NAME...........................................................................................INDEX.NO.................................

SCHOOL.................................................CANDIDATE’S SIGNATURE......................................

DATE............................

MATHEMATICS PAPER 121/2

TIME: 𝟐 𝟏⁄𝟐 HOURS

BUKAKA JOINT TERM 1 2024 EXAM

NSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

 Write your name, index number, signature and date of the examination in the spaces provided
 The paper contains two sections. Section I and section II
 Answer ALL questions in section I and any five questions in section II
 Answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question
 Show all steps in your calculation below each question
 Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong
 Non programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used, except
where stated otherwise
FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY

SECTION I
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

GRAND TOTAL

SECTION I (50 MKS)

SECTION I (50 MARKS)Answer ALL questions in this section.

1. Make y the subject of the formula : (3 marks)

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2. Solve for x in the equation: 𝐿𝑜𝑔8 (6 − 2𝑥 ) − 𝐿𝑜𝑔8 (𝑥 − 2) = −1⁄3 (3 marks)

3. Three quantities P, Q and R are such that P varies directly as the cube of Q and inversely as the
square root of 𝑅. Find the percentage change in P if Q decreases by 10% and R decreases to 36%.

(3 marks)

4. A circle with its Centre at O (-2, 0) passes through a point (1, 4). Write down the equation of the

circle in the form 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0 (3 marks)

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 𝐶𝑂𝑆 300
5. Express: in surd form and simplify by rationalizing the denominator
tan 450+√3

(3 marks)

6. In a transformation, an object with area 9cm² is mapped onto an image whose area
𝑥 𝑥−1
is 54cm². Given that the matrix of transformation is (2 4 ) Find the value
of X (3 marks)

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7 a) Find the binomial expansion of(1 +
2𝑥
) up to the 4th term with increasing powers of x. (2 marks)

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 b) Hence estimate the value of (1.05)7 correct to 4 decimal places. (2 marks)

8. A computer with a marked price of Kshs. 40000 can also be bought on hire purchase terms. Kibet bought
the computer on hire purchase by making a deposit of Ksh 10000 and cleared the balance with equal 12

monthly installments of KShs. 3500 each. Determine the monthly interest rate of hire purchase to 2

significant figures. (3 marks)

9. A dealer blends Kericho tea that costs sh 300 per 100g packet with Ketepa that costs ksh 160 per
200g packet. In what ratio must the dealer mix the two so that by selling a 100g packet of the blend

for ksh 250, a profit of 25% is made? (4 marks)

10. Solve for x in the equation: 𝑆𝑖𝑛 2θ = −0.5 for 00 ≤ θ≤ 3600 (3 marks)

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11. Use completing of the square method to solve: 2𝑥 2 − 6𝑥 + 4 = 0 (3 marks)

12. A carpenter wishes to cut a 1m long piece of wood into 3 equal parts. He approximates the length

of each piece to 0.33m. Calculate the percentage error due to this approximation (3 marks)

13. Calculate length DT in the figure below given AT and DT are secants that intersect at T and AB = 5

cm, BT = 4 cm and DC = 9 cm. (3 marks)

D
C

5
T

B
A
14. An arc of a circle of diameter 7 cm subtends an angle of 1.2 radians to the Centre of the circle. What
is the length of the arc? (2 marks)

𝑥 − 2𝑥 𝑥−4
15. Given matrix 𝐴 = ( ). Find the possible values of 𝑥 if 𝐴 is a singular matrix.
𝑥 2
(3 marks)

16. Working together two taps A and B can fill a tank in 2 hours. By itself tap A can fill the tank in 6 hrs.

Tap A and B are opened at the same time and after running for 1 hour, an outlet taps which can

drain the full tank by itself in 12 hours is opened and Tap A is closed. Find the total time taken to fill
the tank. (4 marks)

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SECTION II – 50 MARKS Answer only FIVE questions from this section.
17. In a form 4 class there are 24 girls and 30 boys. The probability that a girl participates in games is 0.4

whereas that of a boy is 0.6.

a) A student is picked at random from the class. Find the probability that the student picked:
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 i) Is a boy and will participate in games (2 marks)

ii) Will not participate in games (2 marks)

b) Two similar bags A and B are such that, bag A contains 3 blue balls and 7 red balls while bag B
contains 4 green balls and 8 blue balls. The balls are similar in shape and size. A ball is drawn from

bag A and bag B. Determine the probability that:

i) One of the balls drawn is green. (2 marks)

ii) The balls drawn are of the same colour. (2 marks)

iii) None of the balls drawn is red (2 marks)

18. In the triangle OAB below, OA = a, OB = b and 3OA = 2OC. M divided OB in the ratio 1:1 .

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a) Express in terms of a and b only, the vectors

i) BA (1 mark)

ii) OC (1 mark)

iii) MC (1 mark)

b) Given further that MN = hMC and BN = kBA,

i) Express vector MN in two different ways in terms of a, b, h and k (2 marks)

ii) Find the value of h and k. (4 marks)

c) State the ratio MN:MC (1 mark)

19. A group of people planned to contribute equally towards buying a plot valued at Ksh. 270,000. After

the contribution, 2 members joined of the group. As a result, a refund of Ksh 1500 was made to the
members who had already contributed.

a) Let the original number of people be x, express in terms of x:

i) The original contribution (1 mark)

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 ii) The new contribution (1 mark)

b) Find how much each member contributed finally (5 marks)

c) Calculate the percentage decrease in the contribution per person caused by the members who
joined. (3 marks)

20. The table shows income tax rates for a certain year.

Monthly taxable pay K£ Rate of tax in Ksh. Per K£

1- 434 2
435 - 866 3
867- 1298 4
1299 - 1730 5

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 Over 1730 6
A company employee earns a monthly basic salary and is also given taxable allowances amounting to

Ksh 10480. If the employees’ tax on the 5th band is Ksh 3420,
a) Calculate the employee’s monthly taxable income tax in K£. (2 marks)

b) The employee is entitled to a personal tax relief of Ksh. 1056 per month. Determine the net tax.

(4 marks)

c) In a certain month, the employee received a 25% increment in his basic salary. Calculate his net
monthly pay. (4 marks)

21.(a) In a geometrical progression the sum of the second and third term is 12 and the sum of the third and

fourth terms is −36. Find the first term and the common ratio. ( 4 marks)

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 (b) In an arithmetic progression the 12𝑡ℎ term is 25 and the 7𝑡ℎ term is three times the second term,

find;

i) The first term and the common difference ( 4 marks)

iii) The sum of the first 10 terms of the arithmetic progression. (2 marks)

22 a). The table below shows the frequency distribution of marks scored by students in a test.

Marks 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50

Frequency 2 4 8 4 2

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On the grid provided, draw a cumulative frequency curve for the data . (3 marks)

b).

Use your graph to determine;

( i). The pass mark if only 6 students passed the exam. (2 marks)

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(ii). The upper quartile mark (1 mark)

c). Find the percentage change if the upper quartile in b(ii) above was found by calculation. ( 3 marks)

23 a) Complete the table below for 𝑦 = −2 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑥 and 𝑦 = 3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥. (2 marks)

x 0° 30° 60° 90° 120° 150° 180° 210° 240° 270° 300° 330° 360°

-2 Sin x 0.00 -1.73 -1.00 0.00 2.00 1.73

3 Cos x 3.00 1.50 -2.60 -3.00 0.00 1.50

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 b,) Draw the graph 𝑦 = −2 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝑥 and 𝑦 = 3 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝑥 using 1 cm to represent 30° horizontal axis and 2

cm to represent 1 unit on the vertical axis. (5 marks)

c) Use the graph to solve:

i) 3 Cos x + 2sin x = 0 (1 mark)

ii) 1 - 2sin x = 2 (2 marks)

24. A triangle ABC with vertices at A (1,-1) ,B (3,-1) and C (1, 3) is mapped onto triangle A1B1C1 by a
 1 0
transformation whose matrix is   .Triangle A1B1C1 is then mapped onto A11B11C11 with
 0 1 
vertices at A11 (2, 2), B11 (6, 2) and C11 (2,-6) by a second transformation.
(i) Find the coordinates of A1B1C1 (3 marks)

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(ii) Find the matrix which maps A1B1C1 onto A11B11C11. (3 marks)

(iii) Determine the ratio of the area of triangle A1B1C1 to triangle A11B11C11. (1 mark)

(iv) Find the transformation matrix which maps A11B11C11 onto ABC (3 marks)

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