Name..............................................................Adm No.....................Stream..................

Date: ........................
FORM THREE
MATHEMATICS (ALT A)
March 2024
Time: 2 ½ Hours

ST MARY’S MUNDIKA HIGH SCHOOL

END TERM 1 EXAM, 2024

INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS:

a. Write your name, Admission number and stream , in the spaces provided at the top of this
page
b. The paper contains two sections. Section I and Section II.
c. Answer ALL the questions in section I and ANY 5 in section II
d. Answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
e. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
f. Non programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical table may be used,
except where stated otherwise.
g. This paper consists of 14 printed pages. Candidates should check to ascertain that all pages
are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

SECTION 1

Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

Marks

SECTION II

Question 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total

Marks
 SECTION A (50 MARKS)

Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided

1. Use logarithms to evaluate to 4 significant figures (3 marks)

0.5241  83.59
0.356

5
2. Translation T is represented by the column vector   and another translation U by column
4
 − 3
vector   . A point P is mapped to a point P’ by the translation T followed by translation
 2 
U. If P’ has coordinates (7, −4) determine the coordinates of P. (3 marks)

3. Solve for x in log 3 (4 + 3x) + log 3 27 − log 3 9 = log 3 ( x − 4) (3 marks)

4. A family spent 2 3 of their income on food, 1 3 of the remainder on water bill and saved the
rest. If sh. 1200 more is spent on food than water bill. Find how much they saved (3 marks)

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 5. Solve the simultaneous equations ( 4 marks)
x + y = 17
xy − 5x = 32

6. A salesman dealing in iphones earns a basic salary and commission as follows.

Sales Commission
For sales up to ksh. 150,000 0%
For sales above ksh. 150,000
- First ksh. 85,000 3%
- Next ksh. 85,000 4%
- Any amount above 5%

In the month of December 2022, the salesman earned a basic salary of ksh. 25,000 and he
sold 100 iphones at a discount of 10%. Calculate;
a) His total sales in the month of December if the iphones were marked at Ksh. 5000.
(1 mark)

b) His total earnings that month. (3 marks)

7. Simplify the following by rationalizing the denominator. (3 marks)

8
4−2 3

8. Solve for x in the equation 25 x − 5( 2 x−1) = 500 (3 marks)

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 9. Solve 2 x 2 + 3x − 5 = 0 using completing square method (3 marks)

10. The base and height of a right-angled triangle are 4cm and 5cm respectively. Calculate the
percentage error in its area. (3 marks)

11. A cone is made from a sector whose dimensions are given below. Calculate the volume of
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the cone. (𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = 7 ). OA = OB = 7cm radius of the sector and
< 𝐴𝑂𝐵 = 1200 .Give your answer to 3 significant figures.
(3 marks)

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 1  4   1 
     
12. If a =  2 , b =  − 4  and c =  0  , find the magnitude of p if p = 3a − 2b + c (3 marks)
 3  5   − 5
     

13. Two spheres have surface areas of 36cm2 and 49cm2. If the volume of the smaller sphere is
20.2cm3, calculate the volume of the larger one. (3 marks)

14. Solve the inequality 3𝑥 − 10 ≤ 6𝑥 − 26 < 4𝑥 − 6 hence express the solution as combined
inequality. (3 marks)

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 9t 2 − 25a 2
15. Simplify the expression: (3 marks)
6t 2 + 19at + 15a 2

16. Solve for 𝜃 in the equation (3 marks)

sin( 2 − 30) = 0.5 for 0    360

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 SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer ANY FIVE questions from this section
17. The frequency distribution table below shows the mass in kilograms (kg) of parcels
delivered by a courier company to their office in Lubao.
Mass (kg) 50 – 99 100 – 199 200 – 249 250 - 349

Number of parcels 380 230 160 170

Frequency density

a) Complete the table above to 1dp. (2 marks)

b) On the grid provided below, draw a histogram to represent the information shown in the
table above. (3 marks)
c) Draw a vertical line in the histogram where the median lies. Show your calculations
using the graph. (3 marks)
d) Use the histogram to determine the number of parcels with a mass of 300kg or more
delivered by the courier company. (2 marks)

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 18. A line L passes through (-2, 3) and (-1, 6) and is perpendicular to a line P at (-1, 6).
a) Find the equation of L (2 marks)

b) Find the equation of P in the form ax + by = c, where a, b and c are constants. (2 marks)

c) Given that another line Q is parallel to L and passes through point (1, 2). Find the x and
y intercepts of Q (3 marks)

d) Find the point of the intersection of lines P and Q (3 marks)

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 19. Find

2.8cm

h = 5cm

3.5.cm

a) The surface area of the frustum (5 marks)

b) The volume of frustum shown. (5 marks)

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 20. The figure below (not drawn to scale) shows a triangle ABC inscribed in a circle.
AB=6cm, BC=9cm and AC=10cm

B A
6cm
10cm
9cm

C
Calculate; to 2decimal places:

a) The size of angle ABC (3 marks)

b) The radius of the circle. (2 marks)

c) The area of the shaded region. (5 marks)

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 21. The figure below shows two intersecting circles with centres A and C, of radius 5cm and 8cm
respectively. The common chord EF = 6cm

8cm
5cm

A C

Calculate
a) Angle EAF (2 marks)

b) Angle ECF (2 marks)

c) Calculate the common area between the two intersecting circles. (6 marks)

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 22. Triangle ABC has the vertices A (3, 1), B (2, 2) and C (3, 4).
a) On the grid provided draw triangle ABC and its image A1B1C1 under a rotation of
negative quarter turn about the point (0,0) (3 marks)
11 11 11 1 1 1
b) i) Draw triangle A B C the image of ∆ A B C under a reflection in the line y = -x
(2 marks)
ii) Describe fully the transformation that maps ∆A11B11C11 onto ∆ABC (2 marks)
c) i) On the same axes draw triangle A111B111C111 the image of ∆ A11B11C11 under a
−6
translation given by translation Vector [ ] (2 mark)
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iii) State the coordinates of ∆A111B111C111 (1 marks)

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 23. a) Complete the table below for the function y=2x2+3x-5 (2 marks)

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

b) On the grid provided draw the graph of y=2x2+3x-5 for -4≤x≤2. (3 marks)

c) Use your graph to state the roots of

i. 2x2+3x-5=0 (2 mark)

ii. 2x2+6x-2=0 (3 marks)

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 24. Kimaeti is a town centre 600km from Nairobi city. A bus starts from Nairobi for Kimaeti
at 7.00am at an average speed of 80km/h. At 8.30am a car started from Nairobi to Kimaeti
and moved at an average speed of 120km/hr using the same route. Calculate;
a) The distance covered by the bus before the car started its journey. (3 marks)

b) The relative speed for the two vehicles. (2 marks)

c) The time the car overtook the bus: (1 mark)

d) Distance covered by the car before overtaking the bus. (2 marks)

e) Distance from Kimaeti to the car at the time the car was overtaking the bus. (3 marks)

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