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Question 1 – Geometry and shapes

Draw the shape Name of the How many sides How many angles How many lines of
shape are equal? are equal? symmetry?
scalene
equilateral
isoceles
right angled

Note: A quadrilateral is a 2D shape that has 4 sides and 4 angles

Examples of quadrilateral is square, rectangles, parallelogram, kite, rhombus and trapezium.

As shown below

Draw the shape Name of the shape

square AD= BC DC=AB 4 right angles(90X4)
4 lines of symmetry total: 360 degrees
rectangle WX=YZ WY=XZ 4 right angles(90X4)
2 lines of symmetry total: 360 degrees
parallelogram PQ=SR PS=QR 4 angles(360 degrees)
angle a=angle b opposite sides are
angle c=angle d equal/parallel,
No lines of symmetry opposite angles are
equal
kite AB=AD BC=DC 4 angles(360 degrees) 2
angle c=angle d pairs of equal sides, 1
One line of symmetry pair of equal angles
trapezium EF is parallel to FG 4 angles(360 degrees)
one pair of parallel
sides
rhombus Alll 4 faces are of equal
length.
 name of the shape Number of sides
5
6
7
8
9
10
3D shapes

shape Name
cuboid 6 rectangles(faces)
8 vertices- 12 edges
Not all faces are equal
cube 6 squares (faces)
8 vertices-12 edges
All faces are euqal
Square based 4 triangles, 1 square,
pyramid 5 faces
Shape of base: square
5 vertices- 6 edges
Triangular based 4 faces ( 3 triangles, shape of
pyramid base: square)
6 edges
4 vertices
Triangular prism 2 triangles
3 rectangles( 5 faces)
Shape of base: rectangle
6 vertices- 9 edges
cylinder 2 flat faces
1 curve face
3 faces in all

Question 2- Numeration and notation

Question 7- What is the value of the digit

a. 2 in 2567 – _______ f. 5 in 56 210 – ______

b. 9 in 8901 – _______ g. 6 in 56 210 – _____
c. 0 in 4305- ________ h. 7 in 712 328-______
d. 7 in 8527- _______ I. 9 in 494 155-______
e. 8 in 7685- ________ j. 1 in 245 519-_______
B

Numerals Write in words Expanded form

386 Three hundred and eighty six (3x100) + (8x10) + (6x1) 3 hundreds + 8 tens + 6
units
2499

37 155

93 085

29 873

113 514

998 649

112 840

719 328

470 352

594 169

823 490

C - What is the largest number and smallest number that can be formed from the digits 1, 6, 9, 3, 4,
and 7?

(a) Largest number-__________________ (b) Smallest number-_____________________

D. Rewrite the numbers in ascending order

8512, 99 356, 8439, 73 520, 96 734, 321 160, 267 289, 64 395, 7725

E. Rewrite the numbers in descending order

6978, 78 564, 796 721, 7044, 67 742, 952 777, 74 064, 789 320, 7385, 779 258

F. Write down the missing numerals

a. 5040, 5060, 5080, ______,______, ______

b. 88755, 88760, 88765, _____, ______, _____
c. ____,_____, ______, 462 450, 462 454, 462 458
d. 670 220, _____, 690 220, _____, 710 220, _____
e. 3, 7, 12, 18, 25, _, _, _.
f. 56, 54, 61, 59, 66, 64, _, _, _.
g. 57, 63, 69,75, 81, 87, _, _, _.
h. 1, 3, 9, 27, _, _.
i. 5, 25, 125, 625, _, _.
j. 5000, 2500, 1250, _, _.
k. 81, 27, 9, __, __.
l. 80, 40, 20, ___, ___.

Question 3 – Addition and subtraction

1. 506 + 78 = 2. 67 329 + 22 36= 3. 395 284 + 163 392=

4. Find the sum of 234, 5. 663 – 74 = 6. 3521 – 375 =

189, 2198, 4385

7. 389 456 – 231 649= 8. ____ + 1035= 3966 9. 420 000 – 6548=

10. In a school there are
608 boys, 498 girls and
52 teachers. How many
people are there in the
school?
11. The sum of 2 numbers is 12. Two numbers added
5908. If one of the together make 7346.
number i 699, what is The smaller number is
the other number? 2319. What is the larger
number?

13. By how much is 89573
is greater than 8992?
14. Jim has 5894 cards. Tom 15. In box A there are 608
has 235 cards more pens. In box B there are
than Jim. How many 86 pens less than in box
cards do they have A. How many pens are
altogether? there in box B?

16. In a village there are 67 17. In a certain year, the 18. Tina has 4056 beads.
693 inhabitants. There school population was Rita has 237 beads
 are 8943 more children 225 926. 99 398 were more than Tina. How
than adults . Calculate girls . How many were many beads do they
the number of children. boys? have altogether?

Question 4 – Multiplication

1. 589 x 6 2. 789 x8 3. 430 x 7

4. 67 x 84 5. 353 x 21 6. 4390 x 16

7. 7531 x 500 8. 3865 x 90 9. 6342 x 42

10. In a bag there are 79 11. In a box, there are 8 12. Father gives 567 cards
pens. How many pen packets , each packet to each of his 3
are there in 129 pens? contains 24 oranges. children. How many
How many oranges are cards does he give in
there in 18 boxes? all?

13. There are 5 buses that 14. Kenji bought 88 15. 195x 150 =
go to the shopping mall. packages of cookies.
The buses each have 6 Each package had 75
rows of seats with 3 cookies. How many
seats in each row. How cookies did Kenji buy?
many people can ride
the bus to the mall if
each seat is full?
Question 5 – Division

To remember:

1. 512 ÷ 4 2. 8856 ÷ 9 3. 1512 ÷ 12

4. 5768 ÷ 14 5. 889 ÷ ____ = 7 6. _____÷ 13 = 673

7. 4857 ÷ 23 8. 10 328 ÷ 50 9. What is the quotient

when 3149 is divided by
9?

10. What is the remainder 11. 4008 balloons are packed 11. 288 toys are put into
when 3646 is divided by equally in 12 packets. Find the packets each containing
5? number of balloons in each 9 toys. How many
packet. packets are there in all?

12. Nicholas's Floral Shop
needs to mail 92 checks
to the bank. If they can
put 22 checks in each
envelope, how many
checks will be in the
final envelope?
13. Sam buys 924 eggs. 14. Ken has 4 pizzas for her
Each tray can hold 6 party. She divided each
eggs. How many trays pizza into 8 slices. There
are needed? were 7 people in the
party. How many slices
of pizza each person get
if they all ate the same
number of slices?
Question 6- TYPES OF NUMBERS

A. Prime and composite numbers

Note : Numbers that have two different factors only (1 and itself) are prime numbers

Numbers that have more than 2 factors are composite numbers

Classify the numbers between prime numbers and composite numbers

12 14 17 13 29 23 21 31 37 36 42 43 49 55 53 57 78 70 83 89 94 96 100

Prime numbers
Composite numbers

B. even and odd numbers

(a) Note: An even number is a number which is exactly divisible by 2

I. List all even numbers from 100 to 150 _________________________________________

II. The 5th even number is ( 5x2 ) = 10 The 8 th even number = __________

(b) Note: An odd number is a number which leaves a remainder of 1 when divided by 2

I. List all odd numbers between 150 to 200 __________________________________________

II. The 9th odd number = (9x2) -1 = 17 The 15 th odd number = _________

Note: The sum of two even numbers is also even, 2 + 4 = 6

The product of two even numbers is also even, 2 x 6 = 12

The sum of two odd numbers is even, 3 + 5 = 8

The product of two odd numbers is odd, 3 x 5 = 15

The sum of one even and one odd number is odd, 2 + 3 = 5

 The product of one even and one odd number is even, 2 x 3 = 6

C. Square Numbers
a. Write down the 15th, 16th, 17th, 24th, 100th square number ____, _____, ____, _____, _____
b. Write down all square numbers between 1 and 200. ___________________________________

D. Find the factors of 54 = { 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 28, 54 } 1x54 = 54 2x28 = 54 3x18=54 6x9=54

63

96

E. Write the product prime factors of 18 = 2x3x3 18 ÷ 2 = 9 9÷3 = 3 3÷3=1

12

32

F. multiples multiple of 3 = 3,6,9,12,15,18......

Multiple of 6 between 50 and 100 _____________________________

Common multiples of 2 and 3 between 1 and 50 ________________________

List all common multiples of 6 and 9 between 1 to 100 ___________________

G. Highest common factor

(a) What is the greatest common factor of 8 and 10?

(b) What is the HCF of 16 and 48?

(c) What is the greatest common factor of 10, 15, and 20?

H.Least common factor

(a) What is the least common multiple of 6 and 2?

(b) What is the least common multiple of 10, 12 and 15?

(c) What is the least common multiple of 8, 16 and 32?

G. Factors and Multiples problems

(a) What is the shortest piece of rope I can buy which can be cut up into pieces either 6 metres or 8
metres or 10 metres long without any wastage?

(b) I have 72 apples, 90 oranges, 108 pears and 126 bananas. If i put them into bags so that each bag
contains the same number of each kind of fruit, what is the largest number of bag I can make up?

How many apples, oranges, pears and bananas will there be in each bag?

Question 7- fractions
A.

B. Write in words
I. ½
II. 1/3
III. ¼
IV. 2/5
V. 1/6
VI. 3/8
VII. 2/9
VIII. 4 3/10
IX. 3 ¾

C. Express the following improper fractions into mixed numbers

I. 22/7 ii. 34/5 iii. 33/7

D. Express the following mixed numbers as improper fractions

I. 4 4/5 ii. 5 1/6 iii. 6 3/2

E. Find the correct numeral to complete

F. Reduce the fractions into its lowest terms
G. Arrange in ascending order 2/9 1/5 3/8

H. Arrange in descending order 10/13 8/15 3/16

I. Adding fractions J. Subtracting fractions

a. 2 + 3/8 a. 4 – 3/8
b. 2/7 + ¼ b. 4/5 - 3/10
c. 1 4/6 + 7/12 c. 2/9 - 1/6
 d. 2 1/3 + 6 d. 2/7 - 1/14

K. Multiplying fractions L. Dividing fractions

a. 2/9 of 36 a. 4 ÷ 2/3
b. 7 of 2/3 b. 12/15 ÷ 1/5
c. 4/18 of 9/28 c. 3 1/5 ÷ 8
d. 3/18 x 3/27 d. 4 ½ ÷ 27/28
e. 1 ¼ x¾ e. 5 1/5 ÷ 1 5/8
f. 2 2/15 x 4 1/6 f. 1 3/6 ÷ 7/18

M – fractions word problems

(a) Judy made cookies. She used 1/4 of a cup of flour and 1/8 of a cup of sugar. How much more flour
than sugar did Judy use?

(b) Sarah filled a bucket with 9 7/10 gallons of water. A few minutes later, she realized only 1 1/10
gallons of water remained. How much water had leaked out of the bucket?

(c)Anita bought 9 yards of ribbon at the craft store. Of the ribbon Anita bought, 2/3 was red. How many
yards of red ribbon did Anita buy?

(d) One-eighth of the 16 people in a movie theater are eating popcorn. How many people in the theater
are eating popcorn?

(e)Hakim had 1 3/4 pounds of blueberries. Hakim let his friend Jared eat 1/2 of the blueberries. How
many pounds of blueberries did Jared eat?

(f)Alec's family is making 4 pizzas for dinner. They have ½ of a pound of shredded cheese and put an
equal amount on each pizza. How many pounds of cheese do they put on each pizza?

(g) A veterinarian divided 1/2 of a bottle of medicine equally among some sick cats. She gave each cat
1/4 of a bottle of medicine. How many sick cats were there?
(h)Himant is 5 years younger than his sister, Kia. Kia is 1/3 their mother’s age. If their mother is 39 years
old, what is Himant’s age?

(I) After selling 3/7 of all its fruits, a merchant has 57 left. How many fruits has he sold? How many
fruits had he at first?

(j) 5/9 of the number of pupils are girls. If there are 260 girls, how many boys are there?

(k) Bala has Rs 1200. He spends 2/5 of it on a bag and half of the remainder on a pair of shoes. What
fraction of money has he left?

Question 8- symmetry

Note:
Question 9- Decimals

To remember : 145.389 =(1x 100) + (4x10) + (5x1) + (3 x 0.1) + (8 x 0.01) + ( 9 x 0.001)

1 hundred + 4 tens + 5 units + 3 tenths + 8 hundredths + 9 thousandths

(A) Write in words

a. 1.2 - __________________
b. 7.8- ___________________
c. 0.6- ___________________
d. 2.39 - __________________
e. 5.04- __________________
f. 0.02-_________________
g. 0.25-___________________
h. 1.35-_________________
i. 3.94-________________
j. 1.175-_____________

(B) Write in expanded form

a. 1.5-________________________
b. 2.07-_____________________
 c. 16.9-_________________________
d. 19.654-______________________

(C) 45. 389 = 4 tens, 5 units, 3 tenths, 8 hundredths, 9 thousandths

a. 1.6-_______________
b. 21.48-________________
c. 9.237-_________________
d. 4.903-______________

(D) convert fractions into decimals

a. 3/5 - _________ d. 1/5-____

b. 4/20 - _________ e. 9 145/1000-_______
c. 9/100 -_________ f. 7/20-_______

(E) Complete the sequence

a. 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, ___, ___.

b. 7.30, 7.25, 7.20, ___,___.
c. 4.21, 4.25, 4.29, ___, ___.
d. 9.79, 9.74, 9.69, ___,____.
e. 0.1, 0.2, 0.4, ___, ____.

(F) Complete each sequence

a. 4 + 0.5 + 0.09 + 0.002=______

b. 70 + 8 + 0.3 + 0.07 + 0.002=____
c. 40 + 5 + 800 + 0.07 + 0.009 + 0.3=______
 (G) Multiplying decimals

0.8 x 10 0.286 x10 0.062 x100 0.293x1000

1.462 x1000 105 x 30 3.07x400 3.9 x0.02

13.6 x0.05 6.61 x6 2.3x3.6 4.32 x3.7

(H) Dividing decimals

5.4 ÷ 10 138.56 ÷ 100 19 ÷ 1000 1.6 ÷ 1000

0.272 ÷ 8 3.075 ÷ 0.3 0.27 ÷ 0.03 0.75 ÷ 0.15

1.876 ÷ 0.14 1.353 ÷ 0.11 42.75 ÷ 5 1.2 ÷ 0.2

(I)Represent each of the following in abacus

i. 2.57
ii. 9.208
iii. 57.879
iv. 123.805

(J)What is the value of 2 in each of the following?

i. 0.238
ii. 3.625
iii. 43.802
iv. 291.587
v. 2.431

(K) Word problems on decimals

1. If your weekly salary is $1,015.00, how much do you have left each week after you pay for the

following?

 Rent - $443.5

 Cable TV -$23. 99

 Electricity - $45.62

 Groceries - $124.87

3. Larry paid $11.20 for four gallons of gas. How much was each gallon of gas?
 4. Patricia has $425.82 in her checking account. How much does she have in her account after she

makes a deposit of $120.75 and a withdrawal of $185.90?

5. Brad studied a total of 24.4 hours over a period of four days. On average, how many hours did

Brad study each day?

6. Dolores bough 15 party hats priced at $0.75 each and 15 noisemakers priced at $1.25 each. How

much did Dolores spend in all?

Question 10- Length and perimeter

To remember: 1 m=100 cm 1 cm = 1/100 m 1 cm = 0.01 m

1 m= 1000 mm 1 mm= 1/1000 m 1mm= 0.001 m

1 cm = 10 mm 1mm= 1/10 cm 1 mm = 0.1 cm

1 km= 1000 m 1 m = 1/1000 km 1 m = 0.001 km

Perimeter of square = length of one side x 4 length of one side = perimeter ÷ 4

Perimeter of rectangle = length + length + width + width

(A) Convert into centimetres

a. 2m 45 cm= _____ cm b. 11m 25 cm =_____ cm c. 6 ½ m = ______ cm

(B) Convert into milimetres

a. 2 cm = _____ mm b. 2 1/5 cm = ______ mm c.. 7.7 cm = _____ mm

(C) Convert into metres

a. 4 km = ____m b. 7 1/5 km = _____ m c. 2.8 km = _____ m

(D) Work out

a. 106 cm = ___ m ___ cm b. 4090 m = ____ km ___ m c. 1500 m = ___ km

d. 1/5 km = _____ m e. 0.35 km = ____ mm f. 4 6/10 km = _____ km ___ m

(E) Calculate
 a. 7 m 21 cm + 2 m 90 cm = _______ c. 6 m 32 cm x 4 = ______
b. 4 m 55 cm – 1 m 89 cm = ______ d. 22 km 698 m ÷ 6 =______

(F) Word problems on length

I. Sara buys 2 m 75 cm of red ribbon, 3 m 45 cm of blue ribbon and 59 cm of green ribbon. How
much ribbon does she buy?

II. Raj is 1 m 20 cm tall . His sister is 1 m 2 cm tall. How much taller is Raj than his sister?

III. A piece of cloth is 5 m long. What length will remain if 6 pieces each measuring 44 cm are cut
from it?

IV. Paul ran 4 times across a ground 65 m in length, how many metres did he swim?

V. A man runs 3 times along a race track and covers a distance of 2.1 km. What is the length of the
race track in metres?

(G)
(H) Perimeter word problems

I. Find the perimeter of a square of side 6 cm.

II. Find the perimeter of a rectangle of length 4 cm and width 8 cm.

III. What is the length of one side of the square if its perimeter is 100 cm?

IV. Find the width of the rectangle whose length is 18 cm and perimeter is 68 cm.
 V. The perimeter of a rectangle is 60 cm. If the width is twice the length , find the width and length

VI. The length of a carpet is 5.2 m. If the width is one third the length, find the perimeter of the
carpet.

VII. Arrange the lengths in descending order: 5 m, 7mm, 8 km, 2 cm

Question 11 – Capacity

1 L = 100 CL 1 cl = 1/100 L 1 CL = 0.01 L

1 L = 1000 ML 1 ML= 1/1000 L 1 ML = 0.001 L

(A)Convert into centilitres

a. 4.5 L =_____ cL b. ¼ L = _______ CL c. 1.125 L = _____ CL

(B) Convert into mililitres

a. 2 1/10 L = _____ mL b. 2.45 L = _____ mL c. 5 cL = ____ mL

(C) Work out

a. 350 mL = ____ L b. 475 cL = ____ L ____ cL c. 3025 mL = ____ L ____ mL

(D) Calculate

a. 18 L 345 cL + 17 L 976 cL = ________ c. 5 L 220 mL x 6=_____

b. 25 L 10 mL – 11 L 15 mL = ________ d. 10L 525 mL ÷ 5 =_____

(E) Word problems on capacity

I. How much detergent in a barrel of 6 ½ L will be left if 4 L 285 ml is used?

II. Ady uses 2 L 400 mL of water on Monday, 3 ¾ L of water on Tuesday and 3.45 L on Wednesday.
How much of water does he use in these three days?

III. 6 L 45 cL of water is used to fill 5 jugs of equal capacity. How much water does each jug contain?
 IV. The capacity of a water tank is 340 L. 1/5 of the tank is filled with water. How many more litres
of water should be added to the tank to fill it completely?

V. Mr Ram buys six 2.5 litres bottle of juice. He distributes 20 cL to each of his children and 600 mL
of juice is left. Calculate the number of children.

VI. Arrange the capacities in ascending order: 6 L 75 cL 3 mL

Question 12 – MASS

1 kg = 1000 g 1 g = 1/1000 kg 1 g= 0.001 kg

1 t = 1000 kg 1 kg = 1/1000 t 1 kg = 0.001 t

(A) Convert into kilograms

a. 1200 g - _____ kg b. 0.6 t = ____ kg c. 4375 t = ____ kg

(B) Convert into tonnes

a. 5000 kg = ____ t 13 450 kg = ____ t

(C) Complete

a. 8 kg 500 g = ____ g b. 4500 g = ___ kg ___ g c. 22745 g = ___ kg ____ g

(D) work out

a. 82 kg 34 g + 5 kg 939 g = _____ c. 6 kg 230 g x 3 = _____

b. 147 kg 850 g – 39 kg 125 g = _____ d. 9 kg 600 g ÷ 8 = ______

(E) word problems on mass

I. Mother buys 3 kg of flour. She uses 2 kg 350 g of it. How much flour is left?

II. The total mass of 2 bags is 25 kg 200 g. What is the mass of the one bag if another one is 11kg
350 g?

III. A bag contains 1 kg 500 g of spices. How many packets each containing 50 g can be filled from
the bag?
 IV. Two packets of milk weigh 405 kg. If one packet is twice as heavy as the other, find the weight of
each packet.

V. Rashi has 5 cans each weighing 450 g in a bag of 350 g. What is the total mass of the cans and
bag?

VI. Arrange the masses in ascending order : 10 t 90 g 20 kg

Question 13 – MONEY

Profit = Selling price – buying price selling price = profit + buying price buying price= S.P - Profit

Loss = buying price – selling price selling price = buying price – loss buying price= S.P + loss

(A)

I. Three pens and five rulers cost Rs 22.50. If a ruler costs 50 cents more than a pen, find the cost
of a pen.

II. 8 pears and 2 oranges cost Rs 117. A pear costs Rs 4 more than an orange. What is the cost of a
pear?

III. Rita buys ½ kg of ginger at Rs 70. What is the price per kg?

IV. A skirt cost Rs 350. A blouse costs Rs 65 less. Dipa buys a skirt and a blouse and pays her bill with
a Rs 1000 note. How much change does she receives?

(B) sharing

I. A sum of Rs 1500 is shared between Sam and Tom, so that Sam gets Rs 300 less than Tom. Find
Sam and Tom’s share.

II. A sum of Rs 3500 is shared between Rita and Rani, so that Rita gets Rs 450 more than Rani. How
much does each child get?

III. A table and a chair together cost Rs 5000. The table costs three times as much as the chair. Find
the cost of 2 tables and 4 chairs.
IV. Rs 9600 is shared between Shiv and Ram such that Shiv gets twice as much as Ram. Find the
share of Shiv and Ram.

V. Raju has Rs 1350 and Salu has Rs 950. How much money must Raju give to Salu so that both
have the same amount?

(C) Profit and Loss

I. A fruiterer bought 120 mangoes for Rs 450. He sold them at Rs 5 each. Find his profit.

II. Tim buys 2400 apples at Rs 3600. He throws away 85 rotten apples and sells the remaining at Rs
2.50 each. Find his profit.

III. Tino bought 45 kg of tomatoes at Rs 13.50 per ½ kg . 5kg of tomatoes were rotten and thrown
away. He sold the rest at Rs 20 per ½ kg. Calculate his profit.

IV. A man bought a motorcycle for Rs 13 850. He then sold it making a profit of Rs 590. Find his
selling price.

V. A man bought 8 boxes each containing 50 apples. Each apple costs him Rs 2.50. He sold all the
apples making a profit of Rs 200. At what price did he sell an apple?

VI. A man sold a television set for Rs 6350, making a profit of Rs 950. How much did he pay for the
television set?

VII. What is the cost of each pen if a dozen is sold for Rs 54 at a total profit of Rs 18?

VIII.Vijay bought 24 glasses at Rs 4.25 each. Some of the glasses were broken. He sold the remaining
ones at 5 for Rs 25 and made a profit of Rs 15. How many glasses were broken?

(D) Wages

I. A man is paid Rs 125 per hour. How much will he get if he works 12 hours a day for 4 days?
II. Mrs Sarah’s salary was Rs 19400. In a certain month, she works 25 hours overtime at the rate of
Rs 22.75 per hour. How much money did she earn in all for that month?

III. Mr Sam received Rs 5200 a week as wages. He spent ¾ of his wages and saved the rest. How
many weeks did he take to save Rs 3900?

IV. A man earns Rs 3225 in a 6 day week. How works 8 hours daily from Monday to Friday and he is
paid Rs 75 per hour. For how long does he work on Saturday?

(E) Foreign Currency

i. A man exchanged $125 and €65 into Mauritian rupees. He got Rs 6978.75 in all. What was the
exchange rate of the Euro to Mauritian rupees? On that day $ 1 was Rs 34.25.

ii. Mary changes $600 into rupees. How much money will she get in rupees if $1 = Rs 47?

iii. € 1 = Rs 58.55 €3 = Rs ______ € 35 = Rs _____

iv. Rs 35.25 = $ 1 Rs 246.75 = $ _____ Rs 3877.50 = $ _____

v. A man exchanged $125 and € 65 into Mauritian rupees. He got Rs 6978.75 in all. What was the
exchange rate of the euro to Mauritian rupees? On that day $1 was Rs 34.25.

vi. A tourist from England had €1200 as pocket money when she visited Mauritius. She spent ¾ of
her money. How much money is left in Mauritian rupees given that €1 = Rs 48.?

vii. A tourist arrives in Mauritius with 365 U.S dollars and 120 Euros. He exchanges all his money
into rupees. 1 U.S dollar = Rs 35.30 1 Euro = Rs 41.20

Question 14 – TIME
 1 hour = 60 minutes 1 minute = 1/60 hour 1 min = 60 seconds 1 second= 1/60 min

1 hour= 3600 seconds 1 second= 1/3600 hour

1 day = 24 hours

(A)

Time on 24-hour clock Time on 12-hour clock Time in words

13 00 1 pm One o’clock in the afternoon
15 00
8 am
6 am
09 30
7 30 Half past seven
8 10 Ten past eight
10 20 Twenty past ten
7 40 Twenty to eight
8 50 Ten to nine
9 15 Quarter past nine
7 45 Quarter to eight
12 pm noon
12 am midnight

(B) Complete

a. 1 ½ day = ____ hours c. 5 ¾ h = _____ min e. 145 min = ___h ___ min
b. 3 days = _____ hours d. 375 s = ____ min f. 4 min = _____ seconds

(C) Work out

a. 4 days 20 hours + 1 day 19 hours = ____ days ___ hours

b. 7 days 15 hours – 4 days 10 hours = ____ days ____ hours
c. 8 h 30 min + 4 h 45 min = ____ h ____ min
d. 9 h 25 min – 4 h 40 min = ____ h ___ min
e. 2 h 12 min x 4 = ___ h ___ min
f. 10 h 6 min ÷ 3 = ___ h ___ min

(D) word problems on time

i. Sam is 10 years 4 months old. Ali is twice as old as Sam. How old is Ali?

ii. Geeta is 29 years 3 months old. Shri is 2 years 8 months younger than Geeta. How old is Shri?

iii. The time is 05 30 . What time will it be 2 ¾ h later?

 iv. The time is 18 50. What time was it 4 1/4 h earlier?

v. Mr Dev took 1 h 15 min to read a book. He finished reading at 13 25. At what time did he start
reading?

vi. A bus left Rose Hill at 09 50 and reached Flacq at 11 10. How long did the bus travel?

vii. Aftab started watching a film at 18 55. The film lasts for 1 h 45 minutes. At what time does the
film end?

Question 15 : Patterns and Sequences

a. 160, 80, 40, 20, ___, ___.

b. ___, ____, 810, 770, 730.
c. ___, ____, 123, 91, 59.
d. 1024, 256, 64, ___, ___.
e. 160, 148, 138, 130, ___, ___.
f. 9, 27, 81, ___, ___
g. (10, 4), (9, 9), (8, 14), ____, ____.
h. 1.5, ___, ___, 3.0,3.5.
i. (40800, 600), (20400, 300), _____, _____
j. 10, 60, 360, ____, ____.
k. 144, ___, ___, 81, 64.
l. (143, 3), (132,9), (121, 27), _____, _____.

Question 16 : Powers

Notes:
54 = 5 × 5 × 5 × 5 = 625
53 = 5 × 5 × 5 = 125
52 = 5 × 5 = 25
51 = 5
50 = 1
43 × 45 = 43+5 = 48

divide 36 by 32: 34 = 81
Question 17: Time Calendar

Note: Common year – 365 days, 28 days in February, last 2 digits not divisible by 4 , example 2017

Leap year- 366 days, 29 days in February, last 2 digits divisible by 4, example 2016

(A)

i. How many days are there from 5th December to 28th December of the same year?

ii. If 7th April was a Monday, what day was it 12 days earlier(before)?

iii. If 9th March was a Tuesday, what day was it 10 days later(after)?

iv. Mr Sin came back home form holidays on Friday 12 th June after 13 days of holidays. On which
day and date did he go on holiday?

v. A tourist went to Malaysia on 15th June and he left on 30th July. How many days did he stay on
the island both days inclusive?

vi. John works from 8th Monday to 28th Friday except on holidays. If he is paid Rs 175 daily, how
much money will he get?

vii. The total age of Jay and Nina is 20 years. If Nina is 8 years older than Jaya, how old is Nina and
Jay?

viii. Jimmy is 12 years 4 months old today. How old will he be in 1 year 2 months from now?

(B) GMT

I. The film is scheduled at 18 00 in Mumbai. What time will it be in Mauritius? (Time in Mumbai=
Mauritian Time + 1 h 30 min)

II. When it is 10 00 in Mauritius, it is 14 00 in Perth. A plane took 7 hours to fly from Mauritius to
Perth. It reached Perth at 22 15 local time. At what time did it leave Mauritius?
 III. An airplane left London airport at 20 15 (GMT) on Saturday. It travelled 11h35 min. On what
time and day (Mauritian time) did it reach Mauritius? (Mauritian time = GMT + 4h)

Question 18: AREA

(A) What is the area of the square with sides 22 cm?

The area of a square is 144 cm. Find its perimeter

(B) Find the area of rectangle with length 13 cm and width 9 cm.

Find the length of the rectangle which area is 63 and width 7 cm

(C) The area of the rectangle is twice the area of a square. The square has sides 7 cm. Find the area
of the rectangle

A rectangular piece of paper is 30 cm long and 25 cm wide. If a rectangle 4 cm long and 3 cm wide is
cut off, what is the area left?

A rectangle and a square have the same area. The sides of the square are 9 cm long. If the breadth
of the rectangle is 27 cm, find the perimeter of the rectangle.

(D)
(E)

(F)
Question 19: PERCENTAGES

(A) Change to percentages

a. 4/5 - _____ b. 4 1/10 - ______ c. 7/25- ____ d. 0.75- _____ e. 24/25- _____

(B) Express as fraction in its lowest terms

a. 15%- ______ b. 48%- _____ c. 91%- _____

(C) Write as a decimal

120 % - _______ 7%-_______ 62%-_______

(D)Calculate

110% of 30 = ______ 36% of 2500- _____ ____ % of 50 = 6 20% of ___ = 60

(E) Work out

20% of 2m = _____ cm 12% of 28 kg= ___ g 45% of 1 hour= ___ min

(F) Work out

a. 400 mL of a litre= ___ % of a litre

b. 750 g of a kilogram = ____% of a kilogram
c. 5 months of a year = ____ % of one year

(G) Work out

a. Increase 56 by 75% -________

b. Increase 10500 by 12 % - _____
c. Decrease 550 by 70%-______
d. Decrease 6500 by 14%-______

(H) Word problems on percentage

I. Raj eats 7/10 of a cake. What percentage of cake has he eaten?

II. In a school, there are 480 students, out of which 120 are girls. Find the percentage of girls in the
school.

III. 48% of a class are boys. How many more girls than boys are there if there are 24 boys?

IV. 600 visitors came to Mauritius on Saturday. There were 25% more visitors on Sunday. How
many visitors were there on Sunday?

(I)

I. Rit’s salary is Rs 6800 a month. It is increased by 30%. Find his new salary.

II. Rit’s salary is Rs 4500 a month. At the end of the year, her salary increases by Rs 450. Find the
increase per cent.

III. Rit pays Rs 3000 a monthly rent. If the rent increases to Rs 3500 a month, find the percentage
increase in rent.

IV. There were 500 apples on Monday. On Tuesday the number decreased to 480. Find the
decrease per cent.
V. In a bag there are 240 beads. 30% of them are blue and the rest are red. How many red beads
are there?

(J) Percentage profit and loss

I.

Buying price/cost Selling price/sold Profit or loss Percentage profit/loss

price/bought
500 700
2500 2200
235000 Loss- 15000
1050 Profit-50%
16000 Loss- 20%
500 Profit-12%

II. A shopkeeper buys 100 eggs at a price of Rs 7.50 for 3 eggs. If he wants to make a profit of 60%,
how much must he sell one egg?

(K) Percentage discount

Buying price(marked Selling price(Pay for it) discount Percentage discount

price/usual price)-
original selling price
2300 5%
40%
3900 Exclude 15% VAT
150 120
1275 15%

(L) Word problems on percentage

I. A vendor bought 500 eggs. Of these 50 eggs were broken. If he sold the remaining eggs at Rs 4
each and made a profit of 20% , how much did he pay for the eggs?

II. A dress costs Rs 650. A blouse costs 20% more. Rita buys both the blouse and the dress and
spent 2/5 of her money. How much money did she have at first?

III. A dress costs Rs 4500. Alia’s pocket money is Rs 1500 per month and she saves 30 % of it. How
many months dies she take to save Rs 4500 in order to buy the bag?
IV. Mary earns Rs 8950 a month. She spends 2/5 on food, 50% on clothes. Then she gives Rs 1500
to her mother. Calculate the amount she has left.

Question 20- AVERAGES

I. Find the average of 9, 32,44 and 27

II. The total of six numbers is 48. Find the average of the six numbers.

III. The average of 4 numbers is 56. What is the total?

IV. The average of 7 numbers is 34 and the average of 6 numbers of them is 39. Find the seventh
number.

V. The average height of 3 girls is 155cm. The total height of two girls are 292 cm. Find the height
of the third girl.

VI. The average of five numbers is 48. One of the numbers is 40. Find the average of the four
numbers.

VII. 5 boys have an average amount of Rs 110. 3 girls have an average amount of Rs 150. Find the
average amount of the 8 children.

VIII.The height of Adil is 154 cm. Shamim is 6 cm taller than Adil. Find their average height.

IX. Paul is 19 years old. Sarah is 2 years younger than Paul and Mira is 5 years older than Paul. Find
their average age.

Question 21- RATIO

(A) Write the following as a ratio

9/13- _____ 4/9 - ___ 3/2-____

(B) Write the ratio in its simplest form

18: 36 – ______ 45:60-________ 2/3:2/5-______ 1.4:7-______

(C)Word problems on ratio

I. In a school there are 250 students. The ratio of boys to girls is 2: 3. Find the number of girls and
boys.

II. There are 175 children. The ratio to boys and girls is 4: 3. 6 boys leave the club and 13 girls join
the club. Calculate the new ratio.

III. The ratio of boys to girls in a group of 45 children is 4:5. How many more girls must be admitted
in the group to make the ratio 2: 3?

IV. The perimeter of a rectangular room is 30 cm. The ratio of the length to its width is 3:2 . Find the
area of the room.

V. The area of a rectangle is 32 cm squared. Its length is 8 cm. Find the ratio of its length to its
width.

VI. 240 children attended a concert. Ratio of boys to girls was 3:5. A group of girls left the concert.
The ratio of boys to girls became 3 : 4. How many girls stayed at the concert?

VII. 3 boys Brian, Dany and Jade share a certain sum of money in the ratio 5: 3: 1. Dany receives Rs
80 more than Jason. Find each boy’s share.

Question 22 – PROPORTION

I. 6 pencils cost Rs 30. Find the cost of 13 such pencils.

II. 5.25 metres are needed for 3 shirts. How many metres of cloth are needed for 5 shirts?

III. 35 workers = 16 days 28 workers= ___ days

IV. 42 km/h - 1h30 min 45 km/h - ____ h ___ min

 V. 4 men- 3 hours 3 men- ___ hours

VI. 24 L – 288 km 35 L - ____ km

Question 23 – TOTAL SURFACE AREA

I. Find the surface area of a cube with sides 13 cm.

II. The total surface area of a cube is 384 cm squared. Find the area of one face and the length of
an edge of the cube

III. Find the surface area of a cuboid which is 10 cm by 6 cm by 7 cm.

IV. (questions on cube cuboid glued pg 73-75) see to it

Question 24- TILING

I. The floor of a room 3m long and 2m wide is covered with tiles 20 cm by 15 cm. Find the number
of tiles and the total cost of tiles at Rs 25 each.

II. A floor is 4 m and 3 m wide. How many times each 4 cm are needed to cover it?

III. A kitchen table was completely covered with square tiles, of sides 22 cm. There were 4 rows of
16 tiles. Calculate the area of the kitchen table.

IV. Find the number of tiles of a rectangular floor of length 450 cm and width 360 cm with square
tiles of length 30 cm.

Question 25- ANGLES

(A)
(B) Complete
1 right angle= ___ degrees

2 turns= ____ degrees

3 straight lines = ____ degrees

¼ turn= ____ degrees

(C) sum of interior angles of a triangle is 180 degrees

(D) Sum of the angles of a quadrilateral = 360 degrees

(E) The compass points

I. You are facing West. Which direction will you face when you

(a) turn 45 degrees clockwise ________

(b) make 1 ½ turns anticlockwise _____

ii. Through how many degrees will you

(a) turn anticlockwise from north west to face south west?______

(b) turn clockwise from South to face North East? _____

Question 26 – CHARTS

(A) PICTOGRAM
(B) BAR CHART
(C) PIE CHARTS
Question 27- COORDINATES SEE page 118-126
Question 28- VOLUME VOLUME = LENGTH X BREADTH X HEIGHT ( AREA OF BASE X HEIGHT)

1 m³ = 1000 L 1 L = 1000 c m³

(a) Find the volume of the cube of sides 8 cm.

(b) Find the volume of cuboid of sides 4 cm long, 8 cm wide and 12 cm high.

(c)A box Is 15 cm long and 10 cm wide with depth 6 cm. Find its volume.

(d) A box is 6 cm square at its base and 1/2 m high. Find its volume.

(e) Volume of a cube is 27 cm cubed. Find its height

(f)Volume of a cuboid is 9600. Length is 40 cm and width is 30 cm. Find its height.

(g)Volume of a box is 174. Its height is 6 cm. Find the area of its base.
(h)A tank with dimensions 70 cm by 40 cm by 20 cm is half filled with water. Find the volume of the
water.

(I)How many cubes of side 4 cm can be put into a box measuring 28 cm by 16 cm by 20 cm?

(j)A cuboid has a volume of 2430 c m³. Its height is 10 cm. The ratio of its length to width is 3:1. Find the
length and width.

(k)Boxes 25 cm by 15 cm by 12 cm are placed in a container 4.5 m by 3m by 2.4 m. Calculate the largest

number of boxes that can fit exactly in the container.

(l)find the volume of space left and largest number of cubes when cubes of edge 0.3 m are placed in a
box 3.5 m long, 2.4 m wide and 1.5 high.

(j) A pail contains 20 L of juice. How many bottles of 250 c m³ can be filled?

(k)A tank 50cm by 40 cm by 30 cm is half full of water and the water is poured into 6 pails. Find the
capacity of one pail in L.

(l)A tank 80 cm by 60 cm by 50 cm is 2/3 full of water. All the water is poured into a second tank of 1 m
long and 50 cm wide which is completely full. Find the height of the second tank.

(m) A container 1.4 m long, o.8 m wide and o.5 m deep is full of water. The water leaks at 40 cl per
minute. After how long the tank will be empty?

(n) A tank with a base area of 100 c m³ and a height of 50 cm is filled with water to half of its height. If
800 c m³ of water is added to the tank, what is the height if the new water level?

Question 29 – SPEED

(A)

Distance Time Speed

100 km 2 hours
1 h 30 min 30 km/h
4 ¼h 30 km/h
4800 km 6 hours ____ m/s
154 km 2 hr 45 min ___ km/h
400 m 8 m/s
(B)
(I) A bus leaves place A at 08 35 for place B which is 80 km away. If the bus travels at an average speed
of 50km/h, when will it reach place B?

(ii) A motorcyclist started his journey at 07 45 and reached his destination at 08 30. What distance did
he travel if his average speed was 68 km/h?

(iii) A cyclist travelling at 30 km/h covers a distance in 27 minutes. How long will it take to cover the
same distance if he increases his speed by 15km/h?

(iv) A man left town X at 10 30 and drove to town Y at an average speed of 72 km/h. He reached town Y
at 12 10. He then drove to Town Z which is 90 km away from town Y. The average speed of the whole
journey was 56 km/h. Calculate the average speed from Y to Z.

(v)The ratio of the average speed of the lorry to the car is 2 : 3. The lorry takes 15 minutes to travel 14
km. Find the speed of the car.