PRACTICE TEST 3

YEAR

NUMERACY 5

Use 2B or HB
Pencil only
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1. The minute hand is missing.

What time should it be showing?

3 o’clock 2:30 4 o’clock 4:30

2. Solve.

37 + 46 =  
 
3. Rachel spins the arrow on the spinner.

Which number is the arrow most likely to stop on?

4. This 3D object is a…

Cone Sphere Cube pyramid

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5. What date is the fourth Wednesday on this calendar?
 

 
3 October 12 October 16 October 30 October

 
6. Which one of these has the same value as 5 x 8?

10 + 4 + 6 10 x 6 2 10 x 3 +10 10 + 4 +8

7. A hexagon is cut in half like this.

The shape of each half is a

rectangle
pentagon
hexagon
trapezium
 
8. What is the next number in the counting pattern?
 

56, 48, 40, ___ 
 
40      32      38      36 
 

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9. What is the total distance in metres of all the balls thrown?

DISTANCE OF BALLS THROWN 
NAME  DISTANCE IN METRES 
Sam  3
Tom  4
Kyle  7 
Jemma  12 
Max  15 
Kelly  12 
Blake  6 
 
54m 57m 58m 59m
 
10. Anna recorded the weather for 2 weeks in the table below.
 
  Sun  Mon  Tues  Wed  Thurs  Fri  Sat 
Week 1               
Week 2               
 
Draw a graph that shows Anna’s results for one type of weather over the two weeks.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Circle the right angle.
 

                           
 

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12. Four separate containers have 50mL, 5L, 6000 mL, and 300 mL in them. Which
container has most amount of liquid?

5L
50mL
300mL
6000mL

13. Draw the 3D object can be made from this net.

 
 
14. This is a train timetable.
 
DEPARTURE TIMES 
Central  6:20am  9:45am  2:53pm  7:00pm 
Rainer  6:32am  9:56am 3:05pm 7:11pm 
Bradford  6:43am  10:08am 3:17pm 7:23pm 
St Marks  6:53am  10:20am 3:29pm 7:33pm 
 
   
What time does the last train leave the station for the day?

15. Draw the image completely flipped over the dotted line.
 

 
 
 

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16. Bent folds this net to make a cube.

How many sides are there?

17. Jenny is packing 20 boxes of cereal into cartons. Each full carton holds 3 boxes. What
is the least number of cartons Jenny needs to pack all of the cereal boxes?

18. Christina bought 3 kg of apples.

$1.07 per kg

Approximately how much did she pay? Round to the nearest dollar.

$6 $5 $3 $4

19. Paul has 16 stamps. Lee has 8 stamps.

How many stamps should Paul give to Lee so they both have the same number of
stamps?

2 6 1 4

20. A group of students paid $4 each to see a show. Altogether the group paid $160.
How many students were in the group?

30 40 25 22

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21. Six children share 1 pie equally. What portion of pie will each child receive?

½ ¼ 1/8 1/16

22. A rectangular paddock has a perimeter of 30 metres. Each long side has a length of
10 metres.

What is the length of each short side?

23. How many sticks are needed to make the 3th shape in this pattern?

10 12 11 13

24. Betty leaves the Hospital and turns left onto High Street. She turns left at the next
corner and walks straight ahead. What building does she pass?

school
hospital
police station
town hall

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25. The balance shows that 2 cans have the same mass as 1 block.

?
How many cans balance 3 blocks and 1 can?
3 6 7 8

26. Draw a shape that has two parallel sides.

27. How many edges does the cube have?

28. Jacob started a run at 9:30am. He finished at 11:12am on the same day.
How long did it take him to complete the run?

72 minutes 32 minutes 1 hour 42 mins 1 hour 52 mins

29. Jar A has 2 black and 2 white jellybeans. Jar B has 3 black and 3 white jellybeans. Jar
C has 9 black and 2 white jellybeans.

Jodie shakes all three jars. She is going to take 1 jellybean without looking. Which jar
gives her the best chance of taking a black jellybean?

Jar A
Jar B
Jar C
Jar A and Jar B

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30. The total number of faces, edges and vertices of this 3D object is 26.

What is the total number of the number faces, edges and vertices of a square
pyramid?

13 16 18 20

31. There are 547 students in Jane’s school. There about 30 students in each class. How
many classes are there in Jane’s school?

6 10 19 17

32. Which measurement is equal to 4200 centimetres?

45m 42m 25m 10m

33. Daniel shaded a fraction on this long rectangle.

Write the fraction in lowest terms.

34. What is the area of the shape below?

6 3 10 9

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35. Caleb builds the 3D object below. 16 cubes were used to make the object. He paints
the outside faces of the objects, including the base.

How many cubes have only 2 sides painted?

36. Ken has 5 dogs and a 40kg bag of dog food. Each dog eats 100g of food per day.
How many days will the bag of dog food last?

100 days 200 days 80 days 50 days

37. The population of Samuel’s town was 108,000 in 1980. The population of his town in
2003 was 207,300. What is the difference in number between the two populations?

38. At a local bakery they make 84 rolls on the weekend. However, they make 12 more
on Saturday than on Sunday.
How many rolls were made on Saturday?

39. 40 children voted for their favourite sport. The fractions in the graph show the
results of the vote.

What sports do the children like equally?

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40. Points are scored for each medal won in a competition.

Medal Points per medal

Gold 4
Silver 2
Bronze 1

The Cougars won a total of 5 medals and scored 8 points. 4 of their medals were
bronze.

How many Gold medals did they win?

 
 
 

END OF TEST 

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