SMART STAR EXAMINATIONS BOARD
BEGINNING OF TERM III ASSESSMENT - 2025
PRIMARY FIVE
MATHEMATICS
Time allowed : 2 hours 30 minutes
Pupil's Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………
School Name………………………………………………………..…Date…………………..……..
Read the following instructions carefully: FOR EXAMINERS’ USE ONLY
1. This paper has two sections: A and B. QN. NO. MARKS
EXR`S NO.
Section A has 20 questions and section
B has 12 questions. 1-5
2. All the working for both sections A and
B must be shown in the spaces 6 - 10
provided.
11 - 15
3. All working must be done using a blue
or black ball-point pen or fountain pen.
16 – 20
Any work done in pencil other than
graphs, pictures and diagrams will not
21 – 22
be marked.
4. No calculators are allowed in the 23 – 24
examination room.
25 – 26
5. Unnecessary changes of work may lead
to loss of marks.
27 -28
6. Any handwriting that cannot easily be
read may lead to loss of marks. 29 -30
7. Do not fill anything in the boxes 31 – 32
indicated: “For Examiners’ Use only”
and boxes inside the question paper. TOTAL
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SECTION A: 40 marks
Answer all the questions i n this Section.
Questions 1 to 20 carry two marks each
1. Workout: 5. Reduce 300 by 6.
13 5
+ =
19 19
2. Find the value of 6 in 9678. 6. Add: Sh. 200+ sh. 9000 + sh. 50
3. Simplify: 7. Draw an arrow to show -5 on the
number line below.
2p + 5p – p =
4. Work out the supplement of 700. 8. Agnes was facing south west, he
turned clockwise through an angle of
1350. What was her new direction?
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9. Complete the sequence below 13 Given that;
correctly.
P = {2,3,5,6,9,12, 16, 18}
19 + 4 = 23
Circle all the square numbers in set P.
23 + 4 = 27
+4=
10 Workout: 3 3five 14. The table below shows time taken by
+ 2 4five each boy to answer questions.
___________ Deng Chol Peng
45 80 55
minutes minutes minutes
Find the total time taken by all to
answer questions.
11. 24 15. Work out the total distance round the
Reduce to its lowest form
36 flower garden below in centimeters.
3 metres
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12. Given that represents 16. I think of a number, subtracted four
from it and got 10 as the result. Find
Four flowers. Complete the table
the number I thought of.
below correctly.
Pictures Number
of
flowers
12
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17. Find the missing angle r. 19. Change 5 litres to deciliters
r
680
18. Work out: 20. Write 949 in words.
2
( x 21) + 3
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SECTION B
21. a) Write the place value of 6 in 79.046. (1 mark)
b) Add 384 + 26.45 (2marks)
c) Express 0.25 as a common fraction in the simplest form. (2marks)
22. At a tally centre voters of five candidates were recorded as below.
ANITA ALITWALA MIKE MAGOGO KIWANDA INVALID VOTES
342 106 98 219 120 9
a) Which candidate won the elections? (1mark)
b) How many more votes did ANITA get than KIWANDA? (2marks)
c) How many people voted but not counted as voters of the four candidates?
(1mark)
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23. Work out:
a) m cm (1mark) b) kg g (2marks)
9 65 7 800
−4 43 +2 700
_____________ ____________
24. Using the number line below, work out 4 + 3 (2marks)
25. Solve the following
a) m + m +m = 18 (2marks @)
b) r – 13 = 17
𝑘
c) = 19
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26. Given the sets N = { first five prime numbers}
T = {first four odd numbers}
a) List down all the members of set N. (2marks)
b) Show the above sets on the Venn diagram below. (3marks)
T N
27. The graph below shows time taken by three athletes to run a race.
Time in minutes
7 minutes
5 minutes
3 minutes
Names of athletes
a) Who took the first position? (1mark)
b) By how many minutes did the winner lead the race? (2marks)
c) Who was the last in the race? (1marks)
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28. Complete the chart below correctly. (2marks)
9 6 ___ 7
Ones
8 tens
__________
b) Write (7x103) + (9 x 102) + (3 x 101) + (1 x 100) as a single number.
(2marks)
29. a) Prime factorize 72 and write your answer in subscript form. (2marks)
b) Given that F36 = {21, 22, 31, 32}
F18 = {21, 31, 32}
Find the GCF of 18 and 36. (2marks)
30. The figure PQR below is a triangle. Line RX is the height. Study it carefully and
answer the questions that follow
R
12cm
10cm
16cm
X
P 14cm Q
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a) Calculate the area of the figure above. (2marks)
b) Find the distance round the triangle QXR. (2marks)
31. With clear working, complete the table below correctly. (5marks)
Denomination Value No. of notes Amount
Two thousand shillings note Sh. 2000 3 Sh. 6000
Five thousand shilling note Sh. ______ 2 Sh. ______
_________________________ Sh.1000 __________ Sh. 7000
Ten thousand shilling note Sh. 10,000 4 Sh. ______
Total Sh. ______
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32. Use a pair of compasses, a ruler and a sharp pencil, to construct a polygon ABC
such that AB = BC = AC in a circle of radius 5cm. (4marks)
b) Measure the length BC in cm.
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