Primary 5 (Grade 5) – GEP Practice

2019
Contest Problems with Full Solutions

Authors:
Henry Ong, BSc, MBA, CMA
Merlan Nagidulin, BSc

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Section A (Correct answer – 2 points| No answer – 0 points| Incorrect answer – minus 1 point)

Question 1
Find the sum of all digits of the following product
369 × 333
A. 122877
B. 121877
C. 27
D. 25
E. None of the above

Question 2
Which of the following results in an odd number?
A. 6875 − 4213
B. 1648 + 6742
C. 54 × 357
D. 252 ÷ 12
E. None of the above

Question 3
What is the value of C so that the 4-digit number 187C is divisible by 9?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
E. None of the above

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Question 4
Find the next number in the sequence below.
7, 11, 22, 40, 65, ____
A. 104
B. 129
C. 72
D. 97
E. None of the above

Question 5
Andrew and Caden had some stamps in the ratio 6:8. Andrew gave a quarter of his
stamps to Caden. Caden then had 280 stamps more than Andrew. How many
stamps did they have altogether?
A. 392
B. 784
C. 336
D. 448
E. None of the above

Question 6
From which figure onwards will the number of black circles in the figure be more
than the number of white circles in the same figure?

Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4

A. Figure 7
B. Figure 8
C. Figure 9
D. Figure 10
E. None of the above

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Question 7
Find the value of the following fraction in simplest form.
1
2−
1
0+ 1
1−
9
1
A. 1
9
8
B.
9
26
C.
17
7
D.
8
E. None of the above

Question 8
Which of the following will form a knot when the two ends are pulled away from
each other at the same time?

A B C

D E

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Question 9
Find the sum of all whole numbers 𝑛 such that when 60 is divided by 𝑛 it gives a
remainder of 4.
A. 120
B. 113
C. 57
D. 56
E. None of the above

Question 10
Edison left Town A at 2:30 pm and drove towards Town B at 60 km/h. At 3 pm,
Jason also left Town A and drove in the same direction as Edison at 75 km/h. What
time did Jason catch up with Edison?
A. 4:30 pm
B. 5:00 pm
C. 3:45 pm
D. 4:00 pm
E. None of the above

Question 11
In how many different ways can the circles be coloured
using 3 colours: white, blue and green so that any 2
circles connected by a line do not share the same colour?
A. 6
B. 8
C. 16
D. 24
E. None of the above

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Question 12
The number of male viewers of a YouTube channel was twice as many as the
number of its female viewers. The average watch time per video of its male viewers
was 24 seconds and the average watch time per video of female viewers of this
channel was 36 seconds. What was the average watch time per video of all the
viewers of this YouTube channel?
A. 24 seconds
B. 28 seconds
C. 32 seconds
D. 33 seconds
E. None of the above

Question 13
Two identical squares overlap each other as shown
on the right. Given the vertical sides of the squares
are parallel, and the area of the square is 676 cm2,
what is the area of the shaded triangle?
A. 128 cm2
B. 165 cm2
C. 167 cm2
D. 284 cm2
E. None of the above

Question 14
Four friends made the following statements:
Kieran: I’m not the shortest.
Franklin: I’m neither the tallest nor the shortest.
Mabel: I’m the shortest
Jeff: I’m the tallest
If only one of them lied, who is the tallest?
A. Kieran
B. Franklin
C. Mabel
D. Jeff
E. Insufficient data

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Question 15
Find the missing figure in the diagram below.

A B C D E

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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
How many triangles are there in the figure on the right?

Question 17
In a 24-hour period on a digital clock, from 0:00 to 23:59, how many times does the
digit “5” occur?
[At the time 3:55, the digit “5” occurs 2 times]

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Question 18
The following bar chart shows the number of students from Happy Primary School
who received 4 different awards in SASMO competition. All the horizontal lines are
equally spaced. The difference between the number of students who received Silver
Award and Perfect Score was 140. Students who didn’t win any award received
Certificate of Participation and they weren’t indicated on the graph. The ratio
between the number of students who received Gold Award to the number of
students who received Certificate of Participation was 4:9. Find the number of
students who received Certificate of Participation.
Number of students

0
Gold Silver Bronze Perfect Score
Awards

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Question 19
A pipe can fill up an empty tank in 18 hours. Full tank can be emptied by a pump in
20 hours. How long (in hours) will it take to fill up an empty tank if both the pipe
and the pump are turned on at the same time?

Question 20
Ren selected 20 different whole numbers greater than 0 such that the product of
any 9 numbers is always even. The sum of the 20 numbers is an odd number. Find
the least possible sum of these numbers.

3 cm

Question 21
The big square on the right is made up
of 4 rectangles and 1 small square. 7 cm

The lengths and the breadths of 2

rectangles are given in the picture.
Find the perimeter (in cm) of the big 11 cm

square.

5 cm

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Question 22
In the following cryptarithm, all the different letters stand for different digits. What is
the value of the 4-digit number AECA?

A C A E

+ A E C A

C E D A

Question 23
Shells are being distributed into a fixed number of boxes. If the shells are distributed
into groups of 14, there will 6 extra shells. When shells are grouped into 16, there
will be a shortage of 84 shells. What is the total number of shells?

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Question 24
Four 2-digit numbers are made up from the digits 2, 3, 4, …, 9 with no repetition.
The following are the hints about these numbers:
• In the smallest number, the ones digit is twice of tens digit.
• In the largest number, the sum of ones and tens digits is 11.
• In one of the numbers, tens digit is 5 more than ones digit.
• One of the numbers is divisible by 7.
Find the second smallest number.

Question 25
Stan got some notebooks and pens from a bookstore. The price of a notebook was
$7, and a pen’s price was $3. There was a promotion “Buy 4 notebooks, get 5 pens
free”. He spent exactly $82 in total and enjoyed the promotion to the fullest such
that he got the largest combined number of notebooks and pens. What is the total
number of pens (including the free ones) that he got from the bookstore?

END OF PAPER

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Solutions to SASMO 2019 Primary 5 (Grade 5)

Question 1
369 × 333 = (3 × 123) × 333 = 123 × 3 × 333 = 123 × 999 = 123 × (1000 − 1)
= 123 × 1000 − 123 × 1 = 123000 − 123 = 122877.
The sum of the digits is 1 + 2 + 2 + 8 + 7 + 7 = 𝟐𝟕.
Answer: (C)

Question 2
A. 𝑜𝑑𝑑 − 𝑜𝑑𝑑 = 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
B. 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 + 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 = 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
C. 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 × 𝑜𝑑𝑑 = 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛
D. 252 ÷ 12 = 21 (odd)
E. None of the above
Answer: (D)

Question 3
Using the divisibility test for 9, the sum of digits 1 + 8 + 7 + 𝐶 = 16 + 𝐶 is divisible
by 9. Since 𝐶 is a single digit, 𝑪 = 𝟐
Answer: (C)

Question 4
Find the difference between neighbouring numbers
+4 +11 +18 +25
7 → 11 → 22 → 40 → 65
The pattern of differences is as follows:
+7 +7 +7 +7
4 → 11 → 18 → 25 → 32
The next number in the sequence is 65 + 32 = 𝟗𝟕.
Answer: (D)

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Question 5
Andrew and Caden had some stamps in the ratio 6:8 or 12 units:16 units. After
1
Andrew gave a quarter of his stamps or equivalently × 12 = 3 units to Caden, the
4

ratio became (12 − 3): (16 + 3) or 9: 19.

Caden then had 280 stamps or (19 − 9) = 10 units more than Andrew.
Thus, 10 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 = 280 and 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 280 ÷ 10 = 28.
They had 9 + 19 = 28 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 = 28 × 28 = 𝟕𝟖𝟒 stamps altogether.
Answer: (B)

Question 6
The pattern for number of black and white circles in each figure is as follows:

Figure No. of black circles No. of white circles

1 0 6
2 1 6+3=9
3 1+2=3 9 + 3 = 12
4 1+2+3=6 12 + 3 = 15
5 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10 18
6 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 15 21
7 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 = 21 24
8 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 = 28 27
Answer: (B)

Question 7
1 1 1 1 1 8 10 𝟏
2− =2− =2− =2− =2− =2− = =𝟏
1 1 8 9 9 9 9 𝟗
0+ 1 0+ 8 0+1÷ 0+
9 8 8
1−
9 9
Answer: (A)

Question 8
Options A, B, D and E will not form a knot. Option C will form a knot.
Answer: (C)

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Question 9
When 60 is divided by 𝑛 it gives a remainder of 4. Hence 60 − 4 = 56 is divisible by
𝑛. The factors of 56 are 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56. When 60 is divided by 1, 2 and 4,
there is no remainder.
When 60 is divided by 7, 8, 14, 28 and 56 it gives a remainder of 4. Therefore, the
sum is 7 + 8 + 14 + 28 + 56 = 𝟏𝟏𝟑.
Answer: (B)

Question 10
1
Jason left Town A 30 minutes or hour later than Edison. In a half an hour time,
2
1
Edison drove 60 × = 30 km i.e. Jason started 30 km behind Edison. The difference
2
in their speeds is 75 − 60 = 15 𝑘𝑚/ℎ, so the difference between them decreased by
15 km every hour. Then the time that Jason caught up with Edison is 30 ÷ 15 =
2 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠 after 3 pm which is 5:00 pm.
Answer: (B)

Question 11
Label the circles with A, B, C and D as shown. B
If Circle A is blue, then there 4 possible colourings:
D
A
• B is white, C green and D is white
• B is white, C green and D is blue C
• B is green, C white and D is green
• B is green, C white and D is blue
Similarly, there are 4 possible colouring when Circle A is white or green.
There are 4 × 3 = 𝟏𝟐 ways.
Answer: (E)

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Question 12
Let the number of female viewers be 1 unit. Then the number of male viewers is 2
units.
Total watch time of male viewers: 2 units x 24 = 48 units
Total watch time of female viewers: 1 unit x 36 = 36 units
Total watch time of all viewers: 48 units + 36 units = 84 units
Total number of viewers: 1 unit + 2 units = 3 units
Average watch time of all viewers: 84 ÷ 3 = 28 seconds
Answer: (B)

Question 13
If the area of square is 676 cm2, then the length
12 cm 9 cm
of the side is 26 cm.
The area of the unshaded triangle on the left is
26-12=14 cm

12 × 26 ÷ 2 = 156 cm2
26 cm 26-9=17 cm
The area of the unshaded triangle on the top
right is (26 − 12) × (26 − 9) ÷ 2 = 119 cm2
26-17=9 cm
The area of the unshaded triangle at the bottom
is (26 − 17) × 26 ÷ 2 = 117 cm2
The area of shaded triangle is 676 cm2 – (156 cm2 + 119 cm2 + 117 cm2) = 284
cm2.
Answer: (D)

Question 14
If Kieran lied, then he would be the shortest. But Mabel also said that she is the
shortest and it is true. So, Kieran could not be the shortest one and he did not lie.
If Franklin lied, then he may be the tallest or the shortest. However, the truthful
statements from Mabel and Jeff indicate that Franklin is neither the tallest nor the
shortest. So, Franklin could not be the one lying.

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If Mabel lied, then she is not the shortest. The statements made by Kieran and
Franklin could not be true otherwise no one would be the shortest. Thus, Mabel also
did not lie.
If Jeff lied, then he is not the tallest. The truthful statements from Mabel and
Franklin indicate that both are not the tallest. Thus, the tallest person can only be
Kieran.
Answer: (A)

Question 15
In every column, the third square is obtained from the first and the second squares
following these 3 rules:
Rule 1: If 2 triangles in the same position from both first and second squares are
facing the same direction, then the resulting triangle in the same position in the third
square will be pointing in the opposite direction.
Rule 2: If 2 triangles in the same position from both first and second
squares are facing different directions, then there is no triangle in the
same position in the third square.
Rule 3: If there is only 1 triangle in the same position from both first
and second squares, then the same triangle will be in the same
position in the third square.
Following these rules in the third column, we will get the figure in
Option C as shown on the right. ?

Answer: (C)

Question 16
The following are the number of triangles.

Type of
1-part 2-part 3-part 5-part
Triangle

Example

Quantity 7 3 1 3
Total = 7 + 3 + 1 + 3 = 𝟏𝟒 triangles.
Answer: 14

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Question 17
Make a list:
Number of “5”s in hours: 5:00, 5:01,…, 5:59 and 15:00, 15:01, …, 15:59 – 60 × 2 =
120 times.
Number of “5s” in ones place of the minutes:
00:05, 00:15, …, 00:55 – 6 times
01:05, 01:15, …, 01:55 – 6 times
⋮
23:05, 23:15, …, 23:55 – 6 times
6 × 24 = 144 times
Number of “5s” in tens place of the minutes:
00:50, 00:51, …, 00:59 – 10 times
01:50, 01:51, …, 01:59 – 10 times
⋮
23:50, 23:51, …, 23:59 – 10 times
10 × 24 = 240 times
Total= 120 + 144 + 240 = 504 times.
Answer: 0504

Question 18
The followings are the number of units in the bar drawing of each award:
Gold – 3 units,
Silver – 8 units,
Bronze – 5 units,
Perfect Score – 1 unit.
The condition implies that 8 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 − 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 140, and so 7 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 = 140. Hence the
number of students who received Perfect Score was 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 140 ÷ 7 = 20, and
3 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 = 20 × 3 = 60 students received Gold Award.

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The ratio between the number of students who received Gold Award to the number
of students who received Certificate of Participation was 4:9 or 4 × 15:9 × 15 or
60:135.
Thus, the number of students who received Certificate of Participation is 135.
Answer: 135

Question 19
1 1
In 1 hour, the pipe can fill up of the tank while the pump can empty of the
18 20
tank.
1 1 1
When both the pipe and pump are working together, they can fill up − = of
18 20 180
the tank in 1 hour.
1
1 hour → of the tank
180
180
180 hours → of the tank
180

Answer: 180

Question 20
Among the 20 numbers, there are at most 8 odd numbers; otherwise, there will be 9
odd numbers with an odd number product.
If there are exactly 8 odd numbers, then the sum of the 20 numbers is an even
number as the sum of 8 odd numbers is an even number. Thus, there are at most 7
odd numbers among the 20 numbers and the least possible sum is
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 + 16 + 18 + 20 + 22 + 24
+ 26 = 𝟐𝟑𝟏.
Answer: 231

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Question 21
Let the length of the small square be 1 5 cm 1 unit
3 cm

unit as shown on the right.

1 unit

Then the length of the the top side of

7 cm
the big square is
1 unit

5 𝑐𝑚 + 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 + 3 𝑐𝑚 = 8 𝑐𝑚 + 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡.
11 cm
the length of the the right side of the
big square is (11 - 1 unit) (11 - 1 unit)

7 𝑐𝑚 + (11 − 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡) = 18 − 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡.

Thus, 5 cm

8 𝑐𝑚 + 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 18 − 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡
1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 + 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 18 − 8
2 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑠 = 10
1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡 = 10 ÷ 2 = 5 𝑐𝑚
The perimeter of the big square is
4 × (8 𝑐𝑚 + 1 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡) = 4 × (8 𝑐𝑚 + 5 𝑐𝑚) = 52 𝑐𝑚.
Answer: 52

Question 22
In the ones place addition, it is obvious that E = 0.
In the hundreds place addition, since E = 0, 𝐶 can only be 9 with 1 carried over from
the tens place addition. Then in the thousands place addition, 𝐴 + 𝐴 + 1 = 𝐶 = 9 (1
was carried over from the hundreds place addition). Hence A = 4, D = 3 and AECA =
𝟒𝟎𝟗𝟒.
Answer: 4094

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Question 23
If the shells are distributed into groups of 14, there will 6 extra shells.

But 6 shells left are not enough to distribute 2 more shells into each box since there
would be 84 shells short.

So if there are 84 more shells, then there would be 84 + 6 = 90 shells which can be
distributed so that each box has 2 more shells, i.e. 16 shells each.

Since 2 more shells were distributed to each box (i.e. the 15th and 16th shell), then
there are 90 ÷ 2 = 45 boxes.
There are 45  14 + 6 or 45 x 16 – 84 = 636 shells.

Answer: 636

Question 24
The smallest number can be 24, 36 or 48.
In one of the numbers, tens digit is 5 more than ones digit. So that number can be
72, 83 or 94. Hence the largest number can be 74, 83 or 92.
If the largest number is 92, then one number is 83 as digits 9 and 2 were used.
Then the smallest number cannot be 24, 36 or 48 since 2, 3, 8 and 9 were used.
Therefore, the largest number is not 92. Similarly, the largest number is not 74.
The only option left for the largest number is 83. The smallest number is 24 since 3
and 8 were used. Another number is 72. The remaining number is either 65 or 56.
Since one of the number is divisible by 7, the remaining number must be 56. The
second smallest number is 56.
Answer: 56

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Question 25
List down all the possibilities with the total price of $82:

Total Price Combined no.

No. of Total Price of
of No. of pens of notebooks
notebooks pens
notebooks and files
10 notebooks
10 $70 4 $12 and 4 + 10 free
pens = 24
7 notebooks and
7 $49 11 $33 11 + 5 free pens
= 23
4 notebooks and
4 $28 18 $54 18 + 5 free pens
= 27
1 notebook and
1 $7 25 $75
25 pens = 26
Since Stan got the largest combined number of notebooks and pens when he bought
4 notebooks and 18 pens (+ 5 free pens), he got 23 pens from the bookstore.
Answer: 23 pens

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