Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 End Term 2 Exam 2023 Set 1

1. In a certain county, there are six hundred and sixty thousand, six hundred and six people. What is the number of people written in symbols?
   1. 666606
   2. 660606
   3. 6006606
   4. 666666
2. There were 94569 antelopes in our country. What is the place value of digit 4?
   1. Tens of thousands
   2. 90000
   3. Thousands
   4. 9000
3. Abdi had shs. 94578 in his bank account. What was the amount rounded off to the nearest thousand?
   1. 90,000
   2. 94600
   3. 95000
   4. 94000
4. A square mat is 28cm long. What is the area of the mat?
   1. 112cm²
   2. 56cm²
   3. 784cm²
   4. 784cm²
5. Grade 6 learners of Bidii primary school used the digits 4, 9, 7, 2 and 0 to form numbers. Which is the smallest 5 digit number that can be formed by the digits?
   1. 20479
   2. 97420
   3. 24890
   4. 02479
6. The amount paid by five different companies was as follows.
   
   

   Company	W	X	Y	X
   Amount	695624	695246	695462	695642

   
   Which company paid the highest amount of money?
   1. Z
   2. W
   3. Y
   4. X
7. In a certain school there were 956 pupils. Each pupil was given 18 books. How many books were given out altogether?
   1. 8604
   2. 974
   3. 17208
   4. 53 remainder 2
8. What is the shortest possible length of rope from which equal pieces of ropes measuring 15cm, 20cm and 40cm can be cut?
   1. 5cm
   2. 240cm
   3. 60cm
   4. 120cm
9. Martha had ¾ litres of milk. She used ¹/₃ litres to make tea. How much milk remained?
   1. 1 ¹/₁₂
   2. 2L
   3. ½L
   4. ⁵/₁₂L
10. Moses scored ¹⁷/₂₀ in Mathematics. What was his mark expressed as a percentage?
    1. 85%
    2. 17%
    3. 68%
    4. 75%
11. The length of a square room is 7²/₅ What is the area of the room?
    1. 14⁴/₅m²
    2. 49⁴/₂₅m²
    3. 54¹⁹/₂₄m²
    4. 29³/₅m²
12. The perimeter of the rectangle below is 60cm. The length of the rectangle is 18cm. What is the width of the rectangle?
                                       
    1. 15cm
    2. 12cm
    3. 24cm
    4. 42cm
13. The distance from Nathan's home to school is 2km 90m. What is the distance in metres?
    1. 290m
    2. 2090m
    3. 2900m
    4. 20090m
14. Grade 6 learners were asked to convert ²/₅ into a decimal. Who gave the correct answer?
    1. Agnes      -       0.4
    2. James      -       0.6
    3. Peter        -       0.25
    4. David        -      0.75
15. Which of the following is not a value of pi (π)?
    1. 3¹/₇
    2. 3.14
    3. ²²/₇
    4. 3¹/₆
16. Line ABC below is a straight line. Angle ABD is 135°.
                      
    Calculate angle CBD.
    1. 65°
    2. 35°
    3. 45°
    4. 55°
17. The length of a ribbon is 25cm 6mm. What is the length of the ribbon in millimetres?
    1. 2560mm
    2. 31mm
    3. 256mm
    4. 216mm
18. The figure below represents Aaron's plot of land. What is the area of the plot of land?
                                  
    1. 260m
    2. 220m²
    3. 260m²
    4.  220m
19. Change ⁷²/₇ into improper fraction.
    1. 7²/₇
    2. ²/₇₂
    3. ⁷²/₂
    4. 10²/₇
20. Eunice was playing a digital game. She scored 19.8439 points. What is the place value of digit 3?
    1. Thousandths
    2. Hundredths
    3. Tenths
    4. Thousands
21. Grade 6 learners were asked to solve the problem shown below.
    32 – 27 ÷ 9 + 5
    Who gave the correct answer?
    1. Jeremy    -    34
    2. Tess        -     24
    3. Tehilla     -    5⁵/₉
    4. Malcolm  -    18
22. Which of the following is not a 3D figure?
                              
23. Grade 6 learners were asked to name their favourite colours. The information was represented using blocks of wood as shown below. Each block of wood represented five learners.
                                  
    Which was the most favourite colour?
    1. Red
    2. Blue
    3. Grey
    4. Yellow
24. How many ¼kg packets of bread can one get from 28kg?
    1. 7
    2. 56
    3. 14
    4. 112
25. Work out 18.4 – 8.456
    1. 9.056
    2. 9.944
    3. 10.056
    4. 10.944
26. What is the next number in the sequence below?
    2, 4, 8, 16, 32, ___
    1. 64
    2. 60
    3. 48
    4. 40
27. Write the fraction ⁴⁸/₇₂  in its the simplest form.
    1. ²⁴/₃₆
    2. ¹²/₁₈
    3. ²/₃
    4. ³/₄
28. Joan had 5893 marbles. She gave Ken 2368 marbles. She later bought 1965 marbles. How many marbles did Joan have at the end?
    1. 3525
    2. 1560
    3. 10226
    4. 5490
29. An athlete took 12minutes and 40seconds to complete a race. What was the time taken in seconds?
    1. 760 seconds
    2. 720 seconds
    3. 1240 seconds
    4. 160 seconds
30. The table below shows the price of items in a shop.
     

    Item	Price
    One packet of milk	shs. 60.00
    1 loaf of bread	shs. 72.00
    2kg of maize flour	shs. 250.00
    1kg of rice	shs. 180.00

    
    Marion bought two packets of milk, 1 loaf of bread, 1kg of rice and 2kg of maize flour. She gave the shopkeeper shs. 1000 note. How much balance did she get?
    1. shs. 622
    2. shs. 378
    3. shs. 562
    4. shs. 438

MARKING SCHEME

1. B
2. C
3. C
4. D
5. A
6. A
7. C
8. D
9. D
10. A
11. C
12. B
13. B
14. A
15. D
16. C
17. C
18. B
19. D
20. A
21. A
22. C
23. B
24. D
25. B
26. A
27. C
28. D
29. A
30. B