Middle Primary Division 2004

Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. Which of these numbers is the smallest?

(A) 321 (B) 213 (C) 312 (D) 231 (E) 132

2. 29 − 7 is
(A) 36 (B) 23 (C) 22 (D) 27 (E) 26

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4. 4 × 8 equals
(A) 12 (B) 28 (C) 32 (D) 36 (E) 48

5. Which number is half of twenty-two?

(A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 44

6. The answer to 23 + 65 is
(A) 42 (B) 48 (C) 82 (D) 88 (E) 98
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7. If recess begins at 11:00 am and lasts for half an hour, what time does
recess end?
(A) (B) (C)

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8. Five friends share 20 sweets equally between them. How many do

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(A) 20 (B) 5 (C) 4 (D) 1 (E) 6

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10. Tom fills a 10 L bucket using a 2 L jug. How many jugfuls will he
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(A) 5 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) 8
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Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each

11. This scale reads

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(A) 8 kg (B) 10 kg (C) 8 kg (D) 9 kg (E) 9 kg
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12. Which of the following would weigh about 10 kg?

(A) a teacher (B) a glass of water (C) a car

(D) a bicycle (E) a pencil

13. Which shape has the largest area?

(A) (B) (C)

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(A) 4 (B) 6 (C) 8 (D) 9 (E) 12

15. If I can walk 1 km in 10 minutes, how far can I walk in an hour and
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(A) 10 km (B) 36 km (C) 6 km (D) 9 km (E) 12 km

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17. Which of the following is closest to 48 × 6?

(A) 240 (B) 270 (C) 300 (D) 320 (E) 500

18. Jenny bought five stickers for 10 cents each. How much change did
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(A) 50 c (B) 40 c (C) 45 c (D) 35 c (E) 55 c

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Questions 21 to 30, 5 marks each

21. Gary needed to multiply a number by 5. Instead he divided by 5 and

got 3. What should the answer have been?
(A) 3 (B) 15 (C) 30 (D) 50 (E) 75
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22. Chris thinks of a number, multiplies it by 3 and then adds 4. He gets

a result of 19. What was his original number?
(A) 5 (B) 12 (C) 15 (D) 3 (E) 61

23.

A torch uses 2 batteries every 6 hours.

Batteries are sold in packs of 4. How many packs of batteries are
needed to run the torch for 48 hours?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 8 (D) 12 (E) 16

24. What is the area of the shaded path if the path is 1 m wide?
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25. There are 10 telegraph poles in a straight road, 100 m apart. The
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(A) 900 m (B) 1000 m (C) 800 m (D) 100 m (E) 1100 m
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28. Which could not be an odd number?

(A) an odd number multiplied by itself
(B) an odd number plus two
(C) twice an odd number
(D) an odd number multiplied by another odd number
(E) three times an odd number

29. You roll 2 six sided dice and add the two numbers together. What
result is the most likely?
(A) 2 (B) 12 (C) 10 (D) 8 (E) 7

30. In the diagram, is a squash ball, is a cricket ball, is a

tennis ball, is a football and the scales show what balances.

How many squash balls will balance a football?

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7

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