A bill shows the various items sold, their quantities, the price per unit item and cost.
Example of a bill
A house help bought 4 kg of baking flour @ Sh 40, 3 litres of corn oil @ Sh 97 and 2 bars of soap @ Sh 51.
She paid the bill with three 200-shilling notes.
Use this information to prepare her bill and work out the balance.
To get total bill: add Sh 160 to Sh 291 and Sh 102
Look at the table below:
| Item | Quantity | @ | Sh | Ct |
| Baking Flour | 4kg | 40 | 160 | 00 |
| Cooking Oil | 3 litres | 97 | 291 | 00 |
| Soap | 2 Bars | 51 | 102 | 00 |
| TOTAL | 553 | 00 |
Amount given
= Sh(3 X 200)
= Sh 600
Balance
= Sh 600 – Sh 553
= Sh 47
1. A mother bought 5 chicken @ sh 35. She used the money to buy 4 plates @ sh 13 and 4 mugs @ sh 15. How much money was she left with?
A. Sh 112 B. Sh 63 C. Sh 115 D. Sh 7
2. Juma bought three items for a total of sh 63.75. He then bought a fourth item. He gave the shopkeeper a one hundred shillings note. The shopkeeper asked for sh 2.15 so that he could give Juma a twenty shillings note for change. What was the price of the fourth item?
A. Sh 2.15 B. Sh 38.40 C. Sh 16.25 D. Sh 18.40
3. A minibus carried 25 paying passengers from one town to another. From the fare collected, the conductor paid sh 250 for diesel, sh 10 at a toll station and sh 40 for lunch. If the conductor had sh 1200 remaining at the end of the journey, what was the fare per passenger?
A. Sh 48 B. Sh 60 C. Sh 36 D. Sh 58
4. The following is a list of Wanjala’s purchases:
3 kg sugar @ sh 7.50
2 kg salt @ sh 3.90
1 piece of soap @ sh 3.80
0.5 kg packet maize meal @ sh 4.00
What is the total amount of Wanjala’s bill?
A. Sh 19.20 B. Sh 42.10 C. Sh 38.10 D. Sh 18.10
5. Chepkwony had a sh 100 note. He bought two 250 g packets of tea, two litre packets of milk, two loaves of bread and one kilogram of sugar. The prices of the items were as follows:
|
One kilogram of sugar |
Sh 9.50 |
|
One loaf of bread |
Sh 4.60 |
|
One litre packet of milk |
Sh .345 |
|
One 250 g packet of tea |
Sh 9.15 |
How much change did he get?
A. Sh 43.90 B. Sh 46.60 C. Sh 56.10 D. Sh 73.30
6. The prices of items in a shop were as follows:
|
One piece of soap |
Sh 4.90 |
|
One kilogram of sugar |
Sh 9.80 |
|
One loaf of bread |
Sh 5.00 |
|
One packet of coffee |
Sh 32.50 |
Kawira bought 3 pieces of soap, 2 kilograms of sugar, 4 loaves of bread and one packet of coffee. How much change did she get if she gave a two hundred shillings note to the shopkeeper?
A. Sh 113.20
B. Sh 147.80
C. Sh 13.20
D. Sh 86.80
7. The prices of some items in a bookshop were as follows:
|
One exercise book |
Sh 4.50 |
|
One pencil |
Sh 2.00 |
|
One ball-point pen |
Sh 3.50 |
|
One mathematical set |
Sh 55.00 |
Muthoni bought five exercise books, one pencil, two ball-point pens, and one mathematical set. What balance did she get from the shopkeeper after giving him a one hundred shillings note?
A. Sh 35.00 B. Sh 17.00 C. Sh 14.50 D. Sh 13.50
8. A kiosk owner sold food items as follows:
4 tomatoes for sh 5
3 onions for sh 2
1 banana for sh 2
10 potatoes for sh 5
Mwakio spent sh. 41 to buy items from the kiosk. Which of the following is the combination of the items he bought?
A. 4 tomatoes, 3 onions, 1 banana, 10 potatoes
B. 16 tomatoes, 9 onions, 6 bananas, 10 potatoes
C. 12 tomatoes, 12 onions, 4 bananas, 20 potatoes
D. 20 tomatoes, 6 onions, 2 bananas, 50 potatoes
9. Mokiera’s expenditure for the month of October was as follows:
Rent – sh 800
Electricity and water – sh 220
Foodstuff – sh 815
Laundry – sh 220
Milk – 1 bottle per day @ sh 13
Bus fare for 22 days @ sh 20 per day
What was her saving for that month if her salary was sh 3000?
A. Sh 102 B. Sh 115 C. Sh 492 D. Sh 2898
10. Jebii bought the following items from the market:
3 loaves of bread at sh 16
1 kg of sugar at sh 40 per kg
2 packets of unga qt sh 38
2 packets of tea leaves at sh 51
kg of meat at sh 80 per kg
How much did she pay for all the items?
A. Sh 296 B. Sh 225 C. Sh 456 D. Sh 336
11. The list below shows prices of some items in a kiosk.
|
Item |
Price |
|
Sugar |
Sh 38 per kg |
|
Salt |
Sh 8 per packet |
|
Tea |
Sh 51 per packet |
|
Fat |
Sh 44 per 500 g |
|
Bread |
Sh 16 per loaf |
|
Matches |
Sh 3 per box |
Wambui bought 3 kg of sugar, 2 packets of salt, one loaf of bread, one kg of fat, one packet of tea and 5 boxes of matches. If she paid for these items using a sh 500 note, how much did she receive as her balance?
A. Sh 220 B. Sh 244 C. Sh 340 D. Sh 300
12. A price list in a shop showed the following prices:
|
Item |
Quantity |
Price |
|
Cooking fat
|
2 kg tin 1 kg tin 0.5kg tin |
Sh 200 Sh 106 Sh 55.50 |
|
Tea leaves |
1 kg packet 0.5 kg packet 100 g packet |
Sh 188 Sh 101 Sh 21 |
|
Maize meal |
2 kg packet 1 kg packet |
Sh 40 Sh 20 |
Chepkoech wanted to buy a 2 kg tin of cooking fat, a 2 kg packet of maize meal and 0.5 kg packet of tea leaves. The shopkeeper had 2 kg packets of maize meal, only 1 kg tins of cooking fat and only 100 g packets of tea leaves. How much more did she pay for her 2 kg cooking fat, 2 kg maize meal and 0.5 kg of tea leaves?
A. Sh 16 B. Sh 18 C. Sh 341 D. Sh 357
13. The price list at a kiosk was as shown below:
|
Item |
Price per kg |
|
Maize flour |
Sh 28 |
|
Sugar |
Sh 55 |
|
Salt |
Sh 20 |
|
Fat |
Sh 98 |
Maina bought 2 kg of maize flour, 3 kg of sugar, kg of salt ad 1 kg of fat. He paid for the items using a sh 500 note. How much balance did he receive?
A. Sh 329 B. Sh 299 C. Sh 171 D. Sh 141
