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MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
TERM 2, 2024
TIME: 2 ½ HOURS

BOKAKE CLUSTER EXAMINATION 2024

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
(a) Write your name and index number 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 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.

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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1. Rationalise the denominator and simplify leaving your answer in the form √𝑎 + 𝑏.
SECTION I:5MARKS- Answer all questions from this section
(3 marks)
√2 + 2√5
√5 − √2

2. a) expand (1 – ½ x)5 (1 mark)

b) Use the expansion upto x3 in (a) above to evaluate (0.98)5 correct to 4 d.p (2 marks)

3. Agotho has a rectangular plot that was measured to the nearest meter and found to be 80m in length and
60m in width. Determine the percentage error in its perimeter. (3 marks)

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4. Simplify (3 marks)

5. A circle of radius 3cm has its centre at (3, 2). Express the equation of the circle in the form
x2 + y2 + mx + ny + c = 0. Where m, n and c are constants. (3 marks)

6. Find the value of that satisfies the equation (4 marks)

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7. Five men working 8 hours a day take 2 days to cultivate an acre of land. How many days would four men
working 10 hours a day at double rate take to cultivate 3 acres of land? ( 3 marks)

8. The figure below shows the graph of a cubic function.

Write the equation of the function in the form , where , and are constants.
(3 marks)

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9. Given that and , find if the determinant of is 9 (3 marks)

10. A variable P varies directly as and inversely as the square root of . When and
Determine the equation connecting , and hence find when = 36 and .
(3mks)

11. In the figure below the tangent meets chord . Produced at T. chord passes through the centre of
the circle and intersect chord at . Line = and

a) Calculate the length of chord . (1mk)

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 b) If and . find (2mks)

12. Make the subject of the formula.

(2mks)

13. The table below shows income tax rates in a certain year

Monthly income in Kshs Tax rate in each kshs

1 10%
15%
9681 18801 20%
18801 27921 25%
30%
27921 37040
Over 37040

In that year Mr. Mogaka gets a total deduction of ksh5,000 he gets a personal tax relief of kshs.1056
and pays kshs.3944 for NHIF, WCPS and sacco loan repayment. Calculate
(i) P.A.Y.E. (1 mark)

(ii) Monthly income/salary (3 marks)

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14. Use logarithms tables to evaluate. (4mks)

15. The figure below shows a rectangular based right pyramid. Find the angle between the planes ABCD and
ABV. V (2marks)

8cm

D C
3cm
A 4cm B

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16. Find the shortest distance between points A(50oS,25ot) and B(50oS, 140oE in KM (Take R=6370 Km)
(3mks)

SECTION II – 50 MARKS;Answer any FIVE questions from this section

17.

S
R
T

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O Q

In the figure above, OPQ is a triangle in which OS =4 OP and PR: RQ= 2:1

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Line OR and SQ meet at T.
h) Given that OP = pand OQ = q, exp ress the following vectors in terms of pand
 
q . (1 Mark)

(i) PQ

(2 Marks)
(ii) OR

(iii) SQ
(1 Mark)

i) You are further given that ST = mSQ and OT = nOR. Determine the values of m
and n. (6 marks

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18. (a) Complete the table given below for the functions and

for 00 ≤ x ≤ 1800 (2 marks)

(b) Using the grid provided, draw the graphs of and for

00 ≤ x ≤ 1800 on the same pair of axes. Take 1cm to represent 200 on the axis and 2cm to
represent 1 unit on the axis. (5 marks)

(c) From the graphs in (b) above, find;

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 (i) the period of (1 mark)

(ii) the values of given that (2 marks)

19. Awuor was paid an initial salary of Kshs. 180000 per annum with a fixed annual increment.
Wasonga was paid and initial salary of Kshs. 150000 per annum with a 10% increment
compounded annually.
(a) Given that Awuor’s annual salary in the 11th year was Kshs. 288,000, determine:
(i) Her annual increment. (2 marks)

(ii) The total amount of money Awuor earned during the 11 years. (2 marks)

(b) Determine Wasonga’s monthly earning, correct to the nearest 10 shillings during the 11th year
(3
marks)

(c) Calculate the number of years it will take Awuor’s total earnings to be Ksh. 1022400.(3 marks)

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20. In a mixed school there are 420 boys and 350 girls. The probability that a girl passes her exams in the
school is while that of a boy passing is . The probability of a girl being made a prefect is while that

of a boy is .
Find the probability that a student picked at random.
a) Is a boy and passes the exam and is not a perfect. (3mks)

b) Is a girl, a prefect and passes the exam. (3mks)

c) Is not as prefect and passes the exam. (4mks)

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21. OABC is a parallelogram with vertices O (0, 0) A (2, 0) B (3, 2) and C (1, 2).

is the image of OABC under transformation matrix

a) Find the co-ordinates of . (2mks)

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b) On the grid provided draw OABC and (2mks)

c) Find the image of under the transformation matrix (2mks)

(i) On the same grid draw . (1mk)

(ii) Find the single matrix that map onto OABC.
(3mks)

22. A particle moves in such a way that the velocity V at any given time is
v=10t – ½ t2 – 15/2 mls.
(a) Calculate the initial velocity (1 mark)

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(b) Calculate the velocity when the time t=3 (2 marks)

(c) Find the displacement during the 5th second (4 marks)

(d) Calculate the maximum velocity attained (3 marks)

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23. The 2nd and 5th terms of an arithmetic progression are 8 and 17 respectively. The 2nd,
10th and42nd terms of the A.P. form the first three terms of a geometric progression.
Find
(a) The 1st term and the common difference. (3mks)

(b) The first three terms of the G.P and the 10th term of the G.P. (4mks)

(c) The sum of the first 10 terms of the G.P. (3mks)

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24. Matrix P is given by
(a) Find P-1 (2 Marks)

(b) Two institutions, Kamunyaka secondary School and Njabini mixed secondary School
purchased beans at Sh. b per bag and maize at Sh. m per bag. Kamunyaka secondary
purchased 8 bags of beans and 14 bags of maize for KSh. 47,600. Njabini mixed
purchased 10 bags of beans and 16 bags of maize for KSh. 57,400.
(i) Form a matrix equation to represent the information above. (2 Marks)

(ii) Use matrix P-1to find the prices of one bag of each item. (3 Marks)

(c) The price of beans later went up by 5% and that of maize remained constant.
Kamunyaka secondary bought the same quality of beans but spent the same total of
money as before on the two items. State the new ratio of beans to maize. (3 Marks)

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