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- A cylindrical container has a radius of 6.3 cm and is 15 cm high. Its curved surface is completely covered with a label.(Solved)
A cylindrical container has a radius of 6.3 cm and is 15 cm high. Its curved surface is completely covered with a label. What is the area of the label in cm2? 
A. 297.00
B. 594.00
C. 843.48
D. 1871 .10
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
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A trader deposited sh 20 000 in a bank. The money was in the following denominations:
1. sh 1000- 5 notes
2. sh 500 - 15 notes
3. sh 200 - 24 notes
The remaining amount was in 100 shillings and 50 shillings notes. The 100 shillings and 50 shillings notes were equal in number. How much money did the trader deposit in 50 shillings notes?
A. sh 2 700
B. sh 1800
C. sh 1350
D. sh 900
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The mean of the following marks for pupils in a certain class is 72.
(Solved)
The mean of the following marks for pupils in a certain class is 72.
66, 86, 63, 80, x, 79, 69, 85, 63, 88
What is the median mark?
A. 74
B. 70
C. 63
D. 41
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 1.4m and a height of 4m. How many litres of water will it hold when full?(Solved)
A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 1.4m and a height of 4m. How many litres of water will it hold when full?
A. 6.16
B. 61.6
C. 616
D. 6160
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- What is the value of?(Solved)
What is the value of 
when c = 4, b = 2c+1 and a = b+2?
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The table below shows a timetable for a certain airline flying Nairobi-Kisumu- Mombasa route.(Solved)
The table below shows a timetable for a certain airline flying Nairobi-Kisumu- Mombasa route.
What is the difference between the time taken by flight No. 212 to fly between Kisumu and Nairobi, and flight No. 210 to fly between Mombasa and Nairobi?
A. 15 min
B. 30 min
C. 45 min
D. 75 min
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The cash price of a cupboard is sh 3000. An interest of 25% is charged if the cupboard is bought on hire purchase terms.(Solved)
The cash price of a cupboard is sh 3000. An interest of 25% is charged if the cupboard is bought on hire purchase terms. Amina bought the cupboard on hire purchase terms. She paid a deposit and twelve equal installments. Each installment was sh 262.50. How much deposit did she pay?
A. sh 3 750
B. sh 750
C. sh 600
D. sh 150
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The table below shows price of food for a certain hotel.(Solved)
The table below shows price of food for a certain hotel.
A team of eleven people took lunch in the hotel as follows: 4 took mchele and nyama; 3 took chips and kuku; 2 took ugali and samaki; and the rest took ugali and kuku. How much more money would the team have paid if they had all taken chips and kuku?
A. Sh 480
B. sh 600
C. sh 2 270
D. sh 2 250
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- Sangale left home at 2330h on Monday for a journey which took 2 and a quarter days to complete. On what day and time in...(Solved)
Sangale left home at 2330h on Monday for a journey which took 2 and a quarter days to complete. On what day and time in am/pm system did he complete the journey?
A. Thursday 5.30 am
B. Wednesday 5.30 am
C. Thursday 11.30 pm
D. Wednesday 11.30 pm
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- Mwongeli receives a salary of sh 15 000 per month. In a certain month she spent 0.2 of the salary on rent, 0.3 on food...(Solved)
Mwongeli receives a salary of sh 15 000 per month. In a certain month she spent 0.2 of the salary on rent, 0.3 on food and 0.1 on transport. She spent 0.25 of the remainder on school fees and saved the rest. How much money did she save in that month?
A. sh 4 500
B. sh 3 750
C. sh 2 250
D. sh 1 500
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- Six men working at the same rate, can complete digging a shamba in 8 days. How many days will it take 4 of the men...(Solved)
Six men working at the same rate, can complete digging a shamba in 8 days. How many days will it take 4 of the men to complete the same work?
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- Khalifa bought 5 trays of Eggs @ sh 200. All eggs in one of the trays broke and he sold the remaining trays @ sh...(Solved)
Khalifa bought 5 trays of Eggs @ sh 200. All eggs in one of the trays broke and he sold the remaining trays @ sh 210. What percentage loss did he make?
A. 5%
B. 84%
C. 
D. 16%
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The figure below represents a flower garden in the shape of a quarter of a circle of radius 7m and a right angled triangle.(Solved)
The figure below represents a flower garden in the shape of a quarter of a circle of radius 7m and a right angled triangle.
What is the area of the flower garden?
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- In a game park tourists saw giraffes, elephants and lions. The number of lions seen was n.(Solved)
In a game park tourists saw giraffes, elephants and lions. The number of lions seen was n. The number of elephants seen was three times the number of lions. The number of elephants seen was six less than that of giraffes. How many animals altogether did the tourists see in the park?
A. 7n + 6
B. 3n + 12
C. 7n - 6
D. n + 9
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The diagram below represents a cylindrical solid of diameter 56 cm. The solid has a circular hole of radius 7 cm. The length of the...(Solved)
The diagram below represents a cylindrical solid of diameter 56 cm. The solid has a circular hole of radius 7 cm. The length of the solid is 120 cm.
What is the volume of the solid?
A. 18 480 cm3
B. 295 680 cm3
C. 314 160 cm3
D. 277 200 cm3
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- A salesman is paid a monthly salary of sh 6 000 and a 5% commission on goods he sells above sh 20 000 each month....(Solved)
A salesman is paid a monthly salary of sh 6 000 and a 5% commission on goods he sells above sh 20 000 each month. In a certain month the salesman earned sh 13 000. How much money was the sales of the goods that month?
A. sh 120 000
B. sh 140 000
C. sh 160 000
D. sh 280 000
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- Figure PQRS shown below is a parallelogram. Line RST is a straight line. Angle STU = 30° and angle TUP = 70°.(Solved)
Figure PQRS shown below is a parallelogram. Line RST is a straight line. Angle STU = 30° and angle TUP = 70°.
What is the size of angle TQR?
A. 140°
B. 110°
C. 40°
D. 30°
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- What is the value of?(Solved)
What is the value of? 
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- The table below shows the number of candidates who sat for a certain examination in the years 2008 and 2009.(Solved)
The table below shows the number of candidates who sat for a certain examination in the years 2008 and 2009.
How many more candidates sat for the examination in 2009 than in 2008?
A. 74619
B. 31 277
C. 16 802
D. 14 475
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)
- A lorry which carried four people of average mass 80.5 kg and also loaded with cabbages weighed 5.8 tonnes. What was the mass, in kilograms,...(Solved)
A lorry which carried four people of average mass 80.5 kg and also loaded with cabbages weighed 5.8 tonnes. What was the mass, in kilograms, of cabbages if the lorry weighed 3.4 tonnes when empty?
A. 2 400
B. 2 319.5
C. 2 078
D. 322
Date posted: July 31, 2019. Answers (1)