THE MENTORSHIP JOINT EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL.

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MATHEMATICS
ALT A Date: 19 01 2025
FORM ONE 0800 1030 hrs
TERM 1 SET 2
January. 2025

Name……………………………….……………………….. Adm. Number:…….……………....

Candidate’s Signature……………………… Date……………………….. Stream:…………….

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.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the 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.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For Examiner’s Use Only

Section I

Section II

Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

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

0.015  0.45  1.5

1. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, evaluate giving the answer in
4.9  0.2  0.07
decimal form. (3 marks)

2. A carpenter had two big pieces of wood of equal length. The carpenter cut the first piece into
smaller pieces of length 15 each without remainder. The carpenter cut the second piece into
smaller pieces of length 24 each without remainder. Determine the minimum length of each of
the big pieces of wood. (3 marks)

3. A Kenyan bank bought and sold foreign currencies on two different days as shown below.

12 1 2021 1 uth r a a 7 08 7 10
12 2 2021 100 a a a h s 21 12 21 25
A south African tourist arrived in Kenya on 12 1 2021 with 15 000 South African Rands. He changed
the whole amount to Kenya shillings. While in Kenya, spent a total of sh 53 075 and changed the
balance to Tanzanian shillings before leaving for Tanzania on 12 2 2021. Determine, in Tanzanian
shillings, the amount he received. (3 marks)

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4. In the following figure, triangle is a uniform cross section of a solid D . Given that is
one of the edges of the solid, complete the sketch showing hidden edges with broken lines.
(3 marks)

5. A salesman sells story books and textbooks. The cost price of a story book is sh 600 while that of a
textbook is sh 900. The salesman is paid a commission of 10 on the cost of any book sold. One
day, the salesman sold twice as many story books as textbooks. He earned a commission of
sh 8 400.
Determine the total number of story books sold. (3 marks)

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6. The size of each interior angle of a regular polygon is five times the size of the exterior angle. Find
the number of sides of the polygon. (3 marks)

7. A cylindrical piece of wood of radius 4 2 and length 150 is cut length into two equal pieces.
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Calculate the surface area of one piece. ( a e   ) (4 marks)
7

8. Simplify the following expression; (3 marks)

4 4
4 4

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9. In the figure above, is parallel to D ; 80 and D 28 .

Find D . (2 marks)

10. Six men take 28 days working for 10 hours a day to pack 4480 parcels. How many more men
working 8 hours a day will be required to pack 2560 parcels in 4 days. (4 marks)

11. Use tables of squares and square roots only to evaluate, give your answer in standard form.
(4 marks)
0 04701 √0 005678

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12. Nyikuri, Simiyu and Berkley shared sh 2700 such that for every sh 1 Nyikuri got, Simiyu got
50 ts and for every sh 2 Simiyu got, Berkley got sh 3. By how much did Nyikuri’s share
exceed Berkley’s share. (3 marks)

13. Solve for x in the following equation; (3 marks)

5 4 3 6
8 5 4

1470
14. Express the numbers 1470 and 7056, each as a product of its prime factors. Hence evaluate
7056
leaving the answer in prime form (3 marks)

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15. A watch losses 8 seconds every hour. It was set to read correct time at 11: 00 a on Sunday. What
time will the watch show on Thursday 0500 hrs. (3 marks)

16. Use the Cartesian plane provided to solve graphically the simultaneous equations 2 x  3 y  1.2 and
5x  4 y  1 . (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer only five questions from this section in the spaces provided.
17. On a market day, Abdul has 32 goats while Chebet has 56 goats. Chebet sold twice as many goats
as Abdul. After the sale, the number of goats that Abdul and Chebet remained with was in the ratio
3: 4 respectively.
(a) Determine the total number of goats sold by Abdul and Chebet in the market. (4 marks)

(b) Abdul and Chebet raised a total of sh 97 600 from the sale of goats at the market. Abdul’s
selling price per goat was 5 higher than that of Chebet. Determine the ratio of the earnings of
Abdul to Chebet from the sale of goats. (4 marks)

(c) Abdul decreased the selling price per goat in the ratio 19: 21 for the goats that remained.
Determine the new selling price per goat. (2 marks)

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18. Airport is 1700 on a bearing of 300 from Airport . Airport is 800 on a bearing
of 215 from . In the following figure, airport R is represented by point .

(a) Using a scale of 1 to represent 200 , show on the figure the relative positions of airports
and . (3 marks)
(b) Use the scale drawing to determine;
(i) the distance from airport S to airport Qin kilometres; (1 mark)

(ii) the bearing of S from Q. (2 marks)

(c) An aircraft flying at a speed of 400 h left for at 8 00 a . Determine the time when the
aircraft was exactly 1000 from airport on its way to . (4 marks)

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19. In this question, use a ruler and a pair of compasses only,

Line is a diagonal of a quadrilateral . 6 .

(a) Locate vertex of the quadrilateral such that RPQ  60 and PRQ  45 .
Complete triangle and hence measure length PQ. (4 marks)
(b) Diagonal , which is 10 long, intersects with diagonal at a right angle. Complete the
quadrilateral . (3 marks)
(c) Calculate the area of the quadrilateral . (3 marks)

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20. A children indoor playground can accommodate 160 people in a session. Tickets price for an
accompanying adult and a child is sh 90 and sh 325 respectively.
a) On a particular weekend afternoon, the playground is 60 full. 75 of the patrons are
children. Calculate the total amount collected from sales of tickets. (5 marks)

b) On the same particular weekend evening, sh 39000 was collected from the sales of tickets
for children. Calculate the percentage increase in the number of children who patronized the
playground on the weekend evening compared to the afternoon. (5 marks)

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21. The diagram below represents a rectangular swimming pool 25 long and 10 wide. The sides of
the pool are vertical.

The floor of the pool slants uniformly such that the depth at the shallow end is 1 and at the deep end
is 2 8 .

(a) Calculate the volume of water required to completely fill the pool. (2 marks)

(b) Water is allowed into the empty pool at a constant rate through an inlet pipe. It takes 9 hours for
the water to just cover the entire floor of the pool. Calculate:
(i) The volume of the water that just covers the floor of the pool. (2 marks)

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(ii) The time needed to completely fill the remaining of the pool. (2 marks)

(c) If the sides of the swimming pool and its floor are to be covered with square tiles of side 20 ,
find the number of tiles required.
(4 marks)

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22. An aquarium had a hole at the bottom and leaked. This led to a decrease in the level of water in the
aquarium each time. The level of water remaining follows the equation 2 124 where is
the volume (litres) of water remaining and is the time (hours) taken.
(a) Complete the table; (2 marks)
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60
124 94 74 34 4
(b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of 2 124 for 0 60. Use the scale;
1 represents 5 units on x axis.
1 represents 10 units on y axis.
(3 marks)

(c) Using the graph, estimate;

(i) The volume of water remaining after 33 hours. (1 mark)

(ii) The volume of water leaked after 44 hours. (2 marks)

(iii) The time taken for 56 litres of water to leak. (2 marks)

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23. Two universities TEC and KCT purchased beans and rice from the same supplier. TEC bought
60 bags of beans and 80 bags of rice for a total of shs 240 000. KCT bought 150 bags of beans
and 225 bags of rice for a total of shs 637 500. If the price of a bag of beans is sh and that of rice
is sh .
(a) Form two linear equations to represent this information (2 marks)

(b) Find the cost of one bag of beans and one bag of rice. (4 marks)

(c) The price of beans later decreased in the ratio 4: 5 while the price of rice increased by 20 A
businessman bought 20 bags of beans and 30 bags of rice. How much did he pay? (4 marks)

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24. Nyikuri and Mike contributed a total capital of sh 800000 to start a joint business. Nyikuri
contributed 31 of the capital. A profit of sh 72000 was realized by the end of the year. Part of
this profit was paid as allowances as follows:
 Nyikuri received basic management allowance of sh 7000 plus 7 of the profit and
partnership allowance equivalent to 3 2 of his capital.
 Mike received a partnership allowance equivalent to 2 4 of his capital.
(a) Calculate the total allowances paid to Nyikuri. (3 marks)

(b) Determine the fraction of the profit that was paid as allowances. (3 marks)

(c) The remaining part of the profit was shared between Nyikuri and Mike in the ratio of the capital
they had each contributed. Express the total amount Nyikuri received as a percentage of the
profit. (4 marks)

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