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MATHEMATICS ALT A C Class: ........................
Paper 1 C
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TIME: 2 ½ HRS
ALLIANCE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL
FORM 3 NOV/DEC HOLIDAY ASSIGNMENT
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) The paper contains TWO Sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II.
(e) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
(f) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
(g) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
(h) Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used except
where stated otherwise.
(i) This paper consists of 14 printed pages.
(j) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and
that no questions are missing.
(k) Answer all 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
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Grand
Total

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 SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided.

−8 + ( −5)  ( −8) − ( −6 )
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate (2 marks)
−3 + ( −8 )  2  4

2. The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 1260 . Find the number of sides of the polygon.
(2 marks)

3. (a) Express the numbers 63504 and 9261 , each as a product of its prime factors. (1 mark)

63504
(b) Hence, evaluate 3
. (2 marks)
9261

4. Use tables of cubes and reciprocals only to evaluate

13
2.3743 + (3 marks)
0.165

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5. Simplify completely (3 marks)
6 x 2 − xy − 12 y 2
4 x3 − 9 xy 2

6. The shoe sizes for 14 students in a class were recorded as shown below
3, 8, 3, 7, 4, 7, 4, 7, 4, 4, 4, 6, 5, 6.
Determine;
a) Mode (1 mark)

b) Median (2 marks)

7. Use logarithms correct to 4 decimal places to evaluate (4 marks)

373.1 0.894
19.852

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8. A retailer sold a phone for sh. 14850 after allowing a discount of 10%. If the retailer had sold the
phone at the marked price, he would have made a profit of 25%. Calculate the price at which the
retailer bought the phone. (3 marks)

9. Using line AB below,

ˆ = 30 .
(a) Construct a line AC such that BAC
0
(1 mark)
4
(b) Use the line AC to locate a point P such that AP = AB . (2 marks)
3

10. Sam and Akasha working together can do a certain job in 12 hours. Sam alone can complete the
same job in 20 hours. How many hours does it take Akasha to complete the job alone?
(3 marks)

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11. Three ships P, Q and R are in the sea. Q is 6 km from P on a bearing of 0560 and R is 8 km from P
on a bearing of 1300 . Using a scale of 1:200000, show the above information in a scale drawing
and determine the distance between R and Q in kilometres. (3 marks)

12. The surface area of two similar solid cylinders are 500 cm 2 and 320 cm 2 . If the capacity of the
smaller cylinder is 0. 448litres. Find the capacity of the larger cylinder. (4 marks)

13. The internal and external radii of a metallic pipe are 69 cm and 70 cm respectively, if the pipe is 10
m long, calculate the mass of the pipe in kilograms.
3  22 
(density of the metallic pipe is 7 g/cm )  Use π =  (4 marks)
 7 

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14. Given that Cos θ = 0.8 , where θ is an acute angle, evaluate without using a calculator or
mathematical tables (3 marks)
1
 Tan θ
Sin ( 90 − θ )

15. The figure below shows a solid in the shape of a prism whose cross section O 1ABC is the sector of
a circle of radius 15 cm.  AO1C = 63.20 and the solid is of length 35 cm.

Calculate the surface area of the solid. (4 marks)

16. Find the value of x given that (3 marks)

9 x + 2  32 x − 243 = 0

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 SECTION 11 (50 marks)
Answer any five questions in this section in the spaces provided.

17. A line L passes through the points ( −4, 5 ) and ( −6, 8 ) and is perpendicular to a line P at ( −2, 3)
(a) Find the equation of L in the form y = mx + c (2 marks)

(b) Find the equation of P in the form ax + by = c, where a, b and c are integers.
(2 marks)

(c) Given that another line Q is parallel to L and passes through point ( −4, 6 ) , find the
equation of line Q, leaving it in the form ax + by + c = 0 where a, b and c are integers.
(3 marks)

(d) Find the point of intersection of lines P and Q. (3 marks)

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18. The figure below represents a speed-time graph for a town commuter bus service between two
terminuses.

(a) Determine the acceleration of the bus in the first 20 seconds (2 marks)

(b) Given that the distance between the two terminus is 1475 metres, find the value of x .
(3 marks)

th th
(c) Find the deceleration of the bus between the 50 and 70 seconds (2 marks)

(d) The distance travelled by the bus in the last 30 seconds. (3 marks)

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19. The diagram below represents a peg used to tether a cow in a certain ranch. The total height of the
peg is 33cm. It made up of hemispherical top, a conical bottom and the middle part is cylindrical.
The radius of the cone and that of the hemisphere are 3 cm. The height of the cylindrical part is
 22 
10 cm.  Use π = 
 7 

(a) Calculate the exact volume of

(i) the hemispherical top. (2 marks)

(ii) the cylindrical middle part. (2 marks)

(iii) the conical bottom (2 marks)

(iv) the Volume of the peg. (2 marks)

(b) The peg is similar to another smaller peg whose volume is 66 cm3 . Calculate the height of
the smaller peg. (2 marks)

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20. Tina, a cereals dealer bought 3 bags of beans and 5 bags of maize for Ksh 44,500. If she had bought
2 bags of beans and 4 bags of maize, she would have paid Ksh 12,500 less. Taking x to represent
the price of a bag of beans and y that of a bag of maize.
(a) Form two equations to represent the above information. (1 mark)

(b) Use matrix method to find the price of a bag of beans and a bag of maize. (5 marks)

(c) She sold all the beans and maize at 20% and 12% profit respectively. Find the percentage
profit. (4 marks)

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21. (a) On the grid provided draw a triangle whose vertices are A ( 0,4 ) , B ( −1,2 ) and C ( 2,3)
(1 mark)

b) On the same grid, draw:

(i) A' B' C' , the image of ABC , under an enlargement scale factor 2, centre ( −4,5 )
(3 marks)
(ii) A'' B'' C'' , the image of A' B' C' under reflection in the line x = 0 (2 marks)
(iii) A''' B''' C''' , the image of A'' B'' C'' under rotation of +90 about ( 0,0 )
0

(2 marks)
c) From the triangles drawn, state the pairs that are:
i) Directly congruent (1 mark)

ii) Oppositely congruent (1 mark)

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22. The figure below shows two circles intersecting internally with centres O and Q. Given that
 22 
AB = 16 cm ,  Use π = 
 7 

(a) Calculate;
(i) the radius of the circle centre Q (1 mark)

(ii) the size of angle OBQ (3 marks)

(iii) the area of the shaded region (4 marks)

(b) PR is a tangent to the circle centre O at P. Given that BR=7cm, calculate the length of the
tangent PR. (2 marks)

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23. A cylindrical water tank in an estate has a radius of 6 m and a height 8.4 m . A pipe of radius 21
cm supplies water to this tank at the rate of 60 cm/second .
(a) Calculate the
(i) capacity of the tank in litres (2 marks)

(ii) amount of water in litres delivered to this tank in one hour (2 marks)

(iii) the time taken to fill the tank when it is empty (2 marks)

(b) A full tank is consumed every day, with each family consuming an average of 400 litres per
day. Each family pays a uniform rate of Ksh 500 per month.
Calculate;
(i) number of families living in the estate (2 marks)

(ii) total amount of money collected every month (2 marks)

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24. (a) Complete the table below for the function y = 3 x + x − 10
2
(2 marks)

x −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4
y = 3x 2 + x − 10 −10 20

(b) On the grid provided below, draw the graph of y = 3 x + x − 10 for −4  x  4 .

2

(3 marks)

(c) (i) Use the graph to solve the equation 3x + x − 10 = 0 .

2
(2 marks)

(ii) By drawing a suitable straight line on the graph, solve the equation,

3x 2 + 3x − 15 = 0 . (3 marks)

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