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

QUESTIONS  

1. In Babalao county, the total population of Grade 5 learners is 24 761. What is this number in words?
   
   1. Two thousand, four hundred and seventy six thousand and one.
   2. Two thousand, four hundred and seventy thousand and sixty one.
   3. Twenty four thousand, seven hundred and sixty one.
   4. Twenty four thousand, six hundred and seventy one.
2. A teacher wrote the number 86 430 on the board. He later asked Nyang'au to state the total value of the underlined digit. What was Nyang'au's correct answer?
   
   1. 600
   2. 6000
   3. 60 000
   4. 60
3. Grade five East has thirty five learners, Grade 5 North has 34 learners and Grade 5 south has 33 learners. What is the total number of Grade 5 learners to the nearest hundred?
   
   1. 102
   2. 200
   3. 202
   4. 100
4. A number is divisible with 5 if the last digit is 
   1. 2
   2. 0
   3. 0 or 5
   4. 5
5. 48 farmers transplanted 16 seedlings each. How many seedlings were transplanted altogether?
   
   1. 768
   2. 64
   3. 668
   4. 54
6. During Tuyu's birthday ceremony, 9 of his classmates attended. If 5 of them were boys, what part of the classmates were girls?
   1. ⁵/₉
   2. ¹/₉
   3. ⁴/₉
   4. ⁹/₁₀
7. There were 56 players to be ferried to a tournament. A motorbike rider carried 3 players per trip. How many players were carried in the last trip?
   1. 5
   2. 2
   3. 7
   4. 1
8. Out of 2 642 sacks of maize harvested, 1 349 were sold and the rest kept in the store. How many sack were kept in the store?
   1. 1 293
   2. 3 991
   3. 1 283
   4. 3 891
9. In the number 13.46, which digit is in the ones place value?
   1. 1
   2. 3
   3. 4
   4. 6
10. A member of County Assembly shared 99 bales of maize flour equally to 9 families. How many bales did each family receive?
    1. 90
    2. 891
    3. 10
    4. 11

Use the map below to answer the following questions.

11. Mawingu rode his bike from the police station to the school, went back to the police station and finally rode to the recreation facility. What distance did he cover?
    
    1. 110 m
    2. 141 m
    3. 196 m
    4. 282 m
12. How far is it from police station to the recreation facility than from the school to the recreation facility?
    
    1. 141 m
    2. 29 m
    3. 31 m
    4. 33 m

Study the figure below and use it to answer the following questions.

13. How many columns are in the figure above?
    
    1. 5
    2. 10
    3. 50
    4. 40
14. How many rows are there?
    
    1. 10
    2. 40
    3. 50
    4. 5
15. What is the area of the figure above?
    1. 10 square units. 
    2. 55 square units.
    3. 50 square units.
    4. 40 square units.
16. Wanyama's goat is 63 kg while his sheep is 69 kg. What is the total mass of the animals?
    
    1. 172 kg
    2. 132 kg
    3. 162 kg
    4. 122 kg
17. Study the diagrams below.
    
    How many jugs of water does Maria need to fill the sufuria?
    1. 18
    2. 10
    3. 40
    4. 20
18. Which of the following consists of wants only?
    1. Maize, beans
    2. Radio, television
    3. Banana, cabbage
    4. Rice, blouse
19. A Mathematics lesson ended at 10.35 am. If the lesson started 2100 seconds ago, which of the following clockfaces shows the time the lesson started?
    
20. Ali had a 90 kg sack of maize. He sold 20 kg and took 15 kg home for consumption and stored the rest. How many kilograms were stored?
    1. 65 kg
    2. 125 kg
    3. 35 kg
    4. 55 kg
21. Some learners were asked to name the properties of a rectangle.
    Yuda: -  It has four right angles.
    Pilato: - All sides are equal and parallel.
    Kaisari: - It is a four sided figure.
    Herode: - All the interior angles add up to 360°
    Who among the learners was wrong?
    1. Herode
    2. Pilato
    3. Kaisari
    4. Yuda
22. Eight Grade 5 learners shared r exercise books equally. If one book remained, which of the following expressions can be used to find the total number of the books before sharing?
    1. (r+8) + 1
    2. 1 − (8xr)
    3. 8 − (1xr)
    4. (8+r) +1
23. Kabambe was given 15 balloons to share with with his friends. p of them were white while 6 of them were blue. How many ballons were white?
    1. 21
    2. 20
    3. 9
    4. 10
24. Which of the following is an obtuse angle
    
25. Mr Karanga drew a diagram like the one drawn below
    
    The diagran Mr. Karanga drew represents?
    1. Clockwise turn.
    2. Quarter turn.
    3. Anti clockwise turn.
    4. Full turn.
26. Which of the following is the next shape in the pattern below?
    

The table below shows the types of foods enjoyed by learners at Afyabora restaurant

27. What was the total number of learners who enjoyed chapati, beans and ugali, matumbo?
    1. 28
    2. 18
    3. 10
    4. 8
28. Which food was least liked?
    1. Chips, fish
    2. Ugali, matumbo
    3. Rice, stew
    4. Matoke, greens
29. How many more learners took chips, fish than those who took rice, stew?
    1. 26
    2. 15
    3. 4
    4. 11
30. In total how many learners enjoyed different foods in Afyabora restaurant
    1. 73
    2. 43
    3. 63
    4. 53

MARKING SCHEME

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