121/1 MS

MATHEMATICS
Paper 1
First Bullet
September, 2023
MARKING SCHEME

THE MATHEMATICS GURUS EXAMINATION COUNCIL.

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

MATHEMATICS Alt. A
FIRST BULLET.
Paper 1

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(CONFIDENTIAL)

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GURUS EXAMINATION COUNCIL AND MUST BE RETURNED TO THE
MATHEMATICS GURUS EXAMINATION COUNCIL AT THE END OF
MARKING.

This marking scheme consists of 16 printed pages.

@2023 Mathematics Gurus Examination Council.
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1. Evaluate without using calculator (3 marks)
− ( 2 − 7 ) ( − 40  5 ) + ( 2  −1)
 
5 − 6   2  (1 − 4 ) 

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2. Rectangular tiles, each 30cm long and 24cm wide, are laid on a flat surface to form a square.
Find the minimum area of the square formed. (3 marks)

M1(Finding the LCM)

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3. Factorise ( 3x + 2 ) − ( 2 x − 2 ) .
2 2
(2 marks)

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4. A shopkeeper buys 1440 pencils at sh 2.5 each. He sells 40 dozens at sh 36 per dozen and
another 30 dozens at sh 42 per dozen. Find the price per dozen he must sell the remaining
pencils in order to realise a profit of 16 23 %. (3 marks)

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5. For the diagram below, determine:

a) The order of rotational symmetry, (1 mark)

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b) The number of lines of symmetry. (1 mark)

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6. The diagram below shows the region R. Form all the inequalities that satisfy the region R.
(4 marks)

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a) Construct a trapezium PQRS in which PQ is parallel to SR, PQ = 6cm, PS = 5 cm
SR = 11cm and QS = 9cm. (2 marks)

B1 : A line through S and parallel to PQ constructed correctly

B1: Trapezium PQRS correctly constructed

b) Drop a perpendicular from Q to line SR to meet it at point X. Measure QX. (2 marks)

B1 : Perpendicular correctly drawn
B1 : For QX = 4.6  0.1cm

7. Given that 63 x+ 2 = 3 1296 , without using mathematical table or a calculator, find the value of
x. (3 marks)

M1(Equation with base 6)

M1(Equating the powers)

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8. Given that sin x = , find the exact value of tan 2 ( 90 − x ) (2 marks)
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9. In the figure below, AMBC is a major segment of a circle, centre O and diameter 90cm.
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CM = 65cm. Angle AMC = 90 . Find the area of the segment.(take  = 3.142 )
o
(4 marks)

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10. A regular polygon has n sides. When the number of sides is tripled, the interior angle is
increased by 30o. Find the value of n. (3 marks)

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4x − 5 2x −1
11. Express as a single fraction in its simplest form − (2 marks)
2 6

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12. A tourist arrived in Kenya from USA with some US dollars. The money was
converted into Kenya shillings in a bank which buys and sells foreign currencies as follows:
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Buying (Ksh) Selling (Ksh)

1 US dollar 102.40 102.50
100 Japanese Yen 92.80 93.30
The tourist spent Ksh 999 308 while in Kenya and converted the balance into Japanese Yen at
the bank. If he received 1 124 000 Japanese Yen, calculate the amount of money in US dollars
that the tourist arrived with. (4 marks)

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13. A Kenyan bus which left Mombasa on Friday for Nairobi at 1800hrs had a puncture after
travelling for 4 hours 41 minutes. Fixing a new tire took 32 minutes. The vehicle then travelled
for another 1 hour 20 minutes before reaching Nairobi. At what time did it arrive. Give the
answer in 12 hr clock system. (2 marks)

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14. The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 11. If the digits are reversed, the new number is
5 more than three times the original number. Find the original number. (3 marks)

M1 (forming a pair of simultaneous

equations)

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15. Given that and that , where k and m are

integers, find the values of k and m. (3 marks)

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16. A bag contains red, blue and yellow balls. The ratio of red to blue balls is 3 : 5 and the ratio of
blue to yellow balls is 7 : 2. If 20 blue balls are added, the ratio of red to blue balls will become
7 : 15. Calculate the number of yellow balls in the bag. (3 marks)

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SECTION II (50 marks)

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Answer only five questions in this section in the spaces provided.

17. In the diagram below, the cone CXD is cut off from the cone AXB to form a frustum ACDB. A
cylindrical hole CDEF is then drilled into the frustum to form an ornamental container. The
vertex X is directly above the centre of the circular base. The base diameter and the height of
the bigger solid cone AXB are 32cm and 26cm respectivel. The base diameter of the smaller
solid cone CXD is 12cm and the curved surface area of the cylindrical hole is 120 cm2.

a) Determine the height of the cone CXD. (2 marks)

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b) Calculate the length of CF. (2 marks)

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c) Calculate the volume of the open onarmental container, in terms of  . (3 marks)

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d) Calculate the surface area of the ornamental container. (3 marks)

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18. The diagram shows triangles P, Q, R , S, T and U.

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B1 for stating the

transformation

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descriptors of the
transformation

a) Describe fully a single transformation that maps triangle

i) T onto P (2 marks)

ii) Q onto T (2 marks)

Reflection along the line x = 1

iii) T onto R (2 marks)

Reflection along the line y = –x

iv) T onto S (2 marks)

Enlargment centre (2,0) scale factor 2
v) U onto Q (2 marks)
Stretch, x-axis invariant, stretch factor 2
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19. The diagram below shows triangle ABC with coordinates A(–6,0), B(8,0) and C(3,9). Line AC
cuts the y-axis at the point D.

Find;
a) The exact length of AC in simplest form (2 marks)
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b) The equation of AC in the form ax + by + c = 0. (3 marks)
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c) The coordinates of D (1 mark)
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d) The area of triangle ABC. (2 marks)

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e) The equation of the line parallel to BC and passing through the point D, giving the
answer in the form y = mx + c (2 marks)
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20. The table below show the heights of 40 students in a form 2 class.
Height(cm) 140 – 150 150 – 160 160 – 170 170 – 180 180 – 190
Number of students 4 8 11 15 2

a) Find the percentage of student whose heights are less than or equal to 170cm. (2 marks)

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b) Calculate the estimate of
(i) The mean (3 marks)
(ii) x f xf cf
145 4 580 4 M1 (for xf column)
155 8 1240 12
165 11 1815 23
175 15 2625 38
185 2 370 40
 f = 40  fx = 6630
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(iii) The median

(3 marks)
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c) Draw a frequency polygon to represent the data on the grid provided below. (2 marks)

B1 (correct
scale)

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frequency
polygon)
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21. Mr. Maera, a salesman is paid a commission of 6% on goods sold worth over Ksh 600, 000. In
addition, he is paid a monthly salary of Ksh 30, 000
a) Calculate his total earnings in a month when his total sales was Ksh 750, 000 (3 marks)
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b) In the following month he received a total earning of Ksh 54, 000. If his basic salary
remained the same, calculate the worth of goods sold (3 marks)

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c) If the rate of commission was reduced in the ratio 2 : 3 and his monthly salary increased by
20%. How much would he earn if he sold goods worth Ksh 1, 400, 000. (4 marks)

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22. The diagram below represents a field PQRS on horizontal ground in which PS = 43m, PQ =
130m, QR = 58m, PR = 97m,  PRS = 26.3o and  RPS = 63o.

a) Find the size of angle PRQ, correct to 2 decimal places, (3 marks)

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b) Calculate the area of the field PQRS. to the nearest square metre. (2 marks)
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c) Calculate the shortest distance from S to PR. (2 marks)

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d) A pole is erected at S. T is the top of the pole. Given that the angle of elevation of T from P
is 3.9o, find the greatest angle of elevation of T along the path PR. (3 marks)

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23. The equation of a curve is given as y = ( x − 3) ( (2 x 2 − 3x + 3) .

a) Find the co-ordinates of the points where the curve crosses the x and the y axis. (2 marks)

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b) Determine the coordinates of the turning of the curve and state their nature. (6 marks)

M1(equating to zero)
M1( Solving quadratic)
A1(both roots)

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B1(Both nature correct)

c) Sketch the curve. (2 marks)

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turning points and
intercepts)
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24.
a) The diagram shows the speed-time graph of an object over a period of 40 seconds.

i) Calculate the acceleration of the object at t = 35 seconds. (2 marks)

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i) Find the speed of the object at t = 18 seconds. (3 marks)

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b) Koech and Wekesa took part in a marathon race. They each ran a distance of 42km.
Wekesa’s average speed was 1 km/h slower than Koech’s and takes 12 minutes more than
Koech’s to complete the race. Calculate the time that Koech took to complete the race,
giving the answer in hours and minutes. (5 marks)

M1( For the two expressions for time taken)

M1(for the equation)

M1(solving the quadratic)

A1(both roots)

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