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Mathematics

Grade 5
Learner’s Book

N. Matsunge T. Munzara
 CONTENTS
TOPIC 1 : NUMBER.......................................................................................... 1
Unit 1 Whole numbers................................................................................................. 2
Unit 2 Proper fractions................................................................................................ 10
Unit 3 Mixed numbers.................................................................................................. 17
Unit 4 Numeration systems........................................................................................ 23
Unit 5 Decimals.............................................................................................................. 28
Unit 6 Percentages....................................................................................................... 31

TOPIC 2 : OPERATIONS.................................................................................. 37
Unit 7 Addition of whole numbers............................................................................ 38
Unit 8 Subtraction of whole numbers..................................................................... 44
Test 1 ..................................................................................................................... 49
Unit 9 Multiplication of whole numbers................................................................. 54
Unit 10 Division of whole numbers.......................................................................... 60
Unit 11 Addition and subtraction of decimal numbers..................................... 65
Unit 12 Multiplication and division of decimal numbers................................... 69
Unit 13 Addition and subtraction of fractions..................................................... 75
Unit 14 Multiplication of fractions............................................................................ 80
Unit 15 Percentages .................................................................................................... 83

TOPIC 3 : MEASURES...................................................................................... 87

Unit 16 Money ............................................................................................................... 88

Test 2 ..................................................................................................................... 94
Unit 17 Time .................................................................................................................. 99
Unit 18 Mass................................................................................................................... 106
Unit 19 Length................................................................................................................ 110
Unit 20 Rate ................................................................................................................... 117
Unit 21 Area ................................................................................................................... 122
Unit 22 Volume and capacity ................................................................................... 130
Unit 23 Direction, angles and lines ......................................................................... 136
Unit 24 Shapes ............................................................................................................. 142
Unit 25 Data handling ................................................................................................ 147
Test 3....................................................................................................................... 158
 Unit WHOLE NUMBERS

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Unit objectives
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
(a) identify, read and write numbers in words and numerals in the range.
(b) count in ascending and descending order.
(c) give values of digits in a number.
(d) arrange numbers in order of size.
(e) write number sequences.
(f) round off numbers to a degree of accuracy.
(g) apply approximation in life.
(h) express numbers in expanded notation or form.

Looking Back
In the previous grade you identified, read and wrote numbers in the range 0 to 100 000 in
words and numerals and also used abacuses to represent numbers. You also learnt how
to identify positions of objects in a row and reading and writing numbers in expanded
notation such as 5 620 = 5 000 + 600 + 20.

Key Words
Numerator – the part of a fraction that is above the line and signifies the number
to be divided by the denominator.
Denominator – the part of a fraction that is below the line.

Numerals and words

When writing numbers in words, you need to be able to know the words in which the
numbers should be written in.

Example 1
Write these numbers in words;
(a) 20 (b) 100 (c) 1 005 (d) 5 166 (d) 20 000 (e) 65 000 (f) 99 503
Solutions
1. Twenty = 20
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2. Hundred = 100
3. One thousand and five = 1 005
4. Five thousand one hundred and sixty-six = 5 166
5. Twenty thousand = 20 000
6. Sixty-five thousand = 65 000
7. Ninety-nine thousand five hundred and three = 99 503

Activity 1
Count the numbers from 1 000 to 10 000.

Exercise 1
Write the following numerals in words.
1. 1 000 2. 2 500 3. 37 500 4. 89 000 5. 100 000
6. 66 534 7. 23 543 8. 33 222 9. 5 600 10. 3 499
Remember: A hyphen has to be put, for example, thirty-three.

Writing words into numerals

When writing numbers in words into numerals, you should take note of the following:
1. know the words and be able to write them into numerals, for example, thirty-eight equals
38.
2. where the number in words has a zero, for example, ten when writing in numerals
they must not say one zero but 10, three hundred equals to 300.

Example 2
1. Write 333 000 in words.

Solution
1. 333 000 is three hundred and thirty-three thousand.

Exercise 2

Write the following numbers in words into numerals.

1. Eleven thousand and five.
2. Thirteen thousand.
3. Twenty-nine thousand five hundred and sixty.
4. Sixty-five thousand.
5. One hundred and thirty-five.
6. One thousand and fifty.
7. Twenty-two thousand five hundred and forty-five.
8. One thousand and two.
9. Twenty thousand five hundred and twenty-two.
10. Five thousand and four.

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Exercise 5
Arrange the following fractions in (a) ascending order (b) descending order.
1 3 1 5 3 1 2 5 3 5 2 7 1 1 1
1. 2
; 4
; 6
2. 8
; 4
; 2
3. 3
; 6
; 4
4. 6
; 3
; 9
5. 3
; 2
; 7

Unit Revision Exercises

Multiple Choice Questions
1. Compare using < = or >
1 1
2
 3
A. > B. = C. < D. mixed numbers
2. What fraction is shaded?

5 3 4 6
A. 10 B. 10 C. 6
D. 8
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3. Write 45 in its lowest terms.
4 2 5 7
A. 9 B. 9 C. 9
D. 9
1 4 3
4. Arrange 2 , 5 and 10 in descending order.
4 7 1 7 4 1 1 7 4 4 1 7
A. 5
; 10
; 2
B. ;
10 5
; 2
C. 2
; ;
10 5
D. 5
; 2
; 10
9
5. 12
= 24
A. 12 B. 18 C. 8 D. 6
7
6. 8
= 64
A. 8 B. 48 C. 54 D. 56
7. How many sixths make 1 whole?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 5 D. 6
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8. 100
reduced to its lowest terms is _______.
15 6 3 30
A. 30
B. 10
C. 5
D. 50
9. The bottom number of the fraction is called the __________.
A. denominator B. lowest term C. numerator D. equivalent
10. Arrange the following fractions in ascending order.
3 7 1 2 2 1 3 7 1 2 7 3 7 3 1 2
A. 4
; 8
; 2
; 5
B. 5
; 2
; 4
; 8
C. 2
; 5
; 8
; 4
D. 2
; 4
; 2
; 5

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Structured Questions
1. Arrange the following fractions in (a) ascending orders (b) descending orders.
7 5 2 3 4 5 5 4 1 1 1 18 9 7 12
(i) 8
; 6
; 3
; 4
; 9
(ii) ;
12 9
; 6
; 3
; 2
; 4
(iii) ; ; ;
20 15 10 25

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2. Write 100
in its lowest terms.

3. Solve the equivalent fractions below.

5 7 6 30
(i) 6
= 24
(ii) 9
= 27
(iii) 7
=
18
4. 64
in its lowest terms ______.
5. Use >, = or < to compares these fractions.
10 3
15
 5

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 Unit MIXED NUMBERS

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Unit objectives
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
(a) identify mixed numbers
(b) convert mixed numbers to improper fractions and vice versa.
(c) compare mixed fractions.
(d) solve problems involving mixed numbers.

Looking Back
In the previous grade, you learnt to identify parts of a mixed numbers and write them
from diagrams. You also compared mixed numbers and arranged them in ascending and
descending order. In this unit, you are going to convert the mixed numbers into improper
fractions and compare them as well.

Key Words
Mixed number – are numbers which consists of a whole number and a fraction.
Improper fraction – a fraction in which the number below the line is smaller than the
number above it.

Mixed numbers
A mixed number is a number which is made up of a whole number and a proper fraction
3
put together, for example, 2 4 .

An improper fraction is a fraction with a numerator which is bigger than the denominator,
5
for example, 3 .

Example 1
1 whole

(a)

2
15
17
(b) Identify the following mixed number.

Solution
5 5
In the diagram above, 3 whole shapes are shaded = 3, plus 6
of 3 parts are shaded = 6
. In
5 5
total, there are 3 6 shaded. 3 6 is a mixed number.

Exercise 1
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

18
 15 hundred = 1 thousand and 5 hundred.
Put down 5 hundreds.

59 943
+ 28 623
566
1

Step 4: Add the thousands (9 + 8 = 17) plus 1 thousand from the hundreds = 10 thousands,
18 thousand = 1 ten thousand and 8 thousands. Put down 8 thousands and carry the
ten thousand.

59 943
+ 28 623
8 566
1

Step 5: Add the ten thousand (5 +2 = 7) plus 1 ten thousand from the thousands = 8 ten
thousands. Put down 8 ten thousands.

59 943
+ 28 623
88 566
1 1

Exercise 2

1. 12 648 2. 1 657 3. 24 241 4. 11 789 5. 63 184

+ 3 159 + 3 986 + 32 699 + 54 164 + 2 438

Adding measures
Example 3
A loaf of bread cost $1,20 cents. Mother sends a child to the supermarket to buy one loaf
and a packet of 2kg sugar which cost $2,00. What is the cost of the goods altogether?

Working:

$2,00 + $1,20 = $3,20 or $ 2, 00

+ $ 1,20
$ 3,20

Altogether means you have to add and get a total or a sum, which in the above example
is $3,20.

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 Activity 1
1. There are 25 male and 46 female teachers at a school. How many teachers are at
the school?
2. On a shelf in the supermarket there are 400 loaves of bread and 350 buns. How many
loaves of bread and buns are altogether?
3. 3 215 tickets were sold at the National Railway of Zimbabwe on Wednesday and 1
639 were sold on Thursday. How many tickets were sold altogether?
4. A farmer sold 2 345 oranges and 3 516 apples at the market on the same day. How
many fruits did he sell at market altogether?
5. Mr Murehwa paid $6 907 for a television set and $200 for the license. How many
dollars was it altogether?

Exercise 3
1. m cm 2. $ c 3. L ml 4. Km m
3 40 5 30 10 000 5 20
+ 2 20 +2 25 + 6 545 +8 55

5. $5, 00 + $25, 50 = 6. 500m + 200m + 300m =

7. When a motorist left Bulawayo his car’s odometer read 3 565. It travelled a distance
of 2 569km to Harare. What was the car’s new reading when it reached Harare?
8. There are 354 men, 489 women and 402 children in a village. How many people are
there altogether?
9. Mr Nkadlana used $6 500 to buy a new house and used $3 876 to buy a car. How
much did he used for the two asserts?

Using the associative and the commutative laws in addition

(a) Associative law

Example 4
6 + (5+4) = 15
(6 + 5) + 4 = 15 therefore, 6 + (5+4) = (6+5) + 4

Working
With associative law, you will be working with the numbers inside the brackets first by
adding the two numbers and then add the one outside the bracket to find the total.

(b) Commutative law

Example 5
9+2 = 11 and 2 +9=11
Working
With commutative law the order in which the numbers are arranged does not change
the total to be found.
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Exercise 2
Solve the following problems individually.
(a) Commutative law
1. 10 + 12 = 12 + _____
2. 15 + 3 = ____ + _____
3. 40 + 3 = ____ + _____
4. 20 + 14 = ____ + _____
5. 15 + 14 = ____ + _____

(b) Associative law

1. 7 + (4 + 10) = (7 + 4) + ___
2. (10 + 12) + 6 = ______
3. 5 + (2 + 1) = _____
4. (2 + 4) + 8 = ____
5. 30 + (10 +12) = ____.

Unit Revision Exercises

Multiple Choice Questions
1. Find the sum of 34 992 and 26 743.
A. 61 735 B. 51 635 C. 8 349 D. 61 645
2. 26 734 plus 8 421 =
A. 35 155 B. 34 155 C. 36 155 D. 37 155
3. 51 028
+32 286

A. 83 304 B. 83 314 C. 83 213 D. 83 223

4. Increase 9 687 by 62 073.
A. 62 476 B. 52 466 C. 52 386 D. 53 497
5. 6 121
3 479
+ 5 903

A. 14 503 B. 15 503 C. 12 024 D. 9 382

6. Find the total of 3 325 and 525.
A. 3 750 B. 2 850 C. 3 850 D. 3 580
7. A shop bought 4 280 packets of sugar, 7 663 packets of rice and 5 951 packets of salt.
How many packets did the shop buy altogether?
A. 17 894 B. 14 894 C. 16 894 D. 13 614

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8. L ml
5 349
+3 006

A. 7l 355ml B. 9l 355ml C. 10l 355ml D. 8l 355ml

9. 76 272
1 426
+ 12 676

A. 90 374 B. 91 374 C. 89 374 D. 93 074

10. A bakery baked 5 300 loaves of bread in the morning, 2 625 in the afternoon and
7 875 at night. How many loaves of bread were baked on this day?
A. 13 800 loaves B. 15 800 loaves C. 14 800 loaves D. 16 800 loaves

Structured Questions

1. 28 848 plus 9 004.

2. What is the sum of 2 802 and 7 587?
3. What is the total of 1 089, 6 975 and 786?
4. Increase 65 365 by 4 065.
5. 81 207
6. +47 312

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 SUBTRACTION OF
Unit
WHOLE NUMBERS

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Unit objectives
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
(a) demonstrate subtraction.
(b) subtract by decomposition and or equal addition and verify answers using calculators.
subtract measures.

Looking Back
In grade 4, you learnt how to demonstrate subtraction of whole numbers from 0 up to 10
000. In this unit, you will learn to subtract whole numbers in the range 0 – 100 000.

Key Words

Subtraction – reducing numbers by taking away part of the number.

Subtraction
Subtraction is the taking away of a certain part from a given quantity or set of things.

The sign (–) is used when subtracting.

Words such as minus, decrease, take away, difference and subtract all means subtraction.

Example 1

342
- 137

The place value chart will help on how to arrange numbers.

The numerals of the same value should be in the same column.
The bigger the number should be written on top.
When subtracting, start from the right.
When the digit on top is smaller than the digit at the bottom remember to borrow from
the next digit. If you give at the top, also give at the bottom.

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Solution
H T U
3 4 ¹2
- 1 ⁴3 7
2 0 5

Explanation:

In the Units column (U)

2 minus 7 is difficult. Therefore, borrow 1 ten from the Tens column (T) to make it 10 + 2
= 12.
Thereby, 12 minus 7 is equals to 5. Write 5.

In the Tens column (T)

Give 1 unit to the 3 representing tens and it becomes 4 and then subtract it from the 4
at the top on tens column to give 0.

In the Hundreds column (H)

Simply subtract the one under 3 on the hundreds column to get 2.

Activity 1
In groups, calculate the following:
(a) 245 – 79 (b) 368 – 289 (c) 800 − 356 (d) 83 263 – 24 355

Exercise 1

1. 4 813 2. 6 511 3. 7 899 4. 56 263

–1 846 –5 643 –5 492 – 43 614

5. 80 402 6. 91 013
–36 231 – 877

Subtraction by equal addition

Example 2:

TTH TH H T U
8 3 4 5 2
5 7 6 9 8

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Working
8 ¹3 ¹4 ¹5 ¹2
6
5 87 76 109 8
2 5 7 5 4

Explanation
(a) 2 minus 8 is not possible. Borrow 1 ten from the tens column to make it 12. Therefore,
12 minus 8 is equals to 4.
(b) Give 1 unit to 9 to make it 10 and give 1 ten to 5 to make it 15 and subtract 10 from
15 to get 5.
(c) Give 1 ten to 4 to make it 14 and give 1 ten to 6 to become 7 and then subtract 7
from 14 to get 7.
(d) Give 1 ten to 3 as it is not possible for 3 to subtract 7 and it becomes 13 and give 1
unit to 7 to make it 8 and then subtract 8 from 13 to get 5.
(e) Give 1 unit to 5 to make it 6 and subtract 6 from 8 to get 2.

Activity 2

1. 4 552 6. 76 751 – 59 =
–1 748

2. 7 847 7. 90 400 – 47 =
– 4 214

3. 13 206 8. 88 224 – 59 688 =

–4 317

4. 25 534
– 9 755

5. 55 648
– 17 875

Exercise 2

1. 15 446 2. 25 435 3. 80 005 4. 65 843

–9 487 – 18 676 – 8 798 – 27 266

5. 87 651 6. 93 333
– 78 440 – 84 776

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Change
Change is the money in excess of what the product or service is costing that must be given
back to the buyer by the seller.
When calculating change, you subtract the cost of a product from the amount given to the
seller by the buyer.

Example 3
1. Tawanda gave the receptionist a $100 note to pay fees costing $97. How much is
the change?
$ 100, 00
– 97, 00
$3, 00
Rudo bought a jersey for $22,57. She gave the shop keeper $25. How much was her
change?

Solution
$ C
2 5 ¹0 ¹0
2 23 56 7
2 4 3

2. Mr Tuesday want to build a house. He got into a shop to buy cement costing $109,
window frames for $98, door frames for $232,06 and window panes costing $62,37.
He gave the shop keeper $550.
(a) How much was the total bill?
(b) Calculate his change.

Solution
(a) Cement $ 109,00
Window frames $ 98,00
Door frames $ 232,06
Window panes $ 62,37
$ 501,43

(b) Change $550,00

-$501,43
48,57

Activity 2
In pairs, calculate the total bills for the following.
1. 10 packets of sugar 22,10
Tea leaves 5,60
Milk 11,28
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2. Bread 12,00
Margarine 6,30
Jam 5,70

Exercise 3
1. Mr Wednesday was preparing for his 12 years old son to go to school. He bought
2 pairs of school uniforms costing $25,00 each. Shoes costing $23,00, jersey costing
$18,00, books costing $21,00 and a bike costing $230,00. He gave the shopkeeper
$500,00.
(a) What was his total bill?
(b) Calculate his change.
(c) Calculate the change if he is going to guy one uniform.
(d) Calculate the total bill if he is going to buy one uniform.
2. A desk and chair set are costing $750,00. Mr Money paid $800,00.
(a) How much was his change?
(b) How much will be his change if he only buys a desk costing $550,00.

Unit Revision Exercises

Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many cents are in $50?
A. 50 B. 500 C. 5 000 D. 50 000
2. How many dollars are in 2 000 cents?
A. $2 B. $20 C. $200 D. $2 000
3. 3. How many 25cents are in a $5 note?
A. 10 B. 50 C. 5 D. 500
4. Expand $10,94.
A. $10,00 + 0,90c B. $10,00 + 0,94c
C. $10,00 D. $100 + 0,90c + 0,04c
5. Tawanda gave his mother $100 note to buy groceries costing $88. How much is the
change?
A. $10 B. $12 C. $15 D. $20
6. Janet bought 3 loaves of bread at $4.20 per loaf and bought 6 pens at $2.00 each.
Calculate her change from $50.00.
A. $1.80 B. $24.60 C. $25.40 D. $46.80
7. Father bought two bottles of drink at $2.35 per bottle. Calculate his change from
$10.00.
A. $7.65 B. $5.30 C. $4.70 D. $3.70
8. A shirt has a marked price of $42.99. What would be Peter’s change from $100.00?
A. $64,00 B. 57,01 C. 60,01 D. 67,01

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Structured Questions

1. What change will be given to a man who buys 5 chairs at $12,50 each when he pays
with a $100 note?
2. A school buys 2 boxes of chalk at $6.30 each, 3 counter books at 21.00 each and 3 boxes
of staple pins at $4.75 each. How much change was given from $100?
3. A lady buys 3 buckets of paint for $37.00 each. She uses her change from $200.00 to buy
curtains for $36.00. How much change is she given after buying curtains?
4. What is the total bill for the following goods; Maize $295,79, Cooking oil $36,67 and salt
$20,42?
5. Expand the following; (a) $564,97 and (b) $23,45.

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TEST 2
Paper 1: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer ALL questions.
Answer all these questions by choosing the correct answer from A, B, C or D.

1. Fifty-five thousand and seven in numerals is ______.

A. 557 B. 5 507 C. 55 007 D. 550 007
2. In 12 873 the value of 8 is _________.
A. 80 B. 80 000 C. 800 D. 8 000
3. 765 723 to the nearest thousand is _______.
A. 766 000 B. 770 000 C. 760 000 D. 765 000
4. Subtract 1 from 100 =
A. 999 B. 99 C. 1 101 D. 101
5. The number shown by the abacus is _______.

Tth Th H T U
A. 2 804 B. 20 804 C. 32 407 D. 200 407
6. Replace the box with correct sign.
701 042  10 000 + 40 + 700 + 2
A. = B. > C. < D. ←
7. The missing number in the pattern is 2; 4; 8; ____; 32.
A. 16 B. 10 C. 20 D. 12
8. 30 ÷ 3 =
A. 30 B. 10 C. 60 D. 303
9. 140 ÷ 10
A. 14 B. 14,0 C. 401 D. 10,4
10. Round off 95 to the nearest ten.
A. 90 B. 100 C. 96 D. 900
11. The time shown on the clock face is ______.

A. nine past 5 B. nine to 5 C. quarter past 5 D. quarter to 5

12. 9kg in grammes is ______.
A. 9 B. 90 C. 9,00 D. 9 000

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 1
13. A fraction equivalent to 4 is .
3 3 9 2
A. 6 B. 12 C. 12 D. 4
3
14. 6 =
6 4 4 8
A. 9 B. 9 C. 3 D. 9
5
15. On fraction 6 the numerator is .
A. 5 B. 1 C. 6 D. 13
16. Which of these shapes is a sphere?

A. B. C. D.
17. Which is the highest common factor of 12 and 15?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 9
18. The total value of three $50 notes, four $10 and seven 1c coins is .
A. $ 60,07 B. $67,00 C. $190,07 D. $190,70
19. Lunch is taken at .
A. am B. morning C. midday D. pm
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20. as a decimal is
100
.
A. 0,94 B. 0,094 C. 94,100 D. 0,0094
21. (6 × 4) + 8 =
A. 10 B. 28 C. 16 D. 20
3
22. 9
in its lowest terms is .
1 1 2 3
A. 2 B. 3 C. 3 D. 4
23. Write 18 April 1980 in S.I standard notation is .
A. 4/18/80 B. 18/04/80 C. 80/04/18 D. 80/18/04
24. 99mm expressed in centimeters is .
A. 0,9cm B. 0,09cm C. 9,9cm D. 90cm
25. Find the area of the triangle below.

7cm
4cm

3cm

A. 20cm² B. 19 cm² C. 31 D. 16 cm²

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26. Express 2 as a percentage is .
A. 50% B. 500% C. 5% D. 5 000%
3
27. 4
of 76km is .
A. 54km B. 57km C. 27km D. 19km
28. Complete 4 × 12 = (1 × )
A. 4 B. 48 C. 3 D. 10

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29. Decrease 178 by 87 is .
A. 265 B. 652 C. 81 D. 91
30. The perimeter of a rectangle = 24cm. Width of one side is 3cm. What is the length of
one side?
A. 9cm B. 20cm C. 12cm D. 8cm
31. 415 × 23 =
A. 8 545 B. 9 455 C. 9 545 D. 10 545
32. What part of a circle is B?

B C
A

A. Cord B. Radius C. Centre D. Diameter

33. 488 ÷ 2 =
A. 24 B. 44 C. 244 D. 422
34. 8 8=0
A. + B. – C. × D. ÷
35. The most reasonable length of a pencil is .
A. 16mm B. 16m C. 16ml D. 16cm
36. 36kg =
A. 3g B. 30 000g C. 3 000g D. 0,003g
37. John bought a suit for $45 and sold it for $57. What was his profit?
A. $102 B. $12 C. $51 D. $21
38. Susan is facing North. She turns 5 right angles in a clockwise direction. She is now
facing .
A. North B. South C. East D. West
39. What is the value of 3 in 12,3 kg?
A. 3kg B. 30g C. 300g D. 3g
40. A farmer produces 288 litres of milk. 98 litres was sold. The amount left was ___.
A. 1 901 B. 901 C. 281 D. 190
2
41. 3
of 1 hour is .
A. 20 minutes B. 30 minutes C. 40 minutes D. 60 minutes
42. What is the product of 5 and 9?
A. 25 B. 14 C. 4 D. 45
43. What is the difference between one week and 5 days?
A. 2 days B. 1 day C. 3 days D. 4 days
44. John, Mary and James shared 90 bananas equally. Each of them got .
A. 25 B. 30 C. 24 D. 20
45. A bus had 32 men, 16 women and 21 children. How many people were on the bus
altogether?
A. 79 B. 89 C. 69 D. 58

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46. A shape with four equal sides is a .
A. hexagon B. square C. octagon D. rectangle
47. What is the perimeter of this shape?

B F 7cm G

4cm

A 3cm D

3cm

C 4cm E

A. 22 cm B. 23 cm C. 24 cm D. 26 cm
48. Mr Manheruse bought 30m of rope. How many 5m jump ropes can be cut out of this?
A. 4 B. 5 C. 6 D. 7
49. Which one is an odd number?
A. 24 B. 72 C. 53 D. 56
50. A lorry has 6 wheels. How many wheels do 6 lorries have?
A. 12 B. 24 C. 36 D. 42

PAPER 2
Instructions to candidates

(a) Answer all questions in section A.

(b) Section A carries 25 marks.
(c) There are 5 questions in section B. Answer any three questions.
(d) Section B carries 15 marks.
(e) Marks allocated to each questions will be shown in brackets [ ].
(f) To obtain full marks, all working must be shown where necessary.

SECTION A
Answer all questions in this section. [25 marks]
1. (a) $4,26 to the nearest 10 cents is . [1]
(b) Emmanuel bought a jacket for $30. He sold it for $33,50. What was his profit? [2]
2. Simplify the following;
(a) 413 × 13= [1]
(b) 805 ÷ 5 = [1]
3. Simplify the following;
(a) 2 475 + 997 = [1]
(b) 57 369 – 19 655 = [1]
4. (a) Find the LCF of 36 and 54. [3]
(b) Find the HCF of 9 and 12. [3]

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5. (a) 0,75 as a proper fraction is . [2]
(b) The compass has __________ main points called the cardinal points. [1]
6. (a) There are 45 learners in a class. If only of them play basketball, how many children
play basketball? [2]
(b) Express as a percentage. [2]
7. (a) 1 – 0,02 = [1]
(b) The sum of 18,30 and 0,66 is . [2]
3 2
(c) 5 + 3 = [2]

SECTION B
Choose any three questions from this section.
8.
(a) There are 14 rows of fruit trees each. How many trees are there altogether? [2]
(b) Mrs Gwata uses 2 litres of cooking oil per fortnight. How many litres of cooking
oil does she use per month? [3]
9. (a) Mr Magorimbo bought a suit for $ 350. How much change does he get if he used
four one hundred-dollar notes? [3]
(b) 694cents in dollars is . [2]
3
10. Find 4 of 992. [2]
11. (a) Felix got 28 marks in an Agriculture test. If he scored times more in a Maths test.
How much did he score in Maths? [3]
(b) There are 800 pupils at Northfield school. 45% are boys.
(i) What percentage are girls? [3]
(ii) How many boys are there? [2]
12. (a) Convert 0,6 to a proper fraction. [1]
(b) Mrs Mvundura uses $33,45 for the bus and lunch at work every day. How much
money does she need for seven days? [2]
(c) It costs $420,00 to hire a bus from Tendayi primary to Wedza. How much will
each pupil in a class of 40 have to pay to hire the bus for the trip? [2]
13. (a) Share $369,00 among 5 children. [2]
(b) 0,85 of 60 = [1]
(c) A car takes of an hour to travel from Harare to Ruwa, and a bus takes of an hour
for the same journey. Find the difference in time between the car and the bus. [2]

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Unit objectives
At the end of this unit, you should be able to:
(a) tell time.
(b) measure time intervals of different actions and activities.
(c) estimate time from shadows and the position of the sun.
(d) convert units of time.
(e) construct clock faces.

Looking Back
In grade 4, you learnt to identify units of time such as a.m, p.m, midnight and fortnight. You
also learnt to tell time to the nearest 5 minutes. This time you are going to tell time, estimate
time from shadows and the position of the sun and convert units of time.

Key Words
a.m. – after night and before noon on the following day.
p.m. – afternoon and before midnight.

Units of time

Unit of time Equivalent to

Hour 60 minutes
Minute 60 seconds
Day 24 hours
Week 7 days

Example 1
(a) 5 hours = minutes (b) How many seconds are in 5 hours?

Solutions
(a) 1 hour = 60 minutes (b) 1 hour = 60
5 hours = 5 5 hours = 3 600
5 hours = 300 minutes 5 hours = 18 000 seconds
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 Activity 1
Measure the time you take when you do the following things;
(a) Clap hands.
(b) Blink of an eye.
(c) Jump.

Exercise 1
Do the following;
1. 1 hour = seconds 2. 2 hours = minutes
3. 1 day = hours 4. 1 month = weeks
5. How many hours are in two days?

Telling time
Example 2
What is the time shown on the following clocks?

12 12 1
11 1 11

10 2 10 2

9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4

7 6 5 7 5
6

(a) (b)

Solutions
The time is 10 O’clock (b) The time is quarter to 2.

Exercise 2

Write the time shown by these clocks.

1. 2. 11
12 1
11
12 1

10 2 2
10

9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4

7 6 5 7 6 5

3. 4. 11
12 1 11
12 1

10 2 10 2

9 3 9 3

8 4 8 4

7 5 7 6 5
6

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TEST 3
Paper 1: Multiple Choice Questions
Answer all these questions by choosing the correct answer from A, B, C or D.

1. 7 882 in expanded notation is ____.

A. 700 + 800 + 80 +2 B. 7 000 + 800 + 80 + 2
C. 7 000 + 800 + 8 + 2 D. 7 000 + 80 + 800 + 2
2. What is the value of the underlined digit 85 432?
A. 4 units B. 4 hundred C. 4 tenths D. 4 tens
3. 7,9 to the nearest whole number is ____.
A. 8 B. 80 C. 7,10 D. 7
4. From 3 422 take away 99.
A. 3 323 B. 3 521 C. 3 433 D. 2 433
5. Find the product of 42 and 10.
A. 52 B. 420 C. 186 D. 10
6. Change to improper fraction.
25 21 12 14
A. 7 B. 7 C. 7 D. 7
7. What is the time?

A. 11:55 B. 11:10 C. 10:55 D. 10:11

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8. 100
as a decimal.
A. 12,3 B. 1,23 C. 0,123 D. 123,00
9. 804 × 10 =
A. 8400 B. 80 400 C. 8004 D. 8040
10. Express 10 cents in dollars.
A. $1,00 B. $10 C. $0,10 D. $100
11. 909 ÷ 9 =
A. 11 B. 10 C. 101 D. 100
12. How many days are there in a fortnight?
A. 40 B. 14 C. 49 D. 7
3
13. 5
km = metres
A. 6 000 B. 6 C. 60 D. 600
14. Six comma three tenths.
A. 6,3 B. 6,03 C. 6,13 D. 6,310
15. Express 6m 5cm in centimetres.
A. 65 cm B. 650 cm C. 605 cm D. 506 cm

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 7cm 5cm

6cm

16. Find the area of the above shape.

A. 15 cm² B. 21 cm² C. 30 cm² D. 42 cm²
17. 3 + 2,7 =
A. 3,27 B. 5,17 C. 5,170 D. 5,7
18. Name this shape.

A. Cone B. Triangle C. Circle D. Kite

19. This triangle is __________.

A. right angled B. scalene C. equilateral D. isosceles

20. A factor of 24 is _______.
A. 10 B. 4 C. 7 D. 82
21. Four $20 notes, three $10 notes, one $2 and six 5 cent coins.
A. $142 B. $112,30 C. $32,20 D. $92,05
22. How many 250 ml bottles of milk can fill one litre jug?
A. 250 B. 40 C. 4 D. 2
23. An angle has 360. It is called ________.
A. right angle B. reflex C. obtuse D. acute
24. Round of to the nearest ten 5 678.
A. 5 680 B. 6 000 C. 5 700 D. 5 670
25. A motorist took 5 hrs to travel a distance of 450 km. What is the average speed?
A. 60km/hr B. 90km/hr C. 70km/hr D. 80km/hr
5
26. 20
to its lowest term.
2 1 1 5
A. 10
B. 4
C. 5
D. 10

3m
8m
5m

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27. Volume of this shape is _________.
A. 120m³ B. 116m³ C. 120m² D. 120m
28. Write 3 cents in dollars is ________.
A. $30,00 B. $0,30 C. $0,03 D. $3,00
29. Mrs Moyo had $500. She used $365 in one shop and $108 in another shop. How
much change does she have?
A. $473 B. $27 C. $135 D. $37
30. A square has an area of 36 cm².
What is its perimeter?
A. 24 cm B. 72 cm C. 144 cm D. 36 cm
31. One bottle of water cost 25 cents.
What is cost of 13 bottles?
A. $ 305 cents B. $32,50 C. $3,25 D. $325
32. 72 hours is __________ days.
1
A. 6 B. 3 C. 2 2 D. 1
33. 0,3 as a percentage is ________.
1
A. 30% B. 3% C. 0,3% D. 10 %
34. Which of the following is used to measure mass?
A. Metres B. Kilometres C. Millimetres D. Grams
35. What number is this?
T U T H
3 6 4 2
A. 3,624 B. 3 624 C. 364,2 D. 36,42
36. In a Maths Test Thulani scored 17 out of 25. What was his mark as a percentage?
A. 34% B. 68% C. 85% D. 48%
5 2
37. 10
 5

A. B. < C. = D. None
2
38. 5
of 40 =
A. 32 B. 8 C. 24 D. 16
39. How many days are there in February of a leap year?
A. 31 B. 29 C. 366 D. 30
40. 0,003 × 0,3 =
A. 0,006 B. 0,9 C. 9 D. 0,0009
41. A shape with seven sides is called a _________.
A. pentagon B. hexagon C. heptagon D. octagon
42. 97,1 × 8 =
A. 175,9 B. 776,8 C. 77,68 D. 767,8
43. Share 42 sweets in the ratio 2:1.
What is the biggest share?
A. 14 B. 28 C. 36 D. 42
2
44. 5
of $ 58,56 = _________.
A. $9,76 B. $48,80 C. $47,35 D. $48,08

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45. How much was paid?

Paid Cost Change

? $8,42 $1,58
A. $ 1,00 B. $6,84 C. $10,00 D. $7,84
46. 1 metre – 0,56m =
A. 0,44m B. 0,55m C. 0,54m D. 0,57m
7
47. 10
as a percentage is ___________.
A. 0,7% B. 0,07% C. 70% D. 7%
48. What is the area of this square?

7cm

A. 14 cm² B. 7 cm² C. 40 cm² D. 49 cm²

49. The distance around the circle is the __________.
A. circumference B. radius C. diameter D. centre
2
50. 5
is equivalent to ______.
A. 4 B. 8 C. 10 D. 15

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PAPER 2
Instructions to candidates
(a) Answer all questions in section A.
(b) Section A carries 25 marks.
(c) There are 5 questions in section B. Answer any three questions.
(d) Section B carries 15 marks.
(e) Marks allocated to each questions will be shown in brackets [ ].
(f) To obtain full marks, all working must be shown where necessary.

SECTION A [25 marks]

Answer all questions in this section.

1. (a) A century is equal to __________ years. [1]

(b) Change 25kg to grams. [2]
2. (a) 0,5kg plus 0,15kg equals to __________. [2]
(b) Find the area of a triangle whose base is 6cm and a height of 4cm. [2]
3.(a) During a vaccination programme at a school where 1 400 pupils were vaccinated
against cholera. Each dose was 5ml. How many litres of serum was used? [3]
(b) Mr Shava left his home at 6:00am travelling to Masvingo 280km away. He
arrived at 10:00am.
(i) How much time did he spend travelling? [2]
(ii) What was his average speed? [2]
4. (a) A straight line drawn from West to East is called a ____________. [1]
(b)
North

West East

South

The diagram shows – degrees. [1]

5. (a) The name given to a triangle with three equal sides is a _______________. [1]
(b) State the number of sides of a decagon. [1]

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6. (a) From the diagram below, how many vehicles passed the school altogether? [2]
(b) Which vehicle do you think carried the most people altogether? [2]

car bike lorry bus motorbike

7. (a) Convert 3km to metres. [2]

(b) 500m changed to km is ___________. [1]

SECTION B [15 MARKS]

Answer any three questions from this section.
8. (a) A bus travelled 350km in 2 hours. What was its average speed? [3]
(b) The diameter of a circle is 140cm. Find its radius. [2]
9. Calculate the volume of a rectangular prism whose height 3cm, width 4cm and
length 10cm. [3]
10. How many faces has a rectangular prism? [2]
(a) Mrs Matore earns $800 as her salary. 20% of her salary she spends on bills and on
clothing and she saves $200.
(i) How much does she spend on bills and on clothing? [2]
(ii) Calculate how much she spent on clothing. [2]
(b) What fraction of her money does she spend on her savings? [1]
11. (a) Write the name of the triangle below. [1]

16cm

6cm
(b) Calculate its area. [2]
(c) Name the triangle whose three sides are different. [1]
12. (a) Tyson is 7 years older than her sister Christy. Christy was born in 2002. In what
year was Tyson born? [3]
(b) 360 seconds is equal to ________ minutes. [2]

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