Primary Five 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 hundred sixty-three thousand, two 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 7 in the number 47,850?

Marks: 2 points

3 3. Work out: 4,562 + 3,178.

Marks: 2 points

4 4. Work out: 8,000 − 3,645.

Marks: 2 points

5 5. Multiply: 234 × 6.

Marks: 2 points

6 6. Divide: 585 ÷ 5.

Marks: 2 points

7 7. Find the Lowest Common Multiple (LCM) of 6 and 8.

Marks: 2 points

8 8. Work out: 9² (nine squared).

Marks: 2 points

9 9. Find ¾ of 20 oranges.

Marks: 2 points

10 10. Work out: 2.5 + 1.3.

Marks: 2 points

11 11. Nakato bought a book for sh 3,500 and paid with sh 5,000. How much change did she get?

Marks: 2 points

12 12. A trader bought a ruler at sh 2,000 and sold it at sh 2,600. Find the profit.

Marks: 2 points

13 13. Change 3:30 p.m. to the 24-hour clock.

Marks: 2 points

14 14. Change 3 metres to centimetres.

Marks: 2 points

15 15. Write 12 (base ten) as a number in base five.

Marks: 2 points

16 16. Write 24 in Roman numerals.

Marks: 2 points

17 17. Set A = {2, 4, 6, 8}. Find n(A), the number of members in set A.

Marks: 2 points

18 18. Work out: (−4) + 7.

Marks: 2 points

19 19. Solve for n: n + 6 = 15.

Marks: 2 points

20 20. How many sides does a hexagon have?

Marks: 2 points

21 21. A trader had 4,250 kg of maize. He sold 1,860 kg and later bought 900 kg more. How many kilograms of maize does he have now? (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 tank holds 240 litres of water. ⅜ of the water was used. How many litres of water remained? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

23 23. Achola bought 3 exercise books at sh 1,200 each and 2 pens at sh 500 each. How much did she pay altogether? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

24 24. A shopkeeper bought a bag of sugar at sh 120,000 and sold it at sh 138,000. Find the profit she made. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

25 25. In a class of 40 pupils, 25 like posho and 18 like rice. 7 pupils like both posho and rice. How many pupils like rice only? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

26 26. A rectangular garden is 12 m long and 7 m wide. Find the perimeter of the garden. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

27 27. A lorry carried 5 bags of cement, each weighing 50 kg. What was the total mass of the cement in kilograms? (4 marks)

Marks: 4 points

28 28. A journey started at 9:15 a.m. and lasted 2 hours 40 minutes. At what time did the journey end? (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

29. The bar graph below shows the number of pupils present in Primary Five W from Monday to Friday. Study it and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)

Use the bar graph to answer questions (a) to (c). Each part carries 2 marks.

29 (a) On which day were the most pupils present?

Marks: 2 points

29. The bar graph below shows the number of pupils present in Primary Five W from Monday to Friday. Study it and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)

Use the bar graph to answer questions (a) to (c). Each part carries 2 marks.

30 (b) How many pupils were present on Wednesday?

Marks: 2 points

29. The bar graph below shows the number of pupils present in Primary Five W from Monday to Friday. Study it and answer the questions that follow. (6 marks)

Use the bar graph to answer questions (a) to (c). Each part carries 2 marks.

31 (c) What was the total number of pupils present during the whole week?

Marks: 2 points

32 30. The masses of four pupils are 30 kg, 35 kg, 28 kg and 27 kg. Find their average (mean) mass. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

33 31. Musa is n years old. His father is 4 times as old as Musa. Together they are 45 years old. Find Musa's age (n). (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

34 32. Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF/HCF) of 24 and 36. (5 marks)

Marks: 5 points

Primary Five Examination — Mathematics — 2026 Mock 1