THE LWANDA PARISH JOINT EXAMINATIONS.

Kenya Certificate Of Secondary Education (K.C.S.E.) 2023.

MATHEMATICS Paper 1
ALT A
FORM TWO
August. 2023

Name……………………………….……………. Index Number:…….……………....

Candidate’s Signature… …………………… Date………………………..…………..

Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name and admission number in the spaces provided above.
(b) Sign and write the date of examination in the spaces provided.
(c) This paper consists of two sections: Section I and Section II.
(d) Answer all questions in section I and only five questions from section II.
(e) Show all the steps in your calculations, giving the 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 16 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

Section II

Grand Total

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SECTION I (50 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section in the spaces provided.

1. Evaluate without using a calculator or a mathematical table; (3 marks)

( )

2. Find the value of x in the equation. (3 marks)

3. The ratio of number of goats to number cows in a farm is while the ratio of number
sheep to number cows is . If there are sheep, how many more cows than goats are
there in the farm? (3 marks)

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

5. Two similar blocks have masses and respectively. If the surface area of the
smaller block is , calculate the surface area of the larger block. (3 marks)

6. A tourist from United Kingdom arrived in Kenya with sterling pounds and exchanged
the money through an agent at a commission of using the exchange rates below.

While in Kenya, the tourist spent on accommodations and travelling. He had to

pay tax of of the initial amount before leaving Kenya for United States. How many dollars
did the tourist leave Kenya with? (4 marks)

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7. In the figure below, O is the centre of the circle and SP is parallel to OQ.

Find value x. (2 marks)

8. The sum of three consecutive odd numbers is greater than . Determine the first three such
numbers. (3 marks)

9. Use tables of squares, square roots and reciprocals to evaluate; (4 marks)

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10. A line segment PQ with co-ordinates at and is mapped onto with co-
ordinates and by an enlargement. Find the scale factor and the co-ordinates
of the center of enlargement. (4 marks)

11. Given that , find . (3 marks)

12. A fruit dealer blends the fruit juice in a common container to the brim before choosing the
quantities in which to distribute them. She can pack them in either litres, litres or
litres can before selling them. If she chooses litres cans she remains with litres while
when she uses litres litres remain in a container and litres when distributed in
litres cans. Determine the capacity of her container in litres. (3 marks)

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13. An irregular polygon with sides is such that three of its interior angles measures each.
The remaining interior angles measure each. Determine the value of . (3 marks)

14. The figure below shows part of a cuboid . Complete the diagram showing the
hidden edges with broken lines. (3 marks)

15. An arc subtends an angle of radians at the centre of a circle whose radius is . Find
the length of the arc. (2 marks)

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16. Use graphical method to solve the pair of simultaneous: (4 marks)

2y  x  4
x  y  1

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SECTION II (50 marks)

Answer only five questions in this section in the spaces provided

17. is a rhombus. Line AC has equation while coordinates of and

that of .
(a) Find the value of . (2 marks)

(b) Find the coordinates of . (4 marks)

(c) Find the coordinates of . (2 marks)

(d) Find the of the line BC. (2 marks)

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18. A quadrilateral PQRS has the vertices at , , and .

(a) On the grid provided below, draw the quadrilateral PQRS and its image under
enlargement scale factor and centre . (3 marks)

(b) is the image of under negative quarter turn about the origin. On
the same grid, draw the quadrilateral . (2 marks)

(c) is the image of under a reflection in the line .

Draw the quadrilateral . (2 marks)

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(d) Describe the transformation that maps the quadrilateral onto

. (1 mark)

(e) State the pairs of the quadrilateral that are;

(i) Directly congruent. (1 mark)

(ii) Oppositely congruent. (1 mark)

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19. Town B is on a bearing of from town A. Another town C is on a bearing of from

town A and on a bearing of from town B. A fourth town D is on a bearing of from
A. Using a scale of ;

(a) Show the relative positions of the towns. (5 marks)

(b) Using the diagram, find;

i. Distance AC. (2 marks)

ii. Distance CD. (2 marks)

iii. Compass bearing of C from D. (1 mark)

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20. The diagram below shows a solid made of a cone, hemisphere and a cylinder. The solid has a
height of a common radius of .

(a) Leaving your answer in term of , calculate;

(i) The volume of the solid. (3 marks)

(ii) The surface area of the solid. (3 marks)

(b) The solid fits in a box in the shape of a cuboid by by . Calculate the
volume of the box not occupied by the solid correct to four significant figures.
(2 marks)

(c) The surface of the solid is to be painted. One milliliter of paint covers an area of .
The cost of the paint is ksh.900 per litre, calculate the cost of the paint required to the
nearest shillings. (2 marks)

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21. Three partners Jared, James and Jack contributed , and

respectively to start a business of a matatu plying route. The matatu
carries passengers with each paying . The matatu makes two round trips each day
and ever full. Each day is used to cover running costs and wages.
(a)Calculate their net profit per day. (2 marks)

(b) The matatu works for days per month and is serviced every month at a cost of
. Calculate their monthly profit in June. (1 mark)

(c) The three partners agreed to save of the profit, to be shared equally and
to be shared in the ratio of their contribution. Calculate James’s share in the month of
July. (4 marks)

(d) The matatu developed mechanical problems and they decided to sell it through an agent
who charged a commission of on selling price. Each partner received
from agent after he had taken his commission. Determine the price at which the agent
sold the matatu. (3 marks)

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22. Nyikuri spent to buy a number of shirts and a number of trousers from a wholesale at
per shirt and per trouser. Joyce bought the same number of shirts and trousers from
another wholesaler where she paid more for a shirt and less for a trouser. Joyce spent
more than Nyikuri.
(a) Determine the number of shirts and trousers each of them bought. (4 marks)

(b) Nyikuri sold all his clothes at a profit of per shirt and per trouser. How much profit did
he make? (3 marks)

(c) Joyce sold her clothes at a profit of per shirt and per trouser. Calculate the percentage
profit she made on the sales of all her clothes? (3 marks)

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23. A sales woman is paid a basic salary of per month for selling laptops marked at
each. In addition, she is paid commission at the rate given below.

(a) During a certain month, she sold laptops at discount. Calculate;

(i) The amount of commission she earned that month. (3 marks)

(ii) Her total earnings that month. (1 mark)

(b) The following month, the sales woman salary was increased by Her total earnings
that month were . Calculate;
(i) The total amount of sales of laptops that month. (3 marks)

(ii) The percentage discount she allowed that month per laptop if pieces were sold.
(3 marks)
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24. Using a ruler and a air of compasses only,

(a) Construct a parallelogram in which , and .

(3 marks)

(b) Drop a perpendicular from S to meet PQ at B. Measure SB and hence calculate the area
of the parallelogram. (3 marks)

(c) Using side SP, divide SB into equal parts hence locate point A on line SB such that
. (2 marks)

(i) Measure angle APS. (1 mark)

(ii) Measure QA. (1 mark)

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