NAME …………………… …………………………………ADM NO ………………………….…….

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MATHEMATICS ALT. A
Paper 1
JULY-AUGUST-2023
Time: 2 ½ Hours

CEKENAS END OF TERM TWO EXAM-2023

FORM FOUR EXAM
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.(K.C.S.E
MATHEMATICS ALT. A
Paper 1
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper consists of two sections. Section I and Section II.
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions in Section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer 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) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
i) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
j) Candidates must check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no question(s) is/are missing
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
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)
Attempt All Questions in this section
1. Find the value of y given that (3 marks)
−2 (5+3 )−9÷3+5
=1
−3×−5 y+2 y ×4

2. The length of a minute hand of a clock is 3.5cm. What will be the time if from 10.15am it sweeps
through an area of 19.25cm2? (4marks)

3. Use reciprocal, square and square root table to evaluate to 4 significant figures, the expression

√ 1
24 . 56
+4 .346 2
(3marks)

4. Given that sin (90-x)0 =0.8, where x is an acute angle, find without using mathematical table the
value of 2 tan x+cos(90-x) (3marks)
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5. Find the equation of the tangent and the normal to the curve y=2 x −3 x +6 at the point (2,10)
(4marks)

2 y 2 +3 xy−2 x2
6. Simplify x 2 −4 y 2 (3marks)

7. Find greatest integral value of x which satisfies

2 x +3 8−3 x 5 x+ 6
< <
2 5 3 (3marks)
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8. One of the roots of the equation x + ( k+ 1 ) x +28=0 is 4. Find the values of k and hence the
second root (4marks)

9. Solve for x in the following without using a calculator or mathematical table.

9 x ( 27 ) =tan 30 o
( x−1 )
(3marks)

10. A shear parallel to the x-axis maps point (1, 2) onto a point (5, 2). Determine the shear factors and
hence state the shear matrix (invariant line is y=0) (3marks)

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11. A solid is in the shape of a right pyramid on a square base on side 8cm and height 15cm. A
frustum whose volume is a third of the pyramid is cut off. Determine the height of the frustum.
(3 marks)

12. The interior angle of a regular polygon is 20o more than three times the exterior angle. Determine
the number of sides of the polygon (2marks)

3
13. Three fifths of work is done on the first day. On the second day 4 of the remainder is completed.
7
If the third day 8 of what remained id done, what fraction of work still remain to be done.
(3marks)

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14. A two-digit number is such that the sum of the digits is ten. If the digits are reversed, the new
number formed is less than the original number by 18. Find the number (3marks)

15. In the figure bellow, ∠ CBD= 2∠ CAD. Find the value of x (3marks)

16. Two boys, Ababu and Chungwa, on the same side of a tall building are 100m apart. The building
and the two boys are in a straight line and the angles of elevation from the boys to the top of the
building are 30o and 20o respectively calculate the height of the building. (3marks)

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 SECTION II (50 MARKS)
Attempt only five Questions from this section
17. A business lady bought 100 quails and 80 rabbits for sh25600. If she had bought twice as many
rabbits as half as many quails she would have paid sh7400 less. She sold each quail at a profit of
10% and each rabbit at a profit of 20%.
a) Form two equations to show how much she bought the quails and the rabbits. (2marks)

b) Using matrix method, find the cost of each animal. (5mrks)

c) Calculate the total percentage profit she made from sale of the 100 quails and 80 rabbits.
(3marks)

18. A(3,7) B(5,5), C(3,1), D(1,5) are vertices of a quadrilateral

a) On the grid provided below, plot ABCD on a Cartesian plan (2marks)
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b) A1B1C1D1 is the image of ABCD under a translation T ¿ 1 1 1 1
plot A B C D and state its
coordinates (2marks)
11 11 11 11 1 1 1 1
c) Plot A B C D the image of A B C D after a rotation about (-1,0) through a positive quarter
turn. State its coordinates. (3marks)
111 111 111 111 11 11 11 11
d) A B C D is the image of A B C D after a reflection in the line y=x+2. Plot
A111B111C111D111 and state its coordinates (3marks)

19. The figure below shows a velocity time graph of a journey of a car. The car start from rest and
3
2 m/s 2
accelerates at 4 for t seconds until it is 22m/s

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 Brakes are applied bringing it uniformly to rest. The total journey is 847m long. Find.
a) The value of t, the acceleration time (2marks)

b) The distance travelled during the first t seconds. (2marks)

c) The value of x, the deceleration time (4marks)

d) The rate of deceleration (2marks)

20. The diagram below shows a histogram representing the mass of some pupil in a school.

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a) Prepare a frequency distribution table of the data (3marks)

b) From the table above, estimate

i) The mean mass of the pupils to 3 s.f (3marks)

ii) The median mass (3marks)

iii) How many pupils were 40kg and above (1marks)

a b
21. In the figure below OY:YA=1:3 AX:XB=1:2 OA= ~ and OB= ~ . N is the point of intersection of
BY and OX

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a) Determine
i) OX (2marks)

ii) BY (1mark)

→ → → a b , h and k
b) Give that BN =k BY and ON=hOX, express ON in two ways in terms of ~ ~

(3marks)

c) Find the value of h and k and hence show that O,N and X are collinear (4marks)

22. Using a ruler and a pair of compass only, construct triangle XYZ where XY is 6cm and XYZ is
135o and YZ=7cm (2marks)

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a) Measure XZ (1mark)

b) Drop a perpendicular from Z to meet line XY at K , measure ZK. (2marks)

c) Bisect line XY and let the bisector meet line XZ at Q (1mark)

d) Join Q to Y and measure angle XQY (2marks)

e) Find the area of triangle XYZ (2marks)

23. Four towns are situated in such that a way that town Q is 500km on a bearing of 120o from P.
Town R is 240 km on a bearing of 210o from town P, while town S is due north of town Q and
due east of town P
a) Draw a sketch diagram showing the relative position of P,Q,R and S (scale:1cm :100km)
(3marks)

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b) Find by calculation
i) The distance QR (1mark)

ii) The distance QS (2marks)

iii) The angle PRSQ (2marks)

iv) The area of triangle PQS (2marks)

2
24. The figure below shows a sketch of the graph of y=x + 6 .

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a) Estimate the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the line x =-4 and x=4 using
i) The trapezium rule with 8 sides (3marks)

ii) The mid- ordinates rule with and strips (3marks)

b) What percentage error is caused by estimating the area of the curve using the mid ordinates rule as
in a (ii) above (4marks)

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