WANGING’OMBE DISTRICT COUNCIL- FORM THREE JOINT

MID TERM EXAMINATIONS.

BASIC MATHEMATICS:
TIME: 3Hours: March 2023
INSTRUCTION:

 This paper consist of two section A and B

 Answer all questions in Both sections
 Mathematical tables and graph papers may be used.
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 If necessary use R=6370km, π=
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SECTION A (60%)
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1. (a)( i) In a class of 40 students, are boys. Two fifth of the girls wear mask. How many girls
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don’t wear a mask?
( ii) Mwajuma deposited tsh. 360,000 in her bank account. If the bank charges tsh. 1000 for every with
draw, calculate the amount of money remained in her account if she withdrew tsh 106,000.
(b)(i) a room with length of 270cm and width of 150cm is to be covered with square tiles. What is the
largest size of the tiles to be used if no space of the room is to be left uncovered?
ii)how many tiles will be used to cover the floor of the room?

2. (a(i)i f ( 3 ) ( 5 ) =
x+3 2− y
( 251 ) , find value of x and y
√2 ÷ √5−√ 3 in form of c ( a+ b )
( ii)Express the value of
3−√ 5 3−√ 5
√ √
35 1 1
(b) Find the value of if log x= log 8 -4 log 2 + log 7
3. ( i) Out of 130 students of a certain school 10 of them study biology and mathematics while 20 study
neither of the two subjects. Those who study biology alone are three times as many as those who study
mathematics only. How many students study biology?
(ii)If µ= {a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j}
A= {a, c, d, e, f}
B= {vowel}
C={a<µ≤h}
(a) Represent that information in the Venn diagram.
(b) Find out the n ( ( A ∩ B ∩C )' )
4. (i) If the line whose equation is y=3 x− p passes through the point (6,10) and (q,22) find the value of p
and q where p and q are integers.
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(ii) ) A straight road from Itulahumba to Makambako is y + x−6=0 . convert that straight road in
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form of y=mx+c
5. (a) The sides of a triangle are 4cm, 5cm, and 6cm. If the longest side of a similar triangle is 18cm, find
the lengths of the other sides.
( b)( i) the area of Right angle triangle is 50cm2. If one angle is 45 o then find its height .
ii) The length of a rectangle is twice its width if the perimeter of that rectangle is 18cm , Find the area.
6.( a) One tea spoonful of sugar is added to every 120g of juice. How many tea spoonful of sugar should be
added to 1kg 800g of juice?
 (b)A piece of length 7.42m is cut off from a string that is 13.5m long. Determine the number of pieces of
the remaining part of string which is to be divided into equal pieces of length 32cm.
7. ( a) Asha and Juma received 630,000 shillings from their father. The father wanted to give asha twice as
much as money as the amount that could be given to juma. How much did Asha receive?

( b) Mr Abdul bought a book for Tsh 180,000/=, A year letter he sold a book at a profit of 40%
(i) What was the selling price of the book.
(ii) What was the profit made?
8. A function is defined as f ( x)=x2 −3 x +2. Find

i. The line of symmetry of its F.

ii. The domain and range of F
iii. The maximum or minimum point of F

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tan60 o
9. a) (i) solve out the value of 0 × sin 30 without using mathematical table and leave your answer in
tan 45
surd form.
( ii) Mr. Mlowe walks 6km due to east from Wanike Secondary and then walks 8km due to south to Igima
secondary. Calculate shortest distance from Wanike Secondary to Igima secondary.
( b) A tree cast a 60M shadow when the angle of elevation of the sun is 250. how tall is the tree?(correct
your answer into 4 significant figures)
10.a) If a - 2 b = {1} over {3} left (4 {b} ^ {2} - {a} ^ {2} right ) =9 Find the value of ab
b) For what value of K does the quadratic equation x 2+ 2 ( k−4 ) x+ 2 k=0 are equal and identical root.
SECTION B (40%MARKS)
11. If the scores of form two Basic mathematics test of 50 students at Mount Kipengere Sec school are
Marks (%) 45-49 50-54 55-59 60-64 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84
No of students 6 B+3 3 B 9 4 2B+3 2
Compute out the three measures of central tendency of students’ marks at Mount Kipengere Sec school

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−4 for x <−1
12. A function f is defined as f ( x ) = 2
x +1 for−1≤ x <2
5 for x ≥2

i. Sketch the graph of f ( x )

ii. Find the domain and range of f ( x )
iii. If f ( x ) one to one function? Give one reason.
iv. Find f(-2) and f(π)

13. a) Find the final image of point (3,-2) after rotation through 90 o anticlockwise about the origin,
followed by reflection in the line x=0
b) )the vertices A(-2,3), B(-1,0) and C(1,-5) of triangle translated by translation vector T(2,1).find the
image of vertices of triangle.
14.(a) Draw the graph of the R={( x , y ):y≥ x 2 and y < 4 } and hence find domain and range

5 x−7
(b)Given the function f ( x )= then find
x +2
i) the domain and range
ii) f −1 ( 4 )