QUESTIONS 1 TO 10 ARE WORTH 3.

Find the sum

3 MARKS EACH
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ⋯ + 11 + 12
1. How many triangles are there
(A) 60
altogether?
(B) 64
(C) 68
(D) 72
(E) 78

4. Find the perimeter of the figure below.

(A) 4
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 9
(E) 10

(A) 90 cm
2. How many rabbits are equivalent to a (B) 100 cm
bull? (C) 110 cm
(D) 120 cm
(E) 130 cm

5. How many cubes are there in the

model below?

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8 (A) 8
(E) 9 (B) 9
(C) 10
(D) 11
(E) 12

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6. There are 10 ostriches and goats on a 8. What is the time in Figure 4?
farm. An ostrich has 2 legs while a
goat has 4 legs. The farmer counts 32
legs in total.

How many goats are there on the

farm?
Figure 1 Figure 2

Figure 3 Figure 4

(A) 6
(B) 7
(C) 8 (A) 10:20 AM
(D) 11 (B) 10:25 AM
(E) 12 (C) 10:30 AM
(D) 10:35 AM
(E) None of the above

7. It is given that 9. Find the missing number.

2 ∗ 3 = 10

3 ∗ 4 = 21

4 ∗ 5 = 36

Find the value of 5 ∗ 6.

(A) 12
(A) 44 (B) 13
(B) 55 (C) 14
(C) 66 (D) 15
(D) 70 (E) 16
(E) 77

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10. From left to right, which operations 12. A single cut can divide a cake into 2
should replace the ‘ ? ’ to make the pieces. Two cuts can divide it into 4
equation correct? pieces. What is the most pieces of
cake you can get with three cuts?
4 ? 4 ? 4 ? 4 ? 4=2

(A) ×÷ + −
(B) −÷ − ÷
(C) × + ÷ −
(D) ×× − −
(E) ×× + +

(A) 6
QUESTIONS 11 TO 20 ARE WORTH (B) 7
4 MARKS EACH (C) 9
(D) 10
(E) 11
11. In the sum below, each letter
represents a digit. What is the digit
represented by ‘A’? 13. Which of the numbers listed below are
not divisible by 7?

21, 35, 63, 45, 70, 17

(A) 35 and 70
(B) 35 and 63
(C) 63 and 45
(D) 45 and 17
(E) None of the above
(A) 4
(B) 5
(C) 6 14. Find the missing letter.
(D) 7
(E) 8 𝑍, 𝑈, 𝑃, 𝐾, ( ), …

(A) 𝐷
(B) 𝐸
(C) 𝐹
(D) 𝐺
(E) 𝐻

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15. An archer shoots five arrows at the 17. Some students gathered in the hall.
target board without missing. Points They were then asked to stand in a
scored depend on where the arrow rectangular grid formation.
lands. How many points did the
archer score in total? James observes that there are 3
students in front of him and 1 student
behind him. There are 5 students to
his left and 3 students to his right.

(A) 6
(B) 10
(C) 15
(D) 18
(E) 22 How many students are there in the
hall?
16. How many ways are there for the
(A) 45
postman to deliver the letter to the
(B) 50
house by passing through Point A if
(C) 55
he has to move along the same route
(D) 60
as shown by the arrows?
(E) None of the above

18. A hound runs 60 metres in 4 seconds.

A rabbit runs 20 metres in 2 seconds.
The rabbit is 30 metres in front of the
hound.

(A) 9
How many seconds does the hound
(B) 10
take to catch up with the rabbit?
(C) 11
(D) 12
(A) 3
(E) 14
(B) 4
(C) 5
(D) 6
(E) None of the above

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19. Which two balls, one from Group A 22. A series of geometric patterns is
and one from Group B, should be shown below.
switched such that the sum of the
numbers in both groups is the same?

(A) 45 with 40
(B) 33 with 39
(C) 33 with 27
(D) 45 with 39
(E) None of the above

20. If Mark buys 3 bottles of water, he

will have $1.00 left. If he buys 5
bottles of water, he is short of $5.00.
How much is a bottle of water?

(A) $1.00 Draw the next pattern in your Answer

(B) $1.50 Sheet.
(C) $2.00
(D) $2.50
23. Dots are used to form a series of
(E) $3.00
patterns as shown below.
QUESTIONS 21 TO 25 ARE WORTH
6 MARKS EACH Find the number of dots in Figure 8.

21. In your Answer Sheet, fill the circles

with numbers 1 to 7 so that the sum
of numbers along each line is 12.

You may only use each number once.

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24. Cindy had $45 at first.
Diane had $62 at first.

Their mum gave them $70 to share.

After they split the money, Diane has
twice as much money as Cindy.

How much money did Diane receive?

25. Odd numbers are numbers that

cannot be divided by 2.

Examples of odd numbers include:

1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, …

At the start, there are 20 students

standing in a row. Each student is
assigned a number in order 1, 2, 3, …
consecutively from left to right.

The students who are assigned an

odd number are asked to sit.

The students who remain standing

are then assigned new numbers
1, 2, 3, … in consecutive order again.
Then, those with odd numbers are
asked to sit.

This process continues until Roy was

the only one left standing.

What was the first number that was

assigned to Roy at the start?

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Multiple-Choice Questions
Questions 1 to 10 carry 3 marks each.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5
E D E B C

Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10
A B D C B

Questions 11 to 20 carry 4 marks each.

Q11 Q12 Q13 Q14 Q15

A B D C C

Q16 Q17 Q18 Q19 Q20

D A D B E

Free-Response Questions
Questions 21 to 25 carry 6 marks each.

21 22 23 24 25

64 56 16

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