NAME……………………………………………………..CLS………….ADM NO………..

MOI FORCES ACADEMY

FORM 1 MATHS OPENER EXAM TERM 2 2024

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Total

17 18 19 20 21 Grand

Total

SECTION I (50 Marks)

1. Evaluate (3 marks)

−8÷2+12×9−4×6
56÷7×2

2. Express the following number as a product of its prime factors and leave your answer in
power form (3 marks)
1728

𝑢𝑣
3. If f = 𝑢+𝑣, find f correct to 3d.p, given that u = 0.5, and v = 0.8 3mks

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4. Three alarms signals at an interval of 40minutes, 45minutes and 60minutes. If they signaled
simultaneously at 6;30am, at what time will they next signal together. (3mks)

5. All prime numbers less than ten are arranged in descending order to form a number.
a) Write down the number formed (1mk)

b) Write down the number formed in word (1mk)

c) State the total value of the second digit in the number formed in (a) above (1mk)

6. Classes in a school start at 8:20 am and end at 4:20 pm. Tea and lunch breaks take a total of
two hours. How long do the lessons take? ( 2 marks)

7. What is the total value of the underlined digit

a) 389,410,000,245 ( 2 marks)

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 b) 2657 (1 mark)

8. A shopkeeper sells a shirt for Sh. 450, and makes a 10% loss .For how much should he sell
the shirt in order to make a 20% profit? (3 marks)

9. a) When is a number said to be divisible by two (1 mark)

b) Underline two numbers which are divisible by two (2 marks)

1002, 253,256,111125789

10. A cylinder has a volume of 550𝑐𝑚3 .If the height of the cylinder is 70𝑐𝑚 ,find its diameter.
(3 marks)

11. Find the greatest number which can divide 181 and 236 leaving a remainder of 5 in each
case . (3 marks)

12. Work out the following using a number line.

a) (−7) + (−2) + (+6) (2 marks)

b) (−9) − (+12) (2 marks)

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 13. Round off 4 827 627.931 to the nearest
a) Ten thousand ( 2mks)

b) Hundredths (2mks)

14. Use the prime factorisation method to find the square root of 7056 (3 marks)

15. In a certain meeting, there were 95men in attendance. There were 50 more women than men
and twice as many children as men.

a) Determine the number of people in attendance (3mks)

b) Find the percentage of children in attendance, correct to 3 significant figures (2mks)

16. Evaluate
a) (3 marks)

b) 0.04 × 10 ÷ 8 − 28 + 90 (2 marks)

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 SECTION B (50 Marks)

17. a) Simplify the following expression (3 marks)

b) Find the value of in the equation 3𝑥 + 2(𝑥 + 1) = 4 (2

marks)

c) A father is 3 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑠 as old as his son .Write an expression for the sum of their ages
five years ago if the son is 𝒙 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 old now (2
marks)

d) Find the value of if 𝑥 = 4 and 𝑦 = 6 (3 marks)

18. Without using calculator or mathematical table, evaluate

5.4
(3mks)
0.025 ×3.6

b) What is the place value of the underlined number? (2 marks) (i)

0.01258

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 (ii) 74,379,652,137

c) Otieno had 3469 bags of rice, each weighing 90kg. He sold 2654 of them.

(i) How many kilograms of rice was he left with? (2 marks)

(ii) If he added 468 more bags of rice, how many bags did he end up with ? (1 mark)

d) Work out 3(75 + 32) + 5(35 + 60) (2 marks)

19. The figure below shows a triangle, measurements in centimetres. Given that AB = 10 cm,
BC = 9 cm and CD = 8 cm;

Determine;
i. The area of triangle ABC. (2 marks)

ii. The area of triangle ABD. (2 marks)

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 iii. The area of the shaded region. (2 marks)

iv. The perimeter of the triangle ACD. (4 marks)

20. a) Use tables of squares to evaluate

i) 4.922 (1mark)

ii) 0.06742 (2marks)

iii) 20.362 ( 2marks)

b) Use tables to find,

i) 4232 (1mark)

ii) √0.067 (2marks)

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 iii) 3.4742 + √1287
(3marks)

21. (a) Caro borrowed sh. 150,000she paid back sh.25, 000 in the first month. Sh 15,000 in
the second month and sh. 34,000 in the third month. She paid the rest in the equal amounts
for two months. How much did she pay for each of the last two months? (4mks)

(b) A tailor used 2.15 𝑚 of material to make a dress, 1.8𝑚 to make a skirt and 0.75𝑚 to
make a blouse .How much cloth did he use? (2 marks)

(c)The total mass of two pigs and 12 goats is 241.64 kg. The mass of the two pigs is145.36𝑘𝑔
.Find the average mass of each goat to nearest 1kgs. (3 marks)

b) Work out 1.532 ÷ 4 (1 mark)

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