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MPANDA MUNICIPAL COUNCIL FORM THREE JOINT EXAMINATION - AUGUST - 2025
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME:3:00Hours Tuesday 26/08/2025
INSTRUCTIONS
[Link] paper consists of section A and B with total of fourteen (14) compulsary questions
[Link] all questions in section A and B.
[Link] question in section A carries six (6) marks while each question in section B carries
ten (10) marks.
[Link] necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
[Link] mathematical table and non-programmable calculators may be used.
[Link] communication devices and any unauthorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room
[Link] your name on every page of your answer booklet
where nessesary use pi ( π)=3.14
SECTION A (60 marks)
Answer all questions in this section
1.(a) In an experiment for determining the value of pi ( π) the following values were
obtained
3.142, 3.1578 , 3.099867, 3.14103 and [Link] an average value of pi
( π)correct to 3 significant figures.
(b) Three grand daughters,Mary, Neema and Victoria are used to visit their
grandparents for every certain time of [Link] vists after every 10 days,Neema
th
vists afte revery 15 days and victoria vists after every 5 [Link] at 30 december 2024,
they were together to their grandparents,when will they be together again to their
grandparents? (assume a complete month has a total of 30 days)
2−3 1
2.(a) [Link] −2 - 3
3 2
6 2
[Link] the denominator
7+ 3
16
b) Solve for y if log2 y =
log2 y
3 (a) In a class, 40 students play basketball,36 play netball and 31 play both basketball
and [Link] using a venn diagram,find the number of students
[Link] play netball or basketball
[Link] play netball only
(b) If following figure shows the number of elements in each [Link] the number of
element in set A is equal to the number of element in set B,find n(AUB).
4 (a) A line passes through points P(k,4) and Q(3,k+2).What value of k will make the line to
be
horizontal.
(b) Determine the value of h in order that the straight line whose equation is hx-y = 5
passes through the point (3,5)
5 (a) If GAW DEC are similar, find WÂG given that DĈE = 400 and AĜW = 600
(b) Use the following figure to prove that ABC is the same as AED.
6 (a) Olson is paid Tsh 20 000 for 4 hours work,
[Link] is the rate of his payment?
[Link] this rate,how much would he receive for 10 hours of work?
(b)Three tailors can sew 15 clothes in 15 [Link] long will it take 5 tailors working at
the same speed to sew 20 clothes?
7.(a)[Link] invested a certain amount of money in a savings account which provides
an interest rate of 10% compounded [Link] two years,he had a total of Tsh 50
[Link] much did he invest at the biginning?
(b) At Mtakuja village there are 2,000 people of which 1,500 are [Link] is the ratio of
Aldults to children in the village?
8.(a) The general term of a certain series is n(n-2).Find the first four terms and state
wether the series is arithmetic or geometric
(b) Each year,a coconut tree produces 2 more coconuts than it did the previous [Link] it
produced 8 coconuts in 2000,how many coconuts were produced in the year 2019?
9.(a) A rectangular field of 12m long,is to be fenced with a [Link] the diagonal of the field
is 15m long,find
[Link] of the field
[Link] length of the wire needed to fence the field360o
o o
sin30 +cos60
(b) Without using mathematical table,find the value of o
tan45
10. (a) [Link] keeps cows and [Link] total number of heads for cows and hens is
50 and the total number of feet for cows and hens is 160,using elimination method,find the
number of hens and cows that Mr kanada keeps.
(b) A picture measures 12cm by 9cm and is sorrounded by a frame whose are is
[Link] the value of x as shown in the figure below
SECTION B (40 marks)
[Link] height in centimeters of 100 people were recorded as shown in the following
figure
Height (cm) 160 165 170 175 180 185
Number of 3 12 32 24 21 8
people
Calculate
[Link] median height
[Link] mode
[Link] mean using assumed mean, A=170
12 (a) The vertices of a polygon are A(2,3),B(2,-4),C(-4,-4) and D(4,3).If the polygon ABCD is
reflected on the y-axis to
A'B'C'D',
[Link] the vertices of a polygon A'B'C'D'
[Link] the same graph,draw the polygon ABCD and polygon A'B'C'D'
(b) A translation T(a,b) takes a point (3,4) to (1,2).Find were it takes a point (-2,-5)?
13 (a) A mobile phone plan from VODACOM network costs 500Tanzanian shillings a
[Link] plan includes 25 free minutes and charges 60 Tanzanian shillings for each
additional minutes of [Link] montly charges are a function of the number of minutes
used given by
C(t)= { 500 if 0<t<25
}
500+60(t−25) if 25<t<50
Determine the cost that the plan charges for
i.50 seconds
ii.30 minutes
2−x
(b) Given the function f(x)= ,Find
x−2
[Link] domain and range of f(x)
ii.f-1(0)
14(a) Find the relation that is represented by the figure below then from the graph,find the
domain and range.
.
(b) If R-1={(x,y):y>X−4},Find R