International Singapore Maths Competition

Primary 5 Solutions

Section A:

1. Listing the factors of 740

740 = 1  740
= 2  370
= 4  185
= 5  148
= 10  72
= 20  37
The factor between 30 and 40 is 37.
There are 37 classmates.
No. of stickers needed = 5 37 = 185

2. The three numbers are either {even, even, even} or {even, odd, odd}.
{14, 16, 18} 1 way
{14, x, x} 3 ways
{16, x, x} 3 ways
{18, x, x} 3 ways
Total number of ways = 1 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 10

3. Bobo could only say that on Mon, Fri, Sat, Sun. Qiqi could only say that on Tue, Wed,
Thu and Fri. Only on Friday can both of them say that.

4. A and B are younger than C but only B has less sleep than C.

5. a + c + 50º = 180º
b + d + 50º = 180º a
a + b + c + d = 360º – 50º – 50º = 260º b

50°
50°
c
d

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6. The shaded area = Area of rectangle
4
Area of rectangles = 20 × 4 = 80 cm2
10 × B = 80
B = 80 ÷ 10 = 8 cm B

10 cm

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7. AFE → 1 unit
EFBX → 3 units
CDEX → 1 unit
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CDE → 2 unit E X
Ratio of AFE to CDE → 2 : 1
D C

8. Dividing the triangles into equal smaller triangles,

we see that the whole area is made of 12 smaller triangles.

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Percentage of the figure shaded = × 100% = 8 % or 8.33%
12 3

9. Numerator
41 + 39 = 80
Denominator

80 ÷ 5 = 16
Numerator = 16
New denominator = 16 × 4 = 64
Original denominator = 64 – 39 = 25

16
The fraction is .
25

10. If he buys 9 pens without the 4 erasers, he will need only $3.70 – $2.40 = $1.30 more.
Cost of 1 pen = $1.30 – $0.40 = $0.90
Cost of 8 pens = $0.90 × 8 – $0.40 = $6.80
Mr Pang has $6.80.

Section B:

11.

9 4 4 2 2

Total number of squares = 9 + 4 + 4 + 2 + 2 = 21

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A B C
Lee ×  ×
12. A – Tan Ong × × 
B – Lee Tan  × ×
C – Ong 
Fireman × ×
Scientist  × ×
Doctor ×  ×

13. Before :
Sarah
William

After :
Sarah 7 6
William 7 2 units
1 unit = 7
2 units = 7 7

= 7 7 or 6

So 6 = 7 7

= 14 – 6 = 8

Before: Sarah

8 × 4 = 32
Sarah had 32 stickers at first.

14. Red : Green

Before 1 : 3 → 144 kg altogether
After 2 : 3

We note that the number of green beans did not change.

Therefore, number of red beans bought → 2 – 1 = 1 unit
4 units = 144 kg
1 unit = 36 kg

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15. 2
of boys wore spectacles
5

boys

girls

4
of girls
wore spectacles
7

2 4
5
of boys = 7 of girls
17 units = 170 students
1 unit = 10
No. of girls = 7 units × 10 = 70

16. In 1 week, John is able to save $15 more than James

315 – 210 = 105
John saved $105 more than James.

105 ÷ 15 = 7
It took John 7 weeks to save $315.

17. Total number of candidates = 18 + 15 + 12 + 10 + 10 + 12 + 7 + 6 = 90

No. of candidates who passed Grade 4 to Grade 8 = 40% of 45 = 18

No. of candidates who passed Grade 5 = 18 – 3 – 7 – 2 – 2 = 4

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No. of candidates who passed Grade 1 to Grade 5 = × 65 = 39
5

No. of candidates who passed Grade 1 = 39 – 11 – 10 – 3 – 4 = 11

11
× 100 = 22
50

22% of the candidates passed the Grade 1 examination.

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18. In 1 hour, the hour hand moves 30º. In 10 min, it moves × 30º = 5º.
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At 11:40, the minute hand is 120º from the vertical and the hour hand is 10º from the
vertical.
120º – 10º = 110º

19. Common multiple of 15 and 9 is 45.

45 ÷ 15 = 3
45 ÷ 9 = 5
3 × 5 = 15 pieces

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20. When height and radius of the base are reduced by , the volume is reduced to of
2 8
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the original. That is, the volume is reduced by = 87.5% of the original volume.
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Section C:

6 12 18 24 2016 6+12+18+24+⋯+2016
21. + + + + … … … .. + =
2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016

2016 is the 336th multiple of 6.

6+2016 ×336
The sum of 6 + 12 + 18 + 24 + … + 2016 =
2

6+12+18+24+⋯+2016 6+2016 ×336 6+2016 ×336 1

= ÷ 2016 = × = 168.5
2016 2 2 2016

22. Ratio last year :

Boys : Girls
3 : 4
= 12 : 16 → 28 units

Ratio of last year to this year :

Last year : This year
4 : 5
28 : 35

35 – 28 = 7 units
7 units = 63 people
1 unit = 9 people

Boys last year → 12 units

12 units = 12 × 9 = 108 boys last year

This year’s total = 35 units

= 35 ×9
= 315 children

This year :
Boys : Girls
11 : 10

21 units = 315
11 units = 165 (No. of boys this year)

165 – 108 = 57
57 new members are boys.

23.

Case A B C D E F
1  × × × (i) If A is selected Problem: (v)
2 ×   × ×  (i) If B is selected Problem: (iii)
3    × ×  (i) If both A and B are selected

A, B, C, & F were selected. (Ans)

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24. Ans: 30
X
1< < 1
1 < < 2<
< 3<
P
3
< < 3
3
< < 6< < 3
< 9< < 9< < 3

< 18
< < 12
<
< 30
<
Y
25.
101 2 digit numbers 11, 20 2 numbers
102 3 digit numbers 101, 110, 200 3 numbers
103 4 digit numbers 1001, 1010, 1100, 2000 4 numbers
:
10199 200 digit numbers 200 numbers
10200 201 digit numbers -

202×199
2 + 3 + 4 + … + 200 = = 20 099
2

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