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LUSALIMWE EXAMINATION BOARD

2020 STANDARD 6 LEAVING EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
SECTION A (40 Marks)
1. Complete the number pattern A. 7 cm2
below 96,48, ______, 6,3 B. 35 cm2
A. 11 C. 40 cm2
B. 13 D. 49 cm2
C. 12 6. The total mass of 9 chicken is
D. 14 18.288 kg. find the mass of each
chicken.
2. Solve + A. 2.032 kg
B. 2.32 kg
A. C. 2.03 kg
D. 2.02 kg
B.
Study figure 2 below and answer the
C. question that follow

D.
3. A farmer made 2000 ridges in 8
day. What was the rate of making
ridges per day?
A. 250 ridges/ day
B. 270 ridges/day 7. What type of angle is shown above
C. 25 ridge/day A. Obtuse
D. 240 ridges/day B. Right
4. The sum of 80 and 2 is less than C. Reflex
100. From an inequality D. Acute
A. 80 + 2 > 100 8. Express 98.63 to the nearest whole
B. 80 – 2 < 100 number
C. 80 + 2 < 100 A. 98
D. 80 – 2 > 100 B. 99
5. Find the area of the figure 1 below C. 98.6
D. 99.6
9. Find the HCF of 6 and 12
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 6

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10. A rectangle is measuring 70 cm by A. Seven minutes past twelve
20 cm. find its perimeter B. Seven minutes past two
A. 180 cm C. Seven minutes past one
B. 90 cm D. Seven minutes to one
C. 140 cm 16. A rectangular bar of soap is 30 cm
D. 185 cm long,5 cm wide and 3 cm high. Find
11. Find the product of 7096 and 400 the volume of bar soap.
A. 29 38 400 A. 440 cm3
B. 30 38 400 B. 450 cm3
C. 28 38 400 C. 449 cm3
D. 28 38 40 D. 460 cm3
12. Write five million,nine hundred and 17. Add the following 0.157,o.218 and
thirty nine thousand,three hundred 0.501.
and ninenty five in figures A. 0.776
A. 5,939,390 B. 0.866
B. 5,939,395 C. 0.875
C. 5,939,95 D. 0.876
D. 5,949,395 18. What is the ratio of ⁄
13. Find the difference between
A. ⁄
9,523,647 and 8,646,756
B. 15:13
A. 1,876,891
C. 13:15
B. 876,892
C. 866,891 D. ⁄
D. 876,891 19. Find the quotient of ⁄ and ⁄
14. What is the smallest of the A. ⁄
following numbers 6,4 and 7?
B. ⁄
A. 40
B. 42 C. ⁄
C. 41 D. 1 ⁄
D. 49 20. When you add number the results
15. State the time of is known as
A. Quotient
B. Product
C. Sum
D. Difference

SECTION B (60 MARKS)

21. Study the table below and use it to answer question 2a to 21b which shows the
population of a country.

Group of people Girls Boys Women Men

Number of people 3,224,562 2,203,497 2,353,900 1,194,850

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a) Find the total number of boys and girls altogether ( 3 marks)

b) If only men and women were allowed to vote, how many people would be expected
to vote for the new president in the country ( 3 marks)

c) How many girls and women were in that country altogether ( 3 marks)

d) What is the total population of the country ( 5 marks)

22. a. Find the HCF of 56 and 64 using continued division method (5 marks)

b. Find the HCF and LCM of 11 and 22 (5 marks

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23. a. The amount of groundnuts harvested by a certain farmer in 4 years were as
follows

Year Amount of groundnuts (kg)

2000 200
2001 240
2002 260
2003 280

Present the information above in a bar graph using a scale 1:20 (10 marks)

24. a. Find the area of a rectangle whose base is 70 m and its heigh is 52 cm (6 marks)

b. Solve 6 ⁄ - 2 ⁄ ( 6 marks)

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c. Express 26.1924 to two decimal places ( 6 marks)

25. Tawonga bought 2 bags of maize seed at K 365 per bag,5 kg of beans at K 1150.50
per kg,3 bags of fertilizer at K3450 per bag and 2 hoes at K185.80 each.
a) Prepare a bill for her. ( 9 marks)

b) How much change did he receive after paying K12500 ( 5 marks)

END OF QUESTION PAPER

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