PR1ME Mathematics Placement Tests NZ Test 4

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Practice Questions Test 4
INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS

Each test has three sections. Questions in each section need to be answered in different ways.
Here are three examples to show you what to do.
Practice Example 1 Practice Example 3

Circle the one answer that you think is best. Write your answer in the blank space provided.
Show your work clearly.
A farm has 9 pens. Each pen has 27 sheep.
Which number sentence should be used to find The distance from City A to City B is 247 kilometres.
the total number of sheep? The distance from City B to City C is 548 kilometres.
a. 27 – 9 = a. What is the distance Ben travels if he drives from

City A to City C through City B?
b. 27 + 9 =
b. If Ben travels the same distance every day,
c. 27 ÷ 9 = and it takes him 3 days to reach City C, what
d. 27 × 9 = distance does he travel in 1 day?
Practice Example 2
Write your answer in the blank space provided.
Write the fraction in its simplest form.
18
24
=
Ans:
• Write your answers on the test paper.
• If you change your mind about an answer, carefully rub out the answer and circle or write in your
new answer.
• Do any workings on the test paper.
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Mathematics Placement Tests (NZ) © 2016 Scholastic Education International (S) Pte Ltd PROD. CODE 9781000111460
For questions 1 to 13, circle the one answer that you think is best.
PAGE 1
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1. Four friends collected a total of 3. 2– =
5200 clothes for charity. Each 5
of them collected an equal 2
number of clothes. Which a. 1
5
number sentence should be
2
used to find the number of b. 2
clothes each friend collected? 5
8
a. 5200 + 4 = c. 1
5
b. 5200 ÷ 4 = 2
d. 5
c. 5200 × 4 =
1
d. 5200 – 4 = 4. 4 written as an improper
2
fraction is .
2. 5×7×3=
a. 9
a. 35 2
b. 50 b. 3
2
c. 75
c. 7
d. 105 4
d. 8
2
5. 6 × 0.8 =
a. 0.48
b. 4.8
c. 48
d. 480
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6. 28.13 + 7.9 = 36.03 9. Susan uses 5 lemons to make

2 jugs of lemonade. How many
a. 28.98
lemons will Susan use to make
b. 36.01 12 jugs of lemonade?
c. 36.03 a. 12
d. 37.08 b. 15
c. 20
7. 782
× 23 d. 30
10. 25 ÷ 7 =
a. 805
4
a. 3
b. 3910 7
5
c. 17 986 b. 3
7
d. 19 986
3
c. 4
7
8. What number does X represent? 6
d. 3
X 7
6.32 6.325 6.33 6.335
a. 6.34
b. 6.331
c. 6.4
d. 7.33

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11. A carpenter bought 15 boxes 13. Cole can make 15 paper

of screws. Each box contained aeroplanes in 5 minutes. At this
1200 screws. How many rate, how long will it take him to
screws did he buy altogether? make 12 paper aeroplanes?
a. 8 a. 3 min
b. 135 b. 60 min
c. 18 000 c. 4 min
d. 20 000 d. 75 min
12. Deepa does 20 sit-ups in the

morning and 36 sit-ups in the
evening. If she does this every
weekday, how many sit-ups will
she have done in 4 weeks?
a. (20 + 36) ÷ 4 =
b. (20 + 36) × 4 =
c. (20 + 36) × 20 =
d. (20 + 36) × 28 =

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For questions 14 to 31, write your answer in the blank space provided.
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14. Put 592 stamps equally into 8 albums. How many stamps are in
each album?
Ans: 74 stamps
15. What is 14 hundreds more than 8105? Give your answer as

a numeral.
Ans: 9505
16. There are 7 apples and 2 oranges in a carton. What is the total number
of apples and oranges in 12 such cartons?
Ans: 108 apples and oranges
17. Write the fraction in its simplest form.

12
=
28
Ans:
18. Arrange the fractions in order. Begin with the greatest.

3 5 3
, ,
6 12 4
Ans: ¾.3/6.5/12

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19. Mr. Taylor travelled 2359 kilometres last month. What is 2359 rounded
to the nearest hundred?
Ans: 2400
20. Write 35 as a mixed number.

8
Ans:
21. Complete the pattern.

12 136, 12 236, 12 336, , ,
Ans: 12 436, 12 536, 12 636
22. Jane and Kim collect keychains. The ratio of the number of Jane’s
keychains to Kim’s keychains is 3 : 4. If Kim has 32 keychains, how
many keychains does Jane have?
Ans:8 keychains
23. Jacob ate 1 of a pizza. He gave 1 of the remainder to his friend Sam.
2 3
What fraction of the pizza did Jacob have left?
Ans:
24. The numbers shown below form a pattern. What is the value of A?
34 500 48 000 379 000 476 000

345 480 A 4760
Ans:
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25. A box of cookies was shared equally among 4 children. If there were
22 cookies in the box, how many cookies did each child receive?
Express the answer as a mixed number.
Ans: 5.5 cookies
26. Is 148 a common multiple of 2 and 3?
Ans: yes
3
27. 4 boys shared of a pizza equally. What fraction of the pizza did each
4
boy get?
Ans:
28. In the first half of this year, 9251 children visited the zoo. The number of
boys who visited was 10 times the number of girls. How many boys
visited the zoo?
Ans: 8326 boys
29. There are 320 plastic chairs arranged in a hall. 112 of the chairs are
red. What percentage of the chairs are not red?
Ans: %

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30. A machine prints 540 leaflets in 5 minutes. How many leaflets will it print
in one hour?
Ans: leaflets
31. Water flows from a tap at a rate of 20 litres per minute. How long will it
take to fill 3 fish tanks each with a capacity of 50 litres?
Ans: min

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For questions 32 to 35, write your answer in the blank space provided.
Show your work clearly.
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32. Ray has 15 paper boats. He gives of the paper boats to his friend.
5
a. How many paper boats does he give away?
b. How many paper boats does he have left?
Ans: a. He gives away paper boats.
b. He has paper boats left.

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33. Ruby used of a piece of cloth to sew a blouse. She then used of the
3 6
piece of cloth to sew a cushion cover. She had 120 metres of cloth left.
What was the original length of the piece of cloth?
Ans: The original length of the piece of cloth was .

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34. Sophia gave of her postcards to Tim. She had 9 postcards left. How
5
many postcards did she give Tim?
Ans: She gave Tim postcards.

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40. Each egg tray can hold 12 eggs. A farmer has 280 eggs.
a. How many egg trays will he fill?
b. How many eggs will be left over?
Ans: a. He will fill 23 egg trays.
b. He will have eggs left over.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR STUDENTS

Practice Example 1 Practice Example 3

a. 27 – 9 = a. What is the distance Ben travels if he drives from

Write the fraction in its simplest form.

• Write your answers on the test paper.

• Do any workings on the test paper.

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

6. 28.13 + 7.9 = 36.03 9. Susan uses 5 lemons to make

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

11. A carpenter bought 15 boxes 13. Cole can make 15 paper

12. Deepa does 20 sit-ups in the

GO ON TO THE NEXT PAGE

15. What is 14 hundreds more than 8105? Give your answer as

Ans: 108 apples and oranges

17. Write the fraction in its simplest form.

18. Arrange the fractions in order. Begin with the greatest.

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20. Write 35 as a mixed number.

21. Complete the pattern.

Ans: 12 436, 12 536, 12 636

34 500 48 000 379 000 476 000

Ans: 5.5 cookies

26. Is 148 a common multiple of 2 and 3?

Ans: 8326 boys

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Ans: a. He gives away paper boats.

b. He has paper boats left.

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Ans: The original length of the piece of cloth was .

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Ans: She gave Tim postcards.

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Ans: a. He will fill 23 egg trays.

b. He will have eggs left over.

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