Mathematics Activities - Grade 4 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 1

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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