Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Opener Exams Term 1 2022
Questions
What is the place value of digit 9 in the difference between three million, six hundred and eighty two thousand, four hundred and two and one million six hundred and ninety four thousand, six hundred and eighteen.
Hundred thousand
Ten thousand
Millions
Thousands
Write forty two millions six hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred and two and seven thousandth in figures.
42618402.07
42680402.007
42618402.007
42618420.007
In a town there were three thousand and thirty men, two thousand five hundred and eighty women. The number of children was twice that of men. How many people altogether were in the town?
5610
11,670
6060
10770
What is the least denominator that can be used in the addition of34 ,23 and 58
32
18
36
24
The area of a square plot is 1764m2. Poles are planted at intervals of 4m. How much money does a farmer require to fence the plot if one pole cost sh. 220?
sh 9240
sh 36,960
sh. 880
sh 168
What is the next number in the pattern? 0.6, 0.7, 1.3, 2.0
4.7
3.3
4.2
3.8
The figure below holds 24.948 liters. If its diameter is 42cm. What is its height? (Take pi = 22/7)
16cm
14cm
12cm
18cm
What is 36.098 rounded to two decimal places?
36.010
36.1
36.10
36.09
In 2004, the number of HIV patients recorded in a certain hospital was 360. After HIV awareness, the patients decreased by 30% in 2005. How many HIV patients were there in 2005?
252
108
216
300
Peter sent his son to a supermarket to buy the following items 2kg sugar @ sh 60.00 2-2kg kasuku @ sh 380.00 2 packets of pishori rice @sh 70.00 2 packets exe flour for 220.00 He gave the shopkeeper sh. 1500. How much should he give the shopkeeper so as to get a balance of sh. 300?
sh 260
sh 20
sh. 40
sh 140
When 7.156 is divided by 1000, what is the place value of digit 1?
Tenth
Thousandth
Hundredth
. Ten thousandth
Ann scored 48% in mathematics and 46% in science. Express the total scores as a decimal
94.0
0.94
9.4
9.40
A circular table of diameter 91cm was decorated all round with flowers placed at intervals of 11cm. How many flowers were used? (Take pi = 22/7)
26
13
297
37
A tank has a volume of 6.075m3. How many liters of water can it hold when full?
607.5
60.75
6075
0.6075
What is the total value of digit 8 in 4386507?
8000
800000
800 000
80000
After increasing the number of animals in a farm in the ratio of 5:2, there were 140 animals in the farm. What was the increase?
56
112
140
84
What is the total value of 4 in the sum of 8326825 and 4818430?
Forty thousand
4000
Four thousand
Four thousandth
The following are properties of quadrilaterals
All sides are equal
Diagonals are equal
All angles are equal
Has a pair of parallel lines
Diagonals are perpendicular bisectors
Opposite sides are equal and parallel
The sum of interior angles equals 3600 Which properties are for all quadrilaterals?
v and vii
vii
iii
iii and vii
What is the value of (give your answer to 2 decimal places) 15.675 ÷ 0.015 26.325 ÷ 1.17
46.44
464.04
464.40
46.45
What is the perimeter of the figure below?
30 cm
300 cm
50 cm
150 cm
What is the area of the shaded part in the figure below?|
262 m2
154cm2
416 m2
448m2
What is 0.4 + 0.8 as a fraction?
1 1/5
1.2
1 3/5
3.2
An athlete running at an average speed of 36km/h covered a certain distance in 7 minutes. What distance did he cover?
4.2km
21.6km
1.512km
15.12km
What is the value of? 612 - 13 x 14 ÷ 25
578
6724
3730
34148
Below are the number of students who were admitted into various Kenya public universities in year 2014. Maseno = 9500 Nairobi = 10250 Jomo Kenyatta = 2500 Egerton = 1250 How many more students were admitted in Nairobi than in both Jomo Kenyatta and Egerton?
26250
5000
2500
6500
A rectangular plot has a diagonal of 39m and a width of 15m. What is its area in Ares?
540
548
58.5
5.4
What is the simplified form of? 6x + 9 - (2y +4) 4+2x-(7-4y)
6x - 2y + 13 2x-4y+3
6x - 2y + 5 2x+4y-3
6x + 2y - 13 2x+4y+3
6x - 2y -5 2x-4y-3
Construct triangle XYZ whereby XY=8cm; ZX=6.5cm and angle ZXY=750. On the triangle , draw a circle touching the three vertices. What is the measure of the radius?
9.2cm
4cm
4.6cm
2cm
What is the product of faces and vertices of a square prism?
48
40
72
720
Two lorries each weighing 3.8 tonnes when empty were each loaded with 320 bags of cement. What was the total mass of the lorries and cement if each bag of cement has a mass of 50kg?
35.8 tonnes
39.6 tonnes
32 tonnes
23.6 tonnes
Martin a newspaper vendor earns a salary of sh 2800. He is also given a 15% commission on all the papers sold. In one month he sold 200 newspaper at sh 35 each. What was his commission that month?
sh 1050
sh 3000
sh 3850
sh 1750
Wayne borrowed sh. 50,000 from a bank that charged compound interest at the rate of 120/0 p.a. How much did she pay back at the end of 30 months?
sh 15,123.20
sh 15,000
sh. 66,483.20
sh 65.000
Musa thought of a number. After subtracting 5 from its square, he got 139. What number had he thought of?
144
12
139
36
What is the value of? 1.5 of 0.25 ÷ 1.5 + 4.5
45.25
4.525
7.5
4.75
The line below is drawn to scale 1:250 000.What is the actual distance in kilometers?
162.50
12.6
16.25
1625
The pie chart below shows Harriet’smonthly expenditure. If she spends sh. 750 on transport, how much more does she spend on food than on clothing?
sh. 750
sh. 6000
sh. 3750
sh. 2250
The marked price of a refrigerator is sh. 30000. Mary bought it on hire purchase terms, which is 30% more than the marked price. She paid a deposit of sh. 10000 plus ten monthly installments. How much did she pay as installment
sh 900
sh 9000
sh 9200
sh 2900
Construct quadrilateral PQRS whereby PQ=8cm and PS=10cm. Angle SPQ=70. Draw the two diagonals to meet at point x. Measure angle SXR.
1030
400
790
760
A square of side 12cm has the same area as a triangle with a base of 9cm. What is the height of the triangle?
64cm
32cm
24cm
16cm
What is the volume of the cylinder below in cm3? Take pi= 22/7
9702 cm3
1270.5 cm3
4851cm3
1617cm3
January 28th year 2008 was a Monday. Which day was March 14th the same year?
Friday
Tuesday
Thursday
Wednesday
A businessman bought 4 sacks of beans @ sh 5000 and later sold them at a profit of 33%. What was the selling price of the 4 sacks.
sh 6600
sh 26600
sh 6650
sh 24600
Mary borrowed sh 30000 from a bank which paid simple interest at the rate of 20% per year. How much interest had the money earned at the end of 2 years?
sh 6000
sh 12000
sh 114000
sh 144000
After sleeping for 5hrs 55min. Peter woke up at 3.40am. At what time had he gone to bed in 24hrs clock system?
2145hrs
0340hrs
0945hrs
945hrs
Eighteen workers working at the same rate were to complete a piece of work in 15days. How much more days would it take if six workers failed to attend?
715
412
712
745
The following are properties of a quadrilateral.
Diagonals bisect each other 900
Diagonals do not bisect each other at 900
All sides are equal
Opposite sides are equal and parallel Which properties are for squares only?
I, iv
I, iii
I, ii
I only
Mary paid sh. 7600 for a carpet after getting a discount of 20%. What percentage discount would she get if she paid sh. 7220?
24%
28%
76%
34%
The father’s age is 10 years older than his son while that of the mother was 5 years younger than the father. If the son is x years. What will be their total age in five years to come?
3x - 35
3x + 15
3x + 25
3 x + 30
The temperature of a liquid was recorded as 1500 C. It was first cooled at the rate of 600 C per min for the first 8 minutes and then heated at the rate of 50 C for the rest of the period. What was its temperature after 15 minutes?
280 C
680 C
-2950 C
630 C
How many triangles are in the figure below?
5
4
8
9
Marking Scheme
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