OUTREACH SCHOOLS EXAMINATIONS BOARD

END OF TERM III EXAMINATION 2024

P.6 MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 2hours 30 Minutes

Pupil’s Name: ……………………………………………………………

Class: ………………………………………………………………………
School Name: …………………………………………………………..
Read the following instructions carefully:

1. This paper has two sections: A and B FOR EXAMINERS’

2. Section Ahas 20 short questions (40 marks)
3. Section B has 12 questions (60 marks)
USE ONLY
4. Answer all questions. All the working for both
Qn. No. MARKS EXR’S
sections A and B must be shown in the spaces
provided. No.
5. All working must be done using a blue or 1 - 10
blackball point pen or ink. Any work done in
pencil will NOT be marked except drawings and 11 – 20
diagram.
6. Unnecessary changes in your work and 21 – 30
handwriting that cannot be easily read may lead
to loss of marks.
31 – 32
7. Do not fill anything in the table indicated
“For examiners’ use only” and the boxes TOTAL
inside the question paper.

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 SECTION A: 40 MARKS
1. Work out 34 x 4 2. Write in figures Seventy nine
thousand eighty two.

3. Work out 2 – 5 = _____ ( mod 7) 4. Increase sh. 48000 by 20 %

5. 8 Exercise books cost sh. 4800. Find 6. Find the G.C.F. of 12 and 18.
the cost of 5 similar books.

7. Round of 380.59 to the nearest 8. Calculate the value of P in the

tenths. diagram below

3p

105˚

9. 9. Express 49 in Roman numerals. 10. Prime factorise 48 and give your

answer in subscript form.

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11. In a box, there are 5 blue pens and 7 12. A coach bus travelled from Kabale to
red pen. What is the probability of masaka a distance of 240 km at
picking a red pen at random? 80km/hr. How long did the bus take
to reach Masaka?

13. Study the diagram and answer the 14. Express 5M2 to Cm2
questions below.
Find the length AC
C

5cm

A 12cm B

15. How many lines of symmetry does a 16. The diagram below is a trapezium,
square have Calculate its area
6cm

9cm

12cm

17. Given that a=3 b=2. Find the value 18. Alesson began at 10:30 a.m and
of a2 – b3 1:00 p.m. How long did the lesson
take?

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19. Mr. Mukasa bought a shirt at sh. 20. Given that set N= { a,b,c}. How
10,000 and sold it at sh.8000. many subjects are in set N?
Calculate his percentage loss.

SECTION B:

21. In a primary six class there are 42 pupils, 24 pupils like Maths ( M) , 25 like
English (E) 2 pupils like neither Maths nor English and Y pupils like both subjects.
a) Complete the Venn diagram.
∑=____________
M E

Y
_____ _____
____________

b) Find the value of Y

c) How many pupils like one subject?

22. Okot went to the market and bought the following items. 2 litres of milk at sh.
2400 per litre. 500g of salt at sh 2000 per kg. 3 loaves of bread at sh.1800 @ loaf.
a) How much did he spend altogether?

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 b) If he remained with sh.1500. How much money did he have at first?

23. The volume of the cuboid below is 240cm3.

a) Find the value of X

X
6cm
10cm

b) Calculate the total surface are of the cuboid.

24. Mr. Magezi deposited sh. 100,000 in the bank for the period of 4 years at an
interest rate of 20% per annum.
a) Calculate the simple interest he will get after that period.

b) Workout the amount he will have after 4 years.

25. a) Express 72km/hr to m/sec.

b) Change 10m/s to Km/hr.

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26. The pie – chart below shows how a man spends his monthly salary.

Food
Fees

1200
a) Find the value of X.
Rent

b) If he spends sh. 36000 on food, what is his monthly salary?

27. Write the integers represented by letters a,b and c on the number line.

a
− − − −
4 3 2 1 0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
c
a =_________ b =________ c = __________

b) Write down a mathematical statement to satisfy the number line.

28. a) 6 men can dig a garden in 8 days. How long can 12 men take to do the same
work?

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 b) 6 pens cost sh. 7200. Calculate the cost of 4 similar pens.

29. John Joan and Janepher shared sh.120,000 in the ratio of 3:4:5 respectively.
a) How much did Joan get?

b) How much more did Janepher get than John?

30. a) Simplify 4.8 x 0.12

0.8 x 0.6

b) Express 124 five to base ten.

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31. Workout the value of the marked angles.
a) Find the value of t.

t0

700 1200

b) Find the value of angle M

600

m0

500

32. a) The sum of three consecutive counting numbers is 24. Find the numbers.

b) I think of a number multiplied by 5 and add 8 the result is 23. Find the number.

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