ZERAKI ACHIEVERS’ EXAMINATIONS (2023)

Term 1 - 2023
MATHEMATICS (121/2)
PAPER 2
FORM FOUR (4)
Time: 2 ½ Hours
Name: …………………………………………………………. Adm No: ………………………

School: ……………………………………………………….. Class: …………………………

Signature: …………………………………………………….. Date: ……………………………

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided at the top of this page.
(b) Write your school name, sign and write the date of the examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of Two sections: Section I and Section II
(d) Answer ALL questions in Section I and any five questions from Section II
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers 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.
(h) This paper consists of 16 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated and no
questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

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

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 SECTION I (50 Marks)
Answer all the questions in this section
1. A picture frame is rectangular in shape with dimensions 10 cm by 14 cm. Calculate the maximum percentage
error in the area of the frame. (3 marks)

2. On the grid provided below, draw the circle whose equation is 2 x 2+2 y 2 +8 x−10=0. (4 marks)

3. Without using a mathematical table or a calculator, find the values of a , b and c given that: (3 marks)
0
tan 60
0
=a+b √ c
1−cos 30
4.

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4. Without using mathematical tables or a calculator, evaluate: (3 marks)
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2 log 3 9− log 3 144 +log 3 972
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5. Make A the subject of the formula (3 marks)

T=
n √
2m L− A2
3k

6. Expand ( 1−2 x )7 in ascending powers of x up to the term in x 4 . Hence use your expansion to find the value of
( 0.98 )7 . (3 marks)

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7. The line PQ below is part of a triangle PQR in which QPR¿ 750 and PR¿5.5 cm.

Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only;

(a) complete triangle PQR. (1 mark)

(b) determine the shortest distance from R to PQ. (1 mark)

8. The figure below shows cross-section of a steel beam used in a construction site.

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Calculate the volume of the beam if it is 1.8 m long. Use π = (3
7
marks)

9. Given that p=2i−3 j+ k and q=3 i−4 j−3 k , a point R divides the line PQ externally in the ratio of 4 :1. Find
the coordinates of R. (3 marks)

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10. Find the obtuse angle made by the line 3 x+ 4 y =12 and the x−¿ axis, correct to 1 decimal place.
(3 marks)

11. In a transformation, an object with area 9 square units is mapped onto its image whose area is 54 square units.
Given that the transformation matrix is( x x −1
2 4 ) . Find the value of x . (3 marks)

12. The figure below shows the graph of log P against log Q .

Given that P=a Qn, find the values of a and n . (3 marks)

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13. Five geometrical sets and three mathematical tables cost sh. 2,816 while three geometrical sets and five
mathematical tables cost sh. 3,360. Use the matrix method to determine the cost of each item. (4 marks)

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14. The length of an arc of a circle is of its circumference. If the area of the circle is 346.5 cm2, find the area of
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the sector enclosed by this arc. (3 marks)

15. Rose a branding machine on hire purchase. The cash price of the branding machine is Kshs. 750,000. She
pays a deposit of Kshs. 275,000 and followed by 15 monthly installments of Kshs. 55,000 each. Calculate the
monthly rate at which compound interest was charged. (4 marks)

16. Jose had 200 buckets of water each having a mass of 20 kg. After one week, due to evaporation, the mass
decreased in the ratio 29: 32. Calculate the total mass lost to evaporation. (3 marks)

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 SECTION II (50 Marks)
Answer any five questions in this section.
17. The table below shows the income tax rates for a certain year.
Taxable pay per month Tax rate
(Kshs) (%)
1 – 9,680 10%
9,681 – 18,800 15%
18,801 – 27,920 20%
27,921 – 37,040 25%
37041 – and above 30%

That year Marylinnet paid net tax of Kshs. 4,312 per month. Her total monthly taxable allowances amounted
to Kshs.15,220 and he was entitled to a monthly relief of Ksh. 1,062. Every month the following deductions
were made; NHIF – Kshs.320, Union dues – Ksh.200, Co-operative shares – Ksh. 500.
Calculate:
(a) Marylinnet’s monthly basic salary in Kshs. (7 marks)

(b) Her monthly net salary in Kshs. (3 marks)

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18. In the figure below, ABC is a triangle in which AB = 6 cm, BC = 11 cm and AC = 7 cm (not drawn to scale).
The circle centre O passes through A, B and C.

Calculate correct to 1 decimal place

(a) angle ACB (3 marks)

(b) radius of the circle. (2 marks)

(c) shaded area. (5 marks)

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19. (a) Given the series 2+ 4+8+16 +…+16384
(i) Identify the type of series. (2 marks)

(ii) Find the number of terms in the series (3 marks)

(iii) Calculate the sum terms in the series (2 marks)

(b) Given that the sum of the first n terms of the sequence 3+7+ 11+15+… is 820, find the last term
of the sequence (3 marks)

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20. The table below shows the distribution of marks scored by 110 students in a test.
Marks 11 – 20 21 – 30 31 – 40 41 – 50 51 – 60 61 – 70 71 – 80 81 – 90
No. of Students 7 a+ 3 12 2 a+13 37 11 6 3

(a) Find the value of a . (1 mark)

x−45.5
(b) Using d= , calculate, to 4 significant figures;
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(i) The mean mark. (4 marks)

(ii) The standard deviation. (3 marks)

(c) If 60% of the students passed, calculate the pass mark. (2 marks)

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21. A water vendor has a tank of capacity 18900 litres. The tank is being filled from two pipes A and B that are
closed immediately the tank is full. Water flows at the rate of 150,000 cm3 per minute and 120,000 cm3 per
minute from pipes A and B respectively.
(a) Calculate the time it takes to fill the tank if both taps A and B are opened at the same time in hours.
(4 marks)

(b) On a particular day the vendor started refilling the empty tank using taps A and B but was forced to start
serving his clients after 25 minutes of filling. Given that the draining tap C supply 20 litres per minute to
the clients, determine the exact time of the day the tank was filled assuming that the clients supply was
continuous from 11.15 a.m. (6 marks)

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22. The vertices of a triangle ABC are as shown in the figure below.

(a) If the vertex is mapped onto by a shear with x – axis invariant.

(i) Find the matrix that represents the shear in (a) (i) above. (2 marks)

(ii) Draw triangle , the image of triangle ABC, under the shear. (3 marks)

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(b) A transformation matrix maps triangle onto . Draw triangle .
(2 marks)

(c) A transformation matrix maps triangle onto triangle ABC

(i) Determine the transformation matrix . (2 marks)

(ii) Describe the transformation represented by . (1 mark)

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23. The probability of Patrick passing his exam is 0.8 that of James is 0.6 while that of Linda is 0.2.
(a) Draw a tree diagram to represent the above information (2 marks)

(b) Use your tree diagram to find the probability that;

(i) Exactly two students pass in the exam (2 marks)

(ii) At most two students pass the exam (2 marks)

(iii) Only one student passes the exam (2 marks)

(iv) At least one passes in the exam (2 marks)

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24. A triangle OPQ is such that OP=3 OS and 3∨¿ OQ. T is a point on QS sch that 4 QT =3 QS .
Given that OP= p and OQ=q ,

(a) Express the following vectors in terms of p and q

(i) SR (1 mark)

(ii) QS (1 mark)

(iii) PT (2 marks)

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 (iv) TR (3 marks)

(b) Show that the points P, T and R are collinear. (3 marks)

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