QUESTIONS  

1. In Babalao county, the total population of Grade 5 learners is 24 761. What is this number in words?
   
   1. Two thousand, four hundred and seventy six thousand and one.
   2. Two thousand, four hundred and seventy thousand and sixty one.
   3. Twenty four thousand, seven hundred and sixty one.
   4. Twenty four thousand, six hundred and seventy one.
2. A teacher wrote the number 86 430 on the board. He later asked Nyang'au to state the total value of the underlined digit. What was Nyang'au's correct answer?
   
   1. 600
   2. 6000
   3. 60 000
   4. 60
3. Grade five East has thirty five learners, Grade 5 North has 34 learners and Grade 5 south has 33 learners. What is the total number of Grade 5 learners to the nearest hundred?
   
   1. 102
   2. 200
   3. 202
   4. 100
4. A number is divisible with 5 if the last digit is 
   1. 2
   2. 0
   3. 0 or 5
   4. 5
5. 48 farmers transplanted 16 seedlings each. How many seedlings were transplanted altogether?
   
   1. 768
   2. 64
   3. 668
   4. 54
6. During Tuyu's birthday ceremony, 9 of his classmates attended. If 5 of them were boys, what part of the classmates were girls?
   1. ⁵/₉
   2. ¹/₉
   3. ⁴/₉
   4. ⁹/₁₀
7. There were 56 players to be ferried to a tournament. A motorbike rider carried 3 players per trip. How many players were carried in the last trip?
   1. 5
   2. 2
   3. 7
   4. 1
8. Out of 2 642 sacks of maize harvested, 1 349 were sold and the rest kept in the store. How many sack were kept in the store?
   1. 1 293
   2. 3 991
   3. 1 283
   4. 3 891
9. In the number 13.46, which digit is in the ones place value?
   1. 1
   2. 3
   3. 4
   4. 6
10. A member of County Assembly shared 99 bales of maize flour equally to 9 families. How many bales did each family receive?
    1. 90
    2. 891
    3. 10
    4. 11

Use the map below to answer the following questions.

11. Mawingu rode his bike from the police station to the school, went back to the police station and finally rode to the recreation facility. What distance did he cover?
    
    1. 110 m
    2. 141 m
    3. 196 m
    4. 282 m
12. How far is it from police station to the recreation facility than from the school to the recreation facility?
    
    1. 141 m
    2. 29 m
    3. 31 m
    4. 33 m

Study the figure below and use it to answer the following questions.

13. How many columns are in the figure above?
    
    1. 5
    2. 10
    3. 50
    4. 40
14. How many rows are there?
    
    1. 10
    2. 40
    3. 50
    4. 5
15. What is the area of the figure above?
    1. 10 square units. 
    2. 55 square units.
    3. 50 square units.
    4. 40 square units.
16. Wanyama's goat is 63 kg while his sheep is 69 kg. What is the total mass of the animals?
    
    1. 172 kg
    2. 132 kg
    3. 162 kg
    4. 122 kg
17. Study the diagrams below.
    
    How many jugs of water does Maria need to fill the sufuria?
    1. 18
    2. 10
    3. 40
    4. 20
18. Which of the following consists of wants only?
    1. Maize, beans
    2. Radio, television
    3. Banana, cabbage
    4. Rice, blouse
19. A Mathematics lesson ended at 10.35 am. If the lesson started 2100 seconds ago, which of the following clockfaces shows the time the lesson started?
    
20. Ali had a 90 kg sack of maize. He sold 20 kg and took 15 kg home for consumption and stored the rest. How many kilograms were stored?
    1. 65 kg
    2. 125 kg
    3. 35 kg
    4. 55 kg
21. Some learners were asked to name the properties of a rectangle.
    Yuda: -  It has four right angles.
    Pilato: - All sides are equal and parallel.
    Kaisari: - It is a four sided figure.
    Herode: - All the interior angles add up to 360°
    Who among the learners was wrong?
    1. Herode
    2. Pilato
    3. Kaisari
    4. Yuda
22. Eight Grade 5 learners shared r exercise books equally. If one book remained, which of the following expressions can be used to find the total number of the books before sharing?
    1. (r+8) + 1
    2. 1 − (8xr)
    3. 8 − (1xr)
    4. (8+r) +1
23. Kabambe was given 15 balloons to share with with his friends. p of them were white while 6 of them were blue. How many ballons were white?
    1. 21
    2. 20
    3. 9
    4. 10
24. Which of the following is an obtuse angle
    
25. Mr Karanga drew a diagram like the one drawn below
    
    The diagran Mr. Karanga drew represents?
    1. Clockwise turn.
    2. Quarter turn.
    3. Anti clockwise turn.
    4. Full turn.
26. Which of the following is the next shape in the pattern below?
    

The table below shows the types of foods enjoyed by learners at Afyabora restaurant

27. What was the total number of learners who enjoyed chapati, beans and ugali, matumbo?
    1. 28
    2. 18
    3. 10
    4. 8
28. Which food was least liked?
    1. Chips, fish
    2. Ugali, matumbo
    3. Rice, stew
    4. Matoke, greens
29. How many more learners took chips, fish than those who took rice, stew?
    1. 26
    2. 15
    3. 4
    4. 11
30. In total how many learners enjoyed different foods in Afyabora restaurant
    1. 73
    2. 43
    3. 63
    4. 53

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1. C
2. B
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. C
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. B
17. B
18. B
19. B
20. D
21. B
22. A
23. C
24. A
25. C
26. A
27. B
28. B
29. C
30. D

QUESTIONS

1. A teacher drew some pictures on the board as shown below.
   
   The picture in the third position is that
   of a
   1. leaf.
   2. cup
   3. tree
   4. fish
2. In the number 4 690, what is the place value of the underlined digit?
   1. Thousands
   2. Hundreds
   3. Tens
   4. Ones
3. What is 896 in words?
   1. Nine hundred and eighty six.
   2. Eight hundred and ninety six.
   3. Eight hundred and sixty nine.
   4. Nine hundred and sixty nine.
4. Study the number sequence below:
   450, 500, 550, 600, ..........., 700.
   Which of the following numbers can be used to fill the blank box?
   1. 800
   2. 660
   3. 850
   4. 650
5. Which one of the following fractions shows ¹/₈ ?
   
6. Samido had 136 cows in his shed. His father added him 94 more cows. How many cows did he have altogether?
   1. 330
   2. 42
   3. 230
   4. 142
7. Three children had fruits as follows:
   Omondi: 6 oranges
   Kanyi: 5 avocadoes
   Chege: 9 bananas
   How many fruits did they have altogether?
   1. 20
   2. 29
   3. 19
   4. 18
8. Work out: 6x8
   1. 84
   2. 48
   3. 14
   4. 2
9. In a school there were 497 pupils. If 265 were boys, how many girls were there?
   1. 323
   2. 231
   3. 762
   4. 232
10. How many times can I subtract 2 from 20 to get 0?
    1. 40
    2. 18
    3. 10
    4. 22
11. One sack weighs 15kg and another one weighs.18kg. What is the total mass of the two sacks?
    1. 23kg
    2. 33kg
    3. 3kg
    4. 32kg
12. Maingi's thread is 3m long and Kaingi's thread is 8m long. What is the total length of the two threads?
    1. 11m
    2. 10m
    3. 5m
    4. 15m
13. Take away 29kg from 42kg.
    1. 13kg
    2. 14kg
    3. 23kg
    4. 24kg
14. Work out: 23 litres - 18 litres
    1. 41 litres
    2. 5 litres
    3. 15 litres
    4. 42 litres
15. A man carried a 15 litre container and his wife carried a 10 litre container. How many more litres did the man carry than his wife?
    1. 5 litres
    2. 25 litres
    3. 35 litres
    4. 15 litres
16. Study the time shown in the digital clock below:
    
    What is the time?
    1. One past thirty.
    2. A half past one.
    3. A half to one.
    4. A half to two.
17.  Work out:
    Hrs  Minutes
    23       45
    -13      15
                    
    
    1. 36 hours   60 minutes
    2. 37 hours  00 minutes 
    3. 10 hours  30 minutes
    4. 9 hours  30 minutes
18. Add:
    Hours  Minutes
     18        28
    +4        31
                     
    1. 22 hours 59 minutes
    2. 23 hours 00 minutes
    3. 22 hours  00 minutes
    4. 23 hours  59 minutes
19. What is the time according to the clockface below.
    
    
    1. A quarter past one o'clock.
    2. Ten minutes past one o'clock.
    3. Two o'clock.
    4. Ten minutes past twelve o'clock.
20. Which one of the following is an example of wants?
    1. Banana.
    2. Computer game.
    3. Trouser.
    4. Cabbage. 

Study the picture below.

21. Muthoni is facing the market. What will she face when she moves straight ahead along a straight line?
    1. School
    2. Home
    3. Market
    4. Tree
22. For Muthoni to face the tree, she should turn to her
    1. right two times.
    2. left once.
    3. right once.
    4. turn to her left twice.
23. What will Muthoni face if she turns to her right once?
    1. School
    2. Tree
    3. Market
    4. Home
24. Katana had two square cards. He later attached them at the sides to make a different shape. Which of the following shapes did he get?
    
25. The shape of an egg can be said to be
    1. square.
    2. rectangle.
    3. oval.
    4. triangle.
26. Which one of the following shows the next shape in the pattern below?
    

The table below shows the number of animals in Bwana Mkulima's farm. Use it to answer the following questions.

27. Which animals were nine?
    1. Pigs
    2. Cows
    3. Goats
    4. Cameis
28. How many sheep were there?
    1. 23
    2. 13
    3. 31
    4. 20
29. Which animals were 13?
    1. Sheep
    2. Pigs
    3. Cows
    4. Camels
30. Which animals were the fewest?
    1. Camels
    2. Pigs
    3. Goats
    4. Sheep

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QUESTIONS

1. In a farm, there are 358 021 coffee seedlings. What is the place value of digit 8 in this number?
   
   1. Hundreds of thousands.
   2. Thousands.
   3. Thousandths.
   4. Tens of thousands.
2. A teacher wrote four numbers on flash cards as shown below and asked her learner to spot a number which is divisible by 5
   1. 1432
   2. 366
   3. 160
   4. 99
      Which flash card had the correct answer?
      1. iv
      2. ii
      3. iii
      4. i
3. In the year 2019, a country recorded a total of 4 433 tourists. What is this number rounded off to the nearest thousand?
   
   1. 4 000 
   2. 4 400
   3. 5 000
   4. 4 430
4. Two donations of sh. 120 and sh. 200 have to be shared equally without a remainder. What is the highest amount of money which can be shared equally without a remainder?
   1. Sh. 600
   2. Sh. 40
   3. Sh. 100
   4. Sh. 80
5. Take away 70 123 from 90 467.
   1. 19 344
   2. 20 344
   3. 20 344
   4. 20 244
6. In a village, the number of adults is represented by 0.48. Out of this, 0.23 are males and the rest are females. Which of the following numbers represents female adults?
   
   1. 1. 71
   2. 1.25
   3. 0.71
   4. 0.25
7. At the beginning of the term, a painted ¾ of the classrooms. At the end of the term, ¼  of the classrooms were painted. What fraction of the classrooms were painted that term?
   1. ⁵/₈
   2. ⁷/₈
   3. ¹/₈
   4. ⁴/₈
8. Wambua had 3 packets each with 8 beads. She gave her friend 6 beads. He then found another packet with 10 beads. He used all the beads to make 4 necklaces with equal number of beads. How many beads did he use to make each necklace?
   1. 28
   2. 7
   3. 4
   4. 9
9. NYS registered 34 680 recruits in February, 41 011 in May and 120 111 in September. How many recruits were registered in the three months altogether?
   1. 194 802
   2. 195 702
   3. 205 802
   4. 195 802
10. What 743 multiplied by 26?
    
    1. 19 318
    2. 19 319
    3. 20 318
    4. 19 418
11. The distance from Patanisho to Soweto is 2km 300m while the distance from Soweto to Konambaya is 3km 700m. What is the distance from Patanisho to Konambaya?
    
    1. 6km 100m
    2. 5km 00m
    3. 5km 100m
    4. 6km 00m
12. What is the area of the figure drawn below?
    
    
    1. 48cm² 
    2. 135cm² 
    3. 24cm² 
    4. 72cm²
13. A bucket had 25 litres of milk. A goat accidentally knocked it down and spilt some milk. If only 9 litres of milk were saved, how much milk was spilt in millilitres?
    1. 16ml
    2. 16 000l
    3. 16 000ml
    4. 1 600l
14. Work out the volume of the cuboid drawn below.
    
    
    1. 84cm³
    2. 28cm³
    3. 14cm³
    4. 21cm³
15. A farmer sold carrots weighing 40kg 600g and onions weighing 61kg 200g. What was the total mass? 
    1. 100kg 800g 
    2. 109kg 00g
    3. 101kg 800g
    4. 101kg 400g
16. A performance ended at the time shown in the clock face below.
    
    If the performance lasted for 55 minutes, at what time did it start? 
    1. 11.55
    2. 12.10 
    3. 11.10
    4. 12.15
17. How many kilometres and metres are there in 16 435 metres?
    1. 164km 35m 
    2. 16km 435m
    3. 1km 6435m
    4. 1 643km 5m
18. Work out:
    4√33 minutes 4 seconds 
    1. 8 minutes 16 seconds 
    2. 7 minutes 16 seconds 
    3. 8 minutes 26 seconds
    4. 7 minutes 26 seconds
19. Which of the following services is offered by banks in our country? 
    1. Educating investors on how to save.
    2. Paying the salaries of workers in the country.
    3. Giving loans to citizens. 
    4. Ensuring proper use of money in the country.
20. Budgeting before spending is important because 
    1. we can avoid unnecessary expenses. 
    2. items budgeted for are bought at cheaper prices. 
    3. it helps to spend a lot of time when shopping. 
    4. when we budget, we only buy high quality products.
21. The following are properties of different shapes:
    1. It has three sides.
    2. Opposites sides are parallel and equal
    3. It has three angles.
    4. It has four equal and parallel sides.
       Which of the above properties is for a rectangle?
       1. iv
       2. ii
       3. i
       4. iii
22. What is the next shape in the pattern below?
    
23. Which of the following angles is greater than a right angle but smaller than a reflex angle?
    
24. In a class, there were r pupils. During a PHE lesson, the teacher grouped them into fours. Which of these expressions shows the number of groups that were formed?
    1. 4r
    2. r x 4
    3. r ÷ 4
    4. 4 + r
25. Mrs. Osewe bought mangoes and oranges. All the fruits were 27. If the mangoes were y, how many oranges did she buy?
    1. 27 - y
    2. 27 x y
    3. 27 ÷ y
    4. 27+ y

Grade 5 learners measured the heights of their tomato seedlings and got the following information. Use it to answer questions 26 to 30.

26. How many seedlings were 21cm high? 
    1. 19
    2. 13
    3. 10
    4. 15
27. How many more seedlings were 23cm  than those that were 19 cm? 
    1. 4
    2. 3
    3. 5
    4. 2
28. How many seedlings were the shortest?
    1. 18
    2. 21
    3. 7
    4. 23
29. What was the total height of the seedlings that were 22cm and 19cm high?
    1. 41
    2. 40
    3. 34
    4. 35
30. If the class measured all the seedlings, how many seedlings were there altogether?
    1. 58
    2. 85
    3. 86
    4. 84

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QUESTIONS

1. During an Agricultural exhibition, farmers brought 742 different breeds of sheep. What is the total value of digit 7 in this number? 
   1. Hundreds 
   2. 700
   3. 740
   4. Thousands
2. What is the place value of digit 9 in the number 96 401? 
   1. 96 400 
   2. 90 000 
   3. Tens of thousands 
   4. Thousands
3. After winning in a drama festival, pupils were given nine thousand and fifty shillings. What is this amount in symbols?
   1. Sh. 9 005 
   2. Sh. 900.050 
   3. Sh. 90 005 
   4. Sh. 9 050
4. What is 9 487 written in symbols? 
   1. Nine thousand, four hundred and eighty seven.
   2. Ninety thousand, four hundred and eighty seven. 
   3. Nine thousand, four hundred and eight seven. 
   4. Ninety thousand, four hundred and eight seven.
5. Fourteen girls went to a boutique to buy some dresses. If each of them bought twelve dresses, how many dresses did they buy altogether? 
   1. 26 
   2. 168 
   3. 178 
   4. 158
6. In the fraction ⁶/₇, which number is denominator?
   1. 6
   2. 13
   3. 1
   4. 7.
7. 90 seedlings were planted by learners in their nursery bed. If each learner planted 6 seedlings, how many were the learners?
   1. 84
   2. 15
   3. 96
   4. 546
8. A pickup carried 6 430 packets of maize flour. In the pick-up were Jogoo packets and Jimbi packets. If Jogoo packets: were 2 766, how many Jimbi packets were there?
   1. 3 664 
   2. 2 664
   3. 3 674
   4. 3 764
9. What is the next number in the pattern below? 816, 807, 797, 786, 774, 
   1. 709
   2. 761
   3. 699
   4. 753
10. Which multiple of 7 is just before 84?
    1. 91
    2. 70
    3. 77
    4. 98
11. Add: 536m + 499m
    1. 1 135m
    2. 1 025m
    3. 1 125m
    4. 1 035m
12. Omwae's school is 210m away from the market. The market is 104m from Omwae's home. If Omwae walks from home to school and back, what distance does he cover?
    1. 314m
    2. 628m
    3. 324m
    4. 614m
13. The distance from Moroto to Korogosho is 230m. As Njega was cycling from Moroto, his bicycle got a puncture after covering 190m. What was the remaining distance to Korogosho?
    1. 420m
    2. 419m
    3. 39m
    4. 40m
14. When walking toward different directions, Asha covered a distance of 300m while Rama covered 230m. How many more metres did Asha cover than Rama?
    1. 70m
    2. 71m
    3. 530m
    4. 529m
15. Three classmates Ali, Otas and Kipili have lockers which weigh 11kg each. What is the total mass of their lockers?
    1. 22kg .
    2. 30kg
    3. 44kg
    4. 33kg
16. Mapunda's bull weighs 110kg while Mwang'ombe's donkey weighs 93kg. By how many kilograms is the bull heavier than the donkey?
    1. 17kg
    2. 7kg
    3. 203kg
    4. 213kg
17. A container had 34 litres of paint. A painter used 8 litres to paint a school wall. How many litres of paint remained?
    1. 421
    2. 161 
    3. 261
    4. 431
18. Some learners at Katikati primary school were asked to name some needs they new.
    Ajigo: carrots
    Mwashori: toys
    Jokopai: computer games
    Karani: balls
    Who was right?
    1. Mwishori 
    2. Ajigo
    3. Karani
    4. Jokopai
19. Work out:
    Hours   Minutes
       8          10
      -2          20
    1. 6 hours 10 minutes 
    2. 6 hours 50 minutes
    3. 5 hours 50 minutes 
    4. 5 hours 80 minutes
20. How many quarter litre containers are needed to fill a two litre container?
    1. 8
    2. 4
    3. 16
    4. 2
21. Kibor and Chepng'eno had triangular cards like the ones shown below.
    
    If they joined them at the points marked X, what was the shape of the bigger card? 
    1. Square. 
    2. Circle. 
    3. Oval. 
    4. Rectangle.
22. A four sided figure with all the sides  equal is called 
    1. an oval. 
    2. a square. 
    3. a triangle: 
    4. a rectangle.
23. The figure drawn below is called a
     
    1. circle.
    2. rectangle. 
    3. square. 
    4. triangle
24. Which of the following patterns has been made using ovals?
    
25. A figure with three sides only is called
    1. an oval. 
    2. triangle. 
    3. square. 
    4. rectangle.
26. What is the shape of your classroom door?
    1. Circle.
    2. Triangle. 
    3. Square. 
    4. Rectangle.

Use the illustration below to answer questions 27 to 30.

27. How many circles can you see?
    1. One. 
    2. Two. 
    3. Four. 
    4. Three.
28. Count the number of rectangles.
    1. Three.
    2. Four. 
    3. Two. 
    4. One.
29. How many ovals are there?
    1. Two.
    2. One.
    3. Three. 
    4. Four.
30. How many triangles can you see?
    1. Three. 
    2. Two. 
    3. Four. 
    4. One.

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1. Write the place value of 9 in the number 903456.
2. Write in figures. Eight hundred and eighty thousand eight hundred and eight.
3. The number of pupils in four schools was as follows. Arrange the numbers from the largest to the smallest.3033, 3003, 3303, 3330.
4. Write 2³/₅ as a mixed fraction.
5. 48 is a multiple of 8. Write the next two multiples of 8.
6. Round off 809763 to the nearest thousand.
7. A class has 42 pupils. Each pupil received sh 425 for buying stationery during the term. How much money did the class receive altogether?
8. Identify the angle drawn below.
   
9. Circle all the numbers divisible by 2,5 and 10.
   (725, 130, 924,880, 470, 433)
10. Find the HCF of 24 and 36.
11. A farmer sold 3550 eggs in the month of June, 6252 in July and 2042 in August. How many eggs altogether were sold during the three months?
12. Calculate area by counting the square.
    
13. Work out:
       834527
    − 763756
    ________
14. Sheila was depositing sh 4000 everytime she visited the bank. She has sh 16000 in the bank. Write the total amount in the book after every deposit fo five visits.
    16000, _______,  _______,  _______,  _______,  _______
15. Work out; 
    ⁸/₁₀ − ⁵/₁₀ =
16. Work out; 12 − 8 ÷ 4 =
17. What is the time on the clockface? ____________
    
18. How many ¼ kg are in 5¼kg of sugar? _________
19. Complete the division wheel.
    
    K - 
    W -
20. Find the LCM of 10 and 15. _____________________
21. Work out;
    sh    cts
    8      5 6
    ×         5
    _______
22. Convert 5½ hours into minutes.  ______________________
23. Fill in the missing number
    
24. Convert 0.33 into a fraction. ________________
25. What is the quotient of 72 and 9 ____________________
26. A chair costs sh 820. What is the cost of 5 such chairs? ________________
27. Allan has 3n apples and Mary has 4f apples. What is the total number of apples they have altogether? _______________
28. The price of items in a shop is as follows: \
    
    Halama bought two packets of milk, a loaf of bread and 1 kg packet of sugar.
    How much did she pay for the items? ___________________
29. A piece of wood 31m 38 cm long was cut into 6 equal pieces. How long was each piece?
30. Write the next number in the pattern below:
    5,7, 11, 17, 25, _____________

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1. Hundred thousands
2. 880808
3. 3330, 3303, 3033, 3003
4. 4³/₅
5. 56, 64
6. 810000
7. sh. 17850
8. Obtuse angle
9. 130, 880, 470
10. 12
11. 11844
12. 42
13. 70771
14. 20000, 24000, 28000, 32000, 36000
15. ³/₁₀
16. 10
17. 5:45/ Quareter to six/45 minutes past five
18. 21
19. K - 8
    W - 2
20. 30
21. Sh 42 80cts
22. 330min
23. 16
24. ³³/₁₀₀
25. 8
26. 4100
27. 3n + 4f
28. 250
29. 5m 23cm
30. 35