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QUESTION;

1. What is sixty seven million one hundred and seven thousand eight hundred and thirty four in symbols?
   1. 67017834
   2. 67107834
   3. 67701834
   4. 67107384
2. What is the total value of digit 4 in the quotient of 487420+20?
   1. 24371
   2. 24731
   3. 4000
   4. 400
3. The size of Africa is 30335000km. Round off the size to the nearest hundred thousands.
   1. 30335000
   2. 30000000
   3. 30340000
   4. 30300000
4. What is 12 (87-22)-48+8?
   1. 74
   2. 86
   3. 79
   4. 80
5. What is the square root of the next number in the pattern
   5, 10, 15, 20,?
   1. 6
   2. 5
   3. 25
   4. 35
6. What is the value of 1⁄2 of (10-4)+% of 8+2-2x6+4?
   1. 4
   2. 6
   3. 3
   4. 8
7. Kambo has x books, Susan has 5 more books than Kambo. Borine has three books less than the total number that Kambo and Susan have. How many books do they have altogether?
   1. 4x+13
   2. 4x+3
   3. 4x+7
   4. 4x-3
8. What is the value of 77834+138384+328493?
   1. 406327
   2. 544711
   3. 466877
   4. 547411
9. In Green Pastures school library, 64% the books are in Mathematics, 24% are in Science and the rest in Kiswahili language. What is the total number of books in the school library if the Kiswahili books are 48?
   1. 352
   2. 400
   3. 96
   4. 256
10. A square farm has an area of 7.29km2 What is the measure of each side in metres?
    1. 0.027m
    2. 2700m
    3. 2.7m
    4. 2700m
11. The figure below represents a feeding trough whose dimensions are as shown.
    
    What is its total surface area?
    1. 15939cm2
    2. 15993cm2
    3. 15592.5cm2
    4. 1831.5cm2
12. The solid figure below was drawn by teacher Tom on the chalkboard. 
    
    What is the area of the shaded part?
    1. 794cm2
    2. 1176cm3
    3. 1928cm3
    4. 749cm3
13. The total area of four square tiles is 121cm. What is the length of each tile?
    1. 15% cm
    2. 2 cm
    3. 51⁄2 cm
    4. 30cm
14. A trader bought two television sets each Sh. 33,500. She later sold them for sh. 60,000 after 2 years. What is the loss she made on each television?
    1. sh. 7,000
    2. sh. 3,500
    3. sh. 30,000
    4. sh. 16,750
15. The volume of a cylindrical container is 12936cm'. If its height is 21cm, find the diameter of the container. (Take л=%)
    1. 14cm
    2. 28cm
    3. 42cm
    4. 21cm
16. A Science textbook has 164 sheets of paper and a cover. Each sheet of paper has a mass of 5 grams and the cover has a mass of 25g. Find the mass of the book in kilograms.
    1. 820
    2. 845
    3. 0.845
    4. 0.82
17. A square field has a side measuring 50m. How many times should Kamau go round the plot to cover 5 kilometres?
    1. 250
    2. 100
    3. 25
    4. 250
18. Kinyua went round the figure below three times.
    
    What is the total distance covered by Kinyua after going three times around the figure? (Take лt=2%)
    1. 282m
    2. 846m
    3. 564m
    4. 249m
19. In the figure below ABC =110', PCB = 60° and angle DPC is 35°. Line XDC is parallel to line PBA.
    
    What is the size of angle XDP?
    1. 110°
    2. 95°
    3. 85°
    4. 35°
20. The diagram below is an incomplete parallelogram KLMN. Complete the parallelogram and draw diagonals to intersect at O.
    
    What is the measure of the longest diagonal in centimetres?
    1. 3.7cm
    2. 6.5cm
    3. .7.9cm
    4. 3.9cm
21. A school received 256 litres of milk packed in 2 decilitre packets. If the packets were in crates each holding 32 packets, how many crate were received?
    1. 4
    2. 8
    3. 16
    4. 40
22. In the figure below ADE is a straight line. Line AD = line AC. Line DE = DC. Line AB is parallel to line DC. Angle DEC= 25° and angle ABC is a right angle.
    
    What is the size of angle BCA?
    1. 50°
    2. 10°
    3. 80°
    4. 40°
23. What is 25:75 in its simplest form?
    1. 1:3
    2. 3:1
    3. 5:15
    4. 75:25
24. The following are properties of a certain quadrilateral.
    • All sides are equal
    • Opposite sides are parallel and equal
    • Diagonals are not equal
    • Diagonals bisect each other at a right angle.
      Which of the following has the properties described above?
      1. Square
      2. Rhombus
      3. Parallelogram
      4. Rectangle
25. A watch loses 5 seconds after every 2 hours. If it was correctly set on Thursday at 2.00pm, what time will it show the following Thursday at 2:00pm?
    1. 1.53pm
    2. 1.53am
    3. 2.07am
    4. 2.07pm
26. The table below shows the amount of sugar in kilograms sold in a Richard's shop in 6 days.

    Days	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
    Kgs	40	36	44	32	42	46

    What was the mean sale of sugar in kilograms for the six days?
    1. 32
    2. 46
    3. 240
    4. 40
27. Justin deposited sh. 170,000 in a savings bank that paid simple interest at the rate of 14% p.a. He withdrew all the interest after 11⁄2 years. How much did he withdraw?
    1. sh. 205700
    2. sh. 35700
    3. sh. 13566
    4. sh. 207366
28. A lorry covered a distance of 200km in 3 hours. It then covered another distance at a speed of 60km/hr for 2hours. What was the average speed for the whole journey?
    1. 37km/hr
    2. 64km/hr
    3. 31km/hr
    4. 37.3km/hr
29. The figure below is a trapezium whose area is 864m'. Its height is 16cm and one of the parallel sides is 48m.
    
    What is the measure of the part labelled x in metres?
    1. 108cm
    2. 60cm
    3. 12cm
    4. 20cm
30. What is the value of 2r+q  if p=4, q=2p+1 and r-q+2?
                                        p
    1. 7%
    2. 5%
    3. 10
    4. 72
31. The price of a crate of tomatoes increased in the ratio of 6:5. What would be the new price of the crate of tomatoes if the original price was sh. 2,600?
    1. sh. 3,120
    2. sh. 2,166
    3. sh. 2,600
    4. sh. 5,720
32. What is the value of 4x + 7 given that x is 1⁄2?
    1. 11 
    2. 2
    3. 9
    4. 7
33. What is 387.2775 rounded off to the nearest thousandths?
    1. 387.0000
    2. 387.280
    3. 387.278
    4. 387.088
34. The distance between two villages on a map is 12cm. If the actual distance between the two villages is 18km, what is the scale on the map in the ratio form?
    1. 1:1500000
    2. 1:1500
    3. 1:15000
    4. 1:150,000
35. The length of a rectangular plot is represented by the expression (3x+5) and its breadth by (x-3)cm. If the perimeter of a rectangular plot is 68m, what is the actual length of the rectangle?
    1. 120m
    2. 5m
    3. 29m
    4. 34m
36. The table below shows distances between four towns in kilometres.
    
    What is the distance from N to K via L?
    1. 115 km
    2. 220 km
    3. 160 km
    4. 140 km
37. Joy, a salesgirl is paid a basic salary of sh. 3200 plus commission on sales above sh. 10,000. In a certain month she earned a total sh. 7200 after selling goods worth sh 50,000. What was the percentage commission given?
    1. 11%
    2. 18%
    3. 10%
    4. .8%
38. What is the value of x in³/₅ x+1=5?
                                                  2
    1. 8
    2. 5
    3. 12⁴/₁₅ 
    4. 9
39. A number m is multiplied by 6 and then 10 is added to the result. The answer is 40. Which of the following equations is correct?
    1. m+16=40
    2. 6m=50
    3. 16m=40
    4. 6m+10=40
40. Abraham paid sh. 42500 for a television set after the price of the television was reduced by sh. 7500. Calculate the percentage discount he was allowed?
    1. 115%
    2. 25%
    3. 15%
    4. 20%
41. A rectangular farm measuring 300m by 240m was fenced all round leaving a 4m space for a gate. How many poles were used if the intervals were 4 metres apart?
    1. 270
    2. 271
    3. 269
    4. 1080
42. Draw a triangle ABC in which AB=6cm, BC=7.5cm and angle ABC=85°. Draw a circle to touch its vertices. What is the radius of the circle?
    1. 2cm
    2. 4.6cm
    3. 9.2cm
    4. 0.4cm
43. What is the value of 7.2 x 0.102 ?
                                         0.36
    1. 2.04
    2. 204
    3. 0.24
    4. 0.024
44. Find the square root of 156%
    1. 156
    2. 12/2
    3. 11¹/₂ 
    4. 623/4
45. After an increase of 15kg the mass of a bag of maize became 90kg. What was the percentage increase?
    1. 10%
    2. 83¹/₃%
    3. 16%%
    4. 20%
46. The pie chart below shows the number of fruits in a basket
    
    If there were 12 pineapples in the basket, how many more oranges than mangoes were there?
    1. 16
    2. 52
    3. 36
    4. 144
47. The marked price of a pair of shoes is sh. 1500. Hellen was given a 15% discount when she bought it on cash. How much should she sell it to make a 20% profit?
    1. sh. 225
    2. sh. 1275
    3. sh. 1530
    4. sh. 1500
48. Which one of the following will not form a right angled triangle?
    1. 25cm, 15cm, 20cm
    2. 5cm, 12cm, 13cm
    3. 9cm, 16cm, 125cm
    4. 11cm, 60cm, 61cm
49. What is the value of 4.3 +2.3 correct to 2 decimal places?
    1. 1.870
    2. 1.87
    3. 1.86
    4. 1.869
50. The bar graph below shows the number of kilogrames of fat sold in a shop in five days.
    
    In which pair of consecutive days was the total sales the highest?
    1. Wednesday and Thursday
    2. Thursday and Friday
    3. Friday and Monday
    4. Tuesday and Wednesday

MARKING SCHEME 

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