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OF TANZANIA
THE UNITED REPUBLIC CIL OF TANZANIA
EX AM INAT IONS CO UN
NATI ONAL EDUC ATION EXAMINATION
O F SECO NDAR Y
CERTIFICATE

041 BASIC MATHEMATICS

ate Candidates )
(For Both School and Priv
Year: 2022
Time: 3 Hours

• I. This pape r consists of sec

tions A and B with
Instructions

a total of fourteen (14) qu

estions.

2. Answer an questions.
es ten (10)
(06) marks while each question in section B carri
A carries six
3. Each question in section
ma rks.
st be shown clearly.
ce ssa ry working and answers for each question mu
4. All ne
y be used.
ma tical tables and non-p rogrammable calculators ma
5. NECTA mathe ination
thorised ma terials are no t allowed in the exam
es and any un au
6. All communication devic
room.
booklet(s).
Number on every page of your answer
7. Write your Examination

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Answer all questions in this section.

from the set
(a) F" d h les of 5
m t e percentage of numbers which are multip . lace
{I, 2, 3, 4, .. . up to 52} . Write the answer correct to on e dec1ma1P ·
2
l 2 3 l and
(b) (i ) Arrange the following fractions in ascending order: 2' 9' 8' 12 5

. l'fy 7 x 10 4 hence write the answer lll

• tandard form.
(ii) S imp 1 th e expressio
· n ---, s
0.000035

2. (a) Find the value of x if gx-I = 16 .

(b) (i) Simplify the expression loga ✓a+ loga (a 2

).

5+ ✓2
(ii) Rationalise the denominator of the expression ✓6- ✓2 ·

3. (a) (i) If P = {all multiples of 5 less than 35} and Q = {all odd numbers between 14 and 30},
find PnQ.

(ii) In a village of 50 farmers, 25 grow cashew nut, and 16 grow both cashew nut and
maize. If 10 farmers grow neither cashew nut nor maize, find the number of farmers
who grow maize only. Do not use Venn diagram.

(b) A farmer was given three seeds to germinate in a nursery. The probability that a seed will

germinate is i Using a tree diagram, find the probability that at least . two seeds will

germinate.

4. (a) If f! = (4, 3), "'2_ = (-4, 1) and f (2, 5) , determine which of the vectors g_ + 21J. and
= 3a + c is
longer than the other. - -

(b) If a line passing through the point (4, 2) is perpendicula r to another 1· h .

2x + 3y + 14 = 0, find the equation of the line. me w ose equation ·
IS

5. (a) The sides of a triangle are 4 cm, 5 cm and 6 cm. If the longest ·d f . .
18 cm , find the lengths of the other sides. si e o a s1m1lar t · I ·
nang e ts

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Find the radi us of
. 'b d . a circl e is 72 cm .
. 111
ti) The pen mete r of a regu lar hexagon insert e
the circl e.
. . 2 - and AC=
20c m , find the angle
The area of triangle ABC 1s 70 cm . ff AB =14c
m
( ii)
BAC .
. he walk s in 2 days .
, in metr es, the d 1stan ce s
6. (a) Anna walks 24 km every day. Find
. d. tl port iona l to the selli ng
ts tree Y pro dT h
A deal er sells mattresses whose cost price. ( C)
.)
(b) (1 ttr e Tsh 20 000 an s ·
. and the cost pnce of one ma ess ar · '
pnce (s ). If the selli ng price
nality.
18,000, respectiv ely, find the constant of proportio
th e coS t
(i), dete rmin e the equa tion that relat es
( ii) By using the answer obtained in part (b)
price and the selling price.

at a loss of 15%. Find the loss mad e and the

7. (a) A dam aged table that costs Tshs. 20,000 was sold
selli ng price .
ala's cash account.
(b) Extr act a Trial Bala nce from the following Mab

Cre dit
Debit
Particular Foli o Am oun t
Date Particular Folio Amount Date
5/8/2018 Purc hase s 80,0 00
5/8/2 018 Capital 100,000
43,000 15/8/2018 Tele phon e bills 28,0 00
9/8/2 018 Sales

11/8/201 8 Sales 47,000

31/8/2018 Bala nce c/d 82,0 00

190,000 190,000

1/9/2018 Balance bid 82,000

ressi on are 8 and -34 res e • .

8. (a) The fifth and eleventh terms of an arithmetic prog P chve ly. Fmd the
sum of th e first ten term s.

in a bank whic h .
(b) A schoo l wishes to inves t Tshs. J 00,000,000 pays an mterest rate of 2%
com poun ded annu ally .

( i) f· ind the to t,tl amount ormon ey that' w -i 11 bc accumulated after two

years.
. .
(ii) Ca lc..:u lutc the.: interest allcr two years.

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. d th e va 1ue o f - 6900
{t) Im sin- - wit
· h out usmg
· mathem atica
· l tabl e.
cos690 °

(i i) A rectangular garden ABCD is 400 m long and 300 m wide. . h dl ings are to be
T e see .
. -
planted along the diagonal BD at equal intervals of 1.25 m as s h own in the follow mg
figure.

400m
A~ r - - - - ------ --r-::1 ...-1 B
.,,-,·
/
/
/
/

/<
/
/
/

300m

,, ,,•• Seedlings

Find the numbe r of seedlings that were planted.

(b) From the top of a tower which is 50 m high, the angle of depres sion of
a car parked on the
ground is 30° . How far is the car from the base of the tower? Leave the answe
r in surd fonn.

10. (a) Expres s the equatio n 2r 10 - 3r5 + 1 = 0 in temis of x where x = _!__.

t5

(b) From the equatio n you obtained in part (a), find the value(s) of x that satisfy
it by using the
quadra tic formula.

SECTI ON B (40 Marks )

Answe r all questions in this section.

11. (a) Find the central angle (in degrees) made by an arc of length 22 cm in a circle
whose d" .
ra ms 1s
22
63 cm. Use J r = - .
7
(b) In the follow ing figure, prove that the angles x and y are supple mentar y given that
a and b
are the angles at the centre of the circle.

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(c) In the following figure, AE = g cm, BE = 3 cm and CE = 4 cm. Find the length of DE •

C
B

A
D

A bus leaves town A (3°S, 39°E) at a constant speed of 40 km/h. How many hours will the
12. (a)
bus take to reach town B(12°S, 39°E)? Use Jr = 3.14 and radius of the Earth, R = 6,400 km .

A box has a rectangular base UVXY with plane PQRS being vertically above UVXY as
(b)
shown in the following figure.

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s,.,-----_ _ ___,, R

If UV = 4.2 cm, IT = 2 cm and XR = 2.5 cm, find;

(i) the length of VR and UR, correct to one decimal place.

(ii) the angle between the diagonal UR and the base UVXY •

13 . (a) Find the values of x , y, z and w in the following matrix equation:

(
X
4 y
4)(-25 -z7) = ( -10
38 46)·
w

(b) By using the matrix method, find the image of the point (3, - 2) after a reflection in the line
y = -x followed by another reflection in the line x = 0.

(c) A translation takes point (5, 5) to the point (-7, -7). Ifit takes point (x, y) to (-4, - 4) ,
find the values of x and y.

1
14. (a) Given the function f(x) = - -, find;
x-2
(i) the domain and range.

(ii) r'(½)
(b) Antony wishes to buy black shirts and white shirts. He intends t0 b
. . uy at most five bl k h .
A black shirt costs Tsh. 24,000 while a white shirt costs Tsh. , a . ac ~ irts.
30 000 nd
spend up to Tsh. 180,000 for buying· shirts. he ts plannmg to

(i) How many shirts of each kind should be bought so as .

shirts? to have m aximum number of

(i·i) Find the greatest number of shirts that should b b

e ought.

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