2012 Primary 3 Mathematics Mid Year Examination 3

Section A

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

1.

The value of 3 thousands. 4 hundreds and 6 ones is ________.

1. 346
2. 3046
3. 3406
4. 3460

2.

In 6218, the digit 1 is in the ________ place.

1. ones
2. tens
3. hundreds
4. thousands

3.

2196 is 10 tens less than ________.

1. 2096
2. 2186
3. 2206
4. 2296

4.

92 hundreds and 5 ones is ________.

1. 925
2. 9025
3. 9205
4. 9250

5.

How many even numbers are there between 1781 and 1801?

1. 9
2. 10
3. 11
4. 20

6.

What is the value of 5862 - 268?

1. 3182
2. 5594
3. 6130
4. 8542

7.

The greatest odd number than can be formed using the digits 4, 0, 1 and 5 is ________.

1. 4015
2. 4105
3. 5401
4. 5410

8.

Charlie collected 2080 stamps. Linda collected 220 more stamps than Charlie. How many stamps did they collect altogether?

1. 2300
2. 2520
3. 4380
4. 4600

9.

Mr Brown had 3800 chickens on his farm. He bought 500 more chickens and sold 650 chickens to a restaurant but 30 of them were returned to him. How many chickens did Mr Brown have on his farm in the end?

1. 3620
2. 3650
3. 3680
4. 4300

10.

Mrs Tan bought 4850 eggs but 28 of them were broken. After selling some of the eggs, she had 330 eggs left. How many eggs did Mrs Tan sell?

1. 4492
2. 4520
3. 4822
4. 5152

11.

How many eights are there in 24?

1. 8
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4

12.

The quotient of 936 ÷ 6 is ________.

1. 156
2. 930
3. 942
4. 5616

13.

The product of 235 and 7 is ________.

1. 228
2. 242
3. 1645
4. 2357

14.

I think of two numbers. When I multiply each of them by 7, the two numbers are more than 30 but less than 45. What are the two numbers?

1. 3 and 4
2. 4 and 7
3. 5 and 6
4. 6 and 7

15.

16 + 14 = 18 + _____

1. 12
2. 18
3. 30
4. 48

16.

The product of 650 and 6 gives the same answer as subtracting 4000 from a number. What is the number?

1. 3350
2. 3900
3. 4650
4. 7900

17.

Jane has 32 ribbons. Mary has 5 times as many ribbons as Jane. How many ribbons must Mary give to Jane so that they will have the same number of ribbons?

1. 32
2. 64
3. 128
4. 160

18.

There are ________ quarters in 3 wholes.

1. 15
2. 12
3. 7
4. 4

19.

Which of the following has only flat surfaces?

1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 

20.

The length of the whiteboard in my class is about ________.

1. 20 centimetres
2. 2 metres
3. 40 centimetres
4. 4 metres

Section B

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

1.

The whole number just after 3209 is ________.

Ans: ________

2.

6132, 6142, ____?____, 6162, 6172

What is the missing number in the pattern?

Ans: ________

3.

How many tens are there in 2 thousands and 6 tens?

Ans: ________

4.

900 is greater than 259 + ________

What is the greatest possible whole number in the blank above?

Ans: ________

5.

5860 is 20 tens more than ________.

Ans: ________

6.

Fill in the boxes using all the digits 3, 4, 5, 6 to complete the addition. (Use each digit only once.)

7.

There are 828 pink and blue magnets in a box. The number of pink magnets is 3 times the number of blue magnets. How many more pink magnets than blue magnets are there in the box?

Ans: ________

8.

Rina has twice the number of stickers as Sarah at first. If Sarah has 26 stickers left after giving 12 stickers to Jane, how many stickers does Rina have at first?

Ans: ________

9.

What is 325 x 6?

Ans: ________

10.

How many groups of 6 are there in 54?

Ans: ________

11.

When 528 is divided by 5, it gives a remainder of ________.

Ans: ________

12.

15 x 4 = ________ ÷ 8

What is the number in the blank?

Ans: ________

13.

Mrs Tan needs 3 packets of flour to bake 24 cupcakes. How many cupcakes can she bake with 5 packets of flour?

Ans: ________

14.

Count in steps of six and you can find me. Divide the digit in my ones place by 2 and you will get the digit in my tens place. I am more than 15 but less than 35. What number am I?

Ans: ________

15.

Googol spilled some ink over his paper. Fill in the missing digits in all the boxes. In the first number, the digit in the ones place is twice the digit in the tens place. In the third number, the digit in the tens place is four times the digit in the hundreds place.

16.

Study the figure above. It is made up of a _________ and a _________.

Ans: _________, __________

17.

The graph below shows the number of sweets some children have. Study it carefully.

How many more sweets does Tommy have than Clarise?

Ans: ________

18.

The graph below shows the number of sweets some children have. Study it carefully.

If Wendy has 12 sweets, complete the graph by drawing the number of sweets that she has.

19.

Each of the pineapples shown in the picture above has the same mass. What is the mass of each pineapple?

Ans: ________ kg

20.

John started doing his homework at 2.20 p.m. as shown below.

He used half an hour to do his English homework and an hour to complete his Art assignment. He slept after that and woke up at 5.50 p.m. for his dinner. How long did John sleep?

Ans: ________ hr

Section C

Write your answers in the spaces provided.

1.

A library had 7000 books in the morning. 1528 books were returned in the afternoon and some books were loaned out. There were 6520 books left in the library when it closed in the evening. How many books were loaned out?








Answer: ________

2.

2500 people attended a concert. 1600 of them were adults and the rest were children. There were 230 more girls than boys. How many boys attended the concert?








Answer: ________

3.

Henry had some pencils. 6 of them were broken and thrown away. Henry kept 10 pencils for himself and divided the remaining pencils equally among his 3 friends. Each of his friends received 5 pencils. How many pencils did Henry have at first?








Answer: ________

4.

Fill in the numbers in the blanks below.

is ________
is ________
is ________
is ________

5.

Sally and Haron had a total of $288. After Sally bought a book for $12 and Haron bought a bat for $18, they had the same amount of money left. How much money did Haron have at first?








Answer: ________

Section A (Answers)

Answers

1.

C.

2.

B.

3.

D.

4.

C.

5.

B.

6.

B.

7.

C.

8.

C.

9.

C.

10.

A.

11.

C.

12.

A.

13.

C.

14.

C.

15.

A.

16.

D.

17.

B.

18.

B.

19.

D.

20.

D.

Section B (Answers)

Answers

1.

3210

2.

6152

3.

206

4.

640

5.

5660

6.

7.

414

8.

76

9.

1950

10.

9

11.

3

12.

480

13.

40

14.

24

15.

16.

rectangle, semi-circle

17.

8

19.

2 kg

20.

2 hr

Section C (Answers)

Answers

1.

2008 books were loaned out.

2.

335

3.

Henry had 31 pencils at first.

4.

is 4
is 2
is 3
is 6

5.

$147