Term 1 - 2024

MATHEMATICS (Alternative A)
121/1 – Paper 1
FORM FOUR (4)
Time: 2½ Hours

Name: …………………………………………………......…… Adm No: ……….……

School: …………………………………………………………... Class: …………………

Candidate’s Signature: …….………...................................... Date: …...…………….

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(a) Write your name, admission number, school and class in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
(b) Sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer ALL questions in Section I and any 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.
(h) This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no
questions are missing.

For Examiners’ Use Only

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

SECTION I (50 Marks)

Answer all the questions in this section
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1. Express 6. 7̇ 5̇ in the form p hence find the absolute value of (3 marks)
t
q
p−
t

2. A business woman bought two bags of maize at the same price per bag. She discovered that one bag was of
high quality and the other of low quality. On the high quality bag, she made a profit by selling it at Ksh.
1040, while on the low quality bag, she made a loss by selling it at Ksh. 880. If the profit was three times the
loss. Calculate the buying price per bag. (3 marks)

3. Find the values of a and b in the equation below. ( 2 marks)

a b
5 ×7 =6125

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4. A foreign exchange bureau in Mombasa buys and sells selected foreign currencies at the rates shown in the
table below.
Currency Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)
1 South African Rand 7.48 7.95
1 Chinese Yuan 20.03 20.20

A tourist arrived in Kenya from South Africa with 7,435,000 South African Rands. She converted the whole
amount to Kenya shillings through an agent at a commission of 2%. While in Kenya, she spent 25% of this
money and converted the balance to Chinese Yuan. Calculate the amount of Chinese Yuan that she received.
(3 marks)

5. Simplify the expression. (4 marks)

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a−4 ab+a −4 b
2 2 2
4 b −a b−ab−4 a b

6. Given that a=−2, b=5 and c=−1 , evaluate (3 marks)

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4 a +5 b−c
1 2 2
( c −a )
3

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7. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 1440. Find the sum of its interior angles (3 marks)

8. Use logarithms only, correct to 4 significant figures to evaluate (4 marks)

√
0
3 23.45 cos 67.89
2
31.6

9. The surface areas of two similar solids are 528 cm2 and 1188 cm2. If the volume of the smaller solid is 1350
cm3, calculate the volume of the larger solid. (3 marks)

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10. Find the value of θ given that; (3 marks)

( )
0
1
cos θ−60
2 0
0
=tan 45
sin ( 2 θ+20 )

11. The figure below shows a circle centre O radius 4 √ 2 cm. The length of chord PQ = 8 cm.

Calculate the area of the shaded region. Leave your answer in terms of π (4 marks)

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12. Simplify; (3 marks)
n+3 n−1
3 −3× 3
n−1
4 ×3

13. On the grid provided below, show and mark the region R defined by the following inequalities:
(3 marks)
L1 = y ≤ x
x y
L2= + ≥ 1
8 4

L3=x <5

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14. In a 4 by 400 metres relay race, athletes A, B, C and D took 42.91 seconds, 42.95 seconds, 43.11 and 43
seconds respectively to do their race. An average of one second is spent on each button exchange. Calculate
the time they started the race if they completed at 8:24:36 p.m. (3 marks)

15. Expand and simplify: (2 marks)

( 3 x−2 y )2−( 2 y +3 x )2

16. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a trapezium KLMN such that KL=7.2 cm, KN=4.3 cm,
NKL =900 and KLM = 52.50 and KL is parallel NM

Measure NM (4 marks)

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 SECTION II – 50 Marks
Answer any five questions in this section.
17. In a Mathematics test, 48 students scored the following marks:
89 75 56 90 68 74 85 69
90 70 83 75 87 55 86 70
88 74 90 75 96 71 84 71
87 84 58 43 65 70 93 98
62 86 56 80 64 59 73 69
40 63 89 84 80 60 56 74

(a) Using a class interval of 10 and starting with the least mark recorded, make a frequency distribution table
for the data. (2 marks)

(b) Using the frequency distribution table in (a) above, calculate the mean mark. (4 marks)

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(c) Identify the median class. (1 mark)

(d) On the grid provided, draw a frequency polygon for the data. (3 marks)

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18. The figure below shows a solid cuboid with a square base of side 36 cm and height of 42 cm. A conical
frustum with a vertical height of 12 cm is drilled. The top and bottom radii of the frustum are 15 cm and
10 cm respectively. Use π=3.142

Calculate
(a) the slant height of the frustum (2 marks)

(b) the percentage of the volume of the frustum to the volume of the cuboid (5 marks)

(c) the volume of the solid. (3 marks)

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19. (a) The figure below shows a speed-time graph of a train travelling between two terminuses

If the distance between the two terminuses is 16.05 km, calculate the maximum speed attained by the
train. (3 marks)

(b) Towns M and N are 409 km apart. An express bus travelling at an average speed of 60 km/h left town M
for town N at 9.45 a.m. A car left town N on the same day at 11.15 a.m. and met with the bus at 1327
hours.
(i) Determine the average speed of the car in km/h (5 marks)

(ii) The distance from M to the meeting point. (2 marks)

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20. The second, third and fourteenth terms of an increasing Arithmetic Progression (AP) from the first three
terms of Geometric Progression (GP). The tenth term of AP is 18.
(a) (i) Using a as the first term and d as the common difference, write down expressions for the second,
third and the fourteenth terms of the AP. (1 mark)

(ii) Hence determine the values of a and d . (4 marks)

(b) Calculate
(i) S10 for the AP (2 marks)

(ii) S5 for the GP (3 marks)

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21. A line T passes through (−5 , 4 ) and (3 ,−2)
(a) Find the equation of T in the form y=mx+c , where m and c are constants. (2 marks)

(b) Find the equation of line D, the perpendicular bisector of line T. Leave your answer in the form
ax +by + c=0, where a , b and c are integers. (3 marks)

(c) Another line Y is parallel to line T at the point (−8 , 0) and interssect with line D at point Z. Find the
coordinates of Z. (3 marks)

(d) Calculate the obtuse angle line Y makes with the x-axis correct to the nearest degree. (2 marks)

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22. A salesman earns a basic salary of Ksh. 25000 per month. In addition, he is paid commissions as follows:
 For sales up to Ksh. 50000 – 0%
 For sales above Ksh. 50000
(i) For the first Ksh. 25000 – 2%
(ii) For the next Ksh. 25000 – 3%
 For any sales above Ksh. 100000 – 5%
(a) During one month, he sold goods worth Ksh. 135000
(i) How much commission did he earn that month? (3 marks)

(ii) Calculate his total pay for the month. (2 marks)

(b) In another month, he received a total pay of Ksh. 40000. Calculate the total sales for that month.
(5 marks)

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23. (a) A hot water tap H can fill a bathtub in 5 minutes while a cold water tap C can fill the same bathtub in 3
minutes. The drain pipe D can empty the full bathtub in 3 minutes 45 seconds. Given that the bathtub is
empty and that the two taps and the drain pipe are fully open for one and a half minutes, after which the
drain pipe is closed, how much longer it will take to fill the bathtub? (4 marks)

(b) A quantity B varies partly as the square of a quantity M and partly as the inverse of another quantity N .
B, M and N are such that when M =2 , N=4 and B=11.5 while when M =3 , N=5 and B=26.6
(i) Write an expression of B in terms of M and N . (4 marks)

(ii) Find the value of B when M =5 and N=6. (2 marks)

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24. Betty and Joan entered into a business partnership in which they contributed Ksh. 320000 and Ksh. 400000
every year respectively. After one year, Kevin joined the business and contributed Ksh. 240000.
(a) Calculate the ratio of their investment after three years of business. (3 marks)

(b) The three partners agreed that 30% of the profits after the three years be used to cater for the costs of
running the business, while the remaining would be shared proportionally according to their ratio of
contributions. If at the end of the third year, the business realised a profit of Ksh. 561000, calculate the
share each person got. (4 marks)

(c) If each of them re-invested their shares back in the business, find their new individual investments at the
beginning of the fourth year. (3 marks)

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