Index No.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION,
SINGAPORE PRIMARY SCHOOL
LEAVING EXAMINATION

0008/1 (A)
PSLE 27
SEPTEMBER 2013

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
(BOOKLET A)

Additional materials: Optical Answer Sheet

(OAS)
Total Time for Booklets A and
B : 50 min

INSTRUCTIONS TO
CANDIDATES

1. Write your Index No. in the boxes at the top right hand corner.
2. Do not turn over this page until you are told to do
so. 3. Follow all instructions carefully. 4. Answer all
questions. 5. Shade your answers in the Optical Answer
Sheet (OAS) provided. 6. The use of calculators is NOT
allowed.
 This booklet consists of 8 printed pages.

Singapore Examinations and Assessment

Board

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Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 15 carry 2 marks each. For each
question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice
(1, 2, 3 or 4) and shade your answer on the Optical Answer Sheet.
(20 marks)

Which digit in 68.57 is in the tenths place?

(1
)
5
0
V
00
Express 1090 cm in
m.

(1)
1.9 m

1.09 m

10.9 m

(4)
10.09
m

In the square grid below, which shape is a rhombus?

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The pie chart shows the favourite colours of a group of children, What
percentage of the children chose Blue as their favourite colour?

(1)
(2)
Blue
30%
35%
40%
45%
Green
15%

Red
15%
Yellow
30%
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In the number line below, what is the number
indicated by the arrow?

HHHHHHHHHH+
110
100

(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
102
104
120
140

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P, Q and R are three cities on a map. Pis north of Q and ZPQR is 45°. In
what direction is R from Q?

(1)
 North-East
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North-West
-

Z
~
-

South-East

(4)
South-West
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Which one of the following is closest to the reading shown on the weighing
scale below?

20.1 kg

20.3 kg

- 18
20
22
(3)
(4)
20.6 kg
21.1
kg
kg
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What is the value of 10 +

3y when y = 4?

(1) (2)
(3)
(4)
11 16 26 27

Bicycles for
Rent
First hour:

Every additionat
- hour.
$3
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Chiang rented a bicycle for 3 hours. How

much did he pay?
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(1) (2)
 (3
)
(4
)
$13 $19 $22
$30
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10
Which one of the following fractions is closest
to 1?
010
0110
001
voo

11
The airmail rates to two countries are shown
below.

Mass Step
India
Australia
 First 20 g
$0.65
$1,10

Every additional
10 g
$0.25
$0.35

Devi sent a letter weighing 32 g to India and a letter weighing 10 g to Australia by

airmail. How much did she pay altogether?

(1)
(2
)
(3)
(4
)
$1.45 $1.70
$2.0
0
$2.2
5
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A repeated pattern is formed using the numbers 1 and
0. The first 18 numbers are shown below.

0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
1
0
1
1
1 0 1st
2nd
 1
3r
d
18th

What is the sum of the first 100 numbers?

(1) (2)
(3)
(4)
60 64 66 68

A piece of paper in the shape of an equilateral triangle is folded along the

dotted line as shown below. Find xx.
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Mrs Lim bought some white rice and some brown rice. She
cooked an equal amount of white and brown rice. She
had of the white rice and of the brown rice left. What
fraction of the rice which Mrs Lim bought was cooked?
FIN
W
M100
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Khalid has two rectangular boxes of different sizes. The length, breadth
and height of the larger box are twice those of the smaller box.

He packed 24 identical cubes exactly into the smaller box. How many
such cubes can be packed exactly into the larger box?
E

(3)
(4
)
14
4
19
2
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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION
0008/1 (B)
PSLE 27 SEPTEMBER
2013

MATHEMATICS

PAPER 1
(BOOKLET
B)

Total Time for Booklets A and B :

50 min

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES

1. Write your index No. in the boxes at the top right hand
comer. 2. Do not turn over this page until you are told to
do so. 3. Follow all instructions carefully. 4. Answer all
questions. 5. Write your answers in this booklet. 6. The use
 of calculators is NOT allowed.

This booklet consists of 8 printed pages.

SEAR Va Singapore Examinations and Assessment
Board

© MOE 2013
Questions 16 to 25 carry 1 mark each. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Do not
write For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated. (10 marks) in this
space

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Find the value of 4.8 +0.29
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17
in the figure, KL and MN are straight lines. Find
2x.

5so

K
1200

Ans: -

18
Find the value of
1-1

Ans:

19
 List all the common factors
of 21 and 45.

Ans:

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Find the value of 0.46 X 70
Do not write in this space

Ans:

21
Draw two straight lines to form a symmetric figure with XY as the line of
symmetry.
22
Find the value of
: 12
5

Give your answer as a fraction in the simplest form.

Ans:

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write in this
space
Yumin sold (4k + 1) tickets on Friday. He sold k more tickets on Saturday
than on Friday. How many tickets did he sell altogether? Give your answer
in terms of k in the simplest form,

Ans
:

2
4
Nurul
took
hto jog 6 km. What was her average
jogging speed in km/h?
 Ans
:
km/
h

2
5
A square ABCD is made up of 1 small square , 2 small triangles and 3
large triangles. AC and BD are straight lines. What fraction of the
square ABCD is shaded?

Ans:

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Questions 26 to 30 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write
your Do not write answers in the spaces provided. For questions
which require units, give your answers in this space in the units stated.
(10 marks)

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The graph shows the number of computers sold from March to June. The
number of computers sold in June is equal to the average number of
computers sold from March to May. Draw the bar for June in the
graph.

Number of computers
sold
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
March
April
May
June
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Kim read 3 books in 2 hours. She took the same amount of time to read the first 2
books. She took 15 minutes longer to read the third book than the first How many
minutes did she take to read the third book?
Do not write in this space
Ans;
min

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In the figure, ABCD is a rectangle. BD = BE, ZBED =
40° and ZEDA = 260°. Find ZCDB.

40°
2600
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There are three types of cookies in a box. The ratio of the number of walnut
cookies to chocolate cookies is 4:5. The ratio of the number of
raisin cookies to the total number of walnut and chocolate cookies
is 5:6. What fraction of the cookies in the box are chocolate
cookies?
 Ans:

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Mr Chen bought some goldfish at $10 each. He also bought an equal
number of angelfish at a different price. The average price of a goldfish
and an angelfish was $7.

Mr Chen paid $54 more for the goldfish than the angelfish he bought.
How many goldfish did he buy?
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Acknowledgements:

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MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING
EXAMINATION

0008/2
PSLE 27
SEPTEMBER 2013

MATHEMATIC
S
PAPER 2

Time: 1 h 40 min

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES 1. Write your Index

No. in the boxes at the top right hand comer. 2. Do not
turn over this page until you are told to do so. 3.
Follow all instructions carefully.
Answer all questions. 5. Write your answers in this booklet. 6.
The use of an approved calculator is expected, where
 appropriate.

This booklet consists of 14 printed pages and 2 blank

pages.
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 Questions 1 to 5 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write your Do not
write answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in
this space in the units stated.
(10
marks)

Water from a tap leaks at a rate of 15 ml per min. At this rate, how much
water is leaked in 2 hours? Give your answer in litres.

Ans:

2
the cost
of
The total cost of a pen and a book is $32. The cost
of the pen is the book. What is the cost of the book?

Ans:
$
 Siti had 4w pears. She ate 1 pear and gave w pears to her
neighbours. Siti's brothers then ate half of the remaining pears. How
many pears had she left? Give your answer in terms of w in the simplest
form.

Ans:

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Figure P is made up of six identical squares. Two squares were removed from
Figure P to form Figure Q. The perimeter of Figure P is 240 cm. What is the
perimeter of Figure Q?
Do not write in this space

Figure P
Figure Q
Ans:
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Gerald was given a fixed amount of pocket money each month. In January he
spent $50 and saved the rest. In February he spent 10% less and his savings increased
by 25%. How much was Gerald's pocket money for each month?

Ans: $

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Do not write provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the
end of each in this space question or part-question.
(50
marks)

PUPPET
SHOW
Tickets at $15 each $10
discount for every 4 tickets

Mr Ali paid $315 for tickets to the puppet show. How many tickets did he get?

Ans:

In the square grid below, PQ and QR

are straight lines. (a) Measure and
write down the size of ZPQR.
(b)
PQ and QR form two sides of a trapezium
PQRS. PS is parallel to QR. PS is twice the length
of QR. Complete the drawing of trapezium
PQRS.
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In the figure, ABCD is a straight line, BDEF is a parallelogram and EC = EF.
ZFAB is a right angle, ZBFA = 40° and ZDEC = 20°.
Do not write in this space

(a)
Find Zx
(b)
Find Zy.
0
0
Ans: (a)

(b).

At a bakery, Jen paid $12.40 for a banana cake and 4 egg tarts. Shan paid $25.20
for a banana cake and 20 egg tarts. Rani bought 5 banana cakes. How much did she
pay?

Ans:
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Chee Seng has a number of 10¢, 20¢ and 50¢ coins in the ratio 5:2:1.
The total value of all the coins is $168. What is the total value of the 20¢ coins?
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Ans:

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Sharon and Xinyi started cycling at the same time along a 4.5 km track. Both did not
change their speeds from start to finish. Sharon cycled at 375 m/min. When she reached
the end of the track, Xinyi was 600 m behind her. What was Xinyi's cycling speed in m/min?
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Mrs Wong bought a rice cooker for $126 after a discount of 30%.
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(a)
What was the price of the rice cooker before discount?

(b)
She paid $40 for a toaster. The total discount for the rice cooker and the
toaster was $64. What was the percentage discount given for the toaster?
.
.:

Ans: (a)
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At first, - of a tank was filled with water. A

tap was turned on for 30 min for more water to flow into the
tank. It was then turned off. The line graph shows the volume of water in the
tank over the 30 min.

250

Volume
Of
water
(litres)

5
10
20
25
30
15 Time
(min)

(a)
 How many litres of water flowed into the tank in one minute?

(b)
At the end of 30 min, what fraction of the tank was filled with
water?

(c)
The tap was turned on again to fill up the tank at the same rate as
before. How many more minutes did it take for the tank to be
filled completely?

Ans:
(a)
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@

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In the figure below, PQRS is a rectangle and QRT is a right-angled triangle

Do not write with sides measuring 30 cm, 40 cm and 50 cm. The perimeter of
the shaded in this space part is 174 cm.

What is the ratio of the area of the triangle to the area of the shaded part? Give your
answer in the simplest form.

50 cm

30 cm
40 cm
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Meng sold a total of 368 large and small durians at the prices shown below and
collected $2760. How many large durians did Meng sell?
Do not write in this space

Durians for Sale Large $9 Small $5

w
Ans:
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One machine took 70 minutes while another took 100 minutes to print the
same number of copies of a newsletter. The faster machine printed 6
more copies of the newsletter per minute than the slower one.
Do not write in this space

(a)
The slower machine completed the job at 1.00 p.m. At what time was
the printing started?

(b)
What was the total number of copies printed by the two
machines?

+
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A symmetric figure is drawn on a rectangular piece of paper 20 cm by 15 cm as shown
below. Its outline consists of a large semicircle, 2 smaller semicircles and 2 straight lines.
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(a)
What is the area of the figure?

(b)
What is its perimeter?
Take n = 3.14
20 cm

15 cm
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Kai Li spent of her money on 5 magnets

and 11 postcards. The cost of each magnet is
3 times the cost of each postcard. She bought
some more magnets with of her remaining
money. How many magnets did Kai Li buy
altogether?
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