P4maths Mid Year Set 2
P4maths Mid Year Set 2
P4maths Mid Year Set 2
Primary 4
MATHEMATICS
MID-YEAR ASSESSMENT (SET 2)
INSTRUCTIONS
BOOKLET A
MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS [20 marks]
BOOKLET B
SHORT-ANSWER [30 marks]
SECTION MARKS
A / 20
B / 30
C / 50
TOTAL / 100
BOOKLET A
Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 15 carry 2 marks each. For
each question, choose the correct answer and write its number (1, 2, 3 or 4) in the
brackets provided. [20 m]
1. Round off the sum of 67 980 and 763 to the nearest ten thousand.
(1) 60 000 (3) 69 000
(2) 68 000 (4) 70 000 ( )
( )
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3. How many more boxes must be shaded in order to have _
4 of the figure shaded?
(1) 7
(2) 8
(3) 18
(4) 25
( )
(3) 126º
(4) 136º ( )
5. How many right angles are formed by the hour hand and minute hand on a clock
from 12 noon to 1 pm?
(1) 1 (2) 2 (3) 3 (4) 4 ( )
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6. Samantha is facing east now. She makes a _ 4 -turn in the anticlockwise direction
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and makes another _
2 -turn in the clockwise direction. In which direction will she be
facing?
(1) north (2) south (3) west (4) east ( )
7. Find the cost of 4 dozen apples if 3 apples are sold for $2.
(1) $16 (2) $24 (3) $32 (4) $36 ( )
The line graph below shows the number of cars sold over a period of six months.
Study it carefully and answer questions 8 to 11.
100
90
80
Number of cars sold
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0 March April May June July August September
Month
8. In which month was the number of cars sold 4 times as many as the number of cars
sold in March?
(1) June (3) August
(2) July (4) September ( )
9. Find the difference between the number of cars sold in August and in May.
(1) 44 (3) 48
(2) 46 (4) 50 ( )
10. Find the total number of cars sold from March to September.
(1) 284 (3) 384
(2) 364 (4) 394 ( )
11. If a car agent gets a commission of $545 for every car he sells, how much must the
company pay to the car agents in August and September?
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15. Alina had _
5 as much money as Edna. Edna had $32 more than Alina. How much
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money would Alina have if her mother gave her _
6 more of what she had at first?
(1) $48 (3) $64
(2) $56 (4) $96 ( )
BOOKLET B
Questions 16 to 25 carry 1 mark each. Questions 26 to 35 carry 2 marks each.
For questions 26 to 35, show your working clearly in the space given. Write your
answers on the lines provided. For questions that require units, these units are
provided. Give your answers in the stated units. [30 m]
11
17. Express 6 __
12 as an improper fraction.
21. How many pairs of parallel lines are in the figure below?
M
G
J
C E L
A B
H
I
K F
N D
22. In the figure below, how many angles are greater than 90°?
1
_ 3
_ 1
2 , 4 , , 1_
4
24. The rectangle shown below is not drawn to scale. Find the unknown lengths.
21 cm
9 cm x
x= cm
y y= cm
5 1
29. Subtract _ _
6 from 12 6 . Simplify your answer.
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31. Alice had 450 seashells. She gave _
9 of them to Amanda. How many seashells had
she left?
seashells
32. + + + + = 125
÷ =
+ + + = ?
33. 234 boys and 180 girls participated in a colouring competition. Each participant was
given 2 boxes of crayons. Each box contained 15 crayons. How many crayons were
given away?
crayons
34. After Bob gave Sam 100 marbles, they had the same number of marbles. If Sam had
255 marbles at first, how many marbles did Bob have at first?
marbles
35. A teddy bear costs half as much as a toy robot. If the total cost of 3 such teddy bears
and 2 such toy robots is $315, find the cost of 1 teddy bear and 1 toy robot.
For questions 36 to 48, show your working clearly in the space and write your
answers on the lines provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets
[ ] at the end of each question or part-question. [50 m]
36. There were 2860 boys and 1840 girls in a school hall. 450 boys and 380 more girls
than boys left the school hall. How many students remained in the school hall? [3]
Ans:
37. Clock A chimes once every 7 minutes. Clock B chimes once every 9 minutes. At one
point, both clocks chimed at the same time. How many minutes would pass before
they chime together again? [3]
Ans:
1
38. Josephine had thrice as much money as Andy. Adeline had _
4 as much money as Andy.
If Josephine had $300, how much money did the three children have altogether?
[3]
Ans:
39. The figure below is made up of two rectangles. What are the unknown lengths? [3]
y
22 cm
12 cm 13 cm
13 cm
Ans:
40. Pole A is twice as long as Pole B. Pole C is 260 cm shorter than Pole A. If Pole C is
1040 cm long, what is the total length of the three poles? [3]
Ans:
41. Farmer Brown sold 1265 more chickens on Sunday than on Saturday. He sold 300
fewer chickens on Monday than on Sunday. If he had sold 890 chickens on Saturday,
how many chickens were sold over the three days? [4]
Ans:
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42. The distance Mr Taylor drives from his house to his workplace is 29 km. If he drives
to and fro daily, find the total distance Mr Taylor covers in 2 weeks. [4]
Ans:
1 1
43. Pauline spends _ _
4 of her salary on transport and food. She gives 2 of her remaining
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salary to her parents. If _ 3 of what she has left is $90, what is Pauline’s salary? [4]
Ans:
44. Mrs Baker bought a suite of furniture. She paid for it in 6 instalments.
(a) If she paid $1438 for each instalment, how much was the furniture? [2]
(b) If she was given a discount of $850, what was the original price of the suite of
furniture? [2]
Ans: (a)
(b)
45. (a) If 5 similar sets of computers cost $9995, what is the total cost of 9 such sets of
computers? [2]
(b) A company wants to buy 6 such sets of computers. The company is given
a discount of $265 per computer. How much does the company pay for the
purchase? [2]
Ans: (a)
(b)
46. Amanda and Tina had 310 stickers each. Betty had 85 stickers fewer than the total
number of stickers Amanda and Tina had.
(a) How many stickers did Betty have? [2]
(b) How many stickers must Betty give to Amanda and Tina each so that all of them
would have an equal number of stickers? [3]
Ans: (a)
(b)
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47. Henry had 30 more marbles than Tim. Andy had four times as many marbles as
Henry. They had 450 marbles altogether.
(a) How many marbles did Henry have? [3]
(b) How many marbles had Andy left if he gave Tim 98 marbles? [2]
Ans: (a)
(b)
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48. Christy wants to put an equal number of sweets into some bags. The total number
of sweets she has is more than 50 but less than 90. If she puts 5 sweets into each
bag, she has 4 sweets left. If she puts 8 sweets into each bag, she will need 1 more
sweet. How many sweets does Christy have? [5]
Ans:
Solutions to my2
15. (2)
?
Alina 7 units → $315
1 unit → $315 ÷ 7 = $45
Edna
3 units → 3 × $45 = $135
y = 11 cm Betty ?
y = 22 ÷ 2 = 11 cm 85
310 + 310 = 620
40. 2990 cm
Amanda and Tina had 620 stickers altogether.
1040 + 260 = 1300 cm
Pole A is 1300 cm long. 620 – 85 = 535
Betty had 535 stickers.
1300 ÷ 2 =650 cm
Pole B is 650 cm long. (b) 150 stickers
1300 + 650 + 1040 = 2990 cm 620 + 535 = 1155
The total length of the three poles is 2990 cm. They had a total of 1155 stickers.
1155 ÷ 3 = 385
41. 4900 chickens
Each girl should have 385 stickers.
890 + 1265 = 2155
Farmer Brown sold 2155 chickens on Sunday. 535 – 385 = 150
150 ÷ 2 = 75
2155 – 300 = 1855
Betty must give 75 stickers each to Amanda and
Farmer Brown sold 1855 chickens on Monday.
Tina.
890 + 2155 + 1855 = 4900
4900 chickens were sold over the three days. 47. (a) 80 marbles
? multiples of 5 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90
6 × $1438 = $8628 +4 54 59 64 69 74 79 84 89 94
The furniture was $8628.
(b) $9478 multiples of 8 56 64 72 80 88
$8628 + $850 = $9478 –1 55 63 71 79 87
The original price of the suite of furniture was
$9478. Christy has 79 sweets.
$9995
$9995 ÷ 5 = $1999
Each set of computer costs $1999.