Middle Primary Division

Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. How many dots are on the plate?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 13
(D) 14 (E) 15

2. Jill had 15 grapes. She ate 5. How many are left?

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

3. This grid gives the position of different 1 2 3 4

shapes. For example, a ♢ is in position
A ⊕ ♡ ♡ ⊙
B4.
Which shape is in position D2? B △   ♢
(A) ♢ (B) ⊕ (C) ♡ C ⊙ ⊙ ⊕ ♡
(D) ⊙ (E) △
D △ ♡ ⊕ △

4. What fraction of this shape is shaded?

1 1 1
(A) (B) (C)
2 3 4
1 1
(D) (E)
5 6
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5. On this spinner, which shape are you

most likely to spin? N
• ⋆
(A) N (B) (C) ⋆
(D) ♠ (E) • ♠ •

6. What time is shown on this clock?

11 12 1
(A) twelve o’clock
10 2
(B) a quarter to nine 9 3
(C) a quarter past three 8 4
(D) a quarter past twelve 7 6 5
(E) three o’clock

7. The graph below shows the number of pets owned by the students in
a Year 4 class.
Pets in Year 4
8
6
4
2
0
Cats Dogs Fish Rabbits

How many pets does this class have altogether?

(A) 24 (B) 22 (C) 21 (D) 14 (E) 4
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8. Which number do you need in the box to make this number sentence
true?
19 + 45 = 20 +

(A) 34 (B) 44 (C) 46 (D) 64 (E) 84

9. How many 2 by 1 rectangles will fit exactly

into an 8 by 7 rectangle?
(A) 14 (B) 28 (C) 36
(D) 56 (E) 63

10. Five swimmers were in a 50 m race. The time each swimmer took to
finish the race is shown in this graph. Who won the race?

George
Ethan
Franco
Henry
Ivan
0 10 20 30 40 Time in seconds

(A) George (B) Ethan (C) Franco (D) Henry (E) Ivan
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Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each

11. Cianna is stringing beads for a necklace, starting with two round
beads, then a square bead, and then repeating this pattern of three
beads.

She finished her necklace with a round bead, which happens to be the
18th round bead. How many square beads are on her necklace?
(A) 10 (B) 12 (C) 18 (D) 6 (E) 8

12. The triangle shown is folded in half three times without unfolding,
making another triangle each time.

Which figure shows what the triangle looks like when unfolded?

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

13. When complete, each row, column and diagonal in

4
this diagram has a sum of 15. What is the sum of
the numbers in the shaded squares? 5
(A) 20 (B) 25 (C) 27 (D) 30 (E) 45 5
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14. To which square should I add a counter so that

A
no two rows have the same number of counters,
and no two columns have the same number of B C
counters? D
(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E E

15. John wrote his name on his book. Martha said he wrote with a black
pen. Aaron said it was a brown pencil. Frankie said it was a black
crayon. If each of John’s friends were half right, what did he really
use to write his name?
(A) a brown pen (B) a brown crayon (C) a brown pencil
(D) a black pen (E) a black pencil

16. Follow the instructions in this flow chart.

Is this Select
Start Subtract Multiply Yes
greater this
with 5 2 by 3
than 50? answer

No

(A) 57 (B) 63 (C) 75 (D) 81 (E) 84

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17. A square piece of paper is folded along the dashed lines shown and
then the top is cut off.

The paper is then unfolded. Which shape shows the unfolded piece?

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

18. Rod had fewer than 100 blocks. When he made five equal rows, he
had one block left over. With four equal rows, he had one block left
over. With nine equal rows, there were no blocks left over. How many
blocks did he have?
(A) 18 (B) 49 (C) 81 (D) 91 (E) 99

19. Simon has some 24 cm long strips. Each

strip is made from a different number of
equal-sized tiles.
Simon took 1 tile from each strip to
make a new strip. How long is the new
strip?
(A) 18 cm (B) 20 cm (C) 23 cm
(D) 24 cm (E) 33 cm
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20. The numbers 1 to 6 are placed in

the circles so that each side of the
triangle has a sum of 10. If 1 is
placed in the circle shown, which
number is in the shaded circle?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
1
(D) 5 (E) 6

Questions 21 to 25, 5 marks each

21. Grandpa had $400 in his wallet. He gave half the money to his wife.
From what was left, he then gave one-quarter to his son. Half of the
remainder went to his grandson. How much money did his grandson
receive?
(A) $50 (B) $125 (C) $100 (D) $200 (E) $75

22. The numbers 40, 19, 37, 33, 12, 25, 46, 18, 39, 21 are matched in pairs so
that the sum of each pair is the same. Which number is paired with
39?
(A) 19 (B) 33 (C) 21 (D) 18 (E) 25

23. This shape is made from two 6 cm

overlapping rectangles.
What is its area in square
4 cm
centimetres? 3 cm
(A) 35 (B) 37 4 cm
(C) 39 (D) 41 3 cm
2 cm
(E) 43
5 cm
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24. Molly is thinking of a number. Twice her number take away seven is
the same as her number plus five. What is her number?
(A) 19 (B) 17 (C) 15 (D) 12 (E) 10

25. Tom borrowed some items from the stationery cupboard. He found
that 5 glue sticks weigh the same as 2 staplers, and that 3 staplers
weigh the same as 20 erasers.
iGloo
iGloo
iGloo
iGloo
iGloo

How many glue sticks balance with how many erasers?

(A) 3 glue sticks with 8 erasers (B) 3 glue sticks with 50 erasers
(C) 1 glue stick with 6 erasers (D) 3 glue sticks with 17 erasers
(E) 7 glue sticks with 23 erasers

For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as a whole number

from 0 to 999 in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Question 26 is 6 marks, question 27 is 7 marks, question 28 is
8 marks, question 29 is 9 marks and question 30 is 10 marks.

26. Jill has three large piles of coins: 10c, 20c and 50c. In how many
different ways can she make one dollar?
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27. A newspaper open on the table had page

42 opposite page 55 because someone had
removed some pages from the centre. What
is the number of the last page of the news-
paper?

28. Alex is designing a square patio, paved by

putting bricks on edge using the basketweave
pattern shown.
She has 999 bricks she can use, and designs
her patio to be as large a square as possible.
How many bricks does she use?

29. There are many ways that you can add three different positive whole
numbers to get a total of 12. For instance, 1 + 5 + 6 = 12 is one way
but 2 + 2 + 8 = 12 is not, since 2, 2 and 8 are not all different.
If you multiply these three numbers, you get a number called the
product.
Of all the ways to this, what is the largest possible product?
60

30. A 3 × 2 flag is divided into six squares, as shown.

Each square is to be coloured green or blue, so
that every square shares at least one edge with
another square of the same colour.
In how many different ways can this be done?
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Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. The value of 2 + 0 + 1 + 7 is
(A) 10 (B) 19 (C) 37 (D) 208 (E) 2017

2. Jillian has her 9th birthday in 2017. In which year was she born?
(A) 2006 (B) 2007 (C) 2008 (D) 2009 (E) 2010

3. What is the value of the 2 in 213?

(A) 0.02 (B) 0.2 (C) 2 (D) 20 (E) 200

4. The squirrel’s tree is on square L3. 1 2 3 4

To get there from square K1, the squirrel
J
must move
(A) two squares right and one square down K
(B) one square left and two squares down
L
(C) three squares left and two squares down
(D) three squares right and one square down M
(E) one square right and two squares down
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5. Lincoln went to buy some fruit at the school canteen. He bought 4

apples which cost 30 cents each. How much did the 4 apples cost?
(A) 60c (B) 80c (C) $1.00 (D) $1.20 (E) $1.60

6. Five dice were rolled, and the results were

as shown.
What fraction of the dice showed a two on
top?
3 1 2
(A) (B) (C)
4 2 3
2 3
(D) (E)
5 5

7. Zara was cycling. She came

to a T-intersection in the road 28 km Janesville
where she saw this sign.
Marytown 15 km
The road to Smithton passes
through Marytown.
Smithton 23 km
How many kilometres is it from
Marytown to Smithton?
(A) 8 (B) 13 (C) 38 (D) 43 (E) 51

8. Riverside Primary School has 235 staff and students. Each bus can fit
50 people. What is the least number of buses they need for a whole
school excursion?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 5 (D) 6 (E) 7
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9. Which of these shapes are pentagons?

1 2 3

4 5

(A) all of the shapes (B) shape 3 only (C) shapes 3 and 4
(D) shapes 1 and 3 (E) none of the shapes

10. Fred gave half of his apples to Beth, and then half of what was left
to Sally, leaving him with just one apple. How many did he have to
start with?
(A) 12 (B) 8 (C) 6 (D) 4 (E) 2

Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each

11. Which of the shaded areas below is the largest?

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

12. Helen is adding some numbers and gets the total 157. Then she realises
that she has written one of the numbers as 73 rather than 37. What
should the total be?
(A) 110 (B) 121 (C) 124 (D) 131 (E) 751
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13. In the year 3017, the Australian Mint recycled its 3c 4c 3c

coins to make new coins.

4c

4c
Each 50c coin was cut into six triangles, six squares,

3c
?

3c
and one hexagon. The triangles were each worth
3c and the squares were each worth 4c.

4c

4c
3c
How much should the value of the hexagon be to 4c 3c
make the total still worth 50c?
(A) 3c (B) 8c (C) 18c (D) 20c (E) 43c

14. At the supermarket Ashan noticed that her favourite biscuits were on
special, with one-third extra for free in the packet.
If this special packet contained 24 biscuits, how many biscuits would
be in the normal packet?
(A) 12 (B) 16 (C) 18 (D) 20 (E) 32

15. Greg sees a clock in the mirror, where it looks

like this. What is the actual time? 21
(A) 4:10 (B) 4:50 (C) 5:10
(D) 6:50 (E) 7:10

16. Jonathan made this shape with rectangular

cards 2 cm long and 1 cm wide.
What is the perimeter of the shape?
(A) 6 cm (B) 12 cm (C) 18 cm
(D) 24 cm (E) 36 cm
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17. In these two number sentences

+ + + = 12

+ + + = 20

what is the value of ?

(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

18. One year in June, there were four Wednesdays and five Tuesdays. On
which day was the first of June?
(A) Monday (B) Tuesday (C) Thursday (D) Friday (E) Saturday

19. In the 4 by 4 square shown, I am filling in

1 *
the 16 small squares with the numbers 1, 2,
3 and 4 so that each row and each column * 4
has one of each of these numbers. I have 2
filled in some of the squares as shown.
What do the two squares marked ∗ add to? 4 3 2 1

(A) 3 (B) 4 (C) 5

(D) 6 (E) 7

20. On these scales, two of the cubes balance

with three of the balls.
How many cubes need to be added to the
right-hand side to make the scales bal-
ance?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 8
(D) 12 (E) 13
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Questions 21 to 25, 5 marks each

21. This shape can be folded up to make a
cube.
Which cube could it make?

(A) (B) (C)

(D) (E)

22. How many three-digit numbers contain only the digits 2 and 3, and
each of them at least once?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 6 (D) 8 (E) 32

23. Which one of the patterns below would be created with these folds
and cuts?

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

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24. I have a rectangular block of cheese that I can cut

into 12 identical 1 cm cubes, with none left over.
How many differently-shaped blocks of cheese could
I have started with?
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4 (D) 5 (E) 6

25. A clockface can be divided with two straight lines

11 12 1
into three regions so that the sum of the numbers 10 2
in each region is the same. What is this sum? 9 3
8 4
(A) 20 (B) 22 (C) 24 7 6 5

(D) 26 (E) 28

For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as a whole number

from 0 to 999 in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Question 26 is 6 marks, question 27 is 7 marks, question 28 is
8 marks, question 29 is 9 marks and question 30 is 10 marks.

26. In a three-digit number, one of the digits is 7 and the difference be-
tween any two of the digits is 4 or less.
What is the smallest this number could be?
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27. Julie has 5 steps up to her classroom, where

step 5 is the floor of the classroom.
Each day she tries to think of a different way of
climbing up these steps. She does not have to
touch each step, but the biggest distance she
can reach is 3 steps.
How many different ways are there of going up
the steps?

28. Zhipu has an unusual construction set, consisting of

square tiles which only connect together if they are
joined with half a side touching. That is, the corner
of one connects with the midpoint of the other, as
in the diagram.
In how many ways can he connect three tiles?
(Two arrangements are not different if they can be
rotated or reflected to look the same.)

29. Old Clarrie has three dogs. The oldest is Bob, next comes Rex and
Fido is the youngest. Fido is 10 years younger than Bob, and none of
the dogs are the same age.
When Clarrie adds their ages together they come to 28 years.
When Clarrie multiplies their ages together, he gets a number.
What is the smallest that this number could be?

30. All of the digits from 0 to 9 are used to form two 5-digit numbers.
What is the smallest possible difference between these two numbers?
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Middle Primary Division

Questions 1 to 10, 3 marks each

1. How many eggs are in these

cartons?
(A) 12 (B) 15 (C) 16
(D) 18 (E) 21

2. Which one of the following is the largest number?

(A) 401 (B) 410 (C) 14 (D) 140 (E) 44

3. Which of the following is equal to 3 m?

(A) 3 cm (B) 30 cm (C) 300 cm (D) 3000 cm (E) 36 cm

4. A bowl has 8 peaches. After the children take one

each, there is one peach left. How many children
are there?
(A) 5 (B) 6 (C) 7
(D) 8 (E) 9

5. A Runnyball team has 5 players. 8

This graph shows the number of goals 7
6
each player scored in a tournament.
5
Goals

Who scored the second-highest number 4

of goals? 3
2
(A) Ali (B) Beth (C) Caz 1
(D) Dan (E) Evan 0
Ali Beth Caz Dan Evan
Player

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6. The next counting number after 1089 is

(A) 1090 (B) 10810 (C) 1910 (D) 1900 (E) 1009

7. These cards were dropped on the 3

table, one at a time. r
r

rr r
5
r r
In which order were they dropped? r
2

r
r
4
r
(A) 4r Ar 5r 3r 2r
r r r r
r

r
5 r
A
3

r
(B) Ar 4r 5r 3r 2r r r
(C) 2r 4r Ar 3r 5r
r r r 2

A
r
4
(D) Ar 2r 3r 4r 5r
(E) 2r 3r 4r 5r Ar

8. The table shows the pets six children

Cat Dog Fish
own.
Which boy owns a dog? Girls Chris Jo Sam
(A) Alex (B) Chris (C) Finn Boys Teejay Finn Alex
(D) Jo (E) Teejay

9. Sophia is at the corner of 1st Street N

and 1st Avenue. Her school is at N
W E 5th Avenue
the corner of 4th Street and 3rd S
Avenue.
4th Avenue
To get there, she walks
2nd Street
1st Street

(A) 4 blocks east, 3 blocks north S

3rd Avenue
(B) 3 blocks west, 4 blocks north
4th Street
3rd Street

(C) 4 blocks west, 2 blocks north 2nd Avenue

(D) 3 blocks east, 2 blocks north
(E) 2 blocks north, 2 blocks south
E
1st Avenue

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10. Jake is playing a card game, and

9 3 K ♣7
these are his cards. J 4♣ ♣
r ♠ ♠♣♠
r r ♣ ♣
A r
Elena chooses one card from Jake at r
rr♠♣r♣
r r
random.
Which of the following is Elena most
likely to choose?
r r4r
r♣
JA♠
♣
r r
♣ ♣ ♣
♠9
♠♣
♣3
7K

(A) a heart (r) (B) a diamond (q) (C) a spade (♠)

(D) a picture card (J, Q or K) (E) an even-numbered card

Questions 11 to 20, 4 marks each

11. In Jacqui’s puzzle, a number is put in
?
each box.
In each circle, the four numbers must
add to 13. 1
Which number goes in the top box?
5 3 7
(A) 2 (B) 3 (C) 4
(D) 5 (E) 6

12. Noah follows the instructions in this flow chart. What number does
he end with?

Start Subtract Multiply

with 8 5 by 5

No Greater Yes
End
than 100?

(A) 120 (B) 150 (C) 200 (D) 225 (E) 250

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Middle Primary 4

1
13. On this number line, where would the number be?
2

0 A B C D E 2

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

14. When Bessie puts a mirror next

to her calculator, the digits some-
times spell words in the mirror.
Which number spells ‘BESSIE’ in 7 8 9 ÷ ÷ 9 8 7
the mirror?
4 5 6 × × 6 5 4
(A) 315538 (B) 835513
(C) 832213 (D) 815312 1 2 3 − − 3 2 1
(E) 312238 0 . = + + = . 0

15. Looking at this view of four

dice, how many dots cannot
be seen?
(A) 21 (B) 28 (C) 32
(D) 36 (E) 45

16. A pencil costs 25 cents and a ruler costs 80 cents.

With $5 I bought one ruler and as many pencils as I could afford.
What change did I get?
(A) 25 cents (B) 20 cents (C) 15 cents (D) 10 cents (E) 5 cents

17. 27 identical cubes are used to make this

3 × 3 × 3 cube.
How many more are needed to make a
4 × 4 × 4 cube?
(A) 1 (B) 25 (C) 27
(D) 36 (E) 37

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18. Meena has a $50 gift voucher to spend in a toyshop, but they won’t
give change from the voucher. Here is a short list of toys she would
like. She tried to spend as much of the $50 as possible.

$24 $14 $6 $39

If she buys no more than one of each toy, how much of the voucher
will not get used?
(A) $1 (B) $3 (C) $5 (D) $7 (E) $9

19. A square piece of paper is folded twice along its diagonals, as shown
in the diagram. Two corners are then cut off. When the paper is
unfolded, what will it look like?

(A) (B) (C)

(D) (E)

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20. It takes Preeti 30 minutes to walk to school.

Sometimes she goes on her bike and she cycles twice as fast as she
walks.
Occasionally, her mother takes her in the car, which goes three times
as fast as her bike. How many minutes does it take to get to school in
the car?
(A) 2 (B) 4 (C) 5 (D) 10 (E) 15

Questions 21 to 25, 5 marks each

21. In my dance class, 14 students are taller than Bob, and 12 are shorter
than Alice. Four students are both shorter than Alice and taller than
Bob. How many students are in my dance class?
(A) 22 (B) 24 (C) 26 (D) 28 (E) 30

22. My sister and I are playing a game where she picks two counting
numbers and I have to guess them. When I tell her a number, she
multiplies my number by her first number and then adds her second
number.
When I say 15, she says 50. When I say 2, she says 11.
If I say 6, what should she say?
(A) 23 (B) 27 (C) 35 (D) 41 (E) 61

23. A year 6 student saved 100 cents in 5 days, each day saving 5 cents
more than the previous day. How many cents did she save on the fifth
day?
(A) 20 cents (B) 25 cents (C) 30 cents (D) 40 cents (E) 50 cents

24. A cube has the letters A, M, C, D, E and F F

on its six faces. Two different views of the C
D A E
A

cube are shown.

I place the cube on the table so that the front
shows C . If I look at the back of the cube,
what will I see?
(A) D (B) E (C) (D) (E) F
E
F

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25. Shirley has six pieces of her construction kit: two red, two blue and
two green. She wants to build a square using four of the pieces.

Shirley considers Square 1 below to be the same as Square 2, since the

colours match once Square 2 is turned over and rotated. However she
considers Square 3 to be different from Square 1, since no matter how
it is turned, the two red sides are always opposite, and cannot match
Square 1.

Blue Red Red

Green

Green
Square Square Square
Blue

Blue
Red

1 2 Red 3

Red Green Red

How many different squares could she build?

(A) 4 (B) 8 (C) 12 (D) 16 (E) 18

For questions 26 to 30, shade the answer as a whole number

from 0 to 999 in the space provided on the answer sheet.
Questions 26–30 are worth 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 marks, respectively.

26. At my local greengrocer, you take a ticket from

A
the machine and wait until your number is called. KE
TI
TA

The roll of tickets goes from 000 up to 999.

C KET

When I was there last week with my neighbour,

we took two tickets in a row and our two numbers
added to 777.
What was the next ticket number after ours?

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27. There are 390 children at a summer camp.

One-third of the number of girls is equal to one-half of the number of
boys. How many girls are there?

28. How many of the numbers from 100 to 999 have exactly one zero digit?

29. A tower is built from exactly 2019 equal rods.

Starting with 3 rods as a triangular base, more rods
are added to form a regular octahedron with this
base as one of its faces. The top face is then the
base of the next octahedron.
The diagram shows the construction
of the first three octahedra.
How many octahedra
are in the tower when
it is finished?

30. John is one year older than his wife Mary. They have three children,
whose ages are two years apart.
The product of John and Mary’s ages is less than 2019. The product
of the three children’s ages is also less than 2019.
Next year both these products will be greater than 2020.
This year, what is the sum of all five ages?

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