Candidate’s index number ……………………………….
THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY EXAMINATION
FORM TWO MID TERM EXAMINATION MAY, 2025
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?
b) By how much is the sum of and
less than
?
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 metresKazidi 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
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?
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
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 .
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.
7. a) (i) Given the equation =
, finding the values of a, b, c and d.
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 =
, and
=
. If S is a point between Q and R. Prove that
.
b) Triangles ABC and DEF are similar. Find the size of the angles labeled x, y, z and w.
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.)
b) Without using mathematical tables, evaluate
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.
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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FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 202
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 202
THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES
MARCH 2025
MATHEMATICS FORM TWO
TIME: 2:30HRS
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Answer all questions
2. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
3. NECTA Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculator may be used.
Answer all questions
1. A dog, a cat and a goat have masses of 30.75kg, 13.44kg and 48.26kg, respectively
(b) Round off
2. (a) (i) Add the first three multiples of 2, 3 and 5.
(ii) The numbers K, 2, 3 and 5 have an average of 5. What is the number represented by the letter K?
(b) Re-write the number as a mixed fraction.
3. (a) The number of pupils in three primary schools is as follows. Iganzo primary school is 1600 pupils, Ruanda primary school is 1500 pupils and Ilea primary school is 1800 pupils. Approximate the number of pupils of the three schools to the nearest thousands.
(b) Calculate
4. (a) A car was sold at a profit of 90000 shillings. If the rate of profit is % , find the purchasing price of the car and its selling price?
(b) Mr. Juma deposited a certain amount of money in a bank for a period of 3 years at the rate of 3.5% which gives an interest of 8400 shillings. Determine the amount of money that Mr. Juma deposited initially.
5. (a) The weight of one female student at Maanga Primary School is 50kg and 750g. If there are 210 students of the same weight, find their total weight.
(b) Approximate 13.95 and 9.72 to the nearest tens, hence evaluate 13.95 x 9.72 by using the approximated number
6. (a) The interior angle of a regular polygon is four times as its exterior angle. Find
7. (a) The line through the point A and B
has equal slope to that
. Find the value of K.
8. (a) Rectangular table top is 2m long. If the area of the rectangular table top is
3.96m2. find its width
(b) i. Solve the following simultaneous equations
2x+3y=5
4x+23=5y
ii. If Fatuma is 4 years less than Bakari and 3 times Fatuma's age is equal to 2 times Bakari's age. What are their ages ?
9. (a) (i) Find the equation of the straight line passing through (3,5) and (7,9).
(ii) Calculate the gradient and coordinates of the y-intercept of 2x+3y=12.
(b) Find the image of a point (-4, 3) after a reflection on y-axis followed by another reflection on y=0.
10. (a) One - third of the sum of ages of Ana and Asha is 50 years, and one - fifth of the difference of their ages is 2 years, find the age of Ana and Asha respectively.
(b) The width of the football ground is 40m. If the area of the same football ground is ;
(i) find the length of the football ground
(ii) if the person has to walk around the football ground, what length of the football ground is expected to be covered by the person?
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 195
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 195
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES,
MID TERM ONE – MARCH-2024
MATHEMATICS FORM TWO
Time: ...........
Instructions
1. Answer all questions
2. All necessary working and answers for each question must be shown clearly.
3. NECTA Mathematical tables and non-programmable calculator may be used.
(ii) The number K, 2, 3 and 5 Have an average of 5. What is the number represented by letter K?
(b) Re- writes the number 1.35 as mixed fraction
(b) Calculate (80kg 49g)-39kg 850 g
(b) The width of a football pitch is 1700cm2. Find
(b) A lorry carries 7.2 tonnes of sand from mining area to industrial site. On the way 230kgs of sand fall off. What is the remaining mass at the end of the journey?
(b) A rope of 18m and 80cm is to be divided into four equal parts. How long will each part br. (give your answer in meter and centimeter
(b) If Fatuma is 4 years less than Bakari and 3 times Fatima’s age is equal to 2 times Bakari’s age. What are their ages?
(b) A real estate agent received a 6% discount on selling price of a house. If the discount was Tsh 888,000. Find the selling price of the house.
(b) Express 2.79 as a fraction in form a/b where a and b are integers and b#0
(ii) Arrange 2/5, 5/7, 48% and 0.6 in ascending order.
(b) If log 2= 0.30103, and lob 3 = 0.47712, evaluate log 48
(b) The scale of a map is given by 1:50,000. Calculate the ground distance which is represented by 408cm on the map
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 171
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 171
PRESIDENT OFFICE REGIONAL ADMNISTRATION
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES
COMPETENCE BASED ASSEMENT
MATHEMATICS FORM TWO
MID-TERM EXAMS-MARCH – 2023
By elimination method
(b)The length of a book exceeds its width by 5cm. Calculate the dimensions of the book given that its area is 50cm2
(b)(i)Solve the following simultaneous equation
2x + 3y=5
4x + 23 = 5y
(ii) If Fatuma is 4years less than Bakari and 3 times Fatuma’s age equal to 2 times Bakari age. What are their ages?
(i) If x2 + ax + 4 = 0 is a perfect square. Find value of a
(iii)Solve the following quadratic equation by completing the square method x2+6x+7 = 0
(b)Solve
(b)Mr and Mrs. Juma deposited some money in a bank that pays a simple interest of 3% per annum. After 4 years they eamed an interest of 900,000 shillings Determine the amount of money
Determine the amount of money
(b)A mason wants design a small room 500cm. by 200cm.
(i)Draw a diagram of a room at a scale of 1.100
(ii)Calculate the area of the room using the result of 6 (b)(i)
(ii)Express the number given in part (a)(i) in standard rotation
(iii)By using listing method, write down lowest common multiple of 3, 10, and 15
(b)(i)Write in numeral; Nine hundred ninety million nine hundred ninety nine thousand, nine hundred and one.
(ii)Determine the number of significant figures in each of numbers, 400, 780 and 0.00606, then approximate each number into one significant figure.
(b) If , Find the value of x
(b)(i) Find value of 0.0000234 x 120 in standard rotation correct is 3 significant figures
(ii)Rationalize the denominator of the expression
(b)A father divided shs 150,000 among Rose and Japheth in the ratio of 2:3 respectively. How much money did each get?
(b)Factorize the expression 6x4x – 11x + 4 by splitting the middle term.
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 140
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 140
PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY EXAM SERIES
FORM 2 BASIC MATHEMATICS
SECTION A (60 MARKS)
1. Rearrange the digits 39175 to form
2. Mary used tiles to build the floor of her sitting room measuring 15m by 20m. If she used only whole ones and they were alike, what was the greatest size of each tile?
3. The operation on the integers P and Q is defined as P*Q=PQ + 2P-3Q, find the value of
4. Find
5. Factorize the expression 15x2 + xy – 6y2
6. In 2011 the population of a village was 800. It increased by 20% the following year. What was the population in the year 2012?
7. In triangle ABC below x° is 18° less than y°. Find the values of x° and y°.
8. If find the value of
9. Find the length of time between 0425 hours and 1812 hours
10. If the product of 5 integers is negative, What is the maximum number of integers in that product which are positive?
11. Make L the subject of the formula.
12. Simplify the expression
13. Find the rational number in the form where a and b are integers and
from the Number
14. Given that Find the value of x +y.
15. Factorize the expression hence use the result to evaluate:
16. Find the equation of a line which passes through the points A(4,2) and B(5,3) giving your answer in the form y=mx + c
17. Express the following numbers in scientific notation (A)72500 (B)0.001325
18. Solve for x in the equation
19. If=1. Find the value of x
20. If shs.600/= amounts to 960=for 5years, what is the percentage rate of simple interest per annum?
SECTION B (40 MARKS)
21. (a)Given that
(b)Use Mathematical tables to find the value of
22(a) Let A and B be two sets such that n(A)=52, n(B)=60 and (AUB)=96. Find tn(A-B)
(b)In a certain area 50 householders were asked if they had a radio set, a T.V. set or both 40 householders said they had a T.V. set, 30 had both a radio set and a T.V. set and 2 householders had neither. With the help of a Venn diagram, how many householders had a radio set but no T.V set?
23. The upper part of a tree broken by the wind falls to the ground without being detached. The top of the broken part touches the ground at an angle of 36°30’ at a point 5 metres from the foot of the tree. Calculate.
24. (a)The pie – chart below shows the number of students in one examination Centre in Different subjects sat for the national examination.
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FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 95
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 95
Candidate’s Examination Number………………………………
THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES
BASIC MATHEMATICS MID TERM EXAMINATION
FORM TWO-2021
Time: Hours 20th March 2021
Instructions
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(b) Juhudi village received 586 389 bags of fertilizers for distribution to farmers. Round off this number to the nearest thousands and ten thousands
(b) Change into a recurring decimal
(b) Find the time in which sh.200 000 will earn sh.48 000 at the rate of 4% simple interest per annum.
(b) A square has an area of, find its perimeter.
(b) Solve the absolute valued equation:
(b) Factorize the expression by splitting the middle term.
(b) Given the formula: make
the subject of the formula.
(b) Given that find the value of
(b) Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations by elimination method
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FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 54
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 54
Candidate’s Examination Number………………………………
THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE
MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECONDARY EXAMINATION SERIES
BASIC MATHEMATICS MID TERM EXAMINATION
FORM TWO-2021
Time: Hours 20th March 2021
Instructions
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(b) Juhudi village received 586 389 bags of fertilizers for distribution to farmers. Round off this number to the nearest thousands and ten thousands
(b) Change into a recurring decimal
(b) Find the time in which sh.200 000 will earn sh.48 000 at the rate of 4% simple interest per annum.
(b) A square has an area of, find its perimeter.
(b) Solve the absolute valued equation:
(b) Factorize the expression by splitting the middle term.
(b) Given the formula: make
the subject of the formula.
(b) Given that find the value of
(b) Solve the following pair of simultaneous equations by elimination method
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FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 53
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 53
THE PRESIDENT’S OFFICE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
MID TERM EXAMIATIONS
024 MATHS- TWO
Duration: 2:30 Hours
INSTRUCTIONS.
SECTION A (60 MARKS)
1. Write the place value of digits in the brackets
a) 1485361 (8)
b) 7524693 (2)
2. Write the following into expanded form
a) 470059 b) 1290400
3. Round off 309.437 correct to
i) 2-significant figure ii) 2-decimal places
4. Change the following into 12-hours system
i) 0404 hours ii) 0028 hours
5. Convert the following into fraction
i) 0.34 ii) 2.13
6. Find the greatest number that is exactly divides 360 and 456
7. Find solution of and show it no the number line.
8. Divide Sh. 1690 among Peter, Juma and Ali in the ratio of
9. There are 180 members of a committee. In a meeting, were present. How many members were absent?
10. Find
11. Simplify the following
a)
b)
12. Solve the following equation
13. Find slope, x-intercept and y-intercept of line 5x-2y-7=0
14. The ratio of exterior to interior angle of regular polygon is 5:7.
Find number of sides of the polygon and total degree measure of the polygon.
15. In a figure beside, AB//CD and line PQ and RS are transversal line. Find values of the angles marked x, y and z
16. In how many years would sum of the money double itself at 8% rate per annum?
17. Factorize the following expression a) 8x2 + 2x -3 b) x2-15x +58
18. By selling a computer for Sh. 800,000/=, a profit of Sh. 200,000/= is earned. Find the percentage profit.
19. Simplify the following
i)
ii)
20. Make v subject of the formula the following equation
SECTION B (40 MARKS)
21. a) From the quadratic equation ax2+bx+c=0, show that
b) By using general formula of quadratic equation solve the following equation
22.John's father is 5 times older than John and John is twice as his sister Alice. In two years time the sum of their age will be 58. What is their present age?
23. a) Simplify the following by rationalizing the denominator
i)
ii)
b) Find value of P which makes the following equations perfect square
i) x2 – 8x +P=0
ii) x2 - x + P=0
24 a) If , evaluate:
i)
ii) Find r if
b) Solve for x the following
i)
ii)
25. a) Expand the following
i)
ii)
b) Factorize the following
i)
ii)
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 7
FORM TWO MATHEMATICS EXAM SERIES 7