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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.png
    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.
    2
    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.
    3
    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?
    4
  23. Which of the following angles is greater than a right angle but smaller than a reflex angle?
    5
  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.

Height of the seedlings No. of seedlings
18cm 7
19cm 19
20cm 13
21cm 10
22cm 15
23cm 21
  1. How many seedlings were 21cm high? 
    1. 19
    2. 13
    3. 10
    4. 15
  2. How many more seedlings were 23cm  than those that were 19 cm? 
    1. 4
    2. 3
    3. 5
    4. 2
  3. How many seedlings were the shortest?
    1. 18
    2. 21
    3. 7
    4. 23
  4. What was the total height of the seedlings that were 22cm and 19cm high?
    1. 41
    2. 40
    3. 34
    4. 35
  5. If the class measured all the seedlings, how many seedlings were there altogether?
    1. 58
    2. 85
    3. 86
    4. 84

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARKING SCHEME

  1. B
  2. C
  3. A
  4. D
  5. B
  6. B
  7. C
  8. B
  9. D
  10. B
  1. C
  2. D
  3. D
  4. C
  5. B
  6. D
  7. C
  8. B
  9. A
  10. C
  1. A
  2. C
  3. D
  4. C
  5. A
  6. D
  7. B
  8. D
  9. C
  10. D

QUESTIONS

  1. Write the number shown on the abacus in words
    1
    1. Eight hundred thousands and eighty eight
    2. Eight hundred thousands eight hundred and eighty
    3. Eight hundred thousands and eight eight
    4. Eight hundred thousands eight hundred and eight
  2. A village had 468125 people. How many people are represented by digit 6 and 1 altogether?
    1. 60000
    2. 60010
    3. 61000
    4. 60100
  3. Round off 749606 to the nearest thousand
    1. 740000
    2. 800000
    3. 749000
    4. 750000
  4. Pupils wanted to plant seedlings in rows of 5 or 10. Which of the following number of seedlings were planted into exact number of 5 rows of 10 rows?
    1. 345
    2. 374
    3. 472
    4. 450
  5. What is the sum of the GCD and LCM of 4 and 6?
    1. 14
    2. 12
    3. 24
    4. 3
  6. Githurai town has 450 455 children,335081 men and 408300 women. How many people are in the town altogether?
    1. 1093836
    2. 785536
    3. 1193836
    4. 1192836
  7. A farm produced 859672 kg of rice in April. In August the farm produced 675435 bags of rice. How many more kg of rice did the farm produce in April than in August?
    1. 284237
    2. 124247
    3. 224243
    4. 184237
  8. Work out;
    1. 40
    2. 14
    3. 10
    4. 15
  9. Which of the following pattern is formed using the rule of multiply by 3?
    1. 4, 8, 16, 32, 64
    2. 3, 9, 27, 81, 100
    3. 4, 12, 36, 108, 324
    4. 10, 30, 90, 270, 440
  10. The perimeter of the square below is 72m. Find the mesure of its side.
    2
    1. 12
    2. 36
    3. 9
    4. 18
  11. A trader had 53.75 litres of kerosene. He sold 17.75 litres in the morning and 24.35 litres in the evening. How many litres remained?
    1. 36.00
    2. 11.65
    3. 71.50
    4. 11.35
  12. Simplify the fraction; 60/90
    1. 6/9
    2. ¾
    3. 2/3
    4. 7/9
  13. The distance from John's school to his home is 5 km 445m. Tabitha's home is 835m from John's home. What is distance from Tabitha's home to school?
    1. 4km 610 m
    2. 5km 280 m
    3. 6km 270 m
    4. 6km 280m
  14. Calculate the volume of the cuboid below remained?
    3
    1. 140cm3
    2. 480cm3
    3. 24cm3
    4. 488cm3
  15. A trader bought 50 litres of milk. He sold 35L 770millilitres. How many litres remained?
    1. 15L 770 ml
    2. 15L 230 ml
    3. 14L 230 ml
    4. 14L 770 ml
  16. The mass of a building block was 3 kg 530g. What is the mass of 6 such blocks?
    1. 21kg 180 g
    2. 18kg 3180g
    3. 20 kg 180g
    4. 211kg 180g
  17. Work out;
    Minutes Seconds
    6               55
    x                4
    1. 27min 20sec
    2. 27min 40sec
    3. 26 min 40sec
    4. 26min 20 sec
  18. What is the sum of the faces and edges of closed cube?
    1. 18
    2. 20
    3. 24
    4. 14
  19. Muhindi has C cows and Kahura had 15 cows. They had 40 cows altogether. Form an equation to show the total numbr of cows for both of them?
    1. C - 15 - 40
    2. C + 15 + 40
    3. C + 15 = 40
    4. C - 15 = 40
  20. Joyce is y years. Her father is three times as old as Joyce. If the father is 36 years old, how old is Joyce?
    1. 18
    2. 14
    3. 24
    4. 12
  21. How many small tins will fill the big tin?
    4
    1. 10
    2. 100
    3. 1000
    4. 110
  22. David bought th following items in a shop:
    3k of rice @ sh130
    2 loaves of bread for sh120
    5 eggs @ sh15
    A packet of milk for sh 60
    He paid using sh1000 note. How much did he get as balance?
    1. Sh 645
    2. Sh 355
    3. Sh 235
    4. Sh 765
  23. Which of the following is a cylinder?
    5
  24. Solve the equation;
    5P-3=12
    1. 3
    2. 6
    3. 5
    4. 4
  25. A tank is 7/8 full of water. A family used water for a week and they found it was ¼ full. What fraction of water did they use?
    1. 4/8
    2. ¾
    3. 1/8
    4. 3/8
  26. Convert 1000 into a decimal..
    1. 0.8
    2. 0.08
    3. 0.008
    4. 8.000
  27. A class has 20 boys and 27 girls. One day ¼ of the boys and 1/3 of the girls went for a competition. How many pupils went for the competition?
    1. 14
    2. 47
    3. 33
    4. 43
  28. A class has 5 rows. Each row received 7 litres 320ml of milk. How much juice did they receive in total?
    1. 35L 500 ml
    2. 35L 600 ml
    3. 36L 500 ml
    4. 36L 600 ml
  29. Arrange in descending order;
    2/5 , ½ , 3/10 , ¼
    1. ¼ , 3/10 , 2/5 , ½
    2. ½ , 2/5 , ¼ , 3/10
    3. ½ , 2/5 , 3/10 , ¼
    4. ¼ , 2/5 , ½ , 3/10
      The graph below shows the type of games liked by pupils in a school. Use it to answer question 30.
      6
  30. How many more pupils like basket ball then hockey?
    1. 10
    2. 6
    3. 16
    4. 14

MARKING SCHEME

  1. B
  2. D
  3. D
  4. D
  5. A
  6. C
  7. D
  8. C
  9. C
  10. D
  1. B
  2. C
  3. D
  4. B
  5. C
  6. A
  7. B
  8. A
  9. C
  10. D
  1. B
  2. B
  3. D
  4. A
  5. D
  6. C
  7. A
  8. D
  9. C
  10. A
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QUESTIONS

  1. What is the place value of 9 in 1928 (1mk)
  2. Write the total value of each of the digit below (4mks)
    9 - 
    5 - 
    4 - 
    8 - 
  3. Write in words 4004 (1mk)
  4. Round off the numbers below to the nearest ten. (3mks)
    1. 998 -
    2. 269 -
    3. 141 -
  5. Add by breaking apart (4mks)
    1. 14 + 9=
    2. 25 + 7 =
  6. Divide using repeated subtraction. (4mks)
    1. 36 ÷ 9=
    2. 24 + 8 =
  7. Write the numbers below from the largest to the smallest (2mks)
    485, 854, 458, 584, 845, 548 (1mk)

  8. 1(2mks)
    6 x ___ =___ +___ +___ +___ +___ = ___
  9. Write two pairs of factors of 14. (2mks)
  10. List all the divisors of 10 (1mk)
  11. Represent the following in an abacus.
    3,504 (1mk)
  12. Subtract 49 from 344 (1mk)
  13. Write the next multiple of 7 after 49 (1mk)
  14. Complete the pattern (1mk)
    1,3,9, 27,___
  15. Circle all the odd numbers (1mk)
    40, 47, 49, 54, 63,50, 29
  16. Write the number 8 in roman numbers.(1mk)
  17. Work out (2mks)
    1. ___ x 5 = 25
    2. 30 ÷ ___ =6
  18. How many legs do 9 dogs have? (1mk)
  19. Shade the fractions below (2mks)
    1. ½
      2
    2. 1/
      3
  20. Add 9872 and 114 1mk)

MEASUREMENT

  1. How many days are there in 4 weeks? (1mk)
  2. Juma bought 623kg of sugar while Musa bought 529kg of sugar. How much sugar did they buy altogether. (2mks)
  3. What is the time? (2mks)
    4
  4. Work out (2mks)
    1.   Sh Cts
        2   32
      +1   40
    2. Sh Cts
      15  50
      -8   35 
  5. Convert 2 hours 30 minutes into minutes (1mk)
    Price list
    5
  6. Jane bought 2 loaves of bread and one packet of milk. How much did she pay for the items? (1mk)
  7. Moran gave out sh 100 after buying a bar of soap. How much balance did she get?(1mk)
  8. How much is the price of two packet of milk? (1mk)

GEOMETRY

  1. Count the shapes (4mks)
    6
    1. Rectangles
    2. Squres
    3. Circles
    4. Triangles

MARKING SCHEME

  1. hundreds
  2. 9-9000
    5-500
    4-40
    8-8
  3. four thousand and 4
  4.    
    1. 1000
    2. 270
    3. 140
  5. 14 + 6 + 3
    20 + 3
    = 23
  6.    
    1. 4
    2. 3
  7. 854, 845, 584, 548, 485, 458
  8. 6 x 5 = 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 + 6 = 30
  9.    
    1. 7 and 2
    2. 1 and 14
  10. 2, 5, 10
  1.   
    7
  2. 295
  3. 56
  4. 81
  5. 47, 49, 63, 29
  6. viii
  7.    
    1. 5
    2. 5
  8. 36 legs
  9.   
    8
  10. 9,986
  1. 28
  2. 1152kg
  3.    
    1. quarter past one
    2. half past 7
  4.    
    1. 3   72
    2. 7   15
  5. 150mins
  6. sh185
  7. sh60
  8. sh130
  9.        
    1. 1
    2. 2
    3. 2
    4. 1

QUESTIONS

  1. Which one of the following is 16245005 in words? 
    1. Sixteen million two forty five thousand and five 
    2. One million six hundred and twenty four thousand five hundred and five 
    3. Sixteen million two hundred and forty five thousand and five 
    4. Sixteen million two hundred and forty five thousand five hundred 
  2. How many groups of thousands are there in the value of digit 4 in the number 645937? 
    1. 40000
    2. 4000 
    3. 400
    4. 40
  3. What is the HCF of 36, 48 and 12?
    1. 6
    2. 12 
    3. 144
    4. 24
  4. What is the value of 2.5555 +2.4444 rounded off to the nearest thousandths? 
    1. 5.000
    2. 5
    3. 5.00
    4. 4.999 
  5. How many days are there from 2nd January to 6th April in the year 2012? 
    1. 97
    2. 96 
    3. 95
    4. 94
  6. What is the place value of digit 9 in the number 65973? 
    1. Thousands
    2. Hundreds 
    3. Tens
    4. 900
  7. What is the next number in the series below. 
    11/3211/16 , 13/8 , 2¾
  8. Which one of the following number is divisible by 11? 
    1. 9880
    2. 7226 
    3. 966
    4. 6578 
  9. Work out: 5.12 x 4.2 x 0.95
                     0.19 x 0.14 x 32 
    1. 0.24
    2. 2.4 
    3. 24
    4. 240
  10. What is the circumference of the figure below?
    1
    1. 66cm
    2. 132cm 
    3. 33cm
    4. 42cm
  11. What is the area of the shaded part in the figure below?
    2
    1. 1152cm2
    2. 660cm2
    3. 576cm2
    4. 492cm2
  12. Simplify: ¼(32x + 16y) - 2(2x - 4y)
    1. 4x + 12y 
    2. 4x - 4y 
    3. 4x-12y
    4. 4x + 4y
  13. In a class, 25% of the pupils are boys. If there are 80 pupils altogether. How many more girls than boys are there? 
    1. 20
    2. 40 
    3. 60
    4. 10
  14. Mary slept for 5 hours. If she slept at2245h rs. At what time did she wake up?
    1. 3.45am
    2. 3.45pm 
    3. 1745hrs
    4. 1545hrs
  15. Find the square root of 149/576
    1. 24/25
    2. 17/24
    3. 11/24
    4. 11/25
  16. In the figure below, what is the measure of angle DBC?
    3
    1. 100°
    2. 80°
    3. 130
    4. 150°
  17. In a school there were 560 pupils, 5% of the pupils transferred. The remaining pupils were given 6 exercise book each. How many books were given altogether?
    1. 3360
    2. 3528 
    3. 532
    4. 3192
  18. What is the value of x in the equation?
    2/5x + 11 = 31 
    1. 105
    2. 50 
    3. 8
    4. 164/5
  19. The area of the square below is 12¼mFind it's perimeter.
    4
    1. 3½m
    2. 7m 
    3. 14m
    4. 49m
  20. There are 34 pupils in a class. Each pupil is given 2-2dl packets of milk twice per week. How many litres of milk does the pupils take in two weeks? 
    1. 27.2
    2. 13.6 
    3. 54.4
    4. 108.8
  21. A bicycle wheel has a diameter of 56cm. It makes 4000 revolutions. What distance did it cover?
    1. 704km
    2. 7.04km 
    3. 704000km
    4. 70.4km
  22. Given that k = 4, b = 5 and w = 2, work out the value of
    4k + w
     2b - 1 
    1. 2
    2. 1
    3. 16
  23. The rectangular tank below measures 0.4m by 0.5m by 60cm. What is its capacity in litres?
    5
    1. 012
    2. 12 
    3. 120
    4. 12000
  24. Teressia sold a pair of trousers for sh. 1200 making a profit of 20%. How much was the profit? 
    1. sh. 1000
    2. sh. 100 
    3. sh. 400
    4. sh. 200
  25. A rectangular photograph measuring 15cm by 20cm was put on a frame leaving a uniform margin of 2cm all around. What is the area of the margin? 
    1. 300cm2
    2. 74cm2
    3. 156cm2
    4. 456cm2
  26. A pupil constructed a figure with the following properties
    1. All the sides are equal
    2. All angles are equal
    3. The sum of all interior angles add upto 180°
      The figure is likely to be 
      1. square 
      2. right angled 
      3. equilateral triangle
      4. isosceles triangle 
  27. After paying sh. 16000 for a machine, Mugo was told he is remaining with 20% to clear all the money for the machine. How much was the total price for the machine? 
    1. sh. 20000
    2. sh. 3200
    3. sh. 19200
    4. sh. 4000
  28. In the figure below line AB is parallel to line CD
    6What is the measure of angle MWN? 
    1. 50°
    2. 60° 
    3. 70°
    4. 130°
  29. Salim is 5 years older than his sister Maria. If Maria is w years old now, what will be their sum ages 5 years to come? 
    1. 2W + 15 years 
    2. 2w + 10 years 
    3. 2w + 5 years
    4. W + 10 years 
  30. A farmer used a rope 14m long to tie his goat for grazing on a piece of land. What is the possible longest distance can the goat cover after going round once? 
    1. 616m
    2. 28m
    3. 154m
    4. 88m
  31. Work out 33/5 x (22/31/3 ÷ 1/6
    1. 814/15
    2. 22/2
    3. 123/2
    4. 482/5
  32. Work out:   L     dl   ml
                  x 158  80   5
    1. 751 40dl 400ml 
    2. 751 4401 
    3. 791 4d
    4. 791 4dl 4mi 
  33. A farmer harvested 120 bags of maize. He sold 50% of the bags and donated 20 bags to the orphans. How many bags of maize did he remain with? 
    1. 30
    2. 40 
    3. 60
    4. 20
  34. Stanley bought the following items from a shop
    3 packets of milk at sh. 50
    1½ kg of sugar @ sh. 120
    2-2kg packets of flour at sh. 110
    3 bars of soap for sh. 330
    How much did he pay for the items 
    1. sh. 880 
    2. sh. 1540 
    3. sh. 1100
    4. sh. 780
  35. A shopkeeper had 2 tonnes of sugar. He repacked all the sugar into small bags of 35kg each. How many full bags did he fill with the sugar? 
    1. 571/7
    2. 67 
    3. 58
    4. 57
  36. A trader sold an item for sh. 2500 making a profit of sh. 500. What was the percentage profit? 
    1. 20%
    2. 25% 
    3. 30%
    4. 162/3
  37. The perimeter of the rectangle below is 280m. The length measures 80m. What is its area in ares?
    7
    1. 96
    2. 4800 
    3. 48
    4. 60
  38. Supaki read 2/5 of a book on Monday, 1/on Tuesday and the rest on Wednesday. If the book had 150 pages. How many pages did he read on Wednesday? 
    1. 110
    2. 40 
    3. 60
    4. 90
  39. Construct triangle ABC where line AB = 7cm, BC = 8cm and angle BAC = 70°. What is the measure of angle BCA? 
    1. 124°
    2. 130° 
    3. 50°
    4. 56°
  40. Convert 1/6 into decimal and round it off to 3 decimal places. 
    1. 1.667
    2. 0.167 
    3. 0.166
    4. 1.666
  41. The area of the triangle below is 60m2.
    8What is its perimeter if the base line is 8m?
    1. 15m
    2. 60m 
    3. 23m
    4. 40m
  42. The distance from Nairobi to Thika is 120km. A vehicle left Nairobi at 8.30am and arrived Thika at 10.00am. What was its speed in km/h? 
    1. 120km/h
    2. 1½km/h 
    3. 80km/h
    4. 90km/h
  43. The volume of a cuboid is 96cm'. It has a square base measuring 4cm. What is its height? 
    1. 24cm
    2. 12cm 
    3. 8cm
    4. 6cm
  44. Arrange 4/57/105/6  and 11/15 in an ascending order.
    1. 5/4/511/15 7/10
    2. 7/10 11/15 4/55/6 
    3. 4/55/6 , 7/10 11/15
    4. 11/15 7/10 5/4/5
  45. Find the area of the figure below in m2
    9
    1. 264
    2. 68
    3. 132
  46. A length of 2.5km was represented on a map by a line of 5cm. What was the scale used? 
    1. 1:5000 
    2. 1:50000 
    3. 1:500000 
    4. 125000
  47. The pie chart below shows how Tinina used his 9.6 hectares of land.
    10How many hectares of land are used to grow potatoes? 
    1. 2.4
    2. 0.24 
    3. 3.6
    4. 4.8
  48. What is the sum of vertices, edges and faces of an open cuboid? 
    1. 26
    2. 25 
    3. 27
    4. 18
  49. The table below shows the number of boys and girls absent in a class of 48 pupils in one week.
    Days Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri
    Boys 2 3 4 5 5
    Girls 2 3 2 4 5
    Which day had the least number of pupils present?
    1. Monday
    2. Tuesday
    3. Friday
    4. Thursday
  50. The graph below shows the journey of a motorist from town K to town M.
    11
    How many kilometres did he cover between 11.00am and 2.30pm? 
    1. 300km
    2. 100km
    3. 200km
    4. 150km

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARKING SCHEME

  1. C
  2. D
  3. B
  4. A
  5. B
  6. B
  7. A
  8. D
  9. C
  1. D
  2. A
  3. B
  4. A
  5. C
  6. A
  7. D
  8. B
  9. C
  10. C
  1. B
  2. A
  3. C
  4. D
  5. C
  6. C
  7. A
  8. C
  9. A
  10. D
  1. B
  2. C
  3. B
  4. A
  5. D
  6. D
  7. C
  8. B
  9. D
  10. B
  1. D
  2. C
  3. D
  4. B
  5. A
  6. B
  7. A
  8. B
  9. C
  10. C

QUESTIONS

  1. What is 90601854 written in words? 
    1. Ninety million sixty one thousand eight hundred and fifty four. 
    2. Ninety million six hundred and one thousand eight hundred and fifty four. 
    3. Nine million six hundred and one thousand eight hundred and fifty four.
    4. Nine million thirty one thousand eight hundred and fifty four,
  2. What is the total value of digit 8 in the number 70805102? 
    1. Hundred thousand 
    2. Sixty thousand
    3. Eight thousand 
    4. Eight hundred thousand
  3. What is the number 984.2793 rounded off to the nearest hundredths? 
    1. 984.30
    2. 984.28
    3. 984.279
    4. 984.3
  4. Subtract 4. from 7.
  5. What is the value of 34136 divided by 34? 
    1. 104
    2. 10004 
    3. 1004
    4. 14
  6. What is the value of 3/8 - of 4/5 2/3?
    1. 1/5
    2. 3/10
    3. 3/40
    4. 3/20
  7. Work out 7.5 x 0.45 
                       
    0.25
    1. 13.5
    2. 0.135
    3. 1.35
    4. 0.0135
  8. What is the size of the angle marked g in the figure below?
    1
    1. 48°
    2. 132°
    3. 40°
    4. 38°
  9. A square has an area of 619/25 cm. Find its length
    1. 169/25cm
    2. 102/5 cm
    3. 5/13 cm
    4. 23/5 cm
  10. What is the expression
    12(p+5k +2)+5(2p-4k+3) in its simplest form?
    1. 22p - 40k +39
    2. 32p+80k+ 39
    3. 22p+40k+ 39 
    4. 32p+ 70k - 39
  11. Wamai sold a pair of trousers for shs. 1530 after making a 15% loss. What was the buying price of the pair of trousers?
    1. shs. 1275
    2. shs. 2100
    3. shs. 1800
    4. shs. 1600
  12. Senaipei covered a distance of 54km within I hour. What was her speed in metres per second?
    1. 15
    2. 54
    3. 0.9
    4. 30
  13. Which of the following fractions is a non terminating fraction?
    1. 1/5
    2. 1/9
    3. 1/8
    4. 4/16
  14. What is the value of 384+89+10-44 of 45 +15? 
    1. 142
    2. 351
    3. 3785
    4. 461
  15. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 11? 
    1. 7238
    2. 60311
    3. 90937
    4. 81730
  16. Work out the perimeter of the figure shown below twice. (Take n=22/7)
    2
    1. 120cm
    2. 148cm 
    3. 240cm
    4. 280cm
  17. A farmer packed 5.4 tonnes of maize in bags of 600 grammes sending them to the market. How many packets of maize did he send to the market?
    1. 90
    2. 9000
    3. 900
    4. 90000
  18. The following are properties of a quadrilateral 
    • All sides are equal. 
    • Diagonals are equal. 
    • All angles are right angles. 
    • Diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
      Which quadrilateral is described above? 
      1. Rhombus 
      2. Trapezium 
      3. Square
      4. Rectangle
  19. A school parents meeting ended at 12.10p.m. after taking a periodef 2 hours. At what time had the meeting started in 24hr clock system? 
    1. 0925h
    2. 1455h 
    3. 0255h
    4. 0825h
  20. Karega, Mutahi and Mbithe shared some money. Mutahi got 2/7 of the money and Mbithe got 2/3 of the remainder. What fraction of the money did Karega receive?
    1. 16/21
    2. 11/21
    3. 5/12
    4. 1/21
  21. What is the next number in the sequence below? 16,21,28, 37, 48,
    1. 85
    2. 61
    3. 59
    4. 63
  22. Muli bought 8 chairs at shs. 240 each. He later sold them all at shs. 1000 more than the buying price. What was the profit for each chair? 
    1. shs. 365
    2. shs. 225
    3. shs. 125
    4. shs. 135
  23. What is the product of H.C.F. and L.C.M.of 18, 24 and 36? 
    1. 72
    2. 432
    3. 78
    4. 66
  24. Find the area of the shaded part.
    3
    1. 96cm2
    2. 192cm2 
    3. 720cm2
    4. 528cm2
  25. The mean of seven numbers is 4. Six of the numbers are 2,3. 1.2.7 and 8. What is the seventh number?
    1. 5
    2. 3
    3. 4
    4. 2
  26. Miriam bought the following items: 3 packets of maize flour a shs. 90 2kg of rice for shs. 170 1½ kg of potatoes at shs.50 per kg 2 loaves of bread at shs. 48 cach If she had shs. 800, how much money was she left with?
    1. shs. 708
    2. shs. 611
    3. shs. 92
    4. shs. 189 
  27. In the diagram below line RV=VS=ST and angle VRS=70°
    4
    What is the size of angle TVR? 
    1. 75°
    2. 35°
    3. 40°
    4. 90°
  28. What is the value of (0.14)2
    1. 0.0196
    2. 19.6
    3. 0.196
    4. 1.96
  29. A bicycle wheel, has a diameter of 70cm. How many kilometers will it cover after making 4000 turns? 
    1. 0.88km
    2. 8.8km 
    3. 88km
    4. 880km
  30. After the increase of fuel, the fare from Malindi to Kilifi was increased by 20%. What was the new price if it was shs. 150 before increasing? 
    1. shs. 60
    2. shs. 180
    3. shs. 120
    4. shs 30
  31. Simplify the inequality below 4m-14<14 - 3m
    1. m=4
    2. m<0
    3. m<28
    4. m<4
  32. Momanyi sold eggs from 5" January to 5 March 2019. For how many days altogether did he sell the eggs? 
    1. 59
    2. 61 
    3. 58
    4. 60
  33. What is 6.5% as a decimal?
    1. 0.065
    2. 0.60
    3. 0.65
    4. 65
  34. Find the volume of the rectangular tank below when ¾ full of water in m
    5
    1. 160000cm2
    2. 40000cm2
    3. 0.12m2
    4. 0.04m2
  35. The area of a rectangle is 350m2. The length of a rectangle is 25cm. Calculate its perimeter. 
    1. 50m
    2. 64m
    3. 78m
    4. 39m
  36. The table below shows commission rates by the post office for sending money locally.
    Commission Inland
    Value of the order shs cts
    Not exceeding 500
    501 - 1000
    1001 - 3000
    3001 - 5000
    5001 - 10000
    10001 - 20000
    20001 - 30000
    30001 - 35000
    42
    114
    174
    209
    295
    441
    617
    657
    00
    00
    00
    00
    00
    00
    00
    00
    Wothaya sent shs. 9500 to luis son and shs. 13450 to his daughter for school fees using money order. How much did he pay at the post office altogether?
    1. shs. 736
    2. shs 3950
    3. shs. 23686
    4. shs. 22950
  37. What is the sum of faces vertices and edges of an open cuboid?
    1. 480
    2. 26
    3. 25
    4. 20
  38. A family uses 2-2dl packets of milk everyday. How many litres did the family use in the month of February year 2020? 
    1. 116L
    2. 11.2L
    3. 112L
    4. 11.6L
  39. Workout twice the value of
    3x + 4y - 27
         2x + y
    if x=2. y=4 and z=3
    1. 8
    2. 16
    3. 4
    4. 2
  40. What is the sum of the first 17 odd numbers?
    1. 153
    2. 167
    3. 289
    4. 169
  41. Tumaini primary school has 480 pupils. 45% are boys. Has many more girls than boys are there in the school?
    1. 264
    2. 44
    3. 220
    4. 48
  42. What is the value of 82(92 - 32)?
                                       42 x 62
    1. 8
    2. 30
    3. 26
    4. 74
  43. What is the place value of digit 9 in the product of 2.45 and 0.12? 
    1. Tenths
    2. Tens 
    3. Hundredths 
    4. Thousandths
  44. In Majimatamu primary school std. 7 class has 24 boys and 36 girls. During a Kiswahili lesson 1/8 of the boys and ¼ of the girls didn't do their homework. How many pupils did their homework?
    1. 12
    2. 48
    3. 27
    4. 21
  45. The pie chart below shows how Kalewa spent his monthly salary of sh. 48000
    6
    How much did Kalewa spend on schoolo fees than on rent?
    1. shs. 800
    2. shs 12000
    3. shs. 3000
    4. shs.4000
  46. Arrange the following fractions from the smaijest to the largest 2/3, 4/7, 0.75, 0.6 
    1. 2/3,0.6,0.75,4/7
    2. 2/3,0.75,0.6,4/7
    3. 0.75,2/,0.6,4/7
    4. 4/7,0.6,2/,0.75
  47. A farmer fenced his rectangular plot of land shown below using 3 strands of wire. He also left a gate of 10m.
    7
    What is the total length of the wire?
    1. 270m
    2. 830m
    3. 810m
    4. 280m
  48. A path is drawn on a map on a scale of lem rep 80m. What length on the map would represent a distance of 7.2km?
    1. 9cm
    2. 0.9cm 
    3. 90cm
    4. 0.09cm
  49. Construct triangle ABC such that AB =6cm, BC= 8cm and AC-10cm. What is the measure of angle ACB? 
    1. 90°
    2. 37°
    3. 53°
    4. 60°
  50. The graph below shows Mwakanda's journey from Kericho to Nakuru.
    8
    How many kilometres had he covered at Act 11.30a.m?
    1. 45km 
    2. 50km
    3. 55km 
    4. 60km

MARKING SCHEME

  1. B
  2. D
  3. B
  4. D
  5. C
  6. C
  7. A
  8. A
  9. D
  1. C
  2. A
  3. B
  4. B
  5. B
  6. C
  7. B
  8. C
  9. A
  10. C
  1. B
  2. C
  3. B
  4. D
  5. A
  6. D
  7. A
  8. A
  9. B
  1. D
  2. B
  3. A
  4. C
  5. C
  6. C
  7. C
  8. D
  9. C
  10. C
  1. D
  2. A
  3. C
  4. B
  5. D
  6. D
  7. C
  8. C
  9. B
  10. A

QUESTIONS

  1. What is twenty two million two hundred ar two thousand two hundred and two and two hundredths written in figures?
    1. 20202202.02
    2. 22202202.02
    3. 22202202.2 
    4. 22202022.02
  2. How many groups of tenths in the total valu of digit five in the number 345.69?
    1. 50
    2. 5
    3. 500
    4. 0.5
  3. What is the place value of digit 7 obtained after working out 0.03:40?
    1. Hundredth 
    2. Thousandth 
    3. Tenths
    4. Ten thousandth
  4. Work out;
    3(42 - 32) + 20 ÷ 5 - 2 x 5 + 1 
    1. 16
    2. 27 
    3. 7
    4. 8
  5. During a wedding ceremony children were twice the number of adults. Women were twenty more than men. If the children were 248, how many men attended the wedding? 
    1. 124
    2. 62 
    3. 52
    4. 72
  6. What is the value of; 4/5 + ¼ (½ - 1/5) of 3/÷ ¼ 
    1. 189/400
    2. 73/80
    3. 213/80
    4. 189/40
  7. Round off 5799.9996 to the nearest thousandth 
    1. 5800.000 
    2. 5799.000 
    3. 5799.999
    4. 5800
  8. Eighty one electricity poles were used to supply electricity between two towns at an interval of 50 m. Find the distance from the firs to the last pole in km 
    1. 4.1 km
    2. 4100 km
    3. 40 km
    4. 4 km
  9. Calculate the area of the shaded part.
    1
    1. 56 cm2
    2. 120 cm2
    3. 184 cm2
    4. 64 cm2
  10. What is the sum of the next two numbers in the pattern; 5, 9, 18, 34, 59, 
    1. 176
    2. 239
    3. 144
    4. 154
  11. Sheila spends ¼ of her salary on rent 1/3 on food and 2/3 of the remainder on school. If she saves the rest, what fraction of the salary is her savings?
    1. 5/18
    2. 2/5
    3. 13/18
    4. 5/36
  12. A section of a road 17.5 km is represented by a line 3.5 cm on the map. Find the scale on the map. 
    1. 1:500000
    2. 1:5 
    3. 1:50000
    4. 1:5000
  13. Simplify: ¼ of 2r2 - wp
                      tw - wp
    if r=p+2, t=5, p=4, w-p-2 
    1. 10
    2. 3.6
    3. 5
    4. 28
  14. Find the measure of the obtuse angle QRS in the figure below.
    2
    1. 197º
    2. 163º
    3. 207º
    4. 183º
  15. The fare from Meru to Nairobi was increased from sh 600 to sh 800 during the christmas holiday. What was the ratio increase? 
    1. 3:4
    2. 30:4
    3. 40:3
    4. 4:3
  16. A wheel made 2000 revolutions and covered a distance of 3.52 km. Calculate the radius of the wheel 
    1. 56 cm
    2. 42 cm
    3. 28 cm
    4. 21 cm
  17. Which statement is true? 
    1. 0.8 = 8/9
    2. 8/9>0.8
    3. 0.8>8/9
    4. 8/9<0.8
  18. In Butengi Primary School the ratio of girls to boys is 5:3. There are 180 less boys than girls. How many pupils are in the school? 
    1. 450
    2. 600
    3. 720
    4. 800
  19. A watch gains 12 seconds every hour. It was set right on Monday at 2.00 pm. What time did it show after 10 hours? 
    1. 12.02 am
    2. 11.58 pm 
    3. 12.02 pm
    4. 4.00 pm
  20. The height of the tank below is 1.2 m. It has water upto a depth of 70 cm. How many litres are needed to fill the tank?
    3
    1. 144 L
    2. 6L
    3. 84 L
    4. 60 L
  21. Simplify;
    4(3y + 4x) - 3(2y + 3x)
    1. 6y + 25x
    2. 6y + 7x
    3. 18y + 25x
    4. 6y - 7x
  22. A trader bought 200 cabbages for sh 10 per cabbage. He used sh 240 for lunch and transport. On the way 20 cabbages were spoilt and he sold the rest at sh 18 per cabbage. Calculate his profit. 
    1. sh 1000
    2. sh 5240
    3. sh 2240
    4. sh 1240
  23. David earns sh 25500 after working for 30 days. How much less will he earn if he is absent for 6 days?
    1. sh 30600
    2. sh 20400
    3. sh 5100
    4. sh 6200
  24. The figure below shows a table mat made of cotton material.
    4
    Calculate the area of material used to make it? 
    1. 342 cm2
    2. 1162 cm2
    3. 1540 cm2
    4. 770 cm2
  25. Which of the following measurements will form a right angled triangle?
    1. 5m, 1.2m, 1.3m
    2. 0.3m, 0.4m, 5m
    3. 1.2m, 1.6m, 2.5m
    4. 1m, 2.4m, 2.6m
  26. By selling a jacket for sh , Dan gave the customer a 10% discount. How much more would the customer have paid if the discount was 7%?
    1. sh 45
    2. sh 1500
    3. sh 105
    4. sh 1395
  27. Convert 12 % into a ratio
    1. 1:8
    2. 1:80
    3. 1:4
    4. 1:40
  28. Calculate the volume of the solid below in cubic centimetres. (x = 22/7)
    5
    1. 4620
    2. 1234
    3. 2310
    4. 420
  29. Solve for m in the equation; m/2m+1/4 = 4
    1. 8
    2. 51/3
    3. 5
  30. Oloo deposited sh 30000 in a bank that paid simple interest at the rate of 5% per month. How much interest was in his account at the end of 1 year and 2 months? 
    1. sh 21000 
    2. sh 51000 
    3. sh 1750
    4. sh 31750
  31. Monica is twice as old as her daughter. The daughter is 5 years older than the brother. In five years time the sum of their ages will be 90. If the brother is n years old, how old is the mother now?
    1. 25
    2. 65
    3. 45
    4. 40
  32. Work out; 4.5 x 2.4 ÷ 0.8 - 2.7
                           0.35 +0.55 
    1. 1.2
    2. 12
    3. 120
    4. 24
  33. The hire purchase price of a fridge is 20% more than the cash price. The cash price is sh 20000. Henry bought it by paying a deposit of sh 8000 and the rest in instalments of sh 800 per month. For how long did he pay for the fridge?
    1. 15 months . 
    2. 14 years
    3. 1 years
    4. 16 months
  34. Thirty men can clear a piece of land in 20 days. How much longer would it take to clear the land if six men failed to turn up? 
    1. 25
    2. 10
    3. 5
    4. 8
  35. In the figure below PQ and RS are parallel lines.
    6
    Find the measure of angle EFD. 
    1. 72º
    2. 122º
    3. 108º
    4. 100º
  36. A driver was to cover a 350 km journey driving at a speed of 70km/hr. He started at 0830 hours, expecting to arrive on time. However, he had to stop after driving for two hours to refuel and take lunch which took 30 minutes. At what speed must he drive to arrive at the expected time?
    1. 84km/h
    2. 105 km/h
    3. 100 km/h
    4. 70 km/h
  37. A piece of land measures 100 m by 50m. It is fenced using 5 strands of wire leaving a distance 10 metres for the gate. Calculate the length of wire used. 
    1. 300 m
    2. 5000 m
    3. 1500 m
    4. 1450 m
  38. Calculate the area of the rhombus. The diagonal line LM is 60 m.
    7
    1. 2400 m2
    2. 3000 m2
    3. 1200 m2
    4. 6000 m2
  39. A bus arrived in Nairobi at 4.40 am on Monday after travelling for 8h 30 minutes from Mombasa. On which day and time had the bus left Mombasa? 
    1. Sunday, 8.10 am 
    2. Sunday, 8.10 pm 
    3. Monday, 8.10 am 
    4. Monday, 8.30 pm
  40. Kamau bought the following items from a shop;
    3½kg of rice @sh120
    1½kg of meat @sh 240
    2 loaves of bread @sh 50
    2-2kg packets of unga @ sh 110
    What balance did he get if he paid for the items using 3-sh 500 notes? 
    1. sh 1100
    2. sh 1210
    3. sh 290
    4. sh 400
  41. Construct triangle PQR where line PQ = 9cm, QR-12 cm and angle PQR is a right angle. Draw a circle touching the sides of the triangle. Measure hthe radius.
    1. 3 cm
    2. 3.5 cm
    3. 6 cm
    4. 7 cm
  42. The diagonal of a rectangular piece of land is 50m. On of its shorter sides is 14m. Calculate its perimeter.
    1. 48 m
    2. 124 m
    3. 62 m
    4. 672 m
  43. Calculate the surface area of the closed cylindrical tank below.
    8
    1. 11.88 m2
    2. 10.34 m2
    3. 3.08 m2
    4. 1188 m2
  44. A salesman is paid a basic salary of 5% on value of goods sold up to sh 120000. He is also paid a commission of 2% on goods sold above 120000. Calculate his total salary during a month in which he sold goods worth sh 300000? 
    1. sh 6000
    2. sh 7500
    3. sh 10500
    4. sh 13500
  45. The following are characteristics of a quadrilateral;
    1. Diagonals are not equal
    2. Some angles are equal
    3. Interiror angles add up to four right angles
    4. All sides are equal.
      The quadrilaterial described above is a;
      1. Rhombus
      2. Rectangle
      3. Parallelogram
      4. Square
  46. The mean of 6 numbers is 7.5. Five of the numbers are 10, 7, 8, 9 and 3. Find the sum of median and mode. 
    1. 8
    2. 17
    3. 15.5
    4. 16
  47. A tank has water to a level of 2000 cm. A family uses 20% of the water daily. Find the level of water at the end of the second day?
    1. 1200
    2. 1600
    3. 1280
    4. 1400
  48. The table below show the marks scored by a pupil during a test.
    SUBJECT MATHS ENGLISH KISW SCIENCE SIST
    SCORE 88 84 68 90 70
    If a pic chart was to be drawn, what angle would represent Kiswahili? 
    1. 79,2
    2. 63
    3. 81
    4. 61.2
  49. What is the difference of the LCM of 12 and 8 and the GCD of 22 and 66? 
    1. 46
    2. 13
    3. 528
      The graph below shows the number of trays of eggs sold by a farmer during the week.
      9
  50. If a tray holds 30 eggs, on which day did the farmer collect 1050 eggs?
    1. Monday
    2. Wednesday
    3. Friday
    4. Thursday

MARKING SCHEME

  1. B
  2. A
  3. D
  4. C
  5. C
  6. B
  7. A
  8. D
  9. B
  10. B
  1. D
  2. A
  3. C
  4. B
  5. D
  6. C
  7. B
  8. C
  9. A
  10. D
  1. B
  2. A
  3. C
  4. B
  5. D
  6. A
  7. A
  8. C
  9. D
  10. D
  1. D
  2. B
  3. C
  4. C
  5. B
  6. A
  7. D
  8. A
  9. B
  10. D
  1. A
  2. B
  3. A
  4. C
  5. A
  6. D
  7. C
  8. D
  9. B
  10. D

 

  1. Write seventy million seven hundred and seven thousand and seventy in symbols.
    1. 70707070
    2. 7070707
    3. 70770070
    4. 70707007
  2. What is the total value of digit three in 57348912?
    1. 30000
    2. Three thousand
    3. 3000000
    4. 300000
  3. What is the sum of 16570 and 3102 to the nearest thousands?
    1. 19672
    2. 20000
    3. 19000
    4. 19700
  4. What is the place value of digit 8 in 19.7836?
    1. Hundredths
    2. Tens
    3. Hundreds
    4. Thousandths
  5. A square flower garden has an area of 1296m2. What is the length of one side of the square garden?
    1. 36 m
    2. 63m
    3. 314
    4. 144 
  6. What is the place value of digit 2 in  132816?
    1. Thousandths
    2. Hundred
    3. Hundredths
    4. Thousands
  7. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 8?
    1. 88176
    2. 17382
    3. 65456
    4. 84234
  8. What is the square root of 54/9?
    1. 21/3
    2. 2952/81
    3. 49/9
    4. 209 52/181 
  9. Which one shows the area of a square room measuring 8m by 8m?
    1. 62m2 
    2. 32m2 
    3. 64m2 
    4. 16m2
  10. Work out 10.32-9.79 + 0.175 and round off your answer to the nearest tenths
    1. 0.705
    2. 0.7
    3. 0.71
    4. 0.8
  11. What is the reciprocal of 52/3
    1. 17/3
    2. 10/3
    3. 3/17
    4. 3/10
  12. A total of eight hundred and sixty five pupils participated in a harambee to raise money for physically challenged pupils. If each pupil contributed three hundred and fifty shillings, how much money in total was raised?
    1. 1215
    2. 300650
    3. 292750
    4. 302750
  13. Mwaniki got 35% in a test. What was his mark in fraction, in the simplest form?
    1. 35/100 
    2. 7/20
    3. 5/20
    4. 0.35
  14. The area of the square drawn is 51/16m2.What is the measure of one of its sides?
    1
    1. 9/16m
    2. 3¼m
    3. 2¼m
    4. 9m
  15. Convert 0.84 to fraction in its simplest form.
    1. 21/25
    2. 42/50
    3. 84/1000
    4. 84/100
  16. The population of a certain town in a country is four million three hundred and fifty thousand. The population of the second town is two million seven hundred and seventy six. What is the population of the two towns in total?
    1. 7126000
    2. 6350776
    3. 7050076
    4. 6050076
  17. Work out: 60 ÷ 12/3
    1. 100
    2. 24
    3. 150
    4. 36
  18. Find the quotient of 2.25 and 0.25
    1. 0.9
    2. 9
    3. 11
    4. 0.09
  19. Divide 24 by 1/6
    1. 4
    2. 1000
    3. 10000
    4. 144
  20. A motorist left town A at 11.15 pm. It took 3hrs and 55 minutes to reach town B. At what time in 24 hour clock system did he reach town B?
    1. 1510 hr
    2. 0310 hr
    3. 1500 hr
    4. 1410 hr
  21. Work out: l    dl   ml
                   65    8   17
                    x           7
    1. 455l 56dl 119ml
    2. 450l 60d1 19ml
    3. 460l 7dl 119ml
    4. 461l 17dl 19ml
  22. A car left Nyeri town at 8 am for another town a distance of 360 km away. What was the speed in kn/hr if it arrived at that town at 11 amn?
    1. 11 km/h
    2. 90 km/h
    3. 150 km/hr
    4. 120 km/hr
  23. Mama Eva went shopping and bought the following items 2 blouses @ sh 240, I dress for sh 770, 3 jackets @ 450.50,5 blankets for sh 2000. What was her total bill?
    1. 4601.50
    2. 2100.50
    3. 57000.50
    4. 3600.50
  24. A flower measures 3 m long and 1 m wide. What is its area in square metres?
    1. 5½m2
    2. 18m2
    3. 6m2
    4. 41/7m2
  25. Work out: 3.456 ÷ 16
    1. 2.16
    2. 20.6
    3. 216
    4. 0.216
  26. The line below drawn to scale is the distance between towns A and B. If the scale used is 1 cm represents 10 m, what is the actual distance from town A and B in metres?
    5
    1. 4.2 m
    2. 42 m
    3. 4200 mm
    4. 420 m
  27. Work out: 9√177L 8dl 31 ml
    1. 109L 70dl 60ml
    2. 91L 7dl 59ml
    3. 1L 170dl 59ml
    4. 19L 7dl  59ml
  28. What is the product of 67.84 and 5.25?
    1. 35,616
    2. 356.16
    3. 3.5616
    4. 0.35616
  29. What is the next number in the sequence below 168, 84, 42
    1. 48
    2. 10
    3. 11
    4. 21
  30. What is the quotient of 11¼ and 1¼?
    1. 9
    2. 101/5
    3. 141/16
    4. 25
  31. A radio is bought at sh 3950 and sold for sh 3310. Calculate the loss
    1. sh 7260
    2. sh 840
    3. sh 640
    4. sh 1640
  32. Remove the brackets and simplify.
    15(4e - 3c + 2e + e)
    1. 4e
    2. 60e - 45e + 30e + 15e
    3. 60e
    4. 45e
  33. Which of the following numbers is divisible by 2, 5 and 10?
    1. 909183
    2. 5567128
    3. 41286
    4. 593860
  34. David had m of wire. He tied up bundles of sticks which required m of wire each. How many bundles of sticks did he tie?
    1. 3/32
    2. 6
    3. 1/6
    4. 32/3
  35. What is 0.06 x 0.07
    1. 0.00042
    2. 4200
    3. 0.0042
    4. 0.042
  36. What is 645x 720 ?
    1. 453400
    2. 46440 
    3. 464400 
    4. 46340
  37. Find the length of the rectangle.
    2
    1. 9 cm
    2. 36m
    3. 18 cm
    4. 5 cm
  38. What is the reciprocal of 45/6
    1. 6/29
    2. 64/5
    3. 29/6
    4. 46/5
  39. What is the value of 2546328 + 9568 + 627852 ? 
    1. 3183748 
    2. 3713748 
    3. 317348 
    4. 2173648 
  40. Fill in the blank spaces marked (i), (ii) and (iii) respectively.
    3
    1. 3, 24
    2. 24, 8, 4
    3. 2, 3, 4
    4. 3, 3, 4
  41. Find the value of √576
    1. 18
    2. 24
    3. 26
    4. 16
  42. Simplify 2x + 6y + 4x - 2y
    1. 6r - 4
    2. 6x + 6y
    3. 6x + 4y
    4. 6x + 8y
  43. Grace had 160 mangoes 40 of them were ripe. What percentage of mangoes was ripc?
    1. 120%
    2. 25%
    3. 200%
    4. 75%
  44. Arrange the following from the smallest to the largest 1/3, ½, 1/10 and 1/5
    1. 1/3, ½, 1/10,1/5
    2. 1/10,1/1/3, ½
    3. 1/10,1/31/, ½ 
    4. ½, 1/1/31/10
  45. Convert 20 m/s to km/hr
    1. 60 km/hr
    2. 120 km/hr
    3. 90 km/hr
    4. 72 km/hr
  46. Multiply 3t 250kg by 5.
    1. 16t 250kg
    2. 16t 1250kg
    3. 151 1250kg
    4. 10t 250g
  47. Work out: dl       ml
                    16      70
                  +29      40
    1. 14dl 10ml
    2. 46dl 10ml
    3. 45dl 10ml
    4. 46dl 110ml
  48. Ocampo had a rectangular piece of land measuring 20¼ cm and 151/3 cm. Calculate its perimeter.
    1. 737/12 km 
    2. 40½ km
    3. 367/12 km
    4. 711/6 km
  49. Work out 34/18 + 111/24 + 27/8
    1. 711/18
    2. 624/18
    3. 611/18
    4. 729/18
  50. Which of the following triangle is a scalene
    4

MARKING SCHEME

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

QUESTIONS

  1. Which one of the following is, three hundred and ten thousand and ten in symbols?
    1. 310110
    2. 310100
    3. 301010
    4. 310010
  2. What is the place walue of digit 5 in the number 6459208?
    1. Ten thousand
    2. Hundred thousands
    3. Thousands
    4. Hundreds
  3. Round off 989568 to the nearest thousands.
    1. 980000
    2. 989000
    3. 990000
    4. 989600
  4. Work out: 10064 - 1999
    1. 9065
    2. 8065
    3. 1065
    4. 10065
  5. Work out: 32 - 57 + 36 =
    1. 61
    2. 53
    3. 11
    4. 21
  6. Find tile perimeter of the figure below.
    1
    1. 30cm
    2. 60cm
    3. 216cm
  7. What is the total value of digit 4 in the number 64295?
    1. Four thousand
    2. Thousands
    3. 40 000
    4. 400
  8. The distance from Kanyi's home to school is 2.5km. How many kilometres does he cover in 3 days if he goes to school in the morning and return home in the evening?
    1. 5km
    2. 7.5krn
    3. 30km
    4. 15km
  9. What is the measure of angle marked t in the figure below?
    2
    1. 110º
    2. 55º
    3. 125°
    4. 1401º
  10. Change 5km 2m into cm
    1. 500200
    2. 50020
    3. 50200
    4. 502000
  11. How many 125kg are there in 8.5tonnes of sugar?
    1. 680
    2. 6.8
    3. 68
    4. 14
  12. 422 pupils contributed money to buy school bus. Each pupil contributed sh 27027. How much was contributed together for the buying of the school bus?
    1. Sh 1145394
    2. Sh 27449
    3. Sh 11405394
  13. Find the area of the shaded part of the figure below
    3
    1. 384cm2
    2. 192cm2
    3. 80cm2
    4. 160cm
  14. Convert 405/100 into decimals
    1. 4.5
    2. 40.5
    3. 0.405
    4. 4.05
  15. How many hours are there in three days
    1. 36hrs
    2. 54hrs
    3. 72hrs
    4. 68hrs
  16. What is the next number in the pattern be low?
    4, 9, 25, 49,
    1. 121
    2. 81
    3. 64
    4. 16
  17. The area of the square below is 324m.
    4
    Find its perimeter. 
    1. 81m
    2. 36m
    3. 72m
    4. 18rn
  18. Work out:
    Km    m     cm
     17     4      14
    - 5    896    75
    1. 11km 791m 39cm
    2. 12km 691m 61cm
    3. 11km 729rn 39cm
  19. Kadogo had 5¼ kg of rice. She gave 1¾ kg to her sister and cooked ¾ kg. How much rice remained?
    1. 2¼ 
    2. 3¼ 
    3. 2¾ 
  20. A teacher had sh 2662. Which she shared equally among 3 students. How much remained after shring?
    1. Sh 10
    2. Sh 1
    3. Sh 204
    4. Sh 24
  21. Which one of the fo[lowing is a prime factor of 68?
    1. 2 x 2 x 3 x 7
    2. 2 x 2 x 7
    3. 2 x 2 x 17
    4. 2 x 2 x 17 x 17
  22. What is the size of the angle marked VV in the figure below?
    5
    1. 45º
    2. 90º
    3. 135º
    4. 60º
  23. Find the perimeter of the figure below in cm.
    6
    1. 38
    2. 3800
  24. Which one of the following statements is true about the equilateral triangle?
    1. Two sides are equal
    2. The largest angle is right angle
    3. There are two equal base angles
    4. Each interior angle is 60º
  25. Work out: 
    3½ ÷ 7/8
    1. ¼
    2. 4
    3. 31/16
    4. 7/16
  26. Find the difference of the square of 4 and square root of 81.
    1. 7
    2. 25
    3. 77
    4. 65
  27. What is (3¾)2
    1. 99/16149/16
    2. 141/16
    3. 191/16 
  28. In a construction company each worker is paid sh 450. How much did 217 workers get altogether?
    1. Sh97 650
    2. Sh96 550
    3. Sh87 650
    4. Sh97 540
  29. What is the volume of the box below?
    7
    1. 1386cm
    2. 693cm3
    3. 1368cm3
    4. 1286cm3
  30. How many Ares are there in 4.5 hectares?
    1. 450 Ares
    2. 4500 Ares
    3. 45 000 Ares
    4. 45 Ares
  31. Which one of the following statements is true?
    1. 0.033 > 0.303
    2. ¾> 0.75
    3. 0.44 = 11/25
    4. ½ < 1/3
  32. Jane bought a goat for sh 6450 and Later sold it for sh 5050. How much loss did she make?
    1. Sh 10140
    2. Sh 11 500
    3. Sh 1 400
    4. Sh 1 450
  33. Name. the angle marked W in the figure below.
    8
    1. Obtuse angle
    2. Reflex angle
    3. Acute angle
    4. Right angle
  34. Add: 29 + 20 and give your answer in roman numbers.
    1. XXXXIX
    2. XLIX
    3. XLXI
    4. LXIX
  35. What is the reciprocal of 0.8?
    1. 8/10
    2. 4/5
    3. 1/8
  36. Work out:
    6845 + 9528 + 895
    1. 18278
    2. 17158
    3. 17286
    4. 17268
  37. Arrange the fractions 2/5 , ½ , ¾ , 2/3 and from the smallest to the largest.
    1. 2/5 , ½ , 2/, ¾
    2. ¾, 2/, ½ ,  2/
    3. ½ , 2/, ¾, 2/
    4. ¾, 2/5 , 2/½ 
  38. Joyce mixed 2¾ of water and if L of juice. How many litres of mixture did she get?
  39. How many nights are there in one week?
    1. 7
    2. 8
    3. 5
    4. 6
  40. Kamau wrote the following number on a card: 13, 11, 7, 5, 3, 2
    What type of number are they?
    1. Odd numbers
    2. Even numbers
    3. Factors over 50
    4. Prime numbers
  41. What is 25% of sh 1200?
    1. Sh 300
    2. Sh 900
    3. Sh 240
    4. Sh 960
  42. Round off 42.8956 to the nearest two derimal places
    1. 42.89
    2. 42.90
    3. 42.99
    4. 43.00
  43. What is the circumference of the circle below? (Take π = 22/7)
    9
    1. 66cm
    2. 132cm
    3. 0.33cm
    4. 99crn
  44. What is the GOD of 36 and 54?
    1. 9
    2. 108
    3. 18
    4. 6
  45. Which one of the following number is divisible by 9?
    1. 6052
    2. 696
    3. 2889
    4. 8868
  46. Subtract 16 - 65/16 
    1. 1011/16
    2. 911/16 
    3. 105/16 
    4. 95/16
  47. A motorist travelled a distance of 270krti in 3 hours. What was the speed in km/hr?
    1. 90 km/h
    2. 78 km/h
    3. 810 km/h
    4. 80 km/h
  48. How many cubes make the stuck below?
    10
    1. 84
    2. 140
    3. 114
    4. 112
  49. The perimeter of the rectangle below is 76m. The length is 23m. Find its width
    12 
    1. 30m
    2. 7m
    3. 8m
    4. 15m
  50. The graph below shows the number of fruits sold in mama Ken's kiosk in two days.
    11
    How many fruits were sold altogether in the two days?
    1. 185
    2. 195
    3. 200
    4. 210

MARKING SCHEME

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