STD 8 MATHS: GENERAL FORMULAE,

GENERAL QUESTIONS AND TOPICAL

QUESTIONS 2020/2021
PART A
General Mathematics Formulae
Length
The units of length that are used include the following:
• millimetre (mm)
• centimetre (cm)
• decimetre (dm)
• Metre (m)
• Dekametre (Dm)
• Hectometre (Hm)
• Kilometre ( Km)

From the illustration:

• 10mm = 1cm
• 10cm = 1dm
• 10dm = 1m
• 10m = 1 Dm
• 10Dm = 1Hm
• 10 Hm = 1Km
The relationship between the units of lengths may be clearly seen if the units are written with a 10
between them.

So to find how many small units are equivalent to another, multiply the number of tens between the
units, hence:
• Km 1
• Hm 10
• Dm 100
• M 1000
• dm 10000

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 • cm 100000
• mm 1000000

Mass
• 1000 g = 1Kg
• 1000 Kg = 1Tonne
• 1000000 g = 1Tonne

Volume and Capacity

• 1 cm3 = 1 Ml (millilitre)
• 1000 cm3 = 1 L (litre)
• 100 cm3 = 1 dl (decilitre)
• 1 m3 = 1000 litre
• 1000000 cm3 = 1 m3
• 10 dl = 1 Litre
1 Litre
• 1000ml =
Time

• 60 Seconds = 1 Minute

• 60 Minutes = 1Hour

• 3600 Seconds = 1 Hour

• 24 Hours = 1 day

• 7 Days = 1 Week
Area
a) Rectangle

Area = Length x Width

A = LXW
b) Square

Area = Side x Side

A = SxS
A = S2

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c) Parallelogram

A = base x Height
A = bxh

d) Rhombus

Area = base x height A = b x h

e) Triangle

Area = base x height

A = b xh

f) Trapezium

Area = x sum of parallel lines x height

A = (a + b) x h

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 A = h (a + b)

g) Circle, half circle, quarter circle

i) Circle

Area = П x radius x radius

A = Пxrxr

A = Пr2
ii) Half circle

Area = Area of a full circle ÷ 2

A = П r2

2
A = 1Пr 2

2
iii) Quarter circle

A = Area of the full circle ÷ 4

A = Пr2 ÷ 4
2
A = 1Пr

4
Note: П = 22 or 3.14 or

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Surface Area

a) Cylinder
T.S.A = Area of circular ends + area of the curved surface
=
+ Пdh ( if closed both ends)
T.S.A = Пr 2 + Пdh (if open one end ) T.S.A = Пdh
(if open both ends/pipe)

b) Cube

T.S.A = Total area of all the six faces

= 6xLxL = 6L2 (if
closed)
or
= 5L2 (if open one end)
c) Cuboid

T.S.A = Total area for the six faces

= 2 (L x w) + 2 (L x h) + 2 (w x h)
or
= (L x w) + 2 (L x h) + 2(w x h) ( if open on top)

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d) Triangular prism

T.S.A = Area of all the 5 faces of the prism

Volume of cylinder and rectangular shapes

a) Cylinder
Volume = Base area x height
= Пr2 x height
= Пr2h
b) Rectangular shape
Volume = Base area x height
V = Lxwxh
Note: Depending on the cross-section, the volume of any shape / solid is given by. V =
Area of cross-section x height/length
Perimeter
a) Rectangle

P = Length + Length + Width + Width

= L + L + W + W = 2L + 2W or
2(L + W)
b) Square

P = L+L+L+L
= 4L

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c) Circle

C = П x diameter
= Пd or 2Пr
Note: Perimeter of a full circle is called circumference
d) Half a circle

Perimeter = circumference + diameter

P = 1 Пd + d 2
Note: For triangles and irregular shapes, JUST ADD THE DISTANCE ALL ROUND.

Expressing area of large shapes

a) Hectare – A shape that measures 100m by 100m
Therefore 1ha = (100 x 100)m2
1 ha = 10000m2
b) Are – a piece / shape that measures 10m by 10m
Therefore 1 are = 10 x 10
1 are = 100m2
Hence:
1 ha = 10000m2
1are = 100m2
1ha = 100ares

PROPERTIES OF GEOMETRIC SHAPES

General Geometric Shapes

a) Square

• All sides are equal

• Opposite sides are parallel
• Each interior angle is a right angle (900)
• The interior angles total up to 3600
• Diagonals bisect each other at right angles.
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 • Diagonals measure the same length and bisect interior angles.
b) Rectangle

• Opposite sides are equal

• Each interior angle is 900 and they all add up to 3600
• Diagonals are equal
• Diagonals bisect each other but NOT at right angles

c) Parallelogram

•Opposite sides are equal and parallel

• Opposite angles are equal
• Diagonals bisect each other
• Diagonals are not equal
• Adjacent angles are supplementary (add up to 1800)
d) Rhombus

• All sides are equal

• Opposite sides are parallel
• Opposite angles are equal
• Diagonals bisect each other at 900
• Diagonals bisect the interior angles

e) Trapezium

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 • The sum of the interior angles is 3600
• Has a pair of parallel lines which are not of the same length
• Has a perpendicular height joining the two parallel lines

f) Right-angled triangle (Pythagorean relationship)

a) H2 = b2 + h2
b) b2 = H2 – h2
c) H2 = H2 - b2

Examples of relationships
Base Height Hypotenuse

3 4 5

6 8 10

5 12 13

7 24 25

8 15 17

9 40 41

g) Equilateral triangle

• All sides are equal

• All angles are equal
• The sum of interior angles is 1800
• Each angle measures 600

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h) Isosceles triangle

• Only two sides are equal

• Base angles are equal
Properties of Triangles and Parallel Lines
a) Triangle
Exterior angles & interior angles

• Angles x, y, and z are exterior angles while a, b, and c are interior angles.
• Exterior angles add up to 360 0 while interior angles add up to 1800.
• Angles x, a; b, z; and c, y; are adjacent to each other and they add up to 1800
(supplementary angles)
b) Parallel Lines and Transversal

a) Angles at a point e.g. a + b+ c + d = 3600

b) Vertically opposite e.g. a/d, b/c, f/g, e/h. They are equal
c) Corresponding angles e.g. b/f, a/e, c/g, d/h. They are equal
d) Alternate angles e.g. c/f, d/e are always equal.
e) Co-interior angles e.g. c/e, d/f, are always equal.
f) Co-interior/allied angles e.g. c/e, d/f are formed by parallel lines. They are supplementary.
c) Speed, Distance and Time
The formulae related to speed, distance and time can be derived from the following triangle.

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PART B
GENERAL QUESTIONS
1. What is the place value of digit 9 in the difference between three million, six hundred and eighty two
thousand, four hundred and two and one million six hundred and ninety four thousand, six hundred and
eighteen.

A. Hundred thousand

B. Ten thousand

C. Millions

D. Thousands

2. Write forty two millions six hundred and eighteen thousand four hundred and two and seven thousandth
in figures.

A. 42618402.07

B. 42680402.007

C. 42618402.007

D. 42618420.007

3. In a town there were three thousand and thirty men, two thousand five hundred and eighty women. The
number of children was twice that of men. How many people altogether were in the town?

A. 5610 B. 11,670

C 6060 D. 10770
𝟑 𝟐 𝟓
4. What is the least denominator that can be used in the addition of𝟒 ,𝟑 and 𝟖

A. 32 B. 18

C. 36 D. 24

5. The area of a square plot is 1764m2. Poles are planted at intervals of 4m. How much money does a farmer
require to fence the plot if one pole cost sh. 220?

A. sh 9240 B. sh 36,960

C. sh. 880 D. sh 168

6. What is the next number in the pattern?

0.6, 0.7, 1.3, 2.0

A. 4.7 B. 3.3

C. 4.2 D. 3.8

7. The figure below holds 24.948 liters. If its diameter is 42cm. What is its height?
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Take pi =
7

A. 16cm B. 14cm

C. 12cm D. 18cm

8. What is 36.098 rounded to two decimal places?

A. 36.010 B. 36.1

C. 36.10 D. 36.09

9. In 2004, the number of HIV patients recorded in a certain hospital was 360. After HIV awareness, the
patients decreased by 30% in 2005. How many HIV patients were there in 2005?

A. 252 B. 108

C. 216 D. 300

10. Peter sent his son to a supermarket to buy the following items

2kg sugar @ sh 60.00

2-2kg kasuku @ sh 380.00

2 packets of pishori rice @sh 70.00

2 packets exe flour for 220.00

He gave the shopkeeper sh. 1500. How much should he give the shopkeeper so as to get a balance of sh.
300?

A. sh 260 B. sh 20

C. sh. 40 D. sh 140

11. When 7.156 is divided by 1000, what is the place value of digit 1?

A. Tenth B. Thousandth

C. Hundredth D. Ten thousandth

12. Ann scored 48% in mathematics and 46% in science. Express the total scores as a decimal
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A. 94.0 B. 0.94

C. 9.4 D. 9.40

13. A circular table of diameter 91cm was decorated all round with flowers placed at intervals of 11cm. How
many flowers were used? Take pi = 22/7

A. 26 B. 13

C. 297 D. 37

14. A tank has a volume of 6.075m3. How many liters of water can it hold when full?

A. 607.5 B. 60.75

C. 6075 D. 0.6075

15. What is the total value of digit 8 in 4386507?

A. 8000 B. 800000

C. 800 000 D. 80000

16. After increasing the number of animals in a farm in the ratio of 5:2, there were 140 animals in the farm.
What was the increase?

A. 56 B. 112

C. 140 D. 84

17. What is the total value of 4 in the sum of 8326825 and 4818430?

A. Forty thousand

B. 4000

C. Four thousand

D. Four thousandth

18. The following are properties of quadrilaterals

(i) All sides are equal

(ii) Diagonals are equal

(iii) All angles are equal

(iv) Has a pair of parallel lines

(v) Diagonals are perpendicular bisectors

(vii) Opposite sides are equal and parallel

(vii) The sum of interior angles equals 3600

Which properties are for all quadrilaterals?

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A. v and vii

B. vii

C. iii

D. iii and vii

19.What is the value of

15.675 ÷ 0.015

26.325 ÷ 1.17 (give your answer to 2 decimal places)

A. 46.44 B. 464.04

C. 464.40 D. 46.45

20. What is the perimeter of the figure below?

A. 30 cm B. 300 cm

C. 50 cm D. 150 cm

21. What is the area of the shaded part in the figure below?

A. 262 m2 B. 154cm2

C.416 m2 D. 448m2

22. What is 0.4 + 0.8 as a fraction?

𝟏
A. 1 𝟓 B. 1.2

𝟑
C. 1 𝟓 D. 3.2

23. An athlete running at an average speed of 36km/h covered a certain distance in 7 minutes. What distance
did he cover?
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A. 4.2km B. 21.6km

C. 1.512km D. 15.12km

24. What is the value of?

𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟐
6 - x ÷
𝟐 𝟑 𝟒 𝟓

𝟕 𝟕
A. 5 B. 6
𝟖 𝟐𝟒

𝟕 𝟒𝟏
C. 3𝟑𝟎 D. 3𝟒𝟖

25. Below are the number of students who were admitted into various Kenya public universities in year
2014.

Maseno = 9500

Nairobi = 10250

Jomo Kenyatta = 2500

Egerton = 1250

How many more students were admitted in Nairobi than in both Jomo Kenyatta and Egerton?

A. 26250 B. 5000

C. 2500 D 6500

26. rectangular plot has a diagonal of 39m and a width of 15m. What is its area in Ares?

A. 540 B. 548

C. 58.5 D. 5.4

27. What is the simplified form of?

6x + 9 − (2y + 4)
(4 + 2𝑥 ) − (7 − 4𝑦)
6𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 13
𝐴. 2𝑥−4𝑦+3
6𝑥 − 2𝑦 + 5
B. 2𝑥+4𝑦−3

6𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 13
C. 2𝑥+4𝑦+3

6𝑥 − 2𝑦 −5
D. 2𝑥−4𝑦−3

28. Construct triangle XYZ whereby XY=8cm; ZX=6.5cm and angle ZXY=750. On the triangle , draw a
circle touching the three vertices. What is the measure of the radius?

A. 9.2cm B. 4cm
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C. 4.6cm D. 2cm

29. What is the product of faces and vertices of a square prism?

A. 48 B. 40

C. 72 D. 72

30. Two lorries each weighing 3.8 tonnes when empty were each loaded with 320 bags of cement. What was
the total mass of the lorries and cement if each bag of cement has a mass of 50kg?

A. 35.8 tonnes

B. 39.6 tonnes

C. 32 tonnes

D. 23.6 tonnes

31. Martin a newspaper vendor earns a salary of sh 2800. He is also given a 15% commission on all the
papers sold. In one month he sold 200 newspaper at sh 35 each. What was his commission that month?

A. sh 1050

B. sh 3000

C. sh 3850

D. sh 1750

32. Wayne borrowed sh. 50,000 from a bank that charged compound interest at the rate of 120/0 p.a. How
much did she pay back at the end of 30 months?

A. sh 15,123.20

B. B. sh 15,000

C. sh. 66,483.20

D. D. sh 65.000

33. Musa thought of a number. After subtracting 5 from its square, he got 139. What number had he thought
of?

A. 144 B. 12

C. 139 D. 36

34. What is the value of?

1.5 of 0.25 ÷ 1.5 + 4.5

A. 45.25 B. 4.525

C. 7.5 D. 4.75

35. The line below is drawn to scale 1:250 000.What is the actual distance in kilometers?
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A. 162.50 B. 12.6

C. 16.25 D. 1625

36. The pie chart below shows Harriet’smonthly expenditure.

If she spends sh. 750 on transport, how much more does she spend on food than on clothing?

A. sh. 750 B.sh. 6000

C. sh. 3750 D. sh. 2250

37. The marked price of a refrigerator is sh. 30000. Mary bought it on hire purchase terms, which is 30%
more than the marked price. She paid a deposit of sh. 10000 plus ten monthly installments. How much did
she pay as installment?

A. sh 900 B. sh 9000

C. sh 9200 D. sh 2900

38.Construct quadrilateral PQRS whereby PQ=8cm and PS=10cm. Angle SPQ=70. Draw the two diagonals
to meet at point x. Measure angle SXR.

A. 1030 B. 400

C. 790 D. 760

39. A square of side 12cm has the same area as a triangle with a base of 9cm. What is the height of the
triangle?

A. 64cm B. 32cm

C. 24cm D. 16cm

40. What is the volume of the cylinder below in cm 3? Take pi= 22/7

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A. 9702 cm3 B.1270.5 cm3

C. 4851cm3 D. 1617cm3

41. January 28th year 2008 was a Monday. Which day was March 14th the same year?

A. Friday B. Tuesday

C. Thursday D. Wednesday

42. A businessman bought 4 sacks of beans @ sh 5000 and later sold them at a profit of 33%. What was the
selling price of the 4 sacks.

A. sh 6600 B. sh 26600

C. sh 6650 D. sh 24600

43. Mary borrowed sh 30000 from a bank which paid simple interest at the rate of 20% per year. How much
interest had the money earned at the end of 2 years?

A. sh 6000

B. sh 12000

C. sh 114000

D. sh 144000

44. After sleeping for 5hrs 55min. Peter woke up at 3.40am. At what time had he gone to bed in 24hrs clock
system?

A. 2145hrs B. 0340hrs

C. 0945hrs D. 945hrs

45. Eighteen workers working at the same rate were to complete a piece of work in 15days. How much more
days would it take if six workers failed to attend?
1 𝟏
A. 75 B. 4𝟐

1 4
C. 7 D. 7
2 5

The following are properties of a quadrilateral.

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i. Diagonals bisect each other 900

ii. Diagonals do not bisect each other at 900

iii. All sides are equal

iv. Opposite sides are equal and parallel

46. Which properties are for squares only?

A.I, iv B. I, iii

C.I, ii D. I only

47. Mary paid sh. 7600 for a carpet after getting a discount of 20%. What percentage discount would she get
if she paid sh. 7220?

A. 24% B. 28%

C. 76% D. 34%

48. The father’s age is 10 years older than his son while that of the mother was 5 years younger than the
father. If the son is x years. What will be their total age in five years to come?

A. 3x - 35 B. 3x + 15

C. 3x + 25 D. 3 x + 30

49. The temperature of a liquid was recorded as 1500 C. It was first cooled at the rate of 600 C per min for the
first 8 minutes and then heated at the rate of 50 C for the rest of the period. What was its temperature after 15
minutes?

A. 280 C B. 680 C

C. -2950 C D. 630 C

50. How many triangles are in the figure below?

A. 5 B. 4

C. 8 D.

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STD 8 TOPICAL REVISION QUESTIONS
PART C: TOPICAL REVISION QUESTIONS
TOPICAL 1: PLACE VALUE

1) What is the place value of digit 6 in the number 763895?

2) Identify the place value of digit 8 in the number 8 964 321
3) Work out 0.1224 ÷24 and identify the place value of digit 5
4) What is the place value of digit 7 in the number 42693.057?
5) What is the place value of digit 2 after working Out 12.34 x 0.2?
6) What is the place value of digit 9 in the number 4 963 286.08?
7) Identify the place value of digit 8 in 1235 x 15.
8) What is the place value of digit 3 in 492.573?
9) What is the place value of digit 4 in 5463128.09?
10) What is the place value of digit 5 in 12538496?
11) What is the place value of digit 0 in the number 30789?
12) Identify the place value of 5 after working out 694 x 78.
13) What is the place value of 8 in the number 147.83?
14) Find the place value of 6 after working out the sum of 987301 and 102 309
15) Which digit is in the hundredths position in the number 87.0364?
16) Which digit is in the tenth position after working out 3.72 x 0.8?
17) Which digit is in the ten thousand position after working out 3879 x 475?
18) What is the place value of digit 7 after working out the product of 22.98 and 0.099?

TOPICAL 2: TOTAL VALUE

1) What is the total value of digit 8 in 12864973?
2) What is the sum of the total values of digit 4 and 3 in 5423962?
3) What is the total value of digit 3 in 399.908?
4) How many groups of hundreds are there in the total value of 9 in 10978230?
5) What is the difference between the total values of digit 7 and 6 in 73.056?
6) Find the product of the total value of digits 5 and 3 in 125.463.
7) Akingi divided the total value of digit 8 in the number 368479 by the total value of digit 4, What was her
answer?
8) By how much is the total value of digit 3 greater than the total value Of digit g in 4365924?
9) What is the total value of digit 6 in the product of 0.82 and 2.4?
10) What is the total value of digit 5 in 3156308?
11) What is the total value of digit 8 in the number 738401?
12) By much is the total value of digit 1 more than the total value of digit 5 in the number 317528?
13) what is the difference between the total value of digits 7 and 5 in the number 78523?
14) What is the total value of digit 1 in the product of 287 and 36?
15) Work out 3872÷11 and find the total value of digit 3.
16) How many groups o! tens ore there in the total value of digit 4 after working out 497 x 13?
17) What is the difference in the total value of digits 3 in the number 7383259?
18) work out 37893÷11 What is the total value of digit 2 in the answer?

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19) Work out 12876 - 6027 and find the total value of digit 8.
20) By how many times is the total! value of digit 8 more thon the value of digit 2 in the number 3080427?
TOPICAL 3: WORDS INTO NUMERALS AND FIGURES

1) Write six hundred and thirty-two thousand four hundred and eighteen in numerals.
2) What is the difference between 6 392 486 and 964 523 written in words?
3) Write 4593.08 in words
4) Find the difference between three hundred and forty-five thousand six hundred and eighty and ninety-five
thousand two hundred and thirty-seven and write four answer in figures.
5) Write Sixty-five thousand seven hundred and forty and nine thousandths in numerals.
6) What is 593,314.23 written in words?
7) Write thing nine million eighty-seven thousand one hundred and eight in numerals,
8) Write eighteen million nine hundred and five thousand four hundred and two thirty-six thousandths in
figures.
9) What is 57592.005 written in words?
10) write 93345 923 in words.
11) what is 4872389 written in words?
12) What is eighteen million eight hundred and eight thousand four hundred and eighteen written in symbols?
13) write 7803456.2 written in words.
14) What is 38s2g70.07 written in words?
15) Write 6527308 written words
16) what is One million one hundred and one thousand and one hundredth in symbols?
17) What is Six million one hundred and sixty thousand, two hundred and forty And twenty hundredths in
symbols
TOPICAL 4. ADDITION OF DECIMALS

1) What is 65+ 0.93 +10.074?

2) work out 249207 + 3.56
3) Add 486 +0.056 + 12.09
4) What is 589.1+0.23+13.3
5) Add 912 + 0.004+ 13.03
6) Omondi ate 0.375m of a sugarcane on Monday and 0.269 m on Tuesday. What length Of the Sugarcane
did he eat in the two days?
7) A man gave 0.283 Of his wealth to his wife. 0.295 to his son while his two daughters got 0.105 each.
How much of his wealth did he give out?
8) work out 2675+3.279+0.001
9) What is the sum of 17.27, 3.403 and 12?
10) Add 0.375 and 14.000
TOPICAL 5: SUBTRACTION OF DECIMALS
1) 135.4-118.09
2) 95.084 -12.02
3) Subtract 2309 from 1364.
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4) What is 145.03 - 112_006?
5) What is the difference between 4112.03 and 547.052?
6) What is the difference of 8.307 and 274?
7) Josaphat got 0.75 of the money contributed to him from a welfare, 0.029 from friends and 0.076 from
his family members. What fraction of the money did he get from Other parties?
8) work out 27.075-8.746.
9) If 0.935 of John's time is spent working, how much time he left with to do Other things?
10) Workout 1 -0.485
11) A man spent 0.378 Of his salary on food and saves the rest. How much did he save as a decimal?
12) work out 3 - 0.876
13) What is the difference between 15.178 And 3,209?
14) what is 0.987 - 0.239?
15) work out 19388- 7.422.
TOPICAL 6: MULTIPLICATION OF DECIMALS
1) Multiply 0.56 by 8.
2) What is the product of 21.53 and 3.1?
3) What is the of 73,92 x 0.6?
4) Multiply 183.07 by 0.9.
5) work out 0.125 x 0.5.
6) work out 395 x 1000
7) What number must be multiplied by 12.589 to make it a whole number?
8) Work out the square of 1.25
9) 4.385 was multiplied by a certain number and the answer was 438.5. What was the number?
10) A book weighs 0.475kgs Calculate the mass of 65 such books.
11) What is the product of 6.72 and 3.6?
12) Workout 2.734 x 28
13) Work out 28.75 x 0.32
14) What is 326.5 x 2.7?
15) What is the product of 0.663 and 2.4?
16) A suit is made using 3.12 m of cloth. What length of cloth is required to make 12 such suits?
17) What number must be multiplied by 0.3297 to make it 329.7?
18) Multiply 62.87 by 0.36
19) A book cost sh. 2875. How much will 24 such books cost?
20) What is 1.222?
21) Work out the following 28.2738 x 100
22) Odongo multiplied 78.375 by 3.6. What answer did he get to the nearest hundredths?

TOPICAL 7 DIVISION OF DECIMALS

1) Work out 132 ÷ 0.6

2) What is 0.84 ÷ 0.7?
3) Divide 54.6 by 0.5.
4) Work out 3.12 ÷ 0.04,
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5) What is 0.02 ÷ 0.005?
6) Work out 7.25 ÷ 2.5
7) Mary shared 3.75 hectares of land among his 5 children. How many hectares did each child get?
8) Divide 8 by 0.005
9) Work out 0.064 ÷ 0.0016
10) What is 3.75 ÷ 2.5
11) What number must divide 37.5 to make it 0.0375?
12) Divide 3.75 by 0.5
13) 2.88 hectares of land was shared equally among 6 sons. What piece of land did each son receive?
14) work out 2.3÷21.6
15) A tailor bought 17.24 m of cloth to make school shorts. If each short required 1.24m of cloth, how many
complete shorts were made using the piece of cloth?
16) What number will divide 138.67 to make it 1.3867?
17) Work out 0.3872 + 1.1 rounded off to the nearest tenths,
18) Workout 13.44
19) What is 2.88 divided by 0.12?
20) If I divide 0.878 by 0.05, what will be the answer?
21) workout 2.6 140.4
TOPICAL 8: MIXED OPERATIONS
1.What is the value of 8 + 0.02 + 1.35 x 0.4?
2. What is the value of: - 0.5 + 0.2 x 4.1-0.31

0.02
3. Work out 0.31 x 1.02
1.2

4. What is the value of 8.16 - (4.08 + 1.7)?

0.2
5. Work out 0.364 x 0.67

0.0728
6. What is the value of 0.41128 ÷0.3 correct to 3 decimal places?
7. What is the value of 1.5 + 2.1+3 - 1.2?

0.03
(Write your answer correct to 3 decimal places).

8. Work out
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1. 35 x 2.4

4.8
9. 0.9 x 0.56

3.6 - 2.8
10. What is the value of 0.18 x 4.8 ?
0.8 x 5.4

11. 28+12
0.2 x 0.6
(Write your answer correct to 2 decimal places).

Work out
12. 305 x 4.8 =
0.06

13. 0.048 x 0.16 x 1.5

0.12x 0.4 x 0.8

14. 122 x 2.88 x 4.8

0.6 x 1.2 x 2.4
TOPICAL 9: SQUARES AND SQUARE ROOTS

1) What is the value of 7(82- 62) + 49 ÷7

2) What is the square root of 0.0576?
3) What is the value of 3 (52 -42) + 63 ÷9
4) Work out √2304
5) The area of a square piece of land is 2601 m2. Find its perimeter.
6) Find the square root of the product of the faces, edges and vertices of a closed cuboid.
7) Work out 122 ÷√0.0625
8) Evaluate √30 1∕4+ 62
9) The area of a square swimming pool is 12.96 m2. What is the length of one side of the pool?
10) Find the value of √144 +82
11) The area of a square room is 42 1∕4 m2. Calculate the length of one side of the room':
12) The area of a square room is 39 1/16 m2. Calculate the perimeter of the room.
13) A square room is completely covered using 64 square tiles. The area of each tile is 7 1/16 m2. Calculate
the length of one side of the room.
14) A square room is completely covered using 100 square tiles. The area of each tile is 2 14/25 m2. Calculate
the perimeter of the room.
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15) A square room is covered using 36 square tiles. If the area of each tile is 6 1/4 m2. Find the area of the
room.
16) The area of a square room is 1296 cm2. Find its perimeter.
17) The area of a square hall is 1024 m2. Calculate its length.

TOPICAL 10: FRACTIONS

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TOPICAL 11: ROUND OFF

1) What is 468.3892 rounded off to the nearest tenths?

2) What is 30894 rounded off to the nearest tens?
3) Round off 399.90885 to the nearest hundredths.
4) Add 45 982 and 36 572 and round off the sum to the nearest thousands,
5) What is 376.594 correct to two decimal places?
6) What is the value of 1 + 0.599 rounded off to the nearest tenths?
7) In a football match there were 12 385 women. If 18 392 more men than women were in attendance, how
many people attended the football match rounded off to the nearest ten thousand?
8) Get the sum of 12.386 and 0.56 and round off to the nearest hundredths.
9) Round off 239456 to the nearest thousands.
10) What is 732569 rounded off to the nearest hundred thousand?
11) Round off 19.9987 to the nearest thousandths.
12) Round off 379 847 to the nearest ten thousand.
13) What is 49.375 rounded off to the nearest tenths?
14) A pupil added 4.375 to 15.847. What answer did he get to the nearest whole number?
15) What is the sum of 47375 and 93283 rounded off to the nearest thousands?
16) Round off 147.389 to the nearest hundredths.
17) Round off 59.9999 to 3 decimal places.
18) work out 37.397 + 14.785 rounded off to the nearest tenths.
19) There were 38492 people in a certain constituency. How many people were there to the nearest thousands?
20) In a meeting there were 87291 men and 48382 women. How many people were there to the nearest
hundreds?
21) Work out 41 - 0.287 rounded off to the nearest hundredths.
22) A pupil worked out the product of 8.34 and 4.36 and rounded off the answer to the nearest thousandths.
What answer did he get?
23) Work out the following and write four answer to the nearest thousands 87291 + 4283 + 4087
24) Round off eight hundred and seventy-nine thousand four hundred and ninety-nine to the nearest ten
thousand.
TOPICAL 12: LCM AND GCD

1) Three bells ring at intervals of 25 min, 30 min and 40 min. If they ring together at 8.20 a.m., when will they
ring together again?
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2) What is the difference between the L.C.M of 24, 30 and 36 and L.C.M of 15, 20 and 30
3) Electrical and telephone posts are put at intervals of 45 m and 60 m respectively. If they are put together at
the starting point what distance will the post cover before they are put together again?
4) What is the G.C.D of 30, 36 and 42?
5) Find the largest number which is a factor of 180, 720 and 900.
6) The circumference of the wheels of a lorry and a pickup are 154 cm and 84 cm respectively. What is the
least distance in which both make an exact number of turns?
7) Find the least number which is a multiple of 56, 63 and 77.
8) What is the difference between the L.C.M and G.C.D of 30, 40 and 50?
9) If I make 120 strides or 150 strides I take an exact number of steps to walk from home to school. What is the
least distance from home to school?
10) What is the G.C.D of 32, 48 and 56?
11) What number can divide 12, 18 and 27 without a remainder?
12) Two bells ring at intervals of 50 and 60 minutes. After how long will the two bells ring together in hours?
13) Three bells ring at intervals of 18, 20 and 24 minutes. They rang together at 7.00 a.m. When will they ring
together next?
14) What is the sum of the LCM and the GCD of 48 and 72?
15) Three buses leave at intervals of 3 hours, 4 hours and 2 hours. If they left together at 8.00 a.m, what time
will the 3 buses leave together next?
16) What is the difference in the LCM and the GCD of 36, 45 and 60?
17) What is the greatest number that can divide 42 and 72 without a remainder?
18) What is the greatest number that can divide 24, 36 and 48 without a remainder?
19) Three bells ring at intervals of 24, 30 and 36 minutes. They rang together at 7.10 am. At what time will they
ring together next?
20) The traffic lights have Red, Green and Amber light signals. The lights chime at intervals of 3, 4 and 6
minutes. If the 3 lights chime together for the first time at 8.00 am, at what time will they chime together the
third time?
21) What is the difference between the L.C.M and the G.C.D of 18, 36 and 54?
22) Ignore
23) What is the sum of the L.C.M of 40, 60 and 72 and the G.C.D of 60 and 72? Number sequence Identify the
relationship between the numbers given.
TOPICAL 13: NUMBER AND SEQUENCE
1) What is the next number in the sequence below ? 57, 43, 31, 21,
2) What is the next number in the sequence below ?
3) Find the next number in the sequence below. 2, 6, 12, 20, 30,
4) What is the next number in the following sequence? 96, 86, 81, 71, 66, 56,
5) What is the next number in the sequence below?
6) Find the next number. 3 17 13
7) Find the next number in the series. 75, 70, 66, 63,
8) What is the next number in the series below? 10
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TOPICAL 15: SUBSTITUTION ALGEBRA

TOPICAL 16: SIMPLIFYING ALGEBRA

TOPICAL 17 FORMATION OF EQUATION ALGEBRA

1) Mara had x oranges. Ongango had 6 oranges more than Mara. Jim had twice oranges what Onyango had.
Write an expression showing the total number of oranges they all had.
2) Kimani had m mangoes. Jane had twice as 3m many mangoes as Kimani. Njokabi had If they all had 105
mangoes write an expression to show the total number of mangoes.
3) Wekesa bought d carrots and Nafula bought y carrots. Nanjala bought five carrots less than Wekesa. What
was the total number of carrots bought?
4) In a school there are b boys and g girls. What fraction of the pupils consists boys?
5) Farida is x years old. She is g years older than her son. Write an expression showing the sum of their ages in
ten years’ time,
6) A man is twice as old as his wife who is ten years older than his eldest sone If the son is x gears old, write
an expression to show their total ages.
7) Njeri bought x mangoes. Jane bought 12 more mangoes than Njeri while Mebo bought twice as many
mangoes as what Njeri and Jane bought. Write an expression to show how many mangoes Mebo bought
8) X girls contributed y shillings each for a party. Their Maths teacher gave them z shillings for the party. If
they decided to share the money equally among themselves, write an expression to show how much each
girl received.
9) A man is p years old now, his wife is 15 years younger than him. Write an expression to show the sum of
their ages 10 years to come.
10) John is x years old now, his friend Alex is y years old. The sum of their ages in 12 years to come will be 65
years. Write an expression showing the sum of their ages now.
TOPICAL 21 :MONEY /PERCENTAGES INCREASE AND DECREASE

1) Kirui spent she 7200 on food in March. In the month of April he spent 10% less on food than in March.
How much money did he spend on food in April?
2) After an increase of 25%. Waruguru's salary became sh. 3125, What was her salary before the increase?
3) The level of water was decreasing by 20% each day. If the level of water before the decrease was 1600cm,
what was the level of water after the second day?
4) A posho mill packs 25000 bales of ugali daily. Due to mechanical problem of the machine the package
reduced to 20000 bales daily. What was the percentage decrease?
5) The marked price of a DVD player was sh. 3500. After a price increase the marked price of the DVD
became sh. 4200. What was the percentage increase?
6) In a sales promotion, the prices of items were reduced by 20%. What was the original price of an item
whose price was she 500 during the promotion?
7) After a 25% salary increase, Ooko's salary became she 6250. What was his salary before the increase? The
marked price of a song TV set was ksh 20000. The price was reduced by 10%. Due to high demand the
price was later increased by 20%. What is the new price of the T.V set?
8) In the gear 2004 here were 1500 HIV and AIDS patients more than in 2003. This represented a 5% increase.
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9) A maize plant was 60 cm tall The height What is the new height increased by 7.5% what is the new height
of the maize plant?
10) The fare from Nairobi to Kagole was sh 50. It was then decreased bu 20% and then increased bu 20%. What
was the fare after the increase?
11) After a decrease of 20% the level of water became 640cm. Find the level of the water before the decrease.
12) Bakari spent 13% of his salary on rent. If he pays sh 650 as rent, calculate half of his salary.
13) Kamau earns sh 72000. He spends 25% of it on rent and 50% on school fees. If he spends 10% on
household goods, how much does he save?
14) The area of a rectangle was 840cm2. After an increase its new area is now 1260cm2. Calculate the
percentage increase in area.
15) Ken harvested 1200kg of maize last gear. This gear he harvested 960kg. Calculate the percentage decrease
in maize harvested.
16) Decrease 700kg by 35 percent.
17) Increase 1200 goats by 12%.
18) What is 125 eggs increased by 20%?
19) The amount of water decreased by 10% each day. If the original amount was 540L, what was the amount of
water bu the end of 2nd day?
20) Increase 400 goats by 20%
21) After an increase of 15% mg salary became sh.13,800. What was mg salary before the increase?
22) The fare from Rongai to Nairobi was shy 50. It was then decreased by 10% during the off peak hours and
then increased by 10% during the peak hours. What was the fare from Rongai to Nairobi during the peak
hours?
23) The water level in a dam decreased by 10% each day. The level of water in the dam was 3000 cm on
Monday morning. What was the level of the water bu the end of the third day?
24) The length of a rectangle is 20 cm while its width is 10 cm. Its length was increased by 10% while its width
was increased by 20%. find the new area of the rectangles
25) John had 120 cows and 100 goats. He decreased the number of cows by 20% and increased the number of
goats by 10%. Find the total number of animals he had after the decrease and increase.
TOPICAL 22 :PROFIT AND LOSS
1) A shopkeeper bought a shirt for sh. 300. He then sold it for she 360. What was the percentage profit?
2) If a shopkeeper sells a shirt for sh. 450, he makes a 10% loss. For how much must he sell the shirt to make a
20% profit?
3) A salesman made 15% loss after selling a bicycle at sh, 1530. At what price should he sell it to make a 20%
profit?
4) A box contained 24 pens. If a shopkeeper buys pens at sh. 36 per box and resells them at she 1.80 per pen,
what percentage profit does he make from the sales?
5) By selling a plot of land for sh. 200 000 the seller makes a 20% loss. How much should he sell the plot to
make a 20% profit?
6) Wakaba bought 12 sacks of maize each weighing 80kg at sh. 3200 per sack. She spent sh. 120 to transport
each of them and paid sh. 160 for his bus fare. If he sold the maize at she 45 per kilogram, what was his
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7) Ndege bought 600 oranges at sh. 40 for every 20 oranges. She sold the oranges at sh. 5 each. What was her
percentage profit?
8) Wanuonyi bought 60 bananas for sh. 120, 50 oranges for sh. 1.00 each and 100 pawpaws at sh. 3 each. On
the wag 10 bananas, 5 oranges and 20 pawpaws got damaged. If he sold the remaining bananas at sh. 5.00
each, oranges at she 6.00 each and pawpaws at she 5.00 each. What was his percentage profit?
9) Kongo and Kungu bought a bicycle each at sh. 3500. Kongo sold his making a 10% profit. Kungu sold his
making a 15% profit. What was the difference in the profits they made?
10) Winnie sold a bull for sh. 12000 making a loss of 20%. What was her buying price?
11) Omosh sold 5shirts for she 250 making a profit of sh. 10 per shirt. Calculate the percentage profit he made
for the five shirts.
12) I bought an item for sh. 1200 and then sold it at a profit of 20%. For how much did I sell the item?
13) Jane sold a suit for sh. 8 000 making a loss of 20%. For how much should she have sold it in order to make
15% profit?
14) A trader bought 9 pens for sh.1080. He sold each pen for sh. 100. Calculate the percentage loss the trader
made on the nine pens.
15) A man sold a shirt for sh. 550 making 10% profit. For how much would he have sold it to make 20%ioss?
16) A chips seller bought 3 bags of potatoes at sh 800 per bag. He paid sh. 50 per bag for transport. He made
150 plates of chips which he sold at sh 50 per plate. If the owner had 5 workers whom he pays sh. 200 each
in a day. How much profit did he make after selling the 3 bags of potatoes in a day?
TOPICAL 24 :DISCOUNT
1) The marked price of a shirt was sh. 750. Hussein bought five such shirts after being allowed a 10% discount
each. How much did he pay for the five shirts?
2) The marked price of an article was shs 300. Halima paid sh. 260 for the article. What percentage discount
was she allowed?
3) Aketch paid sh. 24000 for a T.V. set after being allowed a 20% discount. What was the marked price of the
T.V set?
4) The marked price of a pair of shoes was sh. 1000. If Sheila paid sh. 900, what was the percentage discount?
5) The marked price of a blouse was slm 500. Nanjala was given a sh. 155 discount. If she sold the blouse
making a 20% profit, how much did she sell the blouse?
6) The marked price of an item was sh. 240. Doreen bought the item after she was given a 20% discount. What
balance did she get from a five-hundred-shilling note?
7) Debora bought 2 dresses at sh. 1500 each, one shirt at sh. 400, one suit at sh. 3200 and 2 pullovers for sh.
800. A discount of 10% was given for every item priced at sh. 700 and more. How much did Debora pay for
the items?
8) The marked price of a radio was sh. 4800. Sammy was given a 12% discount. How much did he pau for the
radio?
9) A shopkeeper bought a trouser for sh. 400. He then sold it for sh. 480 after giving a 20% discount. What
profit would he have made if no discount was given?
10) A games teacher bought 4 shirts at sh, 450 each, 2 pairs of shorts at sh. 400 each and two games kits at sh.
250 each, If he was given a discount of 12.5 per shirt, 11.5 per pair of shorts and 10% for the two games
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11) The marked price of an item was sh 550. John bought it after receiving 20% discount. How much did he pay
for it?
12) The marked price of a pen was sh 8. A pupil paid sh 6 for the pen. Find the percentage discount given.
13) 4 pairs of socks cost sh 160. Alex paid sh 30 for each pair. Calculate the percentage discount given for each
pair.
14) The marked price of 5 shirts is sh 1000. Father was given 20% for the 5 shirts. How much did he pau for
each shirt?
15) Rose paid sh 720 for a skirt after being given a discount of 20%. Calculate the marked price of the skirt.
16) The marked price of an item is sh 150. A lady paid sh 120 for the item. Calculate the percentage discount
given.
17) The marked price of a TV set is sh 6000. For how much will I pay for it after receiving discount?
18) 2 shirts were bought for sh 480. If the discount given for each shirt is ksh 60, calculate the percentage
discount given.
19) The marked price of a radio is sh 3400. Find the percentage discount given to a buyer who bought it for ksh
2600.
20) A man bought a shirt for sh. 360 after a discount of 10%. Find the marked price of the shirt.
21) A man paid sh. 240 for 6 watches after a discount of sh. 10 per watch. Calculate the percentage discount
given for the 6 watches.
22) The marked price of a pair of shoes is she 720. Omollo paid sh. 600 for the shoes after the discount.
Calculate the percentage discount given.
23) A trader paid sh. 72 for an item after a discount of sh. 18. Calculate the percentage discount given.
24) Odongo paid she 1080 for a trouser after a discount of 10%. How much would he have paid if he was given
a discount of 15%? Sammy paid she 8100 for a suit after a discount of 10%. Calculate the marked price of
the suit.

TOPICAL 25: HIRE PURCHASE

1) Amos bought a machine on hire purchase by paying a deposit of sh. 19000 and 12 monthly instalments of
sh. 3000 each. The amount paid was 10% more than the cash price. Calculate its cash price.
2) The cash price of a tractor is 1.5 million shillings. Koech bought it on hire purchase terms. The total amount
he paid was 30% more than the cash price. He paid a deposit of sh. 950 000 and 25 monthly instalments.
How much was each instalment?
3) The hire purchase price of a T.V set is 40% more than the cash price. The cash price is sh. 20000. Omondi
paid sh. 2100 as monthly instalments for 10 months. How much deposit had he paid?
4) The hire purchase terms of a wall unit is a deposit of sh. 2300 and six monthly instalment of sh. 900 each.
The hire purchase price is 175% of the marked price while the cash price is 25% less than the marked price,
what is the cash price?
5) The cash price of a radio is sh. 8000. Mombua bought it on hire purchase price. The total amount she paid
was 25% more than the cash price. She paid a deposit of sh 1000 and the remainder in 20 monthly
instalments. How much was each instalment?
6) The marked price of a sewing machine is she 15000. A 15% discount is given if the machine is bought on
cash. On hire purchase a deposit of sh. 7000 is paid and three equal monthly instalments of sh 3200. Ahmed
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7) The hire purchase price of a machine is 20% more than the cash price. The hire purchase terms requires a
deposit of she 4000 and 8 monthly instalments of sh. 1000 each. What is the cash price of the machine?
8) The hire purchase price of a freezer is 30% more than the cash price. The cash price is sh. 45000. Ouma
paid she 19340 as deposit and the remaining in eleven equal monthly instalments. How much was each
instalment?
9) The cash price of a sofa set is she 16800. The hire purchase price is 20% more than the cash price. Mogaka
bought the set on hire purchase terms bu paying a deposit of sh. 4200 and sh. 840 monthly instalments. How
many months did he pau the balance?
10) The hire purchase of a sewing machine is 25% more than the cash price. The cash price is sh. 20000.
Momanui paid a deposit of sh 7000 and sh. 1800 monthly instalments, For how many months did he pay the
balance?
11) The marked price of an item is sh 7200. The hire purchase price is 10% more than the marked price. Find
the hire purchase price of the item.
12) The marked price of an article is sh 840. The hire purchase price is sh 1050 more than the marked price.
Calculate the hire purchase price.
13) The marked price of a radio is sh 4500. The hire purchase price is a deposit of sh 2500 and 5 equal monthly
instalment of sh 700 each. What is the difference between the hire purchase and the marked price?
14) The marked price of an article is sh 10,000. The hire purchase is 5% more than the marked price. Orengo
paid a deposit of sh.5,500 and the rest in ten months. What was the monthly instalment?
15) The marked price of a TV set is ksh 7850. The hire purchase price is 10% more than the marked price.
Milcah bought it on hire purchase by paging a deposit of sh 4000. The monthly instalment was ksh 927.
How many months did she take to complete the payment?
16) The hire purchase price of a sofa set is a deposit of sh 8500 and 12 equal monthly instalment of sh 375.
Calculate the hire purchase price.
17) A man bought a T A/ set on hire purchase terms by paying a deposit of shi. 5500. Later he paid sh. 800 for
12months as instalment. Find the hire purchase price of the T.V set.
18) The marked price of an item is sh. 20 000. A discount of 10% is given for buying in cash. The hire purchase
price is a deposit of she 6000 and 10 equal monthly instalment of sh. 1500. Calculate the difference between
the cash price and the hire purchase price.
19) The hire purchase price of an item is sh. 5500 deposit and sh. 1200 monthly instalment for 5 months. The
cash price is 80% of the hire purchase price. Calculate the cash price of the item.
20) The cash price of a DVD player is she 30 000. The hire purchase price is 10% more than the cash price. A
deposit of sh.6000 is required. The rest is supposed to be paid in 9 months. Calculate the monthly
instalments.
21) The hire purchase price of a TV set is sh. 18000. One is required to pau monthly instalment of sh. 750 for a
period of one year. Calculate the deposit required for the TV set.
TOPICAL 26: COMMISSION
1. Osman and Omar are sales persons. Osman is paid a basic salary of sh. 4500 and a 2.5 %commission on
goods sold above sh. 10000. Omar is paid commission of 6% only for all the goods he sells. In one month
they sold goods worth sh. 40000 each. What was the difference in their earnings?

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2. A saleslady earns a basic salary of sh. 4000. For any sales above sh. 10000 she is paid a commission. In one
month she sold goods worth sh. 40000 and earned a total of sh. 4900. What was the percentage
commission?
3. A car was sold at sh. 1000000 through a dealer. The dealer charged the owner a 10% commission. How
much did the owner get?
4. Omwenga earns a basic salary of shi 6500. She is also paid a 0.25% commission for any sales she makes
above sh. 30000. In one month she sold 10000 packets of milk at sh. 25 per packet. What was her total
earnings?
5. A sales girl earns a salary of she 12000 per month. She is also paid a commission of 3% for the value of
goods she sells above she 5000. In one month she sold goods worth she 68500. How much did she earn that
month?
6. A saleslady is paid a salary of sh 3000 and 1.5 commission on the sales she makes. In one month she sold
goods worth sh. 120 000. How much did she earn that month?
7. Mary gets 10% commission on the value of goods she sells. She sold goods worth sh.150000. How much
commission did she get?
8. Egesa sold goods worth sh. 250 000. He was paid a commission of she 22 000. What was the percentage
commission?
9. A dealer paid sh. 1.5 million to an agent as total commission for the sale of seven lorries. The commission
was 2% of the total price. What was the sale of all the lorries?
10. Onuango, a salesman, earns a basic salary of sh. 8500. He is also paid a 10% commission on goods sold
above shy 12000. How much did he earn in a month he sold good worth sh. 45000?
11. A saleslady is paid a salary of sh 3750 and 10% commission on total sales. In a month she sold goods worth
she 60,000, How much did she earn that month?
12. A salesman earns a salary of sh 5000. He is also paid 8% commission on the value of goods sold above
worth she 80,000. In one month he sold goods worth shi 180,000. How much did he earn that month?
13. A saleswoman is paid a salary of sh 6500. She is also paid a commission of 5% on the value of goods sold.
In one month she sold 2000 items worth sh 75 each. How much did she earn that month?
14. A saleslady earned a total of sh 7500 in one month. If her monthly earning is sh 5000 and a commission of
5% on the value of goods sold, find the value of the goods sold that month.
15. A man was paid sh 12000 in one months The agreed salary was sh 9000 and 4% commission on the value of
goods sold above sh 50,000. Find the value of goods sold that month.
16. A broker was paid sh 50,000 for the sale of a plot. If this represented the 2— % commission on the sales,
how much did the plot cost?
17. The owner of a car was given sh 96,900 after its sale. If the seller got 5% from the sale, how much did the
car cost?
18. A lady is paid sh. 25 000 per month. She is also paid 5% commission on the value of goods sold. In a certain
month she received sh. 15 000 commission. Calculate the value of goods sold.
19. A man is paid a salary of sh. 2800. He is also given 2% commission on the value of goods sold above she 50
000. In a month he sold a car worth half a million shillings how much did he earn that month?
20. A man received sh. 12500. This included sh. 5000 basic salary. If he was given a commission of 2.5% on
value of goods sold, calculate the value of goods sold.
21. A lady was paid sh.15000, The agreed salary was she 11000. The rest was commission for the sole of goods
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TOPICAL 27 :SIMPLE INTEREST

1) Woema enterprises borrowed she 40000 from Equity bank to start a business. The bank charged simple
interest at the rate of 5% per month. How much did he pay back altogether at the end of one year?
2) Naftali deposited sh. 25000 in a bank which paid him simple interest at the rate of 12% per annum. How
much interest did the money earn after two gears?
3) Peter deposited sh. 60000 in a bank which paid simple interest at the rate of 20% p.a. How much money
altogether did he withdraw after two years?
4) Julia deposited sh. 40500 in a bank whose simple interest was paid at 5% per annum. He withdrew sh.
32000 after 2 ä gears.
5) How much money was left in his account? Rael deposited sh. 25000 in a bank paying simple interest at the
rate of 15% p.a. How much interest did the money earn after 30 months?
6) What rate was charged on a principal of shy 15000 for five years if the amount was she 22500?
7) Kibaki borrowed sh. 12000 as loan from a bank. He paid a total of sh. 13920 after 12 ! months. What was
the rate per annum at which the simple interest was charged?
8) A trader borrowed sh. 150 000 from a bank that charged simple interest at the rate of 2% p.a. He paid back a
total of she 159 000 including simple interest. For how long did he pay the loan?
9) What amount of money can gain simple interest of sh. 2400 at the rate of 15% p.a. for a period of 2 years?
10) George deposited a certain amount of money in a bank that paid simple interest at the rate of 10% p.a. At
the end of 22 gears he withdrew sh. 4000 which was the interest the money had earned. How much had he
deposited?
11) A man deposited sh 12,000 in a bank that paid simple interest at a rate of 5% p.a. Find the total amount of
money in his account by the end of 2 gears
12) A lady borrowed sh 10,000 from a bank that charged simple interest at a rate of 2.5 % p.a. How much
interest did he pay back at the end of 5 gears?
13) A man deposited some money in a bank that gave simple interest at a rate of 10% p.a. At the end of 2ä years
the money had earned him an interest of sh 250. How much, money had he deposited?
14) A lady deposited sh 6000 in a bank that gave simple interest at a rate of 12% p.a. After how long had the
money amounted to sh 7440?
15) At what rate will sh 10000 amount to sh 11000 after a period of 2 gears?
16) After how long will sh 12,000 amount to sh 13,500 at a rate of 5% p.a.?
17) Alex borrowed sh 5,000 from a bank, After 2.5 years he found that he had returned a total of sh 6250. At
what rate was the bank charging the simple interest?
18) How much interest will sh. 30 000 earn in a bank that gives 2— % simple interest rate p.a. for a period of 22
years?
19) Calculate the total amount in the account after sh. 12000 is deposited in the bank that gives simple interest at
a rate of 5% pea for a period of 2 years.
TOPICAL 28: COMPOUND INTEREST
1) Arafat was given a loan of sh 48000. He repaid the loan after two years with compound interest at the rate of
25% p.a. How much money did he pay altogether?
2) Jared deposited sh. 20000 in a fixed account. The bank was paying compound interest at 100/0 p.a. How
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3) Koros deposited she 2000 in a bank which paid compound interest at the rate of 20% p.a. How much
interest did the money earn after 2 years?
4) A businessman borrowed sh. 50000 to start a business. The bank charged compound interest at 16% p.a.
How much interest did he pau if he repaid the money after 2 years?
5) Moses deposited she 42000 in a bank which paid compound interest at the rate of 15% p.a. If he withdrew
the money after 1 gear and 4 months, how much money did he withdraw?
6) Darius deposited sh. 60000 in a bank which was paging compound interest at 10% p.a. He withdrew sh.
56000 after two gears. How much money was left in his account?
7) Muthoni borrowed sh. 100 000 from a bank. The bank charged compound interest at the rate of 20% per
month. How much did she pay after 2 months?
8) Okello deposited sh. 20000 in a bank which was paging compound interest at p.a. If he withdrew the interest
after one year, how much money was in his account after the second year?
9) Edith borrowed sh. 30000 from a bank whose compound interest was charged at 12% p.a. How much
money did she pay after 18 months?
10) Matera deposited sh. 48000 in a bank which paid compound interest at 15% p.a. If he withdrew the interest
at the end of 9 months, how much did he withdraw?
11) Mary deposited sh. 25000 in his bank account that gave compound interest at a rate of 10%. How much
interest was in her account at the end of two years?
12) What is the total interest earned by depositing she 20 000 in a bank that gives a compound interest at a rate
of 10% for 3 gears?
13) Calculate the total amount in Jane's account by the end of 1 years after depositing she 20 000. The bank
gave interest at a rate of 20%p.a.
14) Calculate the total amount of money that will be in mg account after depositing sh 20 000 in a bank that
gives compound interest at a rate of 12% p.a for a period of 2 years.
15) A lady deposited sh. 8000 in a bank that gives compound interest at o rate of 12% p.a. After one gear she
withdrew she 5000. How much money was in her account by the end of 2 years?
16) A man deposited sh. 15 000 in a bank that gives compound interest at a rate of 20%p.a. Find the total
amount in his account at the end of 1.5 years.

TOPICQL 29 POSTAL CHARGES

1) A telegram is charged as follows: First 10 words - sh. 15.50. Every word after 10 words sh 1.20. A tax of 50
cents for each word on all words is also charged. How much was spent to send the telegram below?
KIVUITU MUSYOKA BOX 431 MACHAKOS, SENDING YOU BIRTHDAY GIFT BY MATUU
BUS ON 12TH APRIL KILONZO
2) How much was spent to send the following telegram if the charges are sh. 2.00 for every word and a
commission of 20% of the total? NELLY MWENDWA BOX 80 MERL' INVITING YOU TO MY
WEDDING ON 18TH MAY 2008 JOY.
3) The charges for sending a telegram are sh. 16 for the first 10 words or less. Any extra word after 8 words is
sh. 1.30, A tax of sh 3.50 is also charged. How much was paid to send the telegram below? KIMANI
NGUNJIRI BOX 413 MURANG'A CONGRATULATIONS FOR THE BLESSINGS OF A BABY
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4) How much is spent to send the telegram below? Charges are she 25 for all words and a tax of 18% of the
total. ABIGAEL SILANTOI BOX 135 NAROK WISHING YOU A HAPPY EASTER AND GOD'S
BLESSING
5) Use the charges in No. 4 to calculate the charges for sending the telegram below. WYCLIFFE OMONDI
BOX 935 UGENYA SEND FARE CLOSING SCHOOL ON 14TH AUGUST
6) The charges for sending a telegram is sh. 10 for the first ten words or part thereof. Any extra word is
charged 20 cents. A tax of 10% is charged on the total amount. How much did Jane pay for sending the
following telegram? DAD PLEASE COME BACK HOME MUM IS VERY SICK JANE
TOPICAL 30 : SURFACE AREA OF CYLINDERS (use π=22/7)

1) A cylindrical container open at the top has a radius of 7cm and a height of 5cm. What is its surface area?
22
𝜋= 7
22
2) The volume of an open cylinder is 1540cm3. If the height is 10cm, what is its surface area? (𝜋 = 7
3) An open cylindrical tin of radius 14cm and height 21 cm was painted outside. What was the area
22
painted? (𝜋 = 7
4) The area of a curved surface of a cylinder is 6160cm2. The height of the cylinder is 10 cm. What is the
22
radius of the cylinder? 𝜋 = 7
5) A cylindrical block has a diameter of 14cm and a height of 10cm while a rectangular block measures
15cm by 10cm by 5cm. What is the difference in the surface areas?
22
6) A pipe has a radius of 3 1⁄2cm and a height of 20cm. What is its surface area? 𝜋 = 7
22
7) What is the surface area of the trough shown below? 𝜋 = 7

8) The cylindrical container shown below has a circular opening at the top of radius 7cm. What is the
surface area of the container?

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10) Find the surface area of the curved surface of the cylinder shown below.

11) A cylinder measures 28cm in diameter and 15cm in height. Calculate its total surface
12) An open cylinder has a diameter of 14cm and a height of 10cm. Calculate its total
13) What is the total surface area of a pipe whose base area is 154cm2 and a height of 12cm?
14) A closed cylinder has a diameter of 14cm. If its height is 23cm, calculate its surface
15) An open cylinder has a diameter of 28cm and height of 50cm. Find the total surface area of the cylinder.
16) The radius of a cylinder is 50cm. Its height is 3m, Calculate the curved surface area of the cylinder in m 2
17) The diameter of a closed cylinder is 21 cm and its height is 40cm. Calculate the total surface area of the
18) Douro had a cylindrical tree trunk 3m long. Its circular base is 8.8m. Find the total surface area of the
trunks
19) Find the total surface area of a pipe 200cm long and whose diameter is 21 cm
20) Find the curved surface area of the figure below

21) Find the total surface area of the trough drawn below.

TOPICAL 31: VOLUME AND CAPACITY

1. What is the volume of the figure shown below?

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2. Find the volume of a cylindrical container of diameter 5m and height 6m. ( 3.14)
3. The volume of a rectangular tank is 24.3m3. The tank has a square base. The height of the tank is 2.7m.
What is the width of the container?
4. A container of volume I cubic metre is full of water. The water is then poured into five -litre containers.
How many such containers were used?
5. A rectangular container measures 75cm by 50cm by 1m. What is the capacity of the container in litres?
6. A rectangular container holds 2 litres of liquid when full. The base of the container is 40cm long and 20cm
wide. What is the height of the container in cm?
7. What is the volume of half cylinder shown

8. Find the volume of the wedge shown below.

9. The diagram below represents a solid made up of a triangular prism from which half a cylinder of diameter
42cm has been removed. What is the volume of the solid?

10. The diagram below shows a cylindrical container with water to a height of 1.2m. What is the capacity of
water in litres remaining to fill the tank?

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11. A cylindrical tank is 1.4m in diameter. It has a height of 2m. Find its capacity in litres when half full.
12. A rectangular tank measures 105m by 2m by 3m. Calculate its capacity when full of water in litres.
13. A cube 1.5m long is full of water. Find its capacity in litres.
14. A carton 1.2m long by 2m and with a height of 0.5m is packed with bars of soap measuring 20cm by 5cm
by 6cm. How many bars of soap can the carton hold?
15. A cuboid measure 1.5m by 2m by 2.4m. It is 3⁄4 full of water. How many more litres is required to fill the
tank?
16. Calculate the volume of the figure below

17. A family uses 2 - 700cm3 packets of milk every day. How many decilitres did they use in the month of
February gear 2012?
18. A cuboid measures 140cm by 200cm and 180cm high. How manu decilitres is required to half fill the tank?
19. A cylindrical tank whose diameter is 2.8m holds 18480L when full. Calculate the depth of the tank.
20. A square based cylinder has a height of 50cm. It has a capacity of eighty litres. Find the base length of the
tank.
21. There are 120 pupils in a school. Each pupil received two - 25decilitre packets of milk. How many litres
was given out to the pupils?
TOPICAL 33: MASS

1. A pickup whose mass is 1.1 tonnes when empty was loaded with 30 bags of sugar each weighing 50kg and
three bags of maize' each weighing 90kg. What was the total mass in tonnes of the loaded pickup?
2. A machine packs 500 two kilogram packets of salt while another packs 250 one kilogram packets each day.
How many tonnes of salt does the two machines pack in six days?
3. A bag of sugar weighed 50kg. Mugambi bought 18 such bags. He then removed 0.4kg of sugar from each
bag. How manu kilograms of sugar remained altogether?
4. A shopkeeper bought salt in 40 one kilogram packets and 30 five hundred gram packets. He then repacked
the salt into packets of 1259. How many pagkets did he get?
5. Five hundred kilograrris of tea were packed in 250g packets, How manu packets were obtained?
6. A lorry weighs 3.7 tonnes when empty. It weighed tonnes when loaded with 90kg bags of maize. How manu
bags of maize were loaded?
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8. Two thousand five hundred kilograms of tea leaves were packed in kg packets. How many packets were
obtained?
9. Four tonnes of sugar were packed in 250g packets. How manu packets were obtained?
10. A company packed 24.8 tonnes of rice in 1 kg and 2kg packets. If it packed 10000 1 kg packets, how manu
2kg packets were packed?
11. The mass of an empty pickup is 2.5 tonnes. When loaded with 50 bags of maize it weighs 7.5 tonnes. What
is the mass of each bag in kg?
12. A loaded lorry weighs 10.5 tonnes when loaded with 100 bags of 80kg each, Calculate the mass of the
empty lorry in kilogrammes.
13. An empty carton weighs 450g. It was packed with 25 books. The mass of each book is 620g. What is the
mass of the loaded carton in kilogrammes?
14. A box loaded with bars of soap weighs 10kg If each of the 20 bars of soap weighs 480g, find the mass of
empty box in grammes.
15. An empty lorry weighs 2.8 tonnes. It was loaded with bags of cement and the loaded lorry now weighs 8.3
tonnes. If each bag of cement weighs 50kg, how manu bags of cement did the lorry carry?
16. A loaded carton weighs 12kg. An empty carton weighs 0.5kg. If each book in the canon weighs 11 5g, how
manu books are there in the canon?
17. An empty carton weighs 0.5kg. It weighs 8.5kg when loaded with 250 sachets of omo. What is the mass of
each sachet of omo?
18. A loaded pickup weighs 6.8 tonnes. When empty, the pickup weighs 2.3 tonnes. If the pick-up is loaded
with 90kg bags of maize, how many bags was the pickup carrying?
19. A shopkeeper bought 1.2 tonnes of sugar which she packed into equal 250g, 750g and 1 kg packets. How
manu packets did he pack in total?
TIME SPEED AND DISTANCE

TOPICAL 34 TIME
1. A clock was set on Monday at 6.30 a.m. On Tuesday the following day the clock showed 6.45 p.m when the
correct time was 6.30 p.m. How many minutes was the clock gaining in every 12 hours?
2. A matatu left Mombasa for Nairobi at 1800hrs It arrived in Nairobi 8 — h later. What time did the bus
arrive in Nairobi?
3. Obama slept at 2245h on Monday. He woke up at 6.15 a.m on Tuesday. How long had he spent sleeping?
4. A meeting took 3hr 40min before a 45min break. It then continued for another 1hr 30min before a 1hr
20min lunch break. The meeting continued for another lh 15min and ended at 4.30p.m. At what time had the
meeting started?
5. An aeroplane took 4h 25min to travel from Kampala to Mombasa. If it reached Mombasa at 0300h on
Tuesday, at what time had it left Kampala?
6. A meeting began at 10.45a.m. After 1hr 35min they went for a 30min tea break. The meeting continued for
another 2h 15min. At what time did the meeting end in 24hr system?
7. A rally driver drove at an average speed of 60km/hr. He started the 240km journey at 12.45 p.m. At what
time in 24hr clock system did the journey end?
8. A city clock loses 5 seconds every one hour. The clock was set right on Monday at 6.30 a.m. What time did
it show on Thursday when the correct time iwas 6.30 p.m?
9. How many hours are there from Tuesday 6. 30p.m to Wednesday 5. 30p.m?
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10. A watch gains 10 seconds every 1 hr. The watch was set right on Wednesday at 5.15a.m. What time will it
show the following Wednesday when the correct time is 5. 15p.m?
11. A meeting started at 9. 45a.m and took 4 hours 55 minutes. At what time did it end in 12-hour system?
12. A bus arrived in Nairobi from Mombasa at 1.45a.m. If the journey had taken 8hrs and 25 minutes, at what
time had the bus left Mombasa?
13. A meeting started at 10.15a.m and lasted for 21⁄2 hrs before a 45 minutes break. It then continued for
another 1 hour and 20 minutes. At what time did the meeting end?
14. Convert 2354hrs to 12-hour system.
15. What is 7. 15a.m in 24 hour system?
16. A journey started 2210 hours and took 6 hours and 45 minutes. What time did the journey end in 12 hours
system?
17. A journey started at 1945hrs on Monday and took 5 hrs and 55 minutes. At what time and day did the
journey come to an end?
18. What is 3. 24p.m in 24 hour system?
19. A watch gains 5 seconds per hour, It was set correctly on Monday 11.57am. What time will the watch be
showing on Saturday when the correct time is 11.57 am?

TOPICAL 35 DISTANCE AND SPEED

1. In a relay race Wekesa ran 600m which is 2⁄5 of the race in 3 minutes. Mutua took 5 min to complete the
rest of the race. What was the average speed for the whole race in m/s
2. A motorist travelling at a speed of 72km/hr took 2hr 30min to travel from town X to town Y. He then took
Ihr 30min to return back to X. What was the average speed for the whole journey?
3. Moomba took 3umin to drive from home to school at an average speed of 5 m/s. After staging at school for
20min he drove back and took 25min to reach home. What was the average speed for the whole journey in
m/s
4. Bwiti walked from home to the market at an average speed of 5km/hr and took 2hr 24min. He returned
home at an average speed of 4 — km/hr. How long did he take to travel from home to the market and back?
5. Rendani bus left Eldoret at 8.30p.m. and reached Nairobi at 12.30 a.m. a distance of 350km. Calculate its
average speed in km/hr
6. An athlete took 30seconds to run a 200m race. What was the average speed in km/hr?
7. In the first part of a journey of 195km a car spent 2hr 45min. In the second part of 100km the same car
spent Ihr 45min. Calculate the average speed for the whole journey.
8. A motorist took 12 seconds to cross a bridge 60 metres long. What was the speed of the vehicle in km/hr?
9. A train left Kisumu for Nairobi on Sunday at 0825h. After stopping at Nakuru for 30min it arrived at
Nairobi at 8.35p.m the same day. If the train was travelling at an average speed of 60km/hr, how far is it
from Kisumu to Nairobi?
10. A luxury shuttle from Nairobi to Meru was driving at a speed of 80km/hr to cover 360km. After one hour 45
minutes it got a puncture. At what speed must it drive to cover the remaining distance in 2hrs?
11. A motorist took 3 hours to cover 315km. Calculate his speed in km/h A cyclist took 3 1⁄2 hours to travel
from home to town a distance of 54km. Calculate his speed in m/s.
12.
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14. An athlete covered 100m in 12 seconds. Find his speed in km/h.
15. The distance from Mombasa to Malindi is 150km. John left Mombasa at 8. 00a.m for Malindi at 18km/h.
James left Malindi at 8.00a.m for Mombasa at 12km/hr. At what time did the two meet?
16. A driver left home to town at a speed of 50km/h and went back at a speed of 100km/h. He took a total of 3
hours. What distance did he cover from home to town and back?
17. Two motorists travelling the same direction left town at 8.00a.m. Motorist A travelled at 60km/h while B
travelled at 80km/h. How for apart were the two motorist after 45 minutes?
18. Two cyclists travelling in opposite directions left home at 7.45a.rn Cyclist A travelled at 90km/h while B
travelled at 120km/h. How far apart were the 2 cyclists after 1 1⁄2 hours
19. A car was moving at a speed of 72km/h. Find the distance it had covered in 25 seconds,
20. A motorist left town for the village a distance of 125km, travelling at a speed of 84km/h. What distance had
he covered in 25 minutes?
21. A man takes 5 hours from home to town a distance of 450km. He returned home at a speed 30km less than
the speed to town. Find the average speed of the whole journey.
22. A man travelled from town A to B at a speed of 80km/h for 21⁄2 hours. He travelled from B to C at a speed
of 63km/h and took 2 hours. Find the distance from A to C.
23. A lady took 2 hours to walk to the market moving at a speed of 4km/h. A man took 2 hours to move the
same distance. Find the speed of the man.
24. The distance from Isiolo to Nairobi is 360km. Morris drove from Isiolo travelling at 80km/hr. His friend
Joel left Nairobi at the same time travelling at 100km/h. How far from Nairobi did the two people meet?
25. A motorist travelled from point A to B at a speed of 50km/h. He travelled back at a speed of 100km/h. The
total time taken was 3 hrs. Find the distance from A to B.

TOPICAL 36 TEMPERATURE
1. At 8.40 a.m the temperature of water was 60C. By 12.40 p.m the temperature was 500C. What was the
increase in temperature per hour?
2. The temperature of ice was - 130C. The ice was heated and the temperature increased by 180C. What was
the new reading?
3. After a 230C rise in temperature-the temperature of a liquid was I0OC. What was the reading in temperature
before the rise?
4. The temperature of frozen ice was - 140C. The ice was hooted until the reading was 700C. What was the
temperature rise?
5. The temperature of a patient was 39.60C. If the normal temperature is 37.50c, what was the rise in
temperature of the patient?
6. The temperature of water was recorded as 200C, when kept in a refrigerator, the temperature dropped by
460C. Find the reading on the thermometer.
7. At 9.30a.m. the temperature of water was. The temperature was increasing at the rate of 0.50C per hour. At
what time was the temperature of water 90C?
8. A liquid has temperature of 230C and another liquid has temperature of 230C. What is the difference in their
temperatures?
9. Temperature of a liquid increases at the rate of 20C per 30min. If the initial temperature is 120C. After how
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10. The temperature of ice is - 140C. The temperature rose by 180C. What was the reading of the thermometer
after the rise?
11. The temperature of water was heated from 120C to 1000C. Find the increase in temperature recorded.
12. The temperature of ice was -280C. It was heated until the temperature of water was 360C. What was the rise
in temperature?
13. The temperature of ice was -18OC. It was heated and the temperature rose by 530C. What was the final
reading?
14. The temperature of water was 180C. It was heated until the temperature read 540C. Calculate the rise in
temperature.
15. The temperature of water was 330C. It was cooled by 120C. Find the new temperature reading.
TOPICAL 37: RATIO
1. Bakari shared money to his son and daughter in the ratio of 5:6. If the daughter got sh. 300 more than the
son. How much money did Bakari have?
2. Emily and Rose shared mangoes such that Emily got of the mangoes. What was the ratio of Emily's share to
that of Rose?
3. A school had 1800 pupils. The ratio of girls to boys is 4:5. The number of girls increased by 50 and boys
reduced by 100. What is the new ratio?
4. What is 5.5 % written as ratio in the simplest form?
5. What is 3 : 5 written as percentage?
6. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 7 : 8. If there are 182 boys. How many more girls than boys are there
in the school?
7. The sides of a rectangular plot of land is 7 : 5. If the perimeter is 96m, what is the area of the plot?
8. Chesoni and Chesire shared money in the ratio of 4 : 7. Chesire got sh. 15000 more than Chesoni. How
much money did they share?
9. Osman borrowed sh. 20000 from a bank to start a business. After one gear he had increased the original
amount in the ratio of 7 : 4. If he repaid sh. 22 000, how much money was he left with?
10. In a class, the ratio of boys to girls is 3 : 2. of the girls failed. If 15 In an examination girl passed, how many
boys were in the class?
11. 240 people attended a meeting. If the ratio of men to women to children in the meeting was 2:5:3, how
many women attended the meeting?
12. There were 300 people in a party. If the ratio of men to women to children is how many more children than
men attended the party?
13. The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 3:5. If there were 12 more girls than boys, how many pupils are there
in the class?
14. The ratio of cows to goats in a farm is 1:3. If there were 16 more goats than cows, how many goats are in
the farm?
15. The ratio of skirts to trousers in a shop is 2:3. If there were 21 trousers, how many skirts are there?
16. The ratio of red balls to blue balls is 5:7. If there were 20 red balls, how many blue and red balls are there?
17. Convert 21⁄2 % as a ratio
18. What is the ratio 3:5 as a decimal?
19. Convert 1⁄4 as a ratio
20. What is 0.45 as a ratio?
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21. A man had 360 animals to be shared among his wife, son and daughter in the ratio of 5:3:1 respectively.
How many animals did his son get?
22. There were 240 pupils in a school. If the ratio of boys to girls was 2:3, how many more girls than boys were
there in the school?
23. The ratio of cows to goats in a farm is 3:7 If there were 12 more goats than cows, how many cows were
there in the farm?
24. The ratio of green to yellow balls in a school was 1:2 If there were 3 more yellow than green balls, find the
total number of balls that were there in the school.
25. The ratio of mass of lighter to heavier bogs is 5:6. If the lighter boy weighs 30kg, how heavy was the
heavier bog?
26. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 3:5. There were 15 bogs in the school. What is the difference in the
number of boys and girls in the school?

TOPICAL 38: MEAN, MODE AND MEDIAN

1. The ages in gears of 10 pupils are: 16, 18, 15, 17, 14, 14, 16, 13, 19 and 14. What is the median age?
2. The heights of 6 pupils are 1,35m, 142cm, 1.4m, 1.5m, 135cm and 138cm. What is the median height?
3. A shoe dealer recorded the sizes of pairs of shoes sold as follows; 10, 6, 9, 7, 10, 6, 7, 1 1, 7, 8. What was
the mode of the pairs of shoes sold?
4. 12 pupils obtained the following marks in a math test: 8, 9, 4, 6, 7, 4, 10, 3, 6, 7, 6, 10. By how much was
the median mark greater than the modal mark?
5. The mean mass of seven pupils is 41 kg. Five of the pupils have the mass of 35kg, 38kg, 39kg, 47kg and
48kg. The remaining two have equal mass. What is the median mass of the seven pupils?
6. The mean height of 5 pupils is 120cm. The heights of four of the pupils are: 125cm, 121 cm, 112cm and
119cm. What is the median height of the five pupils?
7. Eight pupils obtained marks as follows: 7, 3, 5, 3, 8, 5, 5, 8. What was the modal mark?
8. The number of trees planted by pupils on a tree planting day were as recorded below: 15, 18, 9, 16, 14, 10,
17, 19, 13, 8, 10, 11, 13, 12, 13, 9, 8, 19. What was the sum of the mean and mode of the seedlings planted
by the pupils?
9. The table below shows the amount of rainfall recorded in one week in mm in a weather station.

What was the mean rainfall in mm?

10. The mean height of six boys is 134cm. The heights of five of the bogs are 138cm, 126cm, 125cm, 130cm
and 140cm. What is the median height?
11. The mass of 5 boys is 32, 40, 37, 38 and 33. Find their average mass.
12. The mean mass of 6 pupils is 301⁄2 . 4 of them weigh 25, 27, 32 and 33. If the other two weigh the same,
find the modal mass of the 6 pupils.
13. The mean mass of 5 pupils is 25 kg. If the weight of four pupils are 23, 22, 28 and 27, find the mass of the
5th pupil.
14. The mean age of 6 pupils is 21 gears. 5 of them are 18 gears, 20 gears, 23 gears, 19 gears and 28 gears.
What is the age of the sixth pupil?
15. The median of 5 numbers is 26. Four of the numbers are 28, 24, 23 and 29. Find the mean of the 5 numbers.
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16. The mean of 6 numbers is 30. Five of the numbers are 29, 27, 32, 26 and 33. Find the 6th number.
17. The median of 4 numbers is 12. Three of the numbers are 10, 11 and 15, find the 4th
TOPICAL 39: PROPORTIONS

1. Forty-two men were hired to repair a road in 14 days. How many more men are to be hired to complete the
work in 12 days?
2. 16 workers complete a piece of work in 12 days. How many more workers are required to complete the
work in 8 days?
3. A factory hires 15 workers to complete a piece of work in 4 days. If 3 of the workers do not turn up, how
long will it take for the job to be complete?
4. Ten men can offload a lorry in 3 hours. How many more men are required to offload the lorry in 2 hours?
5. Four tailors can make a certain number of dresses in 12daus. How many more tailors would be required to
make the same number of dresses in 3 days?
6. Three men working at the same rate can paint a house in 10 days. How many more men are required to paint
the house in 6 days?
7. Twelve men working at the same rate can build a house in 5 days. If 2 of the men are absent, how long will
it take to complete the construction?
8. 16 workers take 12 days to dig a shamba. After working for 3 days, four workers left the job. How many
more days did the work take to be complete?
9. A farm hires 24 workers to complete a piece of land in 5 days. After working for three days, 8 workers
never turned up for work. How long did it take for the work to be complete?
10. 8 men can do a piece of work in 7 days. After working for 4 days, four men deserted the work. How many
more days did it take for the work to be complete?
11. 20 men do some work in 3 days. How many less men can do the job in 5 days?
12. 6 men can finish digging 2 hectares in 4 days. How long would 2 men take to do the same job?
13. it takes 15 people 30 days to finish a job. How many more people would be required to finish Ire job in 25
days?
14. 5 people can fill a tank in 6 days. How many more days would be required to fill the same tank bu only 3
people?
15. 4 men can dig a shamba in 90 hours. How long would 5 men take to do the same work?
16. 12 men can paint a house in 15 dogs. How many more days would be required to paint the house if 3 of the
men failed to come to work right from the first day?
17. If 15 girls can type ,100 books in 20 days, how many more girls are required in order to finish the same
work in 12 days?
18. Five men are paid she 3750 for working 5 days. How much money will be paid to 3 men for working the
same number of days?
19. It takes 3 men 9 days to dig a trench 10km long. However, 3 more men joined them right from the first day.
How many days will they take to dig the 10km long trench?
20. A company hired 24 workers to make 30 tanks, However the workers who turned up for the job were 28.
How many more tanks did they make?
21. 12 tailors can make 20 dresses in 16 days. How many dresses will be made if 3 tailors boycott the job right
from the first day and the tailors worked for the 16 days?

TOPICAL 40 :SCALE DRAWING

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1. A road is represented by a length of 3.2cm on a map. If the scale used is 1 : 50 000, what is the actual length of
the road in kilometers?
2. A length of 3.6cm on a scale drawing represents an actual length of 7.2km. What is the scale used?
3. 48km is represented on a scale drawing by a line measuring 2.4cm. What is the scale used?
4. The distance between two towns is 10 kilometre. If the drawing length is 5 cm, what is the scale?
5. Mukami's plot of land is rectangular in shape. The actual measurements are 2500m by 2000m. If the width is
represented by 2cm on a drawing, what is the area of the plot on a map?
6. The scale drawing of a map is 1 : 200000. If the length of a road on the map is 4cm, what is the actual length of
the road in km?
7. A piece of land is drawn using a scale of 1 : 2500. The drawing measurements are 5cm by 4cm. What is the area
of the land in hectares?
8. A river is represented bu a length of 32cm on a map. What is the actual length of the river in m if the drawing
scale is 1 : 50000 ?
9. On a map the scale is 1 : 50000. A rectangular piece of land measures 3cm by 2cm. What is the size of the piece
of land in hectares?
10. A rectangular plot of land is drawn on a drawing length is 8cm by 6cm, calculate its actual area in ares.
11. If 12km is represented by 6cm, find the scale used.
12. The scale used in a map is 1:100000. A road is 10km long. What is the drawing length to represent the road?
13. The scale reading in a map is 1:500000. A river is represented by 3cm on a map. Find the actual length of the
river in km.
14. The scale used in a map is 1:20000. An irrigation scheme is represented by 2.5cm by 6cm. Find its actual area
in hectares.
15. If 3.5cm on a map represents 21 km, find the scale used.
16. The figure below represents an extract from a map whose scale reads 1:20 000. Calculate the perimeter of the
figure in meters

17. The figure below represents an extract from a map whose scale is It 100 000. Calculate the area of the figure in
hectares.

18. The figure below represents an irrigation scheme found in a map whose scale is 1:20 000. Find the drawing area
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19. The scale used in a map is 1:50 000. The actual area of a plot in the map is 25 hectares. Find the drawing area of
the plot in cm2.
TOPICAL 41: TABLES AND PIE CHARTS

1. The population of a location is represented on the pie chart below. Girls

If there were 3000 girls, how many more boys than men were in the location?
2. The table below shows Matuku's income from the sale of his farm produce. The produce for beans is not
given.

If the income for potatoes is represented by 640 in a pie chart, what is the income for beans?
3. The pie chart below shows subject favored by pupils in a school.

If 140 pupils chose mathematics as their favorite subject, how many more pupils choose English than
Kiswahili?
4. The pie chart below shows how Koindi spent her salary of shy 12000,

How much was spent on entertainment?

5. The table below shows the ages of pupils,

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If the information is represented in a pie chart what angle will represent pupils with 13 gears?
6. The pie chart below represents the number of animals in a farm. If there are 15 donkeys, what is the total
number of goats and sheep in the farm?

7. The pie - chart below shows how Obama spent his January salary. If the savings were sh. 10500, how much
does he earn?

8. In an orchard there are 600 fruit trees with 200 oranges trees, 150 mango trees, 60 lemon trees and 120
banana trees. What is the angle representing other fruit trees?

TOPICAL 42 :GRAPHS
The bar graph below shows the number of kilograms of sugar sold by a shopkeeper in six days. Use it to answer
questions 1 and 2

1) Which two consecutive days had the highest sale of sugar?

2) What was the average sale of sugar?

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The travel graph below shows the journey covered by two motorists. One of them returned to the town he had
come from. Use the graph to answer questions 3 and 4.

3) At what time did the two motorists meet?

4) What is the difference in their average speeds?

5) A cyclist rode for two hours at an average speed of 15km/hr. He rested for 30 minutes and continued for
one hour at an average speed of 10km/hr. Which one of the graphs ABCD below represents the cyclist's
journey?

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The graph below shows a motorist's journey to various towns. Use it to answer questions 6 and 7.

6. Between which two towns was the speed highest?

7. What was the average speed for the whole journey?
TOPICAL 43: GEOMETRY

1. The figure below is part of a parallelogram MNOP. Complete it and measure the length of the diagonal MO.

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2. In the triangle JKL below, construct perpendicular bisector of line JL to cut line JL at M and line JK at P.
What is the size of angle JPM?

3. Complete the construction of a parallelogram WXYZ where WY is a diagonal. What is the length of
diagonal XZ?

4. Construct o triangle XYZ such that side YZ =6cm, angle YZX =500 and angle ZXY= 350, What is the
length of side XZ?
5. Construct triangle QRS such that RS =8cm, angle QRS = SQR 550. What is the length of Line QR
6. Below is part of the construction of a quadrilateral JKLM with diagonals meeting at O. Complete the
construction and draw an angle bisector from J to meet LM at N. What is the length of JN?

7. Construct a semi - circle whose diameter is given below, Complete triangle ABC in the semi - circle such
that angle BAC = 300 and C is on the circumference. Construct a perpendicular CD from C to AB. What is
the length of CD?

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8. The diagram below represents two sides of a quadrilateral ABCD. To locate point C, construct angle ADC =
600and the bisector of angle BAD to join CB. What is the size of angle ACB?

9. Using a pair of compasses and a ruler, construct triangle XYZ with XY = 8cm, YZ = 7cm and XZ = 9cm.
Construct a circle that passes through points XYZ. What is the diameter of the circle?

10. Draw line Y Z = 3.5cm. At Y draw a perpendicular XY and at Z make an angle of 30 0. Let the two lines
meet at X. Measure xz

11. Draw an equilateral triangle XYZ = 6cm in length, Draw a circle touching the three vertices. Measure the
diameter of the circle

12. Construct a triangle ABC whereby line AB = 8cm, line BC = 7cm and angle ABC = 800. What is the length
of line AC?

13. Construct a triangle XYZ whereby line Y Z = 7.5cm angle xyz = 700 and YXZ = 800. What is the length of
line XZ?

14. Draw a circle 3.5cm in radius with centre O. Draw a line AOB. Make a mark C on the circumference of the
circle such that angle AOC = 600. Join C to B. Measure the length of line CB.

15. Construct triangle ABC such that angle ABC = 800 and tine BC = 7cm and line AC = 7.2cm. Drop a
perpendicular from point A to meet line BC at D. Measure the length of line DC.

16. The steps below are used to construct which angle?

17. Draw a semi-circle whose diameter AB is 10cm. Make a mark point C on the circumference of the semi-
circle 6cm from point A. Join points C and B. Measure the length of line CB.

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18. Construct triangle QPR such that line PR = 6.5cm, line RQ = 7cm and angle QPR = 700. Draw a circle
touching the three sides of the triangle. Measure the radius.

19. Construct triangle XYZ where by line Y Z = 8cm line XZ = 9.5cm and line XY = 7.5cm. Bisect angle XYZ
and angle YZX and let the bisectors meet at point P. Join P to k Measure the length of line PX.

20. Construct a semi-circle of radius 5cm with a diameter AB, Make a mark C on the circumference of the
semi-circle 6cm from A. Join points C and A. Measure angle ACB.
TOPICAL 44: MODELS AND NETS

1. What is the product of edges and vertices of a rectangular prism?

2. The net shown below is for a…………………………………… prism

3. What is the product of the edges, vertices and faces of a rectangular pyramid?
4. Which of the following will not form a square prism?

5. The figure below represents a rectangular prism. How many edges does it have?

6. A triangular prism has …………………. vertices.

7. What is the difference between the number of faces and the number of edges in a
8. The net shown above is for a ……………pyramid.

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9. What is the sum of faces, edges and vertices of an open rectangular prism?
10. The figure shown below is known as a………………………………….

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