VTAMPS V.15.

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PRIMARY 2 SET 2

Part 1: 1st to 10th Multiple Choice Questions

1. The product of three numbers is 24. If all three numbers are more than 1, which of
the following could be the sum of these three numbers?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 11

2. Two buses leave City A and arrive at City B as shown in the timetable below.
BUS DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
BUS 1 3:10 PM 5:30 PM
BUS 2 3:20 PM 6:00 PM
How many more minutes does it take Bus 2 than Bus 1 to go from City A to City B?
A) 5 minutes
B) 10 minutes
C) 15 minutes
D) 20 minutes

3. A square playground has equally distanced lamp posts built from end to end. The
distance between two adjacent lamp posts is 3 meters. If there are a total of 12 lamp
posts in the square playground, what is the perimeter?

A) 18
B) 27
C) 36
D) 48

4. Which of the following has the smallest value?

A) 0.4
 B) 0.02432
C) 0.179
D) 0.20

5. What is the smallest number of squares into which the given 9 by 8 rectangle can be
divided?

A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8

6. Which of the following figures has quarter of the portion is shaded red?

A) Figure A only
B) Figures A and D only
C) Figure D only
D) Figures B and D only

7. How many digit 6 are needed to write numerals from 1 to 80?

A) 17
B) 18
C) 19
D) 20

8. A pentagon is any 5-sided shape. How many pentagons are there in the figure below?
 A) 6
B) 8
C) 12
D) 14

9. What is the sum of the numbers that represent point Y and Z best in the number line
below?

A) 115
B) 117
C) 119
D) 121

10. Jacob and Paul are playing basketball. Each good shot is equivalent to one point. Paul
scores 6 times as many points as Jacob. Which of the following points could be the
difference of their scores?

A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 11

Part 2. 11th to 25th Open-ended Questions

11. If 1 = 2, 3 = 4, 7 = 5, and 9 = 6, what is the value of 7 + 9 – 1 + 4 - 3?

12. What time will the clock show after 95 minutes?

13. How many whole numbers between 15 and 30 leaves a remainder of 3 when divided
by 4?

14. Green and orange blocks are stacked like the figure below. What is the difference
between the number of green blocks and the number of orange blocks?

15. How long is the solid thick line if the length of one side of the figure is given below?

16. What is the probability of spinning the letter “D” on the pick wheel below?
17. John listed the numbers from 1 to 30 in a circular form. He then started counting from
one and encircle every third number. Continuing this pattern until only two numbers
are left. Determine the sum of these two remaining numbers.

18. What is the smallest digit that would make the given expression true?
“87_551 rounds to 880000”

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19. If 1 yard = 3 feet and 1 foot = 12 inches, how many inches is equivalent to yards?
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20. There are four distinct rays in a plane having the same endpoint such as the figure
below. Using these rays, we can name an acute angle Y. If angle Y measures more than
30 degrees, how many possible angles Y are there?

21. The bigger cube has an edge that measures 12 units. What is the maximum number
of small cubes with an edge of 3 units that can be obtained by cutting the big cube?
22. How many numbers between 1 and 15 that cannot be expressed as a sum of
consecutive numbers?

23. Grace, Anne and Belle divided the pizza into 8 equal slices. Grace had as many slices
as the other 2 combined. If Belle had more slices than Anne, what part of the whole
pizza did Belle have?

24. Refer to the number line below. How long is segment ST?

25. In Primary 2 Section B, every three girls share a table, and every five girls share a
computer. If the total number of tables and computers used is 8, how many girls are
there in Primary 2 Section B?
 VTAMPS V.15.0
PRIMARY 2 SET 2
SOLUTIONS MANUAL

Part 1: 1st to 10th Multiple Choice Questions

1. The product of three numbers is 24. If all three numbers are more than 1, which of the
following could be the sum of these three numbers?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 9
D) 11
Answer: C
Solution:
The three numbers are 2, 3, and 4.
2 × 3 × 4 = 24
2+3+4=9

2. Two buses leave City A and arrive at City B as shown in the timetable below.
BUS DEPARTURE ARRIVAL
BUS 1 3:10 PM 5:30 PM
BUS 2 3:20 PM 6:00 PM
How many more minutes does it take Bus 2 than Bus 1 to go from City A to City B?
A) 5 minutes
B) 10 minutes
C) 15 minutes
D) 20 minutes
Answer: D
Solution:
Subtracting departure time of Bus 1 from its arrival time,
5: 30 PM − 3: 10 PM = 2 hours and 20 minutes
Subtracting departure time of Bus 2 from its arrival time,
6: 00 PM − 3: 20 PM = 2 hours and 40 minutes
Then,
2 hours and 40 minutes − 2 hours and 20 minutes = 20 minutes
So, Bus 2 takes 20 minutes more than Bus 1 to go from City A to City B.

3. A square playground has equally distanced lamp posts built from end to end. The
distance between two adjacent lamp posts is 3 meters. If there are a total of 12 lamp
posts in the square playground, what is the perimeter?
 A) 18
B) 27
C) 36
D) 48
Answer: C
Solution:
Let the circles be the lamp posts.

Since 12 lamp posts, we multiply it by 12.

P = 12 × 3 = 36 meters

4. Which of the following has the smallest value?

A) 0.4
B) 0.02432
C) 0.179
D) 0.20
Answer: B
Solution:
A) 0.4
B) 0.02432
C) 0.179
D) 0.20

5. What is the smallest number of squares into which the given 9 by 8 rectangle can be
divided?
 A) 5
B) 6
C) 7
D) 8
Answer: C
Solution:

6. Which of the following figures has quarter of the portion is shaded red?

A) Figure A only
 B) Figures A and D only
C) Figure D only
D) Figures B and D only
Answer: B
Solution:
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The shaded red portion of figure A is $.
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The shaded red portion of figure B is %.
#
The shaded red portion of figure C is ".
#
The shaded red portion of figure D is $.
The answer is B) Figures A and D only.

7. How many digit 6 are needed to write numerals from 1 to 80?

A) 17
B) 18
C) 19
D) 20
Answer: B
Solution:
6, 16, 26, 36, 46, 56, 76: 7
60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 = 11
Total = 7 + 11 = 18

8. A pentagon is any 5-sided shape. How many pentagons are there in the figure below?

A) 6
B) 8
C) 12
D) 14
Answer: B
Solution:
 9. What is the sum of the numbers that represent point Y and Z best in the number line
below?

A) 115
B) 117
C) 119
D) 121
Answer: B
Solution:
Based on the number line, X = 9, Y = 45, Z = 72
Then, Y + Z = 45 + 72 = 117

10. Jacob and Paul are playing basketball. Each good shot is equivalent to one point. Paul
scores 6 times as many points as Jacob. Which of the following points could be the
difference of their scores?
 A) 8
B) 9
C) 10
D) 11
Answer: C
Solution:
Since Paul scores 6 times as many points as Jacob,
When Jacob’s score is 1, Paul’s score is 6 × 1 = 6.
The difference is 6 − 1 = 5.
When Jacob’s score is 2, Paul’s score is 6 × 2 = 12.
The difference is 12 − 2 = 10.

Based on the choices, the answer is C) 10.

Part 2. 11th to 25th Open-ended Questions

11. If 1 = 2, 3 = 4, 7 = 5, and 9 = 6, what is the value of 7 + 9 – 1 + 4 - 3?

Answer: 9
Solution:
7+9–1+4–3=5+6–2+4–4
= 11 – 2 = 9

12. What time will the clock show after 95 minutes?

Answer: 9:56 or 09:56
Solution:
Time now is 08:21. After 95 minutes or 1 hour and 35 minutes,
08: 21
+ 01: 35
09: 56

13. How many whole numbers between 15 and 30 leaves a remainder of 3 when divided
by 4?
Answer: 3
Solution:
16 ÷ 4 = 4, no remainder.
Adding 3 to the numbers divisible by 4 between 15 and 30,
16 + 3 = 19
20 + 3 = 23
24 + 3 = 27
Since whole numbers between 15 and 30, 15 and 30 are not included. Thus, we have 3
whole numbers.

14. Green and orange blocks are stacked like the figure below. What is the difference
between the number of green blocks and the number of orange blocks?

Answer: 9
Solution:
Based on the figure, we have 9 × 3 = 27 green blocks and 6 × 3 = 18 orange blocks.
The difference between the green blocks and the orange blocks,
27 − 18 = 9

15. How long is the solid thick line if the length of one side of the figure is given below?
Answer: 64
Solution:

L = 2 × (1 + 5 + 3 + 3 + 2 + 5 + 1 + 8 + 3 + 1) = 2 × 32 = 64 cm

16. What is the probability of spinning the letter “D” on the pick wheel below?
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Answer: %
Solution:
1
A=B=C=
8
2
E=
8
3
D=
8

17. John listed the numbers from 1 to 30 in a circular form. He then started counting from
one and encircle every third number. Continuing this pattern until only two numbers
are left. Determine the sum of these two remaining numbers.
Answer: 48
Solution:
Starting from 1, the number to encircle is 3, then 6, and so on, until 2 numbers are left.

Then, add the 2 remaining numbers,

19 + 29 = 48

18. What is the smallest digit that would make the given expression true?
“87_551 rounds to 880000”
Answer: 5
Solution:
Using the digits 0-4, they round to 870000.
Using the digits 5-9, they round to 880000.
Smallest digit is 5.

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19. If 1 yard = 3 feet and 1 foot = 12 inches, how many inches is equivalent to " yards?

Answer: 126
Solution:
Since 1 yard = 3 feet,
7 7 21
yards = 3 × = feet
2 2 2
Since 1 foot = 12 inches,
21 21
feet = 12 × = 126 inches
2 2

20. There are four distinct rays in a plane having the same endpoint such as the figure
below. Using these rays, we can name an acute angle Y. If angle Y measures more than
30 degrees, how many possible angles Y are there?

Answer: 3
Solution:
The answer is 3 which are:
41 degrees
83 degrees
22 + 41 = 63 degrees

21. The bigger cube has an edge that measures 12 units. What is the maximum number
of small cubes with an edge of 3 units that can be obtained by cutting the big cube?
Answer: 64
Solution:
12 × 12 × 12 ÷ (3 × 3 × 3) = 64

22. How many numbers between 1 and 15 that cannot be expressed as a sum of
consecutive numbers?
Answer: 3
Solution:
For 2 consecutive numbers,
1+2=3
2+3=5
3+4=7
4+5=9
5 + 6 = 11
6 + 7 = 13
For 3 consecutive numbers,
1+2+3=6
2+3+4=9
3 + 4 + 5 = 12
For 4 consecutive numbers,
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 10
2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 14
Thus, the only numbers that cannot be expressed as a sum of consecutive numbers are 2,
4, and 8.

23. Grace, Anne and Belle divided the pizza into 8 equal slices. Grace had as many slices
as the other 2 combined. If Belle had more slices than Anne, what part of the whole
pizza did Belle have?

Answer: 3/8
Solution:
The pizza was divided into 8 equal slices. Grace had as many slices as Anne and Belle
combined. Belle had more slices than Anne.
To satisfy these statements, Grace should have 4 slices so that she will have the same
slices as Anne and Belle combined. Then, we are left with 4 slices. Since Belle had more
slices than Anne, Belle should have 3 slices and Anne should have 1 slice.
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Thus, Belle has % part of the whole pizza.

24. Refer to the number line below. How long is segment ST?

Answer: 9
Solution:
Using the number line, S = −6, T = 3
ppp = 3 − (−6) = 3 + 6 = 9
ST

25. In Primary 2 Section B, every three girls share a table, and every five girls share a
computer. If the total number of tables and computers used is 8, how many girls are
there in Primary 2 Section B?
Answer: 15
Solution:
LCM of 3 and 5 is 15.
If 15 girls,
Number of tables = 15/3 = 5
Number of computers = 15/5 = 3
Number of tables + Number of computers = 5 + 3 = 8
Therefore, there are 15 girls.