THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE AND NATIONAL SERVICE

MILITARY SCHOOLS ASSOCIATION
FORM FOUR – PRE NATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

TIME: 3 HOURS 01 Aug 2023

INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper consists of Sections A and B with a total of 14 questions, Answer
ALL questions in BOTH Sections
2. Each questions in Section A carries SIX (06) marks while each question in
Section B carries TEN (10) marks
3. ALL necessary working and answer for each question must be shown clearly
4. NECTA Mathematical tables and non programmable calculators may be used
5. ALL communication devices and any un authorized materials are not allowed in
examination room
6. Write your examination number on every page of your answer
booklet(s)/sheet(s)

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 SECTION A (60 Marks)

Answer ALL questions in this section

1. (a) Simplify answer in standard form

(b) Mr. Mzombe used tiles to build his floor of his room measuring 18cm
by 24cm. if he used only whole ones and they were alike
(i) What was the greatest size of each tiles?
(ii) How many pieces of tiles used to cover the room?

2. (a) Find the value of t if √( ) ( )

(b) Evaluate the following without using mathematical table

3. (a) A and B are subsets of the universal set

Find ( ) given that ( ) ( ) ( )
and ( )
(b) A box contain 6 red toys and 4 blue toys. Two toys are picked from
the box at random one after another without replacement, draw a tree
diagram to illustrate probabilities of these toys and hence determine
the probability that the toys picked up are of different colours
4. (a) If and Find

(i)

(ii) Magnitude of
(iii) Direction of
(b) Find the value of K if lines and have equal
x – intercepts
5. (a) A regular polygon has an exterior angle measure of ( ) and an
interior angle measure of ( ) Find sum of interior angles of
the polygons.

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 (b) If and are similar. If
Calculate

6. (a) A piece of length is cut off from a string that is long.

If the remaining part of the string is divided into equal pieces of
length 32cm, how many pieces are there?

(b) The resistance of a wire is directly proportional to its length (L) cm

and inversely proportional to its cross section area ( ) when L =
2cm and the resistance R is 8750 0hms. Calculate the
value of R when L = 36m and

7. (a) The volume of two tanks are in the ratio 2:5. If the volume of the first
tank is 2600 litres. Find the total of the two tanks.
(b) Determine the gross profit and net profit from the information given
below:-

Sales 40,000/=
Opening stock 10,000/=
Purchases 25,000/=
Electricity 4,000/=
Discount allowed 2,000/=
Closing stock 7,000/=
8. (a) A CORONA patient is increasing at 20% per day. If it start with 50
patient at Makambako District. What will be after 25 days?

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 (b) Given that 491, y and 81 are consecutive terms of a geometric
progression (G.P). Find
(i) The value of y
(ii) The Geometric mean

9. (a) Find the length AB from the figure below:-

(b) Show that ( )

10. (a) Solve the equation by completing the square

(b) A father is three times as old as her child, seven years ago the product
of their ages was 104. Find the present age of a father

SECTION B

11. (a) Find the central angle (in degree) made by an arc of length 22cm in a
circle whose radius 63cm.

(b) The number of patients who attend maternity clinic daily in June 2023
in Makonde village was recorded as follows:-
52 61 62 27 38 44 56 36 72 22
77 30 46 43 72 63 43 76 41 48
47 53 38 55 60 51 47 56 33 37
(i) Prepare frequency distribution table with class size 10 patient
(ii) By using the frequency distribution table obtain in part (i)
Calculate Mean number of patient per day

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 (iii) Draw the histogram and estimate the Mode of patient per day
from the graph

12. (a) VABCD is a pyramid with VA = VB = VC = VD = 5cm and ABCD is

a square base of sides 4cm each. Assume that the centre of the base is
at point V, Find
(i) The angle between VA and the base ABCD
(ii) The volume of the pyramid

(b) A ship sail from point A ( ) due west along the same
latitude to point B for 1000km. Find the latitude and longitude of
point B. (Leave your answer in nearest degree).

13. (a) A woman owns 60 domestic animals. Each of her domestic animals is
either a cow or a chicken. If the domestic animals have the total of
200 legs, use matrix method to find the number of cows and the
number of chicken which the woman owns.

(b) Find the image of the point (5, 2) under a rotation of followed by
another rotation of 180 anticlockwise.

14. (a) Given ( )

(i) Find ( )

(ii) Find ( )

(iii) State domain of ( )

(b) Given inequalities

Where and

(i) Represent the above inequalities on the graph and show the
feasible region

(ii) Maximize: ( )