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Tuesday, 07 March 2023 11:29
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 5 School Based Assessment Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 4
QUESTIONS
- What is seven hundred and sixty in symbols?
- 7060
- 70060
- 760
- 716
- What is the place value of digit 8 in the number 48267?
- Tens of thosands
- Hundreds
- Thousands
- Tens
- Kemboi added the number cards below
What was his correct answer?- 4271
- 1032
- 527
- 3527
- What is the next number in the sequence?
91, 89, 87, 85, _____________________________- 82
- 79
- 83
- 81
- What is 9 in Roman numbers?
- xiv
- ix
- viiii
- vix
- Which one is an even number?
- 703
- 307
- 806
- 609
- What is the total value of digit 6 in 36579?
- 60000
- 6000
- 36000
- 60
- Which angle is drawn below?
- Acute angle
- Right angle
- Obtuse angle
- Reflex angle
- Njeri a Grade 4 learner used 5, 6, 9 and 1 to form a four digit number. What is the largest number she made?
- 9156
- 9561
- 9651
- 1569
- Multiply: 83 x 7=
- 581
- 481
- 521
- 591
- Sendeyo had 1298 cows. If 1087 cows died because of drought, how many cows remained??
- 211
- 634
- 2211
- 12389
- How many triangles are there in the shape below?
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- What is the sum of the next two multiples of 7 after 35?
- 91
- 81
- 98
- 42
- What is the perimeter of the figure below?
- 104cm
- 94cm
- 76cm
- 58cm
- Round off 855 to the nearest 10
- 800
- 850
- 900
- 860
- Which one is a mixed number?
- 7/10
- 8/3
- 2¼
- 1.4
- Divide 87 ÷ 3 = _____________________
- 29
- 19
- 27
- 17
- Work out: 10 x 47 = _______________________
- 57
- 47
- 0
- 470
- What is the time in the clockface below?
- Six oclock
- Twelve oclock
- Half past six
- Half past twelve
- Which one is a wavy line?
- Rose has sh. 500 note. How many sh. 50 notes can she get?
- 10
- 550
- 500
- 100
- How many ½kg packets of sugar are there in 8kg?
- 4
- 7½
- 16
- 8
- What is the approximate length of your classroom door?
- 2m
- 2cm
- 2km
- 2mm
- Which one of the following pairs has factors of 32 only?
- 8 and 16
- 8 and 4
- 9 and 4
- 4 and 7
- Change 32/5 into an improper fraction.
- 15/5
- 32/5
- 17/5
- 10/5
- What is the place value of digit 8 in 25.68?
- Hundredths
- Tenths
- Thousandths
- Oneths
- Work out:-
m cm
4 25
× 5
- 20m 125cm
- 21m 25 cm
- 21m 20cm
- 20m 30cm
- How many jugs will fill the sufuria?
- 32
- 16
- 18
- 8
- What is the area of the figure below?
- 44
- 48
- 40
- 36
- Jim used 3 hours 44 minutes to travel from Nanyuki to Eldoret. He used 2 hours 12 minutes to travel back to Nanyuki. How long was his journey?
- 3 hours 46 minutes
- 1 hour 32 minutes
- 5 hours 50 minutes
- 5 hours 56 minutes
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Monday, 06 March 2023 09:21
School Based Assessment 2023 Grade 6 Mathematics - Grade 6 Opener Exams Term 1 Set 3
QUESTIONS
- Which one is ninenty thousand eight hundred and sixty four in symbols?
- 900864
- 90864
- 9864
- 19864
- What is 73599 rounded off to the nearest thousands?
- 73000
- 73600
- 74000
- 70000
- What is the sum of 37423 and 3597?
- 41020
- 40020
- 41010
- 433826
- What is the place value of digit 4 in the number 324819?
- Hundreds
- Thousands
- Ten thousands
- Millions
- Which number is represented by the abacus below?
- 5324
- 53024
- 53024
- 500324
- Add: 83992 + 15315 =
- 99370
- 99037
- 99307
- 93907
- What is the next number in the sequence below?
12, 24, 36, 48, __________________________- 80
- 70
- 60
- 50
- What is the time shown below at night?
- 5:40pm
- 8:25am
- 5:40am
- 8:25pm
- There are 527875 registered voters in a certain town. If 224435 are men, how many women voters are there?
- 330440
- 3030440
- 304340
- 303440
- What is the Greatest Common Divisor of 27, 36 and 45?
- 6
- 12
- 9
- 3
- Work out: 3612 ÷ 12
- 301
- 3001
- 31
- 30001
- What is the perimeter of the figure below?
- 145cm2
- 165cm2
- 135cm2
- 155cm2
- Add: 6.295 to 12.38
- 7.543
- 17.675
- 18.675
- 19.675
- Work out:
kg g
15 240
× 5
- 76kg 200g
- 70kg 200g
- 76kg 20g
- 75 20
- Kate had 2486 litres of milk. She sold 568 litres on a Monday. How much milk was not sold?
- 1718
- 1918
- 1818
- 1917
- Which number is divisible by both 5 and 10?
- 600
- 405
- 803
- 625
- How many sh. 20 coins are there in sh. 500 note?
- 10
- 520
- 25
- 50
- What is the area of the shaded part?
- 48cm2
- 24cm2
- 128cm2
- 64cm2
- An athlete took 80 minutes to run a race. How many seconds did he use?
- 80sec
- 240sec
- 480sec
- 4800sec
- Work out: 427 x 9 = __________________
- 3643
- 4743
- 3843
- 3833
- A farmer harvested 9340g of honey. What is the mass in kg and granumes?
- 93kg 4g
- 93kg 40g
- 9kg 340g
- 93kg 400g
- What is the volume of the box below?
- 342cm3
- 352cm3
- 352cm2
- 23cm3
- Work out:
Week Days
8 0
−6 2
- 2weeks 5days
- 3weeks 2days
- 2weeks 2days
- 1week 5days
- What is the value of 200 − 275 + 125?
- 50
- 100
- 115
- 150
- What is the place value of digit 7 in the number 31.247?
- ones
- tenths
- hundredths
- thousandths
- The area of the figure below is 108cm2. If its length is 12cm, Find its width
- 12cm
- 13cm
- 10cm
- 9cm
- Which one is a 3D object?
- Which angle can be represented by the angle K below?
- 90°
- 60°
- 180°
- 45°
- Mary got x marks, Monica got y marks an Martha got z marks. How many marks did they get altogether?
- x − y − z
- xyz
- x + y + z
- x − y + z
- How many triangles can you count?
- 4
- 6
- 7
- 8
- How many days are there in the months of July and August in the year 2023?
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 89
- Add:
m cm
8 85
+5 25
- 13m 110cm
- 14m 10cm
- 14m 110cm
- 13m 10cm
- What fraction is unshaded?
- 1/3
- 13/18
- 2/3
- 5/18
- Work out:
- 30
- 32
- 24
- 594
- Which fraction has the least value?
- ¾
- 5/12
- 1/6
- 2/3
- Nabutola cycled for 8000m. What distance did she cover in km?
- 800km
- 80km
- 8km
- 0.8km
- Work out:
605 − 112 + 328?- 821
- 493
- 933
- 531
- Work out:
Litres Mililitres
457 650
−341 240
- 798 litres 890ml
- 798 litres 890ml
- 206 litres 340ml
- 116 litres 410ml
- A brick measures 18cm long, 15cm and 9cm. What is its volume?
- 2430cm3
- 2340cm3
- 2330cm3
- 42cm3
- What is the value of:-
sh. cts
142 30
−18 90
- sh.122 40cts
- sh.123 20cts
- sh.123 60cts
- sh.123 40cts
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Thursday, 02 March 2023 11:59
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 3
QUESTIONS
- In a certain town there are 5050 people. Write the number of the people in words.
- Fifty hundred and fifty.
- Five thousand and five hundred.
- Five hundred and five zero.
- Five thousand and fifty.
- A teacher asked grade 5 pupils to round off 7915 to the nearest thousands. Who gave the correct answer?
- Sarah - 7900
- Abdi - 8000
- Moses - 7920
- Alex - 7000
- What is the place value of digit 8 in the number 485129?
- Ten of thousands.
- Thousands.
- Tens of hundreds.
- Ten
- Which of the following numbers is divisible by 2, 5 and 10?
- 36 B.25
- C. 40 D. 42
- In a game park there were 101 gazelles, 111 zebras, 110 antelopes and 100 elephants. Arrange their numbers from the largest to the smallest.
- 100, 101, 110, 111
- 101, 100, 111, 110
- 111, 110, 101. 100
- 100, 111, 101, 110
- Which is the next multiple of 9 after 63?
- 72
- 54
- 81
- 90
- Grade 5 pupils were asked to list the factors of 48. Which one of the following is wrong?
- 6
- 18
- 16
- 48
- Tom and Susan were holding two cards with roman numbers.
What is the sum of the two roman numbers in Arabic numerals?- 15
- 11
- 16
- 14
- What is the missing number in the pattern below?
62., 70, 74, 78
A. 64
B. 68
C. 61
D. 66 - A farmer had 4998 orange fruit trees. He later planted 2452 more trees. How many trees did he have altogether?
A. 7340
B. 2546.
C. 6450
D. 7450 - A church had 54 benches. Each bench can carry 14 people. How many people can the church hold when full when rounded off to the nearest tens?
A. 760
B. 756
C. 750
D. G8 - Seven boys shared 54 oranges equally. How many oranges remained unshared if each of them got full oranges?
A. 47
B. 378
C. 5
D. 7 - In a class there were 12 boys and 13 girls. What fraction of the pupils were girls?
- 13/25
- 12/13
- 12
- 13/12
- A shopkeeper had 91kg of sugar. Convert the amount of sugar into an improper fraction.
A. 4/37
B. 37/4
C. 37
D. 13/4 - A grade 5 boy scored 98/100in Mathematics. Convert this mark into a decimal.
A. 98.00
B. 9.8
C. 0.098
D. 0.98 - Learners wrote different numbers on number cards as shown below.
Arrange the numbers in ascending order.
A. 6,34, 6.43, 6.44
B. 6.34, 6.44, 6.43
C. 6.44, 6.43, 6.34
D. 6.43, 6.44, 6.34 - A teacher drew the figure below.
What is the perimeter of the fiqure?- 144cm
- 48cm
- 24cm
- 12cm
- A string is 300cm long. What is the length of the string in metres?
- 30
- 3
- 300
- 30000
- A butcher had 12kg of meat. How many kg packets of meat did he obtain?
- 3
- 24
- 48
- 16
- The length of a rope is 5m 25cm. What is the total length of 4 such ropes joined together?
A. 20m 00cm
B. 20m 100cm
C. 20m 80cm
D. 21m 00cm - How many half litre containers can fill a bucket which holds 8 litres of water?
- 16
- 4
- 24
- 10
- Which number can be used to fill the box?——×8=96
- 88
- 11
- 9
- 12
- What is the name given to the angle shown below?
A. Right angle
B. Reflex angle
C. Acute angle
D. Obtuse angle - Work out: weeks days
8 6
+3 4
A. 12weeks 3 days
B. 5 weeks 2 days
C. 11 weeks 10 days
D. 11 weeks 3 days - Tom had x number of fruits. He had m oranges and n lemons. He also had mangoes. Which expression below shows the number of mangoes he had?
A.x-m-n
B. x+m+n
C.x-m+n
D.x+m-n - Joseph visited his uncle and stayed there for 7 days. How many hours did he stay with his uncle?
A. 168
B. 1
C.84
D. 700 - Work out: Hrs min
8 20
-3 45
A. 4hrs 75min
B. 11hr 65min
C. 4hrs 35min
D. 12hr 05min - A baby slept in the evening at the time shown below.
What time is it in am or pm?
A. 8.00 o'clock
B. 8.00p.m.
C. 8.12p.m.
D. 8.00a.m. - Muhura had shs 500 note. He changed the money into shs. 100 notes. How many notes did he obtain?
A. 5000
B.500
C.50
D.5 - Grade 4 learners counted number of vehicles that passed by their school as shown in the table below.
If the total number of vehicles. counted was 50, how many matatus did they count?
A. 33
B. 27
C. 17
D. 23
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Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 3
Wednesday, 01 March 2023 13:12
Mathematics Activities Questions and Answers - Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 2
QUESTIONS
- There were 48780 people in a ward. What is the place value of digit 7 in the number?
- Thousands
- Hundreds
- Ones
- Tens
- A lorry carried 69,481kg of maize. How many kg are they in words?
- Sixty nine thousand four eighty one
- Sixy nine hundred four thousand and eighty one
- Sixty nine thousand four hundred and eighty one
- Sixty nine thousand four eight one
- A tank contains 72,394 litres of water. How many litres of water are shown by digit 3?
- 300
- 30
- 3000
- 40
- Kipkoech had 865 goats. Write this number in words.
- Eight hundred and sixty five
- Eight thousand and sixty five
- Eighty size and five
- Eight thousand and sixty five
- Oloo used 9, 5, 4 to form a 3 digit number. Which is the smallest number he formed?
- 945
- 459
- 559
- 954
- The mass of a sheep was 27kg. What was the mass of the sheep to the nearest 10?
- 40
- 20
- 30
- 14
- The capacity of a tank is 84 litres. Write the capacity of the tank to the nearest 10?
- 70
- 81
- 80
- 45
- A shopkeeper sells cups in groups of 5. Which of the following can be arranged in groups of 5? _______________________
- 146
- 130
- 97
- 236
- The following girls were given seedlings to plant
Susan 91 seedlings,
Nixon 48 seedlings
Tim 29 seedlings
Ann 17 seedlings
Who had even number of seedlings?- Tim
- Nixon
- Susan
- Ann
- A meeting had 4250 men and 2933 women. How many people were in the meeting?
- 8173
- 1317
- 8371
- 7183
- What is the sum of 39 and 1735?
- 1874
- 1674
- 1774
- 1274
- There were 6888 bags of wheat in a store. The storekeeper sold 5284 bags. Work out the number of remaining bags _____________
- 1604
- 1504
- 1304
- 1204
- A packet of chalk has 12 pieces. How many pieces are in 13 packets?
- 146
- 136
- 126
- 156
- A box has 34 mangoes. How many mangoes are in 20 boxes?
- 660
- 680
- 54
- 74
- There are 12 pencils in a packet. How many pencils are there in 5 such packets?
- 50
- 40
- 18
- 60
- A teacher had 64 exercise books. He shared them equally among 8 learners. How many books did each learner get? ________________
- 8
- 9
- 7
- 6
- Seventy two eggs were shared equally among 9 boys. How many eggs did each boy get? ______________________
- 9
- 7
- 8
- 6
- Convert 51/3, to improper fraction
- 5/3
- 6/3
- 15/3
- 16/3
- Convert 9/5, into mixed fraction
- 13/5
- 14/5
- 12/5
- 11/5
- Write 16/100 as a decimal
- 0.16
- 1.6
- 0.016
- 0.0016
- A string is 8m long. What is the length of the string in cm?
- 8000
- 80
- 800
- 8
- What is the perimeter of the shape below?
- 55cm
- 66cm
- 45cm
- 18cm
- What is the perimeter of the shape below?
- 30cm
- 35cm
- 39cm
- 40cm
- A sugarcane was cut into two pieces of length 1m 28cm and 2m 40cm. How long was the sugarcane?
- 3m 68cm
- 2m 67cm
- 1m 68cm
- 3m 67cm
- A fencing post 3m 40cm was cut from a pole 7m long. Work out the length of the remaining part?
- 3m 60cm
- 3m 68cm
- 2m 67cm
- 3m 67cm
- Multiply: 3m 12cm by 4
- 10m 48cm
- 11m 47cm
- 12m 48cm
- 11m 48cm
- Kariuki had a wire 16m 20cm. He cut the wire into 5 equal pieces. What was the length of each piece? _______________________
- 3m 24cm
- 2m 23cm
- 3m 23cm
- 3m 20cm
- Work out:
- 4m 3cm
- 2m 3cm
- 4m 4cm
- 4m 5cm
- How many ½kg are in 4kg?
- 8
- 9
- 6
- 2
Find the volume of these shapes
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- 6
- 8
- 9
- 10
-
- 16
- 63
- 12
- 64
- Which one of the following is a right angle?
- The following girls were present in grade five on Monday
How many girls were present? _________________________- 16
- 17
- 18
- 19
- There are 2x girls and 4y boys in a class. How many pupils are there in the class?
- 2x + 4y
- 2x + 2
- y + 2x
- 2x + 3y
- 7d − 4d =
- 4d
- 11d
- 7d − 4d
- 3d
- 4p + 5p =
- P
- 9p
- 2p
- 5p
- Multiply 70 by 9
- 530
- 430
- 630
- 400
- What fraction is shaded?
- 4/10
- 6/10
- 3/10
- 5/10
- Take away 18 from 56 and round off the answer to the nearest 10
- 74
- 64
- 40
- 12
- 13 rem 2
- 13 rem 4
- 11 rem 2
- 14 rem 3
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Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 2
Wednesday, 01 March 2023 09:10
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 2
QUESTIONS
- The population of a certain county is seven hundred and six thousand and eighty two. What is the number in symbols?
- 706 802
- 706 082
- 760 082
- 706 820
- A milk processing plant received 6085047 litres of milk. What is the place value of digit 8 in the number?
- Thousands
- Hundreds
- Ten thousand
- Hundred
- What is the total value of digit 5 in the number 7,508042?
- 5000
- 50000
- 5000000
- 500000
- The population of six towns is 453619, 453691, 435916, 453916, 453819 and 435619
Arrange the numbers from the smallest to the largest.- 453918, 4536891, 453619, 435916, 435691, 435619.
- 453916, 435916, 453891, 435691, 453619, 435619:
- 435619, 435 691, 435916, 453619, 453691,435916.
- 453619, 435619, 453691,435691, 453916, 435916.
- Juma had Sh.35449 in his bank account. How much money to the nearest thousands did Juma have?
- Sh.35400
- Sh.35500
- Sh. 35000
- Sh. 35450
- Which of the numbers below is divisible by... 2,5 and 10?
- 40856
- 627830
- 732485
- 340689
- Find the L.C.M of 18, 24 and 36
- 36
- 6
- 72
- 78
- There were 648 205 registered voters in a certain county. During a by-election 76102 people did not vote. How many people voted?
- 724307
- 672103
- 532103
- 572103
- What is the next number in the pattern below?
18, 20, 24, 32,_________________________- 40
- 42
- 44
- 48
- The area of the rectangular cardboard drawn below is 180cm2. Calculate its width.
- 150cm
- 24cm
- 75cm
- 12cm
- Work out:-
8. 2 − 3.675- 5.475
- 4.675
- 4.525
- 4.625
- Convert 4085 metres into kilometres
- 4km 850m
- 4km 85m
- 40km 85m
- 40km 850m
- What is the volume of the cuboid below?
- 960cm3
- 30cm3
- 96cm3
- 60cm3
- Work out:-
3/8 + ¼ = ___________________________- 4/12
- 4/8
- 5/8
- 1/8
- Work out:
L ML
8 450
x 6
- 48L 2700ml
- 48L 700ml
- 50L 700ml
- 50L 400ml
- A rally car took 525 seconds to complete a race. What was this time in minutes and seconds?
- 8 minutes 45 seconds
- 5 minutes 25 seconds
- 8 minutes 35 seconds
- 5 minutes 15 seconds
- Which of the following is a reflex angle?
- Solve for x in the equation: 3x − 6 = 12
- 18
- 3
- 2
- 6
- How many Sh.50 notes are there in Sh.1000 note?
- 10
- 200
- 100
- 20
- Which of the following lines are parallel?
- Maria bought 15kg 75g of rice. What was the mass of the rice bought in grams?
- 15075
- 15750
- 1575
- 15705
- What is the place value of digit 3 in the number:- 807.4035?
- Tenths
- Thousandths
- Hundredths
- Thousands
- Rehema bought ¾ kg of meat. She cooked ½ kg of the meat. How many kilograms remained?
- ¼ kg
- 5/4 kg
- 2/4 kg
- ½ kg
- Measure the angle drawn below.
- 75°
- 115°
- 105°
- 65°
- A lorry carried 745 cartons of textbooks. Each carton had 24 textbooks. How many textbooks did the lorry carry altogether?
- 17880
- 17860
- 769
- 2960
- What is 3672 divided by 12?
- 36
- 306
- 360
- 3006
- Name the solid drawn below.
- Triangular pyramid
- Cuboid
- Cube
- Square pyramid
- Work out:- 14 + 6 x 4 − 24 ÷ 4
- 14
- 3.5
- 74
- 32
- Find the greatest number that can divide 48 and 60?
- 240
- 12
- 120
- 6
- The table below shows the number of 3 fruits sold by a fruit vendor.
Type of fruit Tally marks Mangoes llll llll llll llll llll Avocadoes llll llll llll ll Apples llll llll llll llll l Pineapples llll ll - 10
- 7
- 17
- 24
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Grade 6 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 2
Wednesday, 01 March 2023 06:07
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 5 Opener Exam Term 1 2023 Set 1
QUESTIONS
- A tree planting ceremony was attended 742 adults. What is this number in words?
- Seven hundred and twenty four.
- Seven hundred and forty two.
- Four hundred and twenty four.
- Four hundred and forty two.
- What is the place value of the underlined digit in the number 96 401?
- 6000
- 600
- Tens of thousands
- Thousands.
- After selling his farm produce in Malimengi market, a farmer earned eight hundred and fifty shillings. How much was this in symbols?
- Sh. 8050
- Sh. 850
- Sh. 800 050
- Sh. 80 050
- Round off 861 to the nearest ten.
- 865
- 800
- 860
- 900
- Kianjoya bought 23 cakes to share equally among his 9 friends. How many cakes remained?
- 5
- 4
- 18
- 3
- 40 pick-ups transported bags of cement to different hardwares. If each pick-up carried 9 bags of cement, how many bags: were there altogether?
- 450
- 360
- 270
- 340
- Mr. Wekesa's class has twenty five learners. If each of them brought twelve beads for an Art and Craft lesson, how many beads were brought altogether?
- 37
- 400
- 300
- 27
- Kalagwena village has a population of 6 430 males, 2 766 females and 7 710 children. How many adults are there altogether?
- 16 906
- 14 140
- 8 196
- 9 196
- What is the next number in the pattern below?
816, 807, 797, 786, 774- 709
- 761
- 753
- 699
- In the year 2021, a farmer harvested 3 416 bags of avocadoes. In the following year, she harvested 4 628 bags. How many more bags did she harvest in 2022 than in 2021?
- 8044
- 2 121
- 7944
- 1 212
- Add: 729m + 468m
- 1 097m
- 1196m
- 1 197m
- 1 086m
- The distance from Malachi's home to the river is 210m. What distance does he cover when he goes to the river and back?
- 105m
- 210m
- 840m
- 420m
- Take away 533m from 899m.
- 366m
- 1432m
- 356m
- 1 332m
- Mware walks 610m from home to school. Kelitu walks 406m from home to school. What is Kelitu's distance subtracted from Mware's distance?
- 201m
- 1 116m
- 1016m
- 204m
- Some learners carried loads of different masses as shown below:
Tim - 19kg
Elm - 16kg
Tom - 21kg
Sam - 18kg
How many kilograms did they carry altogether?- 84kg
- 74kg
- 75kg
- 85kg
- A sack of maize weighs 90kg while a bag of cement weighs 50kg. By how many kilograms is the maize sack heavier than the cement bag?
- 40kg
- 30kg
- 140kg
- 130kg
- A trader distributed 438kg of maize to Masomo school and another 269kg to Elimu school. What was the total mass distributed?
- 169kg
- 269kg
- 707kg
- 71.7kg
- Some learners at Mwishomwisho primary school were asked to name some wants they knew:
Ajigo - house
Jokopal - toy
Karani - trouser
Mwashorl - cabbage
Who among them was right?- Ajigo.
- Mwashori.
- Jokopai.
- Karani.
- Kamwana started sleeping from 1:20pm, to the time shown in the clock face below.
For how long did he sleep?- 2 hours
- 12 hours
- 12 hours 10 minutes
- 40 minutes
- Work out:
Hrs Mins
23 45
+6 39
- 30 hours 24minutes
- 29 hours 84 minutes
- 30 hours 84 minutes
- 29 hours 24 minutes
- Which one of the following shows an obtuse angle?
- A Mathematics teacher drew a diagram like the one drawn below.
The figure above indicates a- right angle turn.
- quarter turn.
- full turn.
- half turn.
- Kambi is facing north. Which direction will be face if he turns left once?
- East.
- South
- North.
- West.
- Which of the following statements is correct?
- An acute angle is smaller than a right angle.
- An obtuse angle is smaller than a righ angle.
- An obtuse angle is equal to a reflex angle.
- Two right angles are equal to an acute angle.
- In a farm there were 26 mango trees and 4r avocado trees. How many trees were there altogether?
- 4r − 2b.
- 2b+ 4r
- 2b − 4r
- 2b+ 4r
- Ongoma had 3 sweets. He was added m more sweets. He now had 8 sweets. How many sweets was he added?
- 11
- 5
- 15
- 13
The table below shows the type and number of clothes sold by a trader in Mtumba market in a period of five days. Use it to answer the following questions
Day | Cloth type | Number |
Monday | Shirts | 10 |
Tuesday | Trousers | 14 |
Wednesday | Blouses | 9 |
Thursday | Skirts | 26 |
Friday | Shorts | 13 |
- Which type of clothes was in the highest demand?
- Blouses
- Skirts
- Shirts
- Shorts
- How many more trousers than blouses were sold within the five days?
- 3
- 15
- 23
- 5
- What was the total number of clothes sold in the last two days?
- 13.
- 24
- 39
- 33
- How many clothes were sold throughout the five days altogether?
- 72
- 62
- 82
- 92
MARKING SCHEME
- B
- D
- B
- C
- A
- B
- C
- D
- B
- D
- C
- D
- A
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Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 1
Tuesday, 28 February 2023 11:16
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Mid Term Exams Term 1 2023 Set 1
QUESTIONS
- What is 6 409 586 written in words?
- Six million, four hundred and ninety thousand, five hundred and eighty six.
- Six million, forty nine thousand, five hundred and eighty six.
- Six million, four hundred and nine thousand, five hundred and eighty six.
- Sixty four million, nine thousand, five hundred and eighty six.
- Round off 18 568 379 to the nearest millions.
- 18 600 000
- 19 000 000
- 18 570 000
- 20 000 000
- What is the place value of digit 1 in the product of 38 and 27?
- Tens of thousands.
- Thousands.
- Hundreds.
- Tens.
- What is the value of:
16 (42 − 39) + 36 ÷ 3?
4 x 3- 3
- 2
- 8
- 5
- Which one of the following statements is true about numbers that are divisible by 11?
- If the last three digits are divisible by eleven.
- If the sum of the digits is a multiple of eleven.
- If the difference of the sum of the alternate digits is a multiple of eleven.
- If the last two digits are divisible by eleven.
- What is the total value of digit 8 in the number 9 785 246?
- Eighty thousands
- Eight million
- Eight thousands
- Eight hundred
- Which of the following numbers is divisible by both 9 and 6?
- 45 649
- 41 059
- 42 369
- 47 304
- Three bells ring at intervals of 15 minutes, 24 minutes and 30 minutes. After how long will the bells ring together again?
- 180 minutes
- 120 minutes
- 60 minutes
- 90 minutes
- Martin sold eggs at a certain shop from 10" January to 10 March, 2020. For how many days altogether did he sell the eggs?
- 62 days
- 59 days
- 60 days
- 61 days
- Flour is packed in 2.5kg packets. If the weight of the flour in the packet is increased by 20%, what would be the new weight of the packet?
- 3 kg
- 1.5 kg
- 3.125 kg
- 4.5 kg
- What is 5/8(24m+32n) + 3/7(21m − 14n) expressed in its simplest form?
- 24m + 26n
- 24m − 26n
- 24m + 14n
- 24 − 14n
- What is the next number in the number pattern below?
169, 150, 133, 120, 109,_________- 100
- 102
- 98
- 105
- The area of a square seed bed is 361 square metres. What is the length of one side of the seed bed?
- 21m
- 11m
- 91m
- 19m
- Musa bought the following items from a kiosk:
18 tomatoes at 3 tomatoes per sh. 20
1½kg of onions @ sh.40.00
5 avocadoes @ sh. 20.00
3 piles of carrots for sh. 100
He paid for the items using a sh. 500 note. |2 What balance did he get?- Sh. 120.00
- Sh. 240.00
- Sh. 380.00
- Sh. 160.00
- Otieno packed 120kg of sugar into ¾ kg packets. How many packets did he obtain?
- 90
- 150
- 160
- 240
- In the figure below, lines AB, BC, CD and AD are equal. AB is parallel to DC and AD is parallel to BC.
Which one of the following is not a property of the quadrilateral above?- Diagonals bisect the interior angles equally.
- The sum of interior angles adds up to 180°
- Diagonals are varied and bisect each other at 90°
- Opposite angles are equal.
- What is the square root of 333/64?
- 13/8
- 33/8
- 27/8
- 17/8
- The area of the trapezium ABCD shown below is 164cm2
What is the length of line DC?- 26cm
- 24cm
- 16cm
- 18cm
- Wanjiku bought x oranges and Wanjiru bought 2x + 3 oranges. Muthoni bought twice as many oranges as both Wanjiku and Wanjiru. Which one of the following expressions shows the total number of oranges they bought?
- 9x + 6
- 9x − 6
- 9x + 9
- 9x − 9
- The perimeter of a square garden is 48 metres. What is the area of the garden in square metres?
- 2 304m2
- 144m2
- 234m2
- 288m2
- A bus left Busia for Nairobi at 2035 hours on Wednesday. The journey took 11 hours 45 minutes. At what time and day did it reach Nairobi?
- 2020 hrs, Wednesday
- 2020 hrs, Thursday
- 0820hrs, Wednesday
- 0820hrs, Thursday
- What is the value off in the equation below?
2(2t − 5) = 3(3t −15)- 7
- 3
- 9
- 5
- What is the value of angle a in the figure below?
- 140°
- 100°
- 150°
- 110°
- Karisa had the following amounts of money in his saving box.
Value of the note 50 100 200 500 No. of notes 32 18 16 4 - Sh. 6 800
- Sh. 8,600
- Sh. 5 400
- Sh. 10 200
- Which one of the following sets of measurements will form a right angled triangle when drawn?
- 5cm 12cm, 17cm
- 8cm, 40cm, 41cm
- 7cm, 24cm, 25cm
- 7cm, 15cm, 17cm
- Chebet and Cheptoo shared the profit from the sale of a cow in the ratio 3:5. If the difference in the profit was sh. 18 000, how much profit did Cheptoo receive?
- Sh. 27 000
- Sh. 72 000
- Sh. 45 000
- Sh. 9 000
- Construct triangle PNM in which line MN=7cm, angle MNP 50° and angle NPM=70°. Draw a circle that touches points P, N and M. Measure the diameter of the circle.
- 3.8cm
- 1.1cm
- 1.9cm
- 7.6cm
- What is the total value of digit 2 in the decimal number 4.3286?
- 2/10
- 2/100
- 2/1000
- 2/10000
- What is 18/25 as a percentage?
- 18%
- 60%
- 72%
- 85%
- In a certain month, a businessman made a profit of sh. 16 000. In the following month, his profit decreased to sh. 14 000. Calculate the percentage decrease in the profit.
- 12.5%
- 20%
- 88.5%
- 25%
- Juma's bicycle wheel has a radius of 28cm. How many revolutions will it make to cover a distance of 6.16km?
- 35
- 350
- 35 000
- 3 500
- The diagram below represents Rono's plot of land in the shape of a parallelogram.
What is the area of the land in hectares?- 2.88
- 1.92
- 0.96
- 1.44
- Lorna deposited sh. 240 000 at a financial institution that paid simple interest at the rate of 5% p.a. How much money had her money earned as interest at the end of three years?
- Sh. 276 000
- Sh. 277 830
- Sh. 36 000
- Sh. 37 830
- A closed cylindrical tank has a radius of 3.5 metres and a height of 2.5 metres. What is the surface area of the tank in square metres?
- 93.5
- 132
- 55
- 96.25
- Mutai paid sh. 8 075 for a radio after getting a 5% discount on the marked price. What was the marked price of the radio?
- Sh. 8 500
- Sh. 7 650
- Sh. 425
- Sh. 8250
- A milk factory was supplied with 4 000 litres of milk by some farmers. The milk was then packed into 2 -decilitre packets. How many packets were obtained?
- 200 000
- 200
- 2000
- 20.000
- A rectangular fish pond measures 8 metres by 6.5 metres. All round is planted grass at an equal margin of 0.5 metres. Calculate the area under grass.
- 52m2
- 67.5m2
- 15.5m2
- 7.5m2
- An open rectangular tank measures 5.2 metres long, 3.5 metres wide and 1.8 metres high. Calculate the surface area of the tank.
- 32.76 m2
- 49.52m2
- 18.72 m2
- 67.72 m2
- What is the product of the edges and the vertices of an open rectangular prism?
- 48
- 60
- 72
- 96
- A road measuring 3cm on a map has an actual distance of 4.5km. What is the scale used in drawing the map?
- 1:150 000
- 1:1 500 000
- 1:15 000
- 1:1 500
- The stack of cubes below is incomplete.
How many more cubes are required to make it complete?- 96
- 180
- 84
- 69
- Michelle covered a distance of 540km in 3 hours. What was her average speed in m/s?
- 180m/s
- 25m/s
- 90 m/s
- 50m/s
- Eight men working at the same rate can complete digging in 12 hours. How many hours will it take six of the men to complete the same work?
- 9
- 16
- 18
- 10
- In one month, a car agent sold 5 cars at sh. 800 000 each. He earns a 5% commission on the sale of a car. How much did he earn that month?
- Sh. 40 000
- Sh. 4 000 000
- Sh. 200 000
- Sh. 400 000
- On a certain day, a shopkeeper sold 24kg of sugar, 15kg of maize flour, 9kg of wheat flour and 6kg of rice. If these items were to be represented in a pie chart, what angle would represent the mass of maize flour?
- 100°
- 40°
- 160°
- 60°
- Kioko bought a TV set on hire purchase terms. He paid a deposit of sh. 2 500. The remaining amount was paid in 5 equal monthly instalments. He paid a total of sh. 10 200. How much was each monthly instalment?
- Sh 1 450.00
- Sh. 2 040.00
- Sh. 1 820.00
- Sh. 1 540.00
- A cylindrical tank has a height of 2.8 metres and a diameter of 2.1 metres. How many litres can it hold when full?
- 97 020ℓ
- 9 702ℓ
- 970.2ℓ
- 97.02ℓ
- Kipruto is paid sh. 6 000 after working for 20 days. How much money would he be paid if he works for 14 days?
- Sh. 10 200
- Sh. 8 400
- Sh. 4 200
- Sh. 5-400
- The mean of five number is 10. Four of the numbers are 8, 12, 6 and 13. What is the fifth number.
- 11
- 9
- 15
- 12
The bar graph below shows pairs of shoes with their sizes that were sold in a certain week.
- How many pairs of shoes that were size 5 and above were sold in that week?
- 210
- 155
- 125
- 105
MARKING SCHEME
- C
- B
- B
- D
- C
- A
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- A
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- B
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- B
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Monday, 27 February 2023 13:32
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 Opener Exam Term 1 2023 Set 1
QUESTIONS
- A sub county had a population of eighty nine thousand four hundred and sixty five people. What is this number in symbols?
- 89 645
- 98 465
- 89 465
- 98 645
- In an Agricultural Exhibition, there were 324 867 participants. What is the place value of digit 2 in this number?
- Hundreds.
- Tens of thousands.
- Thousands.
- Hundreds of thousands.
- In a wedding ceremony, Grade six learners carried 2 342 chairs. They later went for 1 009 more chairs. Out of these, 1 810 were used. How many were not used?
- 1 641
- 1 541
- 1 531
- 1 631
- Work out the LCM of 8 and 12.
- 2
- 12
- 32
- 24
- Round off 43 866 to the nearest hundred.
- 43 900
- 43 860
- 44 000
- 43 800
- In the first attempt, an athlete finished a marathon race in 3. 45 hours. In the second attempt, he reduced the time by 1.09 hours. What time did he take in the second attempt?
- 1. 36 hours
- 2. 36 hours
- 4. 54 hours
- 3.54 hourS
- Fractions, 3/10, 7/10, 5/10 and 9/10 were to be arranged from the smallest to the largest which of the following would be the correct arrangment?
- 9/10, 7/10, 5/10, 3/10
- 3/10, 5/10, 7/10, 9/10,
- 9/10, 5/10, 7/10, 3/10
- 3/10, 7/10, 5/10, 9/10
- Work out:
361 x 18- 6 488
- 6 398
- 5 488
- 6 498
- One hundred and eight seedlings were to be shared equally among twelve farmers. How many seedlings would each farmer get?
- 19
- 1 111
- 1 296
- 9.
- Out of 12 864 chickens in a school, 6 028 were cocks and the rest were hens. How many hens were there?
- 18 892
- 18 792
- 6 836
- 6736
- The distance between town X and town Y is 2 700m. How many kilometres and metres are between the two towns?
- 2km 700m
- 27km 00m
- 2km 700m
- 270km 00m
- Mwende has a square piece of cloth whose side is 18cm. What is the area of the piece of cloth?
- 36cm2
- 360cm2
- 324cm2
- 334cm2
- Kilo carried 29kg of maize while Kaloki carried 33kg of sorghum. What was the total mass carried by the two?
- 957kg
- 602kg
- 952kg
- 62kg
- How many ¼kg packets can be obtained from 9kg?
- 36
- 18
- 4
- 24
- A tuktuk covered 16km 61m while a motorbike covered 18km 95m. What was the total distance covered?
- 34km 156m
- 35km 56m
- 34km 56m
- 35km 156m
- Work out:
hrs mins
5 16
x 7
____________- 35hrs 52mins
- 36hrs 112mins
- 35hrs 112mins
- 36hrs 52mins
- Calculate the length of one side of a square whose area is 289cm2
- 27cm
- 14cm
- 17cm
- 16cm
- Find the volume of the figure below.
- 12m2
- 120m2
- 60m2
- 600m2
- Petrol in a 40 litres 800ml container was emptied to fill 8 equal containers. What was the capacity of each container?
- 50 litres 10ml
- 5 litres 100ml
- 5 litres 10ml
- 50 litres 100mi
- A Mathematics lesson started at 12:05. If the lesson lasted for 2 100 seconds, at what time did it end?
- A. boy stood in the field facing south. How should the boy turn in order to face east? Make a
- quarter turn to his left.
- quarter turn to his right.
- full turn to his left.
- half turn to his right.
- Which one of the following is an a cute angle?
- All the following show correct lines of symmetry. Which one does not?
- Which of the following statements does not describe a rectangle? It has
- four equal sides.
- four equal angles.
- two pairs of equal sides.
- each of its angles measuring 90*
- A father bought ℓ hens. A mother bought 16 more hens. In total, 25 hens were bought. How many hens did the father buy?
- 19
- 9
- 41
- 8
- Mariarosa received x beads after their teacher divided 125 beads equally among 5 of them. How many beads did Mariarose get?
- 25
- 35
- 15
- 45
- A carpenter made 32 cupboards, 18 tables and y stools. If the total number of furniture was 63, how many stools were made?
- 23
- 13
- 50
- 53
The table below shows the sale of milk in Mwanda's farm for a period of five days. Use it to answer the following questions.
Day | Amount sold in litres |
Monday | 146 |
Tuesday | 230 |
Wednesday | 180 |
Thursday | 290 |
Friday | 410 |
- How many less litres of milk were on Wednesday than on Friday?
- 590ℓ
- 130ℓ
- 230ℓ
- 490ℓ
- Which two consecutive days recorded the lowest sale of milk?
- Monday and Tuesday.
- Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Wednesday and Thursday.
- Thursday and Friday.
- How much milk was sold on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday?
- 1 256ℓ
- 1 246ℓ
- 656ℓ
- 666ℓ
MARKING SCHEME
- C
- B
- B
- D
- A
- B
- A
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- D
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- C
- C
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Grade 6 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 1
Monday, 27 February 2023 06:35
Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 3
QUESTIONS
- Write 70070007 in words
- Seventy million, seventy thousand and seven
- Seven hundred million seventy thousand and seven
- Seven million seven thousand and seven
- Seven million seventy thousand and seven
- Round off 150956 to the nearest hundred
- 200 000
- 151000
- 150000
- 150900
- Evaluate
20 of ¼ − 1/8 x 4 ÷ ½- 5
- 2¼
- 4¾
- 4
- What is the sixth number in the series
4, 9, 25, 49, _____- 169
- 121
- 225
- 81
- What is the value of
82(62 − 36)
√16- 0
- 8
- 16
- 4
- How many times is the value of digit 3 more than the value of digit 6 in 34769803
- 2000
- 500
- 5000
- 20,000
- What is the sum of the largest and smallest numbers formed by the digits
9, 3, 8, 5 and 1- 112120
- 84942
- 102020
- 102110
- What is 23.1408 correct to three decimal places
- 23.1
- 23.140
- 23.141
- 23.0
- Which of the following statements is not true about a rhombus
- opposites angles are equal
- has two pairs of parallel lines
- diagonals are equal
- all sides are equal
- The figure below represents triangle ABC in which line BC=15cm and line AC is 17cm and angle ABC is a right angle
What is the area of the triangle- 120cm2
- 127.5
- 68cm2
- 60cm2
- Jane deposited sh.2000 in a bank that paid a simple interest of the rate of 12% p.a. How much money was in her account at the end of 2 years
- Sh. 2240
- Sh. 480
- Sh 2480
- Sh.2508.50
- John is.a farmer. He sold milk from January 17th to April 17th 2011. How many days did he sell the milk.
- 92
- 90
- 93
- 91
- How many poles placed 10m apart can be used to fence a rectangular plot measuring 1200m by 800m
- 201
- 200
- 400
- 402
- In the figure below WXY, line WX=WF. Angle WXY=4x and angle XWY is 20°
What is half the value of angle WYZ- 80°
- 50°
- 100°
- 20°
- A printing firm produces 1160470 advertising posters in a month. How many posters will be produced in a year
- 35974570
- 34814100
- 11604700
- 13925640
- Njagi is paid a salary of sh 3800 plus 5% commission for the total sales in one month, he sold goods worth sh 32000. How much did he earn that month?
- Sh 5590
- Sh 5400
- Sh 1600
- Sh 35800
- Find the size of angle Q
- 105°
- 95°
- 40°
- 88°
- Find the radius of a circle whose area is 2464cm2. take pie to be 31/7
- 14cm
- 28cm
- 7cm
- 56cm
- An empty vehicle weighs 1.2 tonnes. When loaded with 30 bags of maize, it weighs 4.2 tonnes. Calculate the mass of each bag
- 100kg
- 180kg
- 540kg
- 280kg
- Simplify the following expression ½x − 12 > 4
- x < 16
- x <36
- x > 32
- x > 16
- Okongo walked from his home to the hospital for 2hrs 30 min at 4km/h. He stayed at the hospital for 30 min. He then returned home at 5km/h for how long was he away from home?
- 2 hours
- 4hours 30 minutes
- 5 hours 30 minutes
- 5 hours
- Work out the perimeter of the figure below
- 15cm
- 30cm.
- 56cm
- 56cm2
- What is the capacity of a container whose volume is 1000,000cm3
- 100litres
- 10litres
- 1000cm
- 1000litres
- Convert 4:5 as a decimal
- 0.9
- 0.4
- 0.8
- 1.25
- In January last year the number of candidate who registered for KCPE in Gucha zone was 4500. This year the number of candidate registered increased 15%. How many candidates were registered this year
- 4900
- 675
- 975
- 5175
- The marked price of a TV flat screen is Sh.38200. Otieno paid Sh.37436 after begaining what was his percentage discount
- .2.5%
- 764
- 20%
- 2%
- The table below shows the fares in shillings charged between Eldoret to Nakuru by train
Omollo travelled from Eldoret to Molo through Kipkerion. How much did he pay- Sh. 50
- Sh. 250
- Sh. 150
- Sh. 300-
- Evaluate the following (2/3 ÷ ¾ of 5/6) × (¼ of 1/3 ÷ ½)
- 2/9
- 8/45
- 62/5
- 10/81
- A class has 16 girls and 27 boys. During a mathematics lesson, of the girls and, of the boys were sent home because of school fees. How many pupils were sent home for fees.
- 36
- 7
- 43
- 50
- Kamau bought the following items from a sho
- 6 oranges @sh 20 per an orange
- 3 litres of water @ sh 16 per '/, litres (i
- 4 kg of meat @sh 120 per kg (
- 2kg of onions@sh 45 per kg
- 2kg tins of cooking fat @sh 97 per kg
and 4 bottles of soda sh 27 per bottle
How much balance was he given if he gave two one thousand shillings notes.- Sh 1088
- Sh. 3088
- Sh 912
- Sh. 928
- Omagwa paid sh 1930 for a shirt after being allowed 3½% discount. What was the discount
- Sh 2500
- Sh 70
- Sh 3900
- Sh 2000
- In the triangle PQR below line PQ=15cm, QR=16cm and RP=10cm. PO is perpendicular to QR. Angle PQS is 145° and PRQ is 60°
Calculate the size of angle RPQ- 150°
- 30°
- 85°
- 95°
- A group of pupils in Kimwera primary school took 2 decilitres of milk each. How many pupils took 0.1m3 of milk
- 100
- 500
- 50
- 5
- Construct an equilateral triangle ABC of sides 5cm. Draw a circle such that points A,B andC are on the circumference. What is the radius of the circle
- 2
- 6
- 3
- 4
- A car travelling at 70km/h takes 3 hours to finish a journey. At what speed must it travel to finish the journey in 2 hours
- 84km/h
- 100km/h
- 105km/h
- 138,km/h
- Korir's flower garden is in the shape shown below
Calculate the area of the garden in ares- 59.5
- 0.0595
- 5.95
- 0.595
- Convert 2/9, to a decimal and give your answer to the nearest whole number
- 2
- 0
- 0.2
- 0.22
- Calculate the volume of the cylinder drawn below in cubic metres
- 1886500m3
- 18865m2
- 18865m3
- 1886500m2
- The cash price of a radio cassette is 20% less than the hire purchase price. Kimani bought the radio cassette on hire purchase price by paying a deposit of Sh 2000 and five monthly installments of sh 300. How much more than the cash price was the hire purchase price?
- Sh 3500
- Sh 700
- Sh 583.50
- Sh 2800
- The temperature of a room was -18°C. After sometimes of a gradual increase, it read 15°c. What was the temperature increase?
- 33°C
- 30°C
- 15°C
- 0°C
- A river of length 12.5km is represented on map by a distance of 25cm. What was the scale on a map
- 1:50000
- 1:10000
- 1:125000
- 1:25000
- The number of children in a town is twice than that of women. There are 340 more women than men. If there are 6240 children, how many men are there in the town?
- 3120
- 3420
- 2780
- 3460
- Find the value of 2.45 + 0.03 (4 x 3) − 0.54
- 2.55
- 32.46
- 2.36
- 2.27
- Construct triangle RST in which line RS-4cm, ST-6cm and angle RST=100°. Draw a circle touching its edges. What is the diameter of the circle?
- 1.5cm
- 3cm
- 2cm
- 4cm
- Solve the value of x in the equation 5/8 (x − 48) − 24 − 38
- 144
- 76
- 147.2
- 146.2
- The table below shows the types and number of vehicles Njuguna counted along Embu-Meru road on one day
Buses Lorries Nissans Cars
12 45 120 b?
If the mean of all the vehicles counted was 50. How many more Nissans than cars did he count?- 60
- 97
- 23
- 54
- The charges for sending a telegram are sh. 20 for the first ten words of less. Each additional word is charged @ Sh.1.00 A 10% tax is charged on the total. How much did Beatrice pay to send the following telegram ALICE MUTHONI BOX 46933 NAIROBI SEND YOUR CERTIFICATES FOR TEACHER TRAINING RECRUITMENT BEATRICE ACHIENG NAKURU
- Sh.50.50
- Sh.25.00
- Sh.12.50
- Sh 27.50
- The circumference of a circle is 88cm. Calculate the area of the circle in cm2
- 616cm2
- 768cm2
- 308cm2
- 154cm2
- Pauline has 2x sweets. Her sister Mary has 8 more sweets than Pauline. If they all put their sweets together and shared them equally. How many sweets did each of them get?
- 2x + 4
- 2x+8
- 4x+8
- 4x + 4
The graph below shows Mr. Ndungu's journey from Nieri to Molo and back. Study it and answer question 50.
- From the graph, calculate Mr. Ndungu's average speed for the whole journey?
A. 93km/h
B. 140km/h
C. 80km/h
D. 70km/h
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Class 8 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 3
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Mathematics Questions and Answers - Class 8 Term 1 Opener Exams 2023 Set 2
QUESTIONS
- What is ninety eight million, ninety eight thousand and ninety eight in numerals?
- 98 098 908
- 98 908 908
- 98 908 098
- 98 098 098
- How many groups of thousands are there in the total value of digit 4 in the number 548 928 671?
- 40 000
- 4 000
- 400
- 400 000
- What is the next number in the pattern?
209, 168, 131, 100, 71, ________- 44
- 46
- 48
- 50
- What is 6/13, 9/14, 8/15, and 11/17 arranged in an ascending order?
- 9/14, 8/15, 6/13, 11/17
- 6/13, 8/15, 9/14, 11/17
- 11/17, 9/14, 8/15, 6/13,
- 8/15, 9/14, 11/17, 6/13
- What is 28. 2586 rounded off to the nearest hundredths?
- 28. 25
- 28. 259
- 28.6
- 28.26
- What is the place value of digit 6 in the number 962 534?
- Tens of thousands
- Hundreds of thousands.
- Thousands.
- Millions.
- What is the value of 8¼ + 21/3 of 32/9 ÷ 11/6 ?
- 911/36
- 1819/36
- 1425/36
- 2023/36
- What is the value of:
0.87 + 51.3 - 0.09 + 0.2?- 52.82
- 51.26
- 51.88
- 52.28
- Which of the following numbers is divisible by 11?
- 2 158 496
- 2 614 150
- 2 588 964
- 2 469 830
- The area of a square plot of land is 2 809m2. Find the length of one side.
- 53m
- 57m
- 47m
- 43m
- The population of a country is 46 005 818. If 15 589 746 are women and 21 934 834 are children, how many men are in the country?
- 8 841 328
- 9 281 328
- 8 481 238
- 9 821 238
- A bus travelled from Mombasa to Nairobi, a distance of 468km. Later on, the bus went another 281km to Nakuru and then further 96km to Kericho. What distance in kilometres was covered by the bus altogether?
- 854km
- 845km
- 749km
- 794km
- A lorry carries 378 bags of rice in one trip. Each bag of rice is 25kg. If the lorry makes 18 trips, how many tonnes does the lorry transport?
- 1710t
- 171.0t
- 1701t
- 170.1t
- In a coffee plantation, 28 080 coffee seedlings were planted in 156 rows. How many coffee seedlings were planted in each row?
- 180
- 140
- 160
- 120
- Three bells ring at intervals of 24 minutes, 30 minutes and 40 minutes. The bell rang together at 1145hrs. At what time in am/pm will they ring together again?
- 11.45 a.m
- 3.45 am
- 11.45 pm
- 3.45 pm
- Kipkoech's stride is 5/8, of a metre. How many strides will he make to cover a distance of 80m?
- 128
- 96
- 50
- 64
- A man spent 3/8 of his salary on food, 1/5 on clothing, ¼ on other expenses and saved the rest. What fraction of his salary did he save?
- 17/40
- 37/40
- 27/40
- 7/40
- What is the GCD of 28, 63 and 84?
- 28
- 14
- 49
- 7
- A matatu left Busia for Nairobi at 2045hrs on Wednesday. The journey took 8 hours 55 minutes. What time and day did it reach Nairobi?
- 1740hrs Thursday
- 1740hrs Wednesday
- 0540hrs Thursday
- 0540hrs Wednesday
- What is the square of 2¼ ?
- 1½
- 51/16
- 41/16
- 11/8
- In the figure below, line AB is parallel to line CD and line PQ is a transversal line.
Which of the following statements is true?- Angle b and g are corresponding angles.
- Angle a and e are co-interior angles.
- Angle h and g are vertically opposite angles.
- Angle c and e are alternate angles.
- The area of a triangular piece of land is 22.5 Ares. It has a base length of 250 metres. What is its height in metres?
- 90m
- 45m
- 360m
- 18m
- Which of the following properties is true in both a rhombus and a parallelogram?
- All sides are equal.
- The sum of interior angles adds up to four right angles.
- Diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
- Each interior angle is a right angle.
- The total length of a barbed wire round a square piece of land is 144m. What is the area of the piece of land in square metres?
- 1 296
- 20 736
- 576
- 5 184
- Simplify:
3/5 (40x − 25y) + 2/3 (18x − 21y)- (36x − y)
- (36x + 29y)
- (36x + y)
- (36x − 29y)
- What is the value of a (3c - 2b)
d
when a = 2, d = 5, b = 3 and c = 4?- 11/5
- 33/5
- 22/5
- 21/3
- What is the value of letter y in the equation below? 5(3y − 2) = 2(3y + 13)
- 4
- 9
- 6
- 3
- Simplify the inequality 2(x − 1) < x + 4
- x < 2
- x < 6
- x > 2
- x > 6
- Find the value of angle m in the figure below.
- 144°
- 108°
- 128°
- 116°
- Construct triangle PQR in which line PQ = 6.5cm, angle QPR = 30° and angle PRQ = 40°. Draw a circe that touches points P, Q and R. What is the radius of the circle?
- 4.6cm
- 3.5cm
- 5.2 cm
- 2.5cm
- The top of a 17m ladder leans on a vertical wall with its lower end touching the ground. Which one of the following sets of measurements represents the height of the wall and the horizontal distance from the ladder to the wall?
- 5m and 12m
- 3m and 4m
- 6m and 8m
- 8m and 15m
- What is the total value of digit 8 in the decimal number 3.52842?
- 8/1000
- 8/10000
- 8/100
- 8/10
- Which one of the following fractions will give a recurring decimal?
- 16/25
- 7/34
- 5/36
- 11/50
- Work out:
√0.0324- 0.0018
- 0.018
- 0.18
- 1.8
- What is 11/16 as a percentage?
- 68.75%
- 6.875%
- 0.6875%
- 0.06875%
- The sketch below shows possible routes to school from Kagu's home.
What is the distance from Kagu's home to school through the health center in kilometres?- 56.2
- 10.8
- 43.8
- 31.5
- The radius of a bicycle wheel is 21cm. How many turns will it make to cover a distance of 6.6km?
- 50 000
- 5 000
- 500
- 50
- The cost of a plot in Isinya in the year 2020 was sh. 400 000. After one year, the cost of the plot appreciated by 35%. What was the cost of the plot in the year 2021?
- Sh. 140 000
- Sh. 480 000
- Sh. 540 000
- Sh. 435 000
- A rectangular piece of land measures 32.4m in length and 26.8m in width. Kiba fenced this land with four strands of barbed wire. What was the length of the wire used?
- 473.6m
- 59.2m
- 118.4m
- 236.8m
- In the year 2021, covid related deaths in a certain country was 3 500. In the year 2022, this number reduced by 26%. How many people died of covid in the year 2022?
- 4410
- 910
- 3 140
- 2 590
- Find the perimeter of the shape drawn below.
- 33cm
- 48cm
- 58cm
- 63cm
- There was 1 800 litres of water in a tank. During construction, 68% of the water was used. How much water was left in the tank?
- 1 224L
- 1080L
- 5761L
- 1 276L
- What is the area of a circle whose radius is 28cm?
- 616cm2
- 4 928cm2
- 1 232cm2
- 2 464cm2
- The figure below represents a model cuboid made from wire rods.
Calculate the total length of the wire rods needed to make the model.- 152cm
- 308cm
- 1 728c
- 652cm
- Figure ABCD is a rhombus. Line BD and AC are diagonals. Angle BDA = 35°
What is the size of angle BAC?- 35°
- 110°
- 70°
- 55°
- The table below shows Wanjala's expenditure for the month of December 2021. The information on the expenditure on clothing is not indicated.
Item Rent Food Saving Clothing Amount Sh. 6 000 Sh. 5 000 Sh. 4 000 - Sh. 4 000
- Sh. 3 000
- Sh. 8.000
- Sh. 2 000
- A length of 3.2cm era on a scale drawing represents an actual length of 9 600m. What is the scale used?
- 1:3 000
- 1:30 000
- 1: 300 000
- 1:3 000 000
- The graph below shows a journey of a cyclist from town X to town M, a distance of 100km. On the way, he stopped to relax. He then continued with the journey to town M
What was his average speed for the whole journey?- 40km/hr
- 50km/hr
- 48 km/hr
- 35km/hr
- The mean mark scored by five pupils in an examination was 82. If the marks of four of them were 84, 96, 78 and 64, what was the score of the fifth pupil?
- 68
- 84
- 74
- 88
- Which of the following nets can form a closed cube when folded?
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