Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 Opener Exams Term 3 2023 Set 1

QUESTIONS

1. Write in words 5503813.
   1. Five million five hundred and thirty thousand eight hundred and thirteen
   2. Fifty million, five hundred and three thousand eight hundred and thirteen
   3. Five million five hundred and thirty thousand eight hundred and thirty
   4. Five million five hundred and three thousand eight hundred and thirteen
2. What the total value of digit 3 in 8397028?
   1. Hundreds of thousands
   2. 397028
   3. 300000
   4. Thousands
3. Grade 6 Learners in Msingi Bora Primary School planted tree seedling in different month as shown below.
   

   Month	Number of tree seedlings
   March  April  May  June  July	4903  3093  2283  5338  5298

   Arrange the months in descending order according to the number of seedlings planted.
   1. June, July, May, April, March
   2. June, July, March, April, May
   3. May, April, March, July, June
   4. July, June, May, March, April
4. A farmer sold 56894 chickens to his friend. How many chickens did the farmer sell to the nearest thousand?
   1. 57000
   2. 60000
   3. 56800
   4. 56000
5. What is the GCD of 49.21 and 28?
   1. 588
   2. 21
   3. 7
   4. 3
6. What is the sum of edges and vertices of the figure below?
   
   1. 8
   2. 20
   3. 14
   4. 18
7. Wanja's container has 18 litres of water. She adds 10 litres of water in every one hour. She fetches water for 8 hours. What is the total amount of water in the container after the eighth hour?
   1. 98
   2. 18
   3. 28
   4. 108
8. Work out: 45 + √576
   1. 24
   2. 70
   3. 25
   4. 69
9. A company supplied 5432 iron sheet on Monday and 4023 iron sheets on Tuesday to construct dispensaries in a sub-county. How many iron sheets did they supply in the two days?
   1. 9419
   2. 8455
   3. 9455
   4. 1409
10. Kaluli arrived at home very late in the evening as shown on the clock below. At what time did Kaluli reach home in 12-hour clock system?
    
    1. 11.25 am
    2. 2325 hours
    3. 12.25 pm
    4. 11.25 pm
11. Work out the sum of
    524163 + 312805 + 120021.
    1. 979696
    2. 956989
    3. 716947
    4. 91337
12. Quinter earns a salary of sh 3635 daily. How much will she earn in 88 days?
    1. 372300
    2. 354700
    3. 417268
    4. 319880
13. Calculate 24 x 66 −12 × 47 +124
    1. 74008
    2. 1144
    3. 896
    4. 468
14. Arrange ⁵/₈, ³/₇,⁴/₆,¹/₂  from the smallest to the largest.
    1. ⁵/_8, ⁴/₆,¹/₂,³/₇
    2. ⁴/_6,⁵/_8, ³/_7, ¹/₂, 
    3. ¹/_2, ³/_7, ⁵/_8,⁴/₆
    4. ³/_7,¹/_2, ⁵/_8,⁴/₆
15. The government imported three hundred and fifty eight thousand bags of maize to fight hunger. During inspection, the agent found out that one hundred and seventy eight bags of maize were not good for consumption. Calculate the number of bag of maize that was good.
    1. 358178
    2. 536000
    3. 357822
    4. 357922
16. A carton of chalks weighs 25kg 500g. How much will 6 such cartons weigh?
    1. 153kg
    2. 150kg 300g
    3. 153kg 300g
    4. 4kg 250g
17. Ronny had 75% of the 60 marks in each of his 5 subjects. How many marks does he have in total? 
    1. 375
    2. 225
    3. 300
    4. 200
18. Work out:
    Weeks     days
        7             5
      ×               6      
    ______________
    
    1. 42 weeks 30 days
    2. 45 weeks 3 days
    3. 46 weeks 2 days
    4. 13 weeks II days
19. Measure the angle marked y.
    
    1. 133°
    2. 47°
    3. 55°
    4. 78°
20. Work out:
    93612 × 467 − 57892 + 32 x 865
    1. 23672
    2. 66638
    3. 8792
    4. 6214
21. In a fundraising ceremony adults took 53 litres 144 millilitres of juice. The children took 34 litres 286  millilitres of juice. How many litres and mililitres of juice was used altogether?
    1. 18 litres 858 millilitres
    2. 88 litres 430 millilitres
    3. 19 litres 142 millilitres
    4. 87 litres 430 millilitres
22. Mwende bought the following items from a shop.
    • Two -2 kg packet of maize flour @. sh 250
    • 3 packets of milk @sh 60
    • A loaf of bread for sh 65
    • I litre of juice @ sh. 220
      What balance did she get if she gave the shopkeeper sh 1000 note?
      1. Sh 35
      2. Sh 965
      3. Sh 715
      4. Sh 285
23. Work out the size of angle x.
    
    1. 90°
    2. 60°
    3. 30°
    4. 45°
24. The unit of measurement of length or distance is
    1. Metres or centimetres
    2. Celsius or Kelvin
    3. Grams or kilograms
    4. Litres or millilitres
25. A square has a perimeter of 24cm. What is the area of the square?
    1. 36cm²
    2. 144cm²
    3. 12cm²
    4. 8cm²
26. Two angles of a triangle are 30° and 45°. What is the size of the third angle?
    1. 45°
    2. 75°
    3. 285°
    4. 105°
27. Construct a line AB of length 6cm. Bisect the line AB. Draw the bisector to cross line AB at O.What is the length of BO?
    1. 6.0 cm
    2. 9.0cm
    3. 5.0 cm
    4. 3.0 cm
28. Which of the following statements is true about any triangle?
    1. A triangle has 4 sides.
    2. A triangle can form ↳ angles.
    3. A triangle has equal sides and angles
    4. Angles in a triangle add up to 180°.
29. Calculate the circumference of the circle below.
    
    1. 17.60 cm
    2. 35.20 cm
    3. 98.56 cm
    4. 70.40 cm
30. Grade 6 learners picked 32 marbles of different colours as shown in the table below.
    

    Colours	Tally marks
    Green	llll lll
    Yellow	lll
    Blue
    Red	llll  llll  llll

    How many blue marbles did the learners pick?
    1. 32
    2. 25
    3. 14
    4. 7

MARKING SCHEME

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