Question 1
What is the place value of digit 4 in the number 5248697?
A. Hundreds of thousands
B. Ten of thousands
C. Millions
D. Thousands
Answer
A. Hundreds of thousands
Answer Review:
Read notes on Place Value and Total ValueQuestion 2
Add the square root of 2304 to the square of 28
A. 832
B. 2332
C. 104
D. 64512
Answer
A. 832
Question 3
Which one of the following numbers is divisible by 11?
A. 520104
B. 39869
C. 24640
D. 15921
Answer
C. 24640
In the above question, the alternate numbers are 24640. Their totals are 8 and 8, where 8-8=0. Hence, 24640 is divisible by 11 and the quotient is 2240.
Read notes on Whole Numbers: Divisibility Test for 11
Answer Review:
A number is divisible by 11 if the difference of the sum of its alternate digits is 0, 11 or multiple of 11.In the above question, the alternate numbers are 24640. Their totals are 8 and 8, where 8-8=0. Hence, 24640 is divisible by 11 and the quotient is 2240.
Read notes on Whole Numbers: Divisibility Test for 11
Question 4
The figure below represented Mutinda's plot of land what is its perimeter?
(Take π = 22/7)
A. 328m
B. 424m
C. 368m
D. 312m
Answer
D. 312m
Read notes on Finding the Perimeter of Complex Shapes
Answer Hint:
Find the perimeter of the semi-circle and add the three sides of the rectangle.Read notes on Finding the Perimeter of Complex Shapes
Question 5
What is the number 93.2786 rounded off to two decimal places?
A. 93.20
B. 93.28
C. 93.27
D. 94.00
Answer
B. 93.28
Question 6
A school has 400 pupils if 40% of the pupils are girls how many more boys than girls are in the school?
A. 240
B. 160
C. 80
D. 120
Answer
C. 80
Question 7
A farmer harvested 425 bags of maize each weighing 90kg. What was the total mass of the maize in tonnes?
A. 0.425
B. 282.5
C. 38250
D. 38.25
Answer
D. 38.25
Answer Hint:
Convert your answer to tonnes. Remember to 1000kg = 1 tonneQuestion 8
What is the next number in the pattern 2, 7, 17, 32, 52, 77, _____?
A. 107
B. 97
C. 98
D. 108
Answer
A. 107
Answer Hint:
Find the common factor between the numbers.Question 9
What is the value of
43/7 ÷ 42/3
A. 202/3
B. 166/21
C. 15/93
D. 93/98
Answer
D. 93/98
a/b ÷ c/d = a x d/b x c
Answer Hint:
Formula for dividing fractions:a/b ÷ c/d = a x d/b x c
Question 10
Which one of the following numbers has the LEAST value?
A. 102002
B. 102020
C. 102202
D. 102220
Answer
A. 102002
Question 11
What is the largest number that can divide 16, 24 and 48 without a remainder?
A. 8
B. 96
C. 16
D. 144
Answer
A. 8
Question 12
A trader sold a shirt at sh. 1080 thereby making a loss of 20% what was the buying price of the shirt?
A. Sh. 2700
B. Sh. 1296
C. Sh. 1350
D. Sh. 1290
Answer
C. Sh. 1350
Question 13
In the year 2014 , the number of pupils enrolled in a school was 620. In the year 2015 , the number of pupils enrolled in the school was 485 more than those enrolled in the previous year 2014. How many pupils were enrolled in the school in the two years?
A. 1295
B. 1725
C. 1105
D. 1546
Answer
B. 1725
Question 14
In the figure below , all lines are straight lines
What is the measure of the angle marked X°?
A. 65°
B. 113°
C. 480°
D. 67°
Answer
D. 67°
Answer Hint:
The angles of a triangle add up to 180°Question 15
What is 2000000cm3 converted to m3?
A. 2000
B. 2
C. 20
D. 20000
Answer
B. 2
Answer Hint:
Remember that 100cm = 1mQuestion 16
Work out;
0.04 ÷ 0.0002= ___
A. 200
B. 2000
C. 20
D. 0.002
Answer
A. 200
Question 17
The area of the square plot of land is 2704m2 what is twice the perimeter of the plot?
A. 208m
B. 10816m
C. 104m
D. 416m
Answer
D. 416m
Question 18
A length of 5 cm on a map represents an actual distance of 100km. what length on the map would represents a road measuring 160km?
A. 12cm
B. 80cm
C. 8cm
D. 20cm
Answer
C. 8cm
Question 19
How many groups of 100 are in the total value of digits 4 in the number 1458269?
A. 40
B. 4000
C. 400
D. 40000
Answer
B. 4000
Question 20
A trader bought 30 eggs for shs. 300. He later sold the eggs at shs. 12 each. What percentage profit did the trader make?
A. 16 2/3%
B. 60%
C. 20%
D. 15%
Answer
C. 20%