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NAME: ………………………….……………..……………… INDEX NO: ……………………...
SCHOOL: ……………………….……………..………………… CLASS: …...….……..……
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MATHEMATICS ALT A
Paper 1
2½ HOURS
JUNE 2025
KISII DIOCESE SCHOOLS JOINT EVALUATION EXAM
JUNE 2025
Kenya Certificate of Secondary education (K.C.S.E)
Instructions to candidates
(a) Write your name, index number, class and name of school 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 questions in section I and ANY five in section II in the spaces provided in the
question paper.
(e) Show all your steps in your working/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) KNEC mathematical tables and non – programmable silent electronic calculators may be
used, except where stated otherwise.
(h) 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
17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Total Grand
Total
This paper consists of 14 printed pages. Candidates should check and ascertain that all pages
are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.
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SECTION I (50 MARKS)
Attempt all questions from this section.
0.04× 0.54× 45
1. Without using logarithms or calculators, evaluate : (3 marks)
0.81× 0.012
9 x − 4 x3
2. Simplify . (3 marks)
2 x 2 − 3x − 9
3. Find the equation of the line which passes through the point P (1, 3) and is perpendicular to
the line whose equation is 2 y − 3x = 7. (3 marks)
3 1
−
81 4 9 2 2
4. Evaluate: ( 27 ) 3 (3 marks)
16 4
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5. A circle of radius 4 cm passes through the vertices of a regular octagon. Determine the area
of the circle that lies outside the octagon. Give your answer to 4 s.f. (3 marks)
6. Three alarms A, B and C ring together at 10.00 a.m. They ring at intervals of 15 minutes,
35 minutes and 50 minutes respectively. How many hours after 10.00 a.m. will they first
ring together again? (3 marks)
7. A cylindrical container of diameter 35 cm and height 20 cm is two – fifths full of water. The
container is filled using a smaller cylindrical can of diameter 7 cm and height 10 cm. Find
the number of cans that must be drawn in order to fill the container. (4 marks)
8. Using a ruler and pair of compasses only, construct trapezium WXYZ such that WX = 5 cm,
WZ = 4 cm, ZWX = 30 , where ZY is parallel to WX. (3 marks)
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9. The figure below shows a circle centre O. AOB is a sector and angle AOB = 84° as shown.
Given that the area of sector AOB is 10 cm2, find the radius of the circle to 2 s.f. and hence
calculate the area of the shaded part. (4 marks)
10. The following figure represents part of a pattern. A line of symmetry, L1, of the pattern is
also shown.
Complete the pattern and hence state the order of rotational symmetry of the patterns.
(3 marks)
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11. A Kenyan bank bought and sold foreign currencies on two different days as shown below.
Buying (In Ksh) Selling (In Ksh)
24/4/2025 1 South African Rand 10.08 11.08
24/4/2025 100 Tanzanian Shillings 22.12 23.14
A South African tourist arrived in Kenya on 24/4/2025 with 25 000 South African rands. He
changed the whole amount to Kenyan shillings. While in Kenya, he spent a total of Ksh. 54 075
and changed the balance to Tanzanian shillings before leaving for Tanzania on 24/4/2025.
Determine, in Tanzanian shillings, the amount he received. (3 marks)
−2 12 6 3 2
12. Given the column vectors p = , q = , r = and a = 2p − q + r, express a
3 −8 −9 4 3
as a column vector and hence evaluate its magnitude, a . (2 marks)
13. Solve the following simultaneous equations by substitution method. (3 marks)
4x + 3y = 5
5 x − y = 11
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14. The figure alongside shows a right – angled triangle ABC. The dimensions of the triangle
in centimetres are given in terms of k .
Determine:
(a) the value of k . (2 marks)
(b) the perimeter of the triangle. (1 mark)
15. Three business ladies Janet, Christine and Judith contributed Ksh. 100, 000, Ksh. 120, 000
and Ksh. 130, 000 respectively to start a business. The profits made each month was shared
in the ratio of their contributions. During a certain month, Christine received Ksh. 32,760
more than Janet got. Determine Judith’s share of the profit that month. (3 marks)
16. The angle of elevation of the top of a building from a point A is 18.5°. The angle of
elevation of the top of the building from another point B is 50.6°. If point B is 20 m from
the base of the bilding, calculate to one decimal place;
(a) the height of the building; (2 marks)
(b) the distance between A and B. (2 marks)
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SECTION II (50 MARKS)
Attempt only five questions from this section.
17. ABC is an isosceles triangle in which AC = BC. The coordinates of A and B are (–2, 1) and
(6, –3) respectively and M is the mid-point of AB. Given that the equation of AC is
x − 3 y + 5 = 0, find:
(a) the equation of CM in the form y = mx + c where m and c are constants. (4 marks)
(b) the coordinates of C. (3 marks)
(c) the x and y intercepts of BC. (3 marks)
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18. Three business partners Areba, Ondeto and Bitutu contributed some money towards a 3 year
investment. Areba contributed 40% of the money and Ondeto and Bitutu contributed in the
ratio 7:5. Areba contributed Ksh. 36, 000 more than Bitutu.
(a) Determine:
(i) the amount of money the partners contributed. (3 marks)
(ii) the ratio of the contribution of the three partners. (2 marks)
(b) The investment had 2 plans:
Plan A: Earn 5% per annum interest compounded annually
Plan B: Earn 5% per annum interest compounded quarterly
Calculate the difference in interests between the two plans. (5 marks)
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19.
2 −5 4 6 −1
(a) Given that A = and B = , find the determinant of A B. (4 marks)
−1 3 1 −1
(b) The cost of a Mathematics book in shop A is Ksh. x and that of a Chemistry book is Ksh. y.
In shop B the cost of a Mathematics book is 6% less than that in shop A while that of
Chemistry book is 5% more than that in shop A. Cheptoo bought 5 Mathematics books and
4 Chemistry books from shop A and paid a total of Ksh. 6, 630. Metobo bought 5
Mathematics books and 4 Chemistry books from shop B and paid a total of Ksh. 6, 549.
(i) Form a matrix to represent the above information. (2 marks)
(ii) Use matrix method to determine the cost of a Mathematics book and a Chemistry book
in shop B. (4 marks)
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20. A group of investors decided to contribute Ksh. 600, 000 equally to buy a 2 acre piece of
land. However, five members pulled out of the project and so the remaining members were
to contribute an extra Ksh. 6, 000 each.
(a) Taking x to be the original number of members in the group, write an expression of x for:
(i) the amount that each member was to contribute initially; (1 mark)
(ii) the amount that was contributed by each of the remaining members. (1 mark)
(b) Form an equation in x and hence find the number of members who contributed the money.
(4 marks)
(c) They later sub-divided the land into smaller pieces of 0.125 acres and sold each piece at
Ksh. 50, 0000.
(i) Find the number of smaller pieces they had. (1 mark)
(ii) Calculate the percentage profit they made from the sale of the smaller pieces.
(3 marks)
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21. Three warships A, B and C are at sea such that B is 400 km on a bearing 030° from ship A.
Ship C is 750 km from ship B on a bearing of 120° from ship B. An enemy ship E is
sighted 1,080 km due South of ship B.
(a) Taking a scale of 1 cm to represent 100 km, locate the position of ships A, B, C and E.
(4 marks)
(b) Find:
(i) the bearing of C from E. (1 mark)
(ii) the distance between A and E. (2 marks)
(c) A point D is equidistant from the warships A, B an C on the scale drawing. Locate the
point D hence determine the distance between ship E and point D. (3 marks)
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22. The following figure represents a piece of land in the shape of a trapezium ABCDD. Line
AB and C are parallel. Point M is the mid – point of AB. The land is divided into three
triangular plots. Line AB = 150 m, AD = 58.5 m, DM = 61.5 m and angle ABC = 30°.
(a) Calculate the area of the triangular plot AMD and hence the perpendicular distance
between the two parallel sides. (4 marks)
(b) Calculate the length of:
(i) BC; (2 marks)
(ii) MC. (2 marks)
(c) Calculate the size of the obtuse angle BMC. (2 marks)
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23. The frequency distribution table below shows marks scored by students in a class.
Marks Frequency
10 – 14 11
15 – 24 8
25 – 39 9
40 – 44 4
45 – 54 6
55 – 69 t
(a) Given that the mean mark is 35.7, find;
(i) the value of t; (3 marks)
(ii) the class interval for the modal class. (1 mark)
(b) On the grid provided below, draw a histogram to represent the information in the table.
(3 marks)
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(c) Using the histogram in (b) above, calculate the median mark. (3 marks)
24. The equation of a curve is given by y = x3 − x 2 − 5x + 3.
(a) Determine:
(i) the stationary points of the curve y = x3 − x 2 − 5x + 3; (3 marks)
(ii) the nature of the stationary points in (a) (i) above. (2 marks)
(b) Find the equation of a:
(i) tangent to the curve y = x3 − x2 − 5x + 3 at x = −2; (3 marks)
(ii) normal to the curve y = x3 − x 2 − 5x + 3. at x = −2. (2 marks)
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