ZANZIBAR PRIVATE SCHOOLS
FORM FOUR JOINT EXAMINATIONS
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time: 3:00 Hours Wednesday 9th July 2025 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.
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 done must be shown clearly.
5 All communicable devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination
room.
6 Mathematical tables and non- programmable calculators may be used.
7 Write your Examination Number on every page your answer booklet(s).
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SECTION A (60 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1. a) From the set of numbers * +; Write down
i. The prime numbers
ii. The multiples of 3
iii. The factors of 60
b) A room with length 10ft and 6ft is to be covered with square tiles. What is the largest size of
the tile to be used if no space of room is to be left uncovered? How many tiles will be used to
cover the floor of the room?
33n2 33n
2. a) Find the value of
33n
b) Find the value of x given that log 3 81 2 x 12 .
3. a) Given that n ( A B ' ) 6 , n ( A' B) 18 , n ( A B) ' 54 and n ( ) 64 . Find n ( A B) ' .
b) A fair coin is tossed and a fair six sided die is rolled. Find the probability of landing on head
side of the coin and rolling a 3 on the die.
4. a) The points (2, r), (v, 6) and (10, 10) are collinear with a gradient of 2. Find the value of r and
v.
b) A boat sails due North at a speed of 120 km per hour and a wind blows at a speed of 40km
per hour due East. Find the actual speed of the boat.
5. a) The exterior and interior angles of a regular polygon are in the ratio 2:4 respectively. Find
the number of sides of the polygon
b) A running truck is designed so that the length of four complete is 344. It has two parallel
straight sections of 150m each and two semi-circular ends. Find the distance between the
straight sections.
6. a) A frequency of radio signal varies inversely to the wavelength. A signal of frequency 2400
KHz, which might be the frequency of an FM radio station, has a wavelength 250m, what is
the frequency for a signal of wavelength 400m?
b) In a preparation of fanta orange drink, a bottling filling machine can fill 1,500 bottles in 45
minutes. How many bottles will it fill in hours?
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7. a) If 4A=5B=6C, find the ratio A: B: C.
b) Halima started a business on 1st September, 2018 with capital of Tshs. 25,000 in cash.
September 2, bought goods for cash 15,000 Tshs
3, sold goods for cash 3,000 Tshs
5, sold goods for cash 5,000 Tshs
6, paid carriage on goods 5000 Tshs
9, sold goods for cash 14,000 Tshs
15, bought goods for cash 1,000 Tshs
19, paid rent 2,000 Tshs
20, purchases goods 6,000 Tshs
27, paid wages 5,000 Tshs
28, sold goods on credit 1,000 Tsh
By using these transactions, prepare the cash account
8. a) Two G.Ps has the same first terms and different common ratios R and r, the difference
between the third terms is 7 and the difference between fifth terms is 91. Find the value of
b) The sum of ages of five children born at the interval of 3 years is 50 years. What is the age
of the youngest child?
9. a) In a triangle ABC the angle C is and , without finding the inverse of ,
find and determine the lengths of the sides ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ , given that
̅̅̅̅
b) A rectangular frame is made of wooden bars. The diagonal of the frame is 25cm long and its
width is 15cm. Find the length of the frame
10. a) Given that , find the value of
b) The sum of the square of two consecutive positive numbers is 61. Find the numbers
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SECTION B: (40MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section
11. a) A chord AB of a circle is 12cm long. The radius of a circle is 10cm. Calculate the distance
from the mid-point of the chord to the centre O of the circle.
b) The number of patients who attended maternity clinic daily in June 2017 in a certain village
was recorded as follows
52 61 42 27 38 44 56 36 73 20
41 48 77 30 46 43 72 63 43 76
47 53 38 55 60 51 47 58 33 37
(i) Make the frequency distribution table by grouping the number of patient in the class size
of 10.
(ii) By using the frequency distribution table obtained in b(i) , calculate the mean number of
patient per day
(iii) Construct a pie chart for the frequency distribution obtained in b(i)
12. a) A ship sails from Tabora ( ) to Mbeya ( ). If it leaves Tabora at 3:00 pm
22
with a speed of 332km\hr. At what time will it arrive at Mbeya airport? (Use and
7
RE 6370 km).
b) Sketch a square pyramid whose base is PQRS, vertex is at W and center is at N then
answer the following questions
(i) State the projection of ̅̅̅̅̅
(ii) Name the angle between ̅̅̅̅̅ and the plane PQRS
c) The volume of a square pyramid is . If the sides of its base are 4cm long, find the
height of the pyramid correct to one decimal place.
3 2 1 1
13. a) Given L and M 1 1
1 5
(i) Find the difference between thrice the matrix L and twice the matrix M
(ii) Show that the sum of the determinant of these matrices obtained in (a)(i) above is the
same as the determinant of matrix L
b) If a farm measuring 72 m by 88m is enlarged by a scale factor of 4, what will be the area of
the enlarged farm?
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14. a) Given ( ) find:
(i) ( ).
(ii) The Domain and Range of ( )
b) A carpenter makes two kinds of furniture, ie chairs and tables. Two operations M and N is
used. Operation M is limited to 20 days a month while operation N is limited to 15 days per
month. Table below shows the amount of time each operation takes for one chair and one
table and the profit it makes on each item.
Furniture Operation M Operation N Profit
Chair 2 days 3 days 20000\=
Table 4 days 1 day 24000\=
(i) Formulate the linear Programming model to maximize the income
(ii) How many chairs and tables should the carpenter make in a month to maximize the
income
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