SASMO 2015, Primary 5 Contest

SASMO 2015 Primary 5 [10 MCQ + 10 non-MCQ = 20 Q]

Starting Score = 10 marks (to avoid negative marks); Max Possible Score = 70 marks

Section A (Correct answer = 2 marks; no answer = 0; incorrect answer = minus 1 mark)

1. An operator acts on two numbers to give the following outcomes:

3 2 = 61
5 3 = 152
6 1 = 65
9 4 = 365
What is 7 5 equal to?

(a) 230
(b) 235
(c) 302
(d) 352
(e) None of the above

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2. Fill in the blank: 2 tens 5 ones more than ____________ is 4 tens 3 ones.

(a) 18
(b) 28
(c) 58
(d) 68
(e) None of the above

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3. Find the missing term in the following sequence: 1, 8, 27, 64, _____, 216.

(a) 81
(b) 100
(c) 125
(d) 149
(e) 181

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4. Find the smallest whole number between 1 and 100 that is divisible by 12 and by
18.

(a) 24
(b) 36
(c) 48
(d) 54
(e) 72

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5. If the five-digit number 123N5 is divisible by 9, find N.
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
(e) 9

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6. The diagram shows how an equilateral triangle can be cut into four pieces and

Henry Dudeney (1857 1930).

If the length of the square is 13 cm and the height of the triangle is 17 cm, find
the length of the triangle, correct to the nearest whole number.

(a) 18 cm
(b) 19 cm
(c) 20 cm
(d) 21 cm
(e) 22 cm

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7. 24 means 2 multiplied by itself 4 times, i.e. 24 = = 16. Find the last
digit of 510.
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) 5
(d) 6
(e) None of the above

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8. In a soccer tournament, 12 teams play against each other twice. How many
games are there altogether?

(a) 24
(b) 66
(c) 78
(d) 132
(e) 156

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9. A whole number multiplied by itself will give a special type of numbers called
perfect squares. Examples of perfect squares are 9 (= 3 3) and 16 (= 4 4). A
perfect square year is a year which is a perfect square. When is the next perfect
square year?

(a) 2016
(b) 2020
(c) 2025
(d) 2116
(e) None of the above

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10. There are 4 items (a ruler, a pencil, an eraser and a sharpener) lying in a
straight row on a table. The sharpener is neither next to the ruler nor next to the
eraser. The pencil is not the third item. The eraser is neither the first nor the last
item. What is the order of the items on the table from first to last?
(a) Pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener
(b) Sharpener, eraser, ruler, pencil
(c) Pencil, eraser, sharpener, ruler
(d) Pencil, ruler, eraser, sharpener
(e) Sharpener, pencil, eraser and ruler

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11. The diagram shows a big rectangle that is made up of 4 small identical
rectangles. If the bigger dimension of one of the small rectangles is 20 cm, find
the area of the big rectangle.

(a) 600 cm2

(b) 800 cm2
(c) 2015 cm2
(d) 3200 cm2
(e) Not enough given information to find

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12. Which of the following statement(s) is or are correct?

Statement A: 8 + (0 2015) = 8

Statement B: 8 + (2015 0) = 8

Statement C: 8 + (0 2015) = 8

(a) Only Statement C is correct.

(b) Only Statements B and C are correct.
(c) Only Statements A and C are correct.
(d) All the three statements are correct.
(e) None of the above

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13. Two numbers x and y are such that

x is greater than or equal to 3, but less than or equal to 6.

y is greater than or equal to 8, but less than or equal to 10

Find the least possible value of y x.

(a) 0
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
(e) None of the above

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14. A palindromic number is a whole number that reads the same forward and
backward. For example, 1221 is a palindromic number. How many 3-digit
palindromic numbers are there?

(a) 19
(b) 90
(c) 100
(d) 900
(e) None of the above

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15. Simplify the following fraction:

(a)

(b)

(c) 1

(d) 2

(e) None of the above

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Section B (Correct answer = 4 marks; incorrect or no answer = 0)

16. Cheryl wants to cut rectangular cards of length 4 cm by 3 cm from a rectangular

sheet 30 cm by 22 cm. Find the biggest number of cards that can be cut from
the sheet.

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17. The product of two numbers is 100. Neither of the two numbers has 10 as a
factor. Find the sum of these two numbers.

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18. A circle and a triangle are drawn on a flat surface. What is the biggest number of
regions that can be formed on the surface?

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19. A train travels at a speed of 60 km/h. The length of the train is 100 m. Find the
time taken by the train to pass completely through a 1-km tunnel.

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20. How many rectangles are there in a 3 3 square grid?
A square is also a rectangle.

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21. What is the length of the largest cube that can be made from 2015 one-
centimetre cubes?

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22. Stationery Shop A has 50 pens while Stationery Shop B has 26 pens. After both
shops sold an equal number of pens, the ratio of pens that Shop A has to Shop B
is 3 : 1. Find the number of pens sold by each shop.

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23. The diagram shows a rectangle being divided into 3 smaller rectangles and a
square. If the perimeter of the unshaded rectangle is 36 cm and the area of the
square is 25 cm2, find the total area of the shaded rectangles.

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24. Given that 4! means = 24, find the number of consecutive zeroes
at the end of 16!

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25. Find the remainder when 22015 is divided by 3.

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