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MOKASA I EXAMINATION
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education

121/1 - MATHEMATICS - Paper 1

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March. 2025 - 𝟐 𝟐 𝑯𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔
Name……………………………………………….Adm…………..Class………..
School……………………………..……Signature….……….…Date….…………

Instructions to Candidates
(a) Write your name and Admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(c) Answer ALL questions in section I and ANY five questions in section II.
(d) All answers and workings must be written on the question paper in the spaces
provided below each question.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces
below each question.
(f) Non – Programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may
be used, except where stated otherwise.

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

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL

Grand Total
 SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section
1. Without using a calculator, evaluate; (3 marks)
1 1 1 1 2
𝑜𝑓 3 + 1 (2 − )
2 2 2 2 3
3 1 1
𝑜𝑓 2 ÷
4 2 2

2. Solve for x in the equation. (3 marks)

2(2x – 1) x 16(2x – 1) = 1

3. A metallic solid cone has a base radius of 6.4 cm and slant height 15.8 cm. If the density
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of the metal is 7.9 g⁄cm3 , calculate its mass in kg.(Take π= 7 ) ( 3 marks)

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4. Members of a group decided to raise K£100 towards a charity by contributing equal
amount. Five of them were unable to contribute. The rest had, therefore, to pay K£1
more each to raise the same amount. How many members were in the group originally?
(3 marks)

5. The LCM of three numbers is 1512 and their GCD IS 6. If two of the numbers are 54
and 72, find the least third possible number. (3 marks)

6. The exterior angle of a regular polygon is equal to one-third of interior angle. Calculate
the number of sides of the polygon. (3 marks)

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7. Find the reciprocal of 2.234.Hence use tables to evaluate(
2.234
) to 4 significant figures
(3 marks)

8. The image of A (-2,5) under a translation T is A’ (2,2). B’ (9, -5) is the image of B under the
same translation T determine the coordinates of B. (3 marks)

9. Six men take 28 days working for 10 hours a day to pack 4480 parcels. How many more
men working 8 hours a day will be required to pack 2560 parcels in 4 days. (3 marks)

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10. From a point A, the student observed the angle of elevation to the top of the building to
be 300. After walking 20m from A to B towards the foot of the building, he observed an
angle of elevation to the top of building to be 720, calculate the height of the building
correct to 2 decimal places. (4 marks)

11. A windscreen wiper of a car sweeps through an angle of 1200. The shaded region in the
figure below represents the area swept clean by the blade of the wiper AB. If OA =
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14cm and OB = 21cm. Taking л = 7 , find the area of the glass swept clean to 1d.p

(3 marks)

C B

D A

1200

4x − 5y = 13
12. Use matrix method to solve the equation; (4 marks)
−2y + 3x = 8

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13. Simplify completely. (3 marks)

3𝑥 2 −48
3𝑥 2 −24𝑥+ 48

14. Use a ruler and a pair of compasses only to construct a triangle ABC in which AB =
4.3cm, BC = 3.9cm and angle ABC is 1350. Measure AC. (3 marks)

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15. A Kenyan bank bought and sold foreign currencies on two different days as shown
below.
𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠
(𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐬𝐡) (𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐬𝐡)
12/28/2024 1 Sterling pound (£) 130.10 130.54
12/29/2024 South African Rand 9.52 9.58

A businessman arrived in Kenya on 12/28/2024 with £ 50000 Sterling pound. He

changed the whole amount to Kenya shillings. While in Kenya, he spent 80% of the
money and changed the balance to South African Rand before leaving for South Africa
on 12/29/2024. Determine, to the nearest Rand, the amount he obtained. (3 marks)

16. The figure below shows a solid square based pyramid, draw a net of the solid (3 marks)

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 SECTION II: (50 MARKS)
Answer any FIVE questions from this section
17. A solid Q is made up of a hemi-spherical bottom, cylindrical middle and conical top. The
height of the cylinder is 14m and the height of the cone is 5m, the common radius of
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both figures is 2.1m. (Take π= )
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(a) Find the slant height of the cone correct to 2 decimal places. (2 marks)

(b) Find the total surface area of the solid Q correct to 4 significant figures
(4 marks)

(c) Find the volume of solid Q to the nearest metres. ( 4 marks)

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18. (a) The equation of a straight line L1 is given by 6x + 3y − 12 = 0. Another line L2 is
perpendicular to L1 at (m, 13) . Line L2 also passes through point K(3,5) .
(i) Find the value of m. (3 marks)

(ii) Find the equation of L2 in the form of ax + by + c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.
(2 marks)

(b) The equation of the base AB of an isosceles triangle ABC is y = −2 and the
equation of side BC is y + 2x = 6 . If points A and C are (−6 , −2) and (−1 , 6)
respectively, Find;

(i) The coordinates of B (2 marks)

(ii) The equation of side AC. (3 marks)

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19. A curve is represented by the function y = 3 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2

(a) Find the gradient function of the curve (1 mark)

(b) Determine the turning points of the curve (4 marks)

(c) Determine the nature of the turning points of the curve (3 marks)

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(d) Sketch the curve of y = 3 𝑥 3 + 𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 + 2 (2 marks)

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20. (a) A triangle has vertices A (1,2), B (7,2) and C (5,4). Draw triangle ABC on the
Cartesian place (1 mark)
(b) A’ (2, -1), B’ (2, -7) and C’ (4, -5) is the image of ABC under a transformation T.
Draw triangle A’B’C’ on the same grid and describe T fully. (3 marks).

(c) Draw triangle A” B”C” the image of triangle A’B’C; under a reflection in the line
Y=X. State the coordinates of the vertices. (3 marks)

(d) Triangle A’’’B’’’C’’’ is the image of triangle A’’B’’C’’ under an enlargement centre
(-5,0) and linear scale factor of -1, and hence draw triangle A’’’B’’’C’’’ and state its
coordinates. (3 marks)

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21. The figure below represents two neighboring plots with QR as their common boundary.

Find to 2 decimal places,

(a) The length of boundary PQ. (3 marks)

(b) The angle RQS. (1 mark)

(c) The length of boundary RS. (3 marks)

(d) Area of triangle QRS. (3 marks)

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22. (a) The graph shows the speed of a car during an interval of 12 seconds.

Speed (m/s)

0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Time (s)

The Distance travelled in the first 4 seconds is 40m.

Find:
(i) the maximum speed reached. (2 marks)

(ii) the average speed for the whole journey. (2 marks)

(b) Wafula left Webuye at 8.00 am towards Mumias at an average speed of

90km/hr. Nekesa also left Webuye at 8.21 am towards Mumias along the same
road of an average speed of 97km/hr.
Determine:
(i) the time Nekesa caught up with Wafula. (3 marks)

(ii) the distance from Webuye when Nekesa caught up with Wafula. (3 marks)

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23. The table below show marks obtained by 60 students in mathematics exam.

MARKS 30- 34 35-39 40 -44 45 -49 50 -54 55 -59 60-64

NO. OF STUDENTS 3 6 5 12 8 Y 7

(a) Find the value of Y in the above table. (2 marks)

(b) State the modal class. (1 mark)

(c) Calculate the mean mark of the students (3 marks)

(d) On the grid provided draw a histogram and a frequency polygon on the same axes to
represent the above data. (4 marks)

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24. (a) Complete the table below for the function y = x 2 − 3x − 4 (2 marks)

x −1 0 1 2 3 4

Use the trapezium rule with 5 strips to estimate the area bounded by the curve
y = x 2 − 3x − 4, x – axis and the lines x = −1 and x = 4. (3 marks)

(b) Use integration method to calculate the exact area in (b) above (3 marks)

(c) Determine the percentage error in estimating the area by trapezium rule.
(2 marks)

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