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CHRISTIAN SOCIAL SERVICES COMMISSION
An Ecumenical Body of Tanzania Episcopal Conference and Christian Council of Tanzania
P.O. Box 9433, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
CSSC - SOUTHERN HIGHLAND ZONE, FORM TWO JOINT PRE-
NATIONAL EXAMINATION 2025
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time 2:30 hours 2025.
Instructions
1. This paper consists a total of ten (10) questions
2. Answer all questions.
3. All necessary works and answers must be shown clearly.
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4. If necessary use 𝜋 = 7
5. All answers must be in blue or black ink except drawings should be in pencil
6. Cellular phones and calculators are not allowed in the examination room
7. Write you Assessment Number at the top right hand corner of every page.
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1. a) The square tiles are used to build a floor measuring 12m by 16m. The tiles present are of
different sizes and only whole ones are used. If the greatest size of the tile is to be used, how
many tiles are expected to be used to build the floor?
b) A car uses 7.25 litres of petrol to travel 98.6 kilometres. How many kilometres do it travel
using 1 litre of petrol?
c) If 𝑥 = 0. 8̇ 3 5̇ and 𝑦 = 0.83̇, find the value of 𝑥 − 𝑦 and express the result in fraction form.
2. a) A swimming pool can be filed two pipes P and Q in 48 minutes. If pipe Q alone can fill this
pool in 2 hours, how long will it take for pipe P alone to fill the pool?
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125÷0.0025
b) Simplify and write your answer to 2 decimal places.
8÷0.02
3. a) In order to pass an examination, a candidate must obtain a minimum average of 60 marks in
two tests. If Simfosiliana obtained 54 marks in the first test, find the lowest possible marks she
would obtain in the second test in order to pass the examination.
b) The area of a trapezium whose height is 8𝑐𝑚, is, 236𝑐𝑚2. If one of its parallel sides is longer
than the other by 4𝑐𝑚, find the length of the two parallel sides.
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4. a) Find the values of 𝑥 and 𝑦 such that + 𝑦 = −2 and 4𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 0
𝑥
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b) A rectangular garden is 6 metres wide and 8 metres long. What length should be added to the
shorter side and reduced from the longer side to form a rectangular garden with an area of 45
square metres?
5. a) A clothing store sells T-shirts in only three colours; red, blue and green. The colours are in
the ratio of 3 to 4 to 5, respectively. If the store has 20 blue T-shirts, how many T-shirts are
there in the store?
b) Find the total amount of money accumulated in 6 years from a principal of Tsh 100,000/= in
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a bank which give a simple interest rate of 8 2 % per annum.
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6. a) Catherine is a civil engineer who works at the road construction project. The road needs to
have a slope of 0.04 for proper drainage. If the horizontal length is 600 metres, what should be
the vertical length of elevation?
(b) The translation T moves the point in x-y plane three steps to the right and two
stapes downward. Find the image of points A (-1, 2) and B (3,-4).
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7. a) (i) Find the value of 𝑘 from 8𝑘 = (16)2𝑘+3
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(ii) Rationalise the denominator and simplify:
𝑥−4
√𝑥 +2
b) Given that, log(4𝑥 + 1) = log(𝑥 − 7) − 2 log 2, find the value of 𝑥.
8. (a) ̅̅̅̅ and ̅̅̅̅
In the triangle ABC, D is the midpoint of 𝐵𝐶 ̅̅̅̅ ,
𝐴𝐷 is perpendicular to 𝐵𝐶
prove that the triangle ABC is an isosceles triangle.
(b) ̅̅̅̅//𝐶𝐷
Consider the following figure where by𝐴𝐵 ̅̅̅̅ , ̅̅̅̅ ̅̅̅̅ bisects 𝐴𝐵̂ 𝐷
̂ 𝐶 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵𝐶
𝐴𝐷 bisects 𝐵𝐷
(i) With reasons state the pair of similar triangles
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(ii) If the area of triangle ABD is 20 square centimetres find the area of triangle BCD
̅̅̅̅ = 10 𝑐𝑚 and 𝐶𝐷
given that 𝐴𝐵 ̅̅̅̅ = 6 𝑐𝑚.
9. (a) The hypotenuse of an isosceles right angled triangle is 8 cm. Is there enough
information to find the length of adjacent sides? If so, find their lengths. If not explain why not.
(b) A broadcasting tower 200 m high is to be held by three cables running from 10 m below the top
of the tower to concrete anchors sunk in the ground. If the cables are to make an angle of 300
with the horizontal, how many metres of cables will be required? (Give your answer in
kilometres)
10. (a) In a survey of the dinning preference of students at University of Dar es Salaam,
the following facts were discovered about Manzese and Daruso cafeterias. 21 liked Manzese
only, 63 liked Manzese, 55 liked Daruso and 34 liked home cooking.
(i) Draw a Venn diagram to represent the information above.
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(ii) How many students liked the two?
(iii) How many students were there at the university?
(b) The following pie chart shows students taking different courses at the university.
Law Social
1200 studies
Education
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Technology
(i) If 240 students take law, find the total number of students in the university.
(ii) If 65% of education students take education in arts, find how many take educations in science.
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