PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ARUSHA REGION
FORM THREE ANNUAL EXAMINATION
BASIC MATHEMATICS
Time: 2:30 Hours 02nd December, 2022

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists sections; A and B with a total of 14 questions.
2. Attempt ALL questions in both sections.
3. Each question in section A carries 6 marks while each question in section B carries 10 marks.
4. Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculator may be used.
5. Write your Name or examination number on every page of your answer sheets.

SECTION A
1. (a) The school fees per child is 2 500 800 shillings per year. Seypalm paid “one million three hundred thousand
and forty shillings”. How much money does she owe the school?
(b) On a farm of animals, one-six of them are sheep, three-eighths are rabbit, a quarter is cattle, one- twelfth is goats
and the rest are donkeys. If there are 152 donkeys on the farm, find the total number of animals on the farm.
2. (a) Find the real solution of the equation
(b) (i) Evaluate the following without using tables or calculators.

(ii) Solve: 4 log2 𝑥 = − log2 81

3. (a) (i) Given: A={1, 3,5, 8} , B = {3,5, 7} , C = {2,4, 6, 8}. Find A ∩ (𝐴 ∪ 𝐵)
(ii) Represent the following equation into a Venn diagram given: 𝐴 ∩ 𝐵 = ∅ with aid of shaded sketch.
(b) Twenty-nine students are studying two foreign languages. Five students study both Chinese and French while
13 students study Chinese only. How many students study French if all students study at least one language and
24 students study only one language?
4. (a) Use the following coordinates plane to attempt the following questions:

(i) Write the quadrant and the coordinate of point P.

(ii) Find the “𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐” of the line PC if point P is a consecutive point with point A on the y –axis

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 (b) Calculate k in the following figure:
A

k +28o

B k − 20
4k C
5. (a)Name the congruent triangles in the following figures, and explain how their congruency is reached at.

F
A B
24°

118°
D
E
C

(b) Identify the similar triangles and then find the value of 𝑥
C
B

6 cm
3 cm

A 2 cm F 2.5 cm E D
𝑥

6. (a) Convert 12 years from year 2001 into seconds

(b) M varies directly as 𝑛2 and inversely as 𝑡 when n = 8 and t = 25, m = 144.Find m when n=5 and t =

7. (a) Seypalm bought a second hand car at 4 400 000 shillings and incurred some cost for its repair. After a
while he sold it at 5 600 000 shillings and got a profit of 12%. Find how much money did he incur for its
repair.
(b) Extract Balance sheet of Mr. Hamisi from the following assets and liabilities on 31st December 2006, use
the transactions to find the following;
(i) Total current assets
(ii) Total current liabilities
(iii) Total Fixed Asset
Creditors 500 000 shillings
Debtors 750 000 shillings
Bank overdraft 2 50 000 shillings
Cash in hand 75 000 shillings
Stock 425 000 shillings
Furniture 210 000 shillings
Premises 750 000 shillings
Capital 1 960 000 shillings
8. (a) Find the sum of the first thirty-one terms in Arithmetic Progression (A.P) whose middle term is 104
(b) Find the sum of the first ten terms in Geometric Progression (G.P) whose third and sixth terms are 36 and
972 respectively

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 9. (a) Given that MQ = 12 cm, find the length NM if region B is covered by 25 𝑐𝑚2.
M

12 cm

Q N
B

P O
(b) Two offices building are 36 m apart. The height of the taller building is 196 m. The angle of depression
from the top of the taller building to the top of the shorter building is 19°. What is the height of the shorter
building?
10. (a) Solve the following quadratic equation using the General Formula 9 + 3𝑥−1 − 2𝑥−2 = 0
(b) Thrice the first number exceeds twice the second number by 12 while sum of the numbers is −1. Find the
numbers

SECTION B
11. (a) The following figure is a frequency polygon curve for masses in kilograms of 80 students. Use the graph to
attempt the following questions:

26
24
22
20

18
16
14

12
10
8
6
4
2

0 47 52 57 62 67 72 77 82 87
Class mark (Mass in kg)
(i) Create a frequency distribution table
(ii) Calculate the mode masses by using the histogram
(iii) Calculate the median masses
(b) Calculate TX if XE = 24 cm and DE = 7 cm, where D is the centre of circle D.
A

D X
T

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 12. The vertices of a quadrilateral are A (-4,-3), B (2,-3), C (4,-6), and D (-2,-6)
(a) Determine whether the quadrilateral is a square, a rectangle, or a parallelogram
(b) Find the area of quadrilateral ABCD
13. (a) A ship takes off from B (45°𝑆, 30°𝐸) 𝑡𝑜 𝐶 (15°𝑁, 30°𝐸) at a speed of 332 km /h. If it leaves point B at 3:00
p.m, find the time it will reach point C
(b) Find the domain and range of the relation 𝑦 = 5𝑥2 + 2

14 (a) The function is defined by f(𝑥) =

(i) Sketch the graph for f(𝑥)

(ii) State the domain and range of f(𝑥)
(b) The following graph is for 𝑦 = 𝑥3 which is symmetric with respect to the origin. Use it to attempt the following
questions:

(i) Fill in the table of values for 𝑦 = 𝑥3

𝑥 𝑦 (𝑥, 𝑦)
= 𝑥3
0 0 (0,0)
1 1 (1,1)
2 8 (2,8)
3 27 (3,27)
-1
-2
-3

(ii) On the same axis complete the graph for 𝑦 = 𝑥3, 𝑥 ≤ 0 where the graph is symmetric to the origin.
(iii)State whether the graph for 𝑦 = 𝑥3 is symmetric with respect to the origin, 𝑥 −Axis, or 𝑦 − Axis or not.

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