KNEC KCPE 2018 MATHEMATICS PAST PAPER AND ANSWERS - QUESTION 11-20

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Question 11.

​What is the value of n in the equation 5n+3(n—4)36? 
   A. 8 
   B. 6 
   C. 5 
   D. 3 

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Question 12.

​In a ranch the ratio of goats to sheep is 4:3, sheep to cows 5:2 and cows to donkeys is 3:2. What is the ratio of goats to donkeys? 
   A. 1:2 
   B. 1:5 
   C. 2:1 
   D. 5:1

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Question 13.

​A pupil left home for school at a speed of 5 km/h and returned at a speed of 4 km/h. The whole journey took 5 h 24 min. How far is the school from home, in kilometers? 
   A. 9 
   B. 12 
   C. 24 
   D. 27 

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Question 14.

​Zainabu bought five sacks of carrots for Sh. 13500. Each sack weighed 90 kg. How much should she sell a kilogram of carrot in order to make a profit of 10%? 
   A. sh. 27 
   B. sh. 3O 
   C. sh. 33 
   D. sh. 4O 

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Question 15.

​A businessman saved sh 900000 in a fixed deposit account which earned Compound Interest at the rate of 15% per annum. How much money did he have in the bank at the end of the 2 years? 
   A. sh 1035000 
   B. sh 1170000 
   C. sh 1190250 
   D. sh 207000 

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Question 16.

​A pupil recorded the number of family members of his 10 friends as shown in the table below:

Friend	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Number of family members	7	3	6	4	7	9	3	6	7	4

​What was the product of the median and mode of the number of family members? 
   A. 13 
   B. 42 
   C. 54 
   D. 56 

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Question 17.

​A field was lobe fenced using 816 posts placed 4 metres apart, leaving a 4 metre space for the gate. If 3 strands of wire were to be used, what would be the total length of wire required? 
   A. 3260 
   B. 3264 
   C. 9780 
   D. 9792 

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Question 18.

In the figure below line SR is parallel to line TU, while line ST is parallel to line UV. Line OS=OT and angle RST is 42°. 

What is the size of angle TOV?
   A. 48° 
   B. 84°
   C. 96°
   D. 138° 

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Question 19.

​A saleslady earns a basic monthly salary of sh 15000. She also gets a commission of 2% on the value of goods sold above sh 250000. In a certain month she sold 10 television sets @sh 26000, 5 refrigerators @sh 30000, 10 microwaves @sh 16000, one cooker for sh 84000 and another for sh 52000. How much did she earn that month, altogether? 
   A. sh. 29120 
   B. sh. 24120 
   C. sh. 20000 
   D. sh. 9120 

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Question 20.

​Omondi had two children, Tina and Ahmed. When Tina was born Ahmed was 4 years old, Omondi was m years old while his wife was 5 years younger than him. What was their total age after 10 years? 
   A. 2m+9 
   B. m+19 
   C. 2m+39 
   D. 2m+49 

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