Mathematics Activities Questions and Answers - Grade 5 Opener Exams Term 1 2023 Set 2

QUESTIONS  

1. There were 48780 people in a ward. What is the place value of digit 7 in the number? 
   1. Thousands
   2. Hundreds
   3. Ones
   4. Tens
2. A lorry carried 69,481kg of maize. How many kg are they in words?
   
   1. Sixty nine thousand four eighty one
   2. Sixy nine hundred four thousand and eighty one
   3. Sixty nine thousand four hundred and eighty one
   4. Sixty nine thousand four eight one
3. A tank contains 72,394 litres of water. How many litres of water are shown by digit 3?
   
   1. 300
   2. 30
   3. 3000
   4. 40
4. Kipkoech had 865 goats. Write this number in words.
   1. Eight hundred and sixty five
   2. Eight thousand and sixty five 
   3. Eighty size and five
   4. Eight thousand and sixty five
5. Oloo used 9, 5, 4 to form a 3 digit number. Which is the smallest number he formed?
   1. 945
   2. 459
   3. 559
   4. 954
6. The mass of a sheep was 27kg. What was the mass of the sheep to the nearest 10? 
   1. 40
   2. 20
   3. 30
   4. 14
7. The capacity of a tank is 84 litres. Write the capacity of the tank to the nearest 10?
   1. 70
   2. 81
   3. 80
   4. 45
8. A shopkeeper sells cups in groups of 5. Which of the following can be arranged in groups of 5? _______________________
   1. 146
   2. 130
   3. 97
   4. 236
9. The following girls were given seedlings to plant
   Susan 91 seedlings,
   Nixon 48 seedlings
   Tim 29 seedlings
   Ann 17 seedlings
   Who had even number of seedlings?
   1. Tim
   2. Nixon
   3. Susan
   4. Ann
10. A meeting had 4250 men and 2933 women. How many people were in the meeting?
    1. 8173
    2. 1317
    3. 8371
    4. 7183
11. What is the sum of 39 and 1735?
    1. 1874
    2. 1674
    3. 1774
    4. 1274
12. There were 6888 bags of wheat in a store. The storekeeper sold 5284 bags. Work out the number of remaining bags _____________
    1. 1604
    2. 1504
    3. 1304
    4. 1204
13. A packet of chalk has 12 pieces. How many pieces are in 13 packets?
    1. 146
    2. 136
    3. 126
    4. 156
14. A box has 34 mangoes. How many mangoes are in 20 boxes?
    1. 660
    2. 680
    3. 54
    4. 74
15. There are 12 pencils in a packet. How many pencils are there in 5 such packets?
    1. 50
    2. 40
    3. 18
    4. 60
16. A teacher had 64 exercise books. He shared them equally among 8 learners. How many books did each learner get? ________________
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 7
    4. 6
17. Seventy two eggs were shared equally among 9 boys. How many eggs did each boy get? ______________________
    1. 9
    2. 7
    3. 8
    4. 6
18. Convert 5¹/₃, to improper fraction
    1. ⁵/₃
    2. ⁶/₃
    3. ¹⁵/₃
    4. ¹⁶/₃
19.  Convert ⁹/₅, into mixed fraction
    1. 1³/₅
    2. 1⁴/₅
    3. 1²/₅
    4. 1¹/₅
20. Write ¹⁶/₁₀₀ as a decimal
    1. 0.16
    2. 1.6
    3. 0.016
    4. 0.0016
21. A string is 8m long. What is the length of the string in cm?
    1. 8000
    2. 80
    3. 800
    4. 8
22. What is the perimeter of the shape below?
    
    1. 55cm
    2. 66cm
    3. 45cm
    4. 18cm
23. What is the perimeter of the shape below?
    
    1.  30cm
    2. 35cm
    3. 39cm
    4. 40cm
24. A sugarcane was cut into two pieces of length 1m 28cm and 2m 40cm. How long was the sugarcane?
    1. 3m 68cm
    2. 2m 67cm
    3. 1m 68cm
    4. 3m 67cm
25. A fencing post 3m 40cm was cut from a pole 7m long. Work out the length of the remaining part?
    1. 3m 60cm
    2. 3m 68cm
    3. 2m 67cm
    4. 3m 67cm
26. Multiply: 3m 12cm by 4
    1. 10m 48cm
    2. 11m 47cm
    3. 12m 48cm
    4. 11m 48cm
27. Kariuki had a wire 16m 20cm. He cut the wire into 5 equal pieces. What was the length of each piece? _______________________
    1. 3m 24cm 
    2. 2m 23cm
    3. 3m 23cm
    4. 3m 20cm
28. Work out: 
    1. 4m 3cm
    2. 2m 3cm
    3. 4m 4cm
    4. 4m 5cm
29. How many ½kg are in 4kg?
    1. 8
    2. 9
    3. 6
    4. 2

Find the volume of these shapes

30.  
    
    1. 6
    2. 8
    3. 9
    4. 10
31.  
    
    
    1. 16
    2. 63
    3. 12
    4. 64
32. Which one of the following is a right angle?
    
33. The following girls were present in grade five on Monday
    
    How many girls were present? _________________________
    1. 16
    2. 17
    3. 18
    4. 19
34. There are 2x girls and 4y boys in a class. How many pupils are there in the class?
    1. 2x + 4y
    2. 2x + 2
    3. y + 2x
    4. 2x + 3y
35. 7d − 4d =
    1. 4d
    2. 11d
    3. 7d − 4d
    4. 3d
36. 4p + 5p =
    1. P
    2. 9p
    3. 2p
    4. 5p
37. Multiply 70 by 9
    1. 530
    2. 430
    3. 630
    4. 400
38. What fraction is shaded?
    
    1. ⁴/₁₀
    2. ⁶/₁₀
    3. ³/₁₀
    4. ⁵/₁₀
39. Take away 18 from 56 and round off the answer to the nearest 10
    1. 74
    2. 64
    3. 40
    4. 12
40. 
    1. 13 rem 2
    2. 13 rem 4
    3. 11 rem 2
    4. 14 rem 3

MARKING SCHEME

1. B
2. C
3. A
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. C
8. B
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. A
13. D
14. B
15. D
16. A
17. C
18. D
19. B
20. A
21. C
22. B
23. D
24. A
25. A
26. C
27. A
28. D
29. A
30. B
31. D
32. C
33. C
34. A
35. D
36. B
37. C
38. A
39. C
40. B