Primary 2 (Grade 2) – GEP Practice
2019
Contest Problems with Full Solutions
Authors:
Henry Ong, BSc, MBA, CMA
Merlan Nagidulin, BSc
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SASMO 2020, Primary 2 (Grade 2) Contest Questions
Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)
Question 1
Calculate the sum below.
9 + 11 + 8 + 12 + 7 + 13 + 6 + 14 + 5 + 14
A. 100
B. 85
C. 92
D. 99
E. None of the above
Question 2
Which one of the following is NOT equal to 8 + 8 + 8?
A. 3+3+3+3+3+3+3+3
B. 32 ÷ 4
C. 30 − 6
D. 8×3
E. None of the above
Question 3
Find the next number in the sequence below.
1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21,…
A. 26
B. 27
C. 28
D. 29
E. None of the above
Question 4
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Find the difference in length between the saw and the screwdriver.
A. 6 cm
B. 8 cm
C. 10 cm
D. 12 cm
E. None of the above
Question 5
The journey from Tom’s house to his school is 45 minutes long. He must report to
school at 7.05 a.m. and he was 15 minutes late. What time did he leave the house?
A B C
D E
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Question 6
Which snowflake below is the same as the snowflake on the
right?
A B C D E
Question 7
Find the missing shape in the pattern below.
A B C D
E. None of the above
Question 8
Andy bought a 4-metre rope. He used 250 cm of it and cut the rest into 5 equal
pieces. How long is each piece?
A. 30 cm
B. 40 cm
C. 50 cm
D. 150 cm
E. None of the above
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Question 9
How many numbers from 1 to 100 are multiples of 4 and 5 at the same time?
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 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
A. 5
B. 20
C. 25
D. 45
E. None of the above
Question 10
Twelve trees are planted at equal distance from each other along a straight path.
The distance between 1st and 5th tree is 30 metres. What is the distance between 3rd
and 5th tree?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 18
D. 20
E. None of the above
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Question 11
Study the picture below.
How many cups of water are needed to fill up the pail?
A. 5
B. 4
C. 9
D. 6
E. None of the above
Question 12
Find the mirror image of the picture on the right.
A B C D E
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Question 13
Jeremy had $10 in his piggy bank on January 1, 2019 which is Tuesday. He put $2
into the piggy bank every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. On which date he
would reach $30 in his piggy bank?
A. January 20, 2019
B. January 21, 2019
C. January 25, 2019
D. January 27, 2019
E. None of the above
Question 14
How many different 2-digit numbers have only odd digits?
A. 50
B. 45
C. 25
D. 20
E. None of the above
Question 15
Jocelyn, Hector, Thomas and Christie are siblings. Hector is not the youngest.
Thomas is older than Jocelyn, and Hector is younger than Christie. Who is the
youngest among the siblings?
A. Hector
B. Christine
C. Thomas
D. Jocelyn
E. Impossible to know
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Section B (Correct answer – 4 points| Incorrect or No answer – 0 points)
When an answer is a 1-digit number, shade “0” for the tens, hundreds and thousands place.
Example: if the answer is 7, then shade 0007
When an answer is a 2-digit number, shade “0” for the hundreds and thousands place.
Example: if the answer is 23, then shade 0023
When an answer is a 3-digit number, shade “0” for the thousands place.
Example: if the answer is 785, then shade 0785
When an answer is a 4-digit number, shade as it is.
Example: if the answer is 4196, then shade 4196
Question 16
Use all the digits 2, 0, 1 and 9 to form a number closest to 1969.
Question 17
What is the total number of triangles, rectangles and circles in the picture below?
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Question 18
In the number sentence below, what is the value of ∆?
∆ × 4 + 10 = 5 × 4 + 14
Question 19
It is given that
What number does the sum stand for?
Question 20
Tom will be twice his age in 4 years from now. Three years ago, the sum of Tom’s
and Jerry’s ages was 10. In how many years from now will Jerry’s age be doubled?
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Question 21
The picture graph below shows the number of stamps 5 children have at first.
Anthony
Brandon
Carol
Dennis
Elizabeth
Each stands for 3 stamps.
Carol distributes all her stamps equally among Anthony, Brandon, Dennis and
Elizabeth. How many more stamps does Elizabeth have than Anthony now?
Question 22
A mother baked 235 cookies for her children, Grace, Scott and Cindy. Cindy received
15 more cookies than Scott. Grace received 8 less cookies than Scott. How many
cookies did Grace receive?
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Question 23
Claire had 0 cupcakes while Alice and Bob had some. Alice gave half of her cupcakes
to Claire. Bob gave 17 cupcakes to Claire. Claire has 55 cupcakes now. How many
cupcakes did Alice have in the beginning?
Question 24
Picture 2 shows the completed version of the puzzle in Picture 1.
x 2 = 4 x 2 = 8
x x + x x +
6 x 2 = 6 x 2 = 12
= = = = = =
_ _ = 20
24 = 24 4
Picture 1 Picture 2
Complete the puzzle in Picture 3 and find the missing number “?”.
10 x =
x x +
x 8 =
= = =
_ ? = 82
Picture 3
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Question 25
In the following, all the different letters stand for different digits. What is the value
of the 4-digit number BDDC?
A C B
+ A C B
B D D C
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SASMO 2020, Primary 2 (Grade 2) Contest Solutions
Solutions to SASMO 2019 Primary 2 (Grade 2)
Question 1
Group the numbers and then add them.
(9 + 11) + (8 + 12) + (7 + 13) + (6 + 14) + 5 + 14 = 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 19 =
= 20 × 4 + 19 = 80 + 19 = 𝟗𝟗
Answer: (D)
Question 2
A. 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 = 3 × 8 = 24
B. 32 ÷ 4 = 8
C. 30 − 6 = 24
D. 8 × 3 = 24
Option B is not equal to 8 + 8 + 8 = 24.
Answer: (B)
Question 3
The pattern is as follows:
+2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7
1 → 3 → 6 → 10 → 15 → 21 → 𝟐𝟖
The next number in the sequence is 28.
Answer: (C)
Question 4
The screwdriver is 11 − 7 = 4 cm long.
2 saws = 5 screwdrivers = 5 × 4 = 20 cm
1 saw = 20 ÷ 2 = 10 cm.
The difference in length between saw and screwdriver = 10 cm – 4 cm = 6 cm
Answer: (A)
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Question 5
Tom reached school at
7.05 a.m. + 15 minutes = 7.20 a.m.
Since the journey from Tom’s house to his school is 45 minutes long, he left the
house at
7.20 a.m. − 45 minutes = 6.35 a.m.
Answer: (C)
Question 6
The circled parts are different from the original picture at the right.
A B C D E
Answer: (C)
Question 7
The pattern is as follows: the inner shape in a figure becomes the outer shape of the
next figure.
The outer shape of the fifth figure must be a pentagon since the inner
shape of the fourth figure is a pentagon.
The inner shape shape of the fifth figure must be a kite since the outer
shape of the sixth figure is a kite.
The answer is Option D.
Answer: (D)
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Question 8
Andy bought a 4-metre rope or a 400 cm rope. He used 250 cm of it and left with
400 cm – 250 cm = 150 cm. Therefore, each of the 5 equal pieces is 150 ÷ 5 = 𝟑𝟎
cm long.
Answer: (A)
Question 9
In the table below, we mark the multiples of 4 with and the multiples of 5 with
. Thus, 5 multiples of 4 and 5 at the same time will be marked with .
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 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50
51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70
71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80
81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100
Alternatively, numbers that are multiples of both 4 and 5 at the same time are
multiples of 20. These numbers are 20, 40, 60, 80, and 100.
Answer: (A)
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Question 10
There are 4 intervals between 1st and 5th tree and 2 intervals between 3rd and 5th
tree.
interval
1st 5th
3rd
4 intervals = 30 metres
2 intervals = 30÷2 = 15 metres.
Hence the distance between 3rd and 5th tree is 15 metres.
Answer: (B)
Question 11
1 bottle = 2 cups
2 gallons = 4 cups + 1 bottle = 4 cups + 2 cups = 6 cups
1 gallon = 6÷2 = 3 cups
1 pail = 1 gallon + 1 cup + 1 bottle = 3 cups + 1 cup + 2 cups = 6 cups.
Hence 6 cups of water are needed to fill up the pail.
Answer: (D)
Question 12
A B C D E
The shortest pencil in the mirror image must face right and be on top of other
pencils. Only options A and B satisfy this condition. The unsharpened pencil must be
just below the shortest pencil. Thus, the answer is Option B.
Answer: (B)
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Question 13
Jeremy must put $30 – $10 = $20 in total to reach $30 in his piggy bank and he
needs $20 ÷ $2 = 10 days to do that. Next, we draw the table as shown below and
count 10 days (only Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays).
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday
1-Jan 2-Jan 3-Jan 4-Jan 5-Jan 6-Jan
7-Jan 8-Jan 9-Jan 10-Jan 11-Jan 12-Jan 13-Jan
14-Jan 15-Jan 16-Jan 17-Jan 18-Jan 19-Jan 20-Jan
21-Jan 22-Jan 23-Jan 24-Jan 25-Jan 26-Jan 27-Jan
He would reach $30 on January 23rd, 2019.
Answer: (E)
Question 14
Do the systematic listing as shown in the table below.
Tens Tens Tens Tens Tens
digit is 1 digit is 3 digit is 5 digit is 7 digit is 9
11 31 51 71 91
13 33 53 73 93
15 35 55 75 95
17 37 57 77 97
19 39 59 79 99
There are 5 × 5 = 𝟐𝟓 such numbers.
Answer: (C)
Question 15
Hector is not the youngest. Thomas cannot be the youngest as he is older than
Jocelyn. Also, Christie also can’t be the youngest as Hector is younger than her. The
only person left who must be the youngest is Jocelyn.
Answer: (D)
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Question 16
Obviously, the desired number must be close to 1900 or 2000. Two such numbers
we can form are 2019 and 1920. After comparing the differences
1969 − 1920 = 49
2019 − 1969 = 50,
we find that the closest number we can form is 1920.
Answer: 1920
Question 17
Let’s divide the picture into 5 parts: house, road, truck, sky and traffic light.
Afterwards, we count the number of the shapes in each part.
Rectangles Triangles Circles
House 8 2 4
Road 1 0 0
Truck 4 2 4
Traffic light 2 0 3
Sky 0 4 8
Total: 15 8 19
The total number of triangles, rectangles and circles in the picture is 15 + 8 + 19 =
𝟒𝟐.
Answer: 42
Question 18
∆ × 4 + 10 = 5 × 4 + 14 = 20 + 14 = 34 or ∆ × 4 + 10 = 34
∆ × 4 = 34 − 10 = 24 or ∆ × 4 = 24
∆= 24 ÷ 4 = 𝟔
Answer: 6
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Question 19
Answer: 26
Question 20
Tom is 4 years old now since he will be twice his age in 4 years from now.
If the sum of Tom’s and Jerry’s ages was 10 three years ago, then the sum of their
ages now is 10 + 3 + 3 = 16. In 4 years from now, the sum of their ages will be
16 + 4 + 4 = 24. It is also given that Tom will be 8 years old in 4 years from now.
Hence Jerry will be 24 − 8 = 16 years old and he is 16 − 4 = 12 years old now.
Jerry’s age will double in 12 years.
Answer: 12 years
Question 21
After Carol distributes the same number of stamps to Elizabeth and Anthony, the
difference in number of stamps between Elizabeth and Anthony does not change.
Elizabeth had 4 × 3 = 12 stamps and Anthony had 1 × 3 = 3 stamps. Elizabeth has
12 − 3 = 𝟗 more stamps than Anthony.
Answer: 9
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Question 22
Using Model Method, let the number of cookies Grace received be 1 unit:
Grace: 1 unit
Scott: 1 unit 8
Cindy: 1 unit 8 15
Total: 235 cookies
3 units + 8 + 8 + 15 = 235
3 units = 235 − 8 − 8 − 15 = 204
1 unit = 204 ÷ 3 = 68
Thus, Grace received 68 cookies.
Answer: 68
Question 23
Claire has 55 cupcakes now which she received from Bob (17 cupcakes) and Alice
(half of her cupcakes). The number of cupcakes Claire received from Alice is 55 −
17 = 38. Hence Alice had 38 × 2 = 𝟕𝟔 cupcakes in the beginning.
Answer: 76
Question 24
Let us label the empty boxes with A, B, C, D, E and F.
10 x A = B
C must be greater than 7 since 10 × C is greater than 82. x x +
The ones digit of D be must 2 as the ones digit of B is 0. C x 8 = D
D is also less than 82. The only value of C that satisfies all
= = =
the above conditions is 9. Then A = 1 and F = 1 × 8 = 𝟖.
_ = 82
E F
Answer: 8
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Question 25
B cannot be greater than 1 as the sum of any two 3-digit number is not greater than
999 + 999 = 1998. Hence B must be 1.
C=B+B=1+1=2
𝐷 =𝐶+𝐶 =2+2=4
𝐵𝐷𝐷𝐶 = 𝟏𝟒𝟒𝟐
Answer: 1442
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