PRIMARY 1 MATHEMATICS

MINI – TEST 1

2013

Name : ( )

Class : Primary 1

Date : Parent’s Signature:

Total Time: 45 minutes

No. 1 - 19
38 marks

No. 20 - 22
12 marks

Total
50 marks

INSTRUCTIONS TO PUPILS

Do not open this booklet until you are told to do so.

Follow all instructions carefully.
Answer all questions.

This paper consists of 9 printed pages.

Section A: Short Answer Questions (18 x 2 marks = 36 marks)

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Read the questions carefully and show your workings where
necessary. Write your answers in the boxes provided.

1. Count and write the correct number.

rose rose rose rose rose

rose rose

roses

2. Write 13 in words.

3. Study the picture below and complete the number bond.

rabbit rabbit rabbit

rabbit rabbit rabbit

rabbit rabbit rabbit

4. Look at the diagram below.

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 + = 10

- = 4

What is the value of ?

5. Colour the 3rd octopus from the right.

octopus octopus octopus octopus octopus octopus

6. What is the name of the shaded part?

Answer:
Use the numbers below to answer questions 7 and 8.
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 18 12 20 16

7. Which is the smallest number?

8. Which number comes just after 17?

9. Colour the box that gives the greatest answer.

12 + 5 3 + 17 20 - 5 18 - 9

10. Write a subtraction equation using 3 of the numbers below.

7 16 6 9

11. 13 + 5 =

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12. Study the pattern. Which shape comes next? Draw it in the box.

13. Which of the following has the longest length?

Answer:

14. 16 is ten ones.

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15. 20 is 7 more than .

Study the picture below and answer question 16.

16. There are __________ more circles than triangles.

17. Jack is standing in a line with his friends.

He is 3rd from the left and 5th from the right.
How many children are there in the line?

Answer: children
Study the picture below carefully and answer questions 18 and 19.

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 Spoon Sharpener

Mobile phone

Pen

18. The is the longest.

19. The total length of the sharpener, spoon and pen is

long.

Section B: Long Answer Questions (3 x 4 marks = 12 marks)

Do these story sums carefully. Show all your working clearly.

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20. After selling 8 soft toys, Mr Chen had 7 soft toys left.
How many soft toys did he have at first?

He had __________ soft toys at first.

21. Ben has 9 sweets. Lithyia has 14 sweets.

How many more sweets does Lithyia have than Ben?

She has __________ more sweets than Ben.

22. Mrs Tan puts 5 tables in a straight line in a room.

In between every 2 tables, she puts 3 chairs.

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How many chairs are there in the room?

Draw your diagram in the box below. (2 marks)

There are __________ chairs in the room.

PRIMARY 1 MATHEMATICS
MINI – TEST 1, 2013
Answer Key

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Section A

1. 7 2. thirteen

(No mark for spelling error)

3.
=3
9 or 9

6 3 3 6

5.
octopus octopus octopus octopus octopus octopus

6. triangle 7. 12

(No mark for spelling error)

8. 18 9.
3 + 17

10 16 – 7 = 9 11. 18
.
Or

16 – 9 = 7

12 13. D
.

14 1 ten 6 ones 15. 13

.
(M1 for 20 – 7)

16 6 17. 7
.
(M1 for correct drawing of diagram)

18 mobile phone 19. 15

.
(M1 for 2 + 7 + 6)

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Section B

Award M marks only if child transfer wrong number from the beginning but use
correct method.
Award M marks only if child leave sentence blank.

20.
8 + 7 = 15 M2A1

Or 7 + 8 = 15 M2A1

He had 15 soft toys at first. A1

21.
14 – 9 = 5 M2A1

She has 5 more sweets than Ben. A1

22.

Can accept other

shapes of correct
representation.
M2

There are 12 chairs in the room. A2

Or
Award full marks if
3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 12 M2A1 the correct equation
is shown even with
There are 12 chairs in the room. A1 no diagram.

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