BASIC MATHEMATICS

DIGGING DEEPER
PRE MOCK – MOCK & PRE NECTA 2024

BY H.A. MASAKA
 BASIC MATHEMATICS - CSEE CURRENT EXAMINATION FORMAT

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For Both School and Private Candidates)
Time: 3 Hours Year: 2019 - 2028

Instructions

1. This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions.

2. Answer all questions in sections A and B.

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 question must be shown clearly.

5. NECTA mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.

6. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in

the examination room.

7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

 SECTION A (60 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.

1. (a) Numbers (Form I syllabus)

(b) Numbers II (Form I syllabus)
(c) Fractions (Form I syllabus)
(d) Decimals and Percentages (Form I syllabus)
(e) Approximations (Form I syllabus)
2. (a) Exponents and Radicals (Form II syllabus)
(b) Logarithms (Form II syllabus)
3. (a) Sets (Form II syllabus)
(b) Probability (Form IV syllabus)
4. (a) Vectors (Form IV syllabus)
(b) Coordinate Geometry (Form I & IV syllabuses)
5. (a) Areas and Perimeters (Form I & IV syllabuses)
(b) Congruence (Form II syllabus)
(c) Similarity (Form II syllabus)
(d) Geometry (Form I syllabus)
6. (a) Units (Form I syllabus)
(b) Rates and Variations (Form III syllabus)
7. (a) Ratio, Profit and Loss (Form I syllabus)
(b) Accounts (Form III syllabus)
8. Sequence and Series (Form III syllabus)
9. (a) Trigonometry (Form II & IV syllabuses)
(b) Pythagoras’ Theorem (Form II syllabus)
10. (a) Algebra (Form I & II syllabus)
(b) Quadratic Equations (Form II syllabus)
SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
11.(a) Statistics (Form II & III syllabuses)
(b) Circles (Form III syllabus)
12.(a) Three Dimensional Figures (Form IV syllabus)
(b) The Earth as the Sphere (Form III syllabus)
13. (a) Matrices and Transformations (Form IV syllabus)
(b) Geometrical Transformations (Form II syllabus)
14.(a) Relations (Form III syllabus)
(b) Functions (Form III syllabus)
(c) Linear Programming (Form IV syllabus)
 THE PRESENDET'S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MWANZA CITY COUNCIL

FORM FOUR PRE MOCK EXAMINATION

CODE: 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME: 3:00 HOURS MAY, 2024

NAME………………………………………………………………………………………………

Instructions
1. This paper consist of three sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer all questions from section A and B ,each question in section A carries (6 marks)while each question
in section B carries ten (10 marks)
3. NECTA mathematical table may be used
4. Non- programmable calculators may be used.
5. Cellular phones are not allowed.
6. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheets (s)
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7. The constant: = , Radius of the Earth =6400km.
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8. Table below is for examiner`s only
QUESTION PUT A TICK FOR SCORE EXAMINER`S
NUMBER ATTEMPTED QUESTION INITIAL
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
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14
TOTAL

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 SECTION A (60 marks)

1. a) Arrange the order of the digits in 289414 to make

i) the largest possible number
ii) the smallest possible number
b) Paul and Joseph are riding on a circular path. Paul completes a round in 24 minutes where as Joseph
completes a round in 36 minutes. If they started at the same place and time and go in the same direction,
after how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?

2. a) (i) Solve for n if (3𝑛 )(2𝑛 ) = 62𝑛+8

−2
(ii) Rationalize the denominator
√2+2
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b) Find log √𝑋 if log 𝑥 = 8̅.0524
3. a) In a class of 105 students, 25 study mathematics but not History, 50 study history but not mathematics.
If each student studies at least one subject. Determine the number of students who study history.
b) A month is picked at random. What is the probability that it ends with “ember”?

4. (a) If the midpoint of the line segment joining the point A(3,4) and B(k,6) is (𝑥, 𝑦). If (𝑥, 𝑦) lies on the
line whose equation is 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 10. Find the value of k.

1 1 2 1
(b) Given vectors, 𝑎= 𝑖+ 3 𝑗 , 𝑏 = 3 𝑖 + 3 𝑗 and 𝑐 = 𝑖 +6𝑗
2

Determine the unit vector in the direction of the vector 𝑑 where 𝑑 = 6𝑎 + 3𝑏 −𝑐

5. (a) Find the circumference of the circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the three circles
with radius 2cm, 3cm and 6cm.
(b) i) The interior angle of a regular polygon exceeds the exterior angle by 150°. Find the number of
sides of that polygon.
(ii) In the figure below, calculate the length𝐷𝐸. If the length 𝐴𝐶 = 6𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐸 = 18𝑐𝑚,
𝐷𝐶 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐸 = 10𝑐𝑚.

6. (a) Twelve people can dig a trench in 15days for 8 hours daily. How long can they take to find the same
work, working for 10 hours daily?

(b) The mass (m) which can be supported by a beam varies directly with the breath (b) and inversely with
the length (l). If a beam of breath 2m and length 15m can support a mass of 200kg. What mass can be
supported by a beam which is 3m bread and 20m long?

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 7. a) Abdallah wants to invest a certain sum of money so that its value after 3 years will be 100,000/=
shillings. How much amount of money should be invested at 5% per annum compound interest?

b) Study the given trial balance and answer questions that follow:
Trial balance as at December 2021

S/N Details Amount (Tshs) Amount (Tshs )

1. Cash 185,000.00

2. Capital 200,000.00

3. Purchases 110,000.00

4. Sales 104,000.00

5. Water bills 3,000.00

6. Advertising 2,000.00

7. Telephone 1,000.00

8. Salaries 3,000.00

304,000.00 304,000.00

Prepare the balance sheet

8. (a) The first term of an arithmetic progression is 12 and the common difference is 10. Find the nth term.
(b) A farmer wants to plant 6 mangoes seedling in a row at a fixed interval of 7 meter. Determine the
length of the row.
9. a) A ladder leans against a vertical wall. If the ladder reaches 12m up the wall and its foot is 9m from the
base of the wall, find the length of the ladder.
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b) Given that A and B are complementary angles and 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 = 5. Find 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐵 (leave your answer as
improper fraction)
10. a) Solve the following equation by completing the square method 2𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 28 = 0
b) The difference between two positive numbers is 7. If their product is 30. Find the numbers.

SECTION C (40 marks)

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 Answer all questions in this section.

11. The number of patients who attended maternity clinic daily in June 2020 in a certain town was recorded.

51 61 60 70 75 70 74 73 72 82 70 71 71 76 74
68 66 50 68 65 72 69 64 83 63 83 58 80 90 50
89 55 62 61 62 75
a) Prepare a frequency distribution table with class 5 beginning with the number 50
b) Calculate the mean and mode from the frequency distribution table prepared in (i) above by using
assumed mean from the class mark of the modal class.
c) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the median
12. (a) The following figure represents a rectangular prism in which 𝑃𝑄 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 8𝑐𝑚 and 𝑅𝑌 = 4𝑐𝑚

Find:
i) The total surface area
ii) The angle between the planes PTZW and QRZW

(b) A and B are two points on Latitude 70°N. Their longitudes are 62°w and 118° respectively. Calculate
the distance in kilometers from A to B if the earth`s diameter is 12800km for the following cases.
i) Along the great circle route over North pole
ii) Along the parallel of latitude
2 −3 9 12 1
13. a) (i) Given the matrix 𝑃 = ( ) and 𝑄 = ( ) find 2𝑝 − 3 𝑄
5 4 −15 3
4𝑘 8
(ii) If the matrix ( ) is singular, find the possible value of K
2 9𝑘

1 0
b) By using the transformation matrix ( ), find the image of the point𝐴(−2,3). Hence, state the
0 −1
axis in which this point is reflected.

2𝑥+3𝑦=7
c) Solve the following system of linear equation by using the inverse matrix method 1
𝑦= 𝑥
2

𝑥 + 2 𝑖𝑓 − 2 > 𝑥
2
14. (a) Given 𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 − 2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
1 𝑖𝑓 2 < 𝑥

i) Sketch the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)

ii) From the graph state domain and range
(b) A business plans to buy at most 210 sacks of Irish and sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes costs shs 30,000
per sack and sweet potatoes costs 5000 per sack. He can spend up to shs 2,500,000 for his business. The
profit on a single sack of Irish potatoes is shs 12,000 and for sweet potatoes 10,000. How many sacks of
each type of potatoes the businessman will buy in order to realize the maximum profit?
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 PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHALINZE DISTRICT EXAMINATION SYNDICATE

FORM FOUR PRE MOCK EXAMINATION - 2024
BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: HOURS APRIL, 2024

Instructions

i. This paper consists of two sections A and B

ii. Answer all questions in both sections
iii. MATHEMATICAL TABLES and CALCULATORS MAY BE USED
iv. Any authorized materials are not allowed in the examination room
v. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet
vi. All solution must be shown clearly

FOR EXAMINER’S USE ONLY

QUESTION NO. SCORE MARKER’S INITIAL
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14

TOTAL

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 SECTION A(60%)

1. (a) A number M is such that 8 is hundreds, 7 is tens, 3 is ones ,9 is tenths,3 is hundredths,4 is in

thousandths,8 is in ten thousandths,0 is in hundred thousandths and 1 is in millionths.
(i) Write down a number M
(ii) Express the value of M in standard form to 3 decimal places
(iii) Calculate the product of digit in ten thousandths and the digit in tenths

(b)Find the value of of the following numbers 36, 48 and 54

2. (a) Given that √ and √ , find the value of in the form of √ √

(b) If ( ) find the value of and the value of
3. (a)There are 100 people at a party. 65 are drinking soft drinks, 57 are drinking hard drinks and 23
are drinking soft drinks and hard drinks.
(i) How many people are drinking neither soft drink nor hard drinks?
(ii) How many people are drinking either soft or hard drinks?

(b) A bag contains 4 red balls and 6white balls. A ball is picked at random and replaced. A second is
the picked. What is the probability that the first ball is white and the second ball is red?

4. (a)Given the vectors find the value of

(i) Vector
(ii) The unit vector in the direction of vector

(b)A line through (3,8) and (k,5) is parallel to the equation find the value of k and

5. (a) Find the area of a regular polygonof15sided inscribed in a circle of radius 10cm. leave your answer
in 2 decimal places
(b) From the figure below; calculate the value of (i) (ii)

A z
24 cm N N
40 cm

6. (a) Given that z+1 is directly proportional to x and inversely proportional to the square root of y. If x=2,
when y=4 and z=4, find z when x=3 and y=9.
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 (b) A roll of string is 13.5 metres long. If four strings of lengths 2.3 metres, 1.8 metres, 2.37metres and
0.95 metres are removed from roll and the remaining part is divided into equal pieces of length 32cm.
How many equal pieces are there?

7. (a)The whole seller sells a product to the retailer Tshs x and make the profit of 40% while retailer sells
the product for Tshs y and make the loss of 20%.
(i) Find the cost price set by the whole seller if the retailer get a loss of tshs 280000/=?
(ii) Find the price set by the retailer

(b) On the first july2023, Juma started a business with capital in cash of 1,000,000/=and made the
following transactions. July2; Purchased goods for cash Tshs 700000/=,July 3; Sold for cash Tshs
500000/=,July6; Purchased goods for cash Tsh 300000/=,July10; Bought goods for cash
tsh235000/=,July15; Paid cash for rent Tsh 110000/=,July 26;Paid cash for wages Tsh 55000/=,July
28;sold goods for cash Tsh 310000/=. Use the transactions above to prepare a trial balance.

8. The sum of the 9th term and 10th term of A.P is 19 and the sum of the 19th term and 20th term of the same
A.P is 189. Find the first term and the common difference and hence find the value of (2d+20A1) -10

(b) The sum of the first four terms of geometric progression (G.P) is 80 and its common ratio is 3. Find
the first term and hence find the value of 2G1+100r.

9. (a) The angle of elevation of the top of the building 100m away from the foot of it is 650, find the height
of the building.

(b) Calculate the perimeter and the area of right angled triangle whose dimensions are 3xcm, 4xcm and
the hypotenuse is 10cm.

10. (a) What is the quadratic equation whose roots are and ?

(b) Factorize (i) (ii) ( ) .

SECTION B(40%)

11. (a) The following frequency distribution table shows the marks of 100 students in mathematics
examination

Marks 41-50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100

Frequency 10 22 34 x 7 2

(i) Calculate the value of x

(ii) Find the mean mark using assumed mean =75.5
(iii) Calculate the median
(iv) Draw the histogram and estimate the mode

(b) Two chords ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ of a circle of radius 13cm are equal and parallel. If ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ are opposite
each other and are 24cm long, Find the distance between them.

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12. (a) Two towns P(600N,150W) and Q(600N,300E).An air craft flying along the parallel latitude takes 4
hours and 10 minutes to fly from P to Q ,taking the radius of the earth 6370km, calculate
(i) The distance covered by aircraft from P to Q
(ii) Speed of the aircraft

(b) The figure below show the prism in which⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ ,⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ and ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ =10cm

G
F

D 10 cm

C
5cm
B

(i) Calculate the length of ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗

(ii) Calculate the angle ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ makes with the base
(iii) Calculate total surface area of the prism

13. (a) Find the value of x and y if the matrix [ ] is singular matrix

(b) Given that [ ] [ ] Find

(i)
(ii) Find the value of x and y such that where I is identity matrix.

14. (a) A factory producing footballs for AFCON 2025 Competitions has two types of machines A and B,
type A machine need 3workers to operates and produce 200 balls per week each of which is at profit of
15,000/=. Type B machine need 4 workers to operates and produces 300 balls per week each of which
brings the profit of tsh 10,000/= the factory operates under the following constraints
(i) The number of type A machine must not exceed 10 while that of type B must not exceed 8
(ii) The total number of workers available to operate machines is 48
(iii) At least 2400 balls must be produced per week

Write down all inequalities which represent these constraints and determine the maximum profit the
factory can make in one week.

(b)Given the linear function as ( ) such that ( ) and ( ) find the value of
( ) ( )
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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

GAIRO DISTRICT COUNCIL

FORM FOUR PRE – MOCK EXAMINATION
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS 19Th March 2024

Instructions Time 3:00 Hrs - AM

 This paper will consist of sections A and B with a total of 14 questions
 Answer all questions in both sections A and B
 Section A will carry 60 marks and section B will carry 40 marks
 Mathematical tables/ Calculator may be used
 Write your Examination number on the top right corner of your answer booklet provided
 Use R = 6400 and 𝜋= 3.14

SECTION A (60 MARKS)

1. (a) Write a number in which O represents hundreds, 7 represents ten thousands, 3

represents ones, 9 represents thousands, 6 represents hundred thousand and 8
represents tens.
125
(b) Convert and 360% to decimal, then approximate their products to one
100
significant figure.
(c) 14 - [−2 − (8 ÷ 2) + 5]

2. (a) If log 2 = 0.3010, Find the value of log 5 , without using mathematical table
(b)If (3x+1)(22y+9) = 69984 find the values of x and y.
√3+ √2
(c)Simplify by rationalizing the denominator of
√5 + √2

3. (a) A bag contains 5 red and 4 blue balls. Two balls are drawn in succession without
replacement. Find the probability that both are red.
(b) In a class of 35 students, 19 take physics, 18 take History and 3 take neither of the
two subjects. Calculate how many students take
i) Both subjects
ii) Physics or History

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4. (a) Find the equation of a line passes through the point of intersection of the lines
3x -2y -8=0 and 2x+y =3 and is perpendicular to line 4x +3y=0

(b) If a =3j – i and b=5i-2j and c = 4a + 3b find

(i). Magnitude of ç
(ii). Direction of ç

5. (a) The area of the triangle ABC is 140 cm2 ,side AB = 20 cm, AC is 14 cm. Find
the angle BAC
(b) (i) From the Rectangle JKLM given below (i) name two triangles which
are congruent.
(ii) Prove your answer in (i) above

6. a) Given that (Z + 1) is directly proportional to x and inversely proportional to the

square root of y. If x =2 when y=4 and Z =4 find Z when X = 3 and y =9
b) A bus travels 240 km using 16 litres of diesel. How many liters of diesel are needed
to drive 90km?

7. (a) On January 1st 2015 MTL group started a business with a capital in cash of
2,000,000/=
January 2. Purchased goods for cash 1,400,000/=
3. Sold good for cash 1,000,000/=
6. Purchased goods for cash 60,000/=
15. Paid rent for cash 220,000/=
26. Sold goods for cash 620,000/=
Prepare the cash account and balance it

(b) If the ratio of sacks of maize, millet and cassava in certain store is 6:7:3. There
are 42 sacks of millet. Find the total sacks in a store.

8. (a) If the common difference of an A. P is -2 and the third term is 0. Find

(i). The first term
(ii). The general term
(b) A certain geometric progression has a common ratio of 2 and the sum of the first
ten terms is 155. Find the first term and give the formula for the n th term

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 sin 60° 𝑐0𝑠 60°
9. (a) Without using tables, find the value of and simplify your answer.
tan 60°
(b)The sides of a right angled Triangle are (2𝑥 + 1)𝑐𝑚, (12𝑥 )𝑐𝑚 and (12𝑥 + 1)𝑐𝑚.
Find the value of x in cm if the hypotenuse is (12𝑥 + 1)cm
10. (a) Use factorization method to find the value of x if 8x2 – 34x + 21 = 0
(b) The average of two numbers is 7 and three times the difference between them is
18. Find the two numbers

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

11. (a) These scores of Mathematics Examination done by 60 students were recover as
follow
36, 26, 52, 54, 51, 34, 26, 29, 34, 26, 30, 56, 21, 49, 35, 58
22, 38, 28, 26, 41, 53, 31, 32, 20, 21, 61, 58, 36, 50, 56, 63
27, 30, 63, 30, 60, 34, 48, 28, 41, 57, 24, 35, 35, 33, 20, 59
36, 25, 32, 43, 56, 30, 50, 42, 21, 33, 45, 25
i) Prepare frequency distribution table using intervals 20- 24,25 -29, 30-34
ii) Calculate mode and Median

(b)Find the value of angle x, in the figure below

12. (a) The figure below shows a rectangular prism in which AB= 10CM, BC= 8cm and
GC = 6cm

(i). Calculate the length AG (Two decimal places)

(ii). The angle that AG makes with the plane ABCD

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 (b) A and B are two points on latitude 70°N. Their longitudes are 62°W and 118°E
respectively. Calculate the distance in Kilometers from A to B if the Earth’s
diameter is 12,800km along a parallel of latitude

13. (a) Think of two numbers. If I double the first and add the second I get 18. If I double
the first and subtract the second I get 14. Use matrix method to find the two numbers
2t+2 t
(b) Find the value of “t” given that (4t−3 t+3
) is a singular matrix.
(c) Find the image equation of the line y = 3x + 7 after reflection is the line y=x
14. (a) Maximize f(x, y) = 2x + 6y subject to the following constraints
𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 7
2𝑥 + 𝑦 ≤ 12
𝑥 + 3𝑦 ≤ 15
𝑥 ≥ 0, 𝑦 ≥ 0

x if x < −2
(b) The function f(x) defined as:- f(x) = { 2x if − 2 ≤ x < 3
(x + 1)if x ≥ 3
(i) Sketch the graph of f(x)
(ii) State domain and range of f(x)

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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 question must be shown clearly
5. NECTA’s mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
7. Where necessary use the following constants;
• pi = 𝜋 = 3.14
• Radius of the Earth, 𝑟 = 6370 km

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 SECTION A (60 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. (a) The New Life Orphans Centre situated at Sinza received a financial assistance of Tsh 4750060
from the CRDB Management. Write this amount of money in words.
(b) Evaluate, 51 ÷ 3 + 20 % of (43 + 17) × 3 − 7.
(c) Three wooden rods of lengths 168 m, 72 m and 90 m are cut into pieces of the same lengths.
Find the greatest possible length for these pieces of rods if no wooden rod is left without cut
𝑍 2 +𝑄2
2. (a) Simplify by rationalizing the denominator of the expression , given that 𝑍 = 2√3 and
𝑍−𝑄
𝑄 = 3√2
(b) Solve the equation 4 + 3 log 3 𝑥 = log 3 24

3. Use Venn diagrams to illustrate the following, If A and B have elements in common
(a) (i) A ∩ B′
(ii) A′ ∪ B

(b) If 𝑈 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐, 𝑑, 𝑒, 𝑓}, 𝐴 = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐} and 𝐵 = {𝑒, 𝑑}, find the following
(i) 𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵′
(ii) 𝐴 ∪ (𝐵 ∩ 𝐴)
(iii) 𝑛(A ∪ B)′

4. (a) Find the equation of a straight line which passes through the points A(3, 6) and 𝐁(4, −2) .
(b) 3
The straight line whose gradient is 2 has the x-intercept of −3. Find the equation of the line in
the form of 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐, where c and m are constants.

5. (a) What is the area of paper required to make a kite shown in the following figure?

(b) ̿̿̿̿ of that circle, prove

If N is the foot of the perpendicular from the centre O of a circle to the chord 𝐴𝐵
that 𝐴𝑁 = 𝑁𝐵.

6. (a) A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 3 metres and a height of 7 metres. How many litres of water
does it hold when it is full?
(b) A variable  is proportional to the square of 𝑥 and inversely proportional to the square root of
𝑦. If  = 32 when 𝑥 = 4 and y = 25, find the value of  when 𝑥 = 25 and 𝑦 = 4 and the value
of 𝑦 when 𝑥 = 4 and  = 20

7. (a) A metal is composed of copper and zinc in the ratio of 3:2 by volume. Find the volume of a piece of
the metal, which contains 42 cm3 of copper
(b) A damaged chair that costs Tsh11,000 was sold at a loss of 10%, find
(i) The loss made
(ii) The selling prices
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8. (a) A student in a certain University requested by his local internet services provider to be connected with
Internet services. He was told to pay a lump sum of shs. 30,000 for the first month and he would be
paying shs 1500 for each subsequent month. If he decided to pay for 18 months (lump sum inclusive),
find how much he would pay
(b) Zamaradi deposits Tsh 5000/= in a bank at the rate of 12% compounded annually, after how many
years will she receive a total of Tsh. 8811.70

9. The pegs P and Q are on the level ground. Both pegs lie due to west of a flag post. The angle of
elevation of the top of the flag post from P is 45° and from Q is 60°. If P is 24m from the foot
of the flag post, find ̅̅̅̅
PQ.

10. (a) (i) Factorise the expression 𝑎2 − 25𝑏 2 into an identity expression of product of two algebraic factors.
(ii) Given three consecutive whole numbers, write the expanded form of the product of the first
and the third if the second number is n.
(b) The perimeter of a rectangular garden is 60 metres and its area is 209 square metres. Find the
dimensions of the garden.

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

Answer all questions in this section.

11. (a) Find the angle subtended at the centre of a circle of radius 12 cm by an arc of length 30.8 cm
(b) The table below shows the distribution of mass of 40 students in kg. use it to answer the questions
that follow:

Mass (kg) 41 - 45 46 - 50 51 - 55 56 - 60 61 - 65 66 - 70
Frequency 3 7 𝑥 10 6 2
(i) Find the value of x
(ii) calculate the mean mass using an assumed mean of 53
(iii) Find median mass

12. (a) A ship leaves point A(6°𝑆, 41°𝐸) on the earth surface and sails due east for 45 hours to a point
B(6°𝑆, 86°𝐸). Calculate it’s average speed in:
(i) km/h
(ii) knots
(b) An airplane owned by the Emirates flies non-stop from Kiev in Ukraine (50°𝑁, 30°𝐸) to Vancouver
in Canada (50°𝑁, 150°𝑊). If the plane flies along a great circle over the North pole what is the
distance covered by the flight?

13. (a) The figure below represents a rectangular tank in which 𝐴𝐵 = 6 cm, 𝐵𝐶 = 2 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐶𝐺 =
4 𝑐𝑚. Find the angle formed by the line EC makes with the base ABCD

(b) Sketch a triangle whose vertices are A (2, -2), B (6, 10) and C (-1, 5). Find and draw the image of the
triangle formed by the translation which moves the origin to the point (1, 3).

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14. (a) The function is defined in intervals as follows:

−4 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −2
𝑓(𝑥) = {−𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 − 2 ≤ 𝑥 < 0
4 𝑖𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 4

(i) Sketch the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)

(ii) State domain and range from the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)
(iii) Find 𝑓(−4)

(b) Given that 𝑓(𝑥) = −2𝑥 2 + 𝑥 + 4

(i) State whether 𝑓(𝑥) has a maximum or minimum value
(ii) Find turning point
(iii) Write 𝑓(𝑥) in form of 𝑎(𝑥 + 𝑏)2 + 𝑐

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
NJOMBE TOWN COUNCIL

FORM FOUR PRE- MOCK EXAMINATION APRIL -2024

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: 3:00 HOURS 16TH APRIL 2024

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer all questions
3. Each question in section A caries six (6) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks
4. All necessary working and answer for each question must be shown clearly
5. NECTA mathematical tables and non- programmable calculators may be used
6. All communication devices and any unauthorized material are not allowed in the
examination room
7. Write your examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)

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 SECTION A (60 MARKS)
Answer all questions
2 4
1. a) Six years ago, Aisha was times as old as Baedd. After four years, Baedd will be times as odd as
3 3
Aisha. What is the age of Baedd.
b) Solution A contains 65% of concentrated hydrochloric acid and solution B contains 90% of the
same acid. How many litres of each solution must be used to make 200 litres 80% hydrochloric acid?

3 𝑚 4 2𝑚−𝑚
2. a) (i) Determine the value of 𝑚 from (4) = (3)
4 −3 ×163
(ii) Simplify completely the expression, 82 ×32−1

b) Solve for 𝑦 from 2 log 3 𝑦 − log 3 5 + 2 log 3 2 = 0

3. a) A test on three subjects, Math, Biology and Kiswahili reveled the following:
20 students passed Kiswahili
5 students all the three subjects
12 students passed Math and Biology and
16 students passed Math and Kiswahili.
Each students passed at least two subjects.
(i) How many students passed Biology and Kiswahili?
(ii) How many students did the test?
b) In the joint sets 𝐴 and 𝐵, there 10 elements only in set 𝐴. If ∩ (𝐴) is 5 more than ∩ (𝐵); ∩ (𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵′)
is 5 less than ∩ (𝐴 ∩ 𝐵) and ∩ (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵) is 3 less than ∩ (𝜇). Find the probability that when an element
is picked randomly from the universal set, 𝜇, will be the element from set 𝐴?

4. a) (i) On the 𝑥𝑦 −plane, plot the points 𝐴(2,6) and (6,8). Measure the distance 𝐴𝐵̅̅̅̅ with your ruler.
Compare the result when you use a formula for the distance between two points on a plane.
(ii) Use your ruler to find the coordinates of M. where M is the midpoint of ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵 in (a)(i) above.
b) If 𝒂 = 2𝒊 + 5𝒋 and 𝒃 = −4𝒊 + 4𝒋. Find the direction of the vector 𝒄 = 2𝒂 + 𝒃 using:
(i) bearing (acute angles)
(ii) bearing (three digit angle)
(iii) direction cosine

5. The right angled triangle with sides of lengths 7𝑥 𝑐𝑚, 24𝑥 𝑐𝑚 and 150 𝑐𝑚. If the length with
150 𝑐𝑚 is the hypotenuse side, calculate:
(a) the perimeter of the triangle
(b) Area of the triangle
6. a) In the preparation of Fanta orange drink, a bottle filling machine can fill 1, 500 bottles in 45 minutes.
Determine the number of bottles the filling machine can fill in 4.5 hours.
b) Find the value of 𝒏 and 𝒎 in the table below, if 𝑥 varies directly as 𝑦 and inversely as 𝑤
𝑥 8 6 𝒎
𝑦 4 𝒏 2
𝑤 2 3 4

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 7. a) The profit on an item costing Tsh 8000 is decreased by Tsh 480 when its sells price is reduced by
5%. Find:
(i) The sells price.
(ii) Percentage profit before reduction.

(b)The following list represents assets and liabilities of Mkinga’s business as on 31st December, 2023
Creditors Tsh 100 000
Bank overdrdft Tsh 50 000
Stock Tsh 85 000
Premises Tsh 250 000
Debtors Tsh 150 000
Cash in hand Tsh 15 000
Furniture Tsh 42 000
Capital Tsh 392 000
From the information above use it to find:
(i) Total non-current assets.
(ii) Current ratio.
(iii) Acid test ratio.
8. a) The first, second and fifth terms of an arithmetic sequence are consecutive terms of a geometric
sequence. Find the possible values of the common ratio.
b) If 1, 𝑥, 𝑦 and 27 are in Geometric progression, find the sum of the first 10 terms.
9. a) without using tables, find the value of sin 10 cos 20 + sin 20 cos 10

b) To find the height of a tower a surveyor sets up his theodolite 100m from the base of the
tower. He finds that the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 30 . If the instrument is 1.5m
above the ground. What is the height of the tower?

10. a) Years ago a man was 12 times as old as his son and 10 years from now a man will be twice as old
as his son. Find their present age.
b) Find the values of x that satisfy the equation log(x+5) + log(x + 2) = log4

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

Answer all questions
11. a) In the following figure, OA is the radius of the circle and parallel to BC, find the angle ABC if

∠OCB = 38°.

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 b) Prove that an angle inscribed in a semi-circle is .

12. (a) VABCD is a pyramid whose base ABCD is a square with sides 6cm.The vertex v is
vertically above N (the centre of the base ) and VN = 3cm.
Calculate.
(i) Length VA
(ii) Angle between the line VA and the plane ABCD. (iii)Volume
of the pyramid.
(b) (i) A and B are two points on the equator with longitudes 400 W and 250E
respectively. Taking the Earth to be sphere of radius 6370km, Calculate the shorter distance
in km along the equator between A and B.
(ii) A ship sails from point P1 (10 S, 40 E) to another port P2 (10 N , 40 E) at 20 knots. If it
leaves port P1 at 12.00 mid night on Wednesday, when will it arrive at port P2 ?

13. a) The line 2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 1 was shifted to another position by a vector (−2,1).

Find its image at its new position.
b) A certain transformation 𝑅, maps the point P(𝑥, 𝑦) such 𝑥′ = 𝑥 + 3𝑦 and 𝑦′ = 2𝑥 − 2𝑦
(i) Find the matrix .
(ii) Determine the image of P(3 2) under this transformation.
(iii) Find 𝑅−1

𝑥 + 2 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 < −4
14. The function 𝑓 is defined as 𝑓(𝑥) = { 0 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 − 4 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 1 State domain and range of 𝑓.
4 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 ≥ 2

(b) A firm wants to distribute parcels, using either a lorry or a van. A lorry can carry 200 parcels and
costs Tsh 15,000 to hire, and a van can carry 80 parcels and costs Tsh 10,000 to hire. There only
20 men available, of whom only 15 are allowed to drive a lorry. The budget for the distribution is
Tsh 260,000. Find the greatest number of parcels that can be distributed.

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
RUVUMA REGION

FORM FOUR PRE- MOCK EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME: 3 hours Tuesday, 16th April 2024 A.m

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A, and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer all questions in section A and B in both sections
3. Each question in section A carries six (06) marks where in section B carries ten (10) marks
4. All necessary working and answers for each question done must be shown clearly
5. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used
6. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet (s).
8. Where necessary use the following constants
Radius of the earth, Re = 6370
Pie 𝜋 = 3.14

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 SECTION A (60 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. (a) A girl walked 432 paces, a boy walked 648 paces and a woman walked 540paces from the
same home to the market. If they started at the same time and used the same speed, how
many times did they step together
(b) Find the approximate value of the expression by rounding off each number in the
expression to one significant figure
6.8125
0.0695 × 1.9812
2. (a) Jacob is looking for the error when running the program in his computer, in order the
program to run. The message error when coding shows that the program may run if the
value of 𝑎 is known in log 4 (𝑎 + 5) = 2. what is that?
3𝑥+2
(b) Solve for 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 if 2𝑦−8 = 2025
5
3. (a) In a group of a 240 tourists 80 speak English, 120 speak French and 60 speak both
English and French. How many speak neither English nor French
2
(b) The probability that Anna wins the game is and the probability that Marc wins the
3
1
game is . Find the probability that
2
(i) Both win the game
(ii) None win the game
4. (a) Given lines L1 and L2. If L1 passes through the points (1, n) and (-4,-3) and line L2
passes through the point (6, 3) and (-2, n). Find the value of n if the lines are parallel to each
other
(b) If 𝑎 = 3𝑖 − 𝑗 and 𝑏 = 5𝑖 − 2𝑗 and 𝑐 = 4𝑎 + 𝑏. Find
i. The magnitude of 𝑐
ii. the unit vector of 𝑐
5. (a) Two triangles are similar a side of the one triangle is 10cm while the length of the
corresponding side of the other is 18cm. if the given side are the bases of the triangles and
the area of the smaller is 40𝑐𝑚2 , find the area and the length of the large triangle
(b) If 𝐴𝐶 = 17𝑐𝑚, 𝐵𝐶 = 8𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐷 = 12𝑐𝑚 and angle A𝐵̂D = 90° calculate 𝐴𝐷

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6. (a) The variable “v” varies directly as the square root of 𝑥 and inversely as . Find “v” when
𝑥 = 5 and 𝑦 = 2. Given that when 𝑣 = 18, and 𝑥 = 3 the value of 𝑦 = 4
(b) Mr. Mbunda from Keya visited Tanzania. He had 5,000 Kenya shillings and wanted to
change the money into US dollars. If 1US Dollar was equivalent to Tshs. 2500/=and 1
Kenya Shilling was equivalent to Tshs 20/=. How much US dollars did he get?
7. (a) By selling an article of Tsh 22,500/=a shopkeeper makes a loss of 10%. At what price
must the shopkeeper sell the article in order to get a profit of 10%
(b) From the following data,, prepare a trading account to find Gross profit or Gross loss
- Sales for the year was 36,000/=
- Purchases for the year was 2000/=
- Stock at start was 500/=
- Stock at close was 750/= for the year 2021
8. (a) The first three consecutive terms of an arithmetic progression (AP) are such that their
sum is 15 and their product is 45. Find the sum of the first five terms of the sequence
(b) Fid the amount of money and compound interest accumulated at the end of 3 years after
investing Tsh. 500,000 at a compound interest rate of 10% annually
5
9. (a)If tan 𝜃 = find
12
(i) sin 𝜃 + cos 𝜃
(ii) 𝑆𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃

(b) In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝑎 = 13𝑐𝑚, 𝑏 = 16𝑐𝑚, 𝑐 = 12𝑐𝑚, find the middle sized angle

10. (a) A father is three times as old as her child; seven years ago the product of their ages was
104. Find the present age of father.
(b) Solve the equation by completing square
2𝑥 2 − 3𝑥 − 5 = 0

SECTION B (40 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

11. The following are the marks obtained by 40 students in mathematics test
47 44 58 48 47 57 56 71 62 46 45 50 76 73 43 54 58 66 48 32 89
60 42 47 54 67 35 54 52 44 64 49 37 64 67 44 45 42 34 45
(a) Use the above information to prepare the frequency distribution table
- Number of classes = 6
- Size of each class = 10
- The lower limit of the first class interval = 32
(b) Use the frequency distribution table prepared above to find the actual mean when the
assumed mean is 86.5

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 (c) Calculate the difference between the actual mean and the median of this distribution
12. (a) A bus leaves at Mbogwe stand (5°𝑆, 40°𝐸) at a constant speed of 20km/hr. how many
hours will the bus take to reach Ushirombo stand (15°𝑆, 40°𝐸). Use pie 𝜋 = 3.14 and the
radius of the earth = 6400𝑘𝑚
(b) Draw a right angled rectangular pyramid and label it as VABCD having a base ABCD,
vertex V and centre of base P. if 𝐴𝐵 = 𝐶𝐷 = 8𝑐𝑚, 𝐴𝐷 = 𝐵𝐶 = 6𝑐𝑚, and 𝑉𝐴 = 𝑉𝐵 =
𝑉𝐶 = 𝑉𝐷 = 13𝑐𝑚. Calculate
(i) The height VP
(ii) The angle between VC and the base ABCD

3 𝑦−1
13. (a) If a matrix A is singular, what will be the value of 𝑦 given that 𝐴 = ( )
𝑦+1 1
(b) Solve the following simultaneous equation by matrix method
2𝑥 + 𝑦 = 7
{
4𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 17
(c) Find the image of (3, 5) after rotation of 270° about the origin in anticlockwise
direction followed by reflection in the line 𝑦 = 𝑥
14. (a) If 𝑓(𝑥) is the function such that
−3 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ −1
𝑓(𝑥) = {1 𝑖𝑓 − 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 2
4 𝑖𝑓 2 < 𝑥
(i) Sketch the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)
(ii) State the domain and range

(b) A firm makes curtains which are either ordinary or deluxe. Each ordinary curtain takes 3
hours to produce and uses 6m of materials and each deluxe curtain takes 6 hours to produce and
uses 7m of materials. The workers of the firm can work for a total of 60hours and there is 90m of
material available. If the profit on ordinary and deluxe curtains is 4000/= and 6000/=respectively.
Find how many of each should be made to maximize profit

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 PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMNISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
TABORA MANICIPAL COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK EXAMINATIONS – MARCH 2024
BASIC MATHEMATICS
CODE: 041
INSTRUCTIONS

 This paper consists of two sections, A and B with a total of fourteen questions,
 Answer all questions from both sections,
 Each question in section A carries six marks whereas each question in section B carries ten
marks,
 All working in attempting each question must be shown clearly,
 NECTA Mathematical tables and Non-Programmable scientific calculators may be used,
 Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet (s) provided,
 Where necessary, use   3.142 and diameter of the earth = 12,800 km.

SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer all questions from this section

0.000003  25,000,000
1. (a) If  A  10 n where 1  A  10 and n is an integer, find the
2  10 3  5  10 4
values of A and n.

1
(b) A student spent of her pocket money to buy Mathematical instruments, 25% of the remaining
5
amount to buy food and finally she left with Tsh. 10,000/=, how much was her pocket money?

2
32 x 3 x
2. (a) Given that 3y
 6075 , find the value of   .
5  y
(b) Simplify each of the following expressions:
(i)  x  2 y  9 x  18 y
log 2 6.4  log 2 5
(ii)
log3 2.7  log3 810

3. (a) In a class of 350 students, each student takes at least one of the two subjects, Advanced
Mathematics or Geography. The number of students who take Advanced Mathematics only is
four times as many as those who take Geography only. If 120 students take both Advanced
Mathematics and Geography, how many students take either Advanced Mathematics or
Geography?

(b) A card is picked at random from a well shuffled pack of 52 playing cards. Let A be the event
that the picked card is an ace and B be the event that the picked card is a spade. With reason,
state whether the events A and B are mutually exclusive or not, hence find the probability that
the picked card is either an ace or a spade.

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4. (a) Find the equation of a perpendicular bisector joining the line segment whose x and y intercepts
are -4 and 6 respectively.

(b) A man walks 5 km from street A to street B in the bearing of N 50 E . He then walked 3 km
from street B to street C in the direction of N 60 W . Calculate the distance from street A to
street C, express the answer correct to three significant figures.

5. (a) In the figure below, PQ is parallel to BC , AP  3cm , AB  9cm and the area of

APQ  8cm2 .

(i) Show that APQ and ABC are similar,

(ii) Find the area of ABC .

(b) The area of a rhombus is 64 cm2. Find the lengths of its diagonals if one of it is twice the other
diagonal.

6. (a) If y varies inversely as the square root of x, and x is multiplied by n, what is the ratio of the
first y to the second y?

(b) The electrical resistance, R of a wire varies directly as its length (l) and inversely as the square
of its diameter (d). If the resistance of 640 feet of copper wire 0.25 inch in diameter is 16 ohms,
find the resistance of 320 feet of the copper wire 0.5 inch in diameter.

7. (a) The ratio of highlighters to felt tips in Ali’s pencil case is 1: 6. The ratio of felt tips to pencils
is 3: 2. Given that he has ten more felt tips than pencils, how many highlighters does he have?

(b) (i) Using two reasons, explain why is it important to prepare a balance sheet.

(ii) Use the balance sheet below to compute current ratio:

Details Amount Details Amount

Capital 700,000 Furniture 230,000
Add: Net profit 120,000 Fixtures and fittings 150,000
Less: Drawings 60,000 760,000 Motor vehicle 380,000
Stock 80,000
Bank overdraft 100,000 Prepaid expenses 20,000
Total 860,000 860,000

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8. (a) Chairs in a conference venue are arranged in rows such that each succeeding row has
eight fewer chairs than the preceding row. If the first row has sixty and the last row has
four chair.
(i) Find the total number of chairs in a conference venue?
(ii) If a teacher sat in a row with 36 chairs, which row did the teacher sit?

(b) A school invested Tsh. 3,400,000 in a bank that offers 5% interest rate compounded
annually, how much will the school receive after six years?

9. (a) The heights of two buildings are 34 m and 29 m respectively. If the distance between
the two buildings is 12 m, find the distance between their tops.

3 4
(b) Given that sin A  and cos B  , where A is obtuse and B is acute, without using
5 5
mathematical tables or calculators, evaluate cos  A  B  . [Hint: cos2   sin2   1 ]

2  3x
10. (a) Simplify the expression , hence use the simplified result to solve the equation
18 x 2  8
2  3x 1
 .
18 x  8 6
2

(b) Pili is six years younger than Daudi. If product of their ages is 135, how old is Pili?

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions from this section
11. (a) The following table shows the scores of 40 students obtained in Physics examination.

Scores (%) 10 - 20 20 - 30 30 - 40 40 - 50 50 - 60 60 - 70
Frequency 3 x 10 y 6 1

Given that y  3x
(i) Find the values of x and y,
(ii) Use the assumed mean A  55 to compute the mean score,
(iii) State the median class and use it to calculate the median.

(b) AB is a chord of a circle of length 5 cm. C is another point on the circle. AB is extended
and meets the tangent at C at T. If TC = 6 cm, find the length of TA.

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12. (a) A plane starts at  20 S ,30 E  and flies northwards for 4,000 km. Find its new position.

(b) The figure below shows the cuboid with AB = 8 cm, BC = 6 cm and AE = 4 cm.

From the figure above, calculate:

(i) The length of diagonal BH,

(ii) The angle between BG and AD,
(iii) The total surface area of the cuboid.

 3 4   9 12   2 5
13. (a) (i) If P   , Q   and R    , find the additive inverse of
 2 8  0 9   2 3 

1 
2P   Q  R  .
3 

 32 x 1 1

(ii) Find the point (x, y) such that the matrix A    is singular.
243
y
 64 8 

(b) Find the image of the point obtained in part (a) (ii) above after reflection in the line x  y  0

followed by clockwise rotation through 180 about the origin.

Express f  x   3x 2  18 x  7 in the form of f  x   a  x  h   k , give the numerical values

2
14. (a)

of a , h and k, hence find:

(i) the line of symmetry
(ii) the vertex
(iii) the maximum or minimum value

(b) A farmer has 20 hectares for growing barley and swedes. The farmer has to decide how much
of each to grow. The cost per hectare for barley is £ 30 and for swedes is £ 20. The farmer has
budgeted £ 480. Barley requires 1 man day per hectare and swedes require 2 man days per
hectare. There are 36 man-days available. The profit on barley is £ 100 per hectare and on
swedes is £ 120 per hectare. Find the number of hectares of each crop the farmer should sow to
maximize profits.

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 Candidate’s number ________________

PRESIDENT-OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
TANGANYIKA DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR JOINT EXAMINATIONS

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: 3:00 Hrs MARCH 2024

INSTRUCTIONS:
1. This paper consists of 14 questions.

2. Answer all questions section A and B and two questions in section C

3. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room

4. All answer should be written in the answer sheet(s) provided.

5. Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet (s).

FOR EXAMINERS USE ONLY

QUESTION NUMBER SCORE INITIALS OF EXAMINER
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
TOTAL

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 Candidate’s number ________________
SECTION A
57.2×100
1. (a) Estimate the value of 2.146×46.9 correct to one significant figure.
(b) Express 1.86̇ as an improper fraction in its simplest form.

1 2𝑦 1 −𝑦 1
2. (a) Solve for y if (9) (3) ÷ 27 = 3−5𝑦
5 √2
(b) Simplify the expression ÷
√11−3 √22+3√2

3. (a) In the figure below, find the number of elements in sets;

i. 𝐴 ∩ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶)
ii. (𝐴′ ∩ 𝐵 ′ ) ∪ (𝐵 ∪ 𝐶 ′ )

B h b g
A
a
d c

e.f C
j i

(b) At a second hand show room 20% of the car have no engine, 20% of the cars have bad tires and 15%
have no engine and have bad tires. What is the probability that a car choose at random has good tires and
an engine.

4. (a) An engineer is in the process of contracting two straight roads, R1 and R2 which will meet at the right
angles. If R1 will be represented by the equation 2x-3y-4=0 and R2 will pass through the points (4, 2).find
the equation representing R2 in form of ax+by+c=0.

(b) A boat crosses a river at velocity pf 30km/h southward. Water in the river flows at 5km/h due east. By the
knowledge of vector, calculate the resultant velocity of the boat. Give the answer correct to 2 decimal
places.

5. (a) The length of two similar rectangles are 6cm and 8cm. if the area of small rectangle is 73.8cm2. Find the
area of the large rectangle.

(b) The exterior and interior angle of a regular polygon are in the ratio of 2:4 respectively. Find the number
of sides of the polygon.

6. (a) Mr. Ogango from Kenya visited Tanzania, He had 5,000 Kenya shillings and wanted to change the money
into US dollars. If on 1 US Dollar was equivalent to 2,500 Tanzania shillings and the Kenya shillings was
equivalent to TZS 20. How many US Dollars did he get?

(b) A gardener has found that the time ‘t’ to cut the grass on a square field varies directly as the square of its
length ‘L’ and inversely as the number of men ‘m’ doing the job. If 5 men cut grass on a field of size 50m
in three hour, how many more man are required to cut grass on the field of size 100m in five hours?
Assume that the man working on the same place.
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 Candidate’s number ________________
7. (a) Misumbwi, Shuma and Kiambo contributed 770,000, 560,000 and 1,050,000 shillings respectively to start
a business. Find the ratio of their contribution in its simplest form.

(b) Use the following trial balance to prepare trading, profit and loss account of Mr. Rwaichi as at 31st
December 2015.
Account name Dr Cr
Cash 1,750,000
Capital 2,500,000/=
Purchases 2.300,000/=
Rent 200.000/=
Furniture 550,000/=
Shelves 350,000/=
Sales 3,000.000/=
Salary 250,000/=
Wages 100,000/=
5,500,000/= 5,500,000/=
th th
8. (a) The 7 and 9 terms of a geometric progression are 729 and 6,561 respectively. Find the two possible
values for the common ratio and for the first terms.

(b) Show that the sum of the first n terms of a geometric progression is given by;
𝐺1 (𝑟 𝑛 −1)
i. 𝑆𝑛 = 𝑟−1
𝐺1 (1−𝑟 𝑛 )
ii. 𝑆𝑛 = 1−𝑟

3
9. (a) If tan 𝐴 = and A is an acute angle. Find cos A, Sin A and hence verify the identity cos 2𝐴 + sin 2𝐴 = 1
4
(b)

2x-1
2x

x-1
Given the right angled triangle above whose sides are measured in centimeters, determine;
i. Value of x
ii. The area of triangle

10. (a) Factorize each of the following expressions;

i. 3a2c - 5a2d - 3b2c + 5b2d
ii. 3(2-y2)-17y

(b) Find the value of y which satisfies the equation 3(2-y2) - 17y

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 Candidate’s number ________________
SECTION B
11. Carefully study the frequency distribution table which shows marks for 40 students in history examination.
Marks No of students
1 - 20 3
21 - 40 11
41 - 60 12
61 - 80 8
81 - 100 6
Determine;
i. The mean, given the assumed mean is 50.5
ii. The median
iii. Modal class and its corresponding class marks

12. The Figure below shows a rectangular prism in which AB = 16cm, BC = 12cm and QC = 5 cm

Calculate;
(a) Its total surface area.
(b) The angle between PB and the plane ABCD
(c) The volume in liters the prism can hold (1 liter = 1000cm3)

13. An air bus started a journey at tropic of cancer 100oE to tropic of Capricorn while maintaining the longitudes.
If the journey stared at 10:15pm on Tuesday at the speed of 792knots. When and at what time will it reach the
destiny?

−2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −1
14. The function f is defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = { 0 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 1
𝑥 + 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ −1

(a) Sketch the graph of f

(b) Use the graph to find the domain and range of f

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINSTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KAHAMA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE – MOCK EXAMINATION
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
(For Both School and Private Candidates)
TIME: 3 Hours APRIL 2024

Instructions
1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions.
2. Answer all questions from each section.
3. Mathematical tables and Scientific calculators may be used where necessary.
4. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
5. Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

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 SECTION A (60 Marks)
Answer all questions

1. a) Three wooden rods of length 168cm, 72cm and 90cm are cut into pieces of the same
lengths. Find the greatest possible length for these pieces of roads if no wooden rod is
left without cut.
b) By converting x  567567567 ... and y  83 into a/b where b≠0. Find the value of xy .

2. a) Solve for x in the equation; log 5 x  (81)0.25

√2+√3
b) i. Rationalize the denominator
√3−1
3 𝑤+2 125
ii. Find the value of W if (5) = ( 27 )𝑤

3. a) In a class of 36 students every one studies Biology or Physics or both. If 9 students

study both subjects and 12 study physics but not Biology, by using a Venn diagram show
how many students study Biology but not Physics?
b) From part (a) above calculate the probability of the students who:-
i. Study biology but not physics
ii. Either biology or physics
iii. Both biology and physics
4. a) Show that the triangle whose vertices are P(4,-4),Q(-6,-2) and R (2,6) is an Isosceles
triangle.
b) If a  4 i  3 j and b  6 i  3 j . Find the value of “h” and “k” if h a k b  10 i  j
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

5. a) i. Find the radius (r) and area (A) of regular Hexagon inscribed in a circle whose
perimeter is 42cm.

ii. Prove that ∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐷 is congruent to ∆ 𝐴𝐶𝐷 below (∆ 𝐴𝐵𝐷 ≌ ∆ 𝐴𝐶𝐷)

A

B D C

b) Find the area of ∆ 𝑃𝑄𝑅 if ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ = 12𝑐𝑚 while 𝑃𝑄̂ 𝑅 = 30°
𝑃𝑄 = 10𝑐𝑚 and 𝑄𝑅
6. a) The speed of water leakage from KAHAMA UWASA tank (T1) is directly proportional
of water leakage from ISAGEHE tank (T2) to Kagongwa residents and is inversely
proportional to the thickness (t) of the pipes. If 𝑇1 = 9𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐,
𝑇2 = 15𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 and =𝑡 = 6𝑐𝑚. Find the value of t if 𝑇1 = 12𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐 and
𝑇2 = 10𝑐𝑚/𝑠𝑒𝑐

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 b) A rectangular tank with the base area of 3.5m2 and height of 1.2m was provided to the
School as donation for preserving water. How many litres of water it can hold when it is
filled? (take 1litre of water =1000cm3)

7. a) A house was sold at profit of 1,900,000 Tanzania Shillings. If the percentage profit was
25%. What was the buying price of the house?

b) On 1st February 2024 Mr. Juma started business with capital in cash Sh 250,000/=
2nd February purchases goods for cash Sh. 70,000/=
rd
3 February sold goods for cash Sh. 90,000/=
th
7 February purchased good for cash Sh. 30,000/=
13th February bought packing materials Sh. 5,000/=
st
21 February bought goods for cash Sh. 20,000/=
th
24 February paid insurance for cash Sh. 6,000/=
Enter the above transactions in a cash account and balance it.

8. a) A Lorry moves stones from quarry beside a straight road under construction and deposits
the stone at intervals of 25 meters along the road. If the Lorry starts from the quarry and
deposits the first load of stone at a point 60 meters away, how far will the Lorry have
moved after transporting 30 loads of stones and returning to the quarry at the end?

b) Given that 8, 𝑥, 𝑦, 27 from the first four consecutive terms of a geometric sequence,
find 𝑥 and 𝑦.
9. a) The angle of depression of a boat from a light house 30m high is 40º. How far is the boat
from the foot of the light house?
b) Find the value of X in the figure below.

10. a) The length of class room is 4m more than the width and the area is 221m2. Find the
dimension of the floor.
b) Solve the equation 2𝑥 2 – 3𝑥 − 5 = 0 by completing the square

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 SECTION B (40 Marks)
11. a) Two chords of lengths 24cm and 10cm are found on one side of the centre of the circle
of radius 13cm. find the distance between them.
b) Carefully study the frequency distribution table which shows the marks of 100
students in History Examination.
Marks 41 - 50 51-60 61-70 71-80 81-90 91-100
Number of Students 10 22 34 25 7 2
Calculate
i) The mean given the assumed mean is 75.5
ii) The median in two decimal places

12. a) A ship sails from Pemba (4.5ºS, 39.5°𝐸) to Dar es Salaam (7.5ºE, 39.5°𝐸). If it leaves
Pemba at 11:30am and arrives in Dar Es Salaam at 13:30Pm. Use 𝜋 = 22/7 and R=6370
to find the speed of the ship in Km/h
b) ABCD is the base and EFGH is the top of a cube. ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐺 is a diagonal of a cube and
̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵 = 10𝑐𝑚
i. Calculate ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐶 and ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐺
ii. Find the angle between ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐺 and the base ABCD
iii. Find the area of a cube
13. a) A woman own 60 domestic animals. Each of her domestic animals is either a cow or a
chicken. If domestic animals have a total of 200legs, use the matrix method to find the
number of cows and the number of chickens which the woman owns.
b) Find the coordinates of a point P (1,2) after a reflection in the line 𝑦 = √3𝑥 (Leave
your answer in surd form)

14. a) (i) Sketch the graph of f(x) given that,

𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 − 2 < 𝑥 < 1
𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥 𝑖𝑓 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3
−𝑥 𝑖𝑓 3 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 5

(ii) State domain and range of 𝑓(𝑥) above

(iii) Use the graph above to find 𝑓(−1) and 𝑓(4)
b). NDEGESELA small industry company makes two types of Iron Sheets normally type
A and B. Each type A takes 3hours to produce and uses 6 rollers of materials and each type B
Takes 6 hours to produce and uses 7 rollers of materials. The worker can work for a total
of 60hours and there are 90 rollers of materials available. If the profit on type A is
40,000/= and on type B is 60,000/=, find how many of each type the company should produce
to make maximum profit?

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
ORGANIZATION OF HEADS OF NON-GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS
(OHONGSS)
KIGOMA REGION

FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: 3 HOURS YEAR: 2024

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions.
2. Answer all questions in both section A and section B.
3. Each question in section A carries six (6) marks while each question in section B carries ten
(10) marks.
4. All necessary working and answers for each question done must be shown clearly.
5. NECTA Mathematical tables may be used where necessary.
6. Non programmable calculators may be used.
7. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
8. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet(s).

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 SECTION A (60 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. (a) At a disco party club a red light flashes on every 56 minutes and a green light flashes on
every 70 minutes. If the two light flashes are switched on at the same time;
(i) After how long will both light flashes on together?
(ii) If the party was on Sunday 07:56 morning when will they flash again?
(b) Amina decided to go out for shopping. She used of her savings to buy
chocolate, of the remaining to buy ice cream. If she was left with 4200/=. Find amount
of money she had at the beginning of the shopping?
2. (a) Calculate the value of x in the equation 25(

(b) Rationalize the denominator .

√ √

3. (a ) Given that { } { } and

{ }
(
(b) The interior angle of a regular polygon is one hundred and eight degrees greater than the
exterior angle. How many sides does the polygon have?
4. (a) if the line 4y-3x-18=0 is passing through the point (k,6), find the value of k.
(b) Find the value of in the following equation ( )
5. If triangle is similar to and their sides are ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅
and ̅̅̅̅ .
(a) Draw the triangles and find the length of the other sides of a similar triangle
(b) Prove that triangle is similar to

6. (a) The number of the square tiles needed to surface the floor of a hall varies inversely as the
square of the length of a side of the tile used. If 2016 tiles of sides 0.4 m would be needed to
surface the floor the hall. How many tiles of sides 0.3 m would be required?
(b) The price of Radio in USA is US dollar 650 and in London the same Radio costs Euro 450. If
the exchange rate is one Euro is Equivalent to 2.45 US dollars, work out the difference between
the cost of radio in USA and in Landon. Give your answer in Euros.
7. (a) A damaged table that costs Tsh. 20,000 was sold at a loss of .Find the selling price.
(b) The following information is related to Johson a trader as at 12/12/2022.
Opening stock…………………...
Cost of Sales .……………………… of sales
Closing stock…………………... of cost of goods sold.
Net profit …………………….…. of sales.
Sales …………………………...340,000/=
Calculate:-
(i) Purchases (ii) Cost of Sales (iii) Closing stock (iv) Expenses

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 8. (a) The seventh term of Arithmetic Progression (A.P) is 27 and the tenth term of the same
Arithmetic Progression (A.P) is 60.Find the first term and common
difference.
(b) Beatrice deposited Tsh 2,000,000 in a bank at the rate of 8% compounded annually for 2
years.
(i) Find how much she receives as compound interest at the end of the second year of
her investment.

(ii) Calculate the interest after two years.

9. (a) Mwanahawa is a students at a certain school at Liwale District she is walking up a five
hundred meters high of a building . The base of a building has an inclined plane of thirty
degrees. How far she will walk to reach to the top of the building (your answer in
kilometers)
(b) If √ find the value of .
10. The entrance door of a certain class at Liwale day Secondary school has two stairs, the length
of the base stair is twelve plus a certain number while its height is two plus the same number.
However, the second stair’s height is four times the same number from the first stair, while its
length is four plus the same number. Moreover, the second stair is on top of the base stair

(a) By using the concept of mathematics draw a well diagram to represent the Information above.
(b)Write the expression for the area of the down stair and the upper stair.
(c) What is the value of the number if the total area of the stairs is
SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
11. (a)The score of 40 candidates in mathematics examination were as follows .
86, 56, 19, 31, 36, 32, 61, 67, 37, 34, 20, 28, 43, 27, 76,
09, 85, 06, 68, 38, 18, 27, 41 , 71 ,27, 53 , 48 , 11, 23, 69
68, 54, 34, 56, 75, 45, 20, 35, 40, 41
(i) Use the class intervals of etc to prepare the frequency distribution
table
(ii) Use the assumed mean of the class mark of the class interval of to calculate
the mean scored.

(b) Carefully study the figure below and then find the value of angle reflex

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 12.(a) Show that the radius of a circle with the length of an arc of and the central angle of
is 6cm
(b) An aero plane take off from Dar es Salaam ( to Dodoma ( at
.Determine the time used to reach Dodoma.
(c) A ship sail start a journey from( ) and sails to 1000 nm due East. Find the its
new Latitude and Longitude

13. (a) Solve the following system of linear equation by using inverse matrix method.

(b) A translation T takes the point (0, 6) to (0, 10). Find where it will take the point (2, -3)
about the origin.
(c)Use the appropriate diagram to find the coordinates of the final image when the point P
( is first reflected along the line followed by another reflection along axis.

14. Elizabeth and Agnes are trailors. They make x blouses and y skits each week. Elizabeth does all
the cutting and Agnes does all the sewing. To make a blouse it takes 5 hours of cutting and 4
hours of sewing. To make a skirt it takes 6 hours of cutting and 10 hours of sewing. Neither tailor
works for more than 60 hours a week.
(a) For sewing show that 2x + 5y 30
(b) Write down another inequality in x and y for the cutting
(c) If they make at least 8 blouses each week, write down another inequality.
(d) Using 1cm to represent 1 unit on each axis, show the information in part (a), (b) and
(c) graphically. Shade only the required region.
(e) If the profit on blouse is Tsh. 3,000/= and on a skirt is Tsh. 10,000/=, calculate the
maximum that Elizabeth and Agness can make.

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT`S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

DAR ES SALAAM REGION

FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION
CODE 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours Wednesday, 10th July 2024

Instructions
1 This paper consists of section A and B with fourteen (14) questions.
2 Answer all questions.
3 Each question in section A caries six (06) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks.
4 All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
5 Mathematical tables and non – programmable calculators may be used.
6 All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room
7 Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
 SECTION A (60 marks)
01. (a) Find the percentage of numbers which are factors of 60 from the set of counting
numbers up to 10

432
(b) (i) Find the difference between the smallest and the largest of the fractions 7,5,3
(ii) Express 3.125125125…. as a fraction

√3
02. (a) if 2+ = a + b√𝑐 find the value of a, b and c
√3

9 1
(b) (i) Solve the equation ( )2𝑥 = 81
√3
(ii) Given that log 2 = 0.3010 and log 3 = 0.4771, find the value of log 2.25 without
using mathematical table

03. (a) In a school of 75 students, 40% of the students take biology but not chemistry, 32%
take both subjects and 12% of them take chemistry but not biology.
(i) Display this information on venn diagram
(ii) How any students do not take either biology or chemistry?

(b) A bag contains 5 red balls, 3 blue balls and 2 yellow balls. A ball is drawn and not
replace. A second ball is drawn. Find the probability of drawing
(i) Two red balls
(ii) Two balls of the same colour

04. (a) The coordinate of X, Y and Z are (2, m), (-3,1) and (6, n) respectively. If the length XY
3
is 5√2 units and midpoint of YZ is (2 , −1. 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛
(b) A boat sails due North at a speed of 120km/h and a wind blow at a speed of 40km/h
due East. Find the actual speed of the boat. Use √10 = 3.16

05. (a) In a triangle ABC, the line BD is perpendicular to AC. AD = (x + 6)cm, DC = (x+2)cm
and the height BD = (x+1)cm, the area of triangle ABC is 40c𝑚2 . Calculate the length of
BC
(b) Given that ∆ ABC and ∆ PQR are similar. Find the value of angle ACB when angle
ABC + QPR = 130°

06. (a) A boy has a pile of four books on his desk. The thickness of books is 22mm, 39mm,
13mm and 18mm respectively. Can the pile fit in a shelf of height 10cm? if so calculate
the space left.
 (b) The distance of the horizon d km varies as the square root of the height h m at the
observer above the sea level. An observer at a height of 100m above sea level sees the
horizon at a distance of 35.7km, find
(i) The distance of the horizon from an observer 70m above sea level
(ii) An equation connecting d and h

07. (a) Ali bought a goat for shs 100,000 after slaughtering it, he obtains 30kg of meat which
he sold at shs 8000 per kg. how much did each of them get if Ali shared the profit with his
young brother in the ratio 3:1

(b) Given the following transactions

Sales for 2020…………………………51,000
Stock at start……………………………9,000
Purchases……………………………....34650
Stock at close……………………………6000
Return on sales…………………………...1000
Return on purchases……………………….150

From the transaction, deduce

(i) Cost of good for sale
(ii) Average stock
(iii) Rate of stock turn

08. (a) Find the sum of all multiples of 7 between 15 and 140 inclusively

(b) Find the amount of 4096 shillings for 18 months at 12½% per annum, the interest being
compounded semi annually

√3
09. (a) If ∝ and 𝛽 are complementary angles such that cos ∝ = , find the value of 2sin𝛽sin∝
2

(b) A and B are two points on the ground level and both lies west of the flag staff. The
angles of elevation of the top of the flagstaff from A is 56° and from B is 43°. If B is 28m
from the foot of the flagstaff, how far apart are the points A and B

10. (a) Solve simultaneous equation

x2 + 4y2 = 2 and 2x + 4y – 4 = 0

(b) A rectangular garden is 6 metres wide and 8 metres long. What length must be added
to the shorter distance and reduced from the longer side will result in a rectangular garden
with an area of 45 square metre?
 SECTION B (40 marks)

11. (a) Seed pods are collected and weighted to the nearest grams as shown in the table below
Class mark (x) 11.5 15.5 19.5 23.5 27.5 31.5 35.5
Cumulative frequency 20 45 77 125 160 187 210
Calculate
(i) Median
(ii) Mean using assumed mean 23.5

(b) A chord of a circle is 12cm long. If the diameter of a circle is 20cm. Calculate the
distance from the centre of the circle to the centre of the cord.

12. (a) A right pyramid with rectangular base 6cm by 8cm has a slant height of 13cm.
Calculate
(i) The angle between slant height with base
(ii) The volume of the pyramid.

(b) The position of Towns A and B are given as A(55°N, 95°W) and B(55°N, 35°E).
Calculate
(i) The radius of the circle of latitude
(ii) Length of the chord AB

𝑥+1 𝑥−1
13. (a) (i) Given that A = ( ) find the value of x if the matrix A is a non –
2𝑥 𝑥
singular matrix.
2 4 11 3
(ii) Given that A = ( ) and B = ( ) find C such that BC = A
3 6 4 1

1 2 3
(b) The point (5,2) undergoes the transformation ( ) followed by a translation ( ),
4 −4 4
determine the coordinate of the image

14. (a) Given that f(x) = ax + b, find “a” and “b” if f(1) = 3 and f(2) = 5, hence write the
function

(b) Calculate the domain and range of the relation y = √16 − 𝑥 2

(c) A manufacturing company makes shirts and trousers, both of which require time on
two manufacturing machine. A shirt requires 1 hour on machine A and 2 hours on
machine B, while a trouser require 3 hours on machine A and 1 hour on machine B. Each
machine is operated for at most 15 hours per day. The profit on each shirt is Tsh 2500
and on each trouser is Tsh 4000. How many shirts and trousers should be manufactured
to maximize the profit?
 Candidate Number……………………………………………………...

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE - RALG

ROMBO DISTRICT EXAMINATION SYNDICATE (RODES)

FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time 3:00 Hours August, 2024
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of section A and B with the total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer ALL questions
3. Each question in section A carries six (6) marks while each question in section B carries ten (10) marks
4. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly
5. NECTA mathematically tables and non-programmable calculator may be used
6. All communication devices and any unauthorised materials are not allowed in the examination room
𝟐𝟐
7. Where necessary use the following constants; 𝝅 = , R=6370km
𝟕

FOR ASSESSOR’S ONLY

QUESTION NUMBER SCORE MARKER’S INITIALS
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
TOTAL
CHECKERS INITIALS

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 Candidate Number……………………………………………………...
SECTION: A (60 MARKS)
1. a) Three bells set to ring at intervals of 15 minutes, 20 minutes and 24 minutes. If they
started together at 8: 00am, then find at what time will the bells ring together for second time.
4
b) Arrange the following numbers in ascending order , 25%, 0.5, and 0.5̇
5
1 𝑦
2. a) given ( )−2𝑥 (27)𝑦 =648 solve for
8 2𝑥

b) Given log √(5 − 𝑥)2 = 0 solve for 𝑥

3. a) In a group of 240 university students, 80 learn English language, 120 learn French language,
and 60 learn both. English language and French language. How many learn neither English
language nor French language

b) A box has 24 oranges and mangoes in total, if the probability of picking an orange at random
5
is 8, how many mangoes are there in that box?

4 a) Given lines L1 and L2. If L1 passes through the points (1, n) and (-4, -3) and line L2 passes
through the point (6,3) and (-2,n) Find the value of n if the lines are parallel to each other.
(b) If a = 3i –j and b=5i -2j and c = 4a + b.
Find (i) The magnitude of c
(ii) The unit vector of c

5. a) A regular decagon inscribed in a circle has a diameter of 3cm.Find

i. Area of regular polygon inscribed in a circle

ii. The length of one side of a regular polygon

b) Two similar polygons have areas 50𝑐𝑚2 and 36𝑐𝑚2 . If the length of one side of the smaller polygon is
5cm. what is the length of the similar side of a larger polygon?

6. a) The variable v varies directly as the square of y and inversely as the z

i. Write an equation connecting v, y and z

ii. Given v=3, y=5 and 4. Find z when v=2 and y=3

b) A Television was sold at 350000/= Tanzanian shillings. If the percentage profit was 25%. Find the
buying price of the television

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7. a) By selling an article of Tsh 22,500/= a shopkeeper makes a loss of 10%. At what price must the
shopkeeper sell the article in order to get a profit of 10%.
b) Mr. Lonin recorded the transactions of his business in May 2024 in a cash account as shown below.

DR CR
Date Particular Folio Amount Date Particular Folio Amount
Feb 1 Capital 1500,000 Feb 2 Purchases 1000,000
Feb 2 Sales 1200,000 6 Transport 200,000
Feb 3 Sales 800,000 27 Purchases 1,400,000

Balance the above transactions.

8. a) The first term of an arithmetic progression is 2 and the last term is 46. If the arithmetic progression
consists of 23 terms, Find the sum of all the terms.
b) A school wishes to invest 400000/= in a bank which provides an interest rate of 5% semiannually.
How much money will be accumulated in 5 years?

9. a) (a) If tan 𝜃 = 5⁄12 find

(i) Sin 𝜃 + 𝐶𝑜𝑠 𝜃

(ii) 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝜃 + 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃
b) In ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶, 𝑎 = 15𝑐𝑚, 𝑏 = 18𝑐𝑚, 𝑐 = 14𝑐, 𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒

10. a) If M𝑥 2 +24𝑥-16 is a perfect square, find the value of m

b) Find two consecutive number such that the sum of the squares is equal to 145

SECTION B (40MARKS)

11a) The scores of students in mathematics for 50 students were recorded as follows

Marks 72 77 82 87 92 97
Frequency 10 12 14 x 4 5

i. Find the value of x

ii. Prepare a frequency distribution table with class interval, real limits and cumulative frequency
iii. Find the median class and median

b) Show that the opposite angles of a cyclic quadrilateral are supplementary

12. a) The figure below is a right prism

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Find (i) The length of the diagonal ̅̅̅̅̅

𝐹𝐷

(ii)The angle before the diagonal ̅̅̅̅

𝐵𝐻 and plane ADHE.

b) A ship was sailing from harbor A ( 43° N, 86° W) to town B (43° N, 76 ° E). if it left harbor A at 3:20
𝑘𝑚 22
pm with a speed of 1645.69 , at what time will it reach harbor B? (Given π = )
ℎ 7

13. a) Solve the following system of simultaneous equations by using the matrix method
5x + 6y = 11
7x +8y = 15

b) If Matrix A is a singular Matrix, what will be the value of y given that

A= (3𝑦+1
𝑦−1
1
)

c). Find the image of the point A (1,2) after a reflection in the line y=x

𝑥 − 1 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑥 ≤ −1
14. a) The function 𝑓(𝑥) =13 defined as; 𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑥² 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 − 1 < 𝑥 ≤ 4
i. Sketch the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)
ii. State the domain and range
b) A farmer wants to plant coffee and potatoes. Coffee needs 3 men per hectare and potatoes need also 3
people per hectare. He has hired 48 laborers available. To maintain a hectare of coffee he needs 250
shillings while a hectare of potatoes costs him 100 shillings. Find the greatest possible area of land he
can sow if he is prepared to use 25,000 shilling

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
SHINYANGA REGION FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION
BASIC MATHEMATICS

CODE:041

TIME: 3Hours Date: MAY, 2024

Instruction
1. Answer all questions in this paper
2. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
3. NECTA mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
4. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.

SECTION A (60 Marks)

1. (a) Three brothers visit the grandfather at intervals of 5days, 7 days and 12 days. If they
start together at 15th July. Then find the date that they will visit the grandmother
together next

time. (Each moths are 30 days)

(b) The total mass of cotton harvested in Ali’s district was 17452.225 kg. Round off
this number to the nearest (i) Hundreds (ii) Thousandth.

2. (a) By using the substitution , solve for x in the equation

(b) Simplify
3. (a) The Venn diagram below shows the number of elements in sets P and Q

If , calculate;
(i) The value of x
(ii)
 (b) A letter is chosen from the word “RANDOM”. What is the probability that it is;

(i) n? (ii) A vowel

4. (a) Find the equation of the line which is parallel to the line x +4y -1 = 0 and which passes
through the point (4, -3)

(b) If and Find x and y given

that

5. In the following figure, a regular hexagon is inscribed in a circle.

If the perimeter of the hexagon is 42cm. find

(a) The radius of the circle
(b) The area of the shaded
region
(c) The area of the circle
and the regular polygon
6. (a) In the preparation of Pepsi cola, a bottling filling machine can fill 1,500 bottles in 45
minutes. How many bottles will it fill in hours?

(b) The energy (E) stored in an elastic band varies as the square of the extension (x). When

the elastic band is extended by 4cm; the energy is 240Joules. What is the energy stored
when the extension is 6cm? What is the extension when the stored energy is 60 Joules?

7. (a) A car which its buying price was sh.12, 500,000 was sold at a loss of 40 percent. Find
the loss made and selling price

(b) Given the following transactions

Sales for 2009. ......................................................................... 51,000/=
Stock at start. ............................................................................. 9,000/=
Purchases. ................................................................................. 34,650/=
Stock at close .............................................................................. 6,000/=
Returns on sales (inwards). .......................................................... 1,000/=
Return outwards (return on purchase). ............................................. 150/=
From the above transactions, deduce
 (i) Cost of sales (iii) Rate of stock turn
(ii) Average stock (iv) Net sales (turnover)

8. (a) How many integers are there between 14 and 1,000 which are divisible by 17?
(b) The 4th and 7th terms of a G.P are 144 and 18 respectively. Find

(i) The common ratio

(ii) The first term
(iii) The sum of the first six terms

9. (a) A ladder reaches the top of wall 18m high where the other end on the ground is 8m
from The wall. Find the length of the ladder,
(b)Verify that

10. (a) Solvefor x if

(b). The length of the sides of a right angled triangle is (2x+1) cm, (2x1) cm and x cm.
Find x if 2x+1 is the hypotenuse

.
SECTION B (40 marks)
11 (a) The following table shows the distribution of marks scored by 42 candidates in
Mathematics exam at Kihesa Secondary School of Mock 2023.

Marks (%) 40-45 45-50 50-55 55-60 60-65 65-70

frequency 7 x 11 y 4 2
Calculate
(i) The values of x and y if the Mode and the modal class is 53.75
and 50-55 respectively.
(ii) The mean (use an assumed mean of the class mark within the
modal class)

(b) Find the value of angles a and b in the figure below

12 (a) The following rectangular prism represents a room 6m by 5m by 4m.

 (i) Calculate the diagonal AR
(ii)Find the angle AR makes with the floor
(iii) Find the total surface area
a. Find the distance (in km) between towns P (12.450S, 30.50E) and Q (12.40S,
39.90E)
along a line of latitude, correctly to 4 decimal places.

13 (a) Find the value of k such that the matrix

is singular

4
a. The vertices of triangle ABC are A (1,2) B (3,1) and C (-2,1). If the triangle is
reflected in the x –axis. Find the coordinates of the vertices of its image.

b. Solve the following simultaneous equations by matrix method

-9x+8y – 1 = 0
14 (a) A technical school is planning to buy two types of machines. A lather machine
needs 3m2 of floor and a drill machine requires 2m2. The total space available is
30m2. The cost of one lather machine is 25,000 shillings, a drill machine costs
30,000 shillings and the school can spend not more than 300,000. Find the greatest

number of machines the school can buy. (b) Given that find
 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT`S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

KILIMANJARO REGION
FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION
CODE 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours Thursday, 16th May 2024

Instructions
1 This paper consists of section A and B with fourteen (14) questions.
2 Answer all questions in both section A and section B
3 Each question in section A caries six (06) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks.
4 All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
5 NECTA Mathematical tables and non – programmable calculators may be used.
6 All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room
7 Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
22
8 Where necessary use 𝜋 = and radius of the earth (RE) = 6400km
7
 SECTION A (60 marks)
01. (a)(i)The difference between increasing a number by 20% and decreasing the same
number by 15% is 4. What is the number?

(ii) Evaluate the expression 15 – (-2 – (9 ÷ 3) + 5)

02. (a) Find the value of x and y given that 𝑥 2𝑦+1 = 𝑥 3𝑦−1 = 243

1 1
(b) Find the value of x if log 𝑎 𝑥 = log 𝑎 4 + log 𝑎 27
2 3

03. (a) If 𝜇 = {𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 11}

A = {𝑥: 2 < 𝑥 ≤ 9} and B = {𝑥: 1 ≤ 𝑥 < 10}
Draw a venn diagram to illustrate t6hese sets

(b) A fraction is written by selecting the numerator from the digit 1,2,3 and the denominator
from the digit 6,8. Find the probability of the fraction written is less than ½

04. (a) Show that A(-3,2) , B(5,6) and C(7,2) are vertices of triangle which obeys Pythagoras
theorem

(b) If U = 4i + 6j and v = ½ i – 3j. Find

(i) W for which w = ½ u + 2v

(ii) |𝑤| correct to two decimal places

05. (a) Find the area of a regular polygon of 15 sides inscribed in a circle of radius 4cm

(b) Find the value of DAC in the figure below

06. (a) Mzize walks 24km every day. Compute in metres, the distance he walks in 3 days

(b) If y varies as the cube root of x and y = 3 when x = 64. Find the expression connecting
15
the variables, hence find x when y = 4
07. (a) The ratio of the number of girls to that of boys in a school is 7:12. If the number of boys
in the school is 1380. Find
(i) The total number of girls in the school
(ii) The total number of students in the school.
(b) Mr Mweta recorded the transaction of his business in March 2023 in a cash account as
follows. Using the given cash account, extract the trial balance as at 31 March 2023

DR CR
Date Particular Folio Amount Date Particular Folio Amount
March 01 Capital 260000 March 02 Purchases 70000
March 02 Sales 90000 March 07 Purchases 30000
March 27 Sales 60000 March 13 Packing material 5000
March 19 Transport charges 3500
March 21 Purchases 20000
March 24 Insurance 6000
March 31 balance 275500
410000 410000
April 01 balance b/d 275500

8. (a) A business person deposited 800,000 in a bank account paying 6% interest compound
semi-annually. What will be the total amount after 5 years?

(b) Alinde saved Tsh 2,860,000 in the first year of employment and each year afterwards
she saved Tsh 445,250 more than the previous year.
(i) How much money will she save in the first 24 years?
(ii) How much money will she save in thirteens year?

9. (a) If 5Tan x = 12, find the value of Cos x and Sin x

(b) A ladder of 13m leans against a vertical wall. If the ladder is 5m away from the foot of
the wall. Find the angle that a ladder makes with a wall

10. (a) Find the two positive consecutive numbers whose products is 132

(b) If the length of parallel sides of trapezium are (x + 4) and (x + 2). The perpendicular
distance between the parallel side is (2x – 3). Find the area of the trapezium and write the
answer in form of ax2 + bx + c

SECTION B (40 marks)

11. The table below shows the distribution of marks scored by 130 students in basic
mathematics test
 Marks 21 – 30 31 – 40 41 – 50 51 – 60 61 – 70 71 – 80 81 – 90 91 – 100
Frequency 1 3 a 24 30 31 22 13
Use the table above to find;
(i) The value of a
(ii) The median correct to three (3) significant figures
(iii)The mean correct to two (2) decimal places
(iv)Draw histogram to represent the data

12. (a) A ship is steaming at 15 knots from point Q in a western direction to point P. If the
position of point P is (40°S, 178°E) and that of point Q is (40°S, 172°E). How long will
the journey take?

(b) In a right – angle rectangular pyramid of base ABCD, vertex V and centre of the base
̅̅̅̅ = ̅𝐶̅̅̅
P. If 𝐴𝐵 𝐷 = 8cm, AD = BC = 6cm and ̅𝑉̅̅̅ 𝐵 = ̅𝑉̅̅̅
𝐴 = ̅𝑉̅̅̅ 𝐶 = ̅𝑉̅̅̅
𝐷 = 13cm, calculate
(i) The angle between triangle VBC and base ABCD
(ii) The angle between triangle VCD and the base ABCD
(iii)The angle between ̅𝑉̅̅̅
𝐵 and the base ABCD

13. (a) Gilbert and Agnes bought Coca – cola and Pepsi drinks for a farewell party. Gilbert
spent TSh 9950 to buy 12 bottles of Coca – cola and 5 bottles of Pepsi drinks. Agnes
spent TSh 8150 to buy 9 bottles of Coca – cola and 5 bottles of Pepsi drinks. Formulate a
system of linear equations and apply the matrix method to find the price of one bottle of
each type of the drinks.

(b) (i) Find the image of the square with vertices O(0,0), A(1,0) , B(1,1) and C (0.1)
4 0
under the enlargement ( ). Hence sketch both the object and the image on the same
0 4
pair of axes

(ii) Find the equation of the image of the line y = 2x + 5 after a reflection in the line
y=x
−𝑥 2 , 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 < 0
14. (a) A function is defined by 𝑓(𝑥) = {
𝑥 + 3, 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑥 ≥ 0
(i) Draw the graph of fuction
(ii) Determine the domain and range of the function

(b) A manufacture has 50kg and 90kg of wood and plastic respectively. Product A
require 1kg of wood and 2kg of plastics. Product B requires 3kg of wood and 1kg of
plastics. If A is sold for 4000/= and B for 6000/=. How many of each should be ,ade to
obtain the maximum gross income?
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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT`S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

IRINGA, LINDI AND MOROGORO

FORM FOUR REGIONAL MOCK EXAMINATION
CODE 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours May, 2024

Instructions
1 This paper consists of section A and B with fourteen (14) questions.
2 Answer all questions in both section A and section B
3 Each question in section A caries six (06) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks.
4 All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
5 NECTA Mathematical tables and non – programmable calculators may be used.
6 All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room
7 Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
 SECTION A (60 Marks)
01. (a) Find the difference between the smallest and largest number from the given numbers
3 2 5
0.3̇, 4 ,5 and 20% of 6

0.00075 ×3000
(b) Without using Mathematical table, evaluate the value of the expression 0.00005 ×(6.0×104 )
leaving your answer in standard form

02. (a)(i) Find the value of x in the equation 3𝑥+8 – 30 = 51

(ii) If p = 2√3 and q = -3√2, find the value of p2 + q2
(b) Solve the equation 3 – nlog2 = log 250

03. (a) Given P = {𝑚𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 5} and Q = {𝑒ven numbers between 10 and 22}. Find all
the subsets of a set P∩Q
1
(b) In a class of 120 students, 333% learn English, 50% learn Kiswahili and 25% learn both
Kiswahili and English. By venn diagram, find
(i) The number of students who learn English but not Kiswahili
(ii) The probability that the student selected randomly from the class learns neither
Kiswahili nor English

04. (a) The line (L1) perpendicular to the y - axis passes through the point P (1,5) and
intersect with the line (L2) whose equation is 2x – 3y – 7 = 0 at point Q. Find
(i) The coordinate of Q
(ii) The equation of line (L3) parallel to (L2) and passes through the midpoint of PQ

(b) Given three vectors a = 6i – 2j, b = 2i + j and c = 3i – 5j, find the magnitude in
thedirection of vector d if d = ½ a + 3b – c

05. (a) The wheel of a car has an outer radius of 28cm. What times the wheel turns for a journey
of one kilometres?

(b) Given the similar triangle, ∆ABC and ∆AXY and XY is parallel to BC. If the area of
∆AXY = 4cm2, AB = 3cm and AX = 2cm, find the area of ∆ABC

06. (a) The time (T) in seconds that marry takes to return home from school varies inversely
with her average speed (V) in metres pes second. If Marry gets back home in half an
hour at an average speed of 10m/s, determine her average speed if she wants to get home
in 18 minutes

(b) A piece of cloth 37.5 metres long were cut into equal pieces each measured 75
centimetres long, find how many pieces were obtained?

07. (a) The ratio of the number of girls to that of boys in a school is 7:12. If the number of boys
in the school is 1380, find the number of girls in the school
(b) Miss Ngollo commenced business on 1st February 2024 with capital in cash 600,00Tsh
 February 2: Bought furniture for cash 50,000
3: Bought goods for cash 385,000
4: Paid carriage inwards 25,500
5: Sold goods for cash 145,000
7: Paid rent 30,000
18: Cash sales 125,000
20: Paid wages 50,000
22: Sold goods on credit to Mr Singano 120,000
25: Paid for advertisement 20,000
28: Mr singano repaid a loan cash 100,000
29: Withdraw money for personal use 75,000
Prepare and close the cash account for the above transactions.

08. (a) A conference hall with capacity of 456 seats has 27 seats in the first row and 2 seats
more in each preceding row. Determine the total row the conference hall has
1 1 1
(b) With reasons state whether the series 1 - 3 + 9 - ,……. - 243 is an arithmetic progression
or geometric progression, and hence find the number of its terms

09. (a)(i) A tree which is 19cm high, cast a shadow with length 8cm long. Find the distance
between the end of the shadow to the top of the tree

cos 120° sin 150°+tan 45°

(ii) Evaluate the trigonometric expression sin 300°
(b) A boat at pointy C is observed from two towns A and B which are 3km apart. If angle
CAB = 60° and angle CBA = 75°, how far is the boat from town B? (leave your answer
correct to two decimal places)

10. (a) The difference of the number increased by 20% and the same number decreased by
15% is 14. Find the number

(b) A stationary bought a number of notebook for 3600. If each notebook had cost 50 less
he could have bought 6 more notebooks for the same amount of money. How many
notebooks did he buy? (using quadratic formula)

SECTION B (40 Marks)

11. (a) In mathematics test, the following were scored:
48 47 42 67 73 50 76 47 44 57 45 58 44 54 58 56 66 45 67 32 43 71 48 64
52 42 54 62 49 34 35 46 86 37 47 54 45 60 64 44
(i) Construct a frequency distribution table with eight (8) class width starting with the
smallest score
(ii) Draw the cumulative frequency curve and from it estimate the median for the
distribution
(b) In the following figure P𝑅̂ S = 140°. Find the size of the angles m and n
12. (a) The following figure represents a right pyramid PQRSW whose base PQRS has length
of 8cm and the width of 6 cm and each slant edge is 12 cm. If the vertex W is vertically
above at the centre N

From the figure above,

(i) Name the angle formed between the line SW and the base
(ii) Find the size of the angle obtained in part (a)(i) above
(iii) Calculate the volume of the pyramid
(b) Tabora is located at (5°S, 32°E) on the surface of the Earth. Calculate the radius of the
parallel of latitude passing through Tabora. Use 6370km as the radius of the Earth

13. (a) A farmer has 83000 Tsh for buying, planting and growing fertilizers. If he buys 2 bags
of planting fertilizers and 2 bags of growing fertilizers, he remains with 9000Tsh. If the
buys 1 bag of planting fertilizer and 3 bags of growing fertilizers he spends all the money.
Using the inverse matrix method, find the price of each bag of planting fertilizer and each
bag of growing fertilizers

(b) The transformation linear equations for a rotation of a point P(x, y) through an angle
𝑥, = 𝑥 𝑐𝑜𝑠 270° − 𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛 270°
270° is given as { ′ , find its rotation matrix
𝑦 = 𝑥 𝑠𝑖𝑛 270° − 𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑛 270°
(c) A translation T (a, b) takes the coordinate (-2, -3) onto (10, 3), find where it will take
the coordinates (3, 5)

14. (a) A mobile phone plan from TTCL network cost 500Tsh a month. The plan includes 25
free minutes and charges 60 Tsh for each additional minute of usage, the monthly charges
are a function of the number of minutes used, given by
500 𝑖𝑓 0 ≤ 𝑡 ≤ 25
C(t) = {
500 + 60(𝑡 − 25) 𝑖𝑓 𝑡 > 25
Determine the cost that the plan charges for
(i) 48 seconds
(ii) 30 minutes
(b) The owner of the CREST hotel in Mwanza is planning to build another hotel for an
extension containing not more than 15 bedrooms. At least 3 bedrooms must be single rooms
and at least 2 rooms must be double rooms. If he charges 50,00 Tsh per night for a double
room and 30,00 Tsh per night for a single room, find the best plan which gives him
maximum income.
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FORM FOUR INTER ISLAMIC MOCK EXAMINATION

BASIC MATHEMATICS

041 (For both School and Private Candidates)

TIME: 3 Hours Tuesday, 20th August 2024 a.m.

Instructions
1. This paper consists of two sections A and B.
2. Answer all questions from sections A and B.
3. All necessary working and answers for each question done must be shown clearly.
4. NECTA mathematical tables and non programmable calculators may be used.
5. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
6. All writings should be in blue or black ink while drawings should be in pencil.
7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)

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 SECTION A (60 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. (a) A floor with length 500cm and 400cm width is to be covered with the largest size of
the square tiles. If no space of the floor is to be left uncovered and the cost of each
square tile is TZS 2500/=, how much will each cost to cover the floor?
(b) Write 356.476 correct to:
(i) Tenth
(ii) Two significant figures

2. (a) Solve for y is 2(y+7) - 2(y+5) = 3

(b) By rationalizing the numerator, simplify the expression .

3. (a) There are 100 form three students at Kabuku Secondary School; 68 students play
football, 35 students play hockey and 10 students play neither game.
(i) Draw a Venn diagram to illustrate this information.
(ii) How many students play both football and hockey?
(iii) How many students play either football or hockey?
(b) In a wedding ceremony a total of 20 tickets numbered 1 to 20 are mixed up and then
a ticket is drawn at random. What is the probability that the ticket drawn has a
number which is a multiple of 3 or 5?
4. (a) The point (5, -7) is the vertex of a right angle of a right angled triangle whose
hypotenuse lie along the line 6x – 13y = 39. A second vertex of the triangle is
(0, -3). Find the remaining vertex.
(b) A boat sails due North at a speed of 110km/h and a wind blows at a speed of
30km/h due East. Find the actual speed of the boat.
5. (a) An engineer was walking around a certain building which is in the shape of regular
polygon. He determines that the measure of one exterior angle of the building is
half of one hundred and twenty degrees.
(i) How many sides does the building have?
(ii) What is the name of the regular polygon the building have?
(b) The area of a regular octagon is 100cm2. Find the radius of the circle inscribing it.
6. (a) Lakunle has a pile of four books on his desk. The thickness of the books are 22mm,
13mm, 39mm and 18mm. Can the pile fit in the shelf of 11cm high? If so what is
the length of the space left?

(b) Baroka bought motor vehicle spare parts from Japan worth 109,000 Japanese Yen.
When arrived in Tanzania was charged custom duty of 25% on spare parts. If the
exchange rates were the following;
1 US dollar = 2180 Japanese Yen
1 US dollar = 2500 Tanzanian shillings. Calculate the duty he paid in Tanzanian
shillings.

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7. (a) (i) At Mawenzi Village there are 2,000 people of whom 1,500 are adults. What
is the ratio of Adults to children in the village?
(ii) Mazoea bought a book for Tshs 120,000/=. Two years later she sold it at a loss
of 15%. What was the selling price of the book?

(b) Mr. Kazimoto is an entrepreneur. He started a business on 1st January 2020 with a
capital in cash of 2,000,000/= Tanzanian shillings.
January 2 bought shelves for cash 1,400,000/= Tsh
3 Sold goods for cash 1,000,000/= Tsh
6 Paid rent for cash 220,000/= Tsh
26 Paid wages for cash 220,000/= Tsh
30 Sold goods for cash 600,000/= Tsh
Required: Prepare Cash Account and Trial Balance.

8. (a) A small business man sells products worth 2,500,000/= Tanzanian shillings during
his first year. He sets a goal of increasing annual sales by 550,000/= Tanzanian
shillings each year. Assuming the goal met, find the total sales during the first 15
years of the business operation.

(b) The first, second and fifth terms of arithmetic progressions are consecutive terms of
geometric progressions. Find the possible values of the common ratio.

9. (a) Find the value of without using trigonometrical table.

(b) A boat at point R is observed from two points P and Q which are 3km apart.
Find and ; if and
P

84o

3km

67o
R Q

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10. (a) At a school game, student tickets were sold 50 shillings each and each adult ticket
was sold twice the price of each student ticket. If the total receipts from 900 tickets
were 50,000 shillings, how many tickets of each kind were sold?

(b) Solve the equation 3x2 – 15x + 6 = 0 by completing the square method.

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions
11. (a) The table below shows the monthly test results for basic mathematics subject at
Nyumbu Secondary School.

Marks 1-10 11-20 21-30 31- 40 41-50 51- 60 61-70

Frequency 8 7 12 5 4 4 10

(i) State the modal class of the data given above.

(ii) Find the mode and mean of the data.

(b) A certain roundabout has a radius of 32m. A driver drives a car around that
roundabout turning through 145o. How far does the car travel? (Give out your
answer in two significant figures).

12. (a) The following figure represents a rectangular prism in which =20cm, =16cm
and =18cm.
A D

B
C 18cm

E
H

16cm
F 20cm G

Calculate:
(i) The length .
(ii) The angle between plane BGAH and the base EFGH.
(iii) Its volume, give your answer in litres.

(b) A ship sails due West from position (60oN, 5oW) for a distance of 1200km. Find its
new position. Use and R= 6370 km.

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13. (a) Find the value of each unknown from the matrix equation
where and

(b) Mbia is an entrepreneur who sells two types of fruits. One day weighed some fruits
on scales. He found that 4 mangoes and 7 oranges weighed 450 grams while 6
mangoes and 5 oranges weighed 510 grams. Using suitable letters, write down two
simultaneous equations. Hence use matrix method to find the total weight of 10
mangoes and 4 oranges.

(c) A translation T takes every point at a distance of 2 units to the left and 3 units
upward on the xy-plane. Find where T it takes (- 4, 6).

14. (a) A function F is defined by , find:

(i) Domain and Range of f(x).

(ii) The value of f(4)

(b) A manufacturer produces nuts and bolts. It takes 1 hour of work on machine A and
3 hours on machine B to produce a package of nuts. It takes 3 hours on machine A
and 1 hour on machine B to produce a package of bolts. He earns a profit of 2000/=
Tanzanian shillings per package on nuts and 1500/= Tanzanian shillings per
package on bolts. How many packages of each day so as to maximize his profit if
he operates his machines for at most 12 hours a day?

Wabillah Tawfiiq

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PRESIDENT`S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

TABORA REGION
FORM FOUR MOCK EXAMINATION
CODE 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours July, 2024

Instructions
1 This paper consists of section A and B with fourteen (14) questions.
2 Answer all questions in both section A and section B
3 Each question in section A caries six (06) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks.
4 All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
5 NECTA Mathematical tables and non – programmable calculators may be used.
6 All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room
7 Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
22
8 Where necessary use 𝜋 = and radius of the earth (RE) = 6400km
7
 SECTION A (60 Marks)
01. (a) A number J is such that 8 is hundreds, 7 is tens,3 is in ones, 9 is in tenth, 3 is I
hundredth,0 is in thousandth, 8 is in ten thousandth and 1 is in hundred thousandth
(i) Write down a number J
(ii) Express a number J in expanded form
(iii)Find the total value of the digit 7 in number J

(b) Four wooden rods are of length 120cm, 150cm, 180cm and 240 respectively. They are
cut off into small pieces which are all of the same length. What is the greatest possible
length for these pieces if no wood left over?

02. (a) If 3 – 2log x = log 250. Find the value of x

1 𝑥 1 2𝑥
(b) Find the value of “x” given that (3) . 81 = (9)

𝑚 𝑚
(c) Rationalize the denominator,
√𝑛+√𝑝

3. (a) Let A and B be two sets such that n(A) = 52, n(B) = 60 and n(AUB) = 96,
find n (A – B)

(b) Given the events A and B such that P(A) = ½, P(AUB) = 3/5 and P(B) = r, find r if
the event A and B are
(i) Mutually exclusive event
(ii) Independent event

4. (a) If a = i + 2j, b = i - 2j, c =5i +14j, find the scalar p and q such that pa+2qb = c

2
(b) Find the equation of a straight line with gradient 3 and having the same y - intercept as
the straight line 2x – 5y + 20 =0. Express your answer in the form of ax + by + c = 0

05. (a) Given the following diagram

(i) Show that ∆ABC ~ ∆AMN

(ii) Find the length MN
 (b) Determine the perimeter and area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius
10cm

06. (a) Three quantities V, M and N are such that V varies directly as M and inversely as the
square of N, Where V = 24, M = 12 and N = 3, find the value of V where M = 18 and N =
½

(b) The volume of a cylinder is given by the formula V = 𝜋r2h where r = radius, h = height
, v = volume and 𝜋 = pie (constant). If the radius is increased by 20% and the height is
increased by 15%. What will be the volume of the cylinder in terms of r and h?

07. (a) A shopkeeper makes 15% profit by selling an article for Tsh 575,000/=. Find the ratio
of buying price to selling price. Hence find the profit made by the shopkeeper

(b) Prepare a trading account for the year ended 31st December 2020
Stock at the end 100,000
Purchases 600,000
Carriage inwards 30,000
Return inwards 10,000
Sales 980,000
Stock at first 200,000

08. The sum of the first two terms of a geometric progression is 10 and the sum of the first four
terms of the same geometric progression is 40. Given that all terms of the G.P are positive

(a) Show that the common ratio is √3

𝑛
(b) Show that the sum of the first n terms is 5(32 − 1)

12 sin 𝑥+cos 𝑥
09. (a) If tan x = evaluate
5 1−sin 𝑥

(b) A rope 15m long is stretched out from the top of a flag-post 10m high to a point on a
level ground
(i) What angle does it make with the ground?
(ii) How far is this point from the foot of the flag post?

10. (a) Solve by completing the square method x2 – x – 6 = 0

(b) Asnath is three years older than his brother john. Three years to come, the product of
their ages will be 130 years. Formulate a quadratic equation representing this information.
Hence, by using the quadratic formula, find their present age
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11. The following is the record of a daily temperature (in °𝐶) for one month in a certain town
in East Africa
32 35 28 42 35 33 31 41 29 42 46 31 28 37 35 25 29 32 27 33 28 45
33 32 41 29 26 33 42 34

(a) Prepare frequency distribution table of a class interval of size 5 beginning with the
number 25 taking into consideration
(b) Calculate the mean using assumed mean from the class mark of the modal class
(c) Calculate the median temperature

12. (a) Find the distance ,measure along the parallel of latitude between two points whose
latitude are both 56°𝑁 and whose longitudes are 23°𝐸 and 17°W

(b) A pyramid with vertex V and edges VA, VB, VC and VD each 13cm long has a
rectangular base ABCD where AB = CD = 8cm, and AD = BC = 6cm. Calculate
(i) The height of the pyramid
(ii) The angle between the base and the edge

13. (a) Determine the possible value of x which the matrix A has no inverse where
𝑥−2 1
A=( )
2 𝑥−3

(b) Asha finds that it is possible to buy 12 pencils and 10 rulers of Tsh 210. Alternatively,
it is possible to buy 20 pencils and 4 rulers for Tsh 160 at the same price per each unit item.
What are the unit prices per pencil and ruler? (Use crammer’s rule)

(c) Transformation in a plane is a mapping which shifts an object from one position to
another within the same plane. Give for examples of transformation in the xy – plane

14. (a) Given f(x) = x2 – 2x – 3. By using completing the square method, find
(i) Turning point
(ii) Domain and range
(iii)The line of symmetry
(iv) The maximum and minimum value

(b) A sadock businessman has 120,000 shillings to spend on exercise book. At the school
shop an exercise book cost 800 shillings and at the stationary store it costs 120 shilling.
The school shop has only 60 exercise books left and a Sadock businessman wants to obtain
the greatest number of exercise books possible using the money she has. Find the greatest
number of exercise books that a sadock businessman can buy
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INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14)
questions.

2. Answer all questions in section A and B. Each question in section A

carries six (6) marks while each question in section B carries ten (10) marks.

3. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.

4. NECTA mathematical tables and non-programmable Calculator may be used.

5. Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklet (s)

6. Cellular phone and unauthorized materials are not allowed in the

examination room.

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 SECTION: A
Answer all questions in this section, Showing all necessary working and Answers
1. (a) Write 624.3278 Correct to
(i.) Five (5) significant figure.

(ii.) Three (3) decimal places.

(b) A mathematics teacher bought 40 expensive books at Shs 16,400 Tshs each, and a
number of other cheaper books costing Shs. 5,900 Shs each. She spent a total of
774,000 Tshs. How many of the cheaper books did she buy?

2. (a) Evaluate without using mathematical tables.

.

(b) Simplify

3. (a) A school has 38 teachers of whom 18 are women and 23 are married. There are 9
married women teachers. How many unmarried men and women teachers are there?

(b) A bag Contains 44. Identical balls Some White and Some red. If a ball is chosen at
random, the probability that it red is .how many white balls are there in the bag?

4. (a) Find the equation of a line through the point (2, 3) perpendicular to the line whose
equation is .

(b) The position Vectors of the points A, B and C are 4i - 3j, i +3j and -5i+j respectively.
Find the Vectors , and hence verify that
5. (a) Find the area of the regular pentagon whose radius 8cm
(b) With reference to figure below calculate the lengths of segment and
B
D

4cm 6cm 8cm

A 9cm
C E
6. (a) An American tourist, Mrs. Snider, changes $2500 at a rate of 620 Tshs per US dollar ($)
She spends 1,350,000 Tshs then changes the rest back to dollar at a rate of 650 Tshs
per dollar. How much does she get back to the nearest dollar?

(b) Varies directly with and the inverse of the square of .when and
then .
(i.) Find in terms of and .
(ii.) Find y when and

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 (c) Find the value of angles a and b in the figure below.
C
A
b0

0
105
760
a0
E
D B

12. (a) Two towns A and B are located at (10°S, 38°E) and (10°S. 43°E) respectively
(i.) Find the distance between the two towns in Kilometers (Use radius of the Earth
R = 6400km, and π = 3.14. Give the answer to the nearest whole number.

(ii.) Suppose a ship is sailing at 50km/hr from town A to town B. Using the answer
Obtained in part (a) (1) Find how long will the ship take to reach town B.

(b) The right pyramid VABCD has a square base of side 8cm and vertical height
VM=6cm. Find the following
(i.) The length
(ii.) The length MC
(iii.) The angle VCM

13. (a) Given

Giventhat
thatAA== Find where I is the identity matrix.

(b) A linear transformation T has matrix . Find

(i.) The image of point (2,3) Under T

(ii.) Coordinates of the point having an image of (7,2) Under T by using matrix
method:

(c) Find the Image of the point P(2,1) Under rotation about origin through 900
anticlockwise.
14. A function is defined on the set of integers as:-
(a)

(i.) Sketch the graph of f (x)

(ii.) Find the Domain and Range of f (x)
(b) An investor wishes to buy two types of machines type A and type B. a type A
machine needs five Operators and takes 3m² of floor space while a type B machine
needs four operators and 5m² of floor space. There are at most 80, operators and
60m² of floor space available. The income per hour when type A machine is used is
12,000/= and 14,000/= when type B is used.
(i.) Find the number of machines of each type that should be installed in order to
maximize income per hour.
(ii.) What is the maximum income per hour?

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 FORM FOUR EXTENDED JOINT EXAMINATION
(EJE)

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For both School and Private Candidates)

TIME: 3:00 Hours Tuesday, 02nd August 2024 a.m.

Instructions
1. This 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 question must be shown clearly.
5. NECTA mathematical tables and non programmable calculators may be used.
6. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
7. The following constants may be used:
 Radius of the earth
 Pie,
8. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)

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 SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. (a) Lucia is a tailor who has two pieces of cloth to sell. One piece is 72m wide and
the other piece is 90m wide. She wants to cut both pieces into strips of equal
width that are as wide as possible. If the selling price of one piece is Tshs 4500.
How much she will earn by selling all pieces?

(b) After repairing the Mkapa National stadium found in Dar es Salaam region, the
seating capacity increased by 20% making a total capacity of 60 000 seats. Find:
(i) What was the seating capacity before 20% increase?
(ii) What is the amount of increase in the number of seats?

2. (a) Solve for the value of given the equation: .

(b) Find the value of y in the following logarithmic equation: .

3. (a) In a class of 40 students, 18 students participate in hockey only and 14 students

participate in soccer only. If only three students participate in neither of the games,
Find:
(i) How many students participate in both games?

(ii) How many students participate in soccer?

(b) Aisha has a bunch of seven keys but only two of them can open her door. If she
selects a key in darkness, what is the probability that the key selected it does not
open the door?

4. (a) The distance between the two points A and B is 10 units.

Find the value of , given that it is positive.

(b) If two vectors and . Find:

(i) The value of and , given that

(ii) If vector , use values from 4 (b) (i) to find the direction of
vector .

5. (a) In a regular polygon, the exterior and interior angles are in the ratio of 2:4, find the
number of sides of the polygon.

(b) In the figure below, // , and . If the area of ∆ ABC is

, find the area of ∆ ADE

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6. (a) A School bus uses petrol at the rate of a litre for every 11 . If the price of the
petrol is Tsh 5,000 per litre, find the cost of petrol used for a journey of 891km.

(b) The resistance to the motion of a car is directly proportional to the square of the
speed of the car. If the resistance is 4,000N at a speed of , what is the
resistance at a speed of ?

7. (a) A sum of money is divided in the ratio of 4: 6: 9. The difference between the
largest share and the smallest share is 3,500 Tshs. Find the middle share.

(b) The Trial balance below belongs to ABC Company limited.Read carefully and use
it to prepare the income statement for the year ended 31st December 2022

ABC COMPANY LIMITED

TRIAL BALANCE AS AT 31ST DECEMBER 2022
S/N Details Amount (Tshs) Amount (Tshs)
1 Cash 185 000
2 Capital 200 000
3 Purchases 110 000
4 Sales 104 000
5 Water bills 3 000
6 Advetising 2 000
7 Telephone bills 1 000
8 Salaries 3 000
304 000 304 000

8. (a) A construction company will be penalized each day of delay in construction for
bridge. The penalty will be for the first day and will increase by
for each following day. Based on its budget, the company can afford to pay a
maximum of only toward penalty. Find the maximum number of days
by which the completion of work can be delayed.

(b) Jennifer saved Tsh. 6 million in a savings Bank whose interest rate was 10%
compounded annually. Find the amount in Jennifer’s savings account after five
years.
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9. (a) A painter placed 20m ladder against the wall of a house so that the base of the
ladder is 4m away from the wall. How high does the ladder touch the wall from the
ground? Round off the answer to two significant figures

(b) Marry and Glory stood on one side of a level ground of the tower. They used
Clinometer each and determined that the angle of elevation of the top of the tower
is and respectively. If they are 100 m apart, prove that the height of
the tower is . (Diagram is necessary).

10. (a) One pair of shoes and six pairs of socks cost 13,400 Tshs. Three pairs of shoes and
eight pairs of socks cost 31,200 Tshs. Find the cost of two pairs of shoes and three
pairs of socks.

(b) An engineer wants to build the rectangular house whose area is . If its
length should be eleven more than the width of the house, find the dimension of
the house. (Diagram is necessary)

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

11. (a) The table below shows marks for Basic Mathematics Test of 60 grade seven pupils
at a certain school.

Scores (%) Frequency

0 - 10 5
10 - 20 7
20 - 30 15
30 - 40 25
40 - 50 8
Compute:
(i) The Mean score if the assumed mean is obtained from the mid mark of the
modal class.

(ii) Draw the cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the Median
mark.

(b) A circle has radius 13 cm and centre O. A chord has length of 24 cm. Find the
distance of the chord from the centre. (Diagram is necessary).

12. (a) A cylindrical plastic pipe has an internal diameter of 42cm and a length of 20m.
The thickness of the material forming is 2cm.

(i) Draw a diagram to represent this information

(ii) Calculate the volume of the plastic material used to make the pipe.

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 (b) An airplane starts its journey at town A and flies towards West at
Town B for a distance of . Find the latitude and longitude of its
destination.

13. (a) A road traffic survey in a small village showed that on Monday; 5 cars, 7 Lorries
and 2 buses pass through. On Tuesday; 6 cars, 8 Lorries and 1 bus pass through.
On Wednesday; 12 cars, 5 Lorries and 3 buses pass through.

(i) Write the three matrices formed from this information of three days and
identify the type of a matrix which describes all three matrices.

(ii) Find the total number of each type of vehicle that passed through on the
three days.

(b) At her birthday party, Aziza is planning to buy soda and biscuits for her friends. If
she buys one crate of soda and ten packets of biscuits, she will spend Tshs 8,200;
but if she buys three halves crates of soda and 20 packets of biscuits, she will
spend Tshs 12,800.

(i) Formulate a system of a linear equations for this information and

(ii) Use matrix method to find the price of a crate of soda and a packet of
biscuits.

14. (a) You are given a graph of a quadratic function below:

From the graph above determine the following:

(i) The axis of symmetry

(ii) Domain and Range

(iii)Turning point

(iv) The equation of the quadratic function. Give the function in: General
form

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(b) The manager of a world famous football team has spent on buying
new players. He can buy defenders at each and strikers at
each. There must be at least five of each sort. To cover for injuries he must buy at
least 15 players altogether. If the wages are and per month for
each defender and striker respectively;

(i) Formulate the linear inequalities/constraints for this problem

(ii) Write the objective function of this problem

(iii) Is the linear programming problem having a solution? If YES, What is

the combination of players which has the lowest wage bill? If NO, give
out the logical mathematical reason.

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REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

KISARAWE DISTRICT COUNCIL

DISTRICT FORM FOUR SECONDARY EDUCATION PRE-NATIONAL EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For Both School and Private candidates)
Time: 3: 00 Hours Year: 2024

Instructions
1. This paper consists of sections A and B
2. Answer all questions
3. Cellular phones and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in tie examination
room.
4. Section A carries sixty (60) Marks and section B carries fourty (40) marks
5. Mathematical tables, Graphs and non- programmable calculator may be used
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s)
7. Where necessary use the following constants;
• The radius of the Earth R = 6400 km
• 𝜋𝜋 = 3.14

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 SECTION A: (60 Marks)
1. a) A girl walked 432 paces, a boy walked 648 paces and the women walked 540 from
the same home to the market. If they started at the same time and use the same
speed, how many times did they step together

b). Find the difference between the smallest and largest number from the given
3 2 5
numbers 0·33, 4, 5, and 20% of 6

2. a) Juma is looking for the error when running the program in his computer in order
the program to run the message error when coding shows that the program may run
if the value of “a” is known log 4 (𝑎𝑎 + 5) = 2 what is that.

b) Find the value of x in the equation 3𝑥𝑥+8 − 30 = 51

1
3. a) In a class of 120 students 33 % learning English, 50% learn Kiswahili and 20%
2
learn both Kiswahili and English. By using venn diagram find the number of students
who learn English but not Kiswahili.

b) Prof. Gamondi select two balls from a box which containing 4 white balls 5 black
ball without replacement. What is the probability that both are white ball.
4. a) If the line of the equation 2𝑦𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑥 = 3 𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎𝑎 𝐴𝐴𝐴𝐴 + 𝑦𝑦 = 4 are parallel find the value of
A
b) Given vectors a=6i - 2j, b=2i + j, and c=3i - 5j. Find
1
i) The magnitude vector of d=2 a +3b – c
ii) The unit vector of d

5 a) Two triangles are similar a side of the one triangle is 10cm long while the length
of the corresponding side of the other is 18cm. if the given side are the bases of the
triangles and the area of the smaller triangle is 40𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐2 . Find the area and length of
the large triangle
b) The length of two sides of a triangle are 16cm and 20cm. Find the area of the
triangle included angle is 30°.

6 a) The time (T) in seconds that Marry taken to return from school varies inversely
with her average speed (V) in meter per second if marry gets back home in half an hour
at an average speed of 10m/s. Determine her average speed if she wants to get home in
18 minutes.
b) A piece of the clothes 37·5 mete long were cut in equal pieces weighing 75
centimeter long. How many pieces were obtained.

7. a) Mwendapole buy a TV for 275,000/= Tanzania shillings and sell it for 247,500/=
Tanzania shillings. What is the percentage loss.

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 b) Given the information of Juma balance sheet as at 31 Dec. 2023 as shown below
Capital in cash 330,000/=
Equipment in cash 60,000/=
Furniture cash 90,000/=
Creditor cash 100,000/=
Premises cash 30,000/=
Machine cash 70,000/=
Bank overdraft cash 60,000/=
Stock cash 100,000/=
Debtor cash 40,000/=
Cash in hand 60,000/=
Cash in Bank 40,000/=
Calculate
i) Total short-term liabilities
ii) Total fixed assets
iii) Total current assets

8. a) A conference hall with capacity of 456 seats, has 27 seats in the first row and 2
seats more in each proceeding row. Determine the total rows the conference has.
b) The first term of Arithmetic progression is 12 and the common difference is 10.
Find 𝑛𝑛𝑡𝑡ℎ term.

9. a) A ladder leans against a vertical wall. If the ladder reaches 12m up the wall and
its foot is 9m from the base of the wall. Find the length of the ladder
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b) Given tan 𝐴𝐴 = 12
. Find
i) sin 𝐴𝐴 + cos 𝐴𝐴
ii) 𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠𝑠2 𝐴𝐴 + 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 2 𝐴𝐴

10. a) A father is three times as old as her child, seven years ago the product of their
ages was 104. Find the present age of father
b) Solve the equation by completing the square 2𝑥𝑥 2 − 3𝑥𝑥 − 5 = 0
SECTION B: (40 Marks)
11. a) The result from mock examination at Mtakuja secondary school are shown below
Marks 30-39 40-49 50-59 60-69 70-79
Frequence 5 3 20 2 10

i. Find mean by assumed mean method given A=44.5

ii. Find mode
iii. State the modal class and its class mark.
b) i) Define the term tangent
ii) Prove that the two tangents from an external point to a circle are equal

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12. a) A right rectangular pyramid having base ABCD and top point V and O is a center
where by AB=3cm BC=2cm and V is a point such that VA=VB=VC=VD=6cm.
i) Sketch the right rectangular pyramid and show all information
ii) Find the height VO
iii) Find length AC
iv) Find the angle VAO
b) Two town A and B are located at (10°S, 38°E) and (10°S, 43°E) respectively,
i) Find the distance between two towns in kilometers
ii) Suppose a ship is sailing at 50km/hr from town A to town B, using the answer
obtained in part b(i) above, find how long the ship will take to reach town B.

𝑎𝑎 + 4 𝑎𝑎 + 2
13. a) Given matrix Q=� � has no inverse, find the value of "a".
𝑎𝑎 𝑎𝑎 − 4

b) The cost of Mwanaspoti Newspaper and two Nipashe Newspapers is 1100/=

while the cost of two Mwanaspoti Newspapers and three Nipashe Newspapers is
1900/=
i) Represent this information in matrix form
ii) Use inverse method to obtain the cost of each Newspaper
c) Find the image of (-2,4) after reflection in the line y=x

14. a) Given function f(x)=𝑥𝑥 2 + 2x - 4

i) State domain and range
ii) Find the inverse function f(x)

b) A family decided to buy chairs and tables, the chair cost 400/= each and table cost
300/= each, they don’t want more than 4 tables or less than 2 chairs. They don’t want
to spend more than 2400/=. What is maximum total number of the items they can buy.

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENTS OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ILEMELA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

FORM FOUR PRE-NECTA EXAMINATION
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time: 3 Hours October, 2024

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of fourteen (14)
questions
2. Answer all questions in all sections
3. Each question in section A carries (06) marks while each question in section B
carries ten (10) marks
4. Except for diagrams that must be drawn in pencil, all writing should be
done using a blue or black pen
5. Programmable calculator, cellular phones and any authorized materials are
not allowed in the examination room.
6. All writings must be in blue or black ink except drawings which must be
in pencil.
7. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheet (s)
provided.
8. You are advised to spend not more than 120 minutes in section A and 60 minutes in
section B.

This paper consists of 4 printed pages

Page 1 of 4
 SECTION A: (60 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section
1. (a) Given the set of numbers below
{1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 15, 17, 21, 27...} Select all the
(i) prime numbers
(ii) multiples of 3
(iii) factors of 60
(b) Four wooden rods with length of 70cm, 119cm, 84cm and 105cm are cut into
pieces of the same length. Find the greatest possible length for these pieces if no
wood left over.

2. (a) Rationalize the dominator

(b) Solve for x in the equation below ( ) x + 1 • 9( ) 2-x =

3. (a) In a class of 40 students at the University of Dodoma, 18 students are taking

Geology, 15 students are taking statistics and Geology. Use a Venn diagram to
find the number of students who are taking.
(i) Geology only (ii) Statistics only
(b) A bag contains 2 red balls, 3 blue balls and 5 white balls. If a ball is selected
from the bag without replacement and then another ball selected from that bag.
Without replacement, use a tree diagram to find the probability that
(i) All balls are same in colour
(ii) All balls are different in colour

4. (a) An engineer is in the process of constructing two straight roads, R 1 and R2.
Which will meet at the right angle. If the road R1 will be represented by the
equation 2x – 3y – 4 = 0 and road R2 will be passing through (4, –2). Find the
equation of the road R2 in the form of ax + by + c = 0.
(b) The position vectors of a point A, B and C are 3i – 4j, i + 3j and 5i + j
respectively. Find the value of and and hence verify that +

5. (a) Find the area of a regular polygon having 360 sides inscribed in a circle with
radius10cm.
(b) If a PQR and LMN are similar and = 20m, = 10m, = 12m and
= 9m find the lengths of the other sides of a PQR.

6. (a) Mr. Kazamoyo from Kenya visited Tanzania. He had 5000/= Ksh. Change these
money in to Tanzanian currency. If 1 Tsh = 100Ksh.
(b) To complete a project of company it needs 12 employees who will work for 48
days. How many employees will be needed to complete that project if will work
for 36 days?

7. (a) Find the cost of goods sold

(b) Find the average stock
(c) Find the net sales

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 (d) Find the net profit
Given that
- Opening stock at 1st January, 2005 ……………… 34,500/=
- Closing stock at 31st December, 2005…………… 26,700/=
- Net purchases ……………………………………. 219,300/=
- Gross profit made up …………………………… 138,550/=
- Expenses for the year …………………………… 45,800/=

8. (a) The 5th term and the 8th term of arithmetic progression (A.) are 21 and 30
respectively. Find
(i) The first term and the common difference of A. P
(ii) The 20th term of the A.P
(b) Paula invested 200,000/= Tsh. for three years at a certain bank which give the
annual rate of 8%.
(i) How much money did she received after the time given above?
(ii) How much money did she receive as the interest?

9. (a) A survey of a triangular field bounded by a straight fence, has three sides of
length 200m, 160m and 130m. Find the angles of a triangular field correct to 2 –
decimal places.
(b) A man who is 3m tall, stand on a horizontal surface 10m away from the church
tower and found that, the angle eleveted from the eyes of a man is 60 o. Find the
height of the church tower.

10. (a) The factors of a quadratic equation 2x2 – bx + 3 = 0 are and 3. Find the
value of ‘a’ and ‘b’.
(b) Factorize completely 2x2 + x – 10 by splitting the middle term.

SECTION B: (40 MARKS)

11. (a) Carefully study the frequency distribution table which shows the marks of 100
students in History test.
Marks 41- 50 51 – 60 61 – 70 71 – 80 81 – 90 91 - 100
No. of students a 22 34 25 7 2
Calculate:
(i) The value of ‘a’
(ii) The median class interval and the modal class-interval
(iii) The median marks correct to 2 - d.p
(iv) The mode marks correct to 2 – d.p
(b) In the figure below = 12cm, = 18cm and = 9cm find

A 12cm B x cm 0

18cm 9cm
C D

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12. (a) The diagram below, shows a cuboid whose lengths = 8m, = 3m and =
6m.

Z Y

6m
W X

3m
D C

A 8m B

Find
(i) The length of and
(ii) The length between and a base plane ABCD.
(iii) The angle between a plane ZWBC and a plane WXYZ
(b) A ship sailed due east from point A located at (20oW, 10N) to point B and cover
a distance of 2778km. Find
(i) The angle subtend by this movement
(ii) The longitude of point B.

13. (a) A student finds that it is possible to buy 12 pencils and 10 rulers for 210 Tsh
alternatively it is possible to buy 20 pencils and 4 rulers for 160 Tsh at the same
price per each unit item.
(i) Formulate the two equations representing these information
(ii) Use matrix method to find the unit price per each pencil and ruler.
(b) A translation ‘M’ takes a point (2, 1) onto (4, 6) and another translation ‘S’ takes
a point (0,1) onto (-3, 5). Find
(i) The vector by M and the vector by S
(ii) The new position of (-3, 4) after being taken by M followed by S.

14. (a) The function f is defined as f(x) = 2x2 – 4x + 6. Determine the

(i) Symmetrical line of the function
(ii) Maximum or minimum value of the function
(iii) Turning point of the function.
(b) A bread dealer proposed to buy up to 110 loaves of bread. A white bread cost
2000/= Tsh per loaf while the brown bread cost 2500/- Tsh per loaf. And can
spend up to 250,000/= Tsh if the profit of a single white bread and brown bread
is 1000/=Tsh and 1200/= respectively. How many of each type should he buy so
that to get the maximum profit?

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 REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MOSHI DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE-NECTA EXAMINATION

041: BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME 3:00 HRS SEPTEMBER 2024

Instructions

1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of 14marks questions.

2. Answer all questions from section A and B.

3. Each question in section A carries 06 marks and B carries10 marks.

4. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.

5. NECTA mathematical table and non-programmable calculator may be used.

6. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.

SECTION A (60 marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. a) (i)Round off each of the following numbers to one decimal places

L=20.354
M=40.842
N=10.789

(ii) Use the results obtained in (i) above to find the value of x given that:-
LM
x=
N
¿
b) Express1 .8 6 as an improper fraction in its simplest form.

2. a) By rationalizing the denominator simplify the following expression:-

√3+√2
√5+√2

b) Solve the equation log45𝑥−log4(𝑥−2)−log43=0

3. a) In a village all the people speak Kiswahili or English or both. Among them, 97% speak
Kiswahili and 64% speak English.

(i) What percentage speaks both Kiswahili and English?

(ii) What percentage speaks English only?

b) The probability that Neema uses school bus is 0.4, when she uses school bus the probability that
she arrives late at home is 0.5. Find the probability that she won’t arrive late at home in any of these
two cases.

4. a)A Boat crosses a river at a velocity of 20km/hr southward .A river has a current of 5km/hr due
east. Calculate the resultant velocity of the boat.
b) Find the equation of the line passing through point(6,4) and perpendicular to the line
whose question is 12𝑥+6𝑦 = 9
5. a)The area of regular 6 –sided plot of land inscribed in a circular track of radius r is 720 cm2
Find the radius of the track.
b) In the below figure, find the constant of the proportionality needed to obtain a pair of similar
triangles, if 𝐶𝐸∶ 𝐷𝐸= 1.2∶1. Name this pair of similar triangles.
A D
18cm

15c

C B

6. a) Salama sells1litre of milk for1000Tanzanian shillings. How many litres of milk does he
need to sell to get 34800 Tanzanian shillings?
b) The number of tablets given to a patient was found to be direct proportional to the weight of
the patient. If the patient with 36kgwas given 9 tablets .Find how many tablets would be given
to a patient whose weight is 48kg?
7. a) The ratio of girls to boys in a swimming club was 2:4 if 14 members were girls, how many
members were there?
b) Zelda company started business on1stFebruary2008 with capital in cash 350,000.In
February 2008 the transactions were:-
February2: Bought new carpet for company use 40,000 7:
Bought goods 70,000
11:Soldgoods 50,000
14:Sold goods 70,000
19:Sundry expenses 70,000
22:Paid wades 30,000
Show different ledgers account to record the above transactions.
8. a) The nth term of a geometric progression is given by 24(5)n-1. Determine the :-
(i)First five terms of the geometric progression.
(ii) Sum of the first10 terms of the geometric progression.
b) Find the compound interest after three years onTsh.200,000 invested at the interest rate of
8% per annum.
9. a) A rectangular field of 80 cm long, is to be fenced with a wire .If the diagonal of the
field is 100cm long, find the width of the field.
b) Find the angle of the letter named C

9.1cm

C
12.3 cm

10. a) A man is 4 times as old as his son. In4 years to come the product of their ages will
be520. Find son’s age.
b) Solve the quadratic equation 2h2-7h=39

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section
11. a) The frequency distribution of the length of a sample of 100 nails, measured to the
nearest mm is shown below:-
Length in 40-42 43-45 46-48 49-51 52-54 55-57 58-60
(mm)
Frequency 4 9 13 20 34 18 2

(i) How many nails have length less than 51.5mm?

(ii) Calculate the mean length
(iii) State the modal class
b) Find the length of the chord CD ,given that O is the Centre of the circle ,OE=5cm and
OD=13cm E

C EE D
5cm

O
12. a) The figure below shows a rectangular prism in which AB=16cm, AB=12cm and
QC=5cm

P Q

M N 5cm

D
C

A 12cm
16cm B
Calculate:-
(i) Its total surface area
(ii) The angle between PB and the plane ABCD

(iii) The volume in litres the prism can hold (1 litre = 1000cm3)

b) Two towns L and M are on latitude 40˚ . If L is on the meridian 25˚ E and M is
on 55 ˚ E, Find the length of arc LM in (a) kilometers
13. a) A linear transformation T carries a point (𝑥',')where𝑥' = 3𝑥 +𝑦 and 𝑦' = 𝑥
−3𝑦.Write down the matrix corresponding to T and find the image of (3,4) under this
transformation.
b) Solve the system of equations by using inverse matrix method:-
2𝑥+3𝑦=5
4𝑥−5𝑦=21

14. a) (i) Draw the graph of f ( x)=|x−1|, for −4≤x ≤4

(ii)State the domain and range of the function
b) A farmer wants to plant coffee and potatoes. Coffee needs 3men per hectare and
potatoes needs 3 men per hectare. He has 48 hired laborers available. To maintain
one hectare of coffee he needs 250,000 shillings while one hectare of potatoes costs
him 100,000 shillings. Find the greatest possible area of land he can sow, if he has
prepared to use 2500,000 shillings.
 TANGA, IRINGA, MOROGORO, LINDI, MTWARA& DODOMA REGIONS

FORM FOUR PRE NECTA I EXAMINATION

CODE:041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time 3: HRS 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 (6) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks.
4. All necessary working and answer for each question must be shown clearly.
5. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
6. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
7. Write your Examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
8. Where necessary, use the following constants:
• Pie, 𝜋 = 3.14
• Radius of the earth, Re = 6400

SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer all questions from this section

1. A local club is open every day of week. Esther, Amina and Upendo visited the club together
one Saturday. After that, Esther visits it every second day, Amina visits it every third day
and Upendo visits every fifth day.
b) After how many days will they be at the club together again?
c) What day of the week will that be?
𝑟2
2. a) Make r the subject of the following formula g = go(𝑟+ℎ)2
b) Derive the product law of logarithm using loga x=P and loga y = q.
3. a) Let A and B be two sets such that n (A) = 52, n (B) = 60 and n (AUB) = 96. Find n(A-B)
1 3
b) Given that events A and B are such that P are such that P (A) = 2, P(AUB) = 5 and P (B)
= r. Find r if the events A and B are (i) Mutually exclusive (ii) independent
4. a) Line L is perpendicular to the line joining (-3, 2) and (5, 6). If it passes through the point
of the intersection of the line 2x – y = 1 and 3x + 3y – 6 = 0; determine the equation of the
line L.
b) Find the magnitude of the resultant force of a system of three forces 9N, 10N, and 10N
acting at point O as shown in the following figure.
5. a) The surface area of a solid sphere whose radius is six centimetres is equal to the surface
area of a solid right cylinder with radius two centimetres. Find the height of the cylinder
b) i) Prove that the bisector of the vertical angle of an isosceles triangle is perpendicular to
the base of its midpoint.
ii) Find the area of a regular decagon inscribed in a circle with radius of ten centimetres.
6. a) A precious stone worth 15,600,00 Tanzanian shillings is accidentally dropped and
broken into three pieces. The weights of the pieces are in the proportions of 2:3:5,
respectively. If the value of the piece of stone varies directly as the cube of its weight,
calculate the value of the remaining stone.
b) A tank can be filled by two pipes, pipe A and pipe B and can be drained by pipe C. Pipe
A alone can fill the tank in 45 minutes, pipe B can fill the tank in 1 hour while pipe C
can drained the filled tank in 1 hour and 30 minutes. If both are opened, how long will it
take to fill the tanks?
7. a) Book seller bought books for Tsh 20,000. He solid 80% of them at a profit of 255, 60%
of the remaining at a loss of 5%, and the rest at buying price. Find his overall profit.
b) i)Give the meaning of the term Accounting.
ii) List down three (3) shortcomings of single entry.
8. a) Find the Arithmetic mean and geometric mean of 3-√5 + 3√5
b) Find the three numbers in A.P such that their sum is 24 and their product is 224
5
9. a) If tan A = -12, where A is an obtuse angel. Find
i) Cos A + sin A
ii) –Cos2 A - sin2 A

b) The lengths of a rhombus are 17cm each. If the length of one diagonal is 16cm. Find the
length of other diagonal
10. a) Fill the empty space in the chart below:
ax2 + bx + a b c 𝑏 𝑏
(2𝑎)2
𝑏
(x+2𝑎)2
c 2𝑎
2 25
x + 5x+ 4
x2 – 6x + 9
x2 - 16x +
9
b) What must be added to x2+10x to make the expression perfect square.

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions
11. a)The histogram below shows the lengths of leaves

Calculate
i) Total frequency
ii) Total length of the leaves
iii) The mean length of a leaf
b) A triangle ABC is drawn round a circle, A touching it at X, Y and Z. If the angles of
∆ABC
are 700, 800 and 300 find the angles of ZXYZ.

12. a) A right rectangular pyramid is such that the rectangular is 12cm by 8cm and each slant
edge is 12 cm as shown in the following figure. Find the surface area of pyramid.
 b) The ship P and Q are at points A (latitude 700N, Longitude 400W) B (Latitude 50S,
Longitude 400W) respectively. Ship P has an average speed of 40km/h and Q of 45km/h. If
the two ships leaves their ports at 8:00 am on January 1 and travel toward each other, where
and when Will they meet? Radius of the earth = 6400km, 𝜋= 3.142

2− 3 9 − 12
13. a i) Given the matrix P = ( ) and Q =( ) Find 2P-1/3 Q
5 4 −15 3
4𝑘 8
ii) If the matrix ( ) is singular, find the possible value of k
5 9𝑘
1 0
b) By using transformation matrix( ), Find the image of the point A(-2, 3).
0 −1
Hence state the axis in which this point is reflected
c) Solve the following system of linear equation by using the inverse matrix method
2x + 3y = 7
1
y = 2𝑥
14. A school lorry and school bus are to be used to transport students to a certain function.
The capacities of the lorry and the bus are 70 and 50 students respectively. The number of
students to attend the function should not exceed 350. Each trip made by the lorry and the
bus cost sh 3,000T the money available for the transportation is 1,800. The number of trips
made by the lorry should not exceed number of trips to be made by the lorry and the bus
respectively
i) Write down five (5) inequalities representing this information
ii) By shading the unwanted region draw the region satisfying all the inequalities
iii) Plot inequalities on the same areas
vi) If all the available money for transport is to be used list all the possible number of
trips that each vehicle will make. (Assume that for each trip a vehicle makes it must be
full)
v) Find the greatest number of students that can be transported.
 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENTS’ OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
RUVUMA REGION
FORM FOUR PRE-NATIONAL EXAMINATION
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time: 3 Hours Friday 20th September, 2024 A.M

Instructions
1. This paper consists of section A and B with total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer all questions in section A and B
3. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculator may be used
4. Cellular phones are not allowed examination rom
5. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer sheet(s) provided
 SECTION A (60 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. (a) Four bells are set to sing at the interval 6, 8, 10 and 15 minutes. If they sing together
at 8:00Am, at what time will they sing together again?
(b) During the construction of the community market, a constructor set aside 27,000,020
Tsh for paying 200 workers a day equally
(i) How much money did each day a worker get?
(ii) How much money did the constructor remained with?
√5+3
2. (a) Simplify . Give the answer in form of 𝑎 + 𝑏√𝑐 and hence difference the value of
√5−2
𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐
(b) Given 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 = 0.3010 and log3 = 0.4711 and log5 = 0,6989
find the value of log 7.5
3. (a) In a certain school, 40 students were asked about whether they like tennis or football
or both. It was found that the number of students who like both tennis and football was
three times the number of students who like tennis only. Furthermore, the number of
students who like football only was six more than twice the number of students who like
tennis only. However, 4 students like neither tennis nor football.
(i) Represent this information in a Venn diagram
(ii) Use the results obtained from part a(i) above to determine the number of students
who like both football and tennis
(b) A box containing five blue balls, three red balls and two black balls of the same size.
A ball is selected at random from the box without replacement. A second ball is then
selected. Find the probability of obtaining
i. Two blue balls
ii. One is red ball and one black ball in any order
4. (a) The straight line L1 has equation 3𝑥 − 2𝑦 = 1, Find an equation of the straight line L2
which is perpendicular to L1 and passes through the point (4,1), giving your answer in the
form of 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0, where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integers
(b) A boat sails due to north at a speed of 120km/h and a wind blows a speed of 40km/h
due to east. Find the actual speed of the boat
5. (a) Calculate the area and the perimeter of a regular heptagon inscribed in a circle of a
radius of 10cm
(b) Use the following figure to prove thatb𝐴𝐷̅̅̅̅ = 𝐶𝐷
̅̅̅̅
B

A D C
6. (a) A salesman bought goods from south Africa for 30,000 Rands. When he arrived,
Tanzania was charged a tax of 30%. How much Tanzania shillings did he pay as tax?
(b) A car used petrol at the rate of 1 litre for every 15km. if the price of petrol is Tshs
1530 per litre, find the cost of the petrol for a journey of 675km.

7. (a) Mr. Kachello bought a machine at a certain amount P and sold it the following year at
loss of 17% for Tshs. 65,000. Find the
(i) The loss made
(ii) The buying price
(b) Halima started a business on 1st September 2018 with a capital Tshs. 25,000 in cash.
September 2: bought goods for cash 15,000/=
September 3: sold goods for cash 3,000/=
September 5: sold goods for cash 5,000/=
September 6: paid carriage on goods500/=
September 9: sold goods for cash 14,000/=
September15: bought goods for cash 1,000/=
September 19: paid rent 2,000/=
September 20: purchased goods 6,000/=
September 27: paid wages 5,000/=
September 28: sold goods on credit 1,000/=
By using this information prepare cash account
8. (a) Write down the first four terms of sequence whose general term is 𝑛(2𝑛 − 1) and
state whether it is an arithmetic progression or geometric progression
(b) A certain employee has a salary of Tsh. 285,000/= per month. Each year his salary
increased by Tshs. 14,500/=. What will be his salary after 12 years?
9. (a) Given the right-angled triangle ABC below. Calculate the length of the longest side
of this triangle
A

2𝑥𝑐𝑚 (2𝑥 + 1)𝑐𝑚

B C
(𝑥 − 1)𝑐𝑚
 (b) An observer on the top of a cliff 50cm above the sea level views a ship on the sea at
an angle of depression of 40°. How far is the ship from foot of the cliff?
10. (a) (i) solve the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 3 = 0 by the completing the square
(ii) The operation on integers P and K is defined by 𝑃 ∗ 𝐾 = 𝑃𝐾 + 3𝐾. Find the
value of 𝑎 if 5 ∗ 𝑎 = 20
(b) Rahel is six years older than her brother John. Six years to come, the product of their
ages will be 160 years. Formulate a quadratic equation representing this information.
Hence find their present ages
SECTION B (40 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
11. (a) The following data represent the marks scored by 36 students of a certain school in
mathematics examination
58 71 72 76 90 89 74 83 63 74 70 73 64 75 55 62 65 74 71 64 71 85 70 61 66 68 51 84 50
61 83 68 70 80 50 60
(i) Prepare a frequency distribution table represent the data by using the class
interval: 50-54, 55-59, 60-64
(ii) Calculate the mean and median score correct to 2 decimal places
(b) Given the figure below, find the value of angle named by letter 𝑥
C
x

35
A B

12. (a) Calculate the distance between Tanga (50°𝑁, 12°𝑊) and Arusha (50°𝑁, 26°𝐸) in
nautical miles
(b) The figure represents a room of 6m by 5m by 4m
S R
Q
P 4cm

D C
5cm
A B
6cm

(i) Calculate the diagonal AR

 (ii) Find the angle which the plan SABR makes with the floor
13. (a) Amani and Asha bought Coca-cola and pepsi drinks for a farewell party. A man spent
Tsh. 9,950/= to buy 12 bottles of Coca-cola and 5 bottles of pepsi drinks. Asha spent Tsh.
8,150/= to buy 9 bottles of Coca-cola and 5 bottles of pepsi drinks. Formulate a system of
linear equations and hence apply matrix method to find the price of one bottle of each
type of the drinks
(b) Find the image of the point (2,4) under reflection in the line 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0 followed by
another reflection in the line 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0
14. (a) A function f is defined as
𝑥 𝑖𝑓 − 5 < 𝑥 < 5
𝑓(𝑥) = { 𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 0
𝑥 + 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −2
(i) Find the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)
(ii) Determine the domain and range of 𝑓(𝑥)
(b) A businessman plans to buy at most 210 sacks of Irish and sweet potatoes. Irish
potatoes cost 30,000 shillings per sack and sweet potatoes cost 5,000 shillings per sack.
He can spend up to 2,500,000 shillings and for sweet potato is 12,000 shillings and for
sweet potato is 10,000 shillings. How many sack of each type of potatoes the
businessman will buy in order to realize the maximum profit?
 PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KIBAHA TC, BAGAMOYO DC AND KINONDONI MC (KIBAKI)
FORM FOUR JOINT PRE-NATIONAL EXAMINATION
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time: 3 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 question must be shown clearly
5. NECTA’s mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
7. Where necessary use the following constants;
 pi=π=3.14
 Radius of the Earth, r =6370 km
3 −3
 1 cm =10 litre

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 SECTION A (60 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.

1 (a) The cost of construction of the line of the standard gauge railway (SGR) from Dar Es
. Salaam to mainland was shs. 8488456019500. Write this numerical amount of money in
words.

(b) Evaluate the expression 1.0 3+2. 428571 and leave your answer in fractional form.

(c) The sum of two numbers is twenty-three. Twice the larger number is four more than four
times the smaller. What are the numbers?

2 (a) Prove that the following expression is a rational number

.
√ 3+2 √2−√ 3−2 √ 2
(Hint: start rationalising by squaring the expression).

(b) Find the solution set for the equation 2 log x=log 4 +log ( 2 x −3 )

3 (a) The class has thirty students. Twenty students study physics while twelve study both
. physics and chemistry. If eight students study neither physics nor chemistry, how many
students studies chemistry?

(b) The knock-out match is the one which emerges with a winner, no draw match. The football
experts predict the outcome of two knock-out matches. The first match is of Simba against
Yanga, the second is of Real Madrid against Barcelona. The chance of Simba to win is 0.74
while that of Real Madrid to win is 0.65. What is the probability that both Yanga and
Barcelona will win their matches?

4 (a) ´ which passes to points C (2 ,1) and D(6 ,1) is perpendicular to the line AB
The line CD ´
. ´
which passes through the point B( 5 , 3 ). Find the equation of the line AB.

(b) (i) Define the word “solution”.

(ii) Find the value of k which makes the following simultaneous equations to have no solution

{
y x
−1=
5 15
k y
x− =1
40 8

5 (a) 3 15
If sin A= and cos B= , where A and B are acute angles, find the exact value of
. 5 17
sin( A +B).

(b) The direction of vectors is such that the positive ray of the x-axis is zero degrees and
anticlockwise rotation is positive. Three forces of magnitude 6 N, 5 N and 10 N are acting
on the same load. The directions of the forces are 70°, 160° and 240° respectively. Find the
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 resultant force.

6 (a) 1
( )
2
=5 to evaluate the expression x + 1
2
. Use the sentence x + 2
x x

(b) Six people working 8 hour a day take ten days to finish a certain job. How long will i take
for two people working 12 hour per day to finish the same job?

7 (a) The bank has a condition that on repaying back the borrowed loan the customer must be
. charged the interest rate of 8% per annum. John the customers of the bank borrowed shs.
28,000,000. How much did he own after two years and five months.

(b) Show that the solution set for the sentence

(2¿¿ x−1) ( 3 y+1 ) =(3¿ ¿2) ( 23 ) ¿ ¿

is an equation of a straight line.

8 (a) Find the ratio of the sum of the first ten terms of the series
. 2 4 8
log x +log x +¿ log x + ¿ log x +¿ ¿ ¿ ¿…
to the first term.

(b) Florida deposited sh. 48,000,000/= in a bank for three years at 4% per annum. Find the
compound interest she earned if the interest is compounded at every three months.

9 (a) A fish pond has a shape of a triangle whose sides are 15 m, 10 m and 8 m long. If the depth of the pond
. is 4 m, how many litres of water are needed to fill the pond?

(b) The company stared a business on April 01, 2023 with capital of shs. 600,000
April 2, 2023: Purchased goods for cash shs. 400,000
April 3 Bought goods from Peter on credit shs. 100,000
April 4, 2023: Sold goods for cash shs. 300,000
April 5, 2023: Paid cash to Peter shs. 20,000
April 5, 2023: Paid salary for cash shs. 150,000
April 8, 2023: Paid goods on credit to Deus shs. 250,000
April 8, 2023: Paid transport expenses for cash shs. 120,000

Prepare the cash account using these transactions.

10. (a) Find the value of k which makes the equation

2 5
k x + 5 x − =0
4

to have equal roots.

(b) Two points A and B on a straight coastline are 1 km apart, B being due East of A. If a ship
is observed on bearings 167° and 205° from A and B respectively, what is its distance
from the coastline?

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 SECTION B (40 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.

11. The table below is the weight of patients measured in kilogram-force (kgf).

4 4 5 5 7 6 4 4 5 7
9 8 8 7 2 3 7 6 1 7
5 6 4 3 9 6 4 4 5 6
9 7 9 3 0 1 3 8 5 8
6 5 3 6 6 4 4 4 4 3
5 0 8 5 8 5 6 6 3 5
4 4 7 4 5 4 5 3 5 5
8 5 4 5 9 4 5 6 3 3

(a) Prepare the frequency distribution table representing the given data by using the classes 31 − 40,
41 − 50,…, 81 – 90.

(b) Use the distribution table prepared in (a) to determine the measures of the central tendency.

12. (a) Define the following terms in relation to the spherical shape of the Earth
(i) meridian
(ii) longitude

(b) An aeroplane flies from Rome (41° N, 12° E) towards Port Clarence (65° N, 168 ° W). The
altitude of its path is 15 km above the sea level. Calculate the shortest distance that can be
covered by the aeroplane for the journey from Rome to Port Clarence.

(c) (i) Sketch a net of a regular tetrahedron.

(ii) A tetrahedron is made of the base which is an equilateral triangle. The length of each slant
edge of the tetrahedron is 20 m while that of each side of its base is 30 m. Calculate the
shortest distance from the apex of the tetrahedron to its base.

13. (a) Two chords, AB and CD of a circle whose radius is 13 cm are equal and parallel. If each
chord is 12 cm long, find the distance between them.

(b) ´ passes to points A( 0 ,−5) and B(0 , 8). Use the line AB
The line AB ´ to answer the following
questions:

(i) ´ .
Find the reflection matrix which defines the reflection through the line AB

(ii Use the reflection matrix obtained from (i) to find the image of P(−5 ,−3) under reflection
) ´ .
through that line AB

14. The function is defined as

f ( x)=⌊ x ⌋ −x where n ≤ x< n+ 1

(a) Sketch the graph of f ( x )=⌊ x ⌋ −x , given that −3< n< 3

(b Vitamin, protein and fat are nutrients in spinach and groundnuts. Spinach contains 20, 40 and 30
units of vitamin, protein and fat respectively. Groundnuts contain 50, 20 and 40 units of vitamin,
protein and fat respectively. The cost of spinach per kilogram is shs. 5000. The cost of

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groundnuts per kilogram is shs. 3000. If the minimum requirement is 800 units of vitamin, 1000
units of protein and 1200 units of fat, how much spinach and groundnuts should be bought to
satisfy the conditions.

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MASASI DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE NATIONAL EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time: 3 Hours August, 2024

Instructions

1. This paper consists of section A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions.
2. Answer all questions in both sections.
3. Each question in section A carries six (6) marks while each question in section B
carries ten (10) marks.
4. All necessary working and answers for each question done must be shown
clearly.
5. Mathematical tables and non – programmable calculators may be used.
6. All communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed inthe
examination room.
7. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet (s).
8. Where necessary, use the following constants:
• Pie, 𝜋 = 3.14
• Radius of the Earth, 𝑅e = 6370𝑘𝑚

FOR ASSESSORS’ USE 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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 SECTION A (60Marks)
Answer ALL questions in this section.
1. (a) Three wooden rods of lengths 168cm, 72cm and 90 cm are cut into pieces of thesame
lengths. Find the greatest possible length for these pieces of roads if no wooden rod is left
without cut.

(b) The enrolment of the Form one students in a certain secondary school was 500 last
year. The enrolment this year at the school is 105% of the last year’s enrolment. Find
the enrolment of this year at the school.

2. (a) The amount of money accumulated in somebody’s fixed account at the CRDB
𝑅
bank is given by: 𝐴 = 𝑃(1 + 100)𝑛
Where P is the principal compounded annually.
R is the annual interest rate.
n is the number of years the money is deposited.
Make “n” as the subject of this formula.

1 1
(b) Show that the sum of and is a rational number.
2−√3 2+√3

3. (a) A survey of 160 house holders, each one of whom kept a cat or a dog or both,
showed that 95 kept cats and 80 kept dogs. How many kept both a cat and a dog?

(b) A family has three children. By using a tree diagram, find the probability that the
family has:
(i) All girls
(ii) One girl and two boys.

4. (a) The coordinates of a garden plot with corner points A, B, C and D are (0,0),(3, -2),
(2,3) and (12,5) respectively in metres. Find:
(i) The slope of the side BD.
(ii) The coordinates of the mid –point of the diagram BC.

(b) The position of ship with respect to a fixed origin 0 is given by:
( )
~ = 0,10 + 𝑡(0.4, −0.3), where scalar t is the time in hours and distances are
𝑟

measured in kilometres. Calculate the position of the ship when t = 20.

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5. (a) Find the length of a side and the perimeter of a regular nine –sided polygon
inscribed in a circle of radius 10cm.

(b) A man owns a triangular farm ABC. He decides to divide it into two portions ABDE and
CDE of which are to be reserved for a garden and planting trees respectively. The
portion CDE reserved for trees is shaded and has the area of 720𝑚2. If CE = 50m, CA=
100m and AB is parallel to ED as shown in the figure below, calculate the area of the
portion ABDE reserved for the garden.
B

Garden Trees

C
A E
6. (a) (i) A labour is paid 6, 000 Tshs for an 8-hour work. What is his rate of pay?
(ii) Plant A grows 15 cm in 8 days, plant B grows 12cm in 5 days, and plant C grows
18cm in 11 days. Which plant is growing the slowest? Give a reason.

(b) The numbers of workers needed to repair a road is inversely proportional to the
time taken. If 12 workers can finish the repair in 10 days,
(i) Formulate the equation involving the number of workers, w, and the time
taken, t.
(ii) How long will 30 workers take to finish the repair of the same road?

7. (a) A teacher distributed a number of sweets to the three pupils in her baby class inthe
ratio 3:5:7. John was a pupil in the class who got the smallest share of only 25 sweets. How
many sweets did the teacher have altogether before distributingthem to those three pupils
in the class?

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 (b) (i) Explain the function of the trading account.
(ii) The ledger of Mr. Festo had the following information:

Sales Tsh. 38,000.

Opening stock Ths. 8,000.
Purchases Ths. 25,000.
Electricity bill Tsh. 4,000.
Discount allowed Ths. 2,000.
Closing stock Tsh. 5,000.
Determine the Gross profit and Net profit/loss of Mr. Festo.

8. (a) A woman saves 40, 000 Tshs in her first year of starting a job. Each year she is able to
save 5,000 Tshs more than in the previous year. Formulate anexpression for how
much she saves in the nth year of the job.

(b) On the first day of a training programme, Hamisi runs 6km. This distance
increases by 10% each day. What is the total distance he has run after 12 days?

4
9. (a) Given that cos 𝐴 = and A is an acute angle. Find the value of:
5

i) sin 𝐴

tan 𝐴−cos 𝐴
ii) 1+cos 𝐴

(b) Mwakami wishes to find the width of ̅̅̅̅

𝑋𝑌 of the Malagalasi river. She measures a
̅̅̅̅
distance 𝐴𝐵 = 100𝑚 along the bank of the river. She observes that a point 𝑋 on the other
bank of the river is such that 𝑋𝐴̂𝐵 = 490 and 𝑋𝐵̂ 𝐴 = 580 as shown in the figure below
X

490 580
A Y B
100m
How wide is the river?

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10. (a) A man is 4 times as old as his son. If the product of their ages is 196 years,how
old is the son?

(b) The length of a classroom floor is 4m more than the width and the area is
221𝑚2. Find the dimensions of the floor.

SECTION B (40Marks)
Answer all questions in this section

11. (a) In the figure below, the chords PQ and RS cross at point T. If TR = 6cm, TS =3cm
and TQ =9cm, how long is TP?

Q S
9cm 3cm

T
P
6cm

(b) The heights of a group of 30 children, measured to the nearest centimetres areas
shown in the table below:

Heights(cm) 90-99 100-109 110-119 120-129 130-139 140-149

Number of 2 5 7 10 5 1
children
(i) Prepare a frequency distribution including the columns of class
boundaries or limits and a cummulative frequency.
(ii) Draw a cummulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the median
height.

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12. (a) The figure below is a cuboid with a square base ABCD. If AC = 5cm, CG =
12cm and K is the mid –point of AC, calculate:
(i) The length AG.
(ii) The angle AG makes with the base ABCD.
(iii) The volume of the cuboid.

(b) A plane starts at (200𝑆, 300𝐸) and flies north for a distance 4,000km. Findits
new latitude and longitude.

13.(a) In a certain shop, 5 shirts and 2 pairs of shorts cost 27, 000 Tshs. Two shirtsand 6
pairs of short cost 29,000 Tshs.
(i) How much is the cost of a shirt and a pair of shorts?
(ii) How much is the total cost of 8 shirts and 5pairs of shorts?

(b) The function ƒ is defined as

−2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < 0
𝑓(𝑥) = { 0 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 = 0
2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 0

Draw the graph of ƒ(𝑥) and from it:

(i) Find the value of ƒ(7)
(ii) State the range of ƒ(𝑥)

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14. (a) Let 𝐴 = {𝑇𝑎nzania, 𝑈ni𝑡e𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡e𝑠, 𝑈ni𝑡e𝑑 𝑘in𝑔𝑑o𝑚, 𝐹𝑟𝑎nce}.
𝐵 = {𝑑o𝑙𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑠, 𝑠ℎi𝑙𝑙in𝑔𝑠, 𝑝o𝑢n𝑑𝑠, e𝑢𝑟o}.

(i) Draw an arrow diagram to represent the relation between A and B, assuming
that both United Kingdom and France also use the currency “euro”.
(ii) Is the relation a function or not? Give a reason.

(b) A doctor prescribes that in order to obtain an adequate supply of vitamins Aand
C, his patient shall have portions of food type 1 and food of type 2. The number of
units of Vitamin A and C are given in the following table

Nutrients
Food Vitamin A Vitamin C
F1 3 2
F2 1 7

The doctor prescribes a minimum of 14 units of vitamin A and 21 units of vitamin

C. What are the least number of food type 1 and type 2 that will fit the doctor’s
prescription?

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 THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

KWIMBA DISTRICT COUNCIL

FORM FOUR AUGUST SPECIAL EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time: 3 Hours

INSTRUCTIONS

1. This paper consists of section A and B with total fourteen (14) questions.
2. Answer all questions in both sections
3. Each question in section A carries six (6) marks while each question in
section B carries ten (10) marks.
4. All writings must be in blue and black ink, except drawings which
should be in pencil
5. Mathematical tables and No-programmable calculators may be used.
6. All communication devices, programmable calculators and any unauthorized materials a

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 SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

1. (a) Find the approximation value of the expression by rounding off each number in the expression
.
.
to one significant figure.

b) The numbers 28, 41, 42, 59, 70 belong to the set of natural numbers. By using these numbers

(i) Calculate the difference between the lowest common multiple of prime numbers and the

greatest common factor of the remaining number

(ii) Express the answer obtained in 1(b) above in standard notation Ax10n convert into two

Significant figures where 1 ≤ 𝐴 < 10 and n is any integer

2. (a) If a = 0.85̇ and b = 0.2̇1̇ Find the value of in simplest form

(b) (i) The interior angle of a regular polygon is one hundred and eight degrees greater than the

exterior angle. How many sides does the polygon have? And suggest the name of the polygon.

(ii) Solve for x given that 25(2 )=x

(c) Given that a: b = 5: 2 and b:c = 3:4, find a:c

3. (a) Each of the 50 students in a class must take at least one of the following subjects cookery and

needle work. If 30 take cookery and 20 take needle work, how many take both subjects

(b) (i) Show this (A∪B)' on a Venn diagram

(ii) A census was made in a certain village and found that some of families are famers and some

are hunters and some practice both farming and hunting, at this village were forty families. It

was also found that the number of families who practice farming only were six more than

twice the number of hunters only. However, families who practise both hunting and farming
were three times the number of families who practice hunting only.

Furthermore, there were four families who just practice none of these activities. Calculate the

probability of selecting families who practice either hunting or farming.

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4. (a) Both lines r and s passes through the point (k,9) Line r has a slope of - and pass through the

point (5,-3). Determine

(i) The value of k

(ii) Equation of S in standard form of ax + by + c = 0. If its x – intercept is 4

(b) Mikumi is one hundred forty kilometres of a bearing of seventy degree from Iringa .
Makambako is one hundred sixty kilometres at a bearing of two hundred fifteen degrees from Iringa.

Sketch the position of the towns relative to each other. Hence calculate the displacement from

Makambako to Mikumi.

5.(a) The surface area of a solid sphere whose radius is six centimetres is equal to the surface area of a
solid right cylinder with radius two centimetre. Find the height of the cylinder.

(b) (i) Prove that the bisector of the vertical angle of an isosceles triangle is perpendicular to the base
its midpoint

(ii) Find the area of a regular decagon inscribed in a circle with radius of ten centimetres

6. (a) The number of the square tiles needed to surface the floor of a hall varies inversely as the square
of the length of a side of the tile used. If 2016 tiles of sides 0.4m would be needed to surface the floor
of the hall. How many tiles of sides 0.3m would be required?

(b) (i) A shopkeeper sold five hundred sweets. Some sweets cost five shillings and some costs eight
shillings. The cash received for the more expensive sweets was one hundred more than for the cheaper
sweets. Find the number each kind of sweets

(ii) Using the information in 6(b) above. Assuming that you are in US how much USD could you use
for the cheaper sweets if 1 USD is equivalent to Tsh. 1200/=

7. (a) A bicycle costs Tsh.150,800 If 2 % discount is given to a customer. What is the discounted
price?
(b) Define the following terminologies as used in accounts
(i) Double entry system
(ii) Ledger
(iii) Closing stock (Stock at close)
(iv) Long terms liabilities

8. (a) Second term, fifth term and seventh term of AP is the first three terms of a geometric
progression. Calculate the common ratio and the second term of the geometric progression.

b) i) A series of an arithmetic progression has six, a number and thirty-eight. Find the number

ii) Find the sum of all integers from one to one hundred which are not divisible by five

9. (a) Your are walking up a five hundred meters high hill. The trail has an inclined of twelve degrees.
How far will you walk to get to the top of the hill. (your answer in kilometre)

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(b) (i) Consider two square of different size. Draw the smaller square ABCD inscribed in the larger
one PQRS whose vertices divides the length of the larger at a ratio a: b such that the length l = a + b
prove the Pythagoras theorem.

(ii) A student is standing ten meter away from a foot of a big and tall tree and observed that the angle
of elevation is fifty five degrees. How high is he if it is sixteen high meters?

10. (a) (i) What must be added to make the expression that the difference between the square of a
number and twelve times the number will make it a perfect square.

(ii) The sum of the two consecutive numbers is five. Find the numbers

(b) The entrance door of the house of Mr. Msaki has two stairs, the length of the base stair is twelve
plus a certain number while its height it two plus the same number. However, the second stair’s height
is four times the same number from the first stair, while its length is four plus the same number.
Moreover, the second stair is on top of the base stair.

(i) Write the expression for the sum of the area of the down stair and the upper stair

(ii) What is the value of the number if the total area of the stairs is 104cm2?

SECTION.B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

11. Consider the data given in the following frequency distribution table

Class – Interval Frequency

0-10 4
10-20 16
20-30 x
30-40 y
40-50 z
50-60 6
60-70 4
The total frequency = 230, median = 33.5 and mode = 34

(a) State:

(i) The median class

(ii) The modal class

(b) Find the values of x, y and z

(c) Find the mean of the data.

(d) Show the radius of a circle with an arc of length 𝜋 m and central angle of is 6m

12. (a) The ship P and Q are at the points A (Latitude 700N, Longitude 400W) B (Latitude 50S,
Longitude 400W) respectively. Ship P has an average speed of 40KM/h and Q of 45 km/h. If the two
ships leave their ports at 8:00a.m on January 1 and travel toward each other. Where and when will
they meet? (Radius of the earth = 640km, 𝜋 = 3.142.)

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 (b) Draw a rectangular box ABCD and the points E, F, G and H are vertically above in the
respective

order. If AB = 12cm, BC = 5cm, GC = 6cm.

(i) Find the diagonals AC and AG

(ii) Find the angle between AG and the base

(iii) Is HD and AB skew lines? Why?

(iv) State number of faces, edges and vertices.

𝑝− 𝑝+
13. (a) For what value of p will the matrix be non- singular matrix
1 6𝑝

2 −3
(b) If A = and f (x) = x2 -3x-4I. Find f (A), Where I is an identify matrix.
−2 1

What is the name of a matrix?

(c) A shopkeeper is planning to start a business using two types of commodities. With these

commodities, the shopkeeper found that. If he takes three times the first commodity more than half

of the second commodity, he gates the profit of one thousand two hundred shillings. However, if he

takes twice the first commodity less than three times the second commodity he gets four hundred

shillings as a profit. Using Cramer’s rule find which type of commodity the first one or second one

he has to buy in large quantity to get large profit

14. A company sells refrigerator and washing machines. Each refrigerator takes up 1.8m2 of space and
cost 300,000 shillings. Whereas each washing machine takes up 1.5m2 of space and cost 500,000

shillings. The owner of the shop has 6,000,000 shillings to spend and has 27m2 of space

(a) Write down all the inequalities which represent the given information

(b) If he makes a profit of 30,000 shillings on each refrigerator and 40,000 shillings on each

washing machine, find how many refrigerators and washing machines he should sell for

maximum profit.

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FORM FOUR SPECIAL SCHOOLS SYNDICATE JOINT EXAMINATION, 2024

Code: 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time: 3:00 Hrs. Tuesday 17-September-2024 AM

Instructions
1. This paper consists of fourteen (14) compulsory questions.
2. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly in
the answer sheet(s) provided.
3. All writing must be in blue or black ink except drawings, which must be in pencil.
4. Necta Mathematical tables, Geometrical instruments and graph paper may be
used where necessary.
5. All communication devices and unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room.
6. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).
 SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer all questions

1. (a) (i) Determine the common factors of the numbers 36 and 54.
(ii) Kibasila was told by his teacher to find the total integers 𝑍 on the interval
3
− 2 < 𝑍 ≤ 2. What correct answer did he get?
(b) A customer at MALAIKA restaurant spent one−fifth of the money she had on
breakfast. She then spent one−third of what remained on dinner. After all
these expenses she found that she has 32,000 Tanzanian shillings remaining.
Find the amount of money she had initially.
1 (2𝑥) 1 −𝑥 1 1 𝑥
2. (a) Solve for the value of 𝑥 in equation (9) (3) ÷ 27 − (243) = 0
2
(b) (i) Express the square of the expression in a simplified form.
2+2√3
(ii) If 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 = 0.3010 and 𝑙𝑜𝑔3 = 0.4771, evaluate 𝑙𝑜𝑔1.5
3. (a) Out of 150 failures at Mamboleo secondary school over a period of 5 years,
60% were caused by absenteeism and 30% by low remembering capacity. If
20% were caused by low remembering capacity but not absenteeism, find the
number of students whose failures were caused by factors other than the two
mentioned.
(b) Crest hotel has 30 rooms which are single or double rooms. If a room is
1
chosen at randomly, the probability of choosing a single room is , find the
6
number of double rooms in the hotel.
4. (a) A figure below represents two lines 𝐴𝐵 and 𝑀𝑁 intersecting at point 𝑀. If
𝐴𝑀 = 𝐵𝑀, determine the equation of line 𝑀𝑁 in the form 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0
given that points 𝐴 and 𝐵 are (4, 8) and (6, 0) respectively.
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(b) (i) Given the position vectors 𝑎 = 3𝑖 + 2𝑗 and 𝑏 = 6𝑖 − 2𝑗. If 𝑐 = 𝑎 − 𝑏, how
2

far is vector 𝑐 from the origin?

(ii) The football ground at Dutwa secondary school is 250 metres at a bearing
of 0450 from administration block and the library is 200 metres at a
bearing of 0900 from football ground. By representing this information on
a well labelled diagram, determine the displacement from library to
administration block.
5. (a) Find the perimeter of a regular polygon of interior angle of 1440 when
inscribed to the circle of a radius of 10 𝑐𝑚.
(b) A plot of land with an equilateral triangular shape has a side of 40 metres.
Find its area correct to two decimal places.

6. (a) A bottle of soda costs 600 Tanzanian shillings. If 20 Tanzanian shillings is

equivalent to 1 Kenyan shilling, find the price of the bottle of soda in Kenyan
shillings.
(b) 𝑃 varies directly as the square of 𝑁. If the value of 𝑁 is increased by 20%,
determine the percentage increase of the value of 𝑃.
7. (a) At Kingalu market in Morogoro, the ratio of men to women is 7:12. If there are
present 1380 women, find the number of men in the market.
(b) Miss Subira started the business on 16th March,2020 with a capital in cash
Tshs. 66,000/=.
March. 17 bought goods for cash Tshs. 40,000/=
19 sold goods for cash Tshs. 30,000/=
21 purchases goods for cash Tshs. 25,000/=
22 sold goods for cash Tshs. 20,000/=
24 advertising for cash Tshs. 5,000/=
26 paid rent Tshs. 15, 000/=
27 sold goods on credit to Mr Ngumbuke Tshs. 10,000/=
Record and close the above transactions in the cash account.
8. (a) Using the concept of arithmetic progression, find the sum of the first 50 even
positive integers.
(b) A business person borrows two million shillings from Azania bank at 7%
interest rate compounded quarterly, and repays 90,000 shillings at the end of
each month. How much does he still owe the bank at the end of two years?
9. (a) (i) A tree which is 8 metres high, casts the shadow with length 6 metres long.
Find the distance between the end of the shadow to the top of the tree.
(ii) Given the expression 13 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝜃 = 5. If 𝜃 is an obtuse angle, find the value of 𝑐𝑜𝑠 𝜃.

(b) Below is the location of the houses of Abdera, Benadetha and Cosmas. How far
is Abdera’s house from benadetha’s house?

10. (a) A BODABODA rental man charges Tshs 3,000 a day and Tshs 150 per
kilometre for renting a motorcycle. Josiah rents a motorcycle for two days and
his bill comes to Tshs 10,800. How many kilometres did he drive?
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(b) If the values 𝑥 = 1 and 𝑥 = − 4 are only potential solutions of the equation
𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 = 0 where 𝑎, 𝑏 and 𝑐 are integers, determine the values of 𝑎, 𝑏
and 𝑐.

SECTION B (40 Marks)

Answer all questions
11. (a) The final scores in a computer science test of 62 candidates were recorded as
shown in the table below.
scores 65 - 69 70 - 74 75 - 79 80 - 84 85 - 89 90 - 94
No. of candidates 10 12 18 6 9 7

(i) Calculate the median score of the distribution.

(ii) Draw the histogram and from it estimate the mode of the distribution.
(b) Study the figure below, and hence;
 (i) Prove that 𝐴𝐵̂ 𝐶 = 𝐶𝐷
̂𝐸
(ii) Find the value of the angle marked 𝑛.
12. (a) (i) A rectangular pyramid with base PQRS of dimensions 8 cm and 6 cm has a
vertex at point W. If each slanting edge has a size of 10 cm, find the angle
̅̅̅̅̅ makes with the plane PQRS.
that a line 𝑊𝑅
(ii) Find the volume of the following right prism given that ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵 = 5 𝑐𝑚,
̅̅̅̅ = 10, ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐶 𝐴𝐸 = ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐹 = 2 𝑐𝑚 and E Aˆ B  60
0
.

(b) A ship leaves from town 𝑅(400 𝑆, 1720 𝐸) to town 𝑃(400 𝑆, 1780 𝐸) on Friday
06: 30 p.m. when steaming at 15 knots. Find when will it arrive to town 𝑃.

1 3 3 2
13. (a) Given that 𝐴 = ( ) and 𝐵 = ( ). Find the value of 𝐴2 + 3𝐵.
−2 0 0 1
(b) A farmer has 83000 Tanzanian shillings for buying planting and growing
fertilizers. If he buys 2 bags of planting fertilizers and 2 bags of growing
fertilizers, he remains with 9000 Tanzanian shillings. If he buys 1 bag of
planting fertilizers and 3 bags of growing fertilizers he spends all the money.
Using the inverse matrix method, find the price of each bag of planting
fertilizers and each bag of growing fertilizers.
(c) Find the coordinates of a point 𝑃(3, 0) after a rotation through 1800 clockwise
about the origin followed by a reflection in the line 𝑦 = 𝑥√3. Leave your
answer in surd form.
14. (a) A step function 𝑓 is defined on the set of real numbers such that

𝑥 2 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 > 1
𝑓(𝑥) = { . Compute 𝑓(−3) and 𝑓(√5)
𝑥 − 4 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≤ 1
(b) The Upendo furniture company Limited has two workshops which produce
timber used in manufacture of tables and chairs. In one day operation,
workshop A can produce timber required to manufacture 20 tables and 60
chairs and workshop B can produce the timber required to manufacture 25
tables and 50 chairs. The company needs enough timber to manufacture at
least 200 tables and 500 chairs. If it costs 100,000 shillings to operate
workshop A for one day and 90,000 shillings to operate workshop B for one
day, then;
(i) How many days should each workshop be operated in order to produce
a sufficient amount of timber at a minimum cost?
(ii) Determine that minimum cost.
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MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND NATIONAL SERVICE
MILITARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
FORM FOUR – PRE NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: 3 HOURS 06 Aug 2024

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of Sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer ALL questions
3. Each questions 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 question must be shown clearly
5. NECTA mathematical tables and non-programmable calculator may be used
6. ALL communication devices and any un authorized material are not allowed in the
examination room
7. Write your examination number on every page of your answer booklet(s)
 SECTION A

1. (a) The LCM and GCF of three numbers are 840 and 5 respectively; if
two numbers are 15 and 40; Find the other number

(b) Find the approximate value of the expression by rounding off each
in the expression to one significant figure.

2. (a) Express the following radical in their most simplified form

√ √
√ √

(b) Without using mathematical table show that

√ √ √
⁄

3. (a) In a village of 50 farmers, 25 grow cashew nut, and 16 grow maize.

If 10 farmers grow neither cashew nut nor maize. Represent this information in a
well labeled Venn diagram.

(b) Use part (F) Find

(i) The number of farmers who grow cashew nut only
(ii) The probability that selected random from the farmer will
grow at least two crops

4. (a) (i) The line from to has its mid point at Find
the values of
(ii) Find the value of equation of the line passing through the
point (6, 4) and perpendicular to the line whose equation is

(b) Given that , whereby and Find

(i) Direction
 (ii) The direction of Vector

5. (a) Given that triangle ABC is similar to triangle PQR. Find the area of
triangle PQR: if = 5cm, and while angle PQR is

(b) Find the perimeter of a regular hexagon inscribed in a circle whose

radius is 100cm.

6. (a) Mr. Onyango from Kenya visited Tanzania. He had 7000 Kenya
shilling (Kshs) and wanted to change the money in US dollar. If 1 US dollar was
equivalent to 2500 Tanzania shilling (Tshs) and 1Kshs was equivalent to Tsh. 20
how much US dollar did he get?

(b) If X varies directly as square of y and when , find the value of x when

7. (a) Azizi – K bought a sport shoe for Tshs 120,000 few month later he
sold the sport shoe at a profit of 20%. Find the profit made and the selling price.

(b) Samia started a business on 1st July 2024 with a capital of Tshs. 25,000/= in cash
July 2 bought goods for cash 15,000/=
3 sold goods for cash 3,000/=
5 sold goods for cash 5,000/=
6 paid carriage on goods 500/=
9 sold goods for cash 14,000/=
15 bought goods for cash 1,000/=
19 paid rent 2,000/=
20 purchases goods 6,000/=
27 paid wages 5,000/=
28 sold goods on credit 1,000/=

From above transaction, prepare the Cash Account

8. (a) Find the compound interest carried after three years on Tsh.
 200,000/= invested at the interest 8% per annum.

(b) The 20th term of an arithmetic progression is 60 and the 16th term
is 20. Find the sum of the first 40 terms.
9. (a) The area of basketball ground is If the width is 15m; Find
the diagonal length of the ground.

(b) If P and q are complementary angles such that Find

10.(a) Solve the equation by general formula

(b) The side of a right angle are Find the value of x

in cm if the hypotenuse is

SECTION B

11.(a) A chord of 48cm is at 7cm from the centre of a circle. Calculate

the circumference of a circle (Leave your answer in three significant figure)

(b) The given frequency distribution table below shows the score of 30
students in group of Mathematics test

Students group 47 52 57 62 67 72
Frequency 2 4 7 9 5 3
(i) Find the Mean by using assumed mean from the lowest frequency

(ii) Draw cumulative frequency curve (Ogive) and use it to estimate the
median.

12.(a) (i) Find the distance between point A and B in kilometer

 (ii) An aeroplane takes off from at a speed of
332 km/h. if it leaves B at 3:00pm, at what time will it arrive at C airport?

(b) The following figure is a rectangular prism in which

̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ Calculate

(i) The length of ̅̅̅̅

(ii) The angle ̅̅̅̅ makes with the plane ABCD
(iii) The volume of the prism

13. (a) For what value of K the matrix ( ) be no inverse

(b) Asha and Juma went to the market with money of Tsh. 2,000/=
and 3,000/= respectively. Asha bought 10 oranges, Juma bought two times of
Asha, while if Juma bought 2 mangoes, Asha bought three times of Juma.
Formulate a system of linear equations and hence apply the matrix method to find
the price of orange and mango.
(c) Point ) is reflected in the line followed by an anticlockwise
rotation through about the origin. Find the final image of point A.

14. (a) Mr. Bangu wish to establish a transport company, He needs at

least 5 buses and 10 minibus. Because of limited floor space, he need at most 30
vehicles altogether. A bus takes up to 3 units of garage and there are only 54 unit
of garage space available. A bus takes Tsh. 135,000/= running cost a day and
minibus takes Tshs. 72,000/= running cost a day.
 (i) Formulate the linear in equalities to summarize the information above
(ii) Calculate the maximum daily cost and corresponding number of buses and
minibuses.

(b) A linear function is such that Find

 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
GAIRO DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE – NECTA EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS 27Th August 2024

Time 3:00 Hrs - A.M

1. This paper consists of fourteen (14) questions.

2. Answer ALL questions in both sections A and B.
3. All working must be shown clearly on how you arrived at the answer.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculators may be used.
5. Cellular phones are not allowed in the examination room.
6. Write your Names on every page of your answer sheet (s).

SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section. .
1. (a) Given 0.000375, write the number:
(i) Correct to two significant figures.
(ii) Correct to four decimal places.
(b) Express the given decimals into fraction:
(i) 0.27̇
(ii) 2.3̇46̇

5𝑥+1 1
2. (a) Find the value of 𝑥 such that =
125(3𝑥+1) 252−𝑥
(b) Given log 2 = 0.3010, log3 = 0.4771 and log 5 = 0.6989, find the value of log(7.5)
3. (a) In an interview at Muyama village, 50 villagers said that they are farmers, 48 said
that they are pastoralists, and 36 said that they are both farmers and pastoralists.
How many villagers were interviewed?
(b) A box containing five blue balls, three red balls and two black balls of the same size.
A ball is selected at random from the box without replacement. A second ball is then
selected. Find the probability of obtaining:
(i) Two blue balls.
(ii) One is red ball and one black ball in any order.

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4. (a) The straight L1 has equation 3x − 2y =1, find an equation of the straight line L 2
which is perpendicular to L1 and passes through the point (4, 1), giving your
answer in the form of 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0, where a, b and c are integers.

(b) Given that 𝑎 = 6𝑖 − 𝑗, 𝑏 = 2𝑖 + 5𝑗 and 𝑐 = ̄𝑖 − 4𝑗, calculate 𝑎 + 2𝑏 − 𝑐 and also

find the unit vector in the direction of 𝑎 + 2𝑏 − 𝑐

5. (a) Calculate the area and the perimeter of a regular heptagon inscribed in a circle of
radius 10cm.
(b) Use the figure below to:
(i) Prove that ∆PQR is similar to ∆TSR
(ii) Calculate the length of TR and SR.

6. (a) Suppose that the resistance to the motion of a car is directly proportional to the
square speed of the car and that the resistance is 4000N at a speed of 72km/h. At
what speed is the resistance 6250N?
(b) A car used petrol at the rate of 1 litre for every 15km. If the price of petrol is Tsh.
1520 per litre, find the cost of the petrol for a journey of 675km.

7. (a) Mr Kaje bought a machine at a certain amount P and sold it the following year at
loss of 17% for Tsh.65,000. Find:
(i) The loss made.
(ii) The buying price.
(b) If A:B=3:4 and B:C=7:8, find A:B:C .

8. (a) The second, fourth and eighth terms of an arithmetic progression forms the first
three terms of a geometric progression and the sum of the third and fifth terms
of arithmetic progression is 20. Find the first four terms of geometric progression.

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 (b) A certain employee have a salary of Tsh.285,000 per month. Each year his salary is
increased by Tsh.14,500. What will be his salary after 12 years?
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9. (a) If tan 𝐴 = , where A is an acute angle, Find the value of;
12
cos 𝐴−sin 𝐴
i. sin 𝐴 ii.
1−tan 𝐴

(b) An observer on the top of a cliff 50 cm above the sea level views a ship on the
sea at an angle of depression of 40°. How far is the ship from the foot of the cliff?

10. (a) (i) Solve the quadratic equation 2𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 3 = 0 by the method of

completing the square.
(ii) The operation on integers P and K is defined by 𝑝 ∗ 𝑘 = 𝑝𝑘 + 3𝑘 find the
value of 𝑎 if 5 ∗ 𝑎 = 20
(b) One-third of the sum of two numbers is 50 and one-fifth of their difference is 2.
Find the numbers.
SECTION B (40 Marks)
Answer all questions from this section.
11. (a) The following data shows the marks that were obtained by form four (1V) students
in basic mathematics test at a certain secondary school:
44 56 49 63 58 22 38 47 31 41 25 50 29 34 60 61 85 51 20 30 43 50 57
34 21 53 43 86 35 53 80 63 72 26 56 75 32 74 41 57
(i) Construct a frequency distribution table starting with class interval of 20−29,…..
(ii) Calculate the mean, mode and median of these data.
(b) A running track in circular form has a radius of 80m from the center. A sprinter runs
120m from point P to P. Find the angle subtended by the sprinter from the centre.
12. (a) The figure below represents a room 6m by 5m by 4m:

i. Calculate the diagonal AR.

ii. Find the angle which the plan SABR makes with the floor.
A(100S, 300W) B(100N, 300W)
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 (b) A ship sails from a point 𝐴(10°𝑆, 30°𝑊) to 𝐵(10°𝑁, 30°𝑊) at 20 Knots. If it leaves
point A at 12:00 midnight at Monday, when will it arrive at point B?
4 0 ̄5 0
13. (a) (i) If 𝐴 = and 𝐵 = find the value of p and q if 𝐴 (𝑝3) = 𝐵(𝑞̄1 )
0 3 0 ̄5
(ii) Use matrix method to solve the given system of simultaneous equations:
3𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 1, 7𝑥 + 𝑦 = 23

(b) Find the image of the point (2, 4) under reflection in the line 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0 followed
by another reflection in the line 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0

14. (a) A school plans to buy goats. A male goats costs 2,400 shillings and a female goats
costs 3,000 shillings. The school wants to buy not more than 4 male goats. If it is
prepared to spend up to 48,000 shillings. Find the maximum number of goats it
can buy.
𝑥, 𝑖𝑓 ̄ 5 < 𝑥 < 5
(b) The function 𝑓 is defined as {𝑥 2 , 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 ≥ 0
𝑥 + 2, 𝑖𝑓 𝑥 < −2
(i) Draw the graph of f (x) .
(ii) Determine the domain and range of f (x) .

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 THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
NORTH WESTERN ZONE FORM FOUR FORM PRE-NATIONAL EXAMINATION

TIME:3HRS 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS-17/9/2024

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of sections A and section B with a total of 14 questions.
2. Attempt all questions in both sections.
3. Each question in section A carries 6 marks while each question in section B carries 10 marks.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculator may be used.

SECTION A (60 MARKS)

1. (a) i. Every 5th person in a queue at the theatre will receive a free matinee pass (an afternoon
performance in a cinema). Every 9th person will receive a free evening pass. Which person
will be the first to receive both passes?
(b) Fill in the following table by using classification of real numbers
Number Type Decimal form Types of decimal
1 Rational 0.2 Terminating
5
1 5
13
2 √9

3 √13

2. (a)Seypalm raised a certain number to the exponent of 5 and got 16 807. Which number did he
raise to theexponent of 5?
(b) Solve: log 25 + 2 log 𝑥 = 2

3. (a) In a group of 29 tourists from different countries, 17 went to Manyara National Park, 13
went to Mikumi National Park, and 8 went to neither Mikumi nor Manyara National parks.
How many tourists went to both National Parks ( Use only formula)
(b) A family consists of 3 children of different ages. Find the probability of the following
i. the oldest is a boy
ii. the oldest and the youngest are boys
4. (a) Find the value of 𝑥 and the equation of a line passing through (3, 8) and (𝑡 ,5) parallel to
another line whose equation is 6𝑥 − 4𝑦 − 3 = 0
(b) Given that vectors 𝑐 = 3𝑖 − 5𝑗 ; 𝑎 = 6𝑖 − 2𝑗 ; 𝑐 = 2𝑖 + 5𝑗 ;. Find the following:

i. 2𝑎 + 𝑏 − 3𝑐

ii. Scalar t and k if 𝑡𝑎 + 𝑘𝑏 = 4𝑖 − 3𝑗

5. (a) The exterior angles of a three sided polygon are given in the ratio of 10: 9: 5. Find the
interior angles

(b) Given: 𝑚 ∠ 𝐸𝐴𝐷 ≅ 𝑚∠ 𝐸𝐵𝐶 and𝐵𝐸 ≅ 𝐴𝐸 . Prove: ∆ 𝐵𝐶𝐸 ≅ ∆𝐴𝐷𝐸

B

A C

6. (a) 𝑦 is directly as a cube root of 𝑥 and 𝑥 = 2 when 𝑦 = 9

i. Find the expression connecting the variables
ii. Find 𝑦2 when 𝑥2 = 8
(b) 40 men working 8 hours a day, finish a certain job in 16 days. Find how long would take
the same job for 16 men working 10 hours a day? (Individuals are working at the same
pace)
7. (a) Find the buying price of five text books sold at a constant price if one text book is sold at
sh. 34 500 at a profit of 15%
(b) Given the following balances, use them to prepare a profit and loss account for the year
ended 31st December 2019.
Gross profit……………………………… ….sh. 900 000
Wages and salaries…………………………...sh. 100 000
Rent……………………………………………sh. 50 000
Insurance…………………………………….sh. 120 000
Discount received…………………… ………sh. 80 000
Discount allowed…………………………… sh. 300 000
Transport……………………………………. sh. 130 000
Commission received…………………………sh. 400 000
Office expenses……………………………….sh. 200 000
Bad debts…………………………………….sh. 20 000
Advertising……………………………………sh. 70 000
Sundry expenses………………………………sh. 150 000
8. (a) Find the sum of the following series: 73 + 78 + 83 + ⋯ 588
(b) Calculate 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐺15(the 15th term) so that 𝑥 − 1, 𝑥 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑥 + 2 are consecutive terms of
geometric sequence.
9. (a) i. Which law either the law of cosine or the law of sine is used to calculate 𝑎? Give
mathematical reason for the choice
ii. Find 𝑎 if 𝑐 = 8 𝑐𝑚, 𝑏 = 10 𝑐𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚 ∠𝐴 = 60°
(b) Find the third side of a right angled triangle whose two sides are 25 𝑐𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 20 𝑐𝑚
𝑚 𝑛
− =1
10. (a) Solve: { 2 5
3𝑛 = 24 + 𝑚
1 1 9
(b) Solve by completing the square: 𝑥 + 𝑥+1 = 20

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

11. (a) Consider the following cumulative frequency curve as follows:

i. Calculate the median score by using the formula

ii. Use Histogram to estimate the mode score
(b) Calculate angle 𝑡 in the following circle O
A

32o t
B C
O
12. (a) VABCD is a pyramid with 𝑉𝐴 = 𝑉𝐵 = 𝑉𝐶 = 𝑉𝐷 = 5 𝑐𝑚 and ABCD is a square base of
sides 4 cm each. Assume the centre of the base is at point N. Find the following:
i. The angle between VA and the base ABCD
ii. The volume of the pyramid
(b) How long will it take for a plane travelling at a speed of 650 km/h to travel between points
Q(30° 𝑁, 28° 𝐸)and R(30° 𝑁, 72° 𝑊)?.
(Use 𝜋 = 3.142 and the radius of the Earth R= 6 370 𝑘𝑚)
13. (a) Find the image of the point (4,2) under a reflection in the line −𝑥 + 𝑦 = 0 followed by a
rotation through 90° clockwise direction about the origin.
(b) i. Calculate 𝑥 𝑎𝑛 𝑑 𝑦 so that
2𝑥 4 3𝑦 −2 −5 2
( )+( )=( )
−3 5𝑥 −2 −𝑦 −5 13
ii. Solve the following system of simultaneous equations by using the matrix method
5𝑥 − 𝑦 = 7𝑥 + 𝑦 = 12
14. (a) A furniture company has two plants that produce the lumber used in manufacturing tables
and chairs. In 1 day of operation plant A can produce the lumber required to manufacture 20
tables and 60 chairs, and plant B can produce the lumber required to manufacture 25 tables and
50 chairs. The company needs enough lumber to manufacture at least 200 tables and 500 chairs.
If it cost$1 000 to operate plant A for 1 day and $900 to operate plant B for 1 day
i. How many days should each plant be operated to produce a sufficient amount of lumber at
a minimum cost?
ii. What is the minimum cost?
(b) Given: (𝑥) = −|𝑥 − 3| + 1 . Sketch the graph of the function and state the domain and
range of 𝑓
 FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK MWANZA EXAMINATION ANSWER 2024
1. (a)(i) 984421
(ii) 124489 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
54 59 64 69 74 79 84 89 94
(b) After 72 minutes 3 2 7 5 10 3 4 1 1
(b) A = 72, Mean = 69.64
2. (a)(i) n = -8
(ii) √2 – 2 (c) Median from the graph is 70

12. (a)(i) 352cm2

(b) 3. 3508
(ii) 71.57°
3. (a) n(H∩M) = 30
(b)(i)
n(H) = 80
(ii) 6879.49km
1 −10
(b) Answer is 4
1 13. (a)(i) ( )
15 7
2
(ii) k = ± 3
4. (a) k = 7
(b) (-2, -3)
(b) d = 4i – 3j
4 𝟑
A unit vector is 5i – 𝟓j (c) The value of x = 2, y = 1
5. (a)(i) r = 7
(ii) c = 44cm 14. (a)(i)Graph
(ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥𝜖𝑅}
(b)(i) n = 24, exterior angle = 15° Range = {𝑦: 𝑦𝜖𝑅}
(ii) DE = 30cm
(b)Let the Irish be x and sweet be y
6. (a) k = 1440, 12 days x + y ≥ 210
30000x + 5000y ≥ 2,500,000
(b) k = 1500, m = 225kg x≥0,y≥0
f(x, y) = 12000x + 1000y
7. (a) 86,383.8

(b) Balance sheet = 185,000

Cash = Current assets

8. (a) An = 10n + 2

(b) 35 metres

9. (a) 15 metre

4
(b) Tan B = 3

10. (a) x = -7 or x = 2

(b) Answer is 10 and 3

Business man must by 58 of irish
11. (a) Frequency Distribution table potatoes and 152 of sweet potato
FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK CHALINZE EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
(b) The distance between them is 10
1. (a) (i) 873.934801
(ii) 8.739 × 102
12. (a)(i) Distance = 450,040.5km
(b) LCM = 432, GCF = 6,
(ii) Speed = 108,009.72km/hr
Answer is 24300
(b)(i) AG = 16.401cm
2. (a) 15√2 + 10√3 (ii)The angle is 37.6°
(b) x = 256 (iii) The area is 460cm2

3. (a)(i) Neither soft nor hard drink is 13. (a) x = 3 and y = 2

1
(ii) Either soft or hard drink are 35 15
99 (b)(i) A2 + 2A = ( )
12 20
4 (ii) x = 5 and y = -3
(b) First white and second red is 15

14. (a) x ≤ 10, y ≤ 8, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0

4. (a)(i) d= 2i + 12j
3x + 4y ≤ 48
(ii) A unit vector in the direction
2 12 200x + 300y ≤ 2400
of d is 148 𝒊 + 148 𝒋 F(x, y) = 1500x +10,000y
√ √
(b) k = 1, answer is 27

5. (a) Area is 305.05cm2

(b) x = 12, y = 25, z = 16
(i) Answer is 140
(ii) Answer is 88

6. (a) k = 5, z = 4
(b) 19 pieces

7. (a)(i) Cost of price is 1,400,000

(ii) The selling price is 1,120,000
(b) Closing amount Is 1,810,000
Balance b/d is 410,000

8. (a) A1 is -62.75, and d = 8.5

(b) G1 = 2

9. (a) The height is 214.5m

(b)(i) Perimeter is 17cm
(ii) Area is 6cm2

10. (a) 4x2 – 8x – 3 = 0

(b)(i)(7x + 9 )(7x – 9)
(ii)(x + 8)(x – 10)

11. (a)(i) x = 25
(ii) Mean is 65.8 (b) a = -4 , b = 21, Answer is 17
(iii) Median is 65.79
(iv) Mode from the graph is 65.5
 FORM FOUR PRE MOCK GAIRO EXAMINATION ANSWER 2024
1 1
1. (a) 679083 𝑥 8
13. (a) |𝐴|=-4, A-1=(42 4
−2), (𝑦)=(3)
(b) 4.5 ≈ 4
3 4
(c) 15 −1
(b) Det = 0, t = 6 or 2
10 (c)3y = x – 7
2. (a) log 5 = log , 0.6990
2
(b) x = 6, y = -2
√15+√10− √6−2
14. (a) Graph
(c) 3

5
3. (a) Red – Red = 18
(b)(i) Both is 5 students
(ii) Physics or history is 30

4. (a) 3x – 4y – 10 = 0
(b)(i) |𝑐| = √157
(ii) 𝜃 = 28°37’

5. (a) 𝜃 = 90°
(b)(i) Two triangles from JKLM
(ii) Angle MJN ≅ JLK (by SSA)

𝐾
6. (a)(Z+1) 𝛼 K = 1, Z = 4
√𝑌
(b) 6 litres

7. (a) Balance c/d = 1,400,000,

Closed amount = 3,620,000
(b) Total sack is 112 The Maximum value is 30
(b)(i)Graph
8. (a)(i) A1=4
(ii) An = 6 – 2n
155 155
(b) G1 = , Gn = × 2n – 1
1023 2023

1
9. (a) Answer = 4
(b) x = 5 or x = 0

7
10. (a) x = 8 or x = 3
(b) The first number is 4 and 10

11. (a)(i) Mode = 30.9

(ii) Median = 33.5
(b) x = 55

12. (i) (a) AC = 10 √2, AG = √236

(ii) Angle AG = 67°
(ii)Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
(b) distance = 6873.3km Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ∈ 𝑅}
 FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK KIBAHA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024

1. (a) Four million seven hundred fifty 11. (a)147.13°

thousand and sixty
(b)(i) x = 12
(b) The answer is 46
(ii) The value of mean is 54.875
(c) G.C.F = 6
(iii) Value of the mode is 54.67
2. (a) -10√3 − 15√2
12. (a)(i) Distance = 4973.06km,
(b) The value of x is
2 Speed = 110.51km/h
3

(ii) Distance = 2685.21km

3. (a) Venn diagram
Speed = 59.67knot
(b)(i) A’∩B’ = {𝑓}
(b) Distance is 12,856km/ 6952nm
(ii) A∪(B∩ 𝐴) = {𝑎, 𝑏, 𝑐}
(iii) n(AUB)’ = 1
13. (a) The angle is 32.31°
4. (a) The equation is y = -8x + 30
(b) The coordinate of the image is
3 9 A’ (3,1), B’ (7,13), C ‘(0,8)
(b) The equation is y = 2 𝑥 + 2
14. (a)(i) Graph
5. (a) The area of the kite is 166.86cm2
(ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ≤ 4}
(b) ∆ANO ≅ ∆BNO by (RHS) Range = {𝑦: −4 ≤ 𝑦 < 0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦 = 4}

6. (a) Volume of the cylinder is 49.5L (b)(i) Has the maximum value

(b) k = 10, Z = 3125, Y = 64 1 33

(ii) Turning point is (4 , )
8

7. (a) Zink is 28cm2, Metal 70cm2 1 63

(iii) The answer is -2(𝑥 − 4)2 + 16
(b)(i) Loss made is 1100
(ii) Selling price is 9900

8. (a)He would pay 57,000 (A18 + 30k)

(b)After 5 years (n = 5)

9. The distance PQ = 10.14m

10. (a)(i) (a + 5b) (a – 5b)

(ii) n2 – 1

(b) Length is 19m and width 11m

 FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK RUVUMA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
(b)(i)AC =10cm, PC = 5cm, VP = 12
1. (a) G.C.F = 108, they step together
(ii) The angle is 67.38°
(b) Answer is 50
13. (a) det = 0, y = 2 or – 2
2. (a) The value of a = 11 3 −1
(b) Values of x = 2 and y = 3
(b) |𝐴| = 2, A-1 = 2
(−1 2
), (𝑦𝑥 )=(23)
2
1
3. (a) Neither Eng nor French are 100
1 (c) (x’, y’) = (5, -3), (x’’, y’’) = (-3, 5)
(b)(i)Both win is 3
1
(ii)Non win the game is 6 14. (a)(ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 = −3, 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 4}
−9 (b) Let ordinary be x & deluxe be y
4. (a) Value of n = 13
Constraints
(b)(i) |𝑐| = √325 3x + 6y ≤ 60
17𝑖 6𝑗
(ii) Unit vector of c = − 325 6x +7y ≤90
√325 √
x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
5. (a) Area = 129.6cm2, height = 14.4 Objective function
(b) AB = 15cm, AD = 25cm F (x , y) =4000x + 6000y

𝑥2
6. (a) v 𝛼 𝑦
, k = 8, V = 100
(b)He got 40USD

7. (a) Article should be sold at 27500/

(b) Closing amount = 36000,
Gross profit = 34250

8. (a) A1 = 1, d = 4, S5 = 45
(b) Amount of money is 665500
Compound interest is 165,000

5 12
9. (a)(i) C = 13, Sin 𝜃 = 13, Cos 𝜃 = 13,
(ii) Answer = 1
(b) Middle angle = 53°1’

10. (a) Present age of father is 33 years

5
(b) x = 2 or x = -1

11. (a)
C.I 32- 42- 52- 62- 72- 82-
41 51 61 71 81 91
F 4 17 9 7 2 1
(b) Actual mean = 53.75
(c)Median = 50.91
Difference = 2.84 A firm should make 8 ordinary
curtains and 6 deluxe curtains in
12. (a) Distance = 1116.44km, order to maximize the profit of
time = 55h and 48min 68,000Tsh
 FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK ARUSHA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
1. (a) (i)0.0547
10. (a) The value of x = 7 or -1
(ii) 0.055
(iii) 5.473 × 10-2
(b) The possible width is 80m
(b) L.C.M = 72
11. (a) Mode from histogram is 48.5
They will meet again after 72 min
(b) The value of x = 55°
2. (a) The value of x = 6

√15− √6+√10−2
12. (a)(i) Length AC = √148
(b) 3 (ii) The angle is 13.85°

(c) The value of x = 1 (b) Distance is 4013.8km

3. (a)(i) There are 32 subsets 13. (a) The value of y = 2

(ii) n(A’∩B) = 3
3 3 −1
(iii)Probability of element in B is (b)|𝐴| = 2, A-1 = ( 2
𝑥 2
2 ), ( )=( )
8 𝑦 3
−2 1
1
(b) The probability of a king is 13 (c) The image is (5, -3)

4. (a) The value of m = √24 and n = 3 14. (a)(i) Graph

(ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
𝑥 1
(b) y = 2 − 2
Range = [𝑦: 𝑦 ∈ 𝑅]

5. (a) AB = 15cm and AD = 25cm (b) Let x be the number of P vehicles

y be the number of Q vehicles
(b)(i) Means the figures are similar 35x + 14y ≤ 420
(ii) r = 7cm and A = 154cm2 y ≥ 10, x ≥ 9, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0

6. (a) y1: y2 = √𝑥1 : √𝑛𝑥2

(b) The value of k = 12000, x = 25

7. (a) He will sell at 27,500Tsh

(b) Balance amount is 24,350

8. (a)(i) The value of A1 = 27, d = - 6

(ii) S10 = 0

85
(b) S4 = 84

7
9. (a)(i) The value is
13
(ii)The value is -1

(b) Distance btn them is 10.39m

FORM FOUR PRE MOCK KINONDONI EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
11. (a)(i) x = 22
1. (a) a + b + c = 6
(ii) Median height = 173.3
(b) 72 Pieces used to cover
(b) It is possible to prove x = a
2. (a) x = -2
12. (a)(i) AC = 5.67cm, AN = 2.86cm 𝜃 =
55.6
(b) Answer = 2
(ii) Volume = 21.99cm3
3. (a) Subsets of A∩B are { }, {1}, {2},
(b) 𝜃 = 12°, X =42°
{1,2}

8
13. (a) Image is (-3, -2)
(b) Answer = 15
(b) (a, b) = (-1, -2) and Image = (2, 0)
4. (a) The coordinate is (0, -2)
(c) Image is (2, -1)
(b) Coordinate of E = (0,-5)

𝑙1 8
5. (a) = 14. (a) (i)Turning Point = (1, -4)
𝑙2 7
(ii)Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
(b) DE = 9cm Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ≥ 4}
(iii)Axis of Symmetry
6. (a) 19 pieces
(iv) Minimum value of y is -4
(b) y
1
∝ 𝑥 and y
1
∝ 𝑛𝑥, Answer = 1 (b) a = 2
√ √

7. (a) 9100 litres

(b) Ext = 72°, n = 5 sides

8. (a) Common ratio = √3, G1 = 10

(b)(i)Y = 63
(ii) Geometric Mean = 63

9. (a) x = 18°

−3 −4
(b) b = 6, Cos 𝜃 = 5
, Tan 𝜃 = 3

5
10. (a) x = -1 or x = 2

(b) Present age of the father = 33 yrs

 FORM FOUR PRE-MOCK KAHAMA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
11. (a) Distance between them is 7cm
1. (a) The greatest length is 6cm

21 83 581
(b)(i) Mean is 65.8
(b) x = and y = , Answer is (ii) Median is 65.79
37 99 1221

2. (a) x = 125 12. (a) Distance = 1334.67km,

Speed is 667.335km/h
3+√6+ √2+√3
(b)(i) 2
1 (b)(i) AC = √200,
(ii) w = (ii)The angle is 35.26°
2
1
−1 2
3. (a) 15 study bios but not Phys 13. (a) |𝐸| = -2, E-1 = ( 1 −1),
8 2
15
(b)(i) Bios but not Phys is (𝑦𝑥 ) = (40 )
36 20
(ii) Either Bios or Phys is 1 −1 √3
1
(iii) Both Bios and Phys is (b) M = ( 2 2
), The image is
4
√3 1
2 2
4. (a) It is possible to show −1
+√3
( 22+ √3 )
6 13 2
(b) The value of h is and k is 14. (a)(i) The graph
5 15
(ii) Domain = {𝑥: −2 < 𝑥 ≤ 5}
5. (a)(i) r = 7cm, Area is 127.306cm2 Range = {𝑦: −5 ≤ 𝑦 < 3}
(ii)Can be proved by SAS theorem (b) Let type A be x and type B y
3x + 6y ≤ 60
(b) Th area is 30cm2 6x + 7y ≤ 90
X ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
6. (a) k = 3.6, The value of t is 3cm F (x, y) = 40,000x + 60,000y

(b) Tank can hold 4,200 litres

7. (a) The buying price is 1,520,000

(b) Closing amount is 340,000

Balance b/d 209,000

8. (a) n = 30, d = 25, An = 785

(b) The value of x is 12 and y is 18

9. (a) The boat is 35.75m from the foot

(b) The value of x = 8.094

10. (a) The length is 17 and width 13m

5
Company should produce 8 Iron sheets
(b) The value of x = 2 or -1 of type A and 6 iron sheet of type B
 FORM FOUR MOCK ZONAL EXAMINATON ANSWER 2024
11. (a) (i) The present of workers who were
1. (a)(i) After 30 days they will be together
absent for 20 days and more is 13.46%
(ii) The day will be Monday
(ii) Median is 13.32
(b) Remained mass is 61.64kg
(b) a = 29° and b = 75°

2. (a) X = 2, Y = 5
12. (a) 𝜃 = 16°, d = 1786.31, time = 3hrs and
(b) X = -2
34min, arriving time = 11:34
3. (a)(i) A∪B = {3,4,5,6,7,8}
(b) (i) AC = 16.9706, AN = 8.4853
(ii) A’∩B’ = {9,10}
17
Angle btn VA and base ABCD = 64.7605°
(b) (i) Both are of the same colour = 35 (ii) The angle that plane VAB makes
(ii) The first ball is green and the with the base ABCD is 71°33’
9
second ball is blue = 35 (iii) The slant height AV = 19.9cm

3 −2
4. (a) Midpoint = (1,4), M1 = 1, M2 = -1,
4 4 𝑥 14000
The equation of the line RM is y = -x + 5 13. (a) A-1 = (−1 2 ), (𝑦)=(23000)
(b)(i) k = -6 4 4

(ii) |𝑑| = √346 units (b)The image of the point A(2, -3) under
−11 15 a translation factor (-6, 7) is (-4, 4)
Unit vector of d = −
√346 √346
5. (a) Length of one side is 6.08 14. (a) (i)The value of a = 2 and b = -3
Perimeter is 61.56 3
(ii) for f(x) = 0, the value of x = 2
(b) ∆XYZ~∆XBA (By AAA theorem)
(b) f(x,y) = 15,000x + 10,000y
ZB = 3.3cm
3x + 4y ≤ 48, 200x + 300y ≥ 2400,
x≤10, y ≤8, x≥0, y≥0
6. (a) For two days Juma walks 48km
(b) k = 120, t = 4
30 workers will take 4 days to finish job

7. (a)The teacher had 125 sweets before

distributing them
(b) Cost of goods sold = 205,000

1
8. (a) The fifth term of a series is 8
(b) It is possible to show by (d) and (r)

3
9. (a) (i) Sin A = 5
−1
(ii) 36
(b) Width XY of the river is 66.93m

10. (a) (i) x(2x + y)(2x – y)

(ii)(3x + 2y)(5x – 3y) The maximum profit that the factors
(b) x = 8 or x = -2 can make in one week is 195,000
 FORM FOUR MOCK OHONGSS KIGOMA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
1. (a)(i) L.C.M = 280 12. (a) It can be shown r = 6
After 4 hours and 40 minutes
(ii)They will flash again at 12:36pm (b) Distance is 600nm, time is 60hr
(b) The answer is 16,800
(c) 𝜃 = 22°, X = 50°E
3√2+2√3 1 2
2. (a) 6
13. (a)Det A = 7, A-1 = (72 7
−3)
(b) x = 100
7 7

3. (a) Number of subsets are 16 (𝑦𝑥 )=(−1

2
)
(b) There are 10 sides
(b) The image will be (2,1)
4. (a) The value of k is 2
(b) The value of x is -1 (c)P’ (-3, 2), P’’ (-3, -2)

1
5. (a) k = 3, 14. Let y be skirts and x be blouses
The length PQ = 15cm, RQ = 12cm 2x + 5y ≤ 30
(b) It is proved by SSS theorem 5x + 6y ≤ 60
X ≥ 8, x≥ 0, y ≥ 0
6. (a) The answer is 3584 tiles F (x, y) = 10000y + 3000x
(b) The answer is 184.69 Euro The maximum profit Agness can
make is Tsh 53,000
7. (a) The selling price is 17000
(b)(i) Purchases = 114,000
(ii) Cost of sales = 255,000
(iii) Closing stock = 51,000
(iv) 13,000
Cost of sales = COGS

8. (a) A1 = -39 and d = 11

(b)(i) A2 = 2,332,800/=
(ii) I = 332,800

9. (a) She will walk 1000m

1
(b) The answer is
2

10. (b) Top = 4x2 + 16x

Bottom = x2 + 14x + 24
(c) x2 + 6x – 16 = 0, the value = 2

11. (a)(i) Frequency distribution table

1 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81
10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
2 5 5 9 5 4 5 3 2
(ii) Mean is 42.75

(b) The angle AOC is 130°

FORM FOUR MOCK DAR-ES-SALAAM EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
12. (a)(i) 67.4°
1. (a) 58.3%
2
(ii) Height is 12cm,
(b)(i) The difference is 21 Volume is 288cm3
3122 (b)(i) Radius is 6370km
(ii) 999
(ii)Length of chord AB is 8324km
2. (a) Value of a = -3, b = 2, c = 3
−4 13. (a)(i) x ≠ 3
(b)(i) 3 7 14
(ii) C = ( )
(ii) 0.3522 −25 −50
(b)First image = (9,12)
3. (a)(i) Venn diagram Second image = (12,16)
(ii) 12 students Do not take
either biology or chemistry 14. (a) Value of a is 2 and b is 1
(b) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ≥ 4}
4. (a) m = -4 or 6, n = -3 Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ≤ 4}
(b) Actual speed of the boat is 126.4 (c)Let x be shirts and y be trousers
x + 3y ≥ 15
5. (a) The value of x is 4 2x + y ≥ 15
(b) Angle ACB is 50° F (x, y) 2500x + 4000y

6. (a) The pile can’t fit in a shell,

Space left = 0.8m
(b)(i)k = 3.75,Distance is 384.43km

7. (a) Ali got 105,000

Young brother 35,000
(b)(i) COGS = 36,650
Return on sales (returns inward)
(ii) Average stock = 7500
(iii) Rate of stock turn = 4.87

8. (a) The sum is 1449

(b) Amount is 5220Tsh

√3
9. (a) The answer is
2
(b) They are 10.389 far apart

1
10. (a) x = 1 and y = 2
(b) x = 3

11. (a)
f 20 25 32 48 35 27 23
(i) Median is 22.5
(ii) Mean is 23.8
(b) Distance is 8cm
6 shirt and 3 trousers should be
manufactured to maximize profit
 FORM FOUR MOCK ROMBO EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
1. (a) L.C.M = 120 minutes = 2 hours (iii) Median = 80.5714
Will ring together again at 10:00 am
(b) x + y = 180°, hence proved
(b) Ascending order is 25%, 0.5, 0.5̇
4
And 5
12. (a)(i) BD = √52, FD =10.77
(ii)AH = 10cm, AHB = 23.5°
4 𝑦 4
2. (a) x = 0.5, y = 3 and 2𝑥 = 3
(b) l = 13165.55142km, time = 8hrs
(b) x = 6 or 4 It will arrive at 11:20pm

3. (a) Students who study neither −4 3

13. (a)|𝐴| = -2, A-1 = ( 7 −5), x=1,y=1
English nor French are 100 2 2
(b) Number of mangoes are 9 (b) Y = 2 or -2
(c) The image of point A(1,2)is A’(2,1)
−9
4. (a) n = 13
14. (a)
(b)(i) |𝑐|= 18 unit
17 6
(ii) Unit vector of c is 18i – 18j

5. (a) (i) Area = 6.613cm2

(ii) Length of one side = 8.817cm
(b) The length is 5.893cm

𝑣𝑧
6. (a) (i) k =
𝑦2
(ii) Z = 2.16
(b) Buying price is 280,000/=
(ii)Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ≤ 4}
Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ≤ 16}
7. (a) The article should be sell at
27500/= (b)Let x be coffee and y be potatoes
(b) Balance b/d = 900,000/=, 3x +3y≤48, 250x+100y≤2500, x≥0
F(x,y) = X + Y
Closing amount – 3,500,000/=

8. (a) The sum of the first 23 term is 552

(b) Amount in five years is 512,033.8

5 12
9. (a)(i) Sin 𝜃 = and Cos 𝜃= ,
13 13
17
Answer = 13
(ii) Sin2 𝜃 + Cos2 𝜃 = 1
(b) Middle angle is 53°1’

10. (a) M = -9
(b) The numbers are 8 and 9

11. (a)(i) x = 5 The farmer is required to prepare 16 hectares

(ii) Median class = 80 – 84 of potatoes and coffee only respectively
 FORM FOUR MOCK SHINYANGA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
12. (a)(i) AC = 7.8, AR = 8.77
1. (a) LCM = 420 days = 14 months
(ii) 𝜃 = 27°
They will visit the grandfather on
15th September of the next year (iii) Total surface area = 1132m2
(b)(i) 17500kg
(b) Distance = 1009.3189km
(ii) 17452.22kg
−1
2. (a) k2 + 2k = 3 13. (a) The value of k = 6 or 2
(b) answer = 2 (b) The coordinate of the image is
A’ (1, -2), B’ (3, -1), C’ (-2, -1)
3. (a)(i)The value of x = 11 3 1
14 14
(ii) n(P∩Q)’ = 84 (c) |𝐴|=-42, A-1 = (4 −1),
1
(b)(i) P(n) = 6
21 21
1
1
(ii)Probability of vowel is 3 (𝑦𝑥 )=(21)
3

−𝑥
4. (a) The equation is y = 4
–2 14. (a) Let the lather machine be x
−7
(b) x = 2 or 2 and y = 1 Number of drill machine be y
3x + 2y ≤ 30,
5. (a) Radius of the circle is 7cm 25000x + 30000y ≤ 300000, x ≥ 0
(b)(i) Area of the circle is 154cm2 F (x, y) = 25000x + 30000y
(ii) Area = 127.302cm2
(c) Area of the shaded = 26.698cm2

6. (a) It will full 9000 bottles

(b) k = 15, Extension is 2cm

7. (a) Loss made is 5,000,00 and

selling price is 7,500,000
(b)(i) Cost of sales = 43500
(ii) Average stock = 7500
(iii) Rate of stock turn = 6 times
(iv) Net sales = 50,000

8. (a) A.P Series , n = 58

1
(b) (i) Common ratio is 2
(ii) The first term is 1152
(iii) S6 = 2268

9. (a) The length of the ladder is 19.7m

(b) It is possible to prove

10. (a) x ≤ 1
(b) x = 8

11. (a)(i) x = 8 and y = 10 School can buy 7 lather and 4 drill

(ii) The mean is = 52.74
(b) a = 30° and b = 72° (b) f-1(x) =
2𝑥−7 -1 1
, f (4) = 9
5+𝑥
 FORM FOUR MOCK KILIMANJARO EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
(iv) Draw a histogram
1. (a) Answer is 11.43
12. (a) 275.78 nm
(b) Answer is 15
18.4 hrs
18hr and 24 min
2. (a) x = 3, y = 2
(b)(i)71.57°
(b) Answer of x = 6
(ii) 75.96°
(iii) 67.38°
3. (a) B ∁ A
1 −1
5
(b) P(E) = 13. (a) Det A = 15, A-1 = 3
(−3 3
6 4)
5 5
4. (a) Distance AB + Distance BC = (𝑦𝑥 ) = (600 )
550
Distance AC

(b)(i) W = 3i – 3j (b)(i) O’ (0, 0), A’ (4, 0), B’(4, 4),

C’(0,4)
(ii) |𝑊| = √18 𝑥−5
(ii) y = 2
5. (a) 48.8cm2
14. (a)(i) Graph
(b) Angle DAC = 55° (ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ∈ 𝑅}
6. (a) 72km = 72000metres
(b) Let product A be x and B be y
3 x + 3y ≤ 50
(b) k = 4
, x = 125
2x + y ≤ 90, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
F(x, y) = 4000x + 6000y
7. (a)(i) 2366
(ii) 3746

(b) Balance is 410,000

8. (a) Total amount is 1075133.103

(b) S24 = 191,529,000 and

A13 = 8203000

5 12
9. (a) Cos X = and Sin X =
13 13

(b) The angle is 22.62°

10. (a) The numbers are 11and 12

(b) 2x2 + 3x – 9

11. (i) a = 6 For a maximum gross income, it

(ii) Median is 69.2 should be made 44 of product A and
(iii) The mean is 70.5 2 of product B
FORM FOUR MOCK ARUSHA REGION EXAMINATION ANSWER 2024
11. (a)(i) Mean = 57.7
1. (a) L.C.M = 2×2×3×3×5
(ii) Median from cumulative
= 180
frequency curve = 59
They will meet again after 180 min
(b)(i) Central angle is an angle
(b) (i) 0.100
formed by two chords at the
(ii) 0.10
circumference of the circle
(ii) Inscribed angle is an angle
2. (a) 2492
formed by two chords at the
(b) X = 8
circumference of the circle
(c) b = 3√34 or 17.49
3. (a) M∩H = 30
The number of students who study
history is 80 12. (a) (i) Length of AB = 12√3
1 (ii) 𝜗 = 14°28’
(b) All are boys are 8 or 0.125
(b) 𝜗 =2, t = 10hrs
3
(c) At most two are girls are 4 or 0.75 It will arrive at 10:00pm
𝑄 0 −6
13. (a)(i) 2P – 2 = ( )
4. (a) d = 4i – 3j , |𝑑| = 5 16 9
3 4 (ii) x = 2, y = 3
Cos 𝜃 = 5 , Cos 𝛼 = 5 (b) P’ =(−1 ) , Q’ =(−4 ) , R’ = (−5 )
1 1 4
(b) Angle BAC = 90° P’’ =(−1 ), Q’’ =(−4 ), R’’ =(−5 )
−1 −1 −4
14. Let radio be x, TV be y
5. (a) ∆ADB ≅ ∆ABD
1.8x + 1.5y ≤ 18
By (SAS, AAS, and RHS)
30000x +50000y≤ 600000
(b) Her daughter is 132cm tall
x≥ 0, y≥ 0
𝑋2
f(x,y) = 4000x + 5000y
6. (a) V 𝛼 , K = 8, V=100
𝑌
(b) 50 bottles of 400ml

7. (a) Selling price = 6,400,000Tsh

(b) Gross loss = 200,000
Net loss = 550,000

8. (a) (i) d = 5, A1 =2
(ii) An= 5n – 3
(b) Mr. Severna invest 8235.0474 for
10 years

9. (a) (i) Length AB =86.987

(ii) Angle ACB = 66.13
(b) The length of the frame = 20m

10. (a)Expression= 5x2 – 21x – 20

−5 He should sell 10 radios and 0 TV for
(b) x = 1 or x = 2
maximum profit of 4000
FORM FOUR MOCK COAST REGION EXAMINATON ANSWER 2024
11. (a) (i) Frequency distribution table
1. (a) The third number is 4
c.interval f X d fd
(b) The amount of money he had is
1 – 10 2 5.5 -30 -60
168,000 11 – 20 5 15.5 -20 -100
21 – 30 5 25.5 -10 -50
2. (a) X=2, Y=0 31 – 40 9 35.5 0 0
1
(b) X= 3√3 or 3 41 – 50 5 45.5 10 50
51 – 60 4 55.5 20 80
3. (a) X = 4 61 – 70 5 65.5 30 120
7 71 – 80 3 75.5 40 120
(b) The probability he is a boy is 10
81 – 90 2 85.5 50 100
40 260
2
4. (a) M2 = 3 , 3y = 2x + 6 (ii) The mean score is 42
(b)|𝑟| = 17 units (b) Central angle = 20°
8 −15
The direction cosines are and
17 17
8 −15 12. (a) (i) AO = 7√2cm, AC = 3.5√2cm,
Unit vector will be r = 17
i – 17
j AV = 4.5√21cm
(ii)The angle will be 38.94°
5. (a) The length of the other sides are (ii) VE =√28, Area = 6√7cm2,
12cm and 15cm Total surface area = 24√7cm2
(b) Corresponding sides are
(b)(i) 𝜃 = 40° ,
proportional Length of an arc LM = 2565.7km
Corresponding angles are equal (ii) Length of an arc LM = 1379nm
∆ABC ~ ∆PQR
3 −1
13. (a) All values of P except 2 and
6. (a) 0.6 litres will be needed to travel 3
1
900m
(b) (𝑋𝑌) =(23)
(b) Difference = 184.69 euros 2
−3
(c)Points are (3, 0) and (0, 2 ), The
7. (a) Difference in shares = 160,000 1 3
(b)(i) Closing stock = 51,000 image of the line will be y = 2 𝑥 – 2,
(ii) Net purchases = 216,000 14. Let Coffee be X and Potatoes be Y
(iii) Cost of sales = 255,000 3x + 4y≤72, 5x + 2y≤50, x≥ 0, y≥0
(iv) Expenses = 17,000

8. (a) An = 87, A4=31, A9=71,

Sum = 102
(b)(i)She will receive 2,332,800
(ii) Interest received = 332,800

9. (a) Height of the wall is 13m

(b) The answer is -1

10. (a) (x – 5)(3x +4)

−7 The greatest land he can sow is 4 acres for
(b) X=3 or X = 4
coffee and 15 acres potatoes
FORM FOUR MOCK JOINT LINDI ANSWERS c.interval frequency c.f U.R.L
32 – 39 4 4 39.5
1. (a) The difference between the 40 – 47 13 17 47.5
7
smallest and largest is 12 48 – 55 8 25 55.5
(b) 7.5 × 10-1 56 – 63 6 31 63.5
64 – 71 6 37 71.5
2. (a) (i) X = -4 72 – 79 2 39 79.5
(ii) P2 + Q2 = 30 80 – 87 1 40 87.5
(b) n = 2 (ii)The estimated median is 50.6 graph
(b) M = 80°, N = 40°
3. (a) P∩Q = {30}
The subsets of P∩Q is { } and {30} 12. (a)(i) The projectile of the line SW on
(b)(i) 10 students learn Eng not Kisw the base is SN
(ii)Pobability that selected student The angle formed is WSN
5
learn kisw or Eng is 12 0r 41.7% (ii) The angle between a line SW
and the base is 65.4°
(iii) Height is 10.9m,
4. (a)(i) The coordinate of Q is (11,5)
2 Volume of the pyramid is 174.5cm3
(ii)M=3, equation = 2x – 3y +3 =0 (b)Radius of latitude is 6345.8
(b) d = 6i +7j, |𝑑| = 9.2 units or √85
13. (a) The price of bag of growing and
5. (a) The wheel turns 568 times for a planting fertilizer is 23,000 and
journey of 1 km 14,000 respectively
3
(b) K = , Area of ∆ ABC = 9cm2 0 1
2
(b)The rotation matrix is ( )
−1 0
(c) It will take (5, 11)
6. (a) K = 18,000 and V = 16.7m/s
(b) 50 pieces was obtained 14. (a) (i) Charges for 48sec is Tsh 500
(ii) For 30 min is Tsh 800
7. (a) Number of girls = 805 (b) Let x and y represent double and
(b) Balance b/d = 334,000, single room respectively
closing amount = 970 x+y ≤ 15, y≥3, x≥2, x≥ 0, y≥0

8. (a) The conference hall has 12 rows

−1
(b) r = 3
,
The given series is G.P, n = 6

9. (a) (i) The distance of the shadow to

the top of the tree is 20.6cm
−3 −√3
(ii) Answer is 2 or 2
√3
(b) The boat is 3.67km from town B

10. (a) The number is 40

(b) The number of notebooks bought
The best plan is 12 double and 3 single
was 18
11. (a) (i) FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION room for a max income 690,000
 FORM FOUR MOCK INTER ISLAMIC EXAMINATON ANSWER 2024
1. (a) G.C.F = 100, Number of tiles = 9 11. (a)(i) The modal class of the data
The floor of the room will cost 22,500 given is 21 – 30
(b) (i) 356.5 (ii) The mode of the data is 24.67
(ii) 36 The Mean of the data is 33.9
(b)Total length the car travel is 81km
2. (a) Y = -5
1
(b) 15− 10+ 12. (a)(i) FH = 4√41, FD = 2√245 = 31.3
√ √ √6−2
(ii) The angle between plane BGAH
3. (a)(i) Venn diagram and the base EFGH is 42°
(ii) 13 Students plays both Fand H (iii)Volume of the prism =5.76Litre
(iii) 90 Students plays either F or H (b) 𝜃 = 22°, New longitude = 27°W
(b) The probability of drawing ticket New position of a ship= (60°N, 27°W)
with a number which is multiplied by
9 13. (a) x=9, y = -3, z = 11 and w = -7
3 or 5 is 0.45 or 20 −5 7
𝑥 60
(b) A-1 =( 22
3
22
−2), (𝑦)=(30)
4. (a) The required point is (13,3)
11 11
(b) Actual speed of the boat is Total weight is 720grams
114km/h (c) The image will be (-6, 9)

5. (a) (i) Building has 6 sides 14. Domain {𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 3}
(ii) HEXAGON Range = {𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 2}
(b) The radius of the circle= 5.9cm (ii) f (4) = 9
(b)Let x to represent packet of nuts
6. (a)Yes, the pile of the book can fit Y to represent packet of bolts
The length left is 1.8cm x + 3y≤12, 3x + y≤12, x≥ 0, y≥0
(b) The custom duty paid is 31250 F(x, y) = 2000x + 1500y

7. (a)(i) Adult: Children = 3:1

(ii) The selling price of the book
after two years was 102,000Tshs
(b) Balance b/d =1,760,000
Closing amount = 3,600,000

8. (a) The total sale(S15) is 95,250,000

(b)The possible value of r is three (3)

√12 √6
9. (a) 4 on rationalizing 12
√3
(b)Length PR and QR are 5.7 and 6.2

10. (a) The number of ticket sold for

students and adults are 800 and 100
5+√17 5−√17
The manufacture should produce 3
(b) The value of x is 2
or 2 packets of each for a maximum profit
 FORM FOUR MOCK MBEYA DC EXAMINATION ANSWER 2024
1. (a) A = 10.2
(b) Distance is 73.27m
(b) LCM = 420 days = 14 months
12. (a) Length AC = 15cm
They will visit together on 15th Sept,
(a)(ii) Angle btn WC and AC is 11.54
2024
(iii) The projection of AC on the
base is at C
2. (a) m = 1

1000
(b)(i)Distance is 1666.82 ≈ 2000km
(b) y = 𝑥2 (ii) Time = 5hours
(c)
2+ 5√6 + 5√2+ √12 The bus will arrive at 01:00pm
4

13. (a) w = -4, x = -8, y = 10 and z = -4

3. (a) P∩Q = {14}
5 0
3 (b)Enlargement matrix is ( )
(b)(i) Exactly two head = 0 5
8
1
(ii) At least two tails =
2 (c) Det = 0, y = ±2

4. (a)(i) w = i + 9j 14. (a)(i) Graph

(ii) |𝑊|= √82 (ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
𝒊 9𝒋
Unit vector of w = + 82 Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 = −3,1,4}
√82 √
(b)(i) Length BC = √17
(b) Let x be school shop and y be
(ii)The equation is y = 5x – 20
stationary
800x + 1200y ≤ 120,000
5. (a)Area of the 2nd triangle = 129.6
X ≤ 60, X ≥ 0 , Y ≥ 0
(b) Angle PQR = 30°
F (x, y) = x + y
6. (a) Boys = 24, Girls = 16, Total = 40
𝑌
(b) X 𝛼 𝑍, k = 4, x = 16

7. (a) Selling price is 784,000Tsh

(b)(i) COGS = 900,000
(ii) Sales = 1,300,000

8. (a) There are 2816 seats in a hall

(b) A5 = 64,420.4/=

9. (a) Length of the ladder is 15m

(b)(i) Width = 60m
(ii) Perimeter = 280m

10. (a) xy = 27
(b) The numbers are 2 and 5

11. (a)(i) Mean = 67.5

(ii)Total f = 60, answer is 60% The greatest number of books = 120
(iii) Mode from histogram is 67.4 books
FORM FOUR PRE NECTA KISARAWE EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
1. (a) They will step together by 108 (a)(ii) It is possible to prove BK = DK
−7
(b) The difference is 12
12. (a)(i) Sketch a rectangular pyramid
(ii) AC = 3.6cm, A0 = 1.8cm,
2. (a) The value of a is 11
Height (VO) = 5,7cm
(b) The value of x is 4
(iii) Length AC = 3.6m
(iv) Angle VAO is 72.5°
3. (a) English only are 16 students
1 (b) 𝜃 = 5, Distance = 549.74km,
(b) Both are white is 6 Time = 10.99 = 10hr and 59 min

4. (a) The value of a is 12 13. (a) The value of a = -8

(b)|𝑑| = 9.2, 1 2
−6 𝟕 (b)(i) A = ( )
Unit vector of d = i + j 2 3
√85 √85 −3 2
(ii) |𝐴| = -1, A-1=( ),
2 −1
5. (a) A2 = 129.6cm2, Height of the 𝑋 500
(𝑌 ) = (300)
larger triangle is 14.4cm (c) The image is (4, -2)
(b) Area of a triangle is 80cm2
14. (a) (i) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥𝜖𝑅}
1
6. (a) T 𝛼 , K = 1080s, v = 1.667m/s Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ≥ −5}
𝑉
−2 ±2√5+𝑐
(b) There are 50 pieces of clothes (ii) f-1(x) = 2
(b) Let x be chairs and y be Tables
7. (a) Percentage loss is 10% 400x +300y ≤ 2400, y ≤ 4, x ≤ 2
(b)(i)Total short term liabilities = F (x, y) = x + y
100,000
(ii) Total fixed assets = 250,000
(iii) Total current assets = 300,000

8. (a) There are 216 rows

(b) An = 10n + 2

9. (a) The length of the ladder is 15cm

17
(b) C = 13, (i) 13
(ii) Answer is 1

10. (a) The present age of the father is 33

5
(b) x = -1 or x =
2

11. (a)(i) The value of mean is 56.75

(ii) Mode is 54.4
(iii) Modal class is 50 – 59
(b) (i) Tangent is a line which touches
a circle at only one point Point C (2, 4) give us the max number,
2 chairs and 4 tables give us total of 6
 FORM FOUR PRE NECTA ILEMELA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
(a)(ii)Angle between BZ and base
1. (a)(i) Prime numbers are 3,5,17
ABCD = 16°41’
(ii) Multiple of 3 are 3,6,15,21,27
(iii) Angle between ZWBC and
(iii) Factors of 60 =1,3,4,5,6,10,15
WXYZ = 20°33’
(b) Greatest possible length is 7cm
(b) 𝜃 = 25°23’
Longitude of B is 5°23’E
2. (a) -2√2 + 2
(b) X = -1 −4 10
152 152
13. (a)|𝑇|=-152, T-1 = ( 20 −12),
3. (a)(i) 3 Students take geography only
152 152
(ii) 22 Students take statistic only
14 (𝑦𝑥 ) = (15
5
)
(b)(i) The same colour = 45
31 (b) Vector M = (2, 5), S = (-3, 4),
(ii) Different colour = Final image = (-4, 13)
45

4. (a)The equation of R2= 3x + 2y – 8=0 14. (a)(i) Axis of symmetry = 1

(b) AB + BA ≠AC (ii) Minimum value of y = 4
(iii) Turning Point = (1, 4)
5. (a) Area = 314.14 (b)Let x white and y be brown bread
(b) PQ = 18, QR = 24 x + y ≤ 110,
2000x + 2500y ≤ 250,000
6. (a) Answer is 50Tsh x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(b) e ∝ d, k = 0.25, e = 9 f(x, y) = 1000x + 1200y

7. (a) Cost of goods sold = 253,800/=

(b) Average stock = 30600/=

8. (a) A1 = 9, d = 3, A20 = 66
(b)(i)After 3 yrs she received 248,800
(ii) Interest = 48,000/=

9. (a) B = 86.55°
(b)The height of the tower = 20.32m

1
10. (a) a = 3 or 2 and b = 7
(b) (2x + 5)(x – 2)

11. (a)(i) a = 10
(ii) Median class = 61 – 70
Modal class = 61 – 70
(iii) Median = 65.79
(iv) Mode = 65.71
(b) BO = 10.7
He should buy 110 brown bread to
12. (a)(i) AZ = √45, BZ = √109 = 10.44
get the maximum profit of 132000Tsh
 FORM FOUR PRE-NECTA MOSHI EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
11. (a)(i) 46 hails have length <51.5mm
1. (a)(i)L = 20.4, M = 40.8, N = 10.8
(ii) The mean length is 50.99mm
(ii)The value of X = 77.07
(iii) The modal class is 52 – 54
93
(b) The answer is 50 (b) The length of the chord is 24 cm

2. (a)
√15− √6−√10−2 12. (a)(i) Total surface area is 664cm2
3 (ii) The value of an angle is 14.04°
(iii)Volume of the prism is 960cm3
(b)The value of x is -3
(b) The distance LM is 2565.738km
3. (a)(i) Percentage of Speakers both
language is 61% 3 1
(ii)3% Speaks English only 13. (a) Matrix T = ( ), (𝑥 )’ = (−9
13
)
1 −3 𝑦
5 3
(b)Probability that she won’t arrive 22 22
(b) |𝐻| = -22, H-1 = (2 −1),
late at home in any case is 0.5 11 11

(𝑦𝑥 ) = (−1
4
)
4. (a) The resultant velocity is √425

𝑥 14. (b) Let the number of coffee be x

(b) y = + 1
2 The number of potatoes be y
3x + 3y ≤ 48
5. (a) The radius is 16.65cm 250x + 100y ≤ 2,500, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
F (x , y) = x + y
(b)Constant of proportionality is 1.2

6. (a) She needs to sell 34.8 litres

(b) 12 tablets would be given

7. (a) There were 42 members

(b) Closing amount is 470,000

Balance b/d is 260,000

8. (a)(i) G1 = 24, G2 = 120, G3 = 600,

G4 = 3000, G5 = 15,000
(ii) S10 = 58,593,744

(b)Compound interest is 51, 942

9. (a) The width of the field is 60m

(b) Cos C = 1.351

10. (a) The sons age is 9 years

(b) The value of h is 6.5 or -3 The greatest possible area he can sow is
16 hectares
 FORM FOUR TANGA JOINT EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
1. (a) LCM = 30 days 10. (a) Use quadratic equation
(b) Monday (b) 25 must be added

2. (a) r =
ℎ√𝑔 11. (a) (i) Total frequency = 110
√ 𝑜 −√𝑔
𝑔
(ii) Total length is 2955
(b) It is possible to prove (iii) Mean is 26.9cm
(b) The angles of ∆ XYZ are 50°, 75°
3. (a) n(A∩B) = 16, and 55°
n(A – B) = n(A) – n(A∩B) = 36
1
(b)(i) P(AUB) = 10 12. (a) Surface area of the pyramid is
(ii) r =
1 311.2cm2
5 (b) d= 8378.67km, t = 98.5h
time = 4 days and 2 hrs and 36 min
4. (a) Point of intersection is (1, 1)
The ship will meet at (35°N, 40°W)
Equation of L is y = -2(x – 1) + 1
(b) Magnitude of the resultant force 1 1 −10
is 1.93 13. (a)(i)2P – 3Q = ( )
15 7
2 −2
(ii) k = or
3 3
5. (a) height is 72cm
𝑥′
(b)(i) Proved by AAA theorem (b) T(𝑦′ )=(−2
−3
)
(ii) Area is 293.89cm2 2 3

(c) |𝑀|=-7, M-1 = (71 7

−2),
6. (a) V 𝛼 W3,
Percentage is 84% 7 7
(b) T = 36 Minutes (𝑦𝑥 ) = (21)

7. (a) Overall profit is 3880

(b)(i) Accounting is a process of 14. (a) Let x be no of lorry and y be bus
recording financial transaction 70x + 50y ≤ 350
pertaining to a business 3000x + 3000y ≤ 18000, x ≤ y
(ii) Shortcoming of single entry F (x, y) = x + y
• Difficult to identify and
correct arithmetic error
• Difficult in identifying
omitted transactions
• Inaccuracy
• Difficultness in preparing
financial statement
• Easy manipulating of
accounts

8. (a) Arithmetic mean = 3

Geometric mean = 2
(b) The sequence is 2,8,14

17
9. (a) (i) Answer is 13
(ii) Answer is -1
(b) The length of other diagonal is The greatest number of students is
30cm 348
 FORM FOUR PRE NECTA-RUVUMA EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
11. (a)(i) Frequency distribution table
1. (a) LCM = 120min = 2hrs
They will ring together again after 50- 55- 60- 65 70 75 80 85 90
54 59 64 69 74 79 84 89 94
10:00am
3 2 7 4 11 2 4 2 1
(b)(i) Each worker gets 135,000/=
(ii) The constructor will remain
(ii) Mean is 69.78, Median is 70.41
with 20tsh
(b) x = 55°
2. (a) a = 11, b = 5 and c = 5, answer
12. (a) 𝜃 = 38°, Distance = 1466nm
11 +5√5
(b)(i) AC = √61, AR = 8.77
(b) 0.875
(ii) 𝜃 = 38.66°
3. (a) (ii) x = 5, Number of students 1 −1
play both tennis and football is 15 3 3
2 13. (a) |𝐴| = 15, A-1 = (−3 4)
(b)(i) P(Blue Blue) = 9
5 5
(ii) Probability of one red ball
2
and one black = 15 (𝑦𝑥 )=(600
550
)

(b) (x, y)’ = (4 ,2) and

4. (a) Answer is 2x + 3y – 11= 0
(x , y)’’ = (-2, -4)
(b) The actual speed of the boat is
126.4911km/hr
14. (a)(i) Graph
(ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
5. (a) Perimeter = 60.74cm, Area =
Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ∈ 𝑅}
273.64cm2
(b) Let x be sacks of Irish potato and
(b) ∆ABD ≅ ∆CBD (By SAS theorem)
y be sacks of sweet potato
x + y ≤ 210
6. (a) He paid 900,000Tsh as a tax
30,000x + 5000y ≤ 2,500,000
(b) The cost of petrol is 68,400
F (x, y) = 12,000x +10,000y
7. (a)(i) Loss Made = 13,313.25
(ii) Buying Price = 78,313.25
(b) Closing amount = 47,000
Balance b/d = 17,500

8. (a) The first four terms are 1, 6, 15

and 28. It is not A.P or G.P
(b)After 12 years, the salary will be
444,500/=

9. (a)length of the longest side is 13cm

(b) The length from the ship to the
foot of the cliff is 59.59cm

−1
10. (a) x = 3 or x = 2
(b) x = 4, Rachel present age is 10
years and John present age is 4 year A business should have 58 of Irish
and 152 sacks of sweet potatoes
 FORM FOUR PRE NECTA KIBAKI EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
C. 31 41 51 61 71 81
1. (a) Eight trillion, Four hundred eighty I - - - - - -
billion, four hundred fifty six million, 40 50 60 70 80 90
nineteen thousand, five hundred F 4 16 9 7 3 1
shillings (b) Mean weight of the patient = 53.5
31 3 727
(b) 30 𝑎𝑛𝑑 7 Answer = 210 Median weight of the patient = 50.5
(c) The numbers are 7 and 16 Mode weight of the patient = 46.82
12. (a)(i) Meridian is an arc of great circle
2. (a) Proved since 2 and -2 are rational that connect the two poles of sphere
(b) x = or x = 6 (ii) Longitude is the central angle
subtended from the prime meridian
3. (a) 14 students study chemistry plane to the meridian plane
(b) Probability of win both = 0.0084 (b) Distance travelled = 10469.98km
(c) The height is 19.149m
4. (a) Equation is x = 5 13. (a)Distance between chords = 23.065
(b)(i) Is a set of values or variables 0 −1
(b)(i) Reflection matrix is ( )
that satisfy an equation or inequality 1 0
(ii) Reflection image is (3,-5)
by making it a true statement
5 14. (a)
(ii) The value of k is 3

77
5. (a) Sin (A + B) = 85
(b) The resultant is 7.7581 N directed
at 189.735°

6. (a)The answer is 7
(b) The job will take 20 days to be (b) Let x be spinach and y groundnut
finished 20x + 50y ≥ 800
40x + 20y ≥ 1000
7. (a) John will own Shs 2258666.67 30x + 40y ≥ 1200
(b) Xlog2 + Ylog3 = log48 X ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
F(x, y) = 5000x + 3000y
8. (a) The ratio is 1023
(b) The compound interest is
Shs 6087601.45

9. (a) The volume is 147915.5 litres

(b) Cash account, record cash
transaction only

10. (a) k = -5
(b) The distance of the ship is 1.43
Amount of spinach16 groundnut 18
11. (a) Frequency distribution table
FORM FOUR PRE NECTA CSSC SOUTHERN EXAMINATION ANSWER 2024
13. (a) Let x be shirt and y be trouser
1. (a) People left in a village is 420 −1 3
(b) Two numbers are 18 and 30
|𝐴| = 4, A-1 = ( 43 4 𝑥 200
−5), (𝑦) = (250)
4 4
2. (a) x = 3
(b) The image is (1, -2)
(b) log 5
𝑥−𝑥 3
(c) 14. (a)(i) The graph of f(x)
𝑥−𝑥 2 +√𝑥+√𝑥+√𝑥 3

3. (a)(i) Venn diagram

(ii) n(A∩B) = 7
3
(b) (i) Getting 2 heads = 8
1
(ii) At least 2 heads = 2

4. (a) a = -7, b = 9
−1 34
(b) (a, b) = ( 5 , )
5 (ii) Domain is all real numbers
except 1≤x<3
5. (a) Area = 1386cm2 Range is all real number
(b) The length of a side = 14.14cm except 0 ≤ y < 1
(iii) The function is one to one
𝑘𝑥
6. (a) Z1 = , Coefficient of Z1 = 0.4 because domain gives the unique
𝑦
(b) Amount remained = 83.3 value of range

7. (a) New admitted boys are 42 (b) Let A = x and B = y

(b)(i) Gross Profit = 100,000 1.5x + 3y ≤ 80, 2x + y ≤ 70, x ≥ 0 ,
(ii) Net Profit = 40,000 y ≥ 0, F (x, y) = 1000x + 800y

8. (a) She invested Shs 40,000

(b) A1= 1036

9. (a) Height = 43.3m

(b)(i) x = 6cm
(ii) Area = 302cm2

10. (a) There are 10 pupils

(b) Positive numbers are 2 and 4

11. (a)(i) Frequency distribution table

F 3 7 12 20 30 15 8 3 2
(ii) Median Class = 45 – 54
(iii) Mean = 46.6
(b) Possible to prove by midpoint

12. (a)(i) WX = 15cm, XY = 20cm, and

RY = 30cm
(ii) Total surface area = 1800cm2
(iii) Volume = 9000cm3 28 products and 12 products should
(b) 𝜃 = 120, Distance = 18630.5nm be produced for a maximum 37,600
FORM FOUR PRE NECTA CSSC EASTERN EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
(iii) Median = 48 – from the graph
1. (a) L.CM = 120 minutes = 2hrs
(b) Angle PQS = 22°
They will ring together at 10:00 am
2
(b) Answer is 3 12. (a) 𝜃 = 180° distance = 6873.24
(b)(i) The projection of line WR is
2. (a) N = 0 NR
(b) X = 1 The name of the angle that WR
makes with the plane PQRS is NRW
3. (a) 61% Speaks both Kisw and Eng (ii) PR = 10, NR = 5, Height = 8.7
36 People speaks English only (iii) The angle is 60°
(b)Probability that both Juma and
11 13. (a) Det = 0, x = 0 and x = 3
Anord take the same flower is
21
2 5 𝑥 25
(b)Matrix T= ( ), y = 12 − 12
1 0
4. (a) PR=√137 =11.7, QR = √98= 9.9
(b) d = 6i + 7j 14. (a) (i) f-1(√3) = 5
Length of vector d(|𝑑|) = √85 = 9.2 (ii) Domain = {𝑥: 𝑥 ∈ 𝑅}
Range = {𝑦: 𝑦 ≥ 5}
5. (a) number of sides is 10, (b) Let x be type F1 and y be type F2
Name of the polygon is decagon 20x + 15y ≥ 120, 7x +14y ≥ 70
(b) Error F (x, y) = x + y
Graph
6. (a) Tourist received 28,256,000Tsh
𝑣
(b)(i) P𝛼 , k = 100,
√𝑅
(ii) P = 105

7. (a) Number of men = 805

(b)COGS=2,290,000,
N.S = 3,000,000, G.P = 710,000
Net profit = 610,000

8. (a) Sum of the remaining number is

3367
(b) r = 0.9, G7 = 638

12
9. (a) Cos 𝜃 = 13
(b) Distance between car and bus is
21.96m

10. (a) K =9
−2
(b)X = 3 OR X = 3

11. (a)(i) Frequency distribution table

C.I 24 34 44 54 64 74
- - - - - –
33 43 53 63 73 83
F 4 8 7 7 2 2 The list total mass of food a patient
(ii)Mean = 48.83 must have is 6.8
 FORM FOUR PRE NECTA MASASI EXAMINATION ANSWERS 2024
1. (a) The greatest length is 6cm (b)(i)A table with U.R.L and L.R.L & Cf
(b) Total enroll this year = 1025 (ii) Median from the graph = 120.5

log 𝐴−log 𝑃 12. (a) (i) AG = 13cm

2. (a) K = 𝑅
𝑙𝑜𝑔(1+ ) (ii) Angle between AG and base
100
(b) The sum is 4 which is rational ABCD is 67.38°
(b) 𝜃 = 36°, X = 16°N
3. (a) 15 house holders kept both New position is (16N°, 30°E)
1
(b) (i) Probability of all Girls is 8
3 13. (a)(i) Cost of a shirt is 4000 and
(ii) One girl and two boys is 8
Cost of pairs of shorts is 3500
(ii) Total cost is 49500
7
4. (a)(i) Slope of BD is (b)
9
5 1
(ii) Midpoint of BC = (2 , 2)
(b) r = (2, 4)

5. (a) Length of one side is 6.84cm

Perimeter is 61.56cm
(b) Area of ABDE is 2160m2

6. (a)(i) Rate of pay = 750Tsh/h (i) F (7) = 2

(ii) Plant C is growing the slowest (ii) Range of f(x) = {−2,0,2}
𝐾
(b) (i) W =
𝑇 14. (a)(i) Pictorial representation
(ii) Time is 4 days (ii) The relation is not a function
(b) Let x be units of Food type 1
7. (a) Teacher had 125 sweets before Y be units of Food type 2
(b)(i) Trading account is an account 3x + y ≥ 14, 2x + 7y ≥ 21
used to determine gross profit/loss F(x, y) = x + y
(ii) Net profit = 4000, G.P = 10,000

8. (a) An = 35000 + 5000k

(b) Total distance run is 128.3km

3
9. (a)(i) C = 3, Sin A =
5
−1
(ii) Answer is 36
(b) Width XY of the river is 66.93m

10. (a) The son is 7 years old

(b) The length of the floor is 17m long
and 13m wide

11. (a) TP = 2cm Food type 1 should be 4.1 units and

Food type 2 should be 1.8 unit