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HW 20.5
HW 20.5
HW 20.5
11. A 65 m ladder leans on a vertical wall 25m high. What is the distance between the
foot of ladder and the wall? (2mks)
12. Jamal walked round the figure below 3 times. What distance did he cover
altogether? (2mks)
13. A flower farm is in the shape of a Rhombus its diagonals measure 24cm by 10cm.
What is the area of the flower farm? (2mks)
14. A matatu covered a distance of 200metres in 10 seconds. Calculate the speed of
the Matatu in kilometres per hour. (2mks)
15. The temperature of a substance was 860 kelvins it was cooled at the rate of
(2mks) 10°c per minute. What is the final temperature of the substance after 10
minutes. (2mks)
16. A sales lady earns a basic salary of sh.3000. He is also paid 5% commission on
goods sold. How much did she earn in a month she sold goods worth sh.120000.
17. The figure below is full of water. What is the capacity of the tank in litres? (3mks)
18. Juma paid sh.10200 after he was allowed a 15% discount. How much was the
marked price of the item. (2mks)
19. James scored the following marks in a test. (2mks)
Mathematics - 8
English - 7
Science - 6
SST/RE - 3
He represented this information on a pie chart. Calculate the value of each angle
that could represent each subject. (2mks)
20. Calculate the area of the figure below.
21. Use the table below to answer the questions below (2mks)
22. Moses sent two money orders worth sh. 7500 and sh.33500 (2mks)
i. How much commission did he pay at the post office? (2mks)
ii. How much money did Moses pay at the post office altogether? (1mk)
MARKING SCHEME
1. 90,000,000
2. 0.0003
3. 9
4. 10:30am
5. 603
6. 3
/4, 3/8, 3/12, 1/3
7. Sh12000
8. 45m
9.
a. 2y + 8 = 20 (any letter)
b. y = 6
10. 34°
11. 300m
12. 60m
13. 120cm2
14. 72km/hr
15. 487°C
16. Sh.9000
17. 6.16litres
18. Sh.12000
19. 120°, 105°, 90°, 45°
20. 223cm2
21.
a. 205
b. 41205