ENOOMATASIANI GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL

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FORM THREE

MATHEMATICS
HYBRID PAPER
TIME: 2½ HOURS
END OF TERM 1 2024
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
b) This paper consists of TWO sections. Section A and Section B.
c) Answer ALL the questions in section 1 and only FIVE questions from Section 11.
d) All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each
question.
e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces below each
question.
f) Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
g) Non-programmable silent calculators and KNEC mathematical tables may be used except where stated
otherwise.
h) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the papers are printed as indicated and
that no questions are missing.

FOR EXAMINER’S ONLY

SECTION 1

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Total

SECTION 11

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Grand total

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 SECTION 1 (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
1.33×0.51
1. Evaluate without using tables or a calculator the value of (3 marks)
0.19×0.0017

2. When a certain number is divided by 48, 72 or 100 the remainder is 3 in each case. Find the number.
(3 marks)

3. Find all the integral values of � which satisfy the inequalities (3 marks)
20 − � > 5 + 2� ≥ � + 5

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4. A Kenyan bank buys and sells foreign currency as shown below.
Buying Selling
Kenya shillings Kenya shillings
1 Euro 84.15 84.26
1 US Dollar 80.12 80.43
A tourist travelling from Britain arrives in Kenya with 5000 Euros. He converts all the Euros to Kenya
Shillings at the bank. While in Kenya he spends a total of KSh. 289,850 and then converts the remaining
Kenya shillings to US dollars at the bank. Calculate (to nearest dollar) the amount he receives? (3 marks)

5. During an annual general meeting at Patel Mixed Day, goats and chicken were slaughtered. The number of
heads for both chicken and goats were 45. The total number of legs were 100. Determine the exact number of
goats and chicken slaughtered. (3 marks)

6. In a mixed school there are 900 students, out of these 600 are girls.
(a) Find the ratio of boys to girls. (2 marks)

(b)What is the percentage of boys in this school? (1 mark)

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 0.1225
7. Using tables, find the reciprocal of 0.432 and hence evaluate 0.432
(3 marks)

8. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to 3x – 7y – 20 = 0, and passes through the point (5, 2).
(3 marks)

9. Evaluate the value of x in 81�+1 × 34� = 243 (3 marks)

10. Solve for x in the equation; (3 marks)

2
Log8 (x+6) – log8 (x-3) = 3

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11. Solve for x and y in the simultaneous equation below. (4 marks)
xy + 6= 0
x - 2y= 7

12. An item that costs sh. 24, 000 cash can be bought on hire purchase. A customer pays sh.6, 000 as deposit
and then makes 6 monthly installments of sh.3, 500 each. Calculate the monthly rate of compound interest,
giving your answer to 1 d.p. (4 marks)

13. Solve for x in the equation cos (3x + 30) - sin (x+ 20) = 0. (3 marks)

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14. Chords QR and ST intersect at U.QR =5cm, RU=6cm and TU=4cm. Find the length SU. (3 marks)

U
6cm
R

5cm 4cm
T

15. If a=4i +2j and b=6i – 3j, find 2a + b (3 marks)

4 3
16. Simplify: − (3 marks)
5 + 2 5+ 2

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 SECTION 11 (50 Marks) Answer only FIVE questions from this section.
17. The table below shows the age groups and one hundred people who are HIV/ AIDS positive in a certain
Sub-county in Kenya.
Age group 10 – 19 20 – 29 30 – 39 40 – 49 50 – 59 60 – 69 70 – 79
No. of people 12 15 16 25 18 x 4

a) State the value of x. (2 marks)

b) State the modal age group. (1 mark)

c) Calculate the mean age of the people who are HIV/AIDS Positive. (3 marks)

d) State the median class (1 mark)

e) Calculate the median of the age group. (3 marks)

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18. Using a pair of compass and ruler only construct.
(a) Triangle PQR in which PQ =5cm, ∠QPR = 300 and ∠PQR=1050. (3 marks)

(b) A circle that passes through the vertices of the triangle PQR. Measure its radius. (3 marks)

(c) The height of triangles PQR with PQ as the base. Measure the height. (2 marks)

(d) Determine the area of the circle that has outsides the triangle correct to 2 decimal places
(2 marks)

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19. The diagram below shows a solid frustum:
2.8cm

h = 5cm

3.5.cm

a) The surface area of the frustrum (5 marks)

b) The volume of frustrum shown. (5 marks)

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20. Helena left town A at 8:00 am and travelled towards town B at an average speed of 64 km/h. half an hour
later, Joan left town B and travelled towards A at the same speed if the two towns are 384km apart:

a. At what time of the day did they meet? (5 marks)

b. How far from town B was their meeting point? (2 marks)

c. How far apart were they at 10:30am (3 marks)

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21. (a) Jane invested sh.18,000 for 2yrs in a bank compounded semi-annually. The bank paid compound interest
at a rate of 12%p.a. Find the value of the compound interest. (3 marks)

(b) The table below shows monthly tax rates for the year 2024.

Monthly taxable income in ksh Tax rates in %

1 - 10164 10
10165 - 19740 15
19741 - 29316 20
29317 - 39480 25
39481 and above 30
Meshak earns a basic salary of ksh.34,700 per month. He gets a house allowance of ksh.6000 p.m and a medical
allowance of ksh.3500 p.m. He is entitled to a personal relief of ksh.1162 p.m. Calculate:
(i) His taxable income in ksh. p.m (2 marks)

(ii) His net tax in ksh.p.m (4 marks)

(iii) His net salary in ksh.p.m (1 mark)

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22. The bearing of towns P and Q on a horizontal ground from a tower are 050 and 142 respectively. The
angle of elevation of the top of the lower from town P is 34 . Given that P is 200m from the top of the tower
and Q is 120m from the base of the tower
Determine:
a) The height of the tower (3 marks)

b) The angle of elevation of the top of the lower from Q (3 marks)

c) The distance between the two towns P and Q (4 marks)

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23. A radio dealer planned to buy some radios from a wholesale for ksh.340,000 .Before he could buy them
prices of each radio was increased by ksh.300.He now discovers that he can only afford to buy 30 radios less
than he had planned to buy with some amount of money. Taking x as the intended number of radios.
a) write an expression in terms of x for:
i) original price per radio ( 1 mark)

ii) price per radio after the increase (1 mark)

b) determine :
i)number of radios he had originally planned to buy ( 5 marks)

ii)percentage increase in the price per radio (3 marks)

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24. The figure below shows a triangle ABC enclosed in a circle AC=10cm BC=7cm and AB=8cm.

a. Find the size of angle CAB (2 marks)

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

c. Hence calculate the area of the shaded region. (6 marks)

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