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Semestral Assessment 1 – Mock Paper 1
Duration: 1 hr 45 min Marks
Section A (20 x 2 marks)

Choose the correct answer for each question and write its number in the
brackets provided.
1. Which is the correct order of the numbers in the box from the smallest
to the largest?
4 19
17 11
2
6 8
(1) 2,4,6,11,17,8,19 (2) 4,6,11,2,17,8,19

(3) 2,4,6,8,11,17,19 (4) 19,17,11,8,6,4,2
( )
2. comes just after 19.
(1) 4+17 (2) 6+14

(3) 9+13 (4) 3+15
( )
3. comes just before 12.

(1) 6+5 (2) 7+6
(3) 9+3 (4) 8+5
( )
4. 19 is between 20 and
(1) 8+11 (2) 6+12
(3) 9+12 (4) 7+15
( )
1
5. 7 more than 14 is
(1) 2+19 (2) 9+15
(3) 6+16 (4) 4+7
( )
6. is 5 less than 16
(1) 4+3 (2) 3+6
(3) 6+7 (4) 9+2
( )
Look at the picture and answer Questions 7 and 8.
7. How many rectangles are there?

(1) 4 (2) 6
(3) 5 (4) 7
( )
8. How many more triangles are there than circles?

(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
( )
2
9. How many triangles are there in the picture below?
(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 8
( )
Use the picture below to answer Questions 10 to 13.
10. Which is the longest item?

(1) Pen (2) Ruler
(3) Pencil (4) Arrow
( )
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11. Which is the shortest item?
(1) Pen (2) Ruler
(3) Pencil (4) Arrow
( )
12. How many is the ruler longer than the pen?

(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) Impossible to tell
( )
13. What is the total length of the pencil and the pen in terms of ?
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
( )
14. How many houses are there between the 3rd house and the 10th house?
(1) 3 (2) 7
(3) 10 (4) 6
( )
15. How many stars are there in the 3 boxes?
(1) 22 (2) 21
(3) 20 (4) 19
( )
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16. What is the missing number?
(1) 9 (2) 10
(3) 11 (4) 12
( )
17. Complete the number sentence:

- =
(1) 13 – 4 = 9 (2) 12 – 5 = 7
(3) 11 – 5 = 6 (4) 14 – 6 = 8
( )
18. 9+ = 16
(1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 9
( )
19. 5 is ______________ less than 9.

(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 8
( )
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20. A B
B is _______________A
(1) lighter than (2) as heavy as
(3) heavier than (4) as light as
( )
Section B (20 x 2 marks)

Fill in the blanks with the correct answers.
21. There are __________cats in the picture.
22. There are ___________apples in the picture.
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23. Write in words
14______________
24. Write in number
nineteen ______________
25. There are more items in Set _____ than Set __________
26. There are less items in Set _______ than Set ____________
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27. The missing numbers in the series are ________,_______,________
and _________ respectively.
28. The missing numbers in the circles are ________and _________

respectively.
29. The sum that matches the number on the right is ________
30. The shortest ruler is Ruler ___________________
(A) (B)
(C)
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31. The 5th letter from the left is Letter ___________.
A D C B E G I O K P
32. The 8th number from the right is ______________.
1 5 6 9 13 14 20 12 7 3
Look at the pictures and answer Questions from 33 to 35:
(A) (B) (C) (D)
33. Set ________and Set ___________ have the same number of

umbrellas.
34. Set _______ has 7 fewer umbrellas than Set _____________
35. Set _______ has 3 more umbrellas than Set ____________
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36. Which box does not have the same answer as the other boxes?
A B C D
Ans: _____________________
37. How many more squares do we need to add in order to get 11 squares?
Draw the additional squares in the other half of the ellipse.
38. Tick the numbers whose sum is 14:
10
39. Fill in the blanks such that each answer is 1 more than 15-3.
17 - _______ 5+ __________
9 + _______ 18 - __________
(The numbers filled in should be different from each other)
40. Jack and Jean had 7 pencils each after Jack lost 5 of his pencils. Before
losing his pencils, Jack had ________pencils
Section C (5 x 4 marks)
Show your workings clearly in the space given.
41. There is a queue in front of a grocery store. Alex is the 2nd person
standing from the front and the 9th standing from the back of the queue.
How many people are there in the queue?
Ans: _____________________
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42.
Ans: _____________________
43. Complete the series in stage 4 :
12
44. John had 9 books. How many books did John have after his mother gave
him 5 more books?
Ans: _____________________
45. Mary had 12 cakes. How many cakes does Mary have after she gave 5
cakes to her brother?
Ans: _____________________
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brackets provided.
1.
(1) 7 (2) 8
(3) 9 (4) 10
( )
2. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?
(1) 6 (2) 8
(3) 10 (4) 13
( )
14
3.
is one unit
How long is the pencil?
(1) 2 units (2) 4 units

(3) 3 units (4) 5 units
( )
4.
The missing numbers in the boxes are_______, _______, and

________ respectively.
(1) 11, 14, 16 (2) 11, 13, 16

(3) 10, 11, 16 (4) 11, 13, 17
( )
5.
6+7 20 - 7 4+8 17 - 4
A B C D
The set that is different from the others is______________
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
6. Arrange these numbers from the smallest to the biggest:

15 9 7 4 1 12 6
(1) 1, 4, 7, 6, 9, 12, 15 (2) 15, 12, 9, 7, 6, 4, 1
(3) 1, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 15 (4) 12, 15, 9, 7, 6, 4, 1
( )
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7. Choose the items that when put together will form a rectangle.
A B C D E
(1) A, B and C (2) B, C and D
(3) A, C and E (4) A, B, C and D
( )
8. Choose the answer that best describes the picture below.

Stick
Pencil
(1) The pencil is 2 units longer (2) The stick is 3 units shorter
than the stick. than the pencil.
(3) The pencil is as long as the (4) The pencil is 3 units shorter
stick. than the stick.
( )
9. Choose the best answer.
(1) Box A is the lightest (2) Box B is the lightest

(3) Box C is the lightest (4) Box D is the lightest
( )
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10. Mary is given 5 apples. She had 10 apples at first. How many apples does
she have now?
(1) 5 (2) 10
(3) 15 (4) 20
( )
11. Choose one number to complete the number pattern below
4 ? 6
1 2 3
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
( )
12. Choose the correct answers to fill in the blank.

Set _____ has 6 more beads than Set ______
Set A Set B Set C Set D
(1) A;B (2) B;C

(3) C;D (4) D;B
( )
13. 5+1 is ___________ less than

5+11
(1) 0 (2) 5
(3) 10 (4) 15
( )
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14. What makes each of the groups below different from others?
(1) Shapes (2) Number

(3) Size (4) Shape, number and size
( )
15. Look at the number below. Subtract 2 from the 3rd number from the
left. The answer is the same as the _________ number from the right.
3 8 7 2 5
Left Right
(1) 1st (2) 2nd
(3) 3rd (4) 4th

( )
16. Mrs. Tan needs 18 eggs to bake a cake. She has 8 eggs. How many more
eggs does she need?
(1) 4 (2) 6
(3) 8 (4) 10
( )
17. Mandy has 5 cookies. She is given 10 more cookies. How many cookies
does Mandy have now?
(1) 5 (2) 10
(3) 15 (4) 20
( )
18. There are 10 marbles in a box. After John has taken 5 marbles from the
box, how many marbles are there in the box?
(1) 0 (2) 5
(3) 10 (4) 15
( )
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19. Tim was 10 years old two years ago. He will be ________ years old in
two year’s time.
(1) 12 (2) 13
(3) 14 (4) 15
( )
20. Find the number that is more than 5 + 6 but less than 10 + 3
(1) 11 (2) 12
(3) 13 (4) 14
( )

21. Write in words:
8 : ______________________
22.
Draw a line in the box to show the number on the left.
23. 9 and 4 are ____________.
24. Subtract 6 from 19 and the answer is ___________.
19
25.
The total number of trees in the two boxes are ___________
26. Fill in the missing numbers:
17, 15, 13,______, 9, 7
27.
20
28. Circle the heavier object.
29. Circle the 3rd pumpkin from the left
30. How many circles are there in the sequence below? Colour all of them.
Ans: _____________________
31. What is the next item in the sequence?
Circle your choice:
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32.
Tick the shortest object.
33. Fill in the missing number and circle your choice for the word in
brackets.
Set A has ______ ( more / less ) books than set B.
34. What are the three numbers that add up to 15?
4 7 9 12 5 14 2
Ans: _____________________
35. Alex has 6 apples. Mary has 5 watermelons.

In total, they have _______fruits.
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36. A pencil is 6 units long. A ruler is 14 units long.
(a) How many units shorter is the pencil than the ruler?
(b) What is the total number of units for the pencil and the ruler?
Ans: _____________________
37. The length of String A is 17 units. How long is String B, given that String
B is 9 units shorter than String A?
Ans: _____________________
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38. Mary has 13 apples. Jean has 7 apples less than Mary. How many apples
do they have altogether?
Ans: _____________________
39. John has 8 comic books. His brother has 4 comic books more than John.
How many comic books do they have altogether?
Ans: _____________________
40. Sam is standing in a row with his friends.

He is 3rd from the right and 2nd from the left.
There are ________ children in the row.
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41. In a queue, Jean is the 4th person standing from the left and 8th person
standing from the right. How many people are there in the queue?
Ans: _____________________
42. There are 9 balls in the drawer. Some are black and some are white.
There are 3 fewer black balls than white balls. How many white balls are
there?
Ans: _____________________
43. Tom is taller than Mark but is shorter than Mary. Mary is shorter than
Mike. Who is the tallest?
Ans: _________________
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44. Andrew has 10 sweets. John has 6 sweets more than Andrew.
Mary has 5 sweets less than John. How many sweets does Mary have?
Ans: _____________________
45. Mrs Lin had 15 cakes. She wanted to give 5 cakes to each of her 4
children. How many more cakes did she need?
Ans: _____________________
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Marks
Duration: 1 hr 45 min

brackets provided.
1. How many circles are there in the picture below?
(1) 17 (2) 18
(3) 19 (4) 20
( )
2. Which of the followings means 3 fours ?
(1) 3+4 (2) 3x4

(3) 3+3+3 (4) 4+4+4+4
( )
There are 8 sets in all, each of which contains 2 items. How many items
3.
are there altogether?
(1) 10 (2) 12
(3) 16 (4) 20
( )
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4. Which of the shaded face below is a triangle?
A B C
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) None of them
( )
5. Mary’s father does not often go to sleep until midnight on week days.
Which of the following clocks shows the correct time when Mary’s
father goes to sleep?
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
6. In a queue, Peter is third from the right and second from the left. How
many people are there in the queue?
(1) 5 (2) 6
(3) 4 (4) 3
( )
7. Jean has 16 flowers and she wants to put 4 flowers in one vase. How
many vases does she need?
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
( )
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8. Ms Lee bought two books and 1 pen for her daughter. The books costs
S$10 each, the pen costs S$2. How much did she have to pay?
(1) 12 (2) 20
(3) 22 (4) 24
( )
9. John has 29 apples. He keeps 9 for himself and put the rest of them
equally into 5 bags. How many apples are there in each bag?
(1) 9 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
( )
10. How many 10-cent coins do Peter need to pay for his ice-cream which
costs 50 cents?
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
( )
11.
A B
C D
Which set contains the biggest amount of money?
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
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12. Alex wants to buy the pair of shoes below. He has $26. How much more
money does he need in order to buy the shoes?
$30
(1) $3 (2) $4
(3) $5 (4) $6
( )
Use the picture graph below to answer Questions 13 and 14
Items left for sale at the School Book-Shop
stands for one unit of respective items.
13. There are _______items left altogether.

(1) 18 (2) 19
(3) 20 (4) 21
( )
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14. There are ____________more books than rulers left.
(1) 3 (2) 2
(3) 1 (4) 4
( )
15. How many squares are there in the next pattern?
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 1 (4) 0
( )
16. The number that comes just before 30 is _________

(1) 29 (2) 31
(3) 28 (4) 32
( )
17.
If there is no lamp in the picture above, the chair is now the _______
item from the left.
(1) 5th (2) 4th

(3) 3rd (4) 2nd
( )
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18.
bowl
kettle
is one unit.
The bowl is ________than 5 units.
(1) as heavy as (2) lighter

(3) heavier (4) cannot be determined.
( )
19. 8 fives is__________

(1) 13 (2) 3
(3) 40 (4) 16
( )
20. Mary, John and Peter have 9 apples each. How many apples do they have
altogether?
(1) 12 (2) 27
(3) 15 (4) 6
( )

21. ________ is 7 more than 21.
22. 18 + 5 = _______tens and _______ones.
32
23. Use the numbers below to answer this question:
19 26 45 8 68
________ is greater than 26 but smaller than 68.
24. The missing number in the number bond below is ________
25.

Write an addition and a subtraction sentence for the picture above:
33
26.
+ + + = 32
= ?
Ans: _____________________
27.
The next arrow in the pattern is: ___________(Circle your choice)
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28.
stands for 1 unit. Fill in the blanks and circle your answer in
the sentences below.
The mass of the vase is _______ units

The total mass of the book and the vase is ______unit(s) (more/less)
than the total mass of the case and the book.
Use the information below to answer Questions 29 and 30:

Mathematics books: $20 each
Physics books: $15 each
Chemistry books: $13 each
Biology books: $17 each
Comic books: $5 each
29. Mary spent $33 buying 3 books. She bought ____________,

________________ and _________________.
30. Daisy bought one mathematics book, one physics book and one chemistry
book. She gave the cashier a fifty-dollar note. She got back _________
in change.
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31. Read the time shown in the clocks below and answer the questions below:
Start End
Mark started doing his homework at _______________
It took him ____________ to finish his homework.
32. Fill in the missing numbers:
100 96 92 80
33. Write the missing number:
5 3
+
7
____________
1 0 0
34. 90 – 5 tens 8 ones = ____tens________ones
35. Complete the number bond below:
36
36. Mrs Lee has 15 oranges. She is going to cut each orange into 4 slices and
give one slice to every guest. How many guests does she have?
Ans: _____________________
37. Choose the least number of coins available below to make up 75 cents.
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38. Each stands for one point that the boys scored in a game.
Alex Ben Charles Kelvin
Draw the correct number of for Charles, given that the points
Charles scored is more than Ben but less than Kelvin.
Charles needs to score _________more points to win Alex by 4 points.
39. Mrs Bean has 56 pieces of cake which she is going to give to 7 children.
How many pieces does one child have given that they will be given an
equal number of pieces?
Ans: _____________________
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40. There are 35 students in class 2A. The students must form a group of 7
in order to play a game organised by their teacher. How many teams will
there be?
Ans: _____________________
41. Mr Foo had altogether 78 volleyball balls after he collected 25

volleyballs from his team mate. How many volleyball balls did he have at
first?
Ans: _____________________
42. Tom has 16 oranges which he intends to put into 4 boxes. Given that the
number of oranges in each bag is the same, how many oranges are there
in each bag?
Ans: _____________________
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43. There are 45 balls in a box. 12 of them are black balls, 19 of them are
green and the rest are all white. How many white balls are there in the
box?
Ans: _____________________
44. John eats 2 oranges, 3 apples and 4 bananas every day. How many fruits
does he eat in a week?
Ans: _____________________
45. Daisy has $100. How many notebooks can she afford to buy, given that
each notebook costs $5 and that she also needs to buy 5 books, each
costing $10, using this amount of money?
Ans: _____________________
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Marks

brackets provided.
1. There are ________candies in the picture below.
(1) 10 (2) 11
(3) 12 (4) 13
( )
2. The number of dolls in the picture below is _______tens_______ones.
(1) 1 tens and 2 ones (2) 1 tens 3 ones

(3) 1 tens and 4 ones (4) 1 tens and 5 ones
( )
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3.
A B
C D
The set with the smallest number of items is _______
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
Use the numbers below to answer Questions 4 and 5
19 36 85 8
47 92 53 97
4. The smallest number is __________

(1) 19 (2) 13
(3) 8 (4) 6
( )
5. The greatest number is ____________

(1) 53 (2) 92
(3) 97 (4) 85
( )
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6. What is missing in the circle?
19 12 = 7
(1) + (2) -
(3) x (4) /
( )
7. What is missing in the circle?
19 12 = 31
(1) + (2) -
(3) x (4) /
( )
8. George has 15 books. He is going to give 4 books to his sister. How many
books does he have left?
(1) 9 (2) 10
(3) 11 (4) 12
( )
9. How many triangles are there in the picture below:
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
( )
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10. The box that has the same answer as one on the left is
5 + 17
A
9 + 16 10 + 14
6 + 18
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) None of the above
( )
11. Subtract the 3rd number from the left from the 1st number from the
left and you will get the __________number from the right.
17 14 9 8 10
(1) 1st (2) 2nd

(3) 3rd (4) 4th
( )
12. _______is 5 more than 8
(1) 13 (2) 14
(3) 15 (4) 16
( )
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13. The missing number in the number bond below is:
(1) 4 (2) 5
(3) 6 (4) 7
( )
14. Which of the following is incorrect?
(A) 13 + 5 = 18
(B) 19 – 4 = 15
(C) 6 + 7 = 12
(D) 19 – 5 = 14
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
15. 13 and 7 is __________

(1) 20 (2) 14
(3) 21 (4) 22
( )
16. The missing number in the sequence below is:
7 11 15 ? 23
(1) 16 (2) 17
(3) 18 (4) 19
( )
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17. Pete had 18 balls. After giving away some of the balls, he had 9 left. How
many balls did he give away?
(1) 8 (2) 9
(3) 10 (4) 11
( )
18. What is the 4th shape from the left?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
( )
19. How many more bees do set A need to have in order to have two more
bees than set B?
A B
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
( )
20. Subtract 9 from 17 gives _______

(1) 9 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 10
( )
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21. Write the numbers below in words:
19 __________
32__________
22. Arrange the number below from the smallest to the largest:
13 17 11 56 5 9 77 45
_____ _____ ____ _____ ____ _____ ____ ____
23.
Fill in the missing numbers in the shirts above.
24.
?
What is the next shape?
47
25.
Fill up the number bond using the

picture above:
Write an addition sentence (Question 26) and subtraction sentence

(Questions 27) using :
77 32 109
26.
=
27.
=
28. Given 3 numbers: 48, 52 and 17, subtract the smallest number from the
largest number and you will get __________.
48
29.
What is the missing shape in the pattern?
30.
15 - = 6
31.
51 - is 7 less than 31
32.
is 7 more than 31
+ 23
33.
+ 23
is 4 tens 5 ones
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34. Jim has 4 rulers and 10 pens. If he wants to have 2 more rulers than
pens, he has to buy ________ more rulers.
35. I am less than 12 – 3 but greater than 5 + 2. What number am I?
Ans: _____________________
36. What is the number that is 4 more than the total number of the sides of
4 triangles?
Ans: _____________________
37. There are a certain numbers of oranges in box A and box B, which add up
to 25. Given that there are 5 more oranges in box A than box B. How
many oranges are there in each box?
Ans: _____________________
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38. In a bench, Lydia is the 4th person from the left and 3th person from the
right. How many people are there in the bench?
Ans: _____________________
39. Mrs Lee has 18 oranges. She gives her daughter 5 oranges. How many
oranges does she have left?
Ans: _____________________
40. Susan had some books. Her sister gave her 5 more books and she had 12
books in total. How many books did Susan have at first?
Ans: _____________________
41. Peter has 5 pencils. Given that he needs 9 pens and 2 pencils can be
exchanged for 1 pen, how many more pencils does he need to have in
order to get his desired number of pens?
Ans: _____________________
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42. Alex, Bean and Charles went to a bookstore. Alex bought 8 books,
Charles bought 4 more books than Alex. Given that the total number of
books bought was 23, how many books did Bean buy?
Ans: _____________________
43. Alan and George have 17 sweets altogether. Alan has 15 more sweets
than George. How many sweets does George have?
Ans: _____________________
44. Tom and Pete have a total of 18 apples. Given that Tom has 4 more
apples than Pete. How many apples does each of them have?
Ans: _____________________
45. Mary and Daisy have 16 books altogether. If Mary gives 3 books to
Daisy, they will have the same number of books. How many books does
Mary have?
Ans: _____________________
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Marks

brackets provided.
1. Which of the following sets has 10 stars?
A B
C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
2. Which line is the longest?

A
D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4)
( )
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3. The missing number in the number bond is:
(1) 13 (2) 14
(3) 15 (4) 16
( )
4. What comes next in the pattern below?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
( )
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5. How many triangles are there in the figure below?
(1) 10 (2) 15
(3) 20 (4) 22
( )
6. The greatest 1-digit number is __________less than 11

(1) 1 (2) 3
(3) 2 (4) 4
( )
7. Which of the following gives an answer that is less than 14?

(1) 9+8 (2) 7 + 8
(3) 4 + 10 (4) 6 + 7
( )
8. What is the total number of dogs and cats in the boxes below?
(1) 18 (2) 19
(3) 20 (4) 21
( )
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9. How many triangles are there in the picture below?
(1) 4 (2) 6
(3) 8 (4) 9
( )
10. The missing numbers in the sequence below are:
63 60 57 48
(1) 56 – 55 (2) 54 - 52
(3) 56 - 53 (4) 54 - 51
( )
11. Which of the following set has 11 items?

A

B

(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
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12. 42 – 15 is equal to ____________
(1) 19 + 9 (2) 20 + 7
(3) 17 + 5 (4) 15 + 7
( )
13. 36 + 8 is 5 less than ___________

(1) 50 – 1 (2) 67 - 11
(3) 54 - 8 (4) 29 - 8
( )
14. 4 fives is ____________

(1) 20 (2) 19
(3) 9 (4) 10
( )
15. Which shape in the right matches with the object in the left?
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
16. Which of the following set matches the number on the left?
14 - 3 14 + 3 14 + 13 14 + 23
27
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
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17. Which of the following is correct?
(E) 13 - 5 = 9
(F) 19 – 4 = 15
(G) 6 + 7 = 12
(H) 19 – 5 = 17
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
18. Anna had 17 balls. She gave away 6 balls. How many balls did she have
left?
(1) 11 (2) 9
(3) 8 (4) 7
( )
19. Subtracting 10 from 29 and you will get _______

(1) 10 (2) 19
(3) 20 (4) 9
( )
20. Add 5 to __________and the result is 17

(1) 6+6 (2) 6 +7
(3) 6+8 (4) 6 + 9
( )

21. Write in words:
21: __________
30 ___________
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22.
Write 2 addition sentences for the picture above.
_________ + ___________ = ___________
_________ + ___________ = ___________
23.
A
Rearrange the items beginning with
the shortest. Write the letter in the
space provided.
B
______, _______, ______, ______
24.
What comes next in the pattern? Circle your choice.
A B
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25. Write + or – for the equation below:
7
16 9
=
9 26
- =
27. 20 comes just after _______ and just before _________
28. Using the numbers 4, 9, 8, 15, 12 and 6, write two addition or subtraction
sentences
- =
+ =
29.
Tiger Giraffe Monkey Chicken Bear Duck
Monkey is the _______animal from the left.
30. 45 = _______tens_______ones
31. _________is 5 less than 19 + 5.
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32. 27 – 4 is ____________more 13 + 4
33. Out of 9 books that Elly has, 3 of them are Mathematics books and the
rest are English books. The number of English books that Elly has is
_________
34. Mrs Jean baked 6 cakes and she baked 3 more cakes than Mrs Brown.
Mrs Brown baked __________cakes.
35. Jean was 7 years old two years ago. She will be ______ years old in 3
years’ time.
36. Peter has 5 school bags. Joyce has 3 more school bags than Peter. How
many bags do they have altogether?
Ans: _____________________
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37. There are 20 pupils in Mary’s class. Given that there are 4 more boys
than girls. How many girls are there in the class?
Ans: _____________________
38. Jean is thinking of a two-digit number. The digit in the ones place is 4
more than that in the tens place. Given that the digit in the tens place is
2 more than the smallest 1-digit number, what is the number that Jean is
thinking of?
Ans: _____________________
39. If I add 7 to the number I am thinking of, I will get 18. What number
will I get if I subtract 3 from that number?
Ans: _____________________
40.
Fill in the number bond

with numbers from 0 to
9. You cannot use the
same number twice.
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41. In a race, John is the 4th person to finish. He is also the 8th person from
the last position. How many people are there in the race?
Ans: _____________________
42. Ann has a few different types of fruits. She has 4 more apples than
oranges. She has 5 more oranges than bananas. How many of each type
of fruits does she have, given that the total number of apples, oranges
and bananas she has is 20?
Ans: _____________________
43. Alex is shorter than Bean.

Charles is taller than Alex but shorter than Bean.
Dennis is shorter than Charles but taller than Alex.
Who is the shortest person?
Ans: _____________________
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44. Felicia has 14 sweets. If she gives 3 sweets to his brother, George, they
will have the same number of sweets. How many sweets does George
have?
Ans: _____________________
45. There are 4 more black balls than white balls in a box. If Hans takes 3
white balls away, there will be a total of 13 balls left in a box. Given that
there are only black and white balls in the box, how many balls of each
type are there in the box?
Ans: _____________________
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brackets provided.
1. How many animals are there in the picture below?
(1) 8 (2) 9
(3) 10 (4) 11
( )
2. How many people without spectacles are there in the picture?
(1) 14 (2) 15
(3) 16 (4) 17
( )
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3. Which of the following set has the same value as the number on the
left?
14 + 3 14 - 3 14 + 1 14 - 1
15
(A) (B) (C) (D)
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
4. 5+5+5+5=
(1) 25 (2) 15
(3) 4 fives (4) None of the above
( )
5. What is missing in the sequence below?
(1) 4x3 (2) 4x4

(3) 4x5 (4) 4x7
( )
6. Which is the longest item?
(1) Pencil (2) Ruler

(3) Chalk (4) Pen
( )
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7. What is true about objects A and B?
(1) A is lighter than B (2) A is as heavy as B

(3) B is lighter than A (4) Both A and C are heavier than B
( )
8. Which is the shape that best matches the object on the left?
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
9. How many squares are there in the picture below?
(1) 7 (2) 6
(3) 5 (4) 0
( )
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10. Which of the answers on the right is the same as the one on the left?
2 tens 5 ones A
9 + 13 6 + 18 B
3 less than 25 C
3 more than 20 D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
11. 4 fives is ___________
(1) 4x5 (2) 5x4

(3) Five fours (4) All are correct
( )
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12. How many more sweets does set B have than set A?
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
( )
2 5 8 12
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 7
( )
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14. Which set is different from the other sets?
A B
C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
15. Which are the two numbers that adds up to give the 1st number from the
right of the sequence below?
9 5 13 4 17 6 14 20
(1) 13 and 4 (2) 6 and 15
(3) 14 and 6 (4) 13 and 4
( )
16. How many more cars are needed for the following to be correct?
(1) 4 (2) 5
(3) 6 (4) 7
( )
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17. Which of the following makes 24?
6x4 13 + 12 25 - 4 9 + 14
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
18.
How many more

lambs do we need
in order to get
20 lambs?
(1) 3 (2) 5
(3) 7 (4) 9
( )
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19. Which tree on the left is higher than the house on the right?
A B C
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) None of the above
( )
20. If we add 5 to the number that is 6 smaller than 13, what number will we
get?
(1) 12 (2) 14
(3) 16 (4) 18
( )

21. The subtraction sentence that shows A – B is :
A B
- =
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22. Write in numeral:
Twenty: ______________
23. Write in words:
14 _______________
35 _______________
24. Arrange the numbers below from the smallest to the greatest:
7 19 16 23 5
_______, ________, ________, ________, ________
25.
3 15 9 17 22
The number that is greater than 15 but smaller than ______ is 17
26. 5 x 4 is 7 more than 25 - ______
27. Fill up the number bond accordingly, given that the bond must not
contain any two-digit number.
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28. Write an addition sentence for the picture below.
+ =
29. Colour the 5th doll from the left.
30. If we add 5 to the number x which is 3 times as big as 4, we will get
_______.
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31.
=2x
=9
+ = ________
32. The picture below is made up of the following shapes :

________________ and ___________
33. Draw a number bond that represents the following:
Ann has 14 apples. She gives Peter 4 of them and gives half of what she
has left to Daisy.
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34. Draw your answer.
The next to come in the pattern is : ____________
35. Fill in the number bond below using numbers from 0 to 9. You cannot use
the same number twice.
36. How many days are there in a month, given that there are 4 weeks in
that month and each week has 7 days?
Ans: _____________________
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37. Mary bought 6 comic books. She gave her brother 3 of them. How many
comic books is she left with?
Ans: _____________________
38. After giving John half of the cakes that she has baked, Jean is left with
6 cakes. How many cakes did she have at first?
Ans: _____________________
39. Susan had 15 apples. She was given some apples by her mother and now
she has 23 apples in total. How many apples did Susan’s mother give her?
Ans: _____________________
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40. Pete was given some books by John who had 15 books at first. Pete now
has 9 books. How many books does John have now, given that Pete did
not have any book at first?
Ans: _____________________
41. There are 5 big balls. The number of small balls is twice as much as that
of big balls. How many balls are there altogether?
Ans: _____________________
42. Each day, Daisy spends $2 for breakfast, $3 for lunch and $4 for
dinner. How much does she have to spend on meals in a week, given that
there are 7 days in a week?
Ans: _____________________
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43. At first, there were 15 pupils in class A. 5 of them transferred to class
B. As the result, class B has three times as many pupils as class A. How
many pupils were there in class B at first?
Ans: _____________________
44. There are now 7 balloons. Given that 4 balloons have burst and 4 have
been given away. How many balloons were there at first?
Ans: _____________________
45. John can only put three oranges into one basket. How many baskets does
he need if the number of oranges that he has is 9 times of 2?
Ans: _____________________
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brackets provided.
24 20 16 8
(1) 12 (2) 11
(3) 10 (4) 9
( )
2. How many more balloons do we need to add to the following set in order
to have 20 balloons in total?
(1) 14 (2) 6
(3) 13 (4) 7
( )
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Use the numbers below to answer Questions 3 and 4:
16 7 23 64 35
3. Which of the above number is smaller than 16?
(1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 9
( )
4. Which number will we get if we subtract the smallest number from the
largest number?
(1) 48 (1) 19
(3) 57 (3) 41
( )
5. 4 more than 15 is ____________
(1) 1 tens 6 ones (2) 20 – 1

(3) 4x5 (4) 5 + 16
( )
6. Which of the following set is greater than 30?
16 + 7 4x4 39 - 8 3x6
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
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7.
Stands for 1 unit

The durian’s mass is ___________________
(1) 1 unit lighter than that of6 units (2) 5 units
(3) 1 unit heavier than that of 6 units (4) as heavy as 6 units
( )
8. What is the number that is greater than 1 tens 4 ones but is smaller
than 4 fours?
(1) 14 (2) 15
(3) 16 (4) 17
( )
9. 2 tens 7 ones – 1 ten 6 ones =?
(1) 17 (2) 16
(3) 11 (4) 19
( )
10. 32 = 2 x 4 + ______tens_______ ones
(1) 2-4 (2) 3-2

(3) 4-2 (4) 2-3
( )
11. 1 ten 8 ones + 6 = ?
(1) 3x5 (2) 4x6

(3) 3x6 (4) 3x8
( )
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12. Which set on the right matches the one on the left?
5 + 16
A
5 fours
4 groups of 5 B
23 - 6
C
5x3
D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
Use the picture below to answer Questions 13 and 14:
B
D
C
13. Arrow ___________ is the shortest

(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
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14. Arrow B is __________ units shorter than arrow C
(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
( )
15. There were 10 ducks at a pond. How many legs do they have altogether,
given that each duck has 2 legs?
(1) 10 (2) 12
(3) 16 (4) 20
( )
16. The missing number in the number bond is:
(1) 6 (2) 7
(3) 4x2 (4) 5
( )
17. Which set contains the smallest number?
9x3 26 23 + 2 2 tens
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
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18. The shaded part of the shape below is a __________
(1) Triangle (2) Square

(3) Rectangle (4) None of the above
( )
19. 4 less than the smallest 2-digit number is ___________
(1) 5 (2) 6
(3) 7 (4) 8
( )
20. 8 tens 8 ones = ________ones
(1) 80 (2) 88
(3) 90 (4) 98
( )
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Use the picture below to answer Questions 21, 21 and 23:
Pencil
Pen
Ruler
represents 1 unit.
21. The pencil is _____units long.
22. The pen is _______unit more than the pencil.
23. The _________ is the longest.
24.
There are ___________motorbikes in total.
25. There are 14 books in 2 bags. Given that each bag has the same number
of books, each bag has ___________books.
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26. Susan catches 9 butterflies; Jean catches 6 more butterflies than
Susan. Jean catches _________ butterflies.
27. Write the multiplication sentence for the picture below.
x =
28. Arrange the following starting with the smallest.
90 64 76 24 35
________, _________, __________, _________, __________
29. The two numbers that add up to 9 x 4 is _________and_________
15 12 31 24
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30. Draw the arrow that comes next in the pattern.
_________
31. Fill in the missing numbers.
32. If Alex was running just before George who was the 3rd person to cross
the finishing line, Alex is the ___________person to cross the line.
33. 7 + 7 + 5 + 2 = __________ x 3
34. _______ x 3 = 3 + 3 +3 + 3 + 3 + 3 + 3 +3
35. 36 = 2 tens + ______ ten(s) _______ ones
36. Tom has 14 apples, he is given 5 more. After that, he gives Pete 3 apples.
How many apples does Tom have now?
Ans: _____________________
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37. John needs 2 more books to have twice as many books as Mary. The
number of books that Mary has is 4 more than 14. How many books does
John have now?
Ans: _____________________
38. How long does Mary need to finish her homework of 9 questions, given
that it takes her about 8 minutes to answer 1 question?
Ans: _____________________
39. Ann is the 5th person from the left and 6th person from the right in a
row. How many people are there in the row?
Ans: _____________________
40. If twice the number I am thinking of is 18, what is that number?
Ans: _____________________
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41. Jim is 4 years younger than John. 2 years ago, Jim’s age is doubled
John’s. How old are they now?
Ans: _____________________
42. After selling away twice as many as 7 cows, Farmer George had twice as
many as 6 cows left. How many cows did he have at first?
Ans: _____________________
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43. Ann needs a certain number of vases to put all of the flowers that she
has. Given that the number of flowers that she has is 3 times the largest
1-digit number and each vase can only have 9 flowers, how many vases
does she need?
Ans: _____________________
44. Tim has a certain number of marbles. If he gives 5 marbles to Ben, Ben
will have twice as many marbles as what Tim has left. In total, Tim and
Ben have 30 marbles. How many marbles does each of them have at
first?
Ans: _____________________
45. 36 people got on the bus. The number of boys is twice as many as girls.
The number of adults getting on the bus is equal to that of the girls in
the bus. How many adults boarded the bus?
Ans: _____________________
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Choose the correction answer for each question and write its number in the
brackets provided.
1. What is the number on the 4th shirt from the left?
(1) 23 (2) 18
(3) 18 (4) 2
( )
2. 29 + 34 = 75 - ______
(1) 10 (2) 11
(3) 12 (4) 14
( )
3. What is the missing number in the bond below?
50
17 9
(1) 16 (2) 19
(3) 24 (4) 30
( )
4. 9 x_______ = 64 - 37
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
( )
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5. The weight of the book is __________that of the schoolbag.
(1) heavier than (2) lighter than

(3) as heavy as (4) cannot be determined
( )
6. What comes next in the following pattern?
?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
( )
7. How many bears are there in the box below?
(1) 13 (2) 14
(3) 15 (4) 16
( )
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8. How many $5 notes can John change with two $10 notes?
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
( )
9. 3 + 3 +3 + 4 – 1 = 3 x _________
(1) 3 (2) 4
(3) 5 (4) 6
( )
10. A chicken has 2 legs. 2 chickens have _______legs

(1) 2 (2) 4
(3) 6 (4) 8
( )
11. How many more chickens must be added so that the following set will
have a total number of 21?
(1) 13 (2) 7
(3) 8 (4) 9
( )
12. Three times as large as the biggest 1-digit number is __________

(1) 9 (2) 18
(3) 27 (4) 36
( )
13. Subtracting the smallest 2-digit number from 23 gives________

(1) 13 (2) 14
(3) 15 (4) 16
( )
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14. How many more triangles are there than squares?
(1) 2 (2) 3
(3) 4 (4) 5
( )

16, 13, 10, ____, 4, 1
(1) 9 (2) 8
(3) 7 (4) 6
( )
16. 6 + ______ = 3 x 5
(1) 5 (2) 7
(3) 9 (4) 11
( )
17. 2 more than 34 is _______

(1) 9x4 (2) 37 - 2
(3) 31 + 4 (4) 29 + 3
( )
18. Arrange these numbers from the greatest to the smallest:

56, 3 x 8, 29, 2 x 7, 2, 19
(1) 56, 29, 3 x 8, 19, 2 x 7, 2 (2) 56, 2 x 7, 3 x 8, 29, 2, 19
(3) 2, 2 x7, 19, 3 x 8, 29, 56 (4) 2 x 7, 3 x 8, 29, 2, 19, 56
( )
19. 5 and _______make 7x3.

(1) 18 (2) 17
(3) 16 (4) 19
( )
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20. 5 times as large as 2 x 4 is ________
(1) 10 (2) 20
(3) 30 (4) 40
( )

21. 5 6
+
4
________
9 0
22. The time shown on the clock is _____________
23. 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 =____________ones
24. Alan has two 50-cent coins. Bean has four 20-cent coins. Alan has
_________cents more than Bean.
25. The saw is ________(higher/shorter)than the height of 2 hammers.
26. The height of _______nails is equal to that of 2 hammers.
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27. Charles, Daisy and Ellen are given a total number of 15 oranges. If each
person receives the same number of oranges, each will have ________
oranges.
28. Pete has $43. George has $26. George has ______ more than Pete.
29. Ann is 2 years older than Bean. Two years ago, Bean is __________
years younger than Ann.
30. 19 is ______greater than 7.
31. Write in word: 43 ______________________________________
32. Write in number: Twenty six ________
33. 5 groups of 7 is ______tens______ones.
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is one unit
34. The ruler is _________ units longer than the book.
35. The total length of the pen and the ruler is ___________ units.
36. Pete has 5 cakes. Mary has 3 more cakes than John. John has 4 more
cakes than Daisy who has 2 more cakes than Pete. How many cakes does
Mary have?
Ans: _____________________
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37. Kate has 7 apples. Given that the number of apples that George has is
doubled what Kate has left after giving away 3 apples. How many apples
does George have?
Ans: _____________________
38. If given 6 more oranges, Alex will have three times the number of
oranges he now has. How many oranges does he have at the moment?
Ans: _____________________
39. The number of sweets that Bean and Charles have altogether is 25. Bean
has 12 sweets. Who has more sweets than the other and by how many?
Ans: _____________________
40. There are 15 books in Bag A. The number of books in Bag B is 5 more
than that of books in Bag A. How many books are there in the two bags?
Ans: _____________________
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41. Study the squares below and write down the missing number.
7 4 14
? 12 8
13 9 3
Ans: _____________________
42. The number of pages Susan reads one day is 4 more than the pages she
read in the previous day. How many pages does she read after 4 days
given that in the first day, she read 4 pages?
Ans: _____________________
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43. Ruler A is 20 units long. If putting Ruler A and Ruler B together, the
total length is 4 times as long as that of Ruler A, how long is Ruler B?
Ans: _____________________
44. There are 5 people between Susan and the first person in the queue.
Susan is also the 4th person from the last person in the queue. How many
people are there in the queue?
Ans: _____________________
45. String A is 35 units long. String B is 5 units longer than String A. What
is the total length of String A and String B
Ans: _____________________
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brackets provided.
1. What is the subtraction sentence for the number bond below?
(1) 8 + 11 = 19 (2) 19 – 8 = 11
(3) 19 – 11 =8 (4) Both (2) and (3) are correct
( )
2. Which of the sentences about the buildings below is incorrect?
A B C
Building A is the Building C is higher than building B
(1) (2)
shortest but shorter than building A
(3) Building B is the highest (4) Building A is shorter than building B
( )
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3. The number of squares is ______________the number of triangles.
(1) 2 more than (2) 1 more than

(3) 3 more than (4) 3 less than
( )
4. 5 tens 7 ones + 5x4 = ___________

(1) 47 (2) 57
(3) 67 (4) 77
( )
5. What is the correct sequence, from the smallest to the greatest, for
the numbers below,?
17, 3, 9, 25, 46
(1) 46, 25, 17, 3, 9 (2) 3, 9, 17, 25, 46
(3) 46, 25, 17, 9, 3 (4) 3, 9, 17, 46, 25
( )
6. How many more cameras is needed in the set below so that there are 19
cameras altogether?
(1) 10 (2) 9
(3) 7 (4) 5
( )
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7.
$1 $2
$5 $2
$10 $2
$10
A B
$50 $10 $2
C D
Which set has the smallest amount of money?
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
8. 4 twos is ___________
(1) 4+2 (2) 4 -2
(3) 4x2 (4) 2+2
( )
9. 5 tens – 4 groups of 2 = _____

(1) 6x7 (2) 40
(3) 5x8 (4) 52
( )
10. 4 x 3 = __________
(1) 3 groups of 4 (2) 1 tens 3 ones
(3) 4+4+3 (4) 3+3+4
( )
11. __________is 3 less than 5 groups of 3

(1) 13 (2) 15
(3) 12 (4) 10
( )
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12. The missing number in the box is:
7 6
-
4
________
2 2
(1) 5 (2) 4
(3) 3 (4) 2
( )
13. Which box on the right matches the number words on the left?
A
15
5x4 B
Twenty-five
30 - 5 C
5x3
D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
14.
78 85 7 29 52
The greatest number above is ________

(1) 52 (2) 78
(3) 85 (4) 87
( )
15. 4 tens 2 ones = 16 + 26 = 7 x _______

(1) 6 (2) 4
(3) 3 (4) 2
( )
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16. Which board shows a different result from the rest?
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
17.
The position of the flower in the circle is __________

(1) 3rd from the left (2) 5th from the left
(3) 3rd from the right (4) in the centre
( )
Use the information below to answer Questions 18, 19 and 20.
Chair -$7 Lamp-$15 Bowl-$3 Bear-$17 Spoon-$1
18. Alex needs to buy a chair and a lamp. How much does he need to pay?
(1) $15 (2) $7
(3) $22 (4) $18
( )
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19. What is the most expensive item?
(1) Chair (2) Lamp
(3) Bowl (4) Bear
( )
20. The ________and __________ cost less than $5.

(1) Chair – Spoon (2) Spoon – Bowl
(3) Bowl – Lamp (4) Spoon - Lamp
( )

Fill in the blanks with the correction answers.
21. Ann started doing her homework at 3 o’clock. It took her 1 hour to finish
all her homework. The time when Ann finished her homework is _______
22. Using the following numbers to make a number bond:
17, 9, 8
23. The second item from the right is the _____________
Book Phone Pencil Spectacles Bell
24. _______is 12 more than 5 tens 4 ones.
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25. Write a multiplication sentence:
x =
26. Clocks Watches
The set of clocks has _________ items _______(more/fewer) than the

set of watches.
27. Jean collected 45 seashells. The number of seashells that George

collected was 18 less than Jean. George collected __________
seashells.
28. Mr Lee wants to give his 2 sons an equal number of toy cars. Given that
he has 16 toy cars in total, each of his sons will get _______ cars.
29. I have 2 numbers. The first number is 13 less than 21. The second
number is ________ if the sum of these numbers is 1 more than 21.
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30. Bill is 12 years old now. His sister is 5 years old. In 3 years’ time, Bill is
_______years older than his sister.
31. Mrs Smith puts 5 slices of meat on a tray. If she has 4 such trays, she
will need to have __________slices of meat.
Using the numbers below to answer Questions 32 and 33.
41, 18, 7, 3, 26
32. The sum of all numbers is __________
33. The difference between the largest and smallest number is _______
Use the picture below to answer Questions 34 and 35.
Apple Orange Strawberry
34. If each apple costs $1 and each orange costs $2, Alex will need
___________ to buy all the apples and oranges.
35. If Alex takes 3 oranges away, the total number of apples and oranges
left will be __________(equaled to/more than/less than) the number of
strawberries.
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36. John gives away 5 cakes. The number of cakes he has left now is the
largest 1-digit number. How many cakes does he have at first?
Ans: _____________________
37. Mrs Lee gives 3 children an equal number of pencils. Given that she has
15 pencils in total and she will give all she has to the children, how many
pencils does each child have?
Ans: _____________________
38. Mary bought 2 books which cost $7 each. She gave the cashier $15. How
much is her change?
Ans: _____________________
39. There are 24 oranges in a box. After selling a certain number of oranges,
there are twice as many as 8 oranges left in the box. How many oranges
have been sold?
Ans: _____________________
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40. Tom has 15 apples. Mary has 4 more apples than John who has 3 less
apples than Tom. How many apples does Mary have?
Ans: _____________________
41. There are more bicycles than tricycles at a playground and the total
number of wheels is 12. How many bicycles and tricycles are there at the
playground?
Ans: _____________________
42. Ann, Bill and John went fishing together. Ann caught the least number of
fish. Bill caught 8 more fish than Ann and John caught 5 more fish than
Ann. Who caught the largest number of fish? By how many more fish did
he catch than the person other than Ann?
Ans: _____________________
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43. Three animals, a panda, a seal and a bird, are arranged in a sequence for a
show. Given that the panda cannot be the last in the sequence and it
cannot stand besides the bird as well, what is the sequence?
Ans: _____________________
44. Mary had some crayons. After giving 5 to her brother and 7 to her
sister, all of them now have 9 crayons. How many crayons did each of
them have first?
Ans: _____________________
45. Each week day, Tom needs to spend $2 for breakfast, $3 for lunch and
$4 for dinner. On Saturday and Sunday, he does not need to spend any
money as he can eat at home. How much does he need to spend in a week
for meals given that there are 7 days in a week?
Ans: _____________________
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brackets provided.
1. How many dolphins are there in the picture below?
(1) 13 (2) 14
(3) 15 (4) 16
( )
2. 8 groups of 8 is ____________
(1) 8x8 (2) 8+8
(3) 8–8 (4) 8x2
( )
The missing number is:
3.
15 25 45 55
(1) 27 (2) 29
(3) 30 (4) 35
( )
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4.
+ = ?
(1) 6 (2) 4
(3) 10 (4) 12 ( )
5. The greatest number in the box is:
12 25 31
97 63 5
98 11 36 13
(1) 97 (2) 98
(3) 99 (4) 100 ( )
6. What is the result if 12 is subtracted from 31?
27 35 19 8
A B C D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D ( )
7. The 4th ice-cream from the right is Ice-cream_____________
A B C D E F G H
(1) D (2) E
(3) F (4) C
( )
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Use the picture below to answer Questions 8, 9 and 10:
8. The number of circles is____________.

(1) 10 (2) 12
(3) 14 (4) 16
( )
9. There are __________more rectangles than triangles.

(1) 1 (2) 2
(3) 3 (4) 4
( )
10. The total number of rectangles and triangles is __________ that of the
circles.
(1) equalled to (2) more than
(3) less than (4) cannot be determined
( )
11. 4 less than 60 is ____________

(1) 7x8 (2) 7x7
(3) 7x6 (4) 7x5
( )
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12. Which of the sets on the right matches with the words on the left?
24 A
5x4
B
Twenty two
30 - 5
C
19 + 3 D
(1) A (2) B
(3) C (4) D
( )
13. If George wants to buy both the items below, how much does he need to
spend?
$16 $12
(1) $16 (2) $12
(3) $28 (4) $24
( )
14. What is the missing number in the following number bond?
(1) 14 (2) 16
(3) 18 (4) 20
( )
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15. How many rectangles are there in the picture below?
(1) 4 (2) 5
(3) 6 (4) 7
( )
16. What comes next in the pattern below?
(1) (2)
(3) (4)
( )
17. 15 + 6 = _____ - 4
(1) 27 (2) 26
(3) 25 (4) 14
( )
18. 20 + 3 is greater than __________

(1) 24 + 1 (2) 24 – 2
(3) 9 + 14 (4) 27 - 3
( )
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19. Mr Bean had 10 apples. He gave his two children 2 apples each. He has
________ left now.
(1) 8 (2) 6
(3) 4 (4) 2
( )
20. There are 7 people sitting on a bench. John is 3rd from the left. He is
_____ from the right.
(1) 3rd (2) 4th
(3) 5th (4) 6th
( )

Fill in the blanks with the correction answers.
21. Arrange these numbers in order starting with the smallest:
16, 34, 7, 29, 52 , 79

_______, _______, _______, ________, ________, _______
22. I am a number which is more than 23 and less than 26. I am not an even
number. I am ________
23. The missing number in the number bond below is _________.
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24. The multiplication sentence for the following number bond is
________________.
25. The addition sentence based on 3 numbers: 19 , 27, 8 is ____________
26. What should be the multiplication sentence for 5, 30 and 6?
27. There are _______groups of _______ suns in the picture below.
28. Each horse has 4 legs. 7 horses have ________ legs.
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29. The time shown in the clock below is
__________________________ .(Write the time using “half past”)
Ans: _____________________
Using the picture below and information given to answer Questions 30 and 31.
John is the tallest. Jean is the shortest. Daisy is taller than Jean and
shorter than Mary.
30. Daisy is standing at position _____
31. Mary is standing at position_____
Use the following information to answer Questions 32 and 33.
Apple Orange Strawberry Watermelon Mango

$2 $3 $1 $4 $1
32. The two fruits which have the same price are ______ and _______.
33. If Alex spent $7 to buy two fruits, Alex bought ________ and ______
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34. Ann read 2 pages of a book every day. After 1 week (7 days), she has
read:
x = pages
35. Richard initially had 3 sweets. His mother gave him 3 more sweets and
his father gave him 2 more. He now has :
+ + =
36. David has two $50 notes. How much more does he need to buy a watch
that cost $112?
Ans: _____________________
37. There are 25 tables in a classroom. Each table goes with 2 chairs. How
many chairs are there in the classroom?
Ans: _____________________
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38. George has 15 books. Tim has 5 books more than George. How many
books do they have altogether?
Ans: _____________________
39. Susan sells each cake she bakes for $5. If she sells 5 cakes per day, how
much money will she get for a day?
Ans: _____________________
40. Mary has 24 oranges to be put into 4 bags. Given there will be an equal
number of oranges in each bag. How many oranges are there in each bag?
Ans: _____________________
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41. Ann is thinking of a two digit number. The digit in the tens place is 1 less
than the largest number possible. The digit in the ones place is 2 less
than half of the digit in the tens place. What is the number that Ann is
thinking of?
Ans: _____________________
42. Jean baked 3 cakes on Day 1. She baked 6 cakes on Day 2 and 9 cakes on
Day 3. How many cakes did she bake on Day 6?
Ans: _____________________
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43. Alex and Charles collected the same number of stamps. The total number
of stamps they have altogether is 4 times as large as the largest 1-digit
number. How many stamps did each of them collect?
Ans: _____________________
44. Mrs Lee packed some cakes into boxes. The cakes can be put into 3
boxes equally. She can also put all the cakes equally into 6 boxes. Given
that the number of cakes she packed is more than 15 but less than 21,
how many cakes did she have?
Ans: _____________________
45. After David and Mike had eaten 5 sticks of satay each, David still had
24 more sticks of satay than Mike. The total number of sticks of satay
that both of them had left was 60. How many sticks of satay did each of
them have at first?
Ans: _____________________
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Answers to Semestral Assessment 1 – Mock Paper 1
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 2 1 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 1 3 4 3 3 1 2 2 3
21 13 22 19 23 Fourteen 24 19
25 A–B 26 B–A 27 7 – 11 – 13 – 17 28 9 – 20
29 D 30 B 31 E 31 6
33 A – C or C – A 34 B–D 35 A – B or C – B 36 D
38 4 + 8 + 2 = 14 39 17 – 4, 5 + 9, 9 + 4, 18 – 5 40 7 + 5 = 12
41 1 + 8 + 1 = 10 42 2 44 14 45 7
43:
37: 5
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 4 3 4 3 3 1 2 3 3 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 3 2
21 Eight 22 see below 23 13 24 13

25 17 26 11 27 8 28 see below
29 see below 30 see below 31 C 32 B
33 4 34 4,9 and 2 35 11 36 A) 8 B) 20
37 8 38 19 39 20 40 4
41 11 42 6 white balls and 3 black balls
43 Mike 44 11 45 5
22:
28:
30:
29:
125
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4 2 3 4 1 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 3 2
21 28 22 2 tens and 3 ones 23 45

24 30 25 9 + 11 = 20, 11-9=2 26 8
27 28 2; 1 less 29 Physics book, Chemistry book,
30 $2 Comic book
31 Five to twelve; 3 hours and 15 minutes 32 88; 84 33 4
34 3 tens 2 ones 36 60
37 1 fifty-cent coin, 1 twenty-cent coin and one five-cent coin
38 6 more points 39 8 40 5 41 53
42 4 43 14 44 63 45 10
Alex Ben Charles Kelvin

35: 38:
126
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 2 4 3 2 2 1 3 3 4 2 1 2 3 1 4 2 4 3 3
21 Nineteen Thirty two 22 5 – 9 – 11- 13 – 17 – 45 – 56 – 77

23 25 – 29 24 25 29
28 35
30 9
31 27 32 15 33 22 34 8
35 8 36 16 37 Box A : 15; Box B : 10
38 6 39 13 40 7 41 13
42 3 43 1 44 Pete: 7; Tom : 11
45 Mary: 11; Daisy: 5
77 + 32 = 109 109 - 77 = 32
Or
32 + 77 = 109 109 - 32 = 77
26: 27:
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 1 2 4 2 3 4 1 3 4 3 2 1 1 3 3 2 1 2 1
21 Twenty one Thirty 22 10 + 7 = 17 and 7 + 10 = 17

23 C, D, A, B 24 B 25 (-) 26 35
27 19 – 21 28 15 – 9 = 6 or 15 – 6 = 9, 4 + 8 = 12 or 8 + 4 = 12
29 3rd 30 4 tens 5 ones 31 19 32 6
33 6 34 3 35 12 36 13
37 8 38 37 39 8
40 Any two of the pairs : 1 – 9; 2 –8; 3 – 7; 4 – 6
41 11 42 7 oranges, 11 apples, 2 bananas
43 Alex 44 8 45 6 white balls, 10 black balls
127
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 2 3 3 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 2 3 3 1 2 4 1
21 9–9=0 22 20 23 Fourteen, thirty five

24 5, 7, 16, 19, 23 25 22 26 12 28 12 + 6 = 18
30 17 31 27 32 Rectangles and triangles
36 28 37 3 38 12 39 8
40 6 41 15 42 $ 63 43 25
44 15 45 6
27: 33: 34: 35:
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
1 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 3 1 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 2 2 2
21 3 22 1 23 Ruler 24 11
25 7 26 15 27 3x3=9
28 24, 35, 64, 76, 90 29 12 – 24 or 24 – 12
32 2nd 33 7 34 8 35 1 ten 6 ones
36 16 37 34 38 72 minutes 39 10
40 9 41 Jim : 6, John: 10 42 26
43 3 44 Tim: 15, Ben: 15 45 9 adults
30: 31:
128
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
2 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 3 3 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 4
21 3 22 5 to twelve 23 35 24 20
25 Higher 26 4 27 5 28 17
29 2 30 12 31 Forty three 32 26
33 3 tens 5 ones 34 3 35 10 36 14
37 8 39 Charles has 1 sweet more than Bean.
38 3 40 35 41 5 42 16
43 60 units 44 10 45 75
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4 2 3 4 2 2 4 3 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 4 2
21 4 o’clock 22 23 Spectacles 24 66
25 8 x 3 = 24 26 2 – more 27 27
28 8 29 14 30 7
31 20 32 95 33 38
34 $18 35 Equaled 36 14 37 5
38 $1 39 8 40 16 42 Bill – 3
41 2 tricycles and 3 bicycles 43 Panda – Seal – Bird
44 Mary : 21, Her brother: 4, Her sister: 2 45 $45
Q 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
3 1 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 4 3 1 3 2 3 2 2 3
21 7, 16, 29, 34, 52, 79 22 25 23 13

24 10 x 3 = 30 25 19 + 8 = 27 or 8 + 19 = 27
26 5 x 6 = 30 or 6 x 5 = 30 27 3 groups of 5 or 5 groups of 3
28 28 29 Half past two 30 B 31 A
32 Strawberry – Mango or Mango – Strawberry
33 Orange – Watermelon or Watermelon – Orange 34 2 x 7 = 14
35 3+3+2=8 36 $12 37 50 38 35
39 25 40 6 41 82 42 18
43 18 44 18 45 David: 47, Mike: 23
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Detailed Explanation of ALL Questions

Consulting Editor: Dr Zhang Yong

First Published 2010

This book is written to assist pupils in preparing for the Primary 1

1. Questions are modelled after examination papers set by top well

2. Questions are crafted to highlight common misconceptions in

This book comes with a multimedia CDROM. The CDROM contains

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Semestral Assessment 1 Paper 1 1

Semestral Assessment 1 Paper 2 14

Semestral Assessment 1 Paper 3 27

Semestral Assessment 1 Paper 4 41

Semestral Assessment 1 Paper 5 53

Semestral Assessment 2 Paper 1 65

Semestral Assessment 2 Paper 2 80

Semestral Assessment 2 Paper 3 92

Semestral Assessment 2 Paper 4 102

Semestral Assessment 2 Paper 5 113

Suggested Answers 125

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Duration: 1 hr 45 min Marks

Section A (20 x 2 marks)

(1) 2,4,6,11,17,8,19 (2) 4,6,11,2,17,8,19

2. comes just after 19.

(1) 4+17 (2) 6+14

3. comes just before 12.

Look at the picture and answer Questions 7 and 8.

7. How many rectangles are there?

8. How many more triangles are there than circles?

Use the picture below to answer Questions 10 to 13.

10. Which is the longest item?

12. How many is the ruler longer than the pen?

15. How many stars are there in the 3 boxes?

17. Complete the number sentence:

19. 5 is ______________ less than 9.

Section B (20 x 2 marks)

21. There are __________cats in the picture.

22. There are ___________apples in the picture.

24. Write in number

28. The missing numbers in the circles are ________and _________

30. The shortest ruler is Ruler ___________________

32. The 8th number from the right is ______________.

Look at the pictures and answer Questions from 33 to 35:

(A) (B) (C) (D)

33. Set ________and Set ___________ have the same number of

34. Set _______ has 7 fewer umbrellas than Set _____________

35. Set _______ has 3 more umbrellas than Set ____________

38. Tick the numbers whose sum is 14:

(The numbers filled in should be different from each other)

losing his pencils, Jack had ________pencils

43. Complete the series in stage 4 :

Duration: 1 hr 45 min Marks

Section A (20 x 2 marks)

2. How many rectangles are there in the figure below?

(1) 2 units (2) 4 units

The missing numbers in the boxes are_______, _______, and

(1) 11, 14, 16 (2) 11, 13, 16

6. Arrange these numbers from the smallest to the biggest:

8. Choose the answer that best describes the picture below.

9. Choose the best answer.

(1) Box A is the lightest (2) Box B is the lightest

28. The missing numbers in the circles are and _

33. Set and Set ___ have the same number of

34. Set _ has 7 fewer umbrellas than Set _______

35. Set _ has 3 more umbrellas than Set ______

The missing numbers in the boxes are_, _, and

22. 18 + 5 = _tens and _ones.

34. 90 – 5 tens 8 ones = tens____ones

2. The number of dolls in the picture below is _tens_ones.