Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 7 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 3

QUESTIONS  

1. During a certain year, the government allocated sh.154 538 294 toward the purchase of school textbooks. Write the amount in words. (2 mks)
2. What is the place value of digit 7 in the number 27 894 891?  (2 mks)
3. What is the difference between the largest four digit number and the smallest three digit number? (2 mks)
4. By how much is the value of digit 4 greater than the value of digit 8 in the number 3425869?  (2 mks)
5. What is the number represented in the abacus below in words.    (2 mks)
   
6. Grade 6 learner made the figure below. What is the area of the shaded part? (2 mks)
   
7. Grade 7 learners were asked by their teacher to list the prime numbers between 40 and 60. They listed as with a follows:
   

   Amani	41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59
   Zawadi	41, 43, 47, 51, 53, 57, 59
   Pendo	42, 44, 46, 48, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60
   Maria	41, 43, 47, 53, 59

   Who among the four learners was correct?  (2 mks)
8. What is the product of 285 and 119?  (2 mks)
9. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order. 30 480, 31 480, 24 480, 36 480   (2 mks)
10. Mr. John's piece of land is in form of a square of arca 8100m2. What is the 4 measure of each side of the farm?   (2 mks)
11. A school has 586 boys and 384 girls. The school bought 1160 face masks. If cach learner was given a mask, how many masks remained?   (2 mks)
12. 3 bells ring at intervals of 30 minutes, 48 minutes and 1 hour, if they rang together at 9.00am, at what time will they ring together again? (2 mks)
13. Lemayan bought 12⁷/₈ m of a string. He used 9⁵/₆ m. How many metres of the string remained?   (2 mks)
14. Express ³/₄ as a percentage.     (2 mks)
15. Kioko jumps 3.5784 metres during a competition. Round off the distance  to the nearest thousandth.       (2 mks)
16. Which of the following fractions is equivalent to ⁷/₉? (2 mks)
    1. ¹⁴/₂₇
    2. ²⁸/₄₅
    3. ⁶³/₈₁
    4. ²¹/₃₆ 
17. Subtract 8.496 from 12      (2 mks)
    
    1. 3.504
    2. 4.496
    3. 4.504
    4. 3.496
18. A motorist covered 8km 750m and another 6km 830m. What was the total distance covered in kilometers?   (2 mks)
19. Mr. Joel walked to the class carrying a jerrican full of water as shown below. What was the capacity of the water in the container in millilitres?      (2 mks)
    
20. A grade 7 girl finished doing physical exercise at the time shown below in the morning. If she had done the exercise for 45 mins at what time did she start?     (2 mks)
    
21. A school bus left the school at 1645hrs. What was this time in 12hr clock system?      (2 mks)
22. What is the size of the angle X below?     (2 mks)
    
23. Grade 6 learner made the model below.
    
    
    1. The model is used to make which solid?   (1 mk)
    2. How many vertices are there in the solid? (1 mk)
24. Simplify the inequality    (2 mks)
    3y - 4 > 14    
25. A bar graph below represents the favourite fruits chosen by grade 7 learners.
    
    Which is the most unpopular fruit in the class?           (2 mks)
    
    1. Oranges
    2. Watermelon
    3. Mangoes
    4. Apples

MARKING SCHEME

1. One hundred and fifty four million, five hundred and thirty eight thousand, two hundred and ninety four.
2. Millions
3. 9 899
4. 399,200
5. 29 713 075 - Twenty nine million, seven hundred and thirteen thousand and seventy five
6. 486cm²
7. Maria
8. 33 345
9. 24 480, 30 480, 31 480, 36 480
10. 90m
11. 190
12. 12:00pm
13. 31/24
14. 75%
15. 3.578
16. C. ⁶³/₈₁
17. A. 3.504
18. 15km 580m 
19. 5000ml
20. 8.45am
21. 4.45pm
22. 125°
23. Cuboid
24.  
    1. 8
    2. y > 6
25. B. Watermelon