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MARANDA HIGH SCHOOL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
MOCK EXAMINATIONS 2022
121/1 Mathematics Alt A Paper 1
September, 2022 Time: 2½ Hours

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

Class: ………………Candidate’s Signature: ………..…….. Date: 5th September, 2022

Time: 2.00-4.30 PM
Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name, admission number and class 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 any 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 16 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

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
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Grand
Total

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Section I (50 Marks)
Answer ALL questions in the section in the space provided:

[ ]
1 3
+ 0.75−
2 8
1. Evaluate without using a calculator0.01 % of . (3
1 2
4.5− −
8 5
marks)

2. The sum of the ages of three brothers; Mike, Charles and Abdul is 65 years. Mike is twice as old as
Abdul and one and half times as old as Charles. Determine their ages. (3 marks)

3. A supermarket has 18 apples, 30 oranges and 54 apples. The fruits are to be arranged in rows such
that every row contains same number of fruits of one type only. Determine the least number of rows
required for this arrangement to happen. (3 marks)

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4. Find the area of the rectangle below. (3 marks)

5. Without using a Calculator or Mathematical Table evaluate the value of p: (3 marks)

4 2 2
2
=221 −220
P

6. Calculate the value of x given that OA= ( x4) ,OB=(57)∧|AB|=5 units. (3 marks)

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sin (2 k +10)°
7. Solve for k in the equation =1 . (2
cos(3 k−20)°
marks)

8. Solve for x in the equation √ −2 x−6−3=x . (3 marks)

9. In the figure below ABF is a uniform cross section of a solid. AB, BC and BF are some of the visible
edges of the solid. Complete the sketch showing the hidden edges with broken lines. (3 marks)

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10. Mr. Charles who deals in electronics sells a radio to a customer at Kshs. 1,440 after giving him a
discount of 10% but finds that he still makes a 20% profit. Find the profit Mr. Charles would make if
he does not give a discount. (3marks)

11. The figure below shows a set of two right angled triangles ABD and BCD conjoined by side BD.
Sides AB, BC and AD are 6cm, 5cm and 10cm in lengths respectively.

Calculate the size of angle CDB=t. (4 marks)

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12. Given that log 3=0.4771and log 5=0.6990, find without using Mathematical table or calculator log
0.045. (3 marks)

13. Two towns A and B are 810km apart. A car left A at 8:00am moving towards B at an average speed
of xkm/h. A bus left town B at 9:30am moving towards A at an average speed of 84km/h. Determine
the average speed of the car, xkm/h, if the two vehicles met at 11.00am. (4 marks)

14. In the figure given below, O is the centre of circle. If ∠ BCA=80 0 and ∠ CB 0=10 0 .

Determine the size of ∠ CAB . (3

marks)

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15. Using mid-ordinate rule with six strips estimate the area between the curve y=3 x 2 +4 x+10 ,
x−axis∧the lines x=−2∧x =4 . (4 marks)

16. Construct AIBICIDI the image of quadrilateral ABCD below. Given that it undergoes under
transformation enlargement with scale factor -2 and centre O. (3 marks)

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Section II (50 Marks)

Answer ONLY FIVE questions in the section in the space provided:
17. The equation of line l1 is 2x+3y+ 6= 0.
a) Find the gradient of line l1 (1 mark)

b) The line l2 is perpendicular to l1 and passes through the point P with coordinates (7, 2), find the
equation of l2 , giving the answer in the form y= mx+ c where m and c are constants. (3 marks)

c) The line l1 and l2 intersect at point Q. Find the coordinates of Q. (3 marks)

d) The line l3 is parallel to l1 and passes through point P. Find the equation of l3 giving the answer in
the form ax+ by = c , where a , b and c are constants. (2 marks)

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e) Determine the x and y-intercepts of the line l3. (1 mark)

18. The Form Two Parents of Ushindi High School decided to buy laboratory equipment worth
Kshs.900,000 by each student contributing equal amount of money. Before they made the
contribution 50 students got transferred to other institutions and this made the remaining students to
pay Kshs.600 more.
a) Taking to represent the original number of students, write down an expression for:
i) The original contribution per student. (1 mark)

ii) The new contribution per student. (1 mark)

b) Find the original number of students who were to contribute. (4 marks)

c) Calculate the percentage change in the students’ contributions. (2 marks)

d) If the ratio of boys to girls that remained in Form 2 was 13:12 calculate the amount contributed by
the boys alone. (2 marks)

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19. Two circles of radii 3.5 and 4.2 cm with centres O 1 and O2 respectively intersect at points A and B as
shown in the figure below. The distance between the two centres is 6 cm and the distance from O 1 to
the common chord AB along O1O2 is x cm.

Calculate:
a) The distance x cm to 3 decimal places. (3 marks)

b) The size of ∠AO1B and ∠AO2 B (to the nearest degree). (3 marks)

c) The area of quadrilateral O1AO2B, correct to 2 decimal place (2 marks)

d) The shaded area correct to two significant figures. (Take. π=3.142). (2 marks)

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20. Three towns A, B and C are such that B is 120km on a bearing of 0600 from A. C lies directly East of
A on a bearing 1650 from B. Using a scale of 1cm to represent 20km, a pair of compass and a ruler
only, determine:
a) the relative positions of A, B and C. (3 marks)

b) drop a perpendicular from B to meet AC at M hence measure BM. (2 marks)

c) construct a circle passing through the vertices A, B and C then calculate the area covered in the
circle. (2 marks)

d) Determine the amount of money used in ploughing the land inside the circle but outside triangle
ABC at a rate of Kshs. 5000 per hectare. (3 marks)

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21. A solid is partly a cone and partly an hemisphere of radius 7cm. The slanting length of the cone is
25cm. Determine;
a) the height of the solid. (2 marks)

b) the volume of the solid (3 marks)

c) the surface area of the solid. (3 marks)

d) the mass of the solid if its density is 12.5g/cm3. (2 marks)

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→ →
OB =b ; OC = 3OB OA= a
22. In the figure below ~ and ~

a
a) Given that = and and meet at M. Determine in terms of ~

b
and ~ .
→
i) AB (1 mark)

→
ii) CD (1 mark)

→ →
b) Given that and AM =h AB . Determine the values of the scalars and . (5 marks)

c) Show that O, M and N are collinear. (3 marks)

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23. The displacement of a particle is given as s=t 3−6 t 2 +9 t+ 50 metres.
Determine;
a) The displacement of the particle when t = 2 seconds. (2 marks)

b) the velocity of the particle when t = 4 (2 marks)

c) the acceleration of the particle when t = 5. (2 marks)

d) the time when the particle is at rest. (2 marks)

e) the displacement during the 3rd second. (2 marks)

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24. The height of a number of students was recorded in the table below. Each measurement is given to the
nearest cm.
Mid-point Frequency
Height(cm) fx
x f

138-142 140 3 420

143-147 8

148-152 12

153-157 20

158-162 160 30 4800

163-167 14

168-173 7

173-177 4

178-182 180 2 360

∑ f =¿ ¿ ∑ fx=¿ ¿

a) Complete the table. ` (3 marks)

b) Use the completed table to calculate the mean height of the students. (2 marks)

c) Draw a histogram to represent the information. (2 marks)

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d) Use the histogram above to estimate the median height. (3 marks)

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