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Founded in 1887

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PRIMARY 6 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2011

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

(BOOKLET A)

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.
Shade youranswers in the Optical Answer Sheet (OAS)
provided.
The use of calculators is NOT allowed.

Name: ( )
Class: Primary 6.

Date: 5 May 2011

This booklet consists of 6 printed pages including this page.

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Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 15 carry2 marks each. Foreach
question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice
(1,2,3 or 4). Shade the oval (1.2,3 or4) on the Optical Answer Sheet (20 marks)

Mrs Tan had m sweets. She gave 10 sweets to her neighbour.

She then shared the remaining sweets equally between her two sons.
How many sweets did each son receive?

(D /n-(10 + 2)
(2) (/n-10)«*-2
(3) (10-m) + 2
(4) 10-(/n*2)

The figure below is not drawn to scale. AB, CD and EF are straight lines. Find z.s.

(1) 44°
(2) 46°
(3) 54°
(4) 56°

In the figure below, not drawn to scale, ABCD is a trapezium and AB // EF.
z r + z. s= z + z. v.

(1) t
(2) u

(3) V

(4) w

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4 Which of the following nets will form a pyramid?

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

5 80 tens. 88 tenths and 8 thousandths is

(1) 80.808
(2) 88.808

(3) 800.808
(4) 808.808

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 \ ofXtsequaltof ofY. WhatisY:X +Y?
(1) 2:3
(2) 2:7
(3) 5:7
(4) 5:9

Express 0.25% as a decimal

(1) 25

(2) 2.5
(3) 0.025
(4) 0.0025

8 Find the value of 7 x (34 -28) -24 + 2.

(D 9
(2) 30
(3) 44
(4) 93

9 Complete the following number pattem:

4400, 2 200, 6600. , 9900, 4 950

(1) 1100
(2) 3300
(3) 4400
(4) 5 500

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10 Rnd the diameter ofthe circle ifits circumference is132 cm. (Takew-7 .)

(1) 12 cm
(2) 21 cm
(3) 42 cm
(4) 84 cm

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11 In a bookstore, g ofthe booksare Chinese books.
The rest of the books are in English.
2
g of the English books arenon-fiction.
What fraction of the books are English fiction books?

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(1) 15
_7_
(2) 15
A_
(3) 45
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(4) 45

12 Malcc4mliadblueandredmarolesintrieratio7:2. After he had given away 15 blue

marbles, the ratio of blue marbles to red marbles became 2:1. How many marbles
were there altogether at first?

(1) 18
(2) 27
(3) 30
(4) 45

13 The length of a square is 1.0cm. Rnd the percentage increase in the area of the
square if each side is increased by 20%.

(1) 20%
(2) 40%
(3) 44%
(4) 80%

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14 The figure below, not drawn to scale, is formed by a semicircle and two,quadrants in a
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rectangle. Rnd the perimeter of the shaded part (Taken=y.)

210 cm

(1) 330 cm
(2) 420 cm
(3) 540 cm
(4) 750 cm

15 Mr Wong left his house for work at 6.50 a.m.

His office was 120 km away from his house.
MrWong drove his car at a speed of 80 km/h.
At what time did he reach his office?

(1) 7.30 a.m.

(2) 8.00 a.m

(3) 8.20 a.m
(4) 8.40 a.m

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 METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL
Founded in 1887

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PRIMARY 6 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2011

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1

(BOOKLET B)

Total Time for Booklets A and 8: 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 6.
Date: 5 May 2011
Paper 1 / 20
Booklet A
Paper 1 / 20
Booklet B
Paper 2 / 60

TOTAL MOO

This booklet consists of 8 printed pages including this page.

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Questions 16 to 25 carry 1 markeach. Write your answers inth^ spaces provided.
Forquestions which require units, give your answers in the units stated.
(10 marks)

16 Glen is facing west. He turns anticlockwise to face north-east. What angle does he
turn?

Ans:

17 In the diagram below, what is the least numberof small squares that must be shaded
such that line AB is the line of symmetry?

Ans:

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18 Evaluate 2.99 * 3. Round off your answer to 2 decimal places.

Ans:

19 3
Amy and John have 56 stamps altogether. The number ofstamps that Amy has isg of
John's stamps. How many more stamps does John have than Amy?

Ans:

20 [Link] = [Link]ndB:D = 2:3. Whatis A: B : C : D?

Ans:

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21 The ratio of the number of boys to the number of girls is 3 :5. Ifthere are 24 fewer
boys, how many children are there in the class?

Ans:

22 A boutique was having a 20% storewide sale. Mandy bought 2 dresses which originally
cost $80 each. How much savings did Mandy enjoy?

Ans: $.

23 $395 259 was collected during the sale of books at a book fair.
Expressthe amount collected to the nearestten thousand dollars.

Ans: $

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24 What is the missing number in the box?

8x7+40-5-1 1=64

Ans:

25 . The average speed of a train is 180 km/h.

How far will. It travel in 20 minutes?

Ans: km

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Questions 26 to 30 cany 2 marks each. Show your working clearly in the space below
each question and write youranswers in the spaces provided. For questions which require
units, give your answers in the units stated.
(10 marks)

26 Sandra and Bridget saved a total of $y.

Sandra saved $5 less than Bridget
<a) Express the amount Bridget saved in terms of y
(b) If y = $80, how much did Bridget save?

Ans: a)$j

b)$„

27 The following figure is not drawn to scale. ABCD is a rectangle that is folded along CE.
Given that Z ECF = 28°, find
W Z DEF
OT* Z BCF.

Ans: a)
b)

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28 Below are two different views of a cube with sbc faces.

Based on the two views of the cubes shown, complete the net of the cube below.
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29 Apples were sold at either 3 for $1 or 40 cents each.

What is the least amount of money Farah needs to buy 32 apples?

Ans: $

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30 Eliza usually jogs at an average speed of 100 m/min and takes 24 minutes to reach the
park.
If she jogs at 20 m/min slower than her usual speed, how much longer will she take to
reach the park?

Ans: _min

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 METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL
Founded in 1887

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PRIMARY 6 MID-YEAR EXAMINATION 2011

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2

Gviration: 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 of an approved calculator is expected, where
appropriate.

Name: ( )
Class: Primary 6._
Date: 5 May 2011

This booklet consists of 14 printed pages including this page.

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'Questions 1 to 5 cany 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write your answers in
the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units
stated. (10 marks)

1 In the diagram below, not drawn to scale, ABCD is a trapezium.

AB is parallelto DC. CE and BE are straight fines. Rnd Z BEC.
'134°

Ans:

2 Add 2 more faces to complete the net to form a prism. Make use of the lines given
and a ruler.

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3 Bemie and Ahmad shared the cost of a meal. Bemie paid $15. If Bemie paid $2 less,
Ahmad would have had to pay 20% more. What was the cost ofthe meal?

Ans: $

In the figure below, not drawn to scale, A is the centre of the circle.
The diameter of the circle is 12 cm.
What is the perimeter of the figure shown below? (Take n =3.14.)

Ans: cm

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Irian and Jason jogged from the school to the swimming pool along the same route.
Jason started his journey ten minutes later than Irian.
Irtan jogged 4 km at an average speed of 3 km/h for the whole journey.
Both of them arrived at the swimming pool at the same time.
What was Jason's average speed?

Ans: j km/h

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For questions 6 to 18, show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces
provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets I ] at the end of each
question or part-question. <50marks)

32 of Ali's story books was the same as 3g of Raju's story books.

(a) Who had more story books?
(b) If Afi had 100 fewer books, how many books would AG have?

AAS $X 0)

The figure below, notdrawn to scale, shows a square and a rectangle that are'
ovedayppina ^ach other.
Thejareabfthe square tothe area ofthe rectangle is2:5.
The ratio of the area of the square to the area of the shaded part is 5: 2.
Ifthe shaded area is 10 cm2, find the area of the unshaded part of the figure.

Ans: _[3]

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 8 [Link] figure below, not drawn to scale, G is the centre of the circle.
AB, CD, DE, EF are straight lines. Z CGE is twice the size of Z AGC.
ZABD = 123°.
(a) Name the angle which is the same size as Z CAG.
(b) Find the value of Z GAG.

<Jr

Ans: (a) Hi

(b) Pf

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 The figure below, not drawn to scale, is made up of a semi-circle and a rectangle.
M is the mid-point of AB. AC and BD are straightlines.
22
Find the area ofthe shaded part. (Take it =-y)

36crp

24 cm

Ans: 13]

10 David bought 120 purple and green pencil cases.

Each green pencil case cost $2.50 and each purple pencil case cosf$1.75 eaeh.
If the total cost of the pencil cases was $246, how many green pencil cases did he buy?

Ans: t3]

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11 Melissa had $28.20 at first. She used that amount of money to buy 3 identical pencils
and 5 simitar books. If she had used that amount of money to buy 1 pencil and 2
books, she would have received $17 change.
(a) What is the cost of 1 pencil?
(b) What is the maximum number of books she can buy with $40?

Ans: (a)_ .[31

(b) [2]

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12 A dining chair costs j as much as a dining table.
Mr Lim bought'a dining table arid 6 dining chairs.
The dining table costs $q.
(a) How much did Mr Lim pay altogether, in terms of q.
(b) If q = $700, how much did Mr Lim pay?

Ans: (a)_ J2]

<b) __.[2J

13 26%"bf the people who attendeda party were children. 4&fc of the adultswere men.
There were 240 more men than children. How many Women were at the party?

Ans. [3j

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14 Keith had some toy cars. He lost-a^of his to^/tars and his mother bought him
another 9 toycars. The next day, he gave O-itr [Link] toy cars to his bestfriend and
had 75 toy cars left How many toy cars did Keith have at first?

Ans: [4]

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15 Town A and Town B are 760 km apart.

At:9,40 a.m., Gopal set off from Town A to Town B at a constant speed of 80 km/h.
Half an hour later. Baron set off from Town B to Town A at a constant speed which is
10 km/h slower than GopaFs speed.
What time will they meet each other along the way?

Ans: [4]

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16 In an amusement park, there were ^ as many girts asboys. After 20 boys left that
parte and 12 girls entered the parte, the ratio of boys to girls became /
(a) How many girls were at the amusement park at first?
(b) How many children were at the amusement parte at the end?

Ans: (a) [3]:

(b) j m

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17 In an examination,-92% ofthe candidates passed. 72ofthe failures were boys and 53

of the failures were girls. 1380 girts passed the examination.
(a) What was the total number of pupils who sajfcr the examination?
(b) What percentage ofthe candidates jvho ftasseejthe examination were boys?

Ans: (a) i. ^3]

<b). _[2]

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18 The figure below is not drawn to scale. AK = BC = CF = £F = DH = 7 cm.

BCJK and EFGH are identical squares. ABK, AFJ, DEH and CDG are quarter circles.
22
Rndthe total area ofthe shaded figure. (Take it=y.)

Ans: 14]

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EXAM PAPER 2011

SCHOOL : MGS PRIMARY

SUBJECT : PRIMARY 6 MATHEMATICS

TERM SA1

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26)a)$(y+5/2) 27)a)124 28) 29)$10.80 30)6 min

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ZABF =180° -46° -62° =72°
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100%->2 x 5 = 10 6/8x3.14x12 = 28.26
10 + 15 = $25 28.26 + 6 + 6 = 40.26cm

5)4 -a- 3 = li/3 6)a)Raju

11/3-10/60 = 11/6 b)l/9->100
4 -5- li/6 = 33/7km/h 9/9-» 9 x 100 = 900

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7)4u-»10 8)a)ZGCA
lu->10 -5- 4 = 2.5 b)71°
27u-»2.5 x 7 = 67.5
The area of the unshaded part is
67.5cim

9)24 •£- 2 = 12 10)48 green pencil cases

1/4 x 22/7 x 12 x 12 = 1131/7
V2 x 36 x 24 = 432
432-^2 = 216
216^- 2 x 3 = 324
324 + 113i/7 = 437i/7Cim
The area is 437i/7Cim

ll)cost 12)a)q + 7 = q/7

3p + 5b-> 28.20 q/7 = l^ = 19q/7
lp + 2b-> 28.20 -17 = 11.20 Mr Lim paid $(19q/7)
2p + 3b-»17 b)700^ 7 = 100
lp + lb-»17 -11.20 = 5.80 100 x 19 = 1900
l b ^ 11.20 - 5.80 = 5.40 Mr Lim paid $1900
a)lp->5.80 - 5.40 = 0.40
The cost is $0.40
b)40 -5- 5.40 = 7R2.20($)
She can buy 7 books

13)4u->240 14)3/4 ->75

lu->240 -r- 4 = 60 Vk ->25
llu->60 x 11 = 660 4/4->100
There were 60 women at the party 100-9 = 91
91 -5- 7 X 10 = 130
Keith had 130 toy cars at first

15)lh->80 + 70 = 150 16W>3u + 12 = 3/7

760-40 = 720 8u-20
720 -S- 150 = 4 R 120(km) 7(3u+12) = 3(8u-20)+21u+84
120/150 = 4/5 = 24u-60
44/5h = 4h 48min 84 + 60 = 24u - 21u
144 =3u
1010b 4h 1410h 48min 1458h 3lH>144
1i 1i il lu->48
48 x 3 = 144
1458h = 2.58p.m. There were 144 girls
They will meet at 2.58p.m. b)48 x 11 = 528
528 + 12-20 = 520
There were 520 children

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17)a)4u-»72
lu-»72 -7- 4 = 18
125u-»125xl8 = 2250
The total number was 2250 pupils.
b)115u^l8 x 115 = 2070
2070 - 1380 = 690
690/2070 x 100% = 33i/3

18)V4 x 22/7 x 7 x 7 = 38.5

7 x 7 = 49
7 + 7 = 14
V4 x 22/7 x 14 x 14 = 154
154-38.5-49 = 66.5
66.5 x 2 = 133
The total area is 133cm2

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