GRADE 5 MID YEAR EXAMINATIONS

MATHS PAPER 1

Time 1 hour 30 minutes

INSTRUCTION

Answer all the questions on the separate answer sheet provided.

1. Round off 5620 to the nearest 100

A. 6000
B. 5600
C. 5620
D. 5700

2. 60 +4000+100+1=
A. 1461
B. 6411
C. 4161
D. 1641

3. Put the correct sign 47, 5 47,175

A. <
B. =
C .>
D. *

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4. 8 of 32 is =
A. 4
B. 12
C. 7
D. 8

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5. 0,75 x10 =
A. 0,750
B. 75, 0
C. 75
D. 7, 50

6. Write 106c in dollars

A. $100, 6
B. $10, 6
C. $1, 06
D. $1006

7. How many minutes are there between 9:50pm and 10:00pm?

A. 50 mins
B. 10 mins
C. 20mins
D. 1 min

8. Write 3650gin kilograms

A. 3,500kg
B. 3,650kg
C. 3,050kg
D. 3,5kg

9. A storekeeper bought 5 rolls of cloth. Each roll was 9,45 long. How many
metres of cloth did he buy?
A. 9,50m
B. 47,05m
C. 47,25m
D. 47,00m
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10. Reduce 40 to its lowest term.
3
A. 4
15
B. 20
30
C. 40
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D3

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11. The line right round the circle is called _______
A. radius
B. chord
C. diameter
D. circumference

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12. 2 + 4 =
2
A. 4
3
B. 4
1
C. 4
1
D. 8
13. The formula for finding area of a rectangle is
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A . 2 bxh
bx h
B. 3
C. L x W
D. Lx W x H

14. How many days are there in a fortnight?

A. 12days
B.14days
C. 7days
D.365days

15. Which of the following is not a factor of 60?

A. 7
B. 12
C. 6
D. 15

16. What is the product of 68 and 5?

A. 73
B. 53
C. 1313
D. 340

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17. Angles of a triangle add up to
A. 900
B. 3600
C. 1800
D. 450

18. 6 400 – 2 713 =

A. 9 113
B. 3 713
C. 4 313
D. 3 687

19. Five tricycles have______ wheels.

A. 2
B. 15
C. 10
D. 5

20. 3 87
A. 27
B. 2
C. 29
D.27

21. What time is shown?

A. 20 to 4
B. 20 to 8
C. 20 past 4
D. 20 past 8

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22. Calculate the perimeter of this shape

9cm

9cm

A. 18cm
B. 37cm
C. 36cm
D. 48cm

23. 1 litre = cm3

A. 100
B. 1000
C. 10
D. 1

24. What is the volume of this shape?

5cm 5cm

5cm

A. 15cm
B. 30cm
C. 10cm3
D. 125cm3

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25. Express 5 as a percentage =
A. 80%
B. 4%
C. 40%
D. 8%

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26. 0,7 as a proper fraction =
17
A. 100
7
B. 10
70
C. 70
.10
D 70
27. A boy rides his bicycle 35km in 1 hr. His speed is________
A. 35km/hr
B. 18,5km/hr
C. 35km
D. 35hrs

28. A cube has______ faces.

A.8
B. 6
C. 4
D. 8

29. Tsitsi is 4 years older than Mavis. Mavis is 11 years old. How old is Tsitsi?
A. 7
B. 19
C. 15
D. 17

30. What fraction is shaded?

4
A. 9
3
B. 8
1
C. 2
4
D. 7
31. This shape is a __________ .

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A. cone
B. cylinder
C. triangle
D. circle

32. What is the highest common factor of 20 and 30?

A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 10

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33. 700 people were in a church meeting 7 were adults and the rest were
children. How many were children?
A. 700
B. 500
C. 200
D .100

34. Share 30 sweets in the ratio 2:3

A. 6 and 12
B. 12 and 8
C. 8 and 12
D. 12 and 18

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35. A painter painted 6 of the house in the morning and 2 in the
afternoon. How much of the house has been painted?
2
A. 3
1
B. 2

1
C. 3

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D 9

36. What is the area of a square with sides measuring 6cm?

A. 48cm2
B. 24cm2
C. 36cm2
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D. 4cm
37.

Series 1
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Series 1
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English Maths Shona General Paper

In which subject did Ngoni get the least mark?

A. English
B. General paper
C. Shona
D. Maths

38. What was Ngoni’s highest mark?

A. 30
B. 70
C. 15
D. 40

39. What is the difference between 540 and 127?

A.413
B.667
C.4 12
D.420

40. Which of the following is a prime number?

A. 7
B.9
C.15
D.21
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41. This is an________.

A. square
B. rhombus
C. isosceles triangle
D. equilateral triangle

42. Round off to the nearest tenth 87, 67

A. 87, 7
B. 88, 0
C. 87, 68
D. 80, 7

43. What is the sum of 2, 31 and 4, 69?

A 6, 91
B 2, 38
C 7
D 8, 70

44. Rudo starts at 7:30am.If she is 15 minutes late. What time does she arrive at
school?
A. 7:45am
B. 7:15
C. 8:45am
D. 6:45am

45. Eight o’clock at night in 24 hr notation is

A. 2300hrs
B. 800hrs
C. 2000hrs
D. 0800hrs

46. Which one is a right angle?

A. B. C. D.

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47. Fill in the missing number 550 650 850
A. 100
B. 750
C. 250
D. 300

48. What is the area of a triangle with a base 6cm and height 8cm respectively?
A. 140cm2
B. 48cm2
C. 24 cm2
D. 36 cm

49. Chipo is facing East. If she turns two right angles to the right. She now
faces_______ .
A. west
B. North
C. South
D. East

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What is one third of the set?

A. 12
B. 3
C. 4
D. 7

GRADE 5 2014

MATHS PAPER 1ANSWERS.

1A 24D 47 B
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2C 25A 48 C

3C 26B 49 B

4B 27A 50 C
5D 28 A

6C 29 C

7B 30 B

8B 31 B

9C 32 D

10A 33 C

11D 34 D

12B 35 A

13A 36 C

14B 37 D

15A 38 B

16D 39 A

17C 40 A

18D 41 D

19C 42 A

20 C 43 B

21 C 44 A

22C 45 C

23A 46 A

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