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THE GRANDSTAR
Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education
MATHEMATICS JOINT EXAMINATIONS
121/1 MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
June, 2024 TIME: 2½ Hrs
Name: …………………………………….…….………… Admission No: ……………….

Stream: ……………………….. Signature: ………............ School: ……………………….

121/1 - MATHEMATICS
Wednesday, 19th June, 2024
Morning
Instructions to candidates: 7.00am-9.30am

(a) Write your name, admission number and stream in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all the questions in Section I and only five questions from Section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers 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) This paper consists of 17 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English

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 Grand Total

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. The ratio of ages of Anne and Ben is 4: 5. If Anne’s current age is 24 years calculate Ben’s current age.
(2 marks)

2 1 5
−1 + 1
2. Solve for T in the equation 2
3 4 6
1 1 + 1. 3̇ = (4 marks)
of 2 −1 T
3 7 7

2m−am−2y+ay
3. Simplify the expression . (3 marks)
4−a2

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4. A business woman bought 300 oranges at Sh. 10 for every twelve oranges. Twelve of them got bad but
she sold the remaining at Ksh. 20 for every 18 oranges. Calculate the percentage profit. (3 marks)

5. Use square roots, reciprocals and square tables to evaluate to 4 significant figures. (4 marks)
1
2 2
(0.06458)2 + ( )
0.4327

 36 108 
6. Given that log23 = 1.585 evaluate log 2   without using Mathematical Tables or calculators.

 27 
(3 marks)

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7. The figure below show a circle of centre O. The line PQ = 21cm is the tangent to the circle such that
OP = OQ and obtuse angle POQ = 140°. Calculate the area of the shaded region to two decimal
22
places. Take 𝜋 = . (4 marks)
7

8. The figure below shows a circle with centre O and angle BAE is 59°. The lengths of chords CD and
AB are equal.

Calculate the size of the reflex angle COD. (2 marks)

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9. Jane marks three books in five minutes while Kelly marks seven books in nine minutes. Determine the
time in hours they will take to mark three hundred and ten books working together. (3 marks)

2𝑥+5
10. Solve the inequality 3 − 2𝑥 < 𝑥 < and show the solutions on the number line. (3 marks)
3

a
11. Given that tan𝑥 = 2.4, evaluate without using tables and calculators, sin 𝑥 − cos 𝑥 in the form of ,
b
where a and b are integers. (3 marks)

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12. The figure below shows the graph of a curve whose equation is 𝑦 = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 where a, b and c are
integers.

Determine the equation of the curve. (3 marks)

13. Solve for a and b in the following simultaneous equations using matrix method giving their exact
values.
1
b = −2a + 2 (4 marks)

0.5a − 32b = −10

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2 2 2 k 125 k−1
14. Solve for k in the equation ( ) × ( ) = ( ) . (3 marks)
5 5 8

15. Under a translation T point A(−3,5) is mapped on to AI (−2,7). Find the coordinates of point B given
that BI (0,1) is its image under the same translation T. (3 marks)

16. The distance from a fixed point of a particle in motion at any time t seconds is given by
5
S = t 3 − 2 t 2 + 2t + 5 metres. Find its velocity when acceleration is zero. (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer any five questions from this section in the spaces provided
17. Jane sold 180 bags of maize in September 2010. The cost of each bag was sh. 2800.
a) Calculate the amount of money that she received from the sale of maize that month. (1 mark)

b) In October that year, the price of a bag of maize decreased by 24% and the number of bags that
she sold increased by 30%.
i) Determine the percentage decrease in the amount she received from the sale of maize.
(3 marks)

ii) In November that year, the price of a bag of maize changed in the ratio 7:8. Find the
price of each bag in November. (2 marks)

c) Calculate the amount that she received from the sale of maize in November was sh. 1260 more
than what she received in November. If the number of bags that were sold in November were b%
more than those that were sold in September, find b. (4 marks)

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18. The heights to the nearest centimetre of 40 tree seedlings distributed to a school by Kenya Forestry
College were measured and recorded as shown below:
35 38 34 22 28 32 36 39
23 29 27 32 29 38 31 31
32 33 33 34 21 39 34 43
40 26 29 45 25 26 43 35
38 32 32 29 29 33 28 25
a) Complete the following table for the records above. (3 marks)
Height (cm) Tally x f fx
21 – 25 5 115
26 – 30 28
31 – 35 33
36 – 40 7 266
41 – 45
𝛴𝑓 = 40 ∑𝑓𝑥 =
b) Find:
i) the mean height correct to one decimal place. (2 marks)

ii) the median height correct to two decimal places. (3 marks)

iii) Represent the data above in a frequency polygon using a scale of 2cm to represent 5 units on
both axes. (2 marks)

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19. In the figure below, line WX=10cm and is part of a trapezium WXYZ. Point P is such that angle XWP
is 45°.

a) Using a ruler and a pair of compass only:

i) Locate point Z on line WP such that WZ:ZP=3:2. (3 marks)

ii) Complete trapezium WXYZ such that ZY is parallel to WX and angle WXY = 60°.

(3 marks)
iii) Draw a perpendicular line from Z to meet WX at A then measure AZ. (2 marks)

b) Calculate the area, correct to one decimal place, of trapezium WXYZ. (2 marks)

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20. The equation of a line is 3x − 2y − 6 = 0.

a) Express the equation of the line in double intercept form hence find the x and y-intercepts of the
line. (3 marks)

b) A line L is perpendicular to the line above and passes through its y-intercept, find the equation
of line L in the form y = mx + c. (3 marks)

c) A line Q is parallel to Land passes through the x-intercept of line 2y = 3x − 6. Find the equation
of line Q in the form ax + by + c = 0. (2 marks)

d) Find the modulus, correct to two decimal places, between the x and y-intercepts of line
3x − 2y − 6 = 0. (2 marks)

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21. The following figure represents an open cuboid made of a thin sheet of metal ( Not drawn to scale). Its
base is a square of side b cm and its height h cm.

If its total surface area is 192cm2 :

a) Give an expression in terms of b for:
i) h. (3 marks)

ii) its volume. (2 marks)

b) Find b such that the volume of the cuboid is maximum. Hence determine the maximum volume of
the cuboid. (5 marks)

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22. Straight rods were joined together at points L, P, Q, R and S and placed on a plate ABCD as shown in
the figure below.

The structure is such that LS = 7 cm, QR = 8 cm, RS = 6 cm and < QRP = < QSL = 900. If the structure
is rotated about QS through 3600 calculate the:
a) angle at the vertex of the cone that is formed correct to two decimal places. (2 marks)

b) curved surface area of the cone that is formed. (3 marks)

c) volume of the cone that is formed correct to two decimal places. (2 marks)

d) volume, correct to one decimal place, of the frustum that is formed by part LPRS. (3 marks)

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23. Given the curve 𝑦 = 5 + 3𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 .

a) Copy and complete the table below. (2 marks)

x -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3

y

b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of 𝑦 = 5 + 3𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 for −2 ≤ x ≤ 3 using a scale of 2cm
to represent 1 unit in x-axis and 1cm to represent 1 unit in y-axis. (2 marks)

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c) Using the mid-ordinate rule with 5 strips, estimate the area between the curve and the x-axis and
lines 𝑥 = −2 and x ═ 3. (2 marks)

d) Using trapezium rule with 6 ordinates, estimate the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and lines
𝑥 = −2 and x ═ 3 . (2 marks)

e) Calculate to one decimal place the difference in areas in (c) and (d) above. (2 marks)

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24. Triangle ABC has vertices A(-6, 5), B(0, 1) and C(-2, -3). Triangle MNP is the image of triangle ABC
under an enlargement. The vertices of triangle MNP are M(-4, 6), N(-1, 4) and P(-2, 2). A reflection
then maps triangle MNP onto triangle XYZ whose vertices are X(7, -5), Y(5, -2) and Z(3, -3).
a) Plot the three triangles on the grid provided using a scale of 1cm to represent 1 unit on both axes.
(3 marks)

b) Determine the centre and the scale factor of enlargement that maps ABC onto MNP. (2 marks)

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c) Find the equation of the mirror line of the reflection. (3 marks)

d) Given that triangle XYZ has an area of R cm2, find the area of triangle ABC in terms of R.
(2 marks)

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