UGANDA NATIONAL EXAMINATION BOARD

PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATION Nurture your

2002 dreams
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MATHEMATICS

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Read the following instructions carefully

1. This paper has two sections A and B.

2. Section A has 30 short answer question (30 mark)

3. All the working. For both section A and B must be shown in the spaces provided

4. All working must be done using a blue or black ball

Point pen or fountain pen Diagram should be drawn in pencil FOR EXAMINERS
USE ONLY
5. No calculators are allowed in the examination room. Qn.No MARKS EXR’S
NO.
1-10
6. Unnecessary change of work may lead to loss of marks 11-20
21-30
7. Any hand writing that cannot easily be read may lead to loss of 31-32
marks 33-34
35-36
8. Do not fill anything in the boxes indicated: 37-38
39-40
“For examiners’. And those inside the question paper
41-42
Total

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 SECTION A

1. Work out: 461 + 23

461
+23
484

2. Write XLV Fin Arabic numbers.

XLV = XL + V = 40 + 5 = 45

3. Express 40cm as a percentage of one metre

1m = 100cm

40
Percentage = x 100 %=40 %
100

4. The Venn diagram below shows the number of children who eat meat (M) and fish (F). Find
number of all the children who eat meat.

n(M) = 8 +2 = 10

5. Write; Eighty four thousand forty eight, in figures.

84,048
6. David picks 15 mangoes every day. How many mangoes will he have picked in four
days?

Mangoes picked in four days = 15 x 4 = 60

7. Mugisha scored the following marks in science tests: 5, 6, 7, 9, 8, 6, 4. What was his
modal mark?
The modal mark is the most common mark = 6

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8. Change 3 to binary system.

2 3 r
1 1

∴ 3ten = 11two
9. How many lines of folding symmetry has the figure below?

There are 3 folding symmetry

10. List the prime factors of 24 (and leave them in power form)

2 24
2 12
Prime factors of 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x3
2 6
= 2 3x3
3 3
1

11. What number has been expanded to get {4 x 102) + (4x 10°) + (7xl0-3)

H T O TH HH TH
2
4 x 10 = 4 0 0 . 0 0 0
4x 10° = 4 . 0 0 0
7xl0-3 = 0 0 7
Total 4 0 0 . 0 0 7

∴ the number expanded = 400.007

12. Round off 5.985 to the nearest tenths.

5.985 = 6.0 (to the nearest tenths)

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13. If of a number is 10. Find the number.
5
Let the number be X

2
of x = 10
5

2
x=0
5
5
X = 10 x = 25
2

14. The diagram below shows the number of pupils present in a P.6 class in three streams on
a certain day at Kanzu primary school.

How many pupils attended that day?

P6A 4x8 32
P6B 2½ x8 20 ∴ pupils that attended that day =
72
P6C 2½ x8 20
Total 72

15 Solve 5y-4=16
Collect like terms

5y = 16 + 4 = 20

Divide by 5 on either side

5 y 20
=
5 5

Y=4

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 16 Work out 705÷15

705 141
= =47
15 3
17 Given that a = 2, b = 4 and c = -3. work out: b (a +c).

Substituting for a, b and c

4(2-3) = 4 x -1 = -4

17. Find the value of x in the figure below.

x + 2x = 900

3x = 900

x = 300

Use the grid below to answer questions 19 and 20.

19. State co-ordinates of point S. (-3, 4)

20. Mark point T(4, -2) on the grid,

21. Kaliki paid Sh 24,000 for four textbooks. Find the cost of one textbook.
24000
Cost per textbook = =6000 ≠
4

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22. Mbabazi walked 3,600m in 36 minutes. Find his average speed in Km per hour.

1000m = 1km 1000m = 1km

3600m = 3600m =
60 minutes = 1hour 60 minutes = 1hour
36minutes = 36minutes =

23. The faces of a cube are numbered 1 to 6. The cube is rolled once.
What is the probability that a prime number will show on the top face?

Sample space =( 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Prime numbers = (2, 3, 5)

3 1
Probability of prime number = =
6 2

24. Find the circumference of a circular compound whose radius 14m. (Take π 22/7)
Circumference = 2 πr

22
=2x x 14
7

= 88cm
25.Given that R = { 2, 4, 6, 8} and Q={l,2,3,5,6,7}Find: n(RUQ)

R Q
R
4, 8 2, 6 1, 3, 5, n(RUQ) = 8
7

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26. Akello has a garden of the shape shown. Find the distance around her garden in metres.

4 + 4= 8

Distance = 8 + 6 + 4 + 7 + 4 + 13 = 42

6 + 7= 13

1 3
27. Work out: +
4 5
1 3 ( 1 X 5 ) +(3 X 4) 5+12 17
+ = = =
4 5 20 20 20

28. A rectangular tank measures 5m by 4m by 3m. Find its volume.

Volume = L x W x h

=5x4x3

= 60cm3

29. Odama deposited Sh 120,000 in bank, which gives a simple interest rate of 4% per year. Find
his interest after 3 months.
I = PRT

4 3
= 120,000 x x =¿ shs 1200
100 12

30. Find the value of x in the figure below

(2x -3) = (x + 5)

Remove brackets

2x -3 = x + 5

x =8

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 SECTION B

a) Using a pair of compasses, pencil and ruler only, construct triangle ABC, in which AB =
8cm, angle ABC = 60°, angle CAB = 45°

C
C
C

A B

b) Measure AC = 7.2cm

0.27 x 0.06 0.27 x 0.06 10000 27 x 6 6 3

31. Work out = x = = =
0.9 x 0.3 0.9 x 0.3 10000 9 x 3 x 100 100 50

32. The mean of the scores: 8,7,6,5, {a - 5) is 6.

a) Find the value of a.

Average =
∑ of items
number of items

6=
8+7+6 +5+(a−5)
5

30 = 21 +a

b) Find the range of the scores.

Range = highest value – lowest value

=9–5=4

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34. In a class of 20 pupils where two languages are spoken, 14 speak luganda (L), 15 speak
Kiswahili (K).

a) Draw a Venn diagram and show the i nformation given.

ε =20
L K
L

14 -x x 15 -x Let pupils that speak both language be x

b) Find the number of pupils who speak both Lluganda and Kiswahili.
20 = 14 –x + x + 15 – x

20 = 29 – x

x =9

therefore, number of students that speak both languages = 9

c) Find the number of pupils who speak one language only.

= 14 – 9 + 15 – 9

=5+6

= 11 pupils

35. When marking a test, a teacher awarded 2 marks for every correct answer and
subtracted a mark for every wrong answer. The test contained 20 questions.

a) A pupil got 18 correct answers. What mark did the pupil get?
= (18 x 2) – (1 x 2)

= 36 – 2

= 34

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 b) A pupil got 25 marks. How many correct answers did the pupil get?

Let the number of correct answers be x

Wrong answers = (25 – x)

25 = 2x – (20 –x)

25 = 3x – 25

3x = 45

x = 15

∴ there were 15 correct answers

36. In a feed factory, crushed fish is mixed with maize flour in the ratio 1:3
The feed are packed in 80kg bags.

a) How many Kilograms of fish are used in one bag of the feeds?
Total ratio = 1 + 3 = 4

1
x 80=20 kg
Mass of fish =
4
b) If one Kilogram of maize flour costs Sh 400, how much does it cost to buy maize flour
to make feeds weigh l000Kg?
1
Mass of fish = x 1000=250 kg
4

Mass of maize = 1000 – 250 = 750kg

Cost of maize in 1000kg of feed = 750 x 400 = shs 300,000

37. The table below shows a boy's expenditure. Study it and answer the questions that
follow.

Item Quantity Price per Amount

kg spent
Posho 4kg Shs 700 Shs 2,800
Beans 2kg Shs 1300 Shs 2,600
Rice 3kg Shs 900 Shs 1,800
Sugar 3kg Shs 800 Shs 2,400
total Shs 9600

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(a). Complete the table.

(b). If the boy went to the market with Sh 10,000, what was his balance?
The balance = 10000 – 9600 = shs 400

38. A man left his home at 7.00a.m riding a bicycle and arrived at his place of work 25Km
away at 9.30 am

a) Find his average speed.

Time taken = 9. 30 am

- 7. 00 am

2 . 30 or 2 ½ hour

distance 1 5 2
Speed = =25÷ 2 =25 ÷ =25 x =10 km/hr
time 2 2 5

b) If he left his place of work for home at 5.00pm. Riding at an average speed of 15Km
per hour, at what time did he get home?

distance 25 5 2
Time taken = = = =1 hours=1 hour 40 minutes
speed 15 3 3

Time of arrival = 5 :00 + 1:40 = 6:40pm

34. In the figure below, PQ = QR = 28Cm. Use it to answer the questions that
follow. P below.

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 a) Find the area of triangle PQR.

1
Area of a triangle = bh
2

1
¿ x 28 x 28
2

= 14 x 28

= 392cm 2

b) Find the area of the sector QST. ( T a k e π = 2 2 / 7 )

1 2
Area of QRT = xπr
4

1 22
= x x 14 x 14
4 7

c) What is the area of the shaded part?

Area of shaded part = area of triangle – area of unshaded part

= 392 – 154

= 238 cm 2

40. (a) Solve x- 1 =2x+5.

x- 1 =2x+5

collect like term

x = -6

(b) Solve the inequality; 3(2-x)< 15.

3(2-x)< 15

Remove brackets

6 – 3x < 15

Collect like term

X > -3

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 41. Study the triangle below and use it to answer the questions that follow. A

i) Find the value of t.

(3t + 18) + (5t + 18) + 800 = 1800 (angle sum of triangle)

Remove brackets

3t + 18 + 5t + 18 + 80 = 180

8t + 116 = 180

8t = 64

t = 80

ii) Find the size of angle ABC.

Angle ABC = 5 x 8 + 18 =580

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42. Kiyemba rode a bicycle from town A to town C through town B as follows:

He rode from A to B a distance of 30km for 3 hours and then rested for ½ an hour. From B,
he rode to C a distance of 20Km in 21/2 hours.

On the graph given below, draw a line to show Kiyemba's movement. Also show
towns B and C.

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