IFUNDA TECHICAL SECONDARY SCHOOL

MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT – HOME PACKAGE

i. Answer all questions in all given examinations

ii. DO NOT use your normal notes book
iii. Bring back the Exercise Book with solutions to the Department soon after the opening
the School

SERIES No. 01
324 .6  0.0765
1. (a) By using mathematical tables evaluate the expression give answer to four
78690
figures.
(b) Round each of the numbers x = 3.245, y = 2.3562 and z = 0.834 to one decimal place
x y
and then use the results obtained to find the value of A  to two significant figures.
z

2. (a) Find the values of a, b and c from the identity 2x2 + bx + c = ax2 + 2ax + b2, hence show that
2x2 + bx + c is greater than zero.

1 11
  1
(b) Simplify  2 8 5  
 1 7  45
 8 

3. (a) In the diagram below, MN is parallel to BC, AM = 3cm. NC = 4 cm, MN = 2

cm and BC = 5cm. Find the length of AN and AB.
C

N
5
2

A B
3 M

(b) Find the amount on 200 shillings deposited for 3 years at the annual compound interest rate
of 10%.

4. (a) Find the solution set for the inequality 6 – 7x  3 (2x – 5)

(b) Factorize ab2 – ap2

5. (a) In a class of 42 pupils studying history or physics, 31 study history and 26 study physics.
Find the number of pupils who study physics only.

(b) Find logb 2.25 if log b 3  0.477 and log b 2  0.301

a a 2 b 1
6. (a) Find when 
b b 2 a 2
 (b) In the diagram below, O is the centre of circle, the minor arc AB equal in length to the radius
r of the circle. Find the angle AOB. (leave the answer in )
A
r
O
r

(c) A point P is at a distance of 25 cm from the center of a circle with radius 7cm. A tangent line
from P to the circle meets the circle at point Q. Find the length of PQ.

7. (a) Straight line L1 has the equation 3x – 4y = 12. Find the equation of L2 passing through (1, 2)
and parallel to line L1.
(b) Find the area enclosed between L1 and the axes.

x2
8. (a) Given that f ( x)  find the domain and range of f (x).
2

a2
(b) If A  1  , find b in terms of A and a.
b2
(c) Solve 2x + 3 = 1

(d) Solve x3 – 6x2 = 0

9. (a) The A.P has a common difference of 2 and the GP has a common ratio of 2. The sum of the
first term of the A.P and that of G.P is 8. The sum of the fifth term of A.P and that of G.P is 91.
Find the first term of the arithmetic progression and that of G.P.

(b) The seventh term of the A.P is 27 and the sum of the first ten terms of the A.P is 210. Find
the first term and common difference of A.P.

10. (a) What is the remainder when a polynomial x3 + 5x2 – 11 is divided by 2x – 6?

(b) What is the area of a regular 36 sided polygon inscribed in a circle of radius 10cm.

11. A sample of 40 married couples taken from Makote village in order to determine the number of
children per couple revealed the following information.

Number of Children 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Number of Couples 1 2 5 12 10 4 6

(a) Find: (i) the mean number of children per couple

(ii) The median number of children per couple.
(b) Draw the frequency polygon using the table above.
12. (a) A block of lead measuring 11cm by 8cm by 4cm was melted and used to make pellets each of
which is a sphere of radius 2mm. how many pellets were made from the molten lead?

(b) If a frustrum of height 6cm is cut from a circular right cone of height 9cm and diameter
10cm, what is the volume of the frustrum? (Leave  as )

13. (a) The first ATC flies eastwards along the equator from P on longitude 700E to Q on longitude
100N.
Calculate the time for the journey, if the average speed is 440 km/h.

(b) The second ATC plane flies due north from P to T (longitude 700E, latitude 100N), and then
parallel to latitude R. Calculate, in km, the difference between the lengths of the two journeys.
(Assume the earth to be a sphere of radius 6370 km and  = 3.142).
 SERIES No. 02

1. (a) Evaluate
( )

(b) Convert ̇ to fraction in its simplest form.

2. If U = {* , where x is an integer}, A = {Even numbers}, B = {Prime numbers}. Find

(i) Aʹ (ii) n(Bʹ) (iii) AB (iv) n(AnB)ʹ

3. (a) Find the value of n in the equations

(b) Rationalize the denominator of .

√ √

4. (a) Solve for x in .

(b) Solve the equation ( ) .

5. In figure below EH = GH and both ∆EHF and ∆GHF are right angled triangles. Prove that ∆EGF
is isosceles. F

E G
H

6. (a) In the figure below find the length of the tangent RT if Pa = 6 cm and QR = 10 cm.
T

P 6 cm Q 10 cm R

(b) In figure below find the values angles indicated by p, q, r, s.

E

A 500 D
p
s

q 360 170
r
B
C
7. The sides of a parallelogram below are given in cm.
2x + y

3y - 2x
4x - 3

5y - 8

(i) Find the value of x and y.

(ii) Calculate the perimeter of this parallelogram

8. (a) Three numbers form a geometric progression. If the first term and third numbers are 5 and
245 respectively. Find two possible values for the middle number.

(b) Find the number of terms in an A.P given that its first and last terms are a and 37a
respectively and that the common difference is 4a.

9. (a) Determine the slope of the line whose equation is .

(b) If A (3, -1) and B (-5, 2) are the end point of the line segment; find the equation of the line
which is a perpendicular bisector of ̅̅̅̅.

10. (a) Find the value of x so that the line joining the point (x -5) to (2, 1) is parallel to the line
joining the points (1, 5) and (-2, -1).

(b) Find the equation of a straight line which passes through the point A(-3, 4) and is parallel to
the line whose equation is .

11. The distribution table below shows the marks of a Geography test done by 100 form four
students of a certain school.
Marks 32 – 36 37 – 41 42 – 46 47 – 51 52 – 56 57 – 61 62 – 66 67 – 71
Frequency 8 13 7 5 18 x 16 12

(a) Calculate the value of x.

(b) Draw the frequency polygon.
(c) Draw the cumulative frequency and estimate from it the median.
(d) Use assumed mean A = 49 compute the mean.

12. (a) Show the feasible region of the following inequalities

(b) From the graph in (a) above, find the points which will make the functions
maximum.
13. The line is defined by the equation crosses the y-axis at A and meet the line at
B. If C is the point (0, 3) and M the mid-point of ̅̅̅̅, find
(a) The coordinates of the points A, B and M.
(b) The equation of the line ̅̅̅̅̅
(c) The equation of the line which is perpendicular to the line CM passing through M.

14. (a) A point P lies on the tropic of cancer 23½0N. Calculate the speed of P in km/h due to
rotation of the Earth.

(b) Find the distance in kilometers and in nautical miles between Mbeya (90S, 330E) and Tabora
(50S, 330E)

(c) An aeroplane takes off from Tabora (50S, 330E) to Tanga (50S, 390E) at a speed of 332 km/h.
If it leaves Tabora at 3.00 p.m; at what time will it arrive at Tanga airport?
 SERIES No 03

( ) √
1. (a) Use logarithm tables to evaluate the expression (04 marks)

(b) Express ̇ ̇ as a fractions. (02 marks)

2. (a) The sum of the digits of a two digits number is 7. If this number exceeds a number formed by
reversing its digits by 27, what is the number?

(b) If A is a set of prime factor of 42 and B is a set of prime factors of 330. Find n(AnB). (6
marks)

3. (a) Solve for x in ( ) . (04 marks)

(b) Simplify completely √ (02 marks)

4. The angle of depression of a Hen on a horizontal surface on a ground form as craw perched on
top of a building is 280. The building is 8m tall. When the Hen sees the craw moves directly
towards the base of the building to a point B, such that the angle of elevation of the crow from B
is 320. Calculate the distance moved by Hen.
(06 marks)

5. (a) Triangle ABC and PQR given below are similar.

A P

8 cm 6 cm

Q R
B C
10 cm

(i) Calculate the length QR (01½ marks)

(ii) If the area of ABC is 20cm2, calculate the area of PQR. (01½
marks)

(b) In the figure below, AB and CD are two chord which intersect externally at Q. Calculate the
length of CD if AB = 5 cm, AQ = 8cm and DQ = 32 cm. (03 marks)

A
B

D
C
6. (a) If 3 varies directly as the square of x and inversely as the cube of y and 3 = 4, when x = 3 and
y = 2, find z when x = 4 and y = 3. (03 marks)

(b) If 3 men working 8 hours a day can assemble 32 machines in 5 days. In how many days can
8 men working 9 hours in a day assemble 384 machines? (03 marks)

7. (a) Given that ( ) , find ( ) (02 marks)

(b) The equation of the line is

(i) State is gradient (02 marks)
(ii) Find the equation of the line through (1, 2) and parallel to the given line above. (02
marks)

8. (a) If 4, x, y, 14 ½ are in Arithmetic progression, find x and y. (03 marks)

(b) In a geometric progression the sum of the second and third terms is 6 and the sum of the third
and fourth terms is -12. Find the first term and the common ratio of the progression. (03
marks)

9. (a) Find the solution set of the following inequality and show on separate numbers lines the
solution of each inequality | | . (03 marks)

(b) A father is three times as old as his son. Seven years ago the product of their ages was 104

10. (a) Solve 2x + 3 = 1

(b) Solve x3 – 6x2 = 0

11. The marks of 40 students in Maths examination were recorded as follows:-

62 28 81 35 28 82 35 21
76 42 72 76 28 70 16 62
67 60 57 14 50 48 32 30
31 78 66 26 54 45 37 40
13 55 58 28 64 18 28 12

(a) Group the marks in the class intervals 11-20, 21-30, 31-40,.... and construct distribution table.
(b) From the table constructed:-
(i) Calculate the mean and median
(ii) Draw a HISTOGRAM and use it to estimate the people.
12. PQRS is a regular tetrahedron side 6cm. N is the foot of the perpendicular from vertex S to the
base PQR. S

6
P

6 N Q

Calculate:
(a) The height SN of the tetrahedron
(b) The angle the side SP with the plane PRQ.
(c) The angle the face SPR makes with the plane PQR.
(d) The volume of this tetrahedron.

13. Enter the following items in a cash a/c, balance off at the end and bring the balance as at Jan
2010. The values are in thousands of Tanzania shillings.
Jan 1st : Balance cash in hand _________________________ 6,000/=
2 : We paid for repairs __________________________ 250/=
3 : We paid garage expenses _____________________ 750/=
4 : Cash sales _________________________________ 2,500/=
5 : We paid wages _____________________________ 300/=
6 : We paid Anna ______________________________ 150/=
7 : We paid John ______________________________ 1,300/=
8 : We paid office expenses _____________________ 175/=
9 : Cash sales ________________________________ 1,500/=
10 : Samwel paid us ____________________________ 1,400/=
11 : We received from Asha _____________________ 1,500/=
12 : We paid Peter ____________________________ 2,500/=
13 : We paid for office expenses _________________ 75/=
14 : Cash sales _______________________________ 2,300/=
 SERIES No. 04

1. (a) Express 3.23454545...in the form a/b. note that a b and b 0.

(b) Evaluate (1265 ) express your answer in standard form

correct to five significant figures.

2. (a) Solve the equation

(b) Given 0.4771 0.6989 Find

3. (a) If √ √ Evaluate. to 3 decimal places.

√ √

(b) Let U be the universal set and A and B be the subsets of U where:
U= * +,
A= {Odd numbers} and B = {prime numbers}
Find (i) n ( ) n( )
(ii) Find ( ) ( ) by usingVenn diagram.

4. (a) Given vectors = 6i 2j = 2i j = 3i 5j

Find (i) | |
(ii) Scalar t and k If t k = 4i j

(b) The line = 1 pass through points (6, ) and ( ). Find the values of a and b.

5. (a) In a triangle ABC, AB = 15 cm, BC = 12 cm and . Find the length of

the third side write your answer in two decimal places.

(b) Calculate the area of regular polygon of 12 sided inscribed in a circle of radius 5 cm.

6. (a) When a Suit is sold for 480,000 shillings the profit is 25%. What should be the selling
price to make a profit of 28%

(b) Find the amount of money accumulated at the end of 2 years after investing 700,000
Shillings at Simple interest rate of 10% annually.

7. (a) If a:b = 3:4 and b:c = 5:7 find a:b:c

(b) The electrical resistance (R) of the wire varies inversely proportional as the square of
its radius r. Given that the resistance is 0.6 ohms when radius is 0.2cm. Find the
resistance when the radius is 0.08 cm.
8. (a) The 2nd, 4th and 8th terms of an Arithmetic progression form three consecutive terms
of geometric progression, if the sum of the third and fifth term of GP is 20. Find the
sum of the first ten terms of the GP.
 (b) The third term of a geometric progression is equal to the square of its first term. If the
second term is 8, Determine its sixth term.
9. (a) Given that A is obtuse angle and B is an acute angle, ⁄ and
Find the value of ( )
(b) From the top of a 200m high building, the angle of depression to the bottom of a second
building is 30 . From the same point, the angle of elevation to the top of the second
building is 45 . Calculate the height of the second building

10. (a) Solve 12 16 = 0 by completing the square method

(b) If (a b) = 59 and (a b) 2 = 97 Find the value of a2 b2
2

11. A shopkeeper buys two types of sugar; white sugar and brown sugar. The white sugar is sold
at shs. 40,000/- per bag and the brown sugar is sold at shs 60,000/- per bag. He has shs.
1,500,000/- available and decides to buy at least 30 bags altogether. He has also decided that
at least one third of the bags should be brown sugar. The shopkeeper makes a profit of shs
10,000/- from a bag of white sugar and shs 20,000/- from a bag of brown sugar. Assuming he
can sell his entire stock, how many bags of each type he should buy to maximize his profit?
Find that profit.
12. The table below shows the distribution of scores of 60 students in a mathematics examination
results.

Marks % 45 - 55 56 – 66 67 - 77 78 - 88 89 - 99
Number of 9 18 20 5 8
students

a) By using assumed mean A=72, Calculate the mean score.

b) Find the median score
c) Draw the histogram from the distribution and use the histogram to estimate mode

13. (a) In the diagram, TV is the diameter of circle, center O. STU and SWV are straight lines.
The lines TV and WU intersect at X. WSU  20 0 and TVW  55 0 . Find
 (i) WTU
(ii) TWU
(iii) TXU
(b) A and B are two points on latitude 60 0 N . Their longitudes are 62 0 W and 118 0 E
respectively. Find the distance from A to B given that, the earth is a sphere of radius
6,300km.
(i) Along a great circle
(ii) Along a parallel of latitude.
 k  4
14 a) P =   ; If determinant of matrix P is 12. Find the value of k.
 3 6 
b) Solve the following simultaneous equations by matrix method.
y =20-2x
x=35-3y
c) The point A (3, 2) is reflected in the line y=0 and rotated clockwise about the origin
through 900.
Find the image of point A

15. (a) The function f is defined as follows:

2 if x ≤ 0
f(x) = x2 if 0 < x ≤ 2
x + 1 if x ≥ 2

i) Sketch the graph of f(x)

ii) Use the graph to determine the domain and range of f(x).
(b) A bag contains 4 green 8 red and 5 blue marbles. Two marbles were picked at random
from the bag without replacement. Find probability that
i) They were both red
ii) The first was green and second was blue.