Placement Test for Singapore Primary Mathematics 1B

Standards Edition
This test covers material taught in Primary Mathematics 1B, Standards Edition
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1. This picture graph shows the number of pizza slices five boys ate
last week.

Abe Ben Carlos Daniel Everett

(a) Daniel ate _______ fewer slices than Ben. [1]

(b) ___________ ate the most pizza. [1]

(c) Everett and _________ ate the same number of slices. [1]

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2.

(a) Complete the tally chart for each kind of sea creature. [2]

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(b) Then, complete the bar graph. [2]

(c) How many seahorses are there? _______ [1]

(d) There is the least number of which sea animal? (circle) [1]

(e) Write a subtraction sentence showing how many more [2]

seahorses there are than fish, and then write the answer.

_____ _____ = _____

There are ______ more seahorses than fish.

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3. Arrange the numbers 23, 13, 31, and 27 in order, beginning with [2]
the smallest.

_______, _______, _______, _______

4. Write >, <, or = in each

(a) 45 38 (b) 18 5 [2]

(c) 63 66 (d) 83 8 tens 3 ones [2]

(e) 6 tens 5 tens (f) 72 eighty-three [2]

5. Fill in the blanks.

(a) _______ = 3 tens 4 ones [1]

(b) 84 = _______ tens _______ ones [1]

(c) 8 more than twenty-two is _______ tens _______ ones [2]

(d) 10 less than 64 is _______ [1]

(e) 1 less than thirty is _______ [1]

(f) 40 more than 22 is _______ [1]

6. Fill in the blanks.

(a) 36 + 4 = _______ (b) 24 4 = _______ [2]

(c) 30 8 = _______ (d) 28 + 5 = _______ [2]

(e) 4 + 8 + 7 = _______ (f) 9 + 7 + 5 = ________ [2]

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(a) There are _______ groups of balloons. [1]

(b) There are _______ balloons in each group. [1]

(c) Fill in the blanks. [2]

_______ + _______ + _______ = _______

3 x 5 = _______

8. How many legs do 5 lizards have? Write the multiplication sentence. [3]

9. [2]
There are 18 watermelon slices. Sue
wants to put 3 slices on each plate.
How many plates does she need?
She needs _______ plates.

10. There are 8 cookies. Divide the [2]

cookies equally among four
children.
Each child gets _______ cookies.

11. Count by twos to fill in the blanks. [2]

8, 10, _____ , ______ , ______, ______

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12. Count backwards by tens. [2]

84, 74, _____ , ______, ______, ______

13. Fill in the blanks.

(a) 54 + 3 = _______ (b) 64 + 8 = _______ [2]

(c) 87 + 5 = _______ (d) 42 + 30 = _______ [2]

(e) 58 5 = _______ (f) 86 6 = _______ [2]

(g) 82 6 = _______ (h) 71 9 = _______ [2]

(i) 5 2 (j) 6 1 (k) 8 6 (l) 7 7 [4]

+ 4 +2 6 4 3 4
. . . .

14. Write a number sentence to solve these problems. Then fill in the
blank.
(a) Peter had some marbles. He gave away 7 marbles. He now [4]
has 25 marbles left. How many marbles did Peter have at
first?

Peter had ___________ marbles at first.

(b) Mary has 26 cookies. She put 8 of them on a plate. She put [4]
the rest in a box. How many cookies are in the box?

There are _________ cookies in the box.

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15. Circle Yes or No
(a) Does the line divide the letter in [1]
halves?

Yes No

(b) Does the shaded part show a [1]

fourth of the shape?

Yes No

(c) Does the picture show fourths? [1]

Yes No

16. Match each clock with a different time. Fill in the blanks. [6]

17. Circle the answer:

(a) Do you go to school before or after 5:30 in the morning? [1]

Before After

(b) Does it take longer to wash your hands or bake a cake? [1]

Wash hands Bake a cake

18. Anna is holding a full handful of cherries. About how many cherries [2]
could she be holding? Circle the best answer

2 12 80

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 [2]
19. A ten-dollar bill can be changed for _______ five-dollar bills.

20. Count by fives to count the nickels. [2]

5 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___

[2]
21. How much money is there in this set of coins? _______

22. A camera costs $45 and a bicycle costs $78. How much less is the [4]
camera than the bicycle?

The camera cost $_____ less than the bicycle.

23. Laura had $25. She has $6 left now after buying a doll. How much [4]
did the doll cost?

The doll cost $_____.

24. Mary has $45. She wants to buy 2 dresses. One costs $20 and the
other costs $38.
(a) How much do they both cost? [4]

They cost $_________.

(b) How much more money does she need? [2]

She needs $_______ more

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Answer Key

1. (a) 4 (b) Carlos (c) Abe

2. (a)
//// //// //// //

//// /// ////

(b)

(c) 12 (d) (e) 12 8 = 4; 4

3. 13, 23, 27, 31 14. (a) 25 + 7 = 32; 32

(b) 26 8 = 18; 18
4, (a) > (b) >
(c) < (d) = 15. (a) No
(e) > (f) < (b) No
(c) Yes
5. (a) 34 (b) 8; 4
(c) 3; 0 (d) 54 16.
(e) 29 (f) 62
6. (a) 40 (b) 20
(c) 22 (d) 33 11
(e) 19 (f) 21
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7. (a) 3 (b) 5
(c) 5 + 5 + 5; 15
17. (a) After (b) Bake a cake
8. 4 x 5 = 20 or 5 x 4 = 20
18. 12
9. 6
19. 2
10. 2
20. 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35
11. 12, 14, 16, 18
21. 53
12. 64, 54, 44, 34
22. 33
13. (a) 57 (b) 72
(c) 92 (d) 72 23. 19
(e) 53 (f) 80 24. (a) 58 (b) 13
(g) 76 (h) 62
(i) 56 (j) 87
(k) 82 (l) 43

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