Stage Test 1

Multiple-choice Questions

Attempt ALL questions. The full marks of this test are 30.

Level 1 B. 9
C. 10
1. Among the following numbers, which D. 11
one has the smallest value?
1 5. Which of the following is incorrect?
A. 
5
1 A. 10  (2)  12
B.  B. (8)  (5)  40
2
1 C. 6  (4)  10
C. 
20 D. 12  (3)  4
1
D. 
10
6. In a horizontal number line,
2. Consider the numbers 2, 7, 4 and 5. A. the numbers on the left are greater
Find the difference between the greatest than the numbers on the right.
and the smallest numbers. B. 3 is on the left of 5.
A. 3 C. positive numbers are on the right of
B. 3 negative numbers.
C. 5 D. 5 is on the left of 3.
D. 11
7. 10  4 2 
3. Which of the following is incorrect? A. 38
A. 8  10 B. 20
B. 8  2 C. 38
C. 5  2 D. 42
D. 2  1

8. 3  75  3 
4. How many integers are there in between A. 22
8.5 and 2.3? B. 22
A. 8 C. 24

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D. 24 C. 300 g
D. 400 g
9. Estimate the value of the expression
396  237  64  203. 14. The length and the width of a rectangle
A. 700 are (x  3) cm and x cm respectively.
B. 800 Find the difference between the length
C. 900 and the width.
D. 1000 A. (2x  3) cm
B. (x  3) cm
10. Which of the following is the best C. 3 cm
estimate of 451  49.8  30.2? D. 3 cm
A. 500
B. 600
C. 750 15. Simplify the expression m  12  20n.
D. 900 5m
A.
3n
5mn
11. Which of the following measuring tools B.
3
is suitable for measuring the weight of a 3m
C.
rubber? 5n
3mn
A. Weight balance D.
5
B. Mechanical balance
C. Electronic balance 5r
16. Given that s  . If r  5, find s.
D. Bathroom scale 4
A. 0
5
12. Which of the following in not a unit of B.
2
length?
C. 5
A. cm 5
D. 
B. m 2
C. km
D. s 17. Solve the equation 4x  7  19.
A. x  3
13. The total weight of 12 Mathematics 13
B. x 
2
workbooks is 3.56 kg. Estimate the
C. x  3
weight of 1 workbook. 13
A. 30 g D. x  
2
B. 40 g

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18. Solve the equation 13k  2(k  2)  5. C. a  b is a negative number.
1 D. ab is a negative number.
A. k  
11
3
B. k 22. Victor spent $23 for lunch today by using
11
7 his Octopus card. He then added $50 into
C. k
11 the card such that the remaining value
9 was $41.5. Find the remaining value of
D. k
11 the Octopus card before Victor bought his
lunch.
19. Given that the length of one of the bases A. $12.5
of a trapezium is 7 cm. If the height and B. $13.5
the area of the trapezium are 5 cm and C. $14.5
70 cm2 respectively, find the length of the D. $15.5
other base.
A. 5 cm 23. Estimate the value of the expression
B. 7 cm (516.1  487.9  506.3  498.6)  5.02.
C. 15 cm A. 380
D. 21 cm B. 400
C. 420
D. 450
20. Ken and Jimmy have a sum of money of
$170. Given that the amount that Ken has
24. Alex has a container in the shape of a
is $20 more than twice that Jimmy has.
cuboid, where the dimensions of the base
Find the amount that Jimmy has.
are 6.03 cm  3.96 cm. If 120 cm3 of
A. $50
water is poured into the container,
B. $65
estimate the height of the water level.
C. $75
A. 0.5 cm
D. $120
B. 2 cm
C. 5 cm
D. 20 cm
Level 2
25. 3u  4v  4u  20uv  (4)  7u 
21. If a is a negative number and (a  b) is a A. 7uv  3u
positive number, which of the following B. 12uv  3u
is incorrect? C. 5uv  7u
A. 10b is a negative number. D. 5uv  7u
a
B. is a negative number.
b

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26. Consider g  2b(a  1)(2a  b)(3b  a). 29. The costs of a bottle of orange juice and a
If a  3 and b  1, find the value of g. bottle of apple juice are $8.4 and $7.6
A. 40 respectively. Ann spent $282 to buy a
B. 60 total of 35 bottles of juices. Find the
C. 120 number of bottles of apple juice that Ann
D. 240 bought.
A. 10
5x x B. 15
27. Solve the equation   3   13 .
6 2
C. 20
A. 12
15 D. 25
B. 
2
C. 12 30. In a school, the number of members of
15 the music club is fewer than 3 times that
D.
2 of the chess club by 5. If 7 and 25 new
members join the music club and the
y4 y3
28. Solve the equation   1 . chess club respectively, the number of
10 8
A. 9 members of the music club will be twice
B. 9 that of the chess club. Find the number of
C. 30 members of the music club.
D. 30 A. 48
B. 67
C. 139
D. 144

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