SEA Maths 2024 Past Paper Solutions

SEA MATHEMATICS 2024
Section 1
1. Write the numeral for two hundred and thirty thousand, five hundred and sixty-three.
Two hundred and thirty thousand 230000

Five hundred + 500
Sixty-three 63
230563
Answer: 230 560
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2. Write the value of the underlined digit in the numeral below.
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95 367
Tens of Thousands Hundreds Tens Units

Thousands
10 000
9
1 000
5

hs 100
3
10
6
1
7
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5 ´1000 = 5000
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Answer: 5 000
3. A common factor of 15 and 18 is 1. What other factor is common to 15 and 18?

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3 1 5 2 1 8
5 5 3 9
1 3 3
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15 = 1´ 3 ´ 5
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18 = 1´ 2 ´ 3 ´ 3
Besides 1, we observe that 3 is the only other factor common of 15 and 18.
Answer: 3
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4. Write ONE of the following symbols in the box below to make the number sentence
correct.
> = <
8693 8639
The thousands digits (8) and the hundreds digits (6) are the same in both numbers.
However, the tens digit (9) of 8693 is bigger than the tens digit (3) of 8639. This makes
8639 the larger number.
The symbol > means greater than.
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Answer: 8693 > 8639
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5. 9 9 2 7
1 0 3 Alternatively:
9 9 2 7 9 9 2 27
-9
0 2 7
hs 1 0 3
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- 2 7
0
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Answer: 103
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2
6. 7 - =
as
7 2 Alternatively:
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- 2 2
1 3 7 - = 6 +1-
3 ( 7 ) - 1( 2 ) 21 - 2 3 3
= 3 2
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3 3 = 6+ -
19 3 3
= 1
3 = 6+
3
1
=6 1
3 =6
3
1
Answer: 6
3
7. Write 0.40 as a fraction in its lowest terms.
40
0.40 =
100
20
=
50
2
= (in its lowest terms)
5
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Answer:
5
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8. 3.12 ´ 4 =
3 .1 2
´ 4
12.48
Answer: 12.48
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9. 15% of 300 =
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15 3
15% of 300 = ´ 300
100
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= 15 ´ 3
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= 45
Answer: 45
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10. An incomplete pattern is shown below.
36, 28, 21, 15, ______, 6
What is the missing element in the pattern?
36 - 8 = 28
28 - 7 = 21
21 - 6 = 15
\ 15 - 5 = 10
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And 10 - 4 = 6
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Answer: 10
11. What is the length of the pencil shown below?
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The left end of the pencil is at the 1.5 cm mark.

The right end of the pencil is at the 9.5 cm mark.
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Hence, the length of the pencil is 9.5 - 1.5 = 8 cm
Answer: 8 cm
12. Aidan left home at 6:45 a.m. and arrived at school at 7:25 a.m.
How long was his journey?
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6 85
Arrival time 7 : 25 [Recall 1 hour = 60 minutes]
Departure time 6 : 45
0 : 40
Answer: 40 minutes
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13. A shaded shape is shown on the 1 cm grid below.
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What is the area of the shape?
hs The opposite sides of the four-sided figure

are equal and each internal angle is a right
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angle. The shape is a rectangle.
1
Length of the rectangle = 4 cm
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2
Width of the rectangle = 4 cm
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1
\Area of the rectangular shape = 4 ´ 4 cm 2
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2
æ9 ö
= ç ´ 4 ÷ cm 2
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= 18 cm 2
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Alternative Method
There are 16 whole squares and 4 half-squares. The 4 halves are equal to 2 wholes.
Area of rectangle = 16 cm2 + 2 cm2 = 18 cm2
Answer: 18 cm2
14. Two packs of sugar are shown below.
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What is the difference between their masses?
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1 kg = 1000 g
\ 2.5 kg = 2.5 ´1000
= 2500 g
Difference in masses = 2 5 0 0
-1 6 0 0
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9 0 0
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Answer: 900 g
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15. Gillian is standing at O facing NW. She makes quarter turns and is now facing SE.
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What is the least number of quarter turns made by Gillian?
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To face SE, Gillian can make 2 quarter turns anti-clockwise, first to SW and then to
SE.
She could also have made 2 quarter turns clockwise to be in the same position. first to
NE and then to SE.
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Answer: 2 quarter turns

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16. How many vertices are there in the solid shown below?
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The vertices number 6 are named A to F, as shown.
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Answer: 6 vertices
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17. Draw ALL the lines of symmetry on the shape below.
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The figure has two lines of reflective symmetry. These are drawn ‘dotted’. The figure
can be folded along either line without any overlapping.
The completed figure with the lines of symmetry, shown dotted, looks like:
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18. The mean of three numbers is 12. Two of the numbers are 10 and 11. What is the third
number?
Mean of the three numbers is 12.

Hence, the sum of the three numbers is 12 ´ 3 = 36
Two numbers are 10 and 11.

Their total = 10 + 11
= 21
Hence, the third number is 36-21
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= 15
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Answer: 15
19. The tally chart below shows the types of gifts students received.
Gifts Students Received

Gift
Bicycles hs Tally
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Books
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Cellphones
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Tablets
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Which gift represents the mode?
Gift Tally Total

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Bicycles 5+ 4 = 9
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Books 5 +1 = 6
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Cellphones 5 + 5 + 5 + 2 = 17
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Tablets 5 + 5 + 5 = 15
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The mode is the item that occurs most often. Cellphones are received as gifts more
than any other mentioned item.
\The mode is cellphones.
Answer: Cellphones
20. The pictograph below shows the colours of students' bookbags.
Colours of Bookbags
No. of
bookbags
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Red Black Blue Brown
Colours
If 32 of the bookbags are black, how many are blue?
4 faces represent 32 bags.

32
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\1 face will represent = 8 bags
4
The number of blue bags is represented by 3 faces
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3 faces represent: 8 bags × 3 = 24 bags

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Answer: 24 bags
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Section 2
3 2
21. ´ 32 = -1
4
Left-hand side: Equating both sides:

2
3
´ 32 = 24 –1 = 24
4
2
\ = 24 + 1
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2
= 25
= 25
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=5
Answer: =5
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22. A packet of sweets was shared among 4 students. Each student received 15 sweets and
there were 5 sweets remaining.
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What was the total number of sweets in the packet?
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Each student received 15 sweets.

Therefore, the four students received a total of 15 ´ 4 = 60 sweets
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The number of sweets remaining = 5

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\The total number of sweets that were in the packet = 60 + 5

= 65
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Answer: 65 sweets
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23. Two fraction models, A and B, are shown on the grid below.
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Explain why the fraction models represent equivalent fractions.
Answer: In both models, the whole is the same size.
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In diagram A, the shape is divided into two equal parts with one part shaded. Hence,
the fraction shaded represents " of the square A.
In diagram B, the shape is divided into four equal parts with the shaded region
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consisting of two parts. Hence, the fraction shaded is of square B.
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To show that both fractions are equivalent, we can divide shape A into four quarters.
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In both shapes, the shaded area comprising two whole squares are shaded.
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1 2
Hence, = are equivalent fractions since they represent the same part of the whole.
2 4
24. Two fruit stalls sell mangoes at the prices shown below.
Stall A Stall B
$9.00 for 6 mangoes $5.00 for 4 mangoes
What is the cheaper price of 36 mangoes between Stall A and Stall B?
Stall A:
6 mangoes cost $9.00
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$9.00
\1 mango costs
6
$9.00
36 mangoes will cost ´ 36 = $54.00
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6
Stall B:
4 mangoes cost $5.00
\1 mango will cost
36 mangoes will cost

$5.00
4
$5.00
´ 36 = $45.00
hs
at
4
Since $45 < $54 , the mangoes are cheaper in Stall B.

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$5 4 . 0 0
- $4 5 . 0 0
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$ 9 . 0 0
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Hence, the 36 mangoes will cost $9.00 less in Stall B than in Stall A.
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Answer: $9.00 cheaper in Stall B

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25. The number line below shows the values of A and C.
The length of AC is 4 times the length of BC. What is the value of B?
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2 1
Length of AC = 5 - 4
9 3
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47 39
= -
9 9
8
=
9
\Length of BC = ÷ 4
8
9
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AC is 4 times the length of BC, so BC is one quarter the length of AC
at
2
=
9
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" "
B + = 5$
$
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2 2
\B = 5 -
9 9
=5
Answer: 5
26. An arch was made using 280 balloons. For every 4 red balloons, 3 blue and 7 green
balloons were used.
How many blue balloons were used to make the arch?
A set comprising 4 red + 3 blue + 7 green balloons form a repeated pattern.

The set has a total of 14 balloon
If 280 balloons were used in all then the number of sets is 280 ÷ 14 = 20
There are 3 blue balloons in each set of 14 balloons.
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Hence, the number of blue balloons in 20 sets will be 20 × 3 = 60
Answer: 60 blue balloons
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27. Kai bought sets of jewelry containing rings and bracelets. Each set cost $25 and
contained 3 more rings than bracelets. Kai spent a total of $300 and received 24
bracelets.
How many rings were in each set?

hs
at
$300
Number of sets in $300 at $25 per set =
$25
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= 12 sets
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There are 12 sets containing 24 bracelets

So 1 set will contain 24 ÷ 12 = 2 bracelets
as
Each set has 3 more rings than bracelets

\The number of rings per set = 2 + 3
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= 5 rings
Answer: 5 rings
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28. David has $150.00 to buy pencils and rulers.
Pencils Rulers
$1.84 each $8.13 each
Explain how estimation can be used to determine whether or not David has enough
money for 15 pencils and 15 rulers.
Answer: Pencils cost 16¢ less than $2.00.

Rulers cost 13¢ more than $8.00.
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Hence, one pencil and one ruler costs a little less than $8.00 + $2.00 = $10.00.
So, 15 pencils and 15 rulers will cost less than $10 ´15 = $150 .
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David has $150.
\David will have sufficient money to buy 15 pencils and 15 rulers.
29. A piece of wire is bent for a rectangle of width 8 cm. The length of the rectangle is 6
cm longer than the width.
What is the length of the wire?

hs
at
Length of rectangle = Width + 6
= 8+6
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= 14 cm
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as
sp
Length of wire = Perimeter of the rectangle = (14 + 8) ´ 2 cm

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= 22 cm × 2
= 44 cm
Answer: 44 cm
30. Phillip plays football every 3 days and cricket every 4 days. He played football and
cricket on 5th February.
FEBRUARY
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thurs Fri Sat
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13
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What will be the next date on which Phillip will play both football and cricket?
Cricket is played on the following dates in February: 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, …
hs
Football is played on the following dates in February: 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20…
at
The common day is date is 17th February.
\Phillip will play both games again on 17th February.

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Answer: 17th February

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31. A box is packed with identical cubes, as shown below.
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How many more cubes are needed to fill the box completely?
Width of the box : 6 cubes

Length of the box : 8 cubes
Height of the box : 4 cubes
Volume of the box = 6×8×4 cubes

= 192 cubes
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at
The number of cubes in the box = 19
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Hence, the number of additional cubes required to fill the box = 192 - 19
= 173 cubes
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Answer: 173 cubes

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sp
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32. Mervyn started to tile a room at 8:40 a.m. He took 4 minutes to lay each tile. After he
laid each set of 30 tiles, he took a 45-minute break. Mervyn laid a total of 90 tiles.
At what time did he finish laying all the tiles?
Time taken to lay one tile = 4 minutes
Time taken to lay 30 tiles = 30 ´ 4 minutes

= 120 minutes
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= 2 hours
Break time = 45 minutes
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\Time taken to lay the remaining 90 – 30 = 60 tiles = 60 ´ 4 minutes
= 240 minutes
= 4 hours
hs
\Time taken to lay all 90 tiles + break time = 2 hours + 45 minutes + 4 hours
= 6 hours 45 minutes
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Hr Min
1
m
Start time = 8: 4 0
Time taken to finish = 6 : 4 5 + 85 minutes = 1 hour and 25 minutes
s
15 : 2 5 h
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15 : 25 - 12 = 3: 25 p.m.
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Answer: 3:25 p.m.

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33. In the diagram below, AB is a line of symmetry. Shade 2 squares to complete the
symmetrical shape.
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hs
at
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The completed diagram looks like:
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34. An incomplete hexagon ABCDEF, is shown on the grid below. Insert the point C on
the grid such that the hexagon has two right angles, and draw lines to complete the
hexagon.
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hs
at
The completed diagram looks like:
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The right angles are at A and D.

(C can be any point along the straight line marked DX (not including D).
35. Olivia scored 86, 90 and 70 on three tests. She can earn a Grade A if her mean score is
at least 80.
What is the lowest score she can obtain on the fourth test to earn a Grade A?
To earn a Grade A, Olivia requires a minimum total of 80 ´ 4 = 320
Total in the three previous tests = 86 + 90 + 70

= 246
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\Olivia requires a minimum score of 320 - 246 = 74 in the 4th test.
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Answer: 74
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36. The block graph below shows the number of tickets sold by students at a school.
Tickets Sold by Students
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How many students sold at least 3 tickets?

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Number who sold 5 tickets = 7

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Hence, the number who sold at least 3 tickets, which is 3 or more tickets = 7 + 5 + 10
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= 22
Answer: 22 tickets
Section 3
37. The cost of 1 bag, 1 book and 1 pen is $45. Alex bought 1 bag, 1 book and 2 pens and
paid a total of $51. The cost of 1 bag is twice the cost of 1 book.
What is the cost of 1 bag?
Cost of 1 bag + 1 book + 1 pen = $45

Cost of 1 bag + 1 book + 2 pens = $51
The equation below shows the difference in cost of the two sets of items:
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(1 bag+1 book +2 pens) – (1 bag+1 book +1 pen) = $51– $45.
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\Cost of 1 pen = $51 - $45
= $6
Cost of 1 bag + 1 book + 1 pen = $45

Cost of 1 bag + 1 book + $6 = $45
Cost of 1 bag + 1 book hs
= $45 – $6 = $39
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Cost of 1 bag = 2 ´ Cost of 1 book. We can represent this information as follows:
Cost of 1 book
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Cost of 1 bag
s
1 bag and 1 book cost $39

as
\Cost of 1 book = $39 ÷ 3

= $13
sp
Hence, the cost of 1 bag = $13 ´ 2

= $26
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Answer: $26
38. One bottle of liquid soap has the same capacity as 6 bottles of hand sanitizer. Four
bottles of shampoo have the same capacity as 12 bottles of hand sanitizer.
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The capacity of 1 bottle of liquid soap is 1.5 litres.
What is the capacity of 1 bottle of shampoo, in millilitres?

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Capacity of 1 bottle of soap = 1.5 litres
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= 1.5 × 1000 ml
= 1 500 ml
1 bottle of liquid soap holds the same as 6 bottles of hand sanitizer
s
1500
as
Hence, 1 bottle of hand sanitizer holds ml = 250 ml

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12 bottles of hand sanitizer will hold 250 ´12 = 3000 ml

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12 bottles of hand sanitizer hold the same as 4 bottles of shampoo

Hence, 3000 ml = Capacity of 4 bottles of shampoo
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3000
\Capacity of 1 bottle of shampoo = ml
4
= 750 ml
Answer: 750 ml
39. Lollipop sticks are used to form a geometrical pattern, as shown below.
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a) Complete the table below by writing the number of lollipop sticks that will
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form Figure 4 and Figure 9.
Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of
lollipop
sticks
4 6
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9 ___ ___ 26
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Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of
lollipop 4 6 9 11 14 16 19 21 24 26
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sticks
+2 +3 +2 +3 +2 +3 +2 +3 +2
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The completed table looks like:

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Figure 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
No. of
lollipop 4 6 9 11 14 16 19 21 24 26
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sticks
b) Describe the pattern rule.

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Answer: from the 1st figure which has 4 sticks, we add 2 (4+2) to get 6 sticks in
figure 2, then add 3 (6+3) to get 9 sticks in figure 3. The pattern is repeated,
that is, add 2 to get the number of sticks in figure 4 (9+2) and add 3 to get the
number of sticks in figure 5 (11+3) and so on.
So, starting with figure 1 we +2 then +3, repeating this pattern for all the
subsequent figures.
40. The incomplete bar graph below shows the time, in seconds, taken by 5 girls to run a
race. The average time taken by the 5 girls to run the race was 25 seconds.
Time Taken to Run a Race
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a) Calculate the time taken by Bella to run the race.
Total time taken by all 5 girls = 25 seconds × 5

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= 125 seconds
Time taken by Jemma 35 s

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Ariel 10 s
Ella 20 s
Laura 45 s
Total = 110 s
\Bella took (125 – 110) seconds = 15 seconds
Answer: 15 seconds
b) What was the time taken by the fastest runner?
Time taken by:
Jemma Ariel Ella Laura Bella

35 10 20 45 15
Ariel was the fastest since she took the lowest time of 10 seconds.
Answer: 10 seconds
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Two hundred and thirty thousand 230000

Answer: 230 560

Tens of Thousands Hundreds Tens Units

3. A common factor of 15 and 18 is 1. What other factor is common to 15 and 18?

36, 28, 21, 15, ______, 6

What is the missing element in the pattern?

11. What is the length of the pencil shown below?

The left end of the pencil is at the 1.5 cm mark.

Hence, the length of the pencil is 9.5 - 1.5 = 8 cm

How long was his journey?

hs The opposite sides of the four-sided figure

Answer: 2 quarter turns

Mean of the three numbers is 12.

Two numbers are 10 and 11.

Hence, the third number is 36-21

Gifts Students Received

Which gift represents the mode?

Gift Tally Total

If 32 of the bookbags are black, how many are blue?

4 faces represent 32 bags.

3 faces represent: 8 bags × 3 = 24 bags

Left-hand side: Equating both sides:

Each student received 15 sweets.

The number of sweets remaining = 5

\The total number of sweets that were in the packet = 60 + 5

Answer: In both models, the whole is the same size.

What is the cheaper price of 36 mangoes between Stall A and Stall B?

36 mangoes will cost

Since $45 < $54 , the mangoes are cheaper in Stall B.

Answer: $9.00 cheaper in Stall B

The length of AC is 4 times the length of BC. What is the value of B?

How many blue balloons were used to make the arch?

A set comprising 4 red + 3 blue + 7 green balloons form a repeated pattern.

There are 3 blue balloons in each set of 14 balloons.

Answer: 60 blue balloons

How many rings were in each set?

There are 12 sets containing 24 bracelets

Each set has 3 more rings than bracelets

$1.84 each $8.13 each

Answer: Pencils cost 16¢ less than $2.00.

What is the length of the wire?

Length of wire = Perimeter of the rectangle = (14 + 8) ´ 2 cm

Cricket is played on the following dates in February: 5, 9, 13, 17, 21, …

\Phillip will play both games again on 17th February.

Answer: 17th February

Width of the box : 6 cubes

Volume of the box = 6×8×4 cubes

Answer: 173 cubes

At what time did he finish laying all the tiles?

Time taken to lay one tile = 4 minutes

Time taken to lay 30 tiles = 30 ´ 4 minutes

Break time = 45 minutes

Answer: 3:25 p.m.

The right angles are at A and D.

To earn a Grade A, Olivia requires a minimum total of 80 ´ 4 = 320

Total in the three previous tests = 86 + 90 + 70

Tickets Sold by Students

How many students sold at least 3 tickets?

Number who sold 5 tickets = 7

Number who sold 3 tickets = 10

What is the cost of 1 bag?

Cost of 1 bag + 1 book + 1 pen = $45