Mathematics Questions and Answers - Grade 6 Mid Term 1 Exams 2023 Set 3

QUESTIONS

1. A company sold goods worth eight hundred and nine thousand, five hundred and ten shillings. Write the amount of money in words.
   1. Sh. 890 510
   2. Sh. 809 510
   3. Sh. 8 009 510
   4. Sh.80 950 010
2. Arrange the following numbers in descending order.
   77 777, 70 000, 70 777, 70 077, 70 007
   
   1. 70 000, 70 077, 70 077, 70 777, 70 007
   2. 70 007, 70 000, 70 777, 70 077, 70 777
   3. 77 777, 70 777, 70 077, 70 007, 70 000
   4. 70 777, 77 777, 70 077, 70 000, 70 007
3. The number of people who attended a meeting was 49 999. What was the number of people rounded off to the nearest thousand?
   
   1. 50 000
   2. 49 900
   3. 40 000
   4. 49 000
4. What is the product of:
   √169 and 14²?
   
   1. 183
   2. 2548
   3. 2438
   4. 209
5. A school uses 4 500 litres of water daily. How many litres of water does it use in 4 days?
   1. 4 504L
   2. 1, 800L
   3. 16 000L
   4. 18 000L
6. What is 96 ÷ 6 x 3 + 15 − 8?
   
   1. 63
   2. 280
   3. 55
   4. 85
7. A roll of wire 49m 20cm long was cut into 5 equal pieces. How long was each piece?
   
   1. 9m 4cm
   2.  8m 40cm
   3. 10m 40cm
   4. 9m 84cm
8. What is the area of the figure below?
   
   
   1. 180cm
   2. 54cm 
   3. 180cm²
   4. 54cm²
9. John bought 20kg of rice. He packed the rice in ¼kg packet. How many packets did he get?
   
   1. 40
   2. 80
   3. 10
   4. 5
10. Which one of the following is a mixed fraction?
    1. 6¹/₇
    2. ⁴⁹/₈
    3. ⁴/₁₃
    4. ⁶³/₁₀
11. Write the shaded part as a decimal
    
    1. 0.5
    2. 0.6
    3. 0.7
    4. 0.4
12. What is the shortest length of a sugarcane from which equal pieces of sugarcane measuring 18cm, 15cm and 12cm can be cut?
    
    1. 3cm
    2. 90cm
    3. 36cm
    4. 180cm
13. What is the place value of digit 8 in. 36.758?
    
    1. Hundredths
    2. Tenths
    3. Thousandths
    4. Ones
14. James harvested 89.596kg of cassava. He sold 37.498kg of cassava. What mass remained?  
    1. 52.102kg
    2. 127.094kg
    3. 116.094kg
    4. 52.098kg
15. How many metres are there in 140 000cm?
    
    1. 140m
    2. 1400m
    3. 14m
    4. 14 000m
16. What is the volume of the box below?
    
    1. 528cm³
    2. 25cm³
    3. 488cm³
    4. 528cm²
17. How many small containers can fill the big container?
    
    1. 40
    2. 100
    3. 1 000
    4. 4 0008.
18. Arrange the following fractions in an increasing order.
    ⁴/₉, ²/₃, ⁵/₉, ¹/₃
    1.  ²/_3, ⁵/_9,⁴/_9,¹/₃
    2. ¹/_3, ²/_3,⁴/_9, ⁵/₉
    3. ¹/_3, ⁴/_9, ⁵/_9, ²/_3, 
    4. ²/_3,⁴/_9, ⁵/_9, ¹/₃
19. The distance from Moraa's home. to school is 54km 200m. He walked for 48km 350m and cycled the rest of the journey. What distance did he cycle to school?
    
    1. 5km 850m
    2. 92km 550m
    3. 12km 850m
    4. 102km 550m
20. Mercy divided 20 minutes 40 seconds by 4. What answer did she get?
    
    1. 80 minutes 160 seconds 
    2. 81 minutes   60 seconds
    3. 20 minutes   44 seconds
    4.  5 minutes   10 seconds
21. Below is a clock face showing the time after the lunch break.
    
    What would be the time after two hours? 
    
    1. 1:15p.m
    2. 5:00p.m
    3. 3:00p.m
    4. 3:15p.m
22. Peter took 6 hours 34 minutes to drive to the market. He also went to the dispensary and took 2 hours 46 minutes. How much time did he take from home to the dispensary?
    1. 8hr 80 min
    2. 8hr 20 min
    3. 9hr 80 min
    4. 9hr 20 min
23. Work out the following.
    Litres       ml
      89         40
    −63         90   
                           
    
    1. 152l 130ml
    2. 25l  950ml
    3. 26l    50ml
    4. 25l    50ml
24. Beatrice had 36 litres 450millilitres of milk. She sold it equally among her six customers. How much milk did each customer get?
    
    1. 6l   75ml
    2. 8l   65ml
    3. 8l   75ml
    4. 6l   30ml
25. Stacy carns a salary of sh. 15 000. Her monthly tax is sh. 1 225. How much does she get in a month?
    
    1. Sh. 15 225
    2. Sh. 13 775
    3. Sh. 14 225
    4. Sh. 16 225
26. Which of the following is not a service provided by banks
    1. Depositing money.
    2. Saving money.
    3. Preparing budgets.
    4. Safe keeping of items. 
27. Brenda bought the following items in a shop.
    
    1. A bar of soap at sh. 100
    2. A pencil at sh. 20
    3. A dress at sh. 250
    4. A packet of milk at sh. 80
       She gave the shopkeeper sh.1 000. How much balance did she get?
       1. Sh. 550
       2. Sh. 50
       3. Sh. 1 450
       4. Sh. 450 
28. Which one of the following is a 3-D object?
    
29. A farmer has m bananas in the basket. He gave 24 of them to his children and was left with 16 bananas. How many bananas did he have?
    
    1. 40
    2. 12
    3. 30
    4. 8
30. The following are properties of a certain shape.
    
    1. Opposite sides are equal.
    2. There are two lines of symmetry.
    3. All the four angles are equal.
    4. Each angle is a right angle.
       The shape described above is a
       1. square.
       2. rectangle.
       3. triangle.
       4. circle.

MARKING SCHEME

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