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KCSE TRIAL EXAM
April 2024 Date…………………….…..………
2 12 hours
NAKURU GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS ALT A
KCSE Trial Exam – Paper 2
Time: 2 21 hours

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and index number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided above.
(c) This paper consists of TWO sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer ALL the questions in Section I and only 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, except where stated otherwise.
(h) This paper consists of 21 printed pages.
(i) Candidates should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are
printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
(j) Candidates should answer the questions in English.

For examiner’s use only

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

Section II
Grand Total
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total

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 SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided

1. Without using tables or the calculator, evaluate the following expression:

log 1  log 64
3 4
3
. (2 marks)
log 32  log 1
3 38

2. Round off 783625 to two significant figures hence calculate the percentage error in the
rounded off value. (3 marks)

3. Two solutions one containing 30% acid solution and another being a pure acid solution
are mixed together. How much pure acid and 30% acid solution should be mixed together
to obtain 28 litres of 40% acid solution? (3 marks)

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4. Solve for x in the equation

 1
2x  3
3  28 3x (3 marks)

5. Lang’at invested a certain amount of money in a bank which paid 12 1 % per annum
2
simple interest. After 3 years his total savings were Ksh 718750 . Determine the
1
2
amount of money he invested initially. (3 marks)

6. Without using a calculator or mathematical tables, simplify the expression

1  cos 30°
.
1  sin 60°

leaving your answer in the form a  b c . (3 marks)

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7. The points (1, n) lie on the circle given by   32    12  25. Find the
x y

values of n. (3 marks)

8. An aeroplane flies at an average speed of 560 knots due East from a point


P 56° N, 160° to another point Q. It takes 3 81 hours to reach point Q.

E

Calculate:
(i) the distance in nautical miles it travelled; (1 mark)

(ii) the longitude of point Q to 2 decimal places. (2 marks)

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 9. A group of campers and one group leader left a campsite in a canoe. They travelled at
an average speed of 10 km/h . Two hours later, another group leader left the campsite in
a motorboat. He travelled at an average speed of 22 km/h .
(a) How long did the motorboat take to catch up with the canoe? (3 marks)

(b) What distance did the motorboat cover before catching up with the canoe? (1 mark)


10. (a) Expand and simplify the expression 4x
y
 . (2 marks)
 5
2 
 

(b) Hence use the first four terms in the expansion in (a) above to approximate the value
of 3965 . (2 marks)

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 a
11.
0 2x  5dx  6 , find the value of a. (3 marks)

12. Solve for x in the equation

 
4 cos2 x  3cos 90°  x  for 0°  x  180° (3 marks)

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13. The following frequency distribution table represents masses in kilograms of children in
a class.

Mass of children
355 368 382 y 402 410 414
kg
No. of students 4 3 2 2 2 14 8

The mass y with a frequency of 2 is not given. Given  ft  116

that f
where t  x  41, and using an assumed mean of 41, determine mass y. (3 marks)

14. A is the point 6, 5 and B is the point 3, 1 . A point P divides AB externally in the

ratio 7 : 4 . Find the co-ordinates of P. (3 marks)

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15. An inlet tap can fill an empty tank in 8 hours. It takes 12 hours to fill the tank when the
inlet tap and an outlet tap are both opened at the same time. Calculate the time the outlet
tap takes to empty the full tank when the inlet tap is closed. (3 marks)

16. The figure below shows a rectangular sheet of dimensions 20 cm by 15 cm. Equal
squares of side x cm are cut from two adjacent corners and the resulting flaps bent to
form the tray of a shovel. Find the value of x for which the volume of the shovel is a
maximum. (4 marks)
x cm
20 cm x cm

15 cm

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 SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer only five questions in this section in the spaces provided
17. A trader bought 200 kg of grade I rice at Ksh 180 per kilogram, 160 kg of grade II rice at
Ksh 150 per kilogram and 140 kg of grade III rice at Ksh 100 per kilogram. He mixed
the three types of rice.

(a) Find the buying price of one kilogram of the mixture. (2 marks)

(b) He packed the mixture into 2 kg packets.

(i) If he intends to make a 15% profit find the selling price per packet.
(2 marks)

(ii) He sold 100 packets and then reduced the price by 5% in order to attract
customers. Find the new selling price per packet. (2 marks)

(iii) After selling 2

5 of the remainder at the reduced price, he raised the price so as to
realize the original goal of 15% profit overall. Find the selling price per packet
of the remaining rice. (4 marks)

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18. (a) On the grid provided, draw a graph of the function

y  x2
 2x  3 for 1  x  5 (3 marks)

(b) Use the trapezoidal rule with six strips to estimate the area enclosed by the curve,
the x-axis and the lines x = −1 and x = 5. (3 marks)

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(c) By integration, determine the actual area enclosed by the curve, the x-axis and the lines
x = −1 and x = 5. (4 marks)

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19. The table below shows the marks obtained by 80 students in a mathematics exam.

Marks Number of students

0  10 3

10  20 8
20  30 17
30  40 29
40  50 15
50  60 6
60  70 2

(a) On the grid provided, draw an ogive to represent the data. (4 marks)

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(b) Use the graph to estimate:
(i) the median mark. (1 mark)

(ii) the quartile deviation. (3 marks)

(iii) the percentage number of students who sored at least 45 marks. (2 marks)

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20. In the year 2000 a shop sold 150 computers. Each year the shop sold 10 more
computers than the year before.

(a) Determine the number of computers sold in the year 2007. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the total number of computers the shop sold from 2000 to 2013 inclusive.
(3 marks)

(c) In the year 2000 the selling price of each computer was K£ 900 . The selling price
fell by K£ 20 each. In a particular year, the selling price of each computer in K£s
was
equal to three times the number of computers the shop sold in that year. By forming an
equation and solving it, determine the year in which this occurred. (5 marks)

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21. The figure below is a scale drawing of a rectangular garden ABCD.
Scale: 1 cm represents 1 metre.
A B

D C

(a) Gideon wants to plant a tree in the garden that should

be at least 5 m from point C,
nearer to AB than to AD,
and less than 3 m from DC.
On the diagram, shade the region where Gideon can plant the tree. (4 marks)

(b) (i) On the same garden, construct a triangle ABP whose area is 24 m2 and
APB = 90°. (3 marks)

(ii) On the same diagram locate the two possible positions of point P and measure the
distance between the two points. (2 marks)

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 22. (a) Complete the table given below by filling in the blank spaces. (2 marks)

180o 150o 120o 90o 60o 30o 30o 60o 90o 120o 150o 180o 210o 240
xo 0o

2 sin x 0 1 2 1 0 1 173 173 0 1 173

15 90
( 1 x  30° ) 120 90 75 60 30 15 0 30 45 60 75
2
2 cos( 1 x  30° )
2 1 052 052 1 141 2 193 173 141 052 0

(b) On the grid provided draw, on the same axes, the graphs y  2sin and
of
x


y  2 cos 21 x  30°  for 180°  x  240° .

Take the scale: 1 cm for 30° on the x-axis and 2 cm for 1 unit on the y-axis.
(5 marks)

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 (c) Use your graph to find the values of x for which
(i) 2sin x  0
(1 mark)

(ii)
2 
2sin x  2 cos 1 x  30° . (2 marks)

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 23. The vertices of the triangle shown on the grid
A 6,  4, B 4,  5 and C 3, 65.
are

Triangle ABC is the image of triangle ABC under a transformation whose matrix is
 1 0
 .
11 1 
 2 
(a) Find the co-ordinates of A, B and C. (4 marks)
y
7
C
6

x
7654321 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1

2

3
A 4

B 5

6

7

(b) Triangle ABC is the image of triangle ABC under a transformation

 1 0 
represented by the 11 . Determine the coordinates of
matrix 1
 2 
A, B and C. (2 marks)

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 (c) On the same grid provided, draw triangles ABC and
(2 marks)
ABC.

(d) Determine a single matrix that maps ABC onto ABC. (2 marks)

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24. The figure below shows a model of a roof with a rectangular base ABCD. AB = 36cm,
EF = 14 cm and BC = 16cm. The ridge EF is centrally placed. The faces ADE and BCF
are equilateral triangles. G is the mid-point of BC.

E F

D C

H G

A B

(a) Calculate to two decimal places;

(i) the length FG. (2 marks)

(ii) the height FH of the roof above the base ABCD. (2 marks)

(iii) the perpendicular height of the trapezoidal face ABFE. (2 marks)

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(b) the angle between planes FBC and ABCD. (2
marks)

(c) the angle between the planes ABFE and DCFE. (2

marks)