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KBSM Mathematics Curriculum Whole Numbers

1. Prabhu had $5 to buy milk, bread, and eggs. When he got to the shop he
found that the prices were those shown below:

At which of these times would it make sense to use estimates rather than
exact numbers?

A. When Prabhu tried to decide whether $5 was enough money

B. When the clerk entered each amount into the cash register

C. When Prabhu was told how much he owed

D. When the clerk counted Prabhu’s change

Answer Cognitive Domain

A Knowing
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2.

José is 1.5 m tall. About how tall is the tree?

A. 4m

B. 6m

C. 8m

D. 10 m

Answer Cognitive Domain

B Applying
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3. A newspaper reported that about 18 200 trees had been planted in the park.
The number was rounded to the nearest hundred. Which of these could have
been the actual number of trees planted?

A. 18 043

B. 18 189

C. 18 289

D. 18 328

Answer Cognitive Domain

B Understanding
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4. Mark’s garden has 84 rows of cabbages. There are 57 cabbages in each row.
Which of these gives the BEST way to estimate how many cabbages there
are altogether?

A. 100 × 50 = 5000

B. 90 × 60 = 5400

C. 80 × 60 = 4800

D. 80 × 50 = 4000

Answer Cognitive Domain

C Applying/Reasoning
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5. A group of students has a total of 29 pencils and everyone has at least one
pencil. Six students have 1 pencil each, 5 students have 3, and the rest have
2. How many students have only 2 pencils?

A. 4

B. 6

C. 8

D. 9

Answer Cognitive Domain

A Solving problems
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6. Subtract:

6000
2369

A. 4369

B. 3742

C. 3631

D. 3531

Answer Cognitive Domain

C Applying
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7. Theresa wants to record 5 songs on tape. The length of time each song plays
for is shown in the table.

Song Amount of Time

1 2 minutes 41 seconds
2 3 minutes 10 seconds
3 2 minutes 51 seconds
4 3 minutes
5 3 minutes 32 seconds

ESTIMATE to the nearest minute the total time taken for all five songs to play
and explain how this estimate was made.

Estimate: ___________________

Explain:

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Answer [for “Estimate”] Cognitive Domain

Correct response:
i. 15 minutes
ii. 16 minutes Solving problems
(Note: There is no distinction made
between responses with and without units.)

Answer [for “Explain”] Cognitive Domain

Correct response:
i. Each amount of time is correctly
rounded to whole minutes
Example: 3+3+3+3+4 OR 3+3+3+3+3
ii. Each amount of time is correctly
rounded to nearest 5, 10, 15, or 30
seconds.
Solving problems and
iii. No calculation shown. Statements may Reasoning
include “rounded off to nearest minute”,
“rounded the numbers up and down” or
similar expressions.
iv. Adds correctly and then rounds off from
15 min. 14 sec.
v. Other correct response.

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8. The sum 691 + 208 is closest to the sum

A. 600 + 200

B. 700 + 200

C. 700 + 300

D. 900 + 200

Answer Cognitive Domain

B Applying and Analysing
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9. Rounded to the nearest 10 kg the weight of a dolphin was reported as 170 kg.
Write down a weight that might have been the actual weight of the dolphin.

Answer: ________________________________

Answer Cognitive Domain

Correct response:
i. Number within the interval
165  X < 170
ii. 170
iii. Number within the interval Solving problems and
170 < X  175 Reasoning
iv. Two or more numbers within the interval
165  X  175
Examples: 165 to 169
168 or 171

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10. A company produced 17 175 cars in 1996. For a report, this number was
rounded to the nearest hundred. Which was the number of cars given in the
report?

A. 17 000

B. 17 100

C. 17 200

D. 17 270

Answer Cognitive Domain

C Applying
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11. Subtract:

7003
– 4078_

A. 2035

B. 2925

C. 3005

D. 3925

Answer Cognitive Domain

B Applying
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12. John sold 60 magazines and Mark sold 80 magazines. The magazines were
all sold for the same price. The total amount of money received for the
magazines was $700. How much money did Mark receive?

Answer: _____________________

Answer Cognitive Domain

400 Analysing and Evaluating
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13. The height of a boy was reported as 140 cm. The height had been rounded to
the nearest 10 cm. What are two possibilities for the boy’s actual height?

Answer: ______________________ cm and ______________________ cm

Answer Cognitive Domain

One answer is 140 and the other answer is
in an acceptable range, 135 ≤ x < 140 or
140 < x < 145.
Applying and Analysing
Neither answer is 140 cm but both are in
the acceptable range135 ≤ x < 140 and/or
140 < x < 145.
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14. The length of a box is 9 cm to the nearest centimeters. Which of these could
be the actual length of the box?

A. 10

B. 9.9

C. 9.6

D. 8.6

Answer Cognitive Domain

D Knowing
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15.

What is the length of the pipe being measured?

A. 0.085 m

B. 0.805 m

C. 0.85 m

D. 8.5 m

Answer Cognitive Domain

C Applying
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16. The teachers at Parkway School plan to send 6 newsletters per year to each
of the 620 families with children at the school. The newsletters each need 2
sheets of paper. The paper is sold in packs of 500 sheets.
What is the least number of packs of paper needed to print the school
newsletter for the year?

Answer: _____________________

Answer Cognitive Domain

15 Solving problems
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17. A garden has 14 rows. Each row has 20 plants. The gardener then plants 6
more rows with 20 plants in each row.
How many plants are now there altogether?

Answer: _____________________

Answer Cognitive Domain

400 or equivalent Solving problems
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18. Which of these is equal to 370 × 998 + 370 × 2?

A. 370 × 1000

B. 372 × 998

C. 740 × 998

D. 370 × 998 × 2

Answer Cognitive Domain

A Applying
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19.
9 1 4 5

The four digits above are to be arranged from largest to smallest to form a
four-digit number. The same four digits are then are to be arranged from
smallest to largest to form another four-digit number. What is the difference
between the two resulting four-digit numbers?

A. 3726

B. 4726

C. 8082

D. 8182

E. 8192

Answer Cognitive Domain

C Applying
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20. What number divided by 6 gives 12 as the result?

A. 72

B. 2

C. 2

D. 72

Answer Cognitive Domain

A Knowing
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21. Katy made a table to keep track of how long it took water in a beaker to cool
from 95oC to 70oC. She measured the time it took the water to cool in 5 oC
intervals.

Interval Readings Amount of Cooling Time

95oC – 90oC 2 minutes 10 seconds
90oC – 85oC 3 minutes 19 seconds
o o
85 C – 80 C 4 minutes 48 seconds
80oC – 75oC 6 minutes 55 seconds
75oC – 70oC 9 minutes 43 seconds

Estimate to the nearest minute the total time taken for the temperature of the
water in the beaker to cool from 95oC to 70oC, and explain how you estimate
was made.

Estimate: ______________________

Explain:

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Answer Cognitive Domain

Accurate answer:
i. 27 minutes, each amount of time is
correctly rounded to whole minutes
before adding (e.g., 2 + 3 + 5 + 7 + 10)
ii. 27 minutes, each amount of time is
correctly rounded to the nearest 5, 10,
15, or 30 seconds
iii. 27 minutes, add minutes to equal 24
and uses some approach to estimate
seconds to 3 minutes
iv. 27 minutes, adds correctly and then
rounds off from 26 minutes 55 seconds
v. 27 minutes. No calculation shown.
Statements might include “rounded off
to the nearest minute”, “rounded the
numbers up and down” or similar Applying and Reasoning
expressions
vi. Other fully correct.

Acceptable answer ( Partial response):

i. Method includes each amount of time
correctly rounded to whole minutes
before adding but answer is incorrect
ii. Method includes each amount of time
correctly rounded to the nearest 5, 10,
15 or 30 seconds but answer is
incorrect
iii. Other partially correct including 27
minutes with no explanation or method
shown

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22. Which group of numbers is ordered from LARGEST to SMALLEST?

A. 10,011; 10,110; 11,001; 11,100

B. 10,110; 10,011; 11,100; 11,001

C. 11,001; 11,100; 10,110; 10,011

D. 11,100; 11,001; 10,110; 10,011

Answer Cognitive Domain

D Knowing
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23. Which numbers below is ten million twenty thousand thirty?

A. 102,030

B. 10,020,030

C. 10,200,030

D. 102,000,030

Answer Cognitive Domain

B Knowing
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