THE UNITED REPUBLIC OFTANZANIA

NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS COUNCIL

CERTIFICATE OF SECONDARY EDUCATION EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

(For Both School and Private Candidates)

Time: 3 Hours Monday, October 10, 2005 a.m.

Instructions

I. This paper consists of sections A and B.

2. Answer all questions in section A and four (4) questions from section B.

3. All necessary working and answers for each question done must be shown clearly.

4. Mathematical tables and graph papers may be used unless otherwise stated.

5. You are advised to spend not more than two (2) hours on section A.

6. Electronic calculators are not allowed in the examination room..

7. Cellular phones are net allowed in the examination room.

8. Write your Examination Number on every page of your answer booklet(s).

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 SECTION A (60 marks)

Answer all questions in this section showing all necessary workings and answers.

1. (a) Simplify 0.3754 x I 7.85 and give your answer in four significant figures. (4 marks)
0.00042 X 9.33

(b) Change 0. 0 i into a fraction. (2 marks)

2.

Figure 1

From the above figure, answer the following questions.

(a) List down numbers of(PUQ)' (2 marks)

(b) Find n(PUQUR)' (2 marks)

(c) Find n(QUR)- n(PnR) (2 marks)

3. If!!= 4i + 6l andy= 1i- 3j;find:

(a) Yt. for which Yt. = 1!! - 2 y. (2 marks)

(b) I Yt.l correct to two decimal places. (2 marks)

(c) the angle that Yt. makes with the positive direction of x - axis to the nearest degree.
(2 marks)
4. (a) Solveforxif 4<x+ ( J)
)(16x ) = 83x (3marks)

(b) Iflog a = 1.3010; log b = 1.4771 and log C = 1.7782,

Calculate
logfaib
'\j 7 (3 marks)

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 5. (a) AOP is the diameter of a circle with centre 0.

Given that ABC is a straight line and angle Q BC 81°. Calculate the value

of angle P A Q. (3 marks)

Figure 2
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(b) With reference to figure 3 below, calculate the length of segment CE. (3 marks)
v
B

Figure 3

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6. The 4 , 6th and 91h terms of an arithmetical progression (A.P.) forms the first three terms of a
geometric progression. If the first term of the A.P. is 3, determine the (3 marks)

(a) common difference of the arithmetical progression.

{b) common ratio of the geometrical progression. (3 marks)

7. Both lines "r" and "s" pass through the point (k, 9). Line "r" has a slope of- � and passes through

the point (5, -3). Determine the:

(a) value o f k . (2 marks)

(b) equation of"s'' in standard form of ax+ by + c = 0, if its x - intercept is -14 (2 marks)

(c) equation of line "t" perpendicular to line "r" which passes through the point (k, 9)
in form of y = mx +c. (2 m a rks)

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 8. (a) Figure 4 shows that AO = OB = 7 em, < AOB 36° and 0 is the centre of the circle.
Calculate the perimeter of the figure. (3 ma rk s)

Figure 4

(b) The surface area of a solid sphere whose radius is 6 em is equal to the surface area of a solid
right cylinder with radius of 2 em. Find the height of the cylinder. (3 .marks)

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9. (a) Given that .J3 = 1.7321, calculate the value of � correct to 4 decimal places.

(2 marks)

I + I 3 _L +_L =i
(b) Determine the values ofx and y given that when
_

x y -2 ->2 .; 4. (4 marks)

10. (a) Find the values ofx and y which satisfy the following system of simultaneous equations

{2x + y = 3
x2 - 2y = 6 (3 marks)

(b) A car is moving with initial velocity of 72 km/hour and acceleration of 4 rnls2• What is the
distance covered in metres after 12 seconds? (3 marks)

SECTION B (40 marks)

Answer four (4) questions from this section.

II. A certain secondary school intends to buy two types of Basic Mathematics reference books. The
school wants between 10 and 15 books (inclusive) of author A which cost 8,000/= each. Books
from author B cost I 0,000/= each. If the school has 240,000/=, what is the maximum number of
books can the school buy? (10 marks)

12. The following frequency distribution table shows the monthly salaries for 33 workers in a certain

( company.

Salary(Tsh.) 20000 - 29000 30000 - 39000 40000 - 49000 50000 - 59000 60000 - 69000
J_ Numbe·r of I 4 6 10 8
workers

r (Tsh.)
Salay 70000 - 79,000 80000 - 89000
Number of
2 2
workers

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 (a) By taking the class mark of the class interval 50000- 59000 as the assumed mean, calculate
the mean salary. (4 marks)

(b) What is the mode for this distribution? (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the median. (2 marks)

(d) Find the number of workers whose salaries exceed Tsh. 69,500/=. (2 marks)

13. (a) (i) Find the distance in kilometers between

A(9° S 33°E) and BW S, 33° E).

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(ii) An aeroplane takes off from B(5° S 33° E) to CW S , 39° E) at a speed of 332 km/h.
,

If it leaves A at 3:00 p.m. at what time will it arrive at C airport? (21/2 marks)

(b) (i) A ship sails due North from latitude 20° S for a distance of 1440 km. Find the
latitude of the point it reaches. (21/2 marks)

(ii) A second ship sails due West from position (60°N, 5° W) for a distance of 1200 km.
Find its new position. (21/2 marks)
(Circumference ofEarth = 4 x 104 km).

14. It has been specified that f(x) = 2x2 - 5x - 3 ranges from x = -2 to x = 4.

v
(a) Draw the graph of f(x). (6 marks)

(b) From the graph drawn in 14. (a) above;

(i) find the value of x for which f(x) = -I 0.

(ii) detennine the line from which the curve is symmetrical.

(iii) find the values of x by which ftx) is negative.

(iv) solve the equation 2x 2- 5x- 3 = 0. (4 marks)

15. (a) A two digit number is written using the numbers 2, 3 and 4 without repetition.

Find the probability that the number is:

(i) even.

(ii) less than 30. ( 4 marks)

(b) A family has four chlldre'l. By using a tree diagram, find the probability that the family has:

(i) all boys.

(ii) tv'o boys and two girls. (4 marks)

(c) Find the probability that a number selected at random from the numbers
-3,-2, 0, 3, 4 and 6 will be a solution set of the equation x2 - x - 6 = 0. (2 marks)

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16. (a) viven that A
(4 - '
) ) and c (- )
-
3 , 3 I 3 ;

(
B 2
2 -4 5 -2
=

I 0

find 13 A - 2B + c I· (3 marks)

(b) Solve for x andy in:

(2 marks)

(c) A point (x, y) is rotated through 90° and then reflected about the line y = x. Find:

(i) a single matrix for this double transformation.

(ii) the image of h

t e point (3, 6) under this double transformation. (5 marks)

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