PRESIDENTโS OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
MPWAPWA DISTRICT COUNCIL
FORM FOUR PRE-NECTA I EXAMINATION-041 BASIC MATHEMATICS
TIME: 3.00 Hours SEPTEMBER, 2023
INSTRUCTIONS
This paper consists of sections A and B with a total of fourteen questions.
Answer all questions in both sections.
Each question in section A carries six (06) marks while each question in section B carries ten (10) marks.
Non programmable calculators may be used.
Cellular phones and all unauthorized materials are not allowed in the examination room.
Where necessary use R= 6370km and ฯ = 22/7.
SECTION A (60 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section.
a) The government provided tree seedlings to 895 villages for reforestation. If each village got 96857 tree seedlings, how many tree seedlings did the government distribute to all villages?
A boy spent 35% of his money to buy books. If he was left with 26,000 Tanzania shillings, how much money did he have?
a) The volume (V) of a cylinder with a base of radius r and height h is given by ๐ = ๐๐2โ. Make r the subject of the formula
Given that, log 2 = 0.3010 and log 3 = 0.4771. Calculate the value of log 48 and write the laws involved at the stage of finding the answer.
a) In a certain street with 200 houses, 170 houses have electricity and 145 houses have glass doors. How many houses have both electricity and glass doors? Assuming that each house has either a glass door or electricity or both.
A piece of chalk is picked at random from a box containing 5 identical pieces, two of which are red and three are white. Find the probability that the piece of chalk picked is red.