First Term Examination Mathematics Primary 5 (Basic 5) Exam Questions

 

 

MATHEMATICS 

FIRST TERM EXAMINATION 

CLASS – PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5) 

 

 

VOLUME 1 – MATHS EXAM QUESTIONS (NEW) 

SECTION A – MULTIPLE CHOICE 

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C in the section. 

1. Three thousand and three in figures.

[a] 3.003

[b] 30 003

[c] 3 000 003

 

2. Eighty six million, four hundred and sixty nine.

[a] 46 000 404

[b] 46 569

[c] 406 569

 

3. Add 126 and 37.

[a] CLX

[b] CLXIII

[c] CXLII

 

4. Add Roman figure CC + LXX.

[a] 270

[b] 207

[c] 720

 

5. Subtract 7 564 576 from 9 665 438.

[a] 2 100 860

[b] 2 100 862

[c] 2 100 700

 

6. Which is the biggest amongst these fractions.

[a] 5/6

[b] 4/6

[c] 3/4

 

7. What is 3/ 5 in decimal?

[a] 3.5

[b] 0.6

[c] 6.3

 

Change the following fractions to percentage. 

8. 1/4

[a] 38%

[b] 25%

[c] 40%

 

9. 8/10

[a] 800%

[b] 80%

[c] 8%

 

10. 3/5 + 2/6 =

[a] 14/15

[b] 6/15

[c] 7/10

 

11. Find the product 346 and 246.

[a] 84 870

[b] 85 116

[c] 28 463

 

12. 7 / 9 can be written in ratio form as ______.

[a] 7 + 9

[b] 7 x 9

[c] 7 : 9

 

13. What is the sum of the squares of 4, 8 and 10?

[a] 180

[b] 480

[c] 1 048

 

14. The age of Tade and Tunde are 15 years and 9 years respectively. Express the age as ratio in simplest form.

[a] 9 : 15

[b] 15 : 9

[c] 5 : 3

 

15. Add these fraction,  1 1/10    + 3 1/10

[a] 4 1/20

[b] 4 1/5

[c] 4 1/5

 

 SECTION B – THEORY

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions in this section. 

QUESTION 1

A. Write the following in roman Numerals.

I. 520

II. 1150

B.. Evaluate the square of these numbers.

I. 9 – 7 =

II. 5 + 3 =

 

QUESTION 2

A. Write the following in words. 

I. 10,000,235

II. 927,899

B. Multiply these 

a. 32 . 18 x 5 b. 47 . 56 x 31

 

QUESTION 3

A. Simplify these, 

I. 2 / 3 of 42

II. 2 / 5 of 32

B. 60% of students in a college were admitted to do science. The college admitted 120 students. How many students did Science?

 

QUESTION 4

A. Change these improper fraction to mixed fraction. 

I. 15/6

II. 27/7

III. 92/9

B. Find the sums of these fractions.

I. 3/5  + 1/2

II. 11/12   + 5/6

 

QUESTION 5

A. Find the L. C. M of 

I. 15 and 20

II. 9, 12 and 20

B. Find the H. C. F of 

I. 30 and 42

II. 21 and 18

 

VOLUME 2 – MATHS EXAM QUESTIONS (FORMER) 

SECTION A – MULTIPLE CHOICE 

INSTRUCTION – Choose the correct answer from the options A – C in this section. 

1. The product of a number multiplied by itself is called ______.

[a] square root

[b] prime factor

[c] square

 

2. What is square of 25?

[a] 625

[b] 50

[c] 1

 

3. What is the sum of the squares of 4, 8, and 10? ______.

[a] 1048

[b] 480

[c] 180

 

4. What is 120 divided by 10?

[a] 1200

[b] 12

[c] 2

 

5. Find the remainder when 24500 is divided by 3?

[a] 1

[b] 2

[c] 3

 

6. When a certain number is divided by 200 the result is 2 with remainder of100. What is the number?

[a] 100

[b] 200

[c] 400

 

7. Which of these numbers is not a prime numbers?

[a] 7

[b] 2

[c] 4

 

 

8. Change fraction to decimals 57/1000.

[a] 57.0

[b] 570.1

[c] 0.57

 

9. Simplify 20% to it lowest form.

[a] 20/100

[b] 2/10

[c] 1/5

 

10. Change 1% to decimal.

[a] 0.01

[b] 0.0001

[c] 1.01

 

11. A million has ______ digits.

[a] 5

[b] 6

[c] 7

 

12. Find the L.C.M of 10 and 15.

[a] 30

[b] 45

[c] 150

 

13. Circle the even numbers in the set of numbers – 1, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 14, 30, 31.

[a] 1 10 14 30

[b] 3 4 10 30

[c] 4 10 14 30

 

14. The ages of Tade and Tunde are 15 years and 9 years respectively express the ages as ratio in simplest form.

[a] 5:3

[b] 5:9

[c] 9:15

 

15. Share 250 mangoes in the ratio 2:3, What is the larger share?

[a] 150

[b] 250

[c] 750

 

SECTION B – THEORY 

INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the following questions in this section. 

QUESTION 1. Find the values of:

A. 5 % of 120 cm

B. 45% of 2000cm

C. 60% of students in a college were admitted to do science. The college admitted 120 students. How many students did science?

 

QUESTION 2

A. The sales of a shop in a week were #6,612, #5,330, #4, 033, #708 and #6,035. What was the total sales for the week.

B. Find the cost of 25 books, lf each lost #7.75.

C. Find the product of 276 and 32.

 

QUESTION 3. The parents of Olu Ayo and lge gave them #30,000 to share in the ratio 4 : 5 : 6.
A. How much does each get?

B. Who get the biggest share?

C. Who got the smallest share?

 

QUESTION 4. Find the value of each of the following:

A. 5 – 4

B. 8 + 15

C. 9 x 36

 

QUESTION 5. Divide:

A. 682 by 50

B. 799 by 10

C. 6378 by 20