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THEUNITEDREPUBLICOFTANZANIA
NATIONALEXAMINATIONSCOUNCIL
FORMTWOSECONDARYEDUCATIONEXAMINATION

BASICMATHEMATICS
th
Tuesday,25
November2014a.m.

Instructions

1. ThispaperconsistsofsectionsAandB.
2. Answer
all
questionsshowingclearlyalltheworkingandanswersinthespaceprovided.
3. All
writingmustbeinblueorblackink
except
drawingswhichmustbeinpencil.
4. Mathematicaltables,geometricalinstrumentsandgraphpapersmaybeusedwherenecessary.
5. All
communicationdevicesandcalculatorsare
not
allowedintheexaminationroom.
6. Writeyour
examinationnumber
atthetoprightcornerofeverypage.
FOREXAMINER'SUSEONLY
QUESTION
NUMBER

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13

SCORE

EXAMINERS
INITIALS

TOTAL

QUESTION
NUMBER

14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25

SCORE

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EXAMINERS
INITIALS


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SECTIONA(60MARKS)

Answerallquestionsinthissection

1. Calculatethevalueof 2x + k + 20 + y ,when x = 8, k = 12 and y = 9 .

2. Theradiusoftheearthisabout 6, 370, 000 meters.Expresstheradiusinscientificnotation.

3. IfAandBarecomplementaryanglessuchthat A = 25 and B = x + 25 ,findthevalueof x .

4. Findthevalueof x intheequation 0.8


x = 0.03 .

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5. Simplifytheexpression 7(3m + n) + 4(m 3n) m .

6. When9isaddedto3timesacertainnumber,theresultisgreaterthan90.Writedownan
inequalitythatrepresentsthepossiblevaluesofthisnumber.

(1.297)
7. Withoutusingmathematicaltables,evaluate: (1.295)
1.2951.297 .

8. Thelengthofonesideofasquareis (8x + 10) cm.Ifthesidelengthsofthesquarearereducedby


half,findtheequationfortheperimeterofthesquareafterchangingthelength.

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9. Findthevalue m + n ,giventhat 7m 5n = 875 .

10. Janerequiresapieceofclothof1.8meterslongtomakeherdresswhereasMaryrequiresapiece
ofaclothwhichisoneandahalftimesaslongasJanes.HowlongisMary'spieceofcloth?

11. Representthesolutionsetoftheinequality 5x + 5 < 20 onanumberline.

12. Inaformtwoclass,5%ofthestudentscanplayfootball, 14 canplayvolleyball, 0.1 canplay


basketballand 35 canplaytennis.Arrangethesenumbersindescendingorder.

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13. Write375gramsasafractionof3kilograms.

14. AtKilamarasecondaryschool,thedistance (d1) fromthedormitoriestotheclassroomsistwice


thedistance (d2) fromtheclassroomtotheplayinggroundswhereasthedistance (d3) fromthe
dormitoriestotheplayinggroundsisthreetimesthedistancefromthedormitoriestothe
classrooms.Usingthegivennotationswritedownthetwoequationsthatsummarizesthis
informationandhencefindtheequationthatconnects d3 and d2 .

15. Determinethevalueof x thatsatisfiestheequation x+10


x4 = 3 .

16. Write 4 log 3 12 log 81 asasinglelogarithmicexpression.

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17. FindtheproductoftheG.C.FandL.C.Mof6,9and15.

18. Findthegradientofthestraightlinepassingthroughthepoints ( 5, 2) and (6, 2) .

19. Ifatrianglehastwoequalsidesoflength x cmeachandthelengthoftheremainingsideisone


quarterofthetotallengthofthetwocongruentsides,writedownanequationthatrepresentsthe
perimeterofthistriangle.

20. Merinaboughtabicyclefor75,000/=andsolditaftertwoyearsatalossof25percent.Calculate
theamountoftheloss.

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SECTIONB(40Marks)

Answer
all
questionsinthissection

2
21. Theareaofarectangularroomis196cm
.Ifitslengthisfourtimesitswidth,finditsperimeter.

22. Evaluate 2.783.604


.

0.3481

23. Aladder12mlongleansagainstthetopofverticalwallandmakesanangleof52degreeswiththe
wall.Findtheheightofthewall.

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24. Inaclassof45students,somestudyphysicsorchemistryorboth.If23studentsstudyphysics,33
studychemistryand10studentsdonotstudyneitherphysicsnorchemistry,findthenumberof
studentswhostudybothphysicsandchemistryusingtheformula.

25. InthefigurebelowAB=36cm,AC=BC=24cm,EC=DC=20cmandED=30cm.Showthat
trianglesABCandEDCaresimilar.

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