Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 Mid Term 2 Exam 2023 Set 3

1.  A football match at Kasarani stadium was watched by five hundred and eight thousand, three hundred and seventy four people. How many people watched the match in symbols?
   1. 58374
   2. 508374
   3. 580374
   4. 548370
2. A farmer planted 48 seedlings in 7 rows. Round off the product of 48 and 7 to the nearest 10?
   1. 336
   2. 324
   3. 330
   4. 340
3. A grade 5 learner listed the numbers below. Which of the following numbers is not divisible by 9?
   1. 72
   2. 81
   3. 59
   4. 63
4. Kelvin had 9 bananas and 12 oranges. What is the highest number of friends that he could equally share the foods?
   1. 12
   2. 3
   3. 36
   4. 21
5. The digits 4 and 2 in the number 4 582 are interchange to form a new number. What is the difference between 4 582 and the new number formed?
   1. 1998
   2. 2002
   3. 2098
   4. 1996
6. James wrote the number pattern below. 7,__21, 28, 35,__,49 What is the sum of the missing numbers in the pattern above?
   1. 14
   2. 42
   3. 56
   4. 7
7. A factory sold 345346 kg of maize flour in February and 25337 kg of maize flour in May. How many kilograms did the company sell
   altogether?
   1. 320009kg
   2. 370681kg
   3. 370683kg
   4. 360673kg
8. George bought a second-hand car for sh. 154920. He spent sh. 23700 on repairs. How much money did he spend altogether?
   1. Sh.178620
   2. Sh.177620
   3. Sh.131220
   4. Sh.187620
9. A fun day at a school was attended by 900 people. 427 of the attendees were adult females and 103 were adult males. How many children attended the fun day?
   1. 520
   2. 420
   3. 370
   4. 473
10. A train has 16 coaches. Each coach carries 672 people. How many people do the train carry in a day?
    1. 10752
    2. 9342
    3. 7683
    4. 11252
11. A lorry was used to transport 320 pieces of timber to the workshop per trip. If the lorry made 14 trips, how many pieces of timber did it transport altogether?
    1. 4480
    2. 4408
    3. 334
    4. 70
12. Below is Kambu's farm. He used three strands of barbed wire to fence the farm. What length of the barbed wire did he use?
    
    1. 438m
    2. 126m
    3. 258m
    4. 246m
13. A company employed 680 employees. The company shared them equally among 40 groups. How many employees were in each group?
    1. 17
    2. 34
    3. 62
    4. 28
14. A fruit vendor spent sh.1475 to buy fruits. She bought a total of 59 fruits. How much did each fruit cost?
    1. Sh. 25
    2. Sh. 35
    3. Sh.40
    4. Sh. 61
15. There were 48 apples in a basket. A teacher shared the apples equally among 12 learners. How many apples did each learner get in Roman numerals?
    1. X
    2. IX
    3. IV
    4. VI
16. Felix walks from home to school through the market every day.
    
    What distance does he cover in a day?
    1. 0.717km
    2. 1.434km
    3. 1.596km
    4. 1.521km
17. Grade 6 learners were required to rearrange the following numbers in an ascending order. Which of the following is the correct order
    1. 155755, 157555, 155575, 155557
    2. 155557, 155575, 155755, 157555
    3. 157555,155575,155755,155557
    4. 155755,155575,157555,155557
18. Sixty-five thousand, one hundred and fifty bags of beans were harvested in a certain season. If thirty five thousand, seven hundred were consumed, how many bags of beans remained?
    1. 30650
    2. 29450
    3. 90850
    4. 20650
19. Aisha bought 1/4kg of margarine and 1/2kg of rice. What was the total mass of the two products?
    1. 3/4kg
    2. 2/6kg
    3. 1/4kg
    4. 1/6kg
20. Grade 5 learners made following numbers cards. Which one of the following is a multiple of 3?
    1. 520
    2. 507
    3. 80
    4. 97
21. A grade 4 pupil drew the figure below. What is area of the figure?
    
    
    1. 22cm²
    2. 16cm²
    3. 11cm²
    4. 66cm²
22.  Richard bought 8 ¼ kg of meat. His wife cooked 2 ¾kg of it. What amount of meat remained?
    1. 4½ kg
    2. 6kg
    3. 11kg
    4. 5 ½kg
23. Ruben wrote the factors below. Which of the following are factors of 81?
    1. 2 x 3 x4 x5
    2. 3 x3 x 3 x3
    3. 2 x2 x2 x 3
    4. 2 x3 x7
24. During group discussion, learners were provided with the following numbers cards. 5,7,9,2,3 Which is the smallest 5-digit number that one can create from the numbers above?
    1. 92752
    2. 75923
    3. 23579
    4. 32795
25. Faith stayed with her mother over the holiday for a week. How many hours did she stay with her mother?
    1. 48 hours
    2. 148 hours
    3. 168 hours
    4. 84 hours
26. Gift bought three trays of eggs for her business. On her way home, ten eggs broke. How many eggs was she left with? [a tray has 30 eggs]
    1. 27
    2. 90
    3. 60
    4. 80

The table below shows the number of animals in the Nairobi animal orphanage. Use the table below to answer questions 27 to 29

27. What is the difference between the number of buffalo and elephants in the orphanage?
    1. 342
    2. 458
    3. 520
    4. 158
28. What is the sum of total population of the Zebra and Giraffe?
    1. 301
    2. 123
    3. 83
    4. 411
29. What is the total population of animals in the animal orphanage?
    1. 336
    2. 595
    3. 931
    4. 767
30. Gelindah has t cows, 24 goats and 17 sheep in his farm. Which of the following correctly represents the sum of animals in the farm?
    1. t+17
    2. t + 24 −17
    3. t − 24 +17
    4. t +41

MARKING SCHEME

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