Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 3 2023 Set 1

QUESTIONS

1. What is the total value of digit 4 in 840956?
   1. 400 000
   2. Four thousand
   3. 40 000
   4. Tens of thousands 
2. Work out
   5789 − 4597
   1. 10 386
   2. 1192
   3. 9314
   4. 8314 
3. Use digits 6, 2, 4, 8 and 9 to form the largest number. What is the largest number in words?
   1. Twenty four thousand, six hundred and eighty nine
   2. Forty eight thousand nine hundred and sixty two
   3. Ninety eight thousand two hundred and forty six
   4. Ninety eight thousand six hundred and forty two. 
4. Round off 68272 to the nearest thousand.
   1. 68000
   2. 70000
   3. 68200
   4. 69000
5. What is the sum of the LCM and GCD of the 12, 28 and 49?
   1. 1176
   2. 2352
   3. 98
   4. 1177
6. What the name of the following type of angle?
   
   1.  Acute angle
   2. Right angle
   3. Obtuse angle
   4. Reflex angle
7. A Grade 5 teacher had 78 exercise books to share equally among seven learners. How many books did the teacher need to add to ensure all the learners get equal share?
   1. 11 rem 1
   2. 12
   3. 6
   4. 1
8. Convert 0.45 into a simplified fraction.
   1. ⁹/₂₀
   2. ²⁰/₉
   3. 2²/₉
   4. ⁴⁵/₁₀₀
9. Murage had sh 1000 note. He bought a half kilogram of sugar at sh 440 per kilogram, 3 packets of glucose at sh 30, four loaves of bread for sh 260 and one litre of cooking oil for sh 220. How much balance did he get from the shopkeeper?
   1. Sh 790
   2. Sh 210
   3. Sh 10
   4. Sh 270
10. Work out:
     KM         M
      72        134
    −36        234   
     __________
    1. 36km 100 m
    2. 35 km 900 m
    3. 34 k 900
    4. 35 km 100 m
11.  A learner planted 13 rows of trees. Each row had 29 trees. How many trees did the learner plant altogether?
    1. 42
    2. 377
    3. 3
    4. 380
12. What is the place value of digit 2 in 235681?
    1. Thousands
    2. Tens of thousands
    3. Millions
    4. Hundreds of thousands
13. Calculate:
      M        CM
      57        48
    +58        32   
                         
    1.  1m 16 cm
    2. 114m    70cm
    3. 115m    80cm
    4. 115m    82cm
14. Work out: 4 × 62 ÷ 2 + 8 − 32
    1. 100
    2. 132
    3. 54
    4. 124
15. Ruth bought 657 bags of sand and 898 bags of cement. How many bags did she buy altogether?
    1. 32
    2. 1555
    3. 241
    4. 1560
16. Arrange 4536, 6564, 5694, 5476 in descending order.
    1. 4536, 5476, 5694, 6564
    2. 6564, 5694, 5476, 4536
    3. 4536, 6564, 5476, 5694, 
    4. 6564, 5694, 5476, 4536
17. Bindu had 4 trays of 30 eggs each. He added 3 more trays. Fifty eggs broke. How many eggs does he have altogether?
    1. 260
    2. 160
    3. 210
    4. 73
18. Work out the following.
       235
      × 46  
                 
    1. 8460
    2. 10810
    3. 281
    4. 10800
19. Which of the following numbers is divisible by both 2 and 5?
    1. 205
    2. 190
    3. 198
    4. 831
20. A farmer planted 25698 avocado seeds in one plot of land. In another plot, he planted 2245 seeds. After three months, the farmer sold 25980 seedlings. How many seedlings remained?
    1. 49433
    2. 53923
    3. 2527
    4. 1963
21. Which of these fractions is the biggest?
    1. ⁴/₉
    2. ³/₇
    3. ³/₈
    4. ⁵/₁₁ 
22. What is the next number in the sequence below?
    4, 12, 36, 108, __________________
    1. 216
    2. 144
    3. 324
    4. 972
23. Measure the side of the following figure and calculate its area.
    
    1. 16 square centimetres
    2. 15 square centimetres
    3. 16 centimetres
    4. 20 square centimetres
24. What is the total value of digit 9 in 45.779?
    1. Thousandths
    2. Nine hundredths
    3. 0.009
    4. 0.09
25. A factory processed 4575 litres of juiced in week I and 3646 litres of juice in week 2. How many litres of juice were processed in the two weeks
    1. 7221
    2. 8221
    3. 929
    4. 8211
26. Which is the perimeter of the trianlge below?
    
    
    1. 84cm
    2. 56cm
    3. 175cm
    4. 87cm
27. How many stacks were used in the pile below?
    
    
    1. 36
    2. 35
    3. 27
    4. 34 
28. Grade 5 learners picked marbles of different colours as shown in the table below.
    

    Colours	Tally marks	Number of marbles
    Red	////  //
    Blue		4
    Green	////  ////  ///
    Yellow	///

    How many marbles did Grade 5 learners pick altogether
    1. 25
    2. 27
    3. 20
    4. 30
29. What is the time?
    
    1. 10 minutes to 11
    2. 10 minutes past 10
    3. 50 minutes past 10
    4. 50 minutes to noon
30. James was facing the East. He made a three quarter turn in anti-clockwise direction. Which direction did James face after the turns?
    1. South
    2. North
    3. West
    4. East

MARKING SCHEME

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