Placement Test - Primary 5

(Time Allocation: 1 hour 45 min)

Date: ________________ Marks: _______/100

SECTION A (20 x 2 marks = 40 marks)

Choose the correct answer and write its number in the bracket provided.

1. 40829 = 40 000 + + 20 + 9
What is the missing number in the box?

(1) 8000 (2) 800

(3) 80 (4) 8
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2. Which of the following numbers has the smallest value?

(1) 0.7 (2) 0.42

(3) 0.084 (4) 0.105
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3. How many line(s) of symmetry are drawn correctly for the

figure?

(1) 1
(2) 2
(3) 3
(4) 4 ( )
4. Which one of the following is the best estimate for 34 x 88?

(1) 30 x 90 (2) 30 x 80
(3) 40 x 90 (4) 40 x 80
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5. The perimeter of a square is 36 cm.

What is the length of each side of the square?

(1) 6 cm (2) 9 cm
(3) 18 cm (4) 81 cm
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6. How many quarters will be needed to make 3 ?
4

(1) 4 (2) 8

(3) 12 (4) 13
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7. ABCD is a square. Find ‘DAE.

A B
(1) 600 260
(2) 640
(3) 740 E

(4) 900 ( )
D C
8. What is the sum of 5 tenths and 17 hundredths?

(1) 0.517 (2) 0.67

(3) 5.17 (4) 6.7
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9. 609.04 is 5 hundredths more than ______.

(1) 109.04 (2) 608.54

(3) 608.99 (4) 609.09
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10. Joe took 1 min 40 s to brush his teeth. The time taken by Tom
is 3 times the time taken by Joe.
How much time did Tom take to brush his teeth?

(1) 100 s (2) 420 s

(3) 3 min (4) 5 min
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11. Mr. Tan painted of his room on Monday and of the room
12 4
on Tuesday. What fraction of the room was not painted?

1 5
(1) 2 (2) 12
2 7
(3) 3 (4) 12
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*12. This year, Jim’s age is a multiple of 6.
Next year, his age will be a multiple of 5.
Which of the following may be Jim’s age next year?

(1) 18 (2) 24
(3) 25 (4) 30
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13. The class started at 07 25. Kenny arrived in school at 09 05.

By how many minutes was Kenny late?

(1) 40 min (2) 80 min

(3) 90 min (4) 100 min
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14. Which one of the following angles is equal to 1 of a turn?

2

(1) (2)

(3) (4)

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15. A square has ______ lines of symmetry.

(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
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16. 4 pears cost $1.50. Mum gave the cashier a $20-note for 20
pears. How much change did she receive?

(1) $14 (2) $12.50

(3) $7.50 (4) $2.50
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17. The total length of two pieces of wire is 24 m.

The longer piece is 2.4 m longer than the shorter piece.
The length of the longer piece of wire is ______.

(1) 10.8 m (2) 12.2 m

(3) 13.2 m (4) 14.2 m
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 18. The length of a rectangle is 3 times its breadth.
If the perimeter is 64 cm, what is its length?

(1) 8 cm (2) 24 cm
(3) 16 cm (4) 48 cm
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*19.
140.49 + 44.56 + = 245

Round off each number to the nearest whole number and then
add them together. The estimated value is 245.
Which of the following is the missing number in the box?

(1) 59.49 (2) 60.51

(3) 60.45 (4) 58.99
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*20. How many triangles are there in the figure below?

(1) 4 (2) 6
(3) 8 (4) 9
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SECTION B (20 × 2 marks = 40 marks)
For each question, write the correct answer in the box provided.

21. 16 ones, 3 tenths and 9 thousandths written as a number is

______.

22. What is the largest odd number that can be formed by the
digits 9, 8, 5, 7 and 0?

23. The smallest common multiple of 15 and 20 is ______.

24. At the zoo, the feeding time for the lions was at 10 15.
The polar bears were fed 2 h 50 min later.
At what time were the polar bears fed?
25. How many sixths are there in 3 1 ?
2

26. Which is greater? 1 or 0.3?

4

27. 56 x 349 = 7 x 349 x .

What is the missing number in the box?

7 1
28. 98.72 = 90 + 8 +
10
What is the missing number?
29. What number does letter A represent?

1 A 3

30. If I take away 0.099 from 3, what is the answer?

31. What is the missing number in the box?

0.4 + 0.4 + 0.4 + 0.4 + = 0. 4 x 8

32. A show started at 19 50 and ended 2 h 15 min later.

At what time did the show end?

33. Find the value of 1 ÷ 4 and round off the answer to one
decimal place.
34. In the magic square below, find the product of A and B.

3 A 5
9 2 5
4 6 B

35. The figure is made up of 2-cm squares.

What is the perimeter of the figure?

cm

36. Shade two more squares to complete the figure with AB as the
line of symmetry.

B
37. Draw 5 more shapes to extend each tessellation.

38. Leslie has a cardboard measuring 18 cm by 14 cm. She wants to

cut 3-cm squares from the cardboard. What is the maximum
number of squares that Leslie can cut out?

39. Linda wants 3 of the circles to be shaded.

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How many more circles must she shade?
*40. There are 3 different whole numbers on a piece of paper.
When these numbers are added two at a time, the sums are 26,
30 and 34.
If the smallest number is 11, what is the largest number?

SECTION C (5 x 4 marks = 20 marks)

Solve the problems. Show your working and statements clearly.

41. A piece of ribbon 6.8 m long was cut into 2 pieces.

The longer piece was 3 times as long as the shorter piece.
What was the length of the longer piece?
42. Karen has 4 kinds of marbles. The total number of blue and
4
pink marbles make up of the total number of marbles.
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There are 12 more red marbles than yellow ones.

Use the information to complete the table below.

Colour Blue Pink Yellow Red Total

Number 58 196

43. Mr Yeo bought 4 shirts and 3 ties for $360. If each tie cost
twice as much as each shirt, what was the cost of each tie?
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44. Susan had $22.50 less than Lisa. After she spent of her
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money and Lisa spent half of hers, they had the same amount of
money left. Find the amount of money Susan had at first.

*45. The figure is made up of 4 identical rectangles.

The perimeter of each rectangle is 16 cm.
If the perimeter of the figure is 40 cm, what is the width of
each rectangle?

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Have you checked your work?
      
1. (2)
2. (3)
3. (1)
4. (1)
5. (2)
1 13
6. (4) 3 =
4 4
7. (2)
8. (2) 0.5 + 0.17 = 0.67
9. (3) 0.05 + 608.99 = 609.04
10. (4) 1 min 40 s = 100 s 3 x 100 = 300 s = 5 min
1 1 8 2
11. (3) 1- - = =
12 4 12 3
12. (3) Possible age of this year: 12, 18, 24, 30, ...
Possible age of next year: 13, 19, 25, 31, ...
Only 25 is a multiple of 5.
13. (4) From 07 25 to 08 25, there are 60 min.
From 08 25 to 09 05, there are 40 min.
60 + 40 = 100 min

14. (3) 1 -turn = 1800

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15. (4)
16. (2) 20 ÷ 4 = 5 5 x $1.50 = $7.50
$20 - $7.50 = $12.50
17. (3) 24 - 2.4 = 21.6 m 21.6 ÷ 2 = 10.8 m
10.8 + 2.4 = 13.2 m
18. (2) 1+1+3+3=8 64 ÷ 8 = 8 m (breadth)
3 x 8 = 24 m (length)
19. (3) 140.49 140 44.56 45
245 - 140 - 45 = 60 60.45 60
20. (3) 2 5 7
1 3
4 6 8

21. 16.309

22. 98 705
23. 60
24. 1305

25. 21 3 1 = 7 = 21
2 2 6
26. 0.3 1 = 0.25
4
27. 8
28. 50
29. 2.2 3-1=2 2 ÷ 5 = 0.4
3 x 0.4 = 1.2 1 + 1.2 = 2.2
30. 2.901 3 - 0.099 = 2.901
31. 1.6 0.4 x 4 = 1.6
32. 22 05
33. 0.3 1 ÷ 4 = 0.25 0.3
34. 48 The numbers in each column and each row add up to 16.
Therefore, A = 8 and B = 6
A x B = 8 x 6 = 48
35. 16 cm

A
8 X 2 = 16 cm
36.
123
123
123
123
123
123
B

37.
or

38. 24 18 ÷ 3 = 6 14 ÷ 3 = 4R2 6 x 4 = 24
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39. 8 x 20 = 15
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15 - 7 = 8

40. 19 11 A B

11 + A = 26 A = 15
11 + B = 30 B = 19
To check: A + B = 34
41. 5.1 m 6.8 ÷ 4 = 1.7 m (shorter)
3 x 1.7 = 5.1 m (longer)
42.
Colour Blue Pink Yellow Red Total

Number 54 58 36 48 196
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x 196 = 110 (blue and pink)
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112 - 58 = 54 (blue) 196 - 112 = 84 (yellow and red)
84 - 12 = 72 72 ÷ 2 = 36 (yellow)
36 + 12 = 48 (red)
43. $72 3 ties = 6 shirts 4 + 6 = 10 shirts
$360 ÷ 10 = $36 (1 shirt) 2 x $36 = $72 (1 tie)
44. $67.50 1234567
1234567
Susan 1234567 $22.50
12345678901234
12345678901234
Lisa 12345678901234
12345678901234

3 x $22.50 = $67.50
45. 3 cm 4 x 16 cm = 64 cm 64 cm - 40 cm = 24 cm
24 cm ÷ 8= 3 cm