NAME INDEX NUMBER

SCHOOL DATE

MEASUREMENT

KCSE 1989 – 2012 Form 1 Mathematics Working Space

1. 1989 Q9 P1

The base of an open rectangular tank is 3.2m by 2.8m.

Its height is 2.4m. It contains water to a depth of 1.8m.
Calculate the surface area of inside the tank that is not
in contact with water. (2 marks)

2 1989 Q16 P2

The solid shown in the figure below consists of a

cylinder and a hemisphere of equal diameters of 14cm.
If the height of the solid is 22cm, find its volume.

22cm

14cm

(4 marks)

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3 1990 Q9 P1
The figure below shows a sector of a circle. If the area of
the sector is 30.8cm2, calculate the length of the arc AB.
(Take to be 22/7) (3 marks)

O 720

4 1990 Q11 P1
The figure below shows a vertical section of a
hemispherical pot centre O. The radius OA of the pot is
20cm. If the pot contains water to a depth of 8cm,
calculate the diameter of the water surface. (3 marks)

20cm A

B A

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5 1990 Q14 P1
The figure below shows an equilateral triangle ABC
inscribed in a circle of radius 6cm. Calculate the length
of the side of the triangle. (2 marks)

6 1990 Q13 P2
A metal bar 14cm long and 5cm in diameter is melted
down and cast into circular washers. Each washer has
an external diameter of 4cm and an internal diameter of
11/2cm and is 0.3cm thick. Calculate the number of
complete washers obtained. (Take Л 22/7) (4 marks)

7 1991 Q12 P1
A cone of radius 20cm has a slant height of 52cm. A
frustum is cut off from this cone Such that its top is
10cm and its slant height is 26cm (see diagram below).
Calculate the area of the curved surface of the frustum.
(3 marks)

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52cm

10 cm

26cm

20cm

8 1991 Q17 P2
The metal solid shown in the figure below is made up
by joining a hemisphere of radius 7cm to a cylinder of
the same radius. The mass and density of the solid are
40kg and 17.5gm per cm3, respectively. Calculate the
height of the cylindrical part of the solid. (8marks)

7cm

7cm

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9 1992 Q4 P1
The two diagonals of a parallelogram are 20cm and
28.8cm. The acute angle between them is 620.Calculate
the area of the parallelogram. (3 marks)

10 1992 Q15 P1

In the figure below, ABCD is a square of side 4cm. BYD

are arcs of circles centres A and C respectively.
Calculate the area of the shaded region. (Take Л 3.14)

A B

D C
X
(4marks)

11 1992 Q17 P1
A room is to be constructed such that its external length
and breadth are 7.5m and 5.3m respectively. The
thickness of the wall is 15cm, and its height is 3.3cm. A
total space of 5m3 is to be left out in the walls for a door
and windows.
(a) Calculate the volume of the material needed to
construct the walls without the door and the
windows. (4marks)
(b) The block used in constructing the walls are
45 cm x 20cm x 15 cm. 0.225m3 of cement
mixture is used to join the blocks. Calculate the
number of blocks needed to construct the
room. (4marks)

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12 1992 Q22 P1
The diagram below shows a model of a cylindrical
water tank. The total surface area of the model is 0.4m2
and the surface area of the actual tank is 14.4m2.
(i) If the height of the tank is 2.1m, find the height of
the model. (4marks)
ii) If the capacity of the model is 23.15litres, find the
capacity of the tank to the nearest litre. (4marks)

13 1992 Q20 P2

A swimming pool 30m long is 1m deep at its shallow

end 4m deep at its deep end. The pool is 14m wide.
(a) Find the volume of water, in cubic metres,
when the pool is full. (4marks)

(b) A circular pipe of diameter 14cm is used to

empty the swimming pool. Water flows through
pipe at a rate of 5m per sec.

Calculate the time it would take, to the nearest minute,

to empty the pool. (4marks)

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14 1993 Q7 P1

The figure alongside shows the cross-section of a metal

bar of length 40mm.The ends are equal semi-circles.
21mm
21mm 30mm

30mm

Determine its mass if the density of the metal is

8.8 g/cm3 (Take Л = 22/7)

15 1993 Q15 P1
A rostrum is made by cutting off the upper part of a
cone along a plane parallel to the base at 2/3 up the
height. What fraction the volume of the cone does the
rostrum represent?

16 1993 Q9 P2
A plug is made up of a hemi-spherical cap of radius
4.2cm, and a cylinder of diameter 3.5cm and height
5.0cm as shown in the diagram alongside. Calculate the
volume of the plug. (3marks)

R = 4.2cm

R= 4.2cm

5cm

3.5cm

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17 1995 Q 4 P2

Calculate volume of a prism whose length is 25cm and

whose cross- section is an equilateral triangles of 3 cm

18 1995 Q 9 P2

A boat moves 27 km/h in still water. It is to move from

point A to a point B which is directly east of A. If the
river flows from south to North at 9 km/ h, calculate the
track of the boat

19 1995 Q 14 P2
Two containers, one cylindrical and one spherical, have
the same volume. The height of the cylindrical container
is 50 cm and its radius is 11 cm. Find the radius of the
spherical container. (2 marks)

20 1996 Q 7 P2
In the figure below BAD and CBD are right angled
triangles.
( 2x -1) m
1m

1m

xm

Find the length of AB (4 marks)

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21 1997 Q 6 P1

A cylinder of radius 14 cm contains water. A metal solid

cone of base radius 7 cm and height 18cm is submerged
into the water. Find the change in height of the water
level in the cylinder.

22 1997 Q 16 P2

A metal bar is a hexagonal prism whose length is 30 cm.

The cross – section is a regular hexagon with each side
of the length 6 cm.

Find
(i) the area of the hexagonal face
(ii) the volume of the metal bar

23 1998 Q 11 P1

A cylindrical container of radius 15cm has some water

in it. When a solid is submerged into the water, the
water level rises by 1.2 cm.

(a) Find, the volume of the water displaced by

the solid leaving your answer in terms of
Л
(b) If the solid is a circular cone of height 9 cm,
calculate the radius of the cone to 2
decimal places.

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24 1998 Q 21 P1

A cylindrical can has a hemisphere cap. The cylinder

and the hemisphere are of radius 3.5 cm. The cylindrical
part is 20 cm tall. Take to be 22/7
Calculate
(a) the area of the circular base
(b) the area of the curved cylindrical surface
(c) the area of the curved hemisphere surface
(d) The total surface area.

25 1998 Q 11 P2

A balloon, in the form of a sphere of radius 2 cm, is

blown up so that the volume increase by 237.5%.
Determine the new volume of balloon in terms of

26 1999 Q4 P1

An open right circular cone has a base radius of 5 cm

and a perpendicular height of 12 cm. Calculate the
surface area of the cone.(Take )

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27 1999 Q 8 P1
A girl wanted to make a rectangular octagon of side
14cm. She made it from a square piece of a card of size y
cm by cutting off four isosceles triangles whose equal
sides were x cm each, as shown below.

(a) Write down an expression for the octagon in

terms of x and y
(b) Find the value of x
(c) Find the area of the octagon

28 1999 Q 13 P1
An artisan has 63 kg of metal of density 7, 000kg/m3.
He intends to use to make a rectangular pipe with
external dimensions 12 cm by 15 cm and internal
dimensions 10 cm by 12 cm.
Calculate the length of the pipe in metres

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29 1999 Q 23 P1

The diagram below shows a cross- section of a bottle.

The lower part ABC is a hemisphere of radius 5.2 cm
and the upper part is a frustrum of a cone. The top
radius of the frustrum is one third of the radius of the
hemisphere. The hemisphere part is completely filled
water as shown in the diagram.

When the container is inverted, the water now

completely fills only the frustrum part.
(a) Determine the height of the frustrum part
(b) Find the surface area of the frustrum part of the
bottle.

30 2000 Q 9 P1
The figure below shows an octagon obtained by cutting
off four congruent triangles from rectangle measuring
19.5 by 16.5 cm

Calculate the area of the octagon

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31 2000 Q 20 P1

A solid made up of a conical frustrum and a hemisphere

top as shown in the figure below. The dimensions are
as indicated in the figure.

(a) Find the area of

(i) The circular base
(ii) The curved surface of the frustrum
(iii) The hemisphere surface
(b) A similar solid has a total area of 81.51 cm2.
Determine the radius of its base.

32 2000 Q 3 P2

Two sides of a triangle are 5 cm each and the angle

between them is 1200.
Calculate the area of the triangle.

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33 2000 Q 4 P2

A piece of wire P cm long is bent to form the shape

shown in the figure below

The figure consists of a semicircular arc of radius r cm

and two perpendicular sides of length x cm each.
Express x in terms of P and r,
Hence show that the area A cm2, of the figures is given
by A = ½ Л r2 + 1/8 (p - r)2

34 2001 Q 2 P1

The figure below represents a kite ABCD, AB = AD = 15

cm. The diagonals BD and AC intersect at O. AC = 30cm
and AO = 12 cm.

Find the area of the kite

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35 2001 Q 4 P1

The diagram below represents a solid made up of a

hemisphere mounted on a cone. The radius of the cone
and the radius of the hemisphere are each 6 cm and the
height of the cone is 9 cm.

Calculate the volume of the solid. Take as 22/7

(3 marks)

36 2001 Q 12 P2

The figure represents a pentagon prism of length

12cm.The cross – section is a regular pentagon, centre
O, whose dimensions are shown.

Find the total surface area of the prism.

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37 2001 Q 23 P2

The diagram below represents a pillar made of

Cylindrical and regular hexagonal parts. The diameter
and height of the cylindrical part are 1.4m and 1m
respectively. The side of the regular hexagonal face is
0.4m and height of hexagonal part is 4m.

a) Calculate the volume of the :

i) Cylindrical part
ii) Hexagonal part

b) An identical pillar is to be built but with

a hollow centre cross – section area of
0.25m2. The density of the material to be
used to make the pillar is
2.4g/cm3.Calculate the mass of the new
pillar.

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38 2002 Q 6 P1

The figure below is a polygon in which AB = CD = FA =

12cm BC = EF = 4cm and BAF =- CDE = 1200. AD is a line
of symmetry.

Find the area of the polygon.

39 2002 Q 11 P1

The internal and external diameters of a circular ring

are 6cm and 8cm respectively. Find the volume of the
ring if its thickness is 2 millimeters. (3marks)

40 2002 Q 3 P2

A triangular flower garden has an area of 28m2. Two of

its edges are 14 metres and 8 metres. Find the angle
between the two edges.

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41 2003 Q 10 P1

The length of a solid prism is 10cm. Its cross section is

an equilateral triangle of side 6cm. Find the total
surface area of the prism.

42 2003 Q 11 P1

A wire of length 21cm is bent to form the shape down

in the figure below, ABCD is a rectangle and AEB is an
equilateral triangle. (2marks)

If the length of AD of the rectangle is 1 ½ times its

width, calculate the width of the rectangle.

43 2003 Q 13 P1

The length of a hollow cylindrical pipe is 6metres. Its

external diameter is 11cm and has a thickness of 1cm.
Calculate the volume in cm3 of the material used to
make the pipe. Take as 3.142.

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44 2003 Q 17 P1

A rectangular tank whose internal dimensions are 1.7m

by 1.4m by 2.2m is three – quarters full of milk.
a) Calculate the volume of milk in the tank in cubic
metres.

b) The milk is to be packed in small packets. Each

packet is in the shape of a right pyramid on an
equilateral triangular base of side 16cm. The height of
each packet is 13.6cm. Full packets obtained are sold at
sh.25 per packet. Calculate

i) The volume of milk in cubic centimeters, contained in

each packet to 2 significant figures (4 marks)

ii) The exact amount that will be realized from the sale
of all the packets of milk. (2 marks)

45 2003 Q 9 P2
The surface area of a solid hemisphere is radius r cm is
75 cm2.Find the volume of the solid, leaving your
Answer in terms of (4 marks)

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46 2004 Q 13 P1
The figure below represents a hexagon of side 5cm.

Find the volume of the prism.

47 2004 Q 19 P1

The figure below represents a model of a solid

structure in the shape of a frustum of a cone with
hemispherical top.
The diameter of the hemispherical part is 70cm and is
equal to the diameter of the top of the frustum. The
frustum has a base diameter of 28cm and slant height of
60cm.

Calculate
a) The area of hemispherical surface.
b) The total surface area of the model.

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48 2005 Q 3 P1
The area of a rhombus is 60cm2. Given that one of its
diagonals is 15 cm long, Calculate the perimeter of the
rhombus (3 marks)

49 2005 Q 12 P1
A cylindrical piece of wood of radius 4.2 cm and length
150 cm is cut length into two equal pieces. Calculate
the surface area of one piece
(Take as 22/7) (4marks)

50 2005 Q 19 P1
The diagram below represents a rectangular swimming
pool 25m long and 10m wide. The sides of the pool are
vertical.

The floor of the pool slants uniformly such that the

depth at the shallow end is 1m at the deep end is 2.8 m.
(a) Calculate the volume of water required to
completely fill the pool.

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b) Water is allowed into the empty pool at a constant

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 rate through an inlet pipe. It takes 9 hours for the water
to just cover the entire floor of the pool.
Calculate:
(i) The volume of the water that just covers
the floor of the pool (2 marks)
(ii) The time needed to completely fill the
remaining of the pool. (3 marks)

51 2006 Q 19 P1
The diagram below ( not drawn to scale) represents the
cross- section of a solid prism of height 8.0 cm
(3 marks)

(a) Calculate the volume of the prism (3 marks)

(b) Given that the density of the prism is 5.75g/cm3,
calculate its mass in grams (2 marks)

(c) A second prism is similar to first one but is made of

a different materials. The volume of the second is
246.24cm3
(i) calculate the area of the cross section of the second
prism (3 marks)

(ii) Given that the ratio of the mass of the first to that
of the second is 2: 5 and the density of the second
prism (2 marks)

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52 2006 Q 23 P1
The figure below is a model representing a storage

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 container. The model whose total height is 15cm is
made up of a conical top, a hemispherical bottom and
the middle part is cylindrical. The radius of the base of
the cone and that of the hemisphere are each 3cm. The
height of the cylindrical part is 8cm.

(a) Calculate the external surface area of the model

(4 marks)
(b) The actual storage container has a total height of 6
metres. The outside of the actual storage container is
to be painted. Calculate the amount of paint required if
an area of 20m2 requires 0.75 litres of the paint
(6 marks)

53 2007 Q 7 P1
A square brass plate is 2 mm thick and has a mass of
1.05 kg. The density of the brass is 8.4 g/cm3. Calculate
the length of the plate in centimeters (3 marks)

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54 2007 Q 9 P1
A cylindrical solid of radius 5 cm and length 12 cm
floats lengthwise in water to a depth of 2.5 cm as shown

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Calculate the area of the curved surface of the solid in

contact with water, correct to 4 significant figures
(4 marks)

55 2007 Q 22 P1
Two cylindrical containers are similar. The larger one
has internal cross- section area of 45cm2 and can hold
0.945 litres of liquid when full. The smaller container
has internal cross- section area of 20cm2
(a) Calculate the capacity of the smaller container

(b) The larger container is filled with juice to a

height of 13 cm. Juice is then drawn from is and
emptied into the smaller container until the depths
of the juice in both containers are equal. Calculate
the depths of juice in each container (2marks)

(c) On fifth of the juice in the larger container in part

(d) above is further drawn and emptied into the
smaller container. Find the difference in the depths
of the juice in the two containers. (4 marks)

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56 2008 Q 4 P1
Mapesa traveled by train from Butere to Nairobi. The
train left Butere on a Sunday at 23 50 hours and

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 traveled for 7 hours 15 minutes to reach Nakuru. After
a 45 minutes stop in Nakuru, the train took 5 hours 40
minutes to reach Nairobi.
Find the time, in the 12 hours clock system and the day
Mapesa arrived in Nairobi.
(2 marks)

57 2008 Q 7 P1
A liquid spray of mass 384g is packed in a cylindrical
container of internal radius 3.2cm. Given that the
density of the liquid is 0.6g/cm3, calculate to 2 decimal
places the height of the liquid in the container.
(3 marks)

58 2008 Q 9 P1
A solid metal sphere of radius 4.2 cm was melted and
the molten material used to make a cube. Find to 3
significant figures the length of the side of the cube.

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59 2008 Q 13 P1
A rectangular and two circular cut-outs of metal sheet
of negligible thickness are used to make a closed

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 cylinder. The rectangular cut-out has a height of 18cm.
Each circular cu-out has a radius of 5.2cm. Calculate in
terms of , the surface area of the cylinder
(3 marks)

60 2008 Q 22 P1
The diagram below represents a conical vessel which
stands vertically. The which stands vertically,. The
vessels contains water to a depth of 30cm. The radius
of the surface in the vessel is 21cm. (Take =22/7).

21cm
21cm

30cm

a) Calculate the volume of the water in the vessels

in cm3

b)When a metal sphere is completely submerged in the

water, the level of the water in the vessels rises by 6cm.
Calculate:
(i) The radius of the new water surface in
the vessel; (2 marks)
(ii) The volume of the metal sphere in cm3
(3 marks)
(iii) The radius of the sphere. (3 marks)

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61 2009 Q 6 P1
The figure below represents a plot of land ABCD such
that AB = 85 m, BC= 75m,CD = 60m, DA=50m and
Angle ACB=90◦

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 Determine the area of the plot in hectares correct to
two decimal places (4 marks)

62 2009 Q 7 P1
A watch which loses a half minutes every hour was set
to reach the correct time at 05 45h on Monday.
Determine the time in the 12 hour system, the watch
will show on the watch will show on the following
Friday at 1945h. (3 marks)

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63 2010 Q 14 P1
A cylindrical solid whose radius and height are equal
has a surface area of 154 cm2.
Calculate its diameter, correct to 2 decimal places.

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 (Take =3.142). (3 marks)

64 2010 Q 15 P1
The figure below shows two sectors in which CD and
EF are arcs of concentric circles ,centre O. Angle
COD =2 radians and CE=DF= 5cm.

If the perimeter of the shape CDFE is 24 cm, calculate

the length of OC.

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65 2010 Q 18 P1
A carpenter constructed a closed wooden box with
internal measurements.1.5 metres long,0.8 metres wide
and 0.4 metres high. The wood used in constructing the
box was 10 cm thick and had a density of 0.6 g/cm3.

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 a). Determine the:
(i) Volume in cm3,of the wood used in
constructing the box (4 marks)
(ii) Mass of the box in kilograms, correct to 1
decimal place. (2 marks)

b). Identical cylindrical tins of diameter 10 cm,

height 20 cm with a mass of 120 g each were packed in
the box.
Calculate the:
(i) Maximum number of tins that were packed.
(2 marks)
(ii) Total mass of the box with the tins .(2 marks)

66 2011 Q 2 P1
The diagonal of a rectangular garden measures 111/4m
while its width measures 63/4 m. Calculate the
perimeter of the garden. (2 marks)

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67 2011 Q 7 P1
The external length, width and height of an open
rectangular container are 41 cm, 21 cm and 15.5cm
respectively. The thickness of the material making the
container is 5mm. If the container has 8 litres of water,

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(4 marks)

68 2011 Q 17 P1
A solid consists of a cone and a hemisphere. The
common diameter of the cone and the hemisphere is
12cm and the slanting height of the cone is 10cm.
a) Calculate correct to two decimal places;
i) The surface area of the solid; (3 marks)
ii) The volume of the solid. (4 marks)
b) If the density of the material used to make the solid
is 1.3g/cm3,calculate its mass in kilograms.(3 marks)

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69 2012 Q4 P1
In the parallelogram PQRS shown below, PQ=8cm and
angle SPQ = 300

S R

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P 8cm Q

If the area of the parallelogram is 24cm3, find its

perimeter.
(3marks)

70 2012 Q15 P1
The figure below represents a solid cone with a
cylindrical hole drilled into it. The radius of the cone is
10.5cm and its vertical height is 15cm.The hole has a
diameter of 7cm and depth of 8cm.

Calculate the volume of the solid. (3marks)

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71 2012 Q18 P1
The figure below represents a solid cuboid
ABCDEFGH with a rectangular base. AC = 13cm,
BC = 5cm and CH = 15cm.

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(a) Determine the length of AB. (1 mark)
(b) Calculate the surface area of the cuboid
(3 marks)
(c) Given that the density of the material used
to make the cuboid is 7.6g/cm3, calculate its
mass in kilograms. (4 marks)
(d) Determine the number of such cuboids that
can fit exactly in a container measuring
1.5m by 1.2m by 1m. (2 marks)

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