CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF STANDARDS IN EXAMINATION

COMMON EXAMINATION: FEBRUARY 2014

GEMS ASIAN SCHOOLS
MATHEMATICS : PART 1
GRADE: 4

MAX MARKS: 19

TIME: 1 HOUR (10 MIN READING & 50 MIN WRITING)

DATE: 20 / 2 /2014

No. of Pages: 6

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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
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Read the paper carefully for the first 10 minutes. Do not write during this time.
You are allowed 50 minutes to write the answers.
For each question there are four options-only one option should be circled.
Choose the option which you think best answers the question.
Do your work neatly, overwriting should be avoided.
Do your rough work in the work space provided.
All the answers must be written in the space provided in the question paper.
This question paper contains 6 pages including the cover page.

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UNIT 1 :
Q.
No.
Q1

Q2

ARITHEMETIC

Three children added 416 and 30 by arranging the numbers in

following way.
H T
H T O
H T O
3
4 1 6
4 1 6
+
4 1
+
3 0
+
3 0
Kabir
Karan
Ali

O
0
6

B)

C)

D)

Find the sum of fourth multiple of 12 and eighth multiple of 7.

A) 242

Q4

the

Who got the correct answer

A) Only Karan
B) Only Kabir and Karan
C) Only Karan and Ali
D) All three of them
Harris is walking from his farm to the nearby village. Its a four
kilometer walk and he has only one more kilometer to go. He has
already walked ________ of the way.
A)

Q3

Working
Space

Questions

B) 104

C) 152

D) 144

Which of the following is greater than 800?

A) 30 + 700 + 200

B) 80 + 300 + 2

C) 8 + 300 + 200

D) 80 + 30 + 20
KNOWLEDGE / UNDERSTANDING

Q5

What fraction of the figure is shaded?

A)

B)

C)

D)

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K/U

Q.
No.
Q6

Q7

Working
Space

Questions
Daryl constructed 3 houses using building blocks. Choose the house
made by using prime number of blocks.

A) House 1

B) House 2

C) House 1 and 3

D) None of the above

On dividing the place value of 2 in 12, 635 by the place value of 1 in

69,814, we get
A) 20

B) 200

C) 1200

D) 2000
APPLICATION
PPLICATION

Q8

Q9

Anita wanted to use her calculator to add 13795 and 2435. She
entered 12795 + 2435 by mistake. Which of these could she do to
correct the mistake?
A) Subtract 1000

B) Add 1000

C) Multiply by 1000

D) Divide by 1000

The product of 25 18 is more than 24 18.Calculate

.Calculate how much
more?
A) 1

B) 18

C) 24

D) 25
PROBLEM SOLVING
OLVING

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PS

Q.
No.
Q10

Q11

Working
Space

Questions
A green room for the school annual program has
a long row of lockers. Every 3rd locker contains
a package of cosmetics and every 4th locker
contains a mirror. What is the first locker that
contains both the items?
A) 24th locker

B) 12th locker

C) 30th locker

D) 32nd locker

78,200 people watched the fireworks in Dubai, on New Years Eve.

Half of them were children. Equal number
of children gathered in 5 different places.
How many children were there in each
place?

A) 7,820

B) 9,775

C) 29,325

D) 9,675

CRITICAL THINKING
Q12

a) If the square is one whole, what is

the fraction of smallest piece
numbered 4?
A)

B)

C)

D)

b) What fraction of the whole square

is the sum of the parts 3, 4, 5, 6
and 7?
A)

B)

C)

D) A and C both

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CRITH

Q.
No.
Q13

Working
Space

Questions
11,520 people live in a colony. There are
120 buildings in the colony. Each building
has 16 flats. Equal number of people live
in each flat. How many people live in
each flat?

A) 11520 120

B) 11520 (120 x 16)

C) 120 16

D) 96 16

CREATIVE THINKING
Q14

a) Sallie baked 4 apple pies and cut each of them into sixths.
How many pieces did she make? __________
A) 20

B) 24

C) 30

D) 0

b) If Sallie served 3 pies, how many slices of pie did she serve?
A) 22 slices

Q15

B) 21 slices

C) 18 slices

D) 9 slices

Mrs. Patel bought sweets for Rs.1,399 and a packet of chips for Rs.314.
Calculate how much she spent correctly to the nearest
hundreds.
A)
B)
C)
D)

Total amount is close to Rs.1000

It is about Rs.1500
The total amount spent is exactly Rs.1400
She spent about Rs.1700
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CRETH

Q.
No.
Q16

Working
Space

Questions
Shown below is the seating arrangement of a bus.Study it and answer
the following questions.

Seats shown as
Seats shown as

are booked
are not yet booked.

Seats are numbered in order as shown in the figure (from 1 to 6)

It can be seen that seat number 1 is booked whereas seat number 7 is
not booked.
Mr. Raos seat number is a multiple of 7 which is more than 15
and 3 is its factor. What is Mr. Raos seat number?
A) It can be 35 or 14
B) It can be 21 or 28
C) It is 21 only
D) It can only be 28
DECISION MAKING
AKING

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