Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Mid Term Exams Term 1 2023 Set 12

QUESTIONS

1. Which one of the following is 8342975.07 in words.
   
   1. Eighty three million four hundred and twenty one thousand seven hundred and five and seven hundredth
   2. Eight million three hundred and forty two thousand nine hundred and seventy five and seven hundredth
   3. Eight hundred and thirty four million two hundred and ninety seven thousand five hundred and seven 
   4. Eight million three hundred and forty two thousand nine hundred and seventy five point zero seven
2. What is the total value of digit 5 in the product of 289 and 52?
   
   1. Thousands
   2. 500
   3. Five thousands
   4. Hundreds
3. What is the value of
   480 ÷ 16 + 4 (5² − 2²) − 54 x 2 ?
   
   1. 6
   2. 33
   3. 54
   4. 114
4. A square board has a perimeter of 9m. What is the area occupied by the board?
   1. 81
   2. 36
   3. 5¹/₁₆
   4. 2¹/₄
5. Joshua scored 37½% in a test. What was his score as a fraction in simplest form?
   1. ³/₁₀₀
   2. ⁷⁵/₂₀₀
   3. ⁵/₈
   4. ³/₈ 
6. In a meeting, the number of men was twice that of women and 355 less the number of children. If there were 675 children. How many people attanded the meeting?
   
   1. 3765
   2. 1155
   3. 2060
   4. 1635
7. Which is the least number that can be added to 65489 to make it divisible by 11?
   
   1. 6
   2. 5
   3. 8
   4. 3
8. The figure below shows a wheel of a bicycle. Kimani covered 1.54 kilometres after making 1000 revolutions. What is the diamter of the wheel?
   
   
   1. 49cm
   2. 49km
   3. 70cm
   4. 7m
9. Which is the next number in the pattern below?
   324, 326, 329, 334, 341, ________________________________
   
   1. 350
   2. 349
   3. 352
   4. 351
10. Kamoni spent ¹/₅ of his salary on rent, ¹/₄ of the remainder on food and saved the rest. What fraction did she save?
    1. ²/₅ 
    2. ¹/₄
    3. ⁴/₅
    4. ³/₅ 
11. Find the value of
    0.36 x 4.2 x 0.15
        0.009 x 7
    
    1. 0.36
    2. 3.6
    3. 36
    4. 0.036
12. Precious has a rectangular field measuring 120m by 110m. She fenced it using 4 strands of wire. What was the total length of wire used?
    
    1. 460m
    2. 920m
    3. 115m
    4. 1840m
13. A mother is y years older than his son and two years younger than his husband. If the son is w years old. Which expression shows their total age? 
    1. 3w + 2y + 2
    2. 3w + 2y − 2
    3. w + y − 2
    4. 3w + y − 2
14. The figure below shows a rectangular field with a 3m foot path around it. Calculate the area covered by the path.
    
    
    1. 8000m²
    2. 6956m²
    3. 104m²
    4. 704m²
15. Mosai borrowed sh. 30000 from a bank that charged a simple interest at the rate of 12% p.a. How much money did he pay altogether at the end of 2 years?
    
    1. Sh. 7200
    2. Sh. 22800
    3. Sh. 37200
    4. Sh. 600
16. Which of the following measurements will give you a right angled triangle?
    
    1. 6m, 12m, 15m
    2. 3m, 4cm, 5m
    3. 7cm, 24cm, 0.25m
    4. 8cm, 12cm, 13cm
17. A milling company had 100.175t of maize in their silo. It was later packed in 25kg packets. How many packet did they get?
    
    1. 47
    2. 407
    3. 2504375
    4. 4007
18. Chege drove from home to town at an average speed of 108km/h. What was his speed in metres per second?
    
    1. 25m/s
    2. 30m/s
    3. 18m/s
    4. 20m/s.
19. The population of pupils in a school increased by 120 pupils at the beginning of the year. If this was a 10% increase, how many pupils are in that school after new enrolment?
    
    1. 1320
    2. 1200
    3. 1080
    4. 1000
20. The tank below was painted on the outside only. What was the total area painted if it has an open top?
    
    
    1. 2280m²
    2. 7200m²
    3. 1800m²
    4. 900m²
21. A farmer had 180 hectares of land. He gave his eldest son 0.25 of the land, his second son 0.35 and the third 0.4 of the remainder. He was left with the rest. How many hectares was he left with?
    
    1. 28.8
    2. 63
    3. 151.2
    4. 43.2
22. A trade bought a shirt at sh. 1800. He later sold it making a 15% profit. What was the selling price of the shirt?
    
    1. Sh. 270
    2. Sh. 1530
    3. Sh. 2100
    4. Sh. 2070
23. Using a ruler, a protractor and a compass, construct triangle JKL in which JK = 5cm, KL = 7cm and angle JKL=-50°. Measure angle KJL.
    
    1. 45°
    2. 55°
    3. 145°
    4. 85°
24. The temperature of water from a fridge was 5°C below freezing point. It was heated and the temperature rose by 25°C. What was the temperature of the water after heating?
    
    1. 30°C
    2. 40°C
    3. 20°C
    4. 25°C
25. Eight men can do a piece of work in 12 days. How many more days will it take if two men fail to turn up?
    
    1. 16
    2. 8
    3. 12
    4. 4
26. The ratio of boys to girls in a school was 7:9. If there are 270 girls, what is the total population of the school?
    
    1. 210
    2. 480
    3. 360
    4. 540
27. What is the value of y in the equation below?
    6y + 7 = 4y + 15
    
    1. 8
    2. 11
    3. 2.2
    4. 4
28. What is the area of the figure below?
    
    
    1. 2736m²
    2. 2850m²
    3. 1368m²
    4. 998m²
29. The cash price of a laptop is sh.24000. Munyu bought it on hire purchase terms by paying a deposit of sh.8000 and the rest in ten equal monthly instalments of sh. 2000 each. How much more did he pay for buying it on hire purchase than on cash price?
    202503
    
    1. Sh. 28000
    2. Sh. 20000
    3. Sh. 2000
    4. Sh. 4000
30. The area of a square field is 1225m². A boy walked round the field three times. What distance did he cover?
    
    1. 420m
    2. 840m
    3. 105m
    4. 140m
31. Otango left home at 8:20am on a bicycle for a market 30km away. He reached the market at 9:50am. What was his speed?
    
    1. 20km/h
    2. 30km/h
    3. 45km/h
    4. 15km/h
32. The mean mass of 5 boys was 48.4kg. The mass of the four boys was 52kg, 40kg, 50kg and 46kg. What was the median mass of the five boys?
    
    1. 45kg
    2. 46kg
    3. 50kg
    4. 54kg
33. The figure below shows a cylindrical tank with a radius of 35cm. How many litres can it hold when ³/₄ full?
    
    
    1. 192500
    2. 144375L
    3. 144.375L
    4. 1925L
34. Find the value of
    4.834 + 3.47
       0.1 + 0.02
    
    1. 69.2
    2. 17.27
    3. 692
    4. 6.92
35. A sales lady earns a basic salary of sh.32000 plus a 5% commission on goods sold above sh. 80000. In a certain month, she earned a total of sh.42000. What was her total sales that month?
    
    1. Sh. 120000
    2. Sh. 280000
    3. Sh. 200000
    4. Sh. 380000
36. A farmer had 10 goats, 6 sheep, 11 cows and 9 pigs. If this information is represented on a pie-chart, what angle would represent the sheep?
    1. 120°
    2. 60°
    3. 6°
    4. 90°
37. Stephen bought a pair of trousers after getting a discount of 14% at sh. 1720. What was the marked price of the pair of trousers?
    
    1. Sh. 2000
    2. Sh. 1800
    3. Sh. 1960.80
    4. Sh. 2100
38. In the figure below line AB is parallel to CD and line EF and GH are transversal 
    
    What is the size of the angle marked x?
    
    1. 75°
    2. 60°
    3. 145°
    4. 105°
39. What is the value of
    a + b + 2(c − a)?
       c             b
    Where a = 2 b=6 and c=3
    
    1. 2¹/₃ 
    2. 3¹/₃
    3. 3
    4. 6
40. The length of a road is 4.5km. It is represented by 5cm on a map. What is the scale used?
    
    1. 1:9000
    2. 1:90000
    3. 1.9000000
    4. 1:50000
41. The charges for sending a telegram is sh.20 for the first 10 words or less. Each additional word is charged at the rate of sh. 2. A tax of 20% of the total is added. What is the cost of sending the following telegram?
    FATUMA SAID BOX 4835
    MOMBASA GOING FOR A TOUR
    SEND SH 3000 BY FRIDAY HADASA
    SHEILA
    
    1. Sh. 32.00
    2. Sh. 6.40
    3. Sh. 31.20
    4. Sh. 38.40
42. Achieng left Kisumu on a train on Tuesday 9.45p.m. The train took 8hrs 30minutes to Nairobi. At what time and day did she arrive?
    
    1. 1815h Wednesday 
    2. 6:15p.m Wednesday
    3. 6:15am Wednesday
    4. 6:15am Tuesday
43. The fare from Kajiado to Oloitoktok was increased in the ratio 5:3. If the fare was increased by sh.40. What was the fare after the increase?
    
    1. Sh. 100
    2. Sh. 60
    3. Sh. 160
    4. Sh. 40
44. Which statement is not true according to the figure below?
    
    1. a = g
    2. e + n = 180°
    3. j + 1 = a + b
    4. n and f are corresponding angles
45. Chebet bought the following items.
    2kg packet of sugar @ sh.120
    2-2kg packets of maize flour a sh.200
    3 litres of cooking oil for sh. 700
    3 packets of milk @sh.65
    If she gave the shopkeeper two-one thousand shilling notes. How much balance did she receive?
    
    1. Sh.465
    2. Sh. 1535
    3. Sh. 225
    4. Sh. 1775
46. Round off 47.6983 to the nearest hundredths.
    
    1. 47.7
    2. 47.69
    3. 47.698
    4. 47.70
47. Simplify the equation below.
    8y + 2x + 3 (2x - 2y)
    
    1. 8y + 2x
    2. 8y - 2x
    3. 8x-2y
    4. 8x + 2y
48. The following is a net of a certain figure. What can it make when folded?
    
    
    1. Closed cuboid
    2. Triangular prism
    3. Open cube
    4. Open cuboid
49. What is the value of √0.2704 ?
    
    1. 5.2
    2. 0.52
    3. 52
    4. 0.052
50. The graph below shows Jane's journey from town A to B.
    
    What was the average speed for the whole journey?
    
    1. 60km/h
    2. 50km/h
    3. 150km/h
    4. 80km/h

MARKING SCHEME

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