THE PRESENDET'S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

MWANZA CITY COUNCIL

FORM FOUR PRE MOCK EXAMINATION

CODE: 041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME: 3:00 HOURS MAY, 2024

NAME………………………………………………………………………………………………

Instructions
1. This paper consist of three sections A and B with a total of fourteen (14) questions
2. Answer all questions from section A and B ,each question in section A carries (6 marks)while each question
in section B carries ten (10 marks)
3. NECTA mathematical table may be used
4. Non- programmable calculators may be used.
5. Cellular phones are not allowed.
6. Write your examination number on every page of your answer sheets (s)
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7. The constant: = , Radius of the Earth =6400km.
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8. Table below is for examiner`s only
QUESTION PUT A TICK FOR SCORE EXAMINER`S
NUMBER ATTEMPTED QUESTION INITIAL
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
TOTAL

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 SECTION A (60 marks)

1. a) Arrange the order of the digits in 289414 to make

i) the largest possible number
ii) the smallest possible number
b) Paul and Joseph are riding on a circular path. Paul completes a round in 24 minutes where as Joseph
completes a round in 36 minutes. If they started at the same place and time and go in the same direction,
after how many minutes will they meet again at the starting point?

2. a) (i) Solve for n if (3𝑛 )(2𝑛 ) = 62𝑛+8

−2
(ii) Rationalize the denominator
√2+2
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b) Find log √𝑋 if log 𝑥 = 8̅.0524
3. a) In a class of 105 students, 25 study mathematics but not History, 50 study history but not mathematics.
If each student studies at least one subject. Determine the number of students who study history.
b) A month is picked at random. What is the probability that it ends with “ember”?

4. (a) If the midpoint of the line segment joining the point A(3,4) and B(k,6) is (𝑥, 𝑦). If (𝑥, 𝑦) lies on the
line whose equation is 𝑥 + 𝑦 = 10. Find the value of k.

1 1 2 1
(b) Given vectors, 𝑎= 𝑖+ 3 𝑗 , 𝑏 = 3 𝑖 + 3 𝑗 and 𝑐 = 𝑖 +6𝑗
2

Determine the unit vector in the direction of the vector 𝑑 where 𝑑 = 6𝑎 + 3𝑏 −𝑐

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 150°. Find the number of
sides of that polygon.
(ii) In the figure below, calculate the length𝐷𝐸. If the length 𝐴𝐶 = 6𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐸 = 18𝑐𝑚,
𝐷𝐶 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝐶𝐸 = 10𝑐𝑚.

6. (a) Twelve people can dig a trench in 15days for 8 hours daily. How long can they take to find the same
work, working for 10 hours daily?

(b) The mass (m) which can be supported by a beam varies directly with the breath (b) and inversely with
the length (l). If a beam of breath 2m and length 15m can support a mass of 200kg. What mass can be
supported by a beam which is 3m bread and 20m long?

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 7. a) Abdallah wants to invest a certain sum of money so that its value after 3 years will be 100,000/=
shillings. How much amount of money should be invested at 5% per annum compound interest?

b) Study the given trial balance and answer questions that follow:
Trial balance as at December 2021

S/N Details Amount (Tshs) Amount (Tshs )

1. Cash 185,000.00

2. Capital 200,000.00

3. Purchases 110,000.00

4. Sales 104,000.00

5. Water bills 3,000.00

6. Advertising 2,000.00

7. Telephone 1,000.00

8. Salaries 3,000.00

304,000.00 304,000.00

Prepare the balance sheet

8. (a) The first term of an arithmetic progression is 12 and the common difference is 10. Find the nth term.
(b) A farmer wants to plant 6 mangoes seedling in a row at a fixed interval of 7 meter. Determine the
length of the row.
9. a) A ladder leans against a vertical wall. If the ladder reaches 12m up the wall and its foot is 9m from the
base of the wall, find the length of the ladder.
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b) Given that A and B are complementary angles and 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴 = 5. Find 𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝐵 (leave your answer as
improper fraction)
10. a) Solve the following equation by completing the square method 2𝑥 2 + 10𝑥 − 28 = 0
b) The difference between two positive numbers is 7. If their product is 30. Find the numbers.

SECTION C (40 marks)

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 Answer all questions in this section.

11. The number of patients who attended maternity clinic daily in June 2020 in a certain town was recorded.

51 61 60 70 75 70 74 73 72 82 70 71 71 76 74
68 66 50 68 65 72 69 64 83 63 83 58 80 90 50
89 55 62 61 62 75
a) Prepare a frequency distribution table with class 5 beginning with the number 50
b) Calculate the mean and mode from the frequency distribution table prepared in (i) above by using
assumed mean from the class mark of the modal class.
c) Draw a cumulative frequency curve and use it to estimate the median
12. (a) The following figure represents a rectangular prism in which 𝑃𝑄 = 12𝑐𝑚, 𝑄𝑅 = 8𝑐𝑚 and 𝑅𝑌 = 4𝑐𝑚

Find:
i) The total surface area
ii) The angle between the planes PTZW and QRZW

(b) A and B are two points on Latitude 70°N. Their longitudes are 62°w and 118° respectively. Calculate
the distance in kilometers from A to B if the earth`s diameter is 12800km for the following cases.
i) Along the great circle route over North pole
ii) Along the parallel of latitude
2 −3 9 12 1
13. a) (i) Given the matrix 𝑃 = ( ) and 𝑄 = ( ) find 2𝑝 − 3 𝑄
5 4 −15 3
4𝑘 8
(ii) If the matrix ( ) is singular, find the possible value of K
2 9𝑘

1 0
b) By using the transformation matrix ( ), find the image of the point𝐴(−2,3). Hence, state the
0 −1
axis in which this point is reflected.

2𝑥+3𝑦=7
c) Solve the following system of linear equation by using the inverse matrix method 1
𝑦= 𝑥
2

𝑥 + 2 𝑖𝑓 − 2 > 𝑥
2
14. (a) Given 𝑓(𝑥) = {𝑥 + 1 𝑖𝑓 − 2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 2
1 𝑖𝑓 2 < 𝑥

i) Sketch the graph of 𝑓(𝑥)

ii) From the graph state domain and range
(b) A business plans to buy at most 210 sacks of Irish and sweet potatoes. Irish potatoes costs shs 30,000
per sack and sweet potatoes costs 5000 per sack. He can spend up to shs 2,500,000 for his business. The
profit on a single sack of Irish potatoes is shs 12,000 and for sweet potatoes 10,000. How many sacks of
each type of potatoes the businessman will buy in order to realize the maximum profit?
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