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MATHEMATICS ALT. A
Paper 2
MARCH - 2025
Time: 2 ½ Hours

CEKENAS JOINT EXAM-2025

FORM FOUR EXAM
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education.(K.C.S.E)
MATHEMATICS ALT. A
Paper 2
INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
c) The paper consists of two sections. Section I and Section II.
d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions in Section II.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answer 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) Candidates should answer the questions in English.
i) This paper consists of 15 printed pages.
j) Candidates must check the question paper to ascertain that all pages are printed as indicated
and that no question(s) is/are missing
FOR EXAMINER’S USE
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
 SECTION I (50MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. The third term of a geometrical progression is 2 and the fifth term is 18. Find the possible values
of the common ratio and the second term in each case. (4marks)

2. A plot of land was valued at sh. 1.5 million at the start of 2008. The plot appreciated by 18%
during 2008. If in every year after 2008 it appreciated by 12% of its previous year’s value. Find
a) The plot’s value at the start of 2009. (1mark)

b) The plot’s value at the end of 2012. (2marks)

3. A bag contains 3 yellow, 4 black and 5 green beads. Two beads are drawn at random from the
bag, one after the other without replacement. Find the probability that at least one is yellow.
(2marks)
4. The tangent to the circle x2 + y2 – 2x - 6y + 5 = 0 at the point (3,4) meet the x-axis at p. Find the
coordinate of P. (3marks)

5. In a school trip there were x buses and y luxury vans. Each bus was hired at Ksh. 1000 and could
carry 60students. Each van was hired at Ksh. 2000 and could carry 30 students. Express the
following statements as inequalities in x and y.
i) There must be vans.
ii) There should be at least 3 buses.
iii) The school should not spend more than Ksh. 18,000 on the trip.
iv) Not more than 420 students are to go on the trip. (4marks)

6. The position of an airport P and Q are (600N 450W) and Q (600N K0E). It takes a plane 5 hours to
travel due east from P to Q at an average speed of 600 knots. Calculate the value of K.
(3marks)

Sin 150o −Cos 3300

7. Without using tables or a calculator, evaluate tan 420 leaving your answer in the
form a √ b+c where a,b and c are constants. (3marks)
 ( 5x 2¿ ) ¿ ¿¿
8. T in a transformation A represented by the matrix ¿ under T, a square of area 10cm 2
is
2
mapped onto a square of area 110cm . Find the value of x. (3marks)

9.a) Draw a line MN = 7cm and show the locus of a point P which is such that MPN = 900.
(2marks)

b) On the locus of P in the diagram in (a) above, locate the locus of T which is such that it is
equidistant from M and N. (1mark)

10. Point T divides the line MN externally in the ratio 5:2 taking the position vectors of M and N to

(8 ¿)(−12¿)¿¿¿ (5 ¿)(−6¿)¿¿¿
be M= ¿ and N = ¿ respectively. Find the coordinates of T. (2marks)

11.a) Expand (3 + x)7 in ascending power of x up to the term in X4. (1mark)

b) Use the expansion above (a) to find the value of (2.97)7 correct to 3 d.p. (2marks)

12. Two taps A and B, when opened at the same time can fill a tank in 3 hours and 36minutes. Tap A,
working alone takes 3 hours longer than B to fill the tank. How many hours does it take tap A to
fill the tank. (3marks)

13.a) ABC is a triangle in which BC = 17cm, CA = 9cm, AB = 10cm. Without using tables or
calculators, calculate as fraction in simplest form Cos A. (2marks)

b) Calculate also without using tables or calculators, the area of triangle BC. (2marks)

14. If x is angle in the first quadrant such that 18 cos2 x + 27 sin x = 25. Find tan x without using
tables or calculators. (3marks)
15. In the figure ABC is a tangent to circle BDEF at B. BC = 17cm, DC = 10cm and BG = 15cm.
Chord FD intersect chord BE at G and FG: GD = 1:5.

Find the length of

a) FD (1mark)

b) GE (2marks)
16. The following table has some values of x and y for the function y = x3 + 3 for the interval
−3≤x≤2
x -3 -2.5 -2 -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2
y 12 9.25 7 5.25 4 3.25 3 3.25 4 5.25 7
3
a) Use the values to draw the graph of the function y = x + 3 on a grid. (2marks)

b) Use the mid- ordinate rule to estimate the area bounded by the curve, the x-axis and the lines x = -
3 and x = 2. (2marks)
 SECTION II (50MARKS)
Answer ANY FIVE questions only.
17.a) The mass of a cylinder of a given material varies jointly as the square of the radius and as the
height. If the radius is increased by 20% and height by 10%. What is the percentage increase in
mass? (3marks)

b) Several companies were invited to an inspirational talk by a popular businessman. The charge m,
in shillings per person for attending the talk is partly fixed and partly inversely proportional to the
total number of people p, in a company that will attend the talk.
i) Express m in terms of p. (1mark)

ii) 60 people from company A attended the talk and their total charge was sh. 30,000. 80 people from
company B attended the talk and their total charge was sh. 36,000. What was the charge per
person for company C if 75 people from the company attended the talk? (4marks)

iii) When a person that had already paid the full amount decided not to attend and requested for a
refund, he/she was only to be refunded the fixed charge. 25% of some people from company D
requested for a refund after they decided not to attend the talk. The talk organizers refunded them
and were left with 22,800. Determine the number of people from the company D that had initially
paid the attendance. (2marks)
 1
=2 cos A for 00 ≤ A≤3600
18.a) Solve for A in cos A (2marks)

b) Complete the table below and use it to answer the questions below. (2marks)
x -180 -150 -120 -90 -60 -30 0 30 60 90 120 150 180
2cosx 1.73 0
Sin2 -0.87 0
x
i) Draw the graph of y = sin 2x and y = cos x on the same set of axes using a scale of 1cm for 300 on
x-axis and 2cm for 1unit on y-axes. (4marks)

ii) Estimate the values of x for which

a) 2 cos x – sin 2x = 0 (1mark)

b) 2 cos x = - 0.6 (1mark)

19.a) The figure below is a circle centre O and radius 6cm. if the area of the sector OPQ = 4п cm 2.
Calculate the size of angle PRQ. (2marks)

b) In the figure below ABCDE is a pentagon inscribed in a circle centre B. CB is parallel to DAF
and AB = CD = DE. Angle BAD = 720 and BFA = 380. Giving reasons in each case, determine
the following angles.
i) ABF (2marks)

ii) BDA (2marks)

iii) BCD (2marks)

iv) DAE (2marks)

20.a) A particle starting from rest at a point O moves in a straight line such that its velocity V m/s after
t, seconds is given by V = 6t – 2t2. Calculate the distance travelled by the particle between t = 2
and t = 5. (3marks)

b) The acceleration of a particle a m/s2 of an object that starts moving from rest at time t seconds is
given by a = 2t – 6. If the initial velocity is 15m/s.
i) Give an expression for the objects velocity. (2marks)

ii) Find the velocity at t = 3sec. (1mark)

iii) Give an expression in terms of t for the object’s displacement. (1mark)

iv) Determine its total displacement in 2nd and 3rd seconds. (2marks)

c) Find the minimum velocity that the object attained. (1mark)

21. The following table shows the ages in a years of 70 people that attended a conference.
Age in 30-34 35-39 40-44 45-49 50-54 5-59 60-64 65-70
years
Frequency 3 5 7 9 11 15 14 6
a) Calculate
i) Mean (2marks)

ii) Standard deviation (2marks)

b) On the grid provided, draw an ogive for the data. (3marks)

c) Use your graph to find

i) Median (1mark)

ii) The inter quartile range. (1mark)

iii) The 35th percentile (1mark)

22. A tetrahedron has equilateral triangular base ABC of side 10cm. The vertex V is such that
VA= VB = VC= 8cm. Calculate
a) The height of the pyramid. (2marks)

b) The angle between the planes ABC and BCV. (2marks)

c) The angle between AV and the base ABC. (2marks)

d) The angle between planes ACV and BCV. (3marks)

e) The volume of the pyramid. (1mark)

23. The table below shows income tax rules that were used in 2023.
Income (sh per month) Rate %
1 - 10164 10
10165 – 19740 15
19741 – 29316 20
29317 – 38892 25
Over 38,892 30

From January to June that year Janet’s monthly taxable earnings amounted to sh. 32,500.
a) Find the gross tax on her monthly earnings. (3marks)

b) Janet was entitled to the following tax reliefs.

Monthly personal relief of sh. 1,162
Monthly insurance relief at the rate of 15% of the premium paid subject to a maximum relief
amount of sh. 5,000 per month.
How much tax did she pay in a month if she paid a monthly premium of sh. 2,900 towards her life
insurance policy? (2marks)

c) In June 2023, she received additional earnings that were taxed at 25% in each shilling. If she paid
31.55% more tax that month. Find the percentage increase in her earnings. (5marks)
24. The coordinates of the vertices of a rhombus ABCD are A(3,4), B(5,1), C(3,-2), D(1,1).
a.(i) Find the co-ordinates of vertices of its image A1B1C1D1 under the transformation defined by the
( 1 −2¿) ¿ ¿¿
matrix ¿ (2marks)

ii) Draw the object and its image on a grid. (2marks)

iii) On the same grid draw the image AIIBIICIIDII of AIBICIDI under the transformation given by
( 0 −1¿) ¿ ¿¿
¿ (2marks)
b(i) Describe the transformation that map AIIBIICIIDII back onto AIBICIDI. (1mark)

ii) Find the matrix of transformation that map AIIBIICIIDII onto AIBICIDI (1mark)

iii) Find a single matrix which will map ABCD onto AIIBIICIIDII. (2marks)