SURE KEY EXAMINATIONS BOARD

PRIMARY LEAVING EXAMINATION

2020
MATHEMATICS
Time Allowed: 2 hours 30 minutes
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District ID:…………………………………………………………………………………………….
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anywhere on this paper. EXR´S
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2. This paper has two sections: A and B. NO.
Section A has 20 questions and Section B
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has 12 questions. The paper has 16 printed
pages altogether 6 - 10
3 . Answer all questions. All the working for both
sections A and B must be shown in the spaces 11 - 15
= provided.
16 - 20
4. All working must be done using a blue or
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black ball point pen or ink. Any work done
in pencil other than graphs and diagrams will 23 - 24
not be marked.
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5 . No calculators are allowed in the examination
room. 27 - 28
6. Unnecessary changes in your work and 29 - 30
handwriting that cannot easily be read may
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lead to loss of marks.
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 SECTION A: 40 MARKS
Answer all questions in this Section
Questions 1 to 20 carry two marks each

1. Work out: 123 + 43

2. Write ‘Thirty thousand three’ in figure.

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3. Simplify 8 − −3 without using a numberline.

4. The diagram below shows the elements of set A and set B.

A B
n
4 8 7

Find n(B)ʹ

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5. The graph below shows the journey made by Opio and Kato between
towns K and L which are 200km apart. Opio left town K at 7:00a.m
driving at a steady speed of 50km/hr to town L. Kato left town L at
the same time and covered a distance of 60km at a steady speed in
an hour. He then rested for half an hour after which he drove for 2½
hours to town K.

Work out Kato’s average speed for the journey he covered after
resting.

6. Simplify: 9 − 2(m+3)

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7. What is the place value of 3 in the number 832,097?

8. The interior angle sum of a regular polygon is 9000. Name the polygon.

9. Use the diagram below to work out 3 + 4 (mod 5)

0
4 1

3 2

10. Find the next two fractions in the sequence below.

2 , 4 , 12 , _____ , ____ .
3 6 18

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11. Three pupils are required to lift a 18kg saucepan full of posho.
How many pupils of the same strength would the school cook
need to lift a 12kg saucepan full of beans sauce?

12. Kamya is facing North. In which new direction will he be facing if he

turns clockwise through an angle 2250?

13. Given that represent 6 cups. Draw such pictures to show 48

cups.

14. Kawonawo lent Jackson sh 84,000 on agreement that Jackson

would pay back an interest of 5% in four days per week.
How much money is Jackson supposed to pay back to kawonawo
after the four days?

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15. The area of parallelogram EFGH below is 48cm2. Use it to find the
length HB in metres.
G
H

E B 8cm F

16. Joan’s age is 1 of Pit’s age and William’s age 7 years older than Pit.
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How old is William if Joan is 12 years old?

17. Using a ruler, a pencil and a pair of compasses only, construct an

angle of 300 in the space provided below.

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18. Express 360km/hr as m/s.

19. Express 12:25pm in a 24 hour clock system.

20. Find the size of the angle marked PQR in the figure below.
Q R
2k

200
P T

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 SECTION B: 60 MARKS
Answer all questions in this section
Marks for each question are indicated in brackets

21. The Venn diagram below shows the number of Lions (L) and Zebras (Z)
in Kidepo Valley National Park. Given that the number of Lions only is
equal to the number of Zebras in the park,
(a) Find the value of m. (02 Marks)

n (L) n(Z)
n
6m−3 2m 2m+7

m+1

(b) What is the probability of a tourist who doesn’t want to see

either of the two animals seeing another animal? (03 Marks)

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 22. (a) Using a pair of compasses, a ruler and pencil only, construct
a rhombus MNOP in which MN = 6cm and diagonal NO = 6.5cm.
(04 Marks)

(b) Measure length MP ……………… (01 Mark)

23. Cindy went for shopping in a Ugandan Supermarket with Ksh

5,300 and bought the following items.

a watch at Ugsh 12,000.

4 shirts at Ugsh 14,400 each.
2 pairs of shoes at Ugsh 33,600

If the exchange rate was Ksh 1 = Ugsh 24.

(a) Find Cindy’s total expenditure in Uganda shilling. (04 Marks)

(b) Calculate Cindy’s change in Uganda shilling. (01 Marks)

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24. Zaharah had some milk in container A which she used to serve to her
children using cup B of radius 7cm and a height of 10cm.

(6x −2)cm

7cm

(17x+2)cm

A B
(14−x)cm

(2x +14)cm

How many children did Zaharah have if she gave a full cup of
milk to each of her children? (Use π = 22 )
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(06 Marks)

25. Peter’s car uses 15 litres of petrol to cover 75km.

(a) How much petrol does he need for a journey of 1050km?
(02 marks)

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 (b) If a litre of petrol costs Sh. 3400. How much money will be
spent on petrol needed to run a car for 1½hours at a speed
of 60km/hr? (03 marks)

26. (a) Fabrio’s bicycle tyre has a diameter of 63cm. If he rides

3.96km to and from school every day, how many complete
revolutions does his tyre make through that distance?
(Use π = 22 )
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(03 Marks)

(b) If Fabrio’s bicycle tyre makes 50 revolutions per minute,

how long does it take him to cover the distance? (02 Marks)

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27. During the registration exercise for National IDs’, Kalibbala
was asked the following questions by the NIRA official.

NIRA official: Kalibbala, how old are you?

Kalibbala: I don’t know, but what I know is that my age is half my
mother’s age.
NIRA official: So, how old is your mother?
Kalibbala: I still don’t know, but my mother is 5 years younger than
my father.
NIRA official: How old is your father?
Kalibbala: I don’t know, but if you add our ages, we get 100 years.

(a) How old is Kalibbala and each of his parents? (04 Marks)

(b) After how many years ago was the father 3 times as old as
Kalibbala? (02 Marks)

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28. The Pie Chart below shows the performance of 60 candidates at
Peyepeye P/S.

DIV. III
DIV. II
1500
1200

2K
600
DIV. IV
DIV. I

(a) Find the value of k. (02 Marks)

(b) Find the number of candidates who passed in division four

and division one. (02 Marks)

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29. (a) Use the number line below to find the value of x , y and z.
y (03 Marks)
x

- + + + + +
-
4 -
3
-
2 1 0 1 2 3 4 5

z
x ……………….. y ………………… z ……………………….

(b) Write the mathematical sentence represented above. (01 Mark)

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30. In a class, 3 of the pupils eat posho, 2 of the remainder eat matooke,
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the rest of the pupils eat rice. If those who eat rice are 42, find the
total number of pupils who eat posho and matooke.
(05 Marks)

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31. (a) Change 1234six to base ten. (02 Marks)

(b) What is the value of 4 in the number 1241five? (02 Marks)

32. (a) Given that y = x + 1, complete the table below (04 Marks)

x −
3 ____ −
1 ____

y ____ −
1 ____ 1

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(b) Plot the points in the table above on the co-ordinate graph
below and join all the points. (02 Marks)

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9 −
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6 −
5 4 3 2 −
1 +
1 +2 +
3 +
4 +
5 +
6 +
7 +
8 +
9
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