2012 Primary 3 Mathematics End Year Examination 3

Section A

For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer. Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4).

1.

In which of the following is the digit 7 in the tens place?

1. 9875
2. 7543
3. 5437
4. 3751

2.

What is the distance from Fern's house to the Zuckerman's barn?

1. 0 km 115 m
2. 1 km 15 m
3. 1 km 115 m
4. 10 km 15 m

3.

How much water is in the container?

1. 9 mℓ
2. 14 mℓ
3. 1400 mℓ
4. 1800 mℓ

4.

What is the length of the paper clip?

1. 2.5 cm
2. 2 cm
3. 3 cm
4. 3.5 cm

5.

Which of the following fractions has the greatest value?

1. ${\displaystyle \frac{5}{9}\mathrm{}}$
2. ${\displaystyle \frac{5}{12}\mathrm{}}$
3. ${\displaystyle \frac{5}{7}\mathrm{}}$
4. ${\displaystyle \frac{5}{8}\mathrm{}}$

6.

How many angles inside the figure below are smaller than right angles?

1. 0
2. 6
3. 3
4. 4

7.

Amelia studied the cards below. Which card has a different sum?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

8.

What is the total mass of 4 ?

1. 800 g
2. 1600 g
3. 2400 g
4. 3200 g

9.

What is the difference in mass of the duck and the rooster?

1. 400 g
2. 420 g
3. 1420 g
4. 5880 g

10.

Study the graph below.

How many pupils took the Math test altogether?

1. 12
2. 15
3. 18
4. 21

11.

One makes 25.
How many will make 150?

1. 5
2. 6
3. 3
4. 4

12.

Javier bought a 1-litre tub of ice cream. He ate 2 scoops of ice cream. Each scoop contained 85 mℓ ice cream. How much ice cream was left?

1. 170 mℓ
2. 830 mℓ
3. 915 mℓ
4. 2000 mℓ

13.

What is the value of the money shown in the box?

1. $5.50
2. $5.40
3. $4.50
4. $4.40

14.

ABCD is a square. What fraction of the figure is shaded?

1. ${\displaystyle \frac{2}{6}\mathrm{}}$
2. ${\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}\mathrm{}}$
3. ${\displaystyle \frac{2}{4}\mathrm{}}$
4. ${\displaystyle \frac{3}{5}\mathrm{}}$

15.

Mr Yeo grouped his pupils into 8 teams. There were 16 pupils in each team. How many pupils were there altogether?

1. 8
2. 2
3. 24
4. 128

16.

Wei Bin left home at 8.30 a.m. to go for a hike. He arrived home 3 h 55 min later. What time did he reach home?

1. 4.35 a.m.
2. 12.25 p.m.
3. 12.55 p.m.
4. 1.25 p.m.

17.

There are 50 students in the Chess Club. The table below shows the number of boys and girls in each group. How many boys are in the Orange group?

Group	Girls	Boys
Yellow	9	8
Purple	12	7
Orange	10	?

1. 35
2. 31
3. 15
4. 4

18.

Which of the following figures has more than 2 pairs of parallel lines?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

19.

Kevin had a square piece of paper. He cut it into 4 equal smaller squares. The area of each smaller square is 36 cm². What is the perimeter of the original big square?

1. 6 cm
2. 24 cm
3. 48 cm
4. 144 cm

20.

The figure below is made up of 4 identical rectangles and a square.
The figure below is not drawn to scale.
Find the area of the figure.

1. 8 cm²
2. 24 cm²
3. 32 cm²
4. 48 cm²

Section B

Write your answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units stated.

1.

Write two thousand and eleven in figures.

Ans: ________

2.

150 more than a number is 1975. What is the number?

Ans: ________

3.

Divide 882 by 6. What is the quotient?

Ans: ________

4.

In the figure, one of the lines is parallel to CD. Which lines is parallel to CD?

Ans: ________

5.

Write 3 kg and 9 g in g.

Ans: ________ g

6.

Karis exchanged $15.50 for only 10 cent coins. How many 10 cent coins did she get?

Ans: ________

7.

A book has 20 pages. The sum of the digits of a 2-digit page number is 6. What is the page number?

Ans: ________

8.

There were 180 passengers in a train when it arrived at Bishan station. 62 passengers got off and 23 passengers got on. How many passengers were in the train when it left the station?

Ans: ________

9.

Use the digits 2, 5, 7 and 8 in place of A, B, C and D to make the multiplication true.

Ans:
A = ________

B = ________

C = ________

D = ________

10.

The length of the snake is 5 times the length of the ribbon. What is the length of the snake? Give your answer in m and cm.

Ans: _____ m ______ cm

11.

Apples are sold as shown below. Amelia bought both China and U.S. apples. What is the maximum number of apples she can buy with $9?

Ans: ________

12.

A large packet contains 550 mℓ of juice. A small packet contains 275 mℓ of juice. Nigel drank one packet of each. What is the total amount of juice he drank?

Ans: ________ mℓ

13.

____ - ${\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}\mathrm{}}$ = ${\displaystyle \frac{3}{8}\mathrm{}}$

What is the missing fraction in the blank?
Give your answer in the simplest form.

Ans: ________

14.

Arrange the following fractions from the biggest to the smallest.

${\displaystyle \frac{1}{3},\frac{2}{9},\frac{3}{6}\mathrm{}}$

Ans: _____, _____, _____

15.

A show ended at 2.20 p.m. It lasted 50 minutes. At what time did the show start?

Ans: ________ p.m.

16.

Gavin started doing his homework at 3.40 p.m. He completed his homework t 5.25 p.m. How long did he take to do his homework?

Ans: _____ h _____ min

17.

Study the figure below. How many sides does the figure have and how many angles are there inside the figure?

Ans: _____ sides _____ angles

18.

+ = 8

+ + = 13

and are different whole numbers.

What is x ?

Ans: ________

19.

The perimeter of a square is 36 cm. Find its area.

Ans: ________ cm²

20.

The graph below shows the number of bottles recycled by pupils in 4 classes. Study the graph and answer the question.

The pupils need to recycle 600 bottles in all. How many more bottles do they need?

Ans: ________

Section C

Work out the problem sums below.

1.

Justin's dad is three times as heavy as Justin. The sum of their mass is 132 kg. How much heavier is Justin's dad than Justin?








Answer: ________

2.

Some pupils and two teachers went for a concert. They paid a total of $144 for the tickets. Each pupil paid $6 for a ticket. The cost of an adult's ticket was twice that of a child's ticket.

(a) How much was each adult's ticket?








Answer: ________

(b) How many pupils went for the concert?








Answer: ________

3.

Li Yu pasted a picture onto a rectangular card, leaving a border of 2cm all round. Find the area of the shaded part.

Answer: ________

4.

The figure is made up of 2 identical squares which overlap at one corner. Each square has a side of 6cm.

(a) Find the perimeter of the figure.









Answer: ________

(b) Find the area of the figure.








Answer: ________

5.

The graph below shows the number of vehicles parked in a carpark. Study the graph and answer the questions below.

(a) How many vehicles are there altogether?









Answer: ________

(b) The parking fee for each car is $5. What is the total amount collected for all the cars?








Answer: ________

Section A (Answers)

Answers

1.

A.

2.

B.

3.

D.

4.

C.

5.

C.

6.

C.

7.

D.

8.

D.

9.

B.

10.

C.

11.

B.

12.

B.

13.

B.

14.

B.

15.

D.

16.

B.

17.

D.

18.

C.

19.

C.

20.

D.

Section B (Answers)

Answers

1.

2011

2.

1825

3.

147

4.

AB

5.

3009 g

6.

155

7.

15

8.

141

9.

A = 8
B = 5
C = 2
D = 7

10.

2 m 30 cm

11.

11

12.

852 mℓ

13.

${\displaystyle \frac{3}{4}\mathrm{}}$

14.

${\displaystyle \frac{3}{6},\frac{1}{3},\frac{2}{9}\mathrm{}}$

15.

1.30 p.m.

16.

1 h 45 min

17.

5 sides 5 angles

18.

15

19.

81 cm²

20.

70

Section C (Answers)

Answers

1.

66 kg

2.

(a) $12

(b) 20 pupils

3.

68 cm²

4.

(a) 36 cm

(b) 63 cm²

5.

(a) 330

(b) $900