Candidate’s Examination No……………………

THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS FORM TWO MOCK EXAMS, 2012

0041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

SECTION A (60)
1. Evaluate 225 – 225 ÷ 15 – 15
2. Simplify the expression 2y x 8 y + 3
16 y – 2
3. Given that (2d – 1) (3p+ 1) = 2592 find the value of: (a) P + d (b) P
2d
4. In the figure below find the value of x, y, and z
A E

X⁰ y⁰
B Zz D
C
(i) X= (ii) y = (iii) Z =
5. Write in fraction in its lowest terms the value of 70% of 70%
6. A piece of copper wire which is 56m long is bent to form a rectangle of area 171cm 2.
Find the length and width of this rectangle.
7. (a) Factorize the expression 3x2 + 7x – 6
(b) (10003) 2 – (9997) 2
8. Evaluate (0.47) 10 to 4 decimal places
(0.47) 6
9. The line 8x + by = 12 crosses the y – axis at the point (0, 2). Find the value of b.
10. The amount of Tshs. 1,500,000/= was divided among Rama, Irene and Valeria in the
ration of 3:5:7. How much money did each get?
11. Make X the subject of the formula given that S=√(y-X)
12 If x2 + bx +c = (x – 3) (x + 2) determine the value of b and c
13. If x - 65⁰ and 4x +10⁰ are complementary angles, then what is the value of x?
14. A translation takes the point P (6, 9) to a point Q (9, 12). Find where it will take the
point R(-2, 3)
15 If P * Q is defined as 3P – Q. Evaluate (5* - 3)*2
16 Without using tables, find the value of 6½ x 96¼
216¼
17. Angle A is acute and tan A = 2⅖. Find in the
Simplified form of a/b the value of 2cos A + Sin A
Sin A – Cos A
18. Solve ⎸2x – 5⎸ ≤ 3
19. Given that X = 3√2 and y = 2√3.
Simplify X² + y² in the form of a√c + b√d where a, b, c and d are real numbers.
X–y

20. A number is multiplied by 3 and 4 is added to the product; write down an expression
for the result.

SECTION B (40 MARKS)

21. Given the Universal set D = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) P and Q are subsets are set D.
Where P = {2,3,5,7) Q = {2,4,6,8,10) Find (P´ ∩ Q)
22. Find the y – intercept of the line joining the points (-5, 3) and (3, 2).
23. The total production of coffee in a certain year in the three villages shown in the
figure below was 57,000 tones. Calculate the weight of coffee produced by each village
in that year.

24. The scale of a map is 1:250,000. Calculate the actual distance which is represented by
length 7.5cm on the map. (The distance should be in Kilometers)
25. The following table shows marks scored by form Two students in a Mathematics test
at Ngojeni Secondary School.

Marks % 40 45 50 55 60 65 70
Number of Students 6 8 13 5 9 4 5

(a) What was the lowest mark?

(b) What mark was scored by most students?
(c) If 50% was the pas mark, how many students passed the test?
(d) What was the percentage of the students who scored at least 50%