RCM HIGH SCHOOL

TERM 1 – 2024
PAPER 1
MATHEMATICS (Alternative A)
FORM THREE (3)
TIME: 2½ HOURS

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

School: ……………………………………………………….. Class: …………………..
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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(a) Write your name, admission number, school and class in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer ALL 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.
(h) This paper consists of 17 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no
questions are missing.

For Examiners’ 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 the questions in this section
1. Simplify completely the expression (3 marks)
9𝑎3 𝑏 − 4𝑎𝑏 3
6𝑎2 𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑏 3

2. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, evaluate: (3 marks)

1 9 1 7 6
(5 3 + 10) − 3 5 of 8 ÷ 11
2 1 5
− 14 + 6
3

3. Security lights have been erected along both sides of a street in Nakuru town. The lights are 50 metres apart
along the right-hand side of the road and 80 metres apart on the left-hand side. At one end of the road, two
lights are directly opposite each other. Find the total number of lights that will be erected when the poles
are directly opposite each other again at the end of the road. (3 marks)

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4. Use logarithms only to 4 decimal places, to evaluate; (4 marks)
0.8008 sin 67.120
√
34.592

5. 3 men working 8 hours a day can complete a piece of work in 5 days. Find how long it will take 10 men
working for 6 hours a day to complete the work. (2 marks)

6. Find the range of integral values of 𝑥 for which (3 marks)

1
< 32𝑥−1 ≤ 27
2187

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7. The figure below shows a rectangle of dimensions 8 cm by 3 cm inside a semi-circle (not drawn to scale).

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Calculate the shaded area. Use 𝜋 = . (3 marks)
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8. An M-pesa agent has 22 notes of Ksh. 1,000 and Ksh. 200. The total amount of money she has is
Ksh. 11,600. Calculate the difference in the number of notes she had. (3 marks)

9. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is given by (𝑥 − 50)0 and the interior angle is given as
(2𝑥 − 40)0 . Calculate the sum of the interior angles of the polygon. (4 marks)

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10. Marvin sold a cell phone to a retailer making a profit of 20%. The retailer then sold the cell phone for
Ksh. 31,200 making a profit of 30%. Calculate the amount of money Marvin had paid for the cell phone.
(3 marks)

11. The position vectors of R, S and T are 2𝒊 − 𝒋, 8𝒊 + 11𝒋 and 12𝒊 + 19𝒋 respectively. Show that R, S and T
lie on a straight line. (4 marks)

12. Use tables of cubes and reciprocals only to evaluate (3 marks)

3 3
− √385.22
0.06714

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13. From the third floor of a building, an engineer observes a water tower, 50 metres away from the building as
follows: the angle of depression of the foot of the tower is 190 while the angle of elevation of the top of the
tower is 280. Calculate the height of the tower, correct to one decimal place. (3 marks)

14. The capacity of a giant model of a bottle is 4,050 litres. The actual bottle has a volume 1,200 cm3 and a
height of 18 cm. Calculate the height of the model bottle in metres. (3 marks)

15. A tourist from the United Kingdom arrived in Kenya with 5,000 Great Britain Pounds (GBP) and
exchanged the money through an agent at a 1.5% commission. While in Kenya, she spent Ksh. 285,760 on
travelling and accommodation. She converted the remaining amount into United States Dollars (USD). All
the exchanges were done using the rate below.
Currency Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)
1 GBP 183.20 184.50
1 USD 145.20 146.90
Calculate the amount of money she received to the nearest USD. (3 marks)

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16. The figure below shows the net of a triangular prism ABCDEF. A path is traced from A to B through E and
D as shown.

(a) Sketch and label the solid. (2 marks)

(b) On the solid, show the path. (1 mark)

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 SECTION II (50 Marks)
Answer any five questions in this section
17. ABCD is a rectangle with A as the point (−4, 2)
(a) Given that AB is parallel to the line 2𝑦 − 𝑥 = −2, find the equation of AB in the form 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐
where 𝑚 and 𝑐 are constants. (3 marks)

(b) Find the equation of line AD in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 = 𝑐, where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integral. (3 marks)

(c) Determine the coordinates of C and D given that C(4, 1) (4 marks)

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18. Three partners: Awino, Braxton and Cate contributed Ksh. 750,000, Ksh. 600,000 and Ksh. 900,000
respectively to start a business of a minibus plying Kisumu – Bondo route. The minibus carries 33
passengers each paying Ksh. 300. The minibus makes two round trips each day and always full. Each day
Ksh. 10,500 is used to cover operational costs and wages
(a) Calculate their net profit per day. (2 marks)

(b) The matatu works for 25 days per month and is serviced every month at a cost of Ksh. 15,000.
Calculate their monthly profit for the month of September. (1 mark)

(c) The three partners agreed to save 40% of the profit, share 24% equally and the rest in the ratio of their
contribution. Calculate Braxton’s share in the month of November. (4 marks)

(d) The minibus developed mechanical problems and they decided to sell it through a dealer who charged a
commission of 4% on selling price. Each partner received Ksh. 625,000 from the dealer after he had
taken his commission. Determine the price at which the dealer sold the minibus. (3 marks)

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19. On the grid below, T′ is the image of T under a transformation 𝐏.

(a) Describe fully two transformations described by 𝐏. (4 marks)

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 (b) T′′ is the image of T′ under a reflection along the line 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 4.
(i) On the same axes, draw T′′ (2 marks)
(ii) State the coordinates of T′′ (1 mark)

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(c) T′′′ is the image of T′′ under a translation described by the vector ( ). Draw T′′′ and state its
−5
coordinates. (2 marks)

(d) Name the type of congruence between T′′ and T′′′. (1 mark)

20. (a) The figure below shows a velocity-time graph of a particle. The particle starts from rest and accelerates
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at 24 m/s2 for 𝑡1 seconds until it attains a velocity of 22 m/s. It then maintains this velocity up to the
40th second. Breaks are applied bringing it uniformly to rest after 𝑡2 . The particle covers 847 metres
before it comes to rest.

Find:
(i) The value of 𝑡1 ; (2 marks)

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 (ii) The deceleration time (4 marks)

(b) The distance between two trains T1 and T2 travelling towards the same direction is 100 metres. T1 is 60
metres long and travels at 80 km/h while T2 is 140 metres long and travels at 60 km/h. Find the time
in seconds it takes T1 to completely overtake T2. (4 marks)

21. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle. A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of the
circle. A, O, X and C are points on a straight line. DE is a tangent to the circle at D. angle BOC=480 and
angle CAD = 360

(a) Determine the sizes of the following angles:

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 (i) OBD (2 marks)

(ii) CED (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the radius of the circle given that AB = 7.6 cm, correct to one decimal place.
(3 marks)

(c) Given that X divides AC in the ratio 3:4, ED = 12.9 cm and EC = 7.8 cm, calculate the length of
XC correct to one decimal place. (3 marks)

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22. A sector of an angle is 1080 is cut from a circle of radius 21 cm. It is folded to form a cone
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Calculate to 1 decimal place:(use π = ):
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(a) the curved surface area of the cone; (2 marks)

(b) the base radius of the cone; (2 marks)

(c) the vertical height of the cone; (2 marks)

(d) A cone is chopped off this cone horizontally from the apex to form a frustum of height 12 cm as shown
in the figure below.

Calculate the volume of frustum formed. (4 marks)

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23. The diagram below shows a histogram representing the mass in kilograms of 31 people in a medical camp.

(a) Prepare a frequency distribution table for the data. (3 marks)

(b) From the table in (a) above, calculate the;

(i) mean mass; (3 marks)

(ii) median mass. (3 marks)

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 (c) How many people had a mass of 40 kg and above? (1 mark)

24. Four towns, A, B, C and D are such that B is 102 km on a bearing of 1220 from A. C is 94 km on a bearing
of N620E from B. D is on a bearing of 0730 from A and N240W from C.
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm for 20 km, draw a scale diagram to represent the relative positions of the towns.
(4 marks)

(b) Use the scale drawing in (a) above to determine:

(i) the distance from A to D; (2 marks)

(ii) the bearing of B from D. (1 mark)

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(c) A police headquarter is to be constructed such that it is equidistant from towns A, B and D.
(i) Locate the position of P (2 marks)
(ii) Measure the distance from P to C. (1 mark)

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