Mathematics

Stage 3

Paper 1 2023

40 minutes

Additional materials: Set square

Tracing paper (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS
• Answer all questions.
• Write your answer to each question in the space provided.
• You should show all your working on the question paper.
• You are not allowed to use a calculator.

INFORMATION
• The total mark for this paper is 30.
• The number of marks for each question or part question is shown in brackets [ ].

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1 Write the number 209 in words.

[1]

2 Here is a function machine.

47 ×10 out

47 is put into the machine.

Write the number that comes out of the machine.

[1]

3 Here is a Venn diagram.

Coloured Fruit
yellow

sunflower

Here is a list of items.

strawberry sunflower banana blueberry lemon

Write each of the items in the correct place in the Venn diagram.
One has been done for you.
[1]

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4 A shop has a sale.

The sale starts when the shop opens on the 5th April.
The sale ends when the shop closes on the 22nd April.

Write the number of days the sale lasts.

days [1]

5 Mia measures the mass of a bag of rice.

500 g

600 g

700 g

rice

Write the mass of the bag of rice to the nearest 100 g.

g [1]

6 There are 10 apples in a box.

Pierre removes 5 of them.

Write the fraction of apples that are left in the box.

[1]

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7 Carlos has these coins.

5c 5c 5c 10c 10c 25c

A pencil costs 35 cents.

Write all the different ways that Carlos could pay for one pencil using his coins.

[1]

8 Class 3 collect data about their favourite sports.

Here is a pictogram to show their results.

Pictogram to show the favourite sports of Class 3

Judo

Running

Swimming

Tennis

Key: = 2 children

Write the number of children shown in the pictogram.

children [1]

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9 Here are five shapes.

Tick (✓) all the shapes that have the same fraction shaded. [1]

10 Here is a bus timetable.

Bus A Bus B
Bus Station 7.15 8.05
School 7.24 8.15
Park 7.32 8.25
Shops 7.40 8.37
Museum 7.55 9.00

Write the time that Bus B arrives at the park.

[1]

11 Here are three number cards.

127 472 345

Use each card once in each statement to complete the calculations.

+ =

– =

[1]

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12 A gardener plants 36 seeds.

One third of the seeds do not grow.

Write the number of seeds that do grow.

seeds [1]

13 Draw a line to match each calculation to the best estimate of the answer.
One has been done for you.

Calculation Estimate
140
72 × 2
160
58 × 3
180
39 × 4
200
41 × 5
220
[1]

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14 A robot follows instructions to draw this pattern.

finish

start

Complete the instructions for the robot.

North 4

North 6

[2]

15 Naomi thinks of two whole numbers.

The sum of the numbers is 19
The difference between the numbers is 11

Write the numbers that Naomi is thinking of.

and
[1]

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16 Here is a quarter of a shape.

Ahmed says, ‘The only whole shape I can make is a larger square like this.’

Draw two different shapes on the grid to convince Ahmed that he is not correct.

[1]

17 Here is a rectangle.

Measure the perimeter of the rectangle to the nearest whole centimetre.

Use a ruler.

cm [1]

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18 Draw a line to match each statement to how likely it is to happen.

The day before Sunday will be Friday. It will happen.

The day after Wednesday will be Thursday. It might happen.

The first day of the month will be Monday. It will not happen.
[1]

19 Samira uses blocks to measure her pen and pencil.

Samira says,

The pen measures six blocks

and the pencil measures four blocks.
That cannot be right.
I can see that the pencil is longer
than the pen.

Explain how Samira could improve her method to give the correct answer.

[1]

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20 Here are some mathematical statements.

Statement True False

400 + 500 = 900 ✓

200 = 900 – 600

900 = 260 + 740

900 – 380 = 520

Tick () to show if each statement is true or false.

One has been done for you.
[1]

21 Here are pictures of four shapes.

Draw a ring around one shape that is different from all the other shapes.

Write one characteristic that makes this shape different.

[1]

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22 Mike makes a pattern with squares.

Here are the first three diagrams in his pattern.

Diagram 1 Diagram 2 Diagram 3

(a) Use the grid of squares to draw the next diagram in his pattern.

[1]

(b) Write the number of squares Mike needs for the 7th diagram in his pattern.

squares [1]

23 Here are five digit cards.

2 3 4 6 8

Use four of the cards to complete this calculation.

Use each card once only.

÷ =
[1]

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24 Class 3 collect data about their favourite fruit.

Here is a tally chart of their data.

Fruit Tally

Apple

Banana

Orange

Pear

Jamila draws a block graph to show the data.

Favourite fruits of Class 3

Number of
children

Apple Banana Orange Pear

Fruit

Lily says, ‘The graph does not show all of the data.’

Write one reason why Lily is correct.

[1]

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25 Draw a line to match each shape to the correct statement.

One has been done for you.

no lines of symmetry

one vertical line of symmetry

one horizontal line of symmetry

horizontal and vertical lines of symmetry

[2]

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26 Hassan buys one ruler and some pencils.

He pays with 5 dollars.

$2.50 30 c

He gets 1 dollar and 60 cents change.

Write the number of pencils Hassan buys.

Show your working.

pencils [2]

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