Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Mid Term Exams Term 1 2023 Set 11

QUESTIONS

1. What is sixteen million, nine hundred and seventy six thousand two hundred and thirteen in numbers?
   1. 16 297 213
   2. 16 213 796
   3. 16 976 213
   4. 16 796 213
2. Round off 249 603 204 to the nearest hundred thousand?
   
   1. 250 000 000
   2. 249 600 000
   3. 249 000 000
   4. 249 603 000
3. The area of a square is 0.0196 hectares. Find its perimeter.
   1. 196m
   2. 14m
   3. 28m
   4. 56m
4. What is the smallest number that can be added to 7 468 making it divisible by 11?
   1. 1
   2. 2
   3. 4
   4. 10
5. Mwita sold an item for sh. 720 making a loss of 4%. How much had he bought it? 
   1. Sh. 750
   2. Sh. 800
   3. Sh. 700
   4. Sh. 740
6. What is the value of 
   3¹/₄ × ²/₁₃ ÷ ⁸/₉ + 1¹/₂ ?
   1. 1¹/₁₆
   2. 2¹/₁₆ 
   3. 1⁹/₁₆ 
   4. ⁹/₁₆
7. What is the sum of LCM and HCF of 16, 20 and 40?
   
   1. 80
   2. 76
   3. 20
   4. 84
8. An empty lorry weighs 4 tonnes. It weighs 7.5 tonnes when loaded with 50 bags of potatoes. What is the mass of each bag in kg?
   
   1. 80kg
   2. 70kg
   3. 20kg
   4. 84kg
9. What is the value of:
    0.42 x 0.63 x 1.6  ?
     0.21 × 0.9 × 0.4
   
   1. 5.6
   2. 56
   3. 0.56
   4. 560
10. What is the length of the figure below?
     
    
    1. 55m
    2. 10m
    3. 34m
    4. 20m
11. Karembo bought the following items from a shop.
    2- 2kg packets of maize flour
    @sh. 100 per kg.
    2¹/₄ kg meat @sh. 120
    3½ kg salt for sh. 150
    1½ kg beans @sh.150
    If she paid using sh.2 - 2 000 shilling notes, how much balance did she get?
    
    1. Sh. 955
    2. Sh. 580
    3. Sh. 1 045
    4. Sh. 1 420
12. A section of a road 8km is represented by a line of 16cm on the map. What is the scale used?
    
    1. 1:5 000
    2. 1:50 000
    3. 1:5 000 000
    4. 1: 50 000 000
13. Mkoto left Nairobi at 11:10am. He arrived at Kirinyaga after 3¹/₄ hours. At what time did he get to Kirinyaga?
    
    1. 2:25am
    2. 1:10pm
    3. 2:25pm
    4. 1:10am
14. What is the perimeter of the figure below in metres?
    
    
    1. 142m
    2. 152m
    3. 132m
    4. 120m
15. The marked price of a cupboard is 2010 sh.12 550. Kamau bought it paying a deposit of sh.5 600 and 8 equal monthly instalment of sh.1 200 each. How much more than the marked price did he pay?
    
    1. Sh. 2 650
    2. Sh. 15 200
    3. Sh. 9 600
    4. Sh. 13 580
16. The table below shows the number of patients who attended a hospital.
    

    Day	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun
    No. of patients	26	29	27	31	25	23	21

    What was the mean number of  patients?
    
    1. 185
    2. 25
    3. 27.2
    4. 26
17. Which day had the modal attendance?
    
    1. Sunday
    2. Monday
    3. Thursday
    4. Wednesday
18. The ratio of men to women in ad meeting is 3:8. If there are 1800 men, how many more women than men are there?
    
    1. 7 800
    2. 4 800
    3. 5 200
    4. 3 000
19. In a farm there were 500 sheep. After a drought the number of sheep decreased by 8%. How many sheep died due to drought?
    1. 40
    2. 460
    3. 50
    4. 450
20. Simplify the inequality below.
    4y − 4 > 2y + 8
    1. y<2
    2. y<4
    3. y>6
    4. y>3
21. The figure below shows a closed cuboid
    
    What is its surface area?
    A. 1 772cm²
    B. 2 064cm²
    C. 1 800cm²
    D. 1 680cm² 
22. The figure below shows three semi-circles joined together
    
    What is its perimeter?
    
    1. 127cm
    2. 99cm
    3. 162cm
    4. 55cm
23. The marked price of a sofa set is sh. 27 000. Yasmin was given a 15% discount. How much less would he have paid, if he was given 18% discount?
    
    1. Sh. 22 950
    2. Sh. 22 140
    3. Sh. 810
    4. Sh. 26 750
24. Construct a triangle MNO in which MN = 5cm, NO = 4cm and angle MNO = 50°.
    What is the measure of line MO?
    1. 4.2cm
    2. 2.5cm
    3. 5cm
    4. 3.9cm
25. A dog covered a distance of 80 metres  in 4 seconds. Calculate the speed inm km/h?
    1. 90km/hr
    2. 72km/hr
    3. 20km/hr
    4. 25km/hr
26. The figure below shows a parallelogram. 
    
    What is the size of angle x?
    
    1. 110°
    2. 70°
    3. 120°
    4. 60
27. What is the sum of faces and edges of an open cube?
    
    1. 18
    2. 17
    3. 20
    4. 19
28. The figure below shows a trapezium.
    
     What is its area, in hectares?
    1. 12.5
    2. 1 250
    3. 12 500
    4. 125 0000
29. The numbers below are to be arranged from the largest to the smallest.
    ³/₄, 0.25, 70%, ¹/₂
    Which is the correct order?
    1. ³/₄, 70%, ¹/₂, 0.25,
    2.  ³/₄, ¹/₂, 70%, 0.25,
    3.  0.25, ¹/₂, 70%, ³/₄ 
    4. 0.25, 70%, ¹/₂, ³/₄ 
30. Natasha deposited sh. 40 000 in a bank which charges simple interest at the rate of 10% p.a. After one year, she withdrew sh.15 000. How much money was left in her account?
    1. Sh. 29 000
    2. Sh. 40 000
    3. Sh. 44 000
    4. Sh. 25 000
31. The figure below shows a water trough.
    
    What is its volume in cm3?
    
    1. 3 080cm³
    2. 1 540cm³
    3. 2 464cm³
    4. 3 065cm³
32. The following are properties of quadrilateral.
    
    1. All sides are equal.
    2. Diagonals are not equal. 
    3. All angles are equal.
    4. Diagonals intersect at right angle.
       Which properties are the same for both the square and Rhombus?
       
       1. (i) and (iii)
       2. (ii) and (iii)
       3. (iii) and (iv)
       4. (i) and (iv)
33. At Kwa Njora primary, the number of pupils increased from 1.800 to 2 400. What was the ratio increase?
    1. 3:4
    2. 5:4
    3. 4:3
    4. 4:5
34. Joe earns a basic salary of sh. 45000 per month. He uses ¹/₂ of his salary on fees, ¹/₅ on transport and halfof the remainder on savings. How much did he save?
    
    1. Sh.22 500
    2. Sh.18 000
    3. Sh.9 000
    4. Sh.6 750
35. What is the value of ^ab/_a + c + ^bc/_b + a ?
    If a = 1 b = 2² c = 3
    1. 10
    2. 11
    3. 9
    4. 14
36. The figure below shows a square and a circle drawn inside.
    
    What is the area of the shaded part?
    
    1. 168cm²
    2. 154cm²
    3. 616cm²
    4. 84cm²
37. What is the value of
    21 − 3² + 16(12 − 10)?
         2²
    1. 35
    2. 30
    3. 43
    4. 20
38. The diagonal of a rectangle measures 50cm. If its length is 40cm, calculate its area?
    
    1. 1 200m²
    2. 2 000m²
    3. 1 600m²
    4. 1 000m²
39. In a school of 800 pupils, each pupil is given 2 - 2dl packets of milk per week. How many litres of milk did they consume in three weeks?
    
    1. 160ℓ
    2. 320ℓ
    3. 640ℓ
    4. 960ℓ
40. The cost of 16 books is sh. 3 200. What is the cost of such 10 books?
    
    1. Sh. 2 000 
    2. Sh. 200
    3. Sh. 1 600
    4. Sh. 160
41. A salesgirl earns a basic salary of sh 4 500 per month. She is also given 6% commission on the sales she makes. How much money did she earn that month that she sold goods worth sh. 250 000?
    1. Sh. 15 000
    2. Sh. 19 500
    3. Sh. 12 000
    4. Sh. 16 500
42. Which of the following is the next number in the sequence
    3, 4, 7, 11, 18, 29, 47, _______?
    1. 76
    2. 59
    3. 69
    4. 80
43. It takes 18 men to do a job in 24 days. How many days does it take 12 men?
    
    1. 76
    2. 59
    3. 69
    4. 80
44. What is the simplest form of
    ²/₉ (18y + 27w) + ²/₅(10y − 15w) ?
    
    1. 8y + 12w
    2. 8y + w
    3. 8y
    4.  8y − 12w
45. Construct a triangle ABC in which AB = 3cm, BC = 4cm and angle ABC = 90°. Construct a circle touching the points ABC. What is the diameter of the circle?
    1. 4.2cm
    2. 5.0cm
    3. 6.2cm
    4. 2.5cm 
46. The area of a circle is 616cm². What is its circumference? 
    
    1. 44
    2. 88
    3. 22 
    4. 55
47. Maina planted trees on both sides of the road. The length of the road is 10km and the trees are at an interval of 10m apart. How many trees did he plant?
    
    1. 202
    2. 2 002
    3. 101
    4. 1 001
48. In the figure below, line AB is parallel to line CD.
    
    What is the size of angle t?
    1. 140°
    2. 60°
    3. 40°
    4. 120°
49. What is 24 084 ÷ 12?
    
    1. 27
    2. 207
    3. 2 007
    4. 20 007
50. The graph below shows the journey by Mwongela from town A to town B.
    
    How far from town B was he at 9:00am?
    
    1. 90km
    2. 70km
    3. 120km
    4. 50km

MARKING SCHEME

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