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MATHEMATICS PAPER 1
FORM 4
2 ½ HRS
MUSLIM SCHOOLS JOINT EXAMINATIONS – 2025
MATHEMATICS PP1
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your name and your class in spaces provide
The paper contains two sections. Section I and Section II
Answer all the questions in section I and any five questions from section II.
Show all the steps in your calculations, giving your answers at each stage in the spaces
below each question.
Marks may be given for correct working even if the answer is wrong.
Non-programmable silent electronic calculators and KNEC Mathematical tables may be
used except where stated otherwise.
This paper consists of 15 printed pages
FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY.
Question 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 TOTAL
Marks
GRAND TOTAL
Question 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 TOTAL
Marks
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SECTION I (50 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. Evaluate
(−4 {(−4 ± 15 ÷ 5) ± 3 − 4 ÷ 2})
(84 ÷ −7 + 3 − −5)
(3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
2 2
2. Simplify the expression 6𝑥 𝑦 −20𝑥𝑦 +16
(2𝑥2𝑦2 – 8)
(3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
3. All prime numbers less than ten are arranged in descending order to form a number. Write
the number formed and find the total value of the second digit in the number formed.
(3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
4. The lengths of three wires were 30m, 36m and 84m. Pieces of wire of equal lengths were
cut from the three wires. Calculate the least number of pieces obtained. (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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5. A two-digit number is such that the sum of its digits is 13. When the digits are
interchanged, the original number is increased by 9. Find the original number. (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
6. Given that OA = (𝟐) 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑶𝑩 = (−𝟒), find the midpoint M of AB (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
𝟑 𝟓
7. Two towns R and S are 245km apart. A bus travelling at an average speed of 60km/h left
town R for S at 8:00 am. A truck left town S for R at 9:00am and met with the bus at
11:00am. Determine the average speed of the truck. (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
8. Without using mathematical tables evaluate
Sin 30− sin 60
tan 60
(3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
9. The size of an interior angle of a regular polygon is 3x while its exterior angle
is (𝑥 − 20). Find the number of sides of the polygon (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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10. A Kenyan businessman intended to bus goods worth US dollar 20,000 from South Africa.
Calculate the value of the goods to the nearest South Africa Rand given that 1 US dollar
= 𝑘𝑠ℎ 101.9378 and 1 Souh African Rand = 𝑘𝑠ℎ 7.6326 (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
11. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a rhombus PQRS such that PQ
=6cm, and SPQ =750. Measure the length of PR. (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
2 3 𝑥 1
12. Given that A = [ ] and B = [ and that AB is a singular matrix, find the value of
]
4 4 2 3
x (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
13. A curve is given by 𝑦 = 2𝑥3 − 3𝑥2 − 12𝑥 + 12.
a) Find the gradient function of the curve (1 mark)
b) Determine the equation of the normal to the curve at a point (1, -1) in the form
y=mx +c (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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14. A watch loses 8 seconds every hour. It was set to read the correct time at 1100 hours on
Sunday. Determine the time in 12 hour system, the watch will show on the following
Thursday when the correct time is 0500h (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
15. List all integral values of x that satisfies the inequalities
3
𝑥− ≤ 2𝑥 + 1 < 5 (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
2
16. Solve for x in the equation
32𝑥+1 + 4 × 32𝑥+1 − 45 = 0 (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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SECTION II (50 marks)
Answer any five questions in this section
17. Two vertices of a triangle ABC are a (3, 6) and B (7, 12)
a) Find the equation of line AB. (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
b) Find the equation of the perpendicular bisector of line AB (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) Given that AC is perpendicular to AB and the equation of line BC is y = -5x +57,
find the co-ordinates of point C. (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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18. The distance covered by a moving particle through point O is given by the
𝑠 = 𝑡3 − 15𝑡2 + 63𝑡 − 10
Find,
a) The distance covered when 𝑡 = 2 (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
b) The distance covered during the 3rd second (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) The time when the particle is momentarily at rest (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
d) The acceleration when 𝑡 = 5 (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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19. Three business partners Amos, Geoffrey and Kennedy contributed ksh.120, 000, ksh.180,
000 and ksh.240, 000 respectively to boost their business. They agreed to put 20% of the
profit accrued back into the business and to use 35% of the profit for running the
business. The remainder was to be shared among the business partners in the ratio of their
contributions. At the end of the year, a gross profit of ksh.225, 000 was realized.
a) Calculate the amount:
i. Put back into the business (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
ii. Used for official operations (1 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘)
b) Calculate the amount of profit for each partner (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) If the amount put back into the business was added to individual shares
proportionately to their initial contribution, find the amount Kennedy new
shares. (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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20. The number of students in 40 schools in Bungoma South sub county were recorded as
follows:
238 100 173 115 398 597 572 299
255 750 587 403 250 217 797 386
362 486 454 279 436 248 780 316
529 305 372 286 842 235 420 492
226 245 695 720 267 617 198 830
a) Complete the frequency distribution table below for the data(2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
Number of 100-199 200-249 250-399 400-599 600-799 800-849
students
Number of
schools
b) On the grid provided, draw a histogram to represent the data. Graph(4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) Use the histogram to estimate the
i. Median (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
ii. Number of schools with more than 350 students (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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21.
a) The length of each side of an equilateral triangle ABC is [Link] the area
of the triangle correct to 2 d.p(2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
b) Triangle ABC above forms a base of solid triangular pyramid VABC. The
perpendicular height of a pyramid is 15cm. Calculate the volume of the pyramid
(2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) The pyramid VABC above is recast into a cone of base radius 3.5cm. calculate
,correct to 2 d.p
i. The height of the cone (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
ii. The surface area of the cone (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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22.
a) Complete the table below for the equation 𝑦 = 2𝑥2 + 3𝑥 − 11
𝑥 -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
2𝑥 2
3𝑥
-11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11 -11
𝑦 -9
b) On the grid provided, draw the graph of 𝑦 = 2𝑥2 + 3𝑥 − 11 (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) On the same axes, draw the graph of 𝑦 = 2𝑥 + 1 (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
d) Use your graph to solve the equation
i. 2𝑥2 + 3𝑥 − 11= 0 (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
ii. 2𝑥 + 𝑥 − 12 = 0
2 (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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23. Three pegs R, S and T are on the vertices of triangle plain field. R is 300m from S on a
bearing of 3000 and T is 450m directly south of R.
a) using a scale of 1cm to represent 60m, draw a diagram to show the positions of
the pegs (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
b) use the scale drawing to determine
i. the distance between T and S in meters (2 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
ii. the bearing of T from S(1 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘)
c) find the area of the field in hectares correct to 1 d.p (4 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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24. A school planned to buy x calculators for a total cost of ksh.16,200. The supplier agreed
to offer a discount of ksh. 60 per calculator. The school was able to get three extra
calculators for the same amount money.
a) Write an expression in terms of x of the
i. Original price of each calculator (1 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘)
ii. Price of each calculator after the discount (1 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘)
b) Form an equation in x and hence determine the number of calculators the school
bought (5 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
c) Calculate the discount offered to the school as percentage (3 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠)
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