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A man deposited sh 50000 in a bank for 2 years. The bank paid compound interest at the rate of 10% per annum. How much money was in his account at the end of the two years?
A. sh. 10 500
B. sh. 55 500
C. sh. 60 000
D. sh. 60 500
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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The table below shows the train fares for Nairobi—Mombasa route.
The following passengers travelled in the train:
1. 23 pupils of age 12 years and above
2. 12 pupils aged between 7 and 10 years
3. 2 children below 3 years
4. 3 parents
5. 5 teachers
6. 1 head teacher
The passengers occupied the following classes in the train:
1st class: Head teacher, 1 parent
2nd class: 5 teachers, 2 parents and all pupils and children
How much money did they pay for the journey to Mombasa?
A. sh 119 560
B. sh 151 300
C. sh 156 100
D. sh 164 080
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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Figure ABCDE below represents a vegetable garden in which AE=12m, AB=36m and CD=24m. Angle DEA is a right angle. The distance from A to D is 15m. A perpendicular distance from C to AB is 10m.
What is the area of the garden?
A. 474 m2
B. 390 m2
C. 354 m2
D. 300 m2
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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What is the next number in the pattern 4, 9, 25, 49, 121, 169,…..?
A. 289
B. 256
C. 225
D. 196
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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Nina is paid a basic salary of sh 8000 as a sales agent. In addition she is paid a 5% commission for goods sold above sh 15000. In one month she earned sh 12000 altogether. What was the total sales?
A. sh 255 000
B. sh 95 000
C. Sh 80 000
D. sh 65 000
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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A football match was attended by 42 000 men. The number of women who attended was 27 000 less than the number of men and 12 000 more than the number of children. The entrance fee for adults was sh 100 and for children was sh 50. How much money was collected all together?
A. sh 11 700 000
B. sh 7 500 000
C. sh 7 050 000
D. sh 5 850 000
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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A car traveled 216 km at an average speed of 48km/h. On the return journey the average speed increased to 72km/h. Calculate the average speed in km/h for the whole journey?
A. 57.6
B. 60
C. 28.8
D. 68.6
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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The pie chart below represents the population of 1800 animals in a farm.
How many more chickens than goats are there in the farm?
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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Halima bought 50 bananas @ sh 3 each. She spent sh 75 for transportation. During transportation 5 bananas got spoilt but she sold the rest making a 20% profit. For how much did she sell each banana?
A. sh 4.00
B. sh 5.40
C. sh 5.60
D. sh 6.00
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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A family uses 5 decilitres of milk each day. How many litres of milk altogether would the family use in the months of June and July?
A. 305
B. 30.5
C. 30.0
D. 3.05
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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A meeting was attended by 150 people. Out of these 0.14 were men, 0.2 were women and the rest were children. How many more children than women were there?
A. 69
B. 78
C. 99
D. 129
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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Each of the diagonals of a rectangular flower garden is 65m. If one side of the garden measures 25m, what is the measurement of the other side?
A. 90m
B. 60m
C. 40m
D. 20m
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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A cylindrical container has a circumference of 176 cm and a height of 40 cm. What is the volume of the container in cm3? 
A. 394 240
B. 98 560
C. 7 040
D. 3 520
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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Mulwa had 5 one thousand shillings notes, 7 five hundred shillings notes, 10 two hundred shilling notes and 6 one hundred shillings notes. He then changed the money into fifty shillings notes. How many notes altogether did he get?
A. 555000
B. 11 100
C. 2 220
D. 222
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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Awinja bought a pair of shoes for sh 810 after getting a discount of 10%. What was the marked price of the pair of shoes?
A. sh 81
B. sh 729
C. sh 891
D. sh 900
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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How many fencing posts, spaced 5m apart, are required to fence a rectangular plot measuring 745 m by 230 m?
A. 391
B. 390
C. 195
D. 196
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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The area of a square is 3844 cm2. What is the length of each side of the square?
A. 1922 cm
B. 961 cm
C. 67 cm
D. 62 cm
Date posted:
August 2, 2019
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What is the place value of digit 2 in the product of the total value of digit 4 multiplied by the total value of digit 3 in the number 57438?
A. Ones
B. Tens
C. Hundreds
D. Thousands
Date posted:
August 1, 2019
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Safi packed 15 cartons each containing 20 bottles of juice. The amount of juice in each bottle was 500 ml. What was the total amount of the juice, in litres, packed by Safi?
A. 150
B. 1 500
C. 15 000
D. 150 000
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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The cash price of a radio is sh 8000. The hire purchase price is 50% more than the cash price. Amina bought a radio on hire purchase by paying a deposit of sh 2400 and equal monthly installments of sh 800. In how many months did she pay the installments?
A. 18
B. 15
C. 12
D. 10
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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The perimeter of the isosceles triangle QRS shown below is 48 cm. The base of the triangle is 18cm.
What is the area of the triangle?
A. 54 cm2
B. 108 cm2
C. 135 cm2
D. 435 cm2
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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The diagram below represents a metal solid made up of a cylindrical bar fixed onto a cube. The cylindrical bar is 20cm long and has a diameter of 7cm. Each side of the cube is 9cm long.
The surface of the solid was painted. What area in cm2 was painted?
A. 1499
B. 964.5
C. 926
D. 845
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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A baby woke up at 5.30 a.m. after sleeping for 7 hours 45 minutes. At what time in a.m. /p.m. did the baby sleep?
A. 9.45 a.m
B. 1.15 a.m
C. 9.45 p.m
D. 2.15 p.m
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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A plot of land is in the shape of a semicircle of diameter 28 metres as shown below.
The plot was fenced by erecting posts 4 metres apart. How many posts were used?
A. 12
B. 17
C. 18
D. 19
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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Musa and Kayai left town P for town Q at the same time. Musa drove at an average speed of 80 km/h and reached town Q after 3 hours. Kayai drove at an average speed of 50 km/h for 1 h 30 mins and then continued with the journey at an average speed of 70 km/h. How many kilometres had Kayai to cover at the time Musa reached town Q?
A. 240
B. 180
C. 165
D. 60
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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On a map of scale 1: 100000 a rectangular plot of land measures 7cm by 4cm. What are the actual lengths of the plot in kilometers?
A. 70 000 by 40 000
B. 700 by 400
C. 70 by 40
D. 7 by 4
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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Muli obtained a total score of 180 marks in English, Mathematics and Science. His score in English was half the score obtained in Mathematics. The score in Mathematics was 10 more than the score obtained in Science. If the score obtained in Science is represented by x, which one of the equations below can be used to get the value of X?
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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A farmer harvested 900 bags of maize. She sold 0.7 of the bags and gave 0.1 of the remainder to a charitable organization. She then kept the rest. How many bags of maize were kept?
A. 27
B. 180
C. 243
D. 270
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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The mean mass of four pupils was 49.5 kg. When the masses of another pupil and a teacher were included, the mean mass became 53 kg. If the mass of the pupil was 16kg less than that of the teacher, what was the teacher’s mass?
A. 44 kg
B. 52 kg
C. 76 kg
D. 68 kg
Date posted:
July 31, 2019
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A company gives a commission on sales above sh 100,000. In a certain month a salesgirl received a commission of sh 36,000 after selling goods worth sh 800,000. What was the percentage commission offered?
Date posted:
July 31, 2019