KENYA JUNIOR SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT

TERM 1
GRADE 9 – MATHEMATICS
Time: 2 hours
NAME:
SCHOOL:
STREAM: DATE:

INSTRUCTIONS
a) Write your name, school, stream and date in the spaces provided above.
b) Answer all questions in this booklet.
c) All answers must be given as per the guidelines of the questions.
d) All answers must be written in this booklet.

ASSESSMENT RUBRIC
RANGE (%) LEVEL
80 - 100 Exceeding expectation
60 - 79 Meeting expectation
40 - 59 Approaching expectation
0 - 39 Below expectation

LEARNER’S SCORE
Out of 50
Score

This paper consists of 8 printed pages. Candidates should check the question paper to
confirm that all pages are printed as indicated and that no questions are missing.

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1. Express the number below in words. (1 mark)
10,897,801,555

2. Round off to the nearest ten thousand. (1 mark)

5,890,123

3. For the number below, state the place value and the total value of the underlined digit. (2 marks)
98,374,803,041

4. In Gahumbwa Junior School, there are 156 boys and 199 girls. If 31 students transferred out at the start of the
year, how many students remained in the school? (2 marks)

5. A mother divides a number of mangoes among her five daughters, giving each daughter 6 mangoes. If three
mangoes are left, how many mangoes did she originally have? (2 marks)

6. Albert had 8910 bags of maize, each weighing 90 kg. She sold 5160 of them.
a) How many kilograms of beans does she still have? (2 marks)

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 b) After adding 468 more bags of beans, how many bags does she now have? (1 mark)

7. Three school bells ring at intervals of 30 minutes, 45 minutes, and 60 minutes. If they all ring together at 8:00
am, at what time will they next ring together? (2 marks)

8. Solve the following expression. (3 marks)

½ of {³/₅ + ¹/₄(⁷/₃ - ³/₇ of 1½ ÷ 5)}

9. The greatest common divisor (GCD) of three numbers is 30, and their least common multiple (LCM) is 900.
If two of the numbers are 60 and 150, what are the possible values of the third number? (3 marks)

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10. Kyallo measured the temperature inside a deep freezer and found it to be 3°C, while the room temperature
was 24°C. What was the difference in temperature between the room and the freezer? (2 marks)

11. Three boys shared a certain sum of money. The youngest received ¹/₁₂ of it, the next received ¹/, and the
eldest received the remainder.
a) What fraction of the total money did the eldest receive? (1 mark)

b) If the eldest received Sh. 330, what was the original amount of money? (2 marks)

12. Express 0.35 as a fraction. (1 mark)

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13. Simplify. (2 marks)
3p + 6n - 2(p - 10p)

14. A father is three times as old as his son. In five years, the sum of their ages will be 58 years. What are their
current ages? (2 marks)

15. A trader buys a bag of maize and sells it at a profit of Sh. 250. If the buying price was Sh. y, write an
expression for the percentage profit in terms of y. (2 marks)

16. After spending ⁵/₆ of his December salary on school fees, Wafula was left with Sh. 3500. How much was his
salary for the month? (2 marks)

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17. Solve the following simultaneous equation using elimination method. (3
marks) 2x + y = 5
x–y=1

18. The rectangle below has a length that is 7 cm longer than its width, and a perimeter of 120 cm.

a) What is the width of the rectangle? (2 marks)

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 b) What is the area of the rectangle? (2 marks)

c) If the cost of material used to make the rectangle is Sh. 30 per square centimeter (cm²), how much will
the material for the entire rectangle cost? (2 marks)

d) Two similar triangles are created from the rectangle. Calculate the length of the hypotenuse of the
triangles? (2 marks)

19. Determine if the following numbers are divisible by 3.

a) 3457 (1 mark)

b) 555 (1 mark)

c) 634,578 (1 mark)

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20. Calculate the surface area of the figure below. (3 marks)

GRADE 9 MATHEMATICS MAKING SCHEME

1. Express the number below in words. (1 mark) Answer: Ten billion, eight hundred ninety-seven million,
10,897,801,555
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eight hundred one thousand, five hundred fifty-five. 1½ ÷ 5 = 3/2 ÷ 5 = 3/10.
3/7 of 3/10 = 9/70.
2. Round off to the nearest ten thousand. (1 mark) 7/3 - 9/70 = 163/70.
5,890,123 1/4 × 163/70 = 163/280.
Answer: 5,890,000. 3/5 + 163/280 = 168/280 + 163/280 = 331/280.
1/2 of 331/280 = 331/560.
3. For the number below, state the place value and the Final answer: 331/560.
total value of the underlined digit. (2 marks)
98,374,803,041 9. The greatest common divisor (GCD) of three numbers
Answer: is 30, and their least common multiple (LCM) is 900. If
 Place value of the underlined digit (3): Hundreds two of the numbers are 60 and 150, what are the possible
of millions. values of the third number? (3 marks)
 Total value of the underlined digit: 800,000. Answer:
4. In Gahumbwa Junior School, there are 156 boys and
199 girls. If 31 students transferred out at the start of
the year, how many students remained in the school? (2
marks)
Answer: 10. Kyallo measured the temperature inside a deep
freezer and found it to be 3°C, while the room
Total students = 156 + 199 = 355.
temperature was 24°C. What was the difference in
Students remaining = 355 - 31 = 324 students.
temperature between the room and the freezer? (2 marks)
Answer:
5. A mother divides a number of mangoes among her
five daughters, giving each daughter 6 mangoes. If three Difference = 24°C - 3°C = 21°C.
mangoes are left, how many mangoes did she originally
have? (2 marks) 11. Three boys shared a certain sum of money. The
Answer: youngest received 1/12 of it, the next received 1/2, and
Mangoes for 5 daughters = 5 × 6 = 30 mangoes. the eldest received the remainder.
Total mangoes = 30 + 3 = 33 mangoes. a) What fraction of the total money did the eldest
receive? (1 mark)
6. Albert had 8910 bags of maize, each weighing 90 kg. Answer:
She sold 5160 of them. The youngest received 1/12 and the next
a) How many kilograms of beans does she still have? received 1/2. The eldest received the
(2 marks)
remainder:
Answer:
Bags of maize remaining = 8910 - 5160 = 3750 Remainder = 1 - (1/12 + 1/2) = 1 - (1/12 + 6/12) =
bags. Weight of remaining maize = 3750 × 90 kg 1 - 7/12 = 5/12
= 337,500 kg. So, the eldest received 5/12 of the total money.
b) If the eldest received Sh. 330, what was the
b) After adding 468 more bags of beans, how many
original amount of money? (2 marks)
bags does she now have? (1 mark)
Answer:
Answer:
Total bags = 3750 + 468 = 4218 bags. Let the total amount of money
be x. The eldest received 5/12
7. Three school bells ring at intervals of 30 minutes, 45 of xxx.
minutes, and 60 minutes. If they all ring together at 5
/12 of x = 330.
8:00 am, at what time will they next ring together? (2
x=330×12/5
marks) Answer:
LCM of 30, 45, and 60 is 180 minutes. x=792
180 minutes = 3 hours. The original amount of money was Sh. 792.
Next time they will ring together: 8:00 am + 3 hours
12. Express 0.35 as a fraction. (1 mark)
= 11:00 am. Answer:
0.35 = 35/100 = 7/20.
8. Solve the following expression. (3
marks) 1/2 of {3/5 + 1/4(7/3 - 3/7 of 1½ ÷
13. Simplify. (2 marks)
5)} Answer:
3p + 6n - 2(p - 10p)
First, solve inside the brackets: Answer:
3p + 6n - 2(p - 10p) = 3p + 6n - 2(-9p)
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= 3p + 6n + 18p
= 21p + 6n.

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14. A father is three times as old as his son. In five = 120.
years, the sum of their ages will be 58 years. What are
their
current ages? (2 marks)
Answer:
Let the son's current age be xxx, so the father's
age is 3x. In 5 years, their ages will be x+5x +
5x+5 and 3x+53x + 53x+5.
The sum of their ages in 5 years = 58.
(x+5)+(3x+5)=58(x + 5) + (3x + 5) =
58(x+5)+(3x+5)=58 4x+10=584x + 10 =
584x+10=58
4x=484x = 484x=48
x=12x = 12x=12.
So, the son is 12 years old, and the father is 36 years old.

15. A trader buys a bag of maize and sells it at a profit of

Sh. 250. If the buying price was Sh. y, write an
expression for the percentage profit in terms of y. (2
marks)
Answer:

16. After spending 5/6 of his December salary on

school fees, Wafula was left with Sh. 3500. How much
was his salary for the month? (2 marks)
Answer:

17. Solve the following simultaneous equation

using elimination method. (3 marks)

18. The rectangle below has a length that is 7 cm

longer than its width, and a perimeter of 120 cm.
a) What is the width of the rectangle? (2 marks)
Answer:
Let the width be www.
The length = w+7w + 7w+7.
Perimeter = 2(width + length)
2(w + (w + 7)) = 120
2(2w + 7) = 120
4w + 14 = 120
4w = 106
w=
26.5 cm.
Width =
26.5
cm.

b) What is the area of the rectangle? (2 marks)

Answer:
Area = length × width = (26.5+7)×26.5 =
33.5×26.5 =
887.75 cm2.

c) If the cost of material used to make the

rectangle is Sh. 30 per square centimeter (cm²),
how much will the
material for the entire rectangle cost? (2 marks)
Answer:
Cost = Area × cost per cm² = 887.75 × 30 = Sh. 26,632.50.

d) Two similar triangles are created from the

rectangle. Calculate the length of the
hypotenuse of the triangles? (2 marks)
Answer:

19. Determine if the following numbers are divisible by 3.

a) 3457 (1 mark)
Answer:
Sum of digits: 3 + 4 + 5 + 7 = 19.
19 is not divisible by 3.
Not divisible by 3.
b) 555 (1 mark)
Answer:
Sum of digits: 5 + 5 + 5 = 15.
15 is divisible by 3.
Divisible by 3.
c) 634,578 (1 mark)
Answer:
Sum of digits: 6 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 7 + 8 = 33.
33 is divisible by 3.
Divisible by 3.

20. Calculate the surface area of the

figure below. (3 marks)
Answer:
Surface Area = 2×(12×9+12×7+9×7)
=2×(108+84+63)
=2×255
=510cm2