2012 Primary 3 Mathematics Mid Year Examination 1

Section A

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

1.

What is the value of the digit 8 in 3869?

1. 8
2. 80
3. 800
4. 8000

2.

The sum of 4356 and 618 is ________.

1. 3738
2. 4344
3. 4964
4. 4974

3.

926 - 54 = ________

1. 386
2. 426
3. 872
4. 932

4.

12 groups of 3 = 2 x 3 x ______.

1. 7
2. 6
3. 3
4. 4

5.

How many tens are there in 6459?

1. 5
2. 59
3. 459
4. 645

6.

Multiply 46 tens by 4. The answer is ________.

1. 164
2. 184
3. 1640
4. 1840

7.

Mr Tan has 2000 mangoes. 124 mangoes are rotten. How many mangoes are not rotten?

1. 1240
2. 1876
3. 2124
4. 2876

8.

James has 56 cards. If he were to put them equally into 8 envelopes, how many cards are there in each envelope?

1. 7
2. 48
3. 64
4. 448

9.

Alan has 9 times as many stamps as Brandon. If Brandon has 213 stamps, how many stamps does Alan have?

1. 1197
2. 1917
3. 1887
4. 2787

10.

Paul had 6 two-dollar notes. He spent $4. How much had he left?

1. $3
2. $8
3. $10
4. $12

11.

Henry has 847 stickers. His brother has 26 stickers more than him. How many stickers do they have altogether?

1. 821
2. 873
3. 1694
4. 1720

12.

What is the missing number?

1. 14
2. 40
3. 45
4. 100

13.

Which of the following numbers is divisible by 3?

1. 319
2. 329
3. 339
4. 349

14.

The sum of three numbers is 168. The first number is half the second number. The third number is thrice the first number. What is the first number?

1. 28
2. 42
3. 56
4. 84

15.

4400 is ________ less than 8500.

1. 41
2. 400
3. 410
4. 4100

16.

Look at the picture below.

Given that the mass of both jars of peanut butter is the same, find the mass of 1 jar of peanut butter.

1. 305 g
2. 315 g
3. 630 g
4. 650 g

17.

The sum of 2 numbers is 1900. The first number is 1121. What is the difference between the 2 numbers?

1. 342
2. 779
3. 1658
4. 3021

18.

Adam took 2 hours to watch his favourite television show.
He took another 30 minutes for dinner.
Adam started watching the show at 5.30 p.m.
At what time did he finish his dinner?

1. 7.00 p.m.
2. 7.30 p.m.
3. 8.00 p.m.
4. 8.30 p.m.

19.

Han Yang has 54 beads. Joshua has 6 times as many beads as Han Yang. How many beads does Joshua have?

1. 9
2. 60
3. 324
4. 378

20.

Subtract the smallest 3-digit odd number from the greatest 3-digit even number. What is the answer?

1. 787
2. 799
3. 887
4. 897

Section B

Write the correct answers in the spaces provided.

1.

Write four thousand, two hundred and five in figures.

Ans: ________

2.

1700 + 5800 = ________

Ans: ________

3.

Subtract 2396 from 4003.

Ans: ________

4.

Find the product of 256 and 8.

Ans: ________

5.

866 more than 2466 is ________.

Ans: ________

6.

What is the length of the pen?

Ans: ________ cm

7.

Mrs Quek was given 99 marbles.
She placed 8 marbles in each bag and has 3 marbles left.
How many bags or marbles were there?

Ans: ________

8.

Find the value of

Ans: ________

9.

Form the smallest even number with the following digits:

4, 0, 5, 7

Ans: ________

10.

Arrange the numbers in order. Begin with the greatest number.

9308, 9803, 9380, 9083

Ans: ________, ________, ________, ________
greatest

11.

This number is divisible by 6 and 8.
If this number lies between 60 and 80, what is this number?

Ans: ________

12.

Container A and B contain different amounts of water. How much less water is there in Container B than Container A?

Ans: ________ ml

13.

Bernice has 124 pens to be shared equally among her 7 friends. She needs to buy some more pens, so that all her friends receive an equal number of pens. What is the minimum number of pens she needs to buy?

Ans: ________

14.

Jiaming and Tess shared some sweets equally. After Jiaming gave 10 sweets to Tess, Tess had 64 sweets. How many sweets does Jiaming have now?

Ans: ________

15.

Fanny baked 56 more muffins than tarts. After selling 157 tarts, she had 12 tarts left. How many muffins did she bake?

Ans: ________

16.

Amanda has some sweets. If she shares the sweets equally among 8 children, each child will receive 17 sweets and she will have 5 sweets left. How many sweets does Amanda have?

Ans: ________

17.

The graph below shows the number of books read at the library.

How many books were read on Friday?

Ans: ________

18.

The graph below shows the number of books read at the library.

If 162 books were read from Monday to Friday, how many books were read on Tuesday?

Ans: ________

19.

Alan weighs 48 kg. Samuel is 7 kg heavier than Alan. Taz is 5 kg lighter than Samuel. Find Taz's weight.

Ans: ________ kg

20.

James bought 6 pears and 20 apples. How much did he pay?

Ans: ________

Section C

Solve the following story sums.

1.

John has 1640 marbles. After giving away 940 marbles, he packed the rest of the marbles equally into 5 bags. Find the number of marbles in each bag.








Answer: ________

2.

Stall A has 63 spoons. Stall B has 13 spoons more than Stall A.Stall C has thrice as many spoons as Stall B. How many spoons does Stall C have?








Answer: ________

3.

The total number of erasers shared by three friends, Jane, Dyan and Samantha is 134. Jane has 15 fewer erasers than Dyan while Dyan has 8 fewer erasers than Samantha. Find the number of erasers Samantha has.








Answer: ________

4.

Ben had twice as many books as Eve. If Ben gave Eve 20 books, Ben will have 10 more books than Eve. How many books do they have altogether?








Answer: ________

5.

Bao Ming wants to buy 6 shirts but he is short of $7. If he buys 5 shirts, he will have $11 left. How much money does Bao Ming have?








Answer: ________

Section A (Answers)

Answers

1.

C.

2.

D.

3.

C.

4.

B.

5.

D.

6.

D.

7.

B.

8.

A.

9.

B.

10.

B.

11.

D.

12.

D.

13.

C.

14.

A.

15.

D.

16.

B.

17.

A.

18.

C.

19.

C.

20.

D.

Section B (Answers)

Answers

1.

4205

2.

7500

3.

1607

4.

2048

5.

3332

6.

7 cm

7.

12

8.

84

9.

4570

10.

9803, 9380, 9308, 9083

11.

72

12.

130 ml

13.

2

14.

44

15.

225

16.

141

17.

36

18.

27

19.

50 kg

20.

$19

Section C (Answers)

Answers

1.

140

2.

228

3.

55

4.

150

5.

$101