Mathematics Paper 1 Questions and Answers - Momaliche Pre Mock Exams 2023

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

• This paper consists of two Sections; Section I and Section II.
• Answer all the questions in Section I and any FIVE questions from Section II. 
• All answers and working must be written on the question paper in the spaces provided below each question.
• Show all the steps in your calculation, giving your answer at each stage in the spaces provided below each question.
• Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be used unless stated otherwise.

SECTION I (50 MARKS)

Answer ALL questions in this section in the spaces provided

1. Without using mathematical tables or calculator evaluate:   (3mks)
   
2. Simplify completely  9a²y − 16b²y³   (3mks)
                                       4by² − 3ay
3. A water tank has a capacity of 50 litres. A similar model tank has a capacity of 0.25litres. if the larger tank has a height of 100cm. calculate the height of the model tank.    (3mks)
4. Simplify  (2 mks). 
5. One interior angle of a certain polygon is 84º. If each of the other angles is 147°, how many sides does this polygon have?     (3 mks)
6. During a certain period the exchange rates at a Pesa point were;
                               Buying shs               Selling shsRiyal                       19.68                         19.78
   A tourist arrived with 5480 Riyal which he changed to Kshs. He spend ²/₃ of the total in visiting various sites. As he was leaving he changed all he had to Riyal. How much did he leave with? Answer to 1 d.p
   (3 mks)
7. Find the area of the triangle below given that lines AB=25cm, BC = 15cm, AC = 14cm, BD = 28cm and  ∠CBD = 32°          (4mks)
   
8. A shear parallel to the x-axis maps point (1,2) onto a point (7, 2). Determine the shear factors and hence   state the shear matrix (invariant line is y = 0) (3 mks)
9. The diagram below shows a circle ABCDE. The line FEG is a tangent to the circle at point E. Line DE is parallel to CG,  
   
   Calculate
   1. AEG  (2mks)
   2. ABC 2mks)
10. Wasike and Wanjala live 40km apart. Wasike starts cycling from his home at 8.00a.m toward’s Wanjala’s house at 16km/h. Wanjala stars cycling towards Wasike’s house 30 minutes later at 8km/h. what time did they meet.  (3mks)
11. The line which joins the point A (3, K) and B (-2, 5) is parallel to the line whose equation is  5y+2x-7=0. Find the value of K.    (3mks)
12. Given that Cos A = ⁵/₁₃  and angle A is acute, without using tables or calculator, find the value of
    2tan A + 3 sin A.   (3 mks)
13. Find the greatest integral value of x which satisfies.        (3mks)
    
14. The figure below (not drawn to scale) is a right pyramid with slant height of 5cm and square base of 3cm.
    
    
    1. Draw its net and label it.    (2mks) 
    2. Calculate the total surface area.   (2mks)
15. A plane leaves town P to town Q on a bearing of 130º and a distance of 350km.   it then flies 500km on a bearing of 060º to town R.   Find, by scale drawing the distance between town R and town P.   (3 mks)
16. The following data was obtained from the mass of a certain animal. Complete the table and the histogram below.  (3 marks)
    

    Mass (kg)	frequency
    41 - 50	20
    51 - 55
    56 - 65

    
    
    

SECTION II:   (50 MARKS)

Answer only FIVE question from this section.

17. The ends of the roof of a workshop are segment of a circle of radius 10m. The roof is 20m long .The angle at the centre is 120° as shown in the figure below.
    
    
    1. Calculate:
       1. The area of one end of the roof.      (4mks)
       2. The area of the curve surface of the roof.     (2mks)
    2. What would be cost to the nearest shilling of covering the two ends and the curved surface with galvanized iron sheet costing sh.80 per square meter.     (4mks)
18. A rectangular tank whose internal dimensions are 1.7m by 1.4m by 2.2m is three quarters full of milk.
    1. Calculate the volume of milk in litres. ( 3 marks)
    2. The milk is packed in small packets in a shape of a right pyramid with an equilateral base triangle of side 16cm. The height of each packet is 13.6cm. Full packets obtained are sold at ksh.25 per packet.
       1. The volume in cm³ of each packet to the nearest whole number.          (3 marks)
       2. The number of full packets of milk.    (2 marks)
       3. The amount of money realized from the sell of milk (2 marks)
19.  
    1. On the grid provided below, plot the polygon A(3, 7), B(5, 5), C(3, 1), D(1, 5) on a cartesian plane (2 mks)
    2. A¹B¹C¹D¹ is the image of ABCD under a translational T-6 -9 . Plot A¹B¹C¹D¹ and state its coordinates.  (2mks)
    3. Plot A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹D¹¹, the image of A¹B¹C¹D¹ after a rotation about (-1, 0) through a positive quarter turn. State its coordinates.   (3mks)
    4. A¹¹¹B¹¹¹C¹¹¹D¹¹¹ is the image of A¹¹B¹¹C¹¹D¹¹ after a reflection in the line Y=x + 2. Plot A¹¹¹B¹¹¹C¹¹¹D¹¹¹and state its coordinates.  (3mks)
20. A straight line passes through the points (8, -2) and (4,-4).
    1. Write its equation in the form ax + by +c = 0, where a, b and c are integers.   ( 3 Marks)
    2. If the line in (a) above cuts the x-axis at point P, determine the coordinates of P.   (2 Marks)
    3. Another line, which is perpendicular to the line in (a) above passes through point P and cuts the y axis at the point  Q. Determine the coordinates of point Q.   (3 Marks)
    4. Find the length of QP.  (2 Marks)
21. Matrix P is given by 
    
    
    1. Find p^-1.  (3 mks)
    2. Two institutes regions and Alphax purchased beans at sh.B per bag and maize at sh.M per bags. Regions purchased 8 bags of beans and 14 bags of maize for sh. 47,600. Alphax purchased 10 bags of beans and 16 bags of maize for sh. 57,400.
       1. Form a matrix equation to represent the information above  (2mks)
       2. Use the matrix p-1 to find the prices of one bag of each item.   (3mks)
    3. The price of bean later went up by 5% and that of maize remain constant. Regions bought the same quality of beans but spent the same total amount of money as before on the two items. State the new ratio of beans and maize. (2mks)
22. In the diagram below, the coordinates of points A and B are (1, 6) and (15, 6) respectively. Point N is on OB and that 3 ON = 2 OB.ne OA is produced to L such that OL = 3 OA
    
    
    1. Vector LN.    (3 marks)
    2. Given that a point M is on LN such that LM:MN = 3:4, find the coordinate of M.( 2 marks)
    3. If line OM is produced to T such that OM:MT = 6:1
       1. Find the position vector of T. (  1 mark)
       2. Show that points L, T and B are collinear.    (4 marks)
23.  
    1. Complete the table below for the functions y = 2x² − 3x − 5 for −2 ≤ x ≤ 3.   (2 mks)
       

       x	−2	−1	0	1	2	3
       y

    2. Draw the graph of y = 2x² − 3x − 5.     (2 mks)
    3. Use your graph to solve the equation  y = 2x² − 3x − 5 = 0.   (1 mk)
    4. From your graph, find the value of X which satisfy the simultaneous equations.   (1 mk)
       y = 2x² − 3x − 5
       y = 2x − 2
    5. Write down the equation which is satisfied by the values of x in (e) above in the form
       ax² + bx + c = 0.         (2 mks)
24. The diagram below shows a circle ABC with AB=12cm, BC=15cm, and AC=14cm
    
    Calculate to 4 significance figures:
    1. The angle ACB.    (3mks)
    2. The radius of the circle.     (3mks)
    3. The area of the shaded region      (4mks)

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