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COMPETENCE BASED EDUCATION

KENYA JUNIOR SCHOOL EDUCATION ASSESSMENT

803: MATHEMATICS

JUNE 2025 Time: 2 hours

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Fill in the appropriate infomation in the spaces provided above.

2. This question paper consists of TWO sections: A and B.
3. Answer ALL the questions in section A on the separate ANSWER SHEET
provided.
4. Answer ALL the questions in section B in the spaces provided in this
QUESTION PAPER.
5. Show all the workings in section B in the spaces provided.
6. Non-programmable calculators may be used, except where stated otherwise.
7. Give non-exact numerical answers, correct to 3 significant figures, and
one decimal place for angles in degrees, unless a different level of
accuracy is specified in the question.
8. For π, use either the calculator value or 3.142.
9. Do NOT remove any page from this question paper.
10. Answer ALL the questions in English.

For official use only

Section Task Question Numbers Max. Score Score

B
Task 21, 22, 23 18
1
Task 24, 25 12
2
Task 26, 27, 28 20
3
Task 29, 30, 31 18
4
Task 32, 33, 34 12
5
Total

This paper consists of 17 printed pages. Candidates should check the question
paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as indicated and that no
questions are missing.

© 2025, The Competence Based Assessment Turn over

SECTION A (20 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section.

1. You have been given this question paper and a separate answer sheet.
Answer All the questions in Section A on the separate answer sheet
provided.
2. When you have chosen your answer, mark it on the ANSWER SHEET, not in
this question paper.

HOW TO USE THE ANSWER SHEET

3. Use an ordinary HB pencil.

4. Confirm that the answer sheet you have been provided with has the
following:

YOUR ASSESSMENT NUMBER YOUR NAME NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL NAME OF THE SUBJECT

5. Keep the answer sheet clean, dry and DO NOT fold it.
6. For each of the questions 1 – 20, four answers are given. The answers
are lettered A, B, C and D. In each case, only ONE of the four answers
is correct. Choose the correct answer.
7. On the answer sheet, the correct option is to be shown by drawing a dark
line inside the box in which the letter you have chosen is written.

Example:

In the Question Booklet:

10. What is the square root of 196?

A. 12 B. 13 C. 14 D. 16

The correct answer is C.

On the answer sheet, in the set of boxes given for number 10, draw a
dark line inside the box with the letter C printed in it as indicated
below.

10 [A] [B] [C] [D]

8. Your dark line MUST be inside the box.

9. For each question, ONLY ONE box is to be marked in each set of four
boxes.
 SECTION A (20 marks)

Answer all the questions in this section.

1. Calculate 120÷4×5.
A. 6
B. 15
C. 150
D. 240
2. What is the value of (−8)−(−3)?
A. -11 WORKING AREA
B. -5
C. 5
D. 11
3. Express 0.075 as a fraction in
its simplest form.
75 3 15 1
A. B. C. D. 5
1000 40 200 7
4. Find the place value of digit 9
in the number 358.149.
A. ones
B. hundreds
C. tenths
D. thousandths
5. Which one of the following
numbers is a prime number?
A. 21 B. 29 C. 33 D. 39
6. Simplify the expression
7a−2b−3a+5b.
A. 4a+3b
B. 4a+7b
C. 10a+3b
D. 10a+7b
7. Solve the equation 5m+8=23.
A. m=3
B. m=3.6
C. m=5
D. m=31
8. Convert 45% to a decimal.
A. 45.0
B. 4.5
C. 0.45
D. 0.045
 WORKING AREA

9. A class has 18 boys and 12 girls.

What is the ratio of boys to the
total number of learners in
simplest form?
A. 18:12
B. 3:2
C. 3:5
D. 2:3
10. Two angles on a straight
line are (x+10)∘ and 70∘. What is
the value of x?
A. 10
B. 100
C. 110
D. 180
11. The interior angle of a
regular polygon is 120∘. How many
sides does the polygon have?
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 8
12. Calculate the perimeter of
the figure below.

A. 85.23 cm
B. 58.87cm
C. 28.86cm
D. 2.9cm
13. Find the area of the figure
below

A. 30 cm2
B. 60 cm2
C. 40 cm2
D. 50 cm2

14. Mukami wants to buy a dress

that costs Ksh 1800. The shop is
offering a 15% discount. How much
will Mukami pay for the dress
after the discount?
A) Ksh 270
B) Ksh 1530
C) Ksh 1785
D) Ksh 2070
15. A matatu left Nairobi at
10:00 am and arrived in Nakuru,
which is 150 km away, at 12:30
pm. What was the average speed of
the matatu in km/h?
A) 50 km/h
B) 60 km/h
C) 75 km/h
D) 150 km/h
16. A rectangular water tank
has a base measuring 3 meters by
2 meters and a height of 1.5
meters. What is the maximum
volume of water, in cubic meters,
that the tank can hold?
A) 6m3
B) 9m3
C) 10.5m3
D) 11.5m3
17. The number of learners
absent from a class for five days
were recorded as follows:
3, 1, 4, 2, 5.
What is the median number of
WORKING SPACE absent learners over these five
days?
A) 1
B) 2
 C) 3
D) 4
18. When a number is multiplied
by 3 and then 5 is added, the
result is 29. If the number is
represented by x, which equation
represents this situation, and
what is the value of x?
A) 3x−5=29; x=11.33
B) 3x+5=29; x=8
C) 5x+3=29; x=5.2
D) 5x−3=29; x=6.4
19. Kamau had Ksh 2500 in his
bank account. He withdrew Ksh
1200 and later deposited Ksh 800.
What is his new bank balance?
A) Ksh 500
B) Ksh 1300
C) Ksh 2100
D) Ksh 4500
20. In a class of 40 learners,
60% are girls. How many boys are
in the class?
A) 16
B) 20
C) 24
D) 40

WORKING SPACE
 SECTION B (80 marks)

Answer all the questions in the spaces provided. Show all your working.

Task 1 (18 Marks)

21. A shopkeeper bought 200 kg of sugar at Ksh 150 per kg. He sold 150 kg
at Ksh 180 per kg and the remaining amount at Ksh 160 per kg.
(a) Calculate the total cost price of the sugar. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the total amount received from selling the sugar. (3 marks)

(c) Calculate the profit or loss made by the shopkeeper. (2 marks)

22. Three boys, Alex, Brian, and Chris, shared Ksh 7200 in the ratio
2:3:4 respectively.
(a) Calculate the total number of parts in the ratio. (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the amount of money each boy received.

Alex: ___________ Brian: ___________ Chris: ___________ (3 marks)

23. Simplify the following:

(a) 53 × 83 (2 marks)
 (b) (5 marks)

Task 2 (12 Marks)

24. Solve for x in the following equations:

(a) 4x−7=x+5 (3 marks)

(b) 2(3x−4)=10 (3 marks)

25. Solve the simultaneous equations:

x+y=7

2x−y=5 (6 marks)
Task 3 (20 Marks)

26. The diagram below shows a piece of chicken land.

(a) Divide the land into suitable basic shapes. (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the area of each basic shape. (4 marks)

(c) Calculate the total area of the piece of land. (1 mark)

27. A cylindrical water tank has a diameter of 4.2 m and a height of 3 m.

(a) Calculate the radius of the tank. (1 mark)

(b) Calculate the area of the base of the tank. (Use π=3.142) (2 marks)

(c) Calculate the volume of the tank in cubic metres. (2 marks)

(d) Calculate the capacity of the tank in litres. (Given that

1 m3=1000 litres) (1 mark)

28. A rectangular prism measures 15 cm by 10 cm by 8 cm.

(a) Calculate the volume of the prism. (2 marks)

(b) Calculate the total surface area of the prism. (4 marks)

Task 4 (18 Marks)

29. In the diagram below, AB is parallel to CD. EF is a transversal line.

You are required to Calculate:

(a) Angle EGC (2 marks)

(b) Angle DGH (2 marks)

(c) Angle AGH (2 marks)

30. A triangle ABC has vertices A (1, 1), B (5, 1), and C (3, 4).

(a) Plot triangle ABC on the Cartesian plane below. (Provide a grid for
plotting) (3 marks)

(b) Calculate the length of the base AB. (1 mark)

(c) Determine the height of the triangle from C to the base AB. (1 mark)

(d) Calculate the area of triangle ABC. (2 marks)

 31. A regular polygon has an exterior angle of 40∘. (a) Calculate the
number of sides of the polygon. (2 marks) (b) Calculate the size of each
interior angle. (2 marks) (c) Calculate the sum of the interior angles of
the polygon. (2 marks)

Task 5 (12 Marks)

32. The table below shows the number of different types of trees planted
by a school in a week.

Type of Tree Number of trees

Pine 40
Cypress 60
Gravillea 50
Eucalyptus 30

(a) How many trees were planted in total? (1 mark)

(b) Represent the data using a bar graph on the grid provided below.
(Provide a grid for drawing the bar graph) (4 marks)
33. The following are the scores of 9 learners in a test:

15, 12, 18, 10, 15, 14, 18, 15, 11

(a) Calculate the mean score. (2 marks)

(b) Determine the median score. (2 marks)

(c) Determine the mode score. (1 mark)

34. A class collected the following data on the number of pets owned by
each learner:

0, 1, 2, 1, 3, 0, 1, 2, 1, 0, 3, 2, 1, 0, 1

(a) Complete the frequency table for this data. (2 marks)

Number of Pets Tally Frequency

0
1
2
3

(b) How many learners were surveyed? (1 mark)

THIS IS THE LAST PRINTED PAGE.

Answers

SECTION A (20 marks)

1. C

2. B

3. A

4. D

5. B

6. A

7. A

8. C

9. C

10. B

11. C

12. B

13. A

14. B

15. B

16. B

17. C

18. B

19. C

20. A

SECTION B (80 marks)

Task 1 (18 Marks)

21. (a) Ksh 30000 (b) Ksh 35000 (c) Ksh 5000 (Profit)

22. (a) 9 (b) Alex: Ksh 1600, Brian: Ksh 2400, Chris: Ksh 3200

23. (a) 12800 (b) 29

Task 2 (12 Marks)

24. (a) (x = 4) (b) (x = 3)

 25. (x = 4), (y = 3)

Task 3 (20 Marks)

26. (a) rectangle and a triangle

(b) rectangle: 80 m2, triangle: 24 m2
(c) 104 m2

27. (a) 2.1 m (b) 13.85922 m(^2) (c) 41.57766 m(^3) (d) 41577.66 litres

28. (a) 1200 cm(^3) (b) 700 cm(^2)

Task 4 (18 Marks)

29. (a) 105° (b) 105° (c) 75°

30. (a) (See previous full answer for the plot) (b) 4 units (c) 3 units
(d) 6 square units

31. (a) 9 sides (b) 140° (c) 1260°

Task 5 (12 Marks)

32. (a) 180 trees (b) (See previous full answer for the bar graph)

33. (a) 14.2 (to 3 s.f.) (b) 15 (c) 15

34. (a)

Number of Pets | Tally | Frequency

0 | //// | 4

1 | //// | 5

2 | /// | 3

3 | // | 2

(b) 14