MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

LITERACY AND NUMERACY ASSESSMENT (LANA) 2019

YEAR 5 NUMERACY ASSESSMENT

Time Allowed: 60 minutes

(An extra 10 minutes is allowed for reading this paper.)

There are fifty questions in this Assessment. Answer all the questions.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Check that your correct name is printed at the top of your Answer Sheet.

2. On your Answer Sheet, draw a cross in the box using a HB pencil next to the
letter of the best answer.

For example, if you select B as your answer, you should draw a cross in the box
next to the letter B.

33 A B C D

3. If you change your mind, shade out your answer as shown, and place a cross in
the box for your new answer.

33 A B C D

4. If you change your mind again and like your first answer better, shade out your
second answer and tick () your first answer.

For example: A B C D
33


5. If your cross is too big for the box, or if you draw a circle, your answer will be
marked wrong.
cross is too big circles are not to be used

32 A B C D 34 A B C D

Your supervising teacher can help you with these instructions but will NOT
help you answer the questions.

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1.
The place value of the underlined digit above is ___________.

A. ones B. tens

C. hundredths D. thousandths

2. The number 756 rounded to the nearest hundred is ___________.

A. 700 B. 750

C. 760 D. 800

3. In the number 3594.28, the digit with the largest value is __________ .

A. 9 B. 8

C. 3 D. 5

4. What is the number that is 100 more than 1 000?

A. 1 110 B. 1 100

C. 1 011 D. 1 010

5. A set of prime numbers between 10 and 20 is ___________.

A. {11, 13, 15, 17, 19} B. {11, 13, 17, 19}

C. {12, 14, 16, 18} D. {12, 15, 18}

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6. Which set of numbers is arranged in descending order?

A. {0.5, 0.1, 0.15, 0.25} B. {0.5, 0.25, 0.15, 0.1}

C. {0.1, 0.15, 0.25, 0.5} D. {0.25, 0.15, 0.5, 0.1}

7. The number 11 598 when written in words is ___________.

A. eleven fifty nine eight

B. eleven five hundred and ninety eight

C. eleven thousand fifty nine and eight

D. eleven thousand five hundred and ninety eight

1
8. 1 when changed into a decimal is ___________.
4

A. 1.14 B. 1.25

C. 1.40 D. 11.4

1
9. Sam had a bag of 24 marbles. He gave away of them. How many marbles did
8
he give away?

A. 3 B. 4

C. 16 D. 20

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2 5
10. 1   ___________.
3 6

3 15
A. B.
6 18

10 10
C. D.
6 18

1
11. Which of the given fractions is equal to ?
4

4 5
A. B.
20 20

6 10
C. D.
20 20

12. Which of these fractions is the smallest?

1 3
A. B.
2 8

5 1
C. D.
8 4

2 1
13. Mother baked a cake. Jim ate and John had some too. of the cake was left.
8 2
What fraction of the cake did John have?

3 6
A. B.
10 8

1 1
C. D.
4 2

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14. Which of these fractions is bigger than ?
3

1 9
A. B.
10 10

2 4
C. D.
4 6

15. 1.0001 x 100 = ___________.

A. 10.001 B. 100.01

C. 1000.1 D. 10001

16. 1.4 + 0.8 = ___________.

A. 9.4 B. 2.2

C. 1.12 D. 0.94

17. 3.7 – 2.8 = ___________.

A. 0.8 B. 0.9

C. 1.9 D. 2.0

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18. 2.50 x 0.6 = ___________.

A. 150 B. 15

C. 1.50 D. 0.15

19. 6.8 ÷ 100 = ___________.

A. 6 800.0 B. 68.0

C. 0.68 D. 0.068

20. What number should you put in the blank space to give the correct answer?

______ + 2.31 + 5.00 + 1.1 + 0.2 = 8.62

A. 1.0 B. 0.1

C. 0.01 D. 0.001

21. 6.18 ÷ 3 = ___________.

A. 2.06 B. 2.60

C. 2.26 D. 6.60

22. Raj had 63 oranges. He shared them equally with his 9 friends. How many
oranges did each friend get?

A. 7 B. 54

C. 72 D. 567

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23. Linda uses 250 grams of rice daily to cook her children’s lunch. How many days
will a 5 kg bag of rice last?

A. 10 days B. 20 days

C. 40 days D. 75 days

24. The product of 40 and 35 is ____________.

A. 5 B. 75

C. 1 200 D. 1 400

25. i

Multiply by 4
and add 3

23

If the output is 23, the input (i ) would be ____________.

A. 104 B. 5

C. 95 D. 20

26. Some children took part in a relay. The total distance to run is 280 metres (m). If
there are 4 children in a team, how many metres will each child run?

A. 280 m B. 70 m

C. 284 m D. 80 m

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27. A juice company delivers 344 cartons of juice each day. How many cartons does it
deliver in 4 days?

A. 86 B. 340

C. 348 D. 1 376

28. In which problem would you use 25 ÷ 5 ?

A. Rita has 25 pencils. Luke has 5. How many pencils altogether do they have?

B. Lee has 25 pencils and gave 5 to Jim, how many pencils does he have?

C. Rosi has 25 pencils, Leba has 5. How many more pencils does Rosi have?

D. Mere has 25 pencils. She wants to share them amongst her 5 children.

29. A farmer wants to fence his garden which is in the shape of a rectangle. What is
the length of fencing wire the farmer will use?

3m

4m
A. 7m B. 12 m

C. 14 m D. 24 m

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30. Luisa has a piece of land as shown in the diagram below.

A

20 m 12 m

B C

If the perimeter of the land is 50 metres, what is the distance from B to C?

A. 38 m B. 18 m

C. 32 m D. 28 m

31. 3.75 litres is the same as ______________ ml.

A. 0.375 B. 37.5

C. 375.0 D. 3750.0

32. Maciu filled up four containers.

Tank

Drum

500 l
Bottle 40 l
Bucket
22 ll
10 l
10 l
2l
What is the total volume of water he filled? 2l

A. 522 l B. 532 l

C. 542 l D. 552 l

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33. Chang needs 5.5 kg of flour to make buns. He has only 2.25 kg of flour. How
much more flour does he need to make buns?

A. 3.25 kg B. 32.8 kg

C. 7.95 kg D. 23.0 kg

34. 2 500 grams is equal to _______________.

A. 0.25 kg B. 2.5 kg

C. 25 kg D. 250 kg

35. A square garden has a perimeter of 16 m. What is the area?

A. 16 m2 B. 24 m2

C. 8 m2 D. 64 m2

36.

5 cm

2 cm
7 cm

Calculate the total surface area of this box.

A. 59 cm2 B. 70 cm2

C. 118 cm2 D. 280 cm2

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37. Timoci left Beqa Island at 0640 hours and reached Kadavu at 1530 hours on the
same day. How long did it take him to travel to Kadavu?

A. 22 hours 10 minutes. B. 21 hours 70 minutes.

C. 8 hours 50 minutes. D. 9 hours 10 minutes.

38. Jone slept from 9:30 pm to 5:30 am the next day. How long did he sleep?

A. 4 hours. B. 8 hours.

C. 8 hours 30 minutes. D. 9 hours.

39. How many 250 ml containers of water are needed to fill up the larger container?

250 ml 2 litres

A. 2 B. 4

C. 6 D. 8

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40. A large container has a length of 3 m, width of 2 m and a height of 2 m. The

volume of the container is ____________.

A. 7 m3 B. 12 m3

C. 8 m3 D. 4 m3

41. If 7 students gave $4.65 each, how much would they have collected altogether?

A. $11.65 B. $28.65

C. $18.60 D. $32.55

42. Matai went to buy a tin of fish which costs $2.35. If he gave the shopkeeper $5,
how much change should he get?

A. $1.65 B. $2.65

C. $2.75 D. $3.65

43. What is the probability of getting a 2 when a dice is rolled?

1 2
A. B.
6 6

4 6
C. D.
6 6

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Use the diagram below to answer Question 44.

●
x°

44. The angle marked x° is ______________.

A. an acute angle B. an obtuse angle

C. a reflex angle D. a right angle

45. How many lines of symmetry are there in this triangle?

A. 1 B. 2

C. 3 D. 4

46. Which of the following lines represents a ray?

R S
•
T
• U

A. R B. S

C. T D. U
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47. If 3x + 6 = 39, what is the value of x in the equation?

A. 3 B. 11

C. 13 D. 15

48. The Bar Graph below shows the amount of rainfall during the first 4 months.

Rainfall: January - April

35
30
Amount of Rainfall (mm)

25
20
15
10
5
0
January February March April
Months

What is the difference in the amount of rainfall between the months of March
and April?

A. 5 mm B. 30 mm

C. 35 mm D. 40 mm

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49. The next three numbers in the number pattern below are:

{26, 30, 34, 38, 42, 46, _____, _____, _____}

A. 50, 54, 55 B. 50, 54, 56

C. 50, 54, 57 D. 50, 54, 58

1 1
50. Complete the pattern: 2, 2 , 3, 3 , 4, _____
2 2

A. 5 B. 6

1 1
C. 4 D. 5
2 2

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