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Section A — Multiple Choice (20 items)

  1. 1
    Which of the following numbers is an integer? $\tfrac{1}{2},\; 5\tfrac{1}{2},\; -8,\; 0.6$
  2. 2
    Three buckets hold 16 L, 12 L and 20 L. What is the largest container size that fills each bucket an exact number of times?
  3. 3
    Round $2,486,712$ to the nearest hundred thousand.
  4. 4
    A litre of petrol costs KSh 199.08. Write this price to 2 significant figures.
  5. 5
    Which expression is equivalent to $p^2$?
  6. 6
    For the line $4x-3y-7=0$, what is the gradient?
  7. 7
    Joel takes at least 20 minutes to walk to school. Which inequality represents his time $x$ (in minutes)?
  8. 8
    Otieno and Karisa’s purchases are shown by $\begin{pmatrix}6&5&13\\12&3&4\end{pmatrix}$. What is the order of this matrix?
  9. 9
    A tube leans against a wall. Its foot is 3.6 m from the wall and its top is 2.7 m up the wall. Which gives the tube’s length?
  10. 10
    A semi-circular tablecloth has a diameter of 42 cm. What ribbon length is needed to bind its outer edge? (Use $\pi=\tfrac{22}{7}$)
  11. 11
    A dairy sells yoghurt in cylindrical cups (diameter 7 cm, height 10 cm). If 385 litres are sold, how many cups are used?
  12. 12
    Nyaboke walks to market at 4 km/h, taking 30 minutes. She returns in 40 minutes. What is her speed on the return journey?
  13. 13
    Mueni measures a liquid at $48^\circ\text{C}$. Which operation converts this to Kelvin?
  14. 14
    A shop offers 10% discount. Ahmed pays sh 720 for a shirt. Which calculation finds the marked price?
  15. 15
    The base of a litter bin is a regular pentagon. What is the size of each interior angle?
  16. 16
    A pole stands vertically on flat ground. What angle does it make with the ground?
  17. 17
    Which of the following correctly gives the coordinates of point $R$ at $(-3,-2)$?
  18. 18
    On a map, 70 m is shown as 2.8 cm. What is the scale?
  19. 19
    A 3.2 m ladder makes a $30^\circ$ angle with a vertical wall. How far is its foot from the wall?
  20. 20
    A vertical line makes what angle with a horizontal line?

Section B — Structured Questions (Enter Your Answer)

  1. 21
    In $18,357,248$, how many times is the total value of digit 3 greater than the total value of digit 2?
  2. 22
    A fish is 5 m below the surface and a bird is 12 m above it. What is the vertical distance between them, in metres?
  3. 23
    A school uses $\tfrac{1}{6}$ of rice on Day 1, then $\tfrac{1}{5}$ of the remainder on Day 2. What fraction of the original rice is left to share equally over the last 4 days?
  4. 24
    Given that each of the last 4 days uses 37.5 kg, find the original mass of rice bought (in kg).
  5. 25
    A square wall is 15 m by 15 m. Square tiles are 50 cm by 50 cm. How many tiles are needed?
  6. 26
    Katana’s farm needs 72 man-days to weed. How many men are needed to finish in 8 days?
  7. 27
    Amina shares money among three children: Fatuma $=x$, Mohammed $=3x$, Hussein $=x+7000$. Write a simplified expression for the total.
  8. 28
    Mary bought 3 packets of milk and 4 loaves for sh 570. Jane bought 5 packets of milk and 1 loaf for sh 440. What is the cost of a loaf of bread (sh)?
  9. 29
    From the same information, what is the cost of one packet of milk (sh)?
  10. 30
    A trader sells $g$ goats weekly: more than 8 but less than or equal to 15. Write this as a compound inequality.
  11. 31
    Kamau runs 72.8 hectometres in a 10,000 m race before stopping. How many metres had he covered?
  12. 32
    How many decametres remained for Kamau to complete the race?
  13. 33
    A pool floor has a rectangle 14 m by 10 m and a semicircle (diameter 14 m). Find the total area in m$^2$.
  14. 34
    A cylindrical tank (diameter 5.6 m) holds water to 2.5 m. After transfer to a 5.5 m by 4 m tank, what is the new water height (m)?
  15. 35
    A half marathon is 21 km. Peter finishes in 1 h 40 min. What is his average speed in m/s?
  16. 36
    Sam earns 2% commission per car. He sells 6 cars at sh 890,000 each. Calculate his commission (sh).
  17. 37
    A card is picked at random from numbers 10 to 20 inclusive. What is the probability that it is a prime number?
  18. 38
    From the same set (10 to 20 inclusive), what is the probability that the number is even?