KNEC KCPE 2018 MATHEMATICS PAST PAPER AND ANSWERS - QUESTION 31-40

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Question 31.

​Mogaka pays sh 300 for his transport. sh 400 for his 2 sons and sh 100 for his sister daily. If the fare went up by 15%. how much will he spend in six days? 
   A. sh 5520 
   B. sh 4800 
   C. sh 4080 
   D. sh 920 

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Question 32.

​Mwikali collected money in the following denominations: 
  8 one thousand shillings notes 
  18 five hundred shillings notes 
  70 two hundred shillings notes 
  100 fifty shillings notes 
One third of the money was changed into one thousand shillings notes, while the rest was changed into five hundred shillings notes. 
How many notes did she have altogether? 
   A. 12 
   B. 24
   C. 48 
   D. 60 

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Question 33.

​The mean height of 8 adults is 1 m 42 cm. 
The height of six of the adults were recorded as follows: 
1 m 36 cm, 1 m 41 cm, 1 m 52 cm, 
1 m 30 cm, 1 m 50 cm, 1 m 37 cm 
The remaining two adults are of equal heights. What is the height of each of the remaining adults? 
   A. 1 m 40 cm 
   B. 1 m 41 cm 
   C. 1 m 43 cm 
   D. 1 m 45 cm 

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Question 34.

​Construct a circle touching the sides of triangle JKL drawn below. 

​What is the length of the diameter of the circle? 
   A. 2 cm 
   B. 4 cm 
   C. 5 cm 
   D. 10 cm 

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Question 35.

What is 

in its simplest form?

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Question 36.

The number of registered voters in a country was 35940. 
Three candidates: Hekima, Bidii and Tajiri vied for a seat. Hekima obtained 16048 votes, Bidii garnered 14353 votes, while Tajiri got 3439 votes. The number of spoilt votes was twice as many as that of non-voters. 
If all the spoilt votes were added to those obtained by Tajiri, how many votes would he have gotten? 
   A. 1400 
   B. 2100 
   C. 4139 
   D. 4839

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Question 37.

​Which one of the following numbers is two million thirty live thousand and eight hundredths? 
   A. 2035800 
   B. 2035000.08 
   C. 235000.08 
   D. 235000.008 

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Question 38.

​The pupil population of a certain school was 900. The ratio of boys to girls was 5:4. One day 5% of the girls and 2% of the boys went for a competition. How many pupils remained in the school on that day?
   A. 603
   B. 837
   C. 867
   D. 870 

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Question 39.

What is the place value of digit 7 in 16.05 ÷ 15?
   A. Ones
   B. Tens
   C. Tenths
   D. Hundredths 

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Question 40.

The figure below represents a farm

What is the area of the farm in square metres? 
   A. 2209 
   B. 2244 
   C. 2293 
   D. 2377 

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