2.

Donors have 1 484 balls to be equally distributed to 7

districts. How many balls will be given to each district?
3. Mubumbyi makes 1 888 bricks in 8 days. Find the number of
bricks Mubumbyi makes everyday.
4. Divide equally 1 845 textbooks to 5 schools.

What have you leant in this lesson?

End of unit assessment 1

1. Write 1 987 in words.

2. Which number has been expanded to give: 9 ones 8tens 1
thousand 7 hundreds?
3. Find the number which has been expanded:
(1 × 1 000) + (7 × 100) + (9 × 10) + (8 × 1) =
4. What is the place value of the underlined digit?
a) 1 856 b) 1 787 c) 1 324 d) 1 258
5. Compare numbers using the following symbols: <, > or =
a) 1 095 1 059 b) 1 741 1 876
6. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order (from the
smallest to the biggest number):
1 789, 1 879, 1 798, 1 897, 1 978, 1 987
7. Arrange the following numbers in descending order (from
the biggest to the smallest number):
1 978, 1 987, 1 789, 1 798, 1 879, 1 897
8. Find the sum of the following numbers:
a) 1 434 + 563 = b) 895 + 1 009 =
9. Try the subtraction:
a) 1 785 – 762 = b) 1 967 – 1 356 =

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10. Multiply the following numbers:
a) 156 b) 205 c) 209 d) 124 e) 147
× 8 × 7 × 9 × 15 × 13
11. Divide:
a) 1 998 ÷ 9 = b) 1 875 ÷ 5 =
12. In Bibare cell, there are 367 men, 445 women, 461 youth
and 723 children. Find the total number of people in Bibare
cell. A school has 1 874 pupils. The number of girls is 987.
Find the number of boys.
13. A training center has 7 meeting rooms and in each room
there are 275 trainees. Find the number of all trainees at
the training center.
14. Equally divide 1 998 mosquito nets to 6 villages. How many
mosquito nets does each village receive?

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 4 875÷ 5 = 975.
Each village will get 975
mosquito nets.

Try these:

1. 9 schools equally shared 4 581 Mathematics books. How

many books did each get?
2. 7 health centers received 4 991 beds from donors. How
many beds did each health center get?
Application activity 2.16

1. 8 schools in our district received 3 848 desks from donors to

be shared equally. How many desks were given to each school?
2. Divide equally 2 598 iron sheets to 6 carpenters. How many
iron sheets does every carpenter get?
3. A businessman distributed 4 764 cabbages to 4 army stations.
How many cabbages did each station get?
4. Uwamahoro sells 4 365 sacks of cements equally in 3 months.
How many sacks of cement does she sell every month?

What have you leant in this lesson?

End of unit assessment 2

1. Write 4 978 in words
2. Find the number which has been expanded.
a) 7 ones, 5 tens, 4 thousands, 9 hundreds.
b) 9 ones, 3 thousands, 6 tens, 7 hundreds.
3. Find the place value of the underlined digits
a) 3 586 b) 2 789 c) 4 362 d) 3 978
4. Compare numbers using the following symbols: <, > and =

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 a) 4 659 4 695 b) 4 871 4 867

5. Arrange the following numbers in ascending order (from the

smallest to the biggest)
4 879, 4 897, 4 798, 4 789, 4 987, 4 978

6. Arrange the following numbers in descending order (from

the biggest to the smallest)
3 687, 3 678, 3 768, 3 786, 3 867, 3 876

7. Add numbers:
a) 3 154 + 1 659 = b) 3 876 + 1 112 =
8. Subtract the following numbers:
a) 4 587 – 3 267 = b) 3 967 – 2 563 =
9. Multiply the following numbers

10. Divide:
a) 4 959 ÷ 9 = b)3 785 ÷ 5 = c)2 988 ÷ 6 =
11. In Nyakabanda cell there are 879 women, 839 men and
3 267 children. How many people are in Nyakabanda cell?
12. 4 789 people attended trainings. 2 097 are women; find the
number of men who attended the training.
13. At the village there are 276 families and every family
planted 18 trees. Find the number of trees which were
planted.
14. Share equally 4 298 sacks of cement to 7 businessmen. How
many will each businessman get?

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2. The total of 7 992 voting cards were equally distributed
to 8 voting centers. Find the number of voting cards to be
received by each center.
3. Equally distribute 5 490 notebooks into 9 boxes. What is the
number of notebooks will be put in each box?
4. Kaneza made 9 896 bricks to be used in constructing 4 equal
houses. Find the number of bricks to be reserved for each
house.
Activity 3.16.2
1. At the end of lower Secondary, 7 895 students were equally
sent to 5 schools to continue their studies. Find the number
of students received by each school.
2. There are 6 797 laptops to be distributed equally to 7
districts. Find the number of laptops to be distributed to
each district.
Application activity 3.16

1. A group of workers plants 8 750 trees in 5 days. He plants

the same number of trees per day. How many trees do
workers plant per day.
2. Equally share 9 400 fruit seedlings to 4 cells. How many fruit
seedlings does each cell receive?

What have you leant in this lesson?

End of unit assessment 3

1. Write 9 678 in words
2. Find the number with:
a) 8 ones 9 tens 7 thousands 6 hundreds
b) 5 ones 8 thousands 4 tens 3 hundreds
3. Find the number.

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 5 000 + 900 + 60 + 8 =
4. Find the place value of the undelined digits
a) 8 759 b) 7 645 c) 6 975 d) 9 542

5. Compare numbers using the following symbol: <, > or =

a) 8 189 8 819 c) 7 689 7 689
b) 6 583 6 538 d) 9 587 9 578
6. Arrange numbers in ascending order (from the smallest to
the biggest number)
7 365, 7 356, 5 746, 4 784, 8 497, 6 479

7. Arrange numbers in descending order (from the biggest to

the smallest number)
5 708, 6 718, 4 738, 9 786, 6 827, 8 710

8. Add:
a) 6 574 + 2 695 = b) 7 865 + 1 879 =

9. Subtract:
a) 7 856 – 5 976 = b) 8 761 – 6 819 =
10. Multiply:
a) 198 b) 265 c) 349 d) 573 e) 497
× 49 × 37 × 28 × 16 × 17
11. Divide:
a) 7985 ÷ 5 = b) 8526 ÷ 6 =
12. Kaneza buys 8 759 sacks in the morning. In the afternoon
Kaneza sells 5 784 sacks from them. How many sacks does
he remain with?
13. If one lorry carries 300 sacks of cement, how many sacks
will be carried by 24 Lorries?
14. Equally distribute 981 mangoes in 9 baskets. Find the
number of mangoes to be in each basket.

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 End of unit assessment 4
1. Write in words and in figures the fractions represented by the
shaded parts a)
b)
2. Draw and shade the following fractions
a) 5 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3 e) 4
5 6 7 9
8
5
3. Shade of this image
8

4. Use <, > or = to compare the fractions below:

a) 5
6 5 8 1 3
c) e)
7 9 9 5 5
b) 74
23 3 1 8
6d) f)
6 4 4 8 8
5. Arrange the following fractions from the smallest to the
biggest
a) 3 2 7 6 4 1 5 8
, , , , , , ,
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
b) 2 1 3 4 5
5 , 5 , 5 , 5 ,5
6. Arrange the following fractions from the biggtest to the
smallest
a) 3 2 7 6 4 1 5
7
, 7
, , , , ,
7 7 7 7 7
b) 2 1 3 5 4
, , , ,
6 6 6 6 6

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7. Find the complement of each of the following fractions to
form a unit fraction.
a) 4 b)
3 5 4
c) d)
8 9 10
7
8. Add the following fractions
a) 3 2 4 2 2 1
= b) = c)
+ + + =
7 7 9 9 5 5
9. Subtract the following fractions
a) 8 5 9 3 6 4
= b) = c)
– – – =
9 9 10 10 7 7
10. Find the value of each fraction of the given whole numbers:
a)
of 100 b)
3 of7 64 c)of 60
4 5
8 6
2 1
11. Gwiza ate of her bread in the morning and
5 in the evening.
5
What fraction of bread did she eat altogether?

Gatare
12. uses
5 of his water from the tank for making bricks.
7
What fraction of water is remaining in the tank?

3 4
13. Friday Shema read of a book. He also read of the book on
8 8
Saturday. What fraction of the book did he read altogether?

14. There are 96 pupils in a school, 7

of them paid school fees.
8
How many pupils who paid school fees?
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2) A shopkeeper cuts equally 49m of cloth into 7 small pieces.
Find the length of each piece.

What have you leant in this lesson?

End of unit assessment 5

1) Convert the following units into the required unit.
a) 2 km = m b) 240 dm = m
c) 7 m = mm d) 2400 dm = dam
2) Use <, > or = to compare the following.
a) 456 m 8 hm b) 8 km 789 dam
c) 46 mm 4 cm d) 7 dam 79 m
3) Arrange from the lowest to the greatest:
259m, 2 hm, 29 dam
4) Arrange from the greatest to the lowest:
6 km, 608 hm, 68 dam
5) Complete:
a) 75 dam × 4 = km b) 590 m÷ 5 = dm
c) 4 m × 5 = dm
6) Study the following image and answer the question

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Question
a. How many dm are there between the classrooms and the
playground?
b. How many dam are there between the classrooms and the
toilets?
c. How many m are there between the classrooms and the
offices?
d. How many m are there between the classrooms and the
kitchen?
e. Kamana ran from the classroom to the kitchen, to the
office, to the toilet and to the playground. He returned to
the classroom through the same route. How many metres
did he cover altogether?
f. During break time Peter runs 500 m six times. How many
km does he run in total?
g. Uwase makes a rope of 36m for jumping. She cuts it into 9
equal pieces. Find the length of each piece of rope in cm.

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 What have you leant in this lesson?

End of unit assessment 6

1) Complete:
a) 8 kg = dag b) 56 dag = g
d) 7 800 g = hg c) 6 kg = g
2) Use <, > or = to compare mass measurements
a) 74 hg 745 dag b) 798 g 798 dag
3) Arrange from the smallest to the biggest:
48 hg, 487 g, 487 dag
4) Arrange from the biggest to the smallest:
a) 65 hg, 56 dag , 6 kg . b) 75 hg, 5 kg, 657 dag.
5) Workout the following:
a) 78 hg + 2200 g = kg b) 245 dag + 6 550 g = hg
c) 80 dag –7 hg = dag
6) Read and find the answer:
a. Mugabe buys 750 hg of beans on Monday and 6500 dag on
Wednesday. How many kg does he buy altogether?
b. Ineza buys 7 packets of sugar. Each packet weighs 5 kg. How
many hg does he buy altogether?
c. At the end of the year, a group of 4 people shared equally
1000hg of rice among its members. How many kg did each
member get?
d. Rwasa took 857 dag of beans to the market. How many kg
remained if he sold 6570g?

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 End of unit assessment 7

1) Fill in the missing number

a) 4 ℓ = ------dℓ b) 65 dℓ =------mℓ
c) 7500 mℓ =-----dℓ d) 779 dℓ =-------cℓ
2) Use <,> or = to compare the following:
a) 79 dℓ 7908 mℓ b) 27 dℓ 16 cℓ
c) 9 ℓ 79 dℓ d) 546 cℓ 7ℓ
3) Arrange from the smallest to the biggest: 75 dℓ, 707 cℓ, 3006 mℓ
4) Arrange from the biggest to the smallest: 46 dℓ, 915 cℓ, 234 mℓ
5) Do the following:
a) 4507 mℓ + 367 cℓ =------mℓ
b) 375 mℓ × 8 =-------ℓ
c) 5 l 7 mℓ + 43 dℓ =-------mℓ
d) 693 dℓ÷ 7 =--------mℓ
6) A restaurant uses 225 cℓ of cooking oil per day. How many
litres of cooking oil does the restaurant use in 8 days?
7) I poured 67 ℓ of water in a drum. My brother poured 1330dℓ
in the same drum.How many litres of water did we pour
altogether?
8) If you pur equally 7500 cℓ of fuel in 5 cars, the fuel for each
car is:
7500cℓ÷5 = cℓ = ℓ.

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 End of unit assessment 8
1. Fill in the missing amount
a. 5 000 Frw = 2 000 Frw + ------Frw+ 2 notes of 500 Frw
b. 2 000 Frw = 10 Coins of 100 Frw +--------Frw
2. Look at the following price list of Bwenge’s shop. Answer to
questions.
Item Price
Bread 1000Frw
Rice 1kg is 1100 Frw
Sugar 1 kg is 1200 Frw
Beans 1 kg is 500 Frw
Milk 1 ℓ is 500Frw
Groundnuts 1 kg is 1300Frw
Cooking oil 1ℓ is 2000Frw
Soap 500Frw
a. How much can you pay for 1 l of milk and 1 l of cooking oil
altogether?
b. Munezero has 5000Frw, he needs to buy 6 kg of beans, 1l
of cooking oil and 2 kg of sugar. How much does he need
to complete his shopping?
c. Ireme buys 1 kg of rice, 1 kg of sugar and 2 kg of groundnuts.
If he receives 100rw as change how much did he go with
to the market?
d. How much can you pay if you buy 1 litre of milk and 1 litre
of cooking oil?
3. Share equally 4800Frw among 4 workers. How much money
can each work get?
4. Muhoza goes to the shop with 3500Frw.How much does she
need if she wants to buy a dress of 5000 Frw?

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 End of unit assessment 9
1) Read and write the time

2) Complete:
a. 40 years =--------months
b. 50 weeks =------days
c. 33 days =--------hours
d. 19 years =--------moths
e. 29 days =--------hours
3) Complete the following sentences
a. An ordinary year has -------- days, while a leap year has ---
------days.
b. A month has ------ weeks while a year has---------months
c. A week has ------ days while a day has----------hours
d. A month which has fewer days among other months of
the year is --------
4) Choose ordinary years among the following years
a. 2000 b. 2004 c. 2002
e. 2005 d. 2007 f. 2008
5) Circle the leap year in the following:
a. 2000 b. 2010 c. 2012
d. 2016 e. 2019 f. 2008
6) Find the leap years which are between 2010 and 2030

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 End of unit assessment 9

1) Use a protractor to mesure the value for the following angle:

2) Write the name of the following lines

a) A and B are lines
b) C and D are Lines
c) A and D are lines
d) B and D are lines
e) C and A are lines
f) B and C are lines
3) Write the name of the angle:

4) Use a ruler and a protractor to draw these angles:

a) 56° b) 98° c) 170° d) 135°
5) Draw:
a) Intersecting lines forming a right angle.
b) Two parallel lines
c) Intersecting lines forming acute angles and obtuse angles
6) Complete by True or False
a) A right angle is greater than an obtuse angle.
b) Two parallel straight lines cannot meet (cannot intersect).
c) A right angle is greater than an acute angle.
d) An obtuse angle is greater than an acute angle.

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Application activity 11.4
Study the circle and answer questions that follow:
Name the following lines:
a) OC is
b) OB is
c) AC is
d) OA is

End of unit assessment 11

1) Name the following geometric figures.

2) Draw the following:

a. Equilateral triangle with 16 cm of side.
b. The square with 13 cm of side.
c. A rectangle whose length is 20 cm and width is 10 cm.
d. A circle which has 8cm of radius.
3) Find the perimeter of:
a. The square with 135cm side
b. The rectangle which has 364 cm of length and 132 cm of
width.
c. A triangle whose sides are: 605cm, 235 cm and 385 cm
respectively.

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4) Complete by True or False
a. A square has obtuse angles.
b. A rectangle has right angles.
c. The radius is greater than the diameter of the same
circle. _
d. The center of a circle is a central point of that circle.
e. Isosceles triangle has 3 equal sides.
5) Calculate the perimeter of the following geometric figures:

6) Look at the following geometric figures with special line segments.

a) Name the following line segments and
the figures formed:
1) AC is 2) CG is
3) AG is 4) BF is
5) AEG is 6) HD is
7) GECA is 8) CEA is

b) Name the following line segment:

1) AE is 6) OA is
2) OB is 7) OF is
3) FD is 8) OE is
4) OC is 9) DG is
5) OD is 10) OG is

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2. Draw a grid of your choice (use your own number of vertical
and horizontal lines), draw a rectangle on it and then locate
the 4 main points (vertices) of your rectangle.
3. Draw a grid of 10 vertical lines and 10 horizontal lines.
Draw on it a triangle joining the following points: A (4, 6); B
( 2, 2); C ( 6, 2)

End of unit assessment 11

1) Study the following grid and
mention the given points
A( , )
B( , )
C( , )
D( , )
E( , )
2) Find out different shapes after
joining the following points
a) A, B, C and D
b) E ,F, G and H
c) I, J and K

3) Draw a grid of 7 vertical lines and 7 horizontal lines and

plot the following points : A (4, 3); B (2, 6); and C (5, 7).
Join all points and name the shape you have formed.

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Application activity 13.6.3

Complete the missing number for the following number pattern:

a) 5 469, 4 679, 3 889, , ,
b) 4 325, 3 875, 3 425, , ,

End of unit assessment 13

1) Find the missing numbers
a) 1 787 b) • ••• c) 4 3•• d) • •••
+ 6 • 1• × 9 +• •41 × 8
7 899 2 187 8 296 1 264
e) 7 ••6 f) • ••• g) 2 9••
– 1 534 × 6 –1 376
• 42• 1 074 1 611
h) • ÷ 4 = 903 j) • ÷ 2 = 839
i) • ÷ 5 = 315 k) • ÷ 6 = 221
2) Fill in the blanks with the missing number
a) 100 + 50 = 80 + •. d) 9 × 8 = 18 × •
b) 525 – • = 400 – 75 e) 25 × 2 = 60 × •
c) 978 – • = 763 – 220 f) 728 ÷ 8 = • ÷ 4
3) Find the common difference in the following number
pattern
a) 234, 215, 196 d) 467, 431, 395
b) 745, 1 000, 1 255 e) 945, 882, 819
c) 834, 755, 676 f) 689, 713, 737
4) Find the missing terms in the following number patterns
a) 1 250, 1 750, , ,
b) 3 400, 3 100, , ,
c) 2 525, 3 025, , ,

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 End of unit assessment

1. Draw 5 different types of objects found at home and place

them on a pictograph.
2. Draw 5 different types of objects found at school and place
them on a pictograph.
3. Count all objects you find in the classroom and show their
number on a pictograph.
4. Observe the pictograph with the following objects: coins,
bicycles, balances, bottles, tape measures, clock faces and
the paintbrush. Name groups of objects and find out their
numbers.

Example: There are 3 coins

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