EXAMINATIONS No:___________________________

ZOMBA URBAN DISTRICT MOCK

2023 PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION

MATHEMATICS
(100 MARKS)
THURSDAY 23/MARCH/2023 Subject Number:P131
Time allowed: 1 Hour 30 mins
1:00 – 2:30PM
Name of candidate:_______________________________________________________________________
(Surname First)
Name of School:__________________________________________________________________________

Question Tick if Do not write

Instructions in these
Number answered columns
1. This paper contains 6 printed pages please check
1-10
2. There are two sections in this paper, A and B
3. Answer all questions in section A and B 11-20

4. The maximum number of the marks for each answer is indicated 21

against each question
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5. In section A Encircle the letter representing the right answer to each
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question. Write your answers to the questions in section B in the
spaces provided on the question paper. 24
6. In the table provided on this page , tick against the question number 25
you have answered apart from questions 1 – 20.
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7. IMPORTANT TOTAL

 Write your name and name of your school in the spaces

provided above and your Examination Number on top of each
page of the question paper.

 Hand in your worked question paper to the invigilator when time is

called to stop writing.

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SECTION A : Multiple choice questions B. K1375 D. K643.75
(40marks)
1. Express 0.008769 to 2 significant figure 11. Write two million and seventy eight thousand
A. 0.01 C. 0.0088 and sixteen in figures.
B. 0.009 D. 0.00 A. 2, 78, 000.16 C. 2007816
B. 2, 078160 D. 2,078,016
2. Simplify 5/12 x 3/8 ÷ 1/6
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A. /192 C. 38 2/5 Table 1 shows the percentage of learners who
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B. /16 D. 1 1/16 passed end of term 1 examination at Mzama
primary school
3. Which of the following Hindu Arabic Table 1
Numbers is correctly represented by the MARKS SCORED PERCENTAGE
Roman numeral DCIX? BY LEARNERS
A. 419 C. 609 0 to 20 10%
B. 509 D. 619
21 to 40 25%
4. What is the mean of the following numbers 41 to 60 5%
10, 28 and 13? 61 to 80 35%
A. 17 C. 48 81 to 100 25%
B. 28 D. 51

5. Simplify 4y + 7p – y – 6p Use it to answer questions 12 and 13. Note that the

A. 3y – p C. 3y−13p class had 76 learners
B. 3y + p D. 3y + 13p
12. How many learners passed with 25%?
6. What is the function name of 200 in the A. 25 C. 19
expression; 800 ÷ 200 = 4? B. 20 D. 9
A. Divider C. Multiplier
B. Product D. Divisor 13. Tiyamike got 52, in which percentage does
she belong to?
7. The temperature recorded at a certain weather A. 35% C. 10%
station for 5 days is as follows; B. 25% D. 5%
32oc, 48oc, 30oc, 28oc and 18oc
Find the average temperature for 5 days 14. A chief will celebrate his silver jublee in the
A. 31.2oc C. 32oc next 5 years. How old is the chief?
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B. 31 c D. 30oc A. 20 years C. 30years
B. 25years D. 35years
8. Emmanuel gets a commission of K150.00 on
every 4 pairs of trousers he sells. If he sells 15. A radio was sold for K40, 000 at discount of
112 pairs of trousers. Find the commission he 20%. What was the cash discount?
will get. A. K2000 C. K3, 200
A. K4200 C. K5000 B. K8000 D. K3,800
B. K4500 D. K6000
16. Which inequality symbol should be written
2 in the box inorder for the inequality
9. The area of a rectangle is 64cm and length is
16cm. calculate the perimeter of a rectangle X–6 x – 10 to be correct.
A. 80cm C. 20cm A. < C. ≤
B. 40cm D. 4cm B. > D. ≥

10. Mary received R1275 from south Africa. If Table 2 shows temperature readings for four
R1 = K50, calculate the amount of money stations. Use it to answer questions 17 and 18.
received in kwacha
A. K63, 750 C. K1275
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 Stations Temperature oC B. 24 oC D. 88 oC

P 35 19. A vegetable garden is 57m long and 36m

S 13 wide. What is the length of the wire required
K 21 to fence the garden?
M 19 A. 21m C. 186m
B. 93m D. 2052m

17. Which station was the coldest? 20. A boy and girl shared 120 tablets of soap in
A. K C. P the ratio 3:2 respectively. What was the boys
B. M D. S share
A. 24 C. 48
18. What is the average temperature for the B. 40 D. 72
stations
A. 22oc C. 48oc

SECTION B (60MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
Write your answers in the space provided under each questions. Show your working

21. A. Multiply the difference between 701.2 and 681 by 2.3, give the answer to 1 decimal place (4marks)

B Chisomo had 4x, bananas while Chikondi and Chifuniro had (x – y ) and (2x + 2y) bananas respectively.
If they decided to put them together, how many bananas were their altogether? (4marks)

22. A. Decrease 120 by 5% (3marks)

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 B. A person banked K30, 000 for 5 years and earned an interest of K10, 000. Calculate the rate. (4marks)

C The first three numbers in a number pattern are 55, 70 and 85. Find the fourth number.
Show your working (3marks)

Table 3: shows number of tomatoes sold by two vendors at a certain market.

Table 3
Name of a vendor Number of tomatoes sold
Grace
Gracious

23. A If represents 60 tomatoes, calculate the difference between the number of tomatoes sold by
Grace and those sold by Gracious (4marks)

B Bengo had 4x kwacha. He gave x kwacha to his friend. If he remained with K21, 000 calculate the
amount of money that Bengo gave to his friend (5marks)

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 C A bus covers a distance of 132km in 3 hours 20 minutes. Calculate its speed in km/hr (4marks)

24. A Mayamiko’s business had the following transaction in April 2020

1 April balance in hand K20, 000
18 April bought basins K30, 000
25 April sold cups K19, 000
Prepare cash account for Mayamiko’s business and balance it as at 30th April 2020? (6marks)

Figure 1 is a composite shape made of up of rectangle ABCD and a circle

D 20 C

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A B
B Calculate area of the shaded part (6marks)

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25. A. 3 packets of sweets at K1500 per packet
100 exercise books at K2500 per unit and
2 tablets of soap at K350 each. Prepare a bill for Mr. Samuel (7marks)

B Using a ruler and a protractor. Construct a Rhombus PQRS in which SR = 5cm angle PSR = 500
and angle SRQ = 1300 (6marks)

26. A. Simplify 3 5/9 x (3 ¾ - 1 7/8) ÷ 1 1/3 (4marks)

B. Write 30.002 as a mixed number

END OF QUESTIONS
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