EXAMINATION NO.

: _________________________
CANDIDATE NAME.:_______________________
MULANJE DISTRICT COUNCIL
THE DIRECTORATE OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORTS
2023 PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE MOCK EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
(100 Marks)
Subject Number: P131
Time Allowed: 2 hours
(8:00-: 10:00 AM)
INSTRUCTIONS
1. This paper contains 8 printed pages. Question Tick questions Do not
Please check number 21-29 if write in
2. Write your name (Surname First) and answered these
columns
Examination number in spaces provided
1-10
above
3. This paper consists of two sections (A 11-20
and B)
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4. Answer all questions in section A and
B.
i. Circle the correct answers in
section A. 22
ii. Write your answers in spaces
provided in section B 23
5. Use of electronic calculator is not
allowed 24
6. Tick against the question number you
have answered in the table provide on 25
this page.
7. Hand in your completed question paper 26
to the invigilator when time is called to 26
stop writing.
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SECTION A
40 MARKS
MULTIPLE CHOICE

ENCIRCLE THE LETTER REPRESENTING THE CORRECT ANSWER

1. Write five hundred and fifty c. 90%
million, five hundred and fifty d. 110%
thousand and five.
a. 505 505 550 5. Find the HCF of 13, 39, 52 and 65
b. 550 505 050 a. 105
c. 550 550 005 b. 13
d. 550 505 500 c. 39
d. 3
2. Simplify 3⁄7 ÷ 5⁄6+2⁄5
6. Solve the equation; 2t + 1 = 11 + t
a. 4⁄35
a. 6
b. 32⁄35 b. 10
c. 53⁄70 c. 5
d. 12
d. 67⁄70
7. Find the ratio of boys to girls in a
3. An institution has 12 female certain village if there are 90 girls
workers and 6 male workers. What and 120 boys.
is the percentage of male workers a. 0:2
in the institution? b. 2:2
a. 30% c. 5:6
b. 33.33% d. 4:3
c. 18%
d. 100% 8. The cost of a shirt was K3, 000.
How much did the buyer pay if
4. A trader bought beans worthy K7, allowed a discount of 15%?
200.00 and sold them for K7, a. K3,500
920.00. What profit in percent did b. K2, 250
the Trader make? c. K3, 015
a. 10% d. K3, 085
b. 11%
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9. On which abacus is 0.124 correctly 12. What fraction is represented by the

modelled? shaded parts in the figure below?
a. O T H TH

b. O T TH H

a. 3⁄8
O T t th
b. 8⁄11
c.
c. 8⁄3
d. 5⁄8

O H T TH 13. Express 28.45269 to 4 decimal

places.
d. a. 28.4
b. 28.5
c. 28.4527
10. Ellena measured an angle and d. 28.45270
found that it was 125°. What type
of angle is it? 14. Find the length of the square whose
a. Acute perimeter 64 cm.
b. Obtuse a. 8 cm
c. Reflex b. 16 cm
d. Right c. 256 cm
d. 32 cm
11. Which of the following completes
the number pattern; 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 15. Yankho takes 2 hours and 30
8_______? minutes to walk a distance of
a. 8 15km. calculate Yankho’s speed in
b. 11 metres per minute.
c. 13 a. 6m/min
d. 20 b. 10m/min
c. 100m/min
d. 125m/min
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16. Nambewe gets a commission of b. 1.760

K100 on every 10 balls she sales. If c. 0.176
she sales 200 balls, find her d. 17.6
commission.
a. K1000 19. If 1 cm represents 12km, what
b. K2000 distance in km will 5.5cm
c. K40000 represents?
d. K40000 a. 55 km
b. 66 km
17. Find the total cost of the following c. 550 km
items; d. 660 km
10 tomatoes at 2 for K50
3 books for K500 20. A poultry club collected 20, 18, 14
a. K 550 and 24 eggs in 4 days. What was
b. K 750 the average number of eggs
c. K 1, 600 collected per day?
d. K 1, 750 a. 4 eggs
b. 14 eggs
18. Change 176 decameters into c. 24 eggs
Kilometers? d. 19 eggs
a. 0.0176

SECTION B
60 Marks
Answer all questions in this section. Write your answers in the spaces provided under each
question. Show your working.

21.
a. Simplify; 11.7 + 2.64 + 0.312. Write your answers in 2 significant figures.

(3 Marks)
b. Calculate the difference between the LCM and HCF of 16, 20 and 40

(5 Marks)
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22.
a. A vehicle which was moving at a speed of 20km/hr covered a distance of 80
Kilometers. Find the time the vehicle took to travel.

(3 marks)
b. Simplify 0.36÷0.004 – 70

(3 Marks)
c. Solve the following equation; 2X-7 = X-3

(2 Marks)
23. Rectangle field 50cm long and 35m wide is surrounded by a fence. If the width of the
path between the field and the fence is 2m all round, calculate the area of the path?

(7 Marks)
24.
a. Three boys drew water in the pails as follows; 20.675L, 25.45L and 19.875L
respectively. How much water did the boys draw?

(2 Marks)
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b. Work out the following bills;

10 loaves of bread at K55.00 each
15 packets of sugar at K75.00 each
8 bottles of cooking oil at K175.00 each
25 packets of salt at K95.00 each

(4 Marks)
25.
a. Using the protractor and a ruler, construct a rectangle DEFG in which DE=7cm
and EF= 4 cm.

(4 Marks)
b. In the diagram, measure DF and write down its lengths.

1 Marks
26. Figure below is a picture graph showing the number of trees in the forest cut by some
farmers.
Day Number of Trees cut
Monday
Tuesday

Wednesday
Thursday
Friday

Key: Represents five trees

If there were 250 trees in the forest, calculate the percentage of trees that were cut.
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5 Marks
27. Use the figure below to answer the question below;
4 cm

3 cm
5 cm
a. Find the volume of the cuboid given above whose length is 5 cm, breadth is 3 cm
and height of 4 cm

(4 Marks)
28. Add 4 2⁄3 to the product of 3 1⁄5 and 3⁄
4

(3 Marks)

29. Mr. Mwale had K 10,000 balance in the bank on 1st April, 2022. During the month, he
made the following transactions;
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2nd April sold eggs for K8000

10th April withdrew K 5000 from the bank
21st April banked K4,500
Prepare a cash book for her and balance it.

(5 Marks)

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