HUDAIBYA EXAMINATION COMMITTEE (HEC)

CHAMAZI ISLAMIC SEMINARY

FORM THREE – ANNUAL EXERMINATION
021 – BASIC MATHEMATICS NOVEMBER 2023

1. given 34/620, expression this fraction into decimal with

i. Three significant figures.

ii. three decimal places
iii. standard form corrects to 2 significant figures
b) Express 0.83333… in form of a/b where a and b are integers but b=

2. Find the value of x/y if 5x.3y =675.

b) Find “n” if log 3 27+ log 2 𝑛=9

2. a) In a certain school of 120 students, 40 learn physics, 60 learn math and 30 learn
both physics and mathematics. How many students learn?

a) Either physics or mathematic

b) Neither physics nor mathematics
√2
b) Rationalize the denominator in expression
√5−3√2

c) Solve for x if (1/81)-6x x 81= √9

𝑘 1 𝑘−1
3. A) If -𝑢= , write “k” as the subject of the formula.
𝑣 𝑟

c) If V varies directly as the square of x and inversely as the √Y given that

V=18 when X=3 when Y=16, find the value of V when X=5 and Y=4.

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4. A) From the figure below. Calculate the length of the line segment AE.
B
D

8cm

6cm

A
C
3cm E

b) Mombokayene walked from his home Vijibweni to DADOS Hotel 2Km and 875m
then walked from DADOS Hotel to kibada 0.94Km.How Long does he travel in
meters?

5. A) in one day, the exchange rate was 1ksh=32 Ush and 1Usdollar =3825Ush. How
much us dollar in equivalent to 29750ksh. (write your answer to nearest dollar).
i. John, Kelvin and Samwel contributed 770,000,560,000 and 1,050,000 Shilling
respectively to start business. Find the ratio of their contribution in simplest form.
6. a). i) given that sin XO=4/5, Find the value of tan Xo and cos Xo
𝑎
ii) if 𝑎 ∗ 𝑏 = 𝑏(𝑎−𝑏)2 , find the value of 2*3.

b) Mr Malick started a business on 1st April 2015 with a capital of Tsh 600,000

2nd April: purchased goods for cash Tsh 400,000

3rd April: bought goods from Mwajuma on credit Tsh100,000

4th April; sold goods for cash Tsh 300,000

5th paid cash to Mwajuma Tsh 20,000

5th Paid salary for cash Tsh 150,000

8th April; sold goods on credit to Bakari Tsh 250,000

8th April; paid transport expensive for cash Tsh 120,000

Record the above transactions in respective ledge accounts.

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 7. Marwa deposited Tsh 4000,000/= in a Microfinance bank which offering a
compound interest rate 10%semi-annualy for 2years. Calculate the total amount of
money they will receive of the end of the period.
b). Steve bought a used TV at Tsh 76,000 and the spent Tsh 16,000 on minor repairs.
He then sold the Tv set a Tsh 10,400. Find the percentage profits for the whole
transaction.

8. A) From th top of the tower 75m high. Maria sees a lorry and a minibus along the
road, both being on one side of the tower of the angle of depression of 30o and 60o
respectively.
i. Sketch a diagram representing this information
ii. Determine how further the minibus is from the lorry, leaving your answer in
surd form.
b). the 3rd and 8th term of a Geometric progression are 3 and -96 respectively.
Find the first term and common ratio.

9. a). Josha is three years old than her sister Mari. Three years to come, the product of
their ages will be 130 years. Formulate a quadratic equation representing this
information. Hence, by using quadratic formular, find their present ages.
b). (i) if (a+b)2=50 and ab=5, find the value of a2+b2

(ii). The area of a circle is 616cm2. Find the circumference of the circle.

10. The following table show the distributor of marks of 40 students.

Marks 11-15 16-20 21-25 26-30 31-35 36-40

2y

No of 5 8 x 12 6 4
student
i. Find the value of x
ii. From the above table find
i. Mean
ii. Median
iii. Using histogram estimate the value of mode.
11. A) Calculate x and y in the following mathematical challenge.

60o

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 b) A ship sail from Pemba (4.5oE,39.5oE) to Dar Es Salaam (7.5oS,39.5oE) it leaves
Pemba at 11:30am and arrived Dar Es Salaam at 13:30pm use π=22/7 and
R=6400km to find the speed of the ship in km/hr.

12. A) The relation R= {(x, y): x2+6} is defined over the domain {-4,-1, 0,1,2}write the
range of the relation.
B) Draw the graph of inverse of R = {(x, y): y≤ 0 and y ≥ x} from the graph state the
domain and range.

13. . The function of g(x) is given as

3x − 5when x ≥ 3
g(x)= {4 when − 3 ≤ x ≤ 3
x when x < −3

i. Sketch the graph of g(x)

ii. Determine the domain and range
iii. From the graph find g (5), g(π) and g (-10).

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