FORM THREE MATHEMATICS CAT 1 Time: 2 ½ hrs. INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES 1. Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above 2. Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided. 3. The paper contains two sections: Section I and II. 4. Answer all questions in section I and strictly five questions from section II. 5. All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each question. 6. Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each question. 7. Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong. 8. Non- programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used except where stated otherwise. FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY Section I
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Section II
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total GRAND TOTAL
1 SECTION A (50 MARKS) 3 4−√2 1. Simplify + write your answer in the form a+b√𝑐 (3mks) 2+√2 2−√2
2. Solve the equation log( x+24) – 2log3=log (9-2x) (3mks)
3. In a retail shop the cash price of a gas cooker is sh.36000,Abigael bought the cooker o hire purchase by paying a deposit of sh. 6400 followed by 20 equal instalments of sh. 1750. Calculate; i) Total amount of money paid for the cooker (2mks)
ii) The extra amount of money paid above cash price (1mk)
2 4. A tailor opts to buy a sewing machine which costs sh.48000. He borrows the money from the bank, the loan was repaid at the end of the second year .The bank charges an interest at the rate of 24% per annum compounded half yearly. Calculate the total amount payable to the bank (4mks)
5. The quantities P, Q , R are such that P varies directly as Q and inversely as the square root of R. When P=8, Q=10, R=10.Determine the equation connecting P, Q, R. (3mks)
𝑠+𝑡 6. Make s the subject of the formula: W=√ (3mks) 𝑠
7. Solve the equation 2x2 + 3x = 5. (3 marks)
3 8. Simplify (4mks) 93/2 × 1252/3 2432/5
9. Given that OA=2i+3j and OB= 3i-2j. find the magnitude of AB to one decimal place (3mks)
3 𝑃−½ 10. Given that matrix M= ( )is a singular matrix, find the value of P 𝑃 1 (3mks)
4 11.A line which join the point A(3 , k) and B (-2 ,5) is parallel to another line whose equation is 5y + 2x =10 Find the value of K. (3mks)
12.The sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is 12600.find the size of the each interior angle of the polygon (3mks)
13.Two spheres have surface areas of 36cm2 and 49cm2. if the smaller one has a volume of 20.2cm3, calculate the volume of the larger one (3mks)
14.Given that sin(x+60)0= cos (2x)0. Find tan (x+60)0 (3mks)
5 15.The figure below shows a triangle ABC, AB=8cm, BC=6cm and <ABC=70 0.
i) Find the length of AC (2mks)
ii) The size of the angle <BAC (1mk)
16.A customer paid ksh. 5,880 for a suit after he was allowed a discount of 2% on the selling price .If the discount had not been given the seller would have made the profit of 20% of the sale of the suit . Determine the price at which the seller bought the suit. (3mks)
6 SECTION B (50 MARKS) 17.The cost Y of producing a number of items varies partly as X and partly inversely as X. To produce 2 items it costs sh. 135 and to produce 3 items it cost sh. 140 a) Find the law connecting Y and X (5mks)
b) Cost of producing 10 items
(2mks)
c) Number of items produced at the cost of sh. 180
(3mks)
7 18.,The table below shows Kenyan tax rates in a certain year
In that year Mr. Wetaya earned a basic salary of ksh. 16510 per month. He was entitled to a monthly relief of ksh. 960 a) Calculate Mr. Wetaya’s annual salary in k₤ (2mks)
b) The monthly tax paid by Mr. Wetaya in ksh.
(6mks)
c) Mr. Wetaya’s net monthly salary
(2mks)
8 19.a) A line, L1 passes through the point (3, 3) and (5, 7). Find the equation of L1 in the form y=mx+c (3mks)
b) Another line L2 perpendicular to the line L1and passes through (-2, 3). Find ; i) The equation of L2 (3mks)
ii) The X intercept of L2
(1mk)
c) Determine the point of intersection if L1and L2
(3mks)
9 20.Tulienge sec. School bought 25 text books and 35 exercise books for sh. 13500 from a bookshop A. From the same bookshop , Karibuni sec. school bought 21 textbooks and 38 exercise books and spent sh. 1300 less than Tulienge sec. school
a) Form two equations representing the above information (2mks)
b) Use matrix method to determine the price of each item
(5mks)
c) In a bookshop B, the cost of a textbook was 5% less and that of an exercise
book 5% more than the bookshop A. Kasuku school bought the same number of textbooks and exercise books as Tulienge sec. school in bookshop B. Calculate the difference in the amount spent by Kasuku school and Elimu school (3mks)
10 21. the frequency distribution bellow represent the number of kilograms of meat sold in a butchery
Mass in 1-5 6-10 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 kg frequency 2 3 6 8 3 2 1
a) State the modal frequency (1mks)
b) Calculate the mean mass(5mks)
c) Calculate the median mass(4)
11 22.The distance between the two towns A and B is 760 km. A minibus left town A at 8:15a.m and travelled towards B at an average speed of 90km/h. A matatu left town B at 10:35a.m and on the same day and travelled towards A at an average speed of 110km/h
a) How far from A did they meet?
(4mks)
b) At what time did they meet?
(2mks)
c) A motorist starts from his home at 10:30 a.m. on the same day and travelled at a speed of 100km/h. He arrived at B at the same time as the minibus. Calculate the distance from B to his home (4mks)
12 23.Complete the table below for the functions y = 3 cos θ and y = Sin 2θ correct to 2 decimal places. (2mks)
00 - - - - - -300 00 300 600 900 1200 1500 1800
180 150 1200 0 0 900 600 3 Cos -3 - 0 2.60 3 2.60 0 - -3 θ 1.50 1.50 Sin 2 0 0.87 0.87 0 - 0 0.87 0.87 0 0 θ 0.87 a) Plot the graph of y = 3 Cos θ and y = Sin 2 θ on the same axis for -1800 ≤θ≤1800 (5marks)
b) Use the graph in (a) to find
i) The value of θ which satisfy the equation 3 Cos θ – Sin 2θ = 0 (2mks)
ii) The difference in values of y when θ = 45 0 (1mk)
13 24.The figure below shows a triangle inscribed in a circle . AB=6cm, BC=9cm, AC=10 cm.
