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IRAMBA DISTRICT COUNCIL

FORM TWO MOCK ASSESSMENT SERIES ONE, 2023
041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME : 2: 30HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS.
1. This paper consists of ten ( 10 ) questions
2. Answer ALL questions in the space provided
3. Show clearly all necessary working
4. Where necessary mathematical table may be used.
5. Cellular phones, calculator and any un- authorized materials are not allowed in the
examination room
6. Write the index number at the top right corner of every page.

1. a) Four wooden rods are of lengths 120cm, 150cm, 180cm and 240cm respectively. They are
put into the small pieces which are of the same length. What is the greatest possible length for
these pieces if no wood is left over?

4 1 1
b) By how much is the sum of 2 5 and 4 2 less than 8 10 ?

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2. a) Mr. Kazidi walked a distance of 1 kilometre and 300 metres from his home to shop, he then
walked further 0.85 kilometres to stadium to great his friends who was watching football.
Calculate the total distance in metres Kazidi travelled.

b) A rectangular tank has its internal measurements of 6.0m long, 3.5m wide and 4.9m high.
Estimate the total litres that the tank can hold

3. a) If the degree of an interior angle of a regular polygon is twice the degree of exterior angle
of it. Determine,

i) The size of an interior angle

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ii) The number of sides of that polygon

iii) Sketch and name that polygon.

b) The area of Mr. Daslo trapezium plot is 143cm2. If the lengths of its parallel sides are 14cm
and 8cm respectively. Find its height.

4. a) If 4 pens and 11 pencils costs 1240/- and 3 pens and 2 pencils costs 680/-. What are the cost
of pen and pencils?

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b) The product of two consecutive even numbers is 288. Work out for their sum.

5. a) Book seller bought 100 books for Tshs. 20,000/- . He sold 80% of them at a profit of 25% ,
60% of the remaining at a loss of 5% , and the rest at the buying price. Find his overall profit.

b) Three people contributed Tshs. 45,000/- , Tshs 30,000/- and Tshs. 25,000/- to start a business
and they agreed also to share the profit obtained in the ratio of their investment. If the last one
gets Tshs. 8000/-.

i) Find the total profit

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ii) Find the shares obtained by the other two.

6. a) If the line whose equation is y = 3x – k passes through the points (6,10) and ( q, 22) . Find
the value of k and q .

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b) Point A ( 2, 1 ) is first reflected in the line x = -1 and then enlarged with a scale factor of 2 .
Find the final image.

3√2 𝑎√𝑏−𝑐
7. a) (i) Given the equation 3+√2= , finding the values of a, b, c and d.
𝑑

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b) Find the value of m in 3 – m log 2 = log 250 without using mathematical table.

8. a) PQR is an isosceles triangle, where by ̅̅̅̅

𝑃𝑄 = ̅̅̅̅
𝑃𝑅 , and ̅̅̅̅
𝑄𝑆 = ̅̅̅̅
𝑆𝑅 . If S is a point between Q
and R. Prove that ∆𝑃𝑄𝑆 ≡ ∆𝑃𝑅𝑆.

b) Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. Find the size of the angles labeled x, y, z and w.

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9. a) The angle of elevation of the top of a vertical building from a point on the ground is 25°.
The point on the ground is 80m away from the base of the building. By sketching a diagram
representing this information. Calculate the height of the building ( write the answer correct to
one decimal place.)

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𝑡𝑎𝑛45° 𝑐𝑜𝑠60°
b) Without using mathematical tables, evaluate + 𝑡𝑎𝑛45°
𝑠𝑖𝑛30°

10. a) A boy has 50 marbles , 35 marbles had some red mark and 20 marbles had some blue mark
and 12 marbles had both red and blue mark.

i) Represent the information in the Venn diagram.

ii) How many marbles had neither red nor blue mark.

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b) The following table shows distribution scores of 50 students in Geography examination.

Class limit 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 - 74 75 - 84 85 - 94
Frequency 4 x 10 12 6 8

i) Construct frequency distribution table.

ii) Draw a cumulative frequency curve

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iii) How many students failed if the pass mark was 65% ?

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