KNEC KCPE 2018 MATHEMATICS PAST PAPER AND ANSWERS - QUESTION 1-10

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Question 1.

​What is 440444.04 written in words? 
   A. Forty four thousand four hundred forty four and four tenths. v 
   B. Four hundred and forty thousand four hundred and forty four and four hundredths. 
   C. Four hundred and forty four thousand four hundred and forty four and four hundredths. 
   D. Four hundred and forty thousand four hundred and forty four and four tenth 

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Question 2.

What is

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Question 3.

​What is the value of 600.79— 40.0032 + 5.01 to the nearest hundredths? 
   A. 565.80 
   B. 565.79 
   C. 565.8 
   D. 565.797 

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Question 4.

​What is the total value of digit 9 in 3.45 X 0.27 X 0.3?

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Question 5.

What is the value of

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Question 6.

What is the value of 5.517 X 14.5 correct to 2 decimal places? 
   A. 79.10 
   B. 79.99 
   C. 80.0 
   D. 80.00 

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Question 7.

​A lorry carrying a load of thirty bags of sugar each 90kg and forty bags of rice each 25 kg. If the load is half the mass of the lorry when empty, what is the total mass of the loaded lorry in tonnes? 
   A. 3.7 
   B. 5.55 
   C. 7.4 
   D. 11.1

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Question 8.

A soccer ball is dropped from a height of 240 cm. For every bounce the height decreases by 60%. How high will the ball rise on the second bounce?
   A. 38.4 cm
   B. 86.4 cm
   C. 96 cm
   D. 144 cm 

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Question 9.

Which one of the following statements is true? 
   A. A rectangle is a square 
   B. A trapezium is a parallelogram 
   C. A parallelogram is a rectangle 
   D. A rhombus is a parallelogram 

ANSWER

   D. A rhombus is a parallelogram
Explanations:

1. ​a rectangle is a parallelogram but a parallelogram is not a rectangle. Source: https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/851413/why-is-a-rectangle-a-parallelogram-but-a-parallelogram-is-not-a-rectangle
2. All Squares, Rectangles and Rhombuses are all Parallelograms 
   Source: https://www.mathsisfun.com/quadrilaterals.html
   

Question 10.

On triangle FGH below, construct a perpendicular line from point F to meet line GH at S. Bisect angle FSH and let the bisector meet line FH at T. 

Dimensions: HG =_CM, FG=_CM, HG=_CM

What is the size of angle FTS, when measured?
   A. 105°
   B. 75°
   C. 45
   D. 300​°

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