Primary Six Examination — Mathematics — 2026 Mock 1

2026 · Mock 1

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150

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Answer ALL questions. Section A has 20 questions (40 marks) and Section B has 12 questions (60 marks). Show all your working. Calculators are NOT allowed.

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Question 1 of 34

1 1. Write four million, seventy thousand, five hundred in figures.

Answer ALL questions in Section A. Each question carries 2 marks. Show your working. Calculators are NOT allowed.

Marks: 2 points

2 2. What is the place value of the digit 8 in the number 3,846,250?

Marks: 2 points

3 3. Work out: 12 + 6 × 3 − 4.

Marks: 2 points

4 4. Divide: 936 ÷ 12.

Marks: 2 points

5 5. Find the square root of 144.

Marks: 2 points

6 6. Work out: ⅔ × ¾.

Marks: 2 points

7 7. Find 25% of 80 pupils.

Marks: 2 points

8 8. Express the ratio 12 : 18 in its simplest form.

Marks: 2 points

9 9. Find the simple interest on sh 40,000 for 1 year at a rate of 10% per year.

Marks: 2 points

10 10. Work out: 4.5 × 0.2.

Marks: 2 points

11 11. The exchange rate is 1 US dollar = sh 3,700. How many shillings will you get for 5 US dollars?

Marks: 2 points

12 12. A car travels 120 km in 2 hours. Find its speed in kilometres per hour.

Marks: 2 points

13 13. Change 6:30 p.m. to the 24-hour clock.

Marks: 2 points

14 14. Find the circumference of a circle whose radius is 7 cm. (Use π = 22/7.)

Marks: 2 points

15 15. Change 3 litres to millilitres.

Marks: 2 points

16 16. Write 49 in Roman numerals.

Marks: 2 points

17 17. Set A = {a, b, c}. How many subsets can be formed from set A?

Marks: 2 points

18 18. Work out: (+6) − (−4).

Marks: 2 points

19 19. Simplify: 5a + 3a − 2a.

Marks: 2 points

20 20. Two angles of a triangle are 65° and 85°. Find the size of the third angle.

Marks: 2 points

21 21. A factory produced 3,450 bottles on Monday, 2,890 on Tuesday and 4,120 on Wednesday. If 1,560 of the bottles were broken, how many good bottles remained? (5 marks)

Answer ALL questions in Section B. The marks for each question are shown in brackets. Show all your working.

Marks: 5 points

22 22. A bicycle costs sh 150,000. A trader gave a discount of 20%. How much money did a customer pay for the bicycle? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

23 23. Okello and Musa shared sh 24,000 in the ratio 3 : 5. How much money did Musa get? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

24 24. Mrs. Nakato deposited sh 200,000 in a bank for 2 years at an interest rate of 5% per year. Calculate the simple interest she earned. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

25 25. In a class of 50 pupils, 30 play football, 25 play netball and 8 play both games. How many pupils play neither game? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

26 26. A circular garden has a radius of 14 m. Find its area. (Use π = 22/7.) (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

27 27. A rectangular plot of land is 40 m long and 25 m wide. Find its area in square metres. (4 marks)

Marks: 4 points

28 28. A bus left Kampala at 8:00 a.m. and reached Masaka, a distance of 120 km away, at 10:00 a.m. Find the average speed of the bus. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

29. The pie chart below shows how 720 pupils of a school travel to school. Study it and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)

Use the pie chart to answer questions (a) to (c). Each part carries 2 marks. The whole circle represents all 720 pupils.

29 (a) Which is the most common means of transport used by the pupils?

Marks: 2 points

29. The pie chart below shows how 720 pupils of a school travel to school. Study it and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)

Use the pie chart to answer questions (a) to (c). Each part carries 2 marks. The whole circle represents all 720 pupils.

30 (b) How many pupils travel to school by boda-boda?

Marks: 2 points

29. The pie chart below shows how 720 pupils of a school travel to school. Study it and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)

Use the pie chart to answer questions (a) to (c). Each part carries 2 marks. The whole circle represents all 720 pupils.

31 (c) How many pupils come to school by car?

Marks: 2 points

32 30. The marks scored by five pupils in a test were 60, 45, 70, 55 and 40. Find the mean (average) mark. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

33 31. Sarah is n years old. Her mother is 3 times as old as Sarah. The sum of their ages is 48 years. Find Sarah's age (n). (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

34 32. A right-angled triangle has its two shorter sides measuring 6 cm and 8 cm. Use Pythagoras' theorem to find the length of the longest side (the hypotenuse). (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

Primary Six Examination — Mathematics — 2026 Mock 1