Ibt l3 Maths Resource Pack

IBT
International Benchmark Tests
LEVEL 3
MATHEMATICS
Student Resource Pack
This pack contains examples of IBT questions to help students become familiar with the IBT testing program. For each
question, the correct answer is given along with a brief explanation as to why that response is correct. The scale score
for each question is also provided to identify the types of questions students found most challenging.
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Mathematics
1 2 14 21 33 46 57 78
How many of these numbers are even?
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 7
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2 Dipak leaves school at quarter past three in the afternoon.

It takes him half an hour to walk home.
When does he arrive home?
A half past three
B quarter to four
C four o’clock
D quarter past four
How many triangles and how many squares are here?

A 1 triangle and 1 square
B 1 triangle and 2 squares
C 2 triangles and 1 square
D 2 triangles and 2 squares
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4 Which number is two thousand and three?

A 203
B 2003
C 2030
D 20 003
5 Each time Keisha saw a cat on the street she drew a line on her notepad.
This shows she saw 5 cats:
This is Keisha’s notepad:
How many cats did Keisha see?

3 4 10 12
A B C D
6 Lara and Rahul both have some buttons.
Lara’s buttons Rahul’s buttons
They each need to have the same number of buttons.

How many buttons should Lara give Rahul?

1 2 3 4

A B C D
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7 Which angle is the biggest?
A B C D
8 This table shows the ages of students at a camp.
Student Age in years

Amy 9
Dan 7
Ling 11
Ken 8
Tao 8
Mai 7
Han 12
Aini 10
Will 7
Ying 9
Which age occurs most often?

A 7
B 8
C 9
D 12
9 is a number.
– 4 = 15
Which number is ?

11 12 18 19

A B C D
4
Mathematics
10 A girl walks from point A to point B along the sides of a pentagon.

The arrows show the direction she walked.
B
How many turns did she make?

2 3 4 5

A B C D
11 Which shape is divided into four equal-sized parts?
A B C D
12
Which of these could be used to find the area of the shaded rectangle?
A 3+5
B 3×5
C 3+3+5+5
D 3×3×5×5
5
Mathematics
13 The numbers of boys and girls in a class were recorded in a table.
Number of boys Number of girls Total

12 ? 28
What is the missing value?

A 16
B 26
C 30
D 40
14 The map shows the distances between places in Jayne’s town.
home
park 100 m 50 m
shop
80 m
Jayne left home and went to the shop.

She then walked back home before going to the park.
How far did Jayne walk in total?
A 130 m
B 150 m
C 200 m
D 230 m
6
Mathematics
15
How many faces does this prism have?
A 4
B 5
C 6
D 9
16 What is 1003 – 17?

A 986
B 987
C 994
D 996
17 1 August was a Monday.

What day was 25 July in the same year?
A Sunday
B Monday
C Tuesday
D Wednesday
7
Mathematics
18 A class made this graph.
Favourite lessons
Music
Art
English
Sport
Mathematics
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Number of students
How many students said English was their favourite lesson?

A 6
B 7
C 8
D 11
19 Which number sentence is correct?

A 50 – 27 = 33
B 120 ÷ 20 = 12
C 40 × 0 = 40
D 97 + 18 = 115
8
Mathematics
20 Zara cuts a square piece of paper into two shapes.

This is one of the shapes.
Which of these is the other shape?
A B C D
21 A group of 47 students wanted to play football.

The students made 4 teams with 11 players in each team.
How many students were not in a team?
A 2
B 3
C 7
D 9
22 Anil shares one litre of juice equally between 5 cups.

How much juice is in each cup?
A 20 millilitres
B 200 millilitres
C 500 millilitres
D 5000 millilitres
9
Mathematics
23 15 people are asked if they prefer pasta or rice.

They are also asked if they prefer tea or coffee.
Pasta Rice Total

Tea 1 3 4
Coffee 4 ? 11
Total 5 10 15
What is the missing value?

A 7
B 8
C 13
D 15
24 In which of these numbers does the digit 7 have the smallest value?
A 5.741
B 69.575
C 73.83
D 217.2
25
The tile is rotated one-quarter of a turn clockwise.

What does it look like now?
A B C D
10
Mathematics
26 This is a map of a zoo.
A B C D
N
1
2
What is the location of the turtle ?

A C3
B C4
C D3
D D4
27 2738 tickets were sold on Saturday.

2883 tickets were sold on Sunday.
The total number of tickets sold on Saturday and Sunday is closest to
A 4000
B 4500
C 5000
D 6000
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Mathematics
28 How many centimetres are in one metre?

A 10
B 100
C 1000
D 10 000
29 Three friends share two cakes.

Each friend eats the same amount of cake.
There is no cake left.
What fraction of cake does each friend eat?

1
A of a cake
3
1
B of a cake
2
2
C of a cake
3
3
D of a cake
4
30
X
1 2 3 4
Which two shapes can be joined together to make shape X?
A Shapes 1 and 2
B Shapes 1 and 4
C Shapes 2 and 4
D Shapes 3 and 4
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Mathematics
31 How many even numbers are there between 11 and 91?

A 38
B 40
C 41
D 42
32 Roger swam 100 metres in 3 minutes and 54 seconds.
What is Roger’s time in seconds?
A 114 seconds
B 234 seconds
C 294 seconds
D 354 seconds
33 The number of coins on these steps follows a pattern.
How many coins should be on the top step?

A 9
B 12
C 15
D 16
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Mathematics
34 Children at a zoo voted for their favourite animal.
Favourite animal
12
10
8
Number
of votes 6
4
2
0
Hippo Lion Panda Tiger Giraffe
How many children voted for Giraffe?

A 2
B 4
C 10
D 12
35 Which animal got the most votes?

A Hippo
B Lion
C Panda
D Tiger
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Mathematics
36 Which arrow points to 0.7 on this number line?
A B C D
0 1 2
A arrow A
B arrow B
C arrow C
D arrow D
37 Which of these objects has five faces?

A cube
B cylinder
C triangular prism
D pentagonal pyramid
38 These numbers follow a pattern.

2, 7, 22, ____, 202, 607
What is the missing number?
A 27
B 47
C 67
D 117
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Mathematics
39 How much water is in the jug?
600
500
400
300
200
100 mL
A 210 mL
B 230 mL
C 250 mL
D 270 mL
40 This table shows the lengths of 5 babies.
Baby name Length (centimetres)

Akil 50
Bianca 60
Cheero 40
David 55
Esteban 45
How many of the babies are longer than Akil?

A 1
B 2
C 3
D 4
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Answers
The following table indicates the correct answer for each question along with a brief
explanation as to why that response is correct.
The scale score is a measure of how challenging students found each question.
A low scale score indicates that the question is relatively easy.
A high scale score indicates that the question is relatively difficult.
Scale scores at Level 3 typically range from 260 to 550 points.
Question Question Correct Scale
Explanation
Number Strand Response Score
Even numbers can be exactly divided by 2, so they end
1 Number C 402
with 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8; odd numbers end with 1, 3, 5, 7, or 9
Quarter past three is 3:15, and half an hour is 30
2 Measurement B 417
minutes, so he arrives at 3:45, which is quarter to four
There are 2 triangles (3 sides), and 1 square (4 sides of
3 Space C 336
equal length and at right-angles to each other)
Must have 2 in the thousands place, 0 in the hundreds
4 Number B 280
and tens places, and 3 in the units place
Chance and The notepad shows 2 lots of 5 (=10 cats) plus 2 more;
5 D 378
data so 10 + 2 = 12
If Lara gives 2 buttons to Rahul she will have 7 − 2 = 5,
6 Number B 349
and Rahul will have 3 + 2 = 5
A and D look to be about the same size, but in D is a
7 Measurement D 464
right angle and A is acute
Chance and The most common age is 7, for 3 students (Dane,
8 A 401
data Mai, Will)
When you subtract 4 the answer is 15, so the number
9 Number D 370
must be 4 bigger than 15, so 19 is correct
Imagine walking from A and following the arrows; to
10 Space B 452
reach B you turn towards the left 3 times
In A, B and C some parts are bigger than others, but in
11 Number D 385
D the 4 triangles are all the same size
The shaded rectangle has 3 rows with 5 small squares
12 Measurement B 366
in each row, so 3 × 5 = 15 altogether
Chance and
13 A 279 28 − 12 = 16
data
From home to shop is 50 m, then back home is +50 m,
14 Number C 461 then to the park is +100 m, so total is 50 + 50 + 100 =
200 m
Faces are the flat surfaces; there are 2 triangles and 3
15 Space B 406
rectangles, so 3 + 2 = 5
Think backwards from the given values: which number
16 Number A 389 gives 1003 when you add 17? or use the full subtraction
method
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Answers

Explanation
There are 7 days counting backwards from 1 August to
17 Measurement B 501 25 July (31 July, 30, 29, 28, 27, 26, 25) so the day will
also be Monday
Chance and The bar for English ends half-way between 6 and 8, so 7
18 B 437
data students chose English
19 Number D 461 D is correct; A should = 23, B should = 6, C should = 0
The other shape will be missing a full square and a long,

20 Space D 448
thin rectangle
4 teams × 11 players = 44 students, so 47 − 44 = 3
21 Number B 408
students were not in a team
One litre = 1000 millilitres, so 1000 ÷ 5 = 200 millilitres in
each cup
In the white spaces in the table there are 1 + 3 + 4 = 8
Chance and
23 A 317 people, so the missing value is 15 − 8 = 7; check the row
data
(4 + 7 = 11) and column (3 + 7 = 10) totals
In B the 7 is in the hundredths place, so that is its
24 Number B 398
smallest value
Clockwise means a turn to the right, so after a one-
25 Space D 469
quarter turn the grey triangle will be at the top, etc.
The turtle is at the lower-right corner, so read D at the top
26 Space D 351
of the column and 4 at the left of the row
Estimate 2738 as close to 2700, and 2883 as close to
27 Number D 465 2900, so total will be more than 5500, so closest value is
6000
28 Measurement B 418 Centi indicates 100
The three friends can cut each cake into 3 pieces; they
29 Number C 501 will then have 6 'thirds-pieces', and can each take 2 of
the thirds, so 2/3
To have the left and right sides of shape X sloping
30 Space C 472
correctly it is shapes 2 and 4 that must be joined together
Look for a pattern. From 11 to 21 there are 5 even
31 Number B 493 numbers: 12, 14, 16, 18, 20; then there are 8 sets like
that for the 20s, 30s etc. up to the 80s; so 5 × 8 = 40
32 Measurement B 464 1 minute = 60 seconds, so 3 × 60 + 54 = 234 seconds
The pattern is to double the number of coins from one
33 Number D 431
step to the next, so 2 × 8 = 16 coins
Chance and
34 B 341 The column for Giraffe stops at the 4 line, so 4 votes
data
Chance and
35 D 269 The tallest column is for Tiger
data
From 0 to 1 there are 5 sections, which means each little
36 Number A 500 mark shows 0.2; so 0.7 be one-and-a-half sections before
1, so arrow A is correct
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Answers

Explanation
A triangular prism has 2 triangle faces and 3 rectangle
37 Space C 446
faces; Q15 has a drawing of a triangular prism
The pattern is the multiply the first number by 3 AND add
38 Number C 545 1, each time; so 3 × 22 + 1 = 67 is the missing number;
check that 3 × 67 + 1 = 202
The waterline is just below the mark for 250 mL, so 230
is the value
Chance and Bianca (60) and David (55) are longer than Akil (50), so 2
40 B 358
data babies is the answer
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2 Dipak leaves school at quarter past three in the afternoon.

How many triangles and how many squares are here?

4 Which number is two thousand and three?

How many cats did Keisha see?

6 Lara and Rahul both have some buttons.

Lara’s buttons Rahul’s buttons

They each need to have the same number of buttons.

7 Which angle is the biggest?

8 This table shows the ages of students at a camp.

Student Age in years

Which age occurs most often?

10 A girl walks from point A to point B along the sides of a pentagon.

How many turns did she make?

11 Which shape is divided into four equal-sized parts?

13 The numbers of boys and girls in a class were recorded in a table.

Number of boys Number of girls Total

What is the missing value?

14 The map shows the distances between places in Jayne’s town.

Jayne left home and went to the shop.

16 What is 1003 – 17?

17 1 August was a Monday.

18 A class made this graph.

How many students said English was their favourite lesson?

19 Which number sentence is correct?

20 Zara cuts a square piece of paper into two shapes.

21 A group of 47 students wanted to play football.

22 Anil shares one litre of juice equally between 5 cups.

23 15 people are asked if they prefer pasta or rice.

Pasta Rice Total

What is the missing value?

The tile is rotated one-quarter of a turn clockwise.

26 This is a map of a zoo.

What is the location of the turtle ?

27 2738 tickets were sold on Saturday.

28 How many centimetres are in one metre?

29 Three friends share two cakes.

What fraction of cake does each friend eat?

31 How many even numbers are there between 11 and 91?

33 The number of coins on these steps follows a pattern.

How many coins should be on the top step?

34 Children at a zoo voted for their favourite animal.

How many children voted for Giraffe?

35 Which animal got the most votes?

36 Which arrow points to 0.7 on this number line?

37 Which of these objects has five faces?

38 These numbers follow a pattern.

39 How much water is in the jug?

40 This table shows the lengths of 5 babies.

Baby name Length (centimetres)

How many of the babies are longer than Akil?

Scale scores at Level 3 typically range from 260 to 550 points.

Question Question Correct Scale

19 Number D 461 D is correct; A should = 23, B should = 6, C should = 0

The other shape will be missing a full square and a long,

Question Question Correct Scale