HEXA EXAMINATION - 2022

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.)

121/1 – MATHEMATICS – PAPER 1

SEPTEMBER 2022 TIME: 2½Hours

Name: ………………………………….....…………….Index No: ………………………………...

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

Instructions to candidates
Instructions to Candidates
1. Write your name, Index number, Admission number and Stream in the spaces
provided.
2. Sign and write date of the examination in the spaces provided.
3. The paper contains TWO sections I and II
4. Answer ALL questions correctly in section I and STRICTLY ANY FIVE questions
from section II.
5. All working and answers 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 questions
7. Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer I wrong.
8. Non- programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables
may be used except where stated otherwise.
9. Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
10. Candidates should answer the questions in English

For Examiner Use Only

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 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

SECTION I (50 MARKS)

Answer All questions
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate, giving your answer in standard form.
(3marks)

2. Naliaka exchanged Ksh. 600,000 to Sterling pounds. After settling the bills worth
1200. She changed the balance in Euros. She then purchased goods worth 200
Euros.
Currency Buying (ksh) Selling (Ksh)
1 Sterling pound (£) 114.20 114.50
1 Euro 101.20 101.30
Using the exchange rates above, calculate his balance in Kenya shillings.

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 (3marks)

3. Solve the inequality x - 53x- 22x +1 and represent the solution on a number
line. (3marks)

4. The longest side of a right – angled triangle is (2x)cm. The other sides are (x+3)
and
(2x-4)cm. Find the value of x and hence the length of the sides of the triangle.
(4marks)

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5. Simplify (3marks)

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6. Given that 6Cos( x+ 15 ) – 6Sin(2x – 30 ) = 0; Find tan(2x) (3marks)

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7. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is (4x + 15) while its exterior
angle is
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(2x – 15) . Find the number of sides of the polygon. (3marks)

8. Find the value of n = (3marks)

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9. The position vectors of A and B are given as = 2i -3j + 4k and b = -2i +2k
respectively. Find to 2 decimal places the length of. (3marks)

10. A city clock gains 2 seconds every 15 minutes. It is set to read a correct time on
Monday 0800hours. Find the correct time when the clock shows 1100hours on
Thursday the same week. (3marks)

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11. Construct triangle A B C the image of triangle ABC under +90 rotation about
centre X. C (3marks)

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 A B x

12. Mr. Oduor spent one quarter of his net January salary on school fees. He spent
a quarter of the remainder on electricity and water bills. He then spent one ninth of
what was left on transport. If he finally has sh. 3400, calculate his net January
salary. (3marks)

13. Use reciprocal and square root tables to evaluate ; (3marks)

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14. In the figure below ABCDE is a cross-section of a solid. The solid has a uniform
cross-section. Given that AP is an edge of the solid, complete the solid.
(3marks)
P

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 A B

EC

15. Salim is currently eight times older than his son Maalim. In fifteen years’ time,
Maalim’s age will be 35years less than Salim’s present age. Find their present
ages. (3marks)

16. The sum of two one digit numbers is 24. The difference of the square of the
digits is 144. Find the two numbers. (3marks)

SECTION II – (55 MARKS)

Answer Any five questions only
17. The equation of a straight line L1 that passes through two points P (a,4) and
Q (-6, a) is y = ¼x + c where C is a constant
(a) Find;-
i. The value of a (2marks)

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 ii. The value of c (1mark)

(b)Determine the equation of a straight line L2 that is perpendicular to L1 at P.

(3marks)

(c)The y – intercept of another line L3 is -5. Given that L3 parallel to L2 , find the
point of intersection between L1 and L3 . (4marks)

18. (a) On the Cartesian plane below, draw triangle ABC with vertices A (0,-1), B (4, 3)
and C (2, 2). (1mark)

a) .

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 1 1 1
b) Draw triangle A B C , the image of ABC under a transformation defined by a
1 1 1
translation T =. Write down the coordinates of A B C . (3marks)

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c) A B C is the image of A B C under enlargement scale factor -2, centre (3,
11 11 11
1). On the same grid draw A B C and state its coordinates. (4marks)

111 111 111 11 11 11

d) Draw A B C the image of A B C under a reflection in the line x =
0. (2marks)

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19. The figure below represents a piece of land in the shape of a quadrilateral in
which
AB = 192cm, BC = 80m, CD= 240m.
A

192m D

240m

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B80m C
Calculate correct to 2 decimal places.
a) The length AD(4marks)

b) The size of angle BAD(3marks)

c) The size of the land in hectares(3marks)

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20. The table below shows marks scored in a test by a group of students in a class
Marks 21-23 24-26 27-29 30-32 33-35
No:of students 4 13 K 10 8
a) Given that the mean mark is 28.3, calculate the total number of students.
(4marks)

b) Estimate the median mark. (3marks)

c) On the grid provided below, draw a frequency polygon to represent the

information in the table. (3marks)

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21. Every Sunday Alex drives a distance of 80km on a bearing of 074 to pick up his
brother John to go to church. The church is 75km from John’s house on a bearing
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of S50 E. After church they drive a distance of 100km on a bearing of 260 to
check on their father before Alex drives to John’s house to drop him off then
proceeds to his house.
a) Using a scale of 1:1000000 show the relative positions of these places.
(4marks)

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 b) Use your diagram to determine:
i) The true bearing of Alex’s house from their father’s house. (1mark)

ii) The compass bearing of the father’s house from John’s house.(1mark)

iii) The distance between John’s house and the father’s house. (2marks)

iv) The total distance Alex travels every Sunday. (2marks)

22. (a) A bus left Kisumu at 9.30a.m towards Nairobi at an average speed of 81km/
hr. A Matatu left Nairobi for Kisumu at 10:10a.m at an average speed of 72km/hr.
The distance between Kisumu and Nairobi is 360km.
Determine;
i. The time taken before the two vehicles met. (2marks)

ii. The distance between two vehicles 40 minutes after meeting. (2marks)

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 iii. A car left Kisumu towards Nairobi at 9:50a.m at an average speed of 90km/
hr. Determine the time the car caught up with the bus. (3marks)

(b)The figure below shows speed time graph of a journey. If the total distance
travelled in 80seconds is 920m. Find the distance travelled in the final 40
seconds. (3marks)

16m/s
speed

0
15 80
Time (seconds)

23. The figure below shows a lampshade in the shape of a frustum. The bottom
radius is 15cm, the top radius is 10cm and the height is 20cm.
10cm

20cm

15c

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 a) Determine the volume of the frustum. (5marks)

b) Determine the curved surface area of the frustum. (5marks)

24. The equation of a curve is given by y = . The equation of its normal at a point N
is given as y = -3x + c. Find
a) The value of a in y = (2marks)

b) The coordinates of N and the value of C. (3marks)

c) The coordinates of the turning point of the curve and its nature. (3marks)

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d) Sketch the curve for the function y = . (2marks)

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