GROUP 1.
MATHEMATICS- SECTION A [SERIES 1]
GROUP LEADER: MITCHEL JOY
GROUP MEMBERS: JOAN JOVIA, PRAISE AWINO,
ELIZABETH MARIAM and GIFTNILLA NIGHT
QUESTIONS: [12 Marks]
1. Write 8¾ in 1 decimal places
A. 8.75 B. 8.9 C. 8.8 D. 8.90
2. Find the length of a square whose area is 73.96m²
A. 8.6m B. 34.4m C. 36.98m D.8.6m²
3. Round off 176.5648 to the nearest thousandths.
A. 200 B. 176.569 C. 176.565 D. 176.58
4. Simplify 2/3(24x + 15y) + 3/5(15x+25y)
A. 25(x + y) B. 16 x + 10y C. 9x+15y D. 3(3x+5y)
5. A triangle has an area of 48cm². The length of the base of the triangle is (5x-4) cm and its height
is 6cm. What is the value of x.?
A. 4 B. 0.8 C. 8 D. 12
6. Factorize: m²+ 8m+ 16
A. (m+8) B. (m+8) (m+8) C. (m+8) ² D. (m-8) (m+8)
7. Auntie is four times as old as her daughter. In 12 years’ time she will be twice as old as her
daughter. What is the age of the auntie now?
A. 36 years B. 49 years B. 6 years C. 24 years
8. In Peter’s farm he hired 36 workers to plant for 16 days. If 4 workers did not turn up, how long
will it take to complete the work for the remaining workers?
A. 18 days B. 4 days B. 16 days D. 32 days
9. A prize giving day had 800 people. The ratio of men to women was 3:5. Later as the day
progressed 20 more men joined while 20 women left the ceremony. What was the new ratio of
men and women later in the day?
A. 2:4 B: 2:3 C. 3: 6 D. 3:3
10. Find the value of x in the equation: 2(3x-2) = 3x + 8
A. 4 B. 6 C. 12 4/5
11. Judy paid sh. 1350 for a dress after she was given a discount of sh. 150. What was the
percentage discount given?
A. 12.5% B. 112.5% C. 11.11% D. 10%
12. Fill the table: y=3x + 1
x 1 2 3 4
y
A. 4,7,10,13 B. 13,7,5,10 C. 5,8,10,14 D. 4,7,11,15
GROUP 1. MATHEMATICS- SECTION A [SERIES 2]
GROUP LEADER: MITCHEL JOY
GROUP MEMBERS: JOAN JOVIA, PRAISE AWINO,
ELIZABETH MARIAM and GIFTNILLA NIGHT
QUESTIONS: [10 Marks]
1. Find the area of the figure below:
(4x+10) cm
Width= (5x) cm
(6x-2) cm
A. 1020 cm² B. 80 cm² C. 1080 cm² D. 960 cm²
2. Simplify the inequality below: 5y < 2y + 9
A. y>3 B. y<3 C. y<5 y< 4
3. How much is the LCM of 40 and 60 greater than their GCD.
A. 120 B. 100 C. 240 D. 20
4. Tedima deposited some money in a saving account. He got sh. 120 as simple interest after 5
years. If the interest was calculated at the rate of 3% p.a. What was the amount he
deposited?
A. 800 B. 360 C. 600 D. 1200
5. The temperature of an ice cube was -20°C. After warming the ice for some time the new
temperature was 25°C. What was the rise in temperature?
A. 25°C B. 50°C C. 40°C D. 45°C
6. The map has a scale of 1 cm representing 2.5km. Find the actual distance represented by
5cm on the map.
A. 12.5km B. 1.25km C. 0.5 km D. 45km
7. Find the reciprocal of 6⅕.
A. 31/5 B. 5/13 C. 3/5 D. 4/5
8. Onesma walks 12km from home to school and takes 2hours. What is his average speed?
A. 2/12km/h B. 6km/h C. 5.6km/h D. 6.5km/h
9. An ice box is cylindrical in shape with radius of 14 cm and a height of 15 cm. If its mass is
50g. Calculate the density of the ice box in kg/m³.
A. 0.00541kg/m³ B. 5.411kg/m³ C. 5411kg/m³ D. 1kg/m³
10. Which is the smallest number that could be subtracted from 2731 to make it divisible by 11.
A. 3 B. 8 C. 4 D. 10
