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0008/1 (A) PSLE

28 September 2018

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
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Questions 1 to 10 carry 1 mark each. Questions 11 to 15 carry 2 marks each.

For each question, four options are given. One of them is the correct answer.
Make your choice (1, 2, 3 or 4) and shade your answer on the Optical Answer Sheet.
(20 marks)

1 Which of the following is the same as 8040 m?

(1) 8 km 4 m

(2) 8 km 40 m

(3) 80 km 4 m

(4) 80 km 40 m

2 A, B, C, D are points on a square grid.

Which point when joined to P and Q forms a right-angled triangle?

• • • •
A B C D

3 What is the length of the paper clip?

11111 11111111111111111111
0 1 2 3 4 5
CM

(1) 2.2 cm

(2) 2.4 cm

(3) 3.2 cm

(4) 3.4 cm

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Use the information below to answer Questions 4 and 5.

The graph shows the height of a plant from March to July.

100

80

60
Height
of plant
(cm)
40

20

0
March April May June Ju y
Month

4 What was the height of the plant in June?

(1) 62 cm

(2) 64 cm

(3) 66 cm

(4) 68 cm

5 In which of the following periods did the plant grow the most?

(1) March to April

(2) April to May

(3) May to June

(4) June to July

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6 Four letters Z, E, S, T are shown on a square grid.

How many of the letters have a line of symmetry?

(1) 1

(2) 2

(3) 3

(4) 4

7 In a class, each pupil chose one animal for their class T-shirt.
The pie chart shows their choices.

What fraction of the class chose Tiger?

1
(1) —
5
Bear
1 2 Dolph in
(2)
8 TO
1 Cat
2 10
(3) —
5 Tiger

3
(4)
20

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8 Arrange the following numbers from the largest to the smallest.

6 6.3 6.03

Largest Smallest

(1) 6 6.03 6.3

(2) 6.3 6 6.03

(3) 6.3 6.03 6

(4) 6.03 6.3 6

9 The figure shows a cuboid with a square base and a height of 2 cm.
The area of the shaded face is 18 cm2.

What is the volume of the cuboid?

(1) 36 cm3

(2) 72 cm3 2 cm

(3) 108 cm3

(4) 162 cm3

10 The table shows the number of pupils with the following scores.

Score 11 12 14 15 17 18 20

Number of pupils 2 3 4 9 5 3 1

A higher score means a better performance. Prizes were given to the top 9 pupils.
Arjun won a prize. What was the lowest he could have scored?

(1) 11

(2) 14

(3) 15

(4) 17

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11 The original price of a file was $y. Kumar bought 10 files. He was given a discount of
$1 for every 2 files. How much did he pay altogether?

(1) $()/ — 5)

(2) $(y — 20)

(3) $(10y — 5)

(4) $(10y — 20)

12 The figure shows a pyramid.

Which of the following is a net of the pyramid?

(1)

(2)

Ds
(3)

(4)

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13 The figure is formed by joining two quarter circles of radius 4 cm.

Find the perimeter of the figure. Round your answer to the nearest whole number.
Take = 3.14

(1) 26 cm

(2) 27 cm

(3) 28 cm

(4) 29 cm

14 Rectangle ACEF is made up of two rectangles and two squares.

BC = 2 cm and CD = 3 cm.

What fraction of rectangle ACEF is shaded?

(1)
3 C D E

2
(2)
3
B
3
(3)
10

(4) A
40

15 Two robots Jupiter and Neptune competed in a race.

The speed of Jupiter was 20 cm/s faster than that of Neptune. When Jupiter crossed
the finishing line in 12 seconds, Neptune had only completed of the race.
3

What was the distance of the race?

(1) 160 cm

(2) 240 cm

(3) 480 cm

(4) 720 cm

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No.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

0008/1 (B) PSLE

28 September 2018

MATHEMATICS
PAPER 1
(BOOKLET B)

Total Time for Booklets A and B : 1 hour

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Questions 16 to 20 carry 1 mark each. Write your answers in the spaces provided. Do not write
For questions which require units. give your answers in the units stated. (5 marks) in this space

16 Write down one decimal between 2.1 and 2.2

Ans:

17 In the figure, AFC and BFE are straight lines. Find EFD.

O
Ans:

18 Find the value of 3m - 1 + m when m = 7.

Ans:

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19 Water leaks from a tap at a rate of 5 ml per second. Do not write

At this rate, how much water will leak from the tap in 1 minute? in this space

Ans: ml

20 Measure and write down the size of Lb.

Ans: 0

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Questions 21 to 30 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write your Do not write
answers in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in this space
in the units stated. (20 marks)

21 Three volumes are given below. Which is the smallest? Which is the largest?

1
1. 2 t 1- t 1 f 22 ml
4

Ans: Smallest:

Largest:

22 Find the value of 7.26 x 8. Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.

Ans:

23 The square grid shows the positions of points A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H.

Er
A C.
0 ,

. DI

H
-/
E,

G F

(a) Cheryl walked directly from point D to point G in a straight line.

In which direction did Cheryl walk?

(b) Devi stood at one of the points facing H. After she turned 45°
clockwise, she faced C. Which point was Devi at?

Ans:(a)

(b) Point:

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24 Aishah has a roll of wire 10.2 m long. Do not write

She cuts off 3 equal pieces. Each piece is 8 cm. in this space
What is the length of the remaining roll of wire? Give your answer in metres.

Ans:

25 Two whole numbers add up to 1037. What is the smallest difference between
the two numbers? Write down these two numbers.

Ans: Smallest difference:

Numbers:

26 Sally had 40 stamps and Ting had 32 stamps.

After Sally gave some of her stamps to Ting, the number of stamps Sally and
Ting had were in the ratio 1 : 2.

How many stamps did Ting have in the end?

Ans:

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1 Do not write
27 Norah used — kg of flour to make muffins and- kg of flour to make cookies. in this space
5 2
After that, she had 360 g of flour left.

How many kilograms of flour did she have at first?

Ans: kg

28 Jasmin formed two cuboids with unit cubes. The length, breadth and height of
the bigger cuboid are 2 times those of the smaller cuboid. She used 384 unit
cubes to form the bigger cuboid.

How many unit cubes did she use to form the smaller cuboid?

Ans:

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29 At first, Liz had an equal number of red and blue stickers. She gave away Do not write
2 1 in this space
— of her red stickers and some blue stickers. In the end. she was left with —
3 4
of her stickers. What fraction of her blue stickers did Liz give away?

Ans:

30 The figure shows two circles. The diameter of the big circle is 3 times the
diameter of the small circle. The diameter of the big circle is 42 cm.
22
Find the area of the shaded part. Take n = —
7

Ans: cm2

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No.

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, SINGAPORE

PRIMARY SCHOOL LEAVING EXAMINATION

000812 PSLE
28 September 2018
MATHEMATICS
PAPER 2
Time :1 h 30 min

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Questions 1 to 5 carry 2 marks each. Show your working clearly and write your answers Do not write
in the spaces provided. For questions which require units, give your answers in the units in this space
stated. (10 marks)

1 Terry made 90 cupcakes. For every 15 cupcakes, Terry used 3 eggs.

How many eggs did he use altogether?

Ans:

3
2 Eric took 2 hours to travel — of a journey. He completed the remaining 84 km in
5
1 hour. What was Eric's average speed for the whole journey?

Ans: km/h

3 For a recycling project, Ali collected 17 bottles, Bala collected 2m bottles and
Carl collected 2 + m bottles.

Each of the statements below is either true, false or not possible to tell from the
information given. For each statement, put a tick (v to indicate your answer.

Statement True False Not possible

to tell
Ali collected the most number of bottles.

Bala collected more bottles than Carl.

The 3 boys collected 3m + 19 bottles altogether.

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4 Two rectangular mats, each 6 m by 4 m, are placed on the floor of a rectangular Do not write
room as shown. The mats overlap. The area of the floor covered by the overlap in this space
is 5.2 m2.

Find the area of the floor not covered by the mats.

5.2 m2

Ans: m2

5 Ken had $15 more than Lisa at first. After Ken gave some of his money to Lisa,
he had $21 less than Lisa.

How much money did Ken give to Lisa?

Ans: $

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For questions 6 to 17, show your working clearly and write your answers in the spaces Do not write
provided. The number of marks available is shown in brackets [ ] at the end of each in this space
question or part-question. (45 marks)

6 Vera bought three types of fruit. The prices are given below.

Type of fruit Price per fruit

Apple 400

Pear 80¢

Mango $1.10

The bar graph shows the number of each type of fruit Vera bought.

Apple

Pear

Mango

0 10 20

(a) What fraction of the fruits Vera bought were apples? Give your answer
in the simplest form.

(b) On which type of fruit did Vera spend the most? How much did she spend
on that type of fruit?

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) Fruit: [2]

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7 The pattern on the tile ABCD shows three overlapping squares of different Do not write
sizes. AF = FE and AE = ED. in this space

(a) What fraction of the tile ABCD is shaded?

(b) Figure Y is made up of four such tiles. The area of the unshaded part
of Figure Y is 81 cm2.

Figure Y

What is the total area of the shaded parts in Figure Y?

Ans: (a)

(b)

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8 In the figure below, ABE is an equilateral triangle and BCDE is a rhombus. Do not write
ZEAC = 38°. in this space

Find LDEB.

Ans: [3]

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9 Mr Tan packed 508 tarts into large and small boxes to sell. He filled each large Do not write
box with 20 tarts and each small box with 12 tarts. All the boxes were full and in this space
there was no tart left over.

Large box Small box

What was the least number of boxes used by Mr Tan?

Ans: [3]

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10 John stacked 8 unit cubes and glued them together to form the solid below. Do not write
in this space
Top View

• . • • •
• • 1 . •
• • • .
• • •
• • . •
• • •
• • •
• •
• .
• •
•
• •
• • •
•
Front View,
Side View

(a) Draw the front view and the side view of the solid on the grids below.

Front View Side View

[2]

(b) John painted the whole solid, including the base, red.
How many of the 8 cubes had exactly four of their faces painted red?

Ans: (b) [1]

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11 The graph shows the fare a taxi company charges for the first 10 kilometres. Do not write
in this space

36-

30 —

24

18 —
Taxi fare
($)
12

0
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Distance (km)

(a) How much is the taxi fare for the first kilometre?

(b) Weiming paid $6 for his taxi ride. What was the distance he travelled?

(c) How much does the taxi company charge for every kilometre after 4 km
of travel?

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [1]

(c) [2]

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12 In the figure below, ACDE is a trapezium. CD is parallel to AE. Do not write

BCD is a straight line and AB = BC. in this space

(a) Find LABC.

Ans: (a) [3]

(b) Circle the words that describe ABDE correctly in the following statement:

ABDE ( is / is not) a parallelogram because AB ( is / is not) parallel to ED.

[1]

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13 The bar graph shows the number of visitors to a museum from Monday to Do not write
Friday last week. in this space

400

350

300

250

Number of 200
visitors
150

100

50

0
Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri

(a) What was the average number of visitors from Monday to Friday last
week?

(b) The average number of visitors on Saturday and Sunday was 16 more
than the average number of visitors from Monday to Friday.

Write down one possible set of values for the number of visitors on
Saturday and Sunday.

Ans: (a) [2]

(b) [2]

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14 Ann had a total of 285 red and blue beads. She used 45 red beads and 40% of Do not write
the blue beads. After that, the ratio of the number of red beads to blue beads in this space
Ann had was 1 : 3.

(a) What fraction of her blue beads did Ann use?

Give your answer in the simplest form.

(b) How many beads did Ann have in the end?

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [3]

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15 X and Y are two rectangular containers. The base area of X is 30 cm2 and the Do not write
base of Y has dimensions as shown. X contained 780 cm3 of water and Y was in this space
empty.

30 cm
X Y

(a) What was the height of the water level in X?

(b) Sam poured some water from X into Y without spilling. After that, the
height of the water level of X was the same as that of Y. How much
water did Sam pour into Y?

Ans: (a) [1]

(b) [3]

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16 Lily saved $60 in February. This amount was a 20% increase from what she Do not write
saved in January. The amount she saved in March was a 15% decrease from in this space
what she saved in February.

(a) What was the total amount that Lily saved from January to March?

(b) What was the percentage increase in the amount Lily saved in March
compared to January?

Ans: (a) [3]

(b) [2]

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17 In a shop, candles are sold only in boxes. A box of 7 short candles costs $2.50 Do not write
and a box of 5 long candles costs $3.20. in this space

Box of Short Candles Box of Long Candles

(a) Dan wants 19 short candles and 3 long candles for his lanterns. What is
the least amount of money that Dan will need to spend on the candles?

(b) Eva bought 21 more long candles than short candles from the shop.
The total number of candles she bought was fewer than 50.
How much did Eva spend on the candles altogether?

Ans: (a) [2]

(b) [3]

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2018 6. (2)
Paper 1 Booklet A Only the letters 'E' and 'T' have a line
of symmetry.
1. (2)
1000 m = 1 km 7. (4)
90°
8040 m = 8000 m + 40 m Dolphin ->
360°
= 8 km 40 m
1
= 4
2. (1) 5
Line PQ spans across 2 rows and - 20
6 columns. To form a right angle,
the point which is joined to point P Fraction of the class that chose Tiger
or Q should also span across either 2 1 3 1
= 10 10 10 4
2 rows and 6 columns or 6 rows and
20 4 2 6 5
2 columns.
20 20 20 - 20 - 20
When joined, both lines PA and PC 3
spans across 6 rows and 2 columns. 20
LCPQ is an acute angle, it is smaller
than a right angle while LAPQ is a 8. (3)
right angle. 6 = 6.00
Hence, the point which P and Q 6.3 = 6.30
should be joined to form a right- Arranging the numbers from the
angled triangle is point A. largest to the smallest:
6.3, 6.03, 6
3. (2)
Each minor marking > 1 cm + 5 9. (4)
= 0.2 cm Length of the shaded face
3 cm + (2 x 0.2 cm) = 3.4 cm = 18 cm2 + 2 cm
Length of the paper clip = 9 cm
= 3.4 cm - 1 cm Volume of the cuboid
= 2.4 cm = 9 cm x 9 cm x 2 cm
= 162 cm2
4. (4)
Each minor marking > 20 cm + 5 10. (4)
= 4 cm Total number of pupils who scored
Height of the plant in June 17 and more = 1 + 3 + 5
= 60 cm + (2 x 4 cm) =9
= 68 cm Hence, the lowest score Arjun could
have scored was 17.
5. (3)
The line graph from May to June
spans across the most number of
minor markings (6). This indicates
the greatest increase in the height
of the plant.

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11. (3) Area of rectangle ACEF

Total amount of discount = (3 cm + 2 cm) x (2 cm + 2 cm)
= (10 ÷ 2) x $1 = 5 cm x 4 cm
= $5 = 20 cm2
Original cost of the 10 files Fraction of rectangle ACEF that is
= 10 x $y 6
shaded = —20
= $10y 3
Total amount he paid = $10y — $5 — 10
-
= $(10y — 5)
15. (4)
12. (2)
— of the distance of the race
3
13. (2)
20 cm/s x 12 s
Circumference of 2 quarter circles = 240 cm
= Circumference of 1 semicircle Total distance of the race
Circumference of 1 semicircle = 3 x 240 cm
= 720 cm
=3 x 2 x 3.14 x 4 cm
= 12.56 cm Paper 1 Booklet B
Perimeter of figure
= 12.56 + 4 cm + (4 cm — 1 cm) 16. Accept any decimal greater than 2.1
+ (4 cm — 1 cm) + 4 cm but less than 2.2.
= 26.56 cm For example, 2.11 (2 decimal places)
= 27 cm (rounded to the nearest or 2.154 (3 decimal places).
whole number)
17. LAFB = LEFC (Vertically opposite angles)
14. (3) = 72°
3 cm 2 cm
LEFD = 72° — 5°
4 11, 4 lw• = 67°

2 cm 18. 3m — 1 + m = 3(7) — 1 +7
= 21 — 1 + 7
B
= 27

19. 60 s = 1 min
A
Amount of water that will leak from
the tap in 1 minute
Area of triangle BCG = 60 x 5 m/
= 2 x 3 cm x 2 cm = 300 m/
= 3 cm2
Area of triangle BFG
= z x 3 cm x 2 cm
= 3 cm2
Total shaded area = 3 cm2 + 3 cm2
= 6 cm2

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20. 24° 25. To obtain the smallest difference

between the two whole numbers,
1 25
21. the two numbers will have to be
1 74 1
consecutive numbers so that the
= 1.25 /
22 larger number is 1 more than the
1 / 22 m/= 1 1+
woo / smaller number.
= 1.022 /
The smallest is 1 / 22 ml. Larger number
1037
The largest is 1+ 1. 4*
Smaller number 1

22. 27 . '2 6
2 units = 1037 — 1
x 8 = 1036
5 8 0 8 1 unit = 1036 = 2
= 518 (smaller number)
7.26 x 8 = 58.08 518 + 1 = 519 (larger number)
= 58.1 (correct to 1 decimal The smallest difference is 1.
place) The two numbers are 519 and 518.

23. (a) South-west 26. This is an internal transfer, hence the

total number of stamps Sally and Ting
N have before and after the transfer
A remains unchanged.
Total number of units in the end
=1+2
SW S
=3
3 units = 40 + 32
(b) Point F = 72 stamps
1 unit = 72 4. 3
= 24 stamps
2 units = 2 x 24
= 48 stamps
Number of stamps Ting had in the
end = 48

24. 100 cm = 1 m 27. 1000 g = 1 kg

360
Total length of the wire she cuts off 360 g =
w
— oo k g
3 x 8 cm
= 0.36 kg
= 24 cm
= 0.24 m
Total mass of flour used
Length of the remaining roll of wire
= 10.2 m — 0.24 m = kg + -y kg
= 9.96 m 5
= 1- 71 kg + kg
7
=1 kg
0
= 0.7 kg

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Mass of flour she had at first 30. Big circle

= 0.7 kg + 0.36 kg Radius = 42 cm ÷ 2
= 1.06 kg = 21 cm
22
Area = — x 21 cm x 21 cm
28. Since the length, breadth and height 7
of the bigger cuboid is 2 times the = 1386 cm2
smaller cuboid, the number of unit
cubes used to make up the bigger Small circle
cuboid is 8 times of the number Radius = 21 cm ÷ 3
of unit cubes used to make up the = 7 cm
22
smaller cuboid. Area = — x 7 cm x 7 cm
7
= 154 cm2

Area of shaded part

= 1386 cm2 - 154 cm2
smaller cuboid bigger cuboid = 1232 cm2

Number of unit cubes she used to

Paper 2
form the smaller cuboid
= 384 ÷ 8
1. x6 15 cupcakes 3 eggs x6
= 48
90 cupcakes 18 eggs
2 4
29. He used 18 eggs altogether.
3 6

Total units of red and blue stickers 3 2

2. (1 - =) of j ourney 84 km
=6+6
= 12 of journey 84 km ÷ 2
Total units of red and blue stickers = 42 km
5
left = — x 12 of journey 5 x 42 km
= 210 km
=3
Red Blue 210 km 210 km
•
2 h +1 h — 3h
= 70 km/h
left Eric's average speed for the whole
Number of units of blue stickers given journey was 70 km/h.
away = 5
Fraction of blue stickers given away
5
= 6

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3. Breadth of the area not covered by

Not the mat
Statement True False possible =6m-4m
to tell =2m
Ali collected the most
/
number of bottles. 4.7 m x 2 m = 9.4 m'
Bala collected more The area of the room not covered by
/
bottles than Carl. the mat is 9.4 m1.
The 3 boys collected
3m + 19 bottles 1 5. Before
altogether.

Ken $15
For the first statement:
Lisa

If m is any value that is less than 9,

$21 - $15 = $6
Ali will collect the most number of
$6 2 = $3
bottles.
If m is any value that is 9 or more
After
than 9, Ali will not be the one who
will collect the most number of
bottles. Ken $3: $15

Lisa $3 $15 $3
For the second statement:
$3 + $15 + $3 = $21

If m = 1, Bala will collect (2 x 1 =)

$3 + $15 = $18
2 bottles while Carl will collect
Ken gave $18 to Lisa.
(2 + 1 =) 3 bottles.
If m = 2, Bala will collect (2 x 2 =) 18 18
4 bottles while Carl will collect 6. (a)
6 + 12 + 18 — 36
(2 + 2 =) 4 bottles. 1
=
1
For the 3rd statement: — of the fruits that Vera bought
2
were apples.
Total number of bottles collected
= 17 + 2m + 2 + m (b) Cost of apples = 18 x $0.40
= 3m + 19 = $7.20
Cost of pears = 12 x $0.80
4. Breadth of overlap area = $9.60
= 5.2 m2 ÷ 4 m Cost of mangoes = 6 x $1.10
= 1.3 m = $6.60

Length of the area not covered by Vera spent the most on pears.
the mats She spent $9.60 on pears.
= 6 m - 1.3 m
= 4.7 m

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7. (a) 9. To use the least number of boxes, we

try to fill up as many large boxes as
possible.

Number of cupcakes 508 508 508 508

Less: Multiples of 12 12 24 36 48

496 484 472 460

13 Is it divisible by 20? X X X ✓
of the tile ABCD is shaded.
16

Number of boxes of 20 = 460 + 20

(b)
= 23

Number of boxes of 12 = 48 + 12
=4

23 + 4 = 27
The least number of boxes he used
was 27.

10. (a) Front View

Total number of squares

=8x8
= 64

12 squares > 81 cm'

1 square > 81 cm' + 12
= 6.75 cm' Side View
(64 - 12 =) 52 squares
52 x 6.75 cm2
= 351 cm'

The total area of the shaded

parts in Figure Y is 351 cm2 .

(b)
8. LBAE = 60° (angle of an equilateral
triangle)
LBAC = 60° - 38°
= 22°
LBCA = L BAC (base angles of an isosceles
= 22° triangle)
Z CBE = 180° - 60° - 22° - 22° (sum
6 cubes has 4 sides painted red.
= 76° of angles in a triangle)
LDEB = 180° - 76° (angles between
= 104° two parallel lines, BC // ED)

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11. (a) $3 200 + 300 = 500

One possible set of values was
(b) 4 km 200 and 300.
(Accept any combination of
(c) ($15 - $6) ÷ (6 - 4) = $9 2 2 numbers that give a sum of
= $4.50 500.)
The taxi company charges $4.50
40
for every kilometre after 4 km of 14. (a) 40% =
100
travel.
2
-
— 5
12. (a) LACD = 180° - 27° (angles between
2
= 153° two parallel lines, 5 of the blue beads were used.
—
CD // AE)
LACB = 180° - 153° (angles on (b)
= 27° a straight line) Blue left left left
285
LBAC = LACB (base angles of an Red left 45
= 27° isosceles triangle)
Z ABC = 180° - 27° - 27° (sum of 6 units = 285 - 45
= 126° angles in a triangle) = 240 beads
1 unit = 240 ÷ 6
(b) [Link] + LBDE = 126° + 53° = 40 beads
= 179° 180° 4 units = 4 x 40
The sum of angles between = 160 beads
two parallel lines of a
parallelogram is 180°. 160 beads were left.

ABDE is not a parallelogram 15. (a) 780 cm3 ֥ 30 cm' = 26 cm

because AB is not parallel to ED. The height of the water level in
X was 26 cm.
100 + 200 + 370 + 210 + 290 1170
13. (a)
5 5
(b) Base area of Y = 30 cm x 9 cm
= 234
= 270 cm'
The average number of visitors
from Monday to Friday was 234.
Total base area of X and Y
= 30 cm' + 270 cm'
(b) Average number of visitors on
= 300 cm'
Saturday and Sunday
= 234 + 16
Height of X and Y combined
= 250
= 780 cm3 ÷ 300 cm'
= 2.6 cm
Total number of visitors on
Saturday and Sunday
30 cm x 9 cm x 2.6 cm = 702 cm3
= 2 x 250
Sam poured 702 cm3 of water
= 500
into Y.

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16. (a) 120% of savings in January (b)

$60 Multiples of 5 25 30 35 40
1% of savings in January 4 9 14 19
Less 21
$60 ÷ 120
Total 29 39 49 59
= $0.50
100% of savings in January Is it divisible by 7? X X / X

100 x $0.50
35
= $50
Long candles 14 21
} 49
Amount of savings in March Short candles 14
100 - 15
x $60
100
= $51 Cost of long candles
= (35 ÷ 5) x $3.20
$50 + $60 + $51 = $161 = $22.40
Lily saved $161 from January to Cost of short candles
March. = (14 ÷ 7) x $2.50
= $5
(b) Increase in amount of saving
= $51 - $50 $22.40 + $5 = $27.40
= $1 She paid $27.40 for the candles.

si
$50
x 100% = 2% 2017
Paper 1 Booklet A
The percentage increase in the
amount Lily saved in March
1. (3)
compared to January was 2%.
Arranging the numbers from the
smallest to the greatest, we have
17. (a) 19 ÷ 7 = 2 R 5
0.045, 0.054, 0.405, 0.504.
Number of boxes of short candles
Hence, 0.045 is the smallest.
needed = 2 + 1
=3
2. (2)
The lines AE and DE meet at 90°.
Number of boxes of long candles
Hence, AE and DE are perpendicular
needed = 1
to each other.
(3 x $2.50) + $3.20
= $7.50 + $3.20
3. (4)
= $10.70
1 1= 1000 m/
Dan will need to spend at least
Each marking = 1000 m/ ± 10
$10.70 on the candles. = 100 m/
Volume of water in the container
= 3 x 100 m/
= 300 m/

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