KNEC KCPE 2018 MATHEMATICS PAST PAPER AND ANSWERS - QUESTION 41-50

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Question 41.

​Bestee spent his salary as shown in the graph below: 

​How much more money does he spend on food than clothes? 
   A. sh 17500 
   B. sh 14000 
   C. sh 10500 
   D. sh 3500

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Question 42.

​A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 4m and a height of 4.2 m. One hundred and twenty litres of water is used daily for domestic purposes and a similar amount for the animals. How many days will the water in the tank last if full to capacity? (Take pie = 22/7)
   A. 880 
   B. 440 
   C. 220 
   D. 22 

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Question 43.

​Kinje invested money with a financial institution that paid Simple Interest at the rate of 5% p.a. After 60 months the money earned an interest of sh 5000. How much had he invested? 
   A. sh 20000 
   B. sh 1666.70 
   C. sh 1250 
   D. sh 200 

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Question 44.

Abdi bought the following items:

​What was his balance if he paid using 3 five hundred shillings notes? 
   A. sh 1309 
   B. sh 536 
   C. sh 191 
   D. sh 3l

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Question 45.

​The figure below shows a circle inscribed in a semi-circle. Part of the figure is shaded and point 0 is the centre of the circle. 

​If the diameter of the semi-circle is 4m, what is the area of the shaded part? (Take pie = 3.14)

   A. 9.42 m²
   B. 6.28 m²
   C. 4.71 m²
   D. I.57 m²

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Question 46.

​A road 5m wide is to be constructed within and along the edge of a rectangular piece of land measuring 0.62 km by 0.45 km. What is the area of the remaining piece of land in hectares? 
   A. 26.84 
   B. 27.3675 
   C. 27.9 
   D. 28.98 

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Question 47.

​Pendo, Zawadi and Huruma shared a piece of land. Pendo got 0.45 of the land, Zawadi got 0.30 whi1e Huruma got the rest. How large was Pendo’s share if Huruma got 2 hectares’? 
   A. 2.4 
   B. 3.6 
   C. 6 
   D. 8 

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Question 48.

In the figure below EFGH is a rhombus and FGJ is a triangle. Angle GFJ = 56⁰ and JGH is a straight line. Line JG = line GH.

What is the size of angle HEF?

A.      68°

B.      90⁰

C.      112⁰

D.      124°

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Question 49.

​A hawker bought sufurias, cups and plates for sh 12000. A few cups and plates broke during transportation. He sold the remaining items as follows: 
   40 sufurias at sh 180 each 
   120 cups at sh 160 per dozen 
   60 plates at sh 140 per set of six 
How much percentage loss did she incur on selling the items? 

   A. 15% 
   B. 17% 
   C. 37.5% 
   D. 85% 

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Question 50.

​A man shared his profit of sh 87000 among his three children Kawira, Kioko and Zila. Kawira received 1/4 of the money, Kioko received 1/2 of what Kawira received while Zila received 1/5 of the remainder. How much of the profit was left? 
   A. sh 43500 
   B. sh 32625 
   C. sh 10875 
   D. sh 4350 

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