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FORM 3 BUNAMFAN CLUSTER EXAMINATION — 2024
Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
1212 - MATHEMATICS — Paper 2
OCTOBER 2024-2 % hours
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. Write your Name, Admission number, Class and Date.
2. The paper contains two sections: Section I and Il
3. Answer ALL questions in section I and ANY FIVE questions from section II.
4. All working 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. Negligent and slovenly work will be penalized,
7. Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and mathematical tables are allowed for
use.
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY
T])2]73/4]5]6]7]8 Pye Tees TOTAL
| Lil
SECTION GRAND TOTAL
7] 18 | 19 | 20 | 21) 2 | 23 | 24 | TOTAL
‘This paper consists 16 of printed pages,
Candidates should check the question paper to ensure that all the pages are printed as indicated
and no questions are missing. wxetion 1 (Somers)
Cansnee all quetoas ww This SecTion)
at must be added to the 4x7-12x to make it perfect square. (3marks)
1. Find the number th:
B= 4ac
ye HAC SM MN
i 216
ss an
2, The length and breadth ofa rectangle are given to the nearest Iem as 12em and 10cm
respectively. Calculate the percentage error in the area of the rectangle giving youl |“
4
Ainarks)
answer correct to 4sf. et
Man AF 125x108 = IBh2s cn (ri for ete
Mia AFIS AS F101. 25 o0*
Achal Azp(axtos [20cm
Aes (3195-10925 2 (0.R75 KY
2
P= srs xi00% YM
726
q.0638% SAI,
AG
3. In the figure below,AB=12cm,AC=10em and *
Bi bby yay ese
AYR Voyr sae
yReyriss0 4"
15. Solve the equation sin 2x=0.5 for 0°x<360" marks)
Rx sB0' 150° 248 450° ~ sal
a= 1S) 753 19s" 225° SEA 16. A chord is Sem from the centre of a citcle whose radius is 13em.Calculate the length of
2
the chord. @niarks)
SS
7 > nn
VIB S2 = 10 4"!
Jacmxas @em a Section I (So aodis),
C Aasiven oy fre ve Mow A thc settion)
17. A)complete the table below for the function yo2x?+x-10 for -3 1)indT
= DA aku
b) Dorothy, a business lady bought 3 blow dryers and 4 shaving machines at a cost of
sh.12, 000.Had he bought 7 blow dryers and 12 shaving machines, she would have spent
sh.20, 000 more.
Taking x and y to represent prices of a blow dryer and a shaving machine
respectively, form a matrix equation to represent this information. (2marks)
Bxtayelaow ~ &|
‘Tx +124 =2a,cov
Gays= Cie) 77
ii, Use the matrix method to find the cost of one blow dryer and a shavii
Hk \ (IRR 7 1, Conect Ree _ntailytlnerty,
(SK 2 Bow by lnvese
©- Legere) 9 a
@=Cxa)vm f
7 Blas Ayer Kel. ovo chews Machine lth. ison +
iii, Dorothy discovered that itv another shop the price of a blow dryer is 20% less
machine.
a
while that of a shaving machine is 10% higher. Caleulate how much she would
have saved if she bought from the shop. (2marks)
3x BOx 2000 + 4x F1Ox is6o
16d Te wn
AESOP + GOO = ksh. }1,400
Sony! tape -1,400= kd Goo- 7h, 2 St the 7m Sh onan
21. The 1% ,the 7" and 25" terms of an arithmetic progression are the first three consecutive
terms of a geometric progression. The 20" term of the AP is 44,find;
. a) The first term and the common difference of the AP. Gmarks)
Wd= de a ated, azaqd ads ade 44
ated = aragd Qada4y
wa ated dang WM
ated a (ataed) a=
AA (aad 42642. a agad.
= es
a=
BEd rE [Rach orl,
asad. 4M)
b) “The number of: terms of the AP for which the sum ot terms is 1,800. (3marks)
Bpaxe +@-D Af =1800
t= -|+8s
9 (iat2a-2)=2600 7
A (Qntl0)-= 3600 E42. Ap
Qn ylon-3600=0 my 7
AR4gn-isoo co
N= -\+[ Ro 4ciea)
Qs-lkas // my
©) The 10" term of the GP. (2marks)
6 Srey, 6+2+(ay
G, 18, Se
Qs &, X23
6 wy
ios ax? > 6(3)!
= I1l$oqk “A
d) The sum of the first n terms of t (marks) 22. Inthe figure below, OA=a, OB-b, M divides AB in the ratio 1:2 and N divides OB in the
ratio 2
= Bark ZA,
~ “2 =
b) Given also that OX=hOM and AXkAN where h and k are constant, express OX
in two different ways hence find the value of the unknowns h and k.
Cnet),
ox=F (%2*54) med |
= eharyre % Pl ake
Be ek yee
=SOAtkad a ke % VA.
Ba pK eeR mM :
sanke+ Kk fe2(%)
=a ryke beg a
Rha (+k, -- - jon
he &k ---
Ae ake
3 @welK 4M
~ Syelek 14 23. In.a handball competition, cach team play two matches. The probability that a team wins
its first mateh i
Fit wins the first match the probability that it wins the second mateh is
3 i
= otherwise=.
4 5 a
a) Represent the information on a tree diagram, Gmarks)
bb) Find the probability that;
i. A team wins both matches. (2marks)
AWN) =e 3x24 ™
PCA) 10%,
=4
a al
a.
ii, A team wins a single match. Ginarks)
Pine P(LW)
3 y ™)
ages
34k
Boas
1 x
iii, A team does not win (marks)
MAD = my
ALY) = ere v
e& /
ee ere ee ee Con)
1— PGtN)
\- 76% wv My
I %®
=it
zo My 24, The
¢ below shows a circle centre O in which BOE is a diameter.
