First Term General Mathematics Examination for Primary 2

Examination on General Mathematics
Class: Primary 2
Term: First Term
Time: 1 Hour
Total Marks: 70

SECTION A: OBJECTIVES (40 Marks)
Instruction: Answer all questions.

1. ________ is the value of 5 in 357. (a) 5 units (b) 5 tens (c) 5 hundreds
2. What is ‘four hundred and fifty-one’ written in figures? (a) 40051 (b) 451 (c) 415
3. The fraction one-quarter is written as ________. (a) 1/2 (b) 1/4 (c) 4/1
4. Add 342 and 125. (a) 467 (b) 457 (c) 476
5. Subtract 230 from 560. (a) 330 (b) 300 (c) 230
6. Which of the following numbers comes before 1000? (a) 999 (b) 1001 (c) 990
7. All of these are 3-digit numbers except ________. (a) 200 (b) 99 (c) 750
8. Which of these numbers does NOT have 8 in the tens place? (a) 185 (b) 280 (c) 308
9. The main reason we use place value is to understand the ________ of digits. (a) colour (b) position (c) value
10. The correct step to add numbers in columns is to start from the ________ place. (a) hundreds (b) tens (c) units
11. An example of a fraction with a numerator of 3 is ________. (a) 3/5 (b) 5/3 (c) 1/3
12. Which of these is not a whole number? (a) 7 (b) 1/2 (c) 100
13. What is the missing number in the sequence: 100, 200, ________, 400? (a) 350 (b) 300 (c) 250
14. What is the sum of 2/5 and 1/5? (a) 3/10 (b) 3/5 (c) 1/5
15. If there are 480 pupils in a school and 150 are girls, how many are boys? (a) 330 (b) 300 (c) 230
16. How many tens are in the number 672? (a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 2
17. Write 2500 in words. (a) Two hundred and fifty (b) Two thousand five hundred (c) Twenty-five hundred
18. Calculate: 300 + 150 – 50. (a) 400 (b) 500 (c) 350
19. Order these numbers from smallest to largest: 210, 120, 201. (a) 120, 201, 210 (b) 210, 201, 120 (c) 120, 210, 201
20. What is the value of the digit 9 in 902? (a) 9 units (b) 9 tens (c) 9 hundreds

SECTION B: THEORY (30 Marks)
Instruction: Answer any THREE questions.

1. (a) Write ‘four thousand, five hundred and twelve’ in figures. (2 marks)
(b) Identify the place value of each digit in 368. (3 marks)
(c) Add 456 and 231. Show your working. (3 marks)
(d) What is the value of the digit 7 in 705? (2 marks)

2. (a) Subtract 125 from 378. (2 marks)
(b) Explain what a fraction is in your own words. (3 marks)
(c) Find the missing number: 500, 450, 400, ________, 300. (3 marks)
(d) What is 3/7 + 2/7? (2 marks)

3. (a) A farmer has 345 yams. He plants 120. How many are left? (2 marks)
(b) Calculate: 560 + 130 – 200. (3 marks)
(c) Order these numbers from largest to smallest: 1234, 1432, 1324. (3 marks)
(d) Write 89 in words. (2 marks)

4. (a) Represent the number 294 using H-T-U. (2 marks)
(b) What is 5/9 – 2/9? (3 marks)
(c) Emeka has 150 marbles, and his friend gave him 230 more. How many marbles does Emeka have now? (3 marks)
(d) What is the place value of the digit 1 in 1000? (2 marks)

Objective Marking Scheme
Question 1 – ✅ (b) 5 tens
Question 2 – ✅ (b) 451
Question 3 – ✅ (b) 1/4
Question 4 – ✅ (a) 467
Question 5 – ✅ (a) 330
Question 6 – ✅ (a) 999
Question 7 – ✅ (b) 99
Question 8 – ✅ (c) 308
Question 9 – ✅ (c) value
Question 10 – ✅ (c) units
Question 11 – ✅ (a) 3/5
Question 12 – ✅ (b) 1/2
Question 13 – ✅ (b) 300
Question 14 – ✅ (b) 3/5
Question 15 – ✅ (a) 330
Question 16 – ✅ (b) 7
Question 17 – ✅ (b) Two thousand five hundred
Question 18 – ✅ (a) 400
Question 19 – ✅ (a) 120, 201, 210
Question 20 – ✅ (c) 9 hundreds