THE MODERN TIMES EXAMINATIONS

PRIMARY SEVEN PRE-MOCK SET ONE

2025
MATHEMATICS
Time allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
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FOR EXAMINERS’ USE
1. Do not write write your School and district
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name anywhere on this paper. QN. NO. MARKS EXR’S
2. This paper has two sections: A and B Section A INITIALS
has 20 questions (40 marks) and Section B has 1-5
12 questions (60 marks) printed altogether.
6 - 10
3. Answer ALL questions. All the working for both
Sections A and B must be shown in the Spaces 11 - 15
provided. 16 - 20
4. All working must be done using a blue or
black ball point pen or ink. Any work done in 21 - 22
pencil other than graphs and diagrams will not 23 – 24
be marked.
25 - 26
5. No calculators are allowed in the examination
room. 27 - 28
6. Unnecessary changes in your work and
handwriting that cannot be easily read may 29 - 30
lead to loss of marks. 31 - 32
7. Do not fill anything in the table indicated for
Examiner’s use only and the boxes inside the TOTAL
question paper.
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 SECTION A (40 MARKS)

1. Workout: 342 – 101

2. Round off 34.997 to the nearest tenths.

3. Using a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses only construct an angle of 1050.

2
4. Workout: 2 −
3

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5. Find the square of 0.04.

6. Find the next number in the sequence below and write their sum in Roman
numerals;
81, 83, 86, 91, 98, ____, ____

7. Simplify: 9 + 9 ÷ 9

8. In the figure find the value of x.

5x

1200 3x

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9. Write 3985 in scientific notation

10. Express 25cm as a percentage of 5m.

11. Write DCCLXXVII in Hindu Arabic numerals

12. Express 12:25pm into a military time.

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13. Simplify: 2 – 3(p – 2)

14. Adamma had sh.7,500 and received sh.4,500 more from a friend. He later
equally shared the money with his elder brother. How much did each get?

15. Solve: 1 – 3 = w (finite7)

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16. Find the number of elements in a set with 16 subsets

17. Workout 15 ÷ 3 using repeated subtraction.

18. Workout the volume of the cube below

5cm

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19. Workout the mean of 3p, 7, 3, 2p and 0.

20. Write a single numeral that has been expanded to give:

(9 x 102) + (3 x 100) + (5 x 10-2)

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

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21. a) Change in to a decimal fraction. (2 marks)
4

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 b) Simplify: 7.2 x 0.36 x 4
2.4 x 14.4 (3 marks)

22. The figure below is representing the magic square of 3 by 3. Study it and
find the value of the unknown letters. (4 marks)

8 3 x
p 5 9
t n 2

X=
p=
t=
n=
23. The Pie-chart represents Sarah’s expenditure per month.

1500

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 a) Find the value of Y in degrees (2 marks)

b) Given that Sarah spends sh. 36,000 more on rent than on food. How much
does she earn per month? (3 marks)

24. Using a ruler, pencil and a pair of compasses only construct a triangle POT
where PO = 7cm Angle P = 1200 and angle POT = 300.
(4 marks)

(1 mark)
b) Measure angle PTO

25. a) Prime factorize 36 and write your answer in subscript form.

(2 marks)

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 b) Workout the sum of prime numbers between 40 and 50.

(3 marks)

26. The Venn diagram below shows learners who passed Mathematics (M)
and Science (S).

n(∑)

a) If 15 more pupils passed mathematics only than science only.

Find the value of p.

(3 marks)

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 b) How many learners did not pass mathematics? (2 marks)

27. A taxi travelling at 80km/h took 2hrs 30 minutes to cover part of the
journey, the rest of the journey was covered in 1 ½ hours at a speed of
120km per hour.
a) What distance did the bus cover altogether? (3 marks)

b) Workout the average speed for the whole journey. (2 marks)

28. Auma is 20 years younger than her mother. In 15 years’ time, the mother
will be twice as old as the Auma. Work out the age of each person now.
(4 marks)

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29. a) Find the principle that can yield sh. 7,200 in a bank that gives an interest
rate of 20% per year in a period of 6 months.
(4 marks)

b) Calculate the amount of money that will be in that account by the end of the
period of 6 months. (2 marks)

30. Use the number line below to find the value of the letters.
b
a

<

c (1 mark each)
a=
b=
c=
ii) Write the mathematical sentence represented above

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 31. Study and complete the table below. (5 marks)
Item Unit cost Amount

1 ½ kg of tea Sh. Sh. 900

2kg of posho Sh. 3400 Sh.

bars of soap Sh. 1800 Sh. 5,850

750gms of salt Sh. 2000 per kg Sh.

Total Sh.

b) If Richard was given sh. 1,450 as balance after paying for all the items, what
did he have at first? (1 mark)

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32. Peter, Paul and Philips contributed sh. 24,000, sh.36,000 and sh. 60,000
respectively for a joint project work which made a profit of sh. 51,000 by the
end of the project. They then agreed to separate and each of them starts his
own and they shared the total money according to their initial contributions.
How much did each person get? (4 marks)

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