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MATHEMATICS
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FORM 4 ENTRY MOCK
FORM 3 END YEAR 2024
Sept/Oct. 2024 – 2 Hours 30 minutes
121 / 1 - Mathematics Paper 1
Tuesday 1ST Oct. 2024
Time: 8.00 a.m  10.30 a.m

Name: ………………………………...………………….……. Index Number: …………

Student’s Signature: ………….……… School: …………………...………. Class:……….

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name, Index number and class 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 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, except where stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 15 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(i) Candidates should answer 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

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Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 Marks)

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

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12  3  n 18   4  6
1. Find the value of n in the equation 3 125  
without using a calculator. (3 marks)
32  4  2

2. Given that x : y  5 : 2 and sin  x  2 y   cos  2 x  y  , find the values of x and y. (3 marks)

3. Find the integral values of x that satisfy the compound inequality x  2  3x  1  2  x  2  . (3 marks)

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4. Ten men can dig a borehole 80 m deep in 48 days. How many more men are required to dig 100 m in 24
days. (3 marks)

5. In the figure below, PQRST is a regular polygon X and A, P, Q and B are four of the vertices of another
regular polygon Y. Angle APT = angle RQB = 42 o. Calculate the sum of the interior angles of the
polygon Y. (3 marks)

6. Given that 2 x  y  3x  2 y  3888, find x and y. (3 marks)

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7. The three vertices of a triangle T are A 1, 2  , B  2,6  and C  4,5 . On the grid provided below;
(a) Draw the triangle T and its image T  after reflection in the line y  x. (2 marks)
(b) Draw the triangle T, the image of T after +90 rotation about centre  0, 0  . (1 mark)

8. The following are the exchange rates that were used by a certain forex bureau in Kenya.

Currency Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)

South African Rand 8.13 8.19
Norwegian Krone 12.20 12.37

A businessman from Norway converted 284,450 Norwegian Krone to Kenya shillings at the FOREX
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bureau. He spent of the money and changed the rest to South African Rand. Find the amount to the
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nearest Rand he received. (3 marks)

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9. Three bells are set to commence tolling together at 8.45 a.m and then toll at intervals of 10 minutes, 15
minutes and 18 minutes respectively. Find the number of times they will toll together by 4:15 p.m same
day. (3 marks)

10. In the figure below, AB is parallel to CD. EB = 9 cm, CD = 16 cm and CE = AB. Calculate the length of
CB. (3 marks)

11. The volume of a right conical solid with a perpendicular height h 8.4 cm is 107.8 cm 3. Calculate the
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surface area of the cone. Take  to be (4 marks)
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2K 2  5KN  3N 2
12. Simplify the expression (3 marks)
3N  2K

13. Construct parallelogram PQRS in which PQ = 8 cm, QR = 6 cm and angle QPS = 37.5 o. Drop
perpendicular from T, point of intersection of the diagonals to meet line PQ at U. Measure TU.
(4 marks)

14. Find the coordinates of a point G, the mid – point of line CD in which coordinates of points C and are
 11, 6  and  5, 8 respectively. (2 marks)

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15. Use the tables of reciprocals to find hence evaluate . (3 marks)
0.2575 0.2575

16. A prism whose cross- section is a regular hexagon of side 14 cm has a mass of 891.135g. Calculate the
density in g/cm3 of the prism if its height is 10 cm. (3marks)

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SECTION II (50 Marks)

Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided.

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17. In the figure below, line AB is perpendicular to OB at B and intersects with lines y  2 x and y  x at
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A and B respectively. A point C  5,5  is on line AB.

(a) Find:
(i) The equation of the line AB in the form ax  by  c where a, b and c are integers. (3 marks)

(ii) The coordinates of point A. (3 marks)

(iii) The x and y intercepts of line AB. (2 marks)

(b) A straight line L is parallel to OB and passes through C. Find the equation of the line L in the form
y  mx  c where m and c are constants. (2 marks)

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18. The boundaries PQ, QR, RS and SP of a ranch are straight lines such that: Q is 16 km on a bearing of
040o from P; R is directly south of Q and east of P, and S is 12 km on a bearing of 120 o from R.
(a) Using a scale of 1 cm to represent 2 km, show the above information in a scale drawing. (3 marks)

(b) From the scale drawing, determine:

(i) The distance, in kilometres, between P and S. (2 marks)

(ii) The bearing of P from S. (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the area of the ranch PQRS in square kilometres. (3 marks)

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19. The figure below represents a bucket that comprises a frustum of a cone and a hemisphere. The internal
base diameter of the frustum is 14 cm and the internal top diameter of the frustum is 42 cm and is equal
to the internal diameter of the hemispherical top. The internal height of the bucket is 69 cm.

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Taking  to be , calculate:
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(a) The internal surface area of the bucket. (5 marks)

(b) The volume of water in the bucket if it is filled to a height of 36 cm. (5 marks)

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20. In the figure below, the area of triangle ABD = the area of triangle ABC. Angle BAD is a right angle.
AB = 5 cm, BC = 18 cm and AD = 12 cm.

Calculate to one decimal place:

(a) The size of the obtuse angle ABC. (4 marks)

(b) The length of AC. (3 marks)

(c) The angle ACB. (3 marks)

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21. The table below shows the mass in kg of coffee delivered by farmers in a factory on a certain day.
Mass (Kg) 20  29 30  39 40  49 50  59 60  69 70  79
No. of farmers 3 10 16 12 6 3

(a) State the class size of the distribution. (1 mark)

(b) Calculate, correct to 1 decimal place:

(i) The mean mass. (3 marks)

(ii) The median mass. (3 marks)

(c) On the grid provided below, and on the same axes, draw a histogram and a frequency polygon to
represent the information in the table. (3 marks)

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22. The distance between two towns A and B is 320 km. A matatu left town A for town B at 6.45 a.m. at an
average speed of 80 km/h. Fifteen minutes later, a car left town B for town A at an average speed of
120 km/h.
(a) Calculate:
(i) The time when the two vehicles met. (3 marks)

(ii) The distance from town A when the two vehicles met. (2 marks)

(b) At 7.15 am, a van left town A for town B using the same route and caught up with the matatu at the
same time as the car. Calculate:
(i) The average speed of the van. (2 marks)

(ii) The distance of the matatu from town A when the van was 12 km from town B. (3 marks)

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23. (a) Given the matrix T    . Find T (2 marks)
 7 12 

(b) Dorothy, a business lady, bought 3 blow dryers and four shaving machines at a cost of sh.
12,000. Had she bought 7 blow dryers and 12 shaving machines, she would have spent
sh. 20,000 more.
(i) Taking x and y to be the prices of a blow dryer and a shaving machine respectively, form a
matrix equation to represent this information. (2 marks)

(ii) Use the matrix method to find the cost of one blow dryer and one shaving machine.
(4 marks)

(iii) Dorothy discovered that in another shop the price of a blow dryer is 20% less while that of
shaving machine is 10% higher. Calculate how much she would have saved if she bought them
from that shop. (2 marks)

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24. The position vectors P and Q are OP =   and OQ =   respectively. M is the mid – point of PQ.
4  8 

(a) Find;
(i) The vector PQ in terms of unit vectors i and j . (2 marks)

(ii) The distance of M from the origin correct to 2 decimal places. (4 marks)

 x
(b) A translation vector T    maps point P onto P  3, 2  . Find;
 y
 x
(i) The translation vector T    . (2 marks)
 y

(ii) The image of Q under the same translation. (2 marks)

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