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PRESIDENT’S OFFICE

REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

FRANCISCAN GIRL’S SECONDARY SCHOOL

FORM ONE OPENING EXAMINATION

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

Time : 2:30 Hours 16TH JULY 2024

Instructions

1. This paper consists of ten (10) compulsory questions. Each question carries
ten (10) marks.
2. Show clearly all the workings and answers in the space provided.
3. All writing must be in blue or black ink except drawings which must be in
pencil.

FOR ASSESSOR’S USE ONLY


QUESTION SCORE ASSESSOR’S INITIALS
NUMBER
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TOTAL
CHECKER’S INITIALS

@SIR MLANGI JULY 2024 1


1. (a) Franciscan girls secondary school decided to buy 724, 985, and 1389
textbooks for three subjects (Physics, Chemistry and Basic mathematics)
respectively. If each textbook costs 9 000 Tanzanian shillings. How much
money did the school spend on the textbook ?

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(b) Shelly walked km. Kelly walked km. Who walked farther ? How
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much further did the one walk than the other ?

2. (a) Simplify the expression 10 − 7 + 9 × 5 + 28 ÷ 4

(b) Find the G.C.F of the following


(i) 18 and 45 by listing method

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(ii) 120 and 192 by prime factorization

3. (a) Approximate the following numbers as instructed


(i) 10.6987 to 3 significant figures

(ii) 0.2465 to 3 decimal places

(iii) 35.4 to ones

(b) Sir mlangi was reading a book which has 326 pages with an average of
268.75 words on each page. Estimate the number of words in the book to
whole number

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4. (a) If 2𝑥 + 70° and 3𝑥 + 20° are supplementary angles, determine the value
of 𝑥

(b) If ABCD is a trapezium, find the values of the angles 𝑎 , 𝑏 , and 𝑐 in the
following figure

𝑥
5. (a) If 12𝑥 + 𝑦 = 5(2𝑥 − 𝑦), find the value of
𝑦

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(b) Show on the number line the solution set of the inequality 3 ≤ |2𝑥 − 5|

6. (a) There are 50 students in a class. If 14% are absent on a particular day.
Find the number of students present in the class.

(b) Solve the following system of simultaneous equation by substitution


5𝑥 − 4𝑦 = 21
method {
3𝑥 + 5𝑦 = 20

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7. (a) A father is 32 years older than his son. After 4 years, the father’s age will
be twice the age of his son. Find their current ages.

(b) A shopkeeper bought a radio for Tsh. 80,000 and sold it at a loss of 20%
. What were the loss and selling price ?

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8. (a) Describe set A = {Even numbers between 5 and 15} by;
(i) Listing method

(ii) Formula method

(b) In an inter school competition test, 200 students appeared. Out of these
students; 20% got A, 50% got B and the remaining got a C grade, find the
number of students who got a C grade.

9. (a) A ladder leans against a wall. If the ladder reaches 8 m up the wall and
its foot is 6 m away from the base of the wall, as shown

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Find
(i) The length of the ladder 𝑦

(ii) The area and perimeter of the resulting triangle

(b) A rope of length 39 m is tied to the top of a flag pole. The other end of
the rope is fixed at a point 36 m from the base of the flagpole. How high is
the flag pole ?

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10. (a) Find the equation of a straight line which crosses 𝑥 and 𝑦 axes at 2 and
5 respectively. Express your answer in form of 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐

(b) Solve the following simultaneous equation graphically


𝑥+𝑦 =5
{
2𝑥 − 𝑦 = 7

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**************************ALL THE BEST*********************
“The best way of learning mathematics is through practiceˮ
Prepared By Sir Mlangi JULY 2024

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