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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.
2
7
5
(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
2
6. Apieceofcopperwirewhichis56cmlongisbenttoformarectangleofarea171cm
.
Findthelengthandthewidthofthisrectangle.
7. (a)
2
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
AB
A
B
CA
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.
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
13
(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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