TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

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SUBJECT MATHEMATICS SUBJECT MATHEMATICS

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WRITE THE NAME OF YOUR SCHOOL BELOW:

READ THE FOLLOWING
DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

1. This test is divided into THREE

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sections.
2. Make sure you read the
instructions before you start to WRITE YOUR FULL NAME BELOW:
work on any section.
3. Write all your answers in this test
booklet. DATE OF BIRTH
4. DO NOT OPEN THIS BOOKLET
UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO Day Month Year
SO.

MALE
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FEMALE

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 Instructions for the Mathematics Test

You are NOT allowed to use calculators.

This test has THREE sections with a total of 45 questions.

SECTION I has 20 questions (Nos. 1-20).

SECTION II has 20 questions (Nos. 21-40).

SECTION III has 5 questions (Nos. 41-45).

You have 75 minutes for this test.

Answer ALL questions.

Read EACH question CAREFULLY before answering it.

Show ALL working.

Marks will be given for correct steps taken.

Work carefully but DO NOT spend too much time on any one question.

DO NOT BEGIN UNTIL YOU ARE TOLD TO DO SO.

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 Section 1

1. Write in words, the number represented in the place value chart below.

Hundreds of Tens of Thousands Hundreds Tens Ones

Thousands Thousands
3 0 4 8 0 7

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2. Using the digits 4, 8 and 9, form the smallest number which is a multiple of 6.

Answer : ________________________________________

3. Arrange the following decimal fractions in ascending order.

0.21 0.12 1.2 1.02

Answer: _________________________________________

4. If of a number is 20, what is the number?

Answer:__________________________________________

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 5. Write 9% as a decimal fraction.

Answer:________________________________________

6. 82 ÷ 2 = ÷4

Answer:________________________________________

7. 2463 + 1029 =

Answer:________________________________________

8.
24 2952

Answer:________________________________________

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 9. Write the total value of the bills and coins shown below.

Answer:________________________________________

10. There are 9 pizzas to be shared equally among 4 classes. How much pizza will each class
get?

Answer:________________________________________

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 11. Point B is 4.6 cm to the right of Point A. Draw an arrow to show the position of Point B.

12. Calculate the mass of the gift-box.

Answer: _________________________________________________

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 13. How much time does the Route 3 bus take to complete its journey?

BUS SCHEDULE
Route Number Departure Arrival
1 5:00 a.m. 6:25 a.m.
2 5:30 a.m. 7:00 a.m.
3 6:15 a.m. 8:00 a.m.

Answer: _______________________________________________

14. How many 200 ml cups can be completely filled from the jug shown below?

Answer: __________________________________

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 15. Write the name of the solid below which has a uniform cross section.

Answer: _________________________________________________________

16. Name the solid which can be formed using ALL the faces below.

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 17. The arrows show Rachel's path from her house to school.

How many quarter turns does Rachel make to get to school?

Answer: _______________________________________________________

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 18. Calculate the mean of the following test scores:

42 76 87 53 64 92

Answer: _______________________________________________

19. The table below shows the fruits eaten by students of a Standard 5 class.

Fruits Number of Students

Pineapple 12
Mango 14
Orange 14
Banana 22
Watermelon 16

Which fruit shows the mode?

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 20. The table below shows the number of students absent during the last week of school.

DAYS NUMBER OF STUDENTS

Monday
Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

How many more students were absent on Friday than on Wednesday?

Answer: ___________________________________________

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 Section 2

21. On the number line below, A represents , C represents . B is in the middle of A

and C. What fraction does B represent?
(3 marks)

Answer: ______________________________________________

22. Roy has 149 marbles. Mike has 45 marbles less than Roy. How many marbles do
they have altogether?

(2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 23. A hall has 22 rows of chairs. There are 18 chairs in each row. How many extra rows
of chairs are needed to seat 468 persons?
(3 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

24. At a bookstore, 9 copybooks cost $7.20. What is the cost of 2 dozens copybooks?
(2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 25. There were 399 children at a water park. Thirty-nine girls left by midday. The
number of boys was then twice the number of girls. How many girls were there
before midday.
(3 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

26. Aleem puts a total of 45 toys onto 3 shelves.

He puts at least 13 toys on each shelf.
Complete the table to show one way he could put the toys onto the shelves.
(2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 27. The original price of the bag is $140.00. What is the price after discount?
(2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

28. Kirstin wants to buy a flute that costs $240.

She has saved $20 each week for 3 weeks.
How many more weeks does Kirstin need to save money if she continues to
save $20 each week?
(3 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 29. Mr. Chin picked a number greater than 100.
He told Gabriel to divide the number by 18.
He told Edward to divide the number by 15.

Whose answer is greater?

Explain how you know this person's answer will always be greater.

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(3 marks)

30. Amy borrowed $3000 from a bank at a rate of 12% for 2 years. She repays
the bank in equal monthly instalments. How much does she pay each month?
(3 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 31. What is the area of the shaded figure?
(2 marks)

Answer: _______________________________________________

32. Andy parks his car from 9:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. How much money does he pay
for parking?

(2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 33. Calculate the perimeter of the compound shape.

( 3 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

34. Mia used 8 m of ribbon to make bows. She used 36 cm to make each large bow and
12 cm to make each small bow. She made an equal number of large and small bows.
If she has 32 cm remaining, how many bows did she make?
(3 marks)

Answer: ____________________________________________

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 35. Draw the next polygon to complete the pattern. (2 marks)

36. Use the shapes given to complete the table below.

rectangle trapezium parallelogram

Properties Name of shape

Only 1 pair of parallel sides

4 equal angles

4 equal sides

(3 marks)

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 37. Draw the lines of symmetry on the figure in the grid below. (2 marks)

38. The table shows the number of story books read by students of a Standard 5 class.

Number of storybooks 0 1 2 3 4
Number of students 5 8 15 7 2

How many students read at least 2 books? (2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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 39. Fifty-two T-shirts were bought for a Standard 5 class using the house system colours.
Complete the pictograph below.
(2 marks)

House System Colours of Std 5 Students

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 40. The bar graph shows different sports played by students.

Sports played by students

80
70
Number of Students

60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Cricket Table Tennis Football Hockey
Type of Sports

On which sport should the principal spend the most money? Give a reason for your
answer.

(3 marks)

Answer:
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 Section 3

41. Mrs. Pam baked some cupcakes. of them were vanilla and the rest were chocolate.

She sold of the vanilla and of the chocolate. She had 150 cupcakes left. How
many cupcakes did she bake altogether?

(4 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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42. Mary sold mangoes at $6 each. Customers who bought 2 mangoes from her, were
given 1 mango free. No customer bought more than 2 mangoes. At the end of the sale,
Mary earned a total of $504 and 30 mangoes were given free. How many customers
bought only one mango?
(4 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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43. The box below contains some cubes each side measuring 2 cm. How many more cubes
of the same size are needed to completely fill the box?

12 cm

6 cm

(4 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

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44. (a) Using the grid below, join 4 dots to form a quadrilateral with one pair of parallel
lines and only one angle that is smaller than a right angle. Label the shape A.
(3 marks)

(b) Using the grid, extend the quadrilateral formed in part (a) to make a symmetrical
shape.

(1 mark)

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45. Alex was given a 12 cm plant to record its growth over 4 days. The bar graph shows
the increase in plant height.

Increase in plant height

16
Increase in plant height each day (cm)

14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 6

(a) What was the height of the plant on Day 4?

(2 marks)

Answer: _____________________________________________

(b) If the increase in the plant’s height is the same daily, draw the bar to show the
increase in height on Day 6.
(2 marks)

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 END OF TEST

IF YOU FINISH BEFORE TIME IS CALLED, YOU MAY CHECK YOUR WORK
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