THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IFAKARA TOWN COUNCIL FORM TWO JOINT EXAMINATION
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041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME: 3:00 HOURS Tuesday 19TH March,2024
Instructions
1. This paper consists of ten (10)compulsory questions. Each question carries ten (10)marks. 2. Show clearly all the working and answers in the spaces provided. 3. All writing must be in blue or black ink except drawing which must be in pencil. 4. NECTAmathematical tables, geometric instruments and graph papers may be used where necessary. 5. All communication devices and calculators are not allowed in the examination room.
FOR ASSESSOR’S ONLY
QUESTION NUMBER SCORE ASSESSOR’S INITIALS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 TOTAL
CHECKER’S INITIALS
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1. (a) If each digit in the number 289 41076 is used once, rearrange this number by writing in a numeral (i) The largest possible number formed
(ii) The smallest possible number formed
(b) The total mass of cotton harvested in Maswa district was 17816 273kg. Round off this mass to the nearest i. Millions of kilograms
ii. Thousands of kilograms
15 7 2. (a) Which one is greater between and ? show how you arrived to your answer. 24 72
(b) If three fifths of the pupils at Mjimwema Primary school come from the town centre, what percentage of the pupils do not come from the town centre?
3. (a) Mwajuma runs 3.5 kilometres in two days. How many metres does she run in a week?
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(b)Divide 60,000 Tanzanian shillings among Juma, Ali and John in the ratio 5:3:2
4. (a) In figure below, find the size of the angles marked by letters x, and z
b) The perimeter of an isosceles triangle is 15 centimetres. If the length of the base is 7
centimetres, find the length of each of the other sides.
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5. (a) Solve 5x2 -6x -1 =0 using the quadratic formula.
x−6 2 x +3 x−5 (b) If - = , find the value of x , leave answer in fraction form. 7 4 2
6. (a) If a straight line passing through the points P(-4,5) and Q (-2, 1) find the equation of the straight line in the form of y =mx+c
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2 (b) Jenny bought a calculator for 42 000 Tanzania shillings, and sold it at loss of 6 %. How 3 much did she sell the calculator?
4+ √ 3 7. (a) Write in the form of a+b√ c 1−√ 3
(b) Solve for the value of x and y in the equation ( 32 x) x (5 y−2 ) = 2025
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8. (a) If x * y = x+ 3y , find 5* (8*6).
(b) If log y + 2logx =3, express y in terms of x.
9. (a) If x and y are complementary angles, Find the size of angle y, when x=40 0.
(b) A piece of wire is bent to form a circle of radius 42cm. the wire is then bent into a rectangular shape with the length of 80cm. find the width of the rectangle formed.( use 22 π= ) 7
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10.(a) Find the solution of |2 x+ 1| > 3, and show it on a number line.
(b) Hamis Pambakali has 83 000 Tanzanian shillings for shopping. If he buys two ties and two shirts, he remains with 9 000 Tanzanian shillings. If he buys one tie and three shirts he spends all the money. Find the price of each tie and each shirt
