NAVAKHOLO SUBCOUNTY MOCK

121/2 TERM 0NE 2025 Paper 2

Mathematics
Time 2 ½ hours

Name …………………………………………….……… Adm Number…………………………..

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

Class……………….

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your name, index number and class in the spaces provided above.
2. The paper contains two sections: Section I and Section II.
3. This paper contains 13 PRINTED pages make sure all PAGES ARE PRINTED and NON IS
MISSING
4. Answer ALL the questions in Section I and 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. Marks may be awarded for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
7. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and mathematical tables are allowed for use.

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)

1. Without using logarithms tables or calculator: Evaluate (3marks)
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log 10 96 + log 10 625−log 1012
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2. The 2nd, 7th and 27th term of an AP are the first three consecutive terms of a GP. The 13th term of the
AP is 38. Determine the first term and the common difference of the AP. (3marks)

3. Ayub bought Ugandan tea at Ksh 160 per kilogram, Kenyan tea at Ksh 200 per kilogram and
Tanzanian tea at Ksh 140 per kilogram. He then mixed them in the ratio 2 : 5 : a respectively
by mass. Find the value of a if the mixture was sold at a profit of 20% for Ksh 208.80.
( 4marks)

4. If V2 =
√ 1+C ²
R²
, make C the subject of the formula. (3marks)
5. Construct rectangle ABCD in which AB = 4cm and BC = 3cm. Inside the rectangle construct the
locus of point L1 which is 3cm from A. Locus of L 2 which is equidistant from the line AB and AD
and locus of L3which is 2cm from line AB. (3marks)

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6. Daniel truncated to 3 decimal places. Calculate the percentage error resulting from the
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truncating. (3 marks)

7. The price of a new car is Sh.750, 000.00. If it depreciates at a constant rate to Sh. 537,294.72 within
4 years. Find the annual rate of depreciation. (3marks)

1 2+ 2 √ 5
8. If
3−√ 5
₋ 3+ √ 5
= a + b√ c , find the value of a b∧c. (3marks)
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9. a) Expand ( 3 x− y ) up to the fourth term. (1mark)

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b) Use the expansion to evaluate ( 2 . 98 ) (2marks)

10. The table below shows solution to the equation of curve y = x3 + 4x2 – 2

x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1

y -2 7 6 1 -2 3

c) i) On the grid provided, use the values in the table above to draw the curve for −4 ≤ x ≤1 .
(3 marks)
11. Use completing the square method to solve for x in 3 x 2−25 x+ 8=0 (3marks)

12. Nine men have heights of 185 , 179 ,181 , 181 ,173 , 182 ,184 ,178∧176 all in cm. Using an assumed
mean of 180, calculate the variance to 4 significant figures.
(3 marks)

13. Tap A takes 4 minutes to fill a tank and tap B takes 6 minutes to empty the tank. If the tank has a
capacity of 3000 litres, find the volume of the tank after 2 minutes when both taps are open.
(3marks)
 14. The following is an arc of a circle. By construction locate the centre of the circle and measure
the radius of the circle. (3 marks)

15.The coordinates of the end points of diameter are A(2,4) and B(2,6). Find the equation of a
circle in the form ax2 + by2 +cx + dy + e = 0 (3marks)

16. In a transformation, an object with area 9cm 2 is mapped onto an image whose area is 54cm 2. Given that

[
the matrix of transformation is
2
x x−1
4] find the value of x (3 marks)
 Section II (50 Marks)

17. The following distribution shows the masses to the nearest kilogram of 40 patients in a certain
hospital.

Mass (Kg) 21 25 26  30 31 35 36  40 41 45 46  50 51 60

Frequency 1 4 9 12 8 5 1

(a) On the grid provided below, draw a cumulative frequency curve for the given information.
(3 marks)

(b) Using the curve in (a) above, determine:

(i) The median. (1 mark)

(ii) Quartile deviation. (3 marks)

(iii) The percentage of patients whose masses are 38 kg and above. (3 marks)
 18. The table below shows income tax rates

Monthly taxable pay (k£) Rate of tax ksh per £

1- 435 2
436 – 870 3
871 – 1305 4
1306 – 1740 5
Excess over 1740 6
A company employee earns a monthly basic salary of Ksh 28,000. He is also entitled to the
following monthly allowances: house allowance of Ksh 9000, a medical allowance of sh 2000 and a
commuter allowance of shs 1480.

(a) Calculate his total income tax. (5 marks)

(b) He is entitled to a personal tax relief of Ksh 1056 per month. Determine the net tax.
(1 mark)

(c) If he received a 50% increase in his total income, calculate the corresponding percentage increase
on the income tax. (4 marks)
19.In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle. A, B, C and D are points on the circumference of
the circle. A, O, X and C are points on a straight line. DE is a tangent to the circle at D. Angle BOC=
480 and angle CAD = 360.

48o E
A 36 o
O X C

(a) Giving reasons or otherwise, find the value of the following angles:-
(i) Angle CBA (1 mark)

(ii) Angle BDE (2 marks)

(iii) Angle CED (2 marks)

(b) It is also given that AX = 12 cm, XC = 4 cm, DB = 14 cm and DE = 20 cm.

Calculate:
(i) DX (2 marks)

(ii) AE (3 marks)
20.Triangle ABC with vertices A(2, 4 ), B(2 , 9)∧C (6 , 2) undergoes a transformation T denoted by the
matrix (−0.6 0.8
0.8 0.6 ) to obtain triangle A1 B 1 C 1.
(a) Draw triangle ABC and its image under T on the same axes. (4 marks)

(b) Describe the transformation T fully. (1 mark)

(c) Under another transformation M, triangle A1 B 1 C 1 is mapped on to triangle A2 B 2 C 2 with

A2 (−2 ,−4 ) , B 2 (−6 ,−7 )∧C 2 (2 ,−6) .Draw the triangle Find the matrix of transformation M
(4 marks)

(d) Describe the single transformation that maps triangle A2 B 2 C 2 onto triangle ABC
(1 mark)
21.In the figure below, QT = a and QP = b.
Q b P

T x

R S
(a) Express the vector PT in terms of a and b. (1mark)

(b) If PX = kPT, express QX in terms of a, b and k, where k is a scalar. (3marks)

(c) If QR = 3a and RS = 2b, write down an expression for QS in terms of a and b(1mark)

(d) If QX = tQS, use your result in (b) and (c) to find the value of k and t. (4marks)

(e) Find the ratio PX : XT. (1mark)

22. Three variables p, q and r are such that p varies directly as q and inversely as the square of r.

a. When p = 9, q = 12 and r = 2 find p when q = 15 and r = 5 (4marks)

b. Express q in terms of p and r (1mark)

c. If p is increased by 20% and r is reduced by 10% find,

i. A simplified expression for the change in q in terms of q and r. (3marks)

ii. The percentage change in q. (2marks)

23. A bag contains 5 red balls, 3 blue balls and some green balls, all balls being similar in shape and size.
The probability of picking a green ball is 0.5. Two balls are picked randomly from the bag, one at a time
and with no replacement.
(c) Find the number of green balls in the bag. (2 marks)

(d) Draw a tree diagram to represent the information above. (2 marks)

(e) Using the tree diagram above, determine the probability that:
(i) Only one of the two balls picked is green. (3 marks)

(ii) Balls of the same type are picked. (3 marks

24. The figure below represents a cuboid EFGHJKLM in which , and
. N is the midpoint of LM.

Calculate correct to 2 decimal places

a) The length of GL (1mark)

b) The length of FJ (2marks)

c) The angle between EM and the plane EFGH (3marks)

d) The angle between the planes EFGH and ENH (2marks)

e) The angle between the lines EH and GL (2marks)

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