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THE PRESIDENT OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT


MOSHI DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE-NECTA EXAMINATION

041: BASIC MATHEMATICS


Time3:00hrs August 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.

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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.

whose question is 12𝑥+6𝑦 = 9


b) Find the equation of the line passing through point(6,4) and perpendicular to the line

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.

triangles, if 𝐶𝐸∶ 𝐷𝐸= 1.2∶1. Name this pair of similar triangles.


b) In the below figure, find the constant of the proportionality needed to obtain a pair of similar

A D
18cm

15c

C B

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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

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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

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)

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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.

2𝑥+3𝑦=5
b) Solve the system of equations by using inverse matrix method:-

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.

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