TANZANIA HEADS OF ISLAMIC SCHOOLS COUNCIL

FORM FOUR INTER ISLAMIC MOCK EXAMINATION

BASIC MATHEMATICS
041 (For Both School and Private Candidates)

TIME: 3 HOURS Tuesday, 27th July 2021 a.m.

Instructions
1. This paper consists of two (2) sections A and B.
2. Answer all questions in both sections.
3. All necessary working and answers for each question done must be shown clearly.
4. Non-programmable calculators and Mathematical tables may be used.
5. Cellular phones are not allowed in the Examination room.
6. 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
1. (a) Simplify the expression
1 3 7 1
(3 4 + 2 8)-(4 16 − 5 4 )

5.1×570
(b) (i) Without using tables or calculator, evaluate , giving your answer in
0.68×0.095
standard form.

(ii) In peeling potatoes 4% of the mass of the potatoes is lost as peel. How much is
left for use from a bag containing 55kg?

2. (a) Rationalize the denominator of

√2
.
√22 + 3√2

(b) (i) Solve for n if

3 𝑛−1 25 2𝑛
(5) =( 9 )

(ii) Find the value of y given that 1 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 3 + 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 𝑦 = 𝑙𝑜𝑔2 12

3. (a) In a group of 100 people, 72 people can speak English and 43 people can speak
French. How many people can speak:
(i) English only
(ii) French only
(iii) Both English and French

(b) The probability that Ally uses a Daladala is 0.65 and the probability that he arrives in
school late is 0.3. Find the probability that
(i) Uses Daladala and arrives in school late
(ii) Does not use Daladala and arrives in school early.

4. (a) Find the equation of the line passing through the points (-3, 4) which is parallel
to x-axis.

(b) If a = (3, 4), b = (1, -4) and c = (5, 2), Find:

(i) d = a + 4b – 2c.
(ii) Magnitude of vector d leaving your answer in the form of m√𝑛.
(iii) The direction cosines of d.

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5. (a) Find the circumference of the circle whose area is equal to the sum of the areas of the
three circles with radius 2cm, 3cm and 6cm.

(b) (i) The interior angle of a regular polygon exceeds the exterior angle by 150o.
Find the number of sides of that polygon.
(ii) In the figure below calculate, the length ̅̅̅̅
𝐷𝐸 .
If the length ̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐶 = 6cm, ̅̅̅̅
𝐶𝐸 =18cm, ̅̅̅̅
𝐷𝐶 =12cm, ̅̅̅̅
𝐵𝐷 = 10cm
B 10cm
D

12cm

A 6cm C 18cm E
6. (a) The number of surface tiles needed to a surface of floor of hall varies inversely as the
square of the length of sides of the tiles used. If 2016 tiles of side of 0.4m would be
needed to surfaces of the floor of a certain hall. How many tiles of 0.3m would be
required?

(b) Suppose the current rate of exchange between the Tanzanian shillings and the Euro is
650 Tshs per Euro. A tourist changes 200 Euros to Tshs. How much does he get?

7. (a) (i) Three people share the property in the ratio of 2:x:y and it is known
that y= x+2. If the largest shareholder got Tshs 39,000. Find the value of the
property.

(ii) Mr. Sinabei gets a loss of 20% by selling ear rings at 2500/=. At what price
must he sell ear rings in order to get a profit of 52%?

(b) Songambele started business on 1st January 2010 with capital in cash 600,000/=.
January:
2: Purchased goods and paid cash 400,000/=
3: Bought goods for cash 100,000/=
4: Sold goods for cash 300,000/=
5: Paid salary in cash 150,000/=
8: Sold goods in cash 250,000/=
8: Paid cash for travelling expenses 120,000/=
Enter the transactions in each account and balance them.

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8. (a) (i) If 6, x, y and 15 are consecutive terms of an A.P. Calculate the value of x and
y. And hence find the common difference.

(ii) Find the sum of the first five terms of the series 9 + 27 + 81+ …..

(b) The first level of one wall of pyramid is made up of 497 bricks where as the top level
has 2 bricks. If the levels differ from each other by 5 bricks. Determine the number of:
(i) Levels of the bricks.
(ii) Bricks used to make the wall.

9. (a) Use Pythagoras Theorem to find the length x in the diagram below:
A

5m 13m

2m x
C D B

(b) The angle of elevation of the top of a tower from a point 42m away from the base on
level ground is 36o. Find the height of the tower.

1 2 1
10. (a) Given that (𝑎 + 𝑎) = 14. Find the value of 𝑎2 + 𝑎2.

(b) A train normally travels 240km at a certain speed. One day, due to bad weather, the
train’s speed is reduced by 20km/h. So that the journey takes 2 hours longer. Find the
normal speed of the train.

SECTION B: (40 Marks)

Answer all questions in this section

11. The scores of a Mathematics test taken by 60 students were recorded as hereunder:
30 56 21 49 58 22 38 27 31
25 34 48 33 20 34 30 50 26
25 50 36 29 21 61 33 51 20
26 28 45 36 26 60 42 21 63
43 24 30 27 56 35 32 35 52
41 56 41 30 36 53 63 57 54
34 58 34 59 26 30

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 (i) Prepare the frequency distribution table for the data by using the intervals
20-24, 25-29, etc.

(ii) Calculate the mean by using assumed mean method.

(iii) Calculate the median of the data.

(iv) Draw a histogram and use it to estimate the mode for the data.

12. (a) A ship sails northward from Dar es Salaam (7oS, 39oE) to Tanga (5oS, 39oE) at an
average speed of 12 knots. If it leaves Dar es Salaam at 12.00 noon, when will it
arrive at Tanga?

(b) Given a prism with triangular cross section. Where AB = AF = DC = DE = 8cm and
BF = CE = 10cm. The length of the prism is 16cm
F E

A D

B C

Find (i) The length of FD.

(ii) The surface area of the prism.
(iii) The volume of the prism.

13. (a) Find the value of “K” if matrix

 2k  1 k 
  is singular matrix.
 4k  3 3  k 

(b) Solve the simultaneous equation

−2𝑥 + 1.5𝑦 = 5
{ by matrix method.
4𝑥 − 𝑦 = 2

(c) What is the image of the point (1, 2) under the transformation matrix
3 0 2 3
( ) followed by ( )?
0 3 4 5

14. (a) If f(x) = x2 – 4, Determine

(i) Domain and range of f(x)
(ii) f-1(x).
(iii) Calculate the x and y intercepts of y = x2 – 4x + 3.

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14. (b) A person requires 10 units, 12 units and 12 units of A, B and C respectively
for his garden. A liquid product contains 5 units, 2 units and 1 unit of A, B and
C per carton respectively and a dry product contains 1 unit, 2 units and 4 units
of A, B and C per carton respectively. If a liquid product sells for Tshs 3000/=
per carton and a dry product sells for Tshs 2000/= per carton. How many of
each should be produced to minimize the total cost to meet the requirements?

Wabillah Tawfiiq

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