MATHS-2
MATHS-2
MATHS-2
1. What is 3605035 written in words? 5. How many groups ofthousands are in the
A. Three million six hundred and five total value of digit 3 in the number
thousand and thirty five. 4368752?
B. Thirty six million five thousand and A. 300000
thirty five. B. 30
C.Thirty six thousand five hundred and C. 300
thirty five. D. 100
D. Three million six hundred and fifty 6. Which one ofthe following digits can fii!
thousand and thirty five. the gap in the number 25 _51 to make i1
divisible by 11?
2. What is the value of; A.5
2(4 X 3) 2 + 2 (5 + 1) B.3
3(2 + 3) C. 7
D. 6
A.558 �
7. What is the square root of 3 / ?
B. 20 6
C 35 3_ -A 12
. 4
. 5
D. 10
B l_!_
. 4
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3. What is 587.6986 rounded off to 2 C. 3
7
decimal places?
D. 2_
A.587.60 16
B. 587.69
C. 587.70 8. Derick had 150 chicken in the year
D. 587.7 2008. In the year 2009 the number of
chicken increases to 180 _ What was the
4. What is the difference between the LCM percentage increase in the number of
and the GCD of 8, 24 and 3 6? the chicken?
A.68 A.120%
B. 32 B.20%
C.76 C.80%
D. 18 D.60%
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· 9. A rectangular plot ofland whose length 13. Arrange the following fractions m
is 54m has the same area as a square plot descending order.
ofland whose side measures 36m. What 4 2 3 5
is the width ofthe rectangular plot? 5 '3 '4 '6
A.18m 2 3 4 5
B. 48m
A.3'4'5'6
C.90m B��_i_3__
. 6 '4 '5 '3
D. 24m 5 4 3 2
C.6'5'4'3
10. Three bells were set to ring at intervals 2 4 3 5
D.3'5'4'6
of l Smin, 24min and1 hour respectively.I
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Ifthey rang together at11 :42am, at what
time did they ring together again? 14. Kombo bought a bull for sh. 28000 and
A. 1:42pm later sold it for sh. 26600.
B. 1:42am What percentage loss did he make?
C. 1:44am A.140%
D.9:42pm B. 5%
C.95%
11. Maurice's stride is 0.25 metres. How
D. 105%
many strides will he make to cover
0.25km?
A. 10000 15. What is the value of:
B. 1000 174344 + 124 ?
C. 100 A. 1460
D.10
B. 14006
C. 1406
12. Find the area ofthe figure below.
D. 1046
14m
16. The radius of a bicycle wheel is 35cm.
How many revolutions will it make to
cover a distance of8.8km?
21m
A.220
A.175m2
B. 40
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B. 1176m2
C.400 ,_,,j
C. 53m2 ' ' < •�
,.�.'.' ",
D. 4000 ..,,
D. 140m2
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17. Calculate the distance round the figure 20. Owembi and Matayo shared sh. 26000
shown below in kilometers. from their business in the ratio 7 :6. How
much more did Owembi get than Matayo?
A. Sh. 14000
B.Sh. 12000
4Hm C.Sh. 16000
1100m
D. Sh.2000
7600m
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24. What is I 4 % expressed as a ratio in its 28. Mwangangi deposited sh. 30000 in a
simplest fonn? bank that paid simple interest at the rate
A.1:4 of8% p.a. What was the total amount
B. 5:4 of money in the bank at the end of 3
C. 1:80 years?
D. 1:40 A.Sh.34800
B.Sh.7200
25. Njoroge is p years old now.He is q C.Sh.37200
years older than his wife. Write an D.Sh. 4800
expression to show tfte sum of their
ages in 5 years time., 29. What is the total surface area of a
A.2p-q+10
closed cylindrical tank of height 35cm
B. 2p-2q+ 5
and a diameter of28cm?
C.p+q + 5
A.3080cm2
D.p+q+ l 0
B. 1232cm2
How many more hours did it take them line FG, angle CHG= 70° and angle
to complete the work if 3 people-did not OBJ = 60°. What is the size of angle
BAC?
tum up?
A
1
A.7 hours
2
B. 30 hours
1
C. 22
2 hours D--r-,-=-----+---___,__.E
D. 5 hours K
A.40°
33. A circular plot was fenced using two
B. 50°
equal strands of wire whose total length
C. 60°
was 880m. What was the radius of the
D. 110°
plot?
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7 36. Halima bought the following items from
A.210m
a shop.
B.35m
- A 2kg packet of sugar for sh. 160
C. 140m
D.70m - 2kg of cooking fat for sh.85per kg
34. In a milk processing factory, ten -7 litre - 2 kg packet of tea leaves for sh. 120
containers were processed. It was later What balance did she receive if she paid
re- packed into 5 -decilitre bottles. How for the items using a sh. 1000 note?
many such bottles were obtained? A. Sh. 175
A. 1400 B. Sh. 825
B. 140 C. Sh. 645
c._14 D. Sh.355
Di70
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37. Construct triangle XYZ where line XY 40. What is the value of x in the equation
= XZ= 6cm and YZ= 7cm. Construct a below?
circle passing through the vertices of the 2x+3x-5 = 5
triangle. What is the radius of the circle? 3
A. 7.5cm 1
A.5-
24
B. 3.7cm 4
C. 6.0cm B 1-
. 5
D. 1.8cm C.9
D.4
38. What is the difference between the
largest and the smallest angles in the
figure below?
41. A river measuring 6cm long on a map has
an actual length of 24km. What is the
scale used?
A. 1: 400000
B. 1:4000000
C. 1 :400
A.30° D. 1:4000
B. 50°
C. 70° 42. Use the correct inequality sign to
D. 100°
complete the statement below.
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15% of 500 ___ of 300
39. The followin� are pro perties of 2
quadrilaterals. A. >
(i) All sides are equal. B. <
(ii) Some angels are equal. C.=
(iii) Diagonals are equal. D.?:
(iv) Has a pair of parallel lines.
Ii� Diagonals bisect each other at right 43. What is the shortest length of wire thaf
angles
can be cut into pieces measuring 9cm. or
6·i) Opposite sides are equal and
15cm or 20cm without a remainder?
parallel
A. 90cm
Which two properties are for squares and
rhombuses? B. 180cm
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44. Below is a net of a solid. 48. The table below shows fare in shillings
between different towns.
J
100 K
120 80 L
Which ofthe following solids can be
150 1 10 90 M
fonned when the net above is folded?
180 150 120 60 N
A.Rectangular pyramid
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B. Rectangular prism 200 170 150 100 80 ·0
C.Square pyramid Aswan went from town J direct to town 0.
D. Square prism. How mud\ more money did he pay if he
went back to town J via town M?
A.Sh.50
45. What is the value of: -J17.64 ?
B.Sh. 250
A.4.2 C.Sh.80
B. 0.42 D. Sh.450
C.0.48
D.4.8 49� A rectangular container measures 50cm by
60cm by 80cm. How much water in
decilitres does it hold when half full?
46. What is the value of;
A. 1 20 dl
1.33X 5.1 B. 1200dl
?
0.19 X 0.0 0 17
C.2400dl
A.0.2 1 D. 12000dl
B. 2 1000
C.2.1 50. What is the next shape in the pattern belO\v?
D.2 10
8,