P3 MATHEMATICS - TRIAL PAPER 1A Name : ( ) Class : Primary 3 Date : Questions 1 to 16 carry 2 marks each. For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4). Shade the correct oval (1, 2, 3 or 4) on the Optical Answer Sheet. (32 marks) 1. What is the value of the digit 8 in 7836? (1) 8 (2) 80 (3) 800 (4) 8000 ( ) 2. 5890 written in words is. (1) five thousand and eighty-nine (2) five thousand, eight hundred and nine (3) five thousand, nine hundred and eighty (4) five thousand, eight hundred and ninety ( ) 3. Find the sum of 2275 and 5317. (1) 3042 (2) 3142 (3) 7582 (4) 7592 ( ) 4. + 60 = 236. What is the missing number in the blank? (1) 167 (2) 176 (3) 269 (4) 296 ( ) 1 P a g e
5. Which of the following letters has straight lines only? G H P U (1) G (2) H (3) P (4) U ( ) Study the diagram below carefully and answer Question 6. 6. What is the mass of the bag of sweets? (1) 107g (2) 130g (3) 170g (4) 180g ( ) 7. Which one of the following has the smallest value? (1) 50 + 5 + 8000 (2) 800 + 80 + 5 (3) 50 + 8000 (4) 8000 + 5 ( ) 2 P a g e
8. 18 tens + 7 thousands =. What is the missing number in the blank? (1) 1870 (2) 2500 (3) 7180 (4) 8800 ( ) 9. 6807 is 200 less than. (1) 4807 (2) 6407 (3) 7007 (4) 8807 ( ) 10. twos = 12 What is the missing number in the blank? (1) 24 (2) 2 (3) 14 (4) 6 ( ) 11. Which of the following has the greatest value? (1) 9 x 3 (2) 4 x 4 (3) 8 x 5 (4) 10 x 2 ( ) 12. If + + = 3 x 7, then + + + + = (1) 15 (2) 20 (3) 30 (4) 35 ( ) 3 P a g e
13. Mandy is 118 cm tall. Her younger sister is 26 cm shorter than her. What is her younger sister s height? (1) 92 cm (2) 112 cm (3) 134 cm (4) 144 cm ( ) 14. Sue has five $10 notes, a $5 note and four $2 notes. How much money does she have altogether? (1) $17 (2) $25 (3) $57 (4) $63 ( ) 15. What is the difference between the values of the two digits 5 in 5517? (1) 450 (2) 540 (3) 4500 (4) 5400 ( ) 16. Four boys are queuing to buy tickets to watch the movie, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Samad is just ahead of Zhiwei. Ravi is in front of Samad. Mark is the last in the line. Who is second in the line? (Hint: Draw A Diagram) (1) Mark (2) Ravi (3) Samad (4) Zhiwei ( ) 4 P a g e
SECTION B1 Questions 17 to 26 carry 2 marks each. Write your answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated. (20 marks) 17. In 8560, the digit 5 is in the place. 18. 6592 = 6000 + 500 + Find the missing number in the box. 19. Find the value of 10 000-3000. 20. Complete the number pattern: 677 667? 647 5 P a g e
21. Arrange the following lengths from the longest to the shortest. 35 cm, 1 m, 53 cm, 15 cm Answer:,,, longest shortest 22. What are the missing numbers in the blanks? 9 x 3 = groups of 3 + groups of 3 Answer:, 23. The following figure is made up of 4 identical squares. What fraction of the figure is shaded? 6 P a g e
24. The biggest odd number between 3650 and 3690 is. 25. Study the pattern below.? Pattern 1 Pattern 2 Pattern 3 Pattern 5 How many circles will there be in Pattern 5? 7 P a g e
26. Look at the model below. 420? 1200 Find the missing number in the box. 8 P a g e
SECTION B2 Questions 27 to 36 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly in the space below each question and write your answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated. (20 marks) 27. 794 + 406 = hundreds What is the missing number in the box? 28. What is the difference between 852 and 3266? 29. Leela bought 10 packets of sweets. There were 9 sweets in each packet. How many sweets did she have altogether? 9 P a g e
30. What is the missing number in the box? 9 9 1 0-4 3 3 5 6 7 7 31. Complete the number pattern below. 5961 4951 3941? 1921 911 What is the missing number? 32. 2555 + 201 = + 377 What is the missing number in the box? 10 P a g e
33. 9 x 4 = - 4 What is the missing number in the box? 34. Dinah drove 39 km to the zoo. From the zoo, she drove 12 km to the bird park. Finally, she drove 23 km back to her home. What was the total distance Dinah had driven? Answer: km 11 P a g e
35. The graph below shows the number of pupils who wear spectacles in 4 classes. Number of pupils wearing spectacles Class 3A Class 3B Class 3C Class 3D Each stands for 4 pupils. If there are a total of 162 pupils in all the 4 classes, how many pupils do not wear spectacles? 36. The difference between two numbers is 5. The sum of the same two numbers is 65. What is the smaller number? 12 P a g e