METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL

Founded in 1887

PRIMARY 5 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2011

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

(BOOKLET A)

Total Time for Booklets A and B: 50 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDinATF.g

Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so

Follow all instructions carefully.
Answer all questions.

Shade your answers in the Optical Answer Sheet (OAS)

Provided.

'

The use of calculators is NOT allowed.

Na*:

Class:

Primary 5.

Date:

5 May 2011

This booklet consists of 6printed pages including this page.

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Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 15 carry 2 marks each.

For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer.

Make yourchoice (1, 2, 3 or 4). Shade the oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet.
(20 marks)

The sum of 500 thousands, 60 hundreds and 78 tens when rounded off to the nearest
thousand is

(1)

506 000

(2)

506 600

(3)

506 780

(4)

507 000

Wha tis
3

the missing number in the box?

5
+

10 + 10

(1)

(2)

(3)

10

(4)

12

1
X

10

16 = 14:2

What is the missing number in the box?

(1)

112

(2)

128

(3)

224

(4)

256

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ABCD is a square of side 6 cm. Find the area of the shaded region.
A

(1)

18 cm2

(2)

27 cm2

(3)

36 cm2

(4)

81 cm2

Mrs Tan bought a box oforanges. 0.4 of the oranges were rotten. What fraction of the
oranges were not rotten?

(1)
(2)

(3)
(4)

2
5

3
5

4_
25

6_
25

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6 5f 1? Ils 400 ml Wnat is tne number in the box?

d)

1 /

(2)

2 (

(3)

3*

(4)

4 t

-4 of Shaun's money' is -3 of Jason's money. Express Shaun's money as a fraction

of the total amount of money the 2 boys have.

(1)

(2)

3
7

3
4

(3)

(4)

Which one ofthe following numbers when rounded off tothe nearest thousand is
24 000?

(1)

23 097/

(2)

23 499 *

(3)

24 400^

(4)

24 501 *

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6J

What number is 0.001 less than 6?

10

(1)

5.99

(2)

5.999

(3)

6.001

(4)

6.009

Mina weighs 48 kg. Kenneth's weight is - of Mina's weight and Jonathan's weight
.

,_,

is of Kenneth's weight. What is Jonathan's weight?

11

(1)

28 kg

(2)

32 kg

(3)

35 kg

(4)

40 kg

What is the maximum number of 20-cm long strings that can be cut from astring that is
2 metres long?

12

(D

10

(2)

11

(3)

12

(4)

13

How many tenths are there in 30.3?

(1)

spa

(2)

33

(3)

(4)

30

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13

3chairs and 2tables cost $875. Atable costs $220 more than a chair.
What is the cost of a chair?

14

(1)

$43

(2)

$87

(3)

$175

(4)

$261

The ratio of the price of a pencil to that of a pen is 1: 3. The pen costs $1.05 Ateacher

buys 8pencils and 5pens. How much does she have to pay for the stationery?

15

(1)

$8.05

(2)

$10.15

(3)

$13.65

(4)

$24.15

Mrs Wang bought 20 kg of rice at $ 1.80 per kg. If each kg of rice were to cost 30 cents

less, how much more rice could she buy with the same amount of money?
(1)

30 kg

(2)

24 kg

(3)

6kg

(4)

4 kg

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METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL

Founded in 1887

PRIMARY 5 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2011

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

(BOOKLET B)

Total Time for Booklets A and B: 50 minutes

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so.
Follow all instructions carefully.
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in this booklet.
The use of calculators is NOT allowed.
Name:

Class:

Primary 5.

Date:

5 May 2011

Paper 1
Booklet A

Paper 1
Booklet B

/ 20

/ 20

Paper 2

/ 60

TOTAL

/ 100

This booklet consists of 7 printed pages including this page.

Questions 16 to 25 carry 1 mark each. Write your answers in the space provided.
For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated
(10 marks)

16

In 5 975 864, the value of the digit "T is 7 *

Ans:

17

Find the value of -*-16.

5

Express your answer as a fraction in its simplest form.

Ans:

18

In the figure below, how many more triangles must be shaded so that the ratio of the
number of shaded triangles to the total number of triangles is 2 : 3?

A
A

A
A
A

A
A
A
Ans:

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19

Express 20.05 &m in kilometres and metres.

Ans:

20

km

Kathy has a total of 72 blue and yellow beads. The number of blue beads is - the
5

number of yellow beads. How many yellow beads does she have?

Ans:

21

Abook has 50 pages numbered from page 1to page 50. On how many pages will the
sum of the digits add up to 10?

Ans:

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22

Find the area of the shaded part of rectangle ABCD.

A

10 cm

14 cm

Ans:

23

an"

3
At a sports carnival, -1 ofthe participants played badminton,
ofthe participants played
4
5
volleyball and the rest of the participants played hockey. Which one ofthe following pie

charts below best represents the information given?

Pie Chart A

Pie Chart B

Pie Chart C

Pie Chart D

Ans:

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24

Ali. Bob and Candy have a total of $134.50. Ali has $8 more than Bob. Candy has
thrice as much money as Ali. How much money does Bob have?

Ans: $

25

Beaker A contains 0.75 of water and Beaker B c5ntains 300 m( of water. How much

water must be pouredfrom BeakerAto Beaker Bso that there is an equal amount of
water in each container?

Ans:

me

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Questions 26 to 30 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly in the space beloweach

question and write your answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give
your answers in the units stated.

(10 marks)
26

A 5-digit number when rounded off to the nearest ten thousand is 70 000.
a)

What is the smallest possible number?

b)

What is the largest possible number?

Ans: (a)
(b).

4
27 ofthe
number of blue pensin a boxis equal to -1 ofthe number of red pens.
y

There are 609 blue and red pens in the box. How many more red pens than blue pens
are there in the box?

Ans:

28

A shopkeeper bought 7 sacks offlour, each ofmass 14 kg. He used up all the flour in 5
days. If he usedthe same amount of flour each day, how many kilograms of flour did he
use each day?

Ans:

kg

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29

Mr Tan bought 1.4 kg of grapes, 0.875 kg of cherries and a watermelon with a mass of

2kg 45 g. What is the total mass of the fruit he bought? Express your answer as a
decimal.

Ans:

30

_>g

The perimeter ofthe rectangle below is 126cm. Its breadth is - ofits length. Find the
4

area of the shaded triangle.

Ans:

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METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL

Founded in 1887

PRIMARY 5 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2011

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2

Total Time: 1 h 40 min

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

Do not turn over this page until you are told to do so.
Follow all instructions carefully.
Answer all questions.
Write your answers in this booklet.

The use ofan approved calculator is expected, where

appropriate.

Name:

Class:

Primary 5._

Date:

5 May 2011

This booklet consists of 13 printed pages including this page.

Questions 1to 5carry 2marks each. Show your working clearly in the space provided for each
question and write your answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units
give your answers in the units stated.
(1JJ ^arte)
The sum of 2numbers is 146. If - of the larger number is 75, what is the product of
the 2 numbers?

Ans:

Jane needed 0.8 kg of sugar to bake 4muffins. She had 200 gof sugar

How many more kilograms of sugar did she have to buy to bake 12 muffins?

Ans:

-kg

The product of 2 numbers is 160.

One ofthe numbers is 10times the other numbe.

What are the two numbers?

Ans:

.and.

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*7

The figure below is not drawn to scale.

Find the area of the shaded triangle ABC.

10 cm

9 cm

Ans:

cm

Find the value of P.

Aris:

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For questions 6 to 18, show your working clearly in the space provided for each question and

write your answers in the spaces provided.

The number of marks available is shown in brackets I ] atthe end of each question or part-

luestion

(50man\s)

Mr Tan has some pineapples for sale.

1

He sold - of the pineapples inthe morning and - of the remainder in the afternoon

If hesells 80 pineapples in the afternoon, how many pineapples did he sell in the

morning?

Ans:

[3]

Find the value represented by A, B and C.

4
B

Ans:A= ,
B^

Cs

[1J
J1J

11]

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Mrs Soh uses 1.85 m of ribbon to make a flower.

She wants to make 5 similar flowers for her friends.
Each metre of ribbon costs $0.85.

(a) How many metres of ribbon does she need?

(b) Howmuch does she have to pay for the ribbon altogether?
Express your answer to the nearest dollars.

Ans: (a)^

121

(b)H

PI

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At a party, some balloons were used to decorate the room.

At 1 p.m., 13 less than half thenumber of balloons was given out.

At 3 p.m., another half of the remainder plus 8 balloons were given out and there was
20 balloons left.

How many balloons were there at the beginning of the party?

Ans:

_ _ (5]
i

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10

The length of the sides of a triangle are in the ratio 3:4:5.

The length ofthe shortestside ofthe triangle is 15cm.
What is the perimeter of the triangle?

Ans:

[3J

11

of the seats in a airplane were economy seats. The rest were business cjass seats.
5

of the business class seats were unoccupied. What fraction of atHfie seats were
occupied business class seats?

Ans:

[31

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12

t>f apples is the same as - of oranges

9

Find the ratio ofthe number of apples to the number of oranges.

Anfc: ___

13

[3]

Inthe schoollibrary, the ratioof fiction books to non-fiction books is* 8 :13.
After 126 non-fiction were lost, the new ratio is 4: 5.
How many fiction books were there at first?

Ans'N.

[4]

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14

Mrs Lim distributed 300 souvenirs from the Art Museum to some girls in Primary Four
and Primary Five.

Each Primary Four girl received 5 souvenirs andeach Primary Five girl received 3
souvenirs.

The Primary Four girls received 60 more souvenirs than those in Primary Five.
How many more Primary Five girls were there?

Ans: j^

i5]

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15

Mrs Chan paid $2056 for some printers and somecameras.

She bought one more camera than printers.
A printer costs $257.

A camera cost twice as much.

(a) How manycameras did she buy?

pontes?

(b) How much more did she spend on the cameras than on theprmte*?

Ans: (a)'

2J

(b)

[2]

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16

At a party, - are girls and the rest are boys,

o

After 5 girls and 5 boys left the party, the number of boys left is - the number of girls
(a) How many pupils are there at the party in the end?

(b) Express the number of pupils who leftthe party as a fraction of the total number of
pupils

Ans: (a).

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17

Flower pots are to be placed alongthe road-at regular intervals.

The distance between two flower potstfs 12 m.

a. How long is the road if a total of18 flower pots, including both ends, are to be placed
on the road?

b. If the road is 240 m, how many more flower pots are needed to be placed along the
road?

Ansl

Ar^
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18

The figure below, notdrawn to scale, is made up oftwo identical squares, Xand Z and
a rectangle Y.

The ratio of the area X to the area of Y to the area of Z is 1 : 2 : 1.

The ratio ofthe unshaded part ofXtothe unshaded part Yto the unshaded part ofZis
2:5:3 respectively.

Given that half ofthe area ofXis shaded and the total area ofail the shaded parts is
48 m\ what is the area of the whole figure?

Ans:

15]

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EXAM PAPER 2011

SCHOOL :

MGS PRIMARY

SUBJECT:

PRIMARY 5 MATHEMATICS

TERM

SA1

Ql

Q2

Q3

04

Q5

Q6

07

Q8

Q9

Q10

16)10000

17)1/20

18)5

Qll Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

4

19)20km 50m

20)45

21)10

22)70cm2

23)Pie chart C

24)$20.50

25)225ml

26)a)65000
b)74999

27)231

28)19.6kg

29)4.32kg

30)486cm2

pajoer2

1)75 -r3 = 25

25x4 = 100 (big no.)

146 -100 = 46 (small no.)

6)2/3 x 2/5 = 4/15

2/3 x 3/5 = 6/15
4u^80

100 x 46 = 4600

lu->80 4- 4 = 20

The product is 4600.

5u->20 x 5 = 100

2)0.8kg = 800g
124- 4 = 3

800 x 3 = 2400(g)
2400 -200 = 2200(g)
2200g = 2.200kg
=2kg 200g
She needs 2kg 200g more.

He sold 100 pineapples in the morning.

7)A)7
B)9
C)2

8)a)1.85 x 5 = 9.25
She needs 9.25m of ribbon

b)9.25 x 0.85 = 7.8625($) * $8

3)40 and 4

4) V2 x 9 x 10 = 45
The area is 45cim

5)1.8 -r 3 = 0.6

She have to pay $8

9)20 + 8 = 28
28 x 2 = 56
56-13 = 43
43 x 2 = 86 balloons

0.6 x 3 =1.8
1.4 x 7 = 9.8

The value of P is 9.8

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10)3u-15
lu^l5 4-3 = 5
5+4+3 =12
12u-5 x 12 = 60

The perimeter is 60cm

11)1/5x2/3 = 2/15
The fraction is 2/15

12)20:27

13)13-10 = 3
3u-126

lu^l26 4- 3 = 42
8u-42x8 = 336

There were 336 at first.

14)4 more
15)a)3
b)$1028

16)a)20 pupils
b)l/3

17)a)204m
b)3

18)48 4- 3 = 16
16 x 3 = 208im

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