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

QUESTIONS

1. The population of Mwamba county was three hundred and nine thousand and nineteen people. What is this number written in symbols?
   1. 30 990
   2. 390 019
   3. 309 019
   4. 300 919
2. In a certain animal orphanage, there were 46 521 gazelles. What is the total value of digit 6 in this number?
   1. Thousands
   2. Six thousand
   3. 600
   4. Tens of thousands
3. Find the least common multiple of twenty four and thirty six.
   1. 12
   2. 48
   3. 144
   4. 72
4. In the year 2022, a farmers' sacco harvested 248 618 bags of beans. This year, they harvested 366 211 bags. How many bags were harvested in the two years?
   1. 614 829
   2. 624 729
   3. 614 729
   4. 624 829
5. A cabinet minister distributed 960 seedlings equally to 80 farmers. How many seedlings did each farmer get?
   1. 102
   2. 120
   3. 12
   4. 880
6. In a politics crowd, there were 108 people. Each one of them was given 86 posters to go and stick along the street.
   How many posters were given out altogether?
   1. 9 198
   2. 9288
   3. 9378
   4. 9 188
7. Maimuna had ⁷/₉ , litres of water. She used ⁸/₉, litres. How much water was she left with?
   1. ⁹/₁₂ litres
   2. ²/₉ litres
   3. ¹²/₉ litres
   4. ²/₀ litres
8. What is the next number in the pattern below?
   39, 48, 57, 66,______
   1. 96
   2. 75
   3. 72
   4. 84
9. Take away 1.18 from 4.26.
   1. 3.08
   2. 3.18
   3. 2.08
   4. 2.18
10. What is the HCF of 45 and 60?
    1. 100
    2. 30
    3. 15
    4. 108
11. Kipchoge covered a total distance of 2 756 m during a cross country marathon race. How many kilometres and metres were these?
    1. 2 km  756 m
    2. 27 km 56 m
    3. 275 km 6 m
    4. 2756 km 0 m
12. The figure below represents Amunga's plot of land.
    
    One day, Amunga walked round the plot of land once. What distance did he cover in total?
    1. 14 200m
    2. 14 km 20m
    3. 1 km 420m
    4. 142 km
13. Mrs. Mwangi prepared some juice for her visitors. The total capacity was 40 litres 800 ml. If each visitor took 5 litres and 100 ml, how many visitors were there?
    1. Ten
    2. Eight
    3. Eighteen
    4. Twelve
14. Below is a container in the shape of a cuboid.
    
    What is its volume?
    1. 120 m³
    2. 1200m³
    3. 12 m³
    4. 12 000 m³
15. A pig weighs 110 kg while a sheep weighs 65 kg. How heavier is the pig than the sheep?
    1. 450 kg
    2. 45 000 kg
    3. 45 g
    4. 45 000 g
16. What is the area of a square whose side is 19 cm?
    1. 3 610cm²
    2. 3 061 cm²
    3. 361 cm²
    4. 3 601 cm²
17. A cartoon program lasted for 1 680 seconds. How many minutes are these?
    1. 18
    2. 28
    3. 38
    4. 280
18. Work out:
    6 √ 13 kg 200g
    1. 79 kg 200 g
    2. 2 kg 1200 g
    3. 3 kg 200 g
    4. 2 kg 200 g
19. Container A had a capacity of 66 litres 750 millilitres. Container B had a capacity of 29 litres 540 millilitres. What was the total capacity of the two containers?
    1. 95 litres 1 290 millilitres 
    2. 86 litres 290 millilitres
    3. 95 litres 290 millilitres
    4. 96 litres 290 millilitres
20. Below is a square whose area has been indicated.
    
    What is the length of the side labelled L?
    1. 14 cm
    2. 16 cm
    3. 13 cm
    4. 15 cm
21. Which of the following shows a wrong line of symmetry?
    
22. Which of the following statements is true of an acute angle? It is
    1. greater than a right angle.
    2. less than a right angle.
    3. equal to an obtuse angle.
    4. equal to a reflex angle.
23. Chomba drew a figure like the one drawn below.
    
    What does it represent?
    1. A quarter turn
    2. A full turn
    3. An anticlockwise turn
    4. A clockwise turn
24. Which shape forms when two squares are joined at the sides?
    1. A rectangle
    2. An oval
    3. A bigger square
    4. A triangle
25. Any triangle
    1. has all sides equal.
    2. has three angles.
    3. has four sides.
    4. has opposite sides parallel.
26. Mwema bought 43 sheep. During a graduation ceremony, r sheep were slaughtered. If the remaining sheep were 16, how many of them were slaughtered?
    1. 37
    2. 27
    3. 59
    4. 17
27. Maundu bought x oranges and divided them equally among his 4 daughters. If three oranges remained, which of the following expressions can be used to know the number of oranges Maundu bought?
    1. (x+4)+3
    2. (x x 4)+3
    3. 3-(x+4)
    4. x + (3 x 4)

The table below shows the number of people who participated in various sports activities.

28. How many women took part in the first three sports activities?
    1. 48
    2. 87
    3. 58
    4. 73
29. How many more women than men participated in volleyball?
    1. 19
    2. 9
    3. 45
    4. 54
30. How many people took part in athletics?
    1. 143
    2. 121
    3. 264
    4. 70

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