Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 End term 2 2022 Set 1
Questions
Which of the following numbers is eight million four hundred and four and twenty seven thousandths in symbols?
80000404.027
8000404.027
8404000.027
8004004.027
What is the total value of digit 9 in the value of; 4.753 x 0.189?}
0.9
0.09
Hundredths
Thousands
What is the value of; √61/4 + (3/2)2?
14¾
14¼
12½
10¾
What is the Greatest Common Divisor of 72,96 12cm and 108?
36
24
18
12
What is the value of; 24 + 16 – 72 ÷ 62 x 2 ? 24 - 2
54
11/3
12
3
Arrange the following fractions in an ascending order; 7/12, 6/7, 4/5 and 2/3
2/3 , 4/5 , 6/7 , 7/12
7/12 , 6/7 , 4/5 , 2/3
7/12 , 2/3 , 4/5 , 6/7
7/12 , 2/3 , 6/7 , 4/5
What is the value of; 144108 ÷ 18?
86
806
8006
80006
A square piece of land has an area of 1936m2. What is its perimeter?
176cm
84cm
44cm
288cm
What is the area of the triangle drawn below?
32cm2
48cm2
60cm2
24cm2
What is the value of; 1½ + (2¼ x 3½ of 12 ÷ ¾)?
126
127½
210
72
What is the value of q in the equation below? 3/8(2q + 2) = 6?
7
31/5
21/3
2
Mbeja spends 1/3, of his salary on school fees, 1/4 on food and 1/5 of the remainder on rent and saves the rest. If he earns sh.48000 per month, how much does he save?
Sh.4000
Sh.5600
Sh.20000
Sh.22400
What is the square root of the next number in the sequence below? 15, 27, 42, 60, _ _?
11
9
13
10
In a school, there are 720 pupils. Each pupil takes 2-2dl packets of milk twice in a week. How much milk in litres do they consume in a week?
5760
576
2880
288
Josephine sold a dress for sh.9000, making a profit of sh.1800. What was her percentage profit?
10%
15%
20%
25%
The figure below shows a window frame. What is the perimeter of the frame? (π=22/7)
660mn
580m
440m
420m
What is the value of; 3.6 x 9.6 x 1.6 4.8 x 2.4 x 0.01
480
48
4.8
0.48
Which one of the following sets of measurements can be used to construct a right angled triangle?
14cm, 24cm, 52cm
15cm, 36cm, 54cm
24cm, 32cm, 48cm
16cm, 30cm, 34cm
What is the smallest number that must be subtracted from 378476 to make it divisible by 11?
1
10
8
9
Mwangi packed 2½ tonnes into 500g packets. How many packets did he get?
5
50
500
5000
In the figure below, ABC is a straight line. Line BD is parallel to line GC. Angle ABD = 66° and angle BDE = 50°. What is the size of the angle marked q?
130°
114°
66°
50°
A staff meeting started at 9.40am. The first session took 2 hours before going for ¼ hour tea break. The second session took 2hrs 20 minutes. At what time in 24 hour clock system did the meeting end?
0205hrs
1405hrs
1415hrs
1305hrs
What is the value of; (w2 - xy)+1/xy2 given that x= 4, y=x-1 and w=2y?
60
42
36
24
What is the simplified form of the expression 5x-6-X <2x + 12?
X<9
x>9
x<3
X>3
Construct triangle ABC such that line AB = 6cm, line BC = 6.5cm and angle ABC = 50°. Draw a circle touching all the vertices A, B and C. What is the radius of the circle?
3.5cm
4.2cm
7cm
8.4cm
A trader made a loss of sh.12500 after selling an item. This represents 5% of the marked price. What was the marked price of the item?
Sh.200000
Sh.150000
Sh.250000
Sh.175000
What is the perimeter of the figure drawn below?
72m
66m
56m
48m
A motorist covered a distance of 756km in 7 hours. What was his travelling speed in m/s?
40m/s
30m/s
108m/s
20m/s
A watch gains 10 seconds every hour. How many minutes will the watch gain in 12 days?
2 minutes
5 minutes
10 minutes
48 minutes
The figure below shows a rectangular water tank. How many litres does it hold when it is 2%, full?
500 .
800
1500
4000
Remove the brackets and simplify the expression below; 3/4=/(4a + 22/3) + 1/3(6a -9).
5a + 2
5a +5
5a-5
5a - 1
Lucia deposited sh.20000 in a bank that charges compound interest at the rate of 10%p.a. How much was in her account at the end of 2 years?
Sh.12100
Sh.24200
Sh.4000
Sh.24000
What is the surface area of the solid shown below? (Take t = 22/7)
594cm2
774cm2
797cm2
874cm2
How many nights were there between 17 July and 17th September the year 2020?
59
60
61
62
Ooko bought the following items from a shop;
2kg of sugar @ sh.140
3kg of maize flour for sh.360
4-50g packets of tea leaves @sh.20 per packet
2 ½ litres of cooking oil at sh.40 How much balance did he get from sh.1000?
Sh.60
Sh.160
Sh.310
Sh.690
What is the distance around the figure drawn below?
220m
210m
160m
150m
What is the product of the LCM of 8 and 12 and the HCF of 36 and 54?
2040
432
72
42
Which one of the following statements is true about a trapezium?
All sides are equal
Opposite sides are parallel
Opposite angles are equal
Has a pair of parallel lines
Twelve men can do a certain job in 54 days. How many more men are needed for the job to be completed in 18 days?
6
18
24
36
The mass of an empty bus is 8 tonnes. When carrying 60 passengers, the mass of the bus is 12.8tonnes. What is the mean mass of each passenger?
60kg
70kg
80kg
120kg
In the figure below, line BE is equal to BD. Angle BAF = 45° and angle AFE = 76°. What is the size of the angle labelled w?
135°
121°
118°
62°
The hire purchase price of a motorbike is sh.120000. Tobias bought it on hire purchase by paying a deposit of sh.26250 and the balance in 5 equal monthly monthly instalments. How much money was paid in each instalment?
Sh.15250
Sh.18750
Sh.19250
Sh.29250
A saleswoman earns sh.200 for every value of goods worthy sh.1000 she makes. In one month she sold 1500 exercise books at sh.120 each. What was her commission that month?
Sh.300
Sh.36000
Sh.18000
Sh.54000
What is the product of the number of vertices and edges of an open rectangular prism?
48
60
72
96
The pie chart below shows how Dismas stocked different types of drinks in his shop. He bought a total of 72 bottles of the drinks. How many more Coke bottles than Fanta bottles did he buy?
30
18
12
6
Joy paid sh.28000 for printing papers after she was given a discount of 20%. How much discount was she given?
Sh.7000
Sh.5600
Sh.3500
Sh.2800
A section of a road measuring 0.9km is represented on a map by a line measuring 4.5cm long. What is the scale used?
1:200
1:2000
1:20000
1:200000
There are 720 pupils at Nyatindo Primary School. The ratio of girls to boys is 3:2. How many more girls than boys are there in the school?
432
288
240
144
Beatrice bought y sweets. Benta bought 3 more sweets than Beatrice. Brenda bought twice as many sweets as both Beatrice and Benta. How many sweets did the three girls buy altogether?
(6y+3)
(2y +9)
(6y + 4)
(6y +9)
The graph below shows Nyoike's journey from town R to Q and back. What was his average speed for the whole journey?
75km/hr
80km/hr
100km/hr
50km/hr
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