Mathematics Primary Six – Measures

MEASURES QUESTIONS

Set I

1. What is the cost of 250g of sugar at shs 2000 per kg?
2. A man watched a television for 900 seconds. For how many hours did he watch the television?
3. How many hours are between 3.30am and 2.30pm?
4. A victory party started at 8.40 am and ended at 11.15pm. How long did it take?
5. If the exchange rate is US $ 1 to Ushs 1750. How many dollars can I get from U hs 85,500?
6. A businessman bought a radio at shs 450,000 and sold at shs 500,000. calculate his profit.
7. If I sell an article at shs 120,000 making a profit of shs 5000. how much did I pay for the article?
8. Calculate the loss made by a trader buying an article at shs 10000 and selling it at shs 9050.
9. A man had shs 5000 and bought the following items:
   • 2kg of sugar at shs 1200 per kg
   • 500gm of salt at shs 400 per kg
   • 3 bars of soap at shs 2100.

Calculate his total expenditure and balance.

Set 2

1. Find how many notes are in a bundle of notes numbered from AP 627400 to AP 27499.
2. How many 100 shilling coins are equivalent to twenty thousand shillings note?
3. A bus covered a distance of 60 km in 45 minutes. What was its speed?
4. Jinja is 148 km from Mbale through Iganga. The distance from Jinja to Iganga is 39km. How far is Mbale from Iganga?
5. A car travels at 96km/hr for 20 minutes. Calculate the distance travelled?
6. Two towns A and B are 420km apart. A driver travels from A to B at 7 kph and returns at 105 kph. Calculate his average speed for the whole journey.
7. Mwanani covers a distance of 180km in 3 hours. Calculate the speed in m/sec.
8. Katoke traveled to Kenya with K shs 25000 and then to German with Euros 2000. Find the total amount of money in Uganda shillings that he travelled wih if K shs 1 = U shs 22 and Euro 1 = Ug shs 1520.
9. How much money is contained in a 5000 shilling note bundle numbered from VU 28504 and VU 285140?

Set 3

1. How many seconds are in 35 minutes?
2. Express 3.30 p.m to 24 hour clock.
3. Change 18000 seconds to hours.
4. Mugisha reached school at 8.15am and left the school at 5:30 pm how long did she stay at school?
5. What distance will be covered at a speed of 20 m/sec for 5 minutes?
6. How long will a car take to cover a distance of 180km at a speed of 60 km/hr?
7. Change 40m/sec to km/hr
8. Lira is 124km from Kitgum. A bus takes 1 ½ hrs from Kitgum to Lira and 2 ½ hrs going back. Find its average speed.
9. A parent bought the following articles for the children at beginning of the term.
   • a dress at shs 5500
   • a shirt at shs 3000
   • 2 pairs of shorts at shs 3500 each.
   • Two pairs of shoes at shs 8000 each

If the parent had shs 50000. calculate his total expenditure and balance.

Set 4

1. Express 6km as metres.
2. One side of a regular hexagon is 8 cm. What is the total distance round it?
3. A triangular field has a base of 15m and its height 12m. what is the area of the field?
4. Calculate the circumference of a round table top whose diameter is 1.4m?
5. Calculate the area of the figure below.

Set 5

1. Express 2 ½ litres as milllitres.
2. Write 15000 cm³ as litres.
3. Find the volume of the figure below.

8. Change 6.045kg to grams.
9. A square room is 3.6 m long. What is its area?
10. Find the height of triangle whose area is 30cm² and its base is 12cm.