KAPSABET BOYS

MATHS PAPER 1
MARKING SCHEME
SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section in the spaces provided
 
b b
1. Express 3.75 in the form a hence find the absolute value in  a .
c c
(3 marks)
r  3.7575.....
100r  375.75.....
99r  372 M1 value subtracted
25
r 3 A1 must be a mixed no.
33
25 8
3  2 B1 C.A.O
33 33
2. Find the values of p and q
P2  q3  3087 (2
marks)
3087  32  73 M1 expression in prime factor form
p  3
 A1 both values p and q
q  7

3. A forex bureau in Nairobi buys and sells selected foreign currencies at the rates given
in the table below.
Currency Buying  Ksh  Selling  Ksh 
1 South African Rand 7.00 7.70
1 United Arab Emirates Dirham 36.14 37.50

A tourist arrived in Kenya from South Africa with 8546000 South African Rand. He
converted the whole amount to Kenya shillings through an agent at a commission 2%
1
. While in Kenya, he spent of this money and changed the balance to UAE Dirham .
4
Calculate the amount of UAE Dirham that he received.
(4 marks)

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 Amount recieved in Ksh
98
8546000  7   58625560 M1 conversion to Ksh and obtaining 98% of total amount
100
balance
3
 58625560  43969170 M1 expr. to obtain 75%
4
Amount in UAED
43969170
 M1 value of 75%  by selling rate
37.5
 1,172,511.2 A1 value UAE Dirham

4. A rectangular garage measures 13.2 m long by 6 m wide. The garage is to be covered

1
by square concrete slabs leaving a margin of m . Calculate the minimum number of
5
square slabs required to cover the garage.
(4 marks)
1280  28  5   Alternative
 M1
560  2  5  7 
4
 2 560 1280
G.C.D  24  5  80 A1 value of G.C.D 2 280 640
Number of slabs 2 140 320
1280  560 1280 2 70 160
 M1 or  16 slabs
80  80 80 5 35 80
560 7 16
 112 A1  7 slabs
80
G.C.D  24  5  80
7 16  112
5. Use logarithms correct to 4 decimal place to evaluate
3
68.37sin 53.40
39.42
(4 marks)
No. Std form log
68.37 6.837 101 1.8348
M1 all logs
sin 53.4 1.9046 
1.7394
M1 , , 
39.42 3.94 101 1.5955  2
3.1910
1.7394  3.191 3  1.5484
M1 expr. div. by 3
2.5484  3 3
0.3282 3.282 101 1.5161
A1 answer not in std form

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 sin  2a  20 
0

6. Given that 0
 tan 450 , find the value of a
1 
cos  a  60 
2 
(3 marks)
tan 450  1
2a  20  0.5a  60  90 M1 addition of angles equated to 900
2.5a  40  90
2.5a  130
a  520 A1 value of a

7. The position vector of P and Q are OP  5i  4.5j and OQ  3i  1.5j .

Evaluate PQ
(3 marks)
Accept
 3   5   5   3 
PQ     M1 QP     
 1.5   4.5   M1
 4.5   1.5 
 8  8 
   A1    A1
 6   6
PQ  82   6 
2
QP   8  62
2

 10 units B1  10 units B1
8. The figure below shows a circle centre O radius 3 2 cm. Given that the length of chord
AB = 6 cm, calculate the area of the shade region leaving your answer in terms of  .
(4 marks)
3
sin θ 
3 2
θ  450
AOB  900 B1
 900 2

 360
0
 
  3 
2  M1 expr. for area of sector

1 
   3 2  3 2 sin 900  M1 expr. for area of triangle OAB
2 
 4.5  9 A1 C.A.O in terms of π

9. Expand and simplify:

 3 p  2q    3 p  2q 
2 2

(2 marks)

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  3 p  2q   9 p 2  12 pq  4q 2
2

 3 p  2q   9 p 2  12 pq  4q 2
2

 9 p 2  12 pq  4q 2  9 p 2  12 pq  4q 2 M1 expanded form *check signs

 24 pq A1

On the figure below (not drawn to scale), LM is parallel to PQ . Angle MLR  30

0
10.
and angle RPQ  700 . Find the value of x.
(2 marks)

ˆ  300
LNR  RPQ  700 or PQR
LRN  1800   300  700   800  PRQ
ˆ

LRP  1800  800  1000 B1

x  3600  1000  2600 B1
* check alternatives
follow thro'

11. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a parallelogram ABCD in
which AB = 7.2cm BC= 4.5cm and angle DAB = 1050. Drop a perpendicular from D
to BA produced at M. Measure the length of DM.
(3 marks)

B1 construction 1050 at A
B1 locating pt C and D at 4.5 cm
B1 complete parallelogram ABCD
labeled

DM  4.3  0.1 c m B1

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 4a3  5b  c
12. Given that a  2 , b  5 and c  1 , evaluate

1 2
3
c  a2 
(3 marks)
4  2   5  5    1
3

 M1 substitution
1
3
 1   2 
2
 2

6
1
32  25  1 6
 M1 evaluation of cubes and squares A1
1
1  4 
3
13. In a 4 100 m Relay Heat, Omanyala, Kiviasi, Imeta and Mukamba took 9.68
seconds, 9.72 seconds, 9.88 seconds and 9.77 seconds respectively. If an average of
0.65 seconds is spent on each baton exchange, calculate the time they completed the
race if the race started at 11: 59 : 32 am .

(3 marks)
 9.68  9.72  9.88  9.77   0.65  3 M1
 41 seconds A1
11: 59 : 32 
 
41
 12 : 00 :13 pm B1

14. Form the three inequalities that satisfy the given region
(3 marks)

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 L1  y  3x B1
L 2  y  2.5 B1
L3  3x  2 y  12 or  3x  2 y  12 B1
15. Points X  4,1 and Y  2, 2  are mapped onto X'  2,11 and Y'  8, 2  by
enlargement. Find the scale factor and the centre of enlargement.
(4 marks)

 2   4    8   2 
S.F             M1
 2   1    2  11
 2  6 3 x  4  x  2
S.F     
 3   9  x  7
S.F  3 A1 3  y  1  y  11
 x   4    x   2  y  4
3             M1
 y   1    y   11 centre  7, 4  A1

16. The figure below shows a forest sanctuary drawn on a square grid of side 1 cm .

2
(a) Calculate the area of the forest in cm
(2 marks)
33
 27  M1
2
 43.5 cm 2 A1 C.A.O
(b) Given that the forest sanctuary covers an area of 6960000 ares . Determine the linear
scale
used as ratio.
(2 marks)

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 43.5 cm 2  6960000 ares
1 cm 2  16000000 m 2 B1
1: 400000 B1
SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer only five questions in this section in the spaces provided
17. In a mathematics test, 48 students scored the following marks:
89 75 56 90 68 74 85 69
70 86 55 87 75 83 70 90
88 75 96 84 71 71 90 74
87 84 58 43 65 70 98 93
62 86 56 64 80 73 69 59
74 56 60 80 84 89 63 40
(a) Using a class width of 10 and starting with the smallest mark recorded, make a
frequency
distribution table for the data.
(2 marks)

Marks frequency x fx cf
40  49 2 44.5 89 2
50  59 6 54.5 327 8
60  69 8 64.5 516 16 B1 classes
70  79 12 74.5 894 28 B1 freq
80  89 14 84.5 1183 42
90  99 6 94.5 567 48
 f  48  fx  3576

(b) State the modal frequency

(1 mark)

14 B1

(c) Using the frequency distribution table in (a) above, calculate:

(i) the mean mark. (3

marks)

Mean 
 fx B1 fx  values check table 
f
3576
 M1
48
 74.5 A1
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(ii) the median mark, correct to 2 decimal places (2
marks)

n 
 2 c 
median  l   i
 f 
 
 24  16 
 69.5   10 M1 values subst. in median formula
 12 
 76.16 A1

(d) On the grid provided, draw a frequency polygon to represent the above data.
(2 marks)

S1 scale accomodate 34.5 and 104.5

B1 freq. polygon

18. The figure below is a solid cuboid with a square base of 36 cm and a height of 42
cm. A conical frustum with a vertical height of 12 cm is drilled. The top and the
bottom radii of the frustum is 15 cm and 10 cm respectively.
(Use π  3.142)
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a) Calculate the slant height of the frustum.
(2 marks)

10 h

15 h  12 H 15

10  h  12   15h
Alt:
H  12 10
h  24 15H  180  10H
H  36 B1 vertical height 5H  150
362  152  242  102  13 cm B1 H  36
b) Calculate:
(i) The total surface area of the solid.
(5 marks)
  3.142 15  39    3.142 10  26  M1
 1021.15 A1
 3.142 10  314.2 B1
2

  36  36    36  42  4    36  36  3.142 152   1021.15  314.2 M1

 9268.4 cm 2 A1
(ii) The volume of the solid. (3 marks)

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 volume of frustum
1 1
  3.142 152  36   3.142 102  24 M1
3 3
 5969.8 cm A1
3

volume of solid
 36  36  42   5969.8  48462.2 cm3 B1
Alt
h
V
3
R 2
 Rr  r 2 

 h is the height of frustum 

3.142 12 2

3
15  15 10  102 

 5969.8 cm3
19. (a)The diagram below represents a speed time graph for a train travelling
between two station.

If the distance between two stations is 16050 m , calculate:

(i) the maximum speed attained by the train
(3 marks)
1  1 
   30  h 120   165  95 h   16050 M1 M1
2  2   190h  14250
 60  30  h   130h  16050 h  75 A1
 1800  60h  130h  16050 maximum speed 75 m/s
(ii) the distance traveled the last 14 seconds
(2 marks)
L.S.F  14 : 70  1: 5
A.S.F  1: 25 distance covered in last 14 sec
1
distance covered during deceleration  2625  105 m B1
1 25
 70  75  2625 m B1
2
(b) Two towns Nairobi and Kapenguria are 409 km apart. An express bus travelling at
an average
speed of 60 km/h left Nairobi for Kapenguria at 11.25 a.m . A car left Kapenguria on
the same
day for Nairobi at 12.55 p.m and met with the bus at 3.07 p.m .
(i) Determine the average speed of the car.
(3 marks)

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 distance covered before car started speed of the car
 60  12.55  11.25   90 km   319   60  x    2.2 M1
gap between them  409  90  319 km B1 319  132  2.2 x
R.S  60  x 187  2.2 x
time taken to meeting point  1507  12.55  2.2 hours x  85 km/h A1
(ii) Nakuru town lies 160 km from Nairobi. How far from Nakuru did the two vehicles
meet?
(2
 409   2.2  85   222 km B1
marks)
 222  160  62 km B1
20. A line L1 Passes through points  3, 2  and  1, 6  .

(a) Find its equation leaving your answer in the form y  mx  c .

(2 marks)
62
gradient   2 B1 gradient
1  3
y2
equation  2
x3
y  2 x  8 B1 equation
(b) Find the equation of line L 2 which is a perpendicular bisector of line L1 . Leave
your answer in the form ax  by  c where a , b and c are integers.
(3 marks)
1
m2  
2
mid point  2, 4  B1 mid point
y4 1
equation    M1
x2 2
x  2 y  6 A1
(c)Line L 3 is parallel to line L1 at  6, 5  and intersect line L 2 at point Q , find its
equation in the form ax  by  c  0 where a , b and c are integers
(2 marks)
m3  2
y 5
 2 M1
x6
y  5  2 x  12
y  2x  7
2 x  y  7  0 A1
(d) Find the coordinates of Q
(2 marks)

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 x  2  2 x  7   6 M1
x  4 x  14  6
5 x  20
x4
y  2  4  7  1
Q  4,1 A1
(e)Calculate the acute angle in which line L 3 makes with x  axis correct to 1 decimal
place

(1 mark)
tan 1 2  63.40 B1

5 8 1
21. (a)Given that matrix A    , find A (
5 6
2 marks)
det   5  6    8  5   10 B1
 3 4 
1 6 8   5 5 
A 1    accept  
10  5 5  1 1
  
 0.6 0.8   2 2
  B1
 0.5 0.5 

(b) Maya bought 25kgs of sugar and 40kgs of rice for Ksh. 11400 from a wholesale.
Wanjiku bought
twice the amount of sugar Maya bought and 60 kgs of rice from the same wholesale
and spent
Ksh. 8200 more than Maya. Taking x to represent the price of one kg of sugar and y
to represent
the price of one kg of rice:
(i) Form two simplified equations representing the above information. (1
mark)
25 x  40 y  11400
50 x  60 y  19600
5 x  8 y  2280 
 B1 both
5 x  6 y  1960 
(ii) Use matrix method to determine the price of each item. (4
marks)

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  5 8  x   2280 
     
 5 6  y  1960 
 0.6 0.8  5 8  x   0.6 0.8  2280 
        M1
 0.5 0.5  5 6  y   0.5 0.5 1960 
1 0  x   0.6  2280 0.8 1960 
      M1
0 1  y   0.5  2280 0.5 1960 

 x   200 
   A1
 y  160 
x  200 
 B1 both values
y  160 
(c) The following month, the price of sugar increased in the ratio 5:4 while that of rice
increased by
25%. Use matrix method to determine Maya’s expenditure for this month if she
bought the same
quantities of sugar and rice. (2
marks)

5
sugar   200  250  250 
4  25 40    M1
 200 
125
rice  160  200  25  250  40  200 
100
 14250 A1 answer extracted
(d) Hence find the percentage increase on Maya’s expenditure. (1
mark)
14250  11400  2850
2850
100%  25% B1
11400

22. Four booster stations P , Q , R and S of a Telkom company are located in different
0
parts of Lodwar county. Booster Q is 56 km on a bearing of 315 from booster P while
booster R is 84 km directly south of Q . Given that booster S is on a bearing of 0620
from R and directly East of P .
(a) Draw a scale diagram to represent the relative positions of the boosters.
1 cm rep 10 km 

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 (4 marks)

B1 position of Q from P
B1 position of R from Q
B1 position of S from R and P
B1 correct diagram drawn

(b) Using the scale diagram in (a) above; find the bearing and the distance of S from Q .
(2 marks)
10.1  0.1 cm 101  1 km B1
0 0
109 or S71 E B1
(c) Another booster T is to be installed at a point equidistance from P and S and directly
east of Q
locate the position of booster T . (2
marks)
B1 PS bisected
B1 pt T loated East of Q
(d) Find the bearing and distance of Booster P from T (2
marks)
4.5  0.1 cm 45  1 km B1
2230  10 or S430 E B1

23. (a) In the beginning of the year 2020, the size of Chalbi desert in Marsabit was
approximately 75800
ha. The county government supported a tree planting exercise whose target was to
reduce the size
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 of the desert by 3.5% p.a. Determine the size of the desert at the end of the year 2025
to the nearest
hectares.

(3 marks)
2020  2025  6 years M1 for value of n
6 n
 3.5   r 
 75800 1   M1 subst. in A  1  
 100   100 
 75800  0.9656
 61212 ha A1

(b) In the beginning of the year 2020, the forest cover in Baringo county was
approximately 45000
ha. The county government supported a tree planting exercise aimed at increasing
the forest cover
by 2% every 3 months. Determine the size of the forest cover to the nearest hectares
by the end
of the year 2025 (3
marks)

2020  2025  6  4  24 M1 for value of n

24 n
 2   r 
 45000 1   M1 subst. in A  1  
 100   100 
 45000 1.02 
6

 72380 ha A1 value to nearest ha

(c) Find the number of years at which the forest cover in Baringo county will be
equivalent to Chalbi
desert in the year 2025 rounded off to the nearest 100 ha in (a) above.
(4 marks)

3n
 2 
61200  45000 1   M1 for 61200 and 3n
 100 
1.36  1.02 
3n

log1.36
3n  M1
log1.02
 15.53 A1
n  5 years B1

24. y  2 x 3  px  d is the equation of a curve that passes through (0, –15) and its
gradient at 𝑥 = 2 is 22.5.

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a) Determine the values of p and d (4
marks)
15  2  0   p  0   d M1
d  15 A1
dy
 6 x2  p
dx
6  2   p  22.5
2

p  22.5  24
p  1.5 B1
b) Determine the turning points and hence the nature of each stationary point
(2 marks)
6 x 2  1.5  0 M1
x 2  0.25
x  0.5
x  0.5 and 0.5 A1 both answers
y  15.5 or  14.5 B1
 0.5, 14.5 and  0.5, 15.5 
x 1 0.5 0
dy
4.5 0 1.5
dx

x 0 0.5 1
dy
1.5 0 4.5
dx
at x   0.5, 14.5  maximum B1
x   0.5, 15.5  minimum B1
c) Sketch the curve (4 marks)
y  2 x2  1.5x  15

B1 max pt and min pt shown

B1 y-intercept and curve

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