector ACD. (3marks)

b) The area of the sector BCD. (3marks)

c) The length of the chord CD. (2marks)

d) The area of the quadrilateral ABCD. (1mark)

e) The shaded area. (1mark)

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 19. The diagram below shows the speed time graph for a bus travelling between two stations; the bus starts
from rest and accelerates uniformly for 75seconds. It then travels at constant speed for 150 seconds and
finally decelerates uniformly for 100 seconds.

a) Given that the distance between the two stations is 5225m. Calculate
i) Maximum speed in km/h attained by the bus. (3marks)

ii) The acceleration of the bus. (2marks)

b) A van left Nairobi at 8.00am and travelled towards Mombasa at an average speed of 80 km/h . At
8.30am a car left Nairobi and travelled along the same road at an average speed of 120 km/h.
i) Calculate the distance covered by the car to catch up with the van. (4marks)

ii) Find the time of the day when the car caught up with the van. (1mark)

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 20. a) Given that a= ( 43) , c=(−2
−5 )∧3 a−2 b+4 c=( 10 ) find b .
−19
(3marks)

(b) In the figure below, OAB is a triangle. A is the points ( 2 , 8 ) and B the point ( 10 , 2 ). C, D and E are
2
the mid- points of OA, OB and AB respectively, while F is on AB such that AF¿ AB.
3

i) Find the position vectors of point C. (2marks)

ii) Find the length of vector AB. (3marks)

iii) If vector OA=a and vector OB=b, write DF in terms of vectors a and b. (2marks)

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 21. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses construct a parallelogram ABCD, where AB = 8cm, BC = 6cm
and the angle ABC = 1200. (3marks)

(b) In the diagram draw the diagonal BD and construct the circumcircle to triangle ABD. (3marks)

(c) Construct a perpendicular from C to meet AB produced at X. Measure CX. (2marks)

(d) Calculate the area of triangle ACD. (2marks)

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 22. On the Cartesian plane below, triangle PQR has vertices P ( 2 ,3 ) , Q ( 1, 2 )∧R ( 4 , 1 )while triangle P' ' Q' ' R' '
has vertices P' ' (−2 , 3 ) ,Q' ' (−1 , 2 )∧R '' (−4 , 1 )

a) Describe fully the transformation which maps triangle PQR onto triangle P' ' Q' ' R' ' . (1mark)

b) On the same plane, draw triangle P' Q' R' , the image of triangle PQR under a reflection in the line
x + y=0 . (2marks)

c) Describe fully a single transformation which maps triangle P' Q' R' onto triangle P' ' Q' ' R' ' . (2marks)

d) Draw triangle P' '' Q'' ' R' ' ' such that it can be mapped onto triangle PQR by a positive quarter turn about
( 0 , 0 ). (3marks)

e) State a pair of triangles that is

i) Oppositely congruent. (1mark)

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 ii) Directly congruent. (1mark)

23. The 41 43 34 28 19 22 marks scored by 30 students in

32 38 22 18 25 33
test were recorded as follows
30 41 36 31 28 37
35 34 19 22 29 23
29 44 26 27 29 36

a) Starting with the class 18−22, make a frequency distribution table for the data. (2marks)

b) Using the frequency distribution in (a) above calculate

i) The mean. (2marks)

ii) The median. (3marks)

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 c) Draw a frequency polygon to represent the data. (3marks)

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 24. The boundaries of a ranch AB, BC, CD and DA are straight lines such that B is 075 0 from A and a
distance of 50km. C is due east of B and a bearing of N 800 E from A. D is due south of C and a distance
of 70km.
a) Using a scale of 1cm to represent 10km, show the relative positions of ABCD. (3marks)

b) From the scale drawing, determine

i) The distance in kilometers between B and C. (2marks)

ii) The bearing of A from D. (2marks)

iii) The shortest distance from A to the border CD. (1mark)

c) Calculate the area of the ranch in square kilometer. (2marks)

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