PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGINAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DIDAS ACADEMY CENTER
FORM FOUR MID-TERM EXAMINATION
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME 3:00 HOURS YEAR: 2024
Instructions
1. This paper consists of Sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions.
2. Answer all questions
3. Each question in section A carries six (06) marks while each question in section B
carries ten (10) marks.
4. all necessary working and answers for each questions must be shown clearly
5. NECTA mathematical table and non-programmable calculator may be used
6. All communication devices and calculators are not allowed in assessment room.
7. Write your Name on every page of your answer sheet (s)
SECTION A (60 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. (a) Express 2. ̇ ̇ ̇ in the form of
(b) A piece of land is to be divided into 20 acres or 24 acres or 28 acres for
farming and leave 7 acres for grazing. Determine the smallest size of such land .
2. (a) given that √ ,find value of
(b) (i) given , without using
mathematical table evaluate √
√
(ii) Simplify
√
.Give your answer in the form of √ , where a,b and c are
integers
3. (a) In a school of 120 students, 40 students study Mathematics, 60 students study
French and 30 students study both subjects.
i) illustrate the above information in Venn diagram
ii) How many students study Mathematics only?
(b) How many students study Either Basic Mathematics or French? (b) Jane and
john are competing for a certain managerial post at a certain company. Their
probability of getting the post is 0.5 and 0.4 respectively. Find the probability
that the company will get a manager?
4. (a) a ship left point P(10 S,40 E) and sailed due to East for 90hours at an average
speed 0f 24knots to a point R (given 1nautical mile (nm) to be 1.853km and radius
of the earth to be 6370km)
(i) calculate the distance between P and R in km
(ii) determine the position of point R
(iii) find local time, to the nearest minutes, at point R when the time at P is
10:00am
(b) A line through the point (3, 1) is parallel to the line find the
equation of the line.
5. (a) In the figure below, lines AB and LM are parallel
Find the values of the angles marked x, y and z
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(b) The ratio of the area of two similar rectangles is 50:72. If the length of a side of
smaller rectangle is 12cm, find the length of the corresponding side of the larger
rectangle.
6. (a) Amina a tourist from Tanzania wish to exchange her money about 100,000 Tsh
into USD. How many USD did receive if 1USD is equal to 2340Tsh?
(b) If y is inversely proportional to x and if find the value of y if
7. (a) Mr. Omary went to the supermarket and bought two Notebooks and five pens at
Tsh.1200. whereas three Notebooks and two pens cost him Tsh.1140. Find the cost of
each Notebook and pen
(b) Kassimu started the business on 16th February, 2024 with capital in cash
2,066,000/=
February 17 bought goods for cash for 1,000,000/=
19 bought Shelves for cash 110,000/=
20 sold goods for cash 900,000/=
21 purchases goods for cash 800,000/=
22 sold goods for cash 1, 400,000/=
26 paid rent 300,000/=
Record the above transactions in Cash account ledger and extract a Trial balance
8. The first term of an athematic progression (AP) is equal to the first term of Geometric
progression (GP). The second term of the AP is equal to the fourth term of the GP
while the tenth tem of the AP is equal to the seventh term of the GP.
(a) given that a is first term and d is the common difference of AP while r is the
common ratio of the GP, write the two equations connecting the AP and GP
(b) find the value of r that satisfies the progression
(c) given that the tenth of the GP is 5120, find the value of a and d
9. (a) the right angled triangle in the figure below has sides of length 7 , 24 cm and
150cm
Calculate the value of and its area
(b) The dimension of Nkuruma hall floor is 20m by 15m. The height of the hall is
10m, calculate (i) the area of the floor (ii) the total surface area of the walls
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10.(a) During a certain ceremony goats and chicken were slaughtered. The number of
heads (for both chicken and goats) was 45. The total number of legs was 100.
Determine the exact number of goats and chicken slaughtered.
(b) If
where a, b and c are integers, find the value of a, b and c
SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
11.The table below shows the distribution of marks obtained by some candidates in a
mathematics test
Marks 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79 80-89 90-99
No. of candidates 2 3 10 12 8 3 2
(a) state the total number of candidates who sat the test
(b) state the modal class
(c) calculate the mean mark using an assumed mean of 64.5 marks
(d) calculate the median mark
12.(a) a straight line pass through point P and Q where P(4,2) and Q (2,6) calculate the
slope of the line and the equation of the line
(b) The sum of two number is 27 and their difference is 7, find the number by using
matrix method
13.(a) a class has 18 boys and 22 girls. If a student is selected at random from the class,
find the probability that the selected student is a girl.
(b) Given the matrices [ ] [ ]
Find (i) A+B (ii) AB (iii) determinant of A (iv)
14.(a) A function f(x) is defined as ( ) {
(i) Plot the graph of ( )
(ii) Find ( ) and ( )
(b) By using graph method solve the following simultaneous equation {
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