P6 Mathematics National Exam | NESA 2026

Mathematics NESA Exam


1) Which of the following statements is true or false? (5 marks)

 a) (-3) × (-2) = -6

b) (-2) + (-3) = -5

C) c) (−2) × (-3) = +6

d) (-3) - (-2) = -5

e) (-3) ÷ (-3) = +1

Answers:

a. False

b. True

b. True

c. False

d. True

2) Complete the following sentences using the meaning of the given words:Time, Principal, Rate.

 a) The money borrowed, saved or lent is ……………………….. (1 mark)

 b) The percentage used to calculate interest is …………….. (1 mark)

 c) ……………is the period that the borrowed money is invested. (1 mark)

Answers:

a. Principal

b. Rate

c. Time

3) Complete the sentences below using radius, diameter or circumference (2 marks)

 a) The distance around the circle is ………………………………

b) The length of AB in this circle is known as………………..

Circle

Answers:

a. Circumference

b. Diameter

4) A meeting started at 10:40 a.m. and ended at 1:30 p.m. The duration of this meeting is ………. h……. min. (2 marks)

Answer:

a. 10:40 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. = 2 hours 50 minutes

5) a) What are the place values of 2 and 7 in the number 3,297,354? (2 marks)

b) What are the values of 2 and 7 in the number 675,982,840? (2 marks)

Answers

a) In 3,297,354


2 → Hundred thousands
7 → Thousands

b) In 675,982,840

2 → 2,000
7 → 70,000,000

6) Compare the numbers using ˂, ˃ or = (3 marks)

Answers:

a) 537,926 < 573,926
b) 106 < 1,000,000
c) 210,034 > 201,034

7) By using the following digits: 5; 2; 9; 4; 0; Write the biggest and the smallest whole number formed by all five digits. (2 marks)

Answers:

a. Biggest = 95,420
b. Smallest = 20,459

8) Choose the right definition of the words “mode” and “range” in statistics. (2 marks)

 a. Mode is the middle value in a data set when the values are arranged from the smallest to the highest.

b. Mode is the most repeated number in a given data.

c. Range is the difference between highest number and smallest number in a given data.

d. Range is the way data are arranged in a data set.

Answers:

b. Mode is the most repeated number in a given data.
c. Range is the difference between highest number and smallest number in a given data.


9) Work out and choose the correct answer: (2 marks) 

292,142 + 505,735 + 402,123=

A: 1,190,000

B: 1,199,000

C: 1,199,900

D: 1,200,000

Answers:

a. 292,142 + 505,735 + 402,123 = 1,199,000 (Correct option is B)

10) Fill in the missing term: (2 marks)

 337,478 – ………… = 302,370

Answers:

The missing term is 35,108.

11) Choose the correct answer to: 25 + 32 = (2 marks)

A: 39

B: 42

C: 57

D: 64

Answers:

The correct answer is C: 57

12) Use<, > or = to fill in the boxes. (3 marks)

Comparison

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Answers:

a) 4.44 > 0.40
b) 3.56 < 3.65
c) 3.65 = 3.650

13) Write the correct answer to:  5.5 0.2 =                                                                                                                                                         0.05 ´ 

A: 0.22

B: 2.2

C: 22

D: 220

Answer:

The correct answer is C

14) a) Round off 654,497 to the nearest hundreds. (1 mark)

Choose the best answer:

 A: 655,000

B: 654,498

C: 654,500

D: 654,400

Answers:

The correct answer is C

b) Round off 56.7361 to the nearest hundredths. (1 mark)

Choose the best answer:

 A: 56.7300

B: 56.74

C: 56.736

D: 56.75

Answers:

The correct answer is B

15) A worker spent 1/4 of his salary on food; 1/2 of the remainder on school fees for his child and then he saved 45,000 Frw. Find the worker’s salary and choose the correct answer: (3 marks)

A: 150,000 Frw

B: 120,000 Frw

C: 90,000 Frw

D: 75,000 Frw

Answers:

The correct answer is B

16) Work out the following. 

4.5 kg + 13.6 dag = ……. kg 

Choose the correct answer: (2 marks)

 A: 46.36

B: 18.1

C: 5.86

D: 4.636

Answers:

The correct answer is D

17) A farmer planted 20 trees along a terrace of his land. The trees were planted at intervals of 2 m. What is the length of the terrace planted with trees? (2 marks)

Choose the correct answer:

A: 10 m

B: 38 m

C: 40 m D: 42 m

Answers:

The corrected answer is B

18) A cyclist left SANZE at 10:00 a.m, travelling at 40 km/hr. He arrived at its destination at 1:00 p.m. The distance covered is: (2 marks)

 A: 440 km

B: 360 km

C: 120 km

D: 60 km

Answers:

The corrected answer is C

19) Change 15:54hr from 24-hour format to 12-hour format. Write the best answer. (2 marks)

 A: 3:54 a.m

B: 3:54 p.m

C: 4:06 a.m

D: 4:06 p.m

Answers:

The correct answer is B

20) Fill in the two following fractions in the sequence below: 1 1 1 ; ; ;......;........                                                                                                                                         2 4 8  

Answers:

  1 and 1                                                                                                                                                       16   32

21) The area of a triangle is 299cm2. Its height is 23 cm. Find its base and choose the correct answer.

A: 13 cm

B: 26 cm

C: 26 m

D: 13 cm2 

Answers:

The correct answer is B

22) a) How many vertices does a cube have? (1 mark)

b) How many edges are there in a cuboid? (1 mark)

Answers:

a) Cube vertices = 8

b) Cuboid edges = 12

23) The perimeter of a square whose area is 576 m2 is: (2 marks)

A: 24 m

B: 48 m

C: 96 m

D: 144 m

Answers:

The correct answer is C

24) A rectangular field measuring 100 m by 50 m was drawn on a scale of 1:1000. The drawing area was: (2 marks)

A: 50 cm2

B: 50 m2

C: 5 m2

D: 5 cm2

Answers:

The correct answer is A

25) Which of the following numbers is not a probability? (2 marks)

 a) 0.1

b) -1

c) 1                                                                                                                                                                      4                                       

d) 120%

Answers:

The correct answer is B (-1)

26) If a card is drawn at random from a deck of cards (52 cards), the probability of getting a king equals to: (2 marks)

 A: 1

B: 1                                                                                                                                                                    4

C: 2                                                                                                                                                                   13

D: 1                                                                                                                                                                    13

Answers:

The correct answer is D

27) A business woman requested for a loan of 4,000,000 Frw from a bank that requires her to pay 60,000 Frw as interest after 3 months. The interest rate is: (3 marks)

A: 6%

B: 10%

C: 12%

D: 18%

Answers:

The correct answer is A

28) Given the numbers 60, 84 and 96,

 a) Their lowest common multiple (LCM) is: (2 marks)

A: 480

B: 672

C: 3,360

D: 6,72

Answers:

The correct answer is C

b) Their greatest common factor (GCF) is: (2 marks)

 A: 12

B: 6

C: 4

D: 2

Answer:

The corrected answer is A

29) The length of a hollow calvert is 5m, its inner radius is 0.4m and its outer diameter is 1.2m. Take = 3.14 The volume of the material used to make it is: (3 marks)

 A: 20,096 dm3

B: 5,652 dm3

C: 2,512 dm3

D: 3,140 dm3

Answers:

The correct answer is D

30) A shopkeeper has a mixture of red sorghum flour and white sorghum flour weighing 40 kg. One type costs 1,900 Frw per kg and another costs 2,100 Frw per kg. If the mixture is sold at 2,000 Frw per kg, find the number of kg of each type. (3 marks)

Choose the correct answer:

A: 20 kg and 20 kg

B: 20 kg and 30 kg

C: 30 kg and 40 kg

D: 40 kg and 40kg

Answer:

The correct answer is A

31) The sum of interior angles of a regular polygon is 1440°.

 a) Find the number of sides of this polygon. (2 marks)

b) Name the polygon. (1 mark)

 c) Find the size of the exterior angle of this regular polygon. (1 mark)

Answers:

a. The polygon has 10 sides

b. The polygon is called Decagon

c. The size of each exterior angle is 36°

32) In a certain town, the ratio of adults to children is 4:5. The total number of adults and children is 9909 people. Calculate the number of children and the number of adults in this town. (3 marks)

Answers: 

Number of Adults: 4,404

Number of Children: 5,505

33) The shape below is a rectangle. Study it and answer the questions that follow. 

Rectangle shape
a) Find the value of x. (3 marks) 
 b) Find the length. (3 marks) 
 c) Find the width. (3 marks) 

Answers:
a. The value of x is 5
b. The length:  25+5= 30 cm
c. Width: 10 cm

34) A family got 500,000 Frw and had the following projects they wanted to do:

 (i) Paying school fees worth 120,000 Frw;

(ii) Painting a house at the cost of 100,000 Frw;

(iii)Buying food for 200,000 Frw;

(iv) Buying clothes for 150,000 Frw.

a) Order the family needs according to priority. (2 marks)

b) (i) How much money does the family require to meet their budget? (2 marks)

(ii)Do they have the required amount? (2 marks)

 (iii)State the item that can be done later. (1 mark)

Answers:

a. Order of the family:

1. Buying food

2. Paying school fees

3. Buying clothes

4. Painting a house

b. i) The family needs 570,000 Frw

ii) No. The family has 500,000 Frw, but their total budget is 570,000 Frw. They are short by 70,000 Frw.

iii) The Painting of the house can be done later

35) The following marks were obtained by a P6 class in a Mathematics Examination.

Marks

95

90

85

80

75

70

60

Number of learners

2

3

8

1

6

3

2

 a) Complete this frequency table. (3 marks)

Marks( 000)

Number of learners ( ) f

( ) fx

95

2

190

90

 

 

85

 

 

80

 

 

75

 

 

70

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

b) How many learners did the exam? (1 mark) 

c) What is the modal mark? (1 mark)

d) What is the mean of the P6 class? (2 marks)

Answers:
a.  

Marks (x)

Number of learners (f)

fx

95

2

190

90

3

270

85

8

680

80

1

80

75

6

450

70

3

210

60

2

120

Total

sum f = 25

sum fx = 2,000

b.

The correct answer is 25

c. The modal mark is 85

d. The Mean Mark is 80.

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