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THEUNITEDREPUBLICOFTANZANIA
MINISTRYOFEDUCATIONANDCULTURE
FORMTWOSECONDARYEDUCATIONEXAMINATIONS,2003

BASICMATHEMATICS

0041

TIME:2HOURS

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INSTRUCTIONS

ThispaperconsistsofsectionsAandB.
AnswerALLquestionsinbothsections.
Answersmustbewrittenintheanswersheetsprovided.
InsectionAwritetheanswersonlyforeachquestion,whileinsectionBwriteboththeworkingand
theanswerforeachquestion.
Mathematicaltables,graphpapersandMathematicalinstrumentsmaybeusedwhereappropriate.
Remembertoattachthisexaminationpaperwiththeanswersheetsattheendoftheexamination.
Cellphonesarenotallowedintheexaminationroom.
FOREXAMINER'SUSEONLY
QUESTIONNUMBER

SCORE

INITIALSOFEXAMINER

15

610

1115

1620

2125

TOTAL

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SECTIONA(60MARKS)

Answerallthequestions.Answersonlyaretobewrittenintheanswersheetsprovided.

1. (a)
CalculatethesumoftheGCFandLCMof42,45,50.

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(b)
5 + 8 6

2. Convert
(a)
256800cmintokm

(b)
0.125intopercentage

3. Roundoff
(a)
260743tothenearestthousand

(b)
0.04261tothreedecimalplaces

4. Inthefigurethatfollows,findthevaluesofa,bandc.

log 48 .
5. If log 2 = 0.30103 and log 3 = 0.47712 ,evaluate

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6. Apieceofcopperwirewhichis56cmlongisbenttoformarectangleofarea171cm
.
Findthelengthandthewidthofthisrectangle.

7. (a)

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Factorizetheexpression3x
+7x6

(b)

2
2
(10003)
(9997)

8. Express 3+5
intheform a + bc
2 5

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9. Findthevolumeofthesolidbelow

10. Findthedifferencebetweenxand80%ofx,ifx=950.

11. Giventhat

(a + 1a )

,findthevalueof a2 + a12
= 14

12. Make A thesubjectoftheformula D =

AB
A

B
CA

13. If 4 tan B = 3 and B isanacuteangle,findthevaluesof

cos B
(a)
4 tan B + 5 sin B
(b)

14. Iftheinteriorangleofaregularpolygonis6timestheexteriorangle,howmanysidesdoes
thepolygonhave?

15. If P * Q isdefinedas 3P Q

Evaluate (5 * 3) * 2

x 40 ,findthevaluesof x .
16. Threeanglesofatrianglearemarked 2x , x + 20 ,and

17. JohnissixyearsolderthanPaul.Iftheiragesaddupto30years,findPaulsage.

18. Astraightlinepassesthroughtwopoints A( 3, 6) and B( 6, 3) .Findthegradientoftheline

AB .

19. Find

(a)

thelargestpossiblenumberand

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(b)

thesmallestpossiblenumberbychangingtheorderofthedigitsin47986.

20. Write0.0346instandardform

SECTIONB(40Marks)

Attemptallthequestionsinthissection,showingallyourworkingclearlyforeachquestion,inthe
answersheetsprovided.

21. ThefollowingtableshowsmarksscoredbyFormTwostudentsinaMathematicstestatJitahidi
SecondarySchool.

Marks%
40
45
50
55
60
65
70
NumberofStudents

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(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Whatwasthelowestmark?
Whatmarkwasscoredbythemoststudents?
If50%wasthepassmark,howmanystudentspassedthetest?
Whatwasthepercentageofthestudentswhoscoredatleast50percent?

22. Inacertainoffice,everymanownseitheracaroralorryorboth.23ownlorries,14owncars,
and5ownbothlorriesandcars.Howmanymenarethereinthatoffice?

23. Joyceused1/3ofhermoneytobuysugar,1/4ofittobuysoapandsheremainedwith
Shs.35/=.

(a)
Howmuchmoneydidshehaveatthebeginning?

(b)
Howmuchmoneydidsheusetobuysugar?

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24. Giventhefollowingfigure,findthevalueofh,correcttoonedecimalplace.

25. Usemathematicaltablestoevaluatethefollowingmathematicalexpression

980423.19
0.08641750

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