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(b) Write the following in numerals: one billion four hundred seventy three thousand, one
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3. (a) State the digit in the place value of ten billions for the numbers 206, 365, 784, 019.
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(b) Write total values of digit 8 and digit 5 in number 657, 894, 561, 233.
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(b) If p = 0.525 and q = 0.4 2 by converting these decimals into fractions, find the exact
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7. Mkakala spent 1/5 of the money he had on breakfast. He spent 1/3 of what remained on dinner.
Further he spent ¼ of what still remained on refreshment. After all these expenses he found that
he had shs. 600/= remaining. Find the amount of money he had initially.
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8. A ribbon is 14m long. Fourteen pieces, each of length 25cm, are cut from it. The remaining
piece is cut into equal length of 40cm. How many pieces of length 40cm are there? What is the
length of the piece that is left over?
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9. Zamda wants to cover a floor measuring 90cm by 120cm with square tiles of the same size.
Given that she uses only whole tiles, find
(a) The largest possible length of the side of each tile
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(b) The number of tiles that are needed to cover the floor
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10. (a) It is estimated that 30% of the people in Tanzania live in cities. If there are about 16.2
million Tanzanians living in the cities, what is the population of Tanzania?
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(c) The cost of renting a house rose by 20% from last year’s cost. If the cost of renting the house
last year was shs. 150,000/=, what is the cost of this year?
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