Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 Opener Exams Term 2 2023 Set 1

QUESTIONS

1. A company exported six hundred and ninety eight thousand and ninety three laptops to a neighboring county. How many laptops were exported that day?
   1. 698093
   2. 98093
   3. 6980093
   4. 6009893
2. In a certain county, trees were planted in in two consecutive years. In 2020, a total of 841793 trees were planted. In 2021, another 750 436 trees were planted. How many more trees were planted in 2020 than in 2021?
   1. 111363
   2. 91357
   3. 1592229
   4. 913570
3. Work out: 1 - ³/₈
   1. ²/₈
   2. ³/₈
   3. ⁵/₈
   4. 1³/₈
4. Kiptoo ran round the figure below thrice. What distance did he cover in metres?
   
   
   1. 138m
   2. 46m
   3. 29m
   4. 87m
5. Alex was given sh. 1000 to buy a toy car for his brother. He bought a toy car worth sh. 563. What balance did he get?
   1. Sh. 563
   2. Sh. 1563
   3. Sh. 337
   4. Sh. 437
6. During scouts founders day, a total of 99567 scouts attended the event. Write the number of scouts rounded off to the nearest thousands?
   1. 100000
   2. 99500
   3. 99000
   4. 99600
7. A farmer harvested 2453 bags of maize and 981 bags of beans. How many bags were harvested altogether?
   1. 1472
   2. 2334
   3. 3434
   4. 2434
8. A practical lesson in a Home Science lesson took 123 minutes. How long did the lesson take in seconds?
   1. 7380seconds
   2. 1830seconds
   3. 2 hours
   4. 63 seconds
9. Work out: Weeks    Days
                      3            6
                +    2           4
                                         
   
   1.  5Weeks 10 Days
   2. 5Weeks 3Days
   3. 6Weeks 3Days
   4. 6Weeks 10Days
10. A Grade Five learner divided a certain number by 6 and got 96 as the correct answer. What was the number?
    1. 576
    2. 16
    3. 11
    4. 90
11. Grade ix learners used a 250ml bottles to fill a 10 litre container. How many bottles did they use?
    1. 40
    2. 4.0
    3. 4000
    4. 1000
12. Find the place value of digit 5 in the number, 19.235
    1. thousandths
    2. Hundredths
    3. Tenths
    4. ones
13. One day Mr. Muchai sent three Grade six learners to collect Mathematics homework books. They collected the books as follows: Amina 24 books, James 36 books and John 30 books. Find the least common multiple of the books that they collected.
    1. 360
    2. 120
    3. 6
    4. 300
14. Arrange the numbers in the table in ascending order.
    

    657	756	576
    765	567	675

    1. 756, 765,657,756,576, 675
    2. 765, 765, 675, 657, 576, 567
    3. 567,576,657, 675,756, 765
    4. 657,756, 576, 765, 567, 675
15. Which one of the following is not a service offered in the bank?
    1. Making money
    2. Giving loans
    3. Withdrawing money
    4. Opening bank accounts
16. In a test, Aloch got 65. What is Aloch's score as an improper fraction?
    1. ¹³/₂
    2. 2
    3. ⁵/₂
    4. 1⁵/₈

The following distance is from Ali's home to the river.

17. If Ali fetched water from the river four times, what distance did he cover?
    
    
    1. 73km 784m
    2. 36km 892m
    3. 72km 17m
    4. 18km 446m
18. Grade six learners formed numbers using digits 4, 5, 6 and 7.What is the difference between the largest number and the smallest number that was formed?
    1. 12221
    2. 3087
    3. 1
    4. 2087
19. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by both 2 and 5
    1. 55
    2. 110
    3. 3330
    4. 100
20. Find the difference between ²/₃ and ³/₅
    1. ²/3
    2. ¹/₁₅
    3. ¹/₃
    4. 2
21. Find the area of the shaded part
    
    
    1. 216m²
    2. 30m²
    3. 108m²
    4. 60m²
22. What is the sum of the following numbers: 7.0, 0.009 and 10
    1. 26.0
    2. 0.089
    3. 10.89
    4. 17.009
23. At St. Mary's, a prayer service starts at 7.15am and ends at 9.30am. How long does the service take?
    1. 2hrs 15mins
    2. 9.30am
    3. 2 hours
    4. 1hr 15min
24. Amol thought of a number. He multiplied the number by 8 and added 10.The result was 26. What is the number?
    1. 18
    2. 16
    3. 10+8+ x
    4. 2
25. Find the value of x.
    
    
    1. 120°
    2. 60°
    3. 180°
    4. 6°
26. What is the total value of digit 2 in the number 1962?
    1. 2000
    2. 2
    3. 200
    4. 20
27. Estimate the sum 678ml and 967ml by rounding off to the nearest hundreds.
    1. 1645
    2. 1600
    3. 1700
    4. 1500
28. A constituency bursary fund was shared equally among 8 learners. How much did each. learner get if the total amount was sh. 24016?
    1. Sh. 3002
    2. Sh. 302
    3. Sh. 30002
    4. Sh. 32
29. An athlete took 500ml bottle of water after a certain distance to hydrate himself during a marathon. If he took 9 such bottles of water, how many litres did the athlete take?
    1. 4500ml
    2. 4.5ml
    3. 4.5L
    4. 4500L
30. What is the volume of the figure below in m³?
    
    
    1. 72 m³
    2. 504 m³
    3. 25 m³ 
    4. 504 m²

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