ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS (2022)

Term 3 - 2022
MATHEMATICS (121)
FORM TWO (2)
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Name: …………………………………………………………. Adm No: ……………….
School: ……………………………………………………….. Class: …………………..
Signature: …………………………………………………….. Date: …………………

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
2. Sign and write your admission number and the date of the examination
3. This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
4. Answer ALL questions in section 1 and section II
5. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
6. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answers are wrong.
7. Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used, except
where stated otherwise.

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 GRAND
17 18 19 20 21 TOTAL TOTAL

This paper consists of 11 printed pages.

Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all pages are printed as indicated
and no questions are missing

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 SECTION 1 (50 MARKS)
Answer all the questions in this section:

9 1
3 5
1. Evaluate 17 5 (3 Marks)
1 1
37  3
3 4

2. Use squares, square roots and reciprocal tables only to evaluate (3 Marks)
2 5
 2
34.46 8.67

3. Factorize completely the expression 75x2 - 27y2 (2 marks)

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4. In the figure below, ∠ ABC =600, ∠ ACB = 450. Calculate the length BC and hence calculate the
area of triangle ABC. (3 marks)

5. Solve for x and y in the following equations. (4 marks)

6. A wholesaler sold a dress to a retailer at a profit of 50%. The retailer sold the dress at a profit of 25% of
her cost price to a consumer for sh. 120. How much did the wholesaler pay for the dress?
(3 marks)

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 61.69  0.01497
7. Use logarithm tables to evaluate. 3 (4 Marks)
0.2572

8. If 1 cm3 of copper metal has a mass of 8.88g, calculate the mass of a quarter sphere of copper whose
radius is 24 cm. (2 Marks)

9. Find the integral values of x in. 4  2 x  2 x  1  x  4 (3 Marks)

4  14 
10. Given that a =   and b =   , find 2a  3b . (4 Marks)
  3 1 

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11. Determine the value of y if cos (3y - 10)0 = sin (4y + 30)0. (2 Marks)

12. The figure below shows part of a diagram of rotation symmetry order 3 about a point O. Complete the
diagram. (3 marks)

13. A line y=mx +8 makes an angle of 75.970 with the x-axis, find the co-ordinates of the point where the
line cuts the x-axis. (4 marks)

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14. From a point T 20m away on a level ground the angle of elevation of the lower part of a window is 27 0
and that of the upper part from the same point T is 32 0 .Calculate the height of the window.
(3marks)

15. Sixteen men working at the rate of 9hrs a day can complete a piece of work in 14 days.
How many more men working at the rate of 7 hours a day would complete the same job
in 12 days (3 marks)

16. The figure below shows a wedge with a string wound on its surface once from A to E to C to A.

Sketch the net of the solid and show the path of the string (3 marks)

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 SECTION II (50 Marks)
17. The following data shows the sample of age distribution of the people who reside in a certain village in
years in Nandi county
Age 1-5 6-10 11-20 21-30 31-50 51-55 56-65
group
Frequency 4 8 8 6 40 3 3
(a) Draw a histogram to represent this information (4marks)

(b) Find the mean of the age group. (4 marks)

(c) Using the histogram estimate the median using the histogram. (2 marks)

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18. Two circles of radii 3.5cm and 4.2cm with centres X and Y respectively intersect at point A and B as
shown below.

3.5cm 4.2cm

Given that the centres of the circles are 6cm apart, find
a) angle AXB (4 marks)

b) Angle AYB (2 marks)

c) The area of the quadrilateral XAYB correct to 2d.p. (2 marks)

d) The shaded area correct to 2 significant figures. (Take ᴫ = 22/7) (2 marks)

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19. A bus left Nairobi at 7.00am and travelled towards Eldoret at an average speed of 80km/hr. At 7.45am a
car left Eldoret towards Nairobi at an average speed of 120km/hr. The distance between Nairobi and
Eldoret is 300km. Calculate
a) The time the bus arrived at Eldoret (2 marks)

b) The time of the day the two met. (4 marks)

c) The distance from Nairobi where the two met. (2 marks)

d) The distance of the bus from Eldoret when the car arrived in Nairobi. (2 marks)

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20. A straight line L1 has a gradient -½ and passes through point P (-1, 3). Another line L2 passes through
the points Q (1, -3) and R (4, 5). Find.
(a) The equation of L1. (2marks)

(b) The gradient of L2. (1mark)

(c) The equation of L2. (2marks)

(d) The equation of a line passing through a point S (0, 5) and is perpendicular toL2.
(3marks)

(e) The equation of a line through R parallel to L1. (2marks)

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21. A triangle with A (-4, 2), B (-6, 6) and C (-6, 2) is enlarged by a scale factor -
1 and centre (-2, 6) to produce triangle A¹B¹C¹. (4 marks)
a) Draw triangle ABC and A¹B¹C¹.and state its coordinates

b) Triangle A¹B¹C¹ is then reflected in the line y = x+ 2 to give triangle A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹ draw A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹ and
state its coordinates. (3 marks)

c) If triangle A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹ is mapped onto A¹¹¹B¹¹¹C¹¹¹ whose co-ordinates are A¹¹¹(-2, 0), B¹¹¹(2, -2) and
C¹¹¹(-2, -2) by a rotation. Find the centre and angle of rotation. (3 marks)

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