MMC 2007 Grade 5 Regional Individuals

Part I. Write your answer on the space provided before each item. Each correct answer earns 2 points.
_____________ 1 Write six billion, four hundred thirty-six million, one hundred fifty-two thousand, sixty-five in
Hindu-Arabic.
_____________ 2 If 8 boys eat 12 kilos of rice a week, how much rice will 10 boys eat in 2 weeks?
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_____________ 3 After spending of her money on three T-shirts and of the remaining money on a book, Tina
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found she had exactly ₧96. How much money had she at first?
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_____________ 4 If of a tank can be filled in 15 min, how long will it take to fill the whole tank?
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_____________ 5 The product of 68 × 40 is 2720. What is the product of 6800 × 4000?
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_____________ 6 The three sides of a triangle are 15 cm, 12 cm and 13 cm. What is its perimeter?
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_____________ 7 How many 6.5 cm pieces of ribbon can be cut from a piece 20 m long?
_____________ 8 A man drives at 40 km/hr for 3 hours and at 50 km/hr for 2 hours. What is the average speed for the
journey?
_____________ 9 A park is 120 m long and 105 m wide. About how many times must a jogger go around the park
completely to make sure he has run at least 3 kilometers?
____________ 10 A piece of cartolina 45 cm by 36 cm is cut into equal squares, the biggest that is possible so that no
material will be wasted. How many squares can be cut?
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____________ 11 A pole is driven to the ground so that of it is above the ground. If 8 dm of it is in the ground,
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how long is the pole?
____________ 12 Two numbers are in the ratio 3 ∶ 4. If one is 16 more than the other, what is the bigger number?
____________ 13 A cyclist rode 35 km at 10 km/hr and another 30 km at 12 km/hr. How long did he take for the
journey?
____________ 14 A man is going to build a fence around a rectangular yard 40 m long and 36 m wide. If the posts are
to be 2 m apart and one additional post is needed for the gate, how many posts are needed?
____________ 15 Find the smallest and the biggest numbers that round to 7800 to the nearest hundred.
Part II. Write a complete and neat solution to each problem. Each correct solution earns 3 points.
1 A rectangular garden is 55 m by 32 m. How much would it cost to fence the garden with 4 strands
of barbed wire at ₧25 a meter?
2 Study the following: 4 ∗ 2 # 2 = 12, 3 ∗ 5 # 3 = 24, 5 ∗ 3 # 4 = 31. What is 7 ∗ 6 # 4?
3 A can plough a field in 60 hours; B can do it in 48 hours; and C can do it in 50 hours. How long will
it take C to finish ploughing it alone after A and B have each done 12 hours of work?
4 Cupcakes cost ₧4.50 and brownies cost ₧6.50. How many of each can be bought for exactly ₧94.50?
5 A grass lawn is 88 m long and 66 m wide. There are 3 circular flower plots of radius 5 m along the
middle. What is the area of the grass in it?
Part III. Write a complete and neat solution to each problem. Each correct solution earns 5 points.
1 Using 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, how many 2-digit numbers can you form if
a no digit may be repeated?
b any digit may be repeated?
Can you explain your answers? How many of the numbers formed in b are even?
2 A piece of wire 132 cm long is cut and formed into 3 circles whose circumferences are in the ratio
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∶ ∶ . Find the sum of the diameters of the largest and smallest circles.
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3 One-third of the area of a rectangle is equal to of the area of a square of side 15 cm. If the width
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of the rectangle is 18 cm, find its area, length, and perimeter.