SUBJECT : MATHEMATICS CLASS :PRIMARY 5

DURATION: 60 MINUTES TERM 2 EXAMINATION

Study the following questions, numbered 1 to 38 carefully, and choose the

correct options. Provide answers to 39 and 40

1. Simplify 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1

a) 0.3
b) 0.1
c) 0.01
d) 0.001
e) 0.003

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2. Change 7 2 % to fraction in its lowest term.
a) ½
b) 3/20
c) 3/40
d) 1/20
e) 1/40
3. A drum contains 80 litres of oil. If 24 litres are drawn off, how many
litres are left?
a) 104
b) 66
c) 64
d) 54
e) 56

4. Find the HCF of 9 and 27.

a) 3
b) 6
c) 9
d) 18
e) 27
5. A woman bought 15 oranges for N150.00 and sold them at N12.00 each.
What is the percentage profit?
a) 10
b) 15
c) 20

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 d) 25
e) 30
6. A box holds 9kg of tea. How many packets of tea each containing 150g
can be weighed out of this box?
a) 6
b) 40
c) 120
d) 600
e) 60

7. Find the L.C.M of 3, 4 and 5

a) 12
b) 15
c) 20
d) 40
e) 60

8. Simplify : 5/8 + ¼ + ½
a) 7/16
b) 13/8
c) 9/16
d) 3/8
e) 2/4
9. A school of 600 pupils has enough stationery to last for 25 days. How
long would that stationery last a school of 625 pupils?
a) 26 days
b) 24 days
c) 261/24 days
d) 30 days
e) 48days
10.Find the simple interest on N400 for four (4) years at 6% per annum.
a) N6.00
b) N24.00
c) N96.00
d) N120.00
e) N160.00
11.On a certain rainy day, there were only 360 children present in school. If
25% of the total number were absent, how many children were absent.
a) 60

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 b) 120
c) 240
d) 360
e) 480
12.At what rate percent per annum simple interest will N90 become N108 in
5 years.
a) 2%
b) 4%
c) 6%
d) 8%
e) 10%
13.Given that 781 x 20 = 15620, find , without multiplying out, the value of
781 x 19.
a) 14939
b) 14949
c) 14839
d) 15600
e) 15601
14. What is the value of x if :
x 3
=
56 8
a) 14
b) 18
c) 21
d) 24
e) 27
15.What is the simple interest on N1000 for 3 years at 7% per annum?
a) N21
b) N42
c) N70
d) N210
e) N2100
16. What number divided by 9 gives an answer of 12 remainder 5?
a) 103
b) 113
c) 57
d) 69
e) 6
17.Find the smallest number such that when it is divided by 2, 3 or 5, it
leaves a remainder of 1 each time.

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 a) 236
b) 31
c) 61
d) 30
e) 60
18.Tunde buys articles at 5 for 20 kobo and sells them at 6 kobo each. What
is his profit percent?
a) 10%
b) 20%
c) 30%
d) 40%
e) 50%
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19. Express 125 as a decimal.
a) 5.6
b) 0.56
c) 0.056
d) 0.0566
e) 0.0056

20.Five numbers multiplied together give the product 720. Four of the
numbers are 2,4,5 and 6. What is the fifth number?
a) 2
b) 3
c) 7
d) 8
e) 9
21.Express 54 kilometres 9 metres in metres.
a) 540009m
b) 54009m
c) 5409m
d) 549m
e) 54.9m
22.Express 0.525 as a fraction in its lowest terms.
a) 21/25
b) 21/50
c) 21/60
d) 21/40
e) 21/80
23.Express 72 as a product of prime numbers.

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 a) 2 x 3
b) 23 x 32
c) 22 x 32
d) 23 x 3
e) 24 x 32
24.Multiply 2.03 by 0.5
a) 10.15
b) 11.05
c) 1.015
d) 0.1015
e) 1.105
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25. Express 8 as a decimal fraction.
a) 0.675
b) 0.775
c) 0.87
d) 0.875
e) 0.825
26.A clerk earning N84 a month gives N14 to charity. What percentage of
his monthly earning does this leave for him?
a) 162/3%
b) 331/3%
c) 50%
d) 662/3%
e) 831/3%
27. What percentage of 2kg is 400g?
a) 2%
b) 5%
c) 10%
d) 20%
e) 40%
28.Add 0.63 , 12.04 and 0.079
a) 11.749
b) 12.749
c) 12.849
d) 13.46
e) 13.649
29. How many yams at 25k each can be bought for N240?
a) 480
b) 600

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 c) 720
d) 840
e) 960
30.Multiply 57 by 39
a) 2323
b) 2223
c) 2213
d) 2203
e) 2123
31.Find the missing number in the following multiplication.

9 * *

X 7
6 7 4 8

a) 42
b) 44
c) 52
d) 54
e) 64
32.Express 119/20 as a decimal
a) 0.95
b) 1.095
c) 1.19
d) 1.38
e) 1.95

33. A man bought an article for N5.60 and later sold it for N6.30. What was
his percentage gain?
a) 2%
b) 21/2%
c) 121/2%
d) 20%
e) 25%
34. Divide 0.588 by 0.7.
a) 840
b) 84
c) 8.4

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 d) 0.84
e) 0.084
35. A farmer has 250 sheep. He increases the number by 12%. How many
sheep has he now?
a) 270
b) 280
c) 300
d) 360
e) 560
36.The number 36 expressed as the product of prime numbers is 22 x 32.
What is 100 expressed as the product of prime numbers?
a) 2 x 5
b) 22 x 5
c) 2 x 52
d) 22 x 52
e) 22 x 53
37.If 720 oranges are shared amongst three brothers in the ratio 2: 3 : 4
respectively. How many oranges does the one that gets the most receive?
a) 80
b) 160
c) 240
d) 320
e) 640
38. At what rate percent will N1120 amount to N1288 in 5 years simple
interest?
a) 6%
b) 5%
c) 4%
d) 3%
e) 2%
39.The ratio of the weight of metal A to that of metal B is as 3: 5. What is
the weight of metal B if metal A weighs 450g?

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40.What fraction of 2 kilograms is 1 kg 500g?

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