Questions
- Which of the following number is three million two hundred and seven thousand two hundred and seventy?
- 3 270 207
- 3 207 207
- 3027 270
- 3 207 270
- What is 2.78989 rounded off to three decimal places?
- 2.789
- 2.790
- 2.799
- 2.780
- Nyatoro went for holiday from 7th September to 28th December 2020. For how many days was he on holiday?
- 112
- 111
- 113
- 110
- What is the difference between the total value of digit 6 and digit 9 in the number 26389422
- 3
- 599 100
- 600 900
- 638 042
- What is the sum of edges and vertices of a triangular prism?
- 15
- 20
- 13
- 16
- Joel borrowed Sh.200 000 from a Sacco that charged simple interest at the rate of 6% per annum. How much in total did he pay after two years?
- Sh.24 000
- Sh. 12 000
- Sh.224 000
- Sh.212 000
- What is the next number in the pattern? 0.8, 1.6, 3.2, 6.4, ___
- 9.6
- 13.8
- 12.4
- 12.8
- What is the sum of LCM and GCD of 30,36,48?
- 726
- 720
- 6
- 714
- A rectangular plot measures 80m by 60m What is twice the length of the diagonal?
- 100m
- 200m
- 120m
- 240m
- Achieng’ bought the following items from a shop.
- 4 packets of wheat flour al sh.130
- 31/2 kg sugar @ sh.120
- 3 bars of washing soap @sh.105
- 1 kg salt for sh.45
- 3 rolls of tissue for sh. 750
If she paid using 2 - 1000 shilling notes, how much balance did she get?
- Sh. 1 450
- Sh.1 750
- Sh.550
- Sh.250
- The triangle ABC below has been drawn to scale
What is the size of angle BCA?
- 47°
- 88°
- 46°
- 90°
- What is the value of (0.5 ÷ 0.2+0.25)/(1.25 x 2)
- 0.11
- 1.1
- 11
- 110
- In the year 2019 Wafula harvested 840 bags of maize. In the year 2020 the harvest increased by 40%. What if he sold all the maize for the two years at sh.2 400. How much money did he get?
- Sh.2016
- Sh.4 838 400
- Sh.2 822 400
- Sh.1 176
- The fractions 3/7 , 4/9, 3/8 and 5/6 are to be arranged in order from the smallest to the largest. What is the correct order?
- 5/6, 4/9, 3/7, 3/8
- 4/9, 3/8, 3/7, 5/6
- 5/6, 3/7, 3/8, 4/9
- 3/8, 3/7, 4/9, 5/6
- A distance of 9km is represented by 3cm on a map. What is the scale used?
- 1:3 000
- 1:30 000
- 1:300 000
- 1:3 000 000
- What is the value of 7(82-62) +81 ÷ 27?
- 199
- 17
- 1375
- 209
- What is the value of
3(2x+4) -6 = 8 ?
4
- 71/3
- 82/3
- 62/3
- 32/3
- Njagi sold an item for sh. 1 530 after making a 15% loss. What was the cost price of the item?
- Sh.1 830
- Sh.2 400
- Sh.2000
- Sh. 1 800
- Twenty four litres of milk was shared equally to 60 pupils. How many decilitres did each get?
- 0.4
- 4
- 40
- 400
- What is the simplest form of the expression
3(2x+4y)+2(4x+3y)
2x-2y+4y
- 14x+18y
2x+2y
- 7x+9y
x+y
- 7x+9y
x+y
- 14x+18y
2x+6y
- A certain quadrilateral has the following properties.
- Some angles are equal.
- Has all sides equal.
- Diagonals bisect each other at right-angle.
- Two sets of parallel lines.
The quadrilateral described above is a
- square
- Rhombus
- Parallelogram
- Rectangle
- An aeroplane flew from Cairo on Tuesday at 9:10pm and landed at Pretoria 8 hours later. At what time did the plane land at Pretoria?
- Wednesday 5:50pm
- Tuesday 5:50pm
- Wednesday 5:50am
- Tuesday 5:50am
- Terry and Tracy shared some money such that Terry got 3/7 of the money. What is the ratio of Tracy share to the total?
- 3:4
- 4:3
- 3:7
- 4:7
- What is the surface area of a closed cylinder whose diameter is 28cm and a height of 20cm, given in m2
- 0.2992m2
- 2992m2
- 1760m2
- 0.1760m2
- Karisa paid sh.10 560 for a generator after getting 12% discount. What was the marked price?
- Shs 15 000
- Shs 10 800
- Shs 12 000
- Shs 9 292.80
- The diagram below shows an isosceles triangle whose perimeter is 100cm. Lin AB=32cm
What is the area of the triangle?
- 960cm
- 480cm
- 120cm
- 544cm
- Nine pupils scored the following marks in a test.
47.32. 37, 39, 43, 42, 36, 38
What was their mean score?
- 38
- 39
- 42
- 37
- Ahmed is twice as old as Hassan but eight years younger than Kassim. It Hassan is r years, what will be the sum of their ages in 6 years to come?
- 5x +26
- 5.x +8
- 4x +26
- 4x+18
- In the figure below line ABC is a straight line. Line EB=EC-ED. Line BE is parallel to line CD.
What is the size of angle BCD?
- 63°
- 54°
- 117°
- 126°
- The hire purchase price of a generator includes a deposit of sh.4 000 and eight equal monthly instalments of sh 2500. If the hire purchase price of the generator is 20% more than the marked price, what is the marked price?
- Sh.24 000
- Sh.28 800
- Sh.30 000
- Sh.30 000
- The perimeter of a square is 224m. What is its area?
- 56m2
- 50176m2
- 112m2
- 3136m2
- What is the value of
8(52-32)+9 x 4
√16
- 164
- 82
- 20.5
- 41
- The figure below shows a quarter a circle cut out from a square.
What is the area of the remaining part of the square? (Take a=3.14)
- 125cm2
- 1600cm2
- 344cm2
- 314cm2
- An open rectangular tank measures 1.2m long by 0.9m wide by 2.0m high. What is its capacity when full?
- 2.16
- 21.6
- 216
- 2160
- At a prayer rally there were 2850 children. The number of women was half the number of men who were a third of children. How many people attended the prayer rally altogether?
- 3800
- 4275
- 4700
- 4550
- Jane a saleslady earns a basic salary of sh.12 000. She is also paid a 5% commission on all the sales she makes. How much money did she earn in a month she sold goods worth sh.250 000?
- Sh.24 500
- Sh.12 500
- Sh.125 000
- Sh.30 000
- The pie chart below shows the number of animals at Hassan farm.
If there are 1400 goats how many more chicken than cows are there?
- 1000
- 200
- 1200
- 7200
- A tank was full of water. When 144 litres are added the tank becomes full. What is the capacity tank when full?
- 2160
- 1232
- 864
- 4320
- Which of the following sets of measurement will form a right angled triangle?
- 5m, 12m, 1.3m
- 10m, 24m. 26m
- 8m, 16m, 17m
- 9m, 12m, 16m
- Jamal bought a cow at sh.35 000. During the dry season he sold it making 15 % loss. At what price did he sell the cow?
- Sh 40 250
- Sh 28 750
- Sh 29 750
- Sh 24 500
- Joy and Josephine shared some money in the ratio 3:4. If joy got sh 4000 less than Josephine, how much did they share altogether?
- Sh. 28 000
- Sh. 12 000
- Sh. 21 000
- Sh. 16 000
- A wheel has a radius of 28em. how many kilometres docs it cover if it makes 2000 revolution?
- 3.52km
- 352km
- 3520km
- 352000km
- The table below shows the fare in shillings for a bus in a certain route.
A |
|
|
|
|
120 |
B |
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170 |
120 |
C |
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230 |
190 |
120 |
D |
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320 |
270 |
200 |
130 |
E |
Charles, his wife and their two daughters travelled from town A to town E via C. How much did they pay altogether if the children paid half the fare?
- Sh.510
- Sh.600
- Sh.1110
- Sh.960
- Kawira travelled from Meru to Isiolo a distance of 432km in four hours. What was his average speed in m/s?
- 108m/s
- 30m/s
- 108km/h
- 30km/h
- The figure below shows Karani's farm which is in a shape of a trapezium.
What is its area in hectares?
- 9600ha
- 96ha
- 9.6ha
- 0.96ha
- The table below shows the shoes sold al bata shoe shop in one week. Use it to answer question 46.
Shoe Size |
4 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
Pairs sold |
15 |
14 |
26 |
19 |
12 |
3 |
What was the modal shoe size?
- 6
- 26
- 10
- 7
- A meeting was attended by 300 people, out of those 0.14 were men, 0.2 were women and the rest were children. How many more children than women were there?
- 138
- 156
- 198
- 258
- Write 0.047 as a percentage?
- 4.7%
- 47%
- 0.47%
- 470
- Which of the following is the next shape in the pattern?
The graph below shows the journey of Kareke from Tigania to Igembe a distance 140km. After travelling for 40km he rested and resumed the journey after 30 minutes.
- What was the average speed for the second part of the journey?
- 20kn/h
- 40km/h
- 31 km/h
- 35km/h
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