MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

CURRICULUM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

MENTAL MARATHON 2010
SEMIFINAL ROUND

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1. How many lines of symmetry does this shape have? Visual

5 seconds

2. Write the missing metric unit to complete the sentence: Visual

The height of a standard 4 pupil is 135 _______ 5 seconds

3. Write the next number in the sequence Visual

7 10 14 19 8 seconds

4. Terri left home at 7:15 a.m. and walked for 50 minutes to

school. At what time did he arrive at school? 8 seconds

5. What mass in grams must be added to the lighter pan to

balance the scale?

4800 g Visual
6 Kg 200 g
8 seconds

4800 g

6. Meera used ¼ metre of cloth to make one scarf.

She bought 5½ metres of cloth to make scarves. 8 seconds
How many scarves can she make?

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7. State the exact answer for Visual

46 X 11 8 seconds

8. Paul picked 240 mangoes. He picked four times as many 8 seconds

mangoes as Jankie. How many mangoes did Jankie pick?

9. Neil is making a pattern by moving a triangle. Using one word, Visual

describe this movement.
5 seconds

The graph shows the favourite subject of the students in a Std 4

class. Some data is missing.

Visual

Mathematics Language Arts Science Social Studies

KEY: = 5 children

10. How many children chose Mathematics? 5 seconds

11. If there are 40 children in the class, how many children chose
Language Arts? 8 seconds

12. Keon has 18 hundred dollar bills and 18 ten dollar bills, how 10 seconds
much money, in dollars, has he in all?

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13. The visual shows a sequence formed with squares. How many
squares will there be in the next drawing in the sequence? Visual

10 seconds

14. Two numbers have a product of 175 and a sum of 40. 15 seconds
Write down the two numbers?

15.
Visual

15 seconds

This shape is made up of squares each 25 cm² in area. What is

the perimeter of the shape?

16.
Price list Visual

Sardine $2.25 per tin

Biscuits $1.75 per pac
10 seconds

Vashti bought 2 tins of sardine and 2 packs of biscuits. She

paid with $10.00. How much change will she get?

17. The average of a set of ten numbers is 39. One of the numbers 10 seconds
is 30. What is the average of the remaining nine numbers?
Read twice

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18.
Visual

10 seconds

The whole rectangle measures 40 cm by 20 cm. What is the

total area of the triangles shaded in green?

19. These are the prices 3 vendors charge for apples.

Visual
ANDY BRIAN CHRIS
12 seconds

3 for $10.00 5 for $15.00 7 for $25.00

Which vendor sells apples at the highest price?

20. The small cubes have edges 2 cm in length. The large cube
has edges 6 cm in length. How many small cubes will fill the Visual
large cube?

10 seconds

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40 cm