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MATHEMATICS
2½ Hours
GANGRE MIXED SECONDARY SCHOOL
END TERM ONE EXAMINATION 2024
FORM 3
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E)

Instructions to candidates

1. Write your name, admission number, date of examination and sign in the spaces
provided above.
2. The paper contains two sections: Section I and Section II.
3. Answer ALL the questions in Section I and ANY FIVE questions from Section II.
4. All working and answers must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided
below each question.
5. Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
6. Negligent and slovenly work will be penalized.
7. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and mathematical tables are allowed
for use.
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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 Section I (50 Marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section
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1. Use logarithms to evaluate: √5 . 25 x0 . 042 (4mks)

2. Evaluate;

1
4+ of 27 ÷ 9(−6 ×−2)
3 (3mks)
2 ×−(−50 )−54 ÷ 9 ×12

3. A farmer has a piece of land measuring 840m by 396m. He divides it into square
plots of equal size. Find the maximum area of one plot. (3mks)

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4. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currencies as shown in the table below:

Buying (Kshs) Selling(Kshs)

1 sterling pound 135 137
1 American dollar 89 91
A tourist arrived in Kenya with 105,900 sterling pounds changed the whole amount in
Kenyan shillings. While in Kenya he spent Kshs 4,800,000 and then changed the
balance to American dollars. Calculate to the nearest dollar how many dollars he then
received (3mks)

5. In the figure below, lines AB and LM are parallel.

A B
y z

830
x
L 1300 M

Find the values of the angles marked x, y and z (3mks)

6. Solve the inequality ­3 x +2< x +6 ≤17 ­2 x and write down the integral values
satisfying the inequality. (3mks)

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7. A solid block in the shape of a cylinder has a height of 14cm and weighs 22kg. If it is
22
made of material of density 5g/cm3, find the radius of the cylinder. Take = 7
(3mks)

8. Use completing squares method to solve for x (3mks)

3 x 2 +18 x+ 15=0

9. Use square roots, reciprocal and square tables to evaluate to 4 significant figures the

( )
1 2
2
expression; ( 0.06458 )2 + (4mks)
0.4327

10. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 9 times the exterior angle. How many sides
does the polygon have? (3mks)

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11. Express the following recurring decimal as a fraction in its simplest form. (3mks)
¿ ¿
0 . 15 3

12. From a point X the angle of elevation of the top of a tree is 30 0. From another point Y
on the same side which is 10 metres from the base of the tree, the angle of elevation
of the top of the tree is 40 0. Giving your answer to one decimal place, determine the
height of the tree and hence calculate the distance between X and Y. (4mks)

13. The volumes of two similar solid cylinders are 4752 cm3 and 1408 cm3.If the area of
the curved surface of the smaller cylinder is 352 cm2, find the area of the curved
surface of the larger cylinder (3mks)

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14. Solve for x in the equation; (3mks)
x+1 x−1 x
− =
3 4 6

15. 6 men working 5 hours a day can do a job in 32 days. How long will the same job
take 4 men working 8 hours a day? (3mks)

16. Given 4.6  2.0 find

(a) the absolute error in the quotient. (2mks)

(b) the percentage error in the quotient correct to four significant figures.
(2mks)

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 SECTION II (50 MARKS)
Answer any FIVE questions in this section

17. Four towns R, T, K and G are such that T is 84km directly to the North of R, and K is
on a bearing of 2950 from R at a distance of 60km. G is on a bearing of 340 0 from K
and a distance of 30km.
(a) Using a scale of 1cm represents 10 km, make an accurate scale drawing to
show the relative positions of the towns. (4mks)

(b) Using the diagram above find;

(i) The distance and bearing of T from G. (3mks)

(ii) The distance and bearing of K from T. (3mks)

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18. The figure below shows a cone with water filled as shown.

21cm

30cm

(a) Calculate the volume of water in the vessel. (2mks)

(b) When a metal hemisphere is completely submerged in the water, the water
level rose by 6cm.

Calculate:

(i) the radius of the new water surface. (2mks)

(ii) the volume of the metallic hemisphere(4sf). (4mks)

(iii) the diameter of the hemisphere. (2mks)

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19. The figure below shows a circle centre O, touching the vertices A, B and C of a
triangle. AB = 8.8, BC = 5.4cm and AC = 9.2cm.
A

8.8cm

9.2cm
5.4cm
B C

Calculate to two decimal places;

(a) The value of angle A. (3mks)

(b) The area of triangle ABC (2mks)

(c) The length of the radius of the circle (2mks)

(d) The total shaded area (3mks)

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20. Plot a graph of y = 2x2 + 3x – 5, for -4 ≤ x ≤ 2 by completing the table below.

x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2

2x2 -18 0

3x -12 -3 6

-5

y -3 0

Use your graph to solve

(a) 2x2 + 3x – 5 = 0

(b) 2x2 + 6x – 2 = 0

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21. The table below shows the length of 40 mango tree leaves;

Length (mm) Frequency Cumulative frequency

118-126 3 3
127-135 4 7
136-144 10 17
145-153 12 29
154-162 5 34
163-171 4 38
172-180 2 40

(a) Determine the;

(i) Modal class (1mk)

(ii) Median class (1mk)

(b) Calculate;
(i) the mean of the leaves (4mks)

(ii) the median of the leaves (4mks)

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22. A straight line passing through the points (8,-2) and (4,-4) has its equation in the form
ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.

(a) Determine the numerical values of a, b and c. (4mks)

(b) If the line in (a) above cuts the x-axis at point P, determine the coordinates of
P. (2mks)

(c) Another line, which is perpendicular to the line in (a) above passes through
point P and cuts the y axis at Q. Determine the coordinates of point Q.
(4mks)

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23. (a) A matatu traveling at 99km/h passes a checkpoint at 9.00am. A police patrol
car traveling at 132km/h in the same direction passes through the police check
point at 9.15am. If the matatu and the police patrol car continue at their
uniform speeds, calculate at what time the police car will overtake the matatu.
(6mks)

(b) Two passenger trains A and B which are 240m apart and travelling at 164km/h
and 88km/h respectively approach one another on a straight railway line.
Train A is 150 m long and train B is 100m long. Determine the time in
seconds that elapses before the two trains completely pass each other.
(4mks)

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24. (a) Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a triangle PQR such that
PQ = 7 cm, QR = 5 cm and angle PQR = 105o. Measure the length PR and the
size of angle QPR. (5mks)

(b) Construct the perpendicular bisectors of the lines PQ and QR, and label their
point of intersection X. (2mks)

(c) With X as the centre and PR as the radius, draw a circle. (1mk)

(d) Calculate the area of the circle drawn in (c) above (2mks)

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