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STATE HOUSE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

FORM FOUR APRIL 2025 HOLIDAY ASSIGNEMENT

121/1: MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL questions in section I and in section II.
(d) All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces
provided below each question.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the
spaces below each question.
(f) 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

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 SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate; (3 marks)

2. Solve for x in the equation. (3 marks)

2(2x – 1) x 16(2x – 1) = 1

3. A metallic solid cone has a base radius of and slant height . If the density of the
metal is , calculate its mass in kg.(Take = ) ( 3 marks)

4. Members of a group decided to raise K£100 towards a charity by contributing

equal amount. Five of them were unable to contribute. The rest had, therefore, to pay
K£1 more each to raise the same amount. How many members were in the group
originally?
(3 marks)

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5. The LCM of three numbers is 1512 and their GCD IS 6. If two of the numbers
are 54 and 72, find the least third possible number. (3
marks)

6. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is equal to one-third of interior angle.

Calculate
the number of sides of the polygon.
(3 marks)

7. Find the reciprocal of 2.234.Hence use tables to evaluateto 4 significant figures

(3
marks)

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8. The image of A (-2,5) under a translation T is A’ (2,2). B’ (9, -5) is the image of B
under the same translation T determine the coordinates of B.
(3 marks)

9. Six men take days working for hours a day to pack parcels. How many more
men working hours a day will be required to pack parcels in 4 days. (3 marks)

10. From a point A, the student observed the angle of elevation to the top of the
building to be 300. After walking 20m from A to B towards the foot of the building,
he observed an angle of elevation to the top of building to be 720, calculate the
height of the building correct to 2 decimal(4places.
marks)

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11. A windscreen wiper of a car sweeps through an angle of 1200. The shaded
region figure
in the below represents the area swept clean by the blade of the wiper AB. If OA
= 14cm and OB = 21cm. Taking = , find the area of the glass swept clean to 1d.p
(3
marks)

12. Use matrix method to solve the equation; (4 marks)

13. Simplify completely. (3 marks)

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14. Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only to construct a triangle ABC in which AB =
4.3cm, BC = 3.9cm and angle(3 ABC is 1350. Measure AC.
marks)

15. A Kenyan bank bought and sold foreign currencies on two different days as shown
below.

A businessman arrived in Kenya on with Sterling pound. He changed the whole

amountmoney
to Kenya
andshillings.
changedWhile
the balance
in Kenya,
to South
he spent
African
of the
Rand before leaving for South Africa
on . Determine,
(3 marks)
to the nearest Rand, the amount he obtained.

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 16. The figure below shows a solid square based
pyramid, draw a net of the solid (3 marks)

SECTION II: (50 MARKS)

17. A solid Q is made up of a hemi-spherical bottom, cylindrical middle and conical top. The
height of
both
thefigures
cylinderisis2.1m.
14m (Take
and the
= )height of the cone is 5m, the common radius of
(a) Find the slant height of the cone correct to 2 decimal places. (2
marks)

(b) Find the total surface area of the solid Q correct to 4 significant figures
(4 marks)

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(c) Find the volume of solid Q to the nearest metres. (4
marks)

18. (a) The equation of a straight line is given by . Another line is perpendicular
to at . Line also passes through point ) .
(i) Find the value of m. (3
marks)

(ii) Find the equation of in the form of , where a, b and c are integers.
(2 marks)

(b) The equation of the base AB of an isosceles triangle ABC is and the equation of
side BCrespectively,
is . If points Find;
A and C are and

(i) The coordinates of B (2

marks)

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(ii) The equation of side AC. (3
marks)

19. A curve is represented by the function y =

(a) Find the gradient function of the curve (1
mark)

(b) Determine the turning points of the curve (4

marks)

(c) Determine the nature of the turning points of the curve (3

marks)

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(d) Sketch the curve of y = (2 marks)

20. (a) A triangle has vertices A (1,2), B (7,2) and C (5,4). Draw triangle ABC on the
Cartesian place (1 mark)
(b) A’ (2, -1), B’ (2, -7) and C’ (4, -5) is the image of ABC under a transformation T.
Draw triangle A’B’C’(3onmarks).
the same grid and describe T fully.

(c) Draw triangle A” B”C” the image of triangle A’B’C; under a reflection in the line
Y=X. State the coordinates of the vertices.
(3 marks)

Triangle A’’’B’’’C’’’ is the image of triangle A’’B’’C’’ under an enlargement centre

(d)
(-5,0) and linear scale factor of -1, and hence draw triangle A’’’B’’’C’’’ and state its
coordinates. (3
marks)

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21. The figure below represents two neighboring plots with QR as their common boundary.

Find to decimal places,

The
(a) length of boundary PQ. (3
marks)

The
(b) angle RQS. (1 mark)

(c)
The length of boundary RS. (3
marks)

Area
(d) of triangle QRS. (3
marks)

22. (a) The graph shows the speed of a car during an interval of 12 seconds.

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 The Distance travelled in the first 4 seconds is 40m.
Find:
(i) the maximum speed reached. (2
marks)

(ii) the average speed for the whole journey. (2

marks)

(b) Wafula left Webuye at 8.00 am towards Mumias at an average speed of

90km/
hr. Nekesa also left Webuye
road of at
an8.21
average
am towards
speed ofMumias
97km/hr.
along the same
Determine:
(i) the time Nekesa caught up with Wafula. (3
marks)

(ii) the distance from Webuye when Nekesa caught up with Wafula. (3
marks)

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23. The table below show marks obtained by 60 students in mathematics exam.

MARKS 30- 34 35-39 40 -44 45 -49 50 -54 55 -59 60-64

NO. OF 3 6 5 12 8 Y 7
STUDENTS

(a) Find the value of Y in the above table. (2

marks)

(b) State the modal class. (1

mark)

(c) Calculate the mean mark of the students (3

marks)

(d) On the grid provided draw a histogram and a frequency polygon on the same axes to
represent the above data. (4 marks)

24. (a) Complete the table below for the function (2 marks)

Use the trapezium rule with strips to estimate the area bounded by the curve
, and the lines and . (3 marks)

(b) Use integration method to calculate the exact area in () above (3

marks)

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 (c) Determine the percentage error in estimating the area by trapezium rule.
(2 marks)

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SIGNATURE……………............TEACHER:............................

STATE HOUSE GIRLS’ HIGH SCHOOL

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

APRIL 2025 HOLIDAY ASSIGNEMENT

121/2: MATHEMATICS PAPER 2
Instructions to Candidates
(b) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL questions in section I and in section II.
(d) All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces
provided below each question.

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(e) Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the
spaces below each question.
(f) 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

SECTION I (50MARKS)
1. Three grades A,B and C of rice were mixed in the ratio 3:4:5 . The cost per kg of
each of the grades was ksh.120, ksh. 90 and ksh .60 respectively. Calculate;
a. The cost of one kg of the mixture.
(2mrrks)

b. The selling price of a kg of the mixture, given that the mixture was sold at 8%
profit.
(2mks)

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2. Make S the subject of the formula in (3mks)

3. The cash price of agas cooker was ksh. 60000 .On hire purchase terms ,
adeposit of ksh. 7500 was paid followed by 11 monthly instalment of ksh. 6000
each .Calculate the percentage increase in hire purchase price to the cash price.
(3mks)

4. Using completing square method ,solve for possible values of X in(3mks)

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5. The position vectors of points X and y are (3mks)
respectively. Find

6. The equation of a circle is given as . Find the coordinates of the centre and the
radius of the circle. (3mrks)

7. Expand up to hence approximate the value of correct to 3sf

(4mks)

8. Determine the interquartile range for the following data

4,9,5,4,7,6,2,1,6,7,8.
(3mrks)

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9. Write in the form where a is a positive integer .Hence simplify
(3mks)

10. Atailor intended to subdivide a piece of cloth into 7 equal parts . she
approximated to 0.14m. Calculate th % error in the approximation.
(3mks)

11. Without using mathematical table or calculator , evaluate

(3mks)

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12. The figure below shows a circle passing through the points B, D, E and F.
angles FBD and DEF are 50o and 120o respectively. ABC is tangent to the
circle at point B.

Giving reasons, find the size of angles;

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 FBD;
(a)
(2 marks)

DBC.
(b)
(2 marks)

13. The figure below show a graph for the function of

Using the graph above find the values of a and b

(4mks)

14. In the figure below and ,BC = 8.4CM and CN is the bisector of angle ACB.

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 Calculate the length CN to 1 d.p (
3mrks)

15. An arc 11cm long subtends an angle of 700 at the centre of a circle. Calculate
the length correct to one decimal place of a chord that subtends an angle of 900
at the centre of the same circle.
(3mks)

16. In a transformation, an object with an area of 5cm2 is mapped onto an image

whose area is 30cm2 . given that the matrix off the transformation is find the
value of X
(3mks)

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 SECTION II (50MARKS)
17. The cost p of producing q items varies partly as q and as the inverse of q . To
produce two items , it costs ksh. 135 and to produce three items it costs ksh. 140
. Find ;
a. The constants of the proportionality and hence state the law connecting P
and q (5mks)

b. The cost of producing 10 items . (2mks)

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 c. The number of items produced at a cost of ksh. 756. (3mks)

18. The marks scored by 40 students in a test were recorded as shown below;

Marks 48 - 52 53 - 57 58 - 62 63 - 67 68 - 72 73 - 77

No of 3 4 t 12 8 3
student
s

a. Find the value of t and state the lower boundary of the modal class. (3mks)

b. Using the assumed mean of 64, calculate ;

i. The mean mark.
(3mks)

ii. Standard deviation . (3mks)

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 c. If the marks recorded were less by one for every student. Determine ;
i. The new mean mark
(1mk)

ii. The new standard deviation (1mk)

19. The table below shows values of x and some values of y for the curve of for .
a. Complete the table below (2mks)

X -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5

-10 14 8 -10 4

b. On the grid provided , draw the graph of using the scale of

1 cm represent 1 unit on the x – axis and 2 cm represent 10 units on the y –
axis. (3mks)

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 c. i. Use the graph to solve the equation (1mk)
ii.By drawing a suitable straight line on the graph to solve the equation ;
(4mrks)

20. Two bags A and B contain identical balls except for the colour. Bag A has 4
red balls and 2 yellow balls; Bag B contains 2red balls and 3 yellow balls.
a. If a ball is drawn at random from each bag , find the probability that both balls
are of the same colour.
(4mks)

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b. If two balls are drawn from each bag one after the other without replacement ,
find the probability that ;
i. The two balls drawn from bag A or bag B are red. (4mks)

ii. All the four balls drawn are red. (2mks)

21. The table below shows income tax rates for a certain year.

Monthly income (ksh) Tax rate in each shillings %

0 -----------------10164 10%

10165------------19740 15%

19741------------29316 20%

29317------------38892 25%

Over 38892 30%

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 A tax relief of ksh. 1162 per month was allowed . In a certain month of that year ,
an employee’s tax charged in the fifth band was ksh. 632.40.
a. Calculate ;
i. The employees total taxable income in that month. (2mks)

ii. The tax payable by the employee in that month. (5mks)

b. The employee’s income included a house allowance of ksh. 15000 per

month. The employee contributed 5% of the basic salary to a co-operative
society. Calculate the employee net pay for that month.
(3mks)

22. The figure below shows triangle OAB in which M divides OA such that
OA : MA = 5 : 3 and N divides OB in the ratio 4 : 1 . AN and BM intersect at X.

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a. Given that OA = a and OB = b , express in terms of a and b
i. AN
(1mk)

ii. BM
(1mk)

b. If AX = s AN and BX = t BM, where s and t are constant, write two expressions

for OX in terms of a , b , s and t hence find the values of s and t.
(6mks)

c. State the ratio in which X divides AN.

(2mks)

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 23. The coordinates of the vertices of a rectangle PQRS are P(1 , 1), Q(6 , 1), R(6
, 4) and S(1 , 4).
a. i. Find the coordinates of the vertices of its image PI QI RI SI under the
transformation defined by the matrix (2mks)
ii) On the grid provide, draw triangle PQRS and its image.
(2mks)

iii. On the same grid , draw the image PII QII RII SII of PI QI RI SI under the
transformation given by (3mks)
b. Find a single matrix which will map PII QII RII SII onto PQRS
(3mks)

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 24. The 2nd and 5th terms of an arithmetic progression are 8 and 17 respectively.
The second, 10th and 42nd terms of the AP form the first three terms of a
geometric progression. Find
(a) The first term and the common difference of the AP (3 marks)

(b) The first three terms of the GP and the 5th term of the G. (4 marks)

(c) The sum of the first 4 terms of the G.P (3 marks)

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