Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Mid Term Exams Term 1 2023 Set 10

QUESTIONS 

1. What is fifteen million fifteen thousand and fifteen written in symbols?
   
   1. 150015015
   2. 1501515
   3. 15150015
   4. 15015015
2. What is the place value of digit 2 in the number 682407?
   
   1. Hundreds
   2. Ten of thousands
   3. Thousands
   4. Tens
3. Round off the following numbers to the nearest ten thousand and then find their sum 63497 and 7324
   
   1. 60,000
   2. 70,000
   3. 68000
   4. 50,000
4. Which one of the following is a prime number?
   1. 51
   2. 91
   3. 79
   4. 35 
5. What is the total value of digit 3 in 8.4732
   
   1. 0.003
   2. 8.003
   3. 0.03
   4. 0.0032
6. Work out: 80764 x 913 =
   
   1. 72737532
   2. 73 737 432
   3. 73727532
   4. 73 737 532
7. The area of the square plot shown is 2025m². What is its perimeter
   
   1. 180m
   2. 220m
   3. 45m
   4. 90m
8. What is the smallest number which must be added to 6983 to make it divisible by 11
   1. 1
   2. 3
   3. 4
   4. 2
9. What is the value of
   28 x 5 − 60 ÷ 12 + 30 x 4 =
   
   1. 215
   2. 255
   3. 260
   4. 15
10. Arrange the following fractions from the largest to the smallest ⁴/₅, ²/₃, and  ⁵/₇ 
    1. ²/₃, ⁴/₅, ⁵/₇
    2. ⁴/₅, ²/₃, ⁵/₇
    3. ⁵/_7, ⁴/₅, ²/₃, 
    4.  ⁴/₅, ⁵/_7, ²/₃
11. A factory packs soap in sachets which are later packed into cartons. Each carton holds 80 sachets. The factory packed 120 such cartons Soap in 12 cartons was destroyed by rain. The remaining soap was shared equally among 8 dealers. How many sachets did each dealer get?
    1. 1320
    2. 14
    3. 1080
    4. 1200
12. Work out: ¹/₂ of (³/₄ − ²/₅) ÷ 2⁴/₅ 
    1. ¹/₁₆
    2. ²⁵/₄₉ 
    3. ¹³/₅₆ 
    4. ⁴⁹/₁₀₀ 
13. How many groups of hundred are there in the value of digit 4 in 943610.
    
    1. 40
    2. 400
    3. 4000
    4. 40000
14. In the year 2004 February 19th was Thursday. What day was 6 March the same year?
    
    1. Sunday
    2. Saturday
    3. Friday
    4. Wednesday
15. The figure below is a rectangle what is its area?
    
    
    1. 52cm²
    2. 36cm²
    3. 26cm²
    4. 168cm²
16. Work out 1.125 + 0.4 + 0.0125
    
    1. 1.254
    2. 1.1375
    3. 1.5375
    4. 1.525
17. What is √1⁹/₁₆ 
    1. 1¹/₄ 
    2. ³/₄ 
    3. ⁴/₅
    4. ²⁵/₁₆ 
18. Simplify 2(3x − 2y) + 3(x − 3y)
    
    1. 3x+5y
    2. 3x − 5y
    3. 9x − 13y
    4. 3x − 13y
19. Express ⁵/₁₃ as a decimal correct to two decimal places.
    
    1. 0.34
    2. 3.84
    3. 0.684
    4. 0.38
20. Onyango fenced his plot of land shown using three strands of wire.
    
21. The marked price of a T.V set was Sh.5000. If Mwanzo paid Sh.4500 for the set. What was the percentage discount?
    
    1. 15%
    2. 10%
    3. 5%
    4. 20%
22. In a school ⁵/₈ of the pupils are boys. If the school has 300 girls, what is the total number of pupils in the school?
    
    1. 800
    2. 500
    3. 600
    4. 400
23. Change 108km/h into m/s
    
    1. 30m/s
    2. 90m/s
    3. 148m/s
    4. 388.8m/s
24. A motorist started his journey at 10.35am.If he reached his destination at 4.55pm, how long did the journey take?
    
    1. 6h 20min
    2. 5h 20min
    3. 6h 40min
    4. 5h 40min
25. Which one of the following measurements will form a right angled triangle?
    
    1. 6cm, 8cm, 9cm 
    2. 4cm, 5cm, 6cm 
    3. 21cm, 24cm, 25cm 
    4. 12cm, 16cm, 20cm
26. Three buses leave at intervals of 15minutes, 6 minutes and 12 minutes respectively. If they left together at 8.00 am. When will they leave together again?
    
    1. 60min
    2. 9.00am
    3. 10.00am
    4. 7.00am
27. Construct an equilateral triangle XYZ of side 8cm. Draw a circle to pass through the vertices XY and Z what is the diameter of the circle?
    
    1. 10cm
    2. 9.2cm
    3. 4.6cm
    4. 5cm
28. The cyclinder below has an open top. Calculate its surface area.
    
    
    1. 616cm²
    2. 5632cm²
    3. 3784cm²
    4. 5016cm²
29. The temperature of a certain town was 20°c in the morning. If at 12 noon the temperature rose by 10°c. What was the new temperature?
    1. 10°c
    2. 32°c
    3. 30°c
    4. 8°c
30. A section of a road 4km long is represented on a map by 4cm. What is the scale used?
    
    1. 4:4
    2. 1:100 000
    3. 1:1000 000
    4. 1:10 00031.
31. Six men take 4 days to paint a house. How many days will 4 men take?
    
    1. 6
    2. 2
    3. 4
    4. 2²/₃
32. The following are properties of a certain quadrilateral
    
    1. all sides are equal
    2. opposite sides are parallel
    3. each angle is a right angle
    4. diagonals are equal and bisect each other at right angle
       Which quadrilateral is described above?
       1. Rhombus
       2. Parallelogram
       3. Rectangle
       4. Square

The table below shows patients who visited a certain hospital for malaria test.

33. How many more patients visited the hospital on Wednesday than friday?
    1. 20
    2. 15
    3. 130
    4. 25
34. What number should be in the box marked T
    
    
    1. 9
    2. 5
    3. 4
    4. 7
35. Mogaka spent ¹/₃ of his salary on food ¹/₄ on rent ³/₅ of the remainder on clothes and saved the rest. What fraction did she save?
    1. ⁷/₁₂
    2. ⁵/₁₂
    3. ¹/₆
    4. ¹/₄ 
36. Find the area of the figure below
    
    1. 78cm²
    2. 102cm²
    3. 96cm²
    4. 48cm²
37. What is the next number in the pattern
    4,9,16, 25, 36, _______________________
    1. 64
    2. 45
    3. 49
    4. 60
38. A farmer harvested 12 tonnes of wheat. How kilograms of wheat did he harvest?
    1. 120kg
    2. 12000kg
    3. 1200kg
    4. 12000 000kg
39. Simplify the following inequality
    ⁴/₅y + 5>15
    1. y>15
    2. y>10
    3. y<10
    4. y<15
40. Calculate the size of angle marked x
    
    
    1. 120°
    2. 40°
    3. 80°
    4. 60°
41. What is the GC.D of 18, 36 and 60
    1. 18
    2. 6
    3. 5
    4. 12
42. Three boys had the following masses 45kg, 40kg and 65kg. What was their mean mass
    1. 75kg
    2. 45kg
    3. 50kg
    4. 40kg
43. If a=6, b=4 c=2 find the value of
    2a + b
       cb
    1. 8
    2. 16
    3. 2
    4. 4
44. Calculate the volume of the cuboid below
    
    
    1. 24m³
    2. 320m³
    3. 200m³
    4. 240m³ 
45. Joy bought a dress for Sh.2800 and later sold it for 3220. Calculate her percentage profit
    
    1. 15%
    2. 40%
    3. 20%
    4. 10%
46. Benson scored the following marks
    Mathematics  8
    Science          6
    English           9
    Kiswahili        7
    If these marks are represented in a pie chart, what angle would represent English
    
    1. 108°
    2. 216°
    3. 90°
    4. 720
47. Managu deposited Sh.20,000 in a bank which gave interest rate of 5% p.a. How much interest did Managu get after 2 years.
    1. Sh.22000
    2. Sh. 1000
    3. Sh. 18000
    4. Sh. 2000
48. Find twice the perimeter of the figure below 
    π = ²²/₇ 
    
    1. 36cm
    2. 44cm
    3. 72cm
    4. 88cm
49. What is the sum of edges and vertices of an open cube?
    1. 16
    2. 20
    3. 25
    4. 12

The graph below shows the price of sugar per kilogram. Use it to answer question number 50.

50. How many kilograms of sugar would one buy for Sh. 480
    
    1. 8kg
    2. 5kg
    3. 6kg
    4. 7kg

MARKING SCHEME

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. C
5. A
6. D
7. A
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. A
13. B
14. B
15. D
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. D
20. B
21. B
22. A
23. A
24. A
25. D
26. B
27. A
28. D
29. C
30. B
31. A
32. D
33. A
34. D
35. C
36. D
37. C
38. B
39. B
40. D
41. B
42. C
43. C
44. D
45. A
46. A
47. D
48. C
49. B
50. C