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Candidate’s Examination Number……………… /……….

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
KIBAHA DISTRICT COUNCIL
DISTRICT FORM TWO MOCK EXAMINATIONS
BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME: 2:30 Hours Thursday, 16th May 2024
Instructions
1. This paper consists of (10) compulsory questions. Each question carries ten (10) marks.
2. Show clearly all the working and answers in the space provided.
3. All writing must be in blue or black ink except drawing which must be in pencil.
4. NECTA mathematical tables, geometric instruments and graphs papers may be used where necessary.
5. Mathematical tables, Geometric instruments and graph papers may be used where necessary
6. Write your Assessment Number at the top right corner of every page.

FOR ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY


QUESTIONS NUMBER
SCORES ASSESSOR’S INITIALS
1.
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10.

TOTAL

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1. (a) Evaluate 25 x 0.737 correct to;
(i) 3 decimal places

(ii) 1 significant figure

(b) Find the coefficient of x and x2 in the expansion of (x+9) (x+3)

3 𝑛;6 25 𝑛
2. (a) Solve for n if (5) =(9 )

(b) Factorize (x + 2)2 – (x - 4)2 and hence find the exact value of (10003)2 - (9997)2

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(√2:√3) (√2:√3)
3. (a) Simplify: (√3;√2) ÷ (√3;√2)

2:√3
(b) Rationalize the denominator and simplify
√2;√5

4. (a) Solve the equation y2 + 5y - 14 = 0 by completing the square.

(b) The sum of the number of boys and girls in a class is 36. If twice the number of girls exceeds the number
of boys by 12. Find the number of girls and that of boys in the class.

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5. (a) Determine the value of x in the following log5 (x+1) = log5 (x-3) + 1

(b) If 𝑙 𝑜 𝑔 𝑎 𝑥 = 5 𝑙 𝑜 𝑔 𝑎 12 find the value of X.

6. a) Solve x from the following system


5
(3𝑥 − 2) = 10
3

(b) Solve system of simultaneous equation by substitution method


2x + 3y = 9
6y = x + 2

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1 3 1
7. (a) Hadija had some amount of money she spends 8 in transport, 7 in clothes and 4 of the remained in food.
She spends the rest of money in buying mobile phone if the amount used to buy mobile phone is 44
000/=. How much money did she spend in transport and clothes?

(b) The population of Dar es salaam city is 32 884 785 people. There are 13 679 682 men and 15 647 652
women and the remaining ones are children. How many children are there in the Dar es salaam city?

3 7 1 17 1 1
8. (a) Arrange the following number in ascending order 8 , 2 , 2 6 , , 4 3 , 5 and 0.25
7

(b) Use number line to find the following -23 + -7 =

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9. (a) A refrigerators seller bought a refrigerator for Tsh. 1,800,000 and sold for profit of 480,000. Find;
(i) Percentage profit

(ii) Selling price

(b) The interior angle of a regular polygon is three times its exterior angle. Find;
i. Sum of interior angles of this polygon

ii. Number of sides of a polygon

10. (a) Find the gradient of a straight line joining the point (-1, 2) and (3, -5)

(b) The area of a parallelogram is 105 m2. Find the height of the parallelogram if its base is 15 meters.

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