Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 5 Mid Term 2 Exam 2023 Set 1

QUESTIONS

1. Mayowe town had a population of nine hundred and ninety eight thousand, six hundred and forty five people. How many people are these in symbols?
   1. 998 654
   2. 988 645
   3. 998 645
   4. 989 654
2. What is the total value of digit 8 in the number 64 810?
   1. 8000
   2. 80
   3. 80 000
   4. 800
3. A tailor had a piece of cloth material of a certain length. If she cut it in equal pieces measuring 18 cm and 24 cm, what is the shortest length of the material she had?
   1. 42 cm
   2. 180 cm
   3. 72 cm
   4. 56 cm
4. A teacher wrote 45 and 60 on the chalkboard. He told the learners to discuss in pairs and calculate the GCD of the two numbers. What was the correct answer?
   1. 15
   2. 5
   3. 105
   4. 45
5. During a fundraising ceremony, there were 9 675 people. Out of these, 4 353 were females and the rest were males. How many males were there.
   1. 5 321
   2. 5 222
   3. 5232
   4. 5 322
6. In a certain constituency, there were 26 204 women, 22 102 men and 40 222 youths who registered as voters. How many registered voters were there altogether?
   1. 48 306 
   2. 88 528
   3. 110 630
   4. 62 324
7. In a school fundraising ceremony, parents contributed ⁶/₁₁ of the money and the guest of honour contributed ⁴/₁₁. What fraction of the money was contributed by both the parents and the guest of honour?
   1. ¹⁰/₁₁
   2. ¹/₁₁
   3. ¹⁰/₂₂
   4. 2¹/₅
8. Learners weighed two cocks in their school and recorded their mass as follows:
   1st cock -  4.001 kg.
   2nd cock - 3.875kg.
   What was the total mass of the two cocks?
   1. 0.126 kg
   2. 7.776 kg 
   3. 8.876 kg
   4. 7.876 kg
9. A doctor had 156 medicine tablets. He gave the medicine equally among 13 patients. How many tablets did each patient get?
   1. 12
   2. 11
   3. 13
   4. 14
10. In a school hall, there are 246 benches. Each bench is used by 12 learners comfortably. How many leamers can sit on all benches?
    1. 2852
    2. 2952
    3. 2942
    4. 2592
11. Manywele cycled from his home to school, a distance of 2 km 400 m, while Mwema cycled from his home to school, a distance of 1 km 800 m. What distance did Manywele cycle than Mwema?
    1. 1km 600 m
    2. 4 km 200 m
    3. 600 km
    4. 600 m
12. The diagram below represents Auma's square table top
    
    What is its area?
    1. 72 cm²
    2. 36 cm²
    3. 324 cm²
    4. 334 cm²
13. In a birthday party, juice was stored in 8 containers. Each container had 6 litres 200 ml. How much juice was stored?
    1. 481 L  1 600 ml
    2. 48 L  600 ml
    3. 49 L   1 600 ml
    4. 49 L  600 ml
14. Calculate the area of the figure drawn below
    
    
    1. 342 cm²
    2. 242 cm²
    3. 74 cm²
    4. 332 cm²
15. A cartoon program lasted for 30 minutes while a news program lasted for 45 minutes. How long did the two programs take altogether?
    1. 75 seconds
    2. 4 500 minutes
    3. 4 500 seconds
    4. 750 minutes
16. Rashid started reading from 2.30 pm to the time shown in the clock face below.
    
    For how long did he read?
    1. 1 hour  45 minutes
    2. 1 hour  30 minutes
    3. 2 hours  45 minutes
    4. 2 hours  30 minutes
17. Mwende weighs 25 kg 800 g while her younger brother weighs 5 kg 200 g lighter than her. What is her younger brother's mass?
    1. 31 kg
    2. 20 kg   600 g
    3. 20 kg  1600g
    4. 21 kg  600g
18. Work out
    Hours    Minutes
       29          47
    - 16          39
                           
    1. 45 hours   86 minutes
    2. 45 hours  8 minutes
    3. 13 hours  86 minutes
    4. 13 hours  8 minutes
19. During an Art and Craft lesson, a teacher wanted learners to do 3 activities within the remaining 27 minutes 6 seconds. If each activity was to take equal time, how long would this be?
    1. 81 minutes  18 seconds
    2. 8 minutes  2 seconds
    3. 9 minutes  2 seconds
    4. 9 minutes 12 seconds
20. The total mass of the three children is 97 kg. Two of them weigh 29 kg and 23 kg respectively. What is the mass of the third child?
    1. 52 kg
    2. 149 kg
    3. 45 kg
    4. 145 kg
21. Which of the following does not display a correct line of symmetry?
    
22. A learner drew a shape with the following characteristics:
    1. It had four angles.
    2. The figure had four sides.
    3. All the angles were right angles. 
    4. Not all sides were equal.
       The shape the learner drew was likely to be
       1. a triangle
       2. an oval
       3. a square
       4. a rectangle
23. Study the illustration below.
    
    The illustration above shows a
    1. half turn.
    2. full turn.
    3. anti-clockwise turn.
    4. a quarter turn. 
24. Mumbi had p seeds for an Agricultural activity. If she gave 14 seeds to her friend, which of the following expressions shows the number of seeds she remained with?
    1. 14+p 
    2. p x 14
    3. p-14
    4. 14+p
25. Mwachofi had 3 oranges. He bought more oranges. In total, he had 10 ranges. How many oranges did he buy?
    1. 7
    2. 13
    3. 5
    4. 4
26. Samantha carried 24 pebbles to school. On her way, x pebbles got lost. She was left with 19 pebbles. How many pebbles got lost?
    1. 5
    2. 43
    3. 7
    4. 6

The table below shows the number of animals in Kant's farm

27. Which animals were the least?
    1. Goats
    2. Donkeys
    3. Pigs
    4. Sheep
28. How many more sheep were there than donkeys?
    1. 30
    2. 25
    3. 15
    4. 31
29. What was the total number of pigs and goats?
    1. 28
    2. 39
    3. 29
    4. 19
30. How many animals are in Kambi's farm altogether?
    1. 71 
    2. 70
    3. 56
    4. 66

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