GREENHILL ACADEMY SCHOOLS

PRE-PLE JOINT SET TWELVE 2023

MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 2 Hours 30 Minutes

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Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

Read the following instructions carefully

1. This paper consists of two sections: A and B. FOR EXAMINERS USE

ONLY
2. Section A has 20 questions (40 marks). Qn. No MARKS EXR’S
NO.
3. Section B has 12 questions (60 marks)

4. Attempt all questions. Answers to both sections must

be written in spaces provided.

5. All answers must be written in blue or black ballpoint

pen or ink but not in pencil. Diagrams should be

drawn in pencil.

6. Crossing out of answers will lead to loss of marks.

7. Any handwriting that cannot be easily read may lead

to loss of marks.

8. Do not fill anything in the box indicated for examiner’s

use only.

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1. Work out: 1 2 5

- 2 5

2. Write XLIX in Hindu Arabic numerals.

3. Express 48050 in standard form.

4. Given that A = {1, 2, 4, 8}. Find the number of proper subsets that can be
formed from set A.

5. Evaluate: -5 - -8

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6. Express as a percentage.
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7. Find the complement of 540.

8. A dice is tossed once. What is the probability that a number less than 5 is shown
on top at random?

1 1 r
9. Given that r = and p = . Find the value of .
3 15 p

10. Express 72km/hr as metres per second.

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11. Work out the circumference of the circle whose diameter is 14cm. (Take =
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12. Today is Tuesday. What day of the week will it be after 43 days?

13. With the help of a ruler, a pencil and a pair of compasses only, construct an angle
of 1350 in the space provided below.

14. The LCM of m and n is 120 and their GCD is 10. If m =40, find the value of n.

15. Five girls can take 12 days to do a piece of work. How long will 3 girls take to do
the same piece of work?

16. If represents 12 apples, how many apples can be represented by

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17. Find number that has been expanded to give;
(5 x 103) + (3 x 101) + (6 x 100)?

18. Increase sh.14,400 by 25%.

19. Solve: 2(3h – 1) = 32.

20. Find the area of the figure below.

10cm
h

6cm

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 SECTION B:
(Answer all answers in this section).
Marks for each question are indicated in the brackets
21. The sum of four consecutive even numbers is 68. If the largest even number is
w, find the product of the largest and the smallest numbers. (05 marks)

22. In a class of 55 pupils, 21 like Mathematics (M) only, 18 like English (E) only, 2p
like both subjects while 6 pupils do not like any of the two subjects.
a) Complete the Venn diagram. (02 marks)
n(Ʃ)=55

n(M)= n(E)=

2p
........ ........
6

b) Find the number of pupils who like Mathematics. (03 marks)

1 2
23. In a school library, of the books are books for English, of the remainder are
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books for Mathematics and the rest are other subjects. If there are 180 other
subjects, find the total number of books in the library. (04 marks)

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24. At Trinyi Primary School, two bells for lower and upper primary ring at the
intervals of 30 minutes and 40 minutes respectively.
a) After how long will the two bells take to ring together again? (03 marks)

b) If they start to ring at 11:30a.m, at what time will they ring together again?
(02 marks)

25. a) Using a ruler, a pencil and a pair of compasses only, construct a quadrilateral
LOPE where line LO = 6.5cm, angle LOP =1200 and line LE = 4.5cm.
(04 marks)

b) Measure the longest diagonal ..................................... (01 mark)

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26. Given that y = 3x – 5, complete the table below. (05 marks)

x 4 _____ 1 _____ 3
3
y ______ -
2 _____ -
8 4

27. Study the figure below and use it to answer the questions that follow.

(3x – 6)cm
(x + 2)cm
(x + 1)cm
(2x + 2)cm

a) Find the value of x. (02 marks)

b) Calculate the volume of the figure above. (03 marks)

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28. The table below shows the number of notes withdrawn from the bank in different
denominations. Complete the table. (05 marks)
Denomination Number of notes Amount
Sh.1,000 25 Sh.25,000
Sh. 5,000 12 Sh. ___________
Sh. ________ 30 Sh. 300,000
Sh. 20,000 __________ Sh. ___________
Sh. 50,000 8 Sh. 400,000
Total amount Sh. ___________

29. a) Solve: (2x – 1) = (x + 2) (02 marks)

3 4

b) Solve for k: 7k - 3(k- 2) =18 (03 marks)

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30. Lubanga drove at 70km/h for 2 hours from town A to town B. He then continued
to town C at a speed of 80km/h for 3 hours. Calculate his average speed for the
whole journey. (05 marks)

31. The figure below is a triangle PQR. Use it to answer the questions that follow.
Q

(4n- 30)0

(n + 25)0 (2n + 10)0

P R
a) Find the value of n. (03 marks)

b) Calculate the size of angle PQR. (02 marks)

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32. The pie- chart below represents the number of animals in Mr. Opio’s farm.
Use it to answer the questions that follow.

Sheep
Goats
900
4x0
800
700 Rabbits

Cows

a) Calculate the value of x. (02 marks)

b) If there are 28 cows, how many animals are there in the farm? (03 marks)

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