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MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
2 ½ HOURS

FORM THREE MATHEMATICS CONTEST—2018

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

Instructions to candidates
1. Write your name, admission number and date of examination in the spaces provided above.
2. The paper contains two sections A and B.
3. Answer all questions in section A and only five questions in section B.
4. All workings and answers must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below
each question.
5. Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
6. Negligence and slovenly work will be penalized.
7. Non programmable silent electronic calculators and mathematical tables are allowed for use.
8. This paper consists of 15 printed pages. Candidates should check to ensure that all pages are
printed as indicated and no questions are missing.

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

SECTION 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL

SECTION II
GRAND
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL TOTAL

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 SECTION A (50MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section

1. Evaluate without using a calculator. (3mks)

 3 5 2
1   
 7 8 3
3 5 4 1
 1  of 2
4 7 7 3

2. One interior angle of an irregular polygon is 105° and the rest are 123° each. Determine :

a) The number of sides of the polygon. (3mks)

b) The sum of its interior angles. (1mk)

3. Solve for x 125𝑥+1 − 53𝑥 − 5 = 615 (3mks)

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 4. In an interview a candidate answered 80 out of 85 questions. Each correctly answered scores one
point unanswered questions scores 0 while an incorrect answer subtracts 1⁄4 point from the scores.
If the candidate scored 70 points, how many questions did he answer correctly? (3mks)

5. Use reciprocal, square root and cubes tables to evaluate, to 4 significant figures, the
3 10
expression. 3 + (3mks)
√0.00213 √0.00113

6. A tourist arrived in Kenya with US dollars 3000 which he exchanged into Kenya shillings .
he spent ksh. 75000 on hotel accommodation and Ksh 42500 on travel and other
expenses. He changed the remaining money into sterling pound that he remained with
using the follow
Buying(ksh) Selling (ksh)

1 US dollar ($) 78.45 78.95

1 Sterling pound (£) 120.27 121.04

(4mks)

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 7. The figure below shows a quadrilateral ABCD in which AB=6cm , BC=1⁄2CD , CD=DA
and ABC= CDA= 90°.

Calculate the area of the quadrilateral ABCD. (3mks)

8. Solve the simultaneous equation below. (3mks)

𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑥 𝑦 = 2
𝑥𝑦 = 8

9. Find all the integral values of x that satisfy the inequality. (3mks)

2𝑥−2 < 8𝑥 < 4𝑥+4

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 10. Two lines L1 and L2 are such that L1 passes through the point (3,4) and is perpendicular to
L2 which cuts X and Y axes at 3 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4 respectively. Find the equation of L1 in the form of
𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐. (3mks)

11. Simplify: (3mks)

𝑥 − 2 2𝑥 − 4
−
𝑥 + 2 𝑥2 − 4

12. Calculate the percentage error in calculating the volume of a cylinder whose radius is
1.43 𝑐𝑚 and height 2.1𝑐𝑚. (𝑇𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝜋 = 3.142 (3mks)

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 13. Solve the equation below using completing square method. (3mks)
3𝑥 2 + 7𝑥 − 4 = 0

14. Simplify the expression below, leaving your answer in the form 𝑎 + 𝑏√𝑐 (3mks)

2
1 − cos 45°

2
15. Given that sin 𝑥 = and 𝑥 is an acute angle, find without using a calculator or
3
mathematical table sin(90° − 𝑥). (3mks)

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 16. Below is a net of a solid:

a) Sketch the solid of ABCD. (1mks)

b) Calculate the surface area of the solid. (2mks)

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 SECTION B (50 MARKS)
Attempt ANY FIVE questions in this section

17. The diagram below shows a circle ABC with 𝐴𝐵 = 12 𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 15𝑐𝑚 and 𝐴𝐶 = 14 𝑐𝑚

Calculate to 4 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠.

(a) The angle ACB. (3mks)

(b) The radius of the circle. (3mks)

(c) The area of the shaded region. (4mks)

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 18. The figure below show a frustum which represents a bucket with an open end of diameter
30𝑐𝑚 and a bottom diameter of 20𝑐𝑚. The bucket which is 42𝑐𝑚 deep is used to fill an
empty cylindrical tank of diameter 1.8𝑚 and height 1.2𝑚.

(a) Leaving your answer in form of 𝜋 calculate.

i) The capacity of the bucket in 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠. (6mks)

ii) The capacity of the tank in 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑠. (2mks)

(b) Calculate the number of buckets that must be drawn to fill the tank. (2mks)

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 19. The table below shows the number of people and their ages that were contact in a certain
village during a population census.
Age of 0−5 5 − 15 15 − 35 35 − 60 60 − 90
people
No. of 10 32 55 40 13
people
(a) Draw a histogram to represent the information above. (5mks)

(b) Calculate the mean age. (3mks)

(c) Calculate the median age. (2mks)

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 20. The table below shown income tax for the year 2010.

𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝐾𝑠ℎ 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ 𝑅𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒(%)

1 − 9680 10
9681 − 18800 15
18801 − 29920 20
29921 − 37920 25
𝑂𝑣𝑒𝑟 37920 30

In the tax year 2014, the tax on Omondi`s income was 𝐾𝑠ℎ𝑠 10880. If he is entitled to a tax relief
of 𝐾𝑠ℎ𝑠 1156. Find:

a. Omondi`s gross tax. (1mk)

b. His taxable income per month in 𝐾𝑠ℎ𝑠. (5mks)

c. Apart from basic salary, Mr. Omondi is also given allowance of 𝐾𝑠ℎ𝑠 12000, medical
allowance 𝐾𝑠ℎ𝑠 4635. He is housed and pays a nominal rent of 𝐾𝑠ℎ𝑠 1482 per
month. Find his basic salary per month. (3mks)

d. Other deductions include SACCO loans 3000/=, SACCO contribution 6000/=,

hire purchase repayment 2000/=. Calculate Mr. Omondi`s net salary (1mk)

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 21. The vertices of a triangle are A(2,5), B(4,3) and C(2,3). H represents a half turn rotation about the
point (0,2).

a) Draw triangle ABC and A' B 'C ' under H (4 mks)

 0 
b) T represents a reflection in the line x= 0 and K represents a translation   . Find
  2
the coordinates of A , B , C the image of A , B , C under TK. Hence draw A'' , B '' , C ''
'' '' '' ' ' '

(4mks)

c) Describe a single transformation that maps ABC onto A'' , B '' , C '' (2mks)

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 22. A courier service vehicle left town A at 0600ℎ to deliver parcel to another town B, 100𝑘𝑚
away, at a speed of 80𝑘𝑚/ℎ. It staged in town B for 1ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 before returning to A at a
speed of 50𝑘𝑚/ℎ. Use a distance time graph to find the time the vehicle arrived in town a.
use scale: 1 unit represents 20𝑘𝑚 in y-axis and 2 units represents 1ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟 in x-axis.(10mks)

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 23. a) Complete the table below for the function 𝑦 = 7 − 3𝑥 − 2𝑥 2 in the range −3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3.
(2mrks)
𝑥 −4 −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3

𝑦 −13 −2 7

b) On the grid provided, plot the graph of the above function. (4mks)

c) Use the graph to solve the following equations.

i. −2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 7 = 0 (2mks)

ii. 2𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 − 9 = 0 (2mks)

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 24. A post stands directly across the street from a building. The angle of depression of the top
of the building from the top of the post is 25.8° and the angle of elevation of the top of the
post from the foot of the building is 43.5°. given that the distance between the post and the
building is 40𝑚, calculate to (2.d.p)
a. The height of the post. (2mks)

b. The difference in height between the post and the building. (3mks)

c. The height of the building. (2mks)

d. The angle of elevation of the top of the building from the foot of the post. (3mks)

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