Primary 5 (Basic 5) First Term Examination for All Subjects and Answer key

FIRST TERM MATHEMATICS EXAMINATION QUESTIONS FOR PRIMARY 5 (BASIC 5)

MATHEMATICS EXAM QUESTIONS 

SECTION A – Objectives INSTRUCTION – Attempt all the questions 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 24,500 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.

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 – Attempt all the following questions. 

Q1. Find the values of:

a. 5 % of 120 cm

b. 45% of 2000 cm

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

Q2a. The sales of a shop in a week were ₦6612, ₦5330, ₦4033, ₦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.

Q3. 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?

Q4. Find the value of each of the following:

a. 5 – 4

b. 8 + 15

c. 9 x 36

Q5. Divide:

a. 682 by 50

b. 799 by 10

c. 6378 by 20

ANSWER KEY

SECTION A

1. c 2. a 3. c. 4. b 5. b 6. c 7. c 8. c 9. c 10. a 11. b 12. a 13. 4, 10, 14, 30 14. a 15. a

SECTION B

Q1. a. 6 cm b. 900 cm c. 72 students

Q2. a. ₦22,718 b. ₦193.75 c. 8,832

Q3. a. ₦8,000, ₦10,000, ₦12,000 b. Ige c. Olu

Q4. a. 1 b. D23 c. 324

Q5. a. 13 r 32 b. 79 r 9 c. 318 r 18

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