Primary 5 Set 1

Part 1: 1st to 10th Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ron Joseph needs to set up 80 chairs in rows such that each row must have an equal
number of chairs and there must be more than 4 rows. How many ways can Ron Joseph
arrange the chair?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

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2. If ℃ = 9 (℉ − 32), which among the following is the hottest?
(a) 50℃ (b) 104℉ (c) 15℃ + 68℉ (d) 10℃ + 113℉

3. Two equilateral triangles have sides 6 units and 9 units, respectively. Determine the
ratio of the area of the smaller triangle to the area of the bigger triangle.
(a) 2/9 (b) 1/3 (c) 4/9 (d) 5/9

4. Given that 𝑚 and 𝑛 are both integers, find the value of 𝑛 that gives the maximum value of
𝑚 satisfying the equation.
15𝑛
𝑚=
15 − 𝑛
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d)17

5. Let a, b, and c be positive integers such that a + b = 8 and b + c = 15. Find the sum of the
maximum and minimum possible values of a + c.
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35

6. On her first four quizzes, Arianne earned a 19, 29, 25, and 21. (A perfect score would
have been 30 points.) What is the least score that she needs to earn on the next quiz to
have an average score of at least 23?
(a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 23

7. Find the minimum value of n such that 1 + 2 + 3 + … + n > 200.

(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23
8. Determine the area of a triangle whose side lengths are 5 units, 12 units and 13 units
(a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 30 (d) 33

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9. Determine the units digit of 20223 .
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

10. How many ways are there to arrange 3 boys and 3 girls to sit around a circular table?
(a) 3 (b) 24 (c) 120 (d) 720

Part 2: 11th to 25th Open-Ended Questions

11. A and B are prime numbers such that their product is 302. Find the value of A + B.

12. How many cubes are in the figure below?

13. A rectangular prism is divided into two identical figures by cutting along the marked
line. What is the total surface area of the 2 figures, in cm2?
14. The area of the figure below is 875 square units. Each rectangle units are equal. Find
the perimeter of one small rectangle.

15. The sum of an integer and its reciprocal is 17/4. What is the integer?

16. Find the sum of the next two terms of the sequence.
5 11
− , −1, − , . ..
8 8

17. Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle with an area of 360 square units. X, Y and Z are
midpoints of AB, BC, and AC, respectively. Find the area of the shaded region.

18. A water tank is 5/6 full of water. If 10 gallons of water were removed from the
container, it would be 1/2 full. How many gallons of water can the water tank hold?

19. If today is September 7, 2020 and it is Monday, which day of the week was September
10, 1990?
20. It takes 6 hours for pump A to fill a tank of water. Pump B will take 15 hours to fill the
same tank with water. The 3 pumps A, B and C can fill the tank in 3 hours. How long, in
hours, would it take pump C to fill the tank alone?

21. A quiz has 5 questions with each question worth one point. If 8% of the class got
zero point, 10% got 2 points, 25% got 3 points, 27% got 4 points and 30% got perfect
points, what is the average point of the class?

22. Demi is recording the number of pets of each child in her class in a bar graph shown
below. However, she has not drawn the column for the number of children that have
exactly 3 pets. The average number of pets per child is 2. How many more children are
there having only 1 pet than 3 pets?

23. There are 5 different coins in a piggy bank. If you pick one coin and toss it once, how
many possible outcomes could you have?

24. In a room, ⅘ are wearing a sando, and ⅚ are wearing a polo. What is the minimum
number of people in the room wearing both polo and sando?

25. If the mean of 5 natural numbers is 9, what is the greatest possible value of the mode?
 Primary 5 Set 1 Solutions Manual

Part 1: 1st to 10th Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ron Joseph needs to set up 80 chairs in rows such that each row must have an equal
number of chairs and there must be more than 4 rows. How many ways can Ron Joseph
arrange the chair?
(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 8 (d) 9

Answer: B
Solution:
80 = 24 × 5
# 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑠 = (4 + 1)(1 + 1) = 10
80 = 1 × 80 = 2 × 40 = 4 × 20 = 5 × 16 = 8 × 10
Out of 10 factors 1, 2 and 4 cannot be included.
10 − 3 = 7

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2. If ℃ = 9 (℉ − 32), which among the following is the hottest?
(a) 50℃ (b) 104℉ (c) 15℃ + 68℉ (d) 10℃ + 113℉

Answer: D
Solution:
Convert all to degree Celsius,
For option B:
5
℃= (104 − 32)
9
5
℃ = (72) = 40
9
For option C:
5
℃ = 15 + (68 − 32)
9
5
℃ = 15 + (36) = 35
9
For option D:
5
℃ = 10 + (113 − 32)
9
5
℃ = 10 + (81) = 55, ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒
9

3. Two equilateral triangles have sides 6 units and 9 units, respectively. Determine the
ratio of the area of the smaller triangle to the area of the bigger triangle.
(a) 2/9 (b) 1/3 (c) 4/9 (d) 5/9

Answer: C
Solution:
𝐴1 𝑠12 62
= = = 36/81 = 4/9
𝐴2 𝑠22 92

4. Given that 𝑚 and 𝑛 are both integers, find the value of 𝑛 that gives the maximum value of
𝑚 satisfying the equation.
15𝑛
𝑚=
15 − 𝑛
(a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d)17

Answer: A
Solution:
To get the maximum value of m, 15 − 𝑛 must have the minimum possible positive value.
Hence, value of n is 14.

5. Let a, b, and c be positive integers such that a + b = 8 and b + c = 15. Find the sum of the
maximum and minimum possible values of a + c.
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35

Answer: C
Solution:
For the maximum value, b must be minimum.
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏 = 1, 𝑎 = 7 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = 14
𝑎 + 𝑐 = 7 + 14 = 21
For the minimum value, b must be maximum.
𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏 = 7, 𝑎 = 1 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐 = 8
𝑎+𝑐 =1+8=9
𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 = 21 + 9 = 30

6. On her first four quizzes, Arianne earned a 19, 29, 25, and 21. (A perfect score would
have been 30 points.) What is the least score that she needs to earn on the next quiz to
have an average score of at least 23?
(a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 21 (d) 23

Answer: C
Solution:
 19 + 29 + 25 + 21 + 𝑛
≥ 23
5
94 + 𝑛 ≥ 115
𝑛 ≥ 115 − 94
𝑛 ≥ 21

7. Find the minimum value of n such that 1 + 2 + 3 + … + n > 200.

(a) 20 (b) 21 (c) 22 (d) 23

Answer: A
Solution:
𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 + 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚
𝑠𝑢𝑚 = × 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑠
2
1+𝑛
× 𝑛 > 200
2
(1 + 𝑛)(𝑛) > 400
20 × 21 > 400
420 > 400, 𝑛 = 20

8. Determine the area of a triangle whose side lengths are 5 units, 12 units and 13 units
(a) 24 (b) 27 (c) 30 (d) 33

Answer: C
Solution:
Double check if it is a right triangle by using the Pythagorean theorem,
52 + 122 = 132
25 + 144
= 169, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑙, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑎 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 13 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡𝑠 ℎ𝑦𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑠𝑒.
𝑏 × ℎ 5 × 12
𝐴= = = 30
2 2

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9. Determine the units digit of 20223 .
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8

Answer: A
Solution:
34 = 81
202281 = 281
Unit cycle pattern for 2: 2, 4, 8, 6
81 ÷ 4 = 20 𝑟. 1 which is 2.
10. How many ways are there to arrange 3 boys and 3 girls to sit around a circular table?
(a) 3 (b) 24 (c) 120 (d) 720

Answer: C
Solution:
𝑐𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑛 𝑜𝑏𝑗𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑠: (𝑛 − 1)!
𝑛 =3+3=6
(6 − 1)! = 5! = 5 × 4 × 3 × 2 = 120

Part 2: 11th to 25th Open-Ended Questions

11. A and B are prime numbers such that their product is 302. Find the value of A + B.
Answer: 153
Solution:
302 is an even number and only 2 is a prime number that is even, then,
302 = 2 × 151
𝐴 = 2 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐵 = 151
𝐴 + 𝐵 = 2 + 151 = 153

12. How many cubes are in the figure below?

Answer: 36
Solution:
33 + 23 + 13 = 27 + 8 + 1 = 36

13. A rectangular prism is divided into two identical figures by cutting along the marked
line. What is the total surface area of the 2 figures, in cm2?
Answer: 336
Solution:
Solve for the diagonal using Pythagorean theorem,
𝑐 2 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏 2
𝑐 = √62 + 82 = √36 + 64 = 10
Surface area of one cut figure is,
𝑆𝐴𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑓𝑖𝑔𝑢𝑟𝑒 = 2(𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑜𝑓 𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒) + 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ × ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 + 𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑡ℎ × 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ + 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙
× 𝑤𝑖𝑑𝑡ℎ
8×6
= 2( ) + 5 × 6 + 8 × 5 + 10 × 5 = 168
2
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 = 2 × 168 = 336

14. The area of the figure below is 875 square units. Each rectangle units are equal. Find
the perimeter of one small rectangle.

Answer: 60
Solution:
 875 ÷ 7 = 125(𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒𝑠)
125 = 𝑙 × 𝑤
Based from the figure, 𝑤 = 5𝑙
125 = 𝑙 × 5𝑙 = 5𝑙 2
𝑙 2 = 25
𝑙 = 5, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤 = 25
𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 2(5 + 25) = 60

15. The sum of an integer and its reciprocal is 17/4. What is the integer?
Answer: 4
Solution:
𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑡 ℎ𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑓 4, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑒 1/4.
1
𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔: 4 + = 17/4
4

16. Find the sum of the next two terms of the sequence.
5 11
− , −1, − , . ..
8 8
Answer: -31/8
Solution:
The sequence can be re-written as,
5 8 11 14 17
− ,− ,− ,− ,−
8 8 8 8 8
14 17 14 17 14 17
− + (− ) = − − = − ( + ) = −31/8
8 8 8 8 8 8

17. Triangle ABC is an equilateral triangle with an area of 360 square units. X, Y and Z are
midpoints of AB, BC, and AC, respectively. Find the area of the shaded region.

Answer: 90
Solution:
The whole triangle is made of 4 triangles: AZX, CZY, XZY and YXB.
If you add half of triangle CZY and ZXY, you will get a whole small triangle.
360
𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟 = = 90
4

18. A water tank is 5/6 full of water. If 10 gallons of water were removed from the
container, it would be 1/2 full. How many gallons of water can the water tank hold?
Answer: 30
Solution:
Let n=total gallons a tank can hold
5 1
𝑛 − 10 = 𝑛
6 2
5 1
𝑛 − 𝑛 = 10
6 2
5 3
𝑛 − 𝑛 = 10
6 6
1
𝑛 = 10
3
𝑛 = 30

19. If today is September 7, 2020 and it is Monday, which day of the week was September
10, 1990?

Answer: Monday
Solution:
September 10, 2020 would be Thursday.
For a normal year, 365/7= 52 r.1 (if the day today is Monday, then last year would be
Sunday)
For a leap year, 366/7=52 r.2 (if the day today is Monday, then last year would be
Saturday)
2020 − 1990 = 30 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 8 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑝 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠.
30 + 8 = 38 𝑑𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑑𝑎𝑦.
38/7 = 5 r.3, 3 days before Thursday which is Monday.

20. It takes 6 hours for pump A to fill a tank of water. Pump B will take 15 hours to fill the
same tank with water. The 3 pumps A, B and C can fill the tank in 3 hours. How long, in
hours, would it take pump C to fill the tank alone?
Answer: 10
Solution:
On a 1-hour basis:
 1 1 1 1
+ + =
6 15 𝐶 3
5 2 1 10
+ + =
30 30 𝐶 30
7 1 10
+ =
30 𝐶 30
1 10 7 3 1
= − = =
𝐶 30 30 30 10
Tank C can fill the tank alone in 10 hours.

21. A quiz has 5 questions with each question worth one point. If 8% of the class got
zero point, 10% got 2 points, 25% got 3 points, 27% got 4 points and 30% got perfect
points, what is the average point of the class?
Answer: 3.53
Solution:
Assume there are 100 students in a class,
8 × 0 + 10 × 2 + 25 × 3 + 27 × 4 + 30 × 5 0 + 20 + 75 + 108 + 150 353
= = = 3.53
100 100 100

22. Demi is recording the number of pets of each child in her class in a bar graph shown
below. However, she has not drawn the column for the number of children that have
exactly 3 pets. The average number of pets per child is 2. How many more children are
there having only 1 pet than 3 pets?

Answer: 10
Solution:
Let n be number of children with 3 pets.
Using the ratio of 2 pets per child,
2 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑠 1 × 0 + 14 × 1 + 6 × 2 + 𝑛 × 3 + 4 × 3 + 2 × 5
=
1 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 1 + 14 + 6 + 𝑛 + 3 + 2
2 𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑠 48 + 3𝑛
=
1 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑 26 + 𝑛
2(26 + 𝑛) = 48 + 3𝑛
52 + 2𝑛 = 48 + 3𝑛
4=𝑛
14 − 4 = 10

23. There are 5 different coins in a piggy bank. If you pick one coin and toss it once, how
many possible outcomes could you have?
Answer: 10
Solution:
Every coin has 2 faces/sides, meaning there can be 2 possible outcomes.
Since there are 5 coins, then, 5 × 2 = 10

24. In a room, ⅘ are wearing a sando, and ⅚ are wearing a polo. What is the minimum
number of people in the room wearing both polo and sando?
Answer: 19
Solution:
4 5 24 25 49
+ = + =
5 6 30 30 30
LCM of 5 and 6 is 30, there are at least 30 people in the room.
In total, there are 49 sando and polo. Hence, 49 − 30 = 19. There are 19 people wearing a
polo and a sando.

25. If the mean of 5 natural numbers is 9, what is the greatest possible value of the mode?
Answer: 19
Solution:
Mean, average of numbers
Mode, most frequent or repeating number (shouldn’t be bimodal, having 2 modes)
𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 = 5 × 9 = 45
_ + _ + _ + _⏟
⏟ + _ = 45
𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒
𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑏𝑙𝑒
𝑖𝑓 1 + 2 + 3 + _ + _ = 45
_ + _ = 39 → 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
𝑖𝑓 1 + 2 + 4 + _ + _ = 45
_ + _ = 38
_ = 19