COMPETENCE BASED
CURRICULUM
THE STANDARD MEASURE SERIES 1
GRADE 8 TERM 1 OPENER (ENTRY)
EXAM 2024
JUNIOR SCHOOL
MATHEMATICS
SCHOOL: .............................................................................................................
NAME………………………………………………………………………………
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
SECTION 1(50MKS)
1. A bus covered a distance of 350km in 5hours.
What was its speed in km/h?
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2. Evaluate without using a calculator.
4 of 20+ 10÷−5 ×6
(3mks)
6 × 9−4 ÷ 2+12
0.24+ (−0.3×−0.81 )
3. 0.08 ÷ 0.4 (3mks)
4. a) Find the H.C.F of 36 and 54 (1mk)
b) If three numbers 36,54 and another number have a G.C.D of 6 and L.C.M of 216, find the other number
(2mks)
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5. a) Simplify the expression (3mks)
3 x + 4 x +1 2 x +8
+ −
4 2 3
b) Solve for x in the equation below.
2(x+4) =14 (2mks)
6. Use a number line to work out the following:
i) 3+-4 (1mk)
ii) 5- -2 (1mk)
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7. A shopkeeper made a loss of 20% by selling a trouser at Sh. 960 . What profit would he have made if he had
sold it at sh.1500 (3mks)
2 1
8. A girl spent of her pocket money on bread and of the remainder on stationery. If she had Ksh. 200 left
5 6
at the end of the term, how much pocket money did she have at the beginning of the term.
(3mks)
9. Small cubes of of edge 2cm are to be packed into a rectangular container measuring 6 cm by 5 m and 4 m.
How many cubes are required ? (3 mks)
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10. Three bells ring at intervals ring at intervals of 40 minutes,45 minutes and 60 minutes. If they ring
simultaneously at 6.30 am, at what time will they ring next together? (3mks)
11. The area of 10 square plots is 160 ares .Find the length in metres of the side of each plot
(3mks)
12. Find the perimeter of a circular protractor whose radius is 14 cm
(3mks)
13. Convert the following decimals into percentage (3 mks)
(i)0.67
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(ii)1.25
(iii)0.167
14. (a)All prime numbers less than ten are arranged in descending order to form a number
(i)Write down the number formed (2 mks)
(ii)State the total value of the second digit in the number formed in a(i) above (2 mks)
15. (a)When a certain number is divided by 30,45 or 54 there is always a remainder of [Link] the number (4
mks)
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(b) A square toilet floor 5m by 5m is covered by a number of whole rectangular tiles of sides 50 cm by 50 cm.
Calculate the number of tiles covering the floor (3 mks)
16. The following figure represents a piece of land. The two ends are semicircles of radius 70m each.
a) Calculate
(i) The perimeter of the land (2mks)
(ii) The area of the land in hectares (3mks)
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b)
A private developer bought this piece of land at a price of Ksh 5,000,000 per hectare and later sold the
all land at Kshs. 14,760,000. Determine
(i) The price at which he bought the whole piece of land (2mks)
(ii) His percentage profit (3mks)
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