national assessment program year

5
literacy and numeracy

NUMERACY
2009

0:50 Time available for students

to complete test: 50 minutes
Use 2B or HB
pencil only
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1 The minute hand is missing. Shade one

bubble.

11 12 1
10 2
9 3
8 4
7 6 5

What time could this clock be showing?

4 o’clock half past 4 5 o’clock half past 5

2 38 + 26 = Write your answer

in the box.

3 Andy spins the arrow on his spinner.

1 2

3 3

2 2

Which number is the arrow most likely to stop on?

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4 This 3D object is a Shade one

bubble.

cube.
prism.
cylinder.
pyramid.

5 OCTOBER
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30 31

What date is the third Sunday on this calendar?

27 October 20 October 13 October 6 October

6 Which one of these has the same value as 12 × 3?

10 + 3 + 2 10 × 3 + 2 10 × 3 + 3 10 × 3 + 6

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7 A regular hexagon is cut in half like this. Shade one

bubble.

The shape of each half is a

rectangle. pentagon. hexagon. trapezium.

8 46, 40, 34, ?

What is the next number in this counting pattern?

26 28 30 38

9 BEAN BAG THROWS

Name Distance in metres
Peter 13
Ali 10
Sam 6
Ella 12
Jo 14

What is the difference in metres between the longest and the shortest
bean bag throws?
6 7 8 9

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10 Anita recorded the weather for 2 weeks in the table below. Shade one
bubble.

She then drew a graph of the results.

Which graph shows Anita's results for the 2 weeks?

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11 Which shows a reflex angle? Shade one

bubble.

12 Which container has the least liquid?

13

Which 3D object can be made from this net?

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14 This is a train timetable. Write your answer

in the box.

DEPARTURE TIMES
Central 6:20 am 9:50 am 2:52 pm 7:00 pm
Rainer 6:31am 10:01am 3:03 pm 7:11 pm
Bradford 6:43 am 10:13 am 3:15 pm 7:23 pm
St Marks 6:53 am 10:23 am 3:25 pm 7:33 pm

What time does the last morning train depart from Central?

15 Shade one
bubble.

Which shows the map of Australia flipped over the dotted line?

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16 Hannah folds this net to make a cube. Write your answer

in the box.

B C D E

Which face is opposite face C?

17 Lin is packing 34 cakes into boxes.

Each full box holds 5 cakes.

What is the smallest number of boxes Lin needs

to pack all the cakes?

18 Clare bought 3 kg of bananas. Shade one

bubble.

$1.98 per kg

About how much did Clare pay?

$2 $3 $5 $6

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19 Peter has 68 stamps. Laura has 52 stamps. Shade one

bubble.
How many stamps should Peter give to Laura so they both have
the same number of stamps?

8 16 60 120

20 A group of students paid $4 each to see a show.

Altogether the group paid $124.

How many students were in the group?

30 31 34 51

21 Eight children share 2 pies equally.

How much pie will each child get?

1 1 1 1
2 4 8 16

Write your answer

22 A rectangular paddock has a perimeter of 50 metres. in the box.
Each long side has a length of 15 metres.

What is the length of each short side?

metres

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23 Shade one
bubble.

1st 2nd 3rd

How many sticks are needed to make the 6th shape in this pattern?

13 18 19 24

24 Police
Station

School
High Street
Library

Town Hall

Hospital

Jenny leaves the Library and turns right into High Street.
She then turns left at the next corner and walks straight ahead.

Which building does she pass?

School Hospital Police Station Town Hall

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25 The first balance shows that 2 cans have the same mass as 1 block. Shade one
bubble.

How many cans balance 2 blocks and 1 can?

3 4 5 6

26 Which shape has no parallel sides?

27 Sam cut 2 corners off a cube as shown. Write your answer

in the box.

How many edges does the object now have?

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28 George started in a fun run at 11:36 am. Shade one

bubble.
He finished at 12:19 pm on the same day.

How long did it take George to complete the fun run?

43 minutes
55 minutes
1 hour 23 minutes
1 hour 17 minutes

29 This picture shows the number of black and white jelly beans in 4 jars.
Annie shakes the jars.
Annie is going to take 1 jelly bean without looking.

Which jar gives Annie the best chance of taking a black jelly bean?

6 black 3 black 4 black 3 black

4 white 3 white 4 white 1 white

30

The total number of faces, edges and vertices of this 3D object is 26.

What is the total of the number of faces, edges and vertices of a square pyramid?
13 16 18 20

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31 There are 121 students in Jane’s school. Shade one

There are between 21 and 26 students in each class. bubble.

How many classes are there in Jane’s school?

4 5 6 7

32 Which measurement is equal to 1500 centimetres?

0.15 m 1.5 m 15 m 150 m

33 Dan shaded a fraction of this long rectangle.

Which grid shows the same fraction shaded?

34 Which shape has an area of 6 square units?

3 2
2 1
1
1 2

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35 Write your answer

in the box.

Carl builds this 3D object using 16 cubes.

He then paints the outside faces of the object including the base.

How many cubes have only 2 faces painted?

36 Keith has 4 dogs and a 20 kg bag of dog food. Shade one

bubble.
Each dog eats 100 g of dog food a day.

How many days will the bag of dog food last?

5 days 20 days 50 days 200 days

37 The population of Australia in 1950 was 8.27 million. Write your answer
in the box.
The population of Australia in 2000 was 19.16 million.

What is the difference in number between these two populations?

million

38 A baker made a total of 175 rolls on the weekend.

She made 15 more rolls on Saturday than on Sunday.

How many rolls were made on Sunday?

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39 40 students each voted for their favourite sport. Write your answer
in the box.
The fractions in this graph show how the students voted.

Favourite Sports

1
10 1
Tennis 5
Basketball
3
10 1
Swimming 5
Cricket
1
5
Gymnastics

How many more students voted for Swimming than Tennis?

students

40 Points are scored for each medal won in a competition.

Medal Points per medal

Gold 3
Silver 2
Bronze 1

The Rockets won a total of 16 medals and scored 36 points.

6 of their medals were Silver.

How many Gold medals did the Rockets win?

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PRACTICE QUESTIONS

P1 Shade one
bubble.

How many kangaroos are shown on this card?

3 4 5 6

P2
7+3= Write your answer
in the box.

P3 Dots Number
• 1

•• 2

••• ?
How many dots are in the last row of this table?

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