CONSULTANCY KAMPALA 2024 PLE TARGET EMERGENCY HOT SPOT PREPARATION SERIES MATHEMATICS Timeallowed:2 hours 30minutes Index No. Random No. Personal No.
Candidate’s name: ………………………………………………………………………………
Candidate’s signature: ……………………………………………………………………….. School Random number: ……………………………………………………………………… District No. Read the following instructions carefully: 1. Do not write your school or district name anywhere on this paper. 2. This paper has two sections: A and B. Section A has 20 questions and section B has 12 questions. The paper has 12 printed papers altogether. 3. Answer al l questions. All the working for both sections A and B must be shown in the spaces provided. 4. All working must be done using a blue or blackball point pen or ink. Any work done in pencil other than graphs and diagrams will NOT be marked. 5. No calculators are allowed in the examination room. 6. Unnecessary changes in your work and handwriting that cannot easily be read may lead to loss of marks. 7. Do not fill anything in the table indicated: ”For examiners’ use only” and the boxes inside the question paper.
1 SECTION A (40 Marks). Each question carries 2 marks 1. Find the value of 2 in the numeral 213five.
2. Given that Set P = {prime factors less than 17} and Set Q = {first six whole numbers}, list the elements of (P – Q).
3. Work out: 2 + 4 + 3= _______ (finite 5).
4. Town M is 3.09 kilometres from Town N. Find the distance between the two towns in metres.
5. The figure below is an equilateral triangle. Use it to find the value
of x B
(2x – 1) cm
A C (x + 3) cm
2 6. Express 100 as a product of its prime factors.
7. A wife is 5 years younger than her husband. If the wife’s age is k years, express the husband’s age in terms of k.
8. Subtract the 4th square number from the 6th square number.
9. A worker’s salary has been increased by 15%. If the original salary was sh. 240000, find the man’s new salary.
10. A candidate scored the following marks in Mid–term Examinations:
50, 68, 72, 43 and 57. Find the arithmetic mean mark of the candidate.
11. Using a pair of compasses and a ruler, construct an angle of 3150.
3 12. A farmer bought items from a market using the denominations below: 3 twenty thousand shilling notes 7 five hundred shilling coins Find the farmer’s total expenditure on the items.
13. If 20 pieces of cloth of the same type take 3 hours to get dry, how long will 15 pieces of cloth of the same type take to dry if they are dried under the same condition?
14. The figure below is a right – angled triangle.
12cm 13cm
r Find the base “r” of the triangle in centimetres.
15. Write XCIV in Hindu – Arabic Numeration System.
4 16. The product of the LCM and GCF of two numbers is 48. If one of the numbers is 6, find the second number.
17. Express 7.2 kilometres per hour as metres per second.
18. If today is Wednesday 21st June 2023, which day of the week was it on 9th May of the same year?
19. Use the figure below to find the value of x.
5 20. A tank contains 3000 litres of water. A tap is opened and releases water at a rate of 10 litres per minute. How many hours will it take for the tank to become completely empty?
SECTION B (60 Marks)
Answer all questions in this section Marks for each question are indicated 21. a) Draw an abacus to show the number 402.(02 Marks)
b) Find the sum of the value of 2 and the value of 7 in 23.907.
(03 Marks)
22. The product of three numbers is 192. If the numbers are in the ratio 2:3:4, find the sum of the three numbers.(05 Marks)
6 23. Lydia and James contested in a bye-election. of the electorate voted.
Lydia got 2800 votes and James got of the vote cast.
a) How many people voted? (03 Marks)
b) How many people did not vote? (02 Marks)
24. The table below show the heights of selected P7 boys.
Frequency 6 1 4 5
Height 120 140 100 130
(cm)
Using the frequency table,
find the; i) Modal height, (01 Mark)
ii) Modal Frequency. (01 Mark)
7 iii) Median height(02 Marks)
iv) Arithmetic Mean of height of the boys with 120 cm and below. (02 Marks)
25. a) Using a pair of compasses and a ruler, construct a square PQRS in
which length PQ = 7 cm.(04 Marks)
b) Measure the diagonal QS in cm.(01 Mark)
8 26. A car covers a distance at a speed of 60km/hr in 3 hours. At what speed should the car travel to cover the same distance in only 2 hours?(04 Marks)
27. A sum of money was invested for 4 years at an annual simple interest rate of 5%. If the same sum of money had been invested for the same time at 4½% per annum simple interest, the interest would have been less by sh. 23000. What sum of money was invested?(06 Marks)
28. The interior angle of a regular polygon is four times its exterior angle. a) Find the size of each exterior angle of the polygon.(02 Marks)
9 b) Name the polygon. (03 Marks)
29. A rectangular field measuring 720m by 550m is to be represented on
a scale drawing using the scale 1: 10,000. What is the perimeter of the drawing in centimetres?(06 Marks)
30. In a primary seven class of a certain school, (2x+3) candidates like
Fanta (F), (3x–1) candidates like Mirinda (M) and (x+1) candidates like both soda brands. a) Represent the information on the Venn diagram below. (03 Marks) n(F)= (2x+3) n(M)=(3x–1)
_____ (x+1) ______
10 a) If 12 candidates like Mirinda only, find the value of x.(02 Marks)
31. a) Find the number that can be subtracted from 423 to get 287. (02 Marks)
b) Write 4590 in scientific notation.(02 Marks)
32. Grace has bought 60 kg of posho at sh. 120,000. At what price must she sell each kilogram to get a total profit of sh. 60,000?(04 Marks)
