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MID-TERM I EXAMINATION 2023

PRIMARY SIX
MATHEMATICS
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes

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Read the following instructions carefully: ONLY
1. The paper has two sections: A and B

2. Section A has 20 short questions (40 marks)

3. Section B has 12 questions (60 marks) FOR EXAMINER’S USE

ONLY
4. Answer ALL questions. All answers to both Sections A

and B must be written in the spaces provided. Qn. No MARK SIGN

5. All answers must be written using a blue or black ball 1 – 10

point pen or ink. Diagrams should be drawn in pencil. 11 – 20

6. Unnecessary alteration of work may lead to loss of marks. 21 – 30

31 – 32
7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily read may lead to
TOTAL
loss of marks.

8. Do not fill anything in the boxes indicated for Examiner’s

use only.

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 SECTION A: (40 MARKS)

1. Work out: 4 6
- 2 0

2. Shade P – Q in the diagram below.

P Q

3. Write 45600 in words.

4. Divide 2424 by 6

5. Subtract ½ - ⅓

6. Given that represents 6 pupils, draw pictures to represent 48 pupils.

-
7. Simplify: 6 - -4

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8. Find the area of the triangle below.

5cm
4cm 6cm

8cm

9. What is the next number in the sequence

1, 3, 6, 10, _____ ?

10. 5 books cost sh. 20000. Find the cost of 7 similar books.

11. Subtract: Hrs Min.

7 30
-4 45

______________

12. Find the size of angle y.

y
550

13. Find the GCF of 12 and 20.

14. Express 2.5 km as metres.

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15. Find the median of the following numbers.

3, 5, 4, 9, 2, 7, 8

16. Arrange ½, ⅓, ¼ in ascending order.

17. Round off 77.74 to the nearest ones.

18. Set A = {1, 3}. How many subsets are in set A?

19. Solve: 3t + 4 = 10

20. Use a protractor to measure angle PQR.

P

P Q
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 SECTION B: (60 Marks)

21. Mustapha bought the following items from the market.

3kg of sugar at shs. 3200 per kg.
1 ½ litres of milk at shs. 1400 each litre.
2 kg of rice at shs. 6400.
8 mangoes at shs. 500 per mango.

(a) Calculate his total expenditure. (4 marks)

(b) If he had shs. 25000 at first; find his change. (2 marks)

22. In a class of 30 pupils, 15 like singing (S), 18 like dancing (D) and p like both
singing and dancing.

(a) Represent the above information on the venn diagram. (2 marks)

n(ε) = 30
n(S) = 15 n(D) = 18

___ p ___

(b) Find the number of pupils who like both activities. (2 marks)

(c) How many pupils like only one activity? (2 marks)

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23. In a class of 66 pupils, are girls and the rest are boys.
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(a) Find the fraction for boys. (1 mark)

(b) How many girls are in the class? (1 mark)

(c) How many more girls than boys are in the class? (2 marks)

24. Using a ruler and a pair of compasses only, construct a hexagon in a circle of
radius 4cm. (4 marks)

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25. The diagram below shows prime factors of two numbers. Use it to answer the
questions below.
Fx Fy

51 21 22
31 23

(a) Find the value of (i) x (1 mark)

(ii) y (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the

(i) GCF of x and y (1 mark)

(ii) LCM of x and y (2 marks)

26. (a) If p = 2, r = 3 and t = 4. Find the value of; (1 mark each)

(i) rt
p

(ii) p(r + t)

(b) Solve: 3n – 2 = 28 (2 marks)

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27. Use the diagram drawn below to answer questions that follow.

8m
6m

7m

10m
(a) Find area of the rectangle. (2 marks)

(b) Find area of the triangle. (2 marks)

(c) Find area of the shaded part. (2 marks)

28. Study the magic square below and use it to answer the following questions.
15 w 11
(a) Find the magic sum. (1 mark)
z 9 x
y 17 3

(b) Find the value of the unknowns. (1 mark each)

(i) w

(ii) x

(iii) y

(iv) z

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29. Hamza scored the following marks in his end of term one exams.
ENG MTC SCIE SST R.E
75 50 80 65 75

(a) What was Hamza’s modal mark? (1 mark)

(b) Find his median mark. (1 mark)

(c) Calculate his mean mark. (2 marks)

(d) Find his range. (1 mark)

30. (a) Calculate the value of p. (2 marks)

2p
300

(b) Find the value of y. (2 marks)

850

2y0 450

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 31. Study the figure below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(a) Find the number of; (1 mark each)

4cm (i) edges

5cm
6cm
(ii) faces

(b) Calculate its volume. (2 marks)

(c) Find its total surface area. (2 marks)

32. Study the graph and answer the questions that follow.
Records of Births in Nsambya Hospital

120

100

80
No. of babies

60

40

20

0
Jan. Feb. Mar.
Apr. May Jun.
Months
(a) In which month was the highest number of babies born? (1 mark)

(b) Which 2 months had the same number of babies born? (1 mark)

(c) How many babies were born in February? (1 mark)

(d) Which 2 months had a total number of births of 220? (2 marks)

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